After Xu You came back, he made other preparations, he didn't want to perish with Yuan Shao.

Cao Cao's movements were also very fast, and within a few days, various versions of rumors circulated in the Yuan army's military camp, but what they didn't know was that some of them were spread by Zhang Yu.

Originally, the power of Zhang Yu's dissemination was not so great, after all, some people could think, and they didn't have a very solid foundation.

But now it's different, with Cao Cao's holy decree, all rumors have a basis.

Although Zhang Yu and Cao Cao are not the same targets, Zhang Yu does not have an emperor in his hands, and he can seal whoever he can, so the object of the prince in the rumors is Yuan Shang.

This made Yuan Jun even more confused.

What's more, this involves the heirs of the Yuan family, so Yuan Shao's subordinates didn't dare to tell him, and Yuan Shao hasn't gotten any news until now.

didn't get the news, and Yuan Shao didn't know that such a thing had happened in the barracks.

As the situation continued to ferment, Yuan Xi secretly withdrew part of the troops deployed on the border of Youzhou.

Yuan Tan did almost the same thing, while Yuan Shang co-opted the powerful in Yecheng to get them to support him.

The third son of the Yuan family, on the surface, is still amiable, but secretly he has begun to have various actions.

Zhang Yu had been paying attention to all this, and he was the first to understand Yuan Xi's movements.

"There weren't many soldiers and horses in the first place, and they actually withdrew some of them, which is a godsend." Zhang Yu received the news, but he was very happy.

Judging from the intelligence, there were originally about 150,000 soldiers and horses in Qingzhou, half of which were deployed on the border, and the other part was ready to support Yuan Shao.

At this time, Yuan Xi secretly withdrew part of it from the border.

There weren't many of them, but now they've been withdrawn again.

Zhang Yu felt that the opportunity was coming, and stepped up preparations.

It is said that Cao Cao was also angry, and sent troops to attack Yuan Shao's grain transportation team.

This time, Cao Cao made a bloody investment, and asked Cao Ang to take a few generals and 50,000 soldiers and horses to attack Yuan Shao's grain transportation team.

As a result, Yuan Shao's grain was burned, but Cao Cao's soldiers and horses came back in the early 10,000s, and the losses were also very large.

Although the losses were large, the results were very good, Yuan Shao could not fight on the front line immediately, and the soldiers only had three days of grain and grass, and they had to return first, and they could not continue to fight after the new grain and grass were replenished.

A large amount of grain and grass was burned, and Yuan Shao's offensive immediately stopped, and he could only retreat.

Yuan Shao was furious and ordered a group of officers and soldiers to be punished.

But he still had to find a way, so Yuan Shao ordered Qingzhou and Jizhou to raise a batch of grain and grass to transport it, and at the same time mobilized some soldiers and horses from Jizhou and Qingzhou.

Yuan Shao's transfer of troops from Qingzhou was immediately opposed, and several aides believed that they still had the advantage in their forces and did not need to send more troops.

And the deployment of additional troops will make their logistics more difficult.

But Yuan Shao thought that as soon as the reinforcements arrived, the whole army would press on them and destroy Cao Cao in one fell swoop, so once and for all.

This method was feasible at other times, but they forgot that there was still Zhang Yu, a fierce beast, behind Qingzhou.

"What are you afraid of, Zhang Yu was completely dragged in Jiangdong, and the Huns in the north are getting more and more fierce, and now he is too busy to take care of himself, and he has absolutely no ability to attack us."

In this way, Yuan Shao insisted on going his own way and gave an order.

Everyone saw that this Yuan Shao was becoming more and more arbitrary, often acting rashly, which was definitely not a good thing.

Cao Cao could breathe a sigh of relief, although the soldiers and horses suffered great losses, but after all, he survived.

Cao Cao summoned his generals to discuss with his advisers.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the biggest credit for defeating Yuan Shao this time and achieving a phased victory should belong to Mr. Wenhe, please Mr. Wenhe be worshiped by Cao." Cao Cao got up to thank him, and Cao Ang on the side also hurried to thank him.

After that, Cao Cao asked: "Everyone, now that Yuan Shao's threat is still there, we are only temporarily given a chance to recuperate, and soon Yuan Shao will definitely make a comeback, but what is the best way?" ”

Yuan Shao's comeback is no longer an issue that needs to be discussed, but an inevitable one.

After everyone put forward a lot of good suggestions, Jia Xu stood up again and said, "Lord, there are two more suggestions below. ”

Cao Cao was overjoyed and said, "Wenhe, please speak." ”

Jia Xu then said: "Lord, now that the war situation has eased temporarily, we have time to deal with it, you should also be called the king, so many princes in the world are kings, and if you don't call the king as you, I'm afraid the momentum will be a little weaker." ”

"Second, the final result of Yuan Cao's war, maybe Zhang Yu will be the biggest beneficiary, whether the lord will consider letting Zhang Yu do something."

Jia Xu's first suggestion was quite controversial, but it was also reasonable, and after discussing it for a while, Cao Cao only agreed to be king after the war, and did not immediately claim the title of king.

But in the second article, the biggest beneficiary will be Zhang Yu, which has caused great controversy.

Jia Xu just suggested, and it didn't matter how Cao Cao decided after the suggestion.

Many people don't understand that they fought to the death and suffered huge losses, how could the final beneficiary be Zhang Yu.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Zhang Yu's situation is unknown, he has been dragged by Sun Ce in Jiangdong, at most he has done something in Xuzhou, as for Youzhou, I don't think he can attack Qingzhou or Jizhou or Merge Prefecture." Cao Cao said.

Cao Cao has been busy dealing with Yuan Shao, and he has no extra energy to pay attention to Zhang Yu.

To pay attention to Zhang Yu's actions, it is necessary to collect a lot of intelligence, and then analyze them one by one, which requires a lot of energy, and now no one in the Cao group has the energy to pay attention to Zhang Yu's situation at all.

Jia Xu said: "I don't know what specific actions Zhang Yu has, but he has been hiding and not making any moves, there must be something wrong with this, maybe he has been looking for opportunities." ”

Jia Xu firmly believed in his own judgment, but he could not present favorable evidence, so he could only rely on his own reasoning.

Cao Cao was also entangled, even if he knew that Zhang Yu might be going to do something big, but did he have the ability to stop it?

He was completely powerless to stop it, but if the final result was really taken away by Zhang Yu, then he didn't know how he would feel at that time.

However, he still has a chance, as long as they win beautifully and don't give Zhang Yu a chance, they still have a chance to get the maximum benefit.

No matter what, everything must be defeated by Yuan Shao.

When Cao Cao was researching, another bombshell news struck, which caught Cao Cao off guard.

This Liu Bei rebelled, and after holding it for so long, he finally rebelled.

Liu Bei raised thousands of soldiers and horses in Xuzhou and rebelled.

And quickly got the support of Yuan Shao, who supported him with thousands of people, as well as weapons and equipment, grain and grass and other materials, so that he could attack Cao Cao's flank.

Someone proposed to arrest Guan Yu, but Cao Cao did not agree, but only ordered Guan Yu not to leave the barracks, and other treatment was the same.

Liu Bei reversed Cao Cao, and at this critical time, it did hit Cao Cao hard.

(End of chapter)