Yuan Shao appeased Zhen Yi, and then let him go back.

This matter is a big trouble.

This is the biggest problem that Zhang Ming gave him.

Zhen Yi is his big rich man, and Zhen Yi's financial resources are amazing.

At this time, it is definitely not possible to send troops to pursue Zhang Ming on a large scale, and the possibility of catching up is too small.

It is also necessary to prevent Zhang Ming from tearing up the ticket, and the most important thing is to worry about the big trouble, which everyone knows.

If you don't solve it, it won't work, if this makes Zhen Yi feel cold, you may lose Zhen Yi's support.

Therefore, in fact, Yuan Shao was very difficult.

Let Zhen Yi go back first, Yuan Shao needs to think of a way.

Yuan Shao, who returned to the conference hall from the new, obviously changed his mood a lot.

In the end, Yuan Shao only told a few people in the core, and then asked them to discuss a solution.

Yuan Shao said angrily: "If there is a chance, I must crush Zhang Ming's bones and scatter ashes." ”

Yuan Shaoming secretly didn't know how many times he had said this, but it still hadn't been realized.

After some discussion, Guo Tu said: "Lord, this matter is related to the reputation of you and the second son, so you can only handle it in a low-key manner." ”

Yuan Shao nodded, he was still very generous to his subordinates, but he had better face.

"Ziyuan, this matter will be handed over to you, you secretly take people to Youzhou and ask them back."

Yuan Shao arranged it this way, and then began to continue to discuss his major affairs.

After Zhang Ming's trouble, Yuan Shao thought that Zhang Ming could only bluff and did not dare to start a war with him.

However, the necessary preparations were still necessary, and he sent 60,000 troops to defend the border, and Zhang Ming could not break through in large numbers.

And Zhang Ming returned to Youzhou smoothly and placed Zhen Mi in the state pastoral mansion.

Zhen Mi was captured by Zhang Ming, and Zhen Yi could only be anxious at home.

At this time, Yuan Shao's army slowly gathered and had already sent many troops to the front line.

Back in Youzhou, Zhang Ming stepped up his preparations.

He also ordered Xi Zhicai to recruit another 50,000 militiamen and strengthen the training of the militia.

At the same time, more armor weapons were made.

Everything is going on intensely.

In June of this year, Yuan Shu fell ill and died, and Yuan Shu collapsed.

Yuan Shu fell, and the biggest benefit was naturally Cao Cao.

Cao Cao sent an army to attack Zhang Xiu and Yuan Shu all the time, perhaps a large amount of land, and the strength expanded rapidly.

Yuan Shao was in a hurry and kept sending a large army to the front line, and Yan Liang and Wen Chou attacked Cao's army several times.

However, although the forces of the Cao army are very scattered, they are all elite and very strong.

Cao's army has been fighting everywhere, and in recent years, the territory has expanded a lot, and it is about to surpass Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao recuperated for a few years, didn't fight much, and this time he couldn't bear it and prepared to fight.

Yuan Shu died of illness, and Cao Cao seized a large amount of Yangzhou land, which made Yuan Shao unbearable.

In September of the same year.

Yuan Shao sent Yan Liang and Wen Chou to attack Cao's army, but they were defeated by Cao Ren and other generals such as Lü Bu.

Yan Liang was injured and could only be sent to the rear for treatment.

Yuan Shao was temporarily repulsed, so Cao Cao attacked Zhang Xiu again, and this time Zhang Xiu could not resist and had to surrender.

Cao Cao took Wancheng again, and his strength increased greatly.

At this time, Cao Cao was already very inflated.

His strength grew rapidly, and if he annexed the surrounding places, he would surpass Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao gradually became intolerant and decided to mobilize a large army to attack Cao Cao.

Now, Cao Cao's threat has risen to a very high level.

And Zhang Ming has not expanded externally over the years, and has not increased any troops.

Although 50,000 defenders were added, Yuan Shao didn't take it seriously, and the defenders were just defending the city.

Therefore, Yuan Shao thought that Zhang Ming was not a threat, so he didn't care too much.

He focused all on Cao Cao.

Requisition of the army, requisition of grain and grass.

In Yecheng, Zhen Mi has been taken away for several months, and Zhen Yi is looking forward to rescuing people every day.

But Xu You went to Youzhou and gained nothing.

Zhen Yi has successively funded Yuan Shao several batches of grain and grass, but there is no news about his daughter at all.

This made Zhen Yi very anxious.

Anxious to anxious, but there is nothing that can be done.

"This letter is secretly sent to Youzhou, and it must be handed over to Zhang Ming or Tian Feng in person."

Zhen Yi saw that Yuan Shao couldn't save people, so he wrote a letter and arranged for his cronies to be sent to Youzhou.

The content of the letter is very simple, you have to negotiate with Zhang Ming, as long as you are willing to release people, the conditions are negotiable.

However, Zhen Yi's approach was discovered by Yuan Shao on the same day.

It turned out that his so-called cronies turned out to be Yuan Shao's people.

Yuan Shao got the letter and sent someone to return it to Zhen Yi, and said kind words of relief, so that Zhen Yi could rest assured that he would definitely help him rescue Zhen Mi.

Zhen Yi was covered in a cold sweat.

This Yuan Shao is so easy to talk on the surface, and sending the letter is a warning.

Yuan Shao monitored him, if he dared to contact Zhang Ming privately, maybe Yuan Shao would do something to their Zhen family.

Zhen Yi was helpless and didn't dare to do anything.

Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's army were getting closer and closer.

Zhang Ming knew that a big war was about to break out.

He called Xi Zhicai, Tian Feng and Chen Gong.

"The two strong fight, no matter who wins or loses, we have to start arranging."

Two strong, really strong.

Yuan Shao has hundreds of thousands of troops, and this Cao Cao is not bad, and there are also hundreds of thousands of troops.

After analyzing it, Xi Zhicai said: "Lord, we should deal with Cao Cao in the rear, if Yuan Shao fails, we will take the opportunity to swallow Qingzhou in one bite." ”

Qingzhou, or Jizhou?

Both places are connected.

"Why not Jizhou?"

Xi Zhicai said: "On the Jizhou side, Yuan Shao focuses on defense, if they have the will to fight, we need to fight with them, and it is likely that Cao Cao will take the opportunity to occupy a large amount of land."

"Besides, Qingzhou is easy to govern, and after we occupy Qingzhou, we can develop rapidly and increase our strength."

Xi Zhicai's analysis makes sense, so Zhang Ming will formulate a strategy according to this purpose.

"Tian Feng, now, we have begun to hoard grain and grass to prepare military salaries, from now on, you control the finances, you must keep a sum of money."

"Lord, we still have 10 million silver coins and 5 million copper coins in our treasury, which are deposited in the reserve treasury, and all the money shipped from Fusang will be saved in the future."

Zhang Ming nodded, agreeing with his approach.

Zhang Ming made a strategic plan and then began to arrange.

Two months later, Zhang Ming secretly transported a part of the grain and grass to the front line.

And he began to reduce his expenses, and he hoarded a lot of money.

Zhang Ming was a wealthy man, and the amount of silver mines dug up from Fusang every month was very large.

As a result, what Zhang Ming lacks now is not silver coins, but copper coins.

After all, the value of silver coins is high, and ordinary people can't use it.

Zhang Ming had to look for copper mines everywhere, but fortunately, there were many copper mines in Fusang, and he found a few small copper mines.

In two months, Zhang Ming gathered tens of millions of money, which was enough to deal with the next big war.

All three parties are preparing.

After a few more months, Zhang Ming hoarded a large amount of money, and the army was trained.

Now sharpen the knife, and the 200,000 elites are waiting for Zhang Ming's order.

Soon, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao finally met in Guandu.

The battle of Guandu is about to begin.

And Zhang Ming has to make his choice.

Will he sit back and wait for the end of the war, or will he intervene on his own initiative.