A few days after returning to Liaodong, Zhang Yu arranged the affairs of the Mahan Peninsula, and then he had nothing important, but began to pay attention to the battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

Cao Cao's elite soldiers and strong generals were exhausted, and although Qingzhou had a lot of soldiers and horses, Yuan Shao's generals and capable people all went to Youzhou to fight Zhang Yu, so in Qingzhou, Cao Cao began to win again and again.

Cao Cao attacked all the way and defeated two-thirds of Qingzhou.

However, with the compromise between Zhang Yu and Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao sent a large army over, and a big war broke out between the two sides.

"How's it going?" Zhang Yu asked Guo Jia, who came to deliver information.

Guo Jia smiled, and then said: "Yuan Shao's hundreds of thousands of troops arrived, and Cao Cao fought with Yuan Shao, regardless of victory or defeat. ”

This time, Yuan Shao used an army of 300,000 to storm Cao's army, and the two sides fought for a long time, regardless of victory or defeat, Cao Cao himself retreated.

Cao Cao knew that when Yuan Shao's army arrived, he might not have a chance, so Cao Cao began to switch from attack to defense.

Yuan Shao began to attack, and he personally led a large army to storm Cao Cao.

After conquering several cities in a row, Cao Cao lost more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, and had to retreat repeatedly.

The two sides fought for a month, with mutual losses.

Another major war broke out, and Cao Cao personally led people to stabilize the battle line.

At night, Cao Cao looked at the sky and was silent for a long time.

After looking at the night sky for more than half an hour, Cao Cao went to the pavilion to set up a simple banquet, and then went to call Cheng Yu and Xun You.

"Two of you, I'm not afraid of your jokes, I feel like I've fallen for Zhang Yu's evil." Cao Cao said after taking a glass of wine.

Cheng Yu also shook his head and said: "Zhang Yu's approach is too clever, he doesn't promise us any benefits, and he can also give us a huge pie, making us think that Yuan Shao's army is attracted by him, and we are profitable, so we take the initiative to send troops." ”

Xun You also said: "The key is that Zhang Yu sees too much long-term and plays himself as neither a weak nor a strong. In the future, as long as Zhang Yu does not show aggression, Yuan Shao will definitely not target him first. ”

Cao Cao nodded and said: "Yes, Zhang Yu is too clever, if he plays the weak, then Yuan Shao will definitely get rid of the weak first, if it is the strong, Yuan Shao will also get rid of Zhang Yu first for the sake of stability in the rear." But now Zhang Yu is neither strong nor weak, and it is very difficult to deal with, Yuan Shao will definitely target us mainly in the future, and he will not think about getting rid of Zhang Yu first. ”

Cheng Yu said again: "In the end, Zhang Yu asked the soldiers to take off their weapons and equipment and sell them to Yuan Shao, Zhang Yu must have made preparations that day, if Yuan Shao wanted to attack Zhang Yu, he would definitely be yin by Zhang Yu, and in the end Yuan Shao did not attack him, in the future, Yuan Shao will also feel that Zhang Yu is just greedy for money and lustful, not difficult to deal with, and will often ignore him." ”

Cao Cao sighed and said, "Zhang Yu is too terrifying, far more terrifying than Yuan Shao. Although Yuan Shao had many soldiers and horses, he did not have a long-term and clever strategy. Don't look at Zhang Yu's territory divided into north and south, but although the north and south are thousands of miles apart, they can take care of each other on the basis of self-preservation. ”

Cao Cao understood that he had fallen for Zhang Yu, and Yuan Shao would definitely get rid of him first in the future.

Zhang Yu showed that he was satisfied with making money and was not so enthusiastic about the territory, while Cao Cao was going to eat the entire Qingzhou at the first opportunity, which made Yuan Shao not afraid.

Cao Cao took a sip of wine, and then said leisurely: "I'm afraid this Qingzhou can't hold it, Yuan Shao will definitely not let us occupy Qingzhou, and he will definitely fight with us." ”

"Damn, this Zhang Yu is too yin, he actually sold Yuan Shao 200,000 sets of equipment, if there is no such equipment, Yuan Shao will have to wait at least three months before it is possible to launch an attack on us." Cheng Yu couldn't help but scold.

Cao Cao shook his head with a wry smile and said, "There is no point in talking about this now, the most important thing is what should we do next?" Withdrew like this, lost more than 100,000 soldiers and horses and a large amount of supplies, and finally got nothing. ”

Xun You opened his mouth and said: "Lord, we should learn from Zhang Yu at this point, he never suffers, even if he retreats, he has to scrape the ground." ”

"No, no, no" Cheng Yu put down his wine glass and shook his head and said: "Zhang Yu can mess around, we can't, we can't also loot all the families here, we still have to rely on these families to govern the place." ”

"Of course the family can't be moved, but we can bring back the population here." Xun You said.

Cao Cao was moved, there are so many people in Qingzhou, and they can't occupy the territory, so they will bring the population back.

But before Cao Cao could make a decision, Cheng Yu smiled self-deprecatingly and said: "You can't bring back much if you bring it back, we are not prepared, do you have land for them to cultivate when you bring it back?" The land is in the hands of the family, unlike Zhang Yu, who wiped out the family, has a lot of land in his hands, and in addition, he also needs to prepare a large amount of food, which must be prepared in advance. ”

Cao Cao suddenly found that even if he brought the people back, then he would not benefit at all in this battle, and he would have to fight for Zhang Yu in the future.

"It was really embarrassing to be yin by Zhang Yu, but we also learned a lot, and after we went back, we opened up a lot of wasteland and stored grain, and we must not suffer such a loss again." Cao Cao said.

Cao Cao was also helpless, he sent hundreds of thousands of troops and fought for so long, and finally Yuan Shao came back, but he couldn't stop it.

At the beginning, I thought that Zhang Yu and Yuan Shao would have to fight for a while, and he would have enough time to consolidate Qingzhou, but he didn't expect Yuan Shao to come back too quickly, and he hadn't set up his defenses yet, so he couldn't stop it at all.

In this way, you can only leave, then everything is in vain.

In addition, Liu Bei in Xuzhou was much luckier, although Guo Jia laughed at him when he went to Xuzhou, but he was not "fooled", Cao Cao suffered a big loss, and he had no loss at all.

In fact, Liu Bei was also yin by Zhang Yu, but he didn't have a strategist by his side, so he didn't find it at all.

Guo Jia first went to Xuzhou, and then to Yanzhou, although Liu Bei did not attack Qingzhou, he also gathered troops and horses.

How did Yuan Shao know that he didn't want to take the opportunity to fall into the well, and how did he know that he didn't want to fight Qingzhou depending on the situation.

Zhang Yu deliberately let Guo Jia go to Xuzhou, as long as Liu Bei made a move, he could attract Yuan Shao's attention.

Zhang Yu was in Liaodong, and he didn't know Cao Cao and Liu Bei's mood, but he also knew that Cao Cao had lost a lot this time.

Although Zhang Yu also suffered a large loss, he earned the territory of two counties, which can be completely compensated.

Zhang Yu disposed of the important things at hand, and then remembered that he hadn't spent a few wives with him yet.

Xiang Xin and the three of them followed him from Jiangdong to Liaodong, and Zhang Yu has been fighting since they came, and they didn't accompany them well.

"Take them around the counties and let them play the role of the housewife." Zhang Yu planned.

(End of chapter)