After Xu you came back, he made other preparations. He didn't want to perish with Yuan Shao.
Cao Cao's action was also very fast. In a few days, various versions of rumors spread in Yuan Jun's barracks, 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 would think, and they didn't have a very solid foundation.
But now it's not the same. With Cao Cao's edict, all rumors have a foundation.
Although Zhang Yu and Cao Cao's targets are different, Zhang Yu has no emperor in his hand, so he can't seal whoever he seals, so it's rumored that Yuan Shang is the target of his son.
This made yuan Jun even more confused.
What's more, it involves the descendants of the yuan family, so Yuan Shao's subordinates dare not tell him that Yuan Shao has not been informed up to now.
Without information, Yuan Shao did not know that such a thing had happened in the barracks.
As the situation continued to ferment, Yuan Xi secretly withdrew some of the troops deployed at the border of Youzhou.
Yuan Tan almost did the same thing, while yuan Shang wooed the powerful people in Yecheng to support him.
On the surface, the third son of the yuan family is still peaceful, but on the surface, he has begun to make various movements.
Zhang Yu has been paying attention to all this, and Yuan Xi's action is the first one he understands.
"There were not many soldiers, but they withdrew some of them. This is a good chance from heaven." Zhang Yu was overjoyed by the news.
According to intelligence, there were about 150000 troops in Qingzhou. Half of them were stationed at the border, and the other part was ready to support Yuan Shao.
At this time, Yuan Xi secretly withdrew some of them from the border.
There were not many, but now some of them have been withdrawn.
Zhang Yu felt that the opportunity was coming, and he stepped up his preparations.
In other words, Cao Cao also fought hard and sent troops to attack Yuan Shao's grain transportation team.
This time, however, Cao Cao paid a lot of money. Cao ang, with several generals and 50000 troops, secretly attacked Yuan Shao's grain transportation team.
As a result, Yuan Shao's grain was burned down, but Cao Cao's troops came back to more than 10000, and the loss was also very large.
Although the loss was great, the result was very good. Yuan Shao could not fight on the front line immediately. The soldiers had only three days' food and grass, so they had to retreat first, and then they could continue to fight after new food and grass were added.
A large number of grain and grass were burned, and Yuan Shao's offensive stopped immediately, so he had to retreat.
Yuan Shao was furious and ordered to punish a group of officers and soldiers.
But he had to find a way, so Yuan Shao ordered Qingzhou and Jizhou to raise a batch of grain and grass for transportation, and at the same time mobilized some troops from Jizhou and Qingzhou.
Yuan Shao's deployment from Qingzhou was immediately opposed. Several of his staff believed that their troops were still dominant and there was no need to send more troops.
And more troops will make their logistics more difficult.
But Yuan Shao believed that as soon as the support troops arrived, the whole army would press on and destroy Cao Cao once and for all.
This method is feasible at other times, but they forget that there is Zhang Yu in the rear of Qingzhou.
"What are you afraid of? Zhang Yu is completely dragged to the east of the river. In addition, the Xiongnu in the north is making more and more trouble. Now he is too busy to attack us."
In this way, Yuan Shao went his own way and gave an order.
People see that Yuan Shao is becoming more and more dictatorial and often impulsive, which is definitely not a good thing.
Cao Cao could breathe a sigh of relief. Although he lost a lot of troops, he survived.
Cao Cao called all his generals to discuss affairs with the counselors.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the greatest credit for defeating Yuan Shao and winning a phased victory this time belongs to Mr. Wenhe. Please let Mr. Wenhe be worshipped by Cao." Cao Cao got up to thank him, and Cao ang on one side also quickly said goodbye.
Then Cao Cao asked, "you guys, the threat of Yuan Shao is still there. We just have a chance to rest temporarily. Soon Yuan Shao will make a comeback. What can we do?"
Yuan Shaohui's comeback is not an issue to be discussed, but an inevitable one.
After everyone had put forward many good suggestions, Jia Xu stood up and said, "Lord, I have two more suggestions."
Cao Cao was overjoyed and said, "Wen he, please speak."
Jia Xu then said: "Lord, now the war situation has eased for a while. We have time to deal with it. You should also be king. There are so many princes in the world who are king. If you are not king in your capacity, I'm afraid you will lose some momentum."
"Second, as a result of the war between Yuan and Cao, maybe Zhang Yu will be the biggest beneficiary. Will the Lord consider letting Zhang Yu do something?"
Jia Xu's Jia Xu is just a suggestion. After the suggestion, Cao Cao doesn't care how he decides.
Many people don't understand how Zhang Yu is the final beneficiary of the huge losses caused by their beating and killing.
"You guys, Zhang Yu's situation is not clear. He has been detained by sun CE in Jiangdong, and he can do something in Xuzhou at most. As for Youzhou, I don't think he can attack Qingzhou or Jizhou or Bingzhou." Said Cao Cao.
Cao Cao has been busy dealing with Yuan Shao and has no spare energy to pay attention to Zhang Yu.
To pay attention to Zhang Yu's actions, we must collect a lot of intelligence, and then analyze them one by one, which requires a lot of energy. Now no one in Cao's group has the energy to pay attention to Zhang Yu's situation.
Jia Xu said: "I don't know what specific actions Zhang Yu has, but he has been hiding without any actions. There must be a problem. Maybe he has been looking for opportunities."
Jia Xu firmly believes in his own judgment, but he can't provide favorable evidence, so he can only make his own reasoning.
Cao Cao is also entangled, even if he clearly knows that Zhang Yu may want to do something big, but he has the ability to stop it?
He has no ability to stop, but if the final result is captured by Zhang Yu, then he doesn't know how he will 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.
In any case, we must defeat Yuan Shao.
In the course of Cao Cao's research, another heavy news came, which caught Cao Cao by surprise.
Liu Bei rebelled. After so long, he finally rebelled.
Liu Bei took up thousands of troops in Xuzhou and rebelled.
And he quickly got Yuan Shao's support. Yuan Shao supported him with thousands of people, weapons, equipment, food and other materials, and let him attack Cao Cao's side.
Some people proposed to arrest Guan Yu, but Cao Cao didn't agree. He just ordered Guan Yu not to leave the barracks, and other treatment was the same.
Liu Bei opposed Cao Cao. At this critical moment, he really hit Cao Cao hard.