Cao's army and Xuzhou's army were on guard and did not dare to move.
Zhang Liao, with his troops, gradually moved away, pretending to attack Yuan Xi.
In this way, Liang Yong is more sure that Cao ang is here to help Youzhou.
Liang Yong tangled up, Cao's army of 100000, can not be ignored.
What he didn't know, however, was that Cao ang was also very worried.
Cao Cao did not dare to March rashly, so he stopped to rest and watch out.
He called Xun you and Jia Xu in the big account.
"The Xuzhou army will certainly regard us as the enemy. If we go to war, we will just help Zhang Yu."
Cao ang wanted to make trouble, but an important problem they faced was that their enemies were not only Zhang Yu, but also Yuan Shao's troops.
If they don't handle it well, they will be besieged. At the same time, they may help Zhang Yu.
In a word, Cao ang is facing a big problem.
Now it has become a confrontation between them and the soldiers in Xuzhou, helping Zhang Yu.
After thinking for a while, Jia Xu said, "young master, I'm afraid the generals of Youzhou are deliberately leading us here to contain each other and try to break the situation. One of the ways is to attack the troops of Youzhou. The second way is to retreat directly so that the yuan army of Xuzhou can go to support Yuan Xi."
Now, no matter how resourceful they are, there is no good way for them to use them.
"Well, in the early hours of the morning, we quietly evacuated and let the troops of Xuzhou support Yuan Xi." Cao ang said helplessly.
It's really helpless. Although Cao ang came with 100000 people, he didn't dare to intervene rashly.
One is that food and grass have not yet arrived, and the other is the fear of being besieged.
In the early hours of the morning, Cao ang and Liang Yong quietly retreated, but Liang Yong found out after dawn.
Liang Yong did not dare to act rashly, thinking that the enemy was in ambush.
A large number of scouts were sent out. At last, they didn't find the enemy, so they began to take action.
Liang Yong continued to set out, this time his speed was very slow, dare not fast.
Zhang Liao has been paying attention to it.
"General, Cao's army retreated. They didn't fight." It was Xu Li's turn to take charge of the investigation, so the report said.
"It is expected that Cao ang will not work for us. We must find a way to make them fight." Zhang Liao said.
Zhang Liao thought for a while and said, "under the banner of Cao Jun, I give Xuzhou army a surprise attack at night. I believe they will be deceived."
Anyway, it's right to deepen their hatred.
Liang Yong was careful when marching during the day. He was afraid of the enemy's sneak attack. At night, they began to camp.
But in the latter half of the night, the enemy appeared and attacked their camp. Fortunately, they had been prepared and had little loss.
In the process of pursuit, they collected sporadic items, and their armor and weapons were suspected of Cao's soldiers and horses.
There is no conclusive evidence, but Cao Jun is more likely.
Liang Yong had to be careful.
Although he attacked Liang Yong posing as Cao Jun, Zhang Liao still failed to achieve his goal.
Zhang Liao was thinking about how to make the two armies fight.
While Zhang Liao was thinking, a letter from Zhang Yu arrived.
"I see, I see." Zhang Liao received a letter from Zhang Yu.
In the letter, Zhang Yu told Zhang Liao in detail about the strategy, the purpose of Cao Jun and the grand strategy, and gave Zhang Liao some suggestions.
After studying, Zhang Liao decided to say: "the Lord stands high and looks far away. He has completely understood."
When Zhang Liao knew Cao Ang's purpose, it was convenient for him to prepare.
"Order the whole army to speed up and clear the mark. The scouts all move. Dafan encircles and kills yuan Cao's scouts." Zhang Liao ordered.
Both yuan and Cao came to stop Zhang and Liao from seizing Qingzhou. Then he simply disappeared, making both sides lose their goals and suspecting each other.
Zhang Liao disappeared directly, and both sides really began to suspect and sent out a large number of scouts.
The three scouts fought fiercely. Later, Zhang Liao withdrew, and their scouts also fought fiercely.
However, they have been in the process of movement, and all of them have gone in the direction of Qi.
Two days later, they all arrived at the border of Qi, and the expected war did not appear.
The two armies were more than 50 Li apart, alert to each other.
Cao ang felt uneasy and asked Xun you and Jia Xu, "is there any conspiracy in Zhang Liao?"
Xun you and Jia Xu both judged that Youzhou must be bad, but they didn't have much information to analyze.
Unable to analyze, Cao ang could only order to be on guard.
And Zhang Liao is ready.
Zhang Liao, they are hiding 200 miles away, waiting for time.
"Xu Li, take people with you in person. Be sure to intercept all the information that you contact with Yuan Xi." Zhang said.
"Yes, general."
Xu Li took the order and left with 3000 people.
This is the key to Zhang Liao's plan.
"The whole army is ready to attack tonight and let the soldiers have a good rest." Zhang Liao ordered.
During the day, an injured scout rushed into the barracks arranged by Yuan Xi in front of him.
"Report, urgent intelligence."
"Come on, take me to the general."
The soldier was seriously injured, still clutching the information in his arms.
The soldiers in charge of the camp did not dare to neglect him and carried him in quickly.
Someone rushed to treat him.
"General, this is the information from General Liang Yong." Then the soldier fainted.
The general opened the information. The envelope was sealed, but it had been stained with the soldier's blood.
The seal on the envelope is complete. When you open it, the inside is permeated with blood, but the handwriting is still complete. At the same time, there are their special marks.
Naturally, this complete letter is highly reliable. It was sent by Xuzhou General Liang Yong.
"Cao ang is really here to help Zhang Yu. After Zhang Yu takes Qingzhou, Zhang Yu will help Cao Cao take Xuzhou."
"Tonight, they will launch a surprise attack. They want us to cooperate and attack Cao Ang's army in three ways."
The main idea is that Cao Cao cooperates with Zhang Yu, while Liang Yong seizes the opportunity to attack Cao ang at night.
Because Liang Yong received the news that he would send troops to attack them in the evening, and they launched a surprise attack in advance, so the other side must not be prepared.
When it was almost midnight, Liang Yong also received an intelligence letter.
The same inkpad, seal letter and special mark are complete, but the envelope is also stained with blood.
The general idea is similar to the information Yuan Xi received, but in this letter, Yuan Xi ordered Liang Yong to send troops to help him attack Cao ang.
Liang Yong looked at the intelligence, although a little strange, but still ordered to start preparing.
Naturally, these two letters were forged by Zhang Liao. They intercepted a lot of Yuan Jun's information and forged them according to the above marks and the prisoner's confession.
The forgery is very similar, but it's not true after all, so we can only cheat yuan Jun with blood.
This is the plot Zhang Liao wants to design. It's not very clever. It depends on the timing of the design. If the timing is right, the enemy will not doubt it.