Chapter 539: Cao Cao’s Suffering

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

Cao Cao's elite soldiers and strong generals are all out, and although Qingzhou has a lot of troops, Yuan Shao's generals and capable people all ran to Youzhou to fight Zhang Yu to death, so Cao Cao began to win again and again in Qingzhou.

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

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

"How's the situation?" Zhang Yu asked Guo Jia who came to deliver the information.

Guo Jia smiled, and then said: "Yuan Shao's hundreds of thousands of troops arrived, Cao Cao fought Yuan Shao, and the outcome was tied."

This time, Yuan Shao stormed Cao's army with an army of 300,000. The two sides fought for a long time, and Cao Cao retreated by himself.

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

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

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

The two sides fought for a month and lost each other.

Another big battle broke out, and Cao Cao himself led people to stabilize the front line.

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

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

"You two, I'm not afraid of your jokes. I feel like I've been fooled by Zhang Yu." Cao Cao said after drinking 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 can benefit. send troops."

Xun You also said: "The key point is that Zhang Yu took too long a view and played himself as neither weak nor strong. From now on, as long as Zhang Yu doesn't show aggressiveness, Yuan Shao will definitely not target him first."

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Yes, Zhang Yu is too smart, if he plays the weak,

Then Yuan Shao will definitely get rid of the weak first. If it is the strong, Yuan Shao will get rid of Zhang Yu first for the stability of the rear. But now Zhang Yu is neither strong nor weak, plus it is very difficult to deal with, Yuan Shao will definitely target us in the future, and will not think about getting rid of Zhang Yu first. "

Cheng Yu added: "In the end, Zhang Yu asked the soldiers to take off their weapons and equipment and sell them to Yuan Shao. It was a stroke of genius. Zhang Yu must have made preparations that day. If Yuan Shao wanted to attack Zhang Yu, Zhang Yu must have given him the ulterior motive. In the end, Yuan Shao If you don't attack him, Yuan Shao will think that Zhang Yu is just greedy for money and lust, and it is not difficult to deal with him, so he will often be ignored."

Cao Cao sighed and said, "Zhang Yu is too terrifying, far more terrifying than Yuan Shao. Although Yuan Shao has many troops, he doesn't have a long-term and brilliant strategy. Although Zhang Yu's territory is divided into north and south, although the north and south are separated by thousands of miles, they can be controlled freely. The north and the south take care of each other on the basis of security.”

Cao Cao knew that he had been fooled by Zhang Yu, and Yuan Shao would definitely get rid of him first.

Zhang Yu showed that he was satisfied with making money, and he was not so enthusiastic about the territory, while Cao Cao would eat up the entire Qingzhou whenever he had the opportunity, which made Yuan Shao not afraid.

Cao Cao took a sip of his wine, and then said leisurely: "I'm afraid Qingzhou won't be able to hold on. Yuan Shao will definitely not let us occupy Qingzhou, and will definitely fight us to the death."

"Damn it, this Zhang Yu is so dark that he actually sold Yuan Shao 200,000 sets of equipment. If he didn't have these equipment, Yuan Shao would have to wait at least three months before he could attack us." Cheng Yu couldn't help but scolded.

Cao Cao shook his head with a wry smile and said, "It's meaningless to say these things now. The most important thing is what should we do next? Just withdraw like this, losing hundreds of thousands of troops and massive supplies, and finally get nothing. "

Xun You said: "My lord, we should learn from Zhang Yu in this point. He never suffers. Even if he retreats, he will scrape the ground."

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

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

Cao Cao was so moved that Qingzhou had such a large population that he couldn't occupy the territory, so he took the population back.

But before Cao Cao made a decision, Cheng Yu laughed at himself and said, "You can't bring much back home. We are not prepared. Will there be land for them to cultivate? The land is in the hands of the aristocratic family, unlike Zhang Yu. The aristocratic family has been wiped out, there is a lot of land in hand, and in addition, a large amount of food needs to be prepared, all of which must be prepared in advance."

Cao Cao suddenly realized that even if he took the people back, he would not be able to benefit from this battle at all, and he would have to fight thunder for Zhang Yu in the future.

"It's really aggrieved by Zhang Yu, but we have also learned a lot. After we go back, we will open up a lot of wasteland and store food. We must not suffer like this again." Cao Cao said.

Cao Cao also had no choice but to send hundreds of thousands of troops by himself. After fighting for so long, Yuan Shao finally came back, but he couldn't stop him.

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

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

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

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

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

How did Yuan Shao know that he didn't want to take the opportunity to make trouble, how did he know that he didn't want to attack Qingzhou depending on the situation.

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

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

Although Zhang Yu also lost a lot, he gained the territory of two counties, which can completely make up for it.

Zhang Yu got rid of the important things at hand, and then remembered that he still hadn't spent time with his wives.

The three of them, Xiang Xin, followed him from Jiangdong to Liaodong. After arriving, Zhang Yu had been fighting all the time, so he didn't accompany them well.

"Take them around all the counties, and let them play the role of mistress." Zhang Yu planned. The strongest system to dominate the Three Kingdoms