Invincible from the beginning of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 295 Retreat, each licking their wounds
Cao Cao retreated.

He knew that it was useless to fight, it would not eliminate Yuan Shao, it would only increase casualties.

Moreover, Yuan Shao has no strength to pose a threat to him.

At least there is no way in the short term, he has passed this crisis.

"It's a pity that you don't fight anymore, otherwise I can wipe you all out."

Zhang Ming also felt very sorry to see Cao Cao retreat.

When Cao Cao retreated, there were still more than 1 troops of nearly [-].

And Yuan Jun still has about [-] troops.

Cao Cao retreated, and Yuan Shao was overly frightened, his face was pale at this time.

He had never experienced such a dangerous thing, and they were almost wiped out.

Yuan Shao didn't care about other things and retreated hastily.

After crossing the river, Yuan Shao only had a short rest, and then let Chunyu Qiong protect him and go back first.

But Zhang Ming seemed to have been forgotten.

This Yuan Shao has a good face, how could he be willing to see Zhang Ming at this time, that would be too shameful.

Yuan Shao ran away, leaving Yan Liang, Gao Lan and others to deal with the rest.

In fact, there is nothing left to do, just clean up the camp, bury the soldiers' bodies, and then evacuate.

Zhang Ming didn't intend to stay, so he asked for food and grass for a few days, and left directly.

When leaving, as the host, Gao Lan sent Zhang Ming off.

"General Gao, there will be a period later, so let's say goodbye."

Zhang Ming left with his people, Gao Lan didn't talk nonsense, he also had a lot of things to do.

In other words, although Cao Cao survived the catastrophe, his troops suffered heavy losses.

Now there are less than 8 soldiers and horses, originally there were nearly [-].

But Yuan Shao was even worse, losing 10,000+ people in this battle.

However, Yuan Shao is rich and powerful, with 10,000+ people, he may be able to recover in a year.

After Cao Cao withdrew his troops, he left without staying in the camp, and even discarded a lot of food and grass in the camp.

Now, nothing is more important than these soldiers and horses.

On the way back, Cao Cao asked two military divisions to accompany him.

"The biggest beneficiary of this battle is Zhang Ming, who is better than us." Cao Cao said when returning.

Guo Jia and Cheng Yu were also filled with emotion.

Before, they thought that Zhang Mingshu was short-sighted and content with having fun.

Now, they realize that Zhang Ming is a brilliant strategist.

After analysis, they believed that this strategy might have been proposed by people around Zhang Ming, including Xi Zhicai, Lu Zhi, and Tian Feng.

Outsiders don't know that this Lu Zhi is not actually a core member of Zhang Ming.

In this battle, Zhang Ming lost more than 2000 people, but he gained the most.

Zhang Ming gained a strategic advantage while weakening Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.

Cao Cao said, "Do you think Zhang Ming could have foreseen this situation in advance?"

Guo Jia said: "Probably not. Zhang Ming acted accordingly in this battle. If there was no Ju Yi at that time, we would have killed him. I believe Zhang Ming would turn to attack Yuan Shao."

Cheng Yu also nodded and said, "If Yuan Shao dies, Zhang Ming will be able to win Qingzhou and Jizhou, and the strategic value is immeasurable."

Cao Cao also felt this way. He felt that Zhang Ming was a pack of wolves on the battlefield. Once there was an advantage, he would rush up and bite.

Cao Cao doesn't know whether to be happy or sad now.

Happily, there is such a natural ally to deal with Yuan Shao together.

Sadly, this ally is not reliable at all and could be against him at any time.

"My lord, this Zhang Ming already deserves our attention, whether it's an enemy or a friend, we should all attach great importance to it," Guo Jia said.

Cao Cao nodded silently, thinking about something all the time.

"After returning home, vigorously develop football and let Anger also form a team himself."

Football can maintain the relationship between the two countries and even become an important diplomatic venue.

In this battle, Zhang Ming was indeed the one who gained the most.

Zhang Ming headed north all the way, and he was in a hurry to go back.

This time, the north can rest for a while.

There will be absolutely no war for at least half a year.

Although Yuan Shao lost 10,000+ soldiers and horses, and still has a lot of food and grass, he is still the most powerful prince in the world.

It controls nearly three states, has strong financial resources, and has many soldiers.

Yuan Shao went back angrily. On the way, he had already issued an order for people to start preparing food and recruiting soldiers and horses.

In terms of food and grass, the Zhen family alone is enough to provide him.

This battle has a huge impact. People of insight can see that it may affect the future situation, while ordinary people only see the immediate victory or loss.

Zhang Ming was heading north all the way, and he was galloping fast. He wanted to go back quickly to reap the fruits of this victory.

This time, the two were weakened, and he also got a county.

Originally, Yuan Shao thought that if he won, he could slowly eat away at Zhang Ming, and even let Zhang Ming be his thug to help him conquer the world.

As a result, a county white was given to Zhang Ming.

Zhang Ming returned to Ji County, and Yuan Shao and Cao Cao also went back at this time.

After they went back, each of them was licking their wounds.

Yuan Shao is fine, as long as he gives the order, his subordinates will get money and food, and then start recruiting and training soldiers and horses.

But Cao Cao can't, he still has enemies to the south, and his interior is unstable.

The most important thing is that Cao Cao is poor.

Cao Cao didn't have much food or money.

At this time, Cao Cao was moving around to get some money and food.

No way, he really has no money.

So Cao Cao secretly organized a team.

This team is one of the originators of tomb robbers, Captain Mojin.

There is really no way, if you don't go to the tomb, you have no money.

Many people would dislike the digging of ancestral graves, but Cao Cao had to do it too.

He really has no money.

After returning, Cao Cao began to have a headache.

Another discussion about fundraising, Cao Cao was discussing with his subordinate officials and Cao Ang.

"Hey, why is this Zhang Ming so rich, and he can spend a lot of money to build the city."

Cao Cao sighed and said.

Cao Ang said suddenly, "We can borrow it from him."

Some people laughed, thinking that Cao Ang's words were too ridiculous.

Cao Cao also shook his head.

Seeing that everyone didn't believe him, Cao Ang said, "Zhang Ming opened a bank in Youzhou, which specializes in lending money."

"In Youzhou, many businessmen are short of money, so they use land and real estate as collateral, and then lend the money. The interest varies according to the time. When the time comes, the loan will be repaid. Many people can do business several times because of this."

Cao Ang briefly said that everyone was dumbfounded, and the business can still do this.

Although, private loans have always existed, and they are still usury.

But what Zhang Ming does is open to everyone (currently limited to Youzhou)
Zhang Ming treats lending as a business.

Cao Cao sighed and said, "That's impossible to borrow. This model is really good, but what we borrowed is not 01:30. Besides, Zhang Ming has already lost all the money, so he has no money to lend us."

Cao Ang had a different idea.

"Father, uncles, this Zhang Ming's thinking has always been different from others, and he can make money. In fact, the money he spent on building the city is different from our calculations."

Everyone is wondering, is there anyone who builds a city without spending money?

(End of this chapter)