Invincible from the beginning of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 363 The Battle of Guandu Begins

Yuan Shao comforted Zhen Yi, and then let him go back.

This matter is a big trouble.

This was the biggest problem Zhang Ming posed for him.

Zhen Yi is his rich man, and Zhen Yi's financial resources are astonishing.

At this time, it is absolutely impossible to send large-scale troops to pursue Zhang Ming. The possibility of catching up is too small.

It is also necessary to prevent Zhang Ming from tearing up tickets, and the most important thing is to worry that things will become a big issue, and everyone will know about it.

It doesn't matter if it is not resolved, if this makes Zhen Yi feel cold, he may lose Zhen Yi's support.

So, in fact, Yuan Shao was very embarrassed.

Let Zhen Yi go back first, Yuan Shao needs to think of a way.

Yuan Shao, who returned to the conference hall, obviously had a great mood change.

In the end, Yuan Shao only told a few core people, and asked them to discuss a solution.

Yuan Shao said angrily: "If there is a chance, I will beat Zhang Ming to ashes."

Yuan Shaoming had said this word countless times in secret, but it still hadn't come true.

After some discussion among the people, Guo Tu said, "My lord, this matter concerns the reputation of you and the second son, so we can only handle it in a low-key manner."

Yuan Shao nodded, he was still very generous to his opponents, but he had better face.

"Ziyuan, I will leave this matter to you. You secretly take someone to Youzhou and ask him to come back."

Yuan Shao arranged it like this, and then continued to discuss his important affairs.

After Zhang Ming's disturbance, Yuan Shao believed that Zhang Ming could only bluff and dare not start a war with him.

However, the necessary preparations are still necessary. He sent [-] troops to defend the border, and Zhang Ming was unable to break in in large numbers.

And Zhang Ming returned to Youzhou smoothly, and placed Zhen Mi in the state pastoral mansion.

Zhen Mi was captured by Zhang Ming, Zhen Yi could only worry at home.

At this time, Yuan Shao's army slowly gathered, and many troops have been sent to the front line.

Back in Youzhou, Zhang Ming stepped up his preparations.

He also ordered Xi Zhicai to recruit another [-] militiamen and strengthen the training of the militiamen.

At the same time, make more armor weapons and so on.

Everything is going on tensely.

In June of this year, Yuan Shu died of illness, and Yuan Shu collapsed.

When Yuan Shu collapsed, the one who benefited the most was naturally Cao Cao.

Cao Cao sent a large army to attack Zhang Xiu and Yuan Shu. Perhaps with a large amount of land, the strength expanded rapidly.

Yuan Shao was in a hurry and kept sending large troops to the front. Yan Liang and Wen Chou attacked Cao Jun several times.

However, although Cao Jun's troops are scattered, they are all elite and very powerful.

Cao Jun fought everywhere, and in recent years, the territory has expanded a lot, almost surpassing Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao recuperated for a few years and didn't fight much. He couldn't bear it this time and was ready to fight.

Yuan Shu died of illness, and Cao Cao took a large amount of land in Yangzhou, which made Yuan Shao unbearable.

In the same year, September.

Yuan Shao sent Yan Liang and Wen Chou to attack Cao Jun, but Cao Ren led Lu Bu and other generals to defeat them.

Yan Liang was injured and had to be sent to the rear for treatment.

Yuan Shao was temporarily repelled, so Cao Cao attacked Zhang Xiu again. This time Zhang Xiu could not resist and had to surrender.

Cao Cao took Wancheng again, and his strength increased greatly.

Cao Cao at this time was already very inflated.

His strength has grown rapidly, and if he annexes the surrounding areas, he will surpass Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao gradually couldn't bear it, and decided to mobilize an army to attack Cao Cao.

Now, Cao Cao's threat has risen to a very high level.

However, Zhang Ming has not expanded abroad in recent years, nor has he increased his military strength.

Although [-] city defenders were added, Yuan Shao didn't take it seriously, it was just the city defenders.

Therefore, Yuan Shao believed that Zhang Ming was not threatening, so he didn't take it too seriously.

He put the focus on Cao Cao.

Conscript the army, levy food and grass.

In Ye City, Zhen Mi had been taken away for several months, and Zhen Yi was looking forward to saving her every day.

But Xu You went to Youzhou and got nothing.

Zhen Yi has successively subsidized several batches of grain and fodder for Yuan Shao, but there is no news about his daughter.

This made Zhen Yi extremely anxious.

Anxiety is anxiety, but there is nothing to do.

"This letter was secretly sent to Youzhou, and must be handed over to Zhang Ming or Tian Feng."

Zhen Yi saw that Yuan Shao could not save anyone, so he wrote a letter and arranged for his cronies to be sent to Youzhou.

The content of the letter is very simple, to negotiate with Zhang Ming, as long as he is willing to release him, the conditions are easy to negotiate.

However, what Zhen Yi did was discovered by Yuan Shao on the same day.

It turned out that his so-called cronies were actually Yuan Shao's people.

Yuan Shao got the letter, sent someone to return it to Zhen Yi, and comforted Zhen Yi, reassuring Zhen Yi that he would definitely help him rescue Zhen Mi.

Zhen Yi was covered in cold sweat.

This Yuan Shao is so talkative on the surface, sending the letter is a kind of warning.

Yuan Shao monitored him. If he dared to contact Zhang Ming privately, Yuan Shao might attack the Zhen family.

Zhen Yi was helpless and dared not do anything.

Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's army got closer and closer.

Zhang Ming knew that the war was about to break out.

He called Xi Zhicai, Tian Feng and Chen Gong.

"There is a battle between the two powerhouses, no matter who wins or loses, we have to start making arrangements."

Two strong, really strong.

Yuan Shao has hundreds of thousands of troops, and Cao Cao is not bad, he also has hundreds of thousands of troops.

After some analysis, Xi Zhicai said: "Master, we should support Cao Cao in the rear. If Yuan Shao fails, we will take the opportunity to swallow Qingzhou."

Qingzhou, or Jizhou?
Both places are connected.

"Why not Jizhou?"

Xi Zhicai said: "In Jizhou, Yuan Shao focuses on defense. If they have the fighting spirit, we need to fight with them, and it is very likely that Cao Cao will take the opportunity to occupy a large amount of land.

"Besides, Qingzhou is easy to govern. After we occupy Qingzhou, we can develop rapidly and increase our strength."

Xi Zhicai's analysis made sense, so Zhang Ming formulated a strategy according to this purpose.

"Tian Feng, now, we are starting to hoard food and grass and prepare military pay. From now on, you must control your finances, and you must keep a sum of money."

"My lord, we still have 1000 million silver coins and 500 million copper coins in our treasury. These are stored in the reserve treasury. In the future, we will deposit all the money brought by Fusang."

Zhang Ming nodded, agreeing with his approach.

Zhang Ming made a strategic plan, and then began to arrange.

Two months later, Zhang Ming secretly transported part of the food to the front line.

And he started to reduce his expenses and hoarded a lot of money.

Zhang Ming is a rich man, and the amount of silver mines dug from Fusang every month is very large.

As a result, what Zhang Ming is short of is not silver coins, but copper coins.

After all, the value of silver coins is high, and most people can't use them.

Zhang Ming had to look for copper mines everywhere. Fortunately, there were many copper mines in Fusang, and he found several small copper mines.

In two months, Zhang Ming had gathered tens of millions of money, enough to cope with the upcoming war.

All three parties are preparing.

A few months later, Zhang Ming hoarded a large sum of money, and the army was well trained.

Now sharpening their swords, the 20 elites are waiting for Zhang Ming's order.

Soon, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao finally met in Guandu.

The Battle of Guandu is about to begin.

And Zhang Ming has to make his choice.

Will he wait for the end of the war, or take the initiative to intervene.

(End of this chapter)