Pei Yuanshao led the army early the morning after agreeing to Tao Qian. This time he led 30,000 troops to rescue. Although this time it was not for the fight, he still had to make necessary preparations.

Of course, Pei Yuanshao would not fight to the death with Cao Cao for a Pengcheng Kingdom, whose population was killed by nearly half. He just needed to suppress others with his power and force Cao Cao to retreat. He believed that Cao Cao was also a smart person and could not still attack Xuzhou at the risk of going to a full-scale war with Lu Bu and his side.

Pei Yuanshao's movements were fast enough that Cao Cao didn't react. On this day, Cao Cao finally boosted his morale a little and was about to launch an attack on Lu Bu soon, but suddenly he heard a message that shocked him: "Pe Yuanshao, the governor of Yuzhou, led tens of thousands of troops and was waiting outside the camp."

"What? This Pei Yuanshao actually came so fast? This is really surprising." Cao Cao was shocked when he heard this. In his calculations, no matter how fast Pei Yuanshao was, it would take at least three or five days to arrive, but this time it was too sudden.

What made Cao Cao also confused was that after the other party came, he did not take advantage of his own unpreparedness and launched an attack directly, but instead formed an array outside the camp and asked him to see him.

After all, Cao Cao was not an ordinary person. He understood the other party’s intention after just a little thought.

"It turns out that Pei Yuanshao doesn't want to fight with me at all, but he doesn't want me to occupy Xuzhou. He just used his army to force me to retreat. If I insist on retreating, he doesn't mind going to waste with me for a long time. Yuzhou has a bumper harvest this year and the food is very abundant. However, my Yanzhou has just encountered a war, and production has been destroyed. There is insufficient food. I can't afford it at all. But if I choose to take the initiative to fight, I will definitely be attacked by him and Lu Bu. No matter how strong my military strength is, I don't have the confidence to face them at the same time. Alas, it seems that Fengxiao is right. I am destined to be futile this time."

Cao Cao smiled bitterly in his heart when he heard this. Guo Jia was sick at that time. Cao Cao took the opportunity to visit him to ask him about his opinion on this conquest of Xuzhou. Guo Jia said at that time that this battle would probably be futile. Cao Cao didn't believe it at all. He thought that Guo Jia was really confused and launched an attack resolutely, but he didn't expect that now, the words were indeed fulfilled.

Cao Cao then ordered to be prepared, but he did not go out of the camp to meet Pei Yuanshao.

As he was worried, Pei Yuanshao had no other reaction at all. He just ordered camping not far away, and was also cautious, but did not take any action. Even Cao Cao could see the movement in Pei Yuanshao's camp when he stood at the height of the camp. He saw grain trucks pushing over one by one, and the grain was piled up like a hill. It was obvious that Pei Yuanshao had already prepared for a long-term confrontation.

Next, Cao Cao could only hope that Lu Bu would take the initiative to attack, because people like Lu Bu would always jump out. As long as Lu Bu took the initiative to attack, he could take the opportunity to use the trick and defeat Lu Bu with lightning speed. As long as Lu Bu was defeated, Pei Yuanshao would definitely withdraw his troops, because he would not be able to fight with him alone.

But there was no movement on Lu Bu's side, which made Cao Cao feel strange, because Lu Bu has always been brave but not patient and can't stand it now. Could it be that Chen Gong really has such great ability to persuade Lu Bu to urge him?

Of course, Cao Cao didn't know how much impulse Lu Bu endured under the joint persuasion of Chen Gong, Chen Deng, Zhang Miao and others for the position of Xuzhou Mu. In fact, even if he forced himself to not send troops, Lu Bu was skeptical. Even when Cao Cao pretended to send troops, he almost couldn't help it, but he finally chose to believe the words of these wise men.

However, Cao Cao did not believe that Lu Bu could hold it back, so he made various provocative actions.

But Lu Bu couldn't hold it a fool!

Cao Cao finally gradually lost hope. He knew that Lu Bu could do this and had a great plan, but he had no choice, because his army was under the attack of Pei Yuanshao and Lu Bu's army, and the two sides had reached a tacit understanding. As long as he launched an attack on one of them, the other side would definitely provide full assistance. At the same time, Tao Qian also gathered tens of thousands of troops to participate. Although the combat effectiveness of these tens of thousands of troops could be almost ignored, it brought a lot of pressure to the Qingzhou army under his command.

The confrontation lasted for less than ten days, and Cao Cao could no longer hold on because he knew that the subsequent ending was almost no benefit except for spending money and food.

But Cao Cao could not save this face at all. He came in a fierce manner. If he just returned in shame, his reputation would definitely drop rapidly and he would also gain a cruel reputation.

"The most critical part of this is that Pei Yuanshao is not sure about the husband. He actually responded so quickly and led the army to reinforce in time. If I were given two or three days, I would be able to defeat Lu Bu and capture Donghai City." Cao Cao gritted his teeth and was very depressed. In fact, what he wanted to say was nothing, because Pei Yuanshao was just following the order. If Pei Qing's order was not Pei Qing, he would not dare to do this even if he beat Pei Yuanshao to death.

So in the final analysis, Pei Qing was not sure. I didn’t expect that Pei Qing’s movements were so fast, so fast movements were amazingly creepy. Pei Qing’s intelligence was really terrible, right?

In fact, this is not that Pei Qing's intelligence itself is terrible. It is mainly that Pei Qing is familiar with history and knows that after Cao Song dies, Cao Cao will definitely raise an army to attack Tao Qian. So before Cao Cao decides to raise an army, he already wrote a letter to Pei Qing to authorize it. It is precisely because of the action first that he can take a step forward, which makes Cao Cao lose everything because of his carelessness.

"Zhongde, now we are unable to get off the road, we cannot advance or retreat. What do you think we should do?" Cao Cao sighed and asked Cheng Yu.

Cheng Yu thought for a moment and said to Cao Cao: "We are now under the attack of Pei Yuanshao and Lu Bu. Fighting is the best strategy, but if we retreat, we will inevitably become the laughing stock of the world. For the current plan, there is only one way to resolve the crisis."

"Oh? I don't know what the solution is?" Cao Cao's eyes lit up when he heard this. It seemed that he had suddenly seen a little light during the night walk, and asked quickly.

"Hehe, the person who tied the bell must be untied. Everything is on Tao Qian. We only need to do this so that we can return to Yanzhou legitimately, and create a conflict between Tao Qian and Lu Bu. Once Lu Bu kills Tao Qian, he will definitely lose the people's hearts. If we take the opportunity to conquer, even Pei Qing will never be able to provide assistance." Cheng Yu said with a faint smile with a trace of evil in his eyes.
Chapter completed!