The two men ran into a thorn bush, and Yuan Shao was accidentally trapped, so he asked Cao Cao for help. I didn't expect Cao Cao to see this and laugh. Instead of saving Yuan Shao, he shouted: Here comes the thief who stole the bride! The separation of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao is closely related to the general trend of the world.
When Dong Zhuo was in chaos, Yuan Shao, as the leader of the vassals, begged Dong, while Cao Cao left his army in Chen and attached himself to Zhang Miao, one of the vassals who begged Dong. Although they are cooperative, they are not closely linked. However, after the dissolution of ASEAN, the relationship between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao quickly entered the honeymoon period. Cao Cao was represented by Yuan Shao as the prefect of Dongjun, and Cao Cao finally owned a small piece of territory.
But this is because it originated from the Yellow Scarf Uprising in East County, and the former magistrate of East County (appointed by Liu Dai) could not resist it. Cao Cao led the army to defeat the Black Scarf Uprising in Du Yu and Baiwai, and saved Dongjun. Therefore, Yuan Shao just showed off. The reason why Cao Cao became the prefect of Dong Jun County and completed his attack on Yanzhou in the future and won the first bucket of gold was largely his own ability.
However, in any case, this can be regarded as the beginning of close cooperation between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. Yuan Shao pretended to live in seclusion and started a small group, which was seen by eunuchs. The eunuch went to ask Yuan Shao's uncle Wei Yuan, who was a very high official: "What is this son's intention?" Wei Yuan had to force Yuan Shao to be an official, so that he could work under the nose of the court and reassure the eunuchs.
As a result, Yuan Shao was called into the general shogunate by General He Jin. Later, under the recommendation of blades, he became a very powerful captain of Li Si. Why did Cao Cao also appear in blades house soon, and why did he always make suggestions with Yuan Shao? That's naturally because two people are a group.
Later, they joined the eight commanders of Xiyuan. Do you think it was an accident? Probably not. Considering that Chunyu Qiong, who was later put under Yuan Shao's account, was also one of the eight captains of Xiyuan, you can imagine that Yuan Shao's clique actually helped each other and wanted to be a force. At this time, Cao Cao has actually become the deputy commander-in-chief of Yuan Shao's clique. Both Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are children of bureaucrats, but they are different in nature. The Cao family started from the eunuch Cao Teng, and the Yuan family started from a noble family. Scholars in that dynasty looked down on eunuchs, no matter how high their status was.