Tao Qian was half-lying, silent for a while and said: "Right now, Cao Mengde refuses to give up, the people of Xuzhou are suffering, General Zhang is strong, please help me withdraw from Xuzhou." ”

Zhang Yu was not used to playing official like this, so he simply said: "Hold Xiapi, it's no problem to wait for Cao Cao's food to run out, but I'm busy with things, and I can't afford to be early." ”

Zhang Yu said very simply, Tao Qian was all dry bones in the grave, and the anger in his heart had not yet been spilled.

Hearing Zhang Yu say that he couldn't afford to be early, Tao Qian's face changed, and his mind didn't react for a while.

In the end, Tao Qian looked constipated, and said helplessly: "General Zhang, Benzhou Mu understands what you mean, and I will not treat you badly in Xuzhou." ”

"That's the best, Taozhou Mu, then make a price, I'll help you defend the city, how much a day to give." Zhang Yu then said.

Zhang Yu can be said to be pressing step by step, and directly asked Tao Qian to make a price.

Tao Qian is a cultural person, where would he have thought that Zhang Yu would be such a philistine.

Zhang Yu didn't want to do this, first, he was angry with Xuzhou, so that his soldiers and horses lost so much, and second, Tao Qian couldn't live long, so there was no need to have a good relationship with him.

In the end, the two sides negotiated, and Tao Qian gave Zhang Yu 500,000 yuan a day for labor fees.

In addition, the loss is calculated separately.

Zhang Yu agreed to come down, and then went to defend the city.

After Zhang Yu left, Tao Qian was so angry that he wanted to scold.

"This Zhang Yu really doesn't know what to do, Benzhou still wants to entrust Xuzhou to him, but I didn't expect him to be so short-sighted and such a philistine." Tao Qian said angrily.

After hearing this, Mi Zhu hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Don't be angry, Lord Zhoumu, your body has not recovered yet, and this Xuzhou is still waiting for you to preside over the overall situation." ”

"Ugh."

Tao Qian sighed deeply.

Tao Qian's own health is not good, and the most important thing is that Xuzhou has no heir.

He knew the abilities of his two sons, and now Xuzhou was surrounded by enemies, and with their two sons, no one could stop this enemy, and handing over Xuzhou to them would only harm their lives.

"There is no one in Xuzhou, no one in Xuzhou." Tao Qian cried and said.

Mi Zhu hurriedly comforted, and then Tao Qian let some important officials in, and then explained the deal with Zhang Yu, so that they could cooperate with Zhang Yu.

Everyone was helpless, as if they really couldn't keep this Xuzhou.

However, Cao Bao and Mi Fang and other generals were still very unhappy.

Zhang Yu took over the command of the army, but the actual control of the army was still in their hands, and Zhang Yu could only command them temporarily.

After Zhang Yu agreed, he led people up the city wall.

"You retreat one after another, and ask Cao Mengde to come up and speak." After Zhang Yu went to the city, he yelled at Cao Jun who was attacking the city.

At first, it was nothing, and it didn't have any effect on Cao Jun.

But a quarter of an hour later, Cao's army actually retreated.

"This is Zhang Yu, a roar can make Cao Jun stop attacking the city."

"I heard that the lord has given Xuzhou to him."

"Can he stop Cao Jun? Will we survive? ”

The appeal of ordinary soldiers is often simple: to live.

Zhang Yu's appearance gave hope to many soldiers in Xuzhou.

After all, Zhang Yu is famous.

Cao Jun really stopped attacking, which made them admire Zhang Yu very much.

After Cao Jun retreated, he formed a formation in the rear and waited.

About half an hour later, Cao Cao appeared in the city, accompanied by several generals.

"Brother Zhang, Cao is here, I don't know what to advise?" Cao Cao approached the city walls, but was still out of range of the archers.

"Discuss something with you, Taozhou Mu hired me to defend the city for him, this city is destined to be attacked by you, it is better for us to cooperate and cooperate." Zhang Yu said loudly.

As soon as these words came out, everyone's hearts were extremely strange, what did Zhang Yu want to do.

Cao Cao's face did not change, and after a pause, he said, "Okay, then please ask Brother Zhang to talk about how to cooperate." ”

"It's very simple, you just surround it like this, don't attack the city, and retreat by yourself when you run out of food, so that I can make money, and you don't have to lose a lot of soldiers and horses, and consume a lot of grain and grass." Zhang Yu said.

"This Zhang Yu is shameless enough."

"It's very Zhang Yu."

"Zhang Yu really took himself seriously."

"This Zhang Yu is really arrogant, what does he use to stop us, although his soldiers and horses are very powerful, but that's it."

The generals of the Cao army quit and scolded under the city.

And the people in the city were also confused.

How else can it be done?

Zhang Yu said that if he didn't fight, he wouldn't fight?

Cao Cao didn't answer, he was thinking about the problem.

Although Zhang Yu's words were arrogant and ignorant, the connotation revealed made Cao Cao have to pay attention to it.

If Tao Qian really hired Zhang Yu to defend the city, then Zhang Yu would have the command power in his hands, maybe the army would still be those armies, but the combat effectiveness shown would definitely be different.

In addition, Zhang Yu asked Cao Cao to retreat after running out of food, Cao Cao and their army were indeed short of food, not much food, did Zhang Yu really know about this situation or lie to him?

Cao Cao did not dare to take risks.

Zhang Yu did know that Cao Cao's army did not have enough grain and grass, and in history, he conquered Xuzhou in vain, and the lack of grain and grass was an important factor.

"Brother Zhang, you are a businessman, this doesn't seem to be good for me." Cao Cao said with a smile.

Seeing Cao Cao's appearance, Zhang Yu shrugged helplessly, and then said: "It's not that it's not good, even if it's not good, it's not harmful, just help." ”

Zhang Yu was completely nonsense, helping, and bringing hundreds of thousands of troops to help Zhang Yu.

After hearing this, everyone wanted to beat Zhang Yu, and Zhang Yu could be shameless to this extent.

Cao Cao was actually helpless and angry in his heart.

He came to attack Xuzhou with hundreds of thousands of troops, but Xuzhou was not defeated, and it is not good to lose troops and generals so far.

And Zhang Yu came with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, not to mention anything else, Zhang Yu had already received the benefits before he worked.

However, Cao Cao was helpless, and it was indeed difficult for him to capture Xuzhou in the real situation.

In the end, Cao Cao did not give Zhang Yu any reply, and led his troops to retreat for the time being.

Zhang Yu was arrogant in the city, which made the soldiers in Xuzhou very excited.

It turned out that Zhang Yu could really "repel Cao Jun" in a few words.

"Haha, lord, you are really good, just one name can scare that Cao Ah away." Dian Wei said happily.

Zhang Yu didn't answer, only he knew that this was not arrogance, but fighting with Cao Cao.

Zhang Yu deliberately did this, in order to make Cao Cao not know his hole cards and couldn't figure it out.

Cao Cao is suspicious, and he will definitely consider many aspects at this time.

And Zhang Yu came to a nonsensical point, so that he couldn't grasp Zhang Yu's true intentions.

However, one thing is certain, that is, if Zhang Yu really takes over the command, I am afraid that they will have to increase a lot if they want to break through Xuzhou.

When he went back, Cao Cao didn't say a word, and then locked himself in a big tent.

He has invested too much in this war, and he is really unwilling to give up like this, but if he continues to fight, Cao Cao is not very sure.

(End of chapter)