Chapter 449 Mi Zhu's Transformation

Cao Cao's guess was correct, the ambush had indeed been set up inside the city gate.

But when Zhang Yu entered, he saw Xuzhou soldiers and horses on guard on both sides looked even worse.

These Xuzhou soldiers don't know how much they have lost.

It is understandable that they were afraid that Cao Jun would take the opportunity to seize the city, but it was beyond Zhang Yu's understanding that it took so much time before and after.

It took an hour since they appeared outside the city, but they were unable to go out to meet them for a long time, causing Zhang Yu and the others to suffer huge losses.

After entering the city, there were only more than 12,000 people left in Gao Shun's army, and there were more than 13,000 Xuzhou soldiers and horses led by Zhang Yu.

The huge loss made Zhang Yu heartbroken. Gao Shun's army was a rare strong army in the Three Kingdoms.

When Mi Zhu saw Zhang Yu and the others coming in, he hurried down from the top of the wall.

"Brother Zhang, brother Zhang."

Mi Zhu yelled as he walked, but when he came to Zhang Yu, he found that Zhang Yu's face was very dark.

Mi Zhu immediately understood why Zhang Yu's expression was so bad.

"Brother Zhang, Taozhou Mu is seriously ill and unable to manage the affairs, so various orders are not so smooth." Mi Zhu said.

Zhang Yu is a smart person and probably knows what's going on, but he won't let it go.

Zhang Yu didn't give Mi Zhu a good look and said, "I want an independent military camp, and I want to recruit and train soldiers in the city."

Mi Zhu agreed, and hurried to Zhang Yu to make arrangements.

After Zhang Yu entered the city, he ignored the others and went directly to a place to camp.

After setting up camp, Zhang Yu sent someone to find out how chaotic Xuzhou was.

Xuzhou was divided into several factions, and the army was in disarray. Tao Qian underestimated the enemy and was wiped out by 100,000 soldiers. Now half of the soldiers guarding the city are newly recruited recruits.

How can such soldiers and horses have any fighting power.

If it weren't for the high and thick city of Xiapi, I'm afraid it wouldn't be able to resist for long.

Zhang Yu was too lazy to care so much, so Gao Shun started recruiting soldiers in the city the next day.

Mi Zhu came over at night.

"Brother Zhang, Xuzhou is in danger, what can you do?" Mi Zhu said.

In the past few days, Mi Zhu has been exhausted and exhausted.

Tao Qian fell, and Mi Zhu naturally had to stand up.

It's just that Mi Zhu can't control the entire Xiapi City.

The largest family in Xuzhou is not the Mi family, but the Chen family where Chen Deng belongs.

The Chen family is more influential than the Mi family in Xuzhou, and can even compete with Tao Qian, but Tao Qian dare not do anything to the Chen family.

"Is there any way? Just stick to it." Zhang Yu said.

Mi Zhu saw that Zhang Yu still had anger in his heart, so he said, "Brother Zhang, you and my two families have a close relationship. From now on, my Mi family will send family members to Youzhou and Yangzhou to develop, so please take care of me when the time comes."

Mi Zhu saw Zhang Yu's potential, and an army of 20,000 to 30,000 could have such power.

It was just hearsay before, but this time I saw it with my own eyes.

In fact, what is more important is that Cao Cao's invasion of Xuzhou shocked Mi Zhu too much.

Mi Zhu used to live in a comfortable environment. Apart from the previous Yellow Turban Rebellion, Xuzhou had not experienced much war.

But this time, Xuzhou will be wiped out by Cao Cao.

Let Mi Zhu understand that money is useless, and Tao Qian fell ill suddenly, let Mi Zhu know that Tao Qian can't cover him anymore.

At this time, Mi Zhu will naturally find a way out for his family, and Zhang Yu, who has been neglected before, appears in front of him.

Zhang Yu also heard Mi Zhu's favor, so he said: "I can't keep Xuzhou, but if your Mi family wants to do business in Youzhou and Yangzhou, the benefits will definitely not be less than Xuzhou. Not to mention anything else, Kuaiji County is no longer a city. The simple Kuaiji County even has a population of one million on Yizhou Island, and the population under my control is close to ten million, which is definitely a huge market."

Zhang Yu showed a little of his family background to Mi Zhu.

Zhang Yu controls about 200 counties at this time, and the basic population of each county is 200,000, and the population is 400,000 a month.

In a year, the population is 4 million. Adding the previous population, there are actually more than 10 million people.

Mi Zhu listened,

My heart was shocked.

Although Zhang Yu didn't reveal much to him, it was scary to think about it.

Yizhou, that is, Taiwan has a population of one million. This is such a terrifying concept.

Not to mention anything else, just Zhang Yu's control of the overseas part can make him invincible.

Just imagine, even if the struggle for hegemony in the Central Plains fails, Zhang Yu can still rule overseas.

Only then did Mi Zhu realize that Zhang Yu's foresight was no longer comparable to that of ordinary people.

Zhang Yu turned out to have laid down a big banner a long time ago.

What Mi Zhu didn't know was that Zhang Yu had been developing Fujian and Taiwan. If Guangdong wasn't too far away, he would also focus on developing it.

The later Nanjing, Zhenjiang and Shanghai areas are the focus of Zhang Yu's management.

Although there were not many Zhang Yu's army at this time, they were definitely a big boss and a colossus.

With the increase of population and economy, Zhang Yu can expand his army at any time.

Once the army is expanded, Zhang Yu definitely has the capital to fight for hegemony in the Central Plains.

"No, you must hold Zhang Yu's thigh tightly. I will immediately send the family members to Yangzhou and Youzhou. If possible, I will form an alliance with Zhang Yu." Mi Zhu thought to himself.

Mi Zhu gave Zhang Yu the greatest help within the scope of his authority, and at the same time the Mi family also gave Zhang Yu some help.

"Brother Mi, without further ado, our two families can continue to deepen our cooperation. When Tao Qian wakes up, please let me know that I want to see him." Zhang Yu said to Mi Zhu.

After hearing Zhang Yu's words, Mi Zhu immediately felt relieved, Xuzhou would be protected if he could, and if not, they would be the Mi family.

Three days after Zhang Yu entered the city, he recruited more than 30,000 people, increasing his force to 50,000. He handed over the original 10,000 soldiers and horses to Xuzhou directly.

With 50,000 soldiers and horses, Zhang Yu used points to train the recruits into veterans, and then handed them over to Gao Shun.

With these 50,000 soldiers and horses, Zhang Yu has more than enough protection for himself, and he doesn't care how Cao Cao tosses Xuzhou.

Three days after Zhang Yu entered the city, Cao Cao still stormed Xiapi City, putting a lot of pressure on Xiapi City.

Xuzhou's morale was further depressed, because Xiaopei was also breached.

On this day, Mi Zhu came to Zhang Yu again.

"Brother Zhang, Taozhou Mu has woken up, please go over." Mi Zhu said.

"Okay." Zhang Yu responded, and followed Mi Zhu without bringing anything.

On the way, Zhang Yu found out that Mi Zhu had woken up, but was a little weak.

When we arrived at the State Shepherd's Mansion, many officials gathered here, but apart from Cao Bao and Mi Fang, Zhang Yu didn't know other civil and military officials, and he wasn't interested in getting to know them. Zhang Yu didn't like many people in Xuzhou.

Those officials were all waiting outside, and Zhang Yu was led by Mi Zhu into Tao Qian's bedroom.

After entering, Zhang Yu saw Tao Qian with a white cloth tied on his head, obviously applying medicine, and then half lying down, his face a little pale.

"I met Taozhou Mu." Zhang Yu said.

Tao Qian was about to get up, Zhang Yu stepped forward and said, "Taozhou Mu, it's better to lie down and talk."

Tao Qian was a little choked, and Zhang Yu asked him to lie down, not for his body, but just for better speech.