Chapter 659: Make Money First and Then Fight
Yes, Zhang Yu is going to trick someone again.
The first step in defrauding people is to sell weapons.
With weapons, Yuan Shu could kill more people and cause the attacking army to lose more.
And Zhang Yu can also make a lot of money.
This time it really made money, as long as Yuan Shu bought it, he could make money.
Because Zhang Yu offered three times the price.
Three times the price, whether you like it or not.
However, more than half of the soldiers do not have weapons and equipment. Could Yuan Shu not buy them?
What he hates now is that there is not much money. If there is more money, he can buy as much as he can.
Soon, after a few days of trial and error, Ji Ling and the others made their first transaction.
The first transaction volume was very small, only 10,000 sets of equipment.
The money and goods were cleared on the spot, and Zhang Yu and the others left after getting the money.
And Ji Ling's army was equipped on the spot, and then returned safely to the city.
This is not the first time Yuan Shu has sold weapons and equipment to Zhang Yu, and Zhang Yu has sold them several times. He has sold more than 100,000 to 200,000 sets of equipment, and he is very familiar with the road.
With the first time, the second time is much easier.
Fifty thousand sets of weapons and equipment were traded within a few days.
Ji Ling asked his elite troops to change their outfits, and the ones that were eliminated were given to other troops.
Ji Ling sighed while operating: "There is no one in this world crazier than Zhang Yu. On the front line, when trading with the enemy opposite him, the most important thing is to sell weapons and equipment to the opponent. Except for arrows, heavy infantry and heavy infantry are not sold. He doesn’t sell the cavalry’s weapons and equipment, but he dares to sell anything.”
"It's just crazy about money, a complete lunatic."
Everyone knew that Zhang Yu was crazy, but he didn't expect to be crazy enough to sell weapons to his enemies who were fighting with him.
It was sold to Yuan Shao only after the truce was assured, and it was already crazy enough at that time.
This time it was even crazier, the battle was still fought, and the weapons and equipment were still sold.
On the third day after the first transaction, Sun Ce was in the barracks.
"Bo Fu, things are not good, we have to be careful, stop attacking, and consolidate the area we are currently occupying." Zhou Yu hurriedly found Sun Ce from the outer door and said.
Sun Ce is assigning tasks, dispatching troops and generals, preparing to continue advancing.
Sun Ce stopped moving, and looked at Zhou Yu with several veterans.
Zhou Yu continued: "I just received information that Zhang Yu traded with Yuan Shu and sold Yuan Shu a batch of weapons and equipment."
"Is Zhang Yu crazy?" Sun Ce asked in surprise.
Huang Gai was also dumbfounded, and he said, "Could it be that the two of them want to cooperate?"
Sun Ce realized that the situation was wrong and ordered the whole army to stop attacking.
After Sun Ce gave the order and the messenger went to pass the order, Zhou Yu said: "Bo Fu, the old generals, I think it is unlikely that they will cooperate. Zhang Yu is unpredictable, but one thing is that he is shrewd." Incomparably, Yuan Shu's reputation is so bad that it can't be any worse, and there is no benefit in cooperating with him."
"At least it's clear that we won't cooperate. After all, Zhang Yu is still the leader of the alliance. If he cheats us instead, his reputation will really be ruined. Who will dare to do anything with him in the future."
Zhou Yu's analysis made everyone even more confused.
"In my judgment, Zhang Yu wants to make money first, and second, he wants us to fight Yuan Shu to death and consume the strength of other parties." Zhou Yu said his analysis results.
"Cunning enough, no wonder Zhang Yu has never fought a war except when he was crossing the river." Han Dang also said angrily.
Zu Mao also expressed his opinion: "Zhang Yu likes people behind the scenes the most. I think we should consolidate and digest the current territory first, and then attack Yuan Shu when we have the opportunity."
Several people discussed for a while, and decided to defend the city around Poyang Lake, and consolidate the defense line, not to attack for the time being, and then wait for changes in the battlefield.
Sun Ce did not attack, Lu Bu attacked slowly, and Cai Mao only occupied three cities without much action.
Only Cao Cao began to attack fiercely, and the offensive was very fierce.
When they encountered Yuan Shu's city, tens of thousands of troops pressed up and attacked day and night.
Cao Cao wanted to get rid of Yuan Shu as soon as possible, and then go back to save Yanzhou.
Yanzhou is his hometown and is very important.
Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses on the front line could not stop Cao Cao. As a last resort, he ordered Ji Ling to bring 100,000 elite soldiers to support him.
Cao Cao started from Luoyang, first went to Xuchang, Yanzhou, his own territory, and then went southeast from Xuchang.
After attacking Yangzhou, it took seven days to attack Xiacai and Yingshang in the north of Shouchun, less than a hundred miles away from Yuan Shu's old lair.
Facing Cao Cao's army, although there were 300,000 soldiers in Shouchun City, Yuan Shu still had no idea, so he sent Ji Ling back.
"My loves, the situation is very tense, but there is a good plan." Yuan Shu panicked, and the enemy had already killed him right under his nose.
Yang Hong calmed down a lot.
"Your Majesty, in order to attack His Majesty, Yuan Shaoming used Yanzhou to fight Cao Cao first. Cao Cao must be in a hurry when Yanzhou is under attack. He must want to quickly break through Shouchun and then return to the north of Yanzhou. If we can hold on for a few days In a month, Cao Cao will definitely not be able to hold on, and will definitely retreat."
Yang Hong's words let everyone breathe a sigh of relief, because Cao Cao had already been killed.
As Yang Hong analyzed, Cao Cao really didn't dare to spend too long here, that's why he attacked so frantically.
One of Yuan Shu's ministers came up and said, "Your Majesty, we can use 400,000 troops to keep Cao Cao out of Shouchun City, but Zhang Yu also has 300,000 troops. Zhang Yu's combat power is not inferior to Cao Cao's army."
These words made everyone raise their hearts again.
Seeing that everyone was in a bad mood, Yang Hong quickly stood up and said, "Master, in fact, it is easy to deal with Zhang Yu. From the large amount of weapons and equipment he sold us, we can see that they are fighting on their own, and unity is just a slogan. Zhang Yu puts profit first and can be bought."
"Okay, as long as Zhang Yu is willing to retreat, I will allow him to be a high-ranking official, and he can ask for any official position he wants." Yuan Shu said.
Yang Hong felt helpless for a while, why did Yuan Shu become so stupid.
If Zhang Yu wants an official position, Liu Xie has already made him a prince, and he still needs to find out what official position Yuan Shu, the fake emperor, wants.
"My lord, Zhang Yu just loves money, and the official position can't impress him, otherwise Liu Xie can give him a great official position." Yang Hong said.
Yuan Shu was a little embarrassed when he heard that, he is not the only emperor in this world, and he has not been recognized as an emperor yet.
"Damn it, I don't even have any money now. If I had money, I would have bought weapons and equipment a long time ago." Yuan Shu cursed.
Yuan Shu really didn't have much money. He sold everything he could. He had already bought 110,000 sets of weapons and equipment from Zhang Yu, but later he couldn't buy that much. He only needed weapons, not armor.
Now Yang Hong asks Yuan Shu to buy Zhang Yu, Zhang Yu has such a big appetite that he doesn't know how much it will take to satisfy his appetite.
"Your Majesty, please call together the big families, and you want officials to officials, and land to land. This time, you have to get through it first." Yang Hong persuaded. The strongest system to dominate the Three Kingdoms