Chapter 737 Reaching an Agreement

Under the city of Xiapi, there are camps on three sides.

The three armies surrounded Xiapi City, but no one dared to attack rashly because of Lu Bu's prestige there.

However, the three parties are not in a hurry, because the areas they control are all linked to their own territory, and there will be no problem even if they fight a protracted war.

Zhang Yu knew that Xiapi City was very difficult to fight. Historically, Cao Cao was unable to defeat it after fighting for a long time, and finally flooded the entire Xiapi City by flooding it with water.

The three armies were besieged, and no one wanted to act first, so there was a stalemate for several days.

"My lord, it's exhausting like this, ask them to fight together." Dian Wei couldn't help but want to fight.

Zhang Yu is not in a hurry when others are in a hurry, he said calmly: "It is not us who should be in a hurry, whoever is in a hurry will suffer at this time."

The three parties came to a stalemate together, and whoever was in a hurry would have to give up their benefits, so Zhang Yu was not in a hurry.

Not only is he not in a hurry, Zhang Yu has already begun to govern Guangling County.

Occupying Guangling County requires good development. The territory of a county, a very large piece of land, should be well managed.

Zhang Yu is like an infrastructure madman. Although he didn't come to do infrastructure construction, he immediately carried out strong governance after the occupation.

The people quickly settled down, and at the same time, several major counties were reinforced, and then material reserves were carried out, and they were soon built into their own territory.

Zhang Yu has a mature plan, and it only takes a few months to control a county in depth.

Yuan Shao was not in a hurry at this time, because the territory he occupied was linked to his own, and there was no problem in transporting grain, grass, and soldiers.

Although this is the case with Cao Cao, Cao Cao is in a hurry.

On the other side, Zhang Xiu, Li Jue, and even Yuan Shu were linked with him, which was very unstable.

Cao Cao is surrounded by enemies, and it is impossible to drag him here for a long time.

Yuan Shao's counselors also saw this, so they stopped attacking after reaching Xiapi City.

After a stalemate for more than ten days, Cao Cao finally couldn't help it. His generals and elite soldiers are all here, and if there is a problem in other directions, he will be quite passive.

Cao Cao summoned a dozen generals, including Cheng Yu, to discuss matters.

"Zhang Yu and Yuan Shao obviously want to spend it. They all know that we can't afford it, so they want to force us to submit." Cao Cao said.

Several people discussed for a while that there was really no way out. If they fought alone, no one would dare. If the other two suddenly turned against each other, they would be in danger of perishing.

But they have all reached the city of Xiapi. If Lu Bu is not destroyed, everything will be in vain.

"My lord, it's better for us to retreat." Cheng Yu suggested.

"Tell me carefully."

Cheng Yu looked around for a week and said, "Zhang Yu and Yuan Shao absolutely cannot tolerate Lu Bu's continued existence, so if we persist in withdrawing, Yuan Shao and Zhang Yu may come to win us over."

Cao Cao thought for a while and found it reasonable, but then he said: "Yuan Shao may be like this, but Zhang Yu may have something wrong. He will not follow the path we think."

Cao Cao knew Zhang Yu very well, knew that Zhang Yu's thinking was changeable, and he liked to look at problems from another angle.

Cheng Yu frowned, he wasn't sure how Zhang Yu would come, but he said, "It doesn't matter if Zhang Yu doesn't come according to our idea, as long as Yuan Shao is willing to attack with us, then Zhang Yu will definitely come." Will submit."

"Why don't we discuss it with Zhang Yu first. It's better for two families to act together than one family." Cao Cao said.

Several people fell silent, the situation was like this, but if they took the initiative to go to Zhang Yu, it would definitely give up a lot of benefits.

Cao Cao asked again, "What has Zhang Yu been doing recently?"

There must be someone on this battlefield who specializes in collecting all kinds of intelligence.

Cao Xiu was in charge of collecting intelligence and came out to report: "Zhang Yu's army did not take any action, but according to reports from the spies, Zhang Yu recruited a large number of refugees in Guangling County, and finally did not know where to transport these refugees."

"But it seems to be transported to the south, we can only find out that these people were transported to the ship,

As for the specific whereabouts, we have no way of knowing. "

Cao Cao, Cheng Yu and others frowned.

Cao Cao really doesn't understand Zhang Yu anymore.

"Meng De, doesn't Zhang Yu want to stick to Guangling County, and then transfer the population?" Xia Houyuan said.

Cao Xiu questioned and said: "It's not quite like that. After Zhang Yu took control of Guangling, he sent a large number of administrative personnel to control the counties, and strengthened the city's defenses and stockpiled supplies. This completely included Guangling County in his territory."

Cao Jun was confused from top to bottom, and Zhang Yu likes to do things that make people confused.

In fact, the reason why Zhang Yu transferred a large number of refugees is very simple.

Zhang Yu's large-scale overseas immigration not only wants to emigrate to Australia, but also to emigrate to the supply points along the road in Tianzhu.

There are too many people needed along the way, and it is difficult for Zhang Yu to recruit refugees in the Jiangdong area, because they live a stable life and do not need to go overseas at all.

Therefore, Zhang Yu could only recruit refugees from other places.

Just after occupying Guangling County, there were still hundreds of thousands of refugees in Guangling County. Zhang Yu recruited them all and sent them overseas, so that he could control Guangling County conveniently.

Zhang Yu transferred part of the population of Guangling County, destroying the original relationship, and then moved part of it from the Jiangdong area, so that Zhang Yu can quickly control your Guangling County.

Cao Cao really didn't understand Zhang Yu's intentions, so he sent someone to send a letter to Zhang Yu, inviting him to meet.

Zhang Yu immediately agreed to the invitation to meet with Cao Cao.

This is the time to benefit, how can he give up.

Cao Cao and Zhang Yu met in the middle of the two armies two days later, and the envoys of both sides had to confirm the personnel.

At this time, it is impossible for the two to meet easily, and safety is very important.

Two days later, the meeting took place as scheduled.

Zhang Yu took Dian Wei with him, and five hundred soldiers. Of course, there was an army behind him, but the army could only be within a certain distance, which was agreed by both parties.

When it was time to meet, Zhang Yu took Dian Wei and ten soldiers with him, and Cao Cao's side did the same, but they had one more person, Zhang Yu took me, and Cao Cao took Xu Chu and Cao Hong.

"Haha, brother Mengde, it's really not easy for us to meet." Zhang Yu said happily.

Of course he was happy, Cao Cao probably came here to give benefits.

"Brother Zhang, let's just talk about the old days and discuss the business directly." Cao Cao said.

Zhang Yu raised his eyebrows and said, "Okay, Brother Meng De please."

"If I want to withdraw and not attack Xiapi City, what will you do?"

Both were sitting on horseback, neither carrying weapons, Cao Cao said first.

"That's good, I'll retreat too. Anyway, I've got almost all the benefits discussed before. Xiapi City is the best to fight, and I can accept it if I don't fight." Zhang Yu said.

Cao Cao thought to himself, this answer is not surprising at all, even Cao Cao thought of it a long time ago.

"Okay, then I'll just say it straight. I want to destroy Lu Bu and break through Xiapi City. If there are any conditions, Brother Zhang will directly ask for it." Cao Cao said.

"Haha, I'm happy, I'm happy." Zhang Yu laughed and said, "Brother Meng De is so straightforward, so I'll just say it, it's very simple, millions of refugees, but you need to trade in advance. You invaded Xuzhou and controlled a lot of Xuzhou. There are a lot of land and refugees, so giving one million can relieve the pressure."

"Okay, I agree to this condition."

Cao Cao agreed very readily. Now that there are many people, one million refugees is not a problem, and it will not weaken him. There is nothing he cannot agree to.