Cao Cao lost more than 200,000 soldiers and horses in two battles, if he wants to recover his strength, he must empty his family funds, and it is not a simple matter to redeem Cao Ang and Cao Ren at this time.

Zhang Yu even questioned the economic strength of the princes of one side.

"Lord, I don't know how much you want to offer?" Guo Jia asked tentatively.

"Wouldn't it be an insult to Cao Ang and Cao Ren if it's cheap." Zhang Yu touched his chin and said.

Guo Jia was speechless for a while, the other party is probably very willing to be insulted by you, and it is best to insult them with a copper coin.

Zhang Yu thought for a while and said, "It's just fifteen million dollars, I originally wanted to exchange for some other benefits, but I can't change anything at this time." ”

Of course, Cao Ang's value goes without saying, but at this time, there seems to be no problem with one less Cao Ang in Yanzhou, and Cao Ang in history is dead at this time.

But Cao Ren's value is much higher, Cao Ren has always been the core figure of Cao Cao's group, and Cao Cao's defeat this time is the need for people like Cao Ren.

Zhang Yu offered 15 million yuan for Cao Cao to redeem the two.

Naturally, the messenger hurried back to report the news.

At the beginning, Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan only asked for three million to redeem them, Cao Cao thought that about five hundred and eight million could be done, but he didn't expect Zhang Yu to ask for fifteen million at once.

The envoy couldn't decide, so he could only hurry back and report to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao didn't go far, he had a headache and couldn't hurry, so he stopped halfway through.

At this time, Yanzhou was internally unstable, and Cao Cao wanted to go back, but he couldn't.

If Cao Ang is here, he can also rest assured.

When the news reached Cao Cao, Cao Cao's egg hurt for a while, and he took the opportunity to kill him.

"Zhang Yu knows that I urgently need to get the two of them back, so take the opportunity to kill me."

Cao Cao was melancholy, where did he have any money at this time.

"Lord, Lord Cheng is in a hurry." Xu Chu was on duty outside, and he brought in an urgent letter.

The only one who can make Xu Chu call Master Cheng is Cheng Yu.

Cheng Yu's letter must be something important.

"The front-line affairs, the subordinates have already known, and now the most important thing is to restore the strength and defend the family, but the continuous war, the financial deficit, the lack of money and food is difficult to reassure the people, the subordinates want to follow the example of Jiangdong Zhangyu, borrow money from the merchant family, need to promise benefits, the subordinates want to prepare first, and the lord can preside over it after he returns."

Cao Cao felt pain again after reading the letter, although he had been mentally prepared for a long time, but Cheng Yu had nothing to do, and he needed to borrow money by himself, which shows that the situation at home is really not good.

Cao Cao summoned a strategist and said: "Help me draft the paperwork, let Cheng Yu start preparing immediately, and directly borrow money from the families and merchants in Yanzhou, as for the conditions, if you want officials or land, or other policies that are not particularly harmful, you can agree, and if you can't decide, contact me immediately." ”

If Cao Cao wants to rush back, it will take ten days and half a month, he can't wait that long, and this Yanzhou can't wait that long.

If we don't hurry up and issue a part of the pension, there are more than 200,000 soldiers who died this time, and no one dares to guarantee what kind of mess will happen here.

Cao Cao couldn't wait, so he could only let Cheng Yu deal with it first.

Originally, this kind of thing had to be handled by himself, in case Cheng Yu colluded with the family, it could cause great harm.

Although the probability is small, as a superior, you can't stop it because of trust.

Now special cases can only be treated specially.

At the same time, Cao Cao asked the messenger to reply to Zhang Yu and immediately ransom the person.

The message replied to Zhang Yu three days later.

"This Cao Cao tyrant, he gave money so happily that he didn't even make a counteroffer." Zhang Yu said.

Guo Jia on the side listened to it and said: "Is it useful to make a counteroffer?" ”

Zhang Yu was dumbfounded, of course it was useless.

This Cao Cao is also a decisive person, and he made up his mind directly.

But it's okay to save the hassle.

It is said that Cao Ang has been in Jiangdong for more than a year, and he can finally go back.

After Zhang Yu solved the matter, he began to study how to attack Picheng.

Xiapi City has surrounded him for more than ten days, and there has been no progress.

In the past ten days, Lu Bu did not dare to sneak attack them, and the two sides were at a stalemate.

However, Zhang Yu has been sending troops to sweep the surrounding counties and collect all the supplies.

Zhang Yu is also principled and has never embarrassed the people, but he has no intention of letting go of some families, thinking about how to corrupt the foundation of the family.

"My lord, there's an urgent letter from Youzhou."

Zhang Yu was in the big tent, and the national level came in a hurry.

Guo Jia didn't know what was going on, and he hadn't heard anything big about what was happening in Youzhou.

But the level of the emergency letter in his hand was so high that Guo Jia did not dare to slack off at all.

The rank is indeed very high, Zhang Yu They have a mark on the letter, which is the mark of the highest level.

Guo Jia was not qualified to dismantle it, so he hurriedly gave it to Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu frowned when he saw the blue mark, he couldn't receive this level of letters a few times a year.

"Damn Oriental devils."

After opening the letter, Zhang Yu saw that something big had happened on Dongying's side.

"Dongying's people killed us, robbed us of our goods and money, and tried to seize the ship, but they couldn't do it, and the dock was destroyed by them." Zhang Yu said to Guo Jia.

"They're trying to get out of our grasp." Guo Jia said.

No, it's so extreme.

"Fortunately, our treasure ship was parked at sea, and when we found that something was wrong, we left first, and more than a dozen large ships were robbed." Zhang Yu said.

The losses were enormous, with the ships and personnel losing at least more than 30 million dollars.

"My lord, what are you going to do?" Guo Jia asked.

This kind of big thing, you must first understand Zhang Yu's attitude before you can make an idea.

"Protest plus condemnation." Zhang Yu said.

This is a declaration of war, and it is also a very serious diplomatic incident.

However, Zhang Yu, who never suffered a loss, actually said protest and severe condemnation, instead of killing him.

Zhang Yu smiled self-deprecatingly and said: "It's definitely not okay to fight across the sea if you're not ready, it's time to equip the navy well." ”

In the navy, although Zhang Yu attaches great importance to it, gives high benefits, and trains very diligently, the equipment is not good.

Ten years of the Army, a hundred years of the Navy.

The equipment of this navy is too expensive, and Zhang Yu has to buy it little by little, no matter how rich he is.

It is not an exaggeration to say that this warship is millions of dollars, and there is input but no output, unlike merchant ships, which can still make money all the time.

"Immediately give an order, let all the slipways that have spare space build warships for me, and I will start equipping the navy, so that Dongying's gang knows that people don't kill people casually."

This time Zhang Yu is really popular, although the navy is very expensive, and it is very risky to go on an expedition, but this time Zhang Yu is going to fight directly.

At the same time, Zhang Yu ordered the expansion of the army, and the navy originally had 50,000 soldiers and horses, which was doubled at once.

100,000 navy, in the world today, only Cai Mao can compare with Zhang Yu, but Cai Mao is a navy, and he is a real navy.

(End of chapter)