There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

It's not easy to just rush in like this.

But if he didn't kill the general and went in, he placed such a big bet to compete with Cao Cao, would he have to stare at each other with big eyes and small eyes?

When the potter was hesitating, You Lvzi personally reported that the scouts from the school office had found out that there was a group of refugees fleeing from Yuzhou to Xuzhou, and they were heading towards us from Lugu.

The pottery merchant thought for a while, and said, "Go quickly and send someone to invite them over, go quickly!"

You Luzi led the order and rode away immediately. After running a few steps, he turned his head and said, "Do they have more than a hundred people? Shall we all invite them over?"

The pottery merchant was taken aback when he heard the words, and said, "Why don't you all come here?"

You Luzi was very considerate: "If everyone is invited over, wouldn't it be too wasteful for the Taifu to arrange rewards for so many people?"

The potter suddenly realized.

"These words are... thorough! Then just bring a leader over here."

When he was young, You Luzi brought an old man over.

It is said to be a belt, but it is no different from carrying it. The old man weighed a hundred or so catties at most, and it was caught by You Donkey in his hand, as if he was carrying a chicken.

The potter looked a little dumbfounded.

You Lvzi is a little impolite in doing things.

Guo Jia seemed to have seen through the Tao merchant's thoughts, and said hesitantly: "He is so ugly, if he is not such a bastard, why would he aim at Guo's head with a bow and crossbow every day? His nature is like this."

"Nonsense! Didn't I ask you to come here politely?" The potter didn't know whether to laugh or cry, You Luzi was really a reckless man, and looking at the old man, he almost scared the boy to death.

You Luzi immediately pleaded guilty to the potter, and then stretched out his hand to throw the old man to the ground.

"Don't throw it! Put it gently!" the potter shouted.

You donkey followed orders.

And after the old man landed smoothly, he just looked at the potter in front of him with his cloudy old eyes.

But seeing that this young man is handsome, although he is protected by armor, he has a refined air all over his body, which is different from those soldiers who kill and bloodthirsty, which makes the old man feel relieved.

"My father-in-law, don't worry. I'm just asking about the situation in Lugu ahead. Tell me everything you know about the specific terrain inside. I won't treat you badly... Look, this one is for you."

After finishing speaking, the potter took out some five baht coins and gave them to the old man.

The old man took the five baht money tremblingly, thought for a while, and corrected the potter's slang: "You just wanted to call me Lao Zhang, right? This Lao Zhang is not a good name."

The pottery merchant was taken aback when he heard the words, then suddenly smiled and said, "I'm sorry, that really wronged your girl."

The old man calmed down, although he chatted with the potter about the terrain in Lu Valley.

When talking about the line of sky and land drawn by Guo Jia, the old man said: "The terrain of that line of sky is steep and steep, with insurmountable and dangerous terrain! Ordinary people like us are frightened when we go there. After this trip, I almost scared the old man to death... The old man once heard that there were countless people who died before the establishment of the Han dynasty, there were endless grievances, and it was always gloomy..."

The potter didn't want to listen to the old man's nonsense, so he changed the subject and said, "Did you ever see soldiers in the valley when you came here?"

The old man thought about it for a while, and said: "Yes! Sporadic things have never made it difficult for us, just drive us away quickly."

The Tao merchant nodded suddenly when he heard the words. It seems that since he has come, Cao Cao also knows that he has been exposed, but he is simply not afraid of leaking the news. Otherwise, with these refugees, how can he survive in front of Cao Jun?

The pottery merchant now understands that if he wants to rush in directly, it may be impossible... But he must find a way to lure Cao Cao out, right?

what can we do about it?

Chapter 438 Xu Sheng invites Ying

Cao Jun set up an ambush in Lugu, but the potters didn't fall for it.

The terrain of Yixiantian is too dangerous, there is no need for him to go in and seek his own defeat, and the two sides are confronting each other like this.

After Xiahou Dun arranged a proper ambush under the terrain of a line of sky, he saw that the pottery merchant was not in the trap, and immediately sent his soldiers to report to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was not surprised when he learned about it.

He laughed, and said: "Young thief from the Tao family is not an idler. Yuan Rang's strategy may be effective for others, but it doesn't work for this Tao family boy. In the current situation, the Tao merchant boy believes that Lu Gu is in danger. , can’t easily enter the army, and Lu Gu’s valley road is continuous with Xu and Yu, and it is difficult to encircle and block it, so we can only hold each other... In the current situation, I can’t do anything to him, and he can’t do anything to Cao.”

Beside Cao Cao, Li Dian pondered for a while, and remonstrated with him: "Sikong, even though it is so, it will not be very beneficial to the potters and us if the stalemate continues in the long run. Liu Biao and Yuan Shao are one south and one north. Now, long-term confrontation is not good for potters, but it is not the best strategy for us."

Cao Cao comforted Li Dian with a smile and said, "Cao also knows what Mancheng said. In fact, Cao has no intention of spending time with the potter here, but it still takes a little time...you go tell Yuan Rang and let him continue. Arrange an ambush in Yixiantian... on a regular basis for ten days. If the Xuzhou army enters Yixiantian within ten days, then Lugu will be the place where Tao's surname will be buried. So I personally stopped the soldiers and horses, and fought fiercely with the Tao bandits."

"promise!"

……

In the pottery camp, the pottery merchants are also under the pressure of the generals at this moment, requesting to send troops.

The potter was not in a hurry, he sliced ​​open the oranges in his hand one by one, and listened to the advice of the generals below with a smile.

Ji Ling's return to the pottery merchant was mainly for Yuan Shu's orphan, Yan Xiang. Now that Cao Cao's army is entering the western region of Xuzhou, it is clear that he wants to harm Yuan Yao. How can Ji Ling persist?

But seeing him come out in stride, he cupped his hands to the potter and said, "Teacher! Cao Cao's troops are stationed in Lu Valley, and they can't hold out. When are we going to fight him like this? How long will we have to wait? So my county How can Zhao Yun and the others over there be able to persist? The last general is not talented. Since he was attached to the Taifu's tent, he has not made an inch of merit. !"

The potter threw a piece of orange into his mouth, nodded, and did not speak.

Gan Ning was also a little anxious.

"Teacher, if we continue to wait like this, when will we be tall? Ji Zhonglang is right. We changed the way of advancing and drove our troops to this point. On the contrary, we are at a stalemate with Cao here. It will take the year of the monkey to wait until Cao Cao comes out? It is better to kill the general and go in!"

The potter gently rubbed his nose and continued to eat oranges: "Anyone else have anything to say?"

Seeing that the Tao merchants were not interested in Ji Ling and Gan Ning's advice, the other generals and lieutenants who wanted to fight couldn't help but hold back their words.

Among the generals, a young lieutenant in the last class pondered for a while, then stepped forward.

"Teacher, I have a few words of advice at the end...but, I don't know if it is possible to say it?"

The voice was a little unfamiliar in the tent, everyone turned their heads to look, but it was Xu Sheng, a native of Ju County who came to join the army when the recruiting center was set up in Wu County, and now he has been promoted to Sima of another department.

Xu Sheng, like Pan Zhang, Ling Cao and others, has been secretly listed as a key training target by pottery merchants these years. He has participated in all major battles of the Jinling Army.

After two years of experience, the pottery merchant transferred him to the Xuzhou Central Army in the name of military merits, and served as Sima of another department.

Among the generals who are qualified to participate in the pottery merchant's discussion of politics, Xu Sheng is the youngest and the least experienced in battle, so he has hardly spoken.

But today, the young Biebu Sima finally spoke up rarely.

Although Tao Shang is not a few years older than Xu Sheng, the secret attention he has paid to him these years is no less than that of a biological father.

Mr. Taiping thought that he was born to be a father to others.

"Wen Xiang has something to say, just say it directly, don't be embarrassed... Everyone present has a thick skin." The pottery merchant said to Xu Sheng encouragingly.