There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

After the pottery merchant instructed him some key matters, Tian Feng went back excitedly to prepare.

Not long after Tian Feng left, a person appeared in the potter's back hall.

Guo Jia looked at the back of Tian Feng leaving excitedly, smiled and shook his head.

The pottery merchant said to Guo Jia: "This time it's a battle of wits between you and Tian Feng. I won't get involved. I'll greet Zhang Yan in person later on. How you deal with Tian and the Three Kings Department depends on your means."

Guo Jia narrowed his eyes and said: "Tian Feng is a good opponent, this time we can meet him for a while... But before leaving, Guo needs to confirm two issues with the Prime Minister."

"Which two?"

"The first one is whether Zhang Yan can be trusted?"

The pottery merchant nodded heavily and said: "Of course it is credible! Not to mention anything else, just because of the attitude of the Chongheishan army towards Xiao Yinger, I believe that he will never betray us. Besides..."

After a pause, the potter continued: "Besides, if Yuan Shao and I were put together for him to choose, Zhang Yan would definitely choose to kill Yuan Shao without hesitation. The grievances between them are too deep... Far surpasses the hatred of killing one's father and taking one's wife."

"In this way, it's easy to talk about...the second question, if Mr. Guo achieves a big event this time, what reward does the Prime Minister plan to give me?"

"I'll seal you a Marquis."

"What? County Marquis, Township Marquis, or Ting Marquis?"

"Excuse me, the only places I have in my hand are community candidates or sub-district office candidates. Which one do you choose?"

……

Before the expedition, Pei Qian from the pottery merchant brought news that his subordinates had been secretly monitoring Tian Feng and observing his actions.

After Tian Feng was appointed by the potter, he did not do anything else, but secretly purchased some medicines, not knowing what to do.

Pei Qian was very meticulous in his work. While reporting Tian Feng's purchase of medicines to the potter, he also gave him the list of Tian Feng's purchases.

The Tao merchant immediately found Zhang Ji, who was with the army, and asked him to analyze and refute the properties of these medicines and the medicinal properties that can be produced by their fusion...

The conclusion is that if these medicines are combined, they can make a decoction that makes the body weak and fatal.

The potter told Guo Jia about it, and Guo Jia thought about it immediately.

He already had an idea in his mind, which one Tian Feng's poison was going to target.

……

In the spring of the third year of Jiankang, the soldiers and horsemen of the pottery merchants divided into two groups and began to act.

He himself led the main force of Jinling City and went west to Jizhou to attack Yuan Shao.

And Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army, with Guo Jia and Tian Feng as supervisors, attacked Wuhuan to the north under the banner of avenging the late emperor.

As soon as the new year passed, Cao Cao's generals immediately dispatched troops to Liyang and went north to confront Yuan Shao.

After losing his two allies, the Black Mountain Army and Zhang Baiqi, Cao Cao was obviously anxious. Now he was eager to take down Yecheng and gain a firm foothold in Jizhou.

With the support of the Black Mountain Army, the pottery merchant has occupied half of Qingzhou, and his strength has greatly increased. Now he is obviously more hopeful than himself in capturing Hebei.

If the pottery merchants were really allowed to occupy Jizhou, with his heaven-defying ability, he would be even more terrifying than Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao is the number one vassal in the world, and he is still able to deal with it. If the potter replaces Yuan Shao and becomes the number one lord in the world...

The humble smiling face of the pottery flashed across Cao Cao's eyes, and he couldn't help trembling all over.

This terrible thing must not be allowed to happen!

However, Cao Cao and the potters underestimated Yuan Shao's ability to a certain extent. A thin camel is bigger than a horse. Even after the heavy damage in the Guandu battle, Yuan Shao's current Chinese army's strength... at least in terms of numbers, Still standing above Cao Cao and potters.

Cao Cao sent troops to Li Yang to confront Yuan Shao here, and the two sides had exchanges, but they didn't take advantage of it, and sometimes, Yuan Shao still had the upper hand.

But at this time, the soldiers and horses of the pottery merchants drove from Qingzhou to the border of Jizhou.

When Yuan Shao heard the news, his head was dizzy, and he almost passed out on the spot.

However, after hearing another piece of news, his energy immediately revived, and his spirit was obviously much better.

Because he heard the news that the Black Mountain Army had gone north to attack Wuhuan, and at the same time Tian Feng was appointed as the supervisor of the army.

Yuan Shao secretly looked forward to it.

Yuan Hao, this round depends on your tactics.

There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 7 Eleven

Yuan Shao knew that Tian Feng served as the supervisor of the Black Mountain Army's conquest of Wuhuan. Although he was excited, he also understood that although the Black Mountain Army dealt with Wuhuan to a certain extent weakened the strength of the pottery merchants to attack him, the power of the Jinling Army was still strong. Very strong, especially the generals under Tao Shang's command are like clouds, and his side is still dealing with Cao Cao in Liyang. If he deals with these two at the same time, it will be too difficult, and the consequences will be unpredictable.

He summoned all the counselors under his command to discuss how to deal with this matter.

Among Yuan Shao's advisors, Xu You surrendered to Cao Cao, Tian Feng ran under the potter's command as an undercover agent, and Pang Ji was despised by Yuan Shao after being captured alive several times, and basically had no say. Among the people, the ones Yuan Shao favored the most were Shenpei, Jushou, and Xunchen.

Xun Chen, like Xun Yu, is also a Yingchuan gentry, and his influence is not much greater than that of Xun Yu. The name of the Xun family in Yingchuan is also a big capital for him to gain a foothold under Yuan Shao's command.

But apart from his family, Xun Chen's ability really lived up to his reputation as a member of the Xun family.He was the one who persuaded Han Fu to surrender for Yuan Shao.

"General, it is very difficult for our army to deal with the potters and Cao Cao at the same time. Instead of fighting against them, it is better to cede some cities east of Jizhou to the potters as bait."

When Yuan Shao heard that Xun Chen asked him to cede the city, his face turned red, and he was about to explode, but the successive failures made his temper restrained to a certain extent.

He suppressed the rising anger, and asked as calmly as possible: "If you say this, I don't understand. Jizhou is the foundation of Yuan, how to divide it?"

Xun Chen also seemed to faintly sense Yuan Shao's anger, so he spoke much faster.

"The general gave the city to the potters, apparently to show weakness, but in fact it was to show Cao Cao."

Yuan Shao thought about it carefully, and somewhat realized something in his heart.

He is also a smart person, not incomprehensible.

"What Youruo means is that you want Cao Cao to deal with the potters?"

Xun Chen nodded and said, "That's exactly the reason."

On the other side, Guo Tu couldn't help snorting when he heard this.

"If you say this, you take it for granted! What kind of person is Cao Cao, and what kind of person is the pottery? Guo can see your divisive tricks, let alone the pottery and Cao Cao?"

Xun Chen shook his head, and said very peacefully: "Gongze's words of alienation are wrong. Now Cao Cao and potters are not allies at all. They are just wolves who covet my land in Hebei. Let's cut the flesh Give one of them, how can the other end rest in peace? Besides, even if Cao Cao is afraid that we will take advantage of it, he will not easily impose heavy troops on the potters, but he will definitely find a way to slow down the speed of the potters' march, and to deal with the potters. Clamp down, so our army will have a chance to breathe."

Yuan Shao nodded in satisfaction, and said, "Youruo really has a good opinion."