There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

Forget it, he can't tell, I taught him to help his subordinates get rid of ignorance, which is also the duty of a prime minister.

"Zhongkang, if I were Yuan Shao, after knowing Tian Feng's defeat and the northern front line is calm, I will definitely shrink my troops, guard all the important places in Jizhou, and never take the initiative to attack again. After all, our situation has reversed, and the situation in Jizhou It's not very good, Yecheng is basically left under our noses, if it is really lost, this is a consequence that Yuan Shao cannot afford."

Xu Chu nodded suddenly, not sure if he really understood.

The potter continued to speak, but he didn't know whether he was speaking to Xu Chu or himself.

"As for Cao Cao, he will definitely be more anxious than Yuan Shao. In Cao Cao's eyes, Jizhou is a treasure that can change his life. He wants to replace Yuan Shao as the overlord of the north."

When it came to this, Xu Chu somewhat recalled it.

"Prime Minister, you have placed so many chess pieces in the north, and it is inevitable to win the land of Jizhou. If Cao Cao knows the news, he must be anxious. At that time, he will send troops to attack Jizhou, trying to take it before the prime minister takes action. Going down to Ye City?"

Hearing this, the pottery merchant showed a smile on his face.

"Look, if you think about it carefully, you can figure it out!"

Xu Chu couldn't help showing a happy smile when he heard the pottery praise him.

"What is the prime minister planning to do now?"

"Cao Cao's main formation is currently targeting Yuan Shao. On our side, there are Xiahou Dun, Cao Ren and others who divide their troops to contain them. A while ago, Yuan, Cao and Tao were divided into several battalions to check and balance each other. Every battle between them will be restrained by the other side. , and gave up hastily, but now that the northern front has changed, Yuan Shao will definitely gather his troops and horses, and Cao Cao will definitely intensify his offensive in order to compete with me. Perhaps in Cao Cao's view, I am occupying such an advantage. Under the premise, I will definitely attack Jizhou with him, but I just don’t do it.”

Xu Chu suddenly realized, slapped his forehead and said, "So that's the case, is the Prime Minister planning to stand still?"

Hearing the words, the potter was helpless, and said: "Just now I praised you for your enlightenment, but now you are starting to be stupid again. I have the advantage now. Isn't there something wrong with standing still?"

"Then who are you?"

"I want to attack Cao Jun's deputy battalion headed by Xiahou Dun and Cao Ren first, and remove this thorn in the side of our army on the Eastern Front."

Xu Chu grinned, and said: "It doesn't matter who the prime minister fights, as long as it is a fight, this family is willing to be the vanguard."

"If you have the ambition, that's fine."

"When is the prime minister going to fight Cao Jun's generals?"

"Within three days, choose a good and auspicious day."

Xu Chu didn't understand that when it was midnight, it would be an auspicious day.

The moon is dark and the night is killing people, the wind is high and the sky is burning, the potter will do what he says.

Three days later, it was the day when the Jinling Army launched a large-scale attack against Xiahoudun and others. According to the order of the potter, several groups of Jinling Army soldiers and horses searched for key points, chose their way, and surrounded the entire Cao camp in a fan shape. In an all-out attack posture, he slowly marched in the direction of Cao Jun.

Xiahoudun received a letter from Cao Cao in vain today. Cao Cao told Xiahoudun in the letter that the potters had successfully recovered Wuhuan, the Southern Huns, and the old part of Youzhou in the north, and that they might attack Jizhou at any time , the most urgent task is to seize part of the land in Jizhou before the potters.

Jizhou is the granary of the world, Cao Cao will never give in!

In the eyes of everyone in the Cao army, the pottery merchants would definitely take advantage of this juncture to attack the land of Jizhou. Therefore, Cao Cao asked Xiahou Dun to raise troops quickly, first find a way to attack Wei County in Jizhou, stand on his heels, and then wait for orders at any time to wait for an opportunity to counterattack.

Xiahou Dun naturally believed in Cao Cao's arrangement.

But what neither Cao Cao nor Xiahou Dun expected was that the land of Jizhou was not in the eyes of the potters right now.

The enemy whose fangs are ready to tear is Cao Jun.

Chapter 725 It's a big deal

Shocking killing sounds spread into the handsome tent from far and near. The killing sounds were not clear at the beginning, but gradually became as if they were right in front of them, and the faint flames were also looming outside the tent.

Xiahou Dun has led the army for many years, so he naturally knows how powerful this is.

"Someone robbed the camp!" Xia Houdun stood up suddenly, and said in surprise.

When the words fell, the curtain of Xiahou Dun's tent was lifted, and Cao Ren and Cao Hong strode in!

"Yuan Rang, the pottery merchants actually sent people to attack the camp!" Cao Ren said with a serious face, "This kid's moves are truly unpredictable. In this situation, instead of attacking Jizhou, he is Wouldn't it be a waste of money to come and beat us?"

Xiahou Dun gritted his teeth and said, "This is exactly the treachery and cunning of the pottery thief. It is really hard to guard against. Zi Xiao, how many soldiers and horses have the Jinling Army come?"

Cao Ren shook his head and said, "The Jinling army is all over the mountains and plains. I can't tell how many there are, but the enemy army should be divided into several groups. If there is no accident, the Jinling army must come out in full force!"

"Come here in full force, it seems that the potters completely ignored Yuan Shao's sneak attack this time." Xiahou Dun turned around and took the battle gun on the shelf, and rushed out together with Cao Ren and Cao Hong

The fact is that, as Cao Ren guessed, the potters did not hold back this time, and almost all the main troops under their command were mobilized, with Xu Chu as the vanguard, Ji Ling, Zhang Xun, Sun Guan, Xian Yudan, Song Qian, and Jia Hua , Xu Zhong and others joined forces and attacked Cao Ying in several directions.

The person in charge of setting up the defense in the camp was Cao Xiu, the general of the Cao family. Although he was also outstanding in ability, facing the tiger and wolf division of the Jinling Army, coupled with the proper arrangement of the pottery merchants, the entire camp quickly fell into a passive position. Several breakthroughs were found by the Jinling Army on the southeast, north, and south sides.

Seeing countless Jinling troops rushing into the camp, no matter how Cao Xiu commanded, the front line had already been broken by the Jinling army, there was no room for maneuver, and it was difficult to recover from the decline.

"Yuan Rang, it's not suitable to stay here for a long time. Let's quickly organize troops to evacuate here, but we can't fight head-on with Jin Lingjun. It's not easy for Meng De to accumulate these family fortunes, so we must not let you and me lose them all!"

Among Cao Cao's clan generals, Cao Ren was the best at fighting and could see the situation the most clearly. Without Yuan Shao's indirect restraint, it was almost impossible for his side to defeat the potter's main move.

But Xiahou Dun is not as good as Cao Ren in this point, and he turned out to be stubborn at the critical moment.

"No way! Meng De entrusted us with important tasks. If we just leave like this, wouldn't we have failed him? The village is alive, and the village is dead!"

After all, he got on his horse and led a group of personal soldiers to rush towards the Qianzhai.

Cao Ren heaved a long sigh, although he was annoyed, he couldn't ignore Xiahou Dun, so he also greeted his troops and followed Xiahou Dun closely.

Xiahou Dun went into battle in person, led the general guards, and rushed to the front with the leadership of Cao Xiu.

Under the leadership of Xiahou Dun, the three armies greeted the main force of Jinling.

Holding a long lance, Xiahou Dun fought fiercely in the Jinling Army's formation, unstoppable, showing the demeanor of a good general.

In the rear formation of the Jinling Army, there is a strong crossbowman, advancing bit by bit into the depths of Cao Ying. Those crossbowmen are all holding excellent Jinling crossbows. In front of the formation, there is a battalion of well-equipped simple knives. The shield soldiers escorted them, and those Jinling Liannu soldiers were skilled in shooting and killing the enemy.The tactics are mellow and seem to have a tacit understanding.

Unlike the Liannu Battalion led by Gan Ning, even with Liannu in hand, those crossbowmen never fired indiscriminately. Under the command of their general, they maintained a very high shooting efficiency and rhythm, and almost every arrow never fired. Go short.

This special Jinling crossbowman was specially trained by Qu Yi.

In the first battle of Jiangxia, Qu Yi was eager to make contributions, but was defeated by Huang Zhong, and then got advice from pottery merchants, he was ashamed and put away his arrogance.

In recent years, he has seldom been on the battlefield. He just trained an elite crossbowman for pottery merchants by virtue of his experience in training first-board soldiers in Hebei.

The crossbowmen trained by Qu Yi, coupled with the excellent Jinling crossbows, made this powerful continuous crossbow battalion soldiers stronger than the continuous crossbow soldiers led by Gan Ning.

This time when they attacked Cao Jun's camp, the Liannu soldiers trained by Qu Yi went into battle with the infantry, and the main general Qu Yi also boarded the battlefield again after a long absence.

This trump card Liannu army cooperated with simple swords and shield soldiers, and killed Xiahou Dun's camp at a regular but not slow speed.

Soon, they met Xiahou Dun's personal guards.

The personal guards under Xiahou Dun's command were mixed with infantry and cavalry, and they had a wide variety of weapons in their hands. They had their own set of tactics for the cooperation between the arms, and their strength was not bad.