The first thousand and one chapters have their own plans
That night, the pottery merchant was studying the geography of Hanzhong and Sichuan with Guo Jia, when he suddenly heard a rush of footsteps outside.
Not long after, Pei Qian was seen striding up to the pottery merchant and said to him: "Prime Minister, Cao Pi has sent someone to deliver a letter again."
"So fast?" Tao Shang was stunned when he heard this: "I thought he needed to plan for a long time, but I didn't expect that he could act at such a speed. It is really amazing. It seems that this kid's wisdom is beyond my imagination...
There were two moments."
Guo Jia stepped forward, took the letter from Pei Qian's hand, and then looked at it carefully and said: "Cao Pi, this kid, what he said before was the truth... Now Cao Ang is indeed with the seven surnamed Yi kings.
Pu Hu was in secret contact, but Pu Hu didn't seem to cater to him completely, he just accepted Cao Ang's benefits and accepted Cao Ang's promise, so as not to offend both parties."
"What a weakling. What I hate most in my life is people like Pu Hu who have no position." Tao Shang said calmly: "What else did Cao Pi say in the letter?"
Guo Jia looked at the letter and his eyes suddenly lit up unconsciously.
"Good boy, he actually said that he wanted the Prime Minister to organize a small number of elite troops to secretly capture Cao Ang at Puhu, use him as a hostage, and force Cao Cao to surrender."
The pottery merchant couldn't help being stunned when he heard this: "What kind of Tao is this?"
Guo Jia continued to read the letter and said: "Cao Pi means that since Pu Hu wants to take advantage of both sides, he might as well advise Cao Ang and let him propose to Pu Hu that the leaders of the two parties should be on his side.
I went there, thinking that if we could negotiate a peace and finally demarcate the boundaries and stop fighting, that would be great."
The pottery merchant nodded suddenly and said, "Can this be successful?"
Guo Jia thought seriously for a while and said: "Pu Hu accepted bribes from two parties. He was afraid that the two parties would retaliate against him in the future. If he could successfully facilitate this matter, he would be free from this predicament. Therefore, in Guo's opinion,
This may be possible."
Tao Shang nodded with satisfaction and said: "If you say so, then you might as well give it a try. If you can catch Cao Ang, even if you can't threaten Cao Cao, you can also significantly weaken the enemy's morale. In this way,
Come, it will also be of great benefit to our future attacks by dividing our forces. At least it can confuse the enemy's mind so that they have no time to look around."
Guo Jia seemed a little confused. He looked at the pottery merchant doubtfully and asked curiously: "The Prime Minister just said that we should divide our troops? The Jiange Road has not been broken yet, and we are still far away from the Chengdu Plain. How to divide our troops?"
Tao Shang looked at Deng Ai determinedly and said, "Do you know the Yinping Ancient Road?"
"Yinping Ancient Road?" Guo Jia was stunned when he heard this and said, "Of course I know, what is the Prime Minister's plan?"
The potter nodded and said: "The ancient Jiange Road is too difficult to fight. I don't know when this stalemate will end. I want to follow the example of the ancients... divide my troops and sneak across to Yinping."
"Imitate the ancients?" Guo Jia was a little confused: "Which ancient person did this?"
The pottery merchant paused for a moment, then said with a smile: "To be precise, I am following the example of future generations..."
"What kind of imitation? Who is imitating?"
The potter's face darkened: "Why are you willing to ask so many questions? Does it have anything to do with you? You don't care who that person is, but you don't know him?"
Guo Jia sniffed and said: "The main reason is that I want to know who this person is. I have to go over and call him a fool. The Yinping Road going south from Lintao is extremely difficult and dangerous. Based on the knowledge of people in Shu, there should be an ambush on the Yinping Zhengdao.
, if you want to go around, you can only take the Yinping Mountain Road. It is said that the Motian Ridge is like a ghost gate, with steep cliffs and no way to find it. I heard that after people enter, they often cannot go forward or get out, and they end up dead in vain.
In the mountains, does the Prime Minister want to take such a path?"
Tao Shang paused and said: "The Jinling Arsenal has rushed to produce a large number of newly invented mountaineering tools, which can be used to cross mountains and ridges. The Yinping Ancient Road is nothing to be afraid of. I have made up my mind to sneak across Yinping myself.
Get out."
Guo Jia looked at him intently, as if he couldn't believe it.
When I was young, I heard him say: "Can you trouble the Prime Minister? If you really want to go to the mountain, decide who will inherit the inheritance first, so as to eliminate worries."
What answered him was a flurry of punches and kicks from the potter.
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Inside Jiange Pass, Cao Cao also received a letter from Cao Ang, which stated Cao Pi's strategy this time.
"Well, not bad." Cao Cao stroked his beard with satisfaction and said: "This time, Cao really didn't misjudge this kid. He is quite capable. He can come up with such a method. Cao's scare is not in vain.
Give him a try."
After speaking, Cao Cao handed the letter in his hand to several military advisors standing by.
After Xun You, Cheng Yu, Jia Xu and others finished reading, they each lowered their heads, seeming to be thinking about the stakes involved.
After Jia Xu read what Cao Ang said in the letter, he felt a little uneasy for some reason.
After Cheng Yu saw it, he said: "This Pu Hu collects benefits from everyone without clear attitude. It is really hateful. But it's okay. Let's pretend to ask him to help mediate, and he will definitely agree. Then we will take the opportunity of two
When we meet, we gather our elite forces and capture the pottery merchants and Xichuan in one fell swoop... Oh, no, the world's crisis can be resolved."
Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction and said: "Yes, that's the truth. However, with the troops and horses in Yi Zixiu's hands now, I'm afraid it will be difficult to accomplish such an arduous task. Only I can do it myself."
Xun You said: "The difficulty is not to lead too many men and horses, otherwise it will make the other party suspicious. But if there are too few men and horses, I am afraid that the pottery merchant's life will not be taken."
Cao Cao sighed: "In other words, the troops and horses this time are not expensive. It seems that we still need to discuss with Liu Bei carefully to see who should be sent there."
…
Tao Shang and Cao Cao received the information respectively and began to prepare secretly. At the same time, Pu Hu was so happy that he almost jumped up.
"Hahaha, God is really helping me!"
Pu Hu clapped his hands on the spot and laughed happily: "I had received the benefits from both sides, but I didn't know how to reply to both sides in the future. I didn't expect Cao Jun to take the initiative to negotiate peace with the Jinling Army when he saw the Jinling Army was so powerful.
, but you have to go through my strings, haha, very good!"
Pu Hu's subordinates were also very happy. They praised Pu Hu vigorously and said: "Your Majesty is wise!"
Only Wang Ping felt a little uneasy in his heart and said: "Your Majesty, the general always feels that something is wrong about this matter. The Cao Army and the Jinling Army are in the same situation. Why do you suddenly want the King to pull strings and negotiate a peace with the Jinling Army? What is going on here?
There won’t be anything strange.”
Pu Hu snorted and said: "Wang Ping, you are too careful. Cao Cao's army is not a fool. The Jinling army is so powerful and the sword pavilion is strong. Sooner or later, it will be broken. Once it is broken, Cao Cao's men
How can it end well if it falls into the hands of a pottery merchant?"