Han Hao's words made the pottery merchant somewhat understand the thoughts of these Hanoi noble families.
The noble families in Hanoi originally had extremely high prestige and status in Hanoi County, and they have not declined for hundreds of years. On the contrary, with the passage of time and the chaos of the court, their power has become stronger and stronger.
But with the deepening of the foundation, the appetite of the famous families has become bigger and bigger.
Of course, opportunities and crises coexist, and the world is in chaos. Some aristocratic families failed to resist this huge wave of fluctuations, and were wiped out in the rolling river of history. However, some aristocratic families took advantage of the chaos to rise, and took advantage of the central government of the Han Dynasty.
With frequent transfers of local state and county officials, the imperial court took advantage of the weakening power and monopolized more and more local resources that should belong to state and county officials.
Hanoi's noble families are typical representatives of suppressing thieves? The Bai Bo Army only kidnaps civilians on weekdays and does not provoke families like us? Why suppress them?!
After suppressing them, Hanoi County will be peaceful in the future. If the local governor has spare power, he will definitely devote his energy to suppressing the development of Hanoi's prominent families... That won't work! Instead of doing this, it would be better for Wang Kuang to spend most of his energy on guarding against the Baibo Army.
On top of that, you have to ask for help from various prominent families from time to time, so that the distinguished families will have greater opportunities and space for development.
The typical self-respect for raising bandits... is the same pattern as the feudal princes who are flourishing in various places today. The more chaotic the world is and the weakening of centralized power, the more powerful and uncontrollable the princes will be. The world will not be chaotic, and the central government of the Han Dynasty will be invincible.
Then the princes are still playing farts?
The same goes for noble families. Everyone hopes that the chaos will be as chaotic as possible.
After briefly thinking about this, the pottery merchant couldn't help but feel helpless secretly.
In troubled times... monsters are everywhere. No wonder Han Hao is so dissatisfied with these noble families.
But what Wang Kuang said is right. With the current situation, if the troops want to conquer the Baibo Army, they must rely on the help of these local prominent families... Winter supplies such as cotton-padded clothes, thick trousers, and charcoal fires, without these people, it really can't be solved.
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The matter was not resolved, and a good banquet broke up. The pottery merchant and others came from afar, and after the banquet, they went back to their respective camps outside Huai County to rest early.
Wang Yun, Huangfu Song and others had high status and were arranged to rest in the prefect's mansion.
However, due to the opposition and uncooperative attitude of Hanoi's prominent families, it was only appetizers and desserts that came to Hanoi this time, and the main course was slowly brought to the table late at night.
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"Kill!"
The ear-splitting shouts woke up the pottery merchant from his sleep. He suddenly stood up from the bed, raised his hand to rub his dry eyes, frowned slightly, and an unpleasant thought suddenly came to his mind.
"Which bastard robbed my camp?"
"Master! Master!" Outside the tent, Mi Fang hurriedly put on her armor and stumbled into the pottery merchant's tent.
"Someone is coming to rob the camp?" The pottery merchant opened the quilt and hurriedly started to put on his armor.
Mi Fang shook her head and gasped: "At first I thought someone was trying to hijack our camp, but when we got out of the tent just now I realized that was not the case... It was just that the shouts of death in the distance were too loud and reached us.
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The pottery merchant frowned. After putting on his armor, he followed Mi Fang out of the handsome tent.
Looking from a distance, I could see faint fires rising into the sky in the southwest, due west, northeast and other places in the distance. Shouts and exclamations were mixed together, and they were vaguely transmitted from the night sky to the Xuzhou Army.
The sound shook the night sky at the camp, which was quite terrifying.
The potter frowned and said, "Is there a fire in the direction of Huai County City?"
Mi Fang shook her head and said: "There was no movement on the other side of the city, and there were no shouts of killing. It should be that there was no attack... It seems that there are bandits taking advantage of the night to rob the villages around the city... Look, there are fires in all directions.
The situation that has arisen must be a premeditated robbery by the Baibo Army."
As soon as Mi Fang finished speaking, a gleam of light suddenly appeared in the pottery merchant's eyes, and his expression became gloomy.
"On the first night we arrived in Hanoi, the Bai Bo Army sent troops to rob the villagers... What a show of force. This gift from the thieves is quite big."
Mi Fang's guess was correct. The Baibo Army sent several groups of thieves to the rural villages around Huai County, the seat of Hanoi County, and at the same time hijacked and set fire to the villages. In addition to robbing grain and grass supplies, the most important thing was to put pressure on Wang Kuang.
After tonight's incident, I am afraid that each of the four prominent families in Hanoi will have a reason to go to Wang Kuang in the future... By that time, it will be even more difficult to send troops to attack the Baibo Army.
The relationship here is powerful, and the potter figured it out in an instant.
Tonight's matter... if it were anyone else, it would be a bit tricky, but for the pottery merchant, it can only be described in four words.
Hit the mark.
At this time, Xu Chu, fully armed and leading a group of cavalry, rushed to the pottery merchant.
Hu Chi raised his hand to the pottery merchant and said: "Please give me the order to send out troops!"
"What kind of troops are you sending?" Tao Shang turned to Xu Chu and said calmly.
Xu Chu couldn't help but open his eyes in surprise when he heard this, and said strangely: "The Yellow Turban thieves in Baibo Valley are plundering the villagers everywhere. The scouts reported back that General Bao Xin has led troops to attack! Is the eldest son going to stand by and let the Yellow Turbans do it?"
Is it possible for the army to invade the people for the sake of disaster!?"
The pottery merchant pulled around with his hand and said: "The Baibo army has already planned to set up troops to rob all directions in the southeast, northwest and northwest. How do you catch them? How many parts must these ten thousand horses be chopped into to make enough for them?"
"Then...then...then just stare at the Baibo thief showing off his cruelty in front of us?" Xu Chu didn't believe that this was what the pottery merchant said.
In Xu Chu's mind, Tao Shang was an optimistic person who would never be passive and slow down in his work no matter what happened.
"Of course you can't just stare at it." The potter's face gradually turned gloomy, looking a little... scary.
He was always sunny, but if he wasn't extremely annoyed, he would never show such an expression.
"The Baibo army plotted against us, and Hanoi's prominent families ran against us. Tao will get back this place no matter what."
Mi Fang wondered at the side: "How does the eldest son plan to recover this situation?"
The potter turned to Xu Chu and ordered: "Zhongkang, you immediately lead all the cavalry in our Xuzhou Army to the nearest fire place in Lihuai County and kill all the Baibo bandits who are burning, killing and looting there. Remember
Don’t leave them alive…then take off all their weapons, armor, flags, and clothes…and bring them back.”
Xu Chu's Tongling eyes suddenly widened: "Throw your mother away... and steal Bai Bojun's clothes? Are they thieves or are we thieves?"
Tao Shang said sternly: "The Bai Bo army only knows how to bully the common people, but never plunders noble families. I know a little bit about the tacit understanding and thoughts... Isn't it because of this that the famous families in Hanoi allow the Bai Bo army to cause trouble?"
Okay? Well, then Tao will change the rules for Bai Bojun and the noble family tonight."
Xu Chu didn't know why, but he immediately followed the potter's instructions and led the cavalry.
Mi Fang has been following the pottery merchant for the longest time and is familiar with his character...Now she has deeply understood and implemented the pottery merchant's intentions.
Mi Fang hesitated and said: "Master, is it a bit unethical to do this...?"
The pottery merchant turned to look at him and asked curiously: "Are the things done by those aristocratic families... very authentic?"
At this moment, they suddenly heard the sound of horse hoofs outside the camp gate, and Tao Shang and Mi Fang turned their heads to look.
But it was Han Hao who led a group of soldiers and horses and hurriedly arrived in front of the Xuzhou Army's camp gate.