Chapter 290 Xu Jing recommends talents (fever, less in this chapter)
After listening to Chen Deng's explanation, Tao Shang understood everything at once.
Thieves are easy to defeat, but their lairs are hard to find.
This matter is indeed a bit difficult to handle.
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Tao Shang discussed with the generals for two days, but they did not come up with any good way to find Yan Baihu's lair. Based on the report from the school affairs office in Dangwu County, they roughly knew that Yan Baihu was stationed fifty miles south of Changxing County.
Within the junction of Shicheng Mountain and Baihu Mountain.
The problem is that Baihu Mountain and Shicheng Mountain occupy a huge area. Further south from Baihu Mountain are Mogan Mountain, Tianmu Mountain, and Longwang Mountain, which stretch for thousands of miles. If Yan Baihu insists on escaping, it will be difficult to find him once he hides in the mountains.
According to the routine, the pottery merchant could send his soldiers into the mountainous area to inquire about the enemy's situation, but this would waste too much time. When Yan Baihu's traces were discovered, he didn't know that he would have to wait until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.
The pottery merchant didn't want to waste so much time in Shan Yue Qu Shuai, an unpopular place.
Just kidding, I have to get married in half a year!
Just when the pottery merchant was scratching his head about this matter, a man came to him with a letter of recommendation from Xu Jing.
It is said that he was a famous ranger in the Jiangru area in the past, and he raised troops in Langling in recent years. When Xu Jing was in Yingchuan, because of his official position as Shang Shulang and his status as Xu Zicong's brother, he had many heroes from all sides.
They have some contacts, and this ranger is one of them.
This person's name is Li Tong.
When the pottery merchant heard Li Tong's name, he was very happy and hurried to meet him.
In history, after Li Tong defected to Cao Cao, he has been guarding the Huairu land in the south for him. He assisted Cao Cao in defeating the warlord Zhang Xiu of Xiliang. He was as important to Cao Cao as Cao Ren in the Battle of Guandu, and Cao Ren protected him.
Wannan and Li Tong guard Jianghuai and are Cao Cao's most important rear protection.
During the Battle of Chibi, Li Tong made outstanding contributions when he rescued Cao Ren, whose return was cut off by Guan Yu.
Moreover, Li Tong had raised his troops in his early years and became a powerful force, which was powerful in Jianghuai and Jianghuai. The remnants of the Yellow Turbans in Runan were so powerful that they did not dare to invade his hometown after hearing Li Tong's name.
In the middle period of Cao Cao's entrepreneurial period, the land of Huainan was the most unstable. Sun Ce almost always wanted to collude with local thieves in Huainan and invade the place, but he was always cracked and suppressed by Li Tong, and the situation became more stable.
Such a talented person has now defected to his service because of his relationship with Xu Jing. Tao Shang didn't know what to say.
He owed Xu Jing another favor.
Li Tong is tall and handsome. Because he was originally a hero, he has a very bold personality. He smiles confidently when he looks at everyone, which makes people feel comfortable.
"Li Tong has met Mr. Taiping!" Li Tong smiled heartily and handed Xu Jing's letter of recommendation to the pottery merchant. He rubbed his hands and said with emotion: "Tong has admired Mr. Taiping's name for a long time, and today I finally have the chance to meet him!"
The Tao merchant stretched out his hand to invite Li Tong to sit down and said with a smile: "With the letter from Shang Shulang here, Tao will definitely not treat Brother Wenda poorly. By the way, I heard that Brother Wenda is a famous knight in the land of Ruchen."
, I also have a team under my command, I wonder if I brought them with me when I came this time?"
Li Tong heard this and said: "There are about a thousand people under Tong's command. In the past, most of them were rangers who traveled in the mountains all year round and were good at investigating. I heard that the prince of the government was going to attack Yan Baihu, the commander of Shanyuequ, so Tong volunteered to lead these men into the army."
In Baihu Mountain and Shicheng Mountain, find out for the prince where Yan Baihu hides his troops!"
When the pottery merchant heard this, he felt very happy.
"If Brother Wen Da can accomplish this for Tao, Tao will definitely not treat you and the brothers under you badly. I will now definitely appoint Brother Wen Da as the captain of the school division and recruit the brothers under you into the school."
The government will listen to you...but I heard that Baihu Mountain and Shicheng Mountain are dangerous places. The mountains are densely forested and extremely difficult to walk. Will it be any danger or inconvenience for brothers to go to spy on the information?"
Li Tong smiled and said: "Young Master Taiping, please rest assured about this. The brothers under my command were all rangers in the past. It is not difficult to climb mountains, wade through rivers, and walk through forests and valleys. At least they are responsible for exploring the mountains and forests."
It should be much easier than the regular army under the Young Master’s command."
After hearing this, the Tao merchant was completely relieved. He raised his hands to Li Tonggong and thanked: "Thank you, Brother Wenda, for solving Tao's urgent need. Tao is very grateful... When the war is over, I will take you back to Jinling City to visit the boat.
go!"
Li Tong looked at the pottery merchant with a smile, and it took him a while to come back to his senses.
"Mr. Tao Fu, what is a painted boat? Tong seems to have never heard of it."
The potter smiled and curled his fingers at Li Tong, then put his mouth into his ear and described it in a low voice.
Li Tong's face suddenly turned red.
He retracted his head timidly, lowered his head with a red face and said to Tao Shang: "Tong Tong really understands Mr. Taiping's wishes, but this boat... I'd better not go... Tong has never been to a brothel."
Tao Shang stood up, walked to Li Tong, patted his shoulder with a smile, and said: "Brother Wenda misunderstood, how can you say it is a brothel?"
"That is?"
"It's obviously a prostitute boat."
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After receiving Li Tong's order, Li Tong's men immediately marched towards Shicheng Mountain and Baihu Mountain, and entered the mountains to search for traces of Yan Baihu and his soldiers and horses.
In fact, Tao Shang was really unsure whether Li Tong's men would be able to find Yan Baihu, and if they found Yan Baihu, they would alert the enemy and cause them to relocate.
However, Li Tong has a good reputation in history, and he is a figure who cooperates closely with Cao Ren, the Eight Tigers of Cao Wei. Cao Cao's ability to hand over the troubled Jianghuai land to him represents his full trust in this person's ability.
If a person like this doesn't have a clear idea in his heart, he probably won't talk nonsense.
Li Tong did live up to the expectations of the pottery merchant. In less than half a month, his men had fully explored Yan Baihu's hiding place. What was rare was that he did not alert Yan Baihu to the discovery and discovered it.
Reported to the pottery merchant as quickly as possible.
Yan Baihu's village is located deep in the mountains and forests at the junction of Baihu Mountain and Shicheng Mountain. The area is close to Mogan Mountain and is located at the junction of Wucheng County and Changxing County. It has a bit of a no-nonsense zone.
According to the statements of Li Tong's men, the place where Yan Baihu's stronghold was set up was easy to defend but difficult to attack, and the place was secretive. The large group of men and cavalry could not enter at all, so they could only break through it with elite and skilled infantry.
Coming north to fight this time, Tao Shang's 10,000 men included 2,000 Tiger Guards and Danyang elite soldiers led by Tao Ji. Tao Shang drew them out and added Li Tong's 1,000 men, for a total of 5,000
Under the guidance of the guide, the people entered Baihu Mountain and went straight to Yan Baihu and his group.