Qingzhou and Xuzhou are geographically adjacent, and across the lower reaches of the Yellow River is the territory of Xuzhou. The pottery merchants and others marched very fast, and soon they arrived at Xuzhou.
After returning to Pengcheng, Tao Qian warmly welcomed the reinforcements from the North led by Tian Kai, Kong Rong, Zhao Yun and others, and expressed his warm welcome and sincere gratitude for their arrival.
At this time, Tao Qian had already moved most of the households in Pei State to the hinterland of Xuzhou.
And all the elite soldiers, with the Jinling Army as the vanguard, were stationed at Peiguo, the forward position to the west of Xuzhou.
With this arrangement, the defense line has been completed. According to Tao Shang's idea: Cao Cao is a cunning man. Although he currently has all his soldiers stationed in Liang State, if he attacks from the east to the west, he can send a fresh force to bypass Liang State and go up the mountain.
If Yangjun is to attack directly into the hinterland of Pengcheng from the east, then our side will definitely be passive.
Therefore, Tao Shang still felt that Tao Qian himself should lead his old Danyang elite troops to guard Pengcheng, so that Pengcheng and the main troops of Pei State could form a dichotomy to ensure nothing went wrong.
Tao Shang's strategy was affirmed and approved by Tao Qian, so Tao Qian himself led his Danyang elite troops, Kong Rong's Beihai County soldiers, and Tian Kai's Qingzhou army to station in Pengcheng, while Cao Bao led the troops from Xuzhou and the Tao Shang army.
The Jinling City headquarters troops were stationed on the front line of Pei Kingdom.
Tao Qian left the main command of the Pei Kingdom's front line in the hands of the pottery merchants.
After hastily discussing the war with Tao Qian, Tao Shang, together with Zhao Yun, Guo Jia, Tao Ying, Li Tong and others, rushed to the seat of Pei State.
In addition, the pottery merchant also borrowed Taishi Ci from Kong Rong.
At this moment, Cao Bao's Xuzhou main force and the Jinling Army led by Xu Chu, Xu Huang and others have completed their defenses in Pei State, and are only waiting for Cao Cao's army to attack.
The entire Pei Kingdom currently includes Cao Bao who leads the Xuzhou army, Cao Hong, Lu Fan, Ji Lian and others who assist him, as well as Xu Chu, Xu Huang, Tao Ji, Xu Rong, Gan Ning, Zhou Tai and others from Jinling City.
Will.
In addition, Zhao Yun, Taishi Ci, Li Tong and others who came with the pottery merchant this time, the pottery merchant believed that he might not lose to Cao Cao in terms of high-quality generals.
But war, after all, cannot be solved by counting heads. Timing, location, people, and planning are also indispensable.
War is not as simple as one plus one equals two.
After Tao Shang arrived in Pei State, he immediately sent spies from the school affairs office to Liang State to closely monitor every move of the ten troops deployed by Cao Cao in Liang State.
According to the potter's guess, Cao Cao's troops will soon come over to kill him.
However, what was unexpected was that Cao Cao's army stationed in Liang State seemed to have taken root and sprouted. They just stayed in place motionless. They showed no military signs of sending troops to attack Pei State.
But the more Cao Cao's army behaved like this, the less secure Tao Shang, Guo Jia and others became.
The person Tao Shang was worried about was Cao Cao, while the people Guo Jia was worried about were his old acquaintances or close friends from Yingchuan Academy who served under Cao Cao.
Xun Yu, Xun You, Cheng Yu, Man Chong, Xi Zhicai...
Those bastards actually grouped together with Cao Cao. Guo Jia got a headache just thinking about it.
But if you think about it carefully, those people were summoned by Xun Yu after all. Cao Cao got half of the Yingchuan think tank by having Xun Yu join him.
After all, Xun Yu's influence in Yingchuan Academy is by no means comparable to that of others.
If I hadn't been kidnapped to Xuzhou by Tao Shang, the Cao Group in Yanzhou might have a place for Guo now, right?
Just as the whole army of Pei State was rushing to defend the city, hoarding food and grass, and conducting steady drills, a well-known figure came to the main palace of Pei State's government office tremblingly on crutches and asked to meet with the pottery merchant.
This person is Chen Deng's old father Chen Gui.
Chen Gui used to be the Prime Minister of Pei State, but later he resigned from his official position due to his aging and poor health, and passed the title of head of the family to his son Chen Deng. He then lived in seclusion in the Chen family's old house in Pei State.
, no longer care about worldly affairs.
The pottery merchant came from a later generation, so he naturally knew that this old guy Chen Gui had an old heart. Although he was nominally retired, in fact he still had a vigorous and old-fashioned heart that longed for development.
After all, he is Chen Deng's father. Thinking about Chen Deng's cryptic behavior on weekdays, you can guess that his old man is not an easy man.
If he is really content to enjoy his old age, he will not come to see the pottery merchant again this time.
Chen Gui was highly virtuous and well-known among the Xuzhou gentry, and could be described as a state treasure.
He came to visit in person. Even if the pottery merchant was busy with official duties, he still had to take time to visit.
After the two met in the meeting hall, the pottery merchant looked at Chen Gui carefully.
It's okay if you don't look at it, but when you look at it, the potter can't help but sweat.
Chen Deng is very young, but his father, Chen Gui, is too old. His face is wrinkled and his hair is white. The walkway is still trembling and trembling as if the wind could blow him away at any time.
At this time, he could no longer rely on crutches alone for support. He had to have servants behind him to help him walk, and every few steps, he would cough hard and be out of breath.
It feels like he is an old man in his twilight years, so it's not surprising that he's gone at any time.
The potter grinned... That guy Chen Deng, maybe he wanted his father to come to my place to touch porcelain because he thought he was going to die, right?
What if the old man "Gaba" suddenly passed away in his own government office all of a sudden, and he couldn't even open his mouth to explain it clearly?
"Doctor Chen, this is our first meeting. I am a junior pottery merchant who has admired the name of the doctor for a long time..."
Before Tao Shang could finish his words, he saw Chen Gui coughing heavily, his face turned red from holding it in, and he almost lost his breath.
"Cough cough cough! Ouch!"
Tumo Xingzi also sprayed the potter in the face because of his cough.
The potter raised his hand to wipe his wet cheek, feeling helpless.
"Eldest Young Master, it's been a long time." Chen Gui finished coughing and greeted Tao Shang breathlessly: "My unscrupulous son is an official under the eldest Young Master and has to be taken care of by the Young Master. I, I, thank you!
Uh cough cough cough!”
Seeing Chen Gui's miserable state, Tao Shang hurriedly ordered his servants to help the old man sit down, poured a glass of hot water for Chen Gui himself, and sighed: "Doctor Chen, you are so old, and you still cough so badly.
, there is going to be a war here in Pei State. It is a forward position and very dangerous... Most of the people have been moved to the interior of Xuzhou by my father. If you don't go back to Xuzhou, what are you doing here?"
Chen Gui took a few sips of hot water to regain his breath, and said weakly: "I am an old and decrepit person who is used to living here and doesn't want to move anymore. If I die, I have to die in Peiguo and live and die with the old house."
When the pottery merchant heard this, he couldn't help but smile to himself.
This old man and his son, in history, deceived Lu Bu like his third grandson, putting the entire Xuzhou foundation in their hands. If he could live and die with Pei State, even a sow could give birth to a giant panda.
Tao Shang smiled and asked Chen Gui: "Dr. Chen is here today. Could it be that he has some advice for the younger generation?"
Chen Gui took a deep breath and then said: "I came here for nothing else. I want to give you some advice on how to win in deposits and deposits in the next three years."