If Cao Cao was in Deyang Palace at this moment, he would definitely be shocked and pale after hearing Dong Zhuo's words.
Although Cao Cao had never underestimated Dong Zhuo, what he didn't know was that Dong Zhuo had never underestimated him either.
In a few sentences, Dong Zhuo had already explained in detail the strategic deployment of the princes in Guandong.
This is not a deep understanding of the art of war, but the experience of a seasoned veteran...experience gained from decades of fighting on the battlefield.
Dong Zhuo started from Yulinlang in Liangzhou and worked his way up to Army Sima, Langzhong, Guangwu Ling, Northern Captain, Hedong Prefect, Polu General... and so on until today's Prime Minister. It can be said that Dong Zhuo's official positions are basically all
Military attache, and Dong Zhuo has been on the battlefield since he was young: the Qiang people in the northwest, the Yellow Turban Army, the bandits of Wuhan, Beigong Boyu, Li Wenhou, Bian Zhang, Han Sui, Ma Teng, and the people from the Kingdom are all
The opponents Dong Zhuo had faced on the battlefield for decades.
Dong Zhuo also experienced failures during his crusade against the Yellow Turbans, but this did not affect the process of accumulating experience and failure. On the contrary, it gave him more things.
Twenty-three years of military career have turned this wild man from the northwest into a monster who is proficient in military maneuvers and wily and cunning.
Although Cao Cao was also familiar with the art of war, in terms of experience, he still lacked many years compared to this old man.
Among the generals, a tall but relatively elegant-looking general came out, cupped his hands and said: "The Prime Minister's words hit the target of the Kwantung Allied Forces. According to the general's opinion, for the Suanzao Middle Route Army, only
It is necessary to send heavy troops to defend, hold on without fighting, and gain time! The purpose of the Hedong princes' army in the north is to collect grain in Aocang. The coalition forces expect that we will take advantage of the situation to move grain and grass, but our army can do the opposite. Don't rush to move grain now.
Instead, they used Aocang as a bait to arrange suspicious troops to make the Kwantung princes in the east of Hedong confused and afraid to enter... and then secretly sent their elite troops to cross the river from Xiaopingjin to the north to make a detour and sneak attack! Among the Kwantung Army in the north, the "Taishan Soldiers" under Wang Kuang's command were
He is a powerful enemy. As long as the sneak attack army can defeat Wang Kuang first, it will be a worry-free journey..."
When he said this, Dong Zhuo laughed loudly, clapped his hands and cheered: "Although General Xu is not the most brave and skillful general in my army, he is definitely the one who knows the best in the art of war and military aircraft in my army!"
The person who gave the advice was Xu Rong, a lieutenant general under Dong Zhuo.
In terms of bravery, under Dong Zhuo, Lü Bu, the Marquis of Duting, was the most powerful, followed by Hua Xiong, the Commander-in-Chief.
However, when it comes to military strategy, Dong Zhuo always recommends Xu Rong first, and often privately tells those close to him: Among the generals, the one who will achieve the highest success in the future is definitely Lu Bu, Hua Xiong, Niu Fu, Guo Si and others.
Xu Rong is none other than Xu Rong.
Xu Rong was born in Liaodong. Although he was not Dong Zhuo's direct confidant, he gradually won Dong Zhuo's trust and favor.
Xu Rong leaned forward, thanked Dong Zhuo for his compliments, and continued: "As for the southern route, they are the surprise troops of the Allies. Their purpose is nothing more than to disperse our army's strength. The prime minister wants to destroy them all. There are no omissions in tactics, but along the way
Among them, there is Sun Jian, the governor of Changsha! This man is brave and good at fighting. He is known as the Tiger of Jiangdong. He is actually a serious threat to our army. If the prime minister wants to attack him, he must carefully consider his candidates."
Dong Zhuo nodded and said appreciatively: "General Xu's words are true. Sun Jian is a fierce tiger and cannot be easily defeated. Who among you dares to go to the south to fight Sun Jian?"
When he finished speaking, he saw a general, wearing a copper armor, with a face full of stubble, and a fierce look on his face, like a big bear, striding out with his head held high, and said loudly: "The last general, Hua Xiong, is willing to go!"
Dong Zhuo looked at the general, nodded and said: "Captain Hua...well, yes, you are one of the few fierce generals under my command. If you fight against Sun Jian, you will definitely be his opponent!"
Li Ru looked at Hua Xiong, thought for a while, and said: "Prime Minister, Governor Hua is very brave and is the general of our army. But I heard that the southern princes are not only Sun Jian, but also Cao Cao, Xuzhou Army, Yingchuan Kongnuo,
As well as Gongsun Zan's branch, we should not underestimate it. If we send another army to form a rivalry with Governor Hua, our chances of winning will be greatly increased!"
Dong Zhuo knew in his heart that Li Ru was afraid that Hua Xiong would be too strong-willed and that his single army would fall into a treacherous plot, so he said: "Xu Rong, you lead an army and form a horns with Governor Hua. Go to Yangren and fight with the princes in the south."
...I led the troops to Juancheng to block the middle road of the princes; Li Jue and Guo Si each led an army to Xiaomengjin, and followed Xu Rong's plan to deal with the princes in the east of Hedong. Remember to find a way to defeat Wang Kuang's "Taishan soldiers" first!
Everyone needs to be careful when entering the army, if there is any mistake, they will be killed without mercy!"
"promise!"
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On the Luoyang side, Dong Zhuo arranged for three groups of soldiers to fight against the enemy. On the Kwantung Allied Forces side, the princes took their respective missions and returned home after they parted ways in Suanzao.
Tao Shang returned to Yingchuan and saw Mi Fang who was still waiting here. Then he and Kong Ni led the troops to attack Yangren City.
Although Sun Jian also stationed troops in Yingchuan, he did not go with Tao Shang and Kong Nian because he was tricked last time. Although they were on the same road, he marched alone.
The three armies marched quickly and soon arrived at Yangren County. At this time, the partial divisions of Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan had also arrived.
After Cao Cao arrived, he immediately sent an envoy to pass a message, asking Sun Jian, Kong Min, and Tao Shang to meet with him to discuss the next march strategy.
After all, Cao Cao was a Fenwu general appointed by Yuan Shao. He did not have many troops but had the position of a general. Sun Jian was unwilling to team up with Kong Niao and others, but he still wanted to take care of Cao Cao, so he had to lead the army to join forces.
After several military meetings, Tao Shang and Kong Niao went to Cao Cao's camp to pay their respects.
After entering Cao Cao's commander's tent, he found that Sun Jian was already sitting inside with an expressionless face, not even looking at Kong Niao... Besides Sun Jian and Cao Cao, there were three other people on the other side of Cao Cao's camp.
When the pottery merchant saw these three people, he couldn't help but froze.
These three people have a face like a crown, lips like greased lips, two big wind-catching ears, a peaceful look on their face, and they look very friendly;
A man with three long beards and a complexion as red as a jujube, as if he had high blood pressure, but tall and extremely powerful;
There is another one, although he has a strong beard on his face and round eyes and cross-brows, but he is angular and has a somewhat handsome look...but there seems to be an evil spirit between his eyebrows, and he seems to have a bad temper.
Tao Shang swallowed lightly. Although he was suspicious, he did not dare to identify them rashly. He turned to look at Cao Cao and asked, "Brother Meng De, who are these three?"
"Oh!" Cao Cao stood up with a smile and said: "Gongsun Bogui divided five thousand elites to help us along the way. These three are the leaders of the five thousand elites who were ordered by General Gongsun... This one is
Pingyuan Commander Liu Bei and Liu Xuande! Cao Moushi just asked for advice. Xuande is the great-great-great-grandson of Emperor Xiaojing, the queen of Zhongshan Prince Jing, and is a bloodline of the royal family."
Sure enough! The pottery merchant was a little excited. He didn't expect that he would meet the majestic Emperor Zhaolie of the Shu Han Dynasty today!
I don’t know if it’s God’s will that the leaders of Wei, Shu, and Wu are actually crowded into this small handsome tent with me at this moment... Could God give me a chance to ask them to leave their signatures one by one?
Kong Ni is the most redundant person in the entire camp.
After listening to Cao Cao's introduction, Sun Jian, who was as arrogant as Sun Jian, also stood up and bowed his hands in front of Liu Bei to show his respect for the clan members of the Han Dynasty.
Liu Bei has a very advantageous face. His face is fair, his eyebrows are straight and thick, his eyes are black and white, 70% calm, 30% friendly, and his face looks very kind.
Such a face may not be enough to please a woman, but it will definitely not disgust a man. Older people find him stable, and younger people find him amiable. Even if they don't like him, they will never dislike him.
So being long is very advantageous.
He always has a slight smile on his lips and eyebrows, and he looks like a kind and well-behaved person. He wears a very ordinary leather armor and a square scarf on his head. On the right side of his waist, he boasts his
The iconic male and female double-pronged sword, even though he looks very kind, but when his right hand inadvertently presses on the sword at his waist, he involuntarily displays a temperament that people dare not despise.
Liu Bei was neither humble nor overbearing, and returned the courtesy to Sun Jian with a smile. Cao Cao introduced Kong Ni to Liu Bei, and finally it was the pottery merchant's turn.
"Pingyuan Commander Liu Bei met Mr. Tao. Although he is young, he can take care of his father's worries and is willing to risk the sword to come to the battlefield to eliminate traitors for the country. It is really admirable."
Liu Bei's words were impeccable. Although he was praising the pottery merchant, he did not seem to be flattering, and his tone was very sincere, which made the pottery merchant feel comfortable listening to him.
Sure enough, a capable person has the ability to achieve great things.
The potter secretly sighed, thanked him, then turned to look at the two men behind Liu Bei, pretending to ask: "The two warriors behind Xuande Gong are very impressive. As soon as I entered the tent, I felt a surge of bravery."
The energy rushed towards me, and the boy was so shocked that he almost fell over. I wonder what kind of hero he is?"
Liu Bei chuckled and said, "Master Tao is so funny. These two are Bei's sworn brothers. The second brother is Guan Yu, whose courtesy name is Yunchang. The third brother is Zhang Fei, whose courtesy name is Yide."
The pottery merchant pretended to be stunned and said: "It turns out they are General Guan and General Zhang. I have admired them for a long time."
Guan Yu nodded slightly, with almost no arc, but it could still be seen that he was indeed nodding.
"Master Tao is ridiculous. Guan and his third brother are no longer capable of serving as archers and do not dare to be called 'general'."
The potter smiled and said: "Heroes don't care about their origins. If you look at the two beasts below, you will know..."
"Huh?" Guan Yu and Zhang Fei raised their eyebrows when they heard this.
"...I mean, one look at the lively faces of the two of you, and you know that they are not just things in the pond, but are actually good generals. It's not too much for me to call you general in advance."
Guan Yu touched his beautiful beard and said nothing, but he could feel that the pottery merchant's words were very useful to him.
When Zhang Fei heard this, he seemed to be interested and said: "Boy, can you read faces?"
The potter smiled modestly and said, "I only understand a little bit."
Zhang Fei's eyes lit up and he said: "Haha, okay, then you can show me my face and tell me what my future will be like."
The pottery merchant said seriously: "Since Mr. Yide has a request, then just open your mouth."
Zhang Fei was stunned when he heard this: "Open your mouth? What are you doing?"
The potter smiled and said: "To calculate the future, you must first look at your teeth."
Zhang Fei didn't know why, but he still opened his mouth obediently. The potter squinted his eyes solemnly and counted the teeth in Zhang Fei's mouth one by one.
Liu Bei couldn't laugh or cry at the side: "Master Tao, where did you learn from this class? Why do I feel like you are looking at an animal?"
Tao Shang explained: "It's normal that Magistrate Liu has never seen it. This is the 'Xuantian Up and Down Physiology Technique' that has been lost for hundreds of years... Even if I tell you, you won't understand."
Liu Bei frowned, and some monks were confused...Cao Cao laughed angrily on the side.
Xuantian and his subordinates are treated as "animals"... Those who don't return the f**k are just looking at the animals.
The pottery merchant looked at it carefully for a while, shook his head and said: "Mr. Yi De, you are young and have bad teeth and mouth. The coating on your tongue is full of white debris... You are very angry."
Zhang Fei closed his mouth and rubbed his cheek: "It's so hot, why don't I feel it?"
"A good bar?"
Zhang Fei nodded.
The pottery merchant said half truthfully and half falsely: "Yi Degong will achieve extraordinary things in the future, but one thing is to abstain from 'fire', and the other is to abstain from 'alcohol'. If you don't abstain from these two things, there may be disaster."
Zhang Fei was confused after hearing this, and did not understand the relationship between his drinking and the disaster.
Liu Bei was very open-minded. He raised his hands to the pottery merchant and said with a smile: "Master Tao gave his good advice to his third brother. My brothers and I will take it to heart. We must follow it carefully in the future."
The pottery merchant said this casually, and the three brothers Liu Bei just listened...but Liu Bei saluted him so solemnly, which was quite unexpected by the pottery merchant.
However, the man in front of me seemed to be very open-minded, but historically he was the one who took away from Tao Qian the inheritance that should have belonged to his Tao brother, Xuzhou!
He seems kind and modest, but in fact no one knows what is going on in his head.
The pottery merchant did not dare to underestimate Cao Cao, and naturally he would not underestimate Liu Bei either.