The Jinling Army is now in the Liang State. Its main task is to verify the household registration and check the number of people, pretending that it wants to move all the people of the Liang State to Xuzhou.
Although the population of Liang State is also very attractive to pottery merchants, after all, population is productivity, but the most important thing for the current situation is the emperor who is near Puyang.
For this move, Tao Shang put on a huge show, and even wrote "Tao Shi" for Cao Cao to see, in order to make Cao Cao think that he was a person who was not broad-minded enough and was fond of heresy.
Cao Cao felt relieved and shifted his focus to the interior of Yanzhou and the Xiliang generals.
As for Tao's postscript, the attached fragrance list of women in the Eastern Han Dynasty is a foreshadowing bomb planted by the pottery merchant for Cao Cao.
Although he didn't know whether the bomb would explode, the potter felt that burying it would be better than not burying it at all.
It is understandable that Cao Cao is a great leader of his generation. If he were asked to choose between hegemony and women, Cao Cao would definitely put hegemony first.
However, Tao Shang believes that if certain conditions are mature, or if his hegemony is mature, Cao Cao will still be deceived by women even if he slacks off.
After all, Cao Cao is also a man, a man who can also be made unconscious by women.
The Battle of Wancheng recorded in history is a good example.
If nothing unexpected happens now, Cao Cao will temporarily feel at ease with the Xuzhou Army, and the Du family of Lu Bu's general Qin Yilu's family and Zhang Ji's wife Zou may be the catalyst that intensifies Cao Cao's rapid westward movement.
Curiosity killed the cat. Cao Cao must really want to kill Lu Bu and Zhang Ji right now, and then see if they are what the potter wrote.
After Sun Qian came back with Cao Cao's four conditions, Tao Shang was not angry at all, because he knew that these bullshit conditions proposed by Cao Cao were completely nonsense.
He used these conditions to confuse himself and allowed himself to continue negotiating with him, while Cao Cao wasted no time in quelling the chaos.
It doesn't matter, since you want to act, Tao will continue acting with you.
Tao Shang cut off the last two unrealistic conditions from Cao Cao's four conditions, and then asked Sun Qian to go to Jiyin County to negotiate with Cao Cao.
Sun Qian ran back and forth twice and felt that his legs and feet were about to break.
The potter now wants him to go on another mission.
It didn't matter that he was sent as an envoy to Cao Cao, but Sun Qian clearly felt that Tao Shang was obviously not very sincere in negotiating peace with Cao Cao, and Cao Cao was the same.
The two of them seemed to have agreed upon it, and they were squeezing Sun Gan's legs together.
Although Sun Qian was very reluctant, as a subordinate, if the master asked him to do it, he had to do it. Who can let others be big-mouthed while others are small-mouthed?
After receiving the general's order, Sun Qian set out again in a dusty journey.
After Sun Qian left, the pottery merchant immediately found Chen Deng and Guo Jia.
After listening to the message Sun Qian brought back, Guo Jia smiled and said: "It seems that by the time Sun Qian arrives in Jiyin County, Cao Cao should have already left. In this way, the time for us to dispatch troops quickly has arrived.
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Tao Shang touched his chin and said: "Although Cao Cao left to deal with the generals in Guanxi, I think there should still be arrangements in Yanzhou. If a large-scale army is driven to Puyang to meet him, it is very likely that Cao Cao will
I feel that when the time comes, there will be something bad."
The pottery merchant turned to look at Chen Deng and asked for his opinion.
Chen Deng squinted his eyes, and after thinking for a long time, he slowly said: "It is definitely not possible for a large group of soldiers and horses to march into Yanzhou, and they must fight quickly and capture Puyang with lightning speed."
The potter weighed it up and said, "In your opinion, how many people should we bring with us this time?"
Chen Deng and Guo Jia looked at each other, and then said in unison: "No more than five thousand!"
The potter made a rough estimate in his mind.
Two thousand Danyang elite soldiers and two thousand Taishan troops are necessary to attack the enemy.
The heavy cavalry in Jinling City are not suitable for long-distance siege. They can only lead light cavalry with strong mobility. However, the light cavalry in Xuzhou or Jinling City are not very powerful. If they encounter Cao Jun's cavalry guarding Puyang...
"I need to see Zhao Yun." The pottery merchant said deeply.
Not long after, Zhao Yun came to meet with the pottery merchant.
"Brother Zilong, I have something that I would like to ask you to lead your White Horse Yi Cong to do with me."
Zhao Yun followed the pottery merchant to capture the Liang Kingdom. He thought his mission had been completed, but he didn't expect the pottery merchant to ask him to go with him on the expedition. Then he asked curiously: "I wonder where Mr. Taiping wants Yun to go with you?"
Tao Shang thought about his words for a moment, and then told Zhao Yun about his plan to attack Puyang, the seat of Yanzhou.
Zhao Yun was somewhat hesitant after hearing this.
Although Zhao Yun was the leader here this time, he was following Gongsun Zan's order after all.
Gongsun Zan's order was to assist Xuzhou in retreating from the enemy, but the situation had changed. Tao Shang was not retreating from the enemy, but wanted to capture the enemy's seat.
Assisting Xuzhou to attack the city and assisting Xuzhou to retreat from the enemy are two completely different concepts.
Going deep into the interior of Yanzhou is actually much more difficult than guarding Xuzhou. If not, all the five hundred white-horse followers Gongsun Zan gave him will have to ride inside.
Even though there are only 500 cavalry, every one of them is Gongsun Zan’s treasure. Especially in the three battles of Jieqiao, Jumashui, and Longzuo, Gongsun Zan’s huge cavalry force was wiped out by thousands of Qu Yi’s Xianden army.
, greatly damaged the vitality, the remaining cavalry is now even more precious.
Seeing that Zhao Yun seemed to be hesitant, Tao Shang immediately persuaded him: "Brother Zilong, Tao has no intention of retaliating against Cao Cao in attacking Yanzhou this time. It is actually for the sake of the world."
Tianxia Sheji?
This word is a bit too heavy for Zhao Yun. He is now just a low-ranking cavalryman under Gongsun Zan, and he is not yet at this level of thinking.
The pottery merchant patiently brainwashed him: "Since Dong Zhuo, the world's heroes have risen together. Today, the emperor is the common ruler of all people, but he has been killed many times. After Dong Zhuo, there were Li Jue, Guo Si, Ma Teng, Han Sui and others. The country is not the same.
The country, the king is not like the king, and now it has fallen into the hands of Cao Cao. On the surface, Cao Cao was very respectful to the emperor, but in fact he was also a tiger and wolf. The emperor was in his control, and it was difficult to govern the country.
I don’t know when the world of this great man will be at peace."
After hearing this, Zhao Yun lowered his head and thought carefully for a while, and suddenly said: "Will the emperor be able to accomplish anything under the rule of Prince Taiping?"
Tao Shang shook his head and said: "If I act like this, what will I do with Dong Zhuo, Li Jue and other wolves? What I want to do this time is to rob the emperor to Fan County, where Tian Kai, Yuan Shao, Xuzhou, Kong
Rong, Cao Cao, Gongsun Fujun and others are gathered together, and the princes are restraining each other. No one can control the emperor, and you can let your majesty govern the country."
Zhao Yun was stunned when he heard this. He opened his eyes wide and looked at the pottery merchant in disbelief.
"Young Master is so righteous, and you really live up to the name of Young Master Taiping. At first, Yun thought that you wanted to take the Emperor as your own, support the Emperor and command the princes, but unexpectedly, you actually wanted to serve the country and the people... Zhao Yun just said that
You are underestimating the young master, he is truly a gentleman!"
The potter smiled and waved his hand, somewhat embarrassed.
If the emperor were placed in Fan County, among many forces, surrounded by monsters above and below, he would probably have even less freedom in the future, and he would probably be even more miserable than he is now.
But the pottery merchant could not tell Zhao Yun this.
"Brother Zilong, are you willing to help me stabilize the country?"
"Yun'an dare not obey your orders!"
The pottery merchant nodded with a smile, and secretly said to Zhao Yun: "And I heard that the emperor has many royal delicacies in his hands. If Brother Zilong can accomplish the great task of protecting you, your majesty will definitely let you taste it in the future... That is comparable to roasted lamb.
The legs are much more delicious.”
When Zhao Yun heard this, he stretched out his hand and pinched his round face, and let out a long sigh, which seemed to be filled with resentment and anticipation.
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In this way, after the pottery merchant made arrangements, he gathered these five thousand elites, including Zhao Yun's white horse followers, and took Sun Qian to Jiyin County to discuss with Cao Cao, and secretly sneaked to Puyang City to rob the emperor.
At the moment, all the important troops in Puyang City have been taken away by Cao Cao to deal with the Xiliang generals, but there is an elite force that is still giving orders. It is currently stationed in Puyang City and has not been taken away by Cao Cao.
These soldiers and horses are called Tiger and Leopard Cavalry...m.