In the Tao Shang's tent, Tao Taifu and a group of generals and advisers were discussing the strategy of exchanging hostages with Cao Cao this time.
As the chief military advisor, Guo Jia was the first to speak out.
"At this time, the Emperor has settled down in Fan County and sold his official position to the princes of the world. The princes of the world have already agreed to establish an independent dynasty. At this time, Cao Cao actually had the intention to kidnap the Emperor again, but he did not dare to do so. He came from the west
Taking the emperor away from the hands of the Liang Zhu generals can be said to be a rescue, but if he acts like this again now, it will be an act of robbery."
Chen Deng strongly agreed with Guo Jia's point of view: "Cao Cao was so angry that he could not calm down, so he naturally thought of dealing with the Taifu to avenge him."
Tao Shang held his forehead and sighed: "As I expected, Cao Cao probably planned to take advantage of the prisoner exchange and take advantage of our unpreparedness to launch a surprise attack on us... I just don't know how he planned to do it.
Fight this battle?”
Guo Jia confidently said: "There are only two tactics. One is to take advantage of the opportunity of exchanging prisoners to rush into the formation. The second is to charge into the formation after exchanging prisoners and wait for our army to retreat. With Cao Cao's ability, he decisively
He won't be able to use the first method of warfare. Firstly, it is too obvious and easy for us to see through. Secondly, the second general of the Xiahou family is his kin general after all. If it was not a last resort, Cao Cao would not have done this. After all, Cao Cao's army
The main commander of the army is Cao Cao's clan brother, so it is easy to lose the heart of the clan by acting like this."
Tao Shang smiled and said: "Last time, in order to paralyze Cao Cao, I specifically asked him to exchange Jueying and Zhuhuang Feidian for two generals of the Xiahou clan. I used this method to get them in Shouyang Mountain.
Lu Bu's red rabbit and horse, Cao Cao will not doubt me."
Chen Deng stood up and bowed to the pottery merchant: "Having said that, the hostages still need to be exchanged with Cao Cao carefully to avoid exposing any flaws."
The pottery merchant nodded and said, "Tao will save you money on this matter."
After finishing speaking, Tao Shang turned his head to Guo Jia and said: "After the hostages are exchanged, Cao Cao will surely send his troops to pursue him, right?"
Guo Jia fluttered his sleeves and said: "After Cao Cao exchanged hostages with us, he thought that our army would be lax and would definitely send troops to pursue us. At that time, we would need to find an advantageous place to set up our battle array before we could compete with Cao Cao.
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When the pottery merchant heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little lonely.
Choosing terrain for a decisive battle with Cao Cao... in the final analysis, it was caused by the lack of large-scale and powerful cavalry on our side.
After Zhao Yun captured Xia Houen alive, he once reported to himself that the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry guarding Puyang were extremely powerful. Their combat power was superior to that of the White Horse Yi Cong, and that the Cavalry was just a branch of the Tiger and Leopard Battalion.
If there is a head-on resistance to the main force of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry led by Cao Chun, the cavalry and infantry of the Xuzhou Army will never be able to resist.
But where should we fight Cao Jun?
At this moment, Xu Rong stood up and said coldly: "The last general is a good place to arrange a confrontation between my Xuzhou Army and Cao Cao!"
The potter hurriedly asked: "Where?"
Xu Rong bowed, then walked to the picture hanging on the screen behind the pottery merchant, gesticulating and speaking.
"The land of Fan County is the place where the emperor lives, and it is also the focus of the world's princes. Cao Cao must not dare to easily attack our army here, so as not to give other princes a clue. In the end, it is expected that Cao Cao will definitely treat
When our army returns to the border of Xuzhou, we will launch another assault. In this way, we can take the ancient battlefield of Jiuli Mountain and form our troops to fight against Cao Cao."
"Jiuli Mountain?" The potter touched his chin and murmured.
"Exactly!" Xu Rong said loudly: "When I came to Pei County from Jinling City, I went to Jiuli Mountain to inspect the terrain. The terrain is like a winding dragon, surrounded by mountains. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Because the mountains are relatively large,
There are so many cavalry that it is inconvenient to use them. It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times! According to ancient legend, Han Xin once deployed an ambush formation here to defeat Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu. If we drive our troops here, we may be able to fight Cao Cao."
The potter's eyes suddenly lit up, and he suddenly realized: "I remembered that there has been a folk song since ancient times on the ancient battlefield in front of Jiuli Mountain. The shepherd boy picked up the old sword and gun, and the wind blew the water of Wujiang River, just like Yu Ji bidding farewell to the overlord."
Having said this, the pottery merchant stood up and told the generals: "Xu Rong, lead a group of elite troops and go to Jiuli Mountain to inspect the terrain first, so that our army can quickly deploy defenses after arriving at Jiuli Mountain."
Xu Rong raised his hand and said, "No!"
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Three days later, Cao Cao handed over the hostages to the pottery merchant as agreed.
The pottery merchant sent back Xia Houyuan and Xia Houen to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao sent his two famous horses, Jueying and Zhuhuang Feidian, to the pottery merchant.
Although it was just to paralyze Cao Cao, the potter was also happy from the bottom of his heart.
Ferrari has been obtained, and now Jueying and Zhuhuang Feidian have also been obtained.
The dream of collecting all four luxury cars has been completed three-quarters of the time.
The potter named Jueying "Porsche" and the claw Huang Feidian "Rolls-Royce".
It seems like a Lamborghini is missing.
After the exchange of men for horses ended, the Jinling Army hurriedly retreated in the direction of Xuzhou.
At the same time, at the place where Cao Cao's main force was stationed in Qixiang, Cao Cao's main force was also ready to start their operations.
The generals of the Cao family, with Xiahou Dun, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Pang De, Yan Xing, Cao Chun, Dian Wei, Li Dian, and Yu Jin as the main fighting force, were waiting for Cao Cao to give them a military order to attack the Jinling Army.
This time the confrontation was no longer with any of Cao's partial divisions, but with the main force of Cao's army led by Cao Cao himself.
After Cao Cao himself gave a thorough lecture to his generals, he immediately ordered Cao Ren to governor all the ministries and marched directly towards the rear army of the pottery merchants who had already marched towards Jiuli Mountain.
Seeing the troops and horses advancing towards the distance one by one, Cao Cao couldn't help but narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he was thinking about something important.
Behind him, Cheng Yu hurriedly walked over to Cao Cao and said, "Sikong, there is a letter from Jia Xu over there in Puyang."
"Jia Xu?" Cao Cao was stunned when he heard this. For a moment, he seemed to not remember who the other party was. After recalling it for a while, he suddenly realized.
"It turns out it's him." Cao Cao smiled and shook his head.
That old guy, ever since he conspired with me in Guanzhong to take away the Emperor, has never devised a plan for him or presented a single plot.
If this old guy keeps quiet, Cao Cao will probably forget his name.
"He sent a letter...what did it say?"
Cheng Yu received Cao Cao's authorization, and immediately opened Jia Xu's letter. After reading it hastily, he said: "Jia Wenhe heard that His Majesty has established a court in Fan County, and he specially advised Sikong to take revenge on the pottery merchant.
count."
Cao Cao snorted coldly.
"If it hadn't been about the emperor, I'm afraid he would never speak respectfully in front of Cao in this life. Tell me, what strategy did he offer?"
Cheng Yu stroked his beard again and again and said to Cao Cao: "Jia Wenhe advised Sikong and asked him to bear with his anger for a while and not to easily send troops to attack the pottery merchants."
Cao Cao was stunned when he heard this.
The old guy is quite good at guessing. He actually knew that Cao would pursue Tao Shangjun?
"Cao's troops have already gone out, how can we get them back? Ignore him!" Cao Cao seemed to be angry with Jia Xu and ignored him.
Cheng Yu showed a look of admiration on his face and said: "This Jia Xu is not an ordinary person. His letter also said that if Sikong has sent troops to pursue the pottery merchant and does not take back the military order, then please be careful.
Yuan Shao made a sneak attack."
"oh……!"
Cao Cao took a deep breath, then suddenly raised his hand and slapped his forehead.
"I almost forgot. Yuan Benchu didn't take it easy. Cao made the little pottery merchant so angry that he forgot such a big thing."
Cheng Yu looked at Cao Cao doubtfully: "Yuan Shao won the general, and he was so satisfied that he sent his troops north to unify Hebei. Could it be that he would offend Sikong at this juncture?"
"He will!" Cao Cao nodded and said affirmatively: "Cao has known him for more than 20 years and knows Yuan Benchu's temperament very well. I think he still dared to confront Dong Zhuo when he had no soldiers.
, Such courage is rare in this world. If he regards Cao and Thief Tao as a thorn in his side, he will probably not miss this opportunity."
Cheng Yu hesitated when he heard this: "Then let's fight the war with the pottery merchant?"
Cao Cao laughed loudly when he heard this and said seriously: "Fight! No matter how cunning the Tao merchant is, or how strong Yuan Shao is, what can they do to Cao? If we don't fight in this battle, it will be hard to calm down the evil spirit in Cao's chest. He will have to fight with the Tao family no matter what.