It's not that the pottery merchant doesn't want to help Tian Kai, there are actually some things that he is powerless to do at the moment.
Opening the road between Qingzhou and Xuzhou to welcome Kong Rong and Tian Kai was the limit of what the pottery merchants could do.
Wang Xiu is somewhat aware of the current situation in Xuzhou, and the crisis facing the pottery merchants is not much worse than that in Qingzhou.
The only difference may be that Xuzhou is strong and not easily bullied, while Qingzhou's Tian Kai and Kong Rong are just weak.
Wang Xiu left with great regret. His lonely expression even made the pottery merchant feel a little unbearable, but there was no other way. Fighting for hegemony was not just a game. There were too many things that needed to be planned by oneself.
You cannot ignore the overall situation and compete with others at will just because of your temporary loyalty.
There are many heroes vying for the throne, and the situation is tense. If you make a wrong move, you can easily be doomed.
Today's pottery merchants have too many things to worry about.
His family, his generals and counselors, the gentry groups in Xuzhou and Jiangdong, more than 100,000 soldiers and horses under his command, and the nearly six million people under Tao's rule.
This is what he needs to worry about. Although he feels very sorry, the most he can do now is to take Tian Kai and Kong Rong in.
The house leaked due to the continuous rain. Just after the pottery merchant sent Tian Kai away with great regret, Zhang Hong from Hangzhou in Wujun suddenly sent someone to Pengcheng to deliver the news, saying that it was from Jingxian near Wujun.
The ancestor of Shanyue gathered people out of the mountain to plunder the prefectures and counties. The local soldiers and horses in Wu County were defeated, so he begged the pottery merchants to send troops to rescue them.
After hearing the news, the pottery merchant was not surprised. He could only feel helpless.
Historically, in the land south of the Yangtze River in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Shanyue and Baiyue rebelled repeatedly, which consumed a huge amount of energy and material resources from the Sun family in Jiangdong. They sent troops to pacify it every year, almost endlessly. Now I have embarked on this journey.
An old road.
Fortunately, he had taken precautions and allowed the Baiyue of Kuaiji and Yuzhang counties to submit to Wang Hua more and more under the combined grace and power of Fuyi generals Tao Ying, Lu Dai, He Qi, Quan Rou, Liu Yao and Yan Baihu.
, on the contrary, the mountains to the north are even more disturbing.
Although the Shanyue rebellion was not a small matter, it was not enough for the current pottery merchant to go out on his own. He decided to send a general and 10,000 elite infantry to Hangzhou to assist Zhang Hong in quelling the rebellion.
But who should this general send?
Thinking about things before they go, the pottery merchant decided to send Xu Chu to reinforce.
Among the generals under his command, excluding Yan Baihu and Yan Yu, the one who is best at fighting in the mountains and forests is probably Xu Chu. The two Yans are currently assisting Tao Ying on the southeastern border, and even if they are here, the pottery merchant does not dare to take it lightly.
With two people, after all, they were Shanyue thieves just like Zu Lang back then. Who knows what kind of trouble there might be between them?
So the most reliable person is Xu Chu.
After making the decision, the pottery merchant immediately sent someone to find Xu Chu.
As soon as they met, Tao Shangfang was about to give Xu Chu a task, but he was stunned for a moment.
He saw Xu Chu standing in front of him with a bruised nose and a swollen face. There were five big claw marks on his neck. His right eye was bloodshot and bruised from being beaten with a fist. There was no good spot on his entire face.
The pottery merchant looked at Xu Chu's appearance, and doubts arose in his heart again.
In his impression, Xu Chu looked like this not once or twice.
It seems that when I first took charge of Danyang County a few years ago, Xu Chu would come to see me from time to time with a brain that had been beaten like a pig's head, and every time I asked him, he would hesitate and give him a hesitant answer.
When I push someone, I always say that I am competing with someone, but I don’t say who I am competing with.
At that time, neither Zhao Yun nor Tai Shici had submitted to the Taoist army. Logically speaking, Xu Chu was invincible in the Taoist army. How could he compete with others and be turned into a pig's head by others?
This matter is indeed a bit strange.
But after so many years, the pottery dealer has never been too embarrassed to ask.
Because even if he asked, Xu Chu would not tell the truth and would always hesitate.
But for some reason, Tao Shang felt that Xu Chu's face was extremely swollen today.
"Are you competing with others again?" The pottery merchant looked at Xu Chu's cheeks calmly.
Xu Chu's face turned red and Nono nodded.
Tao Shang sighed and said helplessly: "Are you competing with others again?"
Xu Chu hummed and agreed casually.
Tao Shang looked at Xu Chu's cheek carefully and suddenly said: "Brother, your face is extremely swollen this time. What's wrong? That opponent who has been competing with you all year round has improved in martial arts?"
"Stop asking!" Xu Chu took a breath, as if he thought of something terrible. He rubbed his painful and swollen eyes vigorously and muttered: "If you have anything to do, just tell me!"
Tao Shang stood up and said to Xu Chu: "Don't talk here now. I ordered Tao Ji to mobilize 20,000 Danyang soldiers to practice martial arts in the Danyang elite camp in Xuzhou. You come with me to the school grounds to have a look."
The two left the mansion and took a car to the school grounds in the southern suburbs of Pengcheng.
Twenty thousand Danyang elite soldiers from the Xuzhou headquarters are currently performing martial arts in the school grounds, full of murderous intent and majestic momentum.
Tao Qian ordered Tao Ji to serve as Tao Shang's deputy, and assigned two thousand Danyang elite soldiers to Tao Shang. Those two thousand Danyang elite soldiers followed Tao Shang's expeditions in the north and south. Over the past few years, they had become an army capable of hundreds of battles.
The Danyang military camp under Tao Qian's command has always been under his direct control. This is why Cao Bao has always been in charge of Xuzhou's local military generals, but Tao Qian can still check the Cao family militarily.
The most elite troops have always been under the control of Tao Qian, and Cao Bao's power cannot penetrate it with a needle or with water.
Now that the power has been handed over to the pottery merchants, the Danyang elite barracks in Xuzhou headquarters naturally has to be handed over to the pottery merchants for management.
Looking at the 10,000 elite Danyang soldiers on the school field, Tao Shang said to Xu Chu: "This time going to Wu County to attack Shanyue Zulang, pacifying the banditry and stabilizing the Hangzhou border is just one aspect. The most important thing is that you need to bring this Danyang army together."
The training of elite soldiers has taken shape! Due to years of fierce fighting, the two thousand Danyang soldiers in Jinling have surpassed the Danyang elite soldiers in the headquarters in terms of combat strength and tactics. There are about 30,000 Danyang elite soldiers in Pengcheng. I have mobilized 20,000.
I asked you to take me to train the troops, so be cautious and don’t let me down. I will take the opportunity of conquering Shanyue to train this army, do you know?”
Xu Chu cautiously raised his hand and said, "Promise! I will live up to the great master's hard work."
While the two were talking, they suddenly saw a Tiger Guard soldier running hurriedly in front of the two.
This Tiger Guard was Xu Chu's confidant. He was from Xu Zhuang and was quite familiar with Xu Chu. He first bowed respectfully to the pottery merchant and then whispered a few words in Xu Chu's ear.
talk.
Before he could finish speaking, Xu Chu's expression suddenly changed.
"Master! Let's leave quickly!" Xu Chu was in a panic, not knowing what evil he had committed, and hurriedly urged the pottery merchant to leave with him.
The potter was confused.
"Why is Zhongkang so anxious? It's not lunch yet. Let's watch the Danyang soldiers for a while longer..."
Xu Chu stamped his feet anxiously and said, "If you don't leave quickly, it will be too late..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard an angry sound in the distance that came closer and closer.
"You bastard named Xu! You can't hide from the fifteenth day of the first year of junior high school. You tried every means to hide from me. I won't give you any noodles today. No matter what, I'll chop off your pair of pig's trotters!"