Four hundred and seventieth chapters after preparing for the spring
After capturing Yuan Tan, a group of pottery merchants' cavalry continued to pursue him.
Just as he was about to catch up with the carriage again, Yuan Shang threw the driver off the carriage again.
"I'll go, here comes another one... first tie him up and throw him to the side of the road to make him stand! Keep chasing him!"
Seeing this situation, Tao Shang admired the methods of Master Yuan even more.
There were four people in the carriage, and he was the only one without pants, but the other three didn't even think about him. They were thrown out of the carriage one by one. It was really impossible for him to do it without some ingenuity and ability.
With such a bare buttocks, how much of a monster do you think you are when you wear clothes?
But it is obvious that Mr. Tao and Mr. Yuan are not destined to meet each other this time.
Yuan Shao followed Jushu's suggestion and sent a strong force, led by generals Guo Yuan and Sui Yuanjin, to greet his second son.
Yuan Shang drove the carriage himself, and the horse whip in his hand was so waving that it almost fell out of his hand. God had pity on him, but it happened that he ran into Sui Yuanjin's troops who were accompanying him.
Tao Shang led a small number of cavalry to pursue Yuan Shang this time. Seeing that Yuan Shao had sent generals to respond, although he felt a pity in his heart, he could afford to let it go, and then he and Zhao Yun slowly led their troops to retreat.
After returning to Yishui County, the pottery merchant sent various generals under his command to various counties under the Langya Kingdom to stabilize the counties and take the opportunity to pacify the Langya Kingdom.
Langya Kingdom, which had been thrown out of Tao's hands eight years ago, finally returned to the embrace of Tao after this battle.
The pottery merchant was temporarily stationed in Kaiyang and sent people to inquire about news from the north.
According to reports from the school affairs office, at the end of last month, Zhang Yan of the Black Mountain Army had sent troops to Youzhou to support Gongsun Zan.
The war in Hebei was imminent, and the pottery merchant wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to go north to Qingzhou to get a share of the war between Yuan Shao, Zhang Yan, and Gongsun Zan.
However, the news brought back by the school affairs made the pottery merchant quite disappointed. At the same time, he also thought highly of Yuan Shao.
According to the report from the school affairs, Zhang Yan, the general who was in trouble, received Gongsun Zan's request for help, and sent troops in three directions to rescue Gongsun Zan.
But at this moment, Gongsun Zan did a huge stupid thing.
He sent people out to deliver a letter to Zhang Yan, inviting him to attack internal and external forces, and asked Zhang Yan to raise fire as a command when he attacked Yuan Shao.
Since Liu Bei's last successful breakout, Yuan Shao has greatly stepped up his surveillance of Gongsun Zan. His soldiers, Yuan Shao, guarded the area and successfully hijacked the secret message Gongsun Zan sent to Zhang Yan.
Yuan Shao took advantage of his plan and set fire to his camp, successfully luring Gongsun Zan out, and sent Yan Liang and Wen Chou to defeat Gongsun and kill him in one fell swoop.
After Yuan Shao defeated Gongsun Zan, he worked non-stop. While tightly blocking the news, he continued to surround Gongsun Zan and arranged an ambush. When Zhang Yan arrived, he ordered Qu Yi to severely damage the Black Mountain Army. Zhang Yan had no choice but to lure Gongsun Zan.
Junnan returns.
At this point, Yuan Shao had completely overthrown Gongsun Zan's power in Youzhou and officially became the overlord of the four states in Hebei.
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After learning that Yuan Shao had killed Gongsun Zan and defeated Zhang Yan, Tao Shang stopped trying small tricks because his rear was not very stable at the moment.
The matter of uniting with Cao Cao to instigate Zhang Xian to rebel against Liu Biao has not yet been implemented. It is unwise to rush north to confront Yuan Shao head-on at the moment. The best policy is to wait patiently and wait and see what happens.
On this day, the pottery merchant came to the room where Yuan Tan lived in the county government office.
The pottery merchant did not treat Yuan Tan poorly. He gave Yuan Tan the best food, medicine for injuries, and living environment.
Yuan Tan's main injury was still the arrow shot by Taishi Ci. The rest of the injuries were the skin abrasions he received when Yuan Shang was kicked off the carriage. They were not serious.
He was lying on the bed to rest, but he was not sleepy. When he heard the door creaking, Yuan Tan turned his head and looked, but it was the pottery merchant who walked in with his hands behind his hands.
Yuan Tan glanced at the pottery merchant and opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to speak.
After being captured for many days, he now naturally knew who the person in front of him was.
Tao Shang lowered his head and looked at Yuan Tan for a long time, then suddenly sighed and said: "It's pitiful that the eldest son of the Yuan family, Prince Yuan, who will inherit General Yuan's legacy in the future, is now in such a situation, not to mention falling into the hands of his enemies.
It is really sad that he was assassinated by his own brother."
Upon hearing this, Yuan Tan was so aggrieved that he almost cried.
"You little thief named Tao, have you come here just to make fun of me?"
Tao Shang shook his head and said: "Otherwise, I am the eldest son, and the son is also the eldest son. As the eldest son of a prince, on the surface, he seems to have unlimited glory and can inherit his father's inheritance. But only you and I know the sorrow and sadness in it.
, as the eldest son of a prince, this burden is really heavy."
Although Yuan Tan still didn't answer, there were already waves in his heart.
"Brother Yuan was plotted by his own brother, and now he is trapped in my hands. On the surface, it seems that Tao is the winner, but in fact... Looking at the current state of the young master, Tao also feels the same way. In this great dispute,
The world is full of dangers. Maybe one day the young master will be in the same situation as Tao. What is the sadness of the rabbit dying and the fox dying? This is it."
Tao Shang is quite talented in acting ability. When he said this to Yuan Tan, his voice was emotional and touching, which made people shed tears.
Yuan Tan turned his head and looked at the kindness on the potter's face and the sympathy in his eyes. For some reason, he didn't feel any hatred for him in his heart.
In fact, the main reason was that after Yuan Shang plotted against him, Yuan Tan suffered a major psychological blow... The humiliation of being plotted by his brother has been lurking in his heart for a long time and cannot be dissipated.
Now that he suddenly received condolences and empathy from the pottery merchant, compared to Yuan Shang, the enemy of the pottery merchant became more approachable.
At least this person is more suitable to be a brother than Yuan Shang.
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When he was young, the pottery merchant walked out of Yuan Tan's room, while Guo Jia stood outside the house waiting for him.
As soon as the pottery merchant came out, Guo Jia smiled and said, "Are you done talking?"
The potter gently rubbed the bridge of his nose and said, "From the beginning to the end, he didn't say a word. He just listened to me babbling alone."
"Some people can't be impatient, especially since Yuan Tan is the eldest son of a noble clan. If you want to impress him, you must at least wait until Yuan Shang gains power... By the way, there is news from the south."
The pottery merchant looked at Guo Jiaqi and said, "Are you talking about plotting against Zhang Xian?"
Guo Jia nodded and said: "Sun Ce sent someone to send a message, saying that Huan Jie has persuaded Zhang Xian. Now Zhang Xian has begun to secretly contact the various ministries in Jingnan. By then, as long as Huan Jie has something
If we move to defend Sanjiang, Sun Ce and Lu Bu will send troops to attack Huang Zu in Jiangxia County. Even if Liu Biao has 200,000 soldiers, he will not be able to escape. By then, it will take Liu Biao three years to sort out the internal affairs of Jingzhou."
The potter took a long breath and felt the pressure in his heart suddenly reduce.
Ever since Xu Jing learned that Yuan Shao sent people to secretly unite with Liu Biao, Liu Biao's power in the southwest has always been a thorn in the heart of pottery merchants.
Tao Shang was only 40% sure of dealing with Yuan Shao, but if Liu Biao took advantage of the fire to rob him, he might not even be 10% sure.
"Brother Fengxiao, what do you think I should do next?"
Guo Jia thought carefully for a while and then said to Tao Shang: "Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang are just children of the Yuan family and are easy to deal with. But now Yuan Shao has defeated Gongsun Zan and has become powerful. According to Guo's estimation, in the spring of next year
At that time, Yuan Shao will definitely raise his troops and go south! What we have to do now is to secretly send people to support Sun Ce and Lu Bu with food and grass, and at the same time prepare for war and stockpile ordnance... In addition, the marriage with the emperor also needs to be done quickly! "
"Marriage with the emperor..." Tao Shang nodded when he heard this and said: "Now we must quickly implement this matter."