Five hundred and tenth chapter pottery merchant Douyanliang
Just when Yuan Shao was about to put Yuan Tan and Pang Ji on the eastern front again, Tao Shang received the battle report from Kaiyang.
What came from Kaiyang City was great news!
Looking at the battle report Mi Fang wrote for him, Tao Shang couldn't help but laugh angrily.
The performance of these two people... is simply invincible!
Compared with the two of them, Zhao Yun, Xu Chu, and Xu Huang can be considered assholes at best.
"Mi Fang and Liu Pi fought a great victory. Not only did they defeat the high-ranking Bingzhou Army, but they also beheaded thousands of people. Liu Pi alone beheaded more than a hundred people. Don't they know that there is a price to pay for lying to me?
"Really?" The pottery merchant reluctantly put down the letter, shook his head and sighed.
Guo Jia chuckled and said: "Extraordinary times require extraordinary people. No matter what, Liu Pi and Gong defended the Langya Kingdom. This is an indisputable fact. Perhaps these two people are Taifu's lucky generals."
The pottery merchant put down the battle report and sighed: "No matter how good luck is, it will eventually run out! Thinking about it carefully, my original move of letting the two of them stay in Kaiyang City was a bit rash. I thought I would leave my own
Dahu Banner will be fine...but now it seems that Yuan Shao must be suspicious, otherwise he would not let senior officials send troops, and I am afraid there will be no next chance of good luck."
Hearing this, Guo Jia took a deep breath and said, "Don't you want to go back to Kaiyang? The situation here in Yanliang is much more serious than that over there in Gaogan."
Tao Shang sighed and said: "But the problem is that Kaiyang is not very stable at the moment..."
Guo Jia hesitated for a moment and said, "How about I go back for Taifu?"
When the pottery merchant heard this, his heart tightened.
During this time of war, the people who the pottery merchants could best help were Guo Jia and Chen Deng.
Since the pottery merchant became the governor of Danyang County, Guo Jia and Chen Deng have always been his right-hand men, giving him advice and making decisions.
But a few days ago, a secret message from Mi Zhu came from Pengcheng, saying that Yuan Shao's subordinates had sent people to secretly instigate some noble families in Xuzhou.
The Fourth and Third Duke of Yuan Shao had great prestige among the nobles. If at this critical moment, he was allowed to light a fire in his own rear and instigate several nobles to rebel, the consequences would be disastrous.
Therefore, the pottery merchant could only send Chen Deng, who had the ability to intimidate the Xuzhou nobles, back to Pengcheng, and join forces with Mi Zhu, Cao Bao and others to suppress the rear to prevent a fire in his own backyard.
Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi also returned to Pengcheng to help the pottery merchants guard the situation.
Now if Guo Jia is sent to Kaiyang again, then the arm he usually uses as his mastermind will no longer be around.
Strong enemies from the north are pressing down on the territory, and the mastermind is not around. Even though the pottery merchant himself is no longer what he was seven years ago, he still feels a little uneasy in his heart.
After all, what I am experiencing now is an unprecedented dilemma and powerful enemy.
Seemingly sensing the pottery merchant's hesitation, Guo Jiada said: "With Lu Su here, it's okay to consult him if the Grand Tutor has something to do. This person has a strong sense of the overall situation, far better than Guo."
Tao Shang sighed and said with a smile: "Go, don't worry, it's not that I can't live without you, Tao. You should be careful when you get to Kaiyang. Mi Fang and Liu Pi are not so easy to use, so don't accidentally use them."
I risked my life."
Guo Jia chuckled and said: "Don't worry, after the battle in Kaiyang, although Guo didn't personally visit the battle, he can roughly guess what kind of character that Gao Gan is... Hehe, let's see if Guo can't kill him.
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After Guo Jia left, the pottery merchant began to make plans to deal with Yan Liang.
He carefully studied Yan Liang's four villages and discovered a very interesting phenomenon.
Yan Liang's four villages were built around a Zhuangzi with only a few hundred households, and they were perfectly centered around the Zhuangzi.
Others may not notice this small detail, but the potter noticed it at a glance.
He usually doesn't ignore any details.
After some careful thinking, the pottery merchant had a rough idea. There must be something going on in Zhuangzi, which was surrounded by four villages by Yan Liang!
That night, the pottery general Taishi Ci found his handsome tent.
"I wrote a food reminder letter to Pengcheng during the day, asking them to deliver the next batch of food and grass here within ten days, but before that, I want all the soldiers and horses to prepare for ten days
The light food and fodder I have is only enough to satisfy my hunger, and I cannot bring more. Brother, give me the order to go on."
At present, there are only two people, Taishi Ci and Tao Shang, so the names are casual.
After hearing what the potter said, Taishi Ci couldn't help but feel nervous: "Third brother, the food, grass and luggage in our camp are more than enough for ten days. Do you want the rest?"
The pottery merchant nodded and said with a smile: "That's right, throw away all the rest."
"Throw it away?" Tai Shici confirmed again.
"That's right, throw it away!"
Taishi Ci looked at the pottery merchant in confusion. In his impression, this third brother did not usually behave like a prodigal.
Facing Tai Shici's puzzled eyes, Tao Shang said to him firmly: "Brother, there is nothing we can do about this. Yan Liang's four military camps can rely on each other, and the number of soldiers and horses in each camp may not be less than ours.
If you want to defeat these four strongholds, you will definitely not be able to do it without paying a price, but I will definitely get back this price from Yan Liang, do you believe me?"
Taishi Ci looked at the pottery merchant, nodded heavily and said: "Of course I believe you! Hehe, at worst, I will sacrifice my life for my brother. I just want to gamble with my brother! Okay, I will make arrangements later!"
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The next day, Yan Liang's deputy general Tu Xiong led his troops to attack Tai Shici's camp.
Yan Liang's strategy was to take turns attacking Taishi Ci's camp with his three generals, so that Taishi Ci wouldn't be able to take a breather while he himself could take turns to rest.
The advantage of having more soldiers and horses.
Arriving in front of the camp, Tu Xiong immediately commanded the Yuan army under his command and launched a fierce attack on Tai Shici's Dazhai.
The Xuzhou Army defended the camp, using their horses and fences as support, and had a certain advantage. However, due to being attacked for several days, they had a certain disadvantage in physical strength and endurance. It didn't take long for the men and horses led by Tu Xiong to charge.
Entered Dazhai.
Of course, if it were Taishi Ci's command, he would never let such a thing happen, but today, the pottery merchant had planned to completely abandon the camp, so he acted this way.
Tu Xiong was not surprised.
In his mind, his victory over Tai Shici's camp was just a matter of a day earlier and a little later, and there was nothing worth making a fuss about. Today's victory could be regarded as a great achievement of his.
The 10,000 men led by Tu Xiong rushed into the camp, while the soldiers and horses under Taishi Ci retreated one after another, fleeing in embarrassment from the rear camp or the camp gates on both sides.
Tu Xiong and others rushed to the center of the camp, only to find grain carts and haystacks everywhere in Tai Shici's camp. They couldn't help but be overjoyed.
In his haste, Taishi Ci did not take away the baggage, and this time he accomplished something for himself!
Returning with so much disarmed materials, Yan Liang would definitely report his great contribution to the general.
Thinking of this, Tu Xiong couldn't help laughing out loud, as if he was mentally ill.
Even his guards looked at him a little bit wrong.
Are you just having fun there in broad daylight?
What is going on? Is there something wrong with him, General?
After Tu Xiong had laughed enough, he immediately ordered his soldiers: "Go, count the amount of food and grass, and calculate how many stones there are."
Under the command of the captain, Yuan Jun's soldiers rushed towards the grain truck.
But as the inventory was being taken, some Yuan Jun discovered that something was not quite right.
"General! Not all of these grains are grain!"
"Some of them are filled with hay!"
"Why is there tung paint on this?"
"What's going on with the wetness?"
"Why does it seem like...it smells like sulfur?"
While everyone was chatting, a rocket suddenly shot into the sky from behind the camp, roaring toward Ji Tu Xiong and the archers.