The pottery merchant was sitting in the handsome tent, watching the battle reports sent from various places by the school affairs office, while carefully thinking about what he should do next.
Yan Liang is dead. As a result, the pressure on the Yellow River ports on the Eastern Front should be reduced sharply. After hearing the news of Yan Liang's death, Yuan Jun's morale in other strategic locations must also be greatly affected. In this way, our own side in the East
The front line is basically safe.
The potter stood up and came to the map. While thinking about it carefully, he once again cast his gaze in the direction of Kaiyang City.
Not counting Yan Liang, the troops of Gao Gan and his troops currently stationed in Qi may be the biggest remaining threat to our side.
While the pottery merchant was planning how to remove the thorn in the ground, Taishi Ci's men escorted the enemy back to the camp.
There was first a burst of noisy footsteps and shouts from outside. After the commotion, I saw Taishi Ci striding into the pottery merchant's tent. "Taifu, the final general has fulfilled his mission and has captured the leader of Yuan's army alive.
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The pottery merchant was immediately happy when he heard this, with a sunny smile on his face. "Who did my brother bring back?"
Tai Shici said respectfully: "Not to mention the surrender of more than a thousand troops, but all the major generals, including Yuan Tan and Pang Ji, were captured by the last general."
Tao Shang couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this: "It's the two of them again...these two people are so unlucky. Is this the second time brother Xiansi has entered the palace?...I really feel for him."
Taishi Ci grinned, not knowing what the pottery merchant meant.
The potter did not explain to Tai Shici, but said, "Let Yuan Tan come in first."
Taishi Ci took the order and left, but when he was young, he saw him leading Yuan Tan into the commander's tent.
Yuan Tan was dejected. When he saw the pottery merchant, his face turned red and he didn't know what to say.
Tao Shang didn't take it seriously. He stepped forward and held Yuan Tan's hands, and said with a smile: "Brother, what a fate!"
The corner of Yuan Tan's mouth twitched but he said nothing.
"In less than a few months, we met again...Brother, do you miss me and come here to see me? It's okay. One-third of an acre of land in Xuzhou is your forever home. Come back often if you have nothing to do.
have a look!"
Yuan Tan grinned in embarrassment: "Brother Tao, please don't be ashamed of me for making this happen... Oh, I am really ashamed of myself as a brother."
The pottery merchant patted Yuan Tan on the shoulder and said: "Brother, you are so worried. How could I laugh at you? Which of us is following the other? Just rest here and recuperate, stay as long as you want, and wait until the pottery merchant entertains you."
After a period of time, I will send you back to Hebei."
Yuan Tan said hesitantly, "I can't stay, can I just go back?"
"That's definitely not possible! If word gets out, people in the world will think that Tao has neglected his friends! Stay! It's necessary! You've had enough and go home."
When Yuan Tan heard this, he finally couldn't bear it any longer and said: "Brother Tao, you and I are enemies. If you let me go again and again, it is no different from humiliating me. You should kill me!"
The pottery merchant turned his head and said loudly, "Come here, push Yuan Tan out..."
Yuan Tan was immediately startled and waved his hand fiercely, "Oh! I asked you to kill me, but you really killed me!"
The pottery merchant laughed and said, "You're just kidding, how can I be willing to kill you? You are my brother. If I kill you, you will be no different from an animal."
Speaking of this, Tao Shang sighed and said, "It's okay for my brother to betray me, but I will never betray him in this life."
After saying this, Yuan Tan burst into tears, and a trace of sadness arose in his heart.
This boy is closer to me than a brother... Look at my biological brother, who is he compared to a potter? He is worse than a beast!
The pottery merchant smiled and told others, "Thank you for your hard work, brother. Let's go down and rest first. Later I will send someone to prepare wine and food. In the evening, I will buy wine and calm down my brother's shock."
Yuan Tan blushed and was taken away by others.
When he was young, Pangji was brought up again.
The pottery merchant looked Pang Ji up and down, and suddenly said to his subordinates: "Drag him down, clean him and steam him! You have to eat one today." "Ah?"
Pang Ji suddenly became anxious when he heard this, and said hurriedly: "Master, this, this is not right! Why do you kill me just when you say it? And why do you still want to eat?"
The pottery merchant looked at him doubtfully: "How new is it? You are Yuan Shao's staff, and now I am your mortal enemy. I wish I could eat your flesh alive. What are you doing if you don't eat it?"
At this point, Tao Shang paused and said, "You can't surrender to me either." "This, this!" Pang Ji's forehead began to drip with sweat: "If you are willing to surrender?" "
The potter raised his eyebrows, thought carefully for a long time, and finally let out a long sigh. "That's all. Being entrusted by others sometimes does not necessarily mean being loyal. Tao has already killed a Yan Liang. If he kills you again, I'm afraid that the war will be unfavorable in the future, and I won't even have the chance to surrender and save my life. With your ability, you can't be considered a threat to him, so I'll spare your life. As for surrender, there's no need. I don't care about you. If you don't like it, staying here is a waste of food."
After a pause, Tao Shang continued to Pang Ji: "Take Yan Liang's body back to Hebei later! Although he died in the hands of our army, he was considered a general and worthy of respect."
Pang Ji nodded solemnly and said: "Then, when can I leave?"
The potter chuckled and said nothing.
When can I leave?
If you leave now, won't my situation be exposed?
Naturally, I have to wait until I take care of the senior officials before letting you go back.
After Pang Ji was taken away again, Tai Shici, who had been standing silently by the side, suddenly asked curiously, "Third brother, the words you just said to Pang Ji seem to have profound meaning. I don't know what they mean?"
Tao Shang chuckled upon hearing this and said, "That's just a misleading thought guide. I'll set the pace for him."
Looking at Tai Shici's unclear expression, Tao Shang explained, "The two sentences I just said may seem unintentional, but they are actually intentional. When I am entrusted by others, who do I accept? What do I do when I am loyal to others? What does Pang Ji do? He will not think about anything else for two days, but will definitely think about this carefully. If nothing else happens, the only person he can think of in the end is only one person, the person who was captured alive with him just now, and there is a gap between him and him. "
Taishi Ci seemed to have some understanding after hearing this.
Tao Shang changed the subject and said, "I'm going to rush back to Kaiyang City now to deal with the senior officials. You send someone to inform Guo Jia and ask his school affairs office to start spreading news in Qi, saying that Tao secretly went to Shiquan." , Licheng and other places, defeated Jiang Qi, Yan Liang and others... In short, they are leaking my current whereabouts, do you understand? "
Taishi Ci was shocked when he heard this and said, "Third brother, didn't you come out of Kaiyang secretly this time just to prevent others from knowing your whereabouts? How could you deliberately leak it?"
"The Art of War says that what is real is false, and what is false is real. I have already done everything I need to do outside. Now I am going back to Kaiyang to deal with the senior cadres, but the senior cadres are suspicious by nature. He hesitates and does not take action, so I will give it to him.
It’s a reason to take action, but after all, it’s a stalemate, isn’t it?”
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At the same time, after Guo Jia met with Mi Fang and Liu Pi in Kaiyang City, he immediately took over the command of the entire Langya Kingdom according to the instructions of the pottery merchant.
Guo Jia's mind was extremely sharp. Through the last battle between Mi Fang and Liu Pi, he had basically figured out what kind of person Gao Gan was.
Talented, but too rigorous and suspicious in his work.
It is difficult to defeat such a person, but it is definitely not easy to defeat him.
At this time, the secret order sent by the pottery merchant to Guo Jia arrived.
Guo Jia had worked with the pottery merchant for many years, so he naturally knew his intentions and immediately spread the news.
Next, it depends on the reaction of senior officials...