The pottery merchant was a little worried about the sudden plan to attack Wuchao, but he had no substantial evidence against it. His inference was just based on his understanding of history as a time traveler, and then and now.
The development of this era is compared to confirm and compare.
There are many benefits to being a time traveler, for example, you can predict the future, you can have some knowledge that the ancients did not have, and you can have some more mature and systematic methods of analyzing human psychology in later generations, etc.
But there is actually a lot of pain for time travellers. The first and most disturbing point is that there is nowhere to let the fart go, so you can only hold it in.
Some inferences are based on the circumstances of later generations, and potters cannot tell them where they came from, including Guo Jia, Chen Deng, Zhuge Liang and others. Once they tell them, they will have to be tied up and grilled, just like witches in the Middle Ages.
What is the thing that humans fear most? The unknown!
Is death scary? Everyone will die. The scary thing is that it is unknown. No one will tell the living people about the experience of death, because those who have experienced it are already heartbroken.
Therefore, if a time traveler wants to live a good and wonderful life, the most important thing is to tighten his crotch and don't fart randomly.
It's really easy for these ancient people to push me to the ground and rub me.
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Cao Cao was indeed quite cautious in doing things. He sent many spies to Wuchao and its surroundings to conduct rigorous investigations.
Guo Jia also followed the instructions of the School Affairs Office and sent a large number of spies from the School Affairs Office to closely monitor Wuchao.
After all, it was a major event, and both Tao and Cao armies had to treat it with caution.
But the facts proved that Wuchao was indeed Yuan Shao's grain garrison, as the captured grain officer said, and it was guarded by 40,000 elite troops under Chunyu Qiong's command.
The information brought back by Cao Jun's and Tao Jun's spies was basically the same, and there were no omissions.
In this way, the attack on Wuchao Granary is basically a certainty.
After knowing the news, not only the generals of Cao's army, but also the generals under Tao Shang were gearing up and eager to try.
Everyone understands that this is a God-given opportunity to defeat Yuan Shao! If we can seize this opportunity and win the battle of Guandu, the Yuan Group, a behemoth standing in the north, will surely collapse, and then the world will be a completely new picture.
The world will be reshuffled, and these princes and bosses will be the biggest winners of actual benefits.
In one word, cool!
Of course, this matter is definitely not easy to do. Before the war, all the generals and advisers of Tao Jun and Cao Jun must sit together and carefully consider this matter so that nothing goes wrong.
The military commander guarding Wuchao was Chun Yuqiong. During the reign of Emperor Xiaoling, he was appointed as one of the eight captains of the Xiyuan School in the fifth year of Zhongping. Along with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Bao Hong, Zhao Rong and others, he was the guard at that time.
One of the important generals of the capital.
In later generations, many people said that this person was an alcoholic, but this was not the case.
In history, Chunyu Qiong was very capable in using troops. He was a general under Yuan Shao, and was as famous as Zhang He, Gao Lan and others.
Cao Cao had an old relationship with Chunyu Qiong in the capital and knew this person relatively well, so he objectively analyzed the military commanders of Cao and Tao camps: "Chun Yuqiong was one of the eight captains of Xiyuan.
We were on the same line at the beginning, but this man is a little cautious in his troops and is definitely not taking it easy. We attack Wuchao Dazhai and need to fight quickly. If we delay and are held back by Chun Yuqiong, we will wait until Yuan Shao's reinforcements arrive, let alone capture Wuchao to burn food.
Even if we can retreat safely, it is difficult, so I ask you generals to be very cautious this time."
After hearing this, all the generals nodded in agreement.
Tao Shangyan added: "We also need to leave heavy troops to defend our Guandu Tu Village. If Yuan Shao sees us attacking Wuchao and sends troops to attack Dazhai, he will suffer a big loss."
Cao Cao laughed loudly when he heard this and said: "Brother Tao, what you said is true, and it resonates deeply with me. Cao Cao means that we each leave half of our troops and five generals to guard the camp in case of any unexpected events. You see
how?"
The potter nodded in agreement.
Cao Cao immediately ordered five of his trusted generals, Cao Ren, Yan Xing, Shi Huan, Li Dian, and Jia Kui, to guard the area.
Tao Shang said: "In this case, I will personally guard Dazhai, and leave Zhao Yun, Xu Chu, Ji Ling, Guan Hai, and Xu Sheng beside me. As for half of my troops, Chen Deng and
Lu Su, Tai Shi Ci, Xu Huang, Xu Rong, Gan Ning, Zhou Tai and other generals will go to Wuchao with Brother Meng De, and then we will be at the mercy of Brother Meng De."
Cao Cao was stunned when he heard this and asked curiously: "Brother Tao, don't you plan to go with Cao?"
Tao Shang shook his head and said: "When we are about to go to battle, especially for such a big thing as hijacking Wuchao's grain and grass, sending two generals there will inevitably be a constraint in mobilization. Instead, it is better to let Brother Meng De go there alone.
If you use your skills, Tao will be in charge of everything in this camp. You and I have a clear division of labor and different responsibilities, and we don't have to dislike each other. Wouldn't it be wonderful to do this?"
Cao Cao didn't expect that the pottery merchant would be so clever in doing things. He was surprised and at the same time he couldn't help but sigh.
"In this case, I will let Xun Yu, Cheng Yu and others stay and guard together with Brother Tao. If anything happens, we can take care of each other."
The pottery merchant smiled slightly and said nothing.
It's not enough for Cao Ren to stay, he also has to keep Xun Yu and others behind. It's clear that he doesn't trust himself in protecting Dazhai and wants to keep an eye on himself.
However, this matter was mutual, and Tao Shang was also worried about Cao Cao, so he asked Chen Deng and Lu Su to accompany Tai Shi Ci and other generals to prevent Cao Cao from having any evil ideas about his troops.
Everyone seems to understand each other tacitly.
After the division of labor between the two princes was completed, at midnight, Cao Cao led half of his troops to Wuchao to burn grain.
Cao Cao's plan this time was to order the soldiers in the front to use the banner of Yuan Jun. The soldiers held small wooden sticks in their mouths and tied the horses' mouths to prevent them from making noises that disturbed the enemy. Most of the soldiers and horses came from the trail.
After leaving the camp, each man held a bundle of firewood. When he was questioned by someone on the way, he replied: "The general is afraid that Cao Cao will attack the baggage in the rear, so he sent troops to strengthen the defense."
In this way, once you arrive at the headquarters of Wuchao, you can set fire to it without any delay, ensuring the maximum efficiency and timeliness of setting fire.
The pottery merchants stayed in Guandu Tuzhai to stick to their own villages.
On the night when Cao Cao launched a sneak attack on Wuchao, no one in the Guandu Village dared to sleep. After all, the matter was of great importance, and there were changes and threats at all times, so the commanders of both sides needed to make adjustments at any time.
Those who can still sleep peacefully under such circumstances should really stop messing around in this troubled world.
"Yawn~!"
The potter yawned unabashedly in the handsome tent, then counted the hours helplessly and sighed with emotion.
"If you stay up late all the time, you will get acne...which will damage my handsome appearance."
Xun Yu and Cao Ren, who were sitting opposite him, looked at each other, with black lines appearing on the backs of their heads.
At this moment of life and death, this kid has a big heart.
Are you still in the mood to sleep?
Are you still in the mood to care about your appearance?
Xun Yu took a deep look at the pottery merchant and suddenly said to Cao Ren: "General Zixiao, not only the camps in the front but also the camps in the rear need to be deployed with troops, and the defenses must be carefully deployed to prevent the Yuan army from detouring and attacking."
Cao Ren stood up and nodded: "I'll make arrangements."
Tao Shang turned his head and said to Xu Chu behind him: "You also go with General Zixiao and see if you can be of any help."
"promise."
After a while, Cao Ren and Xu Chu disappeared into the commander's tent, leaving only Tao Shang and Xun Yu.
Xun Yu looked at the potter closely, as if his eyes were glued to the potter's face.
The potter grinned and said helplessly: "Does it look good? My face."
"generally."
"Usually you look at a grown-up girl, but this is the only thing you like?"
Xun Yu took a deep breath and said, "Tao Taifu, do you really plan to make your eldest son Xi the emperor?"