Late at night, there is no moon, everything is silent.
The potter and A Fei sat alone in the handsome tent, holding a candle and talking at night.
"The Prime Minister said during the day that he wanted a villain to go to Huang Zhong's camp for you to respond? This is true..."
The pottery merchant looked at Ah Fei with a smile and said, "I'm teasing you."
Ah Fei breathed a sigh of relief and started to talk nonsense again.
"I'm just telling you! How could the Prime Minister ask me to do such a seemingly impossible thing! How can such a piece of material come from such a young age? I'm just saying that the Prime Minister is not such an unreasonable person...
"
Ah Fei spoke slower and slower, and finally just shut up and stopped talking.
Because the potter was always looking at him with a smile. How should I describe that smile?
The smile is really captivating.
Ah Fei's throat rolled up and he swallowed a mouthful of spit.
"What the Prime Minister just said was just to tease me, right?" A Fei was about to cry.
The potter reached out and patted A Fei on the shoulder across the table.
"Young man is indeed very smart. We have only been together for a long time, and you can already understand the true meaning of Tao's words... With your intelligence, you will definitely be able to do this internal task well... Tao later
The Emperor of Heaven has decreed that you should be conferred the title of Marquis of Cleverness."
Ah Fei was about to cry but had no tears: "I have a hard life. I just got a chance to be promoted and was sent to be an internal response. If I don't do it well, I'm afraid I will be chopped into eight pieces by Huang Zhong."
The potter gently waved his hand and said: "Don't be too pessimistic. Since Tao dares to let you take this risk, he must have some confidence. It's all right. How can I harm you? This is for you
An opportunity to make meritorious deeds.”
Ah Fei blinked and asked doubtfully: "What do you think, Prime Minister? Could you please signal me?"
The pottery merchant gently tapped the table with his left hand and said: "In the future, I will prepare to attack the city in detail. When I can't attack the city, I will temporarily withdraw my troops. Huang Zhong saw me withdrawing temporarily. With his mature and prudent character, he will definitely make a decision.
I am about to return. Although there are soldiers sent by Liu Biao to support the city of Changwu, Huang Zhong will definitely suspect that I have sent troops when he sees me withdrawing. If my prediction is correct, he will definitely take advantage of this gap to recruit troops in various towns and villages.
, to expand the strength of the city."
Ah Fei scratched his head: "Those soldiers recruited temporarily have never even touched a sword or a gun, what use can they do?"
The potter smiled and taught Ah Fei: "Although the soldiers we just recruited cannot go into battle to kill the enemy, they can carry earthwork and assist in city defense. Even if they cannot fight, they can still be used as laborers."
After hearing this, Ah Fei suddenly realized.
"However... Huang Zhong is recruiting soldiers and brave men from the counties and villages under his jurisdiction. If I accept the recruitment, I will be just a pawn. If I want to be an internal recruit, I am afraid that this status is not enough."
The pottery merchant smiled and said: "It's okay, I've already laid out the situation for you. You just need to do what I say, and naturally there won't be any difficult problems."
After that, the pottery merchant made a detailed statement to Ah Fei about his conception and detailed situation of this plan.
After A Fei heard this, he remained silent for a long time.
The potter looked at him kindly and said, "Why, you don't want to do it?"
Ah Fei shook his head vigorously and said: "It's not that I don't want to do it, it's just... Sigh! Tell the Prime Minister the truth... Prime Minister, this villain is just a martial artist. If you let me fight and kill, there will be no problem with this matter.
, with my ability, I can easily capture a hundred or twenty people, but what you asked me to do is purely out of your mind...I, I'm afraid I won't be able to handle it."
The pottery merchant advised him: "It doesn't matter if you can't handle it. Just learn more and practice more. If you don't understand, I will teach you everything step by step and I will never let you do it hastily. Just don't worry.
"
A Fei looked at the pottery merchant with a confused look, and the answer shown on his expression was already very obvious.
He doesn't understand anything.
Seeing the silly and sweet look on A Fei's face, the pottery merchant couldn't help but sigh.
"You are so young, you only know how to fight and kill...you don't know how to do any work that is sentimental or cultural, so how can you do that?"
A Fei couldn't understand the pottery merchant's worldview.
Does being a spy mean you have feelings and cultural heritage?
"Prime Minister, I really don't understand. With such an important task, why would the Prime Minister choose a villain? I heard that the Prime Minister has countless strong generals and there are many capable people. Why do you have to let me do this?"
The pottery merchant solemnly explained to him: "First of all, this matter is of great importance, and a capable person must come. However, if nothing happens, the capable people in my account have basically been defeated by the enemy."
After a thorough investigation, no matter your age or appearance, I'm afraid you can't hide it from them... I've thought about it, and you are the most suitable candidate for this. Unless you are stupid and let it slip, the enemy will definitely not find out.
"
Ah Fei sniffed after hearing this and said: "I understand, the Prime Minister saw that I am extremely capable, young, not well-known, will not be noticed by others, and I am quite suitable in all aspects, so he asked me to do this.
?”
The pottery merchant praised with satisfaction: "Except for the extremely narcissistic sentence of 'extremely powerful', everything else is on point. Ah Fei, you are so smart and have high understanding. When you finish this big thing, Tao
Your character guarantees that you are not far away from being promoted and making a fortune."
Ah Fei sighed after hearing this: "Prime Minister, what if I'm not careful and Huang Zhong discovers me?"
The pottery merchant said with a smile: "It's simple, then you are not far from death."
…
A few days later, Tao Shang's soldiers and horses carried out several more sieges. However, Huang Zhong mobilized his troops very carefully, and the main force of Tao's army was not here. Therefore, after several days of fierce fighting, the Jinling army was still unable to capture Chang.
Wu County.
In desperation, the pottery merchants had to temporarily withdraw their troops for the sake of later effects.
When they heard that the potters had withdrawn their troops, all the civil servants and generals in Changwu County couldn't help but be beaming with joy.
This matter is really exciting for them. The small Changwu County actually blocked the Taiping Prince who has been ruling the southeast for nearly eight years. If word spreads, the reputation of the civil and military people in Changwu County will surely rise, and their reputation will become more and more prosperous.
.
Everyone was very excited, but one person was always worried.
Huang Zhong is obvious, but he doesn't have as good a character as them.
Overall, Huang Zhong is quite worried.
As the pottery merchant's reputation grew, military men all over the world must have heard about his deeds. Based on Huang Zhong's understanding of the pottery merchant's behavior over the years, he felt that Prime Minister Tao did not look like a person who gave up casually.
Even if Changwu County is not big, if such a nail is left to cause trouble, the pottery merchant cannot safely go to fight with Liu Biao.
Huang Zhong immediately called Wei Yan and said to him: "Chang Wen, you said that although the pottery merchants never captured Changwu County, they never suffered a big defeat, and they retreated for no reason. Do you think there was any reason for this?
Is it a scam?"
Wei Yan thought about it carefully and said: "General Huang's words are indeed reasonable. A man named Tao is a gentleman and a true hero. It is impossible to retreat easily without achieving his goal. Could it be that... he wants to mobilize the army and come back for revenge?"