After listening to Chen Deng's introduction to the current situation, although the pottery merchant did not feel too much pressure, he did not feel very relaxed either.
Although the strength of the Jingzhou Army is strong, Tao Shang believes that the Jingzhou Army is not his opponent if he really wants to fight head-on. Even if Liu Biao recruits Liu Guan, Zhang and others, Tao Shang will not be afraid of him.
But judging from the current situation, the Yizhou Army is also determined to wear the same pants as the Jingzhou Group, so this matter is more difficult.
Yizhou had just fallen into the hands of Liu Zhang not long ago. Before that, Yizhou was almost in a semi-independent state under the governance of his father Liu Yan.
Liu Yan is a capable person, but from a certain perspective, he is also a bastard.
The Yellow Turban Uprising did not destroy the Eastern Han government, but Liu Yan did.
This bastard proposed to Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty the policy of "abolition of history and establishment of animal husbandry" to restrict the rights of governors and governors. However, while restricting the rights of governors and governors, it indirectly created a greater disaster for the Eastern Han government.
Mu!
Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, Liu Biao, Lu Bu and others all made their fortunes in the political sense by relying on their reputation as state pastors.
Liu Yan himself also became the governor of Yizhou. After he took office, he had no contact with the Han government. Yizhou was blocked from the central government due to some objective or non-objective reasons.
Liu Yan has not participated in the world's disputes in these years, but has been suppressing local powerful people and consolidating his own power. However, Guanzhong in the north has experienced repeated turmoil, and a large number of people have migrated south to Yizhou, which has also caused the population of Yizhou to rise.
Yizhou has not experienced wars in recent years and has become a peach blossom land, and its power is not weak. Moreover, the non-Han population in Yizhou is relatively large, but it is not as difficult to control as the Qiang people, and many of them can be borrowed as sources of troops.
Especially the people from Yuexun County in central Sichuan. The Yi people are tall, have tall noses and deep eyes, and have bronze complexions. They have the strong characteristics of Westerners.
With the help of such a powerful reserve army, it seems that it will not be easy to completely overwhelm the opponent.
For Liu Zhang, who had just inherited the position of leader of a state, it was not easy to make such a determination.
"Although the Jingzhou Army is good at water warfare, when it comes to water warfare, Tao thinks that no one has been able to defeat our Jiangdong Army in these years. However, they are upstream and are cautious and defensive, hoping to lure the opponent's navy out of the stronghold.
We have to destroy his Lu stronghold first... I mean to send people to rob the camp, but who of you dares?" The pottery merchant turned his head and looked back and forth at the generals.
A burly man raised his head as if the people next to him were his grandsons. "The general is willing to go."
The potter looked carefully at Gan Ning who volunteered, and said: "Xing Ba... well, that's fine. In that case, I will give you a hundred men to rob the Yizhou Army's camp to make you famous. How about it?"
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Gan Ning's eyes suddenly widened. "How many? How many people?"
When the pottery merchant saw Gan Ning's expression, he couldn't help but be happy: "One hundred people, isn't this your standard match?"
Gan Ning's face turned red and he was silent for a long time. After a while, he finally heard him say: "Prime Minister, has the general offended you in any way recently?"
The potter shook his head: "Probably not. What's wrong?"
"Then why did you use such a clumsy method to take my life?"
Potter: "..."
Okay, my subordinates misunderstood. In fact, I still have good intentions and want to help him achieve success. Look at what happened.
Guo Jia stood up and said: "Guo wants to rob the dry stronghold on the other side. Zhou Xiang needs to be prepared, and the other side also has more elite soldiers and strong generals. If only General Gan is sent there, even if he succeeds temporarily, he is afraid that
It’s not a complete success, we have to work together as a whole army, I think it’s the best idea for the Prime Minister to take action personally this time.”
The pottery merchant also understood what Guo Jia meant.
The reason why Guo Jia asked the pottery merchant to go out personally was because it was not easy to attack the enemy's dry village this time.
The two armies are separated by a water bank. In addition to the waterway, there are also two land routes to the left and right to attack the two dry strongholds. However, the distances are relatively long. If they attack by force, if something happens to the water stronghold, they will probably come back for reinforcements.
Less than.
You have to be a person who is smart and capable, able to adapt to changes, and has the power of words and wisdom.
"Tao understands what Guo Weiwei means. If I personally lead the troops, we can have fewer troops and more generals. While hijacking the other army's dry stronghold, we can also ensure that the water stronghold has enough guards."
Guo Jia laughed and said: "That's exactly what Guo said, but there are two enemy dry strongholds on the other side, one is the dry stronghold of the Yizhou Army, and the other is the dry stronghold of the Jingzhou Army. I wonder which one the Prime Minister wants to attack?
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"Of course it's the Yizhou Army." Tao Shang said with a smile: "I won't touch the Jingzhou Army's camp. I only attack these foreign soldiers who come from the upper reaches of central Sichuan. Looking back, we will see how the Jingzhou Army will retaliate against the Yizhou Army.
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That night, Tao Shang personally gathered together a group of generals and a small number of elite soldiers, and took a long detour directly to the Yizhou Army's Dazhai.
Lu Lingqi boasted that she was a brave general and wanted to accompany her. The pottery merchant had seen Lu Lingqi's ability, so he was a bit overweight. Besides, he was afraid that it might cause trouble if he didn't take her with him, so he agreed.
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Inside the Dazhai of the Yizhou Army.
In the commander's tent of the Yizhou Army, the commander-in-chief Zhang Ren and the veteran general Yan Yan in central Sichuan were both awake at the moment. They spent the whole night discussing the matter of coming to confront the pottery merchants during this expedition.
To be honest, neither Zhang Ren nor Yan Yan very much agreed to cooperate with Jingzhou Liu Biao, Fu Wan, Liu Bei and others.
But one thing is that Liu Zhang had just inherited the position of Yizhou Mu, and he was facing such a big change. He was somewhat radical in his temperament, and he was afraid that the gentry in central Sichuan would not accept it, so he had been relatively uneasy. However, he complied with the new emperor and was granted the title of Che.
The cavalry general led Yizhou as a herdsman, which gave Liu Zhang an excuse to straighten his back in Yizhou.
Supporting the new emperor and establishing immortal merits began to sprout in Liu Zhang's heart. Liu Zhang was full of enthusiasm at the moment. It was this mentality that led him to resolutely decide to join the Sanliu Group and fight with Liu Biao and Liu Bei.
fiery.
"General Yan, in your opinion, if our Yizhou Army and Jingzhou Army unite to make enemies of the Jinling pottery merchants, what is the final chance of victory?"
Yan Yan was in his fifties and had rich experience: "According to all aspects, the power, population and material resources of the pottery merchants, especially their financial resources, are unmatched by anyone in the world, but the same is true for Yizhou and Jingzhou.
It is a land of wind and music, the people are prosperous and the country is prosperous. It is not impossible to compete with pottery merchants. What I am worried about now is that our Yizhou has not communicated with the outside world for many years, and our soldiers and horses have been sparse for a long time. However, the Jinling Army is
The world's most powerful army has been fighting in the north and south for many years. This gap in combat strength and experience cannot be filled in a short time."
Zhang Ren nodded and said: "I thought the same thing, so since I took over the big task of setting off for the expedition, I have never slacked off and trained my soldiers hard every day. However, sharpening my guns in battle still failed to achieve great results. I don't know how compared to the Jinling Army.
How much difference can there be in combat power..."
While the two were discussing, they suddenly heard a cry of killing outside the tent. Then they saw a guard hurriedly came to the tent, raised his hands to the two of them and said: "Two generals, something serious has happened! Someone on the enemy's side has robbed the camp.