As soon as Dian Wei finished speaking, Cao Cao became excited.
Just now, he was discussing with Xun You who should be sent to attack the pottery merchants at night to check the authenticity of the potters. Now Liu Bei suddenly jumped out.
This is tantamount to being taken advantage of out of thin air.
After thinking about it carefully, I found that the height, short, fat and thin size of the scapegoat was just right.
"General Liu, please come in."
Dian Wei took the order and left, but Liu Bei and Zhang Fei entered Cao Cao's camp.
"Mr. Xuande!" Cao Cao stepped forward with a smile, held Liu Bei's hand, and said, "Why did you come so late?"
Liu Bei was a little surprised when he saw this. He didn't expect Cao Cao to treat him so enthusiastically.
But the shock was only for a moment, and Liu Bei's face showed his usual spring breeze smile: "I am busy with military affairs, so I didn't come to see Cao Sikong as early as possible. Please don't blame me, Sikong."
"What did Duke Xuande say? Come on! Sit down!"
Cao Cao invited Liu Bei to sit on the side, opposite Xun You, while he sat in the main seat, and Zhang Fei stood behind Liu Bei.
"Mr. Xuande, why are you here this time?"
Liu Bei raised his hand to Cao Cao and said: "Brother Jingsheng is the leader of the alliance and has many chores. At the moment, he doesn't have a good idea on how to attack Tao. I want to share the worries for my brother, but I have poor knowledge and can't bear it."
Dayong, Cao Sikong is an outstanding figure in the world, and he is a god in military use. He is the opponent of the pottery merchant. I came here today because I want to discuss with Sikong the important matter of breaking the pottery."
Cao Cao touched the beard on his chin and said: "According to Duke Xuande, how should we deal with the pottery merchants?"
Liu Bei sighed, with a hint of loneliness on his expression, and said: "To be honest, I have been thinking hard for several days, but I don't have any particularly good strategies. I came here to ask Sikong for advice at a loss."
Cao Cao was overjoyed in his heart, but he also had a troubled look on his face, saying: "The pottery merchants have no shortage of money, no shortage of iron tools, no shortage of soldiers, and no shortage of grain...but it is extremely difficult to deal with it. With Cao Mo, he wants to
It would be extremely difficult to defeat the pottery merchant head-on."
When Liu Bei heard this, he sighed: "After listening to Sikong's words, do you really think there is nothing you can do?"
"There is a way, but I don't know if it can work." Cao Cao said slowly.
"any solution?"
"No food!"
"No food?" Liu Bei looked at Cao Cao doubtfully.
Cao Cao stood up and pointed at the picture on the map behind him: "Tao Shang has hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, which consume a huge amount of money every day. They are transported from the rear to Qufu. It may not be able to meet the daily military expenses of his soldiers and generals."
, he must have arranged a huge granary nearby that can store large quantities of grain. As long as we can find this place and burn it to the ground, the Tao merchant army will be in chaos without a fight, and when the time comes, we will conquer Tao Camp.
The best opportunity.”
Liu Bei stroked his beautiful beard and nodded while listening: "Cao Sikong's words are very good. It's just that we can't find out where the pottery's grain storage is. What can we do?"
Cao Cao stood up and said: "Cao has thought about it a lot, but only Xuande Gong can complete this matter for our coalition."
Liu Bei looked at Cao Cao doubtfully, but heard him say: "If you want to find out where the pottery merchants are storing grain, you can only find out the clues by attacking at night."
"Night attack?" Liu Bei frowned and said, "Why can a night attack reveal the place where the pottery merchants store grain?"
Cao Cao smiled and said: "As long as we send people to sneak attack the pottery merchant's camps, the pottery merchant will be unable to prepare, and the first thought must be to focus on protecting the safety of the grain camp. He will definitely prepare troops from Qufu and secretly send
He went to the grain garrison to help prevent attacks, but if he really did this, it would actually expose the location of his grain garrison. Everyone knew that the personnel of the school affairs office under Tao Shang were good at investigating, but they didn't know
The detective skills of Eagle Snake under Cao are not inferior to him. As long as the pottery merchant makes the slightest move, the Eagle Snake Mansion will definitely be able to find out the truth."
Liu Bei pondered for a moment and said, "From what Cao Sikong said, does he want to leave this matter to Bei?"
Cao Cao laughed loudly: "The opponent is a pottery merchant. The person who handles this matter must be a wise and brave general. From Cao's point of view, among all the people, only Xuande Gong is qualified for this matter. I am afraid that others cannot let him do it."
The potter has revealed his flaws."
If Cao Cao's words were applied to others, they might be deceived by him, but the person he is deceiving now is Liu Bei... How can a person who is best at deceiving others be easily deceived by others?
He thought carefully for a while, and then said: "This matter is of great importance. Let me go back and discuss it with brother Jing Sheng."
Cao Cao smiled and nodded: "This is a serious matter. Duke Xuande is right to be cautious."
Liu Bei immediately stood up and said goodbye to Cao Cao. Not long after he disappeared outside the commander's tent, he saw Xun You asking Cao Cao: "Will this person really go?"
Cao Cao gently rubbed his forehead and said with a smile: "He will definitely go."
"Liu Bei seems to be quite shrewd. He may not be able to see that Duke Ming wants to take advantage of him."
Cao Cao chuckled and said, "So what if he sees it? If he sees it, he will definitely do it."
Xun You cupped his hands and said, "Please give me some explanation, Mr. Ming."
Cao Cao laughed and said: "Liu Bei appears to be a sincere gentleman, but in fact he is an ambitious man. Do you think he is willing to live under Liu Biao? The year before last, during the expedition against Zhang Xian in Jingnan, the Eagle Snake brought back the news that this man
To attract people's hearts in the Jingnan and Jingzhou armies, to establish kindness everywhere and win people's hearts, it is really a wolf's behavior. For such people, the more opportunities they have to command an army alone and the more prestige they can establish, the more capable they will be.
To achieve great things in the future...he will not let go of this opportunity, even if Cao is taking advantage of him."
Xun You sighed after hearing this: "When it comes to knowing people, we are really far behind Sikong."
Cao Cao sat down slowly and said, "Now, let's wait for the letter from Liu Bei and Liu Biao."
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After Liu Bei went back and thought about it carefully, he immediately made up his mind and went to meet Liu Biao and expressed his intention to steal the camp.
Liu Biao was very surprised and said: "The pottery merchant's camp is not an ordinary one. My brother's move is quite dangerous."
Liu Bei said to Liu Biao: "Although I am taking risks, if I can use this method to find out where the Ming pottery merchants are storing grain, Bei will die, but it will be a well-deserved death."
When Liu Bei said this, his expression was extremely painful and he burst into tears, which made people moved.
When Liu Biao saw Liu Bei like this, he immediately sighed and said: "In that case, you should choose some soldiers and generals you want to do this. It doesn't matter whether you win or lose, and it doesn't matter whether the sneak attack is successful or not, but you want to come back safely."
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Liu Bei hurriedly saluted Biao Liu and said: "Bei, remember what my brother said... Then I will choose Wei Yan, the captain of the school, and Wen Pin, the general of Zhenbei, as assistants. I also ask my brother to agree."
Liu Biao didn't think much and nodded in agreement.
Liu Bei immediately walked out of the commander's tent and went to order his troops. Not far away, he heard someone calling him from behind: "General Zuo, wait a moment."
Liu Bei turned around to look, but it was Pang Tong chasing him out of the commander's tent.