All the princes in Guanzhong kept shouting in Cao Cao's tent. Even when the medical officer arrived at the tent, these princes in Guanzhong did not stop.
While the medical officer was treating Cao Cao's headache, he said dissatisfiedly to the princes of Guanzhong: "Mr. Cao needs to rest for his illness. If you talk too much here, aren't you disturbing Mr. Cao's rest? How can Mr. Cao recover from his illness?"
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It would have been better not to say this. Once I said it, the princes in Guanzhong almost exploded.
Yang Qiu pointed his finger at the medical officer's nose and began to scold at the top of his lungs: "You old dog, I asked you to treat Mr. Cao, but why did you make so much nonsense! Do your job well!"
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Li Kan clenched his fists with his hands, cracked his knuckles, and rubbed his teeth back and forth: "Old bastard, how dare you talk here without proper medical treatment? Do you believe that Li will beat you to death?"
Seeing how ferocious these two big men from the northwest were, the medical officer was so frightened that he stood up in a hurry, without even checking his pulse, and hurriedly hid behind them.
Cao Ren on the side winked at Dian Wei.
Then Dian Wei stepped forward and yelled at Li Kan and Yang Qiu: "What's the fuss about? What's the fuss! If you dare to make noise here and disturb Sikong's medical treatment, believe it or not, I will skin you?"
Get the hell out of here! Get out of here!"
The effect of this roar was extremely significant. At that moment, the princes in Guanzhong who had been like tigers and wolves a moment ago were instantly roared into little rabbits by Dian Wei. They all shrank their heads and cautiously walked out of the tent.
"Then I won't disturb Sikong's rest..."
"No need to disturb...Sikong, take good care of yourself. We have to return to Luoyang as soon as possible!"
Everyone said something to each other while retreating out of the tent.
After a while, when all the princes in Guanzhong had retreated, Cao Cao slowly opened his eyes, glanced at the princes in Guanzhong, then reached out and took off the square towel on his forehead, and threw it on the table.
Dian Wei smiled and raised his hand to Cao Cao, saying: "Sikong Miaosuan actually knew how to use the affairs in Guanzhong to scare these princes in Guanzhong so that they would not dare to mess around again. This is really clever!"
It turns out that the information from Guanzhong had already reached Cao Cao before anyone came to report it today. Cao Cao deliberately sent someone to send another urgent document from Guanzhong while he was negotiating with the princes of Guanzhong today, just to let these people know.
People are aware of the situation and understand that they can only return home now on their own.
But under certain circumstances, this is just a stopgap measure for Cao Cao.
Currently, he is still in a passive situation.
"Snapped!"
Cao Cao slapped the table hard and said with a dark face: "Tao Xiaothief, I didn't expect that he actually did such a trick. He colluded with Zhang Lu of Hanzhong and attacked our rear in Guanzhong, forcing me to withdraw my troops and go back for rescue! Hateful Tao boy
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Cao Ren stood behind Cao Cao and said expressionlessly: "Sikong, don't worry too much. Although we have to go back to Guanzhong to rescue the emergency, the pottery merchants also have to rush back to Jinling City. Sun Ce from Lujiang is currently planning to attack Jinling City. I want to come.
Tao will not take any action against us in a short period of time."
After hearing this, Cao Cao sighed and said, "That's all we can do!"
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Cao Cao's actions quickly reached the ears of the pottery merchants.
As expected, he united with the princes in Guanzhong and returned to Luoyang.
At the same time, news came from Lujiang that Sun Ce from Lujiang had indeed begun to take action.
Liu Bei, Pang Tong, Cai Mao and others, and even Fu Wan and Dong Cheng of Jiangling, also started internal struggles in order to compete for the sovereignty of Jingzhou.
Chen Deng immediately advised Tao Shang: "Prime Minister, Cao Cao and the Three Lius have temporarily retreated. The danger ahead has been resolved. Since Sun Ce intends to attack Jinling City, we might as well withdraw our troops to resist Sun Ce."
The pottery merchant paced back and forth in the hall of Qufu City, thinking carefully as he walked.
After a while, I saw the pottery merchant stopped, looked up at the canopy, and murmured: "For the time being... I won't go back!"
When Chen Deng heard this, he immediately became anxious: "Aren't you going back?"
"Yes, if you don't go back, Erbao is currently hunting in the Mangdang Mountain area. When Cao Cao's troops arrive in Guanzhong, I will use them to sneak attack Xuchang!"
Chen Deng heard this and said: "The Prime Minister wants to attack Xuchang secretly, but Jinling City..."
"With Lu Su here in Jinling City, nothing will go wrong, and the war here is decided. I have also begun to send more troops to the rear. Even if I am not here, I will definitely not lose to Sun Ce and Zhou Yu."
Chen Deng said rather uneasily: "What about Nanchang City? General Hussar, Guo Tu, Liu Pi... Although there is still Ding Feng, the Prime Minister can really rest assured."
"Yesterday I asked Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi to lead some soldiers and horses to Nanchang secretly."
"But they are young after all..."
The potter said confidently: "I believe they can!"
Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi, Lu Su... With these three people returning to support them, and with their original arrangements in the rear, if they still cannot defend Jinling City and Nanchang City, then all the history of their previous lives has been in vain.
Seeing that the pottery merchant was so determined, Chen Deng stopped trying to dissuade him.
After all, Chen Deng was impressed by the pottery merchant's vision and determination over the years, including his courage in times of crisis. Unknowingly, Chen Deng began to deeply believe in the pottery merchant's vision.
"There's just one more thing. Prime Minister, you are currently stationed in Qufu City. I'm afraid that Cao Cao can guess your intentions towards Xuchang City. Does Prime Minister have to do something to confuse Cao Cao?"
The pottery merchant was stunned when he heard this.
"Yes, I actually forgot about this problem... Then according to Yuanlong's wishes, how should we confuse Cao Cao?"
Chen Deng smiled and said: "This is easy to say. The Prime Minister only needs to withdraw his troops to Pengcheng, and he can temporarily confuse Cao Cao's mind. This can also confuse Sun Ce's mind. It can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone."
After hearing Chen Deng's words, Tao Shang nodded heavily: "Yuan Long is still thoughtful."
Chen Deng said to Tao Shang again: "Prime Minister, there is one more thing. If Sun Ce of Lujiang wants to attack our rear, he will actually have two choices. One is Nanchang City, and the other is Jinling City. My subordinates have been thinking about it for a long time, but they have no choice.
Guess where they will attack?"
The potter looked at him with a smile: "Why?"
"Sun Ce went from Lujiang to Yuzhang and reached Nanchang City. If he used Nanchang as his base, he could capture part of the southern part of the country and connect it with the Lujiang River, which would be beneficial to his development... However, although Nanchang City is the capital of our dynasty,
The emperor is not yet located in it, and the imperial court only has hussar generals and ministers to carry out state affairs on their behalf, which has no actual significance of representing the Han court... But Jinling City is different. It is the foundation of the prime minister, and it is the richest place in the world.
If we capture the city of Jinling, it is better than capturing a whole state!"
The potter smiled and said: "So, Yuanlong, you find it difficult to choose?"
Chen Deng nodded and said, "Yes."
Tao Shang shook his head and said: "Actually, it's not difficult to guess. If it were someone else, they might have done all their work in one battle and chosen a place they thought was the most important. But Sun Ce is not that kind of person. He and Zhou Yu are likely to divide their forces.
Sneak attack... Jinling City, Nanchang City, they won't let any one go."