Xun Yu's behavior made Cao Ren feel very puzzling.
How is this played?
Those who want to come are not allowed to come, and those who don’t want to come are forced to come?
So willful?
Facing Cao Ren's puzzled look, Xun Yu explained to him: "Actually, Xun Yu's main consideration is whether these people are trustworthy or not."
“What is credible and not credible?”
Xun Yu said calmly: "At this time, the combat strength and quantity of the generals summoned from the counties in the Central Plains are secondary, but the most important thing is their availability! We must ensure that they will not plot evil against Xuchang, so that they can be used with confidence and boldness.
, otherwise there will be strong enemies outside and disasters inside, and the city will be lost sooner or later."
Cao Ren was no ordinary person. When he heard the elegant meaning of the string, he immediately thought of a deeper level.
"What Mr. Xun means is that although some of these people are sincere in helping to defend Xuchang City, there will also be others who are bewitched by the pottery merchants and secretly collude with the pottery thieves, which will be detrimental to us?"
Xun Yu nodded and said: "This is what I'm afraid of, so Xun Yu found those who are unwilling to return to Xuchang City. They may not have a high fighting spirit, but they are relatively safe and do not have those bad intentions."
Cao Ren frowned and said, "But what if the reason why these people are willing to help with defense is because they want to take the opportunity to surrender to the pottery merchants?"
Xun Yu laughed loudly and said: "There are only two types of people who don't come to Xuchang. One is those who are not afraid of Tao Jun and are really brave and want to defend the county. These people can be used! The other is just like the general said.
When the army of pottery merchants comes, then observe the direction of the wind and choose who to defect to according to the current situation. Even if these mediocre people are here, why can't the general still control them? It's not a big deal!"
Cao Ren lowered his head and thought, and it seemed that this was indeed the case.
Anyway, when it comes to ingenuity and guessing people's hearts, a hundred of them are not as good as Xun Yu.
Whatever he arranges, it's up to you.
…
Two days later, Erbao received a formal military recruitment order from Xuchang in Xiangli County.
However, the letter did not ask them to go to Xuchang, but to station in Chenliu.
Er Bao hurriedly invited Guo Jia.
When Guo Jia saw the transfer order, he first smiled slightly, and then sighed: "Half and half."
Bao Tao asked confused: "What is half and half?"
Guo Jia smiled and explained for him: "I guessed half of it right. This so-called questioning method was indeed Xun Yu's trick... But what I didn't expect was that he didn't summon you to Xuchang, but asked you to
You go to Chenliu...this is quite interesting."
Bao Tao and Bao Zhong's heads were like mush. With their wisdom, they really couldn't understand it.
Guo Jia slowly walked back and forth in the tent and said: "Xun Wenruo, Xun Wenruo, he really divided the cities and defended them, seizing several cities to save the situation in the entire Central Plains. He is really powerful... well, then
I will give you a good fight."
After saying that, Guo Jia turned to look at Bao Tao and said, "In that case, let's go to Chenliucheng and let's see what other tricks Xun Yu can use next!"
When Bao Zhong heard this, he couldn't help but tremble.
Is this guy going to come with us?
Isn’t this making trouble!
He is Tao Shang's number one conspirator. If someone recognizes him, wouldn't he be dead?
And my brother won’t get anything easy either!
Bao Zhong's throat rolled up, he swallowed softly and said: "Mr. Guo, you are a direct descendant of Prime Minister Tao. If you get to Chenliu and someone recognizes you, what should you do?
How should we explain to the Prime Minister later?"
Guo Jia thought for a moment and said, "That's true."
He turned his head, looked around, and finally pointed at a bearded guard and said: "You, come here!"
The bearded man was stunned when he heard this, and then tiptoed up to Guo Jia. The big and round man looked like a frightened little rabbit.
"Bring the knife!" Guo Jia said lazily.
The bearded man was so frightened that his legs and feet became weak.
"First of all, sir! I have done nothing wrong. Why do you want to kill me? I have never spoken to you before!"
"Don't move! Who is going to kill you!" Guo Jia frowned, grabbed the bearded man's long beard, and cut off several sections with a knife.
After cutting it off, Guo Jia smiled and traced the beard on his chin, as if three long strands of beard grew out of thin air, and said: "How is it? Can't you see it now?"
Erbao couldn't help but wipe his sweat when he saw this.
This Mr. Guo...
Do you think everyone in Cao’s army is blind?
…
Four days later, the Jinling Army of the Pottery Shang arrived at Zhongzhou.
Looking around, you can see the flat plains, the loess land, and the beautiful mountains and rivers.
If I take over the Central Plains, the whole world will be in my hands.
The potter clenched his fist tightly, raised his head and closed his eyes, with a happy smile on his lips.
"Report!"
Not long after, Pei Qian came to the pottery's side on horseback and reported: "Prime Minister, the enemy's eastward direction has been clearly explored."
"How is it? How the enemy troops are deployed."
"Cao Ren is at Chenliu, Xun Yu is at Xuchang, and Cao Ang is at the border of Dongjun, guarding the three big cities!"
"They didn't actually station all their soldiers and horses in the city of Xuchang?" The pottery merchant touched his chin in confusion and said, "Bring me Pitu!"
After a while, Pei Qian brought the map and the pottery man sat down to study it carefully.
"Cao Ren and Xun Yu are quite capable." Tao Shang smiled and said: "The three places are not close to each other, and they are all big cities, and each other occupies the other two food routes to the north and west. I
Even if we capture other cities, it won’t be of much use after a long time.”
"Prime Minister, what should we do next?" Pei Qian asked.
Tao Shang thought for a while and said: "Let's try our best first and attack Chenliu! In the land of Yanzhou, Cao Ren is the most powerful at the moment. As long as we can conquer Chenliu and defeat Cao Ren, half of the Central Plains will be pacified."
"promise!"
The pottery merchant's army immediately headed towards Chenliu where Cao Ren was.
And Cao Ren had already been waiting in the wings for a long time.
After the pottery merchant arrived, he immediately ordered Xu Chu, Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, and Jiang Qin to be the vanguard and led the attacking army to launch a fierce attack on the city.
But Cao Ren was already prepared.
Above the city, crossbows, stones, and hot golden juice... were all thrown at the Jinling army attacking the city.
The Jinling Army, led by four generals, repeatedly attacked four times, including twice ascending to the city, but ultimately failed to capture the city tower.
Cao Ren's defense finally worked.
No matter what fierce generals or elite soldiers you send, I will remain unmoved!
Two hours later, the Jinling Army finally stopped trying the project and retreated angrily.
Xu Chu was also hit by a stone thrown at him. Fortunately, he hid in time, otherwise he would have been hit and his brains would burst out.
Facing Cao Ren, whose zodiac sign is Bastard, Tao Shang felt helpless.
It seems that Chen Liu will not be able to win it for a while.