Chapter seven hundred and eighty second three nails
Facing Cao Ren, who was like a bastard, the pottery merchant couldn't help but look at the city and sigh.
Cao Ren, that bastard, if it comes to field battles, no matter how capable he is, Tao Shang believes that with the bravery of the Jinling army, he can defeat ten of Cao Ren.
But he was hiding in the city, which was a bit difficult to deal with.
Cao Cao has ruled the Central Plains in recent years and has reinforced several important cities like iron barrels. It is not easy for ordinary people to conquer them.
But the pottery merchants may not have nothing to do with them. As long as they can surround the city for a long time and delay it for a long time, they will be able to pull out these nails one by one sooner or later.
But the potter felt that he didn't have that much time.
Although he is powerful now, he is surrounded by enemies all over the world. The main force may need to be mobilized at any time. It is not good for strategy to stay in one place for too long.
The land of the Central Plains also has different meanings for pottery merchants.
As long as he takes over the Central Plains, Hebei, Jiangnan, Xuzhou, Jianghuai and other places controlled by the pottery merchants will be truly connected, and he will have a real hegemony. At that time, he can fully put pressure on Cao Liu and other forces.
Moreover, we can also cut off the connection between Cao Cao, San Liu and others and divide and conquer them.
But Cao Ren's defense was so tight that it made Tao Shang feel pain in his balls.
Looking at the heavily armed soldiers of Cao Cao on the top of the city, Tao Shang felt quite uncomfortable for some reason.
This damn Cao Ren.
The potter thought for a moment, then rode on his horse and led a group of people to the outside of the attack range under the city. He shouted towards the city wall from a distance: "Where is General Zixiao? Can you come out and answer me?"
When I was young, I saw Cao Ren appearing at the top of the city. He was wrapped in thick blue armor, wrapping himself tightly. Looking at the pottery merchant at the city in the distance, he first let out a heavy nasal sound, and then
He spat again: "Huh... bah!"
Although he knew that Cao Ren would never agree, Tao Shang still tried to shout: "Cao Ren, how can you hide in the city? Do you dare to come out and fight one-on-one with my soldiers?"
Cao Ren: "Hmph!...Bah!"
Tao Shang said: "Don't you dare? Okay, then do you dare to go out of the city and fight me one-on-one to the death?"
"Hmph!...Bah!"
The potter shouted to Cao Ren again: "You still don't dare? Then do you dare to come out and fight my father one-on-one to the death?"
"Hmph!...Bah!"
"Do you dare to come out and fight to the death with my four-year-old son?"
"Okay then, let your son come out and watch me chop him down!" Cao Ren suddenly changed his tune on the top of the city.
"Bah!" The pottery merchant spat fiercely: "It's a beautiful thought... This person is hopeless, retreat!"
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Chen Liu was not defeated, so Tao Shang thought for a while and moved to Xuchang.
The city of Xuchang is also very strong. Although Xun Yu is far inferior to Cao Ren in the strategy of using troops to defend, there is one thing that Xun Yu is far superior to Cao Ren.
That’s how popular he is in Xuchang!
In the entire Xuchang City, all the people were soldiers, whether they were ordinary people, merchants, or nobles, everyone contributed people, efforts, and materials to defend Xuchang City. Its defensive power was better than that of Chenliu City.
Even more tenacious.
The reason why the people of Xuchang City are so united is not because of Cao Cao, but because of Xun Yu!
Today, Xun Yu's reputation in Xuchang City has surpassed Cao Cao by a lot. It can be said that many people and nobles only recognize the Xun family in Yingchuan, but do not recognize Cao Cao.
After an hour of attacking, the pottery merchant decided to temporarily stop his troops.
After withdrawing his troops and returning to the commander's tent, Qu Yi, who was in charge of attacking the city, hurriedly said to Tao Shang: "Mr. Tao, although the city of Xuchang is extremely strong, it is not impossible to capture. As long as the general is given more time, he will definitely be able to capture it.
This city!”
The pottery merchant shook his head and said, "Let's forget it for the time being. Xuchang City is full of soldiers. If we attack the city too hard, we may accidentally arouse public anger and lose the hearts of the people of Xuchang. It will be more than worth the loss."
Qu Yi became anxious when he heard this. He said: "For the sake of the people's support, we gave up the city. How can we fight this battle?"
The pottery merchant thought about it carefully and said, "We will take a detour to Puyang to see what Cao Ang can do?"
Qu Yi listened helplessly. Although with his character, he still believed that violence was the most direct way to solve problems, he could not defeat Tao Shang.
The people of Xuchang City followed Xun Yu closely, and it can be said that they were united. If the pottery merchants stepped up their offensive, they would probably hurt the nobles and the people, and cause huge casualties to Xuchang. By then, the people of Yuzhou would have lost all their hearts. This was by no means a pottery merchant.
desired result.
He had too much to think about.
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The three armies began to attack Puyang again.
Pu Yangcheng's guard was Cao Ang. Cao Ang was about the same age as the pottery merchant. Now it was time for him to take charge of his own affairs.
The people who assisted him in defending the city were Cao Xiu, Xia Houshang and others, the next generation of Cao Jun's elites.
These two men are both famous generals in history. They are famous generals of Cao Wei and have extraordinary abilities.
The city of Puyang was tall and large, similar to the city of Xuchang, but Tao Shang felt that with Cao Ang's ability and charisma, it was absolutely impossible to reach the level of Xun Yu.
But it turned out that the pottery merchant was wrong.
He sent military governors Zhang He, Gao Lan, Ji Ling, and Zang Ba to attack Puyang City, but the reply they received was that the city could not be captured.
According to Zhang He's reports, the city seems to be more difficult to defeat than Chen Liu guarded by Cao Ren.
The potter was really unhappy this time.
He could understand that the city guarded by Cao Ren was difficult to defeat.
But how old is Cao Ang? Even with the help of Cao Xiu and Xia Houshang, what can he do?
It's so shameful that I can't even take care of them.
"What are you playing here?" The pottery merchant asked dissatisfiedly: "You can't even take care of Cao Ang? Are the soldiers of my Jinling Army already so bad now? I am so disappointed."
The generals all blushed furiously.
Zhang He cupped his hands and said: "Prime Minister, please forgive me. Although the generals and others have failed in their work, the enemy's army is indeed quite powerful. We have indeed tried our best..."
Gao Lan said with a mournful face: "Prime Minister, you don't know that Cao Jun's defense is tight and the defensive tactics are quite strong. We have also changed many ways to attack the city, but we just can't defeat it!"
Tao Shang frowned when he heard this: "Is Cao Ang so powerful? Or are Cao Xiu and Xia Houshang so capable?"
Zhang He heard this and said: "Back to Prime Minister, the general sent someone to inquire about this matter. It is said that although Cao Ang and others are the generals in the city, the person in charge of the city's defense is a young general. I heard his name is Hao Zhao.
I am responsible for the defense of all cities at the moment, and I don’t know if the enemy’s city is so strong, whether it has something to do with this person..."