Chapter eight hundred and forty seventh final year
As the pottery merchants reacted, Liu Bei and Pang's unified strategy was to use Jiangling City as the basis for the front line of defense against the north.
In fact, it is true that only the topography of Jiangling City can defend the Tao army in the north.
After the historical Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei occupied part of Jingzhou's territory.
During the years when Liu Bei occupied Jingzhou until he entered Sichuan, the reason why Jingzhou was able to block Cao Cao in the north was that, in addition to the weakening of Cao Cao's power after the Battle of Chibi and Sun Quan's support for him, the most subjective thing was that Liu Bei had always been
The forward position used to fight against Cao Cao was Jiangling.
The special terrain of Jiangling allowed Liu Bei to always secure the Jingnan gate, even though Cao Cao's troops and territory far exceeded him.
Now, the wheels of the times have changed, but after the situation reached this point, the pottery merchant discovered that Liu Bei was still following the old path of history.
But this old road is really very difficult.
According to Cai Mao, he wanted the pottery merchants to work hard and take advantage of the morale gained from pacifying the north of Jing to quickly pacify the south, so as to prevent Liu Bei and Pang Tong from making preparations and being discovered later.
But after careful consideration, the potter had another consideration and idea.
Since Liu Bei and Pang Tong had already determined that Xiangyang would be lost sooner or later, the strategy to block the Northern Army based on Jiangling City was already finalized by Liu Bei and Pang Tong.
He was in a hurry right now, and Jiangling City was probably heavily guarded. In this situation, it was better to consolidate the territory in his hands first.
The sixth year of Jiankang was a leap forward for the pottery merchants.
In this year, he pacified the Central Plains, conquered northern Jing, drove Cao Cao from Guanzhong, and drove Liu Bei from southern Jing.
In this year, he completely established his position as the world's hegemon.
But the territory expanded so rapidly that the pottery merchant felt a little indigestion.
He decided to use the remaining months of the sixth year of Jiankang to consolidate the territory and re-plan the policies for the territories within his jurisdiction.
But the potter stopped, but the others did not stop for the time being.
In August of the sixth year of Jiankang, the navy formed by Cai Mao in Jingbei went down the river and went to Jiangxia County to assist Lu Su, Tao Ying and others.
In October of the sixth year of Jiankang, Zhuge Liang planned to defeat Liu Bei and Huang Zu in Jiangxia County. Huang Zu died in battle, and Liu Bei was defeated and retreated to Jiangling, where he met Pang Tong behind closed doors.
In November of the sixth year of Jiankang, Zhuge Liang, Lu Su and others took control of Jiangxia, while Cui Jun and Meng Jian, who had just submitted to Liu Bei's command, surrendered.
In fact, it is normal. Liu Bei now has only one state in his hands, how can he compete with the pottery merchants? In addition to his original die-hard fans, how can these people who have just joined his army risk their lives for him? At most
That is just a brief expression.
After all, for Liu Bei, he is no longer in power.
At the same time, news came from Guanzhong that Cao Cao successfully invaded Hanzhong in December of the sixth year of Jiankang. Zhang Lu led his troops to surrender, while Tao Shang's allies Li Ru and Dong Bai
Then he disappeared again.
Cao Cao's strategy of developing towards Hanzhong was quite beyond the potters' expectations.
According to his understanding of Cao Cao, he should be looking for opportunities to counterattack back to the Central Plains from Hangu Pass, but he never expected that he would actually change direction and kill towards Xichuan.
But regardless of Cao Cao's current tactics, for Tao Shang, this year's events have passed. It is now the end of the year. No matter what ideas he has, he must implement them in the seventh year of Jiankang.
All relatives and important subordinates gathered in Xuchang, and everyone was looking forward to sharing this festive occasion.
Tao Qian, Wang Yun, Diao Chan, Mi Zhen, Lu Lingqi, Zhen Mi, Yuan Wan, Erqiao, Tao Ji and others all came to Xuchang from Xuzhou.
Tao Hua's illness made it difficult for her to move around, so she could only stay in Pengcheng for the festival.
As for little Liu Xi, he is now six years old. Although he is still young, he is extremely filial. He voluntarily chose to stay in Pengcheng to serve his mother and fulfill his filial piety before her bedside.
On the night of New Year's Eve, a grand feast was held in Xuchang City. The pottery merchant's family and his close relatives in the city spent the festival together, creating a joyful scene.
The female family members were in the inner chamber, while the ministers were in the outer hall. It was quite lively.
"Father, father-in-law, I would like to offer you a glass of wine. I wish you and your elders may enjoy eternal blessings and live as long as heaven."
After hearing the pottery merchant's New Year greetings, Tao Qian and Wang Yun were very happy.
Anyone who seeks immortality and practices immortality will not dislike these two sentences.
These are two sacred sentences that gather the essence of two thousand years of Chinese cultivation of immortality.
Not to mention these two shameless old men, not even the leader of the Shenlong Cult could bear it.
Tao Qian raised his head and drank a glass of wine, sighing: "Time flies so fast. It has been more than ten years since I sent you to conquer Dong Zhuo... You have also grown from the ignorant boy to me in a flash.
The mainstay of the Tao family...Oh, son. How old are you this year?"
The muscles on the potter's face twitched.
This is my real father, and I probably wouldn’t be able to pick another one in the world.
"Father, my child is thirty-one this year."
Tao Qian nodded suddenly: "You are already thirty-one? Oh, good, good. To be able to achieve such a great cause in just three years is really impressive. Better than you, me."
"No, my son is still far behind his father... After all, you are already in the circle of gods, and we are not on the same level."
"Hahahaha!" Tao Qian gently stroked his beard, laughed heartily, stood up and gave the pottery merchant a kick.
"You bastard, at my age, can't you understand that you are abusing me?"
Wang Yun put down the wine cup and said: "Shang'er."
The pottery merchant was stunned when he heard this, and then felt goosebumps all over his skin.
Having Wang Yun call him this way really gave him an indescribable feeling.
After Wang Yun finished speaking, he seemed a little uncomfortable and immediately changed his tone.
"Zi Du, now that the Central Plains and Northern Jing have been pacified, how long will it take for the whole world to be at peace?"
The potter gently scratched his hair, searched carefully, and then stretched out a finger.
"One year." The pottery merchant said calmly.
"One year?" Tao Qian and Wang Yun were both stunned.
"One year, is it possible?" Tao Qian asked uncertainly.
Tao Shang nodded and said: "First conquer Jingchu, then conquer Luoyang and Chang'an. As long as these two places are captured, the Xichuan side can be decided. I still know this in my heart."
Wang Yun's expression seemed a little excited: "Zidu, how sure are you of this statement?"
"About...seven or eight points."
Wang Yun nodded with emotion and said: "That's good, that's good. If it can be like this, that would be great. I never thought that I would be lucky enough to see the day when the world is peaceful. I have to say anything before I die.
Let’s go back to Liangdu and have a look…”
The potter frowned: "What do you mean?"
Wang Yun was stunned when he heard this, then hurriedly waved his hands and said: "It's okay, it's okay. What I mean is that I am really happy to see such peaceful and grand scenes in my lifetime... Haha, I am happy."