Eight hundred and fiftieth chapters battle Jingnan
After the pottery merchant chatted with Ma Liang for a while, he began to reveal his intentions to him.
After listening to this, Ma Liang pondered for a while and said: "Liang and the Prime Minister met for the first time. He was so valued by the Prime Minister. Liang was extremely grateful and wanted to repay the Prime Minister for his kindness. The Prime Minister was relieved and convinced Samoko.
, I’ll leave it to you.”
"Ji Chang is indeed a good person. In that case, I will leave this matter to you."
Ma Liangzuo bowed and said: "I should try my best, but to convince Samoko, I need a few things. I wonder if the Prime Minister can agree?"
The potter smiled and said, "Tell me, what do you need when you go this time?"
"The first is to promise the other party to be the king." Ma Liang said: Samoko has always regarded himself as King Hu at the border of Wuling. Unfortunately, it has never been officially recognized by the Han court. Just like my ancestors of the Han Dynasty tried to appease the Xiongnu, the prime minister can represent
The imperial court officially crowned Samoko as the Barbarian King of Wuxi, making his name justifiable."
"Well, it is indeed a great temptation. Not to mention Samoko, even I was moved by it." The pottery merchant smiled and said, "Is there any more?"
"The second is to promise rice seeds." Ma Liang continued: "The prime minister attacked Jingnan and wanted to shorten the front line, so he had to use Samoko's military rations. In this way, he had to repay him with more generous returns. That's the only way.
, so that Samoko can sincerely take out his stored grain."
The pottery merchant nodded and said: "If you want to take it, you must give it to it first. This is true. Is there anything else?"
"have."
"go on."
Ma Liang continued: "The title of king is a gimmick, the rice seeds are a promise, and there is still one thing missing that will make Samoko covetous right now."
"What is coveted?" The pottery merchant was silent for a moment and said, "What Ji Chang said is gold foil and jade?"
Ma Su sighed and said: "For others, gold foil wealth can indeed move their hearts, but for a barbarian like Samoko, I'm afraid it may not. To save it, he lives in the southern border of Wuling, living in high mountains and harsh rivers.
Resources are scarce, and perhaps what he covets most are the horses from the north and the prime minister’s iron tools.”
"Horses, ironware..." The pottery merchant hesitated upon hearing this: "I can't give these things to him."
Other things are easy to talk about, including gold, silver and jewelry, but this weapon of war must not be handed over to others easily. This is the bottom line requirement of the pottery merchant.
Ma Liang said with some hesitation: "Well, this matter is indeed a bit difficult to deal with...but Isamoko's current needs cannot be moved except by these things."
"But not necessarily." At this moment, the young Ma Su next to him spoke.
The potter and Ma Liang both turned to look at him.
But Ma Di whispered: "Although iron weapons are precious to the Wuling barbarians, using the same thing is enough to seduce their hearts... that is salt."
"Salt?" The potter was stunned when he heard this, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Yes, salt and iron are inseparable. Even if I insist on not giving him iron tools and replace them with salt, I think he will not refuse.
"
Ma Su nodded and said: "That's exactly the reason."
The pottery merchant seemed to be somewhat interested in Ma Su's remarks. He smiled and said: "You Chang, let me ask you, what if Samoko doesn't want iron or salt, but only wants war horses?"
Ma Di smiled and said: "If he wants it, then just give him a war horse. Just don't give him a stallion, just give him a gelded war horse."
The pottery merchant couldn't help laughing when he heard this.
What a shameless little slippery boy.
Ma Liang came over and said to Tao Shang: "My brother is talking nonsense and nonsense. I hope the prime minister thinks that he is young and ignorant. Don't be the same as him."
The potter shook his head and said, "Who said he was young and ignorant? I think what he said is very reasonable."
After saying that, the pottery merchant turned to look at Ma Liang and said, "Ji Chang, don't be humble anymore. Since you dare to bring him here, it shows that you have great confidence in You Chang's talent. So, you go to Wuxi this time."
When I see Samoko, how about letting You Chang stay by my side?"
Ma Liang was overjoyed when he heard this.
What does it mean that the potter kept him by his side?
value!
The young man who can stay with the Prime Minister will surely prosper in the future, and his future is limitless.
It seems that there is hope for the rise of the Ma family.
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After Ma Liang tidied up, he went to Wuxi Cave with the pottery's 'sincerity', while the pottery left Ma Di by his side to cultivate it.
He also gathered his troops and troops, waiting for news about Ma Liang, ready to set off to Jingnan at any time.
At the same time, over in Jiangling City, Liu Bei summoned a group of his men to discuss the next strategy.
"Tao Shang gathered a heavy army in Xiangyang, and he and his navy went eastward to Jiangxia. It seems that he wanted to use Jiangxia County as a springboard to penetrate deep into Jingnan and flank our army on both sides.
Ah." Liu Bei sighed.
Jingzhou war general Huo Jun said: "General, I think that even if the pottery merchants go to Jiangxia County, they may not be able to penetrate deep into the land of Jingnan. After all, the waterway from Yangzhou to this side to transport grain is too long. This may not be possible for him.
It's a good strategy. Once the battle line is drawn too deep, it will be easy to get trapped in Jingnan and unable to escape. Once Cao Cao sends troops to the Central Plains, Tao will be uncomfortable."
When Liu Bei heard this, he just smiled bitterly.
"If you don't know the pottery merchant, you certainly don't know how powerful he is. This person is extremely skilled. Since he has the courage to do this, he has a certain degree of confidence. We must not underestimate the enemy and must be cautious in dealing with him."
After saying that, Liu Bei turned to look at everyone and said: "I want to send one person to Jingnan to take charge of the overall situation. The governor of the four counties will fight against the pottery merchants. Who is willing to go?"
Everyone looked at me and became speechless.
When fighting against pottery merchants, no one had much confidence.
Pang Tong coughed lightly and said, "I'd better go."
Liu Bei turned to look at Pang Tong: "Situ has already been to Xiangyang before. Now he is going to Jingnan again. Isn't it too hard?"
Pang Tong sighed: "When life and death are at stake, how can I control so much? Besides, I failed to defend the city in Xiangyang last time. I feel deeply ashamed. Now when I go to Jingnan, I will stop the pottery merchants no matter what."
When Liu Bei heard this, he turned to look at the general in charge of intelligence and said: "The pottery merchant is in Jiangxia County, who should be the general?"
The general said hurriedly: "The troops and horses led by Tao Shang in Jiangxia this time are all naval forces. The leaders are his naval generals Gan Ning, Zhou Tai and others."
"Gan Ning, Zhou Tai..." Liu Bei muttered slowly.
At this time, Zhang Fei stood up and said to Liu Bei: "Brother, let me go with Situ."
"Yide? You?"
Zhang Fei said seriously: "Now Zhao Yun, Xu Chu, Huang Zhong, Tong Fei and others are all in Xiangyang. I heard that Taishi Ci, Lu Bu and Chen Deng are also in Wancheng. The navy generals beside the pottery merchants are Gan Ning and Zhou Tai.
First of all, these people are no match for my younger brother. If I go with Pang Situ, we will definitely be able to defend the four counties of Jingnan."
When Liu Bei heard this, he turned his head and looked at Guan Yu, then at Zhang Fei, biting his lip, and was silent for a long time.