Eight hundred and seventieth chapters pacify Jingnan
Tao Shang didn't know what happened in Qianling City at the moment. He was just sitting five miles away, standing on a chariot, chatting with Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi, Ma Di and others, while looking at the city in the distance.
For Tao Shang, this battle was of little value to his personal command. Even though Pang Tong had the power to conquer the heavens and the earth, as long as his own soldiers attacked the city wall, the Jingzhou army would have no room to fight back.
"Teacher, I haven't seen Samoko these past two days, and I haven't even seen the barbarians under his command. I wonder where the teacher sent him?" Zhuge Liang asked the potter.
The potter smiled slightly and said, "You are so smart, why not take a guess?"
Zhuge Liang whispered: "Did the teacher send him..."
Before he finished speaking, Sima Yi said: "This is a simple matter, the teacher must have sent him..."
The potter stretched out his hand to stop the two of them from talking.
Since you can guess it, what's the point of asking me?
It's better to find a less dexterous test.
The potter looked at Ma Di, who was younger than Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi.
"Youchang, tell me?"
Ma Su was still very young, and had just passed the age of crown ceremony. Hearing the pottery merchant ask him, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
It's not that he is timid, it's just that since he joined the pottery merchant, although he followed the pottery merchant on weekdays, he only listened to other people's words and opinions and never spoke himself.
But today the potter asked him suddenly, which made him a little confused.
But Ma Di is also an extraordinary person after all, and he has been with Zhuge Liang during this period. Zhuge Liang has given him great guidance. In Ma Di's view, the knowledge in this brother Zhuge's mind is far beyond his imagination.
, it also made him understand better the truth that there are people outside the world and there is a sky outside the world.
Facing the potter's question, Ma Su was a little nervous at first, but Zhuge Liang gave him an encouraging smile.
Catching Zhuge Liang's gaze, Ma Di seemed to have calmed down a little. He bowed to the pottery merchant and said, "Replying to the Prime Minister, based on my thoughts, I believe that Samoko should have been sent by the Prime Minister to capture the Wuling Government Office.
At present, most of the four counties in the south of Jingzhou have been obtained, but Wuling County has not been restored. Shamoko has lived in Wuling for a long time and is from Wuling barbarian. He is very familiar with Wuling County. Now Pang Tong is suppressed by our army in Qianling City. If Shamoko
Mo Ke takes this opportunity to capture the Wuling Administrative Office. Regardless of whether the battle succeeds or fails, everything will be settled."
The pottery merchant looked at Ma Su in surprise.
No wonder this child was regarded as a talent by Zhuge Liang in history. He indeed had his abilities and advantages.
Tao Shang sighed and said helplessly: "You guys have seen through all my strategic arrangements, and no one can fool you... Oh, it's boring."
While he was saying this, he suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves in the distance.
However, Jin Xuan, the governor of Wuling County, saw that he could not disobey the situation and rode out of the city on horseback, intending to find a way to escape.
It's a pity that he was so panicked that he didn't know the direction after escaping from the city. Instead, he rushed towards the place where the pottery merchant's troops were.
Seeing Jinling soldiers blocking the way again ahead, Jin Xuan was obviously a little panicked.
He lost his mind, brandishing his sword and leading a handful of soldiers to charge, shouting: "Anyone who stands in my way will die! Get out of the way! Get out of my way!"
Tao Shang looked in surprise at Jin Xuan, who dared to attack his own formation with only a few soldiers. He couldn't help but be surprised and said: "You are such a fierce general, I will capture him alive!"
Sima Yi looked back and forth and said: "Teacher, we don't have any generals available here. Gan Ning, Zhou Tao, Xu Sheng, Junior Brother Ding and others have all been sent to Qianling City. It's not easy to capture them alive."
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"Oh...it's such a pity, then let him die suddenly."
As the potter finished speaking, he saw the soldiers of the Jinling Company's Crossbow Battalion taking out their sharp crossbows from their arms and firing arrows at each other fiercely.
Jin Xuan was shot into a hornet's nest a hundred steps away from the potter's main formation.
"What a pity. He is such a fierce general. I don't know his name." The pottery merchant shook his head with emotion.
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After Qianling City was captured, all the generals won a great victory and brought prisoners of war to the pottery merchants to ask for credit.
Regardless of the enemy generals who died in the battle, Tao Shang did not expect that Huo Jun would be captured alive.
Although this general is not well-known and is still relatively young, he does have potential, especially because he is extremely good at defense.
It would be a pity if such a general died here like this.
But the pottery merchant had no time to persuade Huo Jun to surrender, so he left the matter to Ma Su.
He also wanted to use this incident to test Ma Su's ability.
Ma Su did his duty and immediately took up the task of persuading Huo Jun to surrender.
Next, Xu Sheng and others brought the unconscious Zhang Fei over.
Seeing Zhang Fei lying motionless on the stretcher with his eyes closed, Tao Shang felt a little hesitant.
With Zhang Fei's character, it is impossible for him to use him.
To kill or not to kill?
The pottery merchant turned to look at Xu Sheng, whose face was covered with blood, and said: "You have accomplished a great feat this time, and you have also brought me a lot of trouble."
Xu Sheng smiled guiltily and said: "I don't dare to be the general, but this trouble is not caused by the general being captured alive."
The pottery merchant was stunned when he heard this.
Then he suddenly realized and turned to look at Ding Feng.
"Apprentice, at a young age, you can capture Zhang Fei alive. It seems that the day when you will become famous all over the world is just around the corner."
Ding Feng's face showed a look of guilt.
"Teacher, please don't praise me. I didn't capture this person alive."
The pottery merchant looked at He Qi again.
Before the pottery merchant could speak, He Qi waved his hands vigorously: "Prime Minister, it's not me, it's not me!"
The potter didn't understand now.
Not them?
Could it be that... Zhang Fei surrendered?
At this moment, Ma Zhong flashed out with a playful smile.
He nodded his nose vigorously with his hand and said: "Me! Me! Prime Minister! It's me!"
"You?" The potter's eyes suddenly widened: "Besides shooting cold arrows, what else would you do?"
Ma Zhong sniffed and said: "Prime Minister, this is not just the general's boasting. The general is not willing to be in the limelight. In fact, the general is very capable. Capturing the likes of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei alive is a matter of easy success for the general!"
No problem at all!”
The potter stared blankly, and it took him a long time to realize what he was doing.
He coughed slightly and said, "In that case, I will give Ma Zhong a great credit."
"Thank you, Prime Minister!"
The pottery merchant turned to look at the unconscious Zhang Fei and said: "This person, otherwise, I'd better kill him..."
"Teacher, wait a minute."
At this time, Sima Yi came forward and said to Tao Shang: "Teacher, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei have a deep friendship. It is said that they share life and death. They are not real brothers, but they are better than real brothers. If I kill him now, I'm afraid Liu Bei will
It is not advisable to defend Jiangling City and burn all the soldiers and civilians of Nan County."
"you mean?"
"Capture him alive and put him under house arrest! If we leak the news to Jiangling City, Liu Bei and Guan Yu will be confused when they hear that Zhang Fei is in our hands! Then we will have a chance."