Seeing that Diao Chan did not eat the piece of candy, but instead kept it, the potter couldn't help but feel very strange.
"You are too petty. It's just one or two pieces of candy. Why do you need to find something so serious and keep it specially? Just eat it."
Diao Chan just smiled, but deliberately ignored him, but her beautiful face turned red unknowingly.
Wang Yun blinked, as if he saw something wrong, and couldn't help but smile to himself... The female college student didn't stay in the room.
But after all, Wang Yun was born in the Wang family of Taiyuan, and he was also a member of the imperial court in the past. He was quite profound in the matter of men and women. He just coughed lightly and did not point out the issue, but chose to change the topic.
"Son, you are so anxious to find me and Yizhen. Isn't it because you have something important to do?"
The pottery merchant turned his head and said to Wang Yun: "Wang Situ, I have already explained to Leader Yuan that I will first send troops to Hanoi to meet with Jibei Prime Minister Bao Xin and Hanoi Prefect Wang Kuang to attack the Baibo Army. I will not return to Xuzhou for the time being."
The pottery merchant had already discussed this matter with Huangfu Song, so Huangfu Song was not surprised when he heard the news. On the contrary, Wang Yun, Diao Chan and others showed surprised expressions, while Xiao Yinger could not see any fluctuation in the application.
She stood quietly behind Diao Chan, staring with big empty eyes, not knowing what she was thinking.
Wang Yun stared at the pottery merchant in disbelief for a while, and then he spoke: "Although the Baibo army is a rogue bandit, it is not small in power. Last year, its army fought against Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Niu Fu, and Niu Fu could not win... What do you do?
Can you win them over?"
The pottery merchant smiled and said: "There must be a road in front of the mountain, and the boat will go straight to the bridge. Some things may seem difficult, but as long as you plan carefully, it is not necessarily impossible. Besides, I went to Yuan Shao this time. Not only did he
Help me find a way to solve the three-month supply of food and military supplies first, and also help me invite Bao Xin and Wang Kuang to join the army. There is still a good chance of winning this battle... The most important thing is..."
Tao Shang stretched out his hand towards Huangfu Song and said with a smile: "The most important thing is that I have Huangfu Gong who is very familiar with the Yellow Turban Army to help me. How can a nepotistic kid like Niu Fu be compared with us?"
Wang Yun had a strong political sensitivity and asked a key question: "Even so, if you don't return to Xuzhou, why are you attacking Bai Bo and Huang Turban? ...What is the purpose?"
Tao Shang raised his face righteously: "Share the worries for the country."
Wang Yun frowned when he heard this. Those four words sounded so nice, but why did they sound so awkward when they came out of this child's mouth?
Even so, Wang Yun did not criticize him.
"But going north for an expedition is a military matter after all..." Tao Shang seemed to be hesitant when he said this, and said: "You are both elders and women, so accompanying the army will be hard and inconvenient...
...How about I let Mi Fang send someone to take you back to Xuzhou first, and Wang Situ can also meet with my father first? How about that?"
Wang Yun heard the words, nodded and was about to agree, but suddenly heard Diao Chan say: "We... we should go to Hanoi with Mr. Tao... so that we can have someone to take care of us."
Wang Yun was stunned, sighed secretly, and laughed secretly in his heart that this daughter's thoughts are really obvious... Anyway, since she has such thoughts, the pottery merchant is also from a famous family, and he is a member of the Wang family in Taiyuan. Old man, I will help the child, and
What's the difficulty?
The potter felt strange: "I am going to war, what kind of care do I need?"
Diao Chan's face turned red, and she secretly cursed an idiot in her heart.
Diao Chan considered her words and said intermittently: "It's not Mr. Tao that you need to take care of, but the few of us... who are old and weak... and also female relatives, from Luoyang to Xuzhou, across the entire Central Plains... to protect us.
There are few soldiers... There are so many bandits in the Central Plains that it is easy to be in danger... But if we send more soldiers, wouldn't it delay the young master's important affairs... In short... in short... in short, the few of us should follow the young master."
The pottery merchant couldn't help but look back and forth at the few people in surprise.
"What...reason is this?"
"That's right." Wang Yun stood up and said to Tao Shang: "What my daughter said makes sense. There are many bandits in the Central Plains. It would be safer for us old and weak to follow your army... Besides, after we arrive in Hanoi County,
Then we settled down in the city of Hanoi, and you can go off to attack the Baibo Army, and I and others will not cause any trouble for you."
Wang Yun had said so, and Tao Shang secretly thought that this could only be the case.
"Okay, whatever you want... When you arrive in Hanoi County, you can stay well in the city while I, together with Wang Kuang and Bao Xin, send troops to Baibo Valley."
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Baibo Valley is close to Linfen County, Hedong County. Guo Da, the leader of the Baibo Army, led his troops to build a fortress here.
Guo Da was also one of the thirty-six canal commanders in the past, but he was not well-known. However, after the Yellow Turban Uprising was suppressed, each canal commander began to work independently. Guo Da took advantage of the dangerous terrain of Baibo Valley to fish in troubled waters, but little by little he was able to fish in troubled waters.
It spread the reputation of Bai Bojun.
In recent years, the number of Baibo soldiers and their families and relatives under Guo Da has grown to 160,000, and he has four yellow turban deputy commanders under his command.
The first place is Yang Feng, the second place is Han Xian, the third place is Li Le, and the fourth place is Hu Cai.
In the past few years, the Baibo Army has been continuously attacking and harassing cities. They have passed through Taiyuan County, Hedong County, Hanoi County, and Bingzhou. Many ordinary people have been harassed by the Baibo Army. They have suffered so much that they can only move one after another and flee south to Guanzhong.
Or head east to Liyang.
I don’t know whether it was a coincidence or really capable. After Bai Bo’s army defeated the troops of Dong Zhuo’s son-in-law Niu Fu last year, they suddenly became famous and powerful in Hedong.
Later, there was another major force in the Yellow Turbans.
The Baibo Valley where the Baibo Army was stationed has now been transformed into a fortress by the Baibo Army, similar to a military base. Guo Da, the leader of the Baibo Army, named the fortress Zibo City.
From the east of Bo City, it is adjacent to the diversion of the Fen River, backed by a cliff. Across the river is the Valley Avenue between Kujinyang and Hedong. It is located at the strategic link between central and southern Shanxi. The fortresses on its back were built by Baibo soldiers.
There are cliffs and gullies and huge earth forts with walls. Among the earth forts, the smallest one has a circumference of one mile. The walls of the fort are three feet high and two feet thick. There are tunnels connecting each earth fort, which can be used during war.
Tunnels were used to transfer troops so that the enemy could not reach them, and protective trenches were dug outside the earthen forts.
Most of the Baibo Army's earthen forts were built against cliffs, and cliffs were used as much as possible instead of boards to build city walls.
Guo Da relied on such dangerous fortifications to regard any attack on the government and troops as nothing.
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After reaching an agreement with Yuan Shao, the pottery merchant finally packed up his troops and marched towards Hanoi.
Going with him was Jibei Prime Minister Bao Xin.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, many heroes came together, and there were countless heroes. Figures like Bao Xin who died young caused many later generations to ignore him.
However, after getting along with Bao Xin several times, Tao Shang discovered that Bao Xiangguo was quite broad-minded and his loyalty and patriotism was second to none among the princes.
When chasing Dong Zhuo last time, Bao Xin resolutely sent troops to help after being persuaded by the pottery merchant. But this time Yuan Shao asked him to join the pottery merchant in attacking the Baibo army. Bao Xin had no objection and agreed immediately.
On their way to Hanoi together, Bao Xin also had many interactions with pottery merchants. Bao Xin was obviously very sad about the chaotic situation in today's world.
Faced with Bao Xin's concern for the country and his people, the pottery merchant didn't know how to persuade him. He could only try to find some nice words to comfort him...
"General Bao, I feel that although the world is in chaos now, it is not hopeless. Just like Yuan Shaonai is the fourth generation and the third prince. He comes from a famous family and is quite generous. I feel that with him as the axis and everyone working together, we will be able to do it in the future.
Help the world and save all people from fire and water." During the march that day, Tao Shang and Bao Xin again talked about the chaos in the world, and Tao Shang used these words to test Bao Xin.
When Bao Xin heard this, he took a deep look at Mr. Tao, stroked his beard and said, "Does Mr. Tao really think so?"
Seeing that there was something wrong with Bao Xin's expression, the pottery merchant couldn't help but feel a little interested.
"Then according to General Bao's opinion, who else in the world today except Yuan Shao has the ability to help the world?"
Bao Xin said to Tao Shang very seriously: "Master Tao, do you believe it or not? In today's world, the only person who can lead the heroes to bring order to chaos... is Cao Cao!"
The potter raised his eyebrows slightly.
I didn't expect that Bao Xin... was quite discerning, and his eyes were quite poisonous.