On the way to Hanoi, Bao Xin was interacting with the pottery merchant.
"Master Tao." Bao Xin continued the topic just now: "When you invited Bao and Meng De to jointly pursue Dong Zhuo, Bao felt that you were different from ordinary young men. You are young and have a lot of experience.
You are much more courageous and brave than ordinary people... And this time you dare to take the initiative to attack the Baibo bandits, which really makes Mr. Bao think more highly of you. It seems that although the young master is young, he is full of passion for loyalty to the emperor and the country.
, but it’s no less than others.”
The potter bared his teeth and secretly felt ashamed...
Bao Xin was loyal to the emperor and served the country, and the pottery merchant believed this very much.
But if he said that he was loyal to the emperor and served the country... Tao Shang was afraid that if he said this, he would be struck by lightning.
"General Bao... is very complimentary. Tao cannot bear such comments."
Bao Xin laughed: "Why should Mr. Tao be so modest?"
"I'm really not being humble this time..."
Seeing Tao Shangqian's polite refusal, Bao Xin nodded with satisfaction. This child was well educated by Tao Qian... He has the demeanor of a humble gentleman and may be the pillar of the Han Dynasty in the future... As a senior, he needs to do this this time.
We need to support him well and not let such a good seedling be ruined.
"Master Tao, although you are determined to attack the Baibo Army and eliminate thieves for the country, the Baibo Army is still quite powerful after all. There are only two foreign troops and horses, you and me, and there is not much food and grass. It is very difficult to deal with them...
…This time when we go to Hanoi, we still need to find a way to persuade Maharaja to march with us."
The Wanggongjie mentioned in Bao Xin's mouth is naturally Wang Kuang, the prefect of Hanoi, one of the princes in Guandong.
After hearing what Bao Xin said, Tao Shang asked: "General Bao, when I was at the Suanzao Alliance, I had no interaction with this prince. At most, I only exchanged a few words... Are you two familiar?"
Bao Xin smiled and said: "I can't say how familiar I am, but I still understand him fairly well. After all, I worked under the general's command back then."
The general in Bao Xin's words refers to the powerful general He Jin in the past.
"In those days, Wang Gongjie served as a governor under the general, and he was a colleague with Bao, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others. Wang Kuang's character was different from ours. He was not stingy and was quite charitable, but there were some
A minor problem..."
The pottery merchant heard this and was curious: "What's wrong?"
Bao Xin smiled bitterly and said: "How should I put it?... Well, he is good at everything, but he is too timid."
"Cowardly?" The pottery merchant heard this and asked curiously: "How can you be cowardly?"
Bao Xin grinned and said with a helpless smile: "How should I put it... On the day of the Prince's Day, General He was conscripted into the palace, which can be regarded as a favor... After General He was murdered by Zhang Rang and other eunuchs, everyone
After hearing the news, the first reaction was to get rid of the eunuchs and avenge the general, but do you know what the first reaction was when Wang Gongjie found out about this?"
The potter raised his eyebrows and asked, "Did he rebel and surrender to the enemy?"
Bao Xin grinned and waved his hand: "That's not the case, but his first reaction was to pack his bags and hide back to his hometown... Fortunately, Yuan Benchu came up and called out, and united everyone to eliminate the castration problem. On the occasion of the Prince's Day
That's why I reluctantly stayed in the capital."
Tao Shang suddenly nodded when he heard this. Wang Kuang's behavior was a bit like Mi Fang... One day, they can get to know each other and become brothers.
Bao Xin said helplessly: "But what I didn't expect was that after everyone finally wiped out the eunuchs, Wang Gongjie was still afraid of things and worried, and finally chose to return to his hometown to observe the current situation. I don't know why he missed his hometown so much... but luckily
He still had some connections in the court, and soon the court simply gave him a job as the governor of Hanoi, which was considered as following his wish."
"Oh!" The pottery merchant nodded suddenly and said, "Since this prince is such a person, why do we have to bring him along? Won't it hold us back?"
Bao Xin smiled when he heard this and said: "Master Tao, you don't know something about this. Although Wang Gongjie is cautious in character, he still controls Hanoi and his territory is very close to Luoyang. When all the princes responded to the attack on Dong, Wang
The Kuang Territory is closest to the old thief Dong Zhuo. In the early stage, the lone army and the Dong thief actually fought several tough battles, which actually made the old thief look at him with admiration. Do you know why?"
The pottery merchant frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "Is it possible that Wang Fujun hides everything and uses his troops like a god?"
Bao Xin smiled and shook his head, saying: "Master Tao, you are overthinking this!"
After a pause, Bao Xin continued: "Wang Gongjie has a cowardly character, and there are four prominent families in Hanoi that are restricting him. However, the fundamental reason why he can finally gain a foothold in Hanoi is because he has a strong army under his command!"
"Strengthen the army?" Tao Shang looked at Bao Xin doubtfully and said, "What does it mean to strengthen the army?"
"Taishan Army." Bao Xin said with a smile.
"Taishan Army..." The pottery merchant felt that he had vaguely heard it, but he couldn't recall it for a while: "Are these soldiers and horses strong?"
Bao Xin nodded and said to Tao Shang: "To be fair to Mr. Tao, in fact, many of the soldiers under Bao's command are also Taishan soldiers. Because they are all from Taishan County, they are named after them. However, the soldiers under Bao's command are named after them."
The Taishan soldiers all come from my hometown, Pingyang County... But among the twelve counties in Taishan County, the strongest soldiers should come from Juping... The Taishan soldiers under Wang Kuang now are all the best soldiers recruited from Juping in the past.
.”
The pottery merchant asked doubtfully: "Why are the soldiers of Juping in Mount Tai so elite?"
Bao Xin smiled and explained to Tao Shang: "Who are the most elite soldiers and horses in your Xuzhou army? I think Mr. Tao should know it, right? They are the Danyang soldiers. The reason why the Danyang soldiers are good at fighting is because Danyang Mountain is dangerous and the people are poor."
With a lot of fruitful energy, you can climb mountains and face dangers, and overcome sudden thorns, just like a fish walking into an abyss..."
The pottery merchant said thoughtfully: "This is because of the environment..."
Bao Xin nodded in agreement and said: "Yes, the same is true in the land of Mount Tai. If the people who are evil are willing to let go of the dangers of the mountains, they will become powerful bandits. If they level the earth, they will become powerful soldiers. The giant flats of Mount Tai are surrounded by mountains, and the mountains are connected horizontally.
Yanzhou, Qingzhou, and mountainous areas are naturally prone to strong soldiers! Therefore, if we can persuade Wang Kuang to send troops together with you and me, our chances of winning will be greatly increased!"
Tao Shang suddenly understood after hearing this, and said again: "According to Bao Gong, Prince Fu is timid. Will he send troops together with us?"
Bao Xin frowned and said: "Gongjie and Benchu have a close relationship. If Benchu writes a book to him, it shouldn't be a problem. But from what Bao has heard... there are several prominent families in Hanoi at present, and it seems that there are
I am afraid that these prominent families will not obey me..."
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Baibo Valley has not had any guests since Pau City for many years, but recently, the leader Guo Da welcomed an envoy.
This envoy also belonged to the Yellow Turban Army, and was under the command of Sima Ju, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou. After entering the Baibo Valley, he bluntly stated that he wanted to see the leader Guo Da, saying that he had something important to tell him, and no one other than Guo Da could tell him.
The soldiers of the White Wave Yellow Turban Army led the envoy into the main hall of Zibo City.
The main hall of Zibo City is built in the middle of Baibo Valley. The mountain road is rugged, and ordinary people who don't know the road can't go up at all. The woods along the way are dense, and the mountain road is rugged. The higher you go, the steeper it gets. Dozens of wooden bungalows are high.
It is built high and low on the mountains, and the largest one is where the white wave and yellow scarf bandit leaders gathered.
Sitting in the main hall was a rough, arrogant man with an unshaven beard, who was Guo Da, the leader of the Baibo Army bandits.
At this moment, Guo Dazheng and his four deputy commanders were sitting together, drinking freely, changing glasses, shouting and swearing, and kept saying obscene words, making the hall extremely noisy.
After a while, the guards of the White Wave Yellow Turban Army led the envoy of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army into the main hall. The five thieves leaders of the White Wave Army were attracted and turned their heads.
Li Le, the fourth commander of the Baibo Army, burped from wine. He looked at the envoy with drunken eyes and scolded the pawn who led the way, saying: "You bastard! Who is this? Why did you get it here casually? I didn't see it.
Grandpa is busy right now!"
Sergeant Baibo hurriedly said: "Commander Qu! Four of you are generous! This man claims to be from Qingzhou and is a righteous soldier of our fellow Baibo Army. Under the orders of the great virtuous master, he came here to deliver a message to Commander Guo Qu, which is related to the life and death of the two armies.
, I have to meet Qu Guo Shuai before he is willing to say it. I don’t dare to neglect him, so I just brought him here..."
Before he finished speaking, Li Le spat hard and said angrily: "Ah! The great virtuous master's direct army? The great virtuous master has been dead for almost seven years! The corpse is completely rotten.
There is no such thing as a so-called great virtuous teacher and personal army..."
The Qingzhou Yellow Turban envoy was dissatisfied when he heard this, frowned, and said: "The words of the commander here are wrong. Although the great sage and good master is dead, we still have Huang Tianwu alive in Taiping Road. Our Qingzhou side is under the guidance of Marshal Sima and Huang
Under the gathering of the celestial witches, there are no less than a million followers, how can they not be the personal army of a great sage and good teacher?"
Han Xian, the third commander of the Baibo Army, sneered and said: "Sima Ju and Xu He used to be in our Taiping Road, but the low-level followers relied on the help of Huang Tianwu to trick the followers to come and gather millions of people.
What's so strange? Unfortunately, I got the news a few days ago that Huang Tianwu has disappeared after the war in Puyang. Sima Ju lost the chess piece to deceive the Taiping Taoists all over the world. The Qingzhou Yellow Turbans and all the canal commanders criticized him.
Now that he has caused trouble for Xiao Qiang, he still sends people to put on airs with me? Doesn't he think too highly of himself?"