Guo Jia's words aroused the idea of the pottery merchant. He thought about it carefully and found that things seemed to be as Guo Jia said. If Cao Cao really worked together with Liu Zhang and others to defend Xichuan, he would really be unable to defeat him for a while.
Go in.
If we don't get it right, we might not be able to defeat Nishikawa in a few years... or even decades.
However, now that Wuguan has been conquered, we must concentrate our forces and go north to capture Guanzhong. This is the top priority.
However, according to Tao Shang's understanding of Cao Cao, if nothing unexpected happens, he should have summoned the princes of Guanzhong to gather in the pass, waiting for a big battle and duel with him.
…
After Cao Ang, Cao Zhang, Cheng Yu and others arrived in Luoyang, they met with Zhong Yao who was guarding here.
Zhong Yao has been in Luoyang for many years. He exerted a lot of pressure on Guanzhong from the west on behalf of Cao Cao, and won many Guanzhong princes to submit to him. Of course, the sincerity and purpose of these princes' submission are now open to question.
But now that the pottery merchants are rushing towards Guanzhong with their troops, the princes of Guanzhong just can't sit still.
After all, Guanzhong is their separatist territory. If the potters are allowed to attack, their current life will no longer exist. This will be the most terrifying future suffering for them.
In Luoyang City, Zhong Yao met with the princes of Guanzhong who came to support him, and they discussed the next strategy against the pottery merchants.
Ma Teng was relatively calm among the princes. He said to everyone: "Now the pottery merchants' army is heading north from Wuguan. In my eyes, I might as well stay in Luoyang. With the strength of Luoyang city, it should be no problem to fight against them."
Zhong Yao thought: "Although the city of Luoyang is strong and we have many soldiers and horses, facing the potters' elite soldiers, we may be able to defend it once, but not the second time."
times, this third time..."
The group of powerful and powerful princes from Guanzhong below curled their lips when they heard this.
What is this?
This battle hasn't even started yet, so why are you saying things like this?
This is not for nothing to suppress your own morale.
It was at this moment that a scout hurriedly walked into the hall and said to Zhong Yao: "Guardian, the enemy's army has arrived a hundred miles outside our city of Luoyang."
"Baili..." Zhong Yao gently stroked his beard and murmured: "It came really fast. Tao really didn't waste any time."
When he said this, he saw Ma Chao standing up behind Ma Teng and said: "Doctor Zhong, in this situation, should we hold on in the city or go out to fight?"
Zhong Yao turned to look at the scout and asked, "Is the potter marching fast?"
"Not slow! According to my inference, his troops can reach Luoyang City thirty miles before the sun sets."
"Thirty miles?" Zhong Yao thought for a moment and said, "In that case, let's just have a sneak attack tonight."
"Sneak attack?" Everyone was stunned when they heard this.
When I was young, I saw Ma Chao standing up and saying: "Zhong Gong, although the general is not a person who is good at planning, he also knows that Tao Shang and Guo Jia are both good at planning. They have come to station from afar. As soon as they settled down, we went to make a sneak attack."
, you are a bit inferior, right? They will definitely see through it."
Zhong Yao didn't seem to be in a hurry. He stroked his beard and said with a smile: "So what if you see through it? So what if you don't see through it? Our goal is not to win these two night attacks. The key is to scare the opponent.
.”
"Shock the other party?" Everyone was a little confused.
Ma Chao cupped his hands towards Zhong Yao and said, "Please Zhong Gong please speak frankly."
Zhong Yao smiled and said to Ma Chao: "If our soldiers and horses are all huddled in Luoyang City, using Luoyang City as a barrier, and holding on without fighting, over time, it will be very easy to increase the arrogance of the Jinling Army. This is for us
, is extremely disadvantageous.”
When everyone heard what Zhong Yao said, they all nodded suddenly.
"I see."
"This is not to show weakness to the enemy."
"Mr. Zhong is still wise!"
Everyone, you say something, I say something, and then you see Zhong Yao giving orders to everyone for a while, and finally asked the princes in Guanzhong to go out and prepare.
After everyone left, they saw Zhong Yao standing up and walking to the back hall. In the quiet room inside, there was an old man sitting, holding a food cauldron and chewing the venison in it.
The old man is none other than Jia Xu.
Zhong Yao frowned as he watched Jia Xu eating venison.
Zhong Yao said to him: "Eat slowly, don't choke!"
Jia Xu raised his head and said, "I'm getting older. If I eat slowly now, I won't have much chance in the future."
Zhong Yao couldn't help but laugh and cry when he heard this.
What is the reason for this?
How could this old guy have such a weird idea at such an old age? He is also greedy.
"As you get older, eat less meat and more vegetarian food to nourish your mind."
After saying that, Jia Xu said: "Stop talking about me all the time. Have you said what I asked you to say?"
Zhong Yao snorted and said, "Of course I did, but I don't understand why you asked me to assign those Guanzhong princes to attack the pottery merchant's camp at night?"
Jia Xu finished the last bite of the venison and said, "I think you understand Sikong's thoughts, don't you?"
Zhong Yao raised his eyebrows and said: "This matter is easy to guess. Sikong's intention is just to drive troops into Xichuan and use Xichuan's danger to isolate the pottery merchants outside the pass. As for whether we can protect the place in the pass, it is
It’s not in Sikong’s thoughts.”
Jia Xu nodded and said: "It's good that Doctor Zhong understands this matter. Then, how loyal do you think these Guanzhong princes are to Sikong?"
Zhong Yao chuckled: "We are just using each other, how can we talk about loyalty? Sikong uses them to block the pottery merchants, and they are just using Sikong to help them defend the territory in Guanzhong. If one day they find that they cannot defend Guanzhong, they will
They will immediately switch sides, and if they are not saved, they will come back and bite us hard!"
Jia Xu chuckled and said: "That's why we let them attack Cao Ying. At this time, how long can Guanzhong be defended? Even if it is that time, before those little princes completely betray us, how long can they attack?"
Destroy as many troops as the pottery merchants have. This is the so-called right way."
Zhong Yao looked at Jia Xu seriously and said, "Poison, you old guy is really poisonous."
"Whether it's real poison or fake poison, the person who poisons you is yourself!"
"Hmph! You old man!" Zhong Yao snorted heavily and cursed.
…
That night, the princes of Guanzhong and Cao's army in Luoyang divided their troops and came to attack the pottery merchant's camp.
When the news reached the potter's camp, the potter was stunned.
"Are they attacking by force?"
"It's a force attack!"
"What kind of trick is this? Are people replacing people? Let all the generals go into battle."