A day later, Cao Cao led an army of 40,000 and rushed to the city of Xiaopei. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

At this time, the potters had already strengthened the city wall, and set up a large camp in the south of the city, forming a horn trend.

Then, the battle entered a stalemate.

Cao Cao is anxious to fight on this side, attacking again and again, calling for war again and again, but the potter's side is holding on behind closed doors, no matter how fierce you call the war, anyway, I just don't fight.

The advantage of the potter is that he is backed by Xuzhou, fighting at home, the supply of grain and grass is sufficient, but the number of troops is not as large as Cao Cao, and his tactics are naturally to stick to Cao Cao without fighting until he dies.

As for Cao Cao, although he has accumulated a lot of grain and grass over the years by implementing Tuntian, and is also backed by the Central Plains, grain and grass are not a problem, but he has a more fatal weakness than the potter.

He has Yuan Shao, the most powerful enemy.

It was already a matter of time before Yuan Shao unified Hebei, and after that, it was imperative for the army to go south to crusade against the Central Plains.

Cao Cao had to be as prepared as possible before Yuan Shao went south, which was one of the main reasons why he sent troops to Xuzhou to pacify the east before a decisive battle with Yuan Shao.

Therefore, Cao Cao couldn't afford to delay, he had to fight quickly and destroy the pottery merchants, which was in line with his grand strategy.

One side sought to fight, but the other side avoided fighting, so the two sides were on the front line of Xiaopei, forming a confrontation trend.

Winter has turned into winter in the blink of an eye, and the confrontation between the two sides has lasted for two months.

In two months, Cao Cao attacked several times, but was repelled by the potters.

Seeing that the hard attack could not be achieved, Cao Cao repeatedly issued a war letter to the potter, and his words were extremely inferior, trying to induce the potter to take the initiative to attack.

The potter has been calm, but he just doesn't fight.

Cao Cao quickly failed, and gradually fell into a dilemma.

……

On that day, south of Xiaopei City, the Tao army was in the horn camp.

In the big tent, the potters warm themselves around the stove, leisurely tasting the good wine of the Gan family that is boiling in the furnace, and the strong aroma of wine fills the big tent.

The cold wind got into the tent, his face was red from the cold, he lifted the curtain tent, shivered into the tent, and threw himself into the fire by the stove a few times, and kept chattering "Freeze me to death".

"Drunkard, the Ganjia wine that was just delivered, do you want a glass to warm up." The potter smiled as he pointed to the flask on the stove.

Chen Ping's nose sniffed deeply, and his eyes burst out in an instant, and he drank without saying a word, and after a few glasses of wine, the cold air dissipated, and he couldn't help but shout comfort.

"I said drunkard Chen, it's freezing this day, if you don't stay in the tent, shouldn't you come to beg for a drink because you smell the aroma of my wine?" The potter laughed and teased.

"Lord, this is wronged Lao Chen, ...... me"

Chen Ping looked aggrieved, "I haven't slept well for a few days, and I drank several gourd wines, so I finally came up with a plan to force Cao Cao back, so I rushed to see the lord." ”

Forcing back Cao Cao's plan!

The potter's eyes moved, and he was suddenly in good spirits.

In fact, the potter was not willing to stalemate with Cao Cao any longer.

In the south, there are two enemies, Yuan Shu and Lu Bu, who have not been eliminated, and the rear has not been cleared, and the potters are unwilling and do not have the strength to compete with Cao Cao for the Central Plains.

Moreover, Yuan Shao, the great enemy, was not only a threat to Cao Cao, but also a threat to the potters.

You must know that not long ago, he castrated the eldest prince of Yuan and forced Yuan Shao back, with the character of the father and son of the Yuan family, how could he let himself go.

Therefore, he didn't want to spend his precious troops and time on fighting Cao Cao, and if he could force Cao Cao back, it would naturally be the best.

"Drunkard, I don't have any money for this good wine, what is the trick, don't say it quickly." The potter urged excitedly.

Chen Ping poured another big sip of wine, and Fang smiled and said: "Actually, with our current strength, it is no problem to hold Xiao Pei, but it is very difficult to repel Cao Cao, since we can't defeat Cao Cao, then there is only one way to let Cao Cao take the initiative to retreat." ”

Let Cao Cao take the initiative to withdraw his troops......

The potter's mind turned rapidly, and he gradually understood.

"How to let Cao Cao retreat without a fight, that's simple, that is, let Cao Cao's backyard catch fire, and encounter greater trouble than us, let him retreat if he doesn't retreat, the lord thinks about it, where the fire starts, will force Cao Cao to retreat?"

Chen Ping didn't finish speaking, and looked at the potter with a sly smile, as if he wanted to test the potter's insight.

The potter looked at Chen Ping's smirk, his thoughts were rolling like electricity, and a place name suddenly flashed in his mind:

Xu Du.

That's right, it's Xu Du.

Now Cao Cao's biggest advantage is to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and Liu Xie, the Son of Heaven, is the trump card of the trump card.

The Son of Heaven is in Xudu again, once Xu Du is threatened, even if the potter sleeps with Cao Cao's mother, Cao Cao can only endure it and rush back to save Xu Du.

In this place, there is plenty of grain and grass, and feng shui is good, but unfortunately there is a fatal weakness - too close to Nanyang.

And Nanyang is Zhang Xiu's territory, and Zhang Xiu is Liu Biao's ally, these two joined forces, and they just defeated Cao Cao once last year.

"Okay, you drunkard, do you think it's hard to defeat me, do you want Zhang Xiu and Liu Biao to send troops, threaten Xu Du from Nanyang, and force Cao Cao to withdraw his troops to save him." The potter laughed.

Chen Ping smiled and gave a thumbs up to the potter, "The lord is really smart, he really understands everything." ”

This sycophant made the potter sour, and suddenly his eyes suddenly opened up.

Liu Biao supports Jiang Han, there are at least 80,000 soldiers and horses under his command, Zhang Xiu is the Xiliang army, brave and fierce in battle, if these two people send troops to Xu Du, they can indeed pose a great threat to Cao Cao, he must be saved.

"Well, yes, yes, drunkard, you can't use this strategy, and you can force Cao Cao back without a single soldier, this is the best strategy." The potter nodded in praise.

Chen Ping sighed again: "Don't be in a hurry to be happy, that's what I said, it's just that Zhang Xiu is brave and unscrupulous, and Liu Biao is short-sighted, if you want the two of you to send troops, you have to have a lobbyist with a three-inch tongue, but under the lord's command, there doesn't seem to be such a person who can speak well." ”

Chen Ping is right, Liu Biao is indeed a self-defending thief, although Jingzhou governs the country and the people, but there is no great ambition, several times missed the great opportunity to go north to the Central Plains, but was swept north and south by Cao Cao, when he waved his army to the south, he was directly scared to death, and he died extremely wretched.

Such a shrunken turtle wants him to send troops to Xudu, just like Chen Ping said, he has to be a clever talker, and a big lobbyist like Zhuge Liang can do it.

Looking at his command, the generals are barely enough, but there is a shortage of strategists, Chen Ping's plan is okay, but being a lobbyist is a little tender.

As for Mi Zhu, who has been an envoy to Xu Du, although he has experience, it is a pity that he has been killed by Liu Bei.

There is also that Chen Deng, and the potter is not worried about him, but he is afraid that he will take advantage of the opportunity to make an envoy secretly hook up with Cao Cao and sell himself in turn.

Come to think of it, there really isn't a suitable candidate.

After pondering for a long time, the potter had to sigh in his heart: "It seems that this time I have to summon a lobbyist." ”