Leaving Mijiazhuang, Tao Jian camped outside Qu County that night, pulled out the camp on this day, 800 Tao Jiajun diverted to the west into the hinterland of the East China Sea, a few days later along the Yishui, and soon arrived at the junction of the East China Sea and the Lang Evil State, that is, the area of Qiu County. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Yishui originates from Mount Tai, runs through the two countries of the East China Sea from north to south, and the main cities of the Langxi country are basically located on both sides of the Yishui, including the national governance of Kaiyang City, which is also located on the west bank of Yishui.

If the potter wants to go to Kaiyang, he naturally has to go north along the Yishui.

That is, Qiu City is located in the south of Kaiyang 100 miles, which is the southernmost city of the Lang Evil Country, at the junction of the two places.

Zang Ba had four generals under Sun Guan, Wu Dun, Yin Li and Chang Xuan, among which Chang Xuan led a thousand Taishan Kou, stationed in Jiqiu City, and guarded the south gate for it.

If the potter wants to enter the Lang evil, he must first pass the pass of Changfeng.

In the afternoon of the same day, the pottery merchant led 800 Taojia troops, arrived to the south of Jiqiu, and camped five miles away from the city.

When the camp was settled, it was already dusk, and the potters gathered 800 soldiers and horses to reach the line of the south gate of Jiqiu.

At this moment, the first line of the south gate of Qiu City, is already a flag flying, swords and guns stand in a forest, more than 1,000 Taishan Kou are waiting for the battle, a big banner of the word "Chang", flying in the head of the city.

"Lord, looking at this formation, this Chang Feng obviously doesn't plan to let us into the city." Xu Sheng beside him frowned.

"Salute before you soldiers." The potter sighed lightly, raised his whip and ordered a messenger, took Liu Bei's order, and went straight to Jiqiu City.

After all, the pottery merchant was ordered by Liu Bei to come to Langxie to take up his post, nominally speaking, whether it is Zang Ba or Chang Xuan, it should be regarded as his deployment, no matter what, he still has to try it first, whether Liu Bei's order works, it is naturally best to be able to absorb Chang Xuan without force.

Despite the potter's preparations, this hope is almost nil.

A messenger rode a horse and galloped, reaching the outside of the city gate, holding Liu Bei's document in his hand, and explained his intention.

A moment later, the gates opened, and the messenger entered.

Above the city, the hideous-looking Chang Feng was sitting cross-legged in front of the desk, drinking wine in a big bowl and eating meat.

The soldiers who were waiting on the left and right were all trembling, and from time to time they brought the boiled meat balls to Chang Xuan.

In the cauldron next to it, several of the same meat balls were still cooking, dripping with blood.

Those balls of flesh turned out to be human hearts.

"It's delicious, it's delicious, there's nothing more delicious in this world than this heart, haha-" Chang Feng took a wild bite and drank a bowl of spirits, laughing like a beast.

When eating fragrantly, the potter messenger came to the city, lit up Liu Bei's paperwork, and arched his hand: "My lord pottery merchant, on the order of Liu Zhoumu, went to Kaiyang City to serve as the minister of Langxi, the state pastor is here, please take a look at the general, if the inspection is correct, please go out of the city to meet the new minister." ”

The left and right Taishan Kou took over the order and served it to Changfeng.

Chang Feng didn't look at it, grabbed it and threw it directly into the stove, and scolded disdainfully: "What bullshit Wenling, Lang Evil Country is the territory of our Taishan Army, when will it be the turn of the potter, this waste gentleman, to get involved, go back and tell your master, hurry up and cover Lao Tzu, otherwise you will annoy Lao Tzu, and take out his heart and cook it." ”

The messenger's face changed, and he didn't expect the other party to be so rude, so he had to brace his courage and said: "General Chang, this is Liu Zhoumu's order, how dare you disobey?" ”

"Hahaha-" Chang Feng laughed wildly and said disdainfully: "My Taishan Army only listens to Brother Zang, even if it is the will of Emperor Lao Tzu, let's use it as butt wiping paper." ”

"You...... You ......" the messenger was frightened and frightened, and did not know what to do for a moment.

Chang Xuan was annoyed, jumped up from the ground, and scolded angrily: "Ignorant dog thing, chirp crookedly annoying Lao Tzu, you are looking for death!" ”

Before the words fell, Chang Xuan had already drawn his sword out of its sheath, and before the messenger could react, his hand raised the knife and fell, and a human head had already rolled to the ground.

The headless body of the messenger, blood gushing from its neck, fell to the ground with a thud.

Chang Feng stepped forward, the blade slashed a few times between the corpse's chest, cut a hole, he actually rolled up his sleeves, put his hand into the corpse's chest, and pulled out the bloody heart with his bare hands.

Chang Feng licked the corners of his mouth, threw the heart into the boiling pot with his hand, wiped the blade on the corpse's body, and shouted: "Hang the corpse to Lao Tzu, I will give the potter a dismount." ”

The frightened Taishan Kou were only then awakened, and hurriedly dragged up the headless and heartless corpse of the messenger, and hung it high on the tower of the south gate of Jiqiu.

Outside the city, the potter was waiting quietly, he was ready to defy Liu Bei's edict and drive his messenger out, and then he could salute first and then soldier, and find a way to capture Jiqiu by force.

"Look, my lord, there's movement on the city tower." Mulan's eyes were sharp, and she suddenly pointed at the enemy city and shouted.

The potters and Fan Hao all stared in the direction of the city tower, and sure enough, they saw a bloody corpse, like a flag, being hung high.

"It's the Messenger, it's our Messenger!" Xu Sheng recognized the corpse's clothes and shouted angrily.

The potter's body shook slightly, and his face, which had a calm expression, suddenly became gloomy, the horsewhip was clenched, the joints gurgled, and the anger in the eagle's eyes burned.

Chang Xuan's disobedience was expected by him, but what he didn't expect was that this Taishan Kou would despise him so much that he would dare to openly kill his messenger, behead him, and dig out his heart.

The potter's anger is gone!

At the head of the city, Chang Xuan had wiped the minced meat from the corners of his mouth, and the big knife in his hand was condescending, pointing to the potter a hundred steps away, and said arrogantly: "Potter, when your dead ghost father was alive, he didn't dare to touch the territory of our Taishan Army. If you are interested, get out of Lao Tzu quickly, otherwise Lao Tzu's army will go out of the city, and you will definitely dig out your kid's heart and give Lao Tzu wine and food. ”

When he was talking wildly, Chang Feng actually grabbed a boiled heart in front of thousands of soldiers of the two armies and gnawed it wildly, and his momentum was extremely rampant.

"It is rumored that among the Koukou of Mount Tai, Chang Fan likes to eat people's hearts, I used to think it was just a rumor, but I didn't expect it to be true, this guy really eats people's hearts!" Xu Sheng was angry, looking at the rampant enemy who was gnawing his heart, and he had a faint creepy feeling.

"His grandmother's grandmother, this dog mongrel is so rampant." Fan Xu on the other side was also angry, threw the remaining leg of mutton in his hand, carried the big knife on his shoulder, and shouted: "Lord, give the order to attack the city, Lao Fan, I will personally cut the mongrel into one hundred and eighty pieces and feed them to the wild dogs." ”

Hua Mulan also drew her sword in her hand, and said angrily: "Lord, that dog thief dares to insult you like this, Mulan will kill him with her own hands." ”

The generals were indignant, and they all generously asked for battle, and the soldiers of the 800 Tao family army were all angry, their blood was boiling, and their fighting spirit exploded.

Looking at the rampant Chang Feng at the head of the city, the pottery merchant was also furious in his heart, this guy openly killed his messenger, and was so humiliated in front of the two armies, how could he swallow this breath.

His fists were clenched for a long time, but the potter took a deep breath, waved his hand and shouted: "Pass the order, the whole army will withdraw and return to the camp." ”

As soon as the order came out, all the generals changed color and looked at the potter in surprise.

The potters did not wait for their persuasion, and had already set their horses to go first, but the generals had no choice but to lead 800 soldiers and horses, and unwillingly withdrew to the south camp.

Chang Feng at the head of the city, seeing the potters withdraw their troops, laughed even more fiercely and sarcastically, and mocked with disdain: "Potter Xiaoer, Lao Tzu knows that you don't have the guts, Lao Tzu and I have a thousand soldiers and horses, and you just want to break me with eight hundred rabble, it's just a daydream, go home and eat milk, hahaha——"

"Haha-"

"Haha-"

The Taishan Kou along the front line of the city also followed their main generals, laughing wildly, wantonly mocking the Tao family army who retreated.

The 800 soldiers listened to the taunts of the enemy behind them, and their faces were so red with hatred that they gritted their teeth one by one, but they could only hold back with hatred.

The potter's heart was also furious, his fists clenched tightly, but he forcibly suppressed his anger and calmly retreated.

At nightfall, the army returned to camp.

"Lord, the Chang Pig Dog Thief humiliated us like that, how can you swallow this breath, I'm going to be angry." As soon as Fan Hao entered the big tent, he grinned.

The potter sat down calmly and said with a smile: "I said Lao Fan, weren't you reluctant to come to Lang Evil before, why are you so excited to attack the city now." ”

Fan was stunned for a moment, and said with a flat mouth: "It was before, and now it is now, that dog mongrel gas has made me angry, so I can't even eat meat, of course I have to chop him." ”

Xu Sheng and Hua Mulan, who followed closely, also had indignant faces, and their expressions were clearly not understanding the potter's approach.

The potter waved his hand and motioned for them to sit down first, and when they calmed down a little, Fang sighed lightly and said: "Do you think I don't want to slaughter that guy, but don't forget, we only have 800 soldiers and horses in our hands, but there are 1,000 Taishan Kou defending the city, even if our army is more elite and can forcibly break the city, it will definitely suffer heavy losses in the end, and then what will we do to deal with the main force of Zang Ba's Taishan army?" ”

The potter's words made Xu Sheng and the three of them silent.

They knew that the weakness of the Tao army was that it had few soldiers and could not withstand attrition, and it was indeed not a wise move to waste precious troops on such a strategy as attacking the city in a fit of anger.

"It's still the lord who is calm, it's me who is impulsive." Xu Sheng apologized, impressed by the potter's calmness.

The potter nodded slightly, and said, "Therefore, we must think of a foolproof strategy that does not lose our troops, but also captures the immediate army." ”

In the big tent, there was silence again.

Although the two generals Fan Xu and Hua Mulan are not weak in force, their resourcefulness is limited, and they can think of a foolproof strategy.

In this big tent, the only ones who can be called resourceful are the potters and Xu Sheng.

The potter's thoughts were racing, racking his brains, but he was at a loss for a while.

Xu Sheng, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly his eyes lit up, jumped up, and said excitedly: "Lord, the general has a plan, maybe he can capture Jiqiu City without wasting his strength." ”