"Between you and me, the monarch and the minister, we should know everything, and if we have anything to say, just say it. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info" the potter smiled with a smile on his hand.

Han Xin coughed dryly, and arched his hand and said, "The minister is Jue, Your Majesty's pursuit of the Qin army during this time is a little inappropriate. ”

Before Han Xin could continue, the potter had already smiled knowingly, and said: "Han Qing didn't want to say that I could chase Cao Cao and beat the water dogs, but I swallowed it slowly, and let Cao Cao escape to Tongguan safely." ”

As soon as these words came out, Han Xin's eyes immediately moved, and his eyes seemed to suddenly comprehend something.

After a pause, Han Xin hurriedly asked, "Could it be that Your Majesty is deliberately slowing down the pursuit, but in fact, there is another deep meaning?" ”

is worthy of Han Xin, a little bit, you can realize your intentions.

The potter didn't answer, but asked with a smile: "Let's not talk about this pursuit, I want to ask Han Qing, even if we chase Cao Cao, can we capture Tongguan in one go?" ”

Han Xin was stunned, fell silent, and shook his head after a while: "Cao Cao is very good at using soldiers, although his army has withdrawn, but it has not reached the point of collapse of the army's morale, even if we chase after it, we will only kill and injure the Qin army as much as possible, and we may not be able to eat Tongguan in one go." ”

The potter nodded, and asked again: "Then I will ask Han Qing again, what should we do to capture Tongguan?" ”

This time Han Xin did not hesitate to say: "Tongguan is a natural danger, Cao Cao is very good at using soldiers, his main army retreated to Tongguan safely, backed by the old nest in Guanzhong, the military has sufficient food and grass, we want to storm Tongguan from the front, it is absolutely impossible, if you want to kill in the pass, you must use strange." ”

Hearing the word "with odds", the potter's heart moved, and he guessed that Han Xin was resourceful, and when he said this, he was afraid that he already had a clever plan in his heart.

"What's that trick again?" The potter asked with interest.

Han Xin glanced left and right, and saw that there was no one else on the side, so he lowered his voice and said: "The minister thinks that our army can gather the main army in front of Tongguan, pretending to attack Tongguan, but secretly sent a partial division, crossing the Yellow River to the north, and taking Pubanjin directly from Hedong County, the weather is getting colder now, the Yellow River is about to freeze, and then our army can cross the river on ice, as long as Pubanjin can be taken, the army can enter Guanzhong from the east of the river, at that time, Tongguan will be useless." ”

Han Xin's words made a strange way to enter the pass, and the potter couldn't help but laugh when he heard it.

Looking at the laughing potter, Han Xin's expression became more and more confused, and he looked at the potter in a daze, a little confused.

The laughter stopped, but the pottery merchant said: "Han Qing also said, the Yellow River can only cross the river by freezing our army, besides, since it is a partial division sent, the number of this partial division must not be too much, and now Cao Cao still has 20,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Pubanjin, if he doesn't take away these 20,000 soldiers and horses, how can you make a surprise attack." ”

Han Xin was stunned, his mind was racing, pondering and digesting the potter's words, and suddenly, his eyes burst into ecstasy.

The potter smiled silently, knowing that Han Xin had already understood his deep meaning.

Han Xin, who came to his senses, said excitedly: "The minister understands, Your Majesty is deliberately slowing down the pursuit, on the one hand, waiting for the Yellow River to freeze, and on the other hand, giving Cao Cao time to let him transfer troops and horses from Pubanjin to increase the defense of Tongguan, did the minister guess right?" ”

The potter still smiled and said nothing, only drinking the wine in his hand, such an attitude naturally acquiesced to Han Xin's guess.

Han Xin finally realized it thoroughly, and his eyes suddenly swelled with deep respect, and he exclaimed: "I didn't expect that Your Majesty had a far-sighted plan to plan a strategy to destroy the enemy. ”

"In fact, this plan is just a sacrifice from Zhang Zifang for me." The potter didn't take the credit for himself, so he took out Zhang Liang's trick and showed it to Han Xin.

It turned out that as early as the day when Hu Tieqi was broken, the pottery merchant wanted to pursue it in a big way, but Zhang Liang sent someone to send a bag.

The secret plan in the bag is probably similar to what Han Xin just said, which means that there is little chance of attacking Tongguan from the front, so it is better to slow down the pursuit, wait for the Yellow River to freeze, and at the same time give Cao Cao time to transfer troops and horses from Pubanjin to increase the defense of Tongguan.

"Wonderful, this plan is really wonderful, this Zhang Zifang is really better than me in terms of resourcefulness......" Han Xin looked at the secret plan in his hand and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

After sighing for a while, Han Xin suddenly thought of something again, and said: "This surprise attack on Pubanjin is indeed a plan to repair the plank road and secretly cross Chencang, but at the moment Cao Cao will closely monitor our army, once we separate the division to cross the Yellow River north and go to the east of the river, it is very likely to arouse Cao Cao's vigilance. ”

"Finally to the point!"

The pottery merchant slammed the wine glass on the table, and the corners of his mouth raised a strange color, "Therefore, the key to this battle is how to transfer a team of soldiers and horses, and go to Hedong County without Cao Cao noticing." ”

"God doesn't know, don't ghosts know, this is a bit difficult......" Han Xin twisted his chin with his fingers and pondered.

The potter drank another glass of wine and sighed: "This problem is also a headache for me recently, if I don't solve this problem, I am afraid that it will not be easy if I want to succeed."

In the imperial tent, there was silence for a while.

After a while, a glimmer of light flashed in Han Xin's eyes, but he smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has thought of a clever plan, maybe to solve this problem." ”

……

Hundreds of miles away, Tongguan City

The main force of the 40,000 Qin army finally retreated safely to Guancheng and began to race against time to strengthen Guancheng.

It was late at night, but the hall of the military palace was brightly lit.

Cao Cao sat on the top, and the civil and military ministers stood at the bottom of the stairs, their faces gloomy, listening to Liu Ye report the losses of this battle.

The 50,000 Xiqiang iron cavalry were almost wiped out, and the leaders of the Xiqiang such as Cheriji, Yueji, and Yadan all died in the chaos.

The Shu army of 7,000 palaces was also killed by the Wei army, and Zhang Ren, the first general in Shu, was also killed by Xiang Yu, a famous general of Wei.

Although the main force of 40,000 of his own army retreated safely to Guancheng, in the process of retreating, a large amount of ordnance was lost, and the loss of materials was also quite serious.

In addition, the news of the defeat caused a serious setback in the morale of the army, and the news of the defeat spread to Chang'an, and the people of the country were also shaken, and there were signs of instability in the hearts of the people.

On the dragon seat, Cao Cao listened to Liu Ye's report, his face was gloomy as iron, and his fists were secretly clenched.

"It's all the Xiqiang people who are useless, they were defeated by the pottery thieves, if not, we don't have to fall into such a passive situation." At the bottom of the stairs, Ma Chao scolded indignantly.

In the hall, all the generals immediately scolded the Qiang people for their incompetence, so as to blame the Qiang people for this defeat.

Cao Cao's expression obviously improved a lot.

Fa Zheng sighed lightly and said: "The Qiang people actually did their best, but who would have thought that the pottery thief would invent such an artifact as the rainstorm crossbow, and the defeat of the Qiang people is also reasonable." ”

In the lobby, everyone fell silent again, the mood of defeatism flowed like a plague, and the sighs came and went.

Cao Cao's brows darkly condensed, and he said in a deep voice: "What if the Qiang people are defeated, my elite division is still there, and Tongguan is still there. ”

Cao Cao's confident words boosted the morale a little, and the mood of the generals also lifted up a little.

At this time, Fa Zheng arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty is reasonable, my main force has not been damaged, and I have not yet reached the end of the road, but now the army's heart is shaking, and the army of more than 100,000 pottery thieves is pressing towards Tongguan. ”

Cao Cao nodded slightly, and wanted to adopt it on the spot.

At this time, Xu Huang said: "Your Majesty, the pottery thief is the best at deception, if he uses the strategy of attacking the east and the west, and feints to attack Tongguan with the main force, but raids my Pubanjin with a partial division, how should it be." ”

"What Gongming said is not unreasonable, the pottery thief is treacherous, and he must not be guarded against." Cao Cao nodded again, his eyebrows revealing a look of jealousy.

Fa Zheng smiled disdainfully, "Of course, the pottery thieves may use the strategy of attacking the east and the west, but don't forget, our meticulous scouts have been densely dispersed in Hongnong County, monitoring the movements of the pottery thieves' armies at any time, if he wants to surprise attack Pubanjin, at least about 20,000 soldiers and horses will be divided to the east of the river, let's ask such a large army and the main force of the pottery thieves, will we still not know?" ”

These words stopped Xu Huang and was speechless for a while.

Cao Cao pondered for a moment, and then said happily: "What Xiaozhi said is extremely true, at present, we should stick to Tongguan as the top, if the pottery thief dares to divide troops to cross the Yellow River north, my meticulous work will definitely be reported, and then I only need to divide my troops to strengthen the defense of Pubanjin." ”

At that moment, Cao Cao had made up his mind, even if he sent someone to Pubanjin with a holy decree, and transferred 15,000 troops to Tongguan to strengthen the defense, leaving only 5,000 soldiers and horses to defend Pubanjin.

……

Shaanxi County, the camp of the Wei army.

In the early morning, a heavy snowfall from west to east unexpectedly arrived, and the temperature began to plummet.

Before dawn, groups of Wei soldiers opened their tents and began to march westward through the vast snow.

After resting for three days, the Wei army finally started again and killed in the direction of Tongguan.

The potter stood on his horse, stretched out his hand to try the cold snowflakes, and his eyes did not look to the west, but to the direction of Shaanxi-Jindu to the north.

"This heavy snow is really timely, the temperature has dropped sharply, and in a few days, the Yellow River should be frozen......" The potter muttered to himself, looking at the snowflakes in his palms, turning into snow water.

When he was thinking, a horse came from the north and arrived in front of the pottery merchant, and handed over an urgent piece of information from the east of the river.

The potter had a premonition in his heart, and his spirit suddenly became excited, and he couldn't help but smile when he took apart the information and looked at it.

"Your Majesty, could it be ......" Han Xin's spirit beside him also became excited.

The potter didn't speak, but handed the information to Han Xin.

Han Xin took it and only glanced at it, and a trace of ecstasy burst out of his eyes.

There is only one short sentence in the intelligence:

Heavy snow has fallen, the temperature has plummeted, and the Pusaka River basin has been frozen.

"I have received information the day before yesterday, Cao Cao has sent 15,000 soldiers and horses to Tongguan, and there are only 5,000 defenders left in Pubanjin.

Han Xin was so excited that he arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to go to Hedong for Your Majesty and make this great contribution." ”

The pottery merchant had already ignited a hunting machine, but he waved his hand and said: "This battle is very important, I must personally go to command, you and Bai Qi and other generals will continue to enter Tongguan under the banner of me, and I will personally go to Cao Cao to send a big surprise." ”

After that, the potter grabbed the horse's belly, stepped out of the snow, and took advantage of the unknown sky as a cover to go straight to the north of Shaanxi and Tianjin.