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Hearing the potter's words, Zhu Rong's beautiful face suddenly turned red, and such a picture immediately appeared in his mind. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

What could there be but the shame of a man and a woman!

Zhu Rong was silent, biting his lips tightly, his face was red and white, uncertain, and hesitant.

Seeing that she was silent, the pottery merchant sneered: "Why, you are still so arrogant, don't you dare now?" ”

Being so agitated by the potter, Zhu Rong was suddenly shocked, gritted his teeth, raised his pretty face and said proudly: "I Zhu Rongtian is not afraid of the ground, but I am also afraid of making a bet, if you want to bet, I will accompany you to bet." ”

"Good! I'm gutsy, I like it! ”

The potter smiled proudly and stretched out his palm to her, "Then I will make a bet with you, and I will make a decision." ”

Zhu Rong hesitated for a moment, but finally reached out and high-fived him.

……

Tongguan.

In the south of the Guancheng, the team of iron cavalry saw the end at a glance, and tens of thousands of Xiqiang iron cavalry were driving into the Guancheng.

The Qin soldiers at the head of the city were all dyed with confidence on their faces, as if they had seen a life-saving straw, and they were all relieved.

The same thought flashed in everyone's minds:

Fifty thousand Xiqiang Iron rode in, and this time, the pottery thief was finally not an opponent.

On the city, Cao Cao looked down at the iron horsemen passing in front of the city, stroked his short beard, and showed a rare smile of relief on his scorched face.

The civil and military officers of the Qin State on the left and right were all smiling at each other, and they were all high-spirited and rekindled their fighting spirit.

A moment later, the leader of the Xiqiang, Che Liji, rode his horse into the pass and went up to the city to meet Cao Cao.

"Cherrigie, you are indeed loyal to me, you have come thousands of miles to serve me, yes, yes, you are indeed a loyal servant." Cao Cao praised Cherrigi and ordered on the spot to reward Cherrigi with 500 pieces of cloth as a reward.

Cherrigi was naturally very grateful to Cao Cao, thanked and thanked, and then expressed his loyalty.

At that moment, Cao Cao personally took Cheriji's hand, and the two of them went down to the city at the same time, and also went to the military mansion, where the banquet had been prepared, just waiting for him to catch the wind and wash the dust.

At the banquet, Cao Cao was in a very good mood, and he drank with Chejiri repeatedly, and couldn't stop praising Cheriji.

"Your Majesty treats me so kindly, I, Cheriji, will cut off the head of the potter's dog for Your Majesty and repay Your Majesty's kindness." Cherrigi was full of pride, patting his chest and making a bold statement.

Seeing him boasting about Haikou like this, all the civil and military people of the Qin State were a little worried.

Cao Cao also smiled: "You have such confidence, naturally it is very good, but you should not underestimate the potter, this kid is not an easy enemy to deal with." ”

Cherrigi was not afraid at all, and said: "My 50,000 Xiqiang iron cavalry has arrived, and it is not a problem to run the pottery merchants, Your Majesty, you will give an order, how you tell me to fight, we will fight the Xiqiang iron cavalry." ”

"Okay, well, with your words, I am very relieved, and I am very relieved." Cao Cao laughed, raised his glass and drank with Cherrigi.

After three patrols of drinking, Cheriji wiped a handful of wine stains from the corner of his mouth, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, our Qiang people have worked so hard for Your Majesty, I don't know if Your Majesty has any reward?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of all the Qin ministers in the hall changed, and their faces turned gloomy.

Obviously, in their eyes, it is a matter of course to serve the Son of Heaven, and it is really disrespectful for Cherrigi to take the initiative to ask for a reward.

Cao Cao also frowned slightly, but he didn't show his face, he only asked with a smile: "You are loyal to the country, I will naturally be rewarded for meritorious service, gold, silver, pearls and jade, knighthood and official position, naturally it is indispensable to reward you." ”

Cherrigi shook his head busily, "Serving His Majesty is within Cherrigi's duty, how dare I ask for His Majesty's gold and silver rewards." ”

"Then you don't want gold and silver, what do you want?" Cao Cao looked curious and asked again.

Cherrigi's expression suddenly became solemn, and he arched his hand and said: "I heard that Your Majesty has a princess named Cao Hua, and the minister really admires her, so I want to ask to marry him, and I ask Your Majesty to agree." ”

Cao Cao understood, and smiled secretly in his heart, it turned out that this Cherrigi was very smart, and this was to marry him through his relatives, so as to ensure his status.

In order to fight for the world, both father and brother can be thrown, let alone a daughter.

Of course, Cao Cao laughed, brushed his hands and said: "What should I do, you Cheriji is brave and unparalleled, you are really a hero in the world, and I have long had the intention of recruiting you as a son-in-law, but I didn't expect you to propose it first, okay, I agreed to this marriage." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Cherrigi was overjoyed, and he was busy thanks.

Just when Cao Cao raised his glass and was about to drink another drink with him, thinking that Cherrigi's conditions were these, he found out that he was wrong.

Cherrigi, who had just gotten up, immediately smiled again: "Your Majesty, in fact, the minister has a small request, and I hope that Your Majesty can grant it together." ”

At this time, Xu Huang, Ma Chao and other generals in front of the hall had their faces sunk, and they were all annoyed, obviously dissatisfied with Cherrigie's endless conditions.

Cao Cao also had fire in his heart, but he thought that now that he was employing people, he would have to rely on the Xiqiang Iron Cavalry to defeat the potter, and if he wanted to get angry, he would at least wait for the potter to be repulsed.

Taking a deep breath, Cao Cao forcibly forced his dissatisfaction, and said with a generous smile: "What else do you want, although to put it simply, I have always rewarded loyal courtiers. ”

"That's the case...... Cherrigi coughed a few times, and said with a bitter face: "The minister's two sons are now in Chang'an, the minister's mother has not been in good health in recent days, I'm afraid time is running out, the old man has been talking about wanting to see the two grandchildren, the minister knows that His Majesty has always ruled the country with benevolence and filial piety, and I hope that Your Majesty can allow my two sons to go back to Longxi to visit their seriously ill grandmother." ”

This condition was proposed, Cao Cao's face changed slightly, and he didn't agree so happily.

When Cherrigi surrendered, in order to clamp him down, his two sons were sent to Chang'an as hostages.

This Cherrigi is now visiting a seriously ill grandmother in the name of "filial piety", but in fact, he doesn't want to deceive his two sons out of Cao Cao's hands, and then he has less scruples about restraining his hands and feet.

"First ask to marry my daughter, in order to get closer to me and gain my trust, and then you want to deceive back the two hostage sons, this Cherrigi is really a traitor......"

Cao Cao saw through Cherrigie's intentions at a glance, and wanted to refuse on the spot.

It's just that now he wants to use Cherrigie, so naturally he wants to reward him in every possible way, and Cherrigi still uses the high-sounding reason of filial piety, thinking about it, Cao Cao can't think of a reason to refuse.

After a little hesitation, Cao Cao weighed the pros and cons, and immediately said happily: "The old man wants to see his grandson, this is a matter of course, how can I not allow it, so let's just wait for this battle to end, I will issue a will, for your two sons to be crowned with officials, so that they can return to their hometowns to visit Lingtang, which can be regarded as a little heart for the old man." ”

Cao Cao is not so stupid, you can let your son go, but the premise is that you have to defeat the potter for me first.

If Cheriji can defeat the 200,000 army of the pottery merchants, it means that the offensive and defensive momentum of Qin and Wei will be reversed, and he Cao Cao will be able to take advantage of the situation to move eastward and level the Central Plains in one fell swoop.

At that time, the strength of the Qin State exploded, even if there was no hostage, was he still afraid that he would have any different intentions.

Cherrigie couldn't guess Cao Cao's thoughts, and was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, and shouted excitedly: "Your Majesty's kindness, Cherrigie remembers it in his heart, Cherrigi and Xiqiang athletes will definitely fight with all their strength and level the Wei army for Your Majesty." ”

In Cao Cao's sunken eyes, a cold smirk quietly passed by.

After the banquet that day, Cao Cao negotiated the conditions with Cherrigi, and the 50,000 Xiqiang iron horsemen of Cherrigi were only Cao Cao's orders.

50,000 Xiqiang iron cavalry joined, plus the original 50,000 Qin State iron cavalry, above Tongguan, Cao Cao's available troops doubled in a blink of an eye, reaching 100,000 people.

100,000 against 200,000, although the Qin army was inferior in numbers, it had 50,000 Qiang iron cavalry, plus the original 20,000 cavalry, the number of cavalry alone was 70,000.

With the combat effectiveness bonus of 70,000 cavalry, although the Qin army is small, its actual combat effectiveness is on par with the Wei army, reaching the point where it can be confronted head-on.

Subsequently, Qin's counterattack began.

Originally, the morale of Ma Chao and other Qin generals was high, but Cheriji was also arrogant, advocating that the army should leave the customs immediately and have a head-on decisive battle with the pottery merchants.

Although Cao Cao was confident, he maintained a little calm, and was not carried away by the explosion of strength, but used the right strategy, gave full play to the strengths of his cavalry, and sent light cavalry to attack the Wei army's grain routes in all directions.

It's December.

Within this month, Cao Cao sent nearly 30,000 Xiqiang light cavalry, relying on the advantage of speed, bypassing the Wei army's Tongguan camp and penetrating into the Hongnong line, launching an unscrupulous and crazy attack on the Wei army's grain road.

Due to the special geographical location of Tongguan, there is only one grain road, and a large number of grain and grass can only be transferred to Luoyang from the Central Plains Prefectures, and then sent a letter from Luoyang to Guguan, through Huangchi, Zhucheng of Shaanxi County, and then transported to the front line of Tongguan.

From Luoyang to Shaanxi County, you can still take the Yellow River waterway, but after passing Shaanxi County and further west, the Yellow River becomes extremely turbulent, and grain ships have no way to pass at all, so they can only pass by land.

This also means that from Shaanxi County to Tongguan, a distance of two or three hundred miles, only one grain road on land can be passed.

This grain route has become the weakness of the Wei army.

The Xiqiang Iron Cavalry launched a frantic attack on this grain road, and within a month, they burned 300,000 grains and grass of the Wei army, and killed more than 5,000 soldiers and Dingfu who transported grain.

In this regard, the Wei army was a little helpless.

The Qiang people's grain raiding army was divided into six teams with 5,000 cavalry, and attacked from time to time on the grain road that was 300 miles long, while the Wei army's grain protection team, each team was at most more than 1,000 people, and it could not withstand the impact of 5,000 iron cavalry at all.

In order to resist the attack of 5,000 cavalry, the potter had to send at least twice as many grain guards, that is, 10,000 soldiers and horses to barely protect the grain and grass.

And 10,000 soldiers and horses guarding grain, the consumption of grain and grass is so huge, I am afraid that the grain and grass have not been transported to the front line of Tongguan, and they have been consumed on land.

The infantry is not good, and if they want to protect the grain and grass, the potters can only use cavalry to counter the enemy cavalry.

But the worst thing is that the number of cavalry in the Wei army is only more than 10,000 horses, and even if they are all sent out, it will be a drop in the bucket, and it will still be impossible to ensure the safety of grain and grass.

Suddenly, in this battle against Qin, 200,000 Wei troops fell into a passive situation.

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