Three days later, the potter led an army of 25,000 people, including 1,000 light cavalry, 200 heavy armored iron cavalry, and almost all the elite forces, went straight to Huainan. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In order to seize Yuan Yao's main army and cross the Huai River before arriving at Xutai, Tao Shang personally led a light army of 10,000 cavalry and traveled quickly under the stars.

A few days later, the next phase city.

The potters had just finished setting up camp outside the city, and were discussing the strategy of marching with Zhu Wenwu in the big tent.

At this time, the scout sent the latest information from Nanmian Xizuo, which claimed that Yuan Yao had arrived at Xutai first and completed the rendezvous with Lü Bu.

"Yuan Yao's speed is quite fast, it seems that our plan to cross the Huai River has failed......

The potter stood up, his brow slightly condensed, his gaze locked on the map.

Xutai is a city, located on the south bank of the Huai River, if he wants to capture this city, he must first cross the Huai River.

Previously, Lu Bu only had 5,000 soldiers and horses, and he could still rely on the advantage of having more soldiers to forcibly cross the river, but now that Yuan Yao's 20,000 main force has arrived, it is not so easy to rush to cross.

"Husband, the main forces of the Yuan family are concentrated on the south bank of the Huai River, and if you want to cross the Huai River, I'm afraid it's not so easy." Mrs. Mulan also frowned slightly.

The potter smiled and said, "It's too early to make a conclusion, let's go to the Huai River first." ”

Therefore, the potter did not hesitate, and immediately led 10,000 vanguard troops to set off and went straight to the Huai River.

Two days later, 10,000 riders arrived at the north bank of the Huai River.

At this moment, Yuan Yao has already entered the front line of Xutai in advance, and has been in the east of Xutai City, where he has a high wine meeting all day long.

Yuan Yao obviously didn't expect that the pottery merchants would march so quickly, and only led more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, so they dared to drive south arrogantly and kill them at their doorstep.

As soon as he thought of the potter, Yuan Yao was furious.

Thinking of the revenge of losing his eyes, Yuan Yao couldn't wait to lead the army across the river on the spot and go to fight the pottery merchant to the death.

Hate to hate, but Yuan Yao still has some self-knowledge, the pain of Haixi's fiasco is vivid, and naturally he doesn't have the courage to cross the river to face the potter.

Therefore, in order to prevent the Tao merchants from crossing the Huaishui in the south and attacking Xutai, Yuan Yao ordered the troops to closely monitor the movements of the Tao army on the south bank of the Huai River, and was ready to block the Tao army crossing the river at any time.

On the north bank of Huaishui, the potters stationed in the horse looked into the distance, observed the enemy situation across the river, looked at it, and their eyes couldn't help but change slightly.

"Cavalry, when did there be so many cavalry in Yuan Shu's army?" The potter's face was rather surprised.

Chen Deng beside him explained: "When the son of Youzhou Mu Liu Yu sent an envoy to Huainan, Yuan Shu forcibly detained him and threatened Liu Yu to give him a cavalry. ”

I see.

The corners of the pottery merchant's mouth raised a touch of sarcasm, "Yuan Shu, this old thief, is really shameless, this kind of shameless thing can be done, this kind of person still dares to be the emperor, it's really a joke." ”

"Since Yuan Lao Zasha has so many cavalry, why has he fought with us several times and never seen him use it?" Mulan said curiously.

Chen Deng smiled bitterly: "It's funny to say, after Yuan Shu got three thousand cavalry, he regarded it as a treasure, and he only dared to leave it in the rear to garrison, but he was reluctant to use it. ”

It's okay to do this, this Yuan Shu is really a wonderful flower......

Everyone on the left and right laughed for a while, laughing at Yuan Shu's stinginess.

Hua Mulan frowned and said, "But there are more than 3,000 cavalry in Yuan Shu's army in front of us, and the precautions are so tight, it will be even more difficult for us to cross the river." ”

"Drunkard, what do you have in mind?" The potter looked calm, and his eyes glanced at Chen Ping.

"In the past few months, didn't the lord order Li Guang to train a strange army, and now it's time to come in handy." Chen Ping took a sip of wine, a sly smile on the corner of his mouth, then moved closer and whispered a few words to the potter.

The potter listened, and a cold trick appeared on his young face.

"However, there is another weakness in this strategy, that is, how to let Yuan Yao let Li Guang's strange soldiers land on the south bank, otherwise, it will be useless at all." Chen Ping added another sentence.

The potter played with his horsewhip and stared thoughtfully at the south bank.

After a moment of silence, the corners of the potter's mouth rose, and a sneer flashed in his eyes again.

The potter summoned a discerning soldier to the front, whispered a few words to him, and ordered him to take a boat to the south bank under the banner of a messenger.

The envoy was gone, but everyone on the left and right was at a loss, and even wise men like Chen Ping and Chen Deng couldn't guess what the potter said to the envoy.

"I said, my lord, what have you explained to the messenger, tell us about it?" Fan Xu scratched the back of his head and shouted.

The pottery merchant smiled secretly, "The secret of heaven must not be revealed, in short, you just wait, and soon Yuan Yao will take the initiative to retreat and let Li Guang's strange soldiers go ashore." ”

Hearing this, everyone became more and more curious.

Fan Xu looked even more itchy, and shouted: "Lord, what did you say, don't be mysterious, tell Lao Fan about the master, suffocate me." ”

The potter laughed, but refused to reveal.

In a short time, the messenger of the personal soldiers had already crossed to the south bank on a ship under the banner of the messenger.

On the south bank, the layers of battle flags rolled like waves, and the swords and guns were like forests, reflecting the terrifying cold light.

More than 20,000 Huainan troops lined up on the front line on the south bank, and the murderous spirit was monstrous.

Under the banner of the word "Yuan", Yuan Yao, the eldest son of the Yuan family, was wearing silver armor and standing with a sword, and the only remaining eye shot proudly towards the north bank, and the flames of revenge flew in his eyes.

The hatred of losing eyes is floating in his mind all the time, and Yuan Yao has been waiting for the day of revenge for too long.

Today, he finally waited for that hateful thief again.

"Pottery merchant traitor, if you have the guts, you will force yourself to cross the Huai River, this prince will tell you to feed the fish in the river with a halberd, in order to repay you for humiliating me......" Yuan Yao sneered, his expression disdainful and arrogant.

Lu Bu, who was not far from him, glanced at Yuan Yao's arrogant expression, and his eagle eyes flashed with a hint of disgust.

The expression disappeared in a flash, Lu Bu took a light breath, a little smile appeared on his knife-cut face, and arched his hand: "The pottery merchant is just a humble thief, and he is not worthy of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to do it himself. ”

Lu Bu was extremely respectful with the word "minister", nothing more than trying to defraud Yuan Yao of military power.

Although Yuan Yao is arrogant, he is not stupid, he has always been wary of Lu Bu, his eyes rolled slightly, and he said coldly: "The dog thief of the potter, he is not worthy of fighting with the prince, but the prince has a grudge against him, and this enemy must be avenged by the prince in person, so as to vent the hatred in his heart. ”

Lu Bu saw that Yuan Yao didn't eat this, and he was unhappy, but he could only be secretly annoyed and didn't dare to show it.

At this moment, the shore patrol came to report that a leaf had come from the north shore, and the people on the boat said to be the messengers of the potters, who had come to deliver a message to His Royal Highness the Prince.

Yuan Yao didn't think much about it, so he ordered the messenger to come closer.

When the envoy approached, Yuan Yao raised his horse whip and asked, "What does the traitor of the pottery merchant have to say to Prince Ben, is it that he wants to beg Prince Ben for mercy." ”

Seeing Yuan Yao so arrogant, the envoy was annoyed in his heart, but he forcibly suppressed his anger and said in a loud voice: "My lord asked me to tell you that if you dare to retreat a hundred steps, allow our army to land ashore, and fight you to the death, my lord will admire your courage and return your fiancée Lu Lingji to you." If you don't have the guts, my lord will have a feast on the north shore today, and take your fiancée as a concubine. ”

As soon as these words came out, Yuan Yao instantly changed color, and his face was so red that he was almost about to blow up.