After listening to Cao Ren's inquiry, Bao Tao's first answer was: "At present, the general should be cautious to defend the city and guard the city for the prime minister, now the prime minister's army has rushed back from Luoyang City, Chen Liu is the battlefield of the outpost, Chen Liu's impact on the morale of the three armies, and the trend of the future war situation are very important, as long as the general can defend Chen Liu for the prime minister, it is equivalent to ensuring that half of the Central Plains is not lost!" ”

Listening to Bao Tao's words, Cao Ren couldn't help but feel very pleased.

If Bao Tao persuaded Cao Ren to lead his troops out of the city and fight Cao Cao's army against the pottery merchants, then Cao Ren would definitely be suspicious of Bao Tao and feel that he had a plan in his heart, at least not with any good intentions.

But Bao Tao's mouth was to tell Cao Ren to guard the city, protect Chen Liu, and not let him fight easily, which made Cao Ren feel that Bao Tao had no selfish intentions.

In this way, Cao Ren's heart was a little more vigilant.

He raised the wine cup and motioned to Bao Tao: "Brother Bao's good words, Cao must remember!" I was able to be honest with Brother Bao today, Cao is very lucky, come, let's drink this one! ”

"!"

……

After Cao Ren left, Bao Tao and Bao Zhong met Guo Jia in the middle of the night and described today's incident with Cao Ren to Guo Jia in detail.

After Guo Jia listened, he carefully inquired about some details, and finally nodded with satisfaction: "It's not bad, I can't see that you guys are actually quite good at acting, it's really beyond Guo's expectations." ”

Bao Zhong asked Guo Jia with some emotion: "Mr. Guo, I really don't understand, why do you only let my brother do the credit for being good with Cao Ren alone, but let me be the bystander?" It's not fair! ”

Guo Jia said lightly: "It is enough for one person to win Cao Ren's trust, and two people are redundant and cowardly." ”

Bao Zhong seemed to be a little aggrieved, he turned his head to look at Bao Tao, and said, "Then why does Mr. Guo use my brother but not me?" Could it be that my brother is smarter than me? ”

Guo Jia looked at him directly.

"Honestly? He's a little more dexterous than you are. ”

The muscles on Bao Zhong's face twitched back and forth.

If it weren't for the scruples of the potter behind him, Bao Zhong would have to go up and beat him up.

Bao Tao also asked Guo Jia: "Mr. Guo, although the last general did what Mr. Guo asked, there are still some things that I haven't figured out, and I ask Mr. Guo for advice." ”

Guo Jiayi raised his eyebrows and puffed up his chest very proudly: "Say it!" Say it all! Guo knows everything. ”

"Sir asked me to persuade Cao Ren to guard the city, but in this way, wouldn't it make it more difficult for the prime minister to take the city? Logically speaking, I should have persuaded Cao Ren to send troops. ”

Bao Zhong also hurriedly said: "That is to say, I am also very puzzled by this matter. ”

Guo Jia rolled his eyes: "Cao Ren is one of the few generals under Cao Cao's account, he is good at soldiers, good at strategy, and good at formations, such a person is quite assertive!" How should this battle be fought, he naturally knows in his own heart, how can your opinions influence him? If you talk nonsense, not only will he not do it, but he will be wary of you. ”

Bao Tao was stunned when he heard this.

Seemingly, that's really the truth!

Guo Jia said slowly: "You and Cao Ren haven't reached that level of trust, you are persuading him to go out of the city now, and he is suspicious of you, so what will happen in the future?" ”

Bao Tao hurriedly said: "Then what should be done in the future?" ”

"In the future, you just need to persuade him to guard the city, and you don't care about anything for the time being, so that's it."

……

When Cao Cao's army arrived, the pottery merchant's soldiers and horses had already driven to the vicinity of Chenliu.

Zhang Yan, Bai Huan, Cao Bao and others, who were in charge of the siege here, went to meet him.

After meeting, Zhang Yan directly handed the potter a letter of battle written by Cao Cao.

When the potter saw the war letter, he was a little frightened.

It's not that he's afraid of Cao Cao, it's just that he knows with his toes that there must not be any good words written in that letter.

No one wants to be scolded for no reason.

It's not like scolding in person.,After reading it, you'll be idle for a while.。

Like a landmine, the potter reached out and grabbed the envelope, then gently unfolded it.

After reading the contents of the letter, the potter wrinkled his nose and then stuffed the letter back into Zhang Yan's hand.

Looking at the potter's disgusted expression, Zhang Yan couldn't help but wonder: "What is this letter talking about?" ”

"It's not a big deal." The potter said lightly: "At most, it is something to kill my whole family, slaughter the Tao family, dig up my ancestral grave, destroy the people of Xuzhou, destroy the world and so on...... Also, he wants to catch the female relatives in my family and strip them away, first jian and then kill, and then jian and then kill again. ”

When Zhang Yan heard this, he showed anger: "Cao Cao is too much! It's just that he killed one of his sons by mistake, can he be guilty of humiliating the daughter of the prime minister's family like this? ”

The potter frowned and said, "With my understanding of him, even if I didn't kill his son, I am afraid that the daughters of my family will not end well if they fall into his hands, and at most they will omit the killing process." ”

Zhang Yan said with understanding: "The killing link is omitted, that is...... Jian? ”

The potter was unhappy: "Look at what you are talking about, you are also a general under my command, can you speak more elegantly?" ”

Zhang Yan hurriedly bowed his head and said, "Prime Minister, I was wrong. ”

The potter sat down on the main seat, touched his chin and pondered for a while, and said, "Call Tian Feng over." ”

"No!"

When he was young, Tian Feng came to the front of the potter: "The prime minister called me? ”

The potter stretched out his hand to invite Tian Feng to sit down, and said, "Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi are in the south, Lu Su is in Jinling City instead of Han Hao, Chen Deng is in Xuchang City, and Guo Jia was sent out by me to carry out a top-secret mission...... The five masterminds under my command are not there, and now Cao Cao has written a war with me, I think about it, and the only people I can count on at the moment are you and Xiao Ji, Xin Commenting on these people, but among these Hebei ministers, I trust you the most Mr. Yuan Hao. ”

Tian Feng picked up the foul language written by Cao Cao, cursed the letter, read it for a while, and then handed it to the potter: "This letter is really vulgar...... The prime minister plans to agree to Cao Cao's invitation to fight? ”

The potter nodded and said, "Yes, both sides are newcomers, if I don't want to fight, it's cowardice." ”

Speaking of this, the pottery merchant paused and said: "It's just that Cao Cao is very cunning, even if he comes for revenge this time, presumably anger will not easily make him lose his mind, and hard-fought battles are not his style, he must have some schemes, so I want Mr. to help me analyze it." ”

Tian Feng said lightly: "This is easy to say, Cao Cao has been fighting in the world for more than ten years, Tian has also analyzed this person's tactics many times, this person can be called a must-have with soldiers, and he is the best at cutting off other people's grain routes, and he has to do three things now, but there are three things, one is to send troops to attack our army's grain road at the time of the battle, the second is to send troops to attack Xuchang City, and the third is to relieve the siege of Puyang and rescue his son Cao Ang, in addition to these three things, for Cao Cao, there is no other important thing at the moment. ”

Hearing this, the Tao merchant suddenly said: "Then according to Mr. 's words, what else does Tao have to do at the moment in addition to dealing with these three things of Cao Cao?" ”

Tian Feng stroked his beard and said, "Is the prime minister really asking me?" ”

"Sincerely, of course."

"If it is sincere, then Tian will also sincerely say to the prime minister, please reuse Hebei talents."

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