The battle on Yuan Yao's side ended, and the generals of both sides sent scouts to present the news of the battle to their respective lords.

Sikong Cao Cao and Taifu Pottery Shang respectively received letters from their respective generals.

Through Liu Xun, Cao Cao recruited most of the Huainan soldiers, and also got Liu Ye, Yang Hong and others, and killed Zhang Ji by the way, which can be described as a complete victory.

With the source of soldiers, he can still accept a wife by the way when he turns around, Cao Cao's heart is really beautiful.

At the same time, Zhang Xun also recommended Lei Bo and Chen Lan of Huainan to the pottery merchants, and was willing to persuade them on behalf of the pottery merchants.

This time, the potter and Cao Cao can be said to have come to an equal score.

Next, it is up to Cao Cao and the potters to win or lose.

According to Cao Cao's original intention, he wanted to wait until after the expiration of the ten days, after a private plot on the northeast line had been decided, and then he would have a showdown with the potters.

But at this time period, there is no news on the eastern front, but Yan Xing's side has been successful and has gained a lot, in Cao Cao's view, there is no need to continue to wait for now, his game of chess can be said to have won half of the game, then next, it is time to have a good battle with the potter.

Just when Cao Cao was about to pour all of Lu Gu's generals out to fight the potters, urgent news suddenly came from the rear.

Xu Sheng, the army under the command of Tao Shang, led the soldiers and horses of the headquarters, looted everywhere at the newly established Tuntian point of the Cao army in Yuzhou, and disturbed the rear of Yuzhou, but its actions were quite in line with the arrangement of the art of war.

When Cao Cao heard this, he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

He immediately found Jia Xu and consulted with him.

Jia Xu, as the head of the Eagle and Snake Mansion, did not fight with the army on weekdays, but this time Cao Cao asked him to follow the army no matter what, and Jia Xu did not disobey Cao Cao's orders, and he also cautiously complied with them, but he rarely opened his mouth to counsel the military aircraft on weekdays, and the big tent was just silent, only when Cao Cao and he planned in private, the old man would admonish.

Cao Cao found Jia Xu to the handsome tent and said: "Wenhe, the ten days are over, Yan Xing's side has been completed, and there is no news on the eastern front at the moment, but the pottery merchant has sent a general to the rear of my Yuzhou, and now Cao is suffering from the enemy, I am afraid that he can't wait any longer." ”

When Jia Xu heard this, he immediately frowned.

"Attacked in the rear? Which way is it under the command of the potter? ”

Cao Cao stroked his beard and said lightly: "I heard that it is a man named Xu Sheng, and his person is also treacherous, he is in my hinterland, but he has not left the slightest flaw, and there are many good generals under the command of the potter Xiaoer." ”

Jia Xu pondered for a moment and said: "It's not impossible for Sikong to send troops at this moment, but in the old man's opinion, if there is news from the eastern front, it is meaningful to go out this time, otherwise, no matter how many Huainan soldiers Yan Xing and Liu Xun have gathered, it will be useless." ”

Cao Cao secretly said in his heart that this old man Jia is really weird.

Yan Xing and Liu Xun gathered a lot of people, and such a credit was not worth it in his eyes, but he was worried about the 18,000 people on the battlefield on the Eastern Front.

"Wenhe, according to your opinion, Cao has now sent troops to defeat the pottery merchants, so is it a great achievement?"

Jia Xu lowered his head and said, "Naturally." ”

But he secretly thought to himself in his heart, you can't defeat him at all.

Cao Cao didn't know what Jia Xu was thinking, so he laughed and said, "Since Wen He doesn't object, then Cao Mou and the surname Tao have two tricks, how about it?" ”

Jia Xu was silent for a while, and suddenly said: "If this is the case, it is not impossible, but if there is news on the battlefield on the Eastern Front, Sikong cannot fall in love with the war, and we have to withdraw our troops." ”

Cao Cao laughed and said, "Don't worry, Cao will naturally save this matter!" ”

……

The next day, Cao Cao sent Cao Xiu, who he called Cao Qianliju, to lead a team of tigers and leopards to secretly return to Yuzhou to find a way to dispose of Xu Sheng.

The potter readily agreed.

After the envoy who issued the war letter for Cao Cao left, the pottery merchant immediately convened a meeting of the Xuzhou Chinese army team led by Xu Rong, Xu Huang, Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, Tao Ji, Cao Bao and other generals.

"Order the three armies, make food at the time of the day, organize the army at the time of the day, and prepare for war when the time comes!"

As soon as they heard the potter's order, all the generals were suddenly a little stunned.

Jiang Qin said strangely: "Taifu, didn't Cao Cao invite me to fight tomorrow at noon?" Prepare when you are young, isn't it a little too early, and it will disturb the people in the middle of the night......"

Guo Jia said with a smile: "Gongyi said this, it means that you still don't know Cao Cao...... If Cao Cao's war book is handed over to you, it is estimated that tonight, we will all have to let Cao's army be destroyed. ”

When Xu Huang heard this, he was the first to come back to his senses.

"Mr. Guo means that Cao Cao will attack the camp tonight? The so-called battle of tomorrow is just a means to confuse the hearts of our army? ”

Guo Jia smiled and nodded.

The potter stood up and began to stroll around the tent, saying as he went: "You must remember that when dealing with people like Cao Cao, you must always be vigilant, even when you sleep, you have to keep one eye open...... One was careless, and he didn't know what small details he was calculating. ”

The generals looked at me, I looked at you, and sighed in my heart.

Indeed, as Gongzi said, fighting against someone like Cao Cao is really a step by step.

You have to be careful in everything.

Xu Rong bowed his hand to the potter with admiration, and said: "Cao Cao is a treacherous villain, he is ruthless and vicious on weekdays, treacherous and resourceful, but Taifu can actually see through his thoughts and guess his plans when he talks and laughs, and he is really a big man...... The last general took the liberty to ask, how did Taifu see through Cao Cao, a despicable villain? ”

The potter looked around at the generals left and right, lowered his voice, and said slowly: "Actually, it's not difficult, if you look in the mirror, you can guess that he is not far from ten." ”

The generals were shocked when they heard this.

It's still too powerful, you can see your opponent's thoughts clearly by looking in the mirror!

I don't understand what the principle is, but it's really profound.

……

Around the clock of night, Cao Cao's soldiers and horses quietly lurked out of the Lu Valley.

Sure enough, as expected by the potters and Guo Jia, Cao Cao's war book was actually a smoke bomb, and the so-called hunting Lugu Yunyun with the pottery chamber of commerce was just bullshit.

Sneak attack to win is the king for Cao Apu.

Xiahou Xuan, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Chun, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, and the five generals of the clan under Cao Cao each commanded an army, and went straight to the pottery merchant camp to touch it.

In the dead of night, in the Cao clan, Cao Ren, the number one general, personally commanded three hundred Cao clan's soldiers and touched the antler formation in front of the pottery merchant's camp.

They all had bundles of straw in their hands, and according to Cao Ren's instructions beforehand, they threw these straws on the front of the camp.

When the three hundred men were finished, they immediately retreated.

Immediately afterwards, the follow-up soldiers and horses released rockets, and the straw was sprinkled with tung oil in advance, which immediately caused a fire.

"Woooooo A terrible trumpet sounded.

The offensive of the Cao army began.