Ten miles outside the west gate of Pengcheng, the place of the western expeditionary army of Xuzhou.

According to Tao Qian's designation, the Western Expeditionary Army was assigned 1,000 cavalry, 2,000 infantry, 1,000 crossbowmen, 1,000 sword and shield soldiers, and four captains, three lieutenants, and fifteen Dubo.

It's easy to say, but it's not easy to do, the Western Expedition Alliance is very important, and it is related to the face of a state, so Mi Fang naturally can't be vague about the selection of personnel.

First of all, the choice of this partial general and lieutenant cannot be Cao Bao's descendants in the Chinese army, and the composition must be relatively innocent...... In addition, the soldiers and horses with the army must be powerful and good at fighting, although Mi Fang has read some military books, but it is the first time to pick up the beam alone, and he is only busy with anxiety.

Of course, these things have nothing to do with the potter, one is that the potter does not know how to govern the army, and has no experience in governing the army, and the other is that his identity is the superintendent of the army, what does the superintendent of the army do?

Taken literally, the potters believed that the overseers should supervise the work of others.

People who supervise the work of others generally do not work.

"The eldest prince, this is the list of personnel we went out for this time, up to the four captains, the three captains, and the list of even commander-level personnel are all on it, please take a look."

Mi Fang is still quite sensible, the potter doesn't work if he doesn't work, but Mi Fang, who should report, still reports normally.

Tao Qian took it and glanced at it casually, he didn't know any of the people on it, and it was useless to look at it more, there were only three things he was most concerned about now.

"Brother Mi, before I set out on the expedition, I have a few things I want to implement with you."

Mi Fang said: "What does the eldest prince command?" ”

"Don't dare to command, you are the main general, I am the supervising army, and the army is dispatched to you and not me...... It's just that before we set out on the expedition, I have to make sure of three things, the first is whether the grain and grass are sufficient. ”

Mi Fang said with a smile: "This eldest prince can rest assured, he also went to Cao Pengfu yesterday, Cangcao has specially prepared 80,000 grains for this expedition, and supplies the western conscription horses in batches and months, the length of this expedition is not yet known, so it is ordered that Cangcao's side must be sufficient, at least within the short route of the trip." ”

Hearing this, the potter nodded, the master of Xuzhou's money and grain is in charge of Mi Zhu, and all Cao Pengshi are directly under his orders, this time the lord of the western expedition will be his younger brother, and Mi Zhu will definitely do his best to supply the rear.

"The second thing is about personnel ......" The pottery merchant slowly patted the personnel roster handed to him by Mi Fangshicai, and said: "I don't know any of these people, but Brother Mi also knows that the military affairs of Xuzhou have always been in charge of General Cao Bao, and General Cao is against this alliance, so the people above ......?" ”

Mi Fang said with a sad face: "Eldest prince, from the bottom of my heart, four captains and three captains, I have tried my best to avoid General Cao's direct descendants in the army, but General Cao has always been in charge of military affairs after all, and the few I selected, I should have nothing to do with him in my investigation, but I don't dare to assert whether it really has anything to do with it, after all, the matter of human relations is not all that can be investigated......"

The potter shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter if you have anything to do with General Cao, even if it's one of his people, you can be pulled over for your use, you are the chief general of the first army, once these people have a little thought during the expedition, they will be in trouble." ”

Mi Fang seemed to be a little distressed: "Eldest prince, these people and I have never known each other before, how can they be so easy to pull from General Cao......"

The potter let out a long sigh, and the gourd didn't open his mind, so he had to split his brain and make every effort to understand.

The potter said patiently and guided: "Brother Mi, in human nature, there are two kinds of desires that are the most difficult to control, one is called fear, and the other is called greed, as long as you make good use of these two points, if you want to subdue these people, it will only be overnight." ”

"What are you playing?" Mi Fang's expression is cute, revealing the essence of no culture to the end.

Really playing the piano to the cow.

"Brother Mi, are you rich?"

When it came to money, Mi Fang's waist instantly stiffened, and her chin seemed to be raised into the clouds: "Say anything else, my Mi family really doesn't have ...... Ask for money, yes! ”

Black lines began to appear on the potter's head, and he looked at your under-smoked virtue.

"Okay, then you go back to the house to prepare more gold silk, and tonight you and I will have a banquet for the generals of the army."

Without waiting for Mi Fang to answer, the potter said, "There is a third thing...... That's our marching route. ”

Before he finished speaking, he saw Mi Fang coming to his senses.

"Eldest prince, I have already thought about this, you come with me!"

The two of them came to a large wooden platform in the middle of the tent, on which was covered a leather map about five feet square, on which were dotted with the names of prefectures, counties, cities, mountains, rivers and rivers.

"The eldest prince, according to the opinion of the last general, there are now four places where the princes will meet, namely Hanoi, Sujuo, Yingchuan, and Luyang, these four places are the main places where the princes gather and settle troops, but the princes will finally choose a place to meet the alliance, according to the humble opinion, Luyang's Yuan Shu is strong, and it is close to us, we might as well go to Luyang to meet him first, one can get the protection of the strong army, and the other can also be friendly with Yuan Shu, I don't know what the eldest prince means?"

The potter shook his head decisively and said, "Don't go." ”

"Huh?" Mi Fang didn't expect her proposal to be rejected by the potter at once, and said weakly: "Why? ”

The potter raised two fingers: "There are two points, first, among the princes, the strongest are Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, one south and one north echo each other, but the so-called one mountain does not allow two tigers, these two brothers will fall out sooner or later, we are too close to Yuan Shao or Yuan Shu is not good, there is no need; Second, Yuan Shu's strength is stronger than ours, we went to him, just for him to drive, if Yuan Shu treats us as the vanguard and directs us to overcome difficulties, do we go or not? In the case of unbalanced strength, it is self-inflicted humiliation to go. ”

Of course, there is the most important third point, the potter can't tell Mi Fang......

As everyone in later generations knows, Yuan Shu once cut off Sun Jian's food in the battle against Dong, and his character was simply inferior to the extreme, so he tried to do as little as possible with wolves.

Mi Fang's eyes widened, and throughout the morning, the potters analyzed the expedition from grain and grass logistics, to personnel applications, to the marching route, and the agility of his thoughts was not much higher than his own.

No wonder the last time I went to Mifu, the eldest brother Mi Zhu treated him differently, and now I see that this kid is amazing.

"The eldest prince is really wise and far-reaching, and I am deeply impressed by it! If we don't go to Luyang, then where do we go? Mi Fang's attitude is obviously a lot more flattering.

The potter looked down at the map carefully, to be honest, the map information of the Han Dynasty was too little, and most of the places were not accurate, and the route was rough.

The potter's hand was drawn back and forth on the map as he pondered...... The current Xuzhou belongs to the territory of Jiangsu Province in the later generations, and Luoyang, where Dong Zhuo is located, is in the west of Henan Province, separated by the entire Henan region, Cao Cao's sour jujube is in the northeast of Luoyang, Yuan Shaotun's Hanoi is in the north of Luoyang, Yuan Shutun's Luyang is in the south of Luoyang, and Kong Ling's Yingchuan is in the south of Xuchang...... In terms of distance, it should be the farthest from Dong Zhuo, but it is the closest to Xuzhou......

"Go to Yingchuan, meet Kong Ling first! Then act on the opportunity! ”

"Kong Ling?" Mi Fang said strangely: "It is said that Kong Ling is a person who talks about blowing dry, has no military talent, and has just served as the assassin of Yuzhou, the soldiers are few and the generals are outnumbered, and the strength is inferior to ours, let's go to him...... It's not very beneficial. ”

The potter smiled and shook his head: "It's because he is weaker than us, let's go, so that he will feel that we value him, so that Kong Ling will also pay attention to us, and if he attaches importance to us, we will have the opportunity to get benefits from him." ”