Being criticized by the potter, Chen Deng also knew where his mistake was, and his face was a little red with guilt.

Tao Shang pointed out Chen Deng's shortcomings in a serious manner:

One is to be a little cautious, once others agree with their own opinions, they will refute others indiscriminately, do everything they can, and don't even think about it.

The second is a bit of a wreck, you are also the head of the Chen family, why did you hear that it was your father's advice, you were scared like Xiao Er, and you changed your tone when you opened your mouth, and you didn't have your own position at all!

Why don't you learn from me?

No matter how fierce your father is, he can beat you to death with a cane!

It's a pity that Chen Deng was really afraid of his father, and the potter's painstaking persuasion had no effect on him.

"I think my father's advice is very reasonable!" Chen Dengyi re-emphasized to the potters and Guo Jia.

Look at his unproductive virtues.

The Tao merchant rolled his eyes helplessly, and said helplessly: "Since you agree with your father's opinion so much, then you have been negotiating with Chen Gong and Zhang Miao and other scholars in Yanzhou during this time, so you might as well tell Tao about the information of Yanzhou first?" ”

Chen Deng cleared his throat and said: "Chen Gong and Zhang Miao have already contacted the leaders of the Zhushi clan in Yanzhou to start an incident, and the eastward direction of the Cao Army's Ten Route Soldiers and Horses on the Liang State's side, Chen Gong and Zhang Miao are not very clear, they just know that the Cao Army's Ten Route Army is indeed in Puyang, and the Puyang officials do think that these Ten Route Heavy Troops are all in Liang State, but they don't know that only Xiahou Yuan's soldiers and horses are bluffing here. ”

Guo Jia listened to Chen Deng's narration, and said hesitantly: "Your father, Dr. Chen, is really scheming, not reducing the matter of Liang Guotun's ten-way soldiers and horses, even Chen Gong and Zhang Miao don't know the truth, and his old man can actually see it...... It seems that Cao Cao's game of chess is indeed very large, and his target is indeed the scholars of Yanzhou and the generals of the northwest. ”

The potter stood up, stood still in front of the pittu hanging in the main hall, and hesitated: "In that case, where should these ten soldiers and horses be stationed now?" Where is Cao Cao himself? ”

Chen Deng stood up and said, "Where are the generals of the Cao army who should have been stationed in Liang State, Chen doesn't know, but according to Chen Gong, Cao Cao himself should be in Jiyin County now." ”

"Jiyin County?"

Guo Jia stood up suddenly, walked quickly to Pitu, touched his chin, carefully examined Pitu for a long time, and then suddenly realized: "I see, Guo knows Cao Cao's intention to use troops." ”

The potter and Chen Deng looked at him together.

saw Guo Jia pointing to Pitu and analyzing for the two of them.

"Jiyin County is close to the Yellow River, but also close to the Yanjin ferry, as Guo expected, Cao Cao himself in Jiyin County, in order to appease the heart of the Yanzhou scholars, at the same time this place is close to the west of Xuzhou, where Cao Cao can hear our movements at any time, and Cao Cao's generals, are stationed in Yanjin Ferry, if our Xuzhou soldiers do not have radical actions, they will take a boat in Yanjin Ferry, along the Yellow River ferry west to Xingyang to intercept the West Liang generals from the east, and then turn back into the territory to quell the rebellion of the Shi clan, And if our Xuzhou army makes excessive moves, then the main force of Cao's army in Yanjindu will first go south to deal with our Xuzhou army, and then go to fight against the rebellion in the territory. ”

When Chen Deng heard this, he suddenly realized: "Taking advantage of the waterway of the ferry, there will be no unfavorable situation of Gu Dong ignoring the west...... Cao Cao's guy is very cunning. ”

The potter narrowed his eyes and said strangely: "You said that Cao Cao is observing the situation of our army and considering whether to do anything to us?" But now that Liang Guo has been taken down by us, won't he be killed soon? ”

Guo Jia shook his head and said: "Not for the time being, Cao Cao's primary goal now is to clean up the rebellious warriors in Yanzhou, and the Liang Kingdom is located between Shanyang County and Chenliu County, even if you take it down, you can't hold it for a long time, in the city, Cao Cao is not very worried, what he is palpitating now is your next move." ”

The potter understood a little when he heard this.

He gently touched the location of Jiyin County with his hand, his eyes narrowed slightly, and said: "According to Brother Fengxiao's intentions, what we have to do now is to find a way to confuse Cao Cao, make him think that we have no ambition to march to Yanzhou, and let him feel at ease to pacify the root cause of civil strife, right?" ”

Guo Jia smiled: "The truth is such a truth, the question is what we should do." ”

The potter took a deep breath and began to ponder.

Chen Deng admonished: "If you want to deceive Cao Cao, it is not impossible in fact, but there are a few ideas for the reference of the prince." ”

As soon as Chen Deng's words came out, the potter suddenly remembered.

Chen Yuanlong is the two-faced person who ranks first in Tianzi in history, and he is best at two-faced and three-faced, when it comes to fooling people and Mengren, Chen Yuanlong can be said to be the ancestor of this era.

"Yuanlong, what do you want to say?"

Chen Deng cleared his throat and then told the potter and Guo Jia his ideas and strategies.

Guo Jia listened quietly, tasted it carefully, and then stretched out his thumb to Chen Deng and exclaimed: "Gaozhi! ”

Tao Shang also tasted it for a long time, nodded and said: "Yuanlong's strategy is very good, but it still needs to be supplemented, after all, Cao Cao is not an idle person, Tao wants to make some appropriate changes in Yuanlong's strategy." ”

After that, Chen Deng's strategy was changed to a certain extent in line with his style.

Guo Jia was a careful product again, and then he also stretched out a thumbs up to the potter, and said, "Cheap! ”

……

Jiyin, the county government mansion.

Cao Cao has been in Jiyin County for a long time, if not for anything else, but to be able to know the information of the Jinling Army in Pei County from time to time.

When he learned that Xu Huang and Tao Jibing of the Jinling Army attacked the two county towns of Liang State in two ways, Cao Cao felt that something was wrong.

He wanted to immediately inform the main army of Yanjin to go south, but in the end he endured it.

Cao Cao calmly analyzed the situation, and then wanted to write a letter to inform Xun You and Xiahou Yuan, asking them not to act rashly.

But before Cao Cao's letter could be sent, he received a battle report that Xiahou Yuan was defeated and captured, and Xun You led his army to withdraw from Liang State.

Cao Cao was furious at that time, and almost did not immediately send troops to Liang State in person to rescue Xiahou Yuan.

In the end, for the sake of Yanzhou's stability, he still did not rush to do so.

But at this moment, Cao Cao is already at the critical point of rampage, and he may really send an army to kill Xuzhou at any time.

At this juncture, the envoy of Xuzhou came to Yanzhou to meet Cao Cao with the sincerity of the pottery merchant.

Hearing that the potters had sent an envoy to meet him, Cao Cao immediately raised his spirit and received the envoy.

The envoy who came to Jiyin from Xuzhou was a talent who had just been recommended to Tao Qian by the great Confucian Zheng Xuan, and was appointed by Tao Qian to engage in it, and asked him to go to Pei County to help the Tao merchants raise military money and food.

The name of the messenger is Sun Qian.

Cao Cao saw Sun Gan, but when he saw Sun Qian's graceful demeanor and thoughtful manners, he admired and liked it very much in his heart, but his anger went a little bit.

However, on the surface, Cao Cao did not give Sun Qian a good face.

"Cao has already mobilized the Yanzhou army, and wants to go to Xuzhou to kill the Tao father and son, to avenge my father and younger brother, the pottery merchant child is not careful to cultivate virtue, burn incense and pray for repentance, but the first to raise troops, seize my Liang country, hurt my generals, capture my clan, this revenge is not a gentleman! At such a time of time, the potter thief still asked you to come here to do something! ”

Sun Qian did not panic at all in the face of Cao Cao's sharp rebuke.

"Back to Duke Cao, Gongzi Tao specially ordered me to come to ask for a peace strike, he wanted to ask Duke Cao to truce on the condition of General Xiahou Yuan, and the two families would rebuild their alliance and jointly support Han and the people."

As soon as these words came out, Cao Cao's nose almost ran out of breath.

"The potter thief killed my father and captured my brother, and now he still wants to make peace? It's a dream! What did he think of Cao? Fool me like you fooled Dong Zhuo back then? Phew! Cao doesn't eat his set! ”

Sun Qian was not in a hurry, but just persuaded: "Gong Cao, before Tao Fujun comes down, let me bring you a message: whether Ling Zun's death has anything to do with Xuzhou, Gong Cao knows very well, what a hero Gong is, how willing is he to be a knife in the hands of others?" If Cao Gong still cares about brotherhood, he will ask for a truce and stop the army, and pay 500,000 yuan to buy the life of General Xiahou, and we can not hurt the peace......"

"Wait, wait! You shut your mouth first! ”

Cao Cao hurriedly raised his hand, interrupted Sun Gan's words, and looked at him with incredible eyes.

"What do you mean...... It was the potter who killed my old father and captured my brother, and I am going to send troops to fight him, but he has to exchange my brother's life for me to retire from the army, and at the same time I have to pay him another 500,000 yuan? Sun Envoy, do you mean that? Cao should have understood correctly, right? ”

Sun Qian nodded with a smile and said, "Cao Gong is really a hero in the world, just a little bit, yes, that's what Prince Taiping meant." ”

"Whew!"

Cao Cao stared at him coldly and sneered: "Potter thief, how many years have passed, why hasn't this stinky virtue changed at all?" This condition is in Cao's ears, how can it feel that it is not me who sent troops to fight him, but a bit like he sent troops to destroy me? Envoy Sun, did you figure out the situation before you came to Cao? ”

Sun Qian bowed his hand humbly and said: "With Lao Caogong's concern, before Qian came, he made this matter clear." ”

"It's clear, you still ......" Cao Cao was about to reprimand, but suddenly he was blessed, and he seemed to have some key point in his mind.

Wrong!

This kind of quid pro quo, and I am not stupid, how can I agree to it?

The little thief of the potter, who was a wise man, would never send a messenger from far and wide to negotiate an agreement that would not have been possible at all, so why should he bother with such extra thoughts?

There must be something wrong with this!

Thinking of this, Cao Cao didn't say much, he waved his hand, and said to Sun Gan: "The envoy will go to the post house to rest first, and after Cao carefully examines this matter, you and I will make a decision!" ”