Zhuge Liang wrote down a strategic plan under the instruction of the pottery merchant, and after the pottery merchant reviewed it, he immediately sent the members of the school administration to all parts of the north to inform Guo Jia, Sima Yi and others.

After the strategy was formulated, the soldiers and horses of all parties related to Tao began to prepare troops and begin to attack Jizhou.

The pottery merchant plain county gathered soldiers and horses, went east to the land of Jizhou, and began to attack Jizhou.

Jizhou is located in the plain, although rich, but to a certain extent, it is easy to attack and difficult to defend, except for the tall city of Yecheng, close to Zhangshui, the rest of the counties are relatively flat in the terrain, but it is not easy to defend.

At the beginning, Yuan Shao was very relieved to learn that Cao Cao and the pottery merchant had attacked each other because of their own schemes.

Crazy for both of you! Should! It's best to bite each other to death!

In his expectation, if the pottery merchant and Cao Cao can contain each other for three months, he will recruit more people and soldiers in Jizhou, even if it cannot be used for front-line operations, but in the rear as a logistics army, it is still possible, so that the army that was originally used as logistics can be drawn out and incorporated into various battalions, although the combat power is not as good as the soldiers on the right track, but in a sense, it can still be used.

After all, it is the defender of the city, and the requirements for combat power do not need to be so high.

This is also Yuan Shao's consistent style, which requires quantity, but not quality.

Just when Yuan Shao was doing all this, the scouts under his command sent information that the pottery merchants attacked Xiahoudun and Cao Ren's Dazhai at night, Xiahoudun was killed by an arrow, and the entire Cao camp was mourned for him.

When Yuan Shao heard the news, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

The relationship between Xiahoudun and Cao Cao, Yuan Shao still knows better, this person is now dead in the hands of the potter, with the close relationship between Cao Cao and Xiahoudun, he will definitely not give up with the potter.

In this way, I will have time to breathe.

But Yuan Shao was not happy for long, but the scout came with a news that Cao Cao actually highlighted the battle of Jizhou and transferred to the land of Sanhe to garrison troops, and I don't know if he was to attack and merge with the state, or to transfer to Guanzhong.

But whether Cao Cao wants to switch to Guanzhong, or change the map to merge the state, the land of Jizhou, now only Yuan Shao and the pottery merchant are left to compete.

Although Yuan Shao has a strong foundation, there are Southern Xiongnu in the north, the old department of Youzhou, the Black Mountain Army, Wuhuan and other people echoing with the pottery merchants, showing a multi-party encirclement trend, and Yuan Shao of Jizhou is tightly wrapped in it.

This battle, for Yuan Shao, may be more dangerous than the battle of Guandu.

……

Yecheng.

Yuan Shao was in his main hall, drinking one after another, and on his table was a leather map, which marked the five routes of soldiers and horses of the potters, which were displayed in all parties in Jizhou.

According to the report from the spies, the soldiers and horses of the Southern Xiongnu went south to Zhongshan in Yuyang under the leadership of Sima Yi and Zhao Yun, the soldiers and horses of Wuhuan went to Bohai County from Youbeiping under the instruction of Guo Jia, the men and horses of the old department of Youzhou went to Zhuo County under the leadership of Xian Yufu and Tian Yu, and the Black Mountain Army attacked Changshan County and saw deer.

The pottery merchant's own Bingfeng is directed at Yecheng!

The five roads of soldiers and horses, mighty and mighty, sent troops at the same time, launched an attack on Yuan Shao's central Yecheng from all directions, and for a while, the entire land of Jizhou was in an emergency.

Because Wuhuan admitted that Yuan Shao was the real culprit who made his subordinates murder the Son of Heaven, the prestige of Yuan Shao IV and the Third Duke had fallen to the bottom among the world's scholars......

At the same time, the Jinling Tao Army killed Qiu Liju, Lou Ban and Su Muyan and others, and re-established the Wuhuan King Tadun, which not only avenged the first emperor, but also pushed the prestige of the Han people in Middle-earth to a peak again!

Black Mountain Army, Southern Xiongnu, Wuhuan ...... All of them have been leveled by potters, what kind of means and courage is this?

Whether it is the common people or the scholars, they have responded to the pottery merchants entering Jizhou, and some local county soldiers actually took the initiative to surrender, and the ruling power of the Yuan family in Jizhou fell into a crisis.

Yuan Shao had been drinking wine for several days, and he was really in a bad mood.

In fact, I don't blame him, if he were anyone, he wouldn't be in a better mood.

As the so-called wrong step, wrong step, Yuan Shao's power increased greatly, he was arrogant, and he got carried away, and he secretly gave birth to the heart of the Han Dynasty, and he was caught by the potter.

Since then...... Coupled with the later battle of Guandu, the name of the fourth and third princes declined step by step.

As the saying goes, if people don't do it, they won't die...... A few years ago, Yuan Shao was a little too ruthless.

Now, the entire Jizhou, including Yecheng, is full of people's hearts, especially those Hebei scholars who were attached to the Yuan clan back then, and now the wall is down and everyone pushes it, and many scholars have begun to secretly make small moves and send people to secretly collude with the pottery merchants.

During this period of time, Yuan Shao has sent people to conduct a large-scale search and arrest throughout Jizhou, looking for scholars or local officials who secretly dare to collude with pottery merchants, and once they are found, they will all be severely punished.

For a time, the entire Yecheng was panicked, and everyone was in danger.

In particular, there are many of these people who take the impression of being close to others by reporting others.

"General!"

Yuan Shaozheng was slightly drunk, and saw Guo Tu hurriedly walking into the hall.

Yuan Shao looked up at him drunkenly.

Guo Tu hurriedly presented a slip and said: "General, this is all investigated by Guo Mou, and now in Yecheng, there is a list of people suspected of colluding with pottery merchants, and the general is also invited to take a look." ”

When Yuan Shao heard this, a trace of anger suddenly flashed on his face.

"Show me!" Yuan Shao put down the wine lord heavily and yelled at Guo Tu.

Guo Tu didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly handed over the slip.

Yuan Shao exhaled the smell of wine, carefully scribbled the name on it, and said word by word: "The people on this ...... Is all the evidence true? ”

Guo Tu hurriedly said: "Although there is no specific evidence at the moment, there are some traces that show that they did have contact with the potter. ”

Yuan Shao threw Jian Mu on the table and said angrily: "Even if they didn't testify, as a soldier and civilian in Jizhou, they had some contact with the pottery thieves, but with this, it can be shown that they are indeed harboring evil intentions!" Guo Tu, the biography will order them all to be imprisoned and interrogated one by one! You don't need to let go of any of them. ”

"No!" As soon as Guo Tu arched his hand, he turned around and hurriedly prepared to leave on an errand.

When he walked to the door of the hall, he saw Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang walking in.

Guo Tu nodded at the trial with a smile, and then at Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi, and then left in a hurry.

The judge walked into the main hall, looked at Yuan Shao, who was both drunk and angry, pondered for a moment, and said: "Ming Gong, the top priority should be to calm people's hearts and stabilize the situation. ”

Yuan Shao slapped the table and said angrily: "Bohai, Changshan and other counties are lost!" Our army is already demoralized, if these thieves are allowed to act recklessly, Yuan, this Yecheng, will he still have it? ”

Seeing that Yuan Shao didn't listen to persuasion, the judge sighed helplessly, and stopped talking.

Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi, who came with Yuan Shao, seemed to be a little timid, they seemed to have never seen their father in such a rage.

"Due South...... Yuan has made up his mind, I can't stay in Yecheng, I want to send troops to fight to the death with the potters! ”