After assigning the available generals and soldiers and horses to various critical battlefields at the Yellow River crossing, and letting Mi Fang and Gong Du bring their own Daxu banners in Kaiyang to clamp down on the high cadres stationed in Qidi, the pottery merchants immediately led the Shanman battalion and Guo Jia, Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi, Lu Su and others to the Yellow River crossings on the western front to supervise the battle and rescue.

The Shanman battalion is a new battalion composed of strong men sent from Baiyue by Tao Ying after Lu Su sat in Suzhou, which was used to deal with Shanyue, and was now seconded by the pottery merchants to deal with the emergency.

After all, the Jinling Army and the Xuzhou Army were already stretched.

According to Guo Jia's analysis, although this method is a deception, it looks very magnificent, making the opponent frightened, but its edge is absolutely impossible to last too long.

What you have to do is to grit your teeth and hold on to the door, and after a long delay, its momentum will inevitably fail, and then the soldiers and horses will be scattered in the enemy's territory, and it will be difficult to collect the water, and it will be Yuan Shao himself who will suffer sooner or later.

However, the premise is that his own side and Cao Cao's side must hold on steadily. If Yuan Shao is extinguished, everything is empty talk.

Chen Deng also gave advice to the pottery merchants, saying that now the generals of Xuzhou are guarding the important towns of the Yellow River, and there may be problems at any time along the way, and since the pottery merchants have now handed over the Daxu Banner to Mi Fang, then they should turn the light into darkness and secretly dispatch in the middle, and where there is a problem, they will go to where to support, in order to stabilize the situation and do their best to delay...... Drag it until Yuan Shao's offensive forces are exhausted.

The potter felt that Chen Deng was walking himself like a puppy, a very unfriendly kind of dog walking...... But I agreed to his suggestion anyway.

The potters led the elite of the 4,000-mountain barbarian battalion to wait in the territory, and sent the school officials of the school office to inquire about the enemy situation of the generals everywhere.

In this fierce battle, the pottery merchant sent someone to temporarily transfer Lu Su and his Shanban battalion to his side, but so Wuzhong's original military strength to contain Shanyue was gone, so the pottery merchant wrote a letter to Tao Ying, and transferred He Qi and Lu Dai from Huiji County, so that the two of them could guard Suzhou and suppress Shanyue with Sima Lang.

And the generals around the pottery merchant have basically been sent to fight the enemy at various ports on the Yellow River, and there are almost no available people in his hands, otherwise he would not be helpless, and even Mi Fang and Liu Pi are such wonderful partners.

In view of the fact that the generals in the hands of the pottery merchant are now overstretched, Lu Su recommended to him a few military marquis that he had promoted when he pacified Shanyue in recent years, and these four military marquis now also help him manage the four thousand mountain barbarian camps.

These four military marquis are Xu Zhong, Song Qian, Jia Hua, and Ma Zhong.

The first three potters didn't feel much of a deal, but the last one caught his attention.

Ma Zhong?!

As soon as he heard the name, the potter immediately took it seriously.

Or rather, it should be said that it is very important.

Ma Zhong should be the Sima of Pan Zhang's subordinates in history. I have never made any small contributions in my life, and I can shock the world when I make a meritorious service.

He captured Guan Yu, Guan Ping's father and son. As the saying goes, if you don't make a hit, it's just a blockbuster.

The potter became interested in Ma Zhong and asked him, "Where is Ma Junhou from?" ”

When Ma Zhong saw the pottery merchant asking him in person, he was a little unaccustomed to it at first, but he reacted later, and hurriedly said: "Back to Taifu, the last general is from Donglai Huang County."

"Oh? A native of Donglai Huang County? Isn't that the same township as my eldest brother Taishi Ziyi? ”

Ma Zhong lowered his eyebrows and replied obediently: "Don't dare, don't dare, how dare the last general compare with General Ziyi, the last general is just a small person."

Tao Shang smiled and said, "My brother Taishi charity shot, can Ma Junhou do it?"

Ma Zhong bowed and said humbly: "Don't hide it from Taifu, the last general's archery skills are not as good as General Ziyi's, but it can be regarded as good shooting!"

Tao Shang smiled when he heard this: "At present, all the generals under Tao's account are going to block one side, Yuan Shao's power is monstrous, this battle may last for a long time, and now I can rely on the only one who can rely on your Nanban battalion, at this very time, what skills does Ma Junhou have, although it is shown, if he really has real ability, Tao will definitely be reused."

What the potter said was not only aimed at Ma Zhong, but also included other Xu Zhong, Song Qian, Jia Hua and others.

Several military marquis were overjoyed when they heard this.

It's a great opportunity to show yourself.

If the potter really took a fancy to himself, then he would really be prosperous when he turned around.

Ma Zhong was one of the more flexible among the four military marquis, and he stood up first and said, "Since Taifu said this, how can we lag behind?" A certain person is willing to show his martial arts first...... It's ugly! ”

The potter nodded, and then led the group to the front of the school.

Ma Zhong was the first to perform, he shot ten arrows in a row with a hard bow of one and a half stones away from the target on the school field a hundred paces away.

Of the ten arrows, eight hit the bull's-eye, and the other two were also shot at the target, and none of the arrows fell off.

Everyone couldn't help but applaud one after another.

Although this kind of archery cannot be said to be a miracle skill, it can also be called a good hand in arrows.

The potter applauded: "Yes, yes, Ma Junhou really has two brushes."

Next, Xu Zhong and Song Qian played a set of knife and marksmanship in front of the pottery merchant respectively, which can be regarded as a dancing tiger and tiger, quite a doorway, and it looks like a person who is proficient in martial arts.

Jia Hua single-handedly fought a tug-of-war with four strong soldiers, and he won.

The potter nodded frequently and affirmed them.

These four military marquis are worthy of being promoted by Lu Su, although they are not first-class generals like Tai Shici and Zhao Yun, but at least they are available.

At present, the fierce generals around him have been sent out, and the good fighters are stretched, and these four people are used to respond to the emergency, but they also make.

Tao Shang looked at the four military marquis with satisfaction, nodded and smiled: "The four are really generals, they are all good seedlings that can be cultivated, you make good contributions, Tao will definitely promote you ......"

Before the potter's words were finished, in the crowd of onlookers, a mockery suddenly sounded "poof".

In the quiet of the venue, the laughter was not loud, but it was unusually harsh.

The faces of everyone present changed suddenly.

At such a solemn moment, how dare anyone laugh?

Ma Zhong turned his head angrily, looked at the crowd in the direction of the ridicule, and said angrily: "Which one is so rude!" Get him out of here! ”

The soldiers of the mountain barbarian battalion gave way one after another, and there was a bustling shouting and pushing sound from the crowd.

When I was young, I saw a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy being pushed out by a strong man in the mountain barbarian camp.

The young man was swarthy, not fat or strong, but quite strong, and the muscles of the exposed arms were angular, and at first glance he looked like a very strong physique.

Xu Zhong stepped forward, and an ear scraper slapped the young man's face, turning his dark face into a five-finger mountain.

"Bastard thing! Actually laughed at Taifu, you don't want to live anymore?" Xu Zhong roared angrily.

The young man was slapped in the face, but instead of being afraid and cowardly, he glared at Xu Zhong fiercely, and his eyes were like beasts, quite wild.

Xu Zhong was anxious.

"Damn! How dare you stare at me? Look for death! ”

He roared angrily and hit the boy.

"Wait!"

The pottery merchant called Xu Zhong, then looked at Lu Su suspiciously, and said strangely: "Zijing, I wanted to ask just now, in your mountain barbarian camp, it seems that there are more than 100 Yue people sent by Tao Ying, right?" It seems that there are Han people, how can there be such a young boy?"

Lu Su smiled helplessly and explained: "Taifu, Baiyue does not understand Han etiquette, and the army naturally can't use all of them, after I arrived in Suzhou, I also asked Sima Lang to help gather some elite soldiers among the Han people into the Shanman camp, these four military marquis have served in Sheng Xian's army in the past, but they are of great use."

The potter pointed at the young man again and said, "What about this?" Not old enough to join the army, right? What is this? ”