In the tent of the Tao merchant, Tao Taifu and a group of generals and advisers were discussing the strategy of exchanging hostages with Cao Cao this time.

Guo Jia, as the chief military advisor, was the first to make a statement.

"At this time, the Son of Heaven has settled in Fan County, and sold his official position to the princes of the world, and the matter of establishing a dynasty alone has been tacitly acquiesced by the princes of the world.

Chen Deng agreed with Guo Jia's point of view: "The evil breath in Cao Cao's chest is difficult to calm down, and he naturally thinks of dealing with Taifu to avenge this deep revenge." ”

The potter held his forehead and sighed: "As I expected, Cao Cao should be planning to take advantage of the opportunity of exchanging prisoners and taking advantage of our unpreparedness to carry out a surprise attack on us...... I just don't know how he intends to fight this battle? ”

Guo Jia said confidently: "He is nothing more than two tactics, one is to take advantage of the opportunity to exchange prisoners to rush into battle, the other is to wait for our army to retreat after the exchange of prisoners, with Cao Cao's ability, he will definitely not perform the first method of warfare, one is too obvious, easy to be seen through by us, and the second is that the second general of the Xiahou clan is his relative general after all, if it is not a last resort, Cao Cao will not do this, after all, the main commander of the Cao army, or Cao Cao's clan brother, so it is easy to lose the heart of the clan. ”

The pottery merchant smiled and said, "Last time, in order to paralyze Cao Cao, I specially proposed to let him exchange Jueying and Claw Huang Feidian for two generals of the Xiahou clan. ”

Chen Deng stood up and bowed to the potter: "Having said that, the hostages still need to be seriously exchanged with Cao Cao so as not to reveal flaws." ”

The potter nodded and said, "This matter is saved by Tao." ”

After finishing speaking, the pottery merchant turned his head to Guo Jia and said, "After exchanging hostages, presumably Cao Cao will drive his troops to chase after him, right?" ”

Guo Jia fluttered his sleeves and said: "After Cao Cao and us exchanged hostages, I thought that our army was lax and would inevitably drive troops to chase after us. ”

When the potter heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little lonely in his heart.

Pick the terrain to fight Cao Cao...... In the final analysis, it is due to the lack of large and strong cavalry on their side.

After Zhao Yun captured Xia Houen alive, he once reported to himself that the strength of the tiger and leopard cavalry guarding Puyang was extremely strong, and its combat power was stable above the white horse righteous servant, and that cavalry was only a branch of the tiger and leopard battalion.

If they resist head-on with the main force of the tiger and leopard cavalry led by Cao Chun, the cavalry and infantry of the Xuzhou army will have no way to resist.

But where should you face off against Cao Jun?

At this time, I saw Xu Rong stand up and said coldly: "The last general is a good place to go, suitable for arranging my Xuzhou army to fight against Cao Cao!" ”

The potter hurriedly asked, "Where?" ”

Xu Rong owed, then walked over to the leather figure hanging on the screen behind the potter, and said as he gestured.

"The land of Fan County is the place where the Son of Heaven lives in peace, and is the attention of the princes of the world, Cao Cao must not dare to easily move with our army here, so as not to seize the handle for other princes, the last general is expected to wait for our army to return to the border of Xuzhou, and then make a surprise attack, so that we can take the ancient battlefield of Jiuli Mountain, and arrange troops to fight Cao Cao."

"Nine Mile Mountain?" The potter touched his chin and muttered.

"Exactly!" Xu Ronglang said: "When the last general came to Pei County from Jinling City, he deliberately went to Jiuli Mountain to investigate the terrain, its shape is like a winding dragon, surrounded by mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack, because there are many mountains, the cavalry is inconvenient to display, and it has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times!" According to ancient legends, Han Xin once set up an ambush on all sides here to break the overlord Xiang Yu of Western Chu, if we drive our troops here, we may be able to fight with Cao Cao. ”

The pottery merchant's eyes suddenly lit up, and he suddenly realized: "I remember, there has been a folk song since ancient times - the ancient battlefield in front of Jiuli Mountain, the shepherd boy picked up the old knives and guns, and the wind blew the Wujiang River, just like Yu Ji Don't overlord." ”

Speaking of this, he saw the potter stand up and instructed the generals: "Xu Rong, you lead an elite army and go to Jiuli Mountain to inspect the terrain first, so that after our army arrives at Jiuli Mountain, we can quickly deploy defenses. ”

Xu Rong arched his hand: "No! ”

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Three days later, Cao Cao handed over the hostages to the potters as agreed.

The potters sent back Xiahou Yuan and Xiahouen to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao sent his two famous horses, Jueying and Claw Huang Feidian, to the potters.

Although it was only to paralyze Cao Cao, the potter was also happy from the bottom of his heart.

The Ferrari is already in hand, and now the Shadow and the Yellow Flying Bolt are also in hand.

Three-quarters of the dream of collecting all four luxury cars has been completed.

The potter named Jueying "Porsche" and "Rolls-Royce" to Huang Feidian.

It seems to be a Lamborghini.

After the matter of exchanging people for horses, the Jinling army immediately retreated in the direction of Xuzhou.

At the same time, in the land of Qixiang, where Cao Cao's main army was stationed, the main forces of Cao's army were also ready to start their operations.

The generals of the Cao clan, with Xiahoudun, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Pang De, Yan Xing, Cao Chun, Dian Wei, Li Dian, Yu Ban and other main combat forces, were waiting for Cao Cao to issue them a military order to attack the Jinling army.

This time the confrontation was no longer any of Cao's partial divisions, but the main force of Cao's army led by Cao Cao himself.

Cao Cao himself, after giving a thorough lecture to his generals, immediately ordered the governors of Cao Ren to march straight to the rear army of the potters, who had already marched in the direction of Jiuli Mountain.

Seeing the soldiers and horses of each unit advancing into the distance one by one, Cao Cao's eyes couldn't help but narrow slightly, as if he was thinking about something big.

Behind him, Cheng Yu hurriedly walked over and said to Cao Cao: "Sikong, Jia Xu from Puyang has sent a letter." ”

"Jia Xu?" Cao Cao was stunned at first when he heard this, and for a while he didn't seem to remember who the other party was, and after recalling it for a while, he suddenly realized.

"It's him." Cao Cao laughed and shook his head.

That old thing, since he conspired with himself in Guanzhong to take away the Son of Heaven, he has never set up a plan for himself again, and has never offered a plan.

This old guy doesn't squeak anymore, and Cao Cao is afraid that he will forget what his name is.

He sent a letter...... What is said above? ”

Cheng Yu got Cao Cao's authorization, and immediately opened Jia Xu's letterhead, and after reading it in a hurry, he said: "Jia Wenhe heard that His Majesty has established a dynasty in Fan County, and he specially advised Sikong to take revenge on the pottery merchants. ”

Cao Cao snorted coldly.

"If it weren't for the Son of Heaven, he would not be able to open his mouth in front of Cao in this life, let's talk about it, what strategy did he offer?"

Cheng Yu stroked his beard again, and said to Cao Cao: "Jia Wenhe admonished Sikong, and asked Sikong to endure his anger for a while, and don't easily send troops to attack the pottery merchants." ”

Cao Cao was stunned when he heard this.

Old thing, he is quite good at guessing, he actually knew that Cao would pursue the Tao Shang army?

"Cao's soldiers and horses have been sent out, how can they be recovered? Ignore him! Cao Cao seemed to be angry with Jia Xu and ignored it.

Cheng Yu's face showed a look of admiration, and said: "This Jia Xu is not an ordinary person, his letterhead also said that if Sikong has already sent troops to pursue the pottery merchant and does not withdraw the military order, then please remember to be careful of Yuan Shao's sneak attack." ”

"Oh......!"

Cao Cao took a deep breath of cool air, and then suddenly raised his hand and slapped his forehead.

"I almost forgot, Yuan Benchu was not idle, Cao Mou made the potter thief angry, and he forgot about such a big event."

Cheng Yu looked at Cao Cao suspiciously: "Yuan Shao won the general, it was when he was complacent and waved his army north to unify Hebei, could he offend Sikong at this juncture?" ”

"He will!" Cao Cao nodded, and said affirmatively: "Cao has known him for more than 20 years, and he knows Yuan Benchu's temperament very well. ”

Cheng Yu hesitated a little when he heard this: "Then let's fight with the potter, are we still fighting?" ”

Cao Cao laughed when he heard this, and said heavily: "Fight!" No matter how tricky the potter is, no matter how strong Yuan Shao is, how can he resist Cao? This battle is not against Cao's chest, and he has to compare himself with the Tao thief. ”