The relationship between Fu Zhu and Xiao Ji is not very good, and he came out this time to take the initiative to relieve Xiao Ji, the main reason is for the sake of the overall situation.

If it didn't affect the trend of the war, he couldn't let Yuan Shao castrate Xiao Ji and kill him again.

In this situation, the battle line in the east is no longer maintainable, and it is indeed not a good sign to kill Xiao Ji, it is easy to cause low morale, after all, Yan Liang is dead, Gao Gan has been captured again, and there are too many unfavorable battles.

Yuan Shao took two deep breaths, calmed down his mood, and then asked, "What should Yuan do in this situation?" ”

Frustrated, he didn't say anything.

But Tian Feng stood up and said: "General, now the strong men in Hebei have been almost summoned, the number of soldiers and horses in the general's own formation is unprecedented, Yan Liang died in battle, Gao Gan was captured, since the eastern front is already weak, you might as well take back the generals, go all out to defeat Baima and Yanjin, march into Henan, and destroy Cao Cao first!" Then divide the two troops to attack the pottery merchants to capture Xuzhou, the general, this is the most stable method at the moment. ”

Tian Feng's plan is a good plan, but the tone of his voice really makes Yuan Shao a little unacceptable, as if who owes him money, what he says must be listened to.

Language is an art, the same thing, from some people's mouths is called admonition, from some people's mouths is called lending, or the kind of interest thief you don't can't do.

In particular, Tian Feng's last sentence directly affirmed the implication that Yuan Shao's previous strategy was not working.

If Yuan Shao had any other feasible strategy now, he would definitely wave Tian Feng directly and shave his big ears, and then condescendingly taunt him, and finally chop him up and feed him to the dogs.

But the problem is, he really doesn't have any other strategy at the moment.

Wen Chou chou cried enough, stood up from Yan Liang's stinky corpse, and said loudly: "General, the last general is willing to be the vanguard!" Kill all the southern troops to avenge your brother. ”

Yuan Shao waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, sooner or later in the future, you will find an opportunity to take revenge." ”

After that, he glanced at Tian Feng dissatisfiedly, then looked at Xiao Ji, turned around and walked back to the handsome tent.

Everyone followed Yuan Shao in, and when they were young, they only left Yuan Shang and Xiao Ji, who were kneeling on the ground, outside the tent.

Yuan Shang looked at Xiao Ji angrily, and said dissatisfiedly: "Get up, what are you still kneeling for!" ”

Xiao Ji raised his hand to wipe his sweat, stood up weakly, and said to Yuan Shang: "Thank you for the third prince for interceding for me." ”

Yuan Shang snorted and said, "What about pleading?" Wasn't he scolded by his father? Ever since I was a child, I have never been scolded by my father like this! It's all because of you. ”

Xiao Ji secretly scolded you in his heart, why did it become a scolding?

This kid really doesn't resist picking up.

But having said that, I still have to express myself somewhat and thank him for saving his life.

Xiao Ji smiled awkwardly and said, "Third Prince, when he was in Kaiyang City, I occasionally heard the meaning of Tao Shang's words, and there seemed to be some collusion between him and Yuan Tan. ”

Yuan Shang, the kid, was extremely gossipy, and when he heard this, he suddenly came to his senses: "What collusion? ”

Xiao Ji planned the wording, and then repeated to Yuan Shang what the potter said when he interrogated himself, about being entrusted by others and being loyal to people.

Hearing this, Yuan Shang narrowed his eyes and said, "In this way, Yuan Tan wanted to use the potter to decapitate you?" ”

Xiao Ji nodded and said, "After Ji Zhi's analysis, this matter is true. ”

"Why did he kill you by the hand of a potter?"

Xiao Ji stomped his foot heavily and said, "Hey! Third son, you still don't understand this? I am your cronies, and I am also the mastermind of important ministers, the eldest prince sees that you are favored by the general, how can you not be jealous, he is sweeping away dissidents! ”

Yuan Shang's brows suddenly furrowed, and he said dissatisfiedly: "Yuan Tan, this guy, actually intends to seize the throne with me?" It's just ridiculous! Why should he care about things that don't belong to him? ”

When Xiao Ji heard this, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and he didn't know how to evaluate Yuan Shang's shameless words.

Please, someone is the eldest son, okay? The person who is competing for a place with others, it seems to be you, right?

Yuan Shang didn't see Xiao Ji's twisted expression, he only saw him take a deep breath, nodded and said, "I remember what Gong Ji said...... In this way, I really have to tell my father about this when I go back, Yuan Tan thief, you wait! ”

……

Yuan Shao eventually took Tian Feng's suggestion, although he didn't like it very much.

Yuan Shao ordered the withdrawal of Yuan's army from the ferries and passes on the east bank, and concentrated all the male soldiers in the four states on the north bank of Zhongzhou, preparing to destroy Cao Cao first.

After repairing for a period of time, Yuan Shao immediately went south and marched to Wuyang with all his troops, preparing to use this as a base to conquer Xuchang.

In August, the main force of Yuan's army approached Guandu, and set up camp according to the sand, which was dozens of miles wide from east to west, and its momentum was very high.

Cao Cao did not dare to slack off, on the one hand, he organized his army and defended Yuan Shao's army in Henan, resolutely preventing Yuan Shao from taking a step beyond Lei Chi, and on the other hand, he sent people to the southeast front to ask Tao Shang for help, asking him to lead troops to support.

The person who went to the southeast front was Dong Zhao under Cao Cao.

As soon as he saw the pottery merchant, he immediately told him the pros and cons, and made it clear to him: Don't think that your surname Tao defeated Yuan Shao's division on the eastern front of Xuzhou.

In the face of Dong Zhao's advice and threats, the potter neither expressed his position nor was he angry, he just asked people to temporarily lead Dong Zhao down to rest, and then make a decision after he discussed with everyone.

After Dong Zhao left, the pottery merchant immediately summoned all the civil and military forces to discuss the matter together.

At this time, Chen Deng, Zhuge Liang and others had also finished pacifying the Xuzhou Shi clan and returned to the pottery merchants.

After everyone listened to Dong Zhao's words, Chen Deng was the first to think that supporting Cao Cao was indeed in line with the vested interests of the moment.

Now is indeed not the time to calculate with each other, the Xuzhou army should join forces with Cao Cao, everyone should fight the enemy together, and defeat Yuan Shao together, as for what happened after defeating Yuan Shao, then we will go back and talk about it.

The potters also asked Guo Jia, Zhuge Liang, Lu Su and others for their opinions, and everyone agreed.

Since the audience had said so, the potters agreed.

Then gather the strength of the Xuzhou army, go to the Central Plains, and fight against Yuan Shao with Cao Cao.

According to the order of the potter, everyone went down to do business, but only one person stayed in the middle of the hall and did not leave in a hurry.

When the potter saw it, it was Sima Yi.

"Xiaoyi, if you don't go to do something, what are you doing here? I don't have time to treat you to lunch. The potter wondered.

Sima Yi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said aggrievedly: "The student is your disciple, why doesn't the teacher even care about food?" ”

The potter rolled his eyes and said, "Three years of apprenticeship, two years of service, you have been my apprentice for five years, you have to take care of me for at least three years...... Why are you so embarrassed to come and eat me? ”

Sima Yi heard that the whole person was not very good.

Where did this come from, it's unheard of!

But when the master's mouth is big, he can't say anything after all.

Sima Yi sighed and said to Tao Shang: "Teacher, the students still don't eat this meal, you just don't let the students take care of your meal...... Students stay because they want to tell you what they think. ”

The potter stretched out his hand and motioned for Sima Yi to sit down, and said strangely: "What else needs to be so solemn?" ”

Sima Yi replied: "Naturally, it was the matter of sending troops to aid Cao just now. ”

Hearing this, the pottery merchant raised his eyebrows and said strangely: "Does Zhong Da think that he shouldn't send troops to reinforce Cao Cao?" ”

Sima Yi hurriedly shook his head and said: "Reinforcement Cao Cao is necessary, otherwise if Yuan Shao really destroys him, it will be difficult for me to hold Xuzhou for a long time, but although reinforcing Cao Cao is a big deal at the moment, but because of this, the disciple feels that we have missed an important place." ”

The potter looked at him curiously and said, "What place?" ”

Sima Yi said word by word: "Fan Du, Son of Heaven!" ”

The potter frowned at first, thought carefully for a moment, and suddenly his face turned pale.

Sima Yi is right, he still has most people, and he is indeed blinded by a leaf at the moment.