After listening to Chen Deng's explanation, the pottery merchant immediately understood everything when he heard the words.

Thieves are easy to find, but thieves are hard to find.

It's a bit of a trick to say.

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The potters and the generals discussed for two days in a row, but they did not explore any good way to find out Yan Baihu's lair, but according to the school office's report in Dangwu County, they probably knew that Yan Baihu's troops were in the junction of Shicheng Mountain and Baihu Mountain, fifty miles south of Changxing County.

The problem is that the area occupied by Baihu Mountain and Shicheng Mountain is very large, and further south of Baihu Mountain is Mogan Mountain, Tianmu Mountain, and Longwang Mountain, which stretch for thousands of miles.

According to the convention, the potters can send their soldiers into the mountains to investigate the situation of the enemy, but this will inevitably delay too much time, and when the traces of Yan Baihu are discovered, I don't know if it will be until the Year of the Monkey.

The potter didn't want to delay so much time in a mountain that didn't flow into the stream.

Just kidding, I have to get married in half a year!

Just when the potter was scratching his head a little about this matter, a person came to him with Xu Jing's letter of recommendation.

It is said that he was a famous ranger in the Jiangru area in the past, and in recent years in Langling raised troops, when Xu Jing was in Yingchuan, because of Shang Shulang's official position and Xu Zijiang's identity as a brother, and all the heroes have dealings, this ranger is one of them.

This person's name is Li Tong.

When the potter heard Li Tong's name, he was very happy and hurried to meet him.

After Li Tong defected to Cao Cao, he has been guarding the Huairu land in the south for him, he assisted Cao Cao to defeat the warlord Zhang Xiu of Xiliang, who was good at fighting, and he was reused by Cao Cao in the battle of Guandu and Cao Ren, Cao Ren guarded Wannan, and Li Tong guarded Jianghuai, which were Cao Cao's most important rear guarantees.

During the Battle of Chibi, Li Tong received Cao Ren, who was cut off by Guan Yu, and made outstanding achievements.

Moreover, Li Tong had pulled up a team in the early years and became a strong party, threatening the Jianghuai and Huai regions, and the remnants of the Yellow Turban in Runan were powerful, and when they heard Li Tong's name, they did not dare to invade their hometown.

In the middle of Cao Cao's business, the land of Huainan was the most unstable, and Sun Ce almost wanted to collude with the thieves in Huainan to invade this place at all times, but he was cracked and suppressed by Li Tong every time, and tended to be stable.

Such a talent, but now because of his relationship with Xu Jing, he defected to his command by mistake, and the potter didn't know what to say.

He owes Xu Jing a favor again.

Li Tong is tall and majestic, because he was originally a hero, his personality is very bold, and he looks at everyone with a confident smile, which makes people look very comfortable.

"Li Tong has seen the Prince of Taiping!" Li Tong smiled heartily and handed Xu Jing's letter of recommendation to the potter, rubbed his hands and sighed: "I have admired the name of the Taiping Prince for a long time, and I am finally destined to meet him today!" ”

Tao Shang stretched out his hand to invite Li Tong to sit down, and said with a smile: "There is Shang Shulang's letter here, Tao will definitely not treat Brother Wenda lightly, by the way, I heard that Brother Wenda is a famous chivalrous warrior in the land of Ruchen, and there is also a team under his command, I don't know if you have brought it together this time?" ”

Li Tong said: "There are about 1,000 people under the command of Tong, most of them are rangers who wander in the mountains all the year round, and they are good at investigating, and I heard that the prince of the palace is going to crusade against Yan Baihu, the commander of the mountain, and I wish Mao Sui to recommend himself, lead these subordinates into the White Tiger Mountain and Shicheng Mountain, and find out where Yan Baihu hides soldiers and horses for the king!" ”

When the potter heard this, his heart was immediately happy.

"If Brother Wenda can do this for Tao, Tao will definitely not treat you and your brothers badly, I will now appoint Brother Wenda as the captain of the school, and the brothers under him will be used in the school office...... It's just that I heard that Baihu Mountain and Shicheng Mountain are both dangerous places, and the mountains and forests are extremely difficult to walk, so will there be any danger and inconvenience for the brothers to spy on intelligence? ”

Li Tong said with a smile: "Although you can rest assured that the brothers under my command were rangers in the past, it is really not difficult to climb mountains and wade through rivers and forests, at least it should be much easier for them to go to the mountains and forests to do exploration, than the regular army under the command of Gongzi." ”

Tao Shang was completely relieved when he heard this, he arched his hand at Li Tong, and thanked: "Thanks to Brother Wenda for solving Tao's urgent need, Tao is grateful...... When the war settles down, I will take you back to Jinling City to visit the painting boat! ”

Li Tong looked at the potter with a smile, and it took a while to come back to his senses.

"Tao Fujun, what is the painting boat? Tong seems to have never heard of it. ”

The potter smiled and hooked his finger at Li Tong, then put his mouth into his ear and described it in a low voice.

Li Tong's face turned red all of a sudden.

He retracted his head in cringe, bowed his head with a red face and said to the Tao Shang: "The mind of the Taiping prince is really understood, but this painting boat is ...... I'm not going...... Tong has never been to a brothel."

The potter stood up, walked to Li Tong's side, patted him on the shoulder with a smile, and said, "Brother Wenda misunderstood, how can it be said that it is a brothel?" ”

"That's?"

"It's clearly a prostitute ship."

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Li Tong's subordinates, after receiving Li Tong's order, immediately marched towards Shicheng Mountain and Baihu Mountain, and entered the mountains to search for the traces of Yan Baihu and his soldiers and horses.

In fact, as for Li Tong's subordinates, whether they can find Yan Baihu, and after finding Yan Baihu, whether they will startle the snake and make the other party relocate, the potter's heart is really bottomless.

However, Li Tong is quite famous in history, and belongs to the figure who cooperated closely with Cao Wei's Eight Tigers and Cao Ren, and Cao Cao's ability to hand over the chaotic Jianghuai land to him represents full trust in this person's ability.

Such a character, if he doesn't have points in his heart, he must not say big things without evidence.

Li Tong did not live up to the expectations of the potters, and in less than half a month, his subordinates explored Yan Baihu's hiding place clearly, and it was rare that Yan Baihu and others found out without startling the snakes, and reported back to the potters as quickly as possible.

Yan Baihu's stockade, enshrined in the deep mountains and forests at the junction of Baihu Mountain and Shicheng, is close to Mogan Mountain, and is located at the junction of Wucheng County and Changxing County.

According to the statements of Li Tong's subordinates, the place where Yan Baihu's stockade was stationed was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the place was secret, and the cavalry of the brigade could not enter at all, so it could only be broken by elite infantry troops who were good at fighting.

This time when they came to the north to fight, there were 2,000 tiger guards among the 10,000 people of the pottery merchants, as well as the Danyang elite soldiers led by Tao Ji, the pottery merchants pulled them out, and added 1,000 people from Li Tong, a total of 5,000 people entered the White Tiger Mountain under the guidance of the guide, and directly took Yan Baihu and the others.