In the last battle to kidnap the Son of Heaven, Cao Cao and the pottery merchants were only superficial, and there was no thorough confrontation and competition, but although it was only a small battle, the strength of the Xuzhou army and the Cao army was probably seen by discerning people.

Both armies are strong troops capable of conscription and battle, and they can be described as evenly matched.

After that fierce battle, not only Cao Cao, but also the generals under his command also knew that the Jinling army was really a strong army in the world, and the Tao clan in Xuzhou was afraid that it was the most powerful obstacle for Cao's army to conquer the world.

Most of the generals under Cao Cao's command are bloody and reckless generals, these people have followed Cao Cao's southern expedition to the north for several years, most of them are brave champions of the three armies, with one enemy and ten, and they are almost never afraid of anyone.

However, the strong army under the command of the pottery merchant and the generals of Jinling City made them dare not underestimate in their hearts.

Especially even Xiahou Yuan, Xun Yu, Xun You and others have planted their heels.

"The potter doesn't go to my county, but comes to Lugu, it can be said that he is extremely bold, but it can also be said to be extremely shrewd, Meng De, how do you plan to deal with the potter?" Xiahoudun asked Cao Cao.

Cao Cao didn't answer and asked: "The pottery merchant thief has a lot of wisdom, how does Yuan Rang think he should deal with him?" ”

"Bring me the map!" Xiahoudun commanded.

Different from other generals of the Cao army, Xiahou Dun is full of poetry and books, his personality is also calm, and he is extremely strategic in his chest, which is completely different from Xiahou Yuan, who is as hot as fire, he has the title of supporting the army in the Cao army, and he is also Cao Cao's most trusted clan soldier in addition to Cao Ren.

The soldiers of the Lion and Tiger Army brought Pitu, and Xiahoudun unfolded the map to look at it.

"The intention of the last general, arrange the arrangement here, and ambush the other army."

Lu Valley is not just a narrow passage, but a hilly valley, in Xuzhou, a place with many mountains and few plains, belongs to a very special existence.

And the place pointed out by Xiahoudun is a valley road with high and narrow terrain, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack!

"Meng De, before our Chen Binglu Valley, the last general explored the terrain everywhere and found that this place is extremely dangerous! As long as our army is ambushed here, set up more rolling wood and rolling stones, and tightly guard the key points here, it will be able to defeat the Jinling army, even if it is not able to eat all the soldiers and horses of the pottery thief, but it is not difficult to defeat it! ”

Cao Cao nodded, then turned his head to look at the rest of the generals, and said, "Yuan Rang intends to set up an ambush, what else do the generals think?" Let's talk about it all."

Everyone admired Xiahoudun's art of war and ability very much, and naturally there was no objection when they heard this, and they all nodded in agreement.

Seeing that everyone had no objections, Cao Cao didn't say anything else, so he asked the generals led by Xiahoudun to go out to prepare.

After Xiahoudun left, Cao Cao ordered someone to invite Jia Xu over.

Since Cao Cao replaced Liu Dai and led Yanzhou, he has been reused by Xun Yu, Xun You, Xi Zhicai, etc.

And Jia Xu had no intention of recommending himself at all, until after the major mistake of losing the Son of Heaven, Cao Cao seemed to be empowered, and suddenly saw the importance of Jia Xu, entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, and accepted him as a cronie.

However, Cao Cao also knew that Jia Xu was unwilling to make a name for himself, nor did he want the world to know his strategy, so Cao Cao only used his tricks, but did not show his merits, but only rewarded Jia Xu in private.

Now Jia Xu, who is in charge of the Eagle and Snake Mansion, lives like Cao Cao's shadow.

Speaking from the heart, Jia Xu likes this way of living very much.

Cao Cao asked the generals to go out to prepare, and then summoned Jia Xu to his handsome tent, and said to him: "Wenhe, the right scout has come to report, the pottery merchant's military horses are less than a hundred miles away from Lu Gu at this moment. ”

When Jia Xu heard this, he was a little stunned at first, but after thinking about it, he smiled lightly.

"This kid, although the old man has never seen it, is indeed amazing...... Today, there is no second young man who dares to make such a big bet, except for him. ”

Cao Cao stroked his beard and said, "Listen to what you mean...... Cao doesn't seem to be young anymore? ”

Jia Xu smiled slightly and said, "Sikong is determined to be thousands of miles away, young and old, so what's the matter?" ”

Cao Cao laughed and said, "Listening to your flattery, Cao is really not used to it...... Shicai Yuan Rang offered me a plan, pointed out the critical place of Lu Valley, and asked Cao to display the soldiers and horses here and ambush the potters...... Although this method is proper, it is too formal, but I am afraid that it may not be able to clean up the potter. ”

Jia Xu smiled and said: "Since the pottery merchant can count the Sikong Tun soldiers in Lu Valley, how can he not know the danger in Lu Valley?" This method is indeed not able to clean up the potter. ”

Cao Cao hurriedly said when he heard this: "In this case, Wen He can have a plan to deal with the pottery merchants?" ”

Jia Xu shook his head lightly and said, "Sikong, you are a first-class smart person in the world, and the old man is not stupid...... Compared with Sikong, the potter does not let too much, and his Guo Jia, Chen Deng and others are also the top wise men in the world, which can be described as opponents in chess...... In such a formation, between the battles, it is too difficult for the two sides to take advantage of each other. ”

Cao Cao lowered his head and thought for a long time, and sighed: "Wenhe is right, it is Cao who is in a hurry. ”

Jia Xu said with a smile: "Besides, the old man set up a bureau for the pottery merchants this time, the focus itself is not on Yuan Yao and the others, Liu Xun has now agreed to belong to Sikong, even if he can only accept the Lujiang army in Liu Xun's hands, it will not be a loss for Sikong...... Let's grab the Huainan army with the potters, just to attract the energy of the potters and Guo Jia, so that things in the northeast can go smoothly, even if this allows the potters to do their best to the people of Huainan, Sikong and the potters are just the beginning of the five-five, what is the pity? If you count the effectiveness of Liu Xun and others, it is not an exaggeration to say that Sikong won a big victory. ”

Cao Cao said with a smile: "Wenhe's strategy, Cao is still trustworthy, and Cao also admires the two moves you laid out this time...... It's a pity that he can't win all over the pottery thief, Cao is really a little unwilling. ”

Jia Xu said unhurriedly: "Sikong, you need to be satisfied, after this battle, the situation in the Central Plains is very good for Sikong, there are some things, we have to slow down, don't be greedy." ”

Cao Cao bowed his hand to Jia Xu and said: "Wenhe's suggestion, Cao remembered it, Cao didn't think about it, and had a good battle with the potters here." ”

Jia Xu stroked his beard and nodded with satisfaction.

Suddenly, Jia Xu seemed to remember something, he just wanted to open his mouth to ask Cao Cao, but finally closed his mouth...... Didn't ask for it.

The question that Jia Xu wanted to ask but didn't ask was very simple, he just wanted to know, what did Cao Cao mean by deliberately arranging Zhang Ji to be Yan Xing's deputy general? What is the reason for this?

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At this time, the Tao military horses led by the pottery merchant were already approaching the land of Lugu.

The Xuzhou army killed Benlu Valley like a sharp arrow, and the wind and dust were flying along the way, and the momentum was full.

"Huh~!"

The potter took the lead in stopping with a wave of his horsewhip, squinting his eyes and carefully observing the terrain of Lu Valley in the distance.

Under the command of Pei Qian, the Tiger Guard soldiers surrounded the potters, Guo Jia and others with large shields in case of sudden accidents.

Guo Jia was beside the pottery merchant, squinting and looking at it for a long time, and finally put his eyes on the valley mouth not far away: "The valley road in there is the only way for us, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the terrain is treacherous, if there is no accident, the Cao army will inevitably ambush the next army here, we still need to be cautious." ”

The potter knew that after Guo Jia became the head of the school office, he had already explored the terrain in Xuzhou and roughly understood.

"Brother Feng Xiao, can you draw the terrain of the Broken Valley Road for me to see? I'll see how sinister he really is. ”

Guo Jia smiled: "It's easy to say!" ”

After that, I saw Guo Jia jump off the horse, pick up a branch from the ground, sketch a picture on the sand, and sketch the general image of the valley road in a young time.

Guo Jia's original intention was to draw a unique landform between two walls, where the gap is seen like a line of vision, and the narrow mountains and high ground are treacherous.

The potter stared at the painting painted by Guo Jia for a long time, and then he wondered: "What you painted is ...... Ass slit? ”

When Guo Jia heard this, he couldn't help but be a little angry.

Shit you sister!

"Taifu, please open your eyes and take a good look, I call it a glimmer of heaven! Not the ass! No! Guo Jia's face was flushed with anger.

This is a fucking painter who insults Guo!

The potter looked at the terrain from the sidelines, and he also felt tricky.

Just rushing in like this, it's not easy to get it.

But if you don't kill the general, you make such a big bet to compete with Cao Cao once, do you have to stare at each other with big eyes?

Just when the potter was undecided, You Donkey personally reported that it was the scouts of the school government who had found out in front that there was a group of refugees who had fled from Yuzhou to Xuzhou and were marching towards him from the direction of Lugu.

The potter pondered for a moment and said, "Quickly send someone to invite them over, go quickly!" ”

You Donkey then led the order to ride away, and just after running a few steps, he turned his head and said, "How many people do they have?" Shall we all come over? ”

The potter was stunned when he heard this, and said, "Why don't you all invite them over?" ”

You Donkey is very intimate: "If you invite them all over, will it be too wasteful for Taifu to arrange so many people's rewards?" ”

The potter suddenly realized.

What do you say...... Thorough! Then bring a leader with you. ”

When he was young, You Donkey brought an old man over.

said that it was a belt, but in fact, it was no different from carrying, and the old man was only about 100 catties at most, and he was caught in his hand by You Donkey, as if he was carrying a chicken.

The potter was a little dumbfounded.

You donkey, this kid, is a little unkind to do things.

Guo Jia seemed to see through the potter's thoughts, and said hesitantly: "He is like this bear, if he wasn't such a bastard, how could he shoot at Guo's head with a bow and crossbow every day?" It's by nature. ”

"Nonsense! Didn't you ask you to come over politely? The potter couldn't cry or laugh, You Donkey was really a reckless man, and looking at the old man, he was about to scare this kid to death.

You Donkey then pleaded guilty to the potter, and then reached out to throw the old man to the ground.

"Don't throw it away! Put it gently! The potter scolded.

You donkey only did what he ordered.

And after the old man landed smoothly, he looked at the potter in front of him with cloudy old eyes.

But seeing that this young man was personable, although he had armor to protect himself, but he had an elegant air all over his body, which was different from those murderous and bloodthirsty soldiers, which made the old man feel relieved.

"Old man, don't worry, I'm just asking about the situation in Lugu ahead, about the specific terrain inside, you tell me everything you know, I won't treat you badly...... You see, this one is for you. ”

After that, he saw the potter take out some five-baht coins and give them to the old man.

The old man trembled and took the five baht coin, pondered for a moment, corrected the potter's language, and said, "You just wanted to call me my uncle, right?" This old man can't be called. ”

The potter was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then suddenly smiled: "I'm sorry, that's really wronged by your girl." ”

The old man calmed down a bit, although he chatted with the potter about the terrain in the Lu Valley.

When it comes to the land of the first line of heaven painted by Guo Jia, he heard the old man say: "The terrain of that line of heaven is steep and steep, and there is an insurmountable and dangerous terrain!" Ordinary people like us were terrified when we walked there, and this trip almost didn't scare the old man to death...... The old man once heard that before the founding of the Han Dynasty, countless people died there, and there were endless injustices, and they were gloomy all year round......"

The potter didn't want to listen to the old man's nonsense, so he immediately changed the subject and said, "When you came, did you see any soldiers in the valley?" ”

The old man pondered for a moment and said, "Yes! The sporadic ones have never been difficult for us, but they have driven us away. ”

Hearing this, the potter nodded suddenly, it seems that since he has come, Cao Cao also knows that he has been exposed, but he is simply not afraid of leaking the news, otherwise with these refugees, how can he still have his life in front of Cao Jun?

The potter now understands that if he wants to rush in directly, he is afraid that it will be impossible...... But you have to find a way to lure Cao Cao out, right?

What to do?