There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

"Well, how should I say it?" Han Hao stroked the beard on his chin, and said slowly: "You can't advance, you can't retreat, say that you are an official or not, and you are not a bandit."

"What do you mean?" The potter was a little confused.

Han Hao began to slowly explain to the potter: "At the beginning, the son appointed them to the various counties under Wu County as garrisons, and at the same time supplemented with the imperial edict of Liu Yao, the governor of Yangzhou, which can be said to be justified. Xian, no matter in name or in action, doesn't take reason, he can only let it go, but Sheng Xian is the head of a county after all, some things can't be resisted on the surface, but they can still be resisted in private. "

Chapter 285 A Stupid Way

Hearing Han Hao's statement about the so-called secret resistance of the water thief leaders, the pottery merchant became interested.

"How do you say that? For example?" The potter raised his eyebrows and asked Han Hao.

Han Hao smiled and explained to him: "First of all, Sheng Xian did not provide them with food and grass for the water thief garrisons stationed in various parts of Wu County. Not enough, there is no extra food and fodder to support the county soldiers sent by the governor, let them find their own way."

"That's all he did." The pottery merchant smiled and shook his head, quite emotionally.

Sheng Xian cut off food for the water thieves in various counties. This method has long been expected by the potters. This is the simplest and most direct and effective method. It is simple and rude, and it will be effective every minute.

"Without food and grass, is there any trouble among the water troops stationed in the county?" The potter suddenly wanted to know how these water bandits solved this problem.

Han Hao nodded his head vigorously: "Of course! Those water thieves were famous for burning, killing and looting on the Yangtze River. Sheng Xian cut off their food, and they naturally wouldn't agree. It is said that they mutinied several times , but they were all suppressed by those water thief leaders, Sheng Xian wished that they would mutiny, so that they could directly send troops to kill them in the name of suppression."

The pottery merchant smiled and said, "They're still smart. If I'm not mistaken, next, those water thief bosses couldn't get food from Sheng Xian, so they should turn around and ask me for it, right?"

Han Hao cupped his hands and said, "You can't hide anything from the Fujun, it's really up to us."

Upon hearing this, the potter's teeth itch with hatred.

Although he could somewhat understand the situation of those water thieves, Sheng Xianna couldn't get the food and turned around and asked himself for it. The potter felt that he was still a bit of a bully.

The potter raised his eyebrows and said, "Have you given it?"

Han Hao nodded, and said: "They are the generals who were surrendered by the Fujun himself, so of course they have to be given."

"How to give?"

Han Hao's eyes drifted to the person opposite, and he said with a smile, "Of course I gave it according to the method Chen Yuanlong taught me."

The potter turned his head to Chen Deng again.

What bad idea did this guy give Han Hao?Make Han a successful bear.

But Chen Deng politely pointed his forehead at the potter, and patiently explained: "I have never used any special method, that is, every time I give food, I send Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin and other old soldiers to And let them put the banner of Dashu Fujun on the grain cart every time they deliver food, and put those water thieves under Gan and Zhou's command in fine armor and beautiful clothes, and give them a heavy weight every time they go. If you want to reward them, when you let them deliver the food, you can talk to the pirates privately about the benefits of following Gan Ning and Zhou Tai and directly entering our Jinling Central Army."

After listening to Chen Deng's words, the pottery merchant directly evaluated his achievements in this plan in four words.

"Nice job!"

In the eyes of the potters, Chen Deng was so bad that he let the water thieves under Gan Ning and Zhou Tai deliver food, and put a banner on them to tell the water thieves that the food was taken by his potter. They feel grateful to the potter.

And these water thieves dressed in fine armor, holding heavy rewards, and living a happy life in Jinling, every time they deliver food, they have to brag with their old water thieves colleagues.

How is Lao Zhang doing, what is Lao Li doing now, how promising Lao Wang is, and so on.

In this world, there is no harm without comparison.It's just like that once or twice, but after a long time, the pottery merchant will figure it out with his toes, and those Yuanshui bandits who followed the leader in the Wujun garrison will definitely have a lot of resentment.

Humans are a very strange creature. Generally, they seldom envy those rich and rich people they don't know, but they like to envy those little rich families they know around them.

It’s not balanced for anyone. They are also water thieves who have taken refuge under the hands of the potter. Gan Ning and Zhou Tai’s men followed the potter and stationed in Jinling City. On the other hand, the rest of the stupid bosses are very selfish and insist on running the county independently. Now the good leaders are independent, but what about the soldiers below?Everyone is not a person, and those who serve as soldiers have to rely on others to help them!Living like a beggar day by day, this life is not as comfortable as when I was a thief.

Over time, those water thieves and their chiefs who insisted on independent counties will inevitably be separated from each other.

This is the so-called differentiation.

Chen Deng, this old boy, has lost his family.

"Sheng Xian's way of dealing with me should not be the only way to cut off food, right? If he only has this ability, he probably won't be able to be the prefect of Wu County for such a long time." The pottery merchant continued to ask.

Han Hao's forehead replied: "Your Majesty is wise, Sheng Xian not only restricted the food and fodder for the garrison troops in the counties under Wu County, but also gave them a strong dose of medicine, that is, let the soldiers stationed in the counties attack the troops in Wu County. Shan Yue Qu is handsome."

The Shanyue mentioned in Han Hao's mouth does not simply refer to the descendants of the Yue people living in the mountains or the natives of the south of the Yangtze River.

No matter what kind of mountain people or indigenous people, for the county guards and county magistrates in various places in the south of the Yangtze River, even if they are not easy to manage, they still belong to the people under their jurisdiction. , it can be tolerated.

But once the leader of Shanyuezhong puts on the word Qu Shuai, it will not be very nice.

To put it bluntly, they are no different from rebels like Zhang Jiao, pure local bandits.

In the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the corruption of officials continued, coupled with the separatism of the lords, the continuous calamity of the soldiers, many people at the bottom moved to the deep mountains with their families in order to escape the disaster of war, and some powerful families who saw through the red dust often joined forces. Zong entered the mountains and even developed into a bandit.

This is a common phenomenon, and the land in the south of the Yangtze River, due to the discrimination against the mountain people and the indigenous survivors, sometimes this part is collectively referred to as "Shanyue". The two are often used interchangeably, but in fact they are not the same in nature. , the name of Shanyue sect thief, sometimes, refers to the local rebellious leader of the Han nationality.

And Sheng Xian asked the bandit chiefs stationed in various parts of Wu County to attack the local Shanyue Qushuai in Wu County. To put it bluntly, this was simply killing people with a knife, and it was impossible for those water thieves to do it with their strength.

There are thieves from the Shanyue sect everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River, but as far as the current situation is concerned, the two most powerful Shanyue sect thieves are both in Wu County.

One is Shanyuequ Shuai Zulang near Jingxian County. Since he entered the mountain and became Shanyue, he has been active in the Wanling area and opposed the Eastern Han government.

After the pottery merchants took over Danyang County and brought a series of generals such as Xu Chu, Xu Huang, Xu Rong, Tao Ji, etc., they shocked Danyang County and made Jinling City ruled.

No matter how powerful Zu Lang was, he didn't dare to brag in front of the Jinling Army who had defeated Yuan Shu's [-] men, so he moved eastward and transferred the clan thieves under his command to the location of Wu County.

In Wu County, there is a stronger band of Shanyue sect thieves.

Yan Baihu, who has 1 people under his command!

According to the current strength of the pottery merchants, even if Yan Baihu has [-] thieves, he can only pretend to be an egg with the local county soldiers or other Shanyuequ commanders. In front of the soldiers and horses of Jinling City, Yan Baihu Not even a loud fart.

He's an ass at best.

But for those water thieves scattered in various counties, Yan Baihu with 1 people is basically considered a sky.

What is even more impossible to compare is that those water thieves, who practiced their skills on the Yangtze River back then, are invincible in water battles, but they can truthfully fight against Yan Baihu in mountain battles

It is estimated that Yan Baihu can plant all of them on the hillside, and the green willows will always be green.

Sheng Xian's use of a knife to kill people is really a clever use of it.

But potters find it interesting.

If Sheng Xian didn't even have the solution to these two tricks, he really didn't have the qualifications to allow himself to accompany him in the fight. Maybe the pottery merchant only needed to send Chen Deng, and one of Guo Jia and Guo Jia could deal with him and he would be safe. enough.

But right now, the pottery merchant really wanted to meet Sheng Xian, the prefect of Wujun.

Seemingly seeing what the pottery was thinking, Chen Deng immediately remonstrated: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. Based on Deng's understanding of these water thieves, Sheng Xian has set such a big trap for them. These water thieves have nothing to do. Under such circumstances, the most important thing is to ask the Fujun for help."

Han Hao also clapped his hands and said, "That's fine. At that time, in the name of supporting the local county soldiers, the governor of Fu will ask Liu Yao, the governor of Yangzhou, to write a letter, allowing the governor to send troops into Wu County to suppress bandits and crusade against the Shanyue sect thieves! The governor will follow the trend Entering Wu County, one is to clean up those pirate leaders who refused to surrender sincerely back then, and gather their soldiers to return to their hearts, and the other is to use the excuse of pacifying Shanyue to win Shengxian and Wu County in one fell swoop!"

Chen Deng pondered for a moment, and added from the side: "Although Sheng Xian is a literati, he is as famous as Kong Rong. It is best not to fight him, and it is best to subdue his soldiers without fighting."