There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

Xun You was not offended by Guo Jia's sarcasm, instead he patiently persuaded him: "Feng Xiao, Mr. Cao is a hero of the times, and Wen Ruo introduced the sage for us, and it is also for the sake of this group of old friends. For the sake of the future of the students of Yingchuan Academy”

Speaking of this, Xun You paused, and said: "Feng Xiao, in Puyang City, Cao Gong's mansion, there is still a military officer's place to offer wine, and it is empty. I am waiting for my old friends in Yingchuan all the time, and I am not thinking of waiting for you."

Guo Jia's complexion softened at first when he heard the words, as if he was in a little pain,

When I was young, I saw that Guo Jia seemed to have thought of something again, and shook his head mockingly.

"Gongda, friends from Yingchuan set up a seat to wait for me at Duke Cao's mansion, but why didn't I set up a row of seats at Mr. Taiping's mansion to wait for you all?"

As soon as these words were said, Xun You's face suddenly became very pale.

This kid is too bragging!

"Feng Xiao, what do you mean, do you want to declare war on so many of our old Yingchuan friends?" Xun You said with a smile: "You prodigal son, the more you live, the more you go back, and you don't count the heads. Let's see what we have." How many people are too crazy?"

Guo Jia chuckled, and said, "Gongda, you didn't just know what kind of person the surname Guo is. Guo has two purposes for coming here today. One is to remind you of old feelings and persuade you to return the soldiers, not for Xia Houyuan's sake." Looking for a dead end, the second is to ask you to tell those of us in Yingchuan that from today onwards, Guo will use the world as a plate, use soldiers as his son, and play games one by one with all the old friends in Yingchuan until the end When all of you give up and admit defeat, and take the initiative to come to Mr. Taiping's mansion to surrender as guests, then we will be friends again!"

Xun You couldn't help laughing when he heard the words: "Make all the old Yingchuan friends admit defeat? Guo Fengxiao, if you say this, what's the difference between Zhihe and Tianxiang?"

Chapter 337 Chen Deng Returns

After Guo Jia and Xun You finished shouting in the valley, they stopped talking and just stood quietly on the mountain with their eyes closed, as if they were feeling the cool wind blowing from the sky.

Xun You quietly looked at Guo Jia's virtuous behavior in the distant mountains for a while. After planning for a long time in his mind, he finally sighed and told the school lieutenant Chen Zhong, "Let's withdraw our troops and return to Yanzhou for now."

Chen Zhong was startled when he heard the words, and hurriedly said: "Military Master, are we not going to rescue General Xiahou?"

Xun You was silent for a while, then shook his head, and said: "General Miaocai is very brave and good at using troops. Even if he is surrounded for a while, he may not be able to escape the disaster. Guo Fengxiao's plan!"

Speaking of this, Xun You once again took a deep look at Guo Jia in the distance, feeling an inexplicable melancholy in his heart.

Xun You also knew that at this moment, it would be a bit sad to just give up to save Xia Houyuan.

But when fighting against an opponent like Guo Jia, it is easy to make a wrong step. Xia Houyuan has already been besieged by the Jinling army. If the ten thousand soldiers behind him make mistakes again, Xun You will really have no way to explain to Cao Cao in the future. up.

He could bet against Guo Jia at the moment, but after weighing the pros and cons, Xun You found that he couldn't afford to bet against Guo Jia.

In case the entire army was wiped out after gambling, would it be possible for him to return to Yanzhou to apologize to Cao Cao with his death?

Well, let him do it this time.

Xun You once again sternly ordered Chen Zhong: "Retreat!"

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Seeing that Xun You's soldiers and horses began to retreat slowly, Guo Jia, who had always been calm and smiling, slowly put away his laughing face, let out a long sigh of relief, and looked relaxed.

In fact, there were really no ambushes in the valley. Behind him were only a hundred fast horse riders, just in case, to protect the fast Guo Jia from escaping at the critical moment.

In order to encircle and wipe out Xiahouyuan's crowd, the pottery merchants had already dispatched all the elite of the Jinling army, and there were no extra soldiers and horses to stop Xun You.

The [-] Cao soldiers under Xia Houyuan's command are relatively powerful, and there are many cavalry, and the Jinling army cannot deal with him unless they have deployed all their strength.

Therefore, Guo Jia only adopted such bets and strategies when he had no choice.

Watching Xun You's soldiers and horses gradually disappear from his sight, Guo Jia felt somewhat fortunate in his heart.

Everyone has their own personality, and this time I was more or less lucky. Among the friends in Yingchuan, I met Xun You, who was relatively calm and gentle in character and thoughts.

Although Xun You is good at plotting, once he fails, he is also a person who can afford to let go.

If the people who came today were Cheng Yu, who had a fierce and unyielding personality, or a playful talent who was better at trying to figure out people's hearts than Guo Jia, then there might not be such a result.

Xun You's soldiers and horses retreated slowly, and retreated to Yanzhou, while the Tao merchants captured Xia Houyuan and defeated [-] Cao soldiers.

The Cao army under Xia Houyuan's command suffered many casualties under the siege of the Jinling army on three sides, and the rest were all defeated.

The potter did not kill Xia Houyuan. Although Xia Houyuan was a general and an opponent of the Jinling Army, he was also a direct relative of Cao Cao. Killing him now would speed up the radical change in the relationship between the two parties and make the situation worse for Xuzhou. .

Therefore, it is better to detain him temporarily and use him as a condition for negotiating with Cao Cao in the future.

After the victory of the pottery merchants, the Jinling army immediately turned its front and quickly captured Suiyang City, the ungarrisoned Liang Guozhi.

After entering the city of Suiyang, they ordered people to carefully count the materials in the city. The potter and Guo Jia were surprised to find that the money bank, grain storehouse, and arsenal in the city had all been carried away by Xun You, and there was not even a scum.

As for the remaining things that could not be moved, Xun You burned them directly, without spoiling a single bit, leaving nothing to the Jinling Army.

Faced with Xun You's swift and resolute, shrewd and courageous approach, the pottery merchant gave him full affirmation and evaluation in front of his subordinates. The surname Xun is really a prodigal. You must not learn from him.

But right now there is one more headache.

After defeating Liang Guo's government, what should be the next step?This is a delay.

Not to mention potters, even Guo Jia was a little unsure.

According to the previous statement, Chen Gui asked the potters to take advantage of the war and find a way to welcome the emperor from Puyang to Fan County, stripping Cao Cao of his political influence.

The idea is very good, but how to operate it at the moment makes the pottery difficult.

After all, Cao Cao's current movements are still quite unpredictable. If the Jinling Army really went to fight Puyang, if it was really killed by Cao Jun's headquarters during the period, and the whole fell to Yanzhou, then the gain would outweigh the loss.

When the potters and Guo Jia were indecisive, Chen Deng, who had been lobbying Chen Gong and Zhang Miao in Yanzhou, rushed to Suiyang City.

Chen Deng was very surprised by the move of the pottery merchants to take down Suiyang City. He didn't understand why the Xuzhou army, which should be defending the family, would counterattack and break through Liang Guo in one fell swoop.

Aren't Cao Cao's ten armies in Liang Guo all useless?

With doubts in his heart, Chen Deng came to the country of Liang, and as soon as he met the potter, he hurriedly reported to the potter as if asking for credit.

"Your Majesty, the matter is settled! In Dongjun, Chen has already persuaded Chen Gong and Zhang Miao, the leaders of the Yanzhou gentry. They have already contacted the leaders of the gentry who were dissatisfied with Cao Cao's killing and surrender in various ministries of Yanzhou at this moment, and passed The school affairs office got in touch with Li Jue, Guo Si, Lu Bu, Zhang Ji and other Xiliang generals, and as soon as Cao Cao himself leaves Yanzhou, he will despise rebellion and overthrow his government in Yanzhou!"

After Chen Deng happily reported to the potter, he found that the potter's face was expressionless, showing no signs of excitement.

Chen Deng was immediately confused by the potter's performance of wanting nothing.

That's not right, I have made such a great contribution to the sky, why the Fujun didn't show the slightest sign.

Let alone a reward, why didn't you even say a word of praise?

This is too unreasonable to treat people as dishes.

Thinking of this, Chen Deng couldn't help but pouted.

Yuanlong's heart was a little hurt.

Seeing Chen Deng's slightly resentful expression, Guo Jia was suddenly overjoyed.

The prodigal son gently elbowed the pottery merchant beside him, and said in a low voice: "See, I'm a little unhappy, Fu Jun please comfort me."