There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

Everything is good, but there is only one fly in the ointment, and that is the name of this attacking force.

I don't know why, but every time he wanted to name this army, the three words "Tiger Guards" popped up in Cao Cao's mind, as if the name had been decided by God in the dark, and he was destined to be able to name his own army. This soldier and horse is famous all over the world and has been passed down through the ages.

But the problem is that the three words "Tiger Guard" have already been used by pottery merchants for their guards several years in advance.

If Cao Cao now has the same army name as Tao Shang, wouldn't it be a pirated version?

Although he knew that this was the case and the reasoning was the same, Cao Cao didn't know why, but he always felt that there was a hurdle in his heart that he couldn't get over.

How to describe it?It's as if the three characters "Tiger Guard" were stolen from him by the pottery merchant!

In the end, in desperation, Cao Cao had no choice but to choose the next best thing, and gave his elite infantry a name that could not be more soiled, "Lion Tiger Army."

Every time Cao Cao thought of this name, when there was no one around, he raised his hand and slapped himself a few big ears as a sign of punishment.

He also knew that the name Lion Tiger Army was too ugly, but the problem was that he couldn't do anything about it.

The potter's army was called the Tiger Guard Army, and Cao Cao's army had to be named after a lion for the last time!

In fact, it would be easier to name it with a dragon, but after all, the dragon is an auspicious thing representing the emperor. In his name, there will be some arrogance to some extent, which will be criticized, unless the emperor issued an edict to personally seal it.

Just after the incident of the lion and tiger army, the intelligence department organized by Cao Cao encountered difficulties in naming it.

When Cao Cao triumphantly said the word "School Office" to all his subordinates, Xun Yu, his number one conspirator, was the first to stand up and express his opposition.

"Ming Gong, my Chinese characters are thousands of words, and words with profound meanings can be found everywhere. Why did Ming Gong insist on stealing the name given by the pottery merchant in Jinling City? Isn't it just making fun of the scholars all over the world?"

Cao Cao was confused when he heard this.

My mother, when did Cao steal the name given by the potter?

When the hell! !

When Xun Yu listed to Cao Cao the fact that the Tao merchant's organization had been using the name of "School Office" for nearly three years, Cao Cao was so sad and angry that he could not mobilize all his troops to flatten Jinling City and destroy Tao. Shang caught him in front of him and slapped him two hundred big ear blows as a reward.

In the end, in desperation, Cao Cao named his intelligence department "Eagle and Snake Mansion", which fits well with the "Lion and Tiger Army", and those members responsible for spying on intelligence were named Eagles or It's a serpent.

The core department of the Cao Wei Group was turned into a nondescript animal circus by accident.

The Tao merchant didn't know that the enmity he had with Cao Cao was probably more serious than the fact that he actually sent someone to kill Cao Song.

A few days later, Cao Cao's hawks and snakes sent someone back to report that the pottery merchants in Liang State were counting the household registrations of various counties, checking the number of people, and checking the real situation of the registered personnel.

Hearing what the eagle and snake warrior under his command said, Dong Zhao suddenly realized.

He immediately advised Cao Cao: "Congratulations, my lord, congratulations to my lord. Although the pottery merchant is treacherous, cunning and resourceful, it is a pity that the situation is not very big in the end. He does not have the ambition and ambition to swallow the world. My lord can deal with it at ease this time." For the generals in the northwest, Xuzhou will have nothing to worry about."

When Cao Cao heard this, he was very confused.

The pottery merchant was just doing a census of the population of the Liang Kingdom, so what did it have to do with whether he had great ambitions?

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Seeing Cao Cao's puzzled expression, Dong Zhao cleared his throat, and immediately began to explain to him.

"Minggong, it's not a big deal to check the population of Liang, but from ancient times to the present, the most common actions to capture a new land for the generals are either to massacre the city to reduce the burden, or to protect the country and the people, or to form a good relationship. It can’t be said that there are no gentry who check heads as soon as they come up, but there are probably very few people who are as detailed as those done by pottery.”

Cao Cao knew Dong Zhao's ability very well, and he knew that he would have a high-level speech next, so he listened quietly.

Dong Zhao continued: "Today's potters, while sending people to negotiate peace with Minggong, are in a hurry to count the population of Liang State. The deep meaning is that they want to use negotiations to bargain with Minggong. I took advantage of this time period to transfer the population of Liang State to Pei County, because he knew that Liang State was located between Shanyang County and Chenliu County. With the current strength of the Xuzhou army, it is really not enough to stick to Liang Guo."

Cao Cao suddenly realized when he heard the words.

He lightly patted his forehead with his hand, and said: "Gongren is indeed the best person under Cao's command who is good at figuring out people's wishes. Xumi already knew the deep meaning of Tao thief! The pottery merchant sent Sun Gan here to use his wonderful talents as a condition to make a deal with him. During the negotiation, Cao even made some plausible demands, obviously waiting for Cao to bargain with him, so that he could take this opportunity to transfer Liang Guo’s people.”

Speaking of this, a strange smile appeared on Cao Cao's dark and thin face.

"The pottery thief is really deceitful. Just like when Cao first met him, he likes to play with these little tricks."

Cheng Yu was on the side, and was a little surprised when he saw Cao Cao making this statement with a smile, appearing calm and unhurried.

He cupped his hands and said to Cao Cao: "Duke Ming, the pottery merchants moved their people and expanded the population of Xuzhou. Their ambition is not small. How can Duke Ming still laugh?"

Cao Cao just laughed and didn't answer.

Dong Zhao explained to Cheng Yu on behalf of Cao Cao: "Mr. Zhongde, Tao Shang used Xiahou Miaocai as a cover to negotiate with the lord. Although the move of relocating the population can be called a clever move, but in this very season, he does not want to Thinking about uniting with the generals of Xiliang, looking for me in Yanzhou, but just blindly doing this act of sticking to my life, to put it bluntly, it proves that this person has a small structure, and he is definitely not a talent who wants to dominate the world, and he is absolutely incompatible with Yuan Shao in Hebei In comparison, to put it bluntly, I think he is somewhat similar to Liu Biao of Jingzhou, although he has great talent, he has no ambition to spread the world!"

When Cheng Yu heard this, he suddenly realized, and in his heart he admired Dong Zhao's ability to kick someone.

A person like Dong Zhao will not become a military expert, but he is definitely a political capable person.

Cao Cao stood up and said slowly: "More importantly, if the pottery merchant really wants to relocate the population back to Pei County, then he must have no plans for my Yanzhou ambitions. In this way, Cao can do whatever he wants. , to deal with Yanzhou's internal troubles and the Liangzhou generals to the west."

Dong Zhao cupped his hands and said, "Congratulations to Duke Ming, the internal troubles and the generals of Liangzhou are sure, and given time, the land in Guanzhong will also be under Duke Ming's control."

Cao Cao smiled and said: "However, it is too early to make a decision at this time, and first send people to Yanjin Ferry, let Xiahou Dun and Cao Ren prepare troops and horses, and be ready to put down the disaster in Yanzhou at any time. Cao will stay here and follow Tao Shang continued to negotiate, on the one hand to confuse the little thief, and on the other hand to take the opportunity to observe him carefully, whether he is really what we guessed."

The next day, Cao Cao immediately received Sun Qian again.

This time Cao Cao was obviously not as angry as last time. He pretended to say to Sun Qian, "Your Master Pottery Merchant sent you here to state the terms of reconciliation to Cao. Cao thought for a long time and didn't want to agree. My father's feud is irreconcilable, even if my old father's hatred may not be caused by Tao's father and son, but my old father's life was lost in Xuzhou after all, and Tao's father and son are ultimately responsible for the failure of monitoring. For the sake of the country's stability, Cao has to accept the pottery's suggestion."

Sun Gan was taken aback when he heard the words, and then bowed deeply to Cao Cao: "Thank you, Mr. Cao, for being so clear about righteousness. Mr. Cao is indeed a minister of the great Han. It is really a blessing for the whole country to have Mr. Cao in the court."

Cao Cao raised his hand slowly, and said slowly: "Don't thank me, you haven't listened to Cao's conditions."

Sun Qian was taken aback when he heard this.

"Conditions? Didn't Mr. Cao agree to the conditions we proposed just now?"

Cao Cao sneered, and said, "You're really good at pretending to be stupid! Who said Cao agreed to your nonsense? You go back and tell the potter that if he wants Cao to stop fighting, he needs to do four things. "

Sun Gan's heart skipped a beat, and he said, "I'd like to ask Mr. Cao to inform me."

"The first thing is to send Miao Cai back to Cao Xingsheng. If Miao Cai loses a hair, Cao Xing will stick to the ancestral grave of three generations of the Tao family!"

Sun Qian replied, "Naturally."

"Secondly, Tao and his son must personally open an altar in Xuzhou to set up a sacrifice, kneel three times and nine times in front of the spirit tablets of my father and younger brother, and repent for the lack of strict governance!"

Sun Gan turned pale and said, "This?"

Cao Cao didn't care about him, and continued: "The third thing, Xuzhou has given Cao every year since this year, oh, no! It's the imperial court! Every year, the imperial court pays 100 million yuan, [-] horses, and [-] cattle and sheep. Linzhi gold three thousand, the fourth piece, so that Tao and his son must find the real culprit who killed my father and my brother within two years, and dedicate the head of the thief to Cao's command!"

After finishing speaking, I saw Cao Cao knocking on the table heavily, saying: "If one of the four things cannot be done, Cao will immediately send troops to conquer Xuzhou!"

Rao Sun Qian also knew that Cao Cao would not have any sincerity at the beginning, so he couldn't help but be tongue-tied at the moment, and said in surprise: "Mr. Cao, you are too bullying!"

Cao Cao laughed, clapped his hands sharply and said, "Go back and tell the pottery merchant that Cao has bullied him this time! What can he do?"