There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

Cao Cao was taken aback when he heard this.

The old man is quite good at guessing. He actually knew that Cao would chase after Tao Shangjun?

"Cao's soldiers and horses have already left the battle, how can we get them back? Ignore him!" Cao Cao seemed to be angry with Jia Xu and ignored him.

Cheng Yu's face showed a look of admiration, and said: "This Jia Xu is not an ordinary person. His letter also said that if Sikong has already sent troops to chase the pottery merchants and the military order is not withdrawn, then please Sikong be careful." Yuan Shao attacked."

"Oh!"

Cao Cao took a deep breath, then suddenly raised his hand and patted his forehead.

"I almost forgot. Yuan Benchu ​​didn't take it easy. Cao was so angry with the pottery thief that he forgot about such a big event."

Cheng Yu looked at Cao Cao suspiciously: "Yuan Shao won the Great General because he was full of ambition and sent his troops north to unify Hebei. Could it be that he would offend Sikong at this juncture?"

"He will!" Cao Cao nodded, and said affirmatively: "Cao has known him for more than 20 years, and he knows Yuan Benchu's temperament very well. I think he dared to confront Dong Zhuotang when he had no size. Such courage is rare in this world, if he regards Cao and Tao thief as a thorn in his side, a thorn in his flesh, I am afraid that he will not let this opportunity pass by."

Cheng Yu hesitated when he heard the words: "Then, shall we still fight the pottery?"

Cao Cao laughed loudly when he heard the words, and said emphatically, "Fight! No matter how cunning the Tao merchant is, how strong Yuan Shao is, how can he stand up to Cao? If you don't fight Cao in this battle, the bad breath in his chest will be hard to calm down. You have to fight with the Tao family no matter what you say." The little thief makes gestures."

Chapter 362 Sikong Mansion's New Ritual Wine

After hearing Cao Cao's rhetoric, Cheng Yu did not try to dissuade him, but instead showed an expression of appreciation.

He still knows Cao Cao well, and knows that his lord is not a person who acts on his own will.

Cao Cao now thinks back and knows that Yuan Shao may attack him, but he still wants to attack the pottery merchants. He must have his plan and decision in his heart.

"Sikong, Jia Xu's letter also said that Sikong came to this battle, if you don't receive the goods, you might as well try his advice."

At this time, Cao Cao paid more attention to Jia Xu's strategy. This old guy was in Puyang, and he was able to guess the actions of himself, the pottery merchant, and Yuan Shao. It is really rare in the world. .

Such ingenuity and ingenuity, it would not be an exaggeration to say that his ingenuity is the leader of the world.

"Jia Xu... What is the strategy Jia Wenhe offered?" Cao Cao unknowingly paid more and more attention to Jia Xu, and even changed his title slightly.

Cheng Yu carefully looked at Jia Xu's handwriting, the more he read it, the more he admired it.

"Jia Xu said, when this matter is over, please send troops to the south to capture Yuzhou."

"Take Yuzhou?" Cao Cao was stunned when he heard that.

Cheng Yu nodded with joy, and said: "Yanzhou is short of grain, and Yuzhou occupies more land in the Yellow Turban. Sikong went south to Yuzhou. One can replenish grain and fodder, expand farmland, and replenish army rations. Second, he can take the opportunity to recover Liang Guo from potters. Also capture Yingchuan County and Runan County, these two counties have a very large number of households, they are the largest counties in the world, second only to Nanyang, if you win these two counties, the strength of the lord will definitely increase."

Cao Cao frowned: "Is this for Cao to fight Yuan Shu? Cao is not afraid of him. The question is, what are the benefits of offending this foe?"

Cheng Yu stroked his beard and said, "Jia Xu is sure to become Sikong's mastermind in the future. If Sikong captures Yuzhou, especially Yingchuan County, he can move his administration to the south and gain a foothold in Yuzhou. "

Cao Cao thought about it carefully for a while, and finally understood Jia Xu's deep meaning.

After this battle, as expected, the covenant between the potter, himself, and Yuan Shao was completely broken.

Yuan Shao won the Great General, and now that he has defeated Zhang Yan to pacify Bingzhou, his next goal must be the land of Qingzhou.

Qingzhou borders on the north of Xuzhou. If the Xuzhou Dow family wants to survive safely, they will definitely not let Yuan Shao get involved in Qingzhou.

As for Yuan Shu, who had a deep hatred with the pottery merchant, he has been silent for a while, one reason is because of the last fierce battle in Ruxuwu, which made this Yuan family's descendant lose confidence, and he was somewhat autistic.

The second is the potter's ally, Liu Biao of Nanyang, who has been restraining Yuan Shu, making Yuan Shu dare not act rashly.

In fact, Yuan Shu never gave up the idea of ​​attacking Jinling City, a pottery merchant, but with Liu Biao at his side, he didn't dare to act rashly.

If Cao Cao captured Yuzhou and moved the government office to a certain county in Yuzhou, threatening Nanyang County, then Liu Biao would not be in the mood to manage Yuan Shu with his strong neighbors at his side.

In this way, Yuan Shu can free up his hands and feet to plot Jinling City.

Of course, Yuan Shu is also very likely to counterattack Yuzhou and take Runan County.

But regarding this point, Cao Cao was quite confident. He felt that between Cao Cao and the pottery merchant, if Yuan Shu had to choose between the two, Yuan Shu would still choose to attack the pottery merchant.

It can not only expand its own power, but also make the Xuzhou Tao family fall into a situation of enemies on three sides, why not do it?

Moreover, the Yanzhou gentry rebelled with the generals of Xiliang some time ago. Although it was finally suppressed within Cao Cao's calculations, it also made Cao Cao extremely disgusted with the rest of the gentry in Yanzhou.

In Cao Cao's mind, the current Yanzhou nobles are a group of ungrateful wolves.

Who wants to live in the same room with wolves?

Nowadays, most of Cao Cao's advisors are from Yingchuan, and the students of Yingchuan Academy are very close to him. If Cao Cao moves his government to the south, to a certain extent, it may be more helpful for him to absorb Yingchuan. Taxi as an arm.

Cao Cao once heard Xun Yu say to himself that it is very close to Yangzhai County, where Yingchuan is governed...Xu County is a prosperous place with excellent Fengshui!

During the Emperor Yao's period, Xu You, a high official in the period of Emperor Yao, got his name from herding the land and washing his ears by the shore of Yingshui. Xun Yu also mentioned Cao Cao intentionally. If he can win Yuzhou in the future and move his government to Xu County, it would be a good choice. .

Thinking of this, Cao Cao took a deep breath, and said to Cheng Yu: "Zhongde, write an appointment for me later... Let Jia Xu serve as a sacrificial wine for the military commander of the Sikong Mansion."

Cheng Yu immediately bowed his hands and said yes.

It seems that after this incident, Cao Cao intends to let Jia Xu enter his inner circle.

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Jiuli Mountain, Jinling Army Formation.

After the Jinling Army arrived in the mountainous area of ​​Jiuli Mountain, they immediately stopped the process of returning troops.

Under the arrangement of the generals under the command of the pottery merchant, the soldiers and horses of the Jinling Army guarded the dangerous points of the Jiuli Mountain battlefield, and set up an antler camp to guard the mountain and valley roads, waiting for the arrival of Cao Cao's army.

Faintly, thick smoke was billowing in the distance, and Cao Jun's troops were getting closer and closer to the Jinling Army's fortification in Jiuli Mountain.

The outline of the Jinling Army could be vaguely seen, and Cao Chun, the general of the Cao Army, immediately swung his sword.

"kill!"

The front part of the Cao army—the main cavalry of the tiger and leopard cavalry began to urge the horses, and the huge cavalry regiment launched a charge, like overwhelming the sky and covering the earth, with an irresistible and terrifying impact.

The cavalry of the Tiger and Leopard Battalion swung their sabers to kill the enemy, and charged fiercely at the formation set up by the Jinling Army at Taniguchi.

Seeing the tiger and leopard cavalry getting closer and closer, the pottery merchant hastily ordered Xu Huang, "Retreat and go deep into the valley road!"

The defensive theater of the Jinling Army is in the valley between the two peaks of Jiuli Mountain.

Although it is quite spacious, at least it is not like a plain, which can give the cavalry of the Tiger and Leopard Battalion endless space to play.

In the battlefield of the canyon road, at least the fierce offensive of the tiger and leopard cavalry can be contained.

Tao Shang knew that no matter how good the armor of the Jinling Army was, it would be difficult for the Jinling Army, which was dominated by infantry, to defeat Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry on the wide plain battlefield.