There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

The Xiliang army hastily made another dispatch.

However, Hua Xiong did not rush out of the city to confront his own side as Hua Xiong imagined. The opponent's tower was still filled with silence, and not a single soldier flashed out of the empty city gate.

"Captain, look over there!"

Above the city tower, I saw soldiers from Xuzhou setting up tables, one after another steaming food tripods were brought up to the top of the city, and a large urn of fine wine was carried up along with the food tripods, Tao Shang sat in front of the table, sandwiching the steaming dishes in the cauldron, while drinking and eating in full view of the two armies above and below the city.

On the plain far away from the city of Yangren, the eyes of the Xiliang Army soldiers widened.

This kid, patronizing food, isn't it a bit too disrespectful of us?

Hua Xiong was riding on the horse, looking at the situation on the tower in disbelief, feeling uneasy and inexplicable.

"What's going on here?" Hua Xiong raised the saber in his hand, pointed at the pottery merchant sitting and eating on the tower, and said angrily, "Whose Shuzi is that eating in front of the two armies?"

Li Su squinted his eyes for a long while, then said slowly: "Wearing white clothes and not wearing armor, he should be him at a young age, the rebellious son of Tao Qian who came to vassalize Tao Qian, what does his name seem to be? What kind of pottery or Tao Shang?"

The corner of Hua Xiong's mouth curled up, and he made a sound of "tsk tsk": "I don't care whether he is Tao Shang or Tao Xia, but this is the first person who dares to cook in front of this governor! If you don't swallow him alive today , it is really hard to get rid of the hatred in Ben Du's heart!!"

Chapter 38 Siege

While drinking on the top of the city, the pottery merchant stared closely at the Huaxiong army in the distance, his forehead was unknowingly covered with dense beads of sweat.

To be honest, now stick to the city and fight Hua Xiong head-on, according to Cao Cao's arrangement, this battle is not impossible.

It's just that once the battle in the west city begins, the Xuzhou army under his command will immediately confront Hua Xiong head-to-head. Until Cao Cao and Liu Bei lead the army to rush to support from the other two gates, the soldiers under Hua Xiong's command will undoubtedly bear the most violent attack. .

And there is no doubt that after this battle is over, no matter whether you win or lose, you will lose the most.

A pottery merchant is also a human being, and he also has his own selfish desire to sit on the sidelines and hide from battles. He can't do it, but he can throw his head and blood, and is willing to bleed and sacrifice to contribute to the achievements of others. I'm sorry whoever wants to do it. !

The potter doesn't expect Hua Xiong to be able to retreat at the moment, but Hua Xiong has doubts because of this method of emptying the city. As long as he can slow down the attack for a while, when Cao Cao and Liu Bei's support arrives, the Xuzhou army will not have to fight Hua Xiong alone. The army attacked.

Of course, the potter's daring to make such a strategy was not due to his random thinking. After all, there have been lessons learned in history.

It was also the period when the princes crusade against Dong Zhuo. In the original history, Sun Jian, the Jiangdong tiger, also used this trick to scare away Dong Zhuo's army.

Of course, the so-called "empty city strategy" does not mean showing the opponent a completely deserted city, but showing that one's own side does not have any panic in the face of the powerful enemy army, and it seems natural to advance and retreat smoothly.

A city without people is not called an empty city, but a ghost city.

However, in history, when Sun Jian used this trick against Dong Zhuojun, it was because his reputation was so loud that the enemy could not help but not retreat.

Changing to a potter, the potter himself didn't have Sun Jian's strong military tactics, and he didn't have the illustrious reputation of the Jiangdong Tigers. It would be a bit ridiculous to ask Hua Xiong to retreat, but as long as he hesitated for a while, give Cao, Liu In the eyes of potters, the time to support oneself is enough.

In front of the Xiliang army.

Hua Xiong really hesitated.

After fighting for so many years, Hua Xiong was brave and resolute, and shocked the land of Xizhou with his strength and strength. Facing a yellow-mouthed child like a potter, Hua Xiong naturally didn't have to touch him!

Even if the pottery merchants really had an ambush in the city, Hua Xiong would not be afraid, the reputation of the Xuzhou army was at stake.

Tao Qian is an old man, in Hua Xiong's eyes he is nothing but a piece of shit, as for his son Tao Shangshangtaoxiaxia, he is even worse than a piece of shit.

But Li Sushi once said: The news from Xu Rong said that he had never encountered Sun Jian's troops, which made Hua Xiong a little uneasy.

Sun Jian is good at using troops. Among the people Hua Xiong knows, he can at least rank among the top five. He could not have pretended to release the news that he was going to fight Xu Rong, but in fact he turned his head back halfway and fought with the defenders in Yangren City. Pinching yourself?

Thinking about it this way, Hua Xiong couldn't help not thinking about it seriously.

Seeing Hua Xiong's hesitation, Li Su stepped forward and said, "Why didn't the governor give the order to attack the city?"

Hua Xiong shook his head and said, "There is no problem inside the city, but outside the city!"

Li Su laughed, and said: "The governor is too careful. Forgive that Tao family boy, a man with a yellow mouth, what's the point? Even if there is a scheme, how much trouble can it cause?"

Hua Xiong snorted when he heard the words: "How could I be afraid of someone with the surname Tao? It's just that there is still a thief in the city! This person assassinated the Xiangguo alone, with a cunning heart, and the city is very deep. In addition, there is no trace of Sun Jian. There are two reasons. People are here, and that yellow-mouthed child is so calm, I can't help the governor."

Li Su was taken aback for a moment, and also hesitated.

If it is said that Hua Xiong became the governor by virtue of his bravery and military exploits, then Li Su, the captain of the cavalry, was purely lucky. In terms of lip service, he is worth eight, but when it comes to fighting, he is the best in Huaxiong. There is no right to speak in front of him.

"Then according to the governor's wishes, we will retreat and not attack the city? If so, the vigor of the march will be gone."

Hua Xiong shook his head: "If you don't attack the city, then of course you can't! However, the governor wants to wait here. If Sun Jian's soldiers and horses are nearby, he must make an agreement with the Tao boy. The governor has no worries, he went straight into the city, slaughtered all the soldiers and civilians in the city, and left no dog behind! If Sun Jian's troops come out, then the governor will fight Sun Jian first, and then attack the city!"

Li Su gave a thumbs up and praised: "The superintendent's magic calculation is beyond the reach of the world."

Hua Xiong nodded with a sinister smile, and said: "Wait for a while, if there is no Sun Jian nearby to respond, watch the governor twist the head off of the eating boy and pour the wine!"

Hua Xiong and Li Su thought that their research was thorough, but they didn't realize that at this moment, the Cao and Liu armies in charge of guarding the other gates in the city had already rushed to the west gate to help out.

Cao Cao and Liu Bei rushed to the top of the Wengcheng respectively, but they saw that the flags and drums in the city were quiet, the Jiage hid and rested, and the city gate was wide open, but no soldiers were seen, but the pottery was erecting a long case at the top of the city. Chopsticks, holding a cup in one hand while eating, while sweating coldly.

It's a shame to eat this meal.

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes, looked at the back of the potter for a while, then looked up to see that there was no Huaxiong army in the distance outside the city gate, suddenly realized, and nodded secretly.

Liu Bei's expression remained unchanged, looking at the potter's back with his eyes shining, he seemed to be quite moved by the chic demeanor of the potter's cooking, and slightly envious.

The two came forward, Cao Cao reached out and patted the potter's shoulder, but the potter's wine cup was so frightened that he almost fell to the ground.

"Who?" The potter turned back hastily.

It was Cao and Liu who saw it, and immediately felt relieved, then looked at Cao Cao's hand on his shoulder, and said, "Brother Mengde, you scared me so much that I almost went into shock."

"Shock? What do you mean?" Cao Cao couldn't help being curious.

"It's about the same as death!" The pottery merchant murmured, "You don't know, I'm spending years here, and I'm afraid you two won't be able to catch up"

Liu Bei comforted Tao Shang and said, "Young Master Tao, why worry, the two of us are here."

The Tao merchant looked into the distance, and wondered: "This fellow Hua Xiong doesn't take the usual route, he doesn't attack the nearest north gate, but deliberately detours to attack the west gate, do you think he lost his way?"

Cao Cao laughed dumbfounded when he heard the words: "This seems unlikely."

Liu Bei praised: "Young Master Tao, before the ten thousand army, still smiles, does not panic or panic, just like a mountain collapses in front of him without changing his color, it is really admirable."

The pottery merchant waved his hand modestly: "Brother Xuande is joking, but I'm actually very nervous, and I can only suppress my shock by eating."

Cao Cao squeezed the potter's shoulder heavily, and said: "Brother Tao, why should you be overly modest? This trick makes the other party's flag uncertain and delays the time for attacking the city! Cao has learned a hand from you today, don't worry, now The affairs in this city are presided over by Mr. Cao!"

After all, he walked to the top of the city with strides, ordered the messengers to take the command flag, stiffened the strong wind on the top of the city, and stared coldly at the Xiliang army in the distance.

Until this time, the pottery merchant seemed to have seen something on Cao Cao, the mighty Emperor Wu of Wei who was widely rumored by later generations. There is no timidity or affectation in Jiangshan, everything seems so smooth and natural.

The potter now secretly sighed in his heart that this is Cao Cao!