There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

Zhuge Liang said sternly: "That's right, depending on the brightness, the teacher might as well give way to Yuan Shu and let him drive troops into Nanchang City, while the teacher is stationed at the border of Yuzhang County, ready to attack! Yuan Shu saw that the teacher intends to attack Henan Zhang, he will inevitably collect food in the local area, although this person is considered a man of talent, but he never cares about the army and the people, under the violent expropriation, there must be changes in Nanchang City."

Chen Deng turned his head and said to the pottery merchant: "What Liangliang said makes sense. To deal with Yuan Shu right now, it is really not the best strategy to fight head-on. You might as well use Yuzhang County as bait to lure the enemy in! Yuzhang County is not as good as Shouchun City is full of the tribes of Baiyue and Fujian, and the government cannot appease them on weekdays. If Yuan Shu uses his arrogance in Shouchun in Yuzhang County, Baiyue will not accept it, and the result can be imagined .”

The pottery merchant glanced around at the three of them, and said with a smile: "The bright words are reasonable, but according to Tao's temperament, just watching Yuan Shu digging his own grave is not in my character, I like to take the initiative... I would rather We have to find a way to tease him, at least we have to send some people to Yuzhang County to incite the people of Baiyue to rebel against Yuan Shu, and we cannot let them do what they want."

After Zhuge Liang heard this, he couldn't help sticking out his tongue.

Compared with the teacher, my own methods are really...not cruel enough.

"The question is, who to send? Chen can deal with the nobles, but with the Baiyue clans..." Chen Deng asked doubtfully.

The potter laughed.

"If you want to break into Shanyue, you have to send someone who can mix with them... Tao has a candidate here."

"Who?"

"Yan Baihu."

……

Since Yan Baihu surrendered to the potters, he and his younger brother Yan Yu served as a school lieutenant in the Chinese army in Jinling.

The pottery merchant was also kind enough to him, he gave him a good salary, food and clothing, and he could take care of everything.

In this expedition, Yan Baihu and Yan Yu were also ordered to accompany them.

Hearing that the pottery merchant summoned him, Yan Baihu didn't dare to neglect, and hurried to the pottery merchant's tent.

Seeing Yan Baihu, the potter couldn't help but want to laugh.

"King De, is life still comfortable in the Jinling Army?"

Yan Baihu was taken aback when he heard the words: "Teacher made fun of me again! This, this title of King De is absolutely unacceptable... Isn't it true that your subordinates will inherit the title of king in front of Taifu?" Are you courting death?"

The pottery merchant chuckled and said, "I'm kidding, you look so anxious... Is there something I want to ask you for help?"

Yan Baihu hastily said: "Teacher ordered that there will be mountains of swords and seas of fire, and you will never hesitate to die. If you have any orders from the Taifu, just say it! The subordinates will never be unable to do it, and they will definitely do it."

"I want you to go south to Yuzhang County, select some important leaders of Baiyue, and establish a good relationship with them."

Yan Baihu shook his head directly: "This subordinate can't do it."

Pottery: "..."

"Didn't you just say that there is no way to resist the mountain of swords and the sea of ​​fire?"

Yan Baihu smiled wryly when he heard the words: "Teacher, this subordinate is a rough man. He has never had any contact with Baiyue, and he has no relationship with Baiyue. You asked me to make friends with them. How can I make friends with them?"

The pottery merchant said slowly: "You were in Baihu Mountain back then, you recruited refugees from Shanyue everywhere, and you became a king by yourself, gathering in the mountains and forests. I think you understood that at that time, didn't you just hang out with Shanyue?"

Yan Baihu almost cried when he heard this.

"Teacher, Shanyue is Shanyue, and Baiyue is Baiyue. Most of the Shanyue in Wu County used to be exiles from Wu tribes. They entered the mountains because of turmoil, lack of land, or annexation of gentry. They gather in the mountains again. No matter how unreasonable and barbaric they are, they are also Han Chinese! Baiyue is different, the remnants of Yangyue, Dongou, Luoyue, and Minyue live together...especially Wulingman, Linglingman, Lizhongman, and They can't speak human words at all!"

Tao Shang looked at him determinedly, with a smile on his face.

"No matter what your reasons are, Tao has decided to leave it to you. You have to do it, or you have to do it. In addition, I will send Lu Dai to assist you... King De, if you do this No, then don’t come back from now on, you might as well stand on your own in the tribes of Baiyue, they must be short of a king, right?”

Chapter 385 Sun Ce, Zhuge and Lu Meng

Yan Baihu left weeping and wiping away his tears.

In Yan Baihu's mind, all the tribes in Baiyue are a group of savages who have not developed savage wisdom. They carry cauldrons, hold stone spears, wear animal skins, live in haystacks and stone caves, drink blood like hair, and occasionally Kill a few passers-by to drink and improve the food.

Yan Baihu had never seen anything in the world, so it was all hearsay, but the pottery merchant knew in his heart that it was not the case at all.

In ancient times, the south of the Yangtze River was indeed dominated by the Baiyue people. The Yue culture system formed from the Hemudu culture and Liangzhu culture was indeed quite different from the Central Plains culture, and the Yue people used a language related to the Austronesian language family of later generations. The language is very different from the Sino-Tibetan language family.

But after entering the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the original porcelain and bronze swords of the Yue people in Wudi even surpassed the Central Plains. During the Warring States Period, a powerful country with Yue people as the main body appeared, and once became the overlord of the Central Plains.

The ethnic groups in Baiyue are relatively civilized. Nowadays, in Danyang County and Wu County led by potters, many Yue people have been sinicized, but in Yuzhang County, Kuaiji County, and Ouyue and Minyue in the south of Jingzhou , Yangyue, Nanyue, Xiou, etc. are indeed still in a relatively original state.

This original ecology does not refer to Ru Mao drinking blood, but refers to not belonging to Wang Hua.

In fact, the pottery merchant would not be willing to send Yan Baihu, a bastard, to communicate with Baiyue, but among his subordinates, he was the one who had mixed with the Shanyue of Wudi in the mountains and forests. They are different, but they lead to the same goal by different routes, and the general life situation should be similar.

It is not necessary for Yan Baihu to persuade the tribes of Baiyue to support him, as long as he can persuade a few rebels against Yuan Shu, it will be of great help to him.

And this time there is Lu Dai assisting him, so there should be some hope for the potter in this matter.

……

According to the strategy discussed with everyone, the pottery merchant slowed down the speed of marching southward, and deliberately let Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses enter Yuzhang County first.

Indeed, as Sima Yi had guessed, Yuan Shu had bad intentions, and at this moment he was still harboring small thoughts.

He let Sun Ce's soldiers and horses be all vanguards, and took the lead in marching into Nanchang.

The intention of letting Sun Ce's army be the vanguard is very simple. Yuan Shu wants Sun Ce to directly meet the Tao merchant army who came to collect Nanchang. contribute to his other plans in the future.

Unfortunately, Yuan Shu's plan failed.

When Sun Ce arrived in Nanchang, Prince Taiping did not come at all.

When Zhuge Xuan, the prefect of Yuzhang who was in charge of guarding Nanchang, heard that Sun Ce's troops had arrived, he immediately opened the city gates to welcome the Sun Ce's troops into the city.

Zhuge Xuan's position as the prefect of Yuzhang was recommended by Yuan Shu back then.

And Yuan Shu's reason for doing this is very simple, in order to be able to subdue this place today.

Zhuge Xuan and his nephew Zhuge Jin respectfully presented the county's seal ribbon, population and household registration and list to Sun Ce.

Sun Ce sat on the main seat of the governor's mansion, casually flipping through the records in the county. He squinted at Zhuge Xuan and said, "Before the general arrives in Nanchang, did the potters send troops or people to Nanchang?"

Facing the orphan of the Jiangdong fierce tiger, Zhuge Xuan did not dare to be negligent, and said respectfully: "Return to the young general, Jinling has never sent a single soldier to Nanchang, and has never sent a messenger during this period."

Sun Ce said "Oh", then suddenly changed the topic, and said coldly: "Mr. Zhuge, is this true or not? Don't lie to me! If I let the general find out that you are in cahoots with pottery merchants, what will be done later? It's not as easy as this."

Zhuge Xuan was startled when he heard the words, with a puzzled expression on his face, he said: "Why did the young general say that? Why did the old man want to lie to you? The general's words are not unreasonable."

Sun Ce said slowly: "It's better to be on guard. I heard that you have a nephew who is a student in front of Tao Bandit in Jinling City. With this kind of relationship, I was afraid that your heart would not be on Yuan Gong's side, and it would happen at any time. Fall towards Jinling!"

Zhugexuan's face suddenly showed anger when he heard the words: "Who does the major general think of this old man? Although the old man is stupid, but he didn't know the kindness and repayment. There was a reason why Liang'er entered Jinling City. I don't want to explain too much... But the old man, the governor of Yuzhang County, actually came from the recommendation of the later general. If the later general wanted Yuzhang County, the old man would naturally offer it to him at any time, and he would do whatever he wanted. The old man wants to become such a despicable person?"

Sun Ce didn't get angry, but just laughed, and said: "Don't doubt it, Mr. Zhuge. As a vanguard officer under Mr. Yuan's account, he should be more careful in handling things. If you don't ask clearly about some things, it will be difficult to explain to Mr. Yuan later. ...Come here and make an apology to Duke Zhuge."