There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

After Zhang Xiu led his troops back to Xuzhou, the pottery merchant immediately dispatched him and his soldiers, including the fierce general Hu Che'er, to Zhao Yun's rule.

After taking over the power of Xuzhou from Tao Qian, Tao merchants reorganized the few cavalry in Xuzhou and Jinling cavalry.

The number of cavalry in the southeast is small, far less than that in the north. Under the command of the pottery merchants, the most elite at present are the Tiefutu directly led by Xu Huang and the Jinling White Horse Army that Zhao Yun is expanding.

Although Zhang Xiu’s Xiliang iron cavalry has an iron character, it is essentially a light cavalry with long spears and strong horses. He is included in Zhao Yun’s white horse battalion. To configure a comprehensive.

But even so, the number of cavalry under Tao Shang's command is naturally not comparable to that of Yuan Shao, but in terms of combat power, Tao Shang thinks that his side's various tactics are not inferior to the northern cavalry.

In a blink of an eye, the time has come to the end of the year, and the sixth year of the potter's time travel is about to pass, and the time has also reached the current third year of Xingping, which is the second year of Jian'an in history.

It has been the seventh year for the pottery merchant to travel back to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and he is about to turn 24 years old.

Time passed so fast that he couldn't even react.

In the seven years of his career at the end of the Han Dynasty, he changed from a son of a prince who looked like "scum" in the eyes of others, to a powerful overlord who commanded half of the southeast Xu and Yangzhou. Yuan Shao, Cao Cao.

And Tao Shang also knew in his heart that the seventh year he traveled back to the end of Han Dynasty might be the hardest year since he traveled back.

In this seventh year, what he will face will be Yuan Shao, the northern overlord who is the number one prince in the world, with hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, thousands of good advisers, and countless supplies and armaments.

If one is not careful, the land of Xuzhou will be annexed by Yuan Shao.

At the end of the year, the pottery merchants sent people back to Pengcheng to replace Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi from the two western counties of Xuzhou.

The two boys have managed the county seat for a year, and their political achievements have been quite effective, and they have led a county alone, and their abilities have also improved significantly.

Now that they are about to face a huge and powerful enemy in the north, the potter believes that they should not be released, but should be brought back to him, so that they can hug each other to keep warm.

The communication between Xu Jing and Jiaozhou Shixie has also become smooth, and Zhantian rice seeds are shipped to the south of the Yangtze River in large quantities, and the planting is widely promoted.

Lu Su and Sima Lang also led the Shanyue battalion to conquer and beat them, captured and subdued a lot of the Shanyue people, and scored victories again and again.

Tao Ying also got along very well with each family in Baiyue in the south of the border. At the end of the year, he sent another [-] Baiyue volunteers who were willing to join the army for the pottery merchants.As usual, the potters transferred them to the barbarian camp in Suzhou, where Lu Su controlled and trained them.

Just in winter, when the weather was a bit chilly, on this day, the potter invited Yuan Tan to cook wine and talk with him in the courtyard.

It has been more than three months since Yuan Tan and Pang Ji were captured alive. During this period of time, the pottery merchants have been sending envoys to Hebei to meet Yuan Shao with Yuan Tan's handwriting, hoping that the other party will send someone to negotiate the terms of the exchange.

But there was no letter from Yuan Shao.

Based on this, Yuan Tan's urgent mood became more and more cold, and his heart was full of disappointment with his father.

It's not that he didn't suspect that the pottery merchant was cheating, but the pottery merchant had no motive. For Mr. Taiping, it was most practical to use him, the son of Yuan's parents, to exchange some benefits with Yuan Shao.

Second, every time the envoy of the pottery merchant came back, he described the customs of Yecheng and the appearance and attitude of Yuan Shao in Hebei, but they were exactly the same. This shows that the envoy did not lie to him, and he really went to Hebei.

All the circumstances indicated that the pottery merchant really wanted to talk to Yuan Shao.

But it is a pity that the current situation shows that Yuan Shao did not take Yuan Tan seriously and refused to talk about it.

Yuan Tan was sad in his heart, he didn't know why, he didn't understand why his father gave up on him so easily.

But the potter's heart is like a bright mirror.

He naturally knows the key to this, because this is what he planned.

Every time the pottery merchant sent envoys to Yecheng to discuss important matters with Yuan Shao, but every time, before the envoy arrived in Yecheng, the pottery merchant would intentionally or unintentionally ask the envoy to find a way to contact the judge in Yecheng.

Judgment is Yuan Shang's iron club, he knows the purpose of the envoy's visit, which means Yuan Shang knows the purpose of the envoy's visit.

Of course, Yuan Shang hoped that Yuan Tanke would die in another country, and it would be best not to leave any dead bones.

Therefore, the team headed by Yuan Shanghe Shenpei repeatedly advised the ministers that it was not a good opportunity to exchange captives with the pottery merchants, and the pottery merchants on both sides did not dare to kill Yuan Tan. hesitated.

In addition, Xu You, who was appointed by Yuan Shao to be in charge of communicating with Xuzhou, also did not act.

Gain secretly entrusted Mi Zhu to bribe Xu You through Mi's business, so that he could delay Yuan Shao's negotiation process.

Although Xu You is full of tricks, he is a money-grubbing master, and collecting money to delay work can be said to be in his hands.

Therefore, it turned out that Yuan Tan and Pang Ji stayed in Pengcheng for several months, but the Hebei people "didn't care about it".

Yuan Tan was disappointed and sad, and he even began to resent his family.

But during the period when Yuan Tan was captured, the pottery merchants did not relax their psychological offensive against them.

After Yuan Tan's injury healed, the pottery merchant treated him just like the legendary Cao Cao treated Guan Yu, with a small banquet every three days and a big banquet every five days, with a lot of silk and satin for food and clothing, and the maid arranged everything thoughtfully without any shortage. .

Pang Ji was also a captive, so he was naturally honored. The two of them were captured this time, as if they were on vacation, not only did they not suffer.Also gained a few pounds.

Today's winter wine was also given to Yuan Tan by potter Zhang Luo.

Both of them were wearing big fur coats, cooking wine, eating fruits, and talking freely.

"Brother, it's almost autumn. Calculated according to the time, you have come to Pengcheng for a hundred days, right?" The potter directly called Yuan Tan his brother, which seemed to be a very close relationship.

Yuan Tan smiled bitterly, and said helplessly: "In the blink of an eye, three months have passed, haha, these three months, Yuan has really fallen into a dream."

The Tao merchant raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "What? Isn't the elder brother picking on the younger brother by saying this? Is the younger brother treating you badly?"

Yuan Tan shook his head bitterly, and said, "I didn't pick you, not you."

He didn't say anything, but the meaning in his words was already clear that he didn't pick on the pottery, he picked on his family.

"Brother, why do you have to be like this? Don't lie to me. This is your home. After getting along for a while, you and I have hit it off. If General Yuan really doesn't exchange you with benefits, I will let you go back before the end of the year." .”

When Yuan Tan heard this, he was stunned at first, and then instantly revealed a look of joy.

"No brother! Tai Tuo promises to let me go?"

The pottery merchant nodded and said: "Brother, think about it carefully. Now that you are in my territory, I can decide whether you will advance or retreat. There is absolutely no need for me to lie to you."

Yuan Tan nodded vigorously: "That is, that is."

When I was young, I heard Yuan Tan say again: "Then dare to ask the Grand Tutor, why do you treat me like this?"

Tao Shang smiled and said: "Because I feel that elder brother is a true hero, and he is also the most qualified to inherit General Yuan's foundation in the future. According to Shang, among the younger generation in the world today, only elder brother and Shang are the only ones who are heroes. A despicable villain like Yuan Shang has a heart like a snake and a scorpion, and four people in a carriage can make him kick three times? It’s so insane and outrageous! If I let him be my opponent, I really don’t deserve it!”

Yuan Tan couldn't help being moved when he saw the potter admitting himself and belittling Yuan Shang in this way.

This person is really my bosom friend.

But the Tao merchant smiled slightly and said: "But even if my brother goes back, the winner will still be Tao in the fight the next day! I can promise you that I will never kill you, brother, and will only be here in Xuzhou. Let's sit down, brother Jinghou will be able to come and live here for a long time one day."

Yuan Tan was overwhelmed by what the pottery said, and he thought in his heart that this person is not deceiving me!

Yuan Tan also said: "The next day I occupy Hebei, I will also set up a seat for Tao Jun in Yecheng. Jinghou Tao Jun will live in Yecheng one day. Although he is an enemy in his life, he will never harm each other."