There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

Cao Cao: ""

The words of the pottery merchant at this moment gave Cao Cao a full surprise, full of Bole's emotion when he met Maxima!

Especially after no one stood by his side just now, and after that feeling of loneliness, the young weak crown boy in front of him resolutely came to his side to support him, and specially helped him analyze the pros and cons of the situation, And promised to help him persuade several allies to set off together, Cao Cao felt an indescribable touch in his heart.

But in fact, potters themselves will not do any loss-making business.

In history, when Cao Cao pursued Dong Zhuo alone, although he failed, he received far more fame and praise than other princes, and accumulated a solid political capital for Cao Cao's future development.

The pottery merchant doesn't think he is very spiritual, but he is not stupid either. Accumulating political capital belongs to accumulation, but if it is for the sake of killing soldiers and horses, he is not willing to do such stupid things, and he will not do them.

That's why Tao Shang was very lucky to observe the expressions of the princes in Yuan Shao's handsome tent just now, and he did find three people who had the opportunity to persuade them.

The expressions of these three people were either dull and stiff like old monks in meditation, or they hesitated to speak, but due to the face of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, they couldn't open their mouths for a while, so they could only keep silent.

Pull them, let's chase Dong Zhuo together, and share the pressure with each other!

In later generations, this is a super effective business method for venture capital to stop losses, find a partner with the big guy, and help you share the cost.

Cao Cao is already eager to try, ready to go: "My dear brother, which princes should we go to help?"

The potter secretly curled his lips.

Look at this bastard, just now his nose is not his nose, his eyes are not his eyes, now he is called Xiandi?

"Brother Meng De, although my younger brother Guan Gongsun Zan is unwilling to pursue Dong Zhuo, Liu Bei under his command is quite a loyal person. Just now in the tent, Liu Bei frowned and sighed. It seems that he does not agree with the leader in his heart. Brother Mengde, do you still remember that although the brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang did not have many soldiers, their own abilities are not trivial. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are brave enough to defeat Lu Bu, and the cooperation of these two is better than a thousand troops Wanma, let's go to Liu Bei for help first." The potter's first target was still Liu Bei and the others.

Chapter 51 Bao Xin

After hearing what the pottery said, Cao Cao nodded in agreement.

"That's right, Liu Xuande is quite a hero! He is indeed a true hero who can make friends with each other." Cao Cao said with emotion.

The potter saw that Cao Cao had regained his energy, unlike just now, his nose was not a nose and his eyes were not eyes, and he looked quite refreshed. It seemed that he had really returned to normal.

Tao Shang nodded with a smile, and said: "In this case, I will trouble Brother Meng De to go to Liu Xuande's side to discuss the pros and cons of righteousness, and Tao will go to find the other two people. After the matter is completed, we can dispatch troops quickly."

Cao Cao didn't object, but said curiously: "Who are the other two princes that Brother Tao wants to find?"

"The first one is Jibei Prime Minister Bao Xin. His face is unhappy. He is obviously dissatisfied with Yuan Shao's opinion. The other one is Sun Jian. Since the time you and President Yuan were arguing, Sun Jian has kept his eyes closed and kept silent."

Cao Cao nodded when he heard the Tao merchant's words, and said: "Since this is the case, the two princes will be persuaded by the virtuous brother. Cao will first go to Liu Bei and Chenliu's prefect Zhang Miao. If he has a good relationship with Cao, he can also be persuaded by Cao. Go ahead and tell it!"

After discussing with Cao Cao, the two parted ways. Cao Cao went to Liu Bei and Zhang Miao, and the pottery went to Bao Xin and Sun Jian.

The potters first went to Bao Xin's camp.

Just now in Dong Zhuo's barracks, Cao Cao proposed to pursue Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu both insisted on standing still and watching from the sidelines, and all the princes responded one after another, obviously they all followed the lead of the two Yuans.

But the potter observed very carefully, he found that among all the princes, Bao Xin was the one with the most unhappy face, the one who looked angry but was inconvenient to get angry.

Therefore, the potter guessed that Bao Xin agreed with Cao Cao's point of view in his heart, but it was inconvenient to stand up and speak for him because of the prestige and affection of the leader.

In particular, Cao Cao was so angry that he said in public that Shuzi's inadequacy and conspiracy directly offended all the princes. Bao Xin is not a cheap man. ah.

If the pottery merchant remembers correctly, before Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, Bao Xin had been conscripted by He Jin, and he belonged to the same political camp as Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, so he was regarded as a colleague.

After the potter joined the alliance, he also had several contacts with Bao Xin. The one that made the potter feel the most distressed was when Bao Xin used a knife to force him to cut his wrist when the Suanzao alliance was formed.

Through this period of contact, the potter felt that Bao Xin had deep feelings for the precarious Han Dynasty, and he was considered a loyal figure, especially compared to other princes, Bao Xin was not very arrogant. It's just that he is a bit rigid in his actions, and he is relatively objective and fair in his conduct and actions, and he is not very greedy.

When reading history books in later generations, it is recorded that after Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, was killed in the military chaos, Bao Xinli invited Cao Cao to enter Yanzhou to preside over the overall situation. Everyone is in admiration.

Based on these comprehensive factors and today's detailed observations by the potter, the potter believed that Bao Xin would definitely agree to his invitation and become a member of the pursuit army.

Leading the four brothers of the Pei family to Bao Xin's camp, the potter asked Pei Qian to go to the gate to inform the guards on his behalf, and to convey the message on his behalf, adhering to the rules of etiquette.

Not long after Pei Qian left, he saw Bao Xin in military uniform striding forward to meet the potter in person at Yuanmen.

"Young Master Tao!" Bao Xin bowed his hands to Tao Qian with a serious face: "Bao Xin came late, and I am ashamed of you, Mr. Tired, waiting here! Come, come, please come into the camp to talk."

Bao Xin was very polite, and he didn't show disdain for the potter because of his young age, on the contrary, he seemed to respect him very much, except for the time when he cut the potter's wrist for Meng Meng.

The potter liked Bao Xin's style of life very much, and he had a good impression of this man, thinking that he was upright, courageous and airless.

A gentleman likes people with high qualities.

The pottery merchant returned the courtesy and said: "General Bao, you are being polite. Tao will not go in this camp. I have an important business to come here today. I want to have a private talk with General Bao. Otherwise, we can walk around this camp. stroll?"

Bao Xin was taken aback when he heard the words, and couldn't help but wonder what kind of routine this kid didn't go back to sleep at night, ran to my camp and didn't enter, but asked himself to go for a walk.

Can't figure it out, but Bao Xin still didn't refuse, waved his hands back to the left and right, and the pottery merchant also told the four brothers of the Pei family to wait for him in front of the gate, and then they walked side by side with Bao Xin around the camp.

"Mr. Tao, it's getting late. What's the important thing to come to find Bao at this hour?" Bao Xin didn't believe that the Tao merchant would come to him when he was free, so he asked rather puzzled.

Tao Shang didn't answer directly, but instead asked: "During today's day, I heard that President Yuan and General Cao had different opinions on whether to pursue Dong Zhuo or not. After arguing for a long time, I have a lot of experience, but there are still some things that I can't think about. Clearly, I tossed and turned, so I came here to ask General Bao for advice."

"Oh?" Bao Xin got excited when he heard the words, and raised his eyebrows: "I didn't expect Mr. Tao to be suspicious of this matter? This is quite interesting, but Bao wanted to ask, why did Mr. Tao choose so many people among the princes of the coalition army?" Do you only want to ask Bao for advice?"

The Tao merchant smiled at Bao Xin and said, "Because when the blood was drawn, it was General Bao who drained the blood for Tao. Tao felt that you owed me."

Bao Xin: ""

This kid is a little short of words.

Seeing that Bao Xin seemed to have the urge to be violent, the pottery merchant immediately changed his words: "I have heard for a long time that General Bao, Yuan Mengzhu and General Cao once served in the capital, and they have a good relationship. General Bao is one of the few loyal and upright people in the world. If it's you, you should be more objective than other dukes, after all, in Tao's heart, General Bao is a truly loyal person."

"Hahahahaha." Bao Xin laughed out loud when he heard the words, and his brows seemed to be beaming with joy: "Mr. Tao is not a young man, but he is quite good at admiring people. Bao doesn't like this kind of obsession."

The eyeballs are flying out happily and you still say you don’t want to eat this?

"Don't you dare?" After Tao Shang replied, he suddenly changed the subject: "General Bao, why is he so modest? The merchant came to you just to seek justice! Today, General Cao and Leader Yuan are discussing whether to pursue Dong Zhuozhi In this matter, all the lords adopt the opinion of Leader Yuan, and the potter wants to ask you, regardless of whether the strategy is right or wrong, but is it right or wrong for us to allow the emperor to be moved west by Dong Zhuo?"

Bao Xin became serious: "Young Master Tao, what do you mean by saying that, you are blaming the leader for stagnating and delaying rescue?"

The potter shook his head and said, "The potter doesn't dare to say the same thing, the potter is just confused, so I'm here to ask for advice."

Bao Xin smiled sadly, and said: "It's good for you to be suspicious! Believe it or not, just based on what you said just now, Bao can immediately ask the leader to punish you for your crime! Hang you on the shaft gate and be abolished." !"

Chapter 52 Revisiting the Tigers

Hanging on the gate?

It's not scary at all to be bluffing nakedly.

The chief Tao merchant sighed: "General Bao, we are an alliance, an ally to fight against the national traitors. I, Tao merchant, represent the governor of Xuzhou. Just because I questioned whether the leader's sentence is right or not, I have to hang on the gate? What about the majesty of the leader of the alliance? , Is it a bit too heavy? Tao can't figure it out, am I here to save you, or to promote Yuan's place?"

Bao Xin was silent for a while, then suddenly patted the potter on the shoulder, and sighed: "You are a young man with a weak crown, and you can still understand these righteousness and principles, but it's a pity that Bao's colleagues are all indulging in dreams. It's really chilling. .”