There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

But a few days ago, a secret letter from Mi Zhu came from Pengcheng, saying that Yuan Shao was sending decent people to secretly instigate some nobles in Xuzhou.

Yuan Shao, the fourth generation and third prince, is very prestigious among the gentry groups. If at this critical moment, he was really allowed to light a fire behind him and incite several gentry families to rebel, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Therefore, the pottery merchants could only send Chen Deng, who was capable of intimidating the Xuzhou gentry, back to Pengcheng, and joined forces with Mi Zhu, Cao Bao and others to suppress the rear together so as not to cause their own backyard to catch fire.

Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi also returned to Pengcheng together to help the potters guard the situation.

If Guo Jia were to be sent to Kaiyang again now, then the arm that he usually cites as the mastermind would not be by his side.

With the strong enemy in the north pressing down on the border and the mastermind not around, even if the pottery merchant himself is no longer comparable to what he was seven years ago, he still feels somewhat uneasy.

After all, what I am experiencing now is an unprecedented predicament and powerful enemy.

Seemingly seeing the potter's hesitation, Guo Jia said: "With Lu Su here, the Taifu has something to do, but it's okay to consult with him. This person has a very strong view of the overall situation, far above Guo."

The Tao merchant sighed, and said with a smile: "Go, don't worry, Tao, I can't leave you, you should be careful after you arrive in Kaiyang, Mi Fang and Liu Pi are not so easy to use, don't be careless. Sent my own life."

Guo Jia chuckled and said, "Don't worry, after the battle of Kaiyang, even though Mr. Guo didn't come to the battle in person, he can roughly guess what kind of personality that high-ranking man is.

After Guo Jia left, the pottery merchant began to plan to deal with Yan Liang.

He carefully studied Yan Liang's four villages, and found a very interesting phenomenon.

Yan Liang's four great villages were built around a Zhuangzi with only a few hundred households, and they surrounded that Zhuangzi in an unbiased manner.

Others may not notice this small detail, but the potter noticed it at a glance.

He generally does not ignore any details.

After some careful thinking, the pottery merchant had an idea in his mind. There must be something wrong with this Zhuangzi that Yan Liang just surrounded with four villages!

That night, the pottery merchant found Tai Shici in his tent.

"I wrote a grain urging letter to Pengcheng during the day, asking them to deliver the next batch of grain here within ten days, but before that, I want all the soldiers and horses to prepare for ten days. The light food and grass are enough to feed the hunger, and you can't bring more, elder brother will pass on the order for me."

Right now there are only two people, Tai Shici and the pottery merchant, so they can be called casually.

Hearing what the pottery said, Tai Shici couldn't help but tighten his heart: "Third brother, the food, grass and supplies in our camp are not enough for ten days, do you want the rest?"

The potter nodded and said with a smile, "That's right, throw away all the rest."

"Throw it away?" Tai Shici reconfirmed.

"Not bad, throw it!"

Tai Shici looked at the potter in puzzlement. In his impression, this third younger brother did not act like a prodigal.

Facing Tai Shici's puzzled eyes, the pottery merchant said to him affirmatively: "Brother, there is no way to do this. Yan Liang's four military strongholds can rely on each other, and the soldiers and horses in each battalion may not be less than ours. If you want to destroy the four villages, you must pay a price, but I will definitely get it back from Yan Liang, don't you believe me?"

Tai Shici looked at the potter, nodded heavily, and said, "Of course I believe you! Hehe, I'll pay my brother's life at worst. Just play with my brother! Alright, then I'll arrange it later!"

The next day, Tu Xiong, Yan Liang's lieutenant general, led his troops to attack Tai Shici's camp.

The strategy Yan Liang formulated was to take turns attacking Tai Shici's camp with the three generals under his command, so that Tai Shici would not be able to take a breather, but his side could take turns to rest.

The advantage of having more soldiers and horses.

Before arriving at the camp, Tu Xiong immediately commanded Yuan Jun under his command to launch a fierce attack on Tai Shici's Dazhai.

The Xuzhou army guarded the camp, relying on horses and fences, and had a certain advantage, but because they had been attacked for several days, they had certain disadvantages in physical strength and endurance, so they let the men and horses led by Tu Xiong rush forward. Entered Dazhai.

Of course, under the command of Tai Shici, such a thing would never happen, but today, the pottery merchant has already planned to completely abandon this camp, so he acted like this.

Tu Xiong was not surprised either.

In his mind, it was only a matter of time before his side captured Tai Shici's camp, and there was nothing to be surprised about. Today's victory can be regarded as a great achievement for him by coincidence.

The 1 troops led by Tu Xiong rushed into the camp, while the soldiers and horses under Tai Shici's command retreated again and again, fleeing in embarrassment from the rear camp or the gates on both sides.

Tu Xiong and the others rushed to the middle of the camp, only to find that there were grain carts and haystacks everywhere in Tai Shici's camp, and they couldn't help being overjoyed.

Tai Shici didn't take away these luggage in a hurry, but he has achieved himself all of a sudden!

Going back with so many disarmed supplies, Yan Liang will definitely remember his great service when he reports it to the general.

Thinking of this, Tu Xiong couldn't help laughing out loud, as if he was insane.

Even his guards looked at him a little bit wrong.

It's broad daylight, so I'm having fun right there?

What's the matter?General, is there something wrong with him?

After Tu Xiong laughed enough, he immediately ordered the soldiers under his command: "Go, count the amount of grain and grass, and calculate how many stones there are."

Under the command of the school lieutenant, Yuan Jun's soldiers rushed towards the grain truck one after another.

But after counting, some Yuan Jun found that something was not quite right.

"General! These grains are not all grains!"

"Some are filled with hay!"

"Why is there paulownia paint on it?"

"What's the matter with the wetness?"

"Why does it smell like sulfur?"

Just as everyone was chattering, at the rear of the camp, a rocket suddenly shot towards the sky, whistling and shooting towards Tu Xiong and the others.

Chapter 5 Eleven Burning Your Own Camp

Overwhelming rockets shot from all directions into our own Dazhai, which had been arranged long ago, tightly wrapping Tu Xiong, the Hebei general, and all the soldiers of Yuan Jun under his command.

Since sulfur, hay, tree lacquer and other easy-to-ignite fire starters have been arranged in the camp long ago, and the weather has begun to become hot and dry at this time, it is easy to ignite the fire, and the entire camp is burned like a stove in an instant. Usually, those neatly arranged grain carts were ignited one after another, and in an instant a fiery fire dragon was formed in the camp, roaring towards Yuan Jun.

Tu Xiong was dumbfounded, he didn't expect that the Xuzhou army would use such a method of breaking the boat to defeat him even if he didn't want the Dazhai.

He didn't understand, even if Tai Shici used fire to burn down the camp and won himself, what was the significance of this battle?

His troops had no camps, no food supplies, no shelter, and even the strategic fortifications that guarded their southward movement no longer existed.

Then what's the point of him winning this battle?

Isn't Tai Shici doing this?

But the idea is the idea, the current situation does not allow Tu Xiong to think so much, saving his life is his top priority.