There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

Xu Rong agreed: "If they attack by dividing up our troops, I'm afraid it will take a lot of time for our army to deal with them. Now that the opponent has concentrated their forces in Zhongzhou, it is relatively easy to deal with Xuzhou."

The Tao merchant sighed and said: "Even so, you should not be careless. How is the other party's general staffing?"

Xu Rong then explained to the potters: "All the elite soldiers under the command of the Cao family and the Liu family have come out. On the other side of the Guanzhong generals, Hou Xuan, Cheng Yin, Li Kan, Zhang Heng, Liang Xing, Cheng Yi, Ma Teng, and Han Sui Everyone sent troops to help, of course these small princes did not have many troops, some with 1 men, some with 5000 men."

The pottery merchant nodded to show his understanding, and asked again: "Among the princes in Guanzhong, is there anyone named Ma Chao under Ma Teng's command?"

Xu Rong blinked in surprise: "Prime Minister actually knows about Ma Chao?"

"Ah, I've heard of it a little bit."

Xu Rongchang sighed: "In recent years, the sons under Ma Teng's command have begun to grow up. Don't look at Ma Teng's old boy, but his sons are really amazing. It is said that these years have been settled in Liangzhou. Among the rebellious Qiang tribes, Ma Teng and Han Sui relied on his sons and nephews, especially the one named Ma Chao, who was rumored to be as brave as ten thousand men, not inferior to Lu Bu back then."

Lu Bu back then?

The current figure of Lu Bu flashed in the potter's mind, and he nodded in agreement.

"How is the morale of our soldiers and generals now?"

Xu Rong cupped his hands and said: "During this period of time, all the soldiers of the three armies have already completed their preparations, but the disadvantage for our army at the moment is that although we have many soldiers and horses, we have just conquered Hebei and have not yet recovered from the fatigue of the war. The additional sergeants in Hebei are not yet proficient in drills and cannot fully integrate into our army, and the generals are not as good at commanding our original soldiers and horses."

The Tao merchant sighed: "This kind of thing cannot be solved by personal ability, and can only be slowly adjusted."

While the two were talking, they saw Pei Qian stepping in and said, "Prime Minister, all the conspirators have arrived."

The pottery merchant signaled Pei Qian to lead them in.

When I was young, I saw Guo Jia, Lu Su, Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi and Chen Deng who hurried from Nanchang City walk in.

Even though the Dow Group now has more and more talents, from the beginning to the end, only these five talents are the real right-hand men of the pottery.

The potter asked five people to sit down, and then narrated the whole story to everyone.

Finally, the pottery merchant looked at the few people and said, "What do you guys have to say about the Cao-Liu allied army stationing troops in the Central Plains to conspire against me in Xuzhou?"

Before the question was finished, Chen Deng raised his hand vigorously and said excitedly like a primary school student rushing to answer: "I! I! I have something to say!"

The potter was delighted when he saw Chen Deng's appearance: "Yuanlong, I haven't seen you for two years. How did you become like this? What's there to argue about?"

Chen Dengchang sighed, and said: "Prime Minister, I have been sitting in Nanchang for so long, and I haven't seen you for a long time, and I have never offered you a plan or made a plan in the past two years. Don't you panic?"

Seeing Chen Deng's anxious look, the pottery merchant couldn't bear it.

It's only been two years, and it seems to hold back the child.

Let him release it.

The pottery merchant waved at Chen Deng and said, "Since that's the case, today it's up to you to speak freely."

Chen Deng fluttered his sleeves excitedly, stood up, walked up to Pitu, and then tapped three dots on Pitu: "This, this, this!"

The potter looked at the three places Chen Deng was pointing at, which were Lu State, Pei State and Nanchang City.

The pottery merchant stroked his chin, and said thoughtfully, "You mean, these three places will become the main attack points of the Cao-Liu coalition forces?"

Chen Deng said: "Yes, but it will not be their attack points at the same time, but their attack points sequentially."

The potter said with a smile, "What's the point of attacking sequentially?"

Chen Deng explained to the potter with a smile: "Now that Cao Cao and Sanliu have just united, they can be regarded as strong and powerful. Their first strategy must be to station troops in Shanyang County and attack the State of Lu by force. The land of Xuzhou is easy to attack and difficult to defend, as long as you open the gate of Lu State, you can directly enter the territory of Xuzhou."

Tao Shang raised his eyebrows and said, "According to what you mean, our army is going to concentrate our forces in Lu State to defeat Cao Liu's attack?"

Chen Deng nodded and said, "That's right. As long as we resist their advance in Lu State, Cao Liu's coalition forces will definitely weaken over time, and they will definitely think of other strategies at that time."

"What countermeasure?"

"Leaving aside Liu Biao, with Cao Cao's venomous eyes, he will definitely secretly join forces with Sun Ce to attack our Pei State, in order to divide our forces in Xuzhou from the side. This is the second thing we have to do, Gong Peiguo, to defend Sun Ce. "

Chapter 8 and Four

Chen Deng didn't need to make his words so clear, as the IQs of the people present could roughly understand them.

Indeed, as he said, if Ludi cannot be defeated, San Liu and Cao Cao will definitely focus on other places, and Pei Guo and Sun Ce, who is very close to him, are naturally good targets.

Peiguo is the gateway to the southwest of Xuzhou, and Sun Ce is a big boy, tall, short, fat and thin just right.

Chen Deng not only thought of the enemy's current strategy, but also speculated about their future strategy. This skill and ability made everyone admire him.

Tao Shang turned his mind on how to guard against and deal with Sun Ce, and then said, "I will keep Yuanlong's opinion in mind... As for the third place you mentioned, the land of Nanchang, it must be the last place Cao Liu will aim at. Bar?"

Chen Deng cupped his hands and said, "Prime Minister has learned from you that since ancient times, the wise men in the world have repeatedly tried the strategy of drawing salaries from the bottom of the pot, and the results are often surprising. It can turn defeat into victory and defeat the enemy by surprise."

The pottery merchant muttered silently, "Nanchang City is the capital we agreed on, and in a sense it is our foundation. It is true that we cannot lose it. Yuanlong reminded us very well."

Thinking of this, the pottery merchant suddenly told Pei Qian, "Pei Qian, go find Liu Pi."

When he was young, Liu Pi was summoned before the potter.

"I will meet the prime minister at the end."

Tao Shang nodded with a smile, and said, "General Liu, since you came to my command, you have made outstanding achievements repeatedly and are well-known. Many people have stated to Tao that you have undeserved courage... "

After hearing the potter's opening remarks, Liu Pi felt his head explode.

Every time the pottery chatters like this, it is the kind that wants Lao Tzu to do difficult errands, and be punished to death.

Liu Pi glanced at the potter cautiously, and said in a low voice, "The Prime Minister has praised him absurdly, but in fact the last general is not that powerful..."

Tao Shang smiled slightly, and said, "General Liu has made great military exploits and is famous far and wide. He is a well-known and powerful general in our army. You should not be humble."

"The last general...is really not humble." Liu Pi's cold sweat dripped down.

Pretending to be a fierce general used to be glorious, but after doing it a few times, Liu Pi found that it was really not a fun job.

Almost died!

The pottery merchant ignored him, and said, "Liu Pi, there needs to be a strong general guarding Nanchang City. After thinking about it, Tao Mou thinks that your reputation is big enough in the world. If I deal with Cao Liu here, you will replace me." To protect the foundation of the imperial court, don't lose anything, remember... In this way, I will let Guo Tu, who just surrendered to me, go with you. He is also a resourceful man. If you have any difficulties, just ask him .”

Hearing this, Liu Pi seemed to be about to cry.

"Prime Minister, can I not go?"

The potter smiled and said, "What do you think?"

The smile is dangerous, the tone is firm.

Liu Pi shamelessly went back to order troops, and was ready to go to Nanchang for defense.