There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

After finishing speaking, Liu Biao turned to the other side, and Zhang Ren, who led the troops on behalf of Liu Zhang to help the battle, said, "General Zhang, do you think so?"

Zhang Ren didn't answer directly, he just stood up, cupped his hands at Liu Biao, and said, "I am under the command of my lord, to come here to conspire with the general for great things, so I will do as the general does."

"Okay!" Liu Biao slapped the table and said with a smile, "In that case, let's fight with the whole army and not give the potters a chance to breathe!"

Cao Cao laughed secretly.

Liu Biao really got his way.

Cao Cao is now afraid that the Sanliu Group will not fight head-on with the potters. They can afford it, but Cao Cao can't afford it.

After all, Liu Biao was in Jingzhou, and Liu Zhang was even more retreating in Yizhou. Facing the pressure of pottery merchants and soldiers, they were far less powerful than Cao Cao.

In Cao Cao's heart, he didn't expect this alliance to destroy the pottery merchants, but he hoped that through this alliance, as much power as the pottery merchants could be destroyed, as much power as the pottery merchants' strength could be destroyed.

A few days later, the potter's camp spread rumors that the grain and grass were burned, the rear could not raise grain and grass, and the three armies were about to run out of food.

All of a sudden, there were rumors in the entire Jinling Army, ordinary soldiers exchanged news with each other, and the three armies suddenly fell into panic.

"Hi!" Xu Chu stomped his feet fiercely, and said angrily: "The prime minister has ordered people to completely block the news about the grain and grain. Which goddamn bastard leaked the news, which caused gossip in the camp. The general tried his best to stop the rumors, but he couldn't stop them! This, what should we do?"

The pottery merchant looked at the bamboo slips in his hand and fell into deep thought.

After a while, he raised his head and said with a smile: "Forget it, since you can't stop those rumors, then let the rumors spread in the army. I think it's not our people who spread the news."

Xu Chu looked at the potter in bewilderment, and said, "What does the prime minister mean, that the news was spread by the enemy?"

The pottery merchant nodded, and said: "It should be spread by people from Cao Cao's army, maybe it is Jia Xu who is in charge of the Eagle and Snake Mansion, this person had better pull out such cruel tricks. A large-scale attack is about to be launched, and before the attack, spreading rumors to confuse our army is a necessary means."

Xu Chu could understand what the potter said, but he couldn't understand what he did.

"Prime Minister, even if it wasn't done by our own people, then you can't let the news go around?"

The potter spread his hands and said with a smile, "There are so many people talking, how do you want me to gag their mouths one by one? You teach me."

Xu Chu was speechless.

After a long while, I saw him shaking his huge head and said: "Anyway, the head of a certain family is no better than yours. You must have something!"

The pottery merchant smiled: "There is a way. The so-called blocking is worse than sparse. Instead of forcing their mouths to be controlled, it is better to directly open their hearts."

Obviously, such a profound method, with Xu Chu's intelligence, is still completely incomprehensible.

Seeing Xu Chu's adorable expression, the potter couldn't help but smile.

He stood up, walked in front of the potter, and said to him: "You will send an order to the three armies in a while, and let all the generals above the centurion gather in the school grounds. I have something to announce to them."

Although he didn't understand what the pottery merchant was going to do, Xu Chu didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately followed the pottery merchant's order and passed on the general order.

At noon, all the generals above the centurion of the three armies gathered in the school grounds.

When he was young, he saw the pottery merchant leading Xu Chu and Ah Fei to the stage. He glanced around at the generals below and said, "There have been rumors in the camp recently."

When everyone heard this, their ears perked up.

"Food and grass is the most important thing, and it is also the lifeblood of our army. Some time ago, our army's food and fodder was attacked by rebels such as Cao Liu and suffered losses. I will not deny this."

Hearing the potter's frank admission, the generals of the three armies couldn't help being a little surprised, whispering to each other.

The pottery merchant didn't seem to notice it, and continued slowly: "There are losses, but they are definitely not as big as the rumors. If there is no accident, this is a trick of the rebels. In order to break this rumor, I will First distribute the [-] days' food and grass to each battalion, and the generals of each battalion will allocate it to the soldiers under their command, so as to calm the hearts of the troops!"

Chapter 822 The One Who Can Save Me

After the potter finished his speech in the school grounds, he immediately ordered the quartermasters under his command to distribute food and grass according to the number of people in each battalion, and asked the generals above the centurion to report the number of people in each battalion and calculate the grain received by each battalion. .

Guo Jia has been watching from the side, and at this moment, he can't help but dripping with cold sweat.

He hurried to the potter's side and said in a low voice: "Before Zhang Zhao and Han Hao brought the new grain and grass, we only have these grain and grass, do you know that?"

The pottery merchant put his hands behind his back, looked at the cheering generals of the three armies, smiled and replied in a low voice: "Of course I know."

"Since you know, why do you have to allocate all the food and grass? If you save it, you may be able to support it for more than a month, but now you let the battalions take the lead in advance, and you also promised that each battalion is half Food for the moon! Are you going to play yourself to death?"

The pottery merchant shook his head and said: "If I don't play like this, I will let Cao Cao play me to death first. The rumors have already spread. If I don't behave generously, I will calm down the army and turn around. The three armies will be upset and gone. Morale, we're afraid we won't be able to hold out for three days."

And the voices of the centurions and captains who received the food under the stage and were told the quantity also faintly passed into the ears of the two.

"This, so much food?"

"Could it be a mistake?"

"How can this be the food for fifteen days? I feel that this is clearly twice as much as usual!"

"The prime minister is worthy of being the prime minister, he is really generous!"

"You still say we have no food? It's nonsense!"

"With the prime minister here, how can we cut off the rations of our brothers?"

"Long live the prime minister, long live!"

"Long live!"

The sound of mountains shouting and tsunami rang in my ears, and the captains and centurions in the audience shouted in unison. For a moment, all the generals were as imposing as a rainbow, which was completely different from the performance of the moment of hesitation and speculation just now. It's like two different people.

The pottery merchant stood up amidst the shouts of long live, and waved to the generals.

Guo Jia followed behind him and said in a low voice: "The morale has improved, but what will happen after half a month?"

"Take one step at a time, don't you see that I'm the one everyone expects?"

"Now is now, I'm afraid the future will be"

"Get through this moment first, and talk about the rest later."

The news of Tao Shangjun quickly spread back to Cao Ying.

The first person to get the news was Jia Xu, the head of the Eagle Snake Mansion.

The facts were indeed as expected by the potters. Jia Xu was the one who spread and expanded the rumors that the cholera pottery merchants' army was in charge.

Jia Xu couldn't help but be amused when he saw the report given by the Eagle Snake.

He gently handed the slips to the eagle and snake warrior and said, "Give it to Lord Sikong, everything will be decided by him naturally."

The eagle-snake warrior didn't say much, took the slips and left, leaving Jia Xu alone, leaning on his chin and meditating.

"What a pottery merchant, Tao Zidu, it's really interesting. Are you trying to get rid of the bottom line? This trick to break the old man's rumors is clever, but it also puts yourself in a dangerous place. Hehe, at least as far as the old man is concerned. Look, no one can solve your predicament. No matter what virtuous ministers and generals you have under your command, they will not be able to save you from this round. The old man wants to see how you deal with the aftermath. If you can really break this round, then Even if the old man blinded himself."