Cao Cao asked Sun Qian to return to the post house to rest, and then he found the two resourceful men who were currently accompanying him in Jiyin County.

There are now two wise men who are here with Cao Cao.

One is the former Shou Zhang Ling Cheng Yu, he was originally called Cheng Li, and after meeting Cao Cao, he was renamed Cheng Yu by Cao Cao because of a dream of Cao Cao.

Cheng Li was renamed by Cao Cao, although he wanted to scold his mother, but Cao Cao was his top boss after all, and he couldn't be easily provoked.

Don't say that he changed his name to Cheng Yu, that is, call him Cheng Cat or Cheng Dog, even if it is Cheng Baba, he has to bear it.

Cheng Yu is a native of Dongjun, but he had a friendship with Xun Shuang of Xun's Eight Dragons, and he also stopped in Yingchuan back then, so compared with the scholars in Dongjun, he and the students of Yingchuan are more close.

The other is called Dong Zhao, who was originally a member of the army under Yuan Shao's account, and later was ordered by Yuan Shao to follow Zhang Yang, when Li Dao Guo Yan and Lu Bu made trouble in Chang'an, Dong Zhao was ordered by Zhang Yang to go south to the imperial capital Chang'an, called tribute, in fact, to observe the situation in Chang'an, the problem is that Dong Zhao has selfish intentions, he has long seen that Zhang Yang can not achieve great things, so he took the opportunity to stay in Chang'an as Zhang Yang's envoy, waiting for the time.

After Cao Cao secretly welcomed the Son of Heaven, Dong Zhao became acquainted with Cao Cao, and since then he has been entrusted with the responsibility of his cronies.

The two were now stationed with Cao Cao in Jiyin County.

The two came to Cao Cao's face, and Cao Cao was not polite, and then told the two about what the potter's envoy had stated to him, and then told Cheng Yu and Dong Zhao about the doubts in their hearts.

After listening to Cao Cao's words, Dong Zhao and Cheng Yu each thought about it for a long time and considered it carefully.

After a while, Fang listened to Cheng Yu speak: "Duke Ming, the potter of Xuzhou took the Liang State, and took Xiahou Yuan as a hostage to threaten the Duke of Ming to withdraw his troops, this matter is already ridiculous, but he also asked the Duke of Ming to ask for 500,000 money, this kind of behavior is no different from a child's nonsense, but the potter has become famous in recent years, and he is probably not a mediocre person, so I am afraid that there is something strange in it." ”

Cao Cao touched his beard, and his face looked very deep.

For the potter's ability, he is naturally more aware than Cheng Yu.

"At present, the Yanzhou scholars and the generals of Liangzhou are about to act, and when Cao has a long layout, he wants to take this opportunity to uproot them, so that it is once and for all, and the society of the world depends on it, but at this time, if the potter thief is plotting against him and stabbing Cao in the back, I am afraid that there will be some trouble."

After that, Cao Cao looked at Dong Zhao again.

Dong Zhao is an extremely kind-looking fat dun, smiling all day long, looking kind and kind, and his kind appearance is like Maitreya Buddha, which shows a sharp contrast with Cheng Yu, who has a black face all day long and a serious face.

Listening to the conversation between Cheng Yu and Cao Cao, Dong Zhao smiled and said kindly: "Ming Gong doesn't need to worry too much, the pottery merchants beat down the soldiers and horses of the Liang State only tens of thousands, and most of them are foot soldiers, and there are few cavalry, even if he and the Yanzhou warriors attack at the same time, the strength in the hands of Ming Gong is enough to deal with it, what we have to figure out now is what is in the heart of the pottery merchant thief?" Whether he intends to continue to be an enemy of Ming Gong, or whether he has the intention of plotting against Yanzhou. ”

Cao Cao nodded when he heard this, and said: "That kid from the pottery merchant, to be honest, Cao still admires him very much, he is young, very strategic and resourceful, this person is definitely capable, but the things he does on weekdays are really no different from the people in the market...... At the moment, what Cao is most unclear about is what his ambition is! ”

Dong Zhao said with a smile: "Even if the people of this world are resourceful, but if there is no tolerance of all rivers in their chests, it is useless to swallow the pattern and ambition of mountains and rivers. ”

Dong Zhao, although he looks like a good man with a smile all day long, Cao Cao knows that Dong Zhao is good at figuring out the psychological dynamics of others, which is by no means comparable to ordinary people.

At that moment, Cao Cao asked Dong Zhaodao: "What is Gongren's opinion on how to figure out the potter?" ”

Dong Zhao was not in a hurry, and said: "I heard that the Duke of Ming is in Yanzhou, and he has already set up a government office that is good at investigation and assassination, which is similar to the school office of the pottery merchant in Jinling City...... What's that called? That's right, Eagle and Serpent House! You might as well let the eagle warriors of the Eagle Snake Mansion spy on the movements of the pottery thief in the Liang Kingdom, and the subordinates may be able to infer their true meaning through the traces of the pottery thief's actions. ”

Cao Cao listened to Dong Zhao's question, and suddenly felt his face dull.

To tell the truth, because of this incident, he had scolded Tao Qian, the father of the pottery merchant, and the eighteen generations of his Tao family more than a thousand times in his heart.

After Cao Cao took full possession of Yanzhou, he ordered Xiahoudun to draw strong men from the Qingzhou Yellow Turban and the old army such as Bao Xin, Liu Dai, Yuan Yi, and Qiao Mao, and organized a strong personal infantry army for himself, led by Dian Wei.

This elite assault infantry, like Cao Cao who has just recently started to build the tiger and leopard cavalry, can be described as the trump card force in his hands, a cavalry and an infantry, in Cao Cao's ideological planning, these two troops will be his right-hand man, follow him for thousands of miles, and calm the world.

Everything is beautiful, but there is only one fly in the ointment, and that is the name of this attacking force.

I don't know why, every time he wants to name this army, Cao Cao's mind is flooded with the words "Tiger Guard", as if this name has been determined by heaven in the dark, and it is destined to make his army famous all over the world and spread through the ages.

But the problem is that the word "Tiger Guard" has already been used by potters for several years in advance on their own guards.

If Cao Cao now has the same army name as the pottery merchants, wouldn't it become a pirated copy?

Although he knew that things were such a thing, and reason was such a reason, Cao Cao didn't know why, and he always felt that there was a hurdle in his heart that he couldn't overcome.

How to describe it? It's as if the word "Tiger Guard" was stolen from him by a potter!

In the end, in desperation, Cao Cao could only choose to settle for the next best thing, and gave his elite infantry a name that could no longer be earthy - "Lion and Tiger Army." ”

Every time I think of this name, when Cao Cao has no one around, he raises his hand and slaps a few big-eared shavers to show punishment.

He also knew that the name of the Lion and Tiger Army was too ugly, and the problem was that there was nothing he could do.

The potter's army is called the Tiger Guard, and his Cao Cao's army has to be named after a lion at the very least!

Its name like the dragon will be easier to hear, but after all, the dragon is an auspicious thing that represents the Son of Heaven, and it doesn't matter if the people give ordinary talents a nickname like 'Dragon and Phoenix' at will, but if it is used in the name of the princes' right track army, it will be somewhat encroached on and provoke criticism, unless it is the edict of the Son of Heaven.

As soon as the matter of the Lion and Tiger Army passed, the intelligence department of Cao Cao's organization encountered difficulties in naming it.

When Cao Cao triumphantly said the words "school affairs" to his subordinates, Xun Yu, the number one mastermind under him, was the first to stand up and object.

"Ming Gong, I have thousands of Chinese characters, and far-reaching words abound, why does Ming Gong have to steal the name of the potter in Jinling City, isn't it making fun of the people in the world?"

When Cao Cao heard this, he was messy.

My mother, when did Cao steal the name of the potter?

What the fuck is it!!

When Xun Yu listed the fact that the institutions under the command of the pottery merchant had been used in the name of "school affairs" for nearly three years in front of Cao Cao, Cao Cao was sad and angry that he could not raise the army of the country to set foot in Jinling City, arrested the pottery merchant in front of him, and severely whipped him with 200 big-eared scrapers as a reward.

In the end, in desperation, Cao Cao gave his intelligence department a name that matched the "Lion and Tiger Army" as "Eagle and Snake Mansion", and those members who were responsible for spying on intelligence were named "Eagle Warriors" or "Snake Warriors".

The core department of Cao Wei Group, by mistake, was turned into a nondescript animal circus.

The potter didn't know that the enmity he had made with Cao Cao invisibly might be much more serious than if he really sent someone to kill Cao Song.

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A few days later, Cao Cao's Eagle Serpent sent someone back to report that the pottery merchant was counting the household registration of each county in Liang State, checking the number of people, and verifying the true situation of the registered personnel.

As soon as he heard the Eagle Snake Warrior under his command say this, Dong Zhao suddenly realized.

He immediately admonished Cao Cao: "Congratulations to the lord, congratulations to the lord, although the pottery merchant is treacherous and cunning, and resourceful, but unfortunately the pattern is not very big, he does not have the ambition and ambition to swallow the world, the lord can rest assured to deal with the northwest generals, Xuzhou side worry-free." ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he didn't know what he meant.

The pottery merchant is just surveying the population of Liang State, what does it have to do with whether he has great ambitions or not?