In December of the first year of Xingping, at the end of the year, the pottery merchants transferred 60,000 Jinling troops in Jinling City, with Zhao Yun as the vanguard, Xu Huang and Xu Rong as the Chinese army, Gan Ning and Zhou Tai as the merger, and Chen Deng as the military division, marching towards Nanchang City, the capital of Yuzhang County.

As for Jinling City itself, 20,000 reserve soldiers and horses were left to guard the city.

On the surface, it is.

However, after the potter's 60,000 horses walked out of the land of three miles, the potters quietly turned the soldiers and horses back, settled in a valley in Danyang County, and sent people to carefully inquire about the intelligence of Jinling City and the east direction of Shouchun City.

According to the plan discussed by the pottery merchant and Chen Deng, Yuan Shu made up for the lack of cavalry in the original Huainan army after getting Lu Bu's annexation, and Liu Biao's constraints were temporarily gone, with Yuan Shu's urine, he would definitely send troops to attack Jinling City.

The potter planned to take advantage of this opportunity to give Yuan Shao another dismount.

Before leaving, the pottery merchant had already discussed with Han Hao, and as soon as Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses entered the territory of Danyang, his 60,000 horses would go and return, and ambush Yuan Shu's army on the favorable terrain of Jinling City, and ambush him to annihilate him.

The Cheng Guo of Jinling City is getting taller and taller, Han Hao has 20,000 people enough to resist for a while, and when the pottery merchant's army is covering up from the rear, even if there is Lu Bu and Sun Ce, in a hurry, the pottery merchant has the certainty of defeating Yuan Shu.

That's it, wait, wait, wait, wait.

But what puzzled the potters and Chen Deng was that Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses had never appeared.

Just when the potter began to wonder if Yuan Shu didn't have a long memory, he walked from the front and planned to fight with him in an upright battle, but the spies from the school office brought back the news of Yuan Shu for him.

Yuan Shu in Shouchun, ordered 50,000 Huainan infantry, 20,000 Sun family troops under Sun Ce, and 30,000 Bingzhou troops under Lu Bu, a total of 100,000 horses, and marched towards Nanchang, the capital of Yuzhang County.

Hearing the news, the potter was a little unhappy.

The bastard surnamed Yuan didn't come to Jinling City, but actually went to Nanchang to grab food with him?

He has also learned to rape now, and he actually knows how to play cards according to the routine.

The potter found Chen Deng and discussed with him how to deal with Yuan Shu's 100,000 horses.

"The last time I defeated Yuan Shu, Jinling City has gone through several years of development, and we have also surrendered the Sheng Xianjun and Yan Baihu Army of Wu County, it stands to reason that my strength should be higher than him, why is it that this time he still has 100,000 soldiers and horses? Why do I have to fight more with less? ”

Chen Deng smiled bitterly and admonished: "There is no way, the local soldiers and horses in Xuzhou are not enough to guard against Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, although the strength of Jinling City has increased a lot compared to the original, but Yuan Shu has Lu Bu's help this time, plus Sun Ce's return, his strength has increased greatly, and it is common sense that his troops are more than us." ”

The Tao Shang sneered and said, "Lu Bu is probably still thinking about my grudge against him last time in Shouyang Mountain, and Sun Ce has not been very friendly to me since the first time we met...... This time Jiangnan fought fiercely, dealing with the three of them, to be honest, I felt a little difficult. ”

Chen Deng was also deeply touched and said: "It's not hard, it's really hard...... Yuan Shu's infantry training for three years, is not comparable to the new army of the year, Sun Ce is the old army of Sun Jian, who has been in a hundred battles for a long time, and there are many cavalry under Lu Bu's account and fierce generals like clouds, if you want to compete with them for Yuzhang County, this battle is not easy to fight, and you need to take a trick. ”

The potter tapped lightly on the table, his mind racing.

Yuan Shu, Sun Ce, Lv Bu...... The three families are now sending troops to Yuzhang County, and they will either give up or fight fiercely.

Finally, I was able to find time to pacify Jiangnan, and it was absolutely impossible for the potters to give up.

But if you fight them head-on......

If it is against any of the three of them. The potters are not afraid, but the problem is that now the three have been attached to one place, and Yuan Shu is the leader.

The enemy wants infantry to have infantry, cavalry to have cavalry, and generals to fight.

Lv Bu, Zhou Yu, Liu Xun, Ji Ling, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Sun Ce, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang...... These names went back and forth in the potter's mind, how could any of these people be easy to deal with?

It's a bit of a hard thing to do.

I was thinking about it, and suddenly I saw two small brain melons at the entrance of the tent probing their brains to look inside.

Seeing this, the potter was immediately happy: "Didn't I make you two staff officers?" If you want to come in, come in, and let's discuss it together. ”

Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi were immediately overjoyed, and then walked into the tent to greet the potter and Chen Deng.

The potter asked the two of them to sit down and said, "Master Wei and Mr. Chen have slightly deviated from Yuan Shu's actions this time, and I'm afraid this battle will not be very easy to fight." ”

The two boys were just outside the tent, listening to the conversation between the potter and Chen Deng, and they already knew about this matter.

As a senior brother, Sima Yi first admonished: "Teacher, in fact, some things may not be as difficult as you think. ”

The potter looked at him: "What do you say?" ”

Sima Yi cleared his throat and said: "Although Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses are numerous, they are divided into three points, the so-called it is difficult to break one person, and it is easy to break two people, if Yuan Shu is the master, he may accept Sun Ce and Lu Bu's heart, but with the student's degree, although Yuan Shu has the ability, but he has no stomach, Sun Ce and Lu Bu may not be convinced by him, and after a long time, they must be self-reliant, and the teacher can take advantage of the gap to do the strategy of differentiation." ”

The potter smiled when he heard this: "You kid is very yin...... However, although this is the case, the reason is also the same thing, but the plan of separation is not easy to operate, at least they are ironclad at the moment, and the method of differentiation sometimes depends on the timing...... However, Xiao Yi's words will be remembered as a teacher. ”

When the words fell, he saw Zhuge Liang respectfully saluting and said: "Teacher, this time to pacify Jiangnan, although Yuan Shu has the help of Sun Ce and Lu Bu, it seems that his strength is extremely strong, but there are actually hidden dangers in their army. ”

Tao Shang said: "Tell me? ”

Zhuge Liang shook the white feather fan in his hand and said: "In recent years, Yuan Shu has lost Nanyang County and Runan County, and the number of people and taxes under his rule can be said to have been sharply reduced by more than half, but the disciples have never heard of Shouchun's disarmament and reduction of the move, but they have repeatedly increased the number of soldiers, and the number of soldiers under Yuan Shu's account has been maintained at around 100,000 in recent years, although the land of Huainan is rich, but with 100,000 armor, the people under his rule are afraid that the burden is not light......"

When the potter heard this, his eyes lit up.

Zhuge Liang is really a genius in the sky, and at a young age, he can see the essence through the phenomenon and grasp the key point of the matter.

If this grows up, then what's the point? I can't make a sperm!

Zhuge Liang continued: "When there are 100,000 people who can bring armor today, according to Yiliang, there are only five! Hebei Yuan Shao occupies Jizhou, the granary of the world, but also; Yanzhou Cao Cao now occupies the realm of Yuzhou, and the power of the Central Plains military and civilians reuses jujube to reclaim the tuntian, but also; The land of Fengle in the seven counties of Jingxiang, there are few wars, and now Liu Biao has to manage it carefully, but also; The land of Yizhou Tianfu has millions of people, and the Tianfu Plain is fertile for thousands of miles. Jinling and Hangzhou are rich for half the world, and teachers can also be. ”

Hearing this, the pottery merchant smiled: "What does Liang Liang mean is that Yuan Shu is not among the five forces that can bring 100,000 armor?" ”

Zhuge Liang shook his head and said, "If there are Nanyang County and Runan County, Yuan Shu can also be among them, but the second county has been lost!" According to the current situation in Huainan, Yuan Shu had no means to enrich the people, and he was tyrannical and domineering...... Shouchun City has 100,000 armor, which is purely eating the old book. Coupled with Sun Ce and Lu Bu's generals, Tu'er thought that even if Yuan Shu took Yuzhang County, he would not be able to hold out for long. ”

Chen Deng was dumbfounded as he listened.

He was shocked not by how profound Zhuge Liang's remarks were.

Chen Deng himself is also a little transparent about these things, but it is not too unusual.

But this analysis came from the mouth of a teenager, and this matter is up for debate!

At least in Chen Deng's impression, when he was fourteen years old, he would never be able to say these remarks.

The potter tilted his head and closed his eyes to ponder.

"What Liangliang means is that Yuan Shu's southern expedition may not be able to get grain and grass?"

Zhuge Liang Zhengse said: "Yes, according to the brightness, the teacher might as well let Yuan Shu let him drive the troops into Nanchang City, and the teacher is stationed at the border of Yuzhang County, making a momentum to be attacked!" Yuan Shu saw that the teacher intended to attack Yuzhang, and would inevitably levy grain in the local area, although this person was also considered a hero, but he never sympathized with the army and the people, and under the tyrannical expropriation, there would be changes in Nanchang City. ”

Chen Deng turned his head and said to Tao Shang: "What Liang Liang said makes sense, if you want to deal with Yuan Shu now, it is indeed not the best strategy to fight head-on, you might as well use Yuzhang County as bait to lure the enemy in!" Yuzhang County is not as good as Shouchun City, there are Baiyue Fujian relics everywhere, and the government can't appease it on weekdays, if Yuan Shu uses his arrogance in Shouchun in Yuzhang County, Baiyue is not satisfied, and the result can be imagined. ”

The pottery merchant glanced around at the three of them and said with a smile: "Liangliang's words are reasonable, but according to Tao's temperament, just watching Yuan Shu dig his own grave is not my character, I like to take the initiative...... I still have to find a way to get him, at least we have to send some people to Yuzhang County to incite those people of Baiyue to rebel against Yuan Shu, and we can't let them play on their own. ”

When Zhuge Liang heard this, he couldn't help but stick out his tongue.

Compared to the teacher, his own means are really ...... Not ruthless enough.

"The question is, who to send? Chen's dealings with the Shi clan are okay, but he ...... with the Baiyue clans," Chen Deng said suspiciously.

The potter smiled.

"If you want to break into the interior of Shangoe, you have to send someone who can mix with them...... Tao has a candidate here. ”

"Who?"

"Yan Baihu."

……

After Yan Baihu surrendered to the pottery merchants, he and his brother Yan He served as a captain in the Chinese army in Jinling.

The potter is also interesting enough to him, and the money he gives him is not low, and he can take care of food and clothing everywhere.

On this expedition, Yan Baihu and Yan He were also ordered to accompany them.

Hearing that the potter's summons him, Yan Baihu didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly came to the potter's handsome tent.

As soon as he saw Yan Baihu, the potter couldn't help but want to laugh.

"King De, in the Jinling army, can life be comfortable?"

Yan Baihu was startled when he heard this: "Taifu is making fun of me again!" This, this title of the king of virtue, but it is absolutely unspeakable...... In front of the Taifu, his subordinates accepted this king's claim, aren't they looking for death? ”

The potter smiled and said, "Tease you, you see how anxious you are...... Something, I want you to help? ”

Yan Baihu hurriedly said: "Taifu commanded, the sword mountain and the sea of fire, never give up, what does Taifu command, just say!" There is no way for subordinates, and they will definitely do it. ”

"I want you to go south to Yuzhang County, select some important Baiyue leaders, and have a good relationship with them."

Yan Baihu shook his head directly: "This matter can't be done by subordinates." ”

Potter: "......"

"Didn't you just say that there is no such thing as a mountain of swords and a sea of fire?"

Yan Baihu smiled bitterly when he heard this: "Taifu, his subordinate is a rough person, he has never had any contact with Baiyue, and he has nothing to do with it, you let me make friends with them, I, what do I do to make friends?" ”

The potter said slowly: "When you were in the White Tiger Mountain, you went around to recruit Shanyue refugees, and you also became a king by yourself, gathering in the mountains and forests. ”

Yan Baihu almost stopped crying when he heard this.

"Taifu, the more mountains are mountains, the more hundreds are hundreds of people, most of the mountains in Wu County were once Wu tribesmen and displaced people, or because of turmoil, or because of landlessness, or because of the merger of the Shi tribe and entered the mountains, they are then gathering in the mountains and forests, no matter how unreasonable, no matter how barbaric, then they are also Han people! Baiyue is different, the remnants of Yangyue, Donou, Luoyue, and Minyue live together...... Especially Wulingman, Linglingman, and Li Zhongman, they can't talk to them at all! ”

Tao looked at him with a smile on his face.

"No matter what reason you have, but this is Tao Mou has already decided to leave it to you, you have to do it, you have to do it, you have to do it, and I will also send Lu Dai to assist you...... King De, if you can't do this, then don't come back in the future, you might as well stand on your own in the Baiyue tribes, they should lack a king, right? ”