Guo Jia's words made the potter feel very strange.

Dong Zhuo will go out of the customs when he goes out, although the old thief is fierce and terrible, but he is far away in the west of the country after all, even if he is out of the customs, the first to bear the brunt is Cao Cao and Yuan Shao to send troops to confront him, they go to fight by themselves, what kind of excitement is Tao following?

Seeing that the potter didn't seem to understand too much, Guo Jia immediately explained to him.

"Although according to your position, Dong Zhuo's sending troops to attack Zhu Jun is not a major matter for you, but your father Tao Envoy Jun is different."

"Him?" The potter touched his chin and began to reminisce to himself.

Suddenly, a fragment came to mind.

After he just came back, he wiped his buttocks with an official document, which provoked Tao Qian to be furious and beat the potter.

At that time, the secret official letter, according to Tao Qian, was written by Zhu Jun to Tao Qian about the crusade against Dong Zhuo.

Judging from this incident, the relationship between Zhu Jun and Tao Qian should be unusual.

But think about it.

Tao Qian talked about his age and generation, he was a figure in the same period as Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun and others, and when he served in the court, it is estimated that the relationship was also good.

When Zhu Jun issued the edict, in addition to Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and other wealthy bigwigs, Tao Qian also got a copy, which is enough to see how much Zhu Jun attaches importance to Tao Qian.

Seeing that the pottery merchant was silent, Guo Jia continued: "And when the princes responded to the edict to crusade against Dong Zhuo, your father, Tao Envoy, once recommended Zhu Jun for the post of general of the chariot cavalry, and also had the intention of recommending him as the leader of the alliance, but in the end, it was because Yuan Shao was in the limelight and won the hearts of all the princes, so the matter was shelved. ”

The pottery merchant breathed a long sigh of relief, suddenly realized, and nodded: "In this way, this time I sent troops to defend Dong Zhuo, with the relationship between my father and Zhu Jun, I can't send troops in Xuzhou?" ”

Guo Jiayan said: "Yes, eighty or ninety percent of Xuzhou will send troops, and even if there is no relationship between your father and Zhu Jun, Guo thinks you should go." ”

The potter was a little curious: "Why? ”

Guo Jia pondered for a moment before he spoke: "Because the five stones are scattered...... Guo always felt that the medicinal properties of the five stone powder were so strong, although the spirit was abnormal on the surface, but in fact it was like a chronic poison, Dong Zhuo ate the five stone powder, and his interest became so impulsive and belligerent, Guo felt that this was definitely not a good sign for him, the life of the old thief was very likely to be at any time, Guo had a hunch......"

The potter raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and felt that Guo Jia was too arbitrary to let himself send troops just using this as evidence.

Guo Jia seemed to know that the pottery merchant would not only rely on this matter, and then said: "In addition, although Dong Zhuo has the Xiliang Army and the Bingzhou Army as the auxiliary, the army is unparalleled, but according to the news that Li Qiao brought back from Chang'an, the Bingzhou Army and the Xiliang Army are not monolithic under Dong Zhuo, the old thief is now eating five stones to eat internal troubles, hot-headed and impulsive, this sudden dispatch of troops, may not be able to please well, when most of the princes in the world are waiting and watching, if you can send troops with Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, it is a good opportunity to accumulate fame!" ”

"Accumulating fame, it's a bit tempting......"

The potters deeply agree with this, and the benefits brought to them by the name of the Taiping prince and the Yuedan review have been deeply felt by the potters in recent years.

Guo Jia continued: "According to Guo's analysis, in addition to the fact that the thief leader Dong Zhuo was injured by the five stones, and his mind and body were different, the Xiliang army might not win against the Kwantung armies head-on. ”

The potter didn't say anything when he heard this, and he was more empathetic to this than Guo Jia.

Before Dong Zhuo's rebellion, the number of soldiers recruited by the county guards and assassins of all parties, except for border places such as Liangzhou and Youzhou, most of the areas were strictly controlled by the central government of the Han Dynasty, and at that time, there were not many assassins, until after Dong Zhuo's rebellion, the princely governments began to gradually get rid of the control of the central government, and local supervisory high-ranking officials like Assassin Shi were also appointed everywhere by the imperial court in order to maintain local security.

In the first year of the First Peace, it was the period when the princes of the Kwantung region were just starting, and there was no way to compare with Dong Zhuo, who had a strong army in Xiliang and Bingzhou.

However, since the end of the war against Dong, the power of the local warlords began to enter a period of unsupervised surge, after nearly two years of recruitment and warlord scuffle, the strength and strength of the princes everywhere have increased exponentially and barbaric!

The strength of the Kwantung princes is completely different from the period when they fought with Dong Zhuo.

Especially Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

One subdued Han Fu's old department, got the world's granary Jizhou, and got the Quartet Shi people with a huge background to vote!

In particular, Yuan Shao has fought a series of bloody battles with Gongsun Zhan's army this year, and trained all the soldiers under his command into elite soldiers, especially in dealing with the horse army, the Jizhou army has extremely rich experience in battle.

The other is Cao Cao, who fought several bloody battles with the Yellow Turban Giants on the border of Yanzhou and Qingzhou.

After many fierce battles, the actual combat experience of the soldiers under Cao Mengde's command also increased significantly, and after Cao Cao defeated the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, he not only accepted the entire Yanzhou, including the army of Qiaomao, Liu Dai, and Bao Xin in the past, but also accepted a million Yellow Turban population to form the Qingzhou Army, and the strength was also greatly enhanced.

Yuan, Cao, Zhu Jun and the Tao army, against Dong Zhuo, who has many unstable factors, the odds of victory are not small.

If this battle can really eradicate Dong Zhuo......

"In that case, then let's respond to Zhu Jun's troops?" The potter asked Guo Jiadao tentatively.

Guo Jia squinted his eyes and pondered for a while, and said: "Don't be in a hurry, after we confirm that Yuan and Cao will definitely send troops, it's not too late to make plans, and when the time comes, Yuan Shao will definitely write a letter to invite the prince to go with him. ”

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After a period of time, as Guo Jia expected, Dong Zhuo's Kansai military horses really began to march to the east.

His target has nothing to do with others, it is Zhu Jun who is guarding in Zhongmu County.

Dong Zhuo sent troops from Chang'an to Guanzhong, and the world immediately shook!

Sure enough, as Guo Jia expected, among the princes, Yuan Shao, who led the history of Jizhou's assassination, immediately issued a document to discuss Dong Zhuo, and ordered the soldiers and horses of the Jizhou headquarters to go south to the Yellow River and enter Yanzhou.

According to the report of the spies of the school office, Yuan Shao took Liyi as the chief general of the Chinese army, Yan Liang and Wen Chou as the main and deputy vanguards, Zhang He, Gao Lan, Han Meng, Gao Gan and others as the auxiliary army to respond, and another Zhao, Chun Yuqiong, Jiang Yiqu, Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang, Ma Yan, etc. accompanied the Chinese army to lead the troops, and went south in one go.

As for the other side, Cao Cao, who was stationed in Dongjun, also ordered the Yanzhou army and the Qingzhou army to march westward, according to the school office: Xiahou brothers, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Li Dian, Le Jin, Dian Wei, Yu Ban and other generals, all with the expedition.

But what is surprising is that there is another character who has also begun to secretly mobilize people.

That is Liu Biao of Xiangyang.

Liu was afraid that Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses would enter Wuguan and enter the Wanjing, so he began to mobilize troops and horses to Nanyang County, not for anything else, but to be able to guard against the loss of Jingzhou's territory.

In advance, the pottery merchants had transferred some soldiers and horses from Jinling City to Pengcheng to be stationed near Pengcheng, in order to be able to participate in this war.

And sure enough, as Guo Jia expected, Yuan Shao personally wrote a letter to Tao Qian in Xuzhou, inviting him to send troops together to enter Henan to meet the enemy Dong Zhuo.

If you want to enter the Henan territory from the direction of Danyang County, you must pass through Jiujiang County and take the Runan territory, but now these territories are in the hands of Yuan Shu, and the soldiers and horses of the pottery merchants cannot cross the border at all.

Therefore, if they wanted to support Yuan and Cao, the potters could only go to Xuzhou and go west through Liang to enter Chenliu.

Although Yuan Shu suffered a heavy setback in the battle of Wet Whisker Dock, the pottery merchant did not dare to slack off on him, after all, Yuan Lao Er was not a mortal, and it was difficult to guarantee that he would not take the opportunity to make a profit.

The pottery merchant left all the sailors and most of the soldiers and horses in Jinling, and arranged for Xu Rong, Tao Ji, Han Hao, Chen Deng, Zhou Tai and others to guard at the same time, and he himself and Guo Jia, Xu Chu, Xu Huang, Gan Ning, Hu Cai, Yang Zhan and others, led 10,000 elites to make peace with Tao Qian in Pengcheng.

Tao Qian also attached great importance to blocking Dong Zhuo, and he sent 20,000 horses from Xuzhou, led by Cao Bao, to go west to the border of Yanzhou with the pottery merchants.

On the eve of the 10,000 Jinling Army and the 20,000 Xuzhou Army preparing to go to the battle, a person rushed to Pengcheng from Danyang County, saying that this battle must be accompanied by the pottery merchants, otherwise, he would rather jump into Surabaya and commit suicide......

"Teacher, can you stop messing around?"

Facing Huangfu Song, who had a stubborn face and did not eat oil and salt, the pottery merchant's tone was a little weak.

Huangfu Song was very stubborn: "Bastard child, how can you speak?" Do you dare to say that the teacher is messing around? Believe it or not, the old man pumped you! ”

Huangfu Song's face was not good, his thin body stood in the wind, swaying and swaying, as if he could be blown away by the wind, and the potter was really distressed by him.

With such a physical condition, you have to go with the army to issue a certificate, doesn't it make it clear that you want to find your own death?

"Teacher, this time against Dong Zhuo seems to be dangerous, but in fact it is not a big problem, Yuan Benchu and Cao Mengde both led the troops to the battle, our strength may not be weaker than Dong Zhuo, the apprentice can be said to be in no danger, why do you insist on going with me?"

Huangfu Song's eyes seemed to dim a little, he smiled bitterly, and said, "Do you think the old man is going on this expedition for you?" The old man is for himself. ”

The potter was stunned when he heard this.

Huangfu Song sighed, and simply let go at this moment.

"Child, you are a natural spiritual person, the old man's physical condition, I'm afraid I can't hide it from you, a while ago, you also specially led that Zhang Ji Divine Doctor to see the old man's illness...... Presumably he's already told you everything, right? ”

When the potter heard this, he fell silent for a moment.

"The old man is not on vacation, I'm afraid that time is running out, this is life, not human can save it, even if it is Doctor Zhang, I'm afraid that he can't do anything, the doctor can cure the disease, but he can't cure the life."

The potter's expression was slightly excited: "Teacher, don't say these depressing words, the disciple has asked Doctor Zhang to carefully adjust the medicine, and he has to cure the teacher's illness if he says anything, the old man's life is a long life of a hundred years!" ”

Huangfu Song shook his head helplessly, and said: "What you said is very good, but unfortunately it is not practical, people, there must be life and death, this is a fate that no one can get rid of since ancient times...... To tell the truth, the old man is not afraid of death, but the old man is afraid that death is worthless. ”

Speaking of this, he saw that Huangfu Song's weak face suddenly showed a lot of pride.

"The old man is a soldier of the Han Dynasty! Since the day the old man joined the army, it is destined that the old man's life will never end on the bed! The horse leather shroud is the real destination of the old man! In this last battle, the old man is public and private, and he has to remove the great evil of Dong thief for the Han Dynasty, and return the world and the court to a bright and peaceful place! ”

Speaking of this, Huangfu Song actually showed a pleading expression: "Child, you won't even agree to this request to the teacher, right?" Could it be that you want the old man to die without turning a blind eye? ”

Potter: "......"