There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

The pottery merchant frowned suspiciously, and wondered, "Why hasn't the letter been signed?"

Guo Jia came over, looked at the letter, and said, "It must be that Cao Pi was afraid that the letter might fall into the enemy's hands and be seen through, so he didn't leave his name."

The potter took a closer look and said, "It doesn't seem to be Cao Pi's letterhead."

Guo Jia asked suspiciously: "What's the prime minister's intention? It's not Cao Pi, who else could leave us a letter?"

The pottery merchant pointed to a row of words above, and said: "The letter said that Cao Pi is currently in Cao Ang's army. Although he was forgiven by Cao Cao, he has not been fully trusted. During the dormant period, this is completely using a third person to call Cao Pi, and I feel that it is not from Cao Pi's handwriting."

Xu Chu was surprised and said: "Who is this person? Not only can he see through Cao Pi's entry into the pass is the prime minister's plan, but he also ordered people to shoot letters from the city to inform the prime minister. Isn't this clearly a demonstration? It's really showing off!"

After the potter was silent for a long time, he turned his head to look at Guo Jia and said, "What does Brother Feng Xiao think about this?"

Guo Jia thought for a while before saying: "First of all, this person must have a certain status in the enemy army. In addition, this person should be very resourceful, otherwise it is impossible to see the prime minister's strategy, but he is seeing While the prime minister was making plans, he actually sent a letter to the prime minister to state the situation in the pass, which is really not easy."

"The most difficult thing to figure out now is this person's true intention." The pottery merchant stared at the letter paper carefully while tapping the table with his fingers lightly.

He thought carefully for a while, and said: "In the letter from the other party, it is suggested that I should not attack Jiange Pass by force, but divide my troops to appease the counties in Hanzhong, and divide my troops to enter Brazil, Wakou and other places, so as to win the support of the local native King Hu. , What are your opinions in case there is any change?"

Faced with such a weird situation, everyone dared not speak up. After all, the matter was of great importance, and everyone couldn't make up their minds for a while, so they didn't speak up.

In the end, it was Guo Jia who tried to speak.

"Prime Minister, if not, why not give it a try as stated in this letter?"

The pottery merchant looked at Guo Jia: "What kind of plan does Brother Gan have in mind?"

Guo Jia chuckled, and said: "The person in the letter is not inferior to Guo in terms of strategy, but a real master. Guo has almost guessed who he is, but the current situation is unclear, and Guo still can't figure it out. What the other party thinks is that Jiange is difficult to capture now, so we might as well follow the other party's suggestion, first send people to appease the surrounding counties, and then the prime minister personally recruits the natives of Brazil to see what happens in Jiange Pass?"

After hearing Guo Jia's words, the pottery merchant immediately said, "If that's the case, then you might as well give it a try."

A few days later, Jiange Pass received news that the pottery merchant had arranged for his generals to go to various places in Hanzhong to appease the county towns, while he himself went to Wakou to recruit the natives and barbarians in Hanzhong.

After knowing the news, Cao Cao and Liu Bei didn't react much, but the generals in Sichuan, headed by Zhang Ren, began to panic.

After all, Cao Cao and Liu Bei were outsiders. They had not been in Xichuan for a long time, and Zhang Ren began to explain to them without knowing the key relationship.

Hanzhong is the throat of Sichuan and Shu, and it can be said to be condescending. As long as Hanzhong is in the hands of potters, Sichuan and Shu will never find peace. Now they must find a way to stop it.

Moreover, once the barbarians in Wakou are appeased by the pottery merchants, it means that the pottery merchants have established enough prestige in Hanzhong, and they will be able to stay in Hanzhong in the future. The throat of Sichuan and Sichuan, the life of Xichuan as a whole will not be easy.

"Mr. Cao, Mr. Xuande, I need your help in this matter. If the pottery merchants are really allowed to gain a firm foothold in Hanzhong, this matter will be difficult in the future. No matter what, the pottery merchants cannot completely subdue the Brazilian barbarians. , Those barbarians occupy a large amount of grain, fodder and rice seeds in Hanzhong, if they join hands with the potters, our future life will be very difficult."

Cao Cao pondered for a while and said, "Then what should we do according to General Zhang's intention?"

Zhang Ren hurriedly said: "The pottery merchants appeased the counties in Hanzhong. The encirclement and suppression troops on Jiange Road are not many, and the enemy's camp is not forced to go to the village. We might as well send people to Brazil to say that we will let those barbarians Understand the evil intentions of the pottery merchants, don't let them agree with the pottery merchants, so as to ensure safety in the future."

After Cao Cao was silent for a while, he turned to look at Liu Bei: "What do you think, Mr. Xuande?"

Liu Bei nodded and said: "General Zhang has lived in Yizhou for a long time, so he is naturally familiar with the local customs. His suggestion is not wrong, but Bei has no capable people. The second brother, the third brother, Chen Dao and others are all brave generals. It would be fine if they were to charge forward, but if they were to say surrender."

After listening to Liu Bei's words, Cao Cao also felt that it made sense, and after capturing Hanzhong, he was the one who wanted to continue to settle in Hanzhong. If he sent someone other than his subordinates, he would be somewhat worried.

Just when Cao Cao was hesitating who should be sent there, he saw Cao Ang who had been by the side stand up and said, "Father, why don't you let the child go, the child is willing to share father's worries."

Cao Cao hesitated when he heard this: "Isn't it too dangerous?"

Cao Ang clasped his hands and said: "All the affairs of the three armies depend on my father, Duke Xuande and the generals. Ang is a man who is unemployed, and it will not be a big problem even if he goes."

Zhang Ren then said: "From Jiange to Brazil and other places, there is a small road that can bypass the enemy's defense line and go directly to the place. You might as well try it."

Cao Ang cupped his hands to Zhang Ren and said, "Thank you, General, for your guidance."

Zhang Rendao: "I'll turn around and tell Wu Lan that Second General Lei Tong will go with the Eldest Young Master, which can be regarded as a favor."

"Thank you!"

Cao Cao said to Cao Ang: "Zixiu, go back and prepare. After you are ready, we father and son will discuss the itinerary in detail."

"promise!"

Speaking of this, Cao Cao paused, and then said: "Let that kid Cao Pi come to see me."

Cao Ang was taken aback when he heard the words, not knowing what Cao Cao meant by this move, but he still obeyed his father's order.

Not long after, Cao Pi was ordered to come to Cao Cao's army.

At this time, Zhang Ren and Liu Bei were no longer there, and only Cao Cao and Cao Pi were left in the village.

"Father"

"Don't call me father, Cao can't afford it." Cao Cao said lightly.

A look of sadness appeared on Cao Pi's face: "Father still won't forgive me?"

Cao Cao looked at him fixedly: "If it were you, would you forgive me like this?"

Cao Pi's face showed a look of mourning, and he sighed: "Since this is the case, my father might as well kill me with a knife! It's better than this."

Cao Cao looked at him fixedly, and said, "Now I have a chance for you to make amends, would you like it? If it does, Cao may consider letting you return to the Cao clan."

Chapter 999 Mission Impossible

To be honest, Cao Pi didn't have much interest in what Cao Cao said belonged to the Cao clan or not. He didn't want to get involved in anything now. Cao Pi regretted his position when he made himself to this point.

In desperation, he had no choice but to take refuge under the command of the pottery merchant, far away from his relatives, and lived alone in the camp of the Jinling Army.

a But judging from the current situation, it seems that Cao Pi's hard days are not over yet.

The pottery merchant didn't let him stop, he had to let him be an internal response, he forced him into the Jiange, and asked him to risk his life to work for his old Tao family, but Cao Pi couldn't refuse, he could only agree.

Now that the matter of the pottery merchant has not been clarified, Cao Cao began to put pressure on him again, and threatened him with such things as returning to the ancestors. Cao Pi said that the psychological pressure was really great.

But in front of Cao Cao, Cao Pi couldn't say no.

He can't always say that I don't want to recognize my ancestors and return to my clan, and I don't want to return to the Cao family.

If he said this, it is estimated that Cao Cao could directly pick off his skin.

"If the child is willing, please ask the father to order."

Cao Cao stared at Cao Pi quietly, and said, "Why do I feel that you said this so reluctantly? Are you unhappy?"

In Cao Pi's mind, there were ten thousand mud horses, and he really wished he could jump on them and kick his own father hard.

But in the end, this is just a wish.

"Father was joking. How could the child not be willing? The child is willing."