There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

The pottery merchant smiled lightly, and said, "It's the letter sent by Cao Pi, and he is indeed still alive."

Zhang Liao said in surprise, "Sure enough, as the prime minister expected, Cao Cao really didn't kill this son. That's very good. In this way, the prime minister's plan can be used."

The pottery merchant nodded slightly, and said: "That's right, Cao Pi said the same thing in the letter and he also said that he and Cao Ang came here this time to win over the barbarians in Hanzhong. It seems that we just met The Yi King with seven surnames will soon meet people from Sichuan and Shu."

Hearing the potter's analysis, all the generals became a little anxious.

Qu Yi said: "Prime Minister, we did not bring many troops with us this time. I am afraid that we will not be able to eat Pu Hu's barbarians in a hurry. According to the Prime Minister, this person will be recruited by Cao Ang and others?"

The potter's expression became very serious, which was different from his usual expression when he was joking.

He thought about it seriously for a while, and then said: "I think it's hard to say. It depends on what conditions Xishu offers to Pu Hu. This person has no sense of justice and righteousness. If the other party's conditions Higher than us, he is likely to lead Bamin to Xichuan."

After hearing this, Xu Chu hiccupped and said, "In this case, let's kill that Puhu before the matter is settled. He is drunk tonight. Even if we don't have many soldiers and horses this time, we can take advantage of the night." What do you think, Prime Minister, about raiding Pu Hu's camp and taking his head?

The pottery merchant shook his head: "No, it's easy to kill Puhu, but if we do this, it's easy to violate our original intention of coming here. If you want to kill the mere people in Badi, the army will directly cover up and kill them." , why do you need to go through so many troubles, and once you do this, you will completely lose the opportunity to subdue the hearts of the Badi people, this is absolutely impossible."

Everyone nodded suddenly, expressing their understanding.

"Prime Minister, what should we do now?"

The pottery merchant gently shook the letterhead in his hand, and said, "Isn't there Cao Pi? I want to see if he is willing to listen to me. If he does a good job this time, it is really possible that I will meet him in the future." Treat him well, after all, it's not easy for this child. Life is too aggrieved."

At the same time, Cao Pi, who had arrived near Badi with Cao Ang, was staring blankly at the brazier in his tent.

Cao Ang, including Wu Lan, Lei Tong and others were already asleep, but Cao Pi couldn't sleep.

He just stared at the brazier quietly, with a dull expression on his face, and he didn't know what he was thinking about.

After a while, Cao Pi suddenly saw Cao Pi throw the stick in his hand into the brazier with such force that he knocked the brazier over.

Cao Pi stood up abruptly, gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "Cao Mengde, the pottery merchant, what do you think of me? Do you all treat me as a human being? What did I do wrong, and you have to treat me like this? "

The more Cao Pi muttered, the more angry he became, his face almost turned into a liver color.

When I was young, Fang saw that his mood had gradually calmed down, and then he clapped his hands heavily, saying: "If you are not benevolent, don't blame me for being unrighteous. Father is not father, clan is not clan, you two use me as a pawn , I will make it difficult for both of you!"

When thinking of this, Cao Pi couldn't help but let out a perverted laugh, as if he was narcissistic, and he seemed to be venting.

But he was afraid that Cao Ang would hear it, so he didn't dare to laugh too loudly. After a long time, he choked himself with laughter.

A few days later, Cao Ang arrived in Badi. He didn't dare to confront the pottery directly, but secretly sent someone to contact the seven-surnamed Yi Wang Puhu, and brought his blessings and sincerity.

Sure enough, as expected by the potter, that Pu Hu was indeed a man of the wind. He first took advantage of the pottery, and now he saw the benefits of Cao Cao, and immediately became greedy. After eating the next family, he also accepted all the benefits, and took all the benefits of Cao Ang, and promised to support him, which can be said to be two crimes.

But this kind of attitude really gave Cao Ang a headache. Under other circumstances, he would probably lose his temper, but under such circumstances, Cao Ang did not dare to act rashly.

At this moment, Cao Pi gave Cao Ang an idea.

"Brother, to be honest, before leaving the Jiange, my father has already ordered my younger brother to act as an internal agent to lure the potters into the trap."

Cao Ang was shocked when he heard this, and said, "There is such a thing."

Cao Pi nodded and said: "This is an opportunity my father gave me, so I should seize it. My brother can send someone to Jiange to ask my father for proof."

Cao Ang smiled heartily and said, "That's totally unnecessary. You and I are brothers, why should we be like this? But the second brother has already used a trick against the potter?"

Cao Pi nodded and said, "According to father's instructions, the matter is ready."

Cao Ang asked: "Then what is the second brother going to do next?"

Cao Pi said: "This Puhu sells well from left to right, and neither party can be offended, but he also takes advantage of everyone else. To put it bluntly, it is impossible for him not to understand that this move is not safe, because the two forces , which side is not something that a mere barbarian king can offend, "

Cao Ang nodded and said: "This statement is reasonable, so what does it mean according to the second brother?"

"I mean, we can use this Puhu to get rid of the potter!"

Chapter One Thousand and One

That night, the potter was studying the geographical conditions of Hanzhong and Sichuan and Shu with Guo Jia when he suddenly heard the sound of hurried footsteps outside.

Not long after, I saw Pei Qian striding up to the potter, and said to him, "Prime Minister, Cao Pi sent someone to deliver the letter paper again."

"So fast?" The potter was stunned when he heard the words: "I thought he would need to plan for a long time, but I didn't expect such a speed of action. It's really amazing. It seems that this kid's wisdom is really beyond my imagination. "

Guo Jia stepped forward, took the letter from Pei Qian, looked it over carefully, and said, "Cao Pi, what you said earlier is the truth, but now Cao Ang is indeed the same as that seven-surnamed Yi Wang Puhu." We contacted in secret, but that Pu Hu didn't seem to cater to him completely, he just accepted Cao Ang's benefits and accepted Cao Ang's promise, in order not to offend both."

"What a soft bone. What I hate the most in my life is a person who has no position like Pu Hu." The pottery merchant said indifferently: "What else did Cao Pi say in the letter?"

Guo Jia looked at the letter, and unconsciously, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"My boy, he actually said that he wanted the Prime Minister to organize a small number of elite troops to secretly capture Cao Ang at Pu Hu's place, take him as a hostage, and force Cao Cao to surrender."

The pottery merchant couldn't help being taken aback when he heard the words: "What kind of way is this?"

Guo Jia continued to look at the letter and said: "Cao Pi means that since Pu Hu wants to take both sides, he might as well persuade Cao Ang to propose to Pu Hu that the leaders of the two parties be invited to him. Going over there, I thought it would be great if we negotiated a peace agreement and finally demarcated the borders and everyone stopped fighting."

The pottery merchant suddenly nodded and said, "Can this matter be successful?"

Guo Jia thought about it seriously for a while, and said: "Pu Hu accepts bribes from two parties. He is afraid that the two parties will retaliate against him in the future. If he can successfully facilitate this matter, he will be freed from this predicament. Therefore, in Guo's opinion, It's probably nine out of ten."

The pottery merchant nodded in satisfaction, and said: "Since that's what you said, you really might as well give it a try. If you can catch Cao Ang, even if you can't threaten Cao Cao to offer up the pass, it can also greatly weaken the morale of the enemy army. Come on, it will also be of great benefit to our future division and attack. At least it can disturb the enemy's mind and make them have no time to look around."

Guo Jia seemed to be a little confused. He looked at the pottery merchant suspiciously, and said strangely: "The prime minister said just now that we want to divide the troops? The Sword Pavilion has not yet been broken through, and we are still far away from the Chengdu Plain. How to divide the troops?"

Tao Shang fixedly looked at Deng Ai, and said, "Do you know the Yinping Ancient Road?"

"Yinping ancient road?" Guo Jia was taken aback when he heard the words, and said, "Of course I know, what is the prime minister's plan?"

The pottery merchant nodded, and said: "The ancient Jiange road is too difficult to fight. I don't know when this stalemate will end. I want to follow the example of the ancients and divide the troops to sneak into Yinping."

"Imitate the ancients?" Guo Jia was a little puzzled: "Which ancient did this?"

The potter paused for a moment, then said with a smile: "To be precise, I am imitating future generations."

"What kind of imitation method? Who is it to imitate?"

The potter's face darkened: "Why are you willing to ask so many questions? Does it have anything to do with you? You don't care who that person is, and you don't know him?"

Guo Jia sniffed, and said: "The main reason is that I want to know who this person is. I have to go and call him a fool. The Yinping Road goes south from Lintao. It is extremely difficult and dangerous. Based on the knowledge of the people in Shu, someone should be ambushing the Yinping Righteous Road." If you want to go around, you can only take the Yinping Mountain Road. It is said that Motianling exists like a gate of hell, with cliffs and cliffs in the middle, and there is no way to find it. I heard that after people enter, they often cannot move forward and get out, and finally die in vain. In the mountains, does the prime minister want to take such a path?"

The potter paused, and said: "Jinling Arsenal has already produced a large number of newly invented climbing tools, which can be used for climbing mountains and ridges. The ancient Yinping road is nothing to be afraid of. I have made up my mind to sneak into Yinping. Let's go."

Guo Jia looked at him fixedly, as if he couldn't believe it.

When I was young, Fang heard him say: "Then can you bother the Prime Minister, if you really want to go to the mountains, first decide who will inherit the foundation, so as to remove your worries."

He was answered by punches and kicks from the potter.