There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

He stared intently for a while, then suddenly heaved a long sigh, and told the generals, "Let's go."

Lu Bu took a step forward and said, "Prime Minister, if we make a surprise attack now, we may be able to take advantage of the chaos and take Cao Liu's head. This may be of great help to conquer Jiange in the future."

Tao Shang shook his head and said, "Let's forget it, Cao Cao and Liu Bei are surrounded by a lot of strong generals, besides, he just lost his son, if I just attack and kill him like this, it would be a little too unreasonable...Let's do it."

After that, he stopped looking at where Cao Liu was, but led the crowd away.

Chapter One Thousand and Six

Back in their barracks, the two sides fell into a stalemate for a period of time.

I thought that after Cao Cao experienced this incident, there would be some omissions in Jiange's defense, giving himself some opportunities to take advantage of.

But the result disappointed the potter a little. The defense mechanism of the Jiange did not increase, and the defense became stronger, which made it hard to say anything.

In this way, the pottery merchant could only start thinking about smuggling to Yinping again.

More than ten days passed in a blink of an eye, and the potter couldn't hold on any longer.

At this time, from Liangzhou, Zhao Yun and Tai Shici, who accompanied Ma Teng and Han Sui to appease the counties and counties, came to Hanzhong and asked the potters for their orders.

The three brothers met and told each other what happened.

After listening to the potter's narration, Tai Shici couldn't help but sighed: "I didn't expect that the road to Shu is so difficult. After such a long time, the enemy can stop my hundreds of thousands of troops here just by guarding the Jiange. Thanks a lot!" Our food and grass are plentiful, if not, I am afraid that even if it is delayed like this, it will drag us down."

The potter nodded slowly and said: "This is what I am worried about. Even if we have enough food, grass and military pay, hundreds of thousands of people are piled up here and do nothing every day, just sit and watch the sky under the Jiange Pass , in the long run, it is not such a way."

Zhao Yun pondered for a while before asking: "Third Brother, what did Mr. Guo say?"

The pottery merchant laughed aloud, and said: "What Mr. Guo said can really piss people off. What he means is to spend money with the army in the middle of Sichuan. We eat horses and feed them every day, and we use food and money. , Most of the opponent’s soldiers and horses are also concentrated in the Jiange, which is also costly, and if it continues to be consumed like this, taking the land of the twelve states of the Han Dynasty and consuming the land of Yizhou, it will drag him to death.”

Zhao Yun and Tai Shici suddenly realized.

"Mr. Guo means... to stick to it like this, and trap the people of Yizhou to death."

The pottery merchant nodded and said, "That's almost what it means."

Tai Shici said: "It's not that it's impossible...it's just...it's just that if we continue to procrastinate like this, if things really change in Sichuan, I'm afraid it's been a long time."

The pottery merchant nodded, and said: "That's exactly the case, so I don't plan to do it like this... To tell you the truth, I want to split up a troop and take the Yinping Road to Fucheng."

Zhao Yun was startled when he heard the words, he pondered carefully, and said, "Yinping Road is very long, I don't know where the third brother plans to advance from?"

The pottery merchant smiled at Zhao Yun and said, "Second brother, wait a moment."

Immediately afterwards, the potter brought over a piece of leather map and spread it out on the table.

He gestured to Zhao Yun and Tai Shici and said: "Yizhou is known as the land of abundance. There are Qinling Bashan Mountains in the north and Wushan Mountain in the east. The entire Yizhou Basin is surrounded by high mountains. This time, we will enter Hanzhong by taking the Micang Road and the Jinniu Road. Straight to the Jiange, there is no mistake in strategy, but it is a bit of a surprise, and I think that if you go to Yinping, it is the most strange thing in this battle."

Tai Shici asked: "Third brother, I don't know much about the roads of Western Shu. What kind of road is this Yinping Road?"

The potter explained: "Yinping ancient road, I have been investigating by the school office for a while, to be honest, it is not a road in the strict sense, hundreds of miles of deserted, primitive and precipitous landform, the woodcutters in the mountains heard If it changes color, it is a place of evil paths."

Zhao Yun frowned and said, "If that's the case, second brother, you have to think twice."

The potter said with a faint smile, "I've thought twice for a long time. If I want to enter the Yinping Ancient Road, I have to go south from Lintao, go straight to Wen County, enter the Yinping Road, and go straight to the hinterland of Xishu."

Tai Shici and Zhao Yun looked at each other.

When I was young, I saw Zhao Yun cupping his hands at the potter, and said, "Third brother really made up his mind to take the ancient Yinping road?"

The potter nodded and said, "Exactly."

"In that case, I will risk my life to accompany you."

Tai Shici said: "The three of us are sworn brothers, and both younger brothers want to go. As the elder brother, how can I not go? I will go too!"

Faced with the support of Tai Shici and Zhao Yun, the pottery merchant was very happy.

"Yin Ping smiled and said that although it is difficult to walk, our soldiers and horses are different from ordinary soldiers and horses. Both the Nanman camp and the Danyang soldiers are good at climbing mountains and rivers, and Jinling City has produced many tools for climbing mountains and mountains in recent years. It can be used to take risks, there are no roads in the world, if there are too many people walking, roads will naturally appear, and the same is true for Yinping land, no matter how dangerous or difficult, as long as we walk, we will definitely be able to find our way.”

Tai Shici said to him: "Third brother, no matter what, I don't think it's better for you to go to Yinping this time, it's too steep after all, why not my second brother and I go there for you, you still sit in Jiange Road ,how?"

Zhao Yun also said: "Brother's opinion, Yun also agrees, the son of a thousand gold can't sit down, the third brother still has to think carefully."

The potter nodded gratefully, and said: "The kindness of the two elder brothers, I will keep it in my heart, but conquering Hanzhong may be the last battle in my life. I want to end him with my own hands. It's okay to read it, please forgive me, two brothers."

Zhao Yun and Tai Shici were not trying to dissuade them, they just expressed their support for the potters.

……

The two went back to rest, and the potter sent someone to find Ma Chao, Xu Chu, Huang Zhong, Lu Bu, and A Fei, and told them about the smuggling to Yinping.

After finishing speaking, the potter looked back and forth at the four people and said, "This battle is the last battle of my life. I want to fight in person. I hope the four of you will go with me. How about it?"

After hearing what the potter said, Xu Chu was shocked and said, "The last battle in this life, Prime Minister, what kind of terminal illness did you have?"

Pottery: "..."

Lu Bu squinted at Xu Chu, and said, "Look at your wisdom. What the Prime Minister means is that after the unification of Xichuan, the world will be at peace, and he can live in the temple and not go on conquests. You don't even understand this. You are an idiot."

Hearing this, Ma Chao said angrily, "Which idiot are you talking about? Believe it or not, I'll kill you!"

Lu Bu frowned: "I didn't mention you, why are you shouting?"

Ma Chao said angrily: "If you dare to laugh at my elder brother, I will not forgive you!"

Xu Chu also raised his head and snorted: "You are just a defeated general of a certain family, how dare you talk arrogantly here?"

This sentence can be said to have lifted Lu Bu's sore spot.

Xu Chu uncovered the scars of more than ten years in a daze.

Lu Bu gritted his teeth and strode forward, looking like he was about to make a move.

Ma Chao and Xu Chu stood side by side.

Lu Bu was not afraid at all, and said: "If you have the ability, you two go together!"

The pottery slapped the table heavily: "Stop your lungs, give me a break."

All of a sudden, the voice came out, and the three of them lowered their heads and dared not speak.

The pottery merchant looked at several people back and forth, and said: "If you want to fight, you all hold back your energy and enter Xichuan to fight with the Shu army. Don't pretend to be big with your own people. I have already made up my mind. This time, I must rule the world. You must also fight." Do a good job and don't let down your reputation as a fierce general in your life."

Chapter One Thousand and Seven

"Dong dong dong dong!"