Qucheng, Mijiazhuang.

"Why do you think of going back to Qucheng if you are not in Xia Pi?" Mi Zhen asked with a smile, serving tea and water to Mi Zhu who had just entered the door.

Mi Zhu took a sip and moistened his throat, and said, "Duke Xuande appointed Tao Shang as the prime minister of Langya. When his brother came back this time, he wanted to take charge of the Donghai Kingdom and ensure that he would go without returning."

Mi Zhen's expression moved slightly, and naturally understood what his elder brother meant.

Wiping away the dust, Mi Zhu asked again: "I heard from the people that the pottery merchant passed by Qu County the day before yesterday and even came to cause trouble?"

"It's not just a troublesome thing. It's just a show of his strength now," Mi Zhen smiled disapprovingly.

"The villain is successful." Mi Zhu snorted coldly, but asked again: "Did that boy reveal his second brother's whereabouts?"

"That's not." Mi Zhen shook his head and sighed: "The second brother didn't listen to my advice and insisted on going to the pirates in person. Who would have thought that Xu Sheng would surrender to Tao Shang? There is no news yet. I'm afraid it's a lot of danger."

Mi Zhu's eyebrows were condensed, and a bit of hatred was revealed in his elegant momentum.

Bang!

The water cup fell on the case hard, and Mi Zhu said with a gloomy face: "The second brother has been killed by Tao Merchants. This time, he used Zang Ba's hand to get rid of him, which can be regarded as avenging his second brother. Unexpectedly, our Mi family would pay such a great price to resolve this engagement."

"Oh..." Mi Zhen sighed again, but said worriedly: "The Tao Merchant escaped death many times. I think this person is hidden and does not seem to be a playboy. I don't know if he can get rid of him by Zang Ba this time."

Mi Zhu smiled, not obsessed with it, and the laughter seemed to be making fun of his sister, how unnecessary his sister's worries were.

"Zang Ba has 5,000 troops. Both Tao Qian and Xuande Gong are afraid of him. Do you think that with the power of Tao merchants, just a few hundred soldiers, would they be Zang Ba's opponent?"

When facing his brother's question, Mi Zhen said nothing, and the worry on her face gradually faded.

Mi Zhu drank a sip of wine and sneered: "Don't say it's Zang Ba, I'm afraid that that kid can't even pass the level of Jiqiu Changxi. Maybe now, he has already died in Jiqiu City."

As soon as he finished speaking, a servant rushed in with panic and interrupted the conversation between the Mi brothers and sisters.

"Report to the master, the Qiu side came from an urgent report. A few days ago, the pottery merchant burned Jiqiu, captured the city, and captured the defending general Chang Xixi alive."

A thunder blasted into the lobby.

In an instant, the Mi brothers and sisters changed their color in shock and looked at each other in surprise, with incredible expressions in their eyes.

"Impossible!" Mi Zhu woke up from the shock, jumped up, snatched the information from the servant's hand and hurriedly looked at it.

A mere pottery merchant, with only eight hundred soldiers, not only captured Jiqiu, guarded by the Mount Tai army, but also captured the defending general Chang Feng alive. How could Mi Zhu easily believe such an incredible record?

After seeing the details of the information, the elegant temperament on Mi Zhu's face collapsed, his expression became more and more shocked and confused, and finally he was frozen in a moment of confusion.

Mi Zhen was also surprised, and the bold words of the pottery merchant in the hall that day emerged in his mind.

"He didn't speak wildly, he actually captured Jiqiu..."

Thoughts were like waves, disturbing the mind. After a while, Mi Zhen Fang Shi calmed down his chaotic mood, bit his red lips lightly, and hesitated for a moment. Fang Shi sighed: "Brother, maybe we all saw it at the beginning. This pottery merchant was hidden and had hidden talents, so he might not be able to assume the great responsibility of the state governor."

As soon as this said, Mi Zhu changed his color in shock and hurriedly stepped back. Seeing that there was no one around, he said in a deep voice: "Little sister, how can you speak without any restraint? If this is passed to Duke Xuande, it will be of no benefit to our Mi family. You must remember that no matter what happened before, now sitting in the seat of the governor of the state, holding the military and political power of Xuzhou, do you understand?"

"My sister understands, but..."

"No, but!" Mi Zhu interrupted her suspicion and said coldly: "Even if the pottery merchant is hidden, it is just a little cleverness. How can it be compared with the great talent of Xuande Gong? I believe that this time he captured Jiqiu, it is just a lucky person. When he truly faces Zang Ba's main force of Taishan Army, he will definitely be defeated."

The brother's determination forced the slightest wavering in Mi Zhen's heart. She had to sigh and murmur: "I hope this is the case."

...

Kaiyang City.

In the lobby of the Prime Minister's Mansion, a banquet was in joy.

Zang Ba, the leader of the banquet, sat high above and took turns to accept toasts from his subordinates. The wine wet his thick black beard and didn't even notice it.

There was a knife mark on his face from his right eye, adding a bit of hideous appearance to him.

The guest of honor at this banquet was Sun Qian, the aide of Xuzhou governor Liu Bei.

"Sun is engaged, can Duke Xuande keep his word?" Zang Ba asked with a smile on his wine.

Sun Qian smiled and said, "General Xuangao has a hundred hearts. My lord is a relative of the Han Dynasty and a benevolent and righteous ruler. Naturally, he has a word. As long as Tao Shang dies, General Xuangao will voluntarily write a letter to apologize and ask for forgiveness. My lord should follow the trend and appoint General Xuangao as the prime minister of Langya."

"That's good. Isn't it just to get rid of a playboy? I guess the pottery merchant had already died at the city of Jiqiu and was killed by my general Chang Feng." Zang Ba was full of confidence, as if he didn't take the pottery merchant seriously at all.

Sun Qian smiled and his face was pleated, and he hurriedly raised his glass and said, "Then Qian is here. Congratulations to General Xuan Gao in advance for legitimately sitting on the throne of the Prime Minister of Langya."

"Hahaha--" Zang Ba laughed loudly and drank wildly.

In the lobby, a group of Taishan soldiers were also drinking wildly, and the atmosphere was extremely pleasant, as if no one was afraid of the pottery merchant.

"Report—the report is urgent!" The scout rushed in and shouted, "The report is urgent. The day before yesterday, the Tao merchant attacked Jiqiu with a fire attack. General Changfeng was defeated and fled. He was captured by the Tao merchant, and Qiu had been lost."

In the originally noisy lobby, the laughter stopped abruptly and was silent in an instant.

Those happy faces, including Zang Ba and Sun Qian, were instantly corrupted and distorted by this amazing information, and eventually became shocked and shocked.

Zang Ba was the first to wake up, jumped up, and his scar's face was shattered and roared, "Changxi has a thousand soldiers, two hundred more than the Taoist merchant's surname. How could he not be able to defend Jiqiu and capture the pottery merchant alive?"

The scout then told the detailed story of how the pottery merchant sneaked into the city with a secret passage to set fire in the battle of the lunar month, and how he intercepted the defeated soldiers outside the north gate and captured Chang Xi alive.

In the lobby, silence turned into an uproar.

Sun Guan, Yin Li, Wu Dun and other generals were all angrily and talked about each other, but they couldn't believe that Tao Shang, the rumored playboy and incompetent young master, could have such an opportunity.

Hurry!

In an uproar, Zang Ba overturned the case in front of him. Scar's face was frightened and said angrily: "You Tao merchant, you dare to really fight with my Taishan Army. It seems that I, Zang Ba, can't deal with you if I don't take action in person."

"The Tao merchant had just captured Jiqiu and had not yet established a foothold. If General Xuangao all his troops from Kaiyang went south, he would definitely kill him in one fell swoop." Sun Gan also instigated him from the side.

"Brother, send troops to avenge Changxi."

"If Tao merchant dares not take our Taishan Army seriously, we will destroy that boy."

The generals of Mount Tai were all indignant and called for war, as if as soon as their army came out, the pottery merchant would be like an ant to sanitize it.

The anger was ignited. Zang Ba drew his sword in his hand, shouted to the south, and said sternly: "Tell me that the general will all be launched tomorrow and we will follow me to pacify the playboy."

...

That is, Qiucheng.

It has been three days since the pottery merchant conquered this city.

In three days, the pottery merchant strengthened the city while recruiting soldiers and horses in the Jiqiu area to expand his strength.

Changfeng has been poisoning for a long time, and the scholars and people hated him and the Taishan gang. Now the pottery merchant captured Changfeng alive and drove away the Taishan gang. The scholars and people inside and outside the city were all happy. As soon as his recruitment list was posted, nearly 500 people came to the conquest in a few days.

The pottery merchant then selected the strong men and organized them into the camp. Within just a few days, his army expanded to about 1,300.

In the county government, Tao Shang was discussing the training of troops with Fan Kuai. Xu Sheng hurried in and bowed: "Report to the lord, I have reported urgently from the north that Zang Ba has already all four thousand Taishan bandits in Kaiyang, and is heading south with great momentum. It is less than forty miles away from me, Qiucheng."

Four thousand Mount Tai bandits!

Even Fan Kuai's expression moved slightly when he heard this number, revealing a little fear.

"Four thousand Mount Tai bandits, Zang Ba is going to come out in full swing. He relies on the large number of soldiers to suppress me in one fell swoop." Tao Shang sneered.

Xu Sheng looked solemn and said in a deep voice: "Lord, Zang Ba's troops are several times more powerful than our army, and they are all elite soldiers. Our newly formed army is not enough to fight in one battle. For the sake of the present, we should speed up the construction of the city and prepare to stick to the cloud."

"Lord, he is right, just guard it. We can't beat it, so there is no problem in defending it." Fan Kuai also agreed.

The pottery was silent, staring down at the map, weighing the current situation.

After pondering for a long time, Tao Shang slapped the table and said resolutely: "Liu Bei is eyeing him behind. If he drags him down, he will only have long nights and dreams. It is not good for us. I will take the initiative to attack and fight quickly!" Mobile phone users please visit http://m.piaotian.net
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