Zhang Liang was curious, but knew that the pottery merchant would not speak lightly, so he stopped asking more questions and immediately sent an order.

Soon, the writers released the news, claiming that King Liu Bei of Yan had pacified Liaodong and was gathering troops and preparing to go south in large numbers. In order to deal with Liu Bei's large-scale attack, the Wei army decided to give up attacking Jiangxia and return to the north.

The news came out, and the potter did indeed do this.

In the south of Jing, Tao Shang ordered two generals Wei Yanyingbu to continue to pacify Liu Qi's resistance. On the Yangtze River, he left two generals Wu Zixu and Ganning to establish water camp barriers in Lukou. Nearly 20,000 naval troops stationed in Lukou to prevent Huang Zu from Jiangxia and Sun Ce of Chaisang.

Tao Shang himself led nearly 50,000 infantry and cavalry. He set off in Chengbei Division soon and arrived in Jiangling first. A few days later, he went to Xiangyang.

...

Xiangyang City, Wei King's Palace.

In the brightly lit hall, the pottery merchant summoned Xu Sheng alone.

"The King of Kings summoned the last future at night, I don't know what instructions did you give?" Xu Sheng, who walked into the hall, bowed.

"Wenxiang is here, sit down." Tao Shang waved his hand at him with a smile.

Xu Sheng sat down and served the wine.

The pottery raised his wine glass and said with emotion to the general who followed his Yuangong when he was from Haixi: "Wen Xiang, you have been guarding Huainan for many years. You and my monarchs and ministers have not had a few drinks for a long time. I wish you this glass of wine. I have always remembered the merits of your guardian Shouchun."

As soon as he said this, Xu Sheng was immediately moved to tears. He immediately raised his glass and said with a sigh: "Sheng goes through fire and water for the king, and he dare not take credit."

The king and his minister drank a glass of wine. The pottery laughed and asked Xu Sheng to pour wine and drink it well.

After a few glasses of wine, the pottery merchant was in great interest, so he talked about the past with Xu Sheng, recalling how they fought bloody battles and fought out today's world with hundreds of soldiers.

"Wen Xiang, do you remember that you were hired by Mi Fang and went to Haixi to kill me. Fortunately, you did not directly attack the city at that time, otherwise, I would not be the king of the Great Wei today." The pottery merchant, who was experiencing a great wine, couldn't help but mention the old story with a smile.

Xu Sheng also smiled and said, "Fortunately, the king hid Fan Dawei, and asked him to defeat the last general. Otherwise, there would be no king of the Great Wei in this world, but there would be no one who is the wise ruler of the world."

The king and his subject laughed again.

After laughing again, Tao Shang suddenly changed his mind, "Wen Xiang, I have asked you to guard Huainan over the years and have not given you any chance to make contributions. I know, and you are holding your breath in your heart. Today I will give you a chance to make great contributions, I don't know if you want it."

These words were just about Xu Sheng's heart, which made him feel unpredictable. He immediately bowed and said, "The king has given me the order, and Sheng will die without hesitation."

Seeing Xu Sheng's courage, the Tao merchant felt relieved, so he waved his hand and signaled him to sit down.

Seeing Xu Sheng calm down, the Tao merchant asked, "Wen Xiang, can you do the robbery on the water?"

Xu Sheng was stunned for a moment and smiled embarrassedly: "The king is joking. Did the king forget that Sheng was a pirate in Xuzhou back then, and robbery is like this, hehe."

Xu Sheng scratched the back of his head and smiled, embarrassed to mention his disgraceful past.

"Of course I'm not joking, I'm asking you very seriously, what would you do if you want to rob a dock from the water?" The pottery looked solemn.

Seeing that he was so serious, Xu Sheng became more and more curious. He had to cough a few times and gestured: "In fact, it's very simple. Generally, we will not go to rob the other party openly to avoid being frightened and running away in advance. Therefore, we will mostly disguise ourselves as fishing boats or merchant ships, and dock quietly. Taking advantage of their unpreparedness, they suddenly went out and caught them off guard. The last general was relying on this move that he could succeed repeatedly on the coast of Xuzhou."

As he spoke, Xu Sheng became a little proud. When he was excited, he spitted in his mouth.

Tao Shang smiled. He knew that he had found the right person to find Xu Sheng.

"Needless to say, this plan is yours." Before the pottery finished speaking, he slapped the table, "Wen Xiang, this time I will give you a chance to do your old business and relive the fun of robbery."

Do your old job once?

Xu Sheng was confused on the spot and stammered: "King... Isn't the king joking? Could it be that the king wants the last general to rob the enemy?"

"Yes, I want you to rob the beacon tower of Huang Zu!" The pottery jumped up and his fist hit the map with a heavy blow on the word "Xiakou".

...

Xiakou City, military palace lobby.

"Good news, Father and Commander, the pottery thief has indeed led the main force to return north. The army is now crossing the Han River from Xiangyang north. Our Jiangxia danger has been lifted." Huang Zasper excitedly broke into the lobby with the latest information.

"Really?" Huang Zu jumped up excitedly, snatched the information from his son's hand, and watched excitedly.

"Hahaha, God helps me, it's really my great Chu that God won't destroy--" After reading the information, Huang Zu was so excited that he burst into laughter.

Kuai Yue also breathed a sigh of relief, but reminded him: "Although the Taoist thief returns north, this thief is deceitful, so we should not underestimate it. We must beware that he will suddenly move south from Xiangyang to attack my Xiakou under the reputation of returning north."

"I've been worried too much. With your beacon tower on the riverside, the pottery thieves are moving. I will immediately know that he wants to sneak attack on my Xiakou and dream!"

However, Huang Zu was very confident and had already begun to think about how to retreat from the Tao Shang army to lead the Jiangxia naval army to the river to counterattack, defeat the Wu Zixu naval army stationed in Lukou, and recapture Jiangling.

...

The north bank of the Han River, Fancheng Water Camp.

Teams of Wei soldiers were getting off the boat, climbing the pier, and heading towards the north.

Looking forward, on the north road, there were soldiers and flags of the Wei army everywhere, as if they were returning to Yedu.

The Tao merchant rode his horse off the boat and boarded the pier. Zhang Chunhua followed closely and got off the boat. He looked back at the rolling Han River and couldn't help but sigh softly.

"Chunhua, why are you sighing?" Tao Shang held back his horse and asked back.

Zhang Chunhua bit his thin lips lightly and hesitated for a moment. He didn't dare to say it, but when he thought that the pottery was the kind of person who liked to say something, he was so hesitant that the pottery might not like it.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Chunhua admitted frankly: "I am not hiding the king. Chunhua just sighed, but was just sighing that the king chose to return north at this time, but in fact he gave up halfway. In Jingzhou, it is very likely that he will lose it and get it again."

"How do you say this?" Tao Shang liked her frankness, so he naturally would not blame her. Instead, he asked with a curious smile.

"That Chunhuawei said nothing."

Zhang Chunhua mocked himself, and said, "The king gave up attacking Xiakou and returned north. It would be like handing over the east gate of Jingzhou to Sun Ce. When the king's main force left, Sun Ce would make a comeback and colluded with Huang Zu to seize Jingzhou with his troops that scattered the country. In Xiakou, the area in the north can threaten Xiangfan and attack Jiangling in the west can be said to have a good position. Moreover, the remnants of Liu Qi from Jingnan have not been destroyed. At that time, only Wu Zixu, Wei Yan, and Yingbu can defend Jingzhou..."

Zhang Chunhua didn't say it any more, but the implication was clear.

"This is such a very smart woman..." Tao Shang nodded secretly, and in his eyes, he had a little more appreciation in addition to the love between men and women.

After hearing her, Tao Shang raised a strange smile on his lips and asked, "Who said that I want to give up Xiakou?"

"Um?"

Zhang Chunhua was stunned and glanced at the soldiers passing by the Han River. It meant that your army had already returned to the north. Hasn't Xiakou handed over to him yet?

"At this time, I will not hide it from you. In fact, I just led the army to Xiangyang in the name of returning north, and then the army went south along the Han River, raided Xiakou, and caught Huang Zu Laogou off guard."

The Tao merchant no longer concealed it and expressed his plan frankly.

"Surprise Xiakou!" Zhang Chunhua was shocked, and Shi Zhixiong's eyebrows were condensed, "It turned out that the king was trying to attack the east and west, but Chunhua heard that Huang Zu had set up many beacon towers on the Han River. It was probably not that easy for the king to go to Xiakou City."

Obviously, Zhang Chunhua also knew the power of the beacon tower and had some doubts about the pottery merchant's plan.

Tao Shang's eyes rolled, and suddenly had an idea in his heart, and he smiled and said, "It seems that Chunhua, you don't believe that I can succeed in attacking Xiakou. Then let's make another bet, do you dare?"

"You want to make a bet again?" Zhang Chunhua's delicate body shook, and a layer of red clouds suddenly surged on his face.

She remembered the last bet that she didn't believe that the pottery merchant could defeat Cai Mao's navy. As a result, the bet failed and had to kiss the pottery merchant in front of everyone.

She blushed and bent when she thought of such shy and embarrassed feeling, but she didn't expect that the Taoist merchant would bet again.

"Master...what do you want to bet on?" Zhang Chunhua asked in a low voice with a red face.

"Just bet on whether I can break through Xiakou and succeed. If you win, I will give your father the Marquis of Ting. This bet is quite attractive." Tao Shang smiled.

When Zhang Chunhua heard the word "Tinghou", his eyes naturally lit up, and his pretty face suddenly showed joy.

However, she didn't dare to be too excited and asked again: "What if the king is defeated?"

"If I am weak..." Tao Shang raised a smirk on his lips, and a strong possessiveness appeared in his eyes when he looked at her. "Then you, Zhang Chunhua, will marry me willingly and become my concubine."

Seeing that the relationship between Tao Shang was almost the same as her, it was time for her to voluntarily be adopted as a concubine, and to obtain her "many children" talent as soon as possible, so as to make a fortune for her Tao family.

When Zhang Chunhua heard that Tao Shang wanted to take her as his concubine, he was shocked, and his face suddenly turned red and drunk. A deep shyness surged in his beautiful eyes, and a hint of surprise.

Obviously, she already knew that the Tao merchant had taken a fancy to her, and it would be a matter of time before she could take her as a concubine.

After getting along with the Tao merchant, she had already fallen in love with Tao merchant deeply. She loved and awe the King of the Great Wei Dynasty, and was vaguely looking forward to the arrival of this day in her heart.

Now, Tao Shang said in person that he wanted to take her as his concubine. Although she was prepared in her heart, she was still very surprised.

"What, don't you dare to gamble?" Tao Shang looked at her with a smile.

Zhang Chunhua bit his red lips tightly, hesitated for a while, then raised his head resolutely, raised his nose to face the pottery merchant, and snorted: "Just bet, Chunhua doesn't believe it, you will win every time, lord."

"Hahaha, okay, so proud, then you can stay in Xiangyang for a few days, be ready to be my bride."

Amidst the crazy laughter, the pottery merchant rode his horse away, but did not go north, but followed the Han River and went south, leaving Zhang Chunhua, who was blushing behind him.
Chapter completed!