It's Chen Ping.

While raising his head, the drunkard licked the last drop of wine in the wine gourd, he seemed to be talking to himself, but clearly mocking the generals.

Lian Po and Zang Ba both had the style of a general. When he was ridiculed, his eyebrows frowned and he didn't bother with him.

Fan Kuai was not so kind anymore, and his eyes immediately glared at him, "Stinky drunkard, who do you think is short-sighted? Tell me clearly!"

"I didn't say you, why are you so excited to get the seat..." Chen Ping muttered, stretched out his tongue, and licked the wine gourd disgustingly.

Although Fan Kuai's mind was lacking, he was not a fool. How could he not hear Chen Ping mocking himself in a corner? Suddenly, his two thick eyebrows condensed into hemp ropes, jumped up and rushed towards him.

"I said you a stinky alcoholic, are you itchy again? Let's see if I don't deal with you?" Fan Kuai cursed, rolling up his sleeves and pretending to move.

Chen Ping was immediately scared and trembled. He hurriedly hid back and said righteously: "A gentleman does not speak. If we have something to say, we will be rude. If we have something to do, we will lose our grace."

"I'm just a rough man. If you talk to me, I'll play fists with you." Fan Kuai didn't care for a long time, and stepped forward and easily grabbed Chen Ping's neck. He swung his fists.

How could Chen Ping, a scholar, be able to earn more than him? He looked at the Tao merchant for help with his eyes.

Tao Shang was so happy that he asked Fan Kuai to scare him, so he could cure his slutty mouth, so he would not sit idly by and watch him be beaten up, and immediately stopped Fan Kuai.

Fan Kuai then stopped, reluctantly let go of him, glared at him fiercely, and sat back to his seat.

Chen Ping let out a long breath, stroked his chest with his hands, looking in a terrifying look, and most of the alcoholic smell was scared away.

"You're almost done, it's time to do some serious business. Chen Jiugui, if you have any opinions, don't sarcastically mock everyone." Tao Shang raised his hand and signaled Chen Ping to sit down.

Chen Ping calmed down a little, subconsciously raised the wine gourd and wanted to take a few sips, but found that the last drop had been licked by him, so he could only sigh with the hollow gourd and said, "I've forgotten all my words about this belly. If there is a Hu Gan family aged wine now, I might remember it soon."

This drunkard is asking for wine again.

The Tao merchant was helpless. Who made Chen Ping a strange man with extraordinary wisdom? Since ancient times, any strange man must have a strange habit. Chen Ping's addiction to alcohol is an example.

"The Gan family just happened to send a few more jars of good wine the day before yesterday. Come and pour a gourd for the drunkard."

When Chen Ping heard that there was a good wine from the Gan family, his eyes suddenly shone. He quickly handed the wine gourd to his maid. After a while, Yigu's good wine was put back in his hand.

"Good wine, it's really good wine. This wine is only available in the sky. It's simply a fairy wine..." Chen Ping took a few sips and couldn't help but praise him.

But the Tao merchant could only shake his head and smile, "I have drunk the wine, so what can I say now."

Chen Ping slapped his last few sips, put the wine gourd in his arms like a treasure, and coughed a few times. Fang Bu said slowly: "Lu Bu is capricious. After taking Xuzhou in the future, he will definitely turn against us. But if we don't take action now, we will sit down and watch Liu Bei's troops enter Xiapi and form an internal and external attack on Lu Bu. Lu Bu will be defeated and even directly defeated Hui Xiaopei and completely driven out of Xuzhou."

After drinking a sip of wine and moistening his throat, Chen Ping continued: "At that time, we were the only rebel forces in Xuzhou. Liu Bei, with the power to defeat Yuan Shu first and then Lu Bu, would inevitably have a great reputation and a rainbow of morale. If you turn your spearhead and attack us again, hehe..."

Chen Ping stopped talking and just sneered, but his implication was clear.

The generals were silent, and the dissatisfaction with Chen Ping in their expressions also weakened a lot.

"The lips are cold, the teeth are cold, the lips are cold..." Lian Po sighed as he stroked his white beard, and the four words in his mouth obviously agreed with Chen Ping's statement.

Fan Kuai stopped glaring at him, but still shouted in a rough voice: "You smelly drunkard, you have been talking for a long time and just want us to help Lu Bu. Now the problem is here, let's fight to the death to block Liu Bei, and in the end both sides will be injured and their strength will be greatly damaged. When the time comes, Lu Bu takes Xia Pi and opposes us stabbing him. What should we use to resist Lu Bu?"

Fan Kuai's words were just about the heart of Tao merchants. How could he not know the so-called truth that the lips were lost and the teeth were cold? The reason why he did not express his opinions was that he was concerned about Lu Bu.

He nodded slightly and looked at Chen Ping to see how he responded.

"Defeat Liu Bei first and divide Xuzhou. This is the fundamental purpose of our rebellion. Turning against Lu Bu is a later story. It must be based on the premise of driving Liu Bei away."

After taking another sip of the wine, Chen Ping's mouth hooked a mysterious curve.

"As for being on guard against Lu Bu, we can force Lu Bu to make concessions and share the counties of Liangcheng, Siwu, and Qujiang to us in the north of Xia Pi. In this way, Lu Bu can only get half of Xia Pi, and his strength will inevitably be weakened."

"There is also a blocking Liu Bei. Only the brainless man bull will only think about using brute force to fight. If we can't compete with each other, we can be smart, so why bother with Liu Bei?"

After Chen Ping's last words, Tao Shang had an idea in his mind and decided to put the overall situation first and go south to block Liu Bei.

The most important thing is Chen Ping's last sentence. Judging from what he meant, it seemed that there was a way to defeat Liu Bei. Since he could stop Liu Bei without damaging his troops, what else could he worry about?

"Chen Jiugui, you have told me all the words. I forced Lu Bu to ask a few more counties to repay us. But Is this a smart move that you have already had? "Mulan expressed doubts.

Chen Ping shrugged, and an innocent expression appeared on his face, "Ping's plan is to adapt to the situation in the battle. We are far away from Liu Bei and have not even seen the enemy. How could I think of a clever plan? Madam is asking me to cook without rice?"

What Chen Ping said seemed to make sense. Mulan had nothing to say, and all the generals looked at the pottery merchant. Until now, there were pros and cons, and the lord Tao merchant could only make decisions.

After pondering for a long time, thinking about the pros and cons. When he raised his head again, only Jueyi was left on the face of the pottery.

"I have decided to send troops south to block the big-eared thief!"

...

A day later, Lu Bu's messenger rushed back to Xiapi Camp with Liu Bei's reply.

Outside Xia Pi City, Lu Bu's army surrounded the city. The army had been siege for seven days, but Xia Pi was still standing under Chen Deng's guard.

In the tent of the central army in the besieged camp, Wen Hou Lu Bu sat high above, his sword eyebrows were deep, and his face was cut like a knife, cold and domineering, and gloomy as iron.

The generals including Zhang Liao and Gao Shun were all solemn, and even the plotter Chen Gong had their eyebrows condensed into a ball at this moment.

Liu Bei's army was approaching rapidly, but Xia Pi City could not be captured for a long time. How could they not worry about it?

When the atmosphere was heavy, the messenger who went to Tancheng rushed back in vain.

"How is that, has the pottery agreed to send troops?" Lu Bu was shocked and asked impatiently.

The messenger carefully explained the conditions for the pottery to divide the counties north of Siwu and others.

Lu Bu's originally excited expression suddenly became gloomy again, and a hint of anger flashed in the eagle's eyes.

"The agreement we reached with the pottery merchant was that whoever contributed more would be divided into more territory. Now we invite the pottery merchant to send troops to block Liu Bei. It is reasonable for him to propose to divide more territory. Lord, the overall situation is the most important, so I agree." Zhang Liao was the first to stand up and persuaded.
Chapter completed!