There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

Ten miles outside the west gate of Pengcheng, the place where Xuzhou's Western Expeditionary Army stationed troops.

These days, Mi Fang has been busy selecting soldiers from the Xuzhou Army to organize and coordinate. According to Tao Qian's designation, the Western Expeditionary Army has a fixed number of 1000 cavalry, 15 infantry, [-] crossbowmen, and [-] sword and shield soldiers. , and another four captains, three captains, and [-] captains went out together.

It's easy to say, but it's not easy to do. The Western Expedition Alliance has a lot to do with it, and it's also a matter of the prestige of a state, so naturally Mi Fang can't be ambiguous about the selection of personnel.

First of all, the choice of the partial general and the school lieutenant should not be Cao Bao's direct subordinates in the Chinese army, and his status must be relatively innocent. Moreover, the soldiers and horses accompanying the army must be Kong Wu who is strong and good at fighting. For the first time, I was only busy with my head.

Of course, these things have nothing to do with pottery merchants. One is that pottery merchants don’t know how to run an army and have no experience in running an army. The other is that he is an army supervisor. What does an army supervisor do?

According to the literal understanding of the pottery, the supervising army should supervise other people's work.

People who supervise other people's work generally don't work.

"Eldest Young Master, this is the list of our expedition personnel. From the top four captains to the three captains, down to the list of even senior officers, please have a look at it, Eldest Young Master."

Mi Fang is quite sensible. If the pottery does not work, it is not work, but Mi Fang, who should report, still reports normally.

Tao Qian took it over, glanced at it casually, and then gave up. He didn't know any of the people above, and it was useless to look more. He only cared about three things most now.

"Brother Mi, there are a few things I want to discuss with you before going out on the expedition."

Mi Fang said: "What is the eldest son's order?"

"I don't dare to order. You are the chief general, and I am the supervisor of the army. The army is dispatched by you, not me. But before we go out, I have three things to confirm. The first is whether the food and grass are sufficient."

Mi Fang laughed and said: "Don't worry about this, Eldest Young Master, I made a special trip to Caoju's Mansion yesterday. Cangcao has specially prepared [-] hu of grain for this expedition, which will be supplied to Xi'an in batches every month. Conscript horses, the duration of this expedition is not yet known, so there must be sufficient supplies at the Cangcao side, at least within the short-term itinerary.”

The pottery merchant nodded when he heard the words. Mi Zhu is in charge of Xuzhou's money and food, and all the officials of Cao Cao are directly under his orders. This time the western expedition will be led by his younger brother, and Mi Zhu will definitely do his best to supply the rear.

"The second thing is about personnel." The pottery merchant slowly patted the personnel list that Mi Fang handed him just now, and said, "I don't know any of these people, but Brother Mi also knows that Xuzhou's military affairs have always been managed by General Cao Bao is in charge, and General Cao is against this alliance, so the people above this?"

Mi Fang grimaced and said: "My lord, in all honesty, the four lieutenants and the three captains, I have tried my best to avoid General Cao's direct descendants in the army, but General Cao has been in charge of military affairs after all, so I chose these few , My investigation should have nothing to do with him, but I don't dare to say whether it really has anything to do with it. After all, not everything about human relationship can be found out."

The pottery merchant shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter if you are related to General Cao. Even his people can be brought over for your use. You are the chief general of an army. If these people have any thoughts during the expedition, it will be troublesome." .”

Mi Fang seemed a little distressed: "My lord, I didn't know these people before, how could it be so easy to pull them over from General Cao?"

The potter sighed for a long time, he couldn't understand the stuffy gourd, so he had to split open the melon kernel and poke it hard to understand.

The pottery merchant guided him patiently: "Brother Mi, in human nature, there are two kinds of desires that are most difficult to control, one is called fear and the other is called greed. As long as you make good use of these two points, if you want to subdue these people, it will take only one night." between."

"What's the matter?" Mi Fang's expression was cute, revealing her uneducated nature to the end.

What the hell is playing the piano to a cow.

"Brother Mi, do you have money?"

As soon as money was mentioned, Mi Fang's back stiffened in an instant, and her chin seemed to be lifted into the clouds: "Speaking of other things, my Mi family really doesn't ask for money, it has plenty!"

Black lines start to appear on the potter's head, look at your lack of virtue.

"Okay, then you go back to the mansion and prepare more gold and silk, and you and I will have a banquet in the commander's tent tonight."

Before Mi Fang could answer, the potter said again: "The third thing is our marching route."

Before she finished speaking, she saw Mi Fang regain her spirits.

"Eldest son, I have already thought about this point, just follow me!"

The two came to the wide wooden platform in the middle of the handsome tent, on which was spread a leather map about five feet square, with the names of states, counties, cities, mountains and rivers dotted on it.

"My lord, according to the opinion of the last general, there are four places where the princes meet and form alliances, namely Hanoi, Suanzao, Yingchuan, and Luyang. A meeting place, according to my humble opinion, Yuan Shu of Luyang is powerful and close to us, we might as well go to Luyang to meet with him first, one can get the protection of a strong army, and two can also I don't know what the eldest son wants to befriend Yuan Shu?"

The potter shook his head decisively and said, "No."

"Huh?" Mi Fang didn't expect her proposal to be rejected by the potter all at once, and said weakly, "Why?"

The potter held up two fingers: "There are two points. First, among the princes, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are the strongest. One south and one north echo each other, but the so-called one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers. These two brothers will fall out sooner or later. We have too many people now. It is not good to be close to Yuan Shao or Yuan Shu, there is no need; second, Yuan Shu is stronger than us, we went to him just for his encouragement, if Yuan Shu takes us as a pioneer and directs us to overcome difficulties, we should go there Go? When the strength is not balanced, if you go, you will be humiliating yourself."

Of course there is the third most important point, the potter can't tell Mi Fang

Everyone in the future knows that Yuan Shu once cut off Sun Jian's food in the war against Dong, and his character was extremely inferior. Therefore, it is better to do as little as possible to associate with wolves.

Mi Fang's eyes were wide open. Throughout the morning, the pottery merchant analyzed everything from food and grass logistics, to personnel application, to the marching route, and his mental agility was much higher than his own.

No wonder the elder brother Mi Zhu treated him differently the last time he went to Mi's mansion, but looking at him now, this kid is very powerful.

"The eldest son is really wise and far-reaching, and I am deeply impressed! If we don't go to Luyang, where should we go?" Mi Fang's attitude was obviously flattering.

The potter lowered his head and looked at the map carefully. To be honest, the map information of the Han Dynasty is too little, and most of the places are marked inaccurately, and the routes are rough. The map books of various provinces, I have a more or less general impression of geography in my mind.

The potter's hand is drawing back and forth on the map, and at the same time, he thinks that Xuzhou belongs to the later Jiangsu Province, while Luoyang, where Dong Zhuo lives, is in the west of Henan Province, separated by the whole Henan area, and the wild jujubes of Cao Cao's troops are in the northeast of Luoyang. Hanoi where Yuan Shao stationed troops is in the north of Luoyang, Luyang where Yuan Shu stationed troops is in the south of Luoyang, and Yingchuan where Kong Ni stationed troops is in the south of Xuchang. Judging from the distance, it should be the farthest from Dong Zhuo, but it is the closest to Xuzhou

"Go to Yingchuan, meet Kong Ni first! Then play by ear!"

"Kong Ni?" Mi Fang said strangely: "It is said that Kong Ni is a talkative man with no military talent, and he has just been appointed governor of Yuzhou. He has fewer soldiers and is not as powerful as us. It is of no use for us to go to him. .”

The pottery merchant smiled and shook his head: "It's because he is weaker than us, and we will make him feel that we value him when we go, so that Kong Ni will also value us, and if we value us, we will have a chance to get rid of him." Take advantage of it."

Chapter 9 Punishment and Bribery

On the first night of arriving at the barracks, under the arrangement of Mi Fang, the pottery merchant met with his subordinates who were going on this expedition.

Inside the handsome tent, wine was set up for a banquet, four school lieutenants, three captains, and fifteen uncles were all present, and the tent seemed crowded for a while, with people crowded by everyone, and it seemed a little seated. No down, even a little buttocks when standing up together.

Mi Fang and Tao Shang sat on the main seats, one on the left and the other on the right, looking at the generals below, thinking about each other.

It was Mi Fang's first time as the main general, the old god was there, he was full of ambition, he seemed to be quite complacent, and he was described as the current him.

The potter was not in such a good mood, he was just observing the people below calmly.

On the surface, everyone seems to be extremely respectful, like a dog to compete with each other; but no one knows what is really going on in their hearts.

But the potters are sure that they don't think of good things in their hearts, at least they are definitely not convinced.

In the previous life, every time an important position in the group was taken by a new parachutist, everyone would be dissatisfied. On the surface, they seemed friendly, but in fact they scoffed behind their backs.This is a kind of human nature, the world of mortals is rolling, which one in the world is not a layman?Those who are not ordinary people generally do not hang around in the world.

We are all human, no matter ancient or modern, our psychological state should be the same.

Mi Fang is leading troops for the first time, and she is a teenage boy with no strength to restrain a chicken. These people have been working with Cao Bao all the year round. The veteran of the Yellow Turban, fearful of the appointment, had to bow his head to himself and Mi Fang, but I'm afraid the bow was not sincere.

According to common sense, the best way is for the potter and Mi Fang to show grace, take their time to subdue their sincerity bit by bit, and use time to enrich their relationship. But now that the battle is imminent, the potter doesn't have so much time to talk about this shit.

At this moment, it is necessary to use a big stick to point and point.

"The Western Expedition will be held soon. I, a pottery merchant, was ordered to supervise the army and go to the front with everyone to punish the thieves and rebels. According to my words, this meal tonight can be regarded as a trip wine or a meeting wine! I and everyone Let’s get to know each other and get to know each other well, in the days to come, we will have to rely on you all to assist General Mi and win a few beautiful victories, don’t dishonor our Xuzhou army’s reputation, do it!”

The potter raised the wine cup, and the school captains and captains in the tent also raised the wine cup together.