Chapter 80: The Wife's Hand
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After the self-defeat of Yuan, Liu Bei led a victorious army of 20,000 to slowly go north along Surabaya, preparing for the division to go down.
The prestige of this battle was shocked, the threat was lifted, and Liu Bei was not in a hurry to return to Xiapi, and the army was only thirty miles a day.
Liu Bei deliberately showed off his military strength to the people of the counties in the south, so as to convince the people of the people and strengthen his rule over the southern Xu area.
It was already evening, and the Chinese army's tent was full of wine.
The high-spirited Liu Bei was drinking wine with the generals in the tent, talking and laughing, and talking about the world.
"Big brother, I heard that the potter's kid actually captured Yuan Tan alive, and forced Yuan Shao to deign to meet with him before letting Yuan Tan go, this kid is becoming more and more popular, let's go back this time, do you want to clean him up?" Zhang Fei, who was smoky with wine, asked grinningly.
Liu Bei was silent, took a sip of the wine in the cup, and sighed: "After all, he is the son of Tao Gong, Tao Gong told me to take good care of him before he died, and I really don't want to do anything to him unless I have to, after all, I will be slandered." β
"My lord's words are wrong."
Jian Yong shook his head and smiled, "The lord has broken Yuan's technique today, saved the people of Xuzhou from fire and water, his prestige has been flourished, who dares to slander, and the sky will destroy that kid, giving the lord an excellent excuse." β
Liu Bei's eyes moved, and he looked at Jian Yong curiously.
Jian Yong stroked his beard, and the corners of his mouth hooked a mysterious arc, "General Guan sent an urgent report this morning, the pottery merchant's subordinate general Fan Xu, not long ago did not obey his order, and robbed a sum of grain and grass sent by Mi Beijia without authorization, this is an excellent excuse for us, we only need to give him a charge of colluding with Yuan Shu, and then we can send troops to destroy him. β
"Is that so?"
Liu Bei's face was strange, and a trace of excitement flashed in his sunken eyes, but he was obviously deliberately suppressing it, unwilling to show it.
"This matter is true, Yongxian is here to congratulate the lord in advance on his double happiness." Jian Yong arched his hand and smiled.
"Where did the double happiness come from?" Liu Bei pretended to be vague.
At this time, even Zhang Fei understood, and his eyes increased sharply with excitement, and he shouted in a rough voice: "Do you still need to ask, the eldest brother broke the Yuan technique first, and now he can justifiably get rid of the scourge of the wolf ambition of the potter, of course, it is double happiness." β
Liu Bei smiled and said nothing, a glass of wine was poured up, and he praised the good wine, and his pride was already overflowing.
In the big tent, the laughter is more cheerful, and the atmosphere is more and more pleasant.
When the atmosphere was warm, the scouts rushed in and shouted: "My lord, I am engaged in an urgent report, Lu Bu suddenly raised troops to rebel, sent troops to attack Pengchengguo, and now the main army is surrounding Picheng, Chen Zhi asks the lord to return to the division as soon as possible to rescue." β
"What!" Liu Bei suddenly changed color, and the spring breeze on his body was proud, and he was instantly dispelled by this amazing news.
Zhang Fei jumped up, slammed the wine glass to the ground, and scolded angrily: "I said a long time ago, the dog mongrel with the three surnames is not a thing, persuade my brother to get rid of him earlier, brother, you just don't listen, and let Xiao Pei out to him, it's okay now." β
Liu Bei's brows were deep, and his gray face was gradually burning, and there was a kind of nest fire that was avenged by others.
Just before Liu Bei could send slaves, the soldiers rushed in again, and shouted in a more panicked tone: "My lord, the big thing is not good, the pottery merchant of the Lang Evil State suddenly raised troops to rebel, and sent troops to defraud Tancheng, General Guan was defeated by the defeated army, and the general Fu Shiren was captured alive, Tancheng has been breached, and General Guan asked the lord to return to the division to help." β
Thundered!
It was another more powerful thunderbolt, which crashed down on the head, shattering Liu Bei's anger and turning it into a stunned shock.
The kid from the potter's shopkeeper actually rebelled at the same time as if he had made an appointment with Lu Bu, the three domestic slaves.
Lu Bu is just that, after all, Xiapi is still in the hands of Chen Deng, but the potter, this kid, actually broke through Tancheng, which was guarded by Guan Yu?
How is this possible!
"Let your mother's stinky fart, Tancheng is guarded by my second brother, how can it be easily broken by that thief, you kid dare to lie about the military report, Lao Tzu tore you!" The enraged Zhang Fei didn't believe it at all, and kicked the soldier to the ground with one kick.
The soldier screamed in pain, but he was scared to death by Zhang Fei, he didn't care about the pain, and was busy presenting the information, "How dare you lie about the military situation, this is the information that has just been delivered, please take a look at the lord and General Zhang." β
Before Zhang Fei stretched out his hand, Liu Bei had already taken a step forward, snatched the love away, and glanced at it in deep thought.
The more he looked at it, the more gloomy his face became, and he couldn't help but fall to his feet and shouted: "This pottery thief, who is really cunning, even used the excuse of returning grain and grass to seize the city gate, Yun Chang, Yun Chang, how can you be so careless." β
Liu Bei complained and threw the silk book to the ground angrily.
Mi Zhu and Zhang Fei, who were shocked, picked up the information on the ground and took a look, and the mouths of the two people instantly opened to the boss, and they suddenly realized.
Jian Yong's face immediately distorted, and a look of embarrassment and shame appeared.
Just moments ago, he had self-righteously ridiculed that the potters had given them an excuse to rob the grain and bring about their own destruction.
But he didn't want to, the grain robbery was deliberately done by the potter, and it was his trick to defraud Tancheng.
The potter's practical actions deeply humiliated Jian Yong's self-righteousness, making him feel ashamed of being self-conscious.
"Tao thief, Lu Bu, you dare to secretly collude and rebel against me together, hateful ......" Liu Bei gritted his teeth with hatred, and his fists were secretly nervous.
Furious, Liu Bei got up suddenly, and said sharply: "Order the whole army, return to the north tonight, and follow me to suppress the two rebellious thieves!" β
Zhang Fei and Jian Yong and other civil and military officials, knowing that the situation was urgent, dared to hesitate for a moment, and hurriedly went down to give the order.
Liu Bei's anger only subsided slightly, and he secretly swore in his heart: "Tao Shang, I have spared you several times, just for Tao Qian's sake, you dare to openly betray me now, do you really think that Liu Bei has no ruthless means......"
On the same day, 20,000 Liu troops rose out of camp and hurried towards the hinterland of Xuzhou.
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Tancheng.
The head of the city changed the banner of the king, and now, the seat of the East China Sea County is already his potter's shopkeeper.
However, the capture of Tancheng does not mean that he has taken Donghai County.
Xiangben and Lanling counties, which are closer to Tancheng, are afraid of the prestige of the pottery merchants, and they all express their surrender.
In the east, Licheng, Zhuqi, Houqiu, and Qucheng counties are in the Mi family's sphere of influence, and Mi Zhu also made it clear that he supports Liu Bei, and of course these counties will not change their flags.
As for the remaining counties of Chengcheng, because they are far away from Tancheng and are not in the sphere of influence of the Mi family, they did not make a clear response to the invitation of the pottery merchants, and they are obviously still in a wait-and-see state.
Tao Xian knew that they were waiting for Liu Bei's return.
Although the mutiny between the potters and LΓΌ Bu was fierce, Liu Bei still had an army of 20,000 in his hands, and most of the territory of Xuzhou was still in his hands.
Liu Bei heard that the mutineers in Xuzhou would definitely return to the division to quell the rebellion, and at that time there would definitely be a fierce confrontation with the rebels, and the outcome of the war would determine who was the master of Xuzhou.
"This Chen Deng really has two brushes, Lu Bu hasn't taken Picheng for a few days, but Liu Bei is coming back soon, it seems that the plan will never catch up with the changes......" The potter sighed, put down the information in his hand, stretched his waist, and rubbed his shoulders.
The previous battle of Tancheng was too fierce, and my shoulder was a little pumped, and I would sit for a long time, so I couldn't help but feel a little sore in my shoulder.
As he was kneading, there was a sound of light footsteps behind him, and then a pair of hands pressed on his shoulders and gently helped him rub his shoulders.
"Mulan, when did your hand become so gentle." The potter smiled, even if he didn't look back, he could guess that it must be his wife, raised his arm and touched the gentle hand on his shoulder.
When the skin touched, the hands shook violently like an electric shock, and instinctively wanted to pull away.
"It's all old husbands and wives, why are you shy to touch your hands." The potter smiled and teased, but he had to hold it tightly, but he touched it more wantonly.
Touching it, the potter's grinning face gradually became a little strange, "I said Mulan, when did your murderous hands become so smooth, and you don't even have the calluses in your palms, could it be that you got some kind of magic recipe from Bian Que......"
The smooth and fresh feeling made the potter more and more wanton to touch it, and he couldn't help it, and a girl's shy moan came from behind him.