In an instant, Cao Cao's face, which was originally filled with evil smiles, solidified into a moment of annoyance and anger. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Thinking of him Cao Mengde, he already likes women, and I heard that the pottery merchant raised many beauties in the world as wives, so he has long been jealous.

This will make him suppressed by Tao Duan's words, his heart is suffocated, and he forgets his demeanor for a while, so he wants to humiliate the potter with this matter, and admire and appreciate the potter's annoyed and angry look.

But he completely forgot that his wife and daughter fell into the hands of potters when he escaped from the Central Plains.

Moreover, the slut of the Bian family was still under the coercion of the potter, and wrote a letter of persuasion to him.

The potter's re-mention of Bian's mother and daughter was tantamount to revealing Cao Cao's scar again, and he also sprinkled a handful of salt on the bloody wound by the way.

"Pottery thief, you-" Cao Cao, who was embarrassed and angry, pointed his horsewhip at the pottery merchant, and wanted to reprimand angrily.

The potter didn't give him a chance to get angry, and said with a smile: "Think about it carefully, that Bian is really a beauty, how can such a beauty let her stay alone in the empty room, Cao Cao, don't worry, I will moisturize her on your behalf, haha-"

After that, the potter looked up to the sky and laughed wildly, whipped his horsewhip, and galloped away like the wind, leaving Cao Cao behind him embarrassedly.

Cao Cao's anger was so angry that he had no way to vent, so he could only rot in his mouth, his face was full of anger, and his chest was about to explode.

At this moment, Cao Cao felt that he, an old rascal, had encountered a more "shameless" little rascal like a potter, and it was really useless.

"Tao thief, this king will not destroy you under this Jinyang City, and he will not retreat." After holding back the fire for a long time, Cao Cao could only shout at the potter who had already run away, and then he was full of displeasure and turned his horse back to the battle.

The two armies returned to their respective camps, and a battle ended in defeat for the Qin army.

In the next nearly half a month, the Quartet stood still, and Cao Cao and Liu Bei didn't dare to toss anything more in view of the defeat of both the fighting array and the fighting generals, let alone Yuan Shang in Jinyang City.

The three kingdoms are all immovable, and the potters are also happy to be idle, just drinking wine in the camp all day long, listening to Zhen Mi and Daji, two beauties, talk about love, and increase their feelings.

Before I knew it, half a month had passed.

Qin Ying, the king's tent.

"Liu Biao is useless, why is the little overlord of Jiangdong so useless, it has been two months since he sent troops, and he still can't open the situation." Cao Cao threw the silk book information in his hand on the desk, and the words "hate it" were written on his scorched face.

Guo Jia sighed softly: "That Lian Po is not only extraordinary in martial arts, but also has a very strong ability to command troops, plus Chen Deng is a strategist, with Liu Biao's ability, if he wants to capture Wancheng, I am afraid that he is really not very sure, as for Huainan, this Le Yi ......."

As soon as the words turned, Guo Jia's eyes showed a bit of strangeness, "This person is also from the disciple of the pottery thief, but the strength is surprisingly strong, Zhou Yu attacked Xuzhou from the sea before, the situation was very good, but he rushed back to the sea for this Wai Le Yi, there is this person to guard Shouchun, even if the little overlord personally goes out, if he wants to capture Shouchun in a short time, I am afraid that it is not realistic." ”

Cao Cao's face became even more ugly, and his brows became deeper and deeper.

Seeing this, Guo Jia smiled with relief: "But the king doesn't need to worry too much, after all, the pottery thief is fighting on several fronts at the same time, with the material resources of the Central Plains, and my five countries, sooner or later it will be overwhelming, as long as we drag it out, the longer it drags on, the more beneficial it will be for us, I believe that as long as Sun Ce is given enough time, Shouchun will definitely make a breakthrough." ”

With his words, Fang Shi swept away the haze in Cao Cao's heart, making his face turn from gloomy to sunny.

After a moment of silence, the corners of Cao Cao's mouth hooked a sneer, "Feng Xiao's words are reasonable, this king doesn't believe that he really has three heads and six arms, and he can single-handedly take on the world's heroes, he wants to consume, and this king will accompany him to consume it, and see who consumes it first." ”

In the king's tent, the unpleasant atmosphere was swept away, and the confidence of Cao Ying's monarchs and ministers burned again.

"Newspaper - Guanzhong Urgent Report - " At this moment, the scout's exclamation interrupted the pleasant atmosphere.

Guanzhong urgent?

Cao Cao's heart shook slightly, thinking that something was wrong with Tongguan.

When Cao Cao withdrew the troops of Hanguguan and moved to merge with the state, in order to prevent Zhou Yafu from leading the army to take the opportunity to counterattack, he left his eldest son Cao Ang, and fiercely guarded Tongguan with Xu Huangzhen to resist Zhou Yafu's attack.

"Tongguan is solid, and there is a safe general like Xu Gongming to help Ang'er hold on, what kind of chaos can happen." Cao Cao frowned and shouted.

The scout said in a trembling voice: "King Yu, it's not Tongguan who has a problem, it's Hanzhong." ”

Hanzhong!

Cao Cao's face changed, and thoughts flew in his mind in an instant, and he suddenly seemed to have guessed something.

"Could it be that Liu Zhang is restless?" Guo Jia's face also sank.

"Hanzhong urgent report, Liu Zhang has been a few days ago to do the army of Shu, the army of the Di people, invaded my Hanzhong, now the enemy army is rushing to attack Yangping Pass, Liu Zhang's troops are very sharp, General Xiahou is struggling to defend the palace, and send an urgent report to the king for help."

Boom Boom

A thunderbolt slammed into the tent of the King of Qin, shaking the monarchs and ministers of the Qin State to mutini in an instant, and the pleasant atmosphere was swept away, and it was replaced by shock in an instant.

Whether it was Cao Cao or Guo Jia, no one thought that Liu Zhang, who had been silent, would choose to stab them in the back at this juncture.

Cao Cao was shocked for a moment, and suddenly a hint of strange color flashed in his eyes, remembering the wild words that the potter said when he met with the potter's single horse half a month ago.

The potter arrogantly declared that he expected to retreat in twenty days without a fight.

At that time, Cao Cao mistakenly thought that the potters were just deliberately boasting about Haikou in order to fight over their tongues, but he didn't expect that it would really become a fact.

"This king understands, this kid of the pottery thief must have sent a lobbyist to sneak to Shu, saying that Liu Zhang sent troops to Hanzhong and threatened my flank and rear." Cao Cao Tie's face was blue and he said in a deep voice.

The ministers were shocked, and suddenly realized.

"Before, we all thought that Liu Zhang was the lord of weakness, and then the attack on Shu failed, only to know that Liu Zhang was deliberately showing weakness, in fact, he is also a hero, with Liu Zhang's knowledge, even if he wants to seize Hanzhong, he should choose us to kill you and the pottery thief, and send troops when both are defeated, how can he choose this time to send troops, didn't he only help the pottery thief?" Liu Ye questioned.

"Ahem...... Guo Jia said meaningfully: "Unless the pottery thief sends a top lobbyist, he can persuade Liu Zhang to choose not the most beneficial to himself, but the most beneficial time for the pottery thief to send troops to commit my Hanzhong." ”

Top lobbyist?

Liu Ye was stunned at first, and then suddenly realized, "I heard that under the command of the pottery thief, there is a lobbyist named Zhang Yi, who claims to have a three-inch tongue, and he has lobbied Liu Biao several times for the pottery thief to send troops to attack Xudu, forcing us to withdraw at a critical moment. ”

Zhang Yi's name appeared for the first time in the heated discussion of the monarchs and ministers of the Qin State, which amazed the heroes.

Zhang Yi ...... Such an immortal lobbyist can even be used by pottery thieves, potters, potters, how many strange people do you still have in your hands......"

Cao Cao gritted his teeth slightly, and secretly sighed, his eyes were both disgusted and a little jealous and envious.

"No matter who persuaded Liu Zhang, I'm afraid we will have to retreat." Guo Jia sighed helplessly, interrupting everyone's heated discussion and exclamation of Zhang Yi.

Bang!

Cao Cao's fist slammed into the desk hard, his brows were deeply locked, his scorched face was burning with hatred and unwillingness, and he gritted his teeth and said: "This God-given great opportunity to annihilate the pottery thief, how can this king be willing to give up like this!" ”

Joining forces with the world's heroes to besiege the potters, such an excellent opportunity is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

If Cao Cao withdraws from the army, it will be tantamount to his dream of returning to the Central Plains, which will once again be disappointed.

Moreover, he retreated like this, with only Liu Bei and Yuan Shang's soldiers and horses, there was really no chance of winning if he wanted to stop the pottery merchants, and the fall of the Jin Kingdom was probably inevitable.

Once the Jin State was overthrown and the state was annexed to the Wei State, the potter was equivalent to hanging a sharp sword from his side.

At that time, as long as the time was ripe, the potters could launch a simultaneous attack on his Qin state from Nanyang, from Luoyang, and from Hedong.

"With the character of Xiahou Miaocai, if it is not a critical situation, I am afraid he will never ask the king for help, Yangping Pass is the key to Hanzhong, once lost, Hanzhong will be in danger, if Hanzhong is lost, then Liu Zhang's Shu army can cross the Qinling Mountains, attack Guanzhong in one fell swoop, and even directly threaten Chang'an, and the main force of our army has poured out, Chang'an is empty, and there is almost no ability to defend it." Guo Jia saw that Cao Cao didn't want to withdraw his troops, so he analyzed and reminded.

Liu Ye was also busy saying: "Feng Xiao's words are reasonable, if our army withdraws now, Liu Bei and Yuan Shang work together, maybe they can last a few days, and after we repel Liu Zhang, it is not too late to return to Jinyang." ”

Cao Cao was silent, and the unwilling look in his eyes became lighter and lighter, and gradually all of them were replaced by helplessness.

After weighing it for a long time, Cao Cao exhaled deeply and said in a deep voice: "That's it, pass the order, the whole army will immediately return to the south and go to save Yangping Pass, and when it is Liu Zhang's house that is repulsed, come back to clean up the pottery thief."

The order was handed down, and tens of thousands of Cao troops quietly left the camp that night, and retreated south under the cover of night.

……

Northeast of Jinyang City, the Yan army camp.

"What? Gongsun Du, how dare you offend my Youzhou? ”

In the king's tent, a roar of shock and annoyance sounded, and Liu Bei had already jumped up, his gray face full of anger.

"The king, according to Tian Yu's urgent report, Gongsun Du accepted the title of Duke of Liao from the Tao thief a few days ago, and suddenly entered my Liaoxi County with 20,000 Liaodong iron cavalry, all the way to the battle, the soldiers have crossed the Great Wall, approaching the right Beiping County Governor's office, Tian Taishou has few soldiers, please send reinforcements to rescue the king."

Liu Bei's old face was completely gloomy, and in addition to annoyance, there was more unbelievable in his eyes.

You must know that since he stole Youzhou, under the banner of benevolence and righteousness, he spared no expense to marry the Xianbei, Wuhuan and other Hu tribes, and he also tried his best to win over Gongsun Du in the east.

Just a few months ago, when he raised an army to attack Wei, Gongsun Du also specially presented 500 Liaodong horses as a gift to Liu Bei, and expressed his respect and support for him, the king of Yan of the Han Dynasty.

It was precisely because of this that he dared to rest assured that he would be of use in boldly going south.

But Liu Bei never expected that this Gongsun Du would turn his face when he said it, and he chose such a critical moment to suddenly stab himself in the back.

Liu Bei was shocked and annoyed, and Zhang Fei and other generals of Yan State were all shocked and indignant, and scolded Gongsun Du for being shameless and treacherous.

In the midst of indignation and scolding, Zhuge Liang sighed softly, "Gongsun Du is an ambitious person, he is just a good friend with us on the surface, but in fact, he also has a heart for Youzhou, but what makes Liang strange is that who the pottery thief sent to Liaodong can persuade Gongsun Du to send troops to attack our Youzhou at the not the best time, and he has done the pottery thief a great favor." ”

As soon as Zhuge Liang said this, Liu Bei and his ministers in the account were all in deep confusion and amazement.