Lu Bu in the military formation, how could he not hear the irony in the Tao Shang's words. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Obviously, the pottery merchant had already seen that he wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and the fisherman would benefit, so he had already guarded against him stabbing him in the back, and after quickly defeating Liu Bei, he quickly returned to the army, waiting for him to send it to the door.

Lu Bu was very angry, he felt that the potter was like a roundworm in his stomach, he could feel everything he wanted clearly, which made him feel a sense of humiliation being played by the potter.

The arrogant Lu Bu is not a person who swallows his anger so easily, the more he thinks about it, the more angry he becomes, and he has the urge to completely tear his face on the spot and fight with the potter.

"Lord, the potter has already prepared, if we are hard to win, we may not have the certainty of victory, the new gain, the foothold is not stable, please think twice." Zhang Liao's eyes were anxious, and he was anxious to persuade in a low voice.

Lu Bu had already held back the anger in his throat, and he gave Zhang Liao this reminder and suppressed it stiffly.

The secretly clenched teeth finally slowly loosened, Lu Bu gradually calmed down, took a light breath, and said in a loud voice: "Ben Hou heard the sound of killing outside the city, thinking that Brother Tao Xian's big camp had a mutiny and rebellion, so he rushed to help you quell the rebellion, looking at your posture, it seems that it is all right, then Ben Hou is relieved." ”

Lu Bu found a very reluctant excuse to prevaricate the reason why he led the army to come in a murderous manner, and anyone with a little intelligence could see that Lu Bu was lying.

"Then I really have to thank Wen Hou for his concern, there was no rebellion in my camp, it was just that I led the army to attack Liu Bei's camp." The potter also pretended to believe Lu Bu's reasoning.

Of course, he knew that Lu Bu was lying, but he, like Lu Bu, had just gained a large piece of territory, and he also had an unstable foothold, and he didn't want to start a war with Lu Bu now.

"Since this is the case, Ben Hou's worries seem to be superfluous, then Ben Hou will return to the city, and we will meet again in the future." Lu Bu said that he turned around and urged the army to return to the city.

The potter pretended to be retained, and said in a loud voice: "Wenhou is going back so soon, but come and drink a bowl of good wine, the Ganjia aging wine in my account is the best wine in Xuzhou, and it tastes great." ”

"No need, Brother Tao Xian has only fought a big battle, Ben Hou won't disturb your rest, let's have a good drink another day." Lu Bu only felt that every time he stayed for a while, he would be humiliated by the potter, and he left in a hurry.

Seven or eight thousand murderous soldiers and soldiers of Lu were demoralized, and they had to change the rear team to the front team and withdraw towards Xiapi.

Lu Lingji's face was flushed with anger, and she turned her horse to catch up with her father, and shouted unwillingly: "Father, how can we just return empty-handed, what if that kid is on guard, let's kill him." ”

"Your Uncle Wen Yuan is right, Xiapi is new, the people's hearts are not attached, there is no certainty of victory, and now is not the time to turn his face with that kid." Lu Bu calmly explained to his daughter.

Lu Lingji didn't think about it a lot, her apricot eyes were round, "But my father is handsome......"

"Enough!" Lu Bu snorted, and his face turned gloomy, "Ben Hou has already made a decision, how dare you question Ben Hou's decision in front of the soldiers!" ”

was drunk like this by her father, Lu Lingji's body was shocked, and she was unwilling to swallow helplessly, pouting her small mouth, and followed the army back to the city sullenly.

As she walked away, Lu Lingji couldn't help but glance back, looking at the banner of the word "Tao", and bit her teeth secretly, "Potter, you stinky boy, just wait, sooner or later you will fall into the hands of your aunt......"

In the Tao army's array, looking at the gradually retreating army of Lu Bu, he was calm and indifferent on the surface, but secretly he was quietly relieved.

Lu Bu is the first in the world in martial arts, and there are fierce generals like Zhang Liao under his command, as well as the trapped camp of Commander Gao Shun, which is powerful in the world, and the number of soldiers and horses is above him.

"Husband, Lu Bu's army has retreated, why don't we take advantage of the situation to cover up and kill it, destroy Lu Bu, and take Xuzhou all." Lu Bu retreated, but Mulan shouted and killed.

The potter smiled, raised his whip and pointed at Lu Bujun, "Madam, you see, when Lu Bu retreated, he was in an orderly manner, slowly retreating, the army was not chaotic, Lu Bu's ability to lead the army is obviously far better than Liu Bei, with our current strength, we are not sure of victory, there is no need to turn against Lu Bu." ”

When these words came out, Lian Po next to him nodded slightly with his white beard, obviously appreciating the potter's calmness.

Hua Mulan saw the situation clearly, her expression was a little regretful, but she said: "Liu Bei has fled, and Lu Bu has also retreated, so what do we do now?" ”

"Pull out the camp and return to Tancheng, sit firmly, collect people's hearts, and when the time is ripe, then compete with Lu Bu." After that, the potter beat his horse and whipped his horse, and returned to the camp.

In order to avoid long dreams at night, when the sky was not bright the next day, the potters quietly secretly pulled out the camp, went north along the Yishui, and went back to Tancheng.

When passing through the north of Xiapi country, the potters easily took several counties such as Siwu in the north of Xiapi into their pockets.

According to the agreement between the two parties, the potters sent troops to block Liu Bei, and Lü Bu cut the northern counties to the potters.

This time to fight in the south, the potters can be regarded as extremely rich.

In addition to driving away Liu Bei's three brothers and getting several more rich counties in the north of Xiapi, the most important thing is that he fought in Mukou and defeated Liu Bei's army of 20,000, of which seven or eight thousand people either surrendered or were captured by him.

With so many captives, all of them are natives of Xuzhou, and they can be adapted into the Tao family army for their own use.

With the reduction of seven or eight thousand soldiers, the potter's territory has more than doubled, and the household registration under his rule has also doubled, the supply of grain and grass, and the scope of the replenishment of the army source have also been greatly expanded.

Because he knows that there is no two days and no two people, a Xuzhou must never have two rulers at the same time, not to mention Yuan Shu in the south, Cao Cao in the west, and a powerful opponent like Yuan Shao in the north.

He was expanding his strength, and Lu Bu must be doing the same, so he had to have enough strength to compete with him before Lu Bu used the knife against him.

Based on this consideration, the first thing the potters did after they were in Tancheng was to reorganize and reduce the soldiers, train the soldiers, gather grain and grass, and prepare the army for every minute and every second.

In terms of army management and training, there are masters like Lian Po Fan Xu, and now there is another Li Guang, there is no big problem for the time being, but in terms of governance, he can only rely on Chen Ping, a strategist.

Although Chen Ping is mainly resourceful, his political points are also quite gorgeous, and with his political ability, it is more than enough to manage two counties for the pottery merchants.

It's just that Chen Ping has a dissolute temperament, is plain and greedy for a cup of good wine, and doesn't pay much attention to handling government affairs, and his political ability has not even been brought into full play.

The potter was also helpless, so he had to find ways to "loot" the cruelty and benevolence, and pondered to summon a member of the internal affairs strategist to come out and really handle government affairs for himself.

It's just that a few ATMs such as "Mi Fang" are missing, and the source of this brutal point is suddenly reduced by half, and before the points are enough, the potter decides to use a person who can be used.

It was afternoon, east of Tancheng.

On the avenue, a team of people and horses were silently marching on the way to Tancheng.

In the middle of the team, Mi Zhu frowned, and in his sunken eyes, his eyes changed uncertainly, and he looked preoccupied.

Since he returned to the pottery merchant in Cangting, although the pottery merchant accepted his submission, he only asked him to prepare grain and grass, and did not give him a formal official position, which made Mi Zhu feel worried, for fear that the pottery merchant would hate his Mi family.

Now the potter has been to Tancheng for a month with the power of defeating Liu Bei, and the people's hearts are full of people, and his prestige has increased greatly, but he was suddenly summoned to Tancheng.

Mi Zhu was worried, and he didn't know that the potter was in his heart, so how could he not be preoccupied.

"Big brother, do you say that the Tao Chamber of Commerce will take revenge on us?" In the carriage, Mi Zhen lifted the curtain, and her dignified face was also filled with unease.

"It's hard to say." Mi Zhu sighed, showing a little shame, "After all, we helped Liu Bei before, and we targeted him like that, and it is only natural that he is now looking for us to settle accounts with the Queen of the Autumn." ”

At the mention of Liu Bei, Mi Zhu's eyebrows froze, and deep disappointment flashed in her bright eyes, as well as deep resentment.

She never dreamed that the hero she fancied would take revenge and send Guan Yu to kill her second brother Mi Fang with his own hands.

When she heard this earth-shattering nightmare, the girl's admiration for the hero was shattered in an instant, and all that was left was shame and hatred for Liu Bei.

"Big brother doesn't have to blame himself too much, after all, in the matter of selecting Liu Bei in the first place, it was me and you who took the idea together, but it was I who was blind and saw the wrong person, so that our Mi family suffered this catastrophe." Mi Zhen sighed faintly, and her pretty face was already gloomy and self-reproachful.

Mi Zhu shook his head and cheered himself up, "The past is gone, don't mention it." It is normal to have losses and profits in trading, if you want to seek revenge on Liu Bei, and if you want to earn back what our Mi family lost in Liu Bei, you can only rely on you. ”

"Rely on me?" Mi Zhen's face was dazed, and she was puzzled for a while.

"Little sister, don't forget, you still have a marriage contract with that Tao Gongzi, and the hope of our Mi family is all in you." Mi Zhu said earnestly.

At the mention of the marriage contract, Mi Zhen's body shook slightly, and her face was suddenly dyed with a little red.