There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

"Alas! It's a pity!" After hearing what Li Ru said, Dong Zhuo gave up completely. He beat his knee heavily with his right hand and said, "The former army has changed to the rear army, retreat slowly!"

Following Dong Zhuo's order, we saw that the Xiliang Army's phalanx began to change. The soldiers and horses in the back formation were changed to the front team, escorting half of the officials and ministers to retreat slowly to the rear, while the soldiers and horses in the front were still facing each other. The allied forces of the vassals are ready to fight, and the faces of the soldiers are full of vigilance to prevent the enemy's surprise attack that may occur at any time.

Seeing that Dong Zhuo had already arranged to withdraw the troops, the Tao merchant said to Cao Cao, "Brother Meng De, the old thief has withdrawn the troops. Do we have to hurry up as well?"

Cao Cao nodded first, then shook his head as if thinking of something.

"Don't be in a hurry, brother, the old thief is treacherous and cunning by nature. If we withdraw too hastily, the old thief will see that we are guilty, and we may be in trouble. Let's hold back for now, give the old thief a false impression, and wait for him to withdraw first. After that, we will retreat slowly, so as to confuse Dong thief."

The potter suddenly let out a groan, and squinted at Cao Cao without leaving any trace.

He also said that the old thief is cunning by nature, and I feel that you are much more cunning than him.

The potter followed Cao Cao back to his own army, and when Fang entered the center of the Chinese army, he heard a voice full of suppressed anger roaring in his ears.

"What a boy from the Tao family, thanks to you, you can figure out such a cunning method!"

Tao Merchant's eardrums were buzzing, he hurriedly raised his hand to rub it, turned to look at Zhang Fei, and said helplessly, "General Zhang's yelling, Tao's eardrums can't stand it."

Zhang Fei sneered, raised his hand and patted the potter's shoulder, and said, "Good boy, he's a capable one!"

Liu Bei also rode over and said to the Tao merchant, "Young master Tao can still come up with such a side-door method when he is in danger. Although he is unreasonable, he still saved half of the courtiers. If you continue to delay However, once reinforcements from the Xiliang army arrive, I am afraid that the general situation will collapse, and the courtiers will also "

At this point, Liu Bei sighed and didn't say anything, but everyone understood that if you continue to delay, let alone a single courtier can't be rescued, even the soldiers and horses of the five princes, can they withdraw safely? , is also a problem.

The pottery merchant waved his hand modestly, saying he didn't even dare, but suddenly he saw Wang Yun walking towards him with a dark face, supported by Diao Chan.

Seeing Wang Yun's unfriendly expression, the potter was sweating a little.

When old man Wang walked in front of him, before he could make a move, the pottery merchant took the lead and said, "It's agreed beforehand, don't hit people!"

Wang Yun was stunned, and opened his mouth again.

The pottery merchant hurriedly said again: "You are not allowed to curse people either."

Wang Yun's face turned even darker.

It turns out that the appointments just now are all waiting here!

Another moment passed.

"Stinky boy, you are not a son of man!" In front of Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Bao Xin and many other people, Wang Yun was embarrassed to destroy his foreword, but left this sentence, turned around and ran tremblingly to his car to drive away. and go.

Cao Cao, Liu Bei and the others couldn't help but smile, each snickering, but they couldn't say much.

At this moment, Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses had already retreated far away. Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Bao Xin, Sun Jian and others also went to order the soldiers and horses to withdraw slowly, leaving the potters to rub their noses and ponder.

Just now Wang Yun's sentence "not to be a son of man", is it considered a curse?This old man is really bad, he actually played side-by-side with me, he should be punished for violating the rules.

Wang Yun went back to the car angrily, but Diao Chan didn't move. Looking at Wang Yun's back, she shook her head helplessly.

"Young Master Tao, thank you for your generous help, although your method of helping is a little bit that way"

The pottery merchant gave a noncommittal "hey" and said, "I told you beforehand that I can only save half at most."

Diao Chan nodded when she heard the words. The woman looked at the potter with strange eyes, and her expression seemed rather complicated.

"My adoptive father behaves well, so he may be somewhat dissatisfied with Mr. Tao's way, but he is still grateful to Mr. Tao. If my guess is right, he may still be grateful to Mr. Tao, but it's not easy on the surface, so What you said just now was a bit harsh, so don’t take it to heart, my lord. But the lord’s great virtues to the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, the little girl dares to assert, all the lords will definitely remember it in their hearts.”

The pottery merchant hurriedly declined and said: "It's not necessary, it's just a matter of raising your hands. You are all ministers, and Tao is just a white body. I can't compete with them. From now on, it's better not to violate the river."

Diao Chan was quite surprised when he heard this.

For the potter, taking advantage of this incident is the best moment for him to make friends with these relatives in the court. Why do you look at him, but he seems to be evasive, fearing that he will not be able to avoid it.

The potter is not pretending to be like this, he really doesn't want to, these people are courtiers and important ministers, many of them are people from aristocratic families, and they themselves or the forces behind them are intertwined and extremely complicated. It will become more and more chaotic. If you have too much contact with these people, you will easily be planned into the camp of the royalist party or the family party. When you do things, you will be bound by many etiquette restrictions. If you are not careful, you will be hindered checks and balances.

Aristocratic families have to make friends, but they also have to share time.

At least in the current situation, potters still want to remain neutral and not get involved in any party that balances the political camps around the world.

In life, sometimes the simple may be the best.

"By the way, Miss Diaochan," the pottery merchant suddenly showed a sunny smile at Diaochan.

Diao Chan seemed a little caught off guard by the potter's smile, her face turned red immediately, and she was quite at a loss.

She smoothed the black strands that fell to her ears in her bun, straightened her back slightly, and said in a low voice, "Mr. Tao, what's the matter?"

The pottery merchant still smiled so warmly: "That's what Tao told you just now."

Diao Chan didn't dare to look at the potter's face, her cheeks seemed to turn redder, and said in a low voice, "Little girl has it."

The potter's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he hurriedly asked, "Where did you put the things?"

Diao Chan lowered her head and said in a low voice: "The goldware was hidden in a hurry by the little girl in Situ's Mansion in Luoyang City before she left. I was afraid that it would be robbed by Xiliang soldiers in the chaos on the road. I think I can go back to Luoyang to get it again if I have a chance in the future." not too late"

The potter heard the words and asked hurriedly, "Where are those gold wares hidden in Situ's mansion?"

"Put it in a very secret place, most people will definitely not find it, but the little girl really didn't expect that Dong Zhuo would burn the house in Luoyang"

The potter's smile froze immediately.

This woman is poor.

Chapter 72 Injuries

The soldiers and horses of the Five Route Alliance Army began to return to the army and retreat in the direction of Luoyang.

Along the way, Cao Cao ordered all the ministries to grasp the speed when withdrawing troops, slow down the army, and walk slowly because he guessed that Dong Zhuo was so experienced in using troops that he might secretly send scouts to follow him to investigate the truth.

Although Dong Zhuo brought back some ministers, the old thief must be extremely unwilling. Once his side withdraws too fast, Dong Zhuo will see that he has a guilty conscience. With his decisiveness and ruthlessness, he may dispatch the army to turn around. Chasing and killing, so no matter how anxious you are, you must slow down your pace and use the speed of withdrawing troops to confuse Dong Zhuo.

For Cao Cao's arrangement and scheduling, the pottery merchant only had a short evaluation of two words in his mind, which was clever!

The Five Route Allied Forces withdrew slowly, and finally returned to the western suburbs of Luoyang City in the evening of the next day.

At this moment, Yuan Shao and the other princes who did not send troops to pursue them had already led their troops into Luoyang City and occupied the number one city of the Han Dynasty according to their strength.

After capturing Luoyang, Yuan Shao declared to the outside world that he had won an unprecedented victory.

Cao Cao scoffed at this.

After Zhang Miao's Wei Zi arrived in Luoyang, he bid farewell to everyone and went back to his command.

Cao Cao stationed his soldiers and horses in the western suburbs of Luoyang, and he himself did not enter Luoyang to meet the princes for the time being.

Bao Xin seemed to be quite unimpressed by Yuan Shao's behavior, and joined forces with Cao Cao to set up a camp.