How could Lu Bu in the military formation not hear the irony in Tao Shang's words?

Obviously, Tao Shang had already seen that he wanted to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight. The fisherman benefited, so he had been prepared for him to stab him in the back. After fighting and destroying Liu Bei quickly, he quickly returned to the army and waited for him to come to his door.

Lu Bu was very angry. He felt that the pottery was like a worm in his stomach. He could clearly touch everything he thought, which made him feel a sense of humiliation that he was being played with by the pottery.

The arrogant Lu Bu is not so easy to swallow his anger. The more he thinks about it, the more angry he becomes, the more he feels, and he has the urge to completely tear his face and fight against Tao Shang on the spot.

"Lord, Tao Gong has been prepared for it. If we force ourselves, we may not be sure to win. Xia Pi has a new position and has not yet established a stable foothold. Please think twice." Zhang Liao was quick-witted and whispered in a low voice.

Lu Bu was already holding his anger to his throat, and he suppressed Zhang Liao's reminder.

The secretly gritted teeth finally slowly relaxed. Lu Bu gradually calmed down, took a breath, and said loudly: "I heard the sound of killing outside the city and shook the sky. I thought there was a mutiny and rebellion in your camp, so I rushed to help you quell the rebellion. Judging from your posture, it seemed that it was fine, so I would be relieved."

Lu Bu found a very reluctant excuse to evade the reason why he brought the army to come with murderous aura. Anyone with a little IQ could see that Lu Bu was lying.

"Then I really have to thank Mr. Wen for his concern. There was no rebellion in my camp. That was just that I led my army to attack Liu Bei's camp." The pottery pretended to believe Lu Bu's reason.

Of course he knew that Lu Bu was lying, but like Lu Bu, he had a new large territory and had not yet established a stable foothold. He did not want to start a war with Lu Bu now. Since the other party chose not to tear his face, he would of course go with the flow and give both sides a way out.

"Since this is the case, my marquis' worries seem to be redundant. Then I will go back to the city. Let's see you next day." After Lu Bu said that, he turned around and urged the army to return to the city.

The pottery pretended to be trying to keep him and said loudly: "Would Mr. Wen go back so soon? But come and drink a bowl of good wine. The Gan family aged wine in my tent is the best wine in Xuzhou, and it tastes great."

"No need, Brother Tao has only had a big fight, so I won't disturb you to rest. Let's have a drink another day." Lu Bu felt that every time he stayed for a while, he would be humiliated by the Tao merchant for a moment, and immediately left in a hurry.

The morale of the seven or eight thousand murderous soldiers of the Lu army was frustrated, so they had to change the front team and retreat towards Xia Pi.

Lu Lingji's pretty face turned red with anger. She rushed to catch up with her father and shouted unwillingly: "Master Father, how can we just return empty-handed? So what if that kid is prepared? Let's kill him if we force him."

"You Uncle Wen Yuan is right. Xia Pi is new. People have no intention of winning. Now is not the time to turn against that boy." Lu Bu explained to his daughter calmly.

But Lu Lingji didn't think so much, her almond eyes were round, "But the father-in-law..."

"Enough!" Lu Bu shouted in a deep voice, and a look of anger appeared on his slashed face, "I have made a decision. How dare you question my marquis' decision in front of the soldiers!"

After being yelled by his father, Lu Lingji was shocked. He was reluctant to swallow it, pouted his mouth, and followed the army back to the city in a depressed manner.

As he drifted away, Lu Lingji couldn't help but glance back and looked at the big flag of "Tao" that was showing off his might. She bit her teeth secretly, "Tao Shang, you guy, wait, sooner or later, you will fall into the hands of my aunt..."

In the Tao army, looking at the gradually retreating Lu Bu's army, he was calm on the surface, but quietly breathed a sigh of relief in the secret.

Lu Bu is the best in martial arts world, and he has a powerful general like Zhang Liao, as well as the camp of commander Gao Shun, who is intimidating the world, and the number of troops is above him. If the two armies go to war today, the outcome is still unknown.

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

Tao Shang smiled and pointed at Lu Bu's army, "Madam, when Lu Bu retreated, he was orderly and slowly retreated, and his army was not in chaos. Lu Bu's ability to lead the army was obviously far better than Liu Bei. With our current strength, we are not sure of winning, so there is no need to turn against Lu Bu."

When Lian Po said this, he nodded slightly while stroking his white beard, obviously appreciating the calmness of the pottery merchant.

Mulan saw the situation clearly and looked a little regretful, but said, "Liu Bei escaped and Lu Bu retreated, so what are we doing now?"

"Break the camp back to Tancheng, sit firmly in the territory, win people's hearts, and wait until the time is right, and then compete with Lu Bu." After that, the pottery merchant beat the horse and whipped it, and returned to the camp.

In order to avoid the long night and many dreams, the next day, when the sky was not dawn, the Taoist merchant quietly drove his camp and went north along the Yi River, and left Tancheng.

When passing by the north of Xia Pi, the pottery merchant took several counties including Siwu, the north of Xia Pi, and took them into his pocket.

According to the agreement between the two sides, the pottery merchant sent troops to block Liu Bei, and Lu Bu cut off the counties in the north to the pottery merchant. Now Lu Bu did not turn against the pottery merchants under the city of Xia Pi, so naturally it was difficult to breach the contract. He could only watch the pottery merchants snatched several wealthy counties from him with pain.

This time the war in the south was a great harvest.

In addition to driving away the three brothers of Liu Bei and taking more than a few Fu counties in the northern part of Xia Pi, the most important thing is that he fought in Mukou and defeated Liu Bei's 20,000 troops, of which seven or eight thousand were either surrendered or captured by him.

So many prisoners were all powerful in Xuzhou natives, and they could be adapted into the Tao family army for their own use.

After the surrendered soldiers of seven or eight thousand, the territory of the pottery merchant was more than doubled, and the household registration under his rule was doubled. The supply of grain and grass and the scope of replenishing troops was greatly expanded. There were soldiers, grain and territory. Now the pottery merchant lacked time to consolidate his strength.

Because he knew the truth that there was no day and no two rulers in the people, Xuzhou must not have two rulers at the same time, not to mention that there was Yuan Shu in the south, Cao Cao in the west, and Yuan Shao in the north, and a powerful opponent like Yuan Shao in the north.

He is expanding his strength, and Lu Bu must be doing the same thing, so he must have enough strength to compete with before Lu Bu takes action against him.

Based on this consideration, the first thing the Tao merchant did after he was in Tancheng was to reorganize surrendered soldiers, train soldiers, gather food and grass, and prepare for war every minute and every second when he was arrested.

In terms of military management and military training, there is a master like Lian Po and Fan Kuai, who has now added Li Guang. There is no big problem for the time being, but in terms of governance, he can only rely on Chen Ping as a counselor.

Although Chen Ping was mainly smart, his political points were quite gorgeous. With his political ability, it was more than enough to manage the two counties and states for the pottery merchants.

However, Chen Ping is unruly and usually has a good drink. He is not very concerned about handling government affairs and has not even played out half of his political ability.

The pottery was helpless and had to try every means to "plunder" the cruelties and benevolent ones, thinking about summoning an internal counselor to truly handle government affairs for himself.

But there were fewer ATMs such as "Mi Fang", and the source of these cruel points was reduced by half at once. Before enough points were collected, the pottery decided to use someone who could use it.

It was afternoon, east of Tancheng.

On the avenue, a group of people were marching silently on the way to Tancheng.

In the middle of the team, Mi Zhu's eyebrows were locked, and his eyes were in a deep sleep. His eyes were changing, and he looked worried.

Since surrendering to the pottery merchant in Cangting, although the pottery merchant accepted his surrender, he only asked him to prepare food and grass, and did not grant him a formal official position. This made Mi Zhu always worried, fearing that the pottery merchant would hate his Mi family.

Now, with the power of defeating Liu Bei, the Tao merchant has been to Tancheng for a month. The people are full of their hearts and their reputation has increased greatly, but suddenly he is summoned to Tancheng.

Mi Zhu was nervous and didn't know that Tao merchant was trying his best, so how could he not be worried about it?

"Brother, do you think the pottery merchant will take revenge on us?" Mi Zhen lifted the curtain in the carriage, and an uneasy face was also filled with anxiety.

"It's hard to say." Mi Zhu sighed, showing a little shame, "After all, we helped Liu Bei before and targeted him like that. It's natural for him to settle the score with us now."

When talking about Liu Bei, Mi Zhu's beautiful eyebrows flickered, and deep disappointment and deep resentment flashed in his bright eyes.

She never dreamed that the hero she was interested in would repay his grudges and sent Guan Yu to kill his second brother Mi Fang with his own hands.

When she heard this shocking news, the girl's admiration for the hero was instantly shattered, and all that was left was shame and hatred for Liu Bei.

"Brother, don't blame yourself too much. After all, when it comes to the election of Liu Bei, it was me and I who made the idea together. I was blind and misjudged the person, which caused our Mi family to suffer this great disaster." Mi Zhen sighed quietly, and his pretty face was already regretting himself.

Mi Zhu shook his head and cheered up, "The past is gone, it's better not to mention it. It's normal to have losses and profits in business. If you want to seek revenge on Liu Bei and want to make money back what our Mi family has lost in Liu Bei, it's up to you."

"Don't you?" Mi Zhen looked confused and puzzled for a moment.

"Little sister, don't forget that you and Mr. Tao have an engagement with each other. The hope of our Mi family lies with you." Mi Zhuyu said earnestly.

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