"There is no reason. Mi Zhu has no reason to surrender. He made a clear return. The Taoist merchant beat Mi Zhu heavily in front of more than a thousand people. How could he be surrendering?"

Chen Gong's eyes rolled and he immediately responded. In fact, he also guessed that Mi Zhu might have surrendered, but he wanted to be beaten by those thirty sticks, but if Mi Zhu really surrendered, he was using his life to play a trick. He didn't believe Mi Zhu had this courage.

"Then the public station thought, why could the pottery merchant see through our plan and set up an ambush in advance? Could he really be so good at predicting things?" Chen Deng asked coldly, with a hidden sarcasm in his tone.

"Maybe...maybe..." Chen Gong stuttered for a few moments, and his eyes suddenly lit up, "Maybe someone among us secretly communicated with the pottery merchant and revealed the secret to the pottery merchant."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's expressions changed.

Lu Lingji seemed to suddenly remember something and hurriedly said, "Father, when his daughter fought with the pottery merchant, the little thief once said that sooner or later someone would give him the head of the pottery merchant. Perhaps there are really spies among us who secretly communicated with the pottery merchant."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Deng sneered and said disapprovingly: "Miss is too worried. Even if the Tao merchant really has his chess pieces among us, how could he say it clearly? He is clearly using a plan to distract himself. Don't believe it easily."

"That may not be. Maybe Tao Shang succeeded in his treacherous plan, and he was so proud that he missed his words." Chen Gong immediately sang a counter-tune with Chen Deng.

In fact, he felt that Tao Shang was using Lu Lingji to implement a counter-espionage plan, but he had to sing a counter-tune with Chen Deng. Otherwise, if Mi Zhu really surrendered, the responsibility for the failure and failure would be borne by him. Chen Deng, who advocated being cautious, would take away Lu Bu's trust.

Lu Bu's face became more and more gloomy, and his eyes became more and more suspicious. He obviously had already leaned towards Chen Gong's guess. He suddenly looked back and swept towards the civil and military officials.

His eyes had an innate power, and now he was jealous of suspicion. He suddenly glared like this, and he stared at everyone so that they bowed their heads and dared not look at them. He had not done anything wrong, but he also stared at them as if he was a little guilty.

Chen Deng couldn't bear to see it anymore and couldn't help reminding him: "Lord, is it that the Tao merchant leaked his mouth or that he was deliberately implementing a divisive plan? There is no definite evidence yet. If you doubt it like this, wouldn't it be a big deal that everyone would be in danger, but instead helped Tao merchant."

Lu Bu's figure shook slightly, and suddenly realized it. His face suddenly stopped, and he returned to his arrogant look in a blink of an eye.

He raised a disdainful sneer on the corner of his mouth, gently brushed his hand, and said disapprovingly: "It's just a loss of only three thousand soldiers. What's the point? Don't let the spirits go first. It's best not to make this happen, so as not to make the soldiers uneasy."

Lu Bu stopped pursuing it. Chen Gong secretly breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly retreated. The other civil and military officials also dispersed and scolded the soldiers who were watching the fun at the gate of the camp to return to their camps.

Lu Bu held his head and chest up. With the disappointed eyes of the soldiers, he pretended to be calm and went to the big tent, as if nothing had happened.

Once back to the Central Army's tent, Lu Bu slapped the table with a "bang" sound.

He originally wanted to use the 300,000 hu of grain and grass he stole to boost the morale of the soldiers, but he did not expect that the grain and grass would not be welcomed, but he was wiped out by three thousand elite soldiers. He made a huge joke in front of all the soldiers of the army and damaged his face. How could he not make him angry?

Lu Lingji followed Bu and put the big tent. Seeing his father and commander's disappointment and anger, he said ashamed: "Father and commander, Lingji failed, and his soldiers and generals were lost, and his reputation was damaged."

After taking a few deep breaths, Lu Bu barely calmed down his anger, "Victory and defeat are common in military affairs, and it is not worth mentioning. Besides, Ling Ji, you were ambushed by the little thief this time. No wonder you?"

Lu Lingji's hanging heart was then slightly relieved and she let out a sigh of relief.

"Ling Ji, you are covered in blood. Could it be that you are injured?" Lu Bu's anger calmed down, and then he noticed that his daughter was covered in blood.

As soon as he mentioned this injury, Lu Lingji couldn't help but see her chest pierced by Tao Shang's sword, and a hint of blush appeared on her face.

Seeing her face turned red and her emotions were abnormal, Lu Bu felt more and more strange and asked again: "Ling Ji, why is your face so red? Tell my father, where are you hurt?"

"I...I..."

Lu Lingji was embarrassed for a moment. She was not afraid of her father knowing that she was injured by Tao Merchant. However, the wounded place was extremely embarrassing, making it difficult for her to speak of. Otherwise, what would you do? Can you tell her father that she was stabbed in the chest by Tao Merchant with a sword? She was so embarrassed that she was so embarrassed.

When he was embarrassed, Lu Lingji suddenly had an idea and covered her shoulder and said, "My daughter was scratched by the thief with a sword. She was just a minor injury. The father and commander don't have to worry."

Lu Bu suddenly became furious again and said angrily: "Tao Shang Xiao Thief, how dare I hurt my daughter Lu Bu. If I don't tear you into pieces, how can I eliminate the hatred in my heart!"

Under the extreme hatred, Lu Bu's murderous aura erupted like a volcano. He immediately ordered to gather the troops and horses that went to capture the counties and concentrate their forces to launch an attack on Tancheng.

Two days later, Lu Bu began to attack Tancheng.

Lu Bu was forced to do nothing, and he had to do so.

The failure of the grain robbery and nearly 3,000 elite troops were lost, which made Lu Bu dare not divide his troops to sweep the counties in the East China Sea and rob the grain and grass.

If Lu Bu does not rob food and grass and uses war to support the war, he will not be able to make up for the insufficient supply of logistics food and grass. If he continues to waste this, he will sooner or later run out of food and grass and retreat. At that time, the battle to destroy Tao that was carefully planned by Bu will fail, which is something that Lu Bu cannot tolerate.

Lu Bu is not a brainless man. He also knows that Tancheng is strong in defense. With his little troops, he will definitely not be able to attack him, and he can only lose his troops.

The only hope is to induce the pottery merchant to take the initiative.

Therefore, for seven days, Lu Bu called war and cursed outside Tancheng every day, scolding the 18th generation of Tao Shang's ancestors, just to anger Tao Shang to fight.

Although Tao Shang was very angry, he knew Lu Bu's intention very well. He suppressed the anger in his heart, and he would not be fooled by Lu Bu, but he refused to go to war.

Before he knew it, Lu Bu's call lasted until the eighth day.

In the afternoon of that day, in the lobby of the prefecture, the pottery merchant was drinking a small wine and discussing affairs with the civil and military officials, but the personal army outside the hall came inside to report that it was Lu Bu and sent an envoy to issue a letter of war.

"The word 'Yu' is well used. Lu Bu is already the fourth letter of war. He is really persistent." Tao Shang sneered and waved his hand to send the messenger in.

Soon, Lu Bu's envoy stepped into the hall with a pride.

"I am hereby the order of Mr. Wen to challenge you. Zhan Shu is here." The envoy did not respect him, but only took Zhan Shu out of his arms and proudly raised him to the Tao Shang.

"What did Lu Bu say again? Read it yourself." The Taoist sipped a sip of wine and even read the letter.

The messenger was stunned and looked unhappy, but he had to hold back his anger, open the war book, and read it loudly in front of everyone.

From Mulan, the mistress, to the mighty generals like Fan Kuai, everyone heard that their anger gradually ignited, and they clenched their fists, and their hatred was written on their faces.

Lu Bu's war letter was extremely arrogant and extremely contemptuous and satirized the pottery merchant, which satirized the pottery merchant as being timid and weak, and would only hike in Tancheng and dare not fight him to the decisive battle.

As the saying goes, the master is humiliating and the minister dies. How can such an irresponsible book of war be avoided from being angry with Mulan and the others?

The Tao merchant was also angry in his heart, but he knew that the overall situation was the most important, suppressing the anger in his heart, and his face was indifferent from beginning to end.

After reading the war book with great silence, the messenger glanced at Tao Shang with his nostrils and said loudly: "My Marquis Wen also said that if you are still as timid as a mouse and dare not fight, my Marquis Wen will send someone back to Xia Pi and dig your father Tao Qian's tomb."

Dig a grave!

In Tao Shang's eyes, murderous aura suddenly burst out, and his suppressed anger was about to erupt.

To be honest, Tao Shang had no deep feelings for his cheap father, and he died, and he never missed him.

But everyone in the world knows that he is Tao Qian's son. If even his tomb is dug, what kind of face will he have to keep going?

When digging people's ancestral graves, it has to be said that in order to force him to fight, Lu Bu has used such vicious and shameless means.

The generals on both sides were even more angry and shouted to fight to fight with Lu Bu.

In the anger of the crowd, only Chen Ping, who had been drinking, seemed to be drunk, but in fact he was as clear as a mirror. He shook his head secretly at Tao Shang, implying that he would not be blinded by anger for a moment.

The potter's anger was burning, but reason told him not to act impulsively. The generals were asking for battle indignantly, and the envoy Lu Bu looked at him arrogantly. He seemed to have been forced to make a decision and had to make a decision.

Just then, a young man in simple clothes walked into the hall calmly, walked to the pottery and whispered.

Everyone recognized that the young man was the martial arts lecturer secretly summoned by the Taoist merchant on the same day. After summoning this man, the Taoist merchant claimed that he had a clever plan to defeat the enemy, but he didn't know why this man appeared at this time.

While everyone was suspicious, Tao Shangshen's eyebrows quietly unfolded, and a cold smile appeared on his young face.

"Push this dog thing down and dismember me the five horses!" Tao Shang suddenly slapped the table and shouted, and his murderous aura suddenly arose.

The soldiers on both sides had long wished that this would happen, and several soldiers immediately rushed over and captured the envoy.

The envoy changed his color in horror, and he was completely arrogant and shouted, "I am the envoy of Wen Hou. The two armies are fighting. If they don't kill the envoy, why don't you kill me?"

"Your master is going to dig my ancestral grave. Can't I kill him an envoy? Just drag it on!" Tao Shang's tone was incredible, with an unquestionable power.

The soldiers rushed forward and without saying a word, dragging the howling messenger down ruthlessly.

The envoy was killed, and the remaining servants of his servants were so scared that they were trembling and did not even dare to raise their heads.
Chapter completed!