There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

Cao Cao nodded, then turned to look at Liu Bei and Guan Yu who were silent, and asked a slightly embarrassing question after a while.

"How should this battle achievement be reported to the leader?"

One sentence hits the point!If we talk about the merits of breaking Huaxiong, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and the pottery merchants all have merits, but it is hard to say who should be rewarded for killing Huaxiong.

When Cao Cao asked this sentence, he naturally knew that he was only responsible for planning, not killing the general. The person who defeated Huaxiong was Guan Yu. Thanks for the credit, this is a bit difficult to handle.

So simply throw out the question and let them decide for themselves.

Liu Bei hesitated when he heard this.

Killing Hua Xiong, if it is passed on to the general, it will surely shock the world and become famous, but Tao Shangjun has indeed made a lot of contributions. Although it is superfluous for him to force Hua Xiong to death just now, he has done everything after all. , cannot deny the merit.

"Master Tao, this"

As soon as Liu Bei opened his mouth, the pottery merchant hurriedly said: "Mr. Xuande, my younger brother is not talented. I just talked about it casually. How can we judge victory or defeat by words on the battlefield? We should judge victory by military exploits and take Hua Xiong's credit. , Forgive me, brother, I can’t bear it even if I die!"

After all, he bowed deeply to Liu Bei, which meant that he would never accept it.

All of a sudden, Liu Bei was confused. Liu Bei originally thought that the pottery merchant was one of the princes, the son of the governor of Dazhou, and he would definitely compete with himself, a small county official, but he never thought that this son would be so humble. It's quite like everyone.

This kid is honest and honest, he is really a little gentleman.

Seeing the pottery like this, Cao Cao came out to smooth things over, and said with a smile, "Since this is the case, there is no need for Duke Xuande to be overly modest. Everyone has seen Yun Chang's achievements. I think I will follow Brother Tao's intention and report Hua Xiong's death." The credit goes to Yun Chang.”

Liu Bei was embarrassed when he heard the words, and took a peek at the potter. Seeing that the potter's face was calm and there was no displeasure, he just relaxed, and cupped his hands and said, "In that case, on behalf of the second brother, Bei will thank the two for their humility." gone."

The pottery merchant hurriedly said, "Don't dare." But he winked at Yang Zhan who was behind him.

This Xiaowei Yang is indeed a smart man. On the battlefield just now, he already had a general idea of ​​what the pottery merchant wanted. Now that he saw the pottery merchant's eyes, he couldn't understand it, so he hurriedly said: "The last general Yang Zhan congratulates Xuan Xuan!" De Gong and Yun Changgong won this battle, after this battle, the two will be famous all over the world, and they can also receive the five hundred gold reward from the leader, which is really enviable and admirable!"

Naked run on people.

Upon hearing this, Liu Bei hurriedly said: "Bei and the second younger brother have already gained merit in vain, how dare you swallow the leader's reward again, Mr. Tao has also made meritorious service, if you don't dislike it, Bei is willing to give the leader's reward to show your heart. "

Tao Shang gave Yang Xiaowei a thumbs up in his heart.

This kid is sensible and worthy of great use.

The pottery merchant smiled at Liu Bei and said, "That's so embarrassing."

Liu Bei hurriedly said: "Young Master Tao, you must have it, otherwise you will be trapped in injustice."

The pottery merchant hesitated for a moment, and then slowly said after a long while, "Then I, will I keep it for Duke Xuande first?"

Liu Bei nodded quickly and said, "Okay, you keep it, you keep it."

After a few words of politeness, they parted temporarily, ordering their men and horses to clean up the battlefield and collect the ordnance.

Riding Liu Bei away, Cao Cao quietly walked up behind the potter, and said with a smile, "Brother Tao, you are a thief, and five hundred lin toe gold, do you want Cao to keep half of it for you?"

Pottery: ""

Chapter 42 The Movement of Both Sides

The news of Hua Xiong's murder spread rapidly throughout Henan and the Sili region. As the saying goes, some families are happy and others are sad.

Those who were happy, undoubtedly, were on the side of the princes of the Kanto region, and those who were worried, were naturally on the side of Dong Zhuojun.

At this time, Dong Zhuojun blocked the Kwantung Army's offensive with heavy troops on the other two routes!The first soldiers, Li Jue and others followed Dong Zhuo's tactics, smuggled into Xiaopingjin, defeated Wang Kuang, and shattered Yuan Shao's attempt to steal Ao Cang!The second Suanzao road had Dong Zhuo personally sitting in the town, but there was no direct confrontation, delaying and blocking the offensive of the alliance army.

Only in this third way, Dong Zhuojun had the most advantage, but suffered a crushing defeat.

Once Hua Xiong died, the southern gate would be opened, and Dong Zhuo's troops from the other two routes would not be able to withdraw even if they had the upper hand. Otherwise, once the coalition's southern route army attacked Hulao Pass, Luoyang would be in jeopardy and the consequences would be disastrous.

An inadvertent move lost everything, Dong Zhuo was so angry that he had to withdraw all his troops and go back to Xingyang to defend. All the elite troops were stationed at Hulao Pass, guarding the last gate for Luoyang.

In Hulao Pass, Dong Zhuo slapped the table vigorously, his eyebrows were raised upright, and his face was trembling back and forth.

"I didn't expect the Kwantung Army to have this ability. It is really hateful to behead the governor who was personally appointed by the old man! Who is the one who killed Hua Xiong?"

Li Ru below touched his sparse goatee and sighed: "It is said that among the princes of the Guandong, the one who fought against Hua Xiong was the rebel Cao Aman, and the eldest son of Tao Qian from Xuzhou and a branch of Gongsun Zan who killed Hua Xiong. Xiongzhe, I heard that he is an unnamed general named Guan Yu."

Dong Zhuo snorted, "Ah Cao, you didn't lie to this thug, not only did you betray the old man before, but you actually planned to break me. Truly some amazing people.”

Li Ru was silent for a while, and said: "Xiangguo, Huaxiong is an important town in our army. This time it was beheaded, and the whole army was shaken. Although Hulao Pass is strong, I am afraid that with such morale, I will not be able to hold it for a long time. I need to do it sooner. Good strategy."

Dong Zhuo stood up, walked back and forth twice in the hall with his huge body, and suddenly said, "Why are you panicking? I have already dispatched Feng Xian and his Luoyang Northern Army and Bingzhou Army to come. Many, let's see who can stand against my son!"

Li Ru couldn't help being shocked when he heard the words: "Zhi Jinwu led the northern army to guard the capital, and shocked all officials to prevent accidents. If they are transferred to Xingyang, what should we do if Luoyang changes?"

Dong Zhuohao said angrily: "It's a joke, who dares to rebel!"

Li Ru hurriedly said: "Ordinary officials may not have such thoughts, but the veteran officials of the Han Dynasty who are the leaders must guard against them. Yuan Shao's uncle Yuan Kui is now the head of the officials and has the honor of the Taifu. Give us a fire in the backyard, I'm afraid the crisis will be serious!"

When Dong Zhuo heard this, he didn't answer for a long time, and then he opened his mouth after a long time: "How can you allow others to sleep soundly on the side of the couch? The old thief Yuan Kai is the uncle of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. I have wanted to kill him for a long time, but the surname Yuan is well-known. Those who come from the Yuan family are all of good status, and have many contacts with various families, if they are killed without reason, I am afraid that people in the world will discuss it."

Li Ru shook his head and said: "The matter has come to this, the hearts of the gentry are no longer available, the urgent need to delay is to solve the immediate difficulties. If the old thief Yuan Kai is not eliminated, there will be trouble in the end."

After a long silence, Dong Zhuo finally heard a long sigh

"This old man wanted to make friends with all the scholars, but the scholars would not allow me, so they insisted on forcing me to be the murderer. The order was given to Niu Fu, who was in charge of the army in Luoyang. When the order came, he would immediately kill the whole family of Yuan Kai. No one would be left behind. Once you have one, he is the only one who asks!"

Yangren City.

Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Tao Shang and others killed Hua Xiong and achieved a major victory. This time Cao Cao really rewarded the three armies and banqueted the generals in Yangren City, but he never intended to enter the army.

Tao Shang knew in his heart that Cao Cao was afraid of attacking Xingyang first and stealing Yuan Shao's limelight, which would easily arouse his envy and resentment, so he stopped marching temporarily.

However, even without the army temporarily, Cao Cao and others still waited for three important news, and none of these three important news was beneficial to their own side.

"Sun Jian was defeated by Xu Rong? How is this possible!" Liu Bei looked at Cao Cao who told him the news in surprise, his face full of negation of Cao Cao.

Cao Cao shook the battle report slips in his hands, and said helplessly: "It's absolutely true. Although Cao didn't want to believe it, the fact is that Sun Jian hid his troops and made Kong Ni's advance into a suspicious soldier. He wanted to lure Xu Rong to underestimate the enemy, but Seen through by Xu Rong, he resorted to tactics, first concentrated his forces to defeat Kong Ni, and then pretended to speed up the advance of the Xiangyang people, but in the end it was hidden!"

Liu Bei's face darkened: "Sun Wentai is a famous general in the world, Xu Rong was able to defeat him. Although this person is not well-known, he must be a rare general! Dong Thief has a man under his command."

I thought that Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Tao Shang would face Hua Xiong all the way, but if Sun Jian met Xu Rong, he would be sure to win. Who would have thought that the result would be completely reversed. Fortunately, Xu Rong heard the news that Hua Xiong had been killed, so he was afraid of being flanked and did not dare to stay. Otherwise, Sun Jian might really be in danger.

Cao Cao turned his head to look at the silent Tao merchant, and suddenly said, "Brother Tao, did you expect such a result long ago, that's why when we divided up the army, we decided to fight Huaxiong all the way and let Sun Wentai go Resist Xu Rong?"

The pottery merchant showed a surprised expression, shook his head and said, "How could that be? I'm not a half-immortal, brother Meng De thinks too much."

"Really?" Cao Cao replied indifferently, without continuing to pursue this issue, and said: "In addition, according to reports from Luoyang's spies, Tai Fu Yuan Kai's family has all been killed by Dong Zhuo."

Liu Bei sighed: "Old thief Dong Zhuo saw the strength of the allied forces, and he was afraid that Yuan Taifu would cooperate with the leader's uncle and nephew, so he did this ruthless plan!"

The potter didn't speak, and the outline of history was still there. Yuan Shao's uncle, Yuan Kai, was in Luoyang. No matter how the butterfly effect changed, the old man's death was inevitable, irreversible and irreversible.