Chapter 71 Returning to the Army
Wang Yun was in the back formation, watching his colleagues entering his own camp one by one, and couldn't help but burst into tears... It was not said that he was sad or that he was angry by the cooperation between Tao Shang and Dong Zhuo.
In just a few days, the lives of these ministers and ministers in the court seemed to fall from the sky to the ground. They not only left Luoyang, the birthplace of their careers, but also suffered from war and displaced... They swayed back and forth in front of the Ghost Gate.
High officials and generous salaries, power courts, and those things seem to have become passing clouds. In recent days, the court officials have seen too many wars, too many deaths, and too much blood during the migration process. For them now, their biggest wish is to live peacefully and leave this Shura battlefield full of right and wrong alive.
The ministers who entered the formation of princes got off the carriage. Some were excited and some were taciturn, some comforted each other, some celebrated themselves with their escape from the clutches, some were sighing that the emperor could not escape from heaven, and some were worried about their colleagues who were brought to the Xiliang Army by Dong Zhuo.
In short, there are many kinds of expressions, which can fully appreciate the various aspects of the world.
When the last courtier entered the camp of the Five Priest Alliance Army, the activity of splitting the courtiers came to a successful conclusion.
Dong Zhuo sat in the chariot, looking at the court officials who were pulled back to his camp, and then looked at the other half of the enemy formation opposite, with a strange look of unwillingness in his eyes.
"Have you not arrived yet?" the old thief turned to Li Ru.
Li Ru shook his head: "There is no news at all."
"Alas! What a pity!" After hearing Li Ru's words, Dong Zhuo gave up completely. He pounded his knees with his right hand and said, "The front army changed to the rear army and retreated slowly!"
With Dong Zhuo's order issued, the phalanx of the Western Liang army began to change. The troops in the back formation were changed to the front team, and half of the ministers were escorted slowly backwards. The soldiers in the front were still facing the coalition forces of the princes and were ready to fight. The soldiers' faces were full of vigilance to prevent enemy raids that could occur at any time.
Seeing that Dong Zhuo had arranged for the withdrawal of troops, Tao Shang said to Cao Cao: "Brother Meng De, the old thief has withdrawn. Do we have to withdraw quickly?"
Cao Cao nodded first, then seemed to have thought of something, and shook his head again.
"No hurry, brother, the old thief is a cunning person. If we retreat too quickly, the old thief will see that we are guilty and may be in trouble. Let's hold the troops first and give the old thief an illusion. After they retreat first, we will retreat slowly so that we can confuse Dong thief."
Tao Shang suddenly said 'oh' and looked at Cao Cao with no trace...
He also said that the old thief is cunning by nature, and he feels that you are much cunning than him.
Tao Shang followed Cao Cao back to his army. When he entered the central army's central formation, he heard a loud thunder roaring in his ears.
"What a Tao boy, you can think of such a cunning method!"
Tao Shang's eardrum was buzzing, and he hurriedly raised his hand and rubbed it, turned to look at Zhang Fei, and said helplessly: "General Zhang is so angry that Tao's eardrum can't stand it."
Zhang Fei smiled awkwardly, raised his hand and patted Tao Shang on the shoulder, and said, "Good boy, he is a capable person!"
Liu Bei also came over and said to Tao Shang: "Mr. Tao can still come up with such a kind of way when he is in danger... Although this kind of side-minded method is owed to the king's way, he still saved half of the court officials after all. If he continues to delay, once the reinforcements of the Xiliang army arrive, I am afraid that the general trend will decline, and the court officials will also..."
Speaking of this, Liu Bei sighed and said nothing, but everyone understood that if he continued to delay, no matter how much he could save a court official, it would be a question whether the troops of the five princes could be withdrawn safely.
Tao Shang waved his hand modestly and said he didn't dare, but suddenly he saw Wang Yun walking towards him with a dark face under the support of Diao Chan.
When he saw Wang Yun's unkind expression, Tao Shang was sweating a little.
When Old Man Wang walked up to him, before he could make any move, he saw the Tao merchant stepping in and said, "It was agreed in advance that no one is allowed to hit people!"
Wang Yun was stunned and wanted to open his mouth again.
The pottery hurriedly said, "No cursing is allowed."
Wang Yun's face turned darker.
It turns out that the rules that have just happened are waiting here!
A moment passed.
"You little brat, you are not a son!" Wang Yun was embarrassed to destroy his preface in front of Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Bao Xin and others, but left this sentence, turned around and rushed away in his car tremblingly.
Cao Cao, Liu Bei and others couldn't help but smile, laughing secretly, but they didn't have to say much.
At this moment, Dong Zhuo's troops had retreated far away. Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Bao Xin, Sun Jian and others also went to order the troops to retreat slowly, leaving Tao Shang to touch his nose in place to think...
Is Wang Yun's words "not being a son" just now considered a swearing category?... This old man is so bad that he actually played against me and should be judged as violating the rules.
Wang Yun returned to the car angrily, but Diao Chan didn't move. She looked at Wang Yun's back and shook her head helplessly.
"Mr. Tao, thank you for your kind help. Although your method of helping you is a bit... a bit... that..."
The pottery said "hey" without comment, and said, "I said it in advance, I can only save half of it at most."
Diao Chan nodded when she heard this. The woman looked at Tao Shang with a strange look and seemed to have a complicated expression.
"My adoptive father is a man who is a good person and may be somewhat dissatisfied with Mr. Tao's way, but he is still grateful to Mr. Tao. If I guess well, I may still be grateful to him. It's just that he is not a good person. Therefore, he just said he is a little heavier, so he should not take his heart. But the young master dares to assert that the young lady dares to assert that all the nobles in the court must remember..."
When Tao Shang heard this, he hurriedly refused: "It's just a matter of raising hands. All the officials are loyal ministers. Tao is just a white man and I can't stand with them. It's better not to get along with them in the future."
Diao Chan was quite surprised when she heard this.
For the pottery merchant, taking advantage of this incident was the best time for him to make friends with these relatives and nobles in the court. Why did he look back and avoid him even if he was afraid of it?
Tao Shang was not pretending to be like this. He really didn't want to. These people were all important court officials, and there were many people from aristocratic families and prominent families. They themselves or the forces represented behind them were complicated and extremely complicated... The situation in the world will become more and more chaotic. If you are too involved with these people, you will easily be planned to be in the camp of the royalist party or the aristocratic party. Not only will you be restricted and balanced when doing things, but you will not be careful.
Aristocratic families must be friends with each other, but they must also distinguish between the times.
At least in the current situation, the pottery still wants to remain neutral and not get involved in any party in the political camps around the world.
Life is sometimes simple may be the best.
"By the way, Miss Diao Chan..." Tao Shang suddenly showed a sunny smile at Diao Chan.
Diao Chan seemed to be caught off guard by the teaser's smile, and her face turned red and she was quite helpless.
She stroked the black silk in her bun that fell to her ears, her back was slightly straightened, and she whispered: "Is there anything wrong with Mr. Tao?"
Tao merchant was still smiling so warmly: "The lottery tickets that Tao told you just now...you..."
Diao Chan didn't dare to look at Tao Shang's face, her cheeks seemed to be redder, and she whispered: "Little woman has..."
Tao Shang's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly said, "Where did the girl put the thing?"
Diao Chan lowered her head and whispered: "The golden utensil is in the Situ Mansion in Luoyang City... The little woman hid it before leaving, for fear that it would be too chaotic on the road and was snatched by the Xiliang soldiers. She thought that it would not be too late to return to Luoyang to take it again if she had the chance in the future..."
When the pottery heard this, he hurriedly said, "Where are those gold utensils hidden in Situ Mansion?"
"Put it in a very secret place... it is definitely something that ordinary people can't find... but the little woman really didn't expect Dong Zhuo to burn a house in Luoyang..."
The Taoist smile suddenly stiffened.
This woman... needs to be cleaned up.
Chapter completed!