Just when Tao Shang rescued Wang Yun and others, the five-pronged troops of the pursuing army had defeated the troops led by several Xiliang generals under Dong Zhuo! Even Zhonglang General Xu Rong himself was blinded by Sun Ce
One of his eyes was broken and half of his cheek was destroyed, so he was temporarily detained by the pottery merchant.
The soldiers and horses of the Five Route Allied Forces achieved a great victory. Cao Cao wanted to rescue the chariots of the courtiers and ministers who were abandoned by the Xiliang army on the battlefield, but he did not expect that at this moment, there were about forty thousand soldiers.
The Xiliang army rushed to Bianshui, and the word "Dong" was embroidered on the banner in the middle of the soldiers and horses.
Dong Zhuo actually came with his troops in person!
Fortunately, because the front line of the population migration team was too long, Dong Zhuo only brought a part of the troops, but the main force of the Xiliang Army and the Northern Army of Luoyang City did not arrive.
Even so, Dong Zhuo's 40,000 elite troops are now enough to fight against Cao Cao, Sun Jian and others.
Seeing Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses arriving, Cao Cao and others did not dare to neglect, and they did not bother to rescue the ministers and courtiers in the battlefield.
Stand ready.
Cao Cao, Sun Jian, Bao Xin and others thought that Dong Zhuo would launch an attack, but what they didn't expect was that Dong Zhuo's troops and horses did not move.
Dong Zhuo was hesitant at this moment, because his main force had not yet arrived and the two sides were almost evenly matched, so he did not dare to rush to attack. He could only arrange his troops and horses in a good posture. Both sides used the battlefield just now as a medium to move dozens of vehicles
The chariot of the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Government was thrown into the middle of the confrontation between the two armies. No one was in a hurry to take action first. They just looked at each other from a distance and waited in full formation.
When the pottery merchants arrived, this was the scene before them.
Seeing that Dong Zhuo's 40,000 elite troops were waiting for him, Xu Chu and Mi Fang did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly merged the Xuzhou Army with the other four coalition forces and displayed them in one place.
As for the Xiliang army, Dong Zhuo felt a little impatient when he saw that the reinforcements from Xuzhou had arrived. He turned around and asked Li Ru, who was following closely: "Didn't you say that the coalition forces of the princes have their own agendas and will not pursue them?"
What’s going on again!”
Li Ru stroked his beard with a rather troubled expression.
"Xiang Guo, forgive me, I underestimated these Guandong princes... I didn't expect that the coalition forces would actually send troops to pursue them. Alas, it was a miscalculation! A miscalculation!"
Dong Zhuo snorted heavily: "It doesn't matter if you made a miscalculation, I lost nearly 30% of the imperial ministers here! When we got back to Chang'an, it was a good thing that these courtiers and I were transported to Chang'an in three routes, otherwise if they were all robbed by the coalition forces
, there is only one bare emperor left in this court, and he cannot even choose a decent courtier, how can he command the world?"
Li Ru hurriedly comforted him: "Don't worry, Prime Minister. Look, aren't the chariots of those courtiers still there? Just look for an opportunity and take them back!"
Dong Zhuo couldn't stand up and slap Li Ru.
"It's easy for you to say! Our people are watching here, and the soldiers and horses of the princes are also watching from the opposite side! The soldiers and horses of the two sides are about the same strength. If they really want to fight for a while, who knows whether they can snatch it or not?
Most of my soldiers and horses are escorting millions of relocated people! The main force can't arrive for a while. If the soldiers and horses of other princes come, what do you want me to do to fight with them!... You lead the troops up to rob them.
?!"
Facing the furious Dong Zhuo, Li Ru couldn't help but smile... This matter was really unsolvable.
While Dong Zhuo was arguing with Li Ru, the pottery merchant who had arranged his military formation also led Wang Yun's chariot to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao had a close friendship with Wang Yun in Luoyang back then, and had secretly plotted against Dong Zhuo. When they met, Cao Cao couldn't help but be overjoyed.
"Wang Situ, it's you, you... are you okay?" Cao Cao was so excited that he stuttered a bit when he spoke.
Wang Yun reluctantly got out of the car, and had no time to reminisce with Cao Cao. He opened his mouth and said: "Mengde, what is the situation in this room? Do you have any way to save the dozens of ministers in this room?"
Cao Cao smiled helplessly and said: "Wang Situ, I had a chance just now... However, Dong Zhuo has now personally led his troops. Let alone rescue the ministers at this time, if the old thief's supporting troops arrive, I will wait for this
Whether or not the armies of the five princes can be saved is still open to question... Today, I am afraid it will be difficult to save these ministers."
When Wang Yun heard the words, his whole body trembled slightly, and his tone of voice had a tone of pleading: "Mengde! No! These are the pillars of my big man. Now that they have finally survived, how can we let them fall into the hands of thieves again?
If he is taken to Chang'an by the Xiliang barbarians and tortured, it would be better to die...then Thief Dong has the troops to support him, don't you? Where is Benchu? Where is the highway? Where is Yuan Benchu!?"
When Cao Cao heard this, he showed a lonely expression on his face, shook his head and said: "Yuan Benchu, and Yuan Jiujiu... will not come! Wang Situ, this time chasing Dong Zhuo, all the people who can come... are already in front of you.
Got it!"
Wang Yun was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, but soon understood the meaning of Cao Cao's words. However, he saw the old man angrily hitting his right palm with his left fist. Tears seemed to flow from his eyes, making him look even older. He said angrily: "Yuan Benchu.
Yuan Benchu... is not a son of man!"
When Cao Cao saw the old man crying, he couldn't help but feel a little sad. He wanted to say something to comfort Wang Yun, but when the words came to his lips, he didn't know what to say to comfort him. In the end, his thousands of words just turned into a sigh, shaking his head and saying nothing.
Tao Shang stood aside, looking at the crying Wang Yun, and felt quite sympathetic in his heart. Seeing his former friends and colleagues being sandwiched between wolves and tigers, the pain in Wang Yun's heart was palpable.
Just imagine.
"Master Tao..."
A soft voice suddenly sounded, and the pottery merchant turned his head to look, but it was Diao Chan who leaned out of the cart and nodded at the pottery merchant.
The potter looked around quietly, then pointed at himself and raised his eyebrows in inquiry.
Diao Chan's cheeks were slightly red and she lightly forehead.
The pottery merchant rode his horse and approached the chariot to chase him, and asked doubtfully: "Miss, what's the matter with calling me?"
Diao Chan seemed to hesitate for a moment, but then she still looked at him and asked Tao Shang softly: "Master Tao... you... do you have any way to save those courtiers?"
Potter: "…………"
I really don't understand why Diao Chan asked herself.
Everyone here seems to be older than him. He is just a weak young man. Cao Cao and others can't do it. How can he have the ability to go to Dong Zhuo's mouth to save those courtiers?
The begging of beauties may be very useful to ordinary people, but the pottery merchant considers himself a principled person. He can do whatever the beauties ask him for, but what matters is the score.
It is not the style of a potter to make a fool of himself.
"Miss Diao Chan, I think you seem to have asked the wrong person about this matter." The potter refused with a friendly smile.