When Dong Zhuo finished speaking, he saw that the Xiliang Army's camp slowly opened under the command of the generals, revealing a small passage.
When he was young, he saw Dong Zhuo, protected by Zhang Ji, Fan Chou and other Xiliang generals, sitting in a large chariot and holding a sword. He came to the front of the two armies with great momentum. There was also a horseman holding his embroidered sword.
The large banner with the word "Dong" in gold followed closely behind.
Compared with the pottery merchant, Dong Zhuo's appearance was not a little better. Looking at the alliance army, the pottery merchant was obviously much shabby compared to him.
The potter squinted his eyes and had a vaguely clear view of Dong Zhuo sitting on the chariot.
I saw that this old thief was huge and strong, with a strong momentum. He raised his neck and squinted his eyes, looking arrogant and majestic and not taking anyone seriously. His face was covered with black and white beards, which were densely covered on his chest.
He also wore a thin braid. Judging from his body shape alone, Dong Zhuo's burly physique can be said to be unparalleled in the world.
"Dong Xiangguo! I have long admired your name!" the potter clasped his fists on his horse and shouted loudly.
When Dong Zhuo heard this, he burst out laughing. He couldn't see how hard the old thief tried to speak, but his voice was much louder than that of the pottery merchant... It seemed that the daily food was not bad, and he was very confident in eating.
"Hahahaha~, you kid is quite polite when speaking. According to the way you Guandong princes call me, shouldn't I be called 'Dong Thief' or 'Old Man', 'Old Beast' or something like that? You kid, open your mouth.
Just call me 'Xiangguo', and aren't you afraid that Yuan Shao will come back and clean you up if he finds out?...Baby, should you continue to call me 'Xiangguo' or should you not? Hahahaha!"
When the pottery merchant heard this, he was happily amused.
Dong Zhuo is quite interesting. Just by those few words, he doesn't feel like a powerful prime minister at all, but rather like a rather funny and tough elder. The profession of prime minister is actually not very good.
It suits him so well, the old guy chose the wrong profession.
However, Tao Shang understands that everything should not be taken at face value. Dong Zhuo is known to the world for his kindness and ruthlessness. He is a naked murderer. If you despise him because of his appearance at this moment, he may not even have the bones to gnaw you back.
There will be leftover.
The pottery merchant continued to shout: "I have been adhering to the family's teachings since I was a child, and my words and deeds must not exceed the rules. Even if I am in opposition to the Prime Minister at this moment, I will never be disrespectful in my words... It is really inconvenient to call you 'beast', it is too disrespectful.
If you are civilized, the most you can do is call him 'animal'."
Dong Zhuo let out a 'hey' and said with emotion: "Okay, if nothing else, just talking like this is a hundred tricks better than that old man Tao Qian! ... Actually, you don't have to play this trick with me, you Zhongzhou
They are poor and particular people, unlike us people from the northwest, who talk and do things based on what they want. They will beat you if you want, kill you if you want, and scold you if you want! You kid said a few words to me in a roundabout way, but on the surface,
You still have to pretend to be respectful to me, baby, aren't you tired?"
Tao Shang pursed his lips and smiled: "Xiang Guo's words don't sound good. Am I not trying to save some face for Xiang Guo?"
"Hehe!" Dong Zhuo said disdainfully: "I want you to give me some respect? Baby, if you have something to say, just say it directly, no need to beat around the bush and pretend to be polite! I and you are inseparable, and I can't be polite!"
The pottery merchant nodded, secretly thinking that the old thief was quite cheerful.
"Xiangguo, today's situation is such that you and I have already fought each other. If the fight continues, it is still unclear who will win and who will lose. In my opinion... let's make peace with each other. Let the big things be reduced to small things. The small things will be reduced to small things. Prime Minister
what do you think?"
As soon as the word 'reconciliation' was uttered, Wang Yun's face in the alliance suddenly turned gloomy. Cao Cao hurriedly advised: "Wang Situ, calm down... don't be angry, let's see what brother Tao has to say."
Zhang Fei in Liu Bei's army formation was also surprised: "What kind of tricks does this kid do?"
Liu Bei smiled and shook his head: "Who knows him? Just wait and see and leave."
Not to mention the people in the alliance army, even Dong Zhuo couldn't help but feel a little dazed after hearing this, and he didn't react for a while.
"Reconciliation?" Dong Zhuo said uncertainly: "You said that you princes want to reconcile with me?"
The pottery merchant said affirmatively: "Yes, show off your beauty to eliminate old grudges, and smile away your grudges!"
Dong Zhuo looked around, his eyes scanning the battlefield... At this moment, the battlefield was still full of corpses of soldiers who had died in the battle between the two sides. They were all lying in pools of blood. Not even an hour had passed in such a tragic situation...
Dong Zhuo really couldn't understand, under such circumstances, how could the grudge be eliminated?
"Tell me what you want to do! How can we reconcile this?" Dong Zhuo asked the potter.
Tao Shang considered his words and said: "Tomorrow, the Prime Minister will send someone to deliver the emperor to the commander-in-chief of Yuan Meng, west of Luoyang. We and other princes will just give up and let the Prime Minister leave safely and go to Chang'an..."
It's all bullshit. If Dong Zhuo agrees, he's going to have shit in his head.
Before he could finish his words, Dong Zhuo burst out laughing. The laughter was very shrill and clearly had murderous intent.
"Baby, you think I have nothing to do, are you joking with me here? Give you the emperor? Hehe, why don't you just ask me for the head on my neck? It's easier!"
The pottery merchant still kept a smile on his face and continued to bargain with Dong Zhuo unhurriedly.
"Dong Xiangguo, I want to reconcile with you, but you don't give me the emperor. If I go back empty-handed, won't I be blamed by the alliance leader? This is very difficult... Xiangguo, if I want to reconcile with you, I have to use some gimmick to explain to the alliance leader.
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Dong Zhuo snorted: "Gimmick? It's not impossible, just don't go too far!"
The pottery merchant pointed his hand at the field, moved it in a circle, and said: "Then what will the prime minister think if all these ministers and boys are taken away?"
As soon as the potter said these words, Dong Zhuo knew what he was planning!
I heard the old thief looking up to the sky and laughing several times, and said: "Baby, your idea is too clever! I, Chen Bing, are here to prevent these public officials from being hijacked by you and other traitors!!
Don't look at it now. We are just waiting and watching, we are evenly matched, but if I take the lead and lead the main force of the Northern Army later, I will turn all your tens of thousands of soldiers and horses into powder!!"
When Dong Zhuo said this, although he looked confident, he was also unsure in his heart.
If the main force could really arrive here so quickly, why would Dong Zhuo have to stand in a stalemate with the opponent here? There would be no need to go out and talk nonsense with the pottery merchant!
According to Old Thief Dong's character, if the reinforcements were reliable, he would have already commanded his troops to crush them.
Tao Shang was not afraid at all and said confidently: "You have the main force of the Northern Army, so why don't we? When the leader of the Yuan Alliance arrives with all the armies of the princes, even if the Prime Minister has Xiliang Iron Cavalry and Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, he may not be able to get it
Good to go!”
Compared with Dong Zhuo's words, the potter's words are even more nonsense!
The reinforcements Dong Zhuo mentioned had some truth to them. The potter's words were just bragging. He couldn't even find a tune...
At this moment, the two of them were trying to show off each other's true identity...
There was an awkward silence for a while.
After a long time, I suddenly heard the pottery merchant shouting loudly again: "Dong Xiangguo, how about this, how about you and I each giving in?"
Dong Zhuo was silent just now. He was trying hard to think of a good plan but couldn't find it. After hearing what the potter said, he became even more impetuous and said, "What else do you want to say?"
The potter's face turned red in an instant, as if he was hesitating and struggling.
But after a while, the pottery merchant finally spoke slowly.
"Dong Xiangguo, you have things to do over there, and we have things to do over here. You can wait here for Lu Bu's reinforcements, and we can wait here for Yuan Shao's reinforcements. You and I are still the same at the moment. We are evenly matched and locked in a stalemate. Such a stalemate is not beneficial to either side and only serves to make the world a laughingstock."
Dong Zhuo spread his hands and said in amusement, "What can we do? Dozens of courtiers and ministers are present, how can I abandon them? Master Tao must be the same!"
The pottery merchant nodded in agreement and shouted: "That's what it is, the minister is a national weapon of the dynasty, and neither you nor I can abandon it! Let's do this, Dong Xiangguo, how about we share half and half equally?... No one takes advantage of anyone."