Eight hundred and ninetieth chapters try to figure out the hostility
Facing Ma Chao's question, the pottery merchant couldn't help but smile.
He rode up to not far from Ma Chao and said to him: "Meng Qi's thinking was quite quick. He immediately guessed that the words just now were spoken by Tao. I did not hide it from the general. The person who shouted was none other than Tao.
certain."
Ma Chao glared at the pottery merchant angrily, with fire in his eyes. He gritted his teeth and shouted at the pottery merchant: "Traitor, how dare you play tricks on me?"
The potter clapped his hands gently, and then spread them out to both sides: "Why am I playing tricks on you? It's just a small joke with you. I think you also seem to like what Tao made."
This joke is so good."
When Ma Chao saw that the pottery merchant was smiling and dared to tell him a joke, he couldn't help but flew into a rage. He shouted: "Tao thief! Take your life!"
After saying that, he saw him galloping towards the pottery merchant and killing him.
Xu Chu, who was behind Tao Shang, couldn't bear it anymore. He flicked the sword in his hand and galloped straight towards Xu Chu to kill him.
No matter how fierce Ma Chao's momentum was, facing Xu Chu, he couldn't rush over at once.
After a while, Xu Chu suddenly stopped in front of Ma Chao.
Xu Chu raised the sword in his hand, smashed it hard on Ma Chao's head.
In an instant, the sword and the spear were smashed together, making a deafening sound.
Ma Chao stared at Xu Chu who appeared in front of him in surprise, raised his eyebrows, and said angrily: "You bastards! Get out of the way!"
Xu Chu chuckled and said: "It's just a trivial matter, what's the problem? If you can kill me, then won't I and you get over it naturally?"
As soon as he said this, Ma Chao became furious!
"You rude fellow, do you think I can't kill you?"
When he said this, he saw that Ma Chao's hand suddenly exerted force and he fought fiercely with Xu Chu. The two men fought like fierce tigers and evil dragons meeting each other. They were fighting each other in the field. Under the moonlight, the two generals were fighting like flying sand and rocks.
Not long after, the two men rode back and forth and fought for thirty rounds, with neither victory nor defeat.
The two fought so hard that their faces were red and their bodies were covered with sweat. They ran back and forth between the venues and soon became out of breath.
Ma Chao looked Xu Chu back and forth and bared his teeth: "Who are you?"
Xu Chu snorted heavily and said: "I am Qiao County Xu Chu!"
Ma Chao was stunned when he heard this, looked him up and down and said, "Are you the pig farmer under Tao Shang?"
Xu Chu's face turned red all of a sudden: "How dare you insult me, a common man?"
Ma Chao raised his eyebrows: "What's wrong with what I said?"
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After a moment of silence, Xu Chu roared loudly and pounced on Ma Chao again. The two of them ran back and forth in circles on the field. After a while, they saw the two of them exchanging dozens of moves with each other.
After this fight, the two of them were still in a deadlock.
But at this moment, the confrontation between the soldiers of the two sides was coming to an end. Soon, several other generals of the Jinling Army were seen arriving here with their troops.
When Ma Chao saw this, he couldn't help but frowned. He swung the knife out of Xu Chu's hand with all his strength, pulled the reins of the horse, and rushed towards the rear.
Xu Chu chased after him closely, shouting: "Boy from the Ma family, it doesn't matter whether we win or lose. Why did you run away?"
Ma Chao did not look back and said: "Hu Chi, you have a lot of reinforcements today, I will spare your life. We will see you again in the future. It won't be too late for you and me to decide the winner!"
After saying that, he hurriedly led the cavalry and fled.
Xu Chu had no intention of letting him go. He led his troops and hurriedly chased Ma Chao. However, a pottery merchant ordered Pei Qian to ride on horseback to stop Xu Chu.
Xu Chu was stopped by the pottery merchant, so he naturally stopped pursuing him. He took a deep breath, then turned around and returned to the pottery merchant.
"Why did the Prime Minister call me back? If it had been a little later, I thought I could have taken the horse's head!"
Tao Shang raised his hand and said: "Don't worry, if killing Ma Chao now is not in line with the current actual situation, let's let him live."
Xu Chu didn't understand what the pottery merchant was planning, but since the prime minister said this, he naturally wouldn't refuse, and immediately followed the pottery merchant's idea.
As time went by, the princes of Guanzhong and Cao's army began to be gradually repelled by the generals of the Jinling Army. In fact, this was a common thing. After all, the Jinling Army were all very powerful people. In terms of strength, they were indeed far superior to the generals in Luoyang.
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Not long after, the generals of the Guanzhong Army led their men to retreat one after another.
The pottery merchant was not pursued. He just arranged for the generals of each department to clean the battlefield carefully and not to miss anything.
After confirming that all Guanzhong troops had withdrawn, Tao Shang returned to his headquarters, and Guo Jia, Chen Deng and others also came to him immediately.
After meeting, Guo Jia explained his doubts to the pottery merchant.
"Prime Minister, something seems to be wrong. From Guo's point of view, the sneak attack by the Guanzhong Army does not look like a surprise victory. Looking at the arrangement of their troops and horses, it seems that they are in a bloody battle."
Chen Deng also agreed: "Looking at it, it is indeed the case. The intention of the Guanzhong Army does not seem to be to win by surprise. Is there any other hidden secret in this?"
The potter thought for a while and said, "I can't think of anything. What do you think? Tell me."
Guo Jia thought for a while and said: "Prime Minister, could it be that Cao Cao wants to use the Guanzhong Army to kill more of our soldiers, but he actually has no intention of using the Guanzhong Army for a long time?"
Guo Jia's words seemed to light a bright light in the potter's mind.
He clapped his hands fiercely and said: "Brother Fengxiao is right. Looking at this situation, it seems that Cao Cao does not regard the Guanzhong Army as an ally."
Guo Jia's face seemed a little unhappy.
He said solemnly: "Cao Cao is planning to use the Guanzhong Army to fight against us, and finally get the advantage of the fisherman. He uses the Guanzhong Army to destroy my strength and block my entry into Xichuan, so that he can fight with Liu Zhang, Liu Bei and others
It's a good idea to be in a corner of Xichuan!"
Chen Deng thought for a while and said: "If you put it this way, Cao Cao's character is really vicious. Could this be his own plan?"
Tao Shang shook his head and said: "Cao Cao is in Hanzhong now. I don't think he thought about this matter by himself. There must be an expert here in Luoyang City!"
Guo Jia thought carefully for a while: "Prime Minister, Mr. Guo feels it is necessary to send someone to check with the princes in Guanzhong."
Upon hearing this, the pottery merchant smiled and said: "I mean the same thing, but there are quite a few princes in Guanzhong. We can't cast the net too wide. Who should we communicate with specifically? I also ask the two gentlemen to come up with a charter for me.