The Courier sat down on his stool, shivering drenched from his soaking wet by the fire. Tao Ying asked someone to bring him a bowl of hot soup, and the moved messenger couldn't help but fall into the soup with a drop of hot tears as he drank the soup.

"What's your name?"

The messenger drank the porridge as he shook his legs and swallowed tears. Hearing Tao Ying's inquiry, the messenger hurriedly put down the bowl and was about to salute, Tao Ying waved his hand and said: "Don't be so polite, you continue to roast your fire and drink your soup, just treat us as old friends drinking soup!" ”

Only then did the messenger pick up the bowl again and said, "The little one's surname is Zhang, and his name is Zhang Ersil." Our state pastor asked me to send a letter, and the letter is here! ”

Zhang Ersil opened the bamboo tube on his body and handed a piece of silk to Tao Ying. Tao Ying motioned for him to continue drinking the soup, and then read Cao Cao's letter by the fire alone. The messenger held the bowl and kept trembling, he was afraid that Tao Ying would also kill the messenger alive like Cao Cao, in Cao Cao's words, the people of Xuzhou are all demons who kill people without blinking, and they all have to die.

After reading the letter, the messenger had finished his first bowl of porridge, but he was still shaking his hands on the edge of his mouth. Tao Ying pointed to the messenger, and the messenger knelt on the ground with a puff and shouted: "The two armies are fighting and don't kill the envoys, I am old and young, please don't kill me!" ”

Tao Ying asked a little inexplicably, "Did my messenger behead you?" ”

The messenger knelt on the ground and shouted: "It was the governor who beheaded him, and he was unwilling to kneel......"

Hearing that his messenger was unwilling to kneel and was beheaded, Tao Ying suddenly felt a little heartache, beckoned, a small soldier came by his side, Tao Ying said to him: "What is the name of the messenger sent out?" After he returned, he was given a loyal uncle, allowed his family to build a torii, and rewarded his family with land! ”

The little soldier said goodbye and left, as soon as Cao Cao's messenger heard the dead messenger, Tao Ying actually gave him the title directly, some people can't get this title even if they fight hard, but Tao Ying attaches so much importance to a messenger who sees death as home!

Tao Ying asked someone to bring another bowl of porridge, and the messenger thought it was a severed head meal, and hurriedly drank it in a few sips. After drinking, the messenger knelt on the ground and said: "Everyone says that the second son is a butcher who kills innocents without being close to people, and all his subordinates are butchers. ”

"If you are complimented, you can step aside, go back and tell Cao Cao that if he is sincere, he will not kill me. My Xuzhou is a state of etiquette, and it won't be like Cao Mengde, who is a murderer, you step down! ”

After Tao Ying finished speaking, seeing that Tao Ying actually didn't kill himself, the messenger hurriedly said goodbye, and when he walked to the door, someone carried a few cakes and gave him a few more cakes and said: "My son-in-law thinks of you and goes back and forth to make troubles, and rewards you!" ”

The messenger took the bread, and while it was still hot, the messenger jumped down from his horse and knelt on the ground, and kept kowtowing. After kowtowing, the messenger pointed to the sky and swore an oath: "Gongzi Xie, I swear that if my children and grandchildren invade Xuzhou again, they will be punished by heaven!" ”

The messenger rode away with the cake in his hand, and a day later, the messenger came to the tiger, Cao Cao anxiously waited for the news, and when he saw the messenger coming, Cao Cao hurriedly greeted him and asked, "What, Tao Yingke has a response?" ”

The messenger was already soaking wet, and when he saw Cao Cao's messenger, he knelt on the ground with a puff and said, "Tao Gongzi asked the little one to tell the state pastor, and he said that if the state minister was sincere, he would not kill his messenger." The two armies are fighting without slashing, and Lord Zhou Mu has been treacherous so many times, it is really hard to believe that he has ordered Zang Ba to lead his troops north to Shanyang County, and Chen Deng has already repaired the book and sent it to Puyang, and he wants to connect Lu Bu to fight a decisive battle with Lord Zhou Mu! ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he almost fell to the ground, and now Xuzhou has known that he has withdrawn from the army, and Langya and the Eastern Navy horse will chase after him, he is only 40,000 soldiers and horses, where can he resist? What's more, when the soldiers heard that their hometown was occupied by Lu Bu, they were all like arrows, how could they waste time in Xuzhou?

Seeing that the messenger finished speaking, Xi Zhicai stepped forward to support Cao Cao and said: "Lord, this matter is okay, as long as the lord ties up the general who killed the messenger and sends it to Tao Ying, this difficulty will be solved!" ”

Cao Cao hurriedly asked one of the generals who had killed the messenger to be tied up and let the messenger run to the border of the tiger and the messenger ate something and escorted the general to the village to find Tao Ying.

The rain was heavy all the time, the road was muddy, the horses collapsed, they couldn't lift their legs, and many horses even slipped to the point of breaking their legs. Tao Ying saw that the rain was heavy, so he hurriedly announced that the soldiers were all encamped and stopped marching.

Looking at such a day, even if Cao Cao wanted to retreat, he would definitely not be able to escape, and now he could only force him to negotiate with himself. When Cao Cao's messenger Zhang Ersil came to Tao Ying's camp again, it was already the end of July.

Hearing that the messenger was coming again, Tao Ying asked the messenger to come in, and the messenger directly escorted the general into the house, and the messenger saluted when he entered the house: "I have seen the son, my state pastor asked the small escort to kill the messenger of the son to come and ask for the guilt!" ”

When the general saw Tao Ying struggling and was about to go up and kick him, Tao Ying had the general locked up in another hut, and then rewarded the messenger.

Seeing that the messenger was coughing non-stop, he must have frozen and caught a cold in the past two days, so Tao Ying asked his military doctor to treat him, and then boiled medicine and drank it with him.

Yu Ban and the others came to Tao Ying's house, and Yu Ban saw that Tao Ying was so kind to the envoy, so he hurriedly asked: "The lord treats the envoy so kindly, is it because he wants to pray and call?" ”

Tao Ying threw a dry stick into the fire, and the fire crackled.

"No, I don't pray for peace, I accept Cao Cao's prayer!"

Yu Ban asked a little puzzled: "Now Cao Cao's soldiers are strong and strong, and there are many generals. Although we have a lot of soldiers, but we are not led by a general, even if our 40,000 soldiers and horses are blocked, Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ren only need to fight a few times, and our army will definitely be defeated. If the enemy is strong against me, how can he surrender? ”

After listening to Yu Ban's analysis, Yu Ban thought that he would blame himself for raising the morale of others and destroying his prestige, but he didn't want the young lord in front of him to be angry because of this, but said with a smile: "Wen Ze is really worthy of my handsome talent, knowing myself and knowing that I will win all battles." We are indeed weak to Cao Cao, but what if our soldiers and horses are combined with the soldiers and horses of Liu Bei's three brothers? ”

"The Liu family has always been at odds with us, and they almost killed the lord last time, and now they are cowering in the city and dare not attack, we are still fighting alone!"

Yu Ban saw that Tao Ying didn't blame himself, so he hurriedly said again, Tao Ying nodded and said: "Although he didn't attack, Cao Cao didn't know that I didn't agree with Liu Bei." ”

Yu Ban nodded, but after thinking about it again, even so, it was still difficult to distinguish the winner from the loser, so he said: "Liu Bei's soldiers are weak, although Guan Zhang and the two are brave, but if the soldiers can't resist Cao Cao's strong army after all." Even if we unite with Liu Bei, everyone has their own ghosts, and it is still difficult to defeat Cao Cao. ”

Tao Ying nodded again, but Tao Ying took out the map and spread it out around the fire, then pointed to Shanyang County and said, "What if I let Zang Ba lead 500,000 troops to attack here?" ”

Yu Ban thought for a while and said: "Cao Cao will divide his troops to block, and then he will lead his troops back to Yanzhou!" But, my lord, isn't Zang Ba in Guangling? What's more, how could Zang Ba have 500,000 soldiers and horses? ”

"Yes, Zang Ba is in Guangling, but apart from us knowing, Cao Cao doesn't know. What's more, now that Lu Bu has occupied his old nest of Yanzhou, he is already embattled, I don't believe that he is willing to go north to join Yuan Shao! ”

Tao Ying smiled gloomily, and Yu Ban couldn't help but admire: "The soldiers are not tired of deceit, and the lord is really a god and a man!" ”