The third game lasted until ten noon, which could have ended early, but Tao Ying thought that there were nearly dozens of inns next to the martial arts field that were opened by themselves, and if they were allowed to leave early, they would go home for dinner, but if it was delayed until noon, they would definitely stay to eat, and they could make a lot of money from this group of local tyrants, so Tao Ying deliberately let them extend the time.

It was ten o'clock at noon, and the two men were tied. In the end, Tao Ying came out to announce the results, and the audience didn't know what mood they were in, some were glad that they didn't lose to Huainan, and some scolded the game for being too fake, and they must have tried to cheat them out of money. Just like the Wu Zhuangyuan competition, some popular candidates, in order to allow them to pull enough spectators to buy tickets, Tao Ying deliberately did not let them be eliminated, and they were eliminated until the end, which is simply an insider operation!

And in order to use the casino to pit the money of the family, Tao Ying also let those who bought too many wins lose, and then made a lot of money, and after being eliminated, the competition was not able to win the martial arts, but he could go to the army as a general, and it would not affect his future at all.

Tao Ying always tried every means to pit the money of these big families, only to use their money to build Xuzhou, it was impossible to take the money of the poor, so it was natural for Tao Ying to return the pit every time.

In mid-August, Ji Ling was sent off in Taoling Town, a big ship carrying a thousand miles of horses, Ji Ling jumped on the boat with a weapon and said goodbye to Tao Ying. When the ship was about to sail, Tao Ying also instructed Ji Ling: "General Ji, I don't know when he will see each other in the future." The things I tell you must be kept in mind, if he passes by Yuan Gong in the north, if Liu Bei leads the army to stop him, remember to see Zhang Fei to leave without a fight, do not fight with Zhang Fei, if you fight with Zhang Fei, your head will not be guaranteed! ”

After Ji Ling thanked him, the chief inspector headed towards the cabin.

In August, it was fleeting, and soon it was September. At the beginning of September, the Han Emperor issued a decree ordering Cao Cao to be the generalissimo to recruit Yuan Shu, a rebel minister of Huainan, and ordered Lü Bu to be the general of the Southern Expedition, Liu Bei to be the general of Zhennan, and Tao Ying to be the general of the Zhenjun Army to crusade against Yuan Shu together.

Cao Cao sent an envoy to urge Tao Ying to set out from Xiapi to attack Yuan Shu, but Tao Ying rejected Cao Cao's request on the grounds that there was a shortage of food and grass and it was not suitable to send troops.

Cao Cao was angry when he heard this, but he had no choice but to unite with Lu Bu and Liu Bei to kill Yuan Shu, who posed the greatest threat to him. Yuan Shu is called the emperor, if everyone runs to Yuan Shu, the emperor he controls still has a yarn to use? After getting rid of an opponent and increasing your strength, unite everyone to attack Tao Ying!

Since Tao Ying was reluctant to send troops, Cao Cao ordered Tao Ying to let Lü Bu and Liu Bei's military horses pass through Peiguo on the orders of Emperor Han, and then go to attack Yuan Shu.

If he didn't agree, he was afraid that Cao Cao would find an excuse to deal with him, so Tao Ying temporarily fulfilled his wish and crusaded against Yuan Shu, just so that they could see the power of their artillery!

Therefore, Tao Ying ordered that Liu Bei and Lu Bu's soldiers and horses should be allowed to pass through the avenue of Peiguo, but they must go to Huainan through the Fengxian, Xiayi, and Taiqiu generations, and they are not allowed to go to the main city of Pengchengguo in Xiangxian and Xiao County.

Tao Ying did not distrust them, and was afraid that they would peep into his position, and then send troops to rob his workers and factories. If the technology is lost, Pengcheng's treasury will be poached in the future.

And the quality of this Lu Bu's soldiers and horses is not much better, when the time comes, he is robbing his own village on the road, shouldn't he be pitted? Therefore, he drove Lu Bu to the Liang country, passing through the Liang country, which was the land he had just recovered, and it had not really been built.

After allowing them to pass through, in order to ensure that they did not plunder their villages, Tao Ying wrote to Liu Bei and Lü Bu that if they harassed their people, he should not blame himself for driving them out of Xuzhou. If the circumstances are serious and the people are killed, then they will mobilize the army and horses to surround them in Xuzhou, and then until they are killed.

After the letter was delivered, Tao Ying wrote another letter to Liu Xun, the head of Liang **, and asked him to lead his troops to guard the main cities of Liang. In the inland cities, each county has a military and political chief, and in the border counties, because they are military cantonment districts, they have set up military cantonment chiefs, whose rank is the same as that of Liang Guoguo, and the treatment is the same, but one is a military post and the other is a civilian post.

After appeasing everyone here, in order to be able to keep Yuan Shu, the big leader, and then make himself the target of Cao Cao and others, and also fight for money by the way, Tao Ying asked all the arsenals to take the lead in selling all the middle and lower grade weapons produced to Yuan Shu. Then nearly 30 Taoling cannons made in three months were sent to Shouchun.

With the Taoling cannon, Tao Ying transported the produced shells by water and transported a full five ships. Yuan Shu originally didn't know that Cao Cao's coalition was going to attack him, but this news was still Ji Ling who Tao Ying sent someone to inform, and then Ji Ling informed Yuan Shu. Tao Ying is now focusing on supporting Ji Ling, and then going to the network through him to some of the talents under Yuan Shu.

After hearing the news that Cao Cao's coalition army was moving south, Yuan Shu began to arrange military defenses. In order to defend the old nest Shouchun, Yuan Shu set up nearly 40 of his cannons on Shouchun City. Then he used the steel knives and guns that Tao Ying sold to him to equip a Royal Forest Army of nearly 3,000.

A great battle began in the land of Huainan, and in September 197, Yuan Shu prepared to take Ji Ling as the general and led Chen Lan and Lei Bo to lead the troops north to attack Cao Cao. The two were just about to send troops, but news came that Sun Ce responded to Cao Cao's call and announced his independence from Yuan Shu in Jiangdong.

Not only that, Sun Ce also drove away Yuan Yin, the Taishou of Danyang appointed by Yuan Shu, and wrote to Wu Jing and Sun Ben, who occupied Jiangdong, and pulled the two away, so that Yuan Shu lost a large area of land in Jiangdong, and also lost generals like Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, and Cheng Pu. The independence of Jiangdong greatly damaged Yuan Shu's power for a while.

The angry Yuan Shu wanted to cross the river to crusade against Sun Ce, but when Lu Bu and others from the north came to kill him, Yuan Shu could only hold back. After Sun Ce became independent, he wanted to cross the river to attack Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu asked Tao Ying for help, but Tao Ying didn't know whether to save Yuan Shu or not.

There is no one else around him who can be his military staff officer, Sun Shao is busy with the affairs of the Cold Weapons Manufacturing Corporation, he is so busy that he doesn't even have time to eat, there are too many orders, and the Cold Weapons Manufacturing Factory can't be busy at all, and he is preparing to expand the scale.

At this time, the Ministry of Government Affairs is ushering in the adaptation period of various reforms, and it is also too busy to open the glue, and the only one who can help him with leisure is Liu Ye. Liu Ye was the best at military analysis, so Tao Ying summoned Liu Ye to Taoling Town, and then showed him the holy decree sent by Yuan Shu.

After Liu Ye read the holy decree, he thought for a while and said: "General Sun Cemeng, his father Sun Jian became famous in the battle of Bishui Pass, and has always been a general under Yuan Shu. However, Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao had a gap, Yuan Shao and Liu Biao attacked Yuan Shu together, Yuan Shu ordered Sun Jian to attack Liu Biao, Sun Jian died in battle, and this son also took refuge in Yuan Shu. If Sun Ce betrays Yuan Shu, he will definitely take away all the generals under his father, and Yuan Shu is also in danger! ”