"What does this mean? Where is Yuan Gong? I want to meet Yuan Gong. Li Yan asked in surprise.

"Li Yan! You, the annihilator sent by Cao Ying, still have the face to say that you want to meet the lord? The lord has an order, Li Yan plotted to kill on the spot! Zhang Xun, another general under Yuan Shu, looked at Li Yan, who had always been proud of his outstanding martial arts and literary talents, with a rare look of panic, and his heart felt as comfortable as eating honey.

"Crossbowmen shoot him!" Zhang Xun was still a little self-aware, knowing that he was not Li Yan's opponent with his three-legged cat kung fu, so he directly asked everyone to shoot Li Yan with bows and arrows.

"Not good!!" After all, Li Yan is a genius with first-class peak martial arts, and he doesn't care about his image when he finds something wrong, a donkey rolls to dodge the dozens of deadly arrow rains, and takes advantage of the archer's time to shoot the second round of arrow rain when his hands slam on the ground, and his whole body shoots out of the handsome tent that he just stepped into like a sharp arrow off the string.

But before Li Yan could rejoice that he had escaped from the mortal attack, a gust of evil wind suddenly hit his body in mid-air. Li Yan only felt a chill on his neck, and the last thing Li Yan saw in the whirlwind was Ji Lingzheng holding a three-pointed two-edged knife with blood down, looking at him with a look that didn't know whether to regret or relieve hatred.

"Hehehe, General Yuan is really an honest person. The general can rest assured, with Li Yan's head here, my lord can believe in General Yuan's sincerity, and we will send the heirloom jade seal in a few days, and there is another matter that must be discussed with General Yuan. Lu Su saw Ji Ling beheading that Li Yan from a distance, and turned to Yuan Shu, who was drinking honey beside him.

"What else?" Yuan Shu is still lamenting Li Yan's death, if it weren't for Li Yan's refusal to surrender and 'misbehaving' in Wancheng, Yuan Shu would not have been able to kill such a young man who was both civil and military.

"Although the population of Nanyang County has been greatly reduced after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, it is also a large county with more than one million people. Our army is about to go to war with Cao Ying in Yanzhou, and these populations can be used to gather new soldiers. Therefore, my lord hopes that General Yuan will not relocate the population of Nanyang, and the grain and grass in the treasury are nothing to General Yuan, who sits on the land of Huainan, but it is very precious to the land of Yanzhou, which we may be about to seize from Cao Ying. Therefore, our army is willing to buy this batch of grain and grass at twice the price on the market, I don't know what General Yuan wants? Lu Su asked with a smile.

Yuan Shu waved his hand casually and said: "As long as you send the jade seal of the country, I can give you the people and things in Nanyang, but you must attack Cao Ying as soon as possible after getting Nanyang, otherwise if Xuzhou falls into the hands of Cao Ying, I will not be able to make a move." ”

"Hehe, since Cao Ying seized the Tiger Prison Pass, my lord is eager to eat its flesh and sleep its skin, as long as there is Nanyang as a springboard, our army will inevitably take advantage of Cao Ying's defenselessness, and use cavalry to surround the Tiger Prison Pass from the east and west. There is a general Xiahou Yuan who belongs to Cao Ying's family in the Tiger Prison Pass, and Hu Laoguan is not afraid that Cao Ying will not collect troops from Xuzhou to rescue, and Xuzhou will be weak at that time, just so that General Yuan can show his might. Lu Su bowed to Yuan Shu elegantly and said, "Hahahahaha, then please treat Mr. Yuan, thank you for adding the lord." If Yuan can get the land of several counties in Xuzhou, it is better than the land of just one county in Nanyang! Hahaha......... "Yuan Shu thought that Xuzhou's fat and oily fat was about to fall into his hands, and his heart suddenly burst into joy, and his pity for Li Yan, a handsome man who was both civil and military, was completely thrown out of the clouds.

Lu Su smiled on his lips, but secretly sneered in his heart: "Although I can't reach Xuzhou for the time being, how can the lord let you occupy Xuzhou so easily?" Cao Ying is gone, but Xuzhou may not be your Yuan Shu's. Hehehe......'

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However, it is said that in Xuzhou, since Cao Ying captured several county towns in Xuzhou one after another, the army killed all men, women and children everywhere they went, and even Cao Ying also excavated the grave and collected some burial goods in the tomb as military funds.

"Brother, I'm hungry." A boy dressed in silk clothes about ** years old looked at his brother with big eyes and a look of hope.

The boy's brother rummaged through the package behind him and searched for a long time before he found a scrap of dry food. The man swallowed dryly, but handed the pieces to the boy: "Second brother, now that we have so much food, you can make do with a little food first, and then go and buy some dry food for you when you are in the village in front of you." Alas, I don't know if my father and third brother have arrived in Jingzhou, so let's hurry up now. ”

The boy took the scrap of dry food and asked with some concern, "I wonder if they can escape those people, father." ”

The boy's brother touched his brother's little head and sighed, "Don't worry, father, they will be safe, let's hurry." ”

"Hmm."

Pengcheng, Xuzhou Governor, Thorn History.

"This is my sin!! Involving the suffering of the people of Xuzhou, I Tao Qian is deeply guilty!! The white-haired Tao Qian thumped his chest there, as if he had committed some unforgivable heinous crime.

"Lord, lord! Take care of yourself!! Cao Bao pretended to dissuade.

Chen Gui sneered but didn't say a word, as if the old man who was crying there had nothing to do with him.

Tao Qian panted and fell limply in his seat, but he just looked into the distance with his eyes blank, and his heart was in chaos. Originally, Tao Qian just wanted to curry favor with Cao Ying, so he gave Cao Song a large sum of money. As a result, I didn't expect this to make the yellow turban thief who killed him target, and in order to make it easier to seize the money, he proposed to himself to escort Cao Song and his party.

Alas! Heaven is forgivable, but you can't live for your own sin!! Now, even if he listens to his sick and crooked body crying here, he still can't get even a little bit of funding from the hands of the Cao family and the Chen family.

It seems that they are ready to give up on themselves, believing that even if Cao Ying dares to slaughter those innocent people, but in the face of the two great families of Xuzhou Chen and Xuzhou Cao, they definitely dare not do anything excessive, otherwise Cao Ying will face the hostility and rejection of all the families in the world.

"Don't be in a hurry, although Cao Ying is menacing, I have a shot to Xuzhou!" Just when Tao Qian was disheartened, Mi Zhu, who had been idle by him, suddenly said something earth-shattering.

"Huh? Will the plan be settled? Zi Zhong came quickly!! Tao Qian seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, and he couldn't care about the embarrassment of being idle for Mi Zhu because of Chen Gui before.

Mi Zhu smiled slightly: "For example, there are only a handful of people who can defeat Cao Ying today, and now if you look at it again, there is only one prince who can rescue Xuzhou at this time." ”

Tao Qian's eyes lit up: "Who?" ”

"Luoyang Hussar General, Lu Bu Lu Feng is also first!!" Mi Zhu drank softly.

"Hahaha, ridiculous! How ridiculous! Lu Bu is unable to protect himself at this time, how can he rescue me in Xuzhou? What's more, even if he, Lu Bu, is willing to rescue, not to mention how many soldiers and horses he can send, even if he can send soldiers and horses, how can he recapture the Tiger Prison Pass in a short period of time and pass through the land of Yanzhou, and come all the way to Xuzhou to rescue us? Chen Gui laughed.

"Hahahaha" Mi Zhu laughed heartily after Chen Gui's words fell, and laughed so much that tears flowed out.

Chen Gui shouted in surprise: "Mi Zhu! Are you crazy? Why such a gaffe? ”

"I, I laugh at you Chen Gui for being called the No. 1 think tank in Xuzhou, and you can't come up with a strategy to solve the urgent needs of the lord. The subordinates cannot tolerate virtuous ministers and share worries for the Lord. Why can someone like you live under such a bright future? It's ridiculous! Hahahaha. Mi Zhu smiled back and forth, as if he had laughed out of his depression for more than ten years.

"You!" Chen Gui is now in his sixties, and he was insulted like this by Mi Zhu, a thirty-year-old man who is as old as his son, and his face is like a fire!

Tao Qian barely supported his body, a pair of muddy but shrewd eyes stared at Mi Zhu, and then spoke: "I don't know what Mr. Mi Zhu just said that Lu Bu can save me Xuzhou, I don't know if it's true or not?" If I can live millions of innocent people in Xuzhou, I, Tao Qian, am willing to give this land of Xuzhou to him Lu Bu to repay his great virtue!! ”

Mi Zhu straightened his clothes, and regained his previous elegant and calm demeanor and said: "I have never had anything to do with Lu Bu Hussar in Xuzhou, but it is not easy to invite Lu Hussar. But God bless me Xuzhou, a few days ago, Lu Huqi knew that my little sister was moving, and secretly sent a messenger to invite me to take my little sister into Luoyang.

Mi Zhu had already negotiated with Lü Bu's envoy that Luoyang was feasible, but Lü Hussar had to take the lead in attacking the Tiger Prison, so that Cao Ying had to retreat back to Yanzhou due to a fire on the back road. This is also regarded as a reward for Tao Thorn Shi's acquaintance with me Mi Zhu, but Lu Hussar has a request, that is, after Cao Ying retires, all the assets of the Mi family must be brought to Luoyang for this crusade against Cao Ying, otherwise after Lu Hussar defeats Cao Ying, he will personally come to Xuzhou to obtain the military compensation consumed in this campaign. ”

As soon as Mi Zhu's words fell, two young men with iron faces suddenly rushed out from behind Tao Qian's screen, but they were Tao Qian's two 'unsuccessful' sons.

"Mi Zhu! Not only do you secretly communicate with Lu Bu, but you also dare to bewitch the public here! Tell you, your Mi family is in the bag of our Tao family, take refuge in Lu Bu? Don't even think about it!! Tao Qian's youngest son Tao Zhi snorted coldly, but his eyes seemed to be about to erupt into fire!

"Mr. Mi Zhu, don't forget that most of your net worth depends on the care of our Tao family to achieve today's achievements! Why, now that I see that Xuzhou is in danger, is it like using those belongings to make friends with Lu Bu? Hum! How can there be such a good thing in the world! Although Tao Qian's eldest son, Tao Ping, was not like his younger brother, he still couldn't hide the anger in his heart.

Mi Zhu smiled and said nothing, but before Tao Qian could speak, a sergeant outside came to report loudly: "A man who claims to be Lu Bu's envoy has come to ask for a meeting!" ”

"This, Lu Bu really sent someone?! Hurry up, please! At first, Tao Qian thought that what Mi Zhu said just now was just an excuse to switch to Lu Bu, but he didn't expect that Lu Bu's envoy would really come here, and Tao Qian's face suddenly appeared a trace of hope

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Fang Qiong, who had been allowed to enter, straightened his clean military uniform of the Bingzhou Army, and strode towards the mansion of the Assassin's Mansion with his chest straight.

"Lu Hussar envoy, Fang Qiong Fang Yunhai, meet Tao Thorn History!" Fang Qiong gave a respectful and polite salute.

"You said you were Lu Huqi's envoy, I don't know what proof you have? Haha, it's not that I deliberately neglect the noble envoy, but Luoyang and Xuzhou are thousands of miles apart, and there are Tiger Prison Pass, Chenliu, Puyang and other places in between, so the sudden appearance of the noble envoy in Xuzhou is really suspicious. Chen Gui asked with a smile.

Fang Qiong sneered, took out a golden holy decree from his arms, handed it to the sergeant on the side, and then said: "My lord knows that Cao Ying has bad intentions, and then sent troops to attack Xuzhou in the name of avenging his father, so he asked the son to write this holy decree today to persuade Cao Ying to withdraw his troops and return to Yanzhou. Although it may not be possible for Cao Ying to really withdraw his troops back to Yan, at least it will make Cao Ying's invasion of Xuzhou justified and unjustified.

This time, since the adults suspect that I am pretending to be an envoy of Lu Hussar, then take a look at the holy decree in front of me, although since the rebellion of Zhang Rang He Jin, the jade seal of the country has not been found, but the seals around the emperor are not only the jade seal of the country, the seal stamped on this holy decree I believe that Lord Tao should recognize it, right? ”

Tao Qian trembled and took the holy decree that exuded a holy and noble aura from the hands of the guards, and after carefully browsing it several times, he asked people to take a brocade box from the study, and took out a golden holy decree from it, and carefully compared the seal with the holy decree handed over by Fang Qiong just now, and then said excitedly: "It's true, this holy decree is indeed true!" ”

Fang Qiong arched his hand and said, "Since Tao Thorn Shi has confirmed the authenticity of this holy decree, does the identity of the next one still need to be doubted?" ”

Tao Qian hurriedly pulled his two sons to kneel at the foot of Fang Qiong, and shouted: "The angel (the envoy of the Son of Heaven holding the holy decree) is above, and the minister Tao Qian leads the crowd to worship!" ”

Seeing Tao Qian take the lead in bowing to the ground, Mi Zhu and some other officials, big and small, also bowed down. Chen Gui and Cao Bao glanced at each other, but they could only follow Tao Qian and knelt respectfully on the ground together.

A proud smile withdrew from the corner of Fang Qiong's mouth: "Everyone, please get up, this time Cao Ying used his troops to attack Xuzhou without authorization, and he wantonly slaughtered innocent people in Xuzhou. Lu Hussar already knew all about this matter, but because of the countless victims in Yanzhou this year, if he occupied Yanzhou, he was afraid that Luoyang's grain and grass alone would not be able to relieve so many victims.

Hearing that the Mi clan in Xuzhou was quite rich in grain, Lü Hussar's intention was to hope that Tao Shushi would agree that the Mi clan could bring those assets to buy some grain and grass in Xuzhou, and then transport them to Lü Huqi's army to relieve the victims of Yanzhou. ”

Tao Qian stood up with the support of Tao Ping and Tao Zhi, and asked with some doubts: "Lu Hussar is so confident that he can break through the Tiger Prison Pass and defeat Cao Ying's army of more than 100,000 in Yanzhou?" ”

"Hahahaha, from Luoyang to Yanzhou, why do you have to go to the Tiger Prison? To tell the truth, at this time, the army of Lu Hussars has probably been dispatched at this time, as long as it does not take half a month, Cao's army will retreat! At most, before the end of this year, Cao Ying will be defeated by my lord because of the lack of food and grass! Yanzhou is the ear of my lord's pocket. Fang Qiong laughed.

"Don't go to the Tiger Prison? This dares to ask the angel, where is Lu Hussar going to attack Yanzhou from? Shouldn't Lu Huqi cross the Yellow River from Mengjin and take the waterway to capture Yanzhou? I heard that Cao Ying gathered a lot of sergeants to guard in Guandu, but I am afraid that Lu Hussar may not be able to make contributions in Yanzhou in a short time. And once Yanzhou can't be in a crisis, Cao Ying probably won't give up Xuzhou to collect troops and return to Yanzhou. "Although Tao Qian is not a hero, he is not easy to fool after surviving for decades.

Fang Qiong chuckled and said, "Originally, this was our army's secret, but since Tao Thorn Shi has always been difficult to feel at ease, I will make an exception to tell our army's plan." In fact, the lord of our army was not in Luoyang at this time, but with more than 100,000 troops stationed in Nanyang!

When Nanyang Yuan Shu had just issued a message, my lord had already gone out of the army, and at this time, the entire territory of Nanyang had already fallen into the hands of my lord. Next, as long as Tao Thorn Shi can hold on for half a month, my lord can lead the iron horse through Yuzhou and attack the hinterland of Yanzhou. The defenders of the Tiger Prison Pass can still survive for a few days if they defend the pass, otherwise they will fight with our army outside the pass, and the tens of thousands of Cao troops in the Tiger Prison Pass will be wiped out in just one battle. And after Cao Ying got the attack on the hinterland of Yanzhou, could he still attack the city in Xuzhou safely? ”

"Good! As long as Lu Huqi can force Cao Ying back, there is no reason for me in Xuzhou to stop the Mi family!! ”

(To be continued)