There is a ghost in his heart, Uncle Liu Huang is naturally more cautious in doing things, and the scouts who are scattered out every day and every night are nominally to spy on the movements of the Xuzhou army, but in fact, they are more responsible for closely monitoring Yuan Shujun's every move, whether it is Yuan Shujun in Shouchun City, or Yuan Shujun on the defense line on the bank of the Feishui River, as long as there is a little bit of wind and grass in the team, it will basically not take long for Uncle Liu Huang to know about it, and it often makes Uncle Liu Huang rumor for a long time.

This bad habit helped Uncle Liu Huang a lot at a critical moment, and finally let Guan Yu and Zhang Fei send Jin Shang away, and Uncle Liu Huang, who was hiding in the back tent and pretending to be sick, suddenly received a scout report, saying that the camps of Yuan Shujun Liang Gang, Lei Bo and Liu Wei outside Shouchun City had entered a state of alert, and also recalled all the cavalry grazing horses on the shore of Shaobi Lake, and there seemed to be signs of military action. Uncle Liu Huang was shocked when he heard the news, and hurriedly got out of bed and went out of the tent, leading Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to personally go out of the camp to patrol the sentry, and personally went to the vicinity of Yuan Shujun's camp to check the situation.

First arrived at the Lei Bo camp, which was closest to Liu Beijun's camp, and it was still more than half a mile away, Uncle Liu Huang, who was experienced in the battlefield, had already smelled an unusual smell of danger, Lei Bojun's camp may be the same as usual from the outside, but after taking a closer look on the high ground, you can immediately find that in the camp of Yuan Shujun, where the discipline was relatively loose, there were no more laughing and slapping leisure soldiers, and the team carrying water and grain was no longer so careless, and the speed was significantly faster, and at the same time, it was just past noon. The camp was already full of smoke, and I didn't know if it was for dinner or if it was cooking dry food!

"Brother, it seems that Yuan Shu is going to send troops." Not only did Uncle Liu Huang see that the situation was wrong, but Guan Yu, who was protecting Uncle Liu Huang on patrol, also saw something strange and said very suspiciously: "Where does Yuan Shupifu plan to send troops?" Reinforcements to the Yin Tomb? It's not like, if Yuan Shupifu plans to reinforce Yinling, he should hurry up and build a pontoon bridge? Otherwise, it would be difficult for his rescuers to cross the river quickly? ”

Guan Yu's words reminded Uncle Liu Huang of a major event, when Uncle Liu quickly turned his head to look at the Feishui River, he saw that the river was empty under the sun, not to mention that he was building a pontoon bridge, even the boats involved in the rope crossing the river could not see a single one! Discovering this, although Uncle Liu Huang's face was silent, his heart suddenly rose to his throat, and he said secretly: "Oh no, did you force Yuan Shu to be in a hurry, and the old man was ready to jump off the wall in a hurry?" ”

"Second brother, third brother, go back to the camp!" Thinking about this, Uncle Liu Huang immediately made a decision and immediately ordered: "In addition to the necessary scouts, recall all the teams out of the camp, and our army will immediately step up their vigilance to prevent accidents!" Also, immediately start to strengthen the camp defense, especially the camp of the Chinese army, and do your best to strengthen it! ”

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Half an hour later, Jian Yong, one of Uncle Liu's royal envoys, suddenly went to Shouchun City to ask to see Xiao Yuan Sangong, Xiao Yuan Sangong didn't want to see him, but Yan Xiang, who was newly released from prison, urged Xiao Yuan Sangong to meet him, and Xiao Yuan Sangong reluctantly complied. After the meeting, Jian Yong announced a decision on behalf of Uncle Liu Huang that made Xiao Yuan Sangong very much - Uncle Liu's team had recovered a certain combat effectiveness after a few days of rest, although Uncle Liu Huang was occasionally infected with a small illness, but considering the urgency of the battle in Yinling, Uncle Liu still decided to send troops across the river in the early morning of the next day, and led the troops to save Yinling in the face of illness, and also asked Xiao Yuan Sangong's team to prepare to take over Liu Bei's defense line!

No matter how much he threatened and lured Uncle Liu Huang before, he refused to send troops, and he was just about to completely turn his face with Uncle Liu Huang, Uncle Liu Huang took the initiative to send troops, Xiao Yuan Sangong was really a little confused for a while, and he didn't know how to answer Jian Yong. Fortunately, Yuan Yin came out of the back hall in time, attached to Xiao Yuan Sangong's ear and whispered Yan Xiang's suggestion, asking Xiao Yuan Sangong to immediately agree to Liu Beijun's request, temporarily stabilize Liu Beijun and then discuss. Xiao Yuan Sangong acted according to the plan, and Jian Yong thanked him again and again.

As soon as Jian Yong's front foot left, Yan Xiang, who had been hiding in the back hall and eavesdropping, naturally entered the hall immediately, and before Xiao Yuan San could open his mouth, Yan Xiang had already taken the initiative to salute and said: "Lord, the rumor may have leaked, Liu Bei is using a delaying tactic to delay time, he is afraid that the lord will do it overnight, so he uses the strategy to gain a night's time, so that he can arrange a plan to deal with it." ”

"The big-eared thief wants to stall?" Xiao Yuan Sangong was a little surprised, and hurriedly asked: "So, is it false for the big-eared thief to say that he sent troops to rescue Yin Ling?" ”

"Of course it's fake." Yan Xiang replied: "Please think about it, the big-eared thief did not agree to send troops to save the Yin Tomb sooner or later, but agreed at the critical moment when our army was preparing to completely wipe it out, how could there be such a coincidence in the world?" ”

As early as when the coalition forces were fighting Dong, Xiao Yuan Sangong had never looked down on Uncle Liu Huang, and now he has hated Uncle Liu Huang to the bone marrow, which will naturally be true after listening to Yan Xiang's words, and said angrily: "Who is the rumor that leaked?" Could it be Shu Shao? Or is it Kim Sang? ”

"It's not them, Shu Changshi and Golden Thorn Shi are not ungrateful people." Yan Xiang's character is better than Shu Shao's, not only did he not fall into the well for Shu Shao, but also analyzed for Xiao Yuan Sangong: "If the minister's expectations are not bad, it should be that my armament war action is too big, and Liu Bei saw the clue by the thief, Liu Bei was worried that our army would attack him, so he sent Jian Yong to express his willingness to send troops to save Yin Ling, one is to test the true attitude of the lord, and the other is to gain time and adapt to the unexpected." ”

Xiao Yuan Sangong pondered for a long time before he could barely understand the meaning of Yan Xiang's words, and then Xiao Yuan Sangong hurriedly asked: "Then Liu Bei took the initiative to ask to save Yin Ling, how can I be alone?" Do you want to give up the plan for the time being, and first trick Liu Bei into destroying the thief to go to Yinling? ”

"Never!" Yan Xiang was shocked and quickly shook his head, and said nervously: "Lord, you can no longer have illusions about Liu Bei's thief, this thief is best at fishing in troubled waters, every time he goes to a place, the first thing he considers is how to fight against his master, provoke trouble and fish in troubled waters, Tao Ying and Lu Bu are all deeply affected by it, and they all hate it to the bone, the lord has a trace of illusion about him, this thief will be able to climb up the pole immediately, and the harm will be greater!" For such a thief, the only way is to get rid of it quickly, once and for all! ”

is still the same sentence, Xiao Yuan Sangong and Uncle Liu Huang's eight characters are inherently incompatible, although Xiao Yuan Sangong's warning to Yan Xiang may not be fully accepted, but Yan Xiang's hatred of Uncle Liu Huang is still very much to Xiao Yuan Sangong's appetite, so Xiao Yuan Sangong quickly nodded and said: "Yan Gong's words are reasonable, so according to Yan Gong's opinion, how should Gu Dang act?" ”

"Whatever is planned!" Yan Xiang replied in a grim voice: "The lord can send an envoy to Liu Beijun's camp, pretending to inquire about what military supplies Liu Bei's army needs for the expedition, no matter what Liu Bei asks, he can agree, only saying that it will be supplied when Liu Bei sets off tomorrow morning, so as to stabilize Liu Bei's annihilation of thieves, make him believe that our military war is not aimed at him, and relax his vigilance." Then it's the second watch tonight, and I will act according to the original plan! Xiao Yuan Sangong was very satisfied when he heard this, and immediately agreed, according to the plan.

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Yan Xiang also obviously underestimated Uncle Liu, when he was still instigating Xiao Yuan Sangong to hide a knife in his smile to temporarily appease Uncle Liu, another royal diplomatic envoy of Uncle Liu, Sun Gan, disguised himself as an ordinary scout, had already quietly crossed the fat water, and hurried to the Yinling battlefield sixty miles away, the sun had not completely set on the top of the West Mountain, Sun Qian had already arrived at the periphery of the Yinling battlefield, and took the initiative to meet the sentry team of the Xuzhou army to identify himself, and asked to meet Tao Ying immediately.

When the herald sent the news to Tao Ying, Tao Ying had just ordered Mingjin to collect his troops and return to the camp to end the siege battle the next day, and was still discussing the gains and losses of the siege with Lu Su, Zang Ba, Gao Shun and others -- after two consecutive days of siege battles, the Xuzhou infantry team that took turns to go into battle had the mentality of actual combat training, and after paying the price of nearly 1,500 people, they caused almost similar casualties to the Yinling defenders, and also consumed a large number of materials for the isolated Yinling defenders. Therefore, even if they did not take Yinling City for two consecutive days, Tao Ying, Lu Su and others were still in a very relaxed mood and were very satisfied with the performance of the Xuzhou army.

"The big-eared thief sent Sun Qian again? Call in. In a relaxed mood, Tao Ying agreed to meet Sun Qian without thinking too much, but after the herald turned around, Tao Ying shouted again: "Slow! It's not dark yet, why did the messenger of the big-eared thief come? What is the dress of Sun Qian, the messenger of the big-eared thief, and how did he come here? ”

"Back to the lord, Liu Beijun's envoy is dressed as an ordinary sergeant, disguised as an ordinary scout, and came on a fast horse." The herald replied respectfully, and then added: "Oh, the villain almost forgot, Liu Beijun's envoy came in a hurry, and as soon as he got off the horse, his war horse collapsed on the ground foaming at the mouth, and it looked like he was galloping all the way at any cost. ”

"In such a hurry?" Tao Ying was not surprised and happy, applauded and smiled: "Okay, something big is going to happen on the Shouchun battlefield!" Quick, Xuan! ”

The herald sang the promise again, and when Lu Su, Zang Ba and others next to him hurriedly inquired about what was going to happen on the Shouchun battlefield, Tao Ying shook his head and didn't answer, just asked everyone to wait patiently. After another moment, Sun Gan was led into the big tent of the Chinese army, seeing that the tent was full of Xuzhou generals, including Zang Ba, who had a deep feud with Liu Beijun, Sun Gan was a little hesitant at first, but the situation was critical Sun Gan couldn't take care of it so much, so he could only salute in front of Tao Ying, Tao Ying was very curious and asked: "Mr. Gongyou, you only returned to Shouchun early yesterday morning, why did you come in a hurry this evening, is there something big?" ”

"Returning to the envoy, is there a big event, or a big event where the sky is falling apart, if nothing happens, Yuan Shu Pifu will attack my lord tonight!" Sun Gan wiped his sweat and replied, and hurriedly introduced Yuan Shujun's movements today, and when Sun Gan finished speaking, Tao Ying was silent, but the generals in Xuzhou were in an uproar, all of them were happy, and they didn't think that their own army had not taken a step past the fat water at all, and Yuan Shujun and Liu Beijun were already ready to fight by themselves?

Sun Gan didn't dare to look at the schadenfreude of the generals in Xuzhou, but pleaded with Tao Ying: "Tao envoy, Yuan Shu Pifu has 70,000 troops in Shouchun, and my lord only has more than 10,000 tired divisions, and is by no means Yuan Shu's opponent, my lord implores that the envoy immediately divide his troops to Feishui, and my lord is willing to lead his troops to take on the internal response, take your army across the river, break through Yuan Shupifu's Feishui defense line, and join hands to break Shouchun!" ”

"Too rushed, right? The main force of our army had just finished the battle to attack Yinling City, and the soldiers were quite tired. Tao Ying hesitated a little, and then asked suspiciously: "Mr. Gongyou, didn't I let you and Yuan Shupifu temporarily make a mistake?" How did the situation get so bad all of a sudden? ”

"Envoy, this is all because my lord fulfilled the covenant, and according to the envoy's orders, he refused to lead the army west to save the Yin Tomb." Sun Qian replied with a sad face: "Because my lord resolutely refused to raise troops to the west, Yuan Shupifu was suspicious, so he decided to attack our army." ”

"So, you blame me?" Tao Ying asked with a smile.

"Isn't it because I blame you? If you promise to let my lord lead the troops across the river and bluff, will the situation come to this point? Sun Qian muttered in his heart, and pleaded: "Tao Envoy Jun, time is running out, please also make Jun give an order to send troops early, my lord will lead the army to meet your army to the west of Feishui to cross the river, and your army can break through the Feishui defense line at this time, and you can also minimize the losses." ”

Tao Ying was silent, and after a few moments of tapping his fingers on the case, Tao Ying finally nodded and said: "Okay, I will send troops immediately, Mr. Gongyou can go back to report to Xuande Gong first, let him defend the camp with all his might, grab the Feishui pontoon bridge, and when I personally lead the army to arrive, I will immediately take our army across the river!" ”

Sun Gan was overjoyed, and after thanking him repeatedly, he hurriedly resigned and went back to report the news, and as soon as Sun Gan left on his front foot, a landslide and tsunami-like cheers immediately broke out in the big tent of the Chinese army in Xuzhou, and the generals in Xuzhou rushed to Tao Ying to inquire, "Lord, why did things become like this all of a sudden?" We didn't attack the fertilizer water at all, why did Yuan Shupifu and the big-eared thief kill each other? ”

"It's very simple." Tao Ying replied slowly: "Yuan Shupifu didn't treat the big-eared thief as an ally from the beginning, he just wanted the big-eared thief to be cannon fodder to consume the strength of our army; As for the big-eared thief, he never thought of sincerely helping Yuan Shupifu resist our army from the beginning, and he just wanted to muddy the water, and then fish in troubled waters to swallow the land and city of Huainan. The two thieves have different dreams in the same bed, and they can tolerate each other in an emergency, and if the situation is slow, they will inevitably have their own ghosts! I just calculated this, so I accepted the big-eared thief's false desire to make peace, and he was false and wronged, and deliberately only attacked Yinling and ignored Shouchun, just to ease the situation in Shouchun and create an opportunity, so that Yuan Shupifu and the big-eared thief could fight under Shouchun City, brewing and intensifying the contradictions. ”

The generals of Xuzhou gave a thumbs up together, and sighed at Tao Ying's clever calculation, Tao Ying smiled toothily, and added: "To be honest, I didn't expect the effect to be so good, I originally planned to take down the Yin Tomb first, and then use what kind of divisive plan to make the contradiction between the big-eared thief and Yuan Shu completely break out, and now I can't hold their breath without doing it, it seems that my evaluation of the big-eared thief and Yuan Shu's puppet will also be revised - the big-eared thief and Yuan Shu's puppet are not incompatible, they are simply eight characters against each other!" ”

The generals of Xuzhou laughed again, and after laughing, Zang Ba hurriedly asked, "Lord, what should we do next?" This is a great opportunity to break through the Feishui defense line, and regardless of whether the lord really intends to join forces with the big-eared thief, the last general feels that he should not miss it. ”

"My lord, the last general asks for the order to lead the army to break through the Feishui defense line!" Chen Dao, Cao surname, Xu Chu, Hou Cheng, Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai and other generals stood up together, almost unanimously asking for orders to fight.

"Feishui is a small river, what is the difficulty of breaking through?" Tao Ying snorted coldly: "Do you think that such a good God-given opportunity will only be used to break through the Feishui defense line?" ”

"And what is the lord going to do with it?" Zang Ba asked in surprise.

Tao Ying smiled and said to Zang Ba very gently: "Brother Xuan, your team is resting in Quyang, now you return to Quyang for me immediately, pick up the soldiers and horses of the headquarters and rush to the east bank of Feishui to meet Tao Ji, and watch the movements on the west bank." If nothing else, the rabble of more than 10,000 big-eared thieves will definitely not be able to stop Yuan Shupifu's 70,000-strong army from attacking with all their might, and the big-eared thieves are likely to cross the fat water and flee for their lives to the east coast - if this happens, give me a head-on blow! I must kill the big-eared thief in the fat water!! ”

(To be continued)