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Kindly respecting the elders but touching a gray nose, Deputy Director Tao, who was still a little open-minded, was not angry, and bowed his hand to Boss Cao again with great grace, and said loudly: "Lord Yue, whether you recognize me as a son-in-law or not, you are my de facto father-in-law, this is an ironclad fact, you can't change it." Therefore, Lord Yue-in-law is above, please forgive the son-in-law for being in armor and not being able to pay full salutes. ”

After that, Deputy Director Tao really bowed to Boss Cao with his fists on his horse, the standard of his movements and the sincerity of his tone can definitely be called a representative of the model son-in-law in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, but unfortunately Boss Cao still refused to appreciate it, coughed painfully and waved his hand to interrupt, and roared: "Enough!" Stop acting! On pretending to be hypocritical, you are still a little tender! Make such a big noise to call me out, say it if you have something, and let it go if you have a fart! ”

"My father-in-law has an order, and the son-in-law will have something to say." Deputy Director Tao nodded, while secretly observing Boss Cao's condition, he said loudly and pretendly: "Lord Yue, since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety cannot be both, the son-in-law is not filial, and the edict is forced to send troops to fight against you, now the 200,000 troops of the son-in-law have come to the front of Hangu Pass, and Lord Yuezhang has less than 40,000 remnants of the defeated army, and the destruction is only in the future, I don't know what is the attitude of Lord Yuezhang towards this?" ”

Boss Cao's face was angry, and he opened his mouth to scold, but when the words came to his mouth, he couldn't help but cough in real pain, and finally coughed almost enough, and then Boss Cao roared: "Traitor." Don't come to this set of hypocrisy, if you have the ability, let the horse come and attack my Hangu Pass, and want to persuade me to surrender and dream! ”

"Master Yue, do you really want to be so obsessed with it?" Deputy Director Tao slowed down his breath and said sincerely: "Meng Degong, although you and I are enemies, you should know very well in your heart that you and I are definitely friends and enemies, and I have always respected you. You once spared me once. Now it's my father-in-law again, if you can lead the people to surrender, you must know that I will definitely not treat you badly! Case. Why should you resist to the end? Let the soldiers of your two armies die in vain. The innocent people of Guanzhong were affected by the war? ”

Boss Cao was silent for a while, because Boss Cao knew very well in his heart that he had known this unscrupulous son-in-law since he had known him. This unscrupulous son-in-law is probably the only one who speaks from the bottom of his heart. But it was still that sentence, Boss Cao's self-esteem and pride would never allow him to bow to his son-in-law, so Boss Cao quickly sneered and said: "Shaft, don't say as if you have a solid chance of winning, you have a lot of soldiers and horses, but don't forget, Yuan Shao, who was full of soldiers in Guandu and Xuchang, once took advantage of me?!" ”

"Master Yue, do you think that the son-in-law will make the same mistake as Ben Chugong?" Deputy Director Tao was-for-tat and asked rhetorically: "Besides, Lord Yue, your team, as well as your personal physical condition, how can it be comparable to Guandu and Xuchang back then?" ”

"Then you can let the horses come." Boss Cao's tone was arrogant, and he said loudly: "Don't think that if I am suffering from a minor illness now, you can take advantage of it in front of me, Lao Tzu's body is ...... better." ”

Before he finished speaking, Boss Cao couldn't help but bow his head and cough, and he coughed extremely painfully, Deputy Director Tao patiently observed for a moment, and suddenly said: "Lord Yue, about your illness, to tell the truth, the son-in-law must ask you for guilt." Don't dare to deceive your father-in-law, in fact, your illness is caused by me. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Boss Cao looked up suddenly, so surprised that he forgot to cough.

"Do you remember our secret negotiation in the second year of Jian'an?" Deputy Director Tao said calmly: "At that time, I actually knew what kind of disease Mr. Fengxiao was suffering from, and I also knew that this disease would be transmitted through saliva droplets, so I made a little joke with you, persuaded you to take care of Mr. Fengxiao personally, and also taught you a way to guide phlegm for Mr. Fengxiao." Originally, I just wanted to make you laugh, but I didn't expect you to take it seriously. ”

Boss Cao and Guo Jia's faces changed together, and the hair of Cheng Yu and Dian Wei and other generals also stood up, but Deputy Director Tao continued to stimulate: "Lord Yue, your luck is indeed bad, as far as I know, your disease was contracted after the breakout of Ye County." If I'm not mistaken, Mr. Fengxiao must have broken through with you, and his condition worsened in the bumpy journey, and your team was at the end of the road and there was no female dependent to guide Mr. Fengxiao's phlegm, so you personally guided him to phlegm, but at that time, you were also worried about being exhausted, your body's immunity was seriously reduced, and you were in contact with a large number of sources of disease in Mr. Fengxiao's body, so you were infected by Mr. Fengxiao. ”

"Traitor! Death! ”

Dian Wei couldn't bear to slap the horse and dance the halberd, and killed Deputy Director Tao violently, Xu Chu next to Deputy Director Tao also immediately danced a knife to meet him, and the two fierce generals in the world fought hard in the formation, and the fight was turned upside down, day and night. But when the battle was not long, the opposite Cao Boss shouted 'Tao Ying Xiaoer', a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth, turned over and fell off the war horse, the left and right guards were shocked, and quickly rescued Cao Boss and retreated sharply, and the Cao army team behind him also hurriedly stepped forward to protect Cao Boss, and the Xuzhou army team behind Deputy Director Tao also rushed up, and in a blink of an eye, it was about to start a melee with Cao Jun in front of the pass. Deputy Director Tao immediately shouted: "Mingjin, collect the troops!" ”

"Lord, this is an opportunity to capture the thief and capture the king first." Xun Chen hurriedly reminded.

"The enemy has been provoked by me, and at this time our army does not have an advantage in the battle, so it is better to be an empty favor." Deputy Director Tao replied calmly.

Ma Zhong asked the guards to ring the golden gong according to the order, and the Xuzhou team that wanted to fight had to hug Deputy Director Tao and retreat urgently, and Xu Chu, who was fighting with Dian Wei, also quickly sold a flaw and retreated back, Dian Wei and other Cao army soldiers were worried about Cao Boss's illness, and did not dare to launch a pursuit, but they just hugged Cao Boss and retreated to Hangu Pass, so the two armies did not fight. And Cao Boss has been unconscious after being rescued, Cao Jun's team is both angry and frightened, retreat to the pass and immediately close the gate, unwilling to send another soldier to fight, Deputy Director Tao saw Cao Boss return to the pass, then also led the team to quickly withdraw from the Hangu Pass.

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Not to mention that Deputy Director Tao led the army back to the camp to discuss the tactics of breaking the customs with everyone. Shan said that after Boss Cao was rescued back to the pass, he was immediately carried back to the ward, which was closely guarded by the Chinese army, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu and others hurriedly summoned the medical officer, but before Dian Wei could go out to give the order, Boss Cao suddenly opened his eyes again, and commanded very calmly: "No need to summon the medical officer, I'm fine, I pretended just now." ”

"Pretended? But my lord, you vomited blood just now? Cheng Yu asked in surprise with Guo Jia and others.

Boss Cao took out a small bottle from his sleeve, threw it to Dian Wei, and said with a smile: "I vomited." It's red water in this bottle. That's why I'm going to scold you for almost missing my big thing. I expected that the traitor would inevitably take the opportunity to spy on my illness under the pretext of answering me, and I was ready to play this play in front of him. ”

Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Dian Wei and others suddenly realized, and they hurriedly praised Boss Cao's clever plan like a god. Maybe you can deceive the treacherous Deputy Director Tao. Boss Cao smiled and said, "What can fool Tao Ying's traitors?" The traitor was a master of medicine. I am indeed sick, and I am not very sick, and the symptoms must not be hidden from his eyes. Seeing that I vomited blood, he must have thought that I was so angry with him that his condition suddenly worsened, so it was difficult for him to even think of it this time. ”

Cheng Yu and Dian Wei applauded and laughed together, but Guo Jia's face was gloomy, and then Cheng Yu hurriedly asked: "The lord pretended to be seriously ill, did he want Tao Ying to be a traitor to deceive the enemy and take the opportunity to use tricks to defeat the enemy?" Even so, does the lord need Yu and others to immediately mourn, close the door and hang filial piety, and further deceive the pottery thief? ”

"You can't do that, just block the news of my condition." Boss Cao shook his head decisively and said: "Tao Ying'er is treacherous, and he knows the truth that soldiers are not tired of cheating, if you are hanging filial piety behind closed doors, he will immediately guess that I am cheating to death, and in turn he will cheat us?" ”

"Why?" Cheng Yu was stunned and didn't react for a while.

"It's simple." Guo Jia lowered his head and said: "If the lord really dies suddenly, then in order to prevent the pottery thief from taking the opportunity to enter the army, we will definitely block the bad news of the lord's death, so we will do everything as usual, and then try to quietly withdraw the army, so the news of the lord's illness will be publicized with great fanfare, but it will make the pottery thief immediately understand that the lord is cheating on death to lure the enemy." ”

"Feng Xiaoguo knows my heart, that's the truth!" Boss Cao applauded, and then ordered: "Go and call Zhang Liao, I have something to order." ”

Zhang Liao was soon passed to Cao Laoda's ward, and after telling Zhang Liao that he was just pretending to be seriously ill, Cao Laoda immediately arranged for Zhang Liao to come forward to deceive the surrender, and asked Zhang Liao to send a henchman messenger out of the customs and go to the Xuzhou camp to offer a book to defraud the surrender, pretending that he was dead, Guo Jia Chengyu blocked the news and did not dare to mourn, but secretly prepared to withdraw the army, and most of Zhang Liao's friends in the Lu Bu army were in the Xuzhou army, so Zhang Liao did not want to return to Chang'an, and wanted to surrender to the Xuzhou army, and lured Deputy Director Tao to send troops to attack Hangu Pass. Zhang Liao sang a promise, and immediately made a letter in front of Boss Cao, and Boss Cao was very cautious to set the agreed time for the third watch the next night, and asked Zhang Liao to send the guards out of the customs to deliver the letter on the fourth watch tonight, and also specially explained that Zhang Liao's letter delivery guards were not allowed to know the details, and directly used a dead room.

After making these arrangements, Guo Jiacai raised a question to Boss Cao and asked: "Lord, if Tao Ying's traitor refuses to come in person, and only sends a general to come to sneak attack, and arranges for the army to meet outside the valley road, then even if we succeed in luring the enemy, it will be difficult to achieve great results?" ”

"It's okay, I never expected to be able to kill the pottery thief in one fight." Boss Cao replied: "I did this for two purposes, one is to win a battle to boost morale and build up our army's confidence in victory, and the other is to provoke the pottery thief and let him wave his army to attack the fortifications. You also know Tao Ying's traitor's military habits, that is, he never likes to fight a war of attrition, and he always likes to be opportunistic every time he encounters Jiancheng Xiongguan, and he can basically succeed, if our army can successfully provoke him and let him storm Hangu Pass with a frontal attack that he is not good at, then we have a chance. ”

"What the lord said is very true." Cheng Yu hurriedly nodded and echoed: "The last time the Tao thieves stormed Nanpi City, it took more than three months, the solidity of Hangu Pass is far above Nanpi, and the defenders are much more than Nanpi. However, if the pottery thief refuses to attack head-on and continues to use any conspiracy and tricks to opportunistically, then we will not be able to guard against it, this traitor. There are so many ghost ideas. ”

Boss Cao nodded, he wanted to say something more, but his throat was itchy and uncomfortable, and he couldn't help bending over again to cough violently, Guo Jia, who had already described himself as haggard to the extreme, also got up from the table, came to Boss Cao, knelt down on his knees, opened his mouth and wanted to speak, but before the words came out, Guo Jia was already moist in the corners of his eyes, and then burst into tears.

"Bong Filial Piety. What are you doing? Boss Cao coughed and asked, "Do you need this?" You think I blamed you? ”

"But my lord. If your subordinates don't pass on tuberculosis to you....... Guo Jia choked up and said.

"It's all the same." Boss Cao's expression was a little gloomy, and he said: "Even if I don't get this serious illness, it will change the fact that the enemy is strong and I am weak, and the situation may even be worse." Tao Ying traitor may have been before he fought Jingzhou. will attack our army first. This traitor will not give us a chance to make a comeback. ”

Guo Jia, who was skinny and skinny, finally cried, coughing while crying, and kowtowing desperately to Boss Cao. Boss Cao motioned for Cheng Yu to help him up, and then walked up to Guo Jia with difficulty, personally helped Guo Jia, who was already gray-haired before forty, coughed and comforted: "Don't cry, men don't flick when they have tears, Tao Ying, this traitor, I accidentally indulged with you back then, since we created the sin, it is up to us to end this traitor and give an explanation to our children and grandchildren." ”

Guo Jiayi wept bitterly, choked and nodded, and replied: "My lord, please rest assured, even if your subordinates give up their lives this time, they must help you get rid of this traitor." ”

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In the early morning of the next day, when Zhang Liao's henchmen and guards sent the letter of surrender to Deputy Director Tao, Deputy Director Tao, who had retired from Luo Guanzhong, was dumbfounded, and he couldn't tell whether Boss Cao was really dead, and whether Zhang Liao's surrender was true or false? Unable to distinguish the truth from the fake, Deputy Director Tao could only temporarily leave Zhang Liao's messenger in the camp, and then hurriedly sent people to reconnoiter the movements of Hangu Pass, while summoning a few strategists to discuss countermeasures.

Jia Lao Poison and Liu Ye and others also couldn't judge the truth of Zhang Liao's request to surrender, because on the first day, Jia Lao Poison and others saw with their own eyes that the sick and dying Cao Boss was so angry that Deputy Director Tao vomited blood on the spot, and knew that many of Zhang Liao's companions and old friends were indeed in the Xuzhou Army now, among which Gao Shun, who had the best friendship with Zhang Liao, had also been awarded the Youzhou Assassin History, if Cao Boss had really died of illness, Zhang Liao, who had surrendered to Cao Jun in desperation, was indeed likely to choose to defect and surrender to the Xuzhou Army. Therefore, when the enemy's situation was unknown, none of the several strategists dared to speak indiscriminately, lest they accidentally mislead Deputy Director Tao and make a big mistake.

The scouts who went to Hanguguan to reconnoiter soon had a reply, saying that everything was as usual and no abnormalities were found, but the more this was the case, the more Deputy Director Tao could not judge, because Deputy Director Tao knew that with the ability of Guo Jia and Cheng Yu, if Boss Cao really died suddenly, then he would definitely not dare to mourn and show filial piety, but would only block the news and secretly withdraw from the army. Under suspicion, Deputy Director Tao had no choice but to wave his hand to let the scouts go down and continue to closely monitor the enemy's movements, and then asked the left and right strategists: "Princes, what do you think?" ”

Several strategists shook their heads and said that they couldn't judge, only Jia Lao Poison said: "Lord, this question should be asked to yourself, among our few people, you have the best medical skills, you saw Cao Cao's situation yesterday with your own eyes, whether it is possible for him to really die suddenly, you should know this better than us." ”

Deputy Director Tao, who only knew a little about modern medicine, was speechless, and after thinking for a while, Deputy Director Tao replied: "I can't judge, from the surface appearance, Cao Thief is indeed very sick, and his age is there, it is not impossible for him to die suddenly, but if you can't look at it, this is just a possibility, and it can't be determined." ”

"Since we can't judge, then we just don't care." Xun Chen suggested: "Don't pay attention to Zhang Liao's request to surrender, I'd rather not have this opportunity to break through Hangu Pass quickly, rather than take this risk with the army." ”

"But what if Zhang Liao really came to ask for surrender?" Deputy Director Tao asked rhetorically: "Zhang Liaozhen came to ask for surrender, but our army refused, who would dare to surrender to our army in the future?" ”

Xun Chen was speechless, and Liu Ye said: "If the lord doesn't want to miss this opportunity, then the safest way is to divide the troops into two teams, the front team will sneak attack Hangu Pass, and the rear team will respond in the open place outside the valley road, if Zhang Liao's surrender is true, the rear team can immediately enter the battlefield, if Zhang Liao's surrender is false, and the enemy really arranges an ambush, then the rear team can immediately respond to the front team to break through." ”

Liu Ye's suggestion is the most reasonable, in the case that it is inevitable to pay a huge price for attacking Hangu Pass by force, this arrangement that will not miss the opportunity to break through the pass and will not be hit hard is undoubtedly the best choice, so after thinking about it again, Deputy Director Tao nodded and said, "Then let's do it?" ”

"My lord, no." Yang Zheng, who was the youngest and had the least seniority, hurriedly stood up and objected: "Although Uncle Liu's suggestion is safe, after all, it is to risk the lives of our soldiers. ”

"What do you think you should do?" Deputy Director Tao asked Yang Zheng, who was ten years younger than him.

"There is a sentence of evidence, which can make Cao Mengde distinguish between life and death." Yang Zheng arched his hand and said: "If the lord agrees, His Majesty is willing to send an envoy to Hangu Pass to contact and negotiate with Cao Jun's team, take the opportunity to peep into the enemy's situation, and try to get in touch with the elder brother's brother. ”

"You're going to send an envoy to Hangu Pass?" Deputy Director Tao shook his head, and then hurriedly waved his hand and said: "No, no, now the life and death of the Cao thief is unknown, if he doesn't die, it's okay, you still have a chance to come back, but if he really dies, Guo Jia and Cheng Yu will at least detain you in Hangu Pass in order to guard against leaks, and maybe they will slaughter you." ”

Rejecting Yang Zheng's request, Deputy Director Tao said again: "But your idea is good, I will arrange another messenger to send medicine to honor my father-in-law, and enter Hanguguan to test the enemy's situation." ”

"The lord forgives the sins, and the ministers think that only the ministers are the most suitable for this messenger." Yang Zheng insisted: "There are two reasons, one is that Cao Mengde has always been deceitful, Guo Jia and Cheng Yu are not good people, if Cao Mengde is really using deception to lure the enemy, our army envoys will only be more misled by them, and the subordinates are not stupid to ask themselves, Cao Mengde They want to deceive their subordinates, and it is not so easy to deceive others." ”

"Second, the matter of the Ayi brothers must be kept secret." Yang Zheng added: "In order to prevent leakage, even if the subordinates discuss the military situation in the Chinese army's big tent, they are not allowed to mention their names, and only refer to Ah Yi and Ah Yi's brother. Only when the subordinates go to Hangu Guanzhong can Ah Yi's brother immediately understand that I can trust, and he will immediately understand my true intentions, and try to get in touch with me. ”

"The words make sense." Deputy Director Tao was still a little hesitant, and said: "But your father's fame is too great, and you have also made a lot of fame in the Battle of Chaisang, the enemy will definitely attach great importance to you, and if you are not careful, you will be in danger of falling to the ground, aren't you afraid of this?" (To be continued......)