In order to allow Emperor Yuan of the Zhong clan to accept the jade seal of the country with peace of mind, Tao Ying deliberately left a lot of flaws in the matter of entrusting Yuan Shu to transfer the jade seal of the country to Chang'an, the first is that he did not ask Yuan Shu to transfer the jade seal to Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty when and where, the second is that he did not say what action the Xuzhou army would do if Yuan Shu withheld the jade seal of the country, and third, he did not ask Yuan Shu to take any mortgage guarantee, let alone ask Yuan Shu to give himself an army and a batch of grain and grass exchange, as Sun Ce did. Without mentioning any conditions, he directly handed over the jade seal of the country to Yuan Shu.

In the face of Deputy Director Tao's kindness, Yuan Shu really wanted to refuse, and the civil and military officials under Yuan Shu's command also felt that Tao Ying was a different way to offer treasure and seek peace, neither violating the oath but also offering the jade seal to Yuan Shu, and seeing Yuan Shu's face full of joy and salivation, so most of the civil and military officials strongly agreed with Yuan Shu to accept Tao Ying's request and 'transfer' the jade seal on his behalf, so after a few polite words of Emperor Yuan, he finally reluctantly agreed to help, and personally took over the jade seal from Lu Su, and an old face also smiled into a chrysanthemum at the same time.

Taking advantage of Yuan Shu's happiness, Lu Su, who has always been known for being good at forming alliances, took the opportunity to ask for a truce, so that Yuan Shujun and the Xuzhou army could turn war into jade silk and join forces to resist the world's heroes. Yuan Shu eats people with a soft mouth, takes people short, and sees that Tao Ying has a respectful attitude in the letter, and considers himself a junior to flatter himself, and considering that the famous Zang Bajun and the Xuzhou army have reconciled, and once again accept Tao Qian's command, the overall strength of the five counties of Xuzhou has been improved again, and it is easy to attack. Therefore, after Yuan Shu weighed it again and again, he finally agreed to a truce with the Xuzhou army, sent envoys to Xuzhou, and re-concluded an alliance with his former ally Tao Qian.

Successfully completed the mission delivered by Tao Ying, Lu Su immediately submitted his farewell, returned to Guangling to give orders to Tao Ying, Yuan Shu sent Yang Hong to see him off, and sent Guangling, ordering Ji Ling and Chen Fen and other generals to collect troops and withdraw from Guangling. is the only one who suffered from choosing the wrong opponent in the first battle of his debut, Sun Ce, who lost his own surname, not to mention his own surname, but also took the heirloom jade seal that his father Sun Jian exchanged for his life, and he lost completely clean, clean and slippery.

When the envoy led by Lu Su returned to Guangling, the Yuan Shu army led by Ji Ling and Chen Fen had already drawn up camp and withdrawn to Jiujiang, and the eight thousand rescuers led by Zang Ba himself had also arrived at the city of Guangling, and the Xuzhou army led by Tao Ying and Zhang Ji joined the division, which greatly increased the strength of the Xuzhou army in Guangling. Farming resumed, showing a thriving scene.

It was also to Guangling City that Lu Su knew that Tao Ying, Zang Ba and Zhang Ji and others were not in Guangling City at the moment, but all went to the Jiangdu Ferry in the south on business. All the way to Jiangdu County, which is not far away, Lu Su soon found Tao Ying's team in the Xuzhou Navy camp on the east side of the ferry, and met Tao Ying himself.

At this time, Tao Ying was enjoying the scenery of the Yangtze River on the riverside sentry platform, looking at the south bank of the Yangtze River thoughtfully, in addition to Zhang Zhen and Xu Sheng and others, there were also Langya generals such as Zang Ba, Sun Guan and Wu Dun, and at the same time, there was simply a wine banquet, so that Tao Ying and others could drink while watching the scenery. Seeing Lu Su go up to the sentry platform, Tao Ying immediately laughed and stepped forward, and said: "The military division has worked hard, the military division, please return triumphantly, you should not be able to lead the crowd to greet you, and if you are rude, you should also look at the military division Haihan." ”

"Childe has worked hard." Lu Su returned the salute and said with a smile: "In the temper of the next, the son knows, in the next hate those red tape that waste time the most, the son did not personally lead the crowd to greet it, but it is much easier in the next." After that, Lu Su pointed to Zang Ba and the others next to him, and asked curiously: "Childe, these generals must be the famous Langya generals, right?" ”

"Exactly." Tao Ying nodded, and hurriedly introduced Lu Su to Zang Ba and others, Lu Su and Zang Ba and others greeted each other one by one, and then smiled at Zang Ba: "General Xuangao is full of promises, a promise of gold, and righteousness, which is really admirable." ”

"Lu Junshi has won the award." Zang Ba returned the salute and said with a smile: "I am a rough man, and I don't hide it from the military advisor, I said to Gongzi at the beginning that if Gongzi can take down the head of the dog thief, he will return to the main account in the next place, but I just want to test Gongzi to see if Gongzi really values the last general." As a result, what I didn't expect was that Gongzi not only immediately led the troops south, but also broke tens of thousands of rebels with an army of 800 gentlemen, and really took down the head of Zhenrong. ”

Speaking of this, Zang Ba added, "It's a pity that when Xia arrived in Guangling, Sun Ce'er had been defeated by the clever strategy of Gongzi and the military advisor, and Yuan Shu was also persuaded by the military advisor to agree to a truce, and he was really ashamed that he failed to kill a single soldier for Gongzi." ”

"General Xuangao's words are wrong, the general returns to Tao Gong's account, Tao Gong has one more Optimus Pillar, and Gongzi also has one more arm and brother." Lu Su said with a smile: "From now on, Tao Gong and Gongzi will use soldiers, and they will no longer have to pinch their fingers for a few meters to get into the pot, and the princes of the world will no longer dare to peep at the five counties of Xuzhou, which are all the work of the generals and the generals of Langya!" Thousands of people in the five counties of Xuzhou have also received a lot of kindness from the general, so how can they just care about the number of enemies killed by the general? ”

was put on a few high hats by Lu Su in a row, and Zang Ba and Sun Guan, who were from humble backgrounds and generally had strong self-esteem, were all overjoyed, and they were familiar with Lu Su at first sight, and they talked very happily. After talking with Zang Ba and others for a while, Lu Su turned his head to look at Tao Ying, but saw that Tao Ying had already stood next to the arrow stack of the rammed earth sentry platform, looking at the south bank of the Yangtze River very attentively, and there were two white silk silks with text patterns written in his hands, Lu Su knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly confessed to Zang Ba and others, walked next to Tao Ying, and asked softly: "Childe, you are so fascinated by the river, but you have something on your mind?" ”

Tao Ying didn't answer, but handed the two silk silks in his hand to Lu Su, Lu Su took a look, but saw that a silk silk was the imperial court canonized Yangzhou Thorn History Liu Xiang to write, in the letter, Liu Xiang told Tao Ying that in order to help the Xuzhou army resist Yuan Shu Sun Ce's entry into the Kou, he had driven Sun Ce's maternal uncle Wu Jing and cousin Sun Ben out of Qu'a, forcing Wu Jing and Sun Ben to flee to Wanling with Sun Ce's family, so Liu Xuan hoped to conclude an alliance with the Xuzhou army to resist Yuan Shu, and promised to exterminate Yuan Shu. The Jiujiang County was ceded to the Tao family as a reward.

When he unfolded another silk silk, Lu Su finally understood Tao Ying's thoughts, it turned out that on this silk silk, it turned out to be Liu Xianjun's military defense map in the Dantu area - it was obvious that the insatiable deputy director Tao turned his hungry wolf-like gaze to the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River after temporarily getting rid of the threat of Yuan Shu.

"Childe, in my opinion, you must not form an alliance with Liu Xuan." Lu Su folded the letter and defense map again, and said lightly: "Liu Xuan, this person has a wolf's surname, forgets his righteousness when he sees profit, and is not the choice of an ally. When Liu Xuan first arrived in Huainan, he was driven to nowhere to be left by Yuan Shu, and it was Wu Jing and Sun Ben who welcomed him to Qu'a to gain a foothold, and Liu Xian had a firm foothold in Jiangnan, and immediately began to encroach on Wu Jing and Sun Ben's team, using all means to coerce, wanting to completely annex Wu and Sun, and now that Sun Ce had just died, Liu Miao completely tore his face with Wu Jing and Sun Ben, and drove them away from Qu'a by force. ”

"Of course I won't form an alliance with Liu Xuan, he took the initiative to form an alliance, but he just wanted to borrow my hand to deal with Yuan Shu, I'm not so stupid." Tao Ying shook his head, and suddenly said: "Zijing, in your opinion, if our army crosses the Yangtze River south to attack Liu Xuan, what are the chances of victory?" ”

"With the strategy of the son, and then with the bravery of the Langya army, there should be a lot of chances of defeating Liu Xuan." Lu Su replied with his hand, and said calmly: "But according to Su's opinion, no matter whether the son can defeat Liu Xuan or not, he will only win the tactics and lose the strategy, and win small and lose big." ”

"Please tell me more about it." Tao Ying turned his gaze to Lu Su, feeling a little nervous, these days, the plan to emulate the little overlord Sun Ce to conquer Jiangdong 81 Prefectures in one fell swoop has been brewing in the heart of Deputy Director Tao, especially after receiving reinforcements from Zangba's army, Tao Ying has the confidence and strength to repeat the miracle of the little overlord and annex Jiangdong, so today Tao Ying will come to the bank of the Yangtze River and look at the Jiangnan plan, but now Lu Su, who is definitely a first-class strategist in the Three Kingdoms, actually objected, Tao Ying was inevitably a little nervous.

"There are three reasons for this." Lu Su replied: "First, our army is not well prepared and the enemy is prepared, to capture Jiangnan, our army's food, grass, ships and weapons are not well prepared, and after Yuan Shu sent Chen Fen to lead the naval division eastward, Liu Xuan, in order to prevent accidents, has also dispatched Zhang Ying from Niuzhu to lead the naval division south, monitor Chen Fen's movements, and at the same time strengthen the Dantu army, and the preparations to prevent our army from going south are very sufficient, so that our army loses the opportunity to strike first. ”

"Second: the five counties of Xuzhou are far more important than Jiangdong, now the five counties of Xuzhou are unstable, there are many hidden dangers, external strong enemies look around, and those who delay Xuzhou abound, and the son does not try to eliminate internal troubles and stabilize the foundation, but goes south to seize other people's land, isn't it putting the cart before the horse, sacrificing the original and chasing the end? If after the son crosses the river, Jiangnan can't be, and Xuzhou has a mistake, so what does the son belong to? ”

Speaking of this, Lu Su also paused, and warned: "Besides, according to Su's opinion, the five counties of Xuzhou are actually far more important than Jiangdong, and when Emperor Shun surveyed the population of the world, the five counties of Xuzhou had 2.79 million people, and the number increased to more than 3 million when Emperor Heng, and the total population of Wu County and Danyang County was only 1.33 million. Now although Xuzhou has experienced a sharp decline in population after the war, Liu Miao only occupies more than ten cities in the northwest of Wu County and the northeast of Danyang, and the population, money, grain and land are far inferior to the five counties of Xuzhou. ”

Tao Ying didn't speak, just continued to listen quietly, Lu Su was not afraid that Tao Ying would like to listen or not, and said: "Third, with the current situation, Yuan Shu will never sit back and watch Gongzi you capture Jiangdong, Yuan Shu and Liu Xiang have been hostile for a long time, and they have long intended to annex Jiangdong, if you cross the Yangtze River south to attack Liu Xuan, then Yuan Shu will inevitably immediately send troops to the south, and then take advantage of the fire to rob, at that time, even if our army defeats Liu Xuan, the overall strength is far above our army and the Yuan Shu army is well prepared, and it will inevitably take the greatest benefits, And our army can not only get a little benefit at most, but also let Yuan Shu take the opportunity to gain a foothold in Jiangnan, lure the wolf into the house, and work hard for Yuan Shu in vain. ”

"Listening to your words is better than reading a book for ten years." Tao Ying finally spoke, and said slowly: "In terms of strategy, I really lack too much, and there are some things that cannot be done according to the script. ”

After saying this, Tao Ying threw the defense map on the south bank of Liu Xuan's army in his hand into the surging river, turned his head to Lu Su and said: "Annoying the military division, write back to Liu Xuan for me, just say that our army has made peace with Yuan Shu, and cannot be treacherous and fall into infamy through the ages, and cannot agree to his request for an alliance, and ask him for forgiveness." Then tell Liu Miao that if he is willing, the Xuzhou army is also willing to conclude a non-aggression peace treaty with him, open the border city to trade, allow the people of the two families to trade freely, and never see each other. ”

"No, Childe's move is conducive to Liu Miao to reduce the pressure on Zhengbei, and Liu Miao will not refuse if he thinks about it." Lu Su nodded in agreement.

Tao Ying turned around again, walked to Zhang Zhen and Zang Ba and others who were drinking and laughing, and said to Zhang Xu: "Old General Zhang, now that the Guangling War has ended, the juniors have decided to lead the Junzi Army to the north without saying anything, and return to Xuzhou to hand over orders to their fathers. After the younger generation returned to Xuzhou, he would also ask his father for credit for the old general, and ask his father to crown the old general as Guangling Xiang. ”

"Guangling Xiang?" Zhang Yu was overjoyed, Guangling is one of the richest counties in the world, even if it is a little broken now, it is far better to be able to govern Guangling than to be Cao Bao's deputy! So Zhang Zhen hurriedly left the table and got up, saluted Tao Ying and thanked him, and said pretendedly: "The son is raised, and the last general is really ashamed to be a ......." ”

"The old general doesn't have to be modest." Tao Ying shook his head and said with a smile: "Guangling is not only an important place for money and grain in Xuzhou, but also a strategic point, with Yuan Shu in the west and Liu Xuan in the south, the most important thing is that if you don't entrust Guangling to a veteran general like the old general who can fight well, the younger generation and my father dare not rest assured." ”

"Then the last general will thank Gongzi, Gongzi's great kindness, the last general will be unforgettable." This Southern Expedition is basically a soy sauce Zhang Zhixi is very happy, and he thanked Tao Ying again and again, and Zang Ba and Sun Guan and others next to him are even more envious, but this time they didn't even hit a pot of soy sauce in the Southern Expedition, so they didn't feel that Tao Ying's rewards and punishments were unclear and discriminated against themselves.

"Old general, please get up." Tao Ying picked up Zhang Xu, and patted Zhang Xu's hand and admonished: "Old general, Guangling is close to the river, and water bandits are rampant on the river, and our army's naval division has not been well equipped for many years, the sailors lack training, and the warships are old and scarce, so the old general must pay attention to the problem of the navy in Guangling, and train the sailors and build more warships, so that our army can eliminate the water bandits on the river in the future." ”

"Childe rest assured, the last general must remember Childe's instructions and vigorously build a Xuzhou water division." Zhang Yu did not doubt that he had him, and agreed. Lu Su smiled slightly, knowing that Tao Ying was a wolf, and he was still greedy for the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River.

Finalized the resolution to let Zhang Ji stay in Guangling, Tao Ying discussed with Zang Ba the withdrawal date, and decided to collect the troops and return to Xuzhou after three days, so as not to let the main force of Xuzhou lean too southward, giving the enemy in the north an opportunity, and at the same time Wu Dun volunteered to lead an army to stay in Guangling to help Zhang Ji defend Guangling. To be able to split the good thing of Zang Ba's coalition army, Tao Ying of course couldn't ask for it, but he was afraid that Zang Ba doubted his intentions, and he hesitated, but Zang Ba also took the initiative to show his sincerity in accepting the command of Tao Qian's father and son, and also took the initiative to echo and ask for Wu Dun, Tao Ying was overjoyed, and immediately agreed, agreeing that Wu Dun would lead an army of 1,000 to stay in Guangling, and asked Zhang Zhen to treat Wu Dun and others well in person, and Zhang Zhen remembered it with his heart.

In the casual chat afterwards, Tao Ying raised his glass again and sighed: "Not to mention, I have been away from home for more than a month, I am really a little homesick, and I don't know what the current situation of Xuzhou City is?" Fortunately, my father said in his letter to me that his condition had improved greatly, otherwise I would have been unable to hold my breath in Guangling. ”

"The lord's condition has improved greatly?" Zang Ba unexpectedly froze.

"Brother Xuan, what's wrong?" Tao Ying suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

Zang Ba was a little hesitant, but considering that Tao Ying would return to Xuzhou soon, he finally replied truthfully: "Son, the lord should be afraid that you will be distracted and didn't tell you the truth. ”

"How is that possible?" Tao Ying was taken aback, put down the wine glass and said suspiciously: "When I set off on the southern expedition, my father's condition has clearly improved greatly?" ”

"There are unpredictable circumstances in the sky, and people have good and bad luck." Zang Ba comforted: "It may be that the lord misses his son too much, and his condition has worsened. ”

Tao Ying didn't answer, and analyzed suspiciously: "Is that so?" My father's disease is asthma, asthma is generally aggravated in winter when the climate is dry, so there is a reason for it to suddenly worsen in autumn, and the rain in Xuzhou this year is not less? Also, my battle in Guangling has always been very smooth, and I have always reported good news but not bad news, my father should be in good spirits at happy events, and his condition is better, right? ”

"This ......, the last general doesn't know." Zang Ba didn't understand medical theory, and honestly shook his head and admitted defeat.

"Is it just a coincidence?" Tao Ying thought in his heart, "To change my thinking, I led such a small number of troops to the south to conquer Guangling, and encountered three strong enemies one after another: Zhenrong, Sun Ce and Yuan Shu, normal people think that I will definitely lose, and I will never expect that I will fight like this." In this case, if I am not in a good war, or I am defeated or killed in battle, or I am trapped in Guangling, and my cheap father suddenly dies of illness, isn't it someone's God-given opportunity? ”

Thinking about this, Tao Ying sighed quietly: "Lu Su is right, if the internal troubles are not eliminated, I will be in a hurry to expand my power, and it will only be to throw watermelons and pick up sesame seeds, and the gains outweigh the losses." Fortunately, I didn't have a hot head to fight Liu Xuan, my main energy must be put on the inside first! Put it on the base of Xuzhou! ”