(ps: It's October soon, and it's still a double monthly pass, so ask for a monthly pass!!) ）

When Zhang Fei brought the news of Deputy Director Tao's rescue back to Yexian County, when he learned of this situation, Uncle Liu Huang and Liu Pan, the newly recognized uncles and nephews, turned pale at that time, Xin Ping and Wang Le and other Jizhou civil and military faces were like ashes, Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu's faces were pale, and Pang Tong snorted coldly and said: "Even if this thief has a big life, he has floated along the water for dozens of miles, and he hasn't drowned him yet!" ”

"It's a pity I didn't recognize him at the time!" Zhang Fei yelled in annoyance, "I didn't expect that the Jizhou soldier who was with the Cao family's mother and daughter at that time turned out to be Tao Ying's thief!" also fell for this thief's trick to divert the tiger from the mountain, was deceived by him, missed the opportunity to kill the thief, not to mention, and was almost killed by him! ”

"Third brother, it doesn't matter if you're injured, right?" Uncle Liu Huang noticed that Zhang Fei's abdomen was bleeding, and asked worriedly, "Is the wound on the stomach still bleeding?" ”

"It's no big deal, fortunately I hid quickly, otherwise I would have been stabbed in the intestines." Zhang Fei shook his head, and said hatefully: "I didn't expect the Xuzhou thieves to become so powerful, I have already stabbed more than a dozen Xuzhou thieves to death, those Xuzhou thieves are still rushing towards me like crazy, fighting to the end with me to the end, this wound on my stomach was stabbed by a Xuzhou thief who had fallen to the ground, I saw that the situation was not good, I could only quickly break through, and it took a lot of effort to escape back." ”

"How many people came back from the breakout with the three generals?" Zhuge Liang hurriedly asked.

"Not a single one, all dead." Zhang Fei replied: "It's not just that the soldiers around me are dead, the soldiers we sent to search for and kill the pottery thieves were basically killed by the Xuzhou thief army, those Xuzhou rabbit cubs are simply crazy, all our people see one to kill one, and after killing, they will have to break the corpse, and the more than 20 soldiers around me are almost all cut into meat sauce by the Xuzhou thief army!" ”

Uncle Liu Huang and Zhuge Liang glanced at each other, although there was no expression on their faces, they were trembling slightly together in their hearts, because Uncle Liu Huang and Zhuge Liang knew very well that Deputy Director Tao, who has always liked to flaunt benevolence and compassion, had done so, so he would definitely be mad this time, and the Jingzhou army and Jizhou army in Yexian County would have to be unlucky!

"Princes, since you raided the pottery thief, and the thief captured the king first, what should I do next?" Xin Ping trembled and asked: "The main force of the pottery thief's rear army came faster than we imagined, and now the strength and weakness on the battlefield in Ye County have been reversed, the pottery thief will definitely retaliate after suffering such a big loss, Ye County is small and difficult to defend, should we withdraw our troops immediately?" ”

"I also think I should withdraw." Liu Pan nodded and echoed: "Last night, when we completely gained the upper hand, we were still defeated by the main force of the Xuzhou thief army without a leader, and almost lost the team on the north bank of the Yanshui, and now the pottery thieves have returned to the Xuzhou army, the morale of the Xuzhou thief army will inevitably be greatly boosted, and we have no hope of victory, and we must withdraw as soon as possible." ”

"Can't be withdrawn!" Zhuge Liang resolutely waved his feather fan to object, and said categorically: "If we don't withdraw, we still have a chance to keep the team and the existing results, if we retreat, there will be nothing, the army can't keep it, the previous results can't be kept, and the captured booty can't be kept!" ”

"Why?" Liu Pan hurriedly asked—by the way, what General Liu Pan hopes most now is to return to Jingzhou smoothly with the countless treasures he robbed in Cao's army. If possible, if Emperor Han Xian and the Third Duke of Dayuan can also be brought back to Jingzhou to invite merit, Major General Liu Pan will definitely not refuse.

"It's very simple, we are not the opponent of Tao Envoy Jun's team in the field." Zhuge Liang said with a serious expression: "Leaving the protection of Yexian County, we must march one hundred and fifty miles to reach Bowang, which can be supported by the sailors, and the road of one hundred and fifty miles is still nearly half of the road in the open terrain, which is enough for the Xuzhou army, which has many cavalry, to encircle and annihilate us." ”

"Yes, we can't withdraw, and there's no need to withdraw, we still have the strength to fight!" Pang Tong also objected to giving up Yexian, turned to Xin Ping and asked, "Xin Servant, how many people are left in your Jizhou team?" ”

"Seven thousand one hundred and twenty-two." Xin Ping replied bitterly: "Of the more than 15,300 people who have been evacuated from Xuchang, less than half of them are now left. ”

"Good, enough." Pang Tong said decisively: "Our Jingzhou army also has about 6,000 soldiers and horses, adding up to about 13,000 troops, it may not be impossible to create a miracle again, defeating the strong with the weak!" ”

"Brother Shiyuan still wants to take the initiative?" Zhuge Liang asked, seeing Pang Tong sneering and nodding, Zhuge Liang was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Brother Shiyuan, it's not that I underestimate you, you'd better dispel this idea, in the battle last evening, we won too much luck, if you still want to expect Tao Yuanjun to make a similar mistake in your clever plan, it is definitely not much hope, stick to it, you can only stick to it!" ”

"The pottery thief won't be tricked again? Not necessarily! Pang Tong sneered confidently, and then said: "However, the Xuzhou thief army is currently at the forefront of the army, and it has successfully rescued Tao Ying is morale is high, we can't touch this hard nail now, we must first stick to the city, avoid the enemy's edge, and then find an opportunity to break the enemy." ”

"Mr. Shiyuan, do you think you can't withdraw now?" Liu Pan asked cautiously.

"Of course it can't be withdrawn." Pang Tong replied: "If the major general wants to keep the treasures he seized from the Cao thief, he must not give up Yecheng now, it is a taboo for the soldiers to withdraw their troops from the battle, and our army is in a weak position in the field, and the withdrawal of troops at this time is just a way to kill themselves, and the Xuzhou thief army will inevitably covet the spoils you took from the Cao thief, and the pursuit will definitely be even more desperate." ”

"Well, I'm not against holding on." Liu Pan nodded first, and then said more cautiously: "However, I must remind Mr. Shiyuan that we don't have much grain and grass. ”

"What?" Zhuge Liang and Uncle Liu Huang, who had only entered Yecheng yesterday, both exclaimed with a big change in their faces, and then asked in unison: "Young General, how much grain and grass is left in the city?" ”

"Oops! How did I forget about destroying the enemy? Pang Tongyi slapped his forehead and said with annoyance: "There is no waterway from Xiangyang to Yecheng, and the transportation is inconvenient, so our grain and grass are mostly tun in Bowang, and we only send grain and grass once every 20 days, and today is the sixteenth day since the last grain was delivered, and our grain and grass are running out!" ”

"So, we already only have five days of food?" Uncle Liu Huang asked in surprise.

"It's not even enough for five days." Xu Shu finally spoke, and said in a deep voice: "The grain of the five days mentioned by General Liu refers to the grain of the original 10,000 Jingzhou troops, but now in Yecheng, there are more than 13,000 troops!" ”

"We have some dry food in our team, which is about enough to last two days." Xin Ping hurriedly spoke, "So it shouldn't be a big problem for us to support it for five or six days." ”

"Five days, within five days, we must repel the enemy, or find a way to transport grain and grass to Yecheng." Zhuge Liang made a judgment, lowered his head and shook his head and said, "Otherwise, we will only be forced to abandon the city." ”

"Be prepared for both." Pang Tong said helplessly: "While holding on to the city and saving the use of grain and grass, we will arrange for an elite army to go south and go north to Bowang to charge grain." ”

Pang Tong just suggested, the decision is still in Liu Pan's hands, and Liu Pan hesitated for a long time, the idea of keeping the existing results finally prevailed, nodded in agreement with Pang Tong's opinion, Liu Pan asked who dared to go north, Huang Zhong immediately stood up and volunteered, willing to lead three thousand troops to Bowang to charge grain, Liu Pan just nodded and was ready to agree, Zhuge Liang quickly stood up again, and said kindly: "Young general, with all due respect, it is best to ask the Jizhou team to work hard, the enemy is currently transporting grain is more dangerous, If the losses of the Jingzhou team are too large, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the major general to replace Jingsheng. ”

Liu Pan thought about it for a while, and when he turned his head to look at Xin Ping, Xin Ping, who was soft-mouthed, did not hesitate, and immediately nodded and said: "What Mr. Kong Ming said is extremely true, our Jizhou team relies on the friendly army in Jingzhou to provide food and grass, and we should contribute to such a thing, and I will send 3,000 soldiers to transport grain." ”

"Grain and grass need to be escorted by fierce generals." Zhuge Liang hurriedly said: "Liang suggests, please ask General Yide to lead the army to work hard and transport grain to Yecheng for military use." ”

Xin Ping did not hesitate at all, and immediately agreed to divide another army to the commander of Uncle Liu's sworn party, Zhuge Liang and Uncle Liu Huang were secretly happy in their hearts, but Zhang Fei immediately shouted: "The military situation is like fire, the young general, please prepare an official document, Xin Servant will allocate a team to me, and I will leave now." ”

"Three generals, don't worry." Zhuge Liang hurriedly stopped it, and said with a smile: "Rest for a while, tonight the third watch will send troops south, and don't play your banner as a general." ”

"Don't play my flag?" Zhang Fei was stunned and hurriedly asked, "Why?" ”

"Tao Yuanjun is too smart." Zhuge Liang said slowly: "Although it is unlikely that the enemy will be detected by the enemy by dividing the troops overnight, if there is a case, and he finds out that it is the general who is leading the army south, he will immediately suspect that the general is going south to collect grain, and then deduce that our army is in short supply of food and grass, and it is difficult to hold it for a long time, and then he will definitely not rush to attack Yecheng, he will choose to be patient and confront, and then divide the troops to cut off our grain route." ”

"Therefore, we had better be careful and not use your banner, so that Tao Envoy Jun will not know that you are leading the army south, so that even if Tao Envoy Jun finds out that we are dividing our troops, at most he will only suspect that we are withdrawing in batches, and it is difficult to think that our food and grass are in short supply."

Zhang Fei laughed loudly, and said yes, Liu Pan and others also applauded, and Liu Pan immediately prepared the official document to release the grain, and arranged for Jingzhou officials to accompany Zhang Fei to the south to transport grain, Xin Ping also immediately went to allocate the team, and temporarily lent three thousand Jizhou soldiers to Zhang Sanye to use, and then stayed until the third watch of the night, Zhang Fei's team immediately went out of the city from the west gate of Yecheng, and used the night to cover the people to chew the horses, and went south to Bowang overnight to transport grain. And because the road terrain was extremely unfamiliar, the Xuzhou army stationed in the open area ten miles away from the east gate of Yecheng was also very unfortunate that it was not immediately aware of the movement of the Jingzhou army, and failed to send troops to intercept Zhang Fei's team in time.

Oh, by the way, before Zhang Fei led the army to set off, Zhuge Liang seized the opportunity to be alone with Zhang Fei, handed over a bag to Zhang Fei, and ordered: "Three generals, there is definitely not much danger for you to go south this time, but when you return to the city with grain, you may not be intercepted by the Xuzhou army. Remember! Remember! ”

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Okay, now let's take a look at the situation of Deputy Director Tao, who we don't love, after returning to the Xuzhou camp under the strict protection of his own team, the Xuzhou camp that had been worried for almost a day suddenly thundered, and the three armies rushed to greet Deputy Director Tao, and Deputy Director Tao talked and laughed like Boss Cao, and laughed in public: "Rest assured, soldiers, I am so good that I am ruthless, and I am reluctant to die before I am not with you to level the world and the traitors!" ”

The Xuzhou soldiers laughed, and Deputy Director Tao waved his hand and said: "Okay, all the soldiers, please go back to your posts, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, we will definitely revenge yesterday's revenge, and we will double the revenge, the most important thing now is that you first recover your strength and stabilize the camp, and then we will consider how to take revenge and how to get yesterday's field back." ”

The soldiers of Xuzhou sang promises one after another, happily returning to the post camp, and Cao Qing, who had been upgraded to the concubine of Deputy Director Tao in reputation, muttered in his heart, "This thief is really similar to my father." ”

After entering the big tent of the Chinese army, Ma Zhong, Xu Chu, Lu Mian and Zhou Hui and other Xuzhou generals had to immediately kneel in front of Deputy Director Tao to ask for guilt, and asked Deputy Director Tao to cure their own crimes of poor protection.

In the end, Deputy Director Tao only gave the unresponsive Lu Mian and the poor interception of Zhou Hui each a punishment of forty military sticks, allowing them to wear the guilt and make meritorious service, and use the merit in exchange for exemption from punishment, Xu Chu was not on the battlefield at that time and was not held accountable, and at the same time, considering that Ma Zhong suffered several wounds in the battle with Huang Zhong to the death, and was the first to lead the army to save himself afterwards, Deputy Director Tao also rewarded Ma Zhong, and ordered to protect the families of the guards and soldiers who died in the battle, and the generals in Xuzhou wept bitterly and were grateful to Deputy Director Tao.

After finally finishing these things, it was already dark, and although Deputy Director Tao, who was tired, injured and hungry, was already exhausted, he did not immediately go back to the tent to rest, but just asked people to bring food, and discussed the enemy situation while eating with Jia Lao Reading and Shi Yi, two military strategists, in the big tent. It was also at this time that Deputy Director Tao exposed the vicious surname of the little belly chicken intestines, and said viciously: "It's decided, even if it provokes the war in Xu Jing, I have to take it from Ye County!" A snow yesterday's humiliation! ”

"The lord also asks to calm his anger, Yi thinks that this matter needs to be discussed carefully." Yi Zhi, who is good at the strategic level, said: "Our army is only initially determined in Yanzhou now, and there are still two strong enemies in the north, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang. ”

"It's impossible to budge." Deputy Director Tao rarely didn't listen to Zeming once, shook his head and said: "Since my debut, I have suffered the first defeat in Ye County, if I don't get this face back immediately, and I also whispered to Liu Biao to make peace, and spread it, others will think that I am afraid of Liu Biao, and Liu Biao will also think that our Xuzhou army is weak and can be bullied, and even more unscrupulously colluded with Yuan Tan to annihilate and connive at the big-eared thieves to stir up the wind and rain, and bring us more trouble!" ”

"The lord is right, Mr. Ziyu, I must oppose you once this time." Jia Lao Poison nodded in agreement, then turned to Shi Yi and said, "Mr. Ziyu, from the perspective of combining vertical and horizontal, your suggestion is extremely correct, but from the perspective of the enemy's heart, your suggestion will be counterproductive?" ”

"Oh, why is it counterproductive? Please also ask Mr. Wenhe for advice. Shi Yi asked curiously.

"Liu Biao is the number one person in the world who bullies the weak and fears the hard." Jia Lao Poison replied: "Compared with our Xuzhou army, Zhang Ji and Liu Bei's team is simply an ant-like existence, right?" But why did Liu Biao take in Zhang Ji and Liu Bei's troops, give food, soldiers and territory, but they were full of hostility to our Xuzhou army? even colluded with Yuan Shu to take advantage of the fire to rob, steal chickens and dogs, and then formed an alliance with Yuan Tan to protect each other, and also sent troops to reinforce Yuan Tan? Considering that the cold lips and teeth are certainly one reason, but not all. ”

"And not all?" Shi Yi is not a stupid person, he came to his senses after a little calculation, and said: "Could it be that Mr. Wenhe wants to say that it is because Zhang Ji and Liu Bei scared Liu Biao?" General Zhang Ji entered Nanyang with a lone army that year, and the invincible Jingzhou army was not an opponent at all, and the big-eared thief colluded with the Cao thief back then, and he also fought with Liu Biao first, so Liu Biao knew how powerful he was, so Liu Biao decided to appease Zhang Ji and the big-eared thief, and give money and grain to the territory. And my Xuzhou army only had a small conflict with the Jingzhou army, and afterwards it was with the help of the Jingzhou Navy Division that it took the important town of Chaisang, so Liu Biao despised our army in his heart and was not very afraid of our army. ”

"Yes, that's the truth." Jia Lao Poison nodded vigorously and said ruthlessly: "Therefore, we must beat Liu Biao this time, and it is best to wipe out Liu Pan's team!" Only in this way will Liu Biao know how powerful we are, and will take the initiative to beg for friendship with our army, and dare not do anything when the main force of our army goes north! ”

"There is another important reason for scaring Liu Biao." Jia Lao Poison added: "Liu Biao rode into Jingzhou alone, and it was all thanks to the local clans of Jingzhou to sit on the throne of Jingzhou, and his control over Jingzhou was far less powerful than that of our army, which taught the Jingzhou army a heavy lesson. ”

Shi Yi nodded slightly, admitting that Jia Lao's analysis of the enemy's heart and surname was reasonable, and although it was wrong at the strategic level, it was extremely correct from a tactical point of view. And Deputy Director Tao of the rat-bellied chicken intestines over there no longer hesitated, and immediately said: "Mr. Wenhe is right, this time you must be afraid of Liu Biao's old horseman!" We must also annihilate Liu Pan'er's Jingzhou team! How to break the enemy, what is Mr. Wenhe's clever plan? ”

"Lord, how to break the enemy will be talked about tomorrow." Jia Lao Poison smiled and said, "My lord, you have been injured and frightened so much, you must be exhausted, please rest early." ”

After finishing speaking, Jia Lao Poison smiled again and said: "Also, please rest assured, in fact, the plan to break the enemy has already been decided, so the lord doesn't have to worry about whether he can break the enemy, just rest in peace." ”

"Mr. Wenhe has already planned to break the enemy?" Deputy Director Tao, who knew that Jia Lao's poison never bragged about his temper, was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked: "What is the clever plan, Mr. Wenhe, hurry up, otherwise I won't be able to rest well." ”

"Lord, your anxious surname still needs a little training." Jia Lao Poison sighed, very heartbroken, Deputy Director Tao's anxious reaction - he only lost once, and the unscrupulous surname that was immediately competitive and retributive was revealed.

After sighing, Jia Lao Poison smiled and said: "Lord forgive me, in addition to worrying about your safety, I also took the time to investigate the situation in Yecheng, and found that although this Ye County is a strategic throat, the scale of the city is extremely small, not to mention catching up with big cities like Pengcheng and Xuchang, and it is not even half the size of Xiaopeicheng, which is our permanent garrison of 4,000 defenders—please think about it carefully, since the Jingzhou team and the Jizhou team can all return to this small city to garrison, how many houses and warehouses can hoard grain and grass in this small city?" ”

"What does Mr. Wenhe mean is that the enemy may not have enough food and grass?" Deputy Director Tao asked in surprise.

"Of course, when the Jizhou army withdrew from Xuchang, in order to move quickly, it did not carry grain and grass, and after arriving in Yecheng, the grain and grass must be supplied by the Jingzhou army, and the burden has increased sharply, and the grain and grass hoarded by Liu Pan in Yecheng can support it for a few days?" Jia Lao Poison asked with a smile, and said with a smile: "Another point, there is no waterway between Yecheng and Xiangyang, and it is very inconvenient to transport grain, and the Jingzhou army was not ready for a full-scale war with our army before, so how much grain and grass can be hoarded in the small town of Yexian County, which is far away from the water transportation channel?" ”

"It makes sense, I don't have to worry about it!" Deputy Director Tao applauded and laughed, and then finally went back to the tent to rest under the repeated urging of Jia Lao Poison and Shi Yi, and fell asleep with Guo Huan, who was crying, and the little beauty snored.

Deputy Director Tao was indeed worry-free, because when the next day was about to dawn, when the Xuzhou scouts who went out of the camp to patrol passed through the city of Yexian, they suddenly shot down a feather arrow tied with a letter in the city, and the Xuzhou scouts did not dare to slack off after picking up the arrow book, and immediately sent it back to the camp and handed it over to Jia Lao Poison, and when the resourceful and resourceful Jia Lao Poison opened the arrow book to watch, he only looked at it, and a pair of triangular eyes suddenly stared bigger than a cow!

In the arrow book that made Jia Lao Poison stunned, only one sentence was written, and he wrote a sentence crookedly with his left hand - last night's third watch, Zhang Fei led an army of 3,000 to Bowang to transport grain, and in Yecheng, grain and grass were only enough for five days! (To be continued.) )