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In the war against foreign invasions, Deputy Director Tao was luckier than Cao Boss, Cao Boss caught up with the heavy rain when he conquered Wuhuan, the coastal road of the Liaoning West Corridor was impassable, and he was forced to go out of Xifengkou to detour through the desert grassland to attack Liucheng, and the army almost died of thirst and starvation outside the fortress, Deputy Director Tao did not encounter such an unfortunate thing, nor did he take such a risky surprise attack as Cao Boss - because Deputy Director Tao knew very well that his luck was far inferior to Cao Boss, so he chose to take the Binhai Avenue east into Liaoxi County and attack Liucheng and Yangle.

After the Xuzhou army took Jixian County and surrendered the remnants of Jiang Qi, in view of the fact that Yuan Shang led part of the remnants to flee to Liucheng to join the Wuhuan coalition army, Deputy Director Tao resolutely decided to pursue and kill to the end, under the leadership of Youzhou generals such as Jiajia, Tian Yu, Tian Chou and Xian Yufu, 40,000 Xuzhou elites crossed the Shanhaiguan Pass that did not exist in this era, advanced all the way to the north, and fought with the Wuhuan tribes in the middle of the Liaoxi Corridor, after a hard battle, and finally defeated the coalition army composed of Yuan Shang and Wuhuan Nengchen and Louban Zhubu, Xu Huang beheaded Nengchen, Zhao Yunsheng was beheaded after capturing Louban, Yuan Shang was defeated and went to Liaodong to join Gongsun Kang, and the Xuzhou army attacked Liucheng, and Deputy Director Tao issued the first slaughter order in his life, ordering the Xuzhou army to slaughter the old and weak women and children of Wuhuan in Liucheng.

Subsequently, Deputy Director Tao immediately ordered the squad to return to Jixian County, did not violate the border of Gongsun Kang's control, repeatedly released goodwill to Gongsun Kang, who was entrenched in Liaodong, and sent envoys to Liaodong to recruit Gongsun Kang -- this was not that Deputy Director Tao was bent on following Guo Jia's legacy to determine Liaodong, but it was really too difficult to transfer grain and grass. There was no more food and grass to be fought.

When returning to Xuwu, the Xuzhou army received the news that the Xianbei tribe coalition army was coming to Lu Longsai, at that time the Xuzhou army was already sleepy, exhausted, and the main force was too late to transfer reinforcements, and there were many people who persuaded the deputy director Tao to defend the city without fighting, and accidentally found that the Xianbei team of the main force of Xuzhou did not dare to come to Hu when the army encountered the main force of Xuzhou, and honestly hid in the north of Lu Longsai and did not dare to provoke the Xuzhou army. 10,000 elites were selected and led by himself. Suddenly, the troops came out of Lu Longsai and the Xianbei team to start a cavalry battle, and for the first time let the 10,000 cavalry all equipped with wooden stirrups, relying on this revolutionary harness and unexpected raid, the Xuzhou army once again broke the Xianbei coalition army. He also adopted Tian Yu's strategy in the battle. Pursue the most prestigious and convincing Kebineng team in the Xianbei tribe with all your might. Killing Kebi can be in the desert, causing the leaderless Xianbei tribe to fall back into internal melee.

After these two battles, the elite infantry of Xuzhou has been exhausted to the extreme. The six-day journey back to Jixian County was 12 days, showing signs of the end of the strong crossbow, but fortunately, when the Xuzhou army returned to Jixian County, it was determined that the Xuzhou army did not plan to attack Liaodong Gongsun Kang, and sure enough, he killed Yuan Shang, and sent his head and red rabbit horse to Jixian County to surrender, Deputy Director Tao rewarded the envoy, and sealed the Gongsun Kangzuo general Xiangping Hou, and then took Gao Shun as the history of Youzhou Thorn, assisted by the old people of Youzhou such as Zhaozhao, Tian Yu and Xian Yufu, and ordered the Junzi Army to be stationed in Zhongshan County, the northernmost part of Jizhou, to expand and prepare for war, Since he led the army back to Yecheng to camp and recuperate, the battle of Jiyou was finally over.

Realistically speaking, whether the intensity or intensity of the war in the Jiyou War, in fact, it is far from catching up with the previous decisive battle of Tao Yuan and Cao and the three families of the Central Plains, and even not as good as the melee of Tao Cao and Lu and the battle of the Xuzhou army to capture Huainan, because the disparity between strength and weakness is too great, the strength of the Xuzhou army to dominate the world has been on the rise, but the Yuan army is so injured that it can no longer be injured, and the blood can not flow anymore, and the Xuzhou army is purely like an adult bullying a child when the battlefield is engaged. From the very beginning, it was completely pressed against the Yuan family brothers, and the situation on the battlefield has been one-sided without any waves.

Later, even if the brothers Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang jumped over the wall in a hurry to attract foreign help, the alien barbarians of this era were not at all comparable to the later Aguta, Temujin or wild boar skins, neither such outstanding leaders as Temujin twisted their strength into a rope, nor did they have the opportunity for foreign chieftains such as wild boar skins and golden vultures. In front of the Xuzhou army and Deputy Director Tao of the traverser, who were on the rise, it was completely scattered, if it weren't for the large number of cavalry, it would be easier to deal with than even the remnants of the army under the command of the Yuan brothers, and it wouldn't play much role.

The biggest enemy of the Xuzhou army in the Jiyou War, is the climate, water and soil, road traffic and distance these external factors, in order to fight with the enemy's main force, the Xuzhou army often has to climb the mountains and mountains to cross the water, time-consuming and laborious thousands of miles to find the enemy, during the encounter with water and soil adaptation, climate is not suitable and the road is not familiar with the problems and so on, but also seriously lengthened the supply line, greatly increased the difficulty of supply, the fierce battle for two years actually has more than half of the time in the march and walking, the rest of the time is more than half in the cold to dodge, The time spent in the actual battle was pitiful, and there were not many decent wars.

Fortunately for the Xuzhou Army, Deputy Director Tao adopted Shi Yi's correct strategy and concentrated all his efforts to kill Yuan Tan from the beginning, which made the remnants of the Yuan clan fall into the dilemma of a group of dragons fighting on their own, which greatly shortened the course of the war; At the same time, the Xuzhou army is very fortunate to have Chen Deng, Shiyi and Lu Su, these logistics experts, gritting their teeth and always ensuring that the northern front army is not short of food and grass, Lu Su is in the southern front of the tight situation to the northern line several times in a row to the northern line of blood transfusion, in terms of logistics did not drag the back of the deputy director Tao, Xuzhou army was able to rest assured to advance to the north, from beginning to end did not give the Yuan brothers a little respite, the speed of pacifying Ji You far exceeded the history of Cao Boss.

Here we must also defend Cao Boss, the historical Cao Boss pacified the north at a speed not as fast as the current Deputy Director Tao, because Cao Boss faced far more problems than Deputy Director Tao, and the difficulty was far greater than that of Deputy Director Tao, although the Yuan brothers were also killing each other during Cao Boss's Northern Expedition, but the three Yuan brothers and Gao Gan at that time each held a state, and the overall strength was still above Cao Boss, and at the same time, Cao Boss's rear was basically abolished. There was only one source of military rations, Xuchangtun field, and the five counties of Xuzhou were ruined by the joint efforts of Cao Boss, Lu Wenhou, Liu Huangshu and Xiao Yuan Sangong, and the grain and grass supply that could be provided for Cao Boss was pitiful, and the weakness of weak logistics also greatly restricted Cao Boss's pacification of the north.

In contrast, Deputy Director Tao's situation is much better, Xuchang Tun grain land is in his hands, and after Huainan grain production has eased the continuous drought, it has also begun to supply a large amount of food for the Xuzhou army. Deputy Director Tao didn't let an enemy run into the grain producing area of Xuzhou again. The economy and agriculture have continued to develop and grow, coupled with the innate advantage of tuntian six years earlier than Cao's army, the Xuzhou army's logistical advantages naturally far exceed that of Cao Boss in history.

There are also differences in the strength of the enemies he faced, and Boss Cao was facing Jiyou, and the four states of Qingdao were almost intact. Deputy Director Tao had already abducted Qingzhou Kengmeng. After using Boss Cao's hand to consume most of Yuan Shaojun's strength. Deputy Director Tao gave Yuan Tan a ruthless blow on the Guandu battlefield, consumed a lot of Yuan Tan's army's strength, and easily killed Yuan Xi, who unified the power of Youzhou in history. In the end, coupled with the fact that Yuan Tan was unable to directly contact Youzhou after retreating to Merge Prefecture, the remnants of the Yuan clan became a piece of scattered sand, so in terms of the strength and weakness of the enemy he faced, Deputy Director Tao's situation was more than two or three times better than that of Cao Boss.

These factors and advantages are combined, if Deputy Director Tao's pacification of the north is slower than that of Cao Boss in history, then Deputy Director Tao should really apologize to the people. However, even so, from the Northern Expedition in the seventh year and ten years of Jian'an to the receipt of Yuan Shang's head in September of the ninth year of Jian'an, it took two years for Deputy Director Tao to reluctantly take the two states of Jiyou. At the same time, because the three most remote counties of Bingzhou, Shangjun, Wuyuan and Shuofang have not really been in their hands, in fact, Deputy Director Tao has not completely won Jiyou and Sanzhou.

Shangjun, Wuyuan and Shuofang three remote small counties can be slowly taken, anyway, these three small counties can not turn up any waves, early to take the same late, to Xuzhou Army and Deputy Director Tao and far away, the current problem is still the main army fatigue and money and food problems, two years of the Northern Expedition down, the main force of the Xuzhou Army is not only tired up and down, but also because the soldiers have not seen their families for many years, the team of homesickness and war-weariness is very serious; What's even worse is that after two years of uninterrupted demand, including the money and grain of the five counties of Xuzhou in the rear, it has been exhausted by Deputy Director Tao, a loser, and it is difficult to ensure the supply of money and food if you want to fight again.

In the face of these circumstances, knowing that the other enemies were no longer his opponents, Deputy Director Tao did not dare to come nonsense no matter how belligerent and eager for quick success, so he obediently ordered the whole army to return to Yecheng to rest and recuperate, and let the main force take turns to go home to visit relatives in batches, and decided to welcome the families of the main civil and military generals to Yecheng for reunion, and spend the New Year of Jian'an for 10 years together in Yecheng -- he did not dare to return to Xuchang immediately because the north was initially decided, and the people's hearts were not attached, and Deputy Director Tao had to maintain considerable strength in Jizhou to prevent accidents. After the order was delivered, the exhausted Xuzhou Third Army suddenly thundered with joy, and Deputy Director Tao, who was also exhausted, also breathed a sigh of relief and began to miss his wife and children who had not seen him for two years.

The team rested and recuperated, and the deputy director of Tao did not dare to be idle in other aspects, and he must store grass and grain internally to prepare for another battle, and the deputy director of Tao outside the country must pay close attention to the movements of the enemy, especially the movements of the two most dangerous opponents, Boss Cao and Uncle Liu Huang. Therefore, after returning to Yecheng in the middle of winter, Deputy Director Tao had just met with his wife and children, and soon buried himself in the intelligence of Cao and Liu's armies collected by the Xuzhou army, and began to study the strategy of using despicable means to balance the enemy's strength.

Uncle Liu's rebellion against Zhang Lu has long been expected by Deputy Director Tao and the decision-makers of Xuzhou, and they have long studied and analyzed the possible consequences, so after learning that Uncle Liu Huangshu has basically gained a foothold in Hanzhong, and Boss Cao did not dare to take the opportunity to send troops to attack Hanzhong, the decision-makers of Xuzhou were not too surprised, among which Xun Chen also smiled: "The three plans set up by the lord and Mr. Wenhe to attack Cao seem to have received the desired effect, and the big-eared thief obtained the unstable hearts of the people after Hanzhong with deceit, such a good opportunity, Cao Cao did not dare to send troops to Hanzhong, It is enough to prove that the battle of the three families attacking Cao Cao more than half a year ago has dealt a heavy blow to Cao Cao's vitality. ”

"Cao Cao may not have the strength to take Hanzhong, but he was afraid that Ma Teng and Han Sui would also take the opportunity to send troops, so he didn't dare to act rashly." Liu Ye, who is good at analyzing intelligence, took out a piece of Caihou paper and showed it, and pointed out: "Our army made a detailed investigation report, in September. Cao's army once assembled to prepare for battle, but for some reason suddenly gave up sending troops, and I suspect that Cao Thief received the news that Ma Teng and Han Sui were about to send troops, so he did not dare to take the opportunity to attack Hanzhong. Last month, Ma Chao led the army to attack Guanzhong, and Cao Thief deliberately let Ma Chao enter Hanzhong by letting Ma Chao enter Hanzhong, the purpose of which must be to create discord between Liu and Ma and divide the three alliances. ”

"Liu Bei is a traitorous man with a lot of grace, and Cao Mengde's move may not be effective for a while." Jia Lao Poison analyzed: "Ma Chao only brought 12,000 troops into Hanzhong, and the granary in Hanzhong can fully afford it, I am worried that Liu Bei will use an excuse to facilitate the war of the three families to destroy Cao." The situation let Ma Chao be stationed in Fu County. Become his outer barrier. Or directly give Ma Chao a batch of money and food, and send Ma Chao's team away, under the current circumstances, Liu Bei will never risk turning his face with his allies. ”

"No matter how the big-eared thief sends Ma Chao. Guanzhong and Yizhou area. We should be able to worry about it for the time being. Liu Ye said with a relaxed expression: "It's locked into a chain." The big-eared thief dares to take Xichuan, the Cao thief will take Hanzhong, and the Cao thief dares to take Hanzhong. Ma Teng and Han Sui will inevitably attack them, contain each other, and throw each other's rat traps, whether it is a big-eared thief or a Cao thief, they should not have the strength to take Yizhou within a year and a half. ”

"Not necessarily." Deputy Director Tao shook his head, took a piece of Caihou paper and muttered: "Have you noticed, the envoy sent by Liu Zhang to negotiate with the big-eared thief is just Yizhou Don't drive Zhang Song'......." ”

"The messenger is Yizhou, don't drive Zhang Song?" Several strategists looked at each other and asked together, "Lord, what's the problem with this Zhang Song's envoy to the big-eared thief?" ”

"It's ......." Of course, Deputy Director Tao couldn't answer this question truthfully, and after a little calculation, Deputy Director Tao said euphemistically: "I also know this situation from some special channels, this Zhang Song is quite pretentious, and always thinks that Liu Zhang is an incompetent master, and he can't play his talents under him, so he always wants to join another master and show his talents." I'm worried that after this Zhang Song arrives in Hanzhong, he will hook up with the big-eared thief, and even have the idea of giving Yizhou to the big-eared thief, and bring his own dry food to become a big-eared thief's traitor in Sichuan. ”

Including the resourceful Jia Lao Poison, he was a little dumbfounded, and asked suspiciously: "Lord, aren't you joking?" Don't drive the state pastor, that is already the highest civil service in Xichuan, under one of the civil officials in Xichuan, above 10,000 people, Zhang Song took the wrong medicine, how could he act as a traitor for Liu Bei and help Liu Bei plot against Xichuan? Liu Bei took Xichuan, what good can it do to him personally? ”

"Mr. Wenhe has a point." Liu Ye also said: "What benefits can the big-eared thief give him?" Even if he is respected as the Yizhou pastor, he will only be an empty state pastor, can the big-eared thief really serve him as the master? ”

"This ......." Deputy Director Tao had some bitter words, so he could only say arbitrarily: "I also know that this thing is too ridiculous, but I still think it may be very big." Also, don't forget, Mi Zhu was also a Xuzhou don't drive at the beginning, and in the end, he didn't become a Xuzhou traitor with his own dry food brought by a big-eared thief? ”

"What does the lord mean, do you want to say?" Jia Lao Poison understood a little, and said: "I'm worried that Zhang Song thinks that Liu Bei is a hero in the world, and that he can show his strengths and achieve his personal prestige and ambition under his command, so he follows Mi Zhu and secretly invests in Liu Bei?" ”

"Yes, that's the truth." Deputy Director Tao nodded hurriedly, and hurriedly said: "You all know the behavior of the big-eared thief, I am afraid that there is no second person in the world who is more hypocritical and better at buying people's hearts than him, and then think of Zhang Song's character, we have to guard against such a thing." ”

Listening to Deputy Director Tao's arbitrary words, although Liu Ye was skeptical, he still said: "Lord, if Zhang Song is really such a person, then we can get rid of the big-eared thief without spending a single soldier." ”

"What does Mr. Ziyang mean by this?" Deputy Director Tao hurriedly asked.

"Because we can easily make Liu Zhang and the big-eared thief turn against each other." Liu Ye replied with a smile: "The big-eared thief has just settled in Hanzhong, the people's hearts are unstable, and even Zhang Lu has not been completely eradicated, even if he obtains an internal response like Zhang Song, he will not be able to enter Xichuan for a year and a half. In this case, as long as we try to get the evidence that Zhang Song and the big-eared thief colluded to plot Xichuan, and then poke the evidence at Liu Zhang, Liu Zhang must not kill Zhang Song immediately, and then immediately raise troops to attack Hanzhong? ”

"That's right! Why didn't I think of that?! Deputy Director Tao's eyes lit up, and he said in surprise: "If you do this, even if Liu Zhang can't destroy the big-eared thief, at least he will take strict precautions against the big-eared thief, so that the big-eared thief who is restrained by the Cao thief behind him will never have a chance to take Xichuan!" Take time for us to arm the war! ”

After the surprise, Deputy Director Tao immediately said: "Zhugong, think of a way, how can you get evidence of Zhang Song's collusion with the big-eared thief?" Let Liu Zhang and the big-eared thief completely turn against each other?! ”

"Lord, aren't you really joking?" Jia Lao Poison was rarely moved, and said in surprise: "If your inference is wrong, Zhang Song did not collude with the big-eared thief, and we used a little inference to use a trick on Zhang Song, wouldn't it be self-defeating?" Let Liu Zhang think that we are separating him from the big-eared thief because we are afraid that the big-eared thief will form an alliance with him and threaten us, but the relationship with the big-eared thief has become closer?! ”

After listening to Liu Ye's advice, Deputy Director Tao was also a little hesitant, but considering that whether it was in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms or in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhang Song was so head in the water, Deputy Director Tao still gritted his teeth and said: "My inference will never be wrong!" There is no need for the princes to hesitate, and they will make a plan based on Zhang Song's secret refuge in the big-eared thief! If my inference is wrong, I will bear the consequences, and it has nothing to do with you! ”

Seeing that Deputy Director Tao was so resolute, and explained in advance that he did not have to take responsibility for the mistake of making a decision, Jia Lao Poison, Liu Ye and others no longer had scruples, and immediately discussed in a low voice how to use this strategy. Deputy Director Tao added: "There are two points that can be used, as far as I know, first, Zhang Song and the big-eared thief colluded to betray Liu Zhang, and there is also a helper named Fa Zheng; Second, Zhang Song has a brother, what is his name....... ”

"Isn't the lord referring to the Guanghan Taishou Zhang Su and Zhang Junjiao in Yizhou?" Liu Ye raised his head and said: "I remember that in the Xichuan intelligence collected by our army, it was mentioned that Zhang Song only has such a brother, what's wrong with him?" He was also Zhang Song's helper in betraying Xichuan? ”

"No!" Deputy Director Tao hurriedly shook his head and said categorically: "On the contrary, this Zhang Su is loyal to Liu Zhang, and he is honest, with a clear distinction between public and private, and he is a brother with Zhang Song, and it is easy to spy on his traitor's crimes, so you can consider using Zhang Su's hands to expose Zhang Song's crimes!" Let Liu Zhang cut Zhang Song, a big-eared thief and a traitor! ”

"Lord's head, did it get into the water today?" Jia Lao Poison, Liu Ye and Xun Chen looked at each other again, and said in their hearts: "Arbitrarily judged that Zhang Song must have colluded with the big-eared thief, not to mention, but even more arbitrarily judged that Zhang Song's brother would expose Zhang Song and let Liu Zhang kill Zhang Song, is it okay to be a brother?" Zhang Su was so willing to let his brother die?! ”

There is no need to ask, just looking at the looks of Jia Lao Poison and Liu Ye and others, Deputy Director Tao knew that they didn't believe their words at all in their hearts, but Deputy Director Tao couldn't explain, so he could only continue to urge a few henchmen to make plans. At the same time, Deputy Director Tao also knows very well in his heart that the general trend of the world has been disturbed by himself to this point, and the fly camp between Zhang Song and Uncle Liu Huang is probably his last first opportunity, and then what will happen in the world next, he may never be able to anticipate the enemy first, and take precautions. (To be continued......)