The Chaisang smuggling war ended with the Xuzhou army renting the two cities of Chaisang and Liling on the west side of Poyang Lake with 40,000 Hu military rations per year, which was also the result of a compromise between Deputy Director Tao and Xiao Yuan Sangong who took a step back.

On the side of Xiao Yuan Sangong, if Xiao Yuan Sangong can concentrate on counterattacking with all his strength, he will drive the Xuzhou army, which has not a stable foothold and has no support, back to the north of the Yangtze River, and the grasp is still quite large, but the problem is that Xiao Yuan Sangong is constrained and restrained too much, and the most powerful neighbor Liu Miao is also a mouse-eyed stone, and the whole body is moved, and Xiao Yuan Sangong dares to return to the western front and the eastern front will immediately have to be urgent, in order to avoid two-line battles and enemies on all sides, the strength is far inferior to the previous Xiao Yuan Sangong can only knock out teeth and swallow blood, humiliatingly accepted the fact that the Xuzhou army controlled Chaisang.

But fortunately, Deputy Director Tao still gave face, and found an absolutely tenable excuse to attack Zhang Xian by borrowing land, and took the initiative to express his willingness to 'tribute' a batch of money and grain to Xiao Yuan Sangong every year as rent.

As for Deputy Director Tao's side, in fact, Deputy Director Tao was also a little afraid that Xiao Yuan Sangong would jump over the wall in a hurry and go all out to counterattack the western front to recapture Chaisang, because the Xuzhou army had not been prepared to fully capture Jiangdong before, and Huainan was plagued by drought. Unable to undertake the heavy task of the Xuzhou army to fully capture Jiangdong, and finally the Xuzhou Navy Division is still very weak, and it is difficult to ensure the smooth logistics of the Xuzhou river-crossing army, so Deputy Director Tao, who has never liked to take risks, can only accept it when he sees it, and quickly ask for peace with Xiao Yuan Sangong after taking Chaisang, the stronghold of crossing the river.

Xiao Yuan Sangong endured the humiliation and burden, lost the lining to save face, Deputy Director Tao accepted it when he saw it, don't want to save face, and another result of taking a step back was to pit the poor Liu Xiang to make Jun, when he learned the result of the Chaisang incident, the first thing Liu Miao made Jun do was to follow the example of his rival Xiao Yuan Sangong, overturn the case in front of him, and then scolded, "Destroy the thief!" These two shameless thieves! How can there be such a despicable and shameless thief in this world?! ”

No matter how much you scold, it is useless, after the chaissang incident was cooked with shame and humiliation, and the danger of fighting on two fronts was avoided, after the angry little Yuan Sangong freed his hand, the first thing was of course to find Liu Xuan, the old rival, to settle accounts, and sprinkle the anger received in front of Deputy Director Tao on Liu Xuanjun, and personally led the main force under his command to advance by land and water, and stormed Liu Xuan's Niuzhu, Shicheng and Danyang defense lines, Liu Xuan regretted it, and he could only lead the army to meet the battle and fight again with Xiao Yuan Sangong.

In terms of warlord power, Liu Xuan is the most unlucky, but on the personal side, Sun Quan's little brother is ecstatic, after being put on death row by Xiao Yuan Sangong, Sun Quan's little brother has almost been prepared by Xiao Yuan Sangong with a thousand knives, and he is ready to expose the truth and be spurned by his closest relatives, but Sun Quan's little brother never dreamed that Xiao Yuan Sangong would suddenly release him from death row, and when he called him in front of him, he first scolded him for not knowing what he was doing, and fell into the trick of Deputy Director Tao. He also praised his wit and loyalty, deceived Lu Su, an important minister of Xuzhou, and decided to demote Sun Quan to Gong Cao, allow him to participate in the military aircraft, and make meritorious contributions.

Not only did he not lose his head, but he could continue to participate in the military aircraft to prove himself, and in addition to the ecstasy of escaping death, Sun Quan's little brother was inevitably confused, and he couldn't understand why Xiao Yuan Sangong treated him like this, and when he learned the details of the whole thing, Sun Quan's little brother was inevitably even more confused, "Why did the pottery thief change his way to save me?" also deliberately made Yuan Shupifu pay more attention to me, what is this for? ”

In fact, someone is more confused than Sun Quan, and this person is really degraded by Deputy Director Tao to the Xuzhou Navy Governor Lu Su, in the matter of Wet Xukou, although Lu Su did not make an inch, but he did not lose a single pawn, it stands to reason that he should not be punished in any way, but Deputy Director Tao really sent someone to pass the order, under the pretext that Lu Su mistakenly fell into Sun Quan's trick and almost lost his teacher and humiliated the country, deprived Lu Su of the title of Governor of the Water Division and demoted him to the rank of Captain of the Praise Army, and seized 100 households, which made Lu Su himself confused.

But fortunately, Lu Zijing is a well-known honest and honest person, and he has been friends with Deputy Director Tao for many years, and is familiar with Deputy Director Tao's surname characteristics and style of acting, guessing that Deputy Director Tao's move must have a deep meaning, so even if he was wronged, he didn't shout injustice, but silently picked up the black pot that Deputy Director Tao had hard-buckled to himself, and then patiently waited for Deputy Director Tao's explanation.

Lu Su didn't wait long, leaving Qiao Rui and Qin Yi to lead an army of 5,000 to guard Chaisang and Liling City, Deputy Director Tao soon led the army back to Anhui City, Lu Su was also ordered to come to Anhui City, and Deputy Director Tao and Xu Sheng negotiated to preside over the relocation of Lujiang County to Anhui City.

"Zijing, you have indeed been wronged." Deputy Director Tao told Lu Su straight to the point, "Because my army's Jiangdong plan needs, I must give you such a charge, you have been wronged by carrying this black cauldron." ”

Hearing Deputy Director Tao's words, Lu Su, who felt somewhat aggrieved in his heart, also showed a satisfied smile, but Deputy Director Tao changed his words and said: "But Zijing, although your crime is unjust, the punishment you received is not unjust, I handed over the second county of Huainan to you, and the reason why I have not been able to self-sufficiency in food so far is natural disasters, I don't blame you, but I handed over the Huainan army to you, but you didn't dare to cross the river within a year, which also disappointed me too much." ”

"Yes, I know that you are cautious, your surname is steady, and you don't dare to cross the river for a year because our sailors are too weak, and you don't dare to cross the river to take risks, but how favorable is the situation south of the Yangtze River for us this year? Yuan Shu and Liu Xiang fought upside down, you live and die, Zu Lang, Yan Baihu, Sun Ben, Wu Jing and Xu Gong, these small warlords dare to fish in troubled waters and take advantage of the fire to rob! ”

"Such a good opportunity, such a favorable situation, you have a heavy army in Huainan, and your every move can affect the situation in Jiangnan! For more than a year, you have always been passive and conservative, neither reaching out to fish in troubled waters, fanning the flames to make Yuan Shu and Liu Miao weaken each other; There is no good relationship between Fengyuan and Yuan Shu and Liu Xuan, let them take the initiative to ask our army, and invite our army to cross the river to gain a foothold with the tiger, wasted more than a year of precious time in vain, and has always done nothing, everything must be done by me, and everything must be done from scratch, you tell yourself, should I give you such a punishment? ”

The honest man Lu Su blushed, and soon left the table to plead guilty to Deputy Director Tao: "Su has indeed delayed many valuable fighters, and he is willing to accept the guilt, and he also asks the lord to increase the punishment to punish Lu Su's crime." ”

"Please, although the fighter plane was delayed a lot by you, I can't blame you completely, that's it." Deputy Director Tao personally picked up the old lackey who followed him first, and said with a smile: "It is completely necessary of the situation to take away your title of Governor of the Water Division, but the Chaohu Water Division is under your control, and the Poyang Lake Water Division will continue to be formed and commanded by you, and when the time is right, I will restore you to the position of the Governor of the Water Division." ”

"Thank you, Lord." Lu Su hurriedly thanked him, and asked curiously: "Lord, what do you mean by deliberately claiming that Su was demoted because of Sun Quan's plan to demote Su and seize the city?" That Sun Quan deceived and cheated, almost pit the whole army of my Xuzhou Water Division, the crime deserves death, why does the lord deliberately raise him higher than him, and induce Yuan Shupifu to reuse it for him, what is the reason for this? ”

"There are two reasons, the first is that I want to kill Sun Quan's child." Deputy Director Tao raised two fingers and said with a sneer: "When Sun Quan Xiao'er arrived in Hefei, I can't judge how much truth he said in front of me, but I can be sure of one thing, at least in the matter of Sun Wu hostage Sun Shangxiang, he didn't tell a lie, and Yuan Shupifu really didn't know that Sun Ben and Wu Jing had surrendered to me in order to survive, and handed over Sun Shangxiang to me as a hostage!" ”

"This could be big." Lu Su came to his senses and echoed: "Yuan Shupifu's surname is suspicious, and he has no room for anyone, if he knew that our army held Sun Wu's hostages, he would definitely not have sent Sun Ben and Wu Jing's team to Chungu to guard the ferry, and he would definitely not send Sun Quan to deceive and surrender, giving Sun Wu's army a chance to secretly communicate with our army." ”

"That's it." Deputy Director Tao nodded, and said with a smile: "I can also be sure that Sun Quan Xiao'er will never dare to take the initiative to confess this matter to Yuan Shu's husband in the future, because Yuan Shu's suspicious surname and meanness are put there, Sun Quan Xiao'er dares to confess this matter, even if he doesn't fall to the ground, his future will definitely be ruined, so if I want to kill him, it's so easy that it can't be easier, as long as I shake Sun Shangxiang's matter in front of Yuan Shupifu, Sun Quan Xiao'er will only die worse at that time." ”

"What the lord said is very true." Lu Su also nodded, and said: "Sun Quan Xiao'er concealed that his sister was a hostage in our army, if Yuan Shupifu suddenly knew about it, he would definitely suspect that Sun Quan Xiao'er had ill intentions and secretly trusted our army to sell his lord for glory, and Sun Quan Xiao'er would not be far from death." ”

After understanding the first reason why Deputy Director Tao deliberately elevated Sun Quan's younger brother, Lu Su naturally had to ask the second reason, and Deputy Director Tao also smiled happier and gentler at this time, and explained: "The second reason is, of course, Sun Quan's ability, resourcefulness and ambition. When have you ever seen the enemy's tricks slip through my eyes? ”

"But Sun Quan Xiao'er did it, although his purpose did not succeed, but he made me unable to distinguish the truth of his deception, and I couldn't make a plan to formulate countermeasures, and in turn I could only order you to retreat from the battle, and keep it first! This kind of trick, such acting, this is really the first time I have encountered it. ”

Speaking of this, Deputy Director Tao smiled again and said: "What's even better is that this Sun Quan is capable and resourceful, and more ambitious, and it is impossible to surrender to Yuan Shu's puppet forever. ”

"And our army still holds the fatal handle of Sun Quan Xiaoer, and the more Sun Quan Xiaoer is reused under Yuan Shu, it is more beneficial to our army."

Lu Su quietly added for Deputy Director Tao, which made Deputy Director Tao smile even more happily, and then Deputy Director Tao smiled and said: "Zijing, after a while, I will send Xizuo to contact Sun Quan, and tell him directly, I appreciate his resourcefulness and talent, he has made contributions under Yuan Shupifu, if there is anything you need our help with, you can just ask, we will try our best to help to the end." ”

"No, Su understands."

Lu Su nodded with a smile, admiring Deputy Director Tao's foresight. At this time, Deputy Director Tao's secretary Chen Ying entered the room with a letter, and said with a wry smile on his face: "My lord, the letter sent by Ying's brother to send a fast horse, there is a big incident in Jizhou, and it is actually related to our Xuzhou Changshi Mr. Yang Hong. ”

"Yuan Fang, it's rare and strange for you to say this." Deputy Director Tao smiled again: "Where Mr. Zhongming's-stirring stick is, if something big happens, how can it have nothing to do with him?" ”

"Let's say, our Xuzhou Governor Mr. Shi Zhongming, what kind of big thing has been stirred up in Jizhou?!"

…………………… Let's turn the time back, go back to the day when Yuan Shanggongzi brought Yuan Tan Gongzi back to Jizhou, the complacent 'rescue' of his brother Yuan Shanggongzi, first admired the ugliness of his brother in front of his father and the ministers of Jizhou, and gloated to witness the grand scene of his father slapping his brother with his own hands, and then returned to his son's mansion, the first thing he did was to find the envoy sent by his brother-in-law in Jizhou, Xuzhou Changshi Yang Hong, and asked Yang Changshi to show the proud stunt of framing Zhongliang and eliminating dissidents. Get rid of the thorn in the eye of the opponent who is his concubine, Tian Fenghe is frustrated in the flesh.

"Third son, you're not kidding, are you? Hong is not a Xuzhou minister, not a Jizhou minister, how can he help the son get rid of Tian Feng and frustrate the two thieves? These two thieves are not only in a high position in Jizhou, but also a celebrity in front of Ben Chu Gong, Hong is against them, isn't it an egg to hit a stone? ”

As we all know, our Yang Changshi is a modest and cautious moral gentleman, although he was secretly happy after listening to Yuan Shanggongzi's order - our Yang Changshi only had a feud with Tian Feng not long ago, but he was hypocritically modest, and repeatedly said that he was only a foreign minister in Xuzhou, and it was inconvenient to participate in Jizhou's family affairs - by the way, he tested whether Yuan Shanggongzi was interested in keeping himself in Jizhou and entrusting him to a high-ranking official.

"Mr. Zhongming, you don't have to be polite, I know you can do it." Yuan Shanggongzi really smiled and said: "Don't hide it from Mr. Zhongming, in fact, your lord, my brother-in-law Xuzhou Tao Envoy Jun recommended you to me, brother-in-law He said, sir, you are the best at doing this kind of thing, I believe in my brother-in-law's vision, so sir, don't be modest, as long as you get rid of Tian Feng and Fu Yu for me, I will definitely not treat you badly, if Mr. has any requirements, I will try my best to meet them." ”

"Pottery thief! This lord is of high moral character, noble character, innocent and upright, how dare you slander me like this? Say that I am the best at this kind of thing to frame Zhongliang and cheat?! Yang Changshi was furious in his heart, and said secretly: "Okay, since you are a thief who is unkind, then don't blame me for being unjust!" It's decided, this time I got rid of Tian Feng and Fu Zhu, I will ask the third prince to leave me in Jizhou, and be the happiness of Jizhou, and you will never suffer from Xuzhou again! ”

Having made up his mind, Yang Changshi thought about it for a while, and quickly said to Yuan Shang Gongzi: "Since this is the order of Gongzi and the dispatch of Hong's master, then Hong will have the courage to speak out, in fact, now Gongzi has a good opportunity to take the opportunity to get rid of Tian Feng and the two thieves." ”

"What good chance?" Yuan Shanggongzi hurriedly asked.

"Hong recently heard in Yecheng that the four-way army of Ben Chu Gong had already surrounded Yijing City, and it was only a matter of time before he exterminated Gongsun Zan and the traitors." For the sake of his opportunity to spend all day and wine in Jizhou and the common people of fish and meat, Yang Changshi cheered up his spirit and cautiously suggested: "In this case, why don't the princes instigate the original father-in-law to go to Yijing to supervise the war?" And then let Tian Feng and the two thieves resolutely oppose the first prince to go north to the battlefield in person, and when the first prince was angry, wouldn't the son have a chance to take down the heads of Tian Feng and the two thieves? ”

"What do you mean?" Yuan Shanggongzi was a little dumbfounded, "Why can't I understand?" ”

"! Stupid like this, no wonder he was toyed with by Tao Ying's thief, and if he changed Tao Ying's thief, he would have laughed a long time ago. Yang Changshi was disdainful in his heart, but he said with a fake smile on his face: "Childe, in fact, it is very simple, the Jizhou four-way army encircled Yijing City, and it was only a matter of time to break through Yijing, but to break through Yijing and exterminate Gongsun Zhan, presumably Ben Chu Gong must also be tempted by it, Gongzi came forward to persuade Ben Chu Gong to come to Yi Jing to command the siege battle, and enjoy the miracle of breaking thieves, Ben Chu Gong will definitely not refuse, and then ......." ”

"Wait!" Yuan Shanggongzi hurriedly interrupted Yang Changshi's words, and said in a low voice: "Such a great achievement, it should be this son's way to sit and lead, how can I persuade my father to go to Yijing to supervise the battle in person?" ”

"Childe, I'm afraid it's not that easy, right?" Yang Changshi said with a wry smile: "The Jizhou Four Route Army, which is commanded by the four Jizhou generals Lu Yi, Yan Liang, Wen Chou and Jiang Qi, with your current prestige, it seems that you can't command them, right?" ”

Seeing that Yuan Shanggongzi's face was displeased, Yang Changshi hurriedly knelt down on his knees and said: "Childe, the foreign minister is also for your own good, the credit of breaking through Yi Jing to exterminate Gongsun Zan is too great, and the original prince must have already been tempted in his heart, as a son of man, if he does not give this merit to Yuan Gong, and goes to snatch the credit with Yuan Gong, I am afraid that Yu Gongzi's favor in front of Ben Chu Gong is not good." ”

Yuan Shanggongzi is a person who can listen to persuasion relatively well, and after listening to Yang Changshi's reasonableness, he also nodded and said, "Mr. Zhongming, please get up, please continue to speak, what should you do next?" ”

"Next, of course, let Tian Feng and Fu Zhi resolutely oppose Ben Chu Gong going north." Yang Changshi replied.

"Then how to make Tian Feng and Fu Zhi resolutely go north?" Yuan Shanggongzi asked.

"This ......." Yang Changshi, who has already pitted countless colleagues in Huainan, actually had an idea in his heart, but he didn't want to dedicate it to Yuan Shanggongzi in vain, so he hesitated and said: "Although Hong has thought of some methods, the details still need to be improved, and I also ask Gongzi to give Hongsome time, and after Hong has considered the strategy seamlessly, he will then play it to Gongzi." ”

"Okay, so be it." Yuan Shanggongzi yawned and said: "Mr. Zhongming, don't go back to the pavilion, stay with me in the future, my father has promised my brother-in-law's team to reconcile, sir, it doesn't matter if you live in my house, when Mr. has a clever plan, you can come to see me at any time." ”

"Gongzi Xie."

Yang Changshi's old face smiled like a chrysanthemum - living in the luxurious, luxurious and beautiful Sangongzi Mansion is naturally a hundred times stronger than living in the Qinglou Inn. However, what made Yang Changshi happy and satisfied was still behind, and the careful Yuan Shanggongzi called his housekeeper again, and instructed the housekeeper: "Arrange the best guest room and the best wine and food for Mr. Zhongming, are there any newly bought slaves and maids in the house?" Pick two beautiful new slaves and maids, and let them serve Mr. Zhongming to sleep. ”

(To be continued)