It was noon, the sky was clear, and the white sun made the ground seem to be smoking, dazzling and painful, Zang Ba, Sun Guan and Wu Dunren also began to regret their decision to use force to intimidate Tao Ergongzi - let a thousand armor soldiers stand under such a big sun in full armor, isn't it to let the soldiers suffer in vain?

No, it has only been standing for more than half an hour, and the originally neat Langya Zang Ba army team has been in chaos, and the original energetic Langya army armor soldiers have also staggered, and Sun Guan, who has been shouting to scare Tao Ying out of urine, has already hid in the woods on the side of the road and poured water fiercely, and finally Zang Ba, Wu Dun, Yin Li, Chang Feng and Sun Sheng and others can't bear it, and they all burrowed into the woods on the side of the road to hide from the cold, and only sent a few scouts south to explore the location of Tao Ying's team.

Fortunately, Tao Ying's entourage moved quickly, and after waiting for a while, the scouts who went south reported that Tao Ying was coming, and Zang Ba and the others had to hurry out of the woods again, and ordered the already messy soldiers to regroup, hold the halberd, and stand in full armor, and after a while, more than ten horsemen appeared in the field of vision of Zang Ba and others, in addition to a team of Zang Bajun scouts followed closely, called to protect Tao Ying to go north, which was actually surveillance.

"Hahaha!" Sun Guan, who had always been disgusted with Tao Ying, suddenly laughed wildly, pointed at Tao Ying's team and laughed: "Brothers, do you see it?" As Lord Mi said, Tao Yingxiaoer really rode the Northern Hun pony, not much taller than the donkey! ”

Everyone took a closer look and found that the war horses ridden by Tao Ying and his party were all short, and they were all short, a head shorter than the ordinary war horses ridden by the hundred generals of the Zang Bajun next to them, without the slightest majesty at all. And Zang Ba, Wu Dun and others couldn't help but feel a little contempt for Tao Ying, feeling that Tao Ying's nerd name really deserved his reputation, and he didn't know anything about military affairs, so he dared to build his own army and train his own troops.

"Brothers, in fact, there is one more stupid thing about this Tao Ying child, the army he recruited with the money and food given by Tao Qian Lao'er actually took a name called Junzi Army, and also played two sub-flags, one flag with five words written on it, benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith, and five words on one banner, gentle and frugal. Tell me, when such a flag arrives on the battlefield, will it make people laugh off their big teeth?! ”

In Sun Guan's unbridled ridicule, Tao Ying's team soon came to Zang Ba's team, Zang Ba had met Tao Ying several times before, and his impression of Tao Ying had always stayed at the stage of a white-faced scholar.

It's not the first time Zang Ba has seen Tao Ying, but Tao Ying is really the first time to meet Zang Ba, and Tao Ying imagined that Zang Ba, who is actually only twenty-eight years old, has a thick beard and a burly and tall body, more than half a head taller than Tao Ying, and suddenly looks like he is in his early thirties and is already halfway through, his surname is rough and rude, but Zang Ba's brilliant copper bell eyes have added a new impression to Zang Ba in his heart - he is definitely a ruthless character with a rough outside and a thin inside.

"The last general rode the commander Zang Ba, and I have seen the son." Zang Ba, who is famously Tao Qian's subordinate, still gives face, and took the initiative to grab Tao Ying's horse, and saluted Tao Ying with a fist, "I haven't seen you for four years, is your son An?" ”

"General Xuangao, don't be polite." Tao Ying hurriedly dismounted, bowed to Zang Ba and saluted, and said: "General Xuangao, in terms of age, you are Tao Ying's brother, in terms of position, you are a cavalry captain, and the last general is just a military Sima, one level lower than you, how can you let you salute the last general?" Isn't it to kill Tao Ying? ”

"It's okay, at least it's not on a show." Zang Ba nodded secretly, and said with a smile: "Childe is polite, the last general will salute Gongzi, first, Gongzi is the son of the overlord, and second, the righteous act of sacrificing Gongzi's life to save Xuzhou has nothing to do with Gongzi's official position." ”

"General Xuangao has won the award, some trivial things, why worry about it?" Tao Ying laughed, and then took Zang Ba's hand and said affectionately: "General Xuangao, you and I are friends with each other, if you are commensurate with your official position and identity, it is inevitable that you will be born, or it is more affectionate to be commensurate with brothers." Brother Xuan, you are older than Ying, from now on, can the younger brother call you Brother Xuan? ”

"I don't dare to be, I really don't dare to be." Sun Guan next to him interjected, and Wu Dunla couldn't hold it, but said in a weird manner: "Gongzi is a scholar (scholar), and Brother Zang was born in a common people, how dare he be commensurate with Gongzi as a brother?" ”

"This general has said it, princes and generals, would you rather have a kind? What is the difference between the common people and the scholars, not two ears and one mouth? Tao Ying laughed and said: "Han Gaozu was born as a pavilion chief, Fan Hao slaughtered pigs and dogs, and Xiaohe County was a small official, and in the end, didn't they join forces to create a four-hundred-year foundation of the Han Dynasty?" Born in the common people, what is the shame? Besides, with the identity, status and merits of Brother Xuan, how many people in this world can reach it? ”

Tao Ying's sycophant is in place, Zang Ba and others, who were born in commoners, were originally very sensitive to their own identities, and they also hated those scholars who talked about high theories and had eyes above the top, and heard Tao Ying pull out the examples of Liu Bang, Fan Hao and Xiao He to belittle the scholars and elevate the people, naturally they were comfortable and had a good impression of Tao Ying. So much so that even Sun Guan closed his mouth, although he couldn't immediately reverse his impression of Tao Ying, but he was also suspicious in his heart, "What Mi Fang Xiao'er said about Tao Ying'er is true?" ”

"Childe has won the prize." Satisfied, Zang Ba also gave up his plan to give Tao Ying a dismount, and made an invitation gesture to Tao Ying, "Childe, please, the last general has prepared a coarse tea and light meal in Kaiyang City, and invite Childe to enter the city for a banquet." ”

"Brother Xuan, you still call me Mingwu directly, in front of you, the little brother dares to call himself a son? Hey? Tao Ying's mouth was as polite as if he had been smeared with honey, and as if he had just discovered the thousand armor soldiers behind Zang Ba and the others, he exclaimed: "Brother Xuan, why did you bring so many Langya soldiers to greet the little brother, how dare the little brother be?" ”

"It's ......." Zang Ba was a little hesitant, but Zang Ba was still quick to react, and immediately changed his words: "Don't misunderstand, bandits are rampant in Langya, in order to ensure the safety of Childe, the last general took a team out of the city and came to welcome Childe into the city." ”

"There is a senior brother Lao Xuan, and the younger brother really doesn't dare to be it." Tao Ying didn't seem to see Zang Ba's demonstration, and praised loudly: "I have heard for a long time that my brother is good at using soldiers, and when I see it today, it really deserves its reputation!" This thousand Langya soldiers, all of them are bears and tigers, majestic and extraordinary, and now I can see it, and the little brother is fortunate to have three lives! ”

"Why is this kid's mouth so sweet? Is it really stupid or fake? Zang Ba muttered in his heart, and said modestly: "Gongzi has won the award, Ba heard that Gongzi also has an army, called Junzi, trained by Gongzi, and has a reputation in the five counties of Xuzhou. ”

"You kid did it on purpose, didn't you? My gentleman's army has fought a few battles, but it's either pretending to be a robber or pretending to be a bandit, and even Cao Hong hasn't figured out the details of my gentleman's army, so it's quite prestigious? Tao Ying also muttered in his heart, shook his head and sighed: "They can't succeed, the tactical essence I taught them, they only learned thirty percent at most, what kind of division is a hundred battles?" ”

Speaking of this, Tao Yingsuo turned his words to the topic, and while shaking his head and admiring Zang Bajun's team, he said with a pun: "The division of the tiger wolf, the division of the tiger and wolf!" It's a pity that this army of tigers and wolves has to be idle in a corner of Langya, and they can't go into battle to kill the enemy, make meritorious contributions, and make secret investments in the pearl, which is a pity, a pity. ”

"Sure enough, it came." Zang Ba snorted coldly in his heart, blinked his copper bell eyes, and pretended to be puzzled and said, "What does Childe mean by this?" Although Zang Ba's team is stationed in Langya, but the last time Cao thieves entered Kou Xuzhou, Zang Ba's team did not hide and ignore it, and also killed the enemy side by side with General Cao Bao's team to resist Cao thieves, why did Gongzi say that he was idle in a corner of Langya? ”

"Brother Xuan, junior brother is talking about now." Tao Ying was even more straightforward, and said directly in front of Zang Ba and his accomplice lackeys: "Although the Cao thieves are temporarily retreating, the Xuzhou army is greatly injured, the bandits are rampant in the territory, the traitors in the south are dividing Guangling, poisoning the people, and Cao Ying and Yuan Shu in the west are looking at each other and delaying, breaking the malpractice and withering, internal and external troubles, and they are in a critical situation of survival. ”

Zang Ba had nothing to say, and Wu Dun next to him interjected and said: "Childe, it's not that we don't want to make contributions to the Lord and kill thieves and quell the rebellion, but that the people under the Lord Lord's command can't accommodate us, and how the Lord treated us before, didn't you witness it with your own eyes, Childe?" ”

"Before, my father was sorry for the generals, and Tao should know this." Tao Ying did not conceal Tao Qian's mistake of engaging in hierarchical discrimination, and said: "But my father also has his difficulties, generals, please ask yourself, if my father hadn't followed those gate lords before, would he have been able to sit in the position of Xuzhou Assassin until today?" ”

"For the sake of his throne, then take our anger out?" Sun Guan shouted unconvinced.

"General, please ask yourself again." Tao Ying asked Sun Guan again: "The same treatment of the subordinates who surrendered, is my father less than the other princes, and more than the bottom?" The generals are stationed in Langya, and they have not listened to the dispatch or obeyed the orders for several years, is my father a bad word to you, or is there the slightest punishment? Just ask the princes of the world, who else can be as humble and broad-minded as his father? Gentlemen don't remember the old evils, do the generals have to remember the trivial things in the past? ”

Sun Guan had nothing to say, and the other generals of Zang Ba's army thought about it carefully, and said in their hearts that it was good, although Tao Qian Lao'er was not a thing, but compared to Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu's so-called four worlds and three dukes, Tao Qian'er was much better. And Zang Ba is not the kind of person who is a little rich and peaceful, hearing Tao Ying's words, he is inevitably slightly moved-but only moved.

"Brother Xuan." Tao Ying turned to Zang Ba again, and said sincerely: "You should know the previous situation, you and the generals have suffered a lot of grievances, and my father is forced to be helpless, and I am ashamed of you. But now it's different, after the Cao thief troubled Xuzhou, the vitality of the Xuzhou army was greatly injured, and the gate valve Haoqiang in Xuzhou was also greatly injured. ”

Speaking of this, Tao Ying smiled slightly and added: "For example, the pair of brothers who often slandered Brother Xuan Gao as a thief of Mount Tai in the past, don't dare to say it now, right?" Not only did he not dare to say it, but he seemed to have taken the initiative to get closer to Brother Xuan, right? What are they trying to do, don't they hope that Brother Xuan can return to Xuzhou to protect the people and elders of Xuzhou, and also protect their family business? ”

The generals of the Langya army, including Sun Guan, all laughed, and they all despised the Mizhu brothers who were in front of him, only Zang Ba did not smile, and there was no expression on his face, and he said lightly after a while: "Gongzi said so frankly, Ba is not shy about it, the lord's mind is very clear, and Ba also knows that when he returns to the lord now, the lord will definitely treat our soldiers well, but what about the future?" In the future, after the crisis in Xuzhou is resolved, or the strength of our army is weakened after the bloody battle with foreign enemies, and it can no longer be used by the lord, how will the lord treat me? What will the people under the lord's command do to me? ”

"Brother Xuan is extremely worried." Tao Ying's words were amazing, "Unloading the mill and killing the donkey, the bird is hidden with the bow, it has been there since ancient times, it is not uncommon, Han Gaozu ruled the world, Han Xinyingbu died unexpectedly, Xiao He also had to self-destruct to protect himself, not to mention Brother Xuangao, I am afraid that all the generals present are so worried in their hearts." ”

The generals of the Langya army nodded silently, knowing that what Zang Ba and Tao Ying said was the truth, now the vitality of the Xuzhou army is greatly damaged, and internal and external troubles are coming, and Zang Ba is urgently needed to quickly replenish the strength of this new force, and now that the Langya army is back to Tao Qian, Tao Qian must be treated with all his might, which is undoubted - but what about the future? Once the Langya Army loses its use value, or the Langya Army suffers heavy losses in the bloody battle with the enemy, will Tao Qian still treat Zang Ba and others from humble backgrounds well? Will those gate lords in Xuzhou ride on the heads of Zang Ba and others to and pee again, who can guarantee it?

If you want to know what's going on, please see the second half of this chapter, Deputy Director Tao's first accomplice with a foreign surname is about to appear, so stay tuned.