"A concubine gives birth to a house slave! It's too much of a deception! After reading the handwritten letter of the eldest Yuan Sangong brought back by Shu Shao, the little Yuan Sangong, whose temper was definitely not too good, was completely furious, first patted the case and roared, and then tore the handwritten letter of the brother of the compatriot to shreds, and finally simply jumped up and stomped his feet and scolded, "The concubine is a slave!" Concubines give birth to house slaves! It's too much of a deception! It's too much of a deception! Lone wants you to restrain your son-in-law and return the land of the city of Gu, even if you don't think of brotherhood, you dare to ask Lone to negotiate a truce with Tao Ying thief, and cede the land and city in exchange for Tao Ying thief's forgiveness of the truce! It's too much of a deception! You little concubine who kills a thousand knives!! Concubines give birth to domestic slaves---!! ”

When Xiao Yuan Sangong roared, Liu Xun, Yan Xiang, Jin Shang, Lei Bo, Li Shu and other Huainan army civil and military officers all lowered their heads and said nothing, and let Xiao Yuan Sangong roar and vent in frustration, but even so, Xiao Yuan Sangong still refused to let them go, scolded and scolded and suddenly kicked over the case in front of him again, pointed at Yan Xiang and Jin Shang and others and asked: "Liu Biaojun, is there any news?" When exactly did they go north to reinforce Shucheng? It's been four days since they were stationed in Zongyang, and the news of Liu Biao's reinforcements was also announced in public, why are they still standing still? ”

"My lord, the envoy sent to liaise with Liu Biaojun has just returned." Jin Shangzhan replied tremblingly: "Liu Pan and Huang Jie's reply to our army is that their team is tired from afar, and at the same time they are very unfamiliar with the geographical and road conditions of the Lujiang River, and they still need to rest for a few days, and by the way, they will not be able to send troops to the north for the time being, just please rest assured, and wait patiently for a few days, when it is time to make a move, they will definitely rescue Shucheng." ”

"Excuses! Pure excuses! Xiao Yuan Sangong was even more furious, and roared hysterically: "Going down the river from the waterway, there is no step of the army, and the army also needs to rest?" It's not enough to rest for four whole days, but a few more days to rest? The main force of the Xuzhou thief army is less than forty miles away from Shucheng, so they still have to wait patiently? How long will they have to wait?! ”

Even more stimulated that Xiao Yuan Sangong was still behind, although he knew that Xiao Yuan Sangong was now angry to the extreme, but in order not to be forcibly carried afterwards, Jin Shang, who was in charge of contacting Liu Biaojun, still took out another letter and said stubbornly: "Lord, in addition, Liu Pan and Huang Shot, the two generals, also sent a letter to our army envoy, asking the lord to allocate another batch of grain and grass to reward them and boost the morale ......of the Jingzhou army. ”

"Dreaming!" Xiao Yuan Sangong roared wildly again, "Fifty thousand grains, thousands of catties of gold and silver, one thousand horses of colored satin and countless good wine and meat have been sent, and they are still not satisfied?" Want to keep asking for more? It's really a shame to be a lonely wronged big man at will! Don't give, absolutely don't give! ”

Jin Shang silently retreated - Jin Shang was just afraid that in the future, Xiao Yuan Sangong, who liked to shirk his responsibility, would blame himself for not revealing all the circumstances, and now that all the circumstances have been explained, Jin Shang naturally refuses to touch the mold of Xiao Yuan Sangong again. However, the lord Bo Yanxiang didn't know whether he was alive or dead, and took the initiative to stand up and say: "What the lord said is extremely true, this time he said that he couldn't give anything more, and Liu Pan and Huang Shot were the reinforcements of the puppeteers, and our army didn't have to count on it anymore." ”

"Don't count on it anymore?" Xiao Yuan Sangong really used Yan Xiang as a punching bag, stopped roaring and deliberately squinted at Yan Xiang, and asked with a sneer: "Lord Yan, it was your idea to ask Liu Biao for help at the beginning, but now that Liu Biao's reinforcements are here, why don't you say that you don't need to count on it anymore?" ”

"His Majesty is dead, and the person who persuaded the lord to ask Liu Biao for help was indeed his subordinate, and his minister's advice was wrong, and the lord beheaded his subordinate and asked him for the crime, and his subordinate had no objection." Yan Xiang, who was loyal to Xiao Yuan Sangong, calmly confessed his guilt, and then Yan Xiang knelt down on his knees and pleaded guilty: "But His Majesty urged the lord to ask Liu Biao for help, but it was also out of loyalty to the lord, and he felt that Liu Biao should be worried about the death of his lips and teeth, and he might send troops to help the lord, so he begged the lord to give it a try." But now, the subordinates realized that they had underestimated Liu Biao too much, underestimated the thickness of Liu Biao's skin, and underestimated his old man's giant slip in riding the wall and watching the wind. It was the ministers who misexpected the enemy, and the ministers deserved to die for their crimes, please punish the lord, but these things are money, food, and military needs, so please don't waste them in vain, Liu Biao's team is no longer able to save us. ”

Xiao Yuan Sangong did not rush to cure Yan Xiang's crime, but asked suspiciously: "Liu Biao'er's reinforcements have arrived in Zongyang, which is only one hundred and sixty miles away from Shucheng, why do you think that he will definitely not save us again?" ”

"Because Liu Biao sent troops this time, he didn't come to save Shucheng, but to watch the wind and fish in the water." Yan Xiang kowtowed and replied: "If the minister's expectations are not bad, Liu Biao has no intention of rescuing Huainan, nor does he have the courage to turn his face and start a war with the Xuzhou thief army, the person who made Liu Biao make up his mind to send troops to Lujiang should be Yuan Shao and Yuan Benchu." ”

"That concubine gave birth to a house slave?" Xiao Yuan Sangong's face changed again, and at the same time, he was even more puzzled, and said, "What are you talking about, why can't you understand it at all?" The person who made Liu Biao'er make up his mind to send troops to Lujiang was the concubine who was thousands of miles away? ”

"The lord forgives the sin, although the ministers do not want to admit it, but it is likely that this is the case." Yan Xiang replied helplessly: "Your Majesty suspects that Liu Biao learned from the mouth of the envoy of our army for help that he knew that the lord had sent an envoy to Yuan Shao and Yuan Benchu for help, and asked Yuan Benchu to come forward to coerce the Xuzhou thief army to withdraw from Huainan, so he decided to send troops to Lujiang to wait and see. Because after Liu Biao sent troops to Lujiang, if Yuan Benchunian forced the Xuzhou thief army to withdraw from Huainan for the sake of brotherhood, then Liu Biao would not have to worry about fighting with the Xuzhou thief army, and he could also get the reputation of righteous assistance, and at the same time, he could also get the money and food promised by our army in return. ”

"But now that little concubine has refused to force the Xuzhou thief army to withdraw from Huainan for Lonely?" Xiao Yuan Sangong asked: "Our army has not won foreign aid from Jizhou, what should Liu Biao'er do?" ”

"It's easier for Liu Biao." Yan Xiang smiled bitterly and said: "I don't know if you still remember, when Liu Biao, Cao Ying and Yuan Shao formed an alliance, they once jointly recognized Yuan Shao as the leader of the three alliances, if Yuan Shao refuses to lend a helping hand to our army, then Liu Biao can completely excuse himself to obey the orders of the alliance leader, Shi Shiran withdrew from Lujiang, anyway, the money and food promised by our army have been sent to him, and he has no loss." In addition, if Liu Biao's heart is a little darker, he can completely use the order of the alliance leader Yuan Shao to let his army and the Xuzhou thief army flank our army and seek greater benefits from it! ”

After listening to Yan Xiang's explanation, Xiao Yuan Sangong couldn't help but be stunned again, and after finally sobering up, Xiao Yuan Sangong couldn't help but kick on the case that had been overturned again, and roared and scolded even more hysterically, "Old fox! Old slippery head! Shameless old man! Shameless to this point, it's simply brazen to the extreme! ”

"Lord Yan, are you taking it for granted?" Jin Shang, who was in charge of contacting and negotiating with Liu Biaojun, couldn't believe it a little and questioned: "Liu Biao's aftermath is all the imagination of Yan Zhubo, is there any proof?" ”

"What more proof?" Xiao Yuan Sangong immediately pointed his gun at Jin Shang and roared: "Liu Biao Lao'er's team has always been standing still in Zongyang, isn't this still proof?" If Liu Biao'er hadn't planned to be a grass on the wall, his reinforcements would have arrived in Shucheng a long time ago! ”

Jin Shang was speechless, and the other Huainan civil and military generals also held their breath, not daring to provoke the same anger as Jin Shang, and Xiao Yuan Sangong roared for a long time, until he was exhausted and his throat was hoarse, then he sat back on the mat and asked weakly: "Zhongqing, the matter has come to this, what other way does Zhongqing have to retreat from the enemy, you can say come and listen." ”

Most of the Huainan civil and military officials present were silent, only Liu Xun, the Taishou of Lujiang, led a few Lujiang civil and military officials and said tentatively: "Lord, do you want to fight?" The lord brought 35,000 troops from Shouchun, plus the local army in Lujiang, the total number of our army is more than 60,000, it may not be the opponent of the Xuzhou thief army, the last general proposed to take advantage of the Xuzhou thief army to be tired from afar, send the army out of the city to start a decisive battle with the Xuzhou thief army, if it can win, our army does not need to look at anyone's face. ”

This time, even Xiao Yuan Sangong, who had always been arrogant to the extreme, was silent, and after hesitating for a long time, Xiao Yuan Sangong also asked Liu Xun in a tentative tone: "Zitai dares to go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with the thief army?" ”

"The last general is willing to lead his troops out of the city for a decisive battle to avenge his beloved brother!" Brother Liu Huo and son Liu Wei both died at the hands of the Xuzhou army Liu Xun hugged his fist and asked for an order, and several Lujiang generals under Liu Xun also hugged their fists and asked for an order, expressing their willingness to fight, and Xiao Yuan Sangong hesitated for a long time and finally decided to treat the dead horse as a live horse doctor, gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, Ming said that you lead 20,000 Lujiang troops to fight, and then send Lei Bo to lead 10,000 Shouchun troops to help you, if you win, you will definitely be rewarded!" ”

Liu Xun and the others will clasp their fists together and sing a promise, Yan Xiang's lips moved, he wanted to dissuade him, but after a little calculation, he still forced himself to close his mouth, and secretly said in his heart: "Let's die a horse and be a live horse doctor first, if there is a miracle, of course, it is the best, even if you can't win, it is easier to persuade the lord to negotiate peace with Tao Ying and the thief." ”

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In the early morning of the next day, Liu Xun really led 20,000 Lujiang troops out of the city and went north, and Yuan Shu also kept his promise to let the general Lei Bo lead 10,000 Shouchun to go out of the city, and joined forces with Liu Xun to go north to fight the Xuzhou army. After the scout detective delivered the news to Tao Ying, our deputy director Tao was of course overjoyed, but he was inevitably puzzled, and said in surprise: "Yuan Shu actually sent troops out of the city to fight a field battle with me, or is it a large-scale decisive battle with tens of thousands of scales?" The old thing took the wrong medicine, he didn't lose to me enough times in the field, and he still wanted to send it to the door himself to find death? ”

"I also think it's strange below, is there a fraud in it?" Lu Su was also very puzzled, and said: "No, even if there is fraud, Yuan Shu will not send so many soldiers and horses as bait?" This is nearly half of the Lujiang garrison? ”

"The reason why Yuan Shu sent troops to the decisive battle can be discussed later." Tao Ying shook his head and said: "This is a rare opportunity to force Yuan Shu to the negotiating table, you can't miss it, pass my order, the front army will stop, and when I personally lead the Chinese army to arrive, fight to the death with Yuan Shu's team out of the city, and put Yuan Shupifu on the negotiating table in a battle!" ”

A moment later, Tao Yingqin led 30,000 Chinese troops to catch up with the 10,000 Xuzhou front army led by the general Gao Shun, the south was already dusty and smoky, and the flag came like the sea. After Liu Xun's team arrived at the battlefield, they also set up a small phalanx with the unit as a unit, and then formed a regular huge phalanx, which was also stable and attacking, and at the same time convenient for the team to maneuver and attack, and the few cavalry were arranged by Liu Xun on the left flank with the most open terrain, and Liu Xun himself was also greedy for life and afraid of death like Deputy Director Tao, and sat in the central flag array that was most heavily protected.

Seeing this scene, the lackeys and accomplices under the command of Deputy Director Tao were naturally vying for the battle, among which Xu Huang, the new lackey who had just arrived from Shouchun to meet with the main force, asked for the battle ** is the strongest, saying that he has to go down to fight for Deputy Director Tao, Deputy Director Tao is worried that Xu Huang will not be able to agree to the first time when he is seriously injured, and he will simply dismount and beg for begging, claiming that if he is not able to beg for his head, Tao Ying didn't want to frustrate the general's request for battle too much, and finally nodded and agreed, and at the same time sent Xu Chu and Cao surnamed Cao to take cover together.

After getting the permission of Deputy Director Tao, Xu Huang happily picked up the axe and got on the horse, and in a blink of an eye, he had already flown out of the formation, and without saying a word, he swung the axe to kill the enemy general, and only three times in hand, Xu Huang split the head of the enemy general with an axe, and sent the Lujiang general who didn't even have a chance to report his name to the west sky. Seeing this scene, the Xuzhou army naturally cheered loudly and cheered, but the Lujiang team was screaming and shouting, and everyone's faces changed color.

The fighting general is not over, and the Lujiang generals who are not afraid of death shoot their horses and shoot their guns out of the battle, Xu Huang rose up and fought with the general for more than ten rounds, and suddenly shouted with an axe, and cut down the unlucky man off the horse, the Xuzhou army cheered again, but the whole army of Lujiang was frightened, and Liu Xun, who was sitting in the center, also changed color on his face, so he understood why he hesitated again and again when Xiao Yuan Sangong sent him to fight yesterday, but the matter has come to this, Liu Xun has no choice, and can only shout like Han Hao, the right-hand man next to him: "General Yuanhei, It's up to you, if you can cut off the head of this thief, I will ask for credit for you in front of the lord! ”

"No!" Han Hao agreed without hesitation, and then flew out of the battle with a long-handled broadsword in his hand, and shouted from afar: "Hanoi Han Hao is here, the enemy general is famous, and Han Yuan's heir is under the knife, and he will not kill the nameless rats!" ”

"Hanoi Han Hao?!" Xu Huang frowned slightly, raised his axe and pointed at Han Hao and shouted: "Han Hao, do you know Xu Gongming in Hedong?" When I was the blueprint of the Yellow Turban Thief, I had been to your Hanoi County! ”

"Xu Gongming? Are you Xu Huang and Xu Gongming of Pinglan? When he was in his hometown, Han Hao, who had led the township party and the Yellow Turban Army, subconsciously strangled the war horse. Seeing Xu Huang nodding and admitting, Han Hao didn't speak anymore, and immediately turned around and fled back to the main formation, shocking the Lujiang army up and down like earth, Liu Xun was furious, and just about to order Han Hao, who fled without a fight, to take down the guilty, Xu Chu, who was the most competitive in the Xuzhou team, had already been unable to hold back, and rushed wildly with a ghost head knife in his hand, roaring like thunder in his mouth, "I only know Xu Gongming in Hedong, can I recognize Xu Zhongkang of Peiguo?" ”

In the roar, Xu Chu plunged into a Lujiang military formation, everywhere he went, like a wave cracking, but all the Lujiang soldiers who were blocking in front of Xu Chu were either cut in two or trampled to death by the war horse knocking over the iron hooves, and the Lujiang Ya general who commanded this phalanx was also hacked to death by Xu Chu, is there anyone who dares to come out and try the knife with me Xu Zhongkang?! ”

Seeing that the two generals Xu Chu and Xu Huang were so powerful, the Lujiang army, which usually bullied the local township soldiers and mountain bandits, was all panicked, and many deserters appeared in several phalanxes, and the array was loosened. Seeing that the opportunity was rare, Tao Ying did not hesitate, and immediately ordered the two wings to come out together, and jointly impact the enemy formation, between the beating of war drums, Hou Cheng and Jiang Qin immediately flew together with both wings, and killed the enemy together, the Lujiang army was already frustrated, and the Xuzhou army had not yet killed in front of it, and they had already rushed for their lives, and they all hugged their heads and ran away, Liu Xun was also frightened, and he didn't care about punishing his deputy Han Hao and fled back to the horse, resulting in a big chaos in the Lujiang Central Army, and Lei Bo in the rear and the 10,000 Shouchun Army under his command had already suffered enough for the Xuzhou Army, and did not wait for the front army to rush to the front, It has long been a long time ago to turn around and run away, the front, middle and rear armies of the Lujiang Army are in chaos, and there is no fighting spirit from top to bottom, and they are just holding their heads and running around, trampling on each other, and there are countless people who take the opportunity to flee.

Finally caught such a great opportunity to beat the water dogs, the character has always been insufficient to make people praise Deputy Director Tao naturally refused to miss, so that the flag company waved the army, Gao Shun, Qiao Rui two armies struggled forward, striding towards the enemy army to slash and kill, the Lujiang army was even more panicked, scrambling to just flee for their lives, no team had the courage to stand up for the aftermath, a strong just screamed and screamed to the south to flee for their lives, the Xuzhou army took the opportunity to rush and kill, until the Lujiang army was killed all over the field, blood flowed all over the canal, and it was only stopped after chasing and killing the lower part of Shu County, The main army of Xuzhou also took advantage of the situation to reach the city of Shuxian, arrogantly set up a large camp less than five miles away from Shuxian County, ignoring the defenders in the city to the extreme.

Because it was an encounter that was not expected in advance, and there was no army with a particularly fast maneuver in the pursuit to outflank and intercept it, or to stop the defeated army of Lujiang, and at the same time, the battlefield was not far from Shu County, and it was easy for the Lujiang army to escape, so the Xuzhou army did not capture many in this battle, and the number of beheadings was less than a thousand - a large number of prisoners and deserters were captured, and the results were not very rich. But this is enough, this battle at least hit the morale and fighting spirit of the Lujiang defenders, so that the Lujiang defenders are bold and cowardly, and they have been cowardly before the battle, and at the same time, it has further weakened the will of Xiao Yuan Sangong to resist, and laid a solid foundation for forcing Xiao Yuan Sangong to the negotiating table and forcing him to cross the Yangtze River, so after the battle, Deputy Director Tao was still very generous and rewarded Xu Huang and Xu Chu and other meritorious soldiers, Xu Huang also became famous in the Xuzhou army with this battle, which facilitated Tao's exceptional appointment to him.

The aftermath of this encounter has not yet ended, the Xuzhou camp has not yet been completely settled, when Deputy Director Tao and others are still celebrating the victory of the flag in the big tent of the Chinese army that has just been erected, Shuxian County suddenly put down a Huainan army envoy with a hanging basket, came to the Xuzhou army with a white flag, and asked Deputy Director Tao to meet him, and also said straight to the point -- Xiao Yuan Sangong has agreed to accept the mediation of Yuan Sangong and agreed to start armistice negotiations with the Xuzhou army.

After the herald reported the intention of the envoy of the Huainan Army to Deputy Director Tao, Deputy Director Tao, who was thinking about how to force Xiao Yuan Sangong to the negotiating table, not only was not overjoyed, but stopped on the spot, puzzled: "Won't it?" Decided to negotiate so soon? This doesn't quite fit Yuan Shupifu's surname, right? ”

"yes, why did you accept mediation so quickly?" Lu Su was also confused, and said suspiciously: "Although our army won the field battle today, it only injured the skin of the defenders of Shucheng, and did not move their muscles and bones, and Yuan Shupifu and Liu Biao's reinforcements can be relied on, how can they accept mediation so quickly and agree to negotiate a truce?" ”

"Lord, Yuan Shu Pifu shouldn't be following you or Cao Ying's thief, right?" Chen Ying worriedly analyzed: "Could it be that Yuan Shupifu found out that our army was far away and the camp was not stable, and deliberately pretended to accept mediation to make our army lax, and then went out of the city at night to rob the camp?" ”

"You can't rule it out." The suspicious Deputy Director Tao nodded, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Yuan Fang, when comparing me with Cao Ying, don't add the word thief?" -- It's as if Cao Thief and I are the same dog. ”

Chen Ying, Lu Su and the others laughed, but as soon as the laughter started, there were already two laughing voices outside the tent, and they said in unison: "Don't worry, my lord, we can be sure that Yuan Shupifu is not playing tricks this time, but really wants to ask and negotiate." Saying that, Jia Xu and Liu Ye, who had disappeared before, entered the account side by side and bowed to Tao Ying together, Jia Xu also smiled and said: "Lord, don't worry about Yuan Shu's tricks, and don't worry about Liu Biao's reinforcements in Zongyang, you can conclude that Liu Biao's reinforcements will not add any trouble to our army this time, and maybe they will help our army." ”

"How does Mr. Wenhe know?" Tao Ying asked in surprise.

"Xu went to the prisoner of war camp with Mr. Ziyang just now, and saved a few prisoners captured on the battlefield today." Jia Xu replied with a smile: "One of the generals explained that Liu Biao's reinforcements arrived at the Zongyang ferry five days ago, but now five full days have passed, and Liu Biao's reinforcements have not taken ......a step north. ”

"Ride the wall and watch the wind! Fish in muddy waters! The battle of Guandu, Liu Biao, was such a pitted Yuan ....... Under the surprise of sudden realization, our deputy director Tao almost missed his mouth, but fortunately he held back in time, and hurriedly applauded and covered up: "I'll just say, in terms of Yuan Shu's popularity, how could Liu Biao'er agree to send troops to reinforce him so easily?" After doing it for a long time, I wanted to fish in troubled waters and cheat a little money and food. ”

"As expected, Yuan Shu should have also seen Liu Biao's stance of riding on the wall and watching the wind." Jia Xu nodded and said: "Liu Biao's reinforcements can't be counted on, and they are not our army's opponents on the battlefield, Yuan Shu's smartest choice is only to accept Yuan Shao's mediation and start armistice negotiations with our army, which is also the most beneficial choice for him, which can not only retain the strength of the comeback and the bargaining chips in the negotiations, but also avoid being extorted by Liu Biao, and the losses will be greater and nothing will be gained." ”

"So what should our army do now?" Tao Ying pondered, and asked Jia Xu again: "Mr. Wenhe, in your opinion, how should our army treat Liu Biao's team in Zongyang?" Is it to ignore it? Or do you want to get in touch with a messenger and win them over? ”

"You should go to a messenger to make contact." Jia Xu replied: "Sending an envoy to contact Liu Biao can tell Liu Biaojun about Yuan Shao's attitude, so that they will not dare to have a heart of embarrassment with our army, and ask them to withdraw from Lujiang and completely isolate Yuan Shu, who has been cornered; We can also take this opportunity to establish contact with Liu Biao, so that our army can gain a firm foothold in Huainan and establish a Xuzhou naval army. ”

Speaking of this, Jia Xu added another sentence and said: "Of course, although our army took the initiative to contact Liu Biao and asked them to publicly state their neutrality and withdraw from Lujiang, not to aid Yuan Shu, no matter how to get some blood to show a little heart, and also give Liu Biaojun the opportunity to knock Yuan Shu's bamboo pole left and right, but for the peace of our army's southern front, it is still worth some blood." ”

"Mr. Wen He's words are extremely true, the focus of our army is on the northern front, and the southern front cannot be too dispersed." Tao Ying still appreciated Jia Xu's opinion, so he clapped his hand and said: "Then let's do it, send an envoy to contact Liu Biao's side, bring more expensive gifts, first tell them Yuan Shao's attitude, and then use the excuse that our army and Yuan Shu are personal grudges, please don't interfere, as long as they are fair and neutral, our army only has a little meaning to send - it will be regarded as sending Huazi." ”

Deputy Director Tao and Jia Lao Poison wanted to use a little money, food and gifts to send Liu Biaojun, who was riding on the wall and watching the wind, so that they could take an open neutral position, but it was too easy to think, because Deputy Director Tao and Jia Lao Poison quickly discovered that Liu Biaojun's appetite was there?

(To be continued)