Boss Cao is not a master who is willing to suffer dumb losses, he paid countless sacrifices to finally force Lu Bujun to the end of the road, and paid countless costs to force Lu Bujun to the point of large-scale mutiny and rebellion, but as a result, the fruit of victory of talent fell into the hands of others, or fell into the hands of Deputy Director Tao, who Cao Boss hated the most and had been hiding behind his back to watch the excitement and fighting, and the fury in Boss Cao's heart was naturally not mentioned. In anger, Boss Cao simply came to the camp of Tao Yuan's coalition army in person, planning to use the previous verbal agreement with Yuan Shaojun to get a group of Lu Bujun prisoners back, and also disgusted Deputy Director Tao, who lacked talents under his command.

led Xun Yu and Dian Wei and other civil and military forces to the Yuan Shaojun camp located outside the west gate of Changyi, unfortunately, Yuan Shaojun, who is currently in charge of the house, is not in the camp - I heard that he went out of the camp to walk his horse, Cao Boss had no choice but to find Yan Liangwen Chou, who was the master of the house before Yuan Shaojun, and asked Yan Liangwen Chou to fulfill the agreement and hand over the soldiers of Lu Bujun who were captured last night to himself.

"What Ming Gong said is extremely true, your two armies do have an agreement, and the prisoners captured by our army on the Yanzhou battlefield must be handed over to Ming Gong for disposal." Yan Liangwen replied helplessly: "But now we can't be the master of this matter, the third prince transferred south this time to reconcile the war between your army and the Xuzhou army, and also brought the lord's handwritten warrant, let the third prince command the whole army of our army, and command us to attack Lu Bu, at present, our army is called by the third prince, if the Ming prince wants to ask for prisoners of war, he must discuss with my son-in-law." ”

"Yuan Shaopifu, in order to help your straw bale San'er grab credit and establish the prestige of winning the heir, he is very attentive." Boss Cao was furious in his heart, knowing that Yuan Shao let Yuan Shang take over the Yanzhou Expeditionary Force at this moment, which may be a notorietal way for Yuan Shang to experience, but in fact, it must be for Yuan Shang to steal the merit - Lu Bu's remnants have been surrounded like an iron bucket, with the iron-core ally Cao Jun on the front, and there are two generals in his own team who have Yan Liangwen and Chou who have the courage of ten thousand people, Yuan Shao will definitely win even if he sends a pig to be the coach!

In the same desperation, Boss Cao had to try to attack Yuan Sangongzi, and asked Yan Liangwen Chou: "Then may I ask the two generals, where did Yuan Sangongzi go to walk the horse?" I will go to him myself. ”

"I don't know." Yan Liang and Wen Chou shook their heads together, and Wen Chou said again: "When the third prince went out of the camp to walk the horse, he didn't explain his whereabouts to us, but just went and returned. ”

"Sure enough, it is an embroidered pillow and a bag of grass, the enemy is current, when he left the camp, he dared not to inform the left and right deputies of the whereabouts, such a straw bag is really only Yuan Benchusheng! If my son dares to do this, see if I can't smoke such a bale son! Boss Cao's heart became more and more angry. At this moment, Wen Chou pointed to the camp gate again and said, "Ming Gong, don't look for it, my son-in-law is back." ”

Cao Lao was overjoyed and hurriedly turned back, and sure enough, he saw the handsome and extraordinary appearance of Yuan Sangongzi dressed in gold armor, wearing a gold crown with beads, personally holding a tall fiery red war horse in his hand, and walked into Yuan Shaojun's Chinese army camp with a Confucian student, and then took a closer look at the equally handsome and extraordinary young Confucian student, Cao Lao's black face suddenly turned white - he was the most despicable, hypocritical and cunning Tao Yingtao envoy in Cao Lao's mouth!

"Lord, please pay attention to the war horse in Yuan Shang's hand."

Xun Yu came up and whispered a reminder in Boss Cao's ear, but before Boss Cao could turn his eyes to look at the war horse, the high-spirited Third Prince Yuan had already shouted and greeted with joy, "Uncle Cao is also here?" Uncle came just in time, please come over and open your eyes, General Yan, General Wen, you also come over to open your eyes, this horse is the famous Chitu BMW! ”

Yan Liangwen is a person who loves martial arts, and attaches great importance to war horses, and when he heard that the fiery red war horse in the hands of Yuan Sangongzi was the famous red rabbit horse, he was immediately very curious, and hurriedly went up to appreciate the war horse, and looked at the red rabbit horse at close range. Tao Ying, who was on the other side, saw that Boss Cao's face was not good, and after laughing secretly, he deliberately said loudly to Yuan Shang: "Third brother, there is one more thing to ask for as a brother-in-law, I hope you will agree." ”

"Brother-in-law, please have something to say." Yuan Sangongzi couldn't put it down, caressing the red rabbit's horse-like hair and replied.

Tao Ying smiled, patted his own red rabbit horse for the second time, and said with a smile that surprised Yuan Sangongzi, "This red rabbit horse, the younger brother wants to give it to the third brother as a gift, please accept it for the third brother, don't shirk it." ”

"Tao Envoy-kun, do you want to give this red rabbit horse to our third son?" Yan Liangwen and Chou all screamed, and Yuan Sangongzi was so surprised that he almost couldn't believe his ears, and asked repeatedly: "Brother-in-law, aren't you joking?" Are you going to give me this red rabbit horse, real or fake? ”

"Little brother doesn't dare to laugh." Tao Ying shook his head with a smile, and said with a smile: "As the so-called red pink gives the beauty, BMW gives the hero, the third brother you are a hero, both civil and military, so the dragon horse is only worthy of the third brother you ride, so the younger brother is said to be here, not for other things, just to present the BMW to the brother, and I hope that the brother must not be polite, and must accept a piece of the younger brother's heart." ”

"It's over! Don't expect Yuan Shang's straw bag to speak for me! Boss Cao complained bitterly in his heart, and at the same time, Boss Cao also secretly admired Tao Ying for being able to afford to put it down, so that BMW can also say that he will give it away, this courage is definitely very comparable!

Sure enough, seeing that Tao Ying really wanted to give him the world's No. 1 BMW Red Rabbit Horse, Yuan Sangongzi, who thought very highly of himself, was so excited that he just hugged Tao Ying and kissed him a few times, and quickly said pretendly: "Brother-in-law, what are you riding?" I see that your mount is short and small, not much bigger than a donkey, at most it is a second-rate war horse, not only is it not majestic enough, but it also has a ** share - or brother-in-law, you should leave this red rabbit horse to ride, right? ”

"Third brother don't be polite, my riding skills are far inferior to the third brother, I like to ride that kind of short Hun horse, safe." Tao Ying said with a smile: "Don't hide it from the third brother, it's not that the younger brother can't afford to buy a good Western Regions horse, it's just that the Western Regions war horse is too tall, and the younger brother is afraid of breaking his leg when he rides it, so he only likes to ride a short Hun horse." The soldiers of Xuzhou are weak, and they are not as good as Yan Zhao Xiongshi like General Yan and General Wen, so they also like to ride Hun horses like their younger brothers. ”

Speaking of this, Tao Ying sighed and said: "Even now that the war is raging, the road is impassable, and the younger brother can't buy a few more Hun horses." ”

"Inferior horses? Your army of hypocrites seems to love to ride such odd inferior horses, right? Boss Cao roared angrily in his heart, but it was still the same sentence, Boss Cao, who had no horse-producing land in the territory, was also afraid that Yuan Shaojun would know the secret of the Junzi Army, so even if he knew that Tao Ying was talking flatteringly, he didn't dare to open his mouth to expose it.

"Since my brother-in-law likes Hun horses, it's easy to do, General Yan, General Wen, I bother you to immediately pick out three hundred Hun horses from our cavalry and send them to my brother-in-law's team, count me as a return gift to my brother-in-law, father, I have my own explanation." Yuan Sangongzi didn't even blink an eyelid, and decided to give Tao Ying 300 Hun horses on the spot. When Yan Liangwen agreed enviously, Yuan Sangongzi patted Tao Ying on his chest and promised: "Brother-in-law, don't worry, the road matter is on my brother, after returning to Jizhou, my brother will definitely ask my father to open the war horse trade to you, so that my brother-in-law can buy as many war horses as you want!" ”

Hearing Yuan Sangongzi's words, Tao Ying, who succeeded in his trick, was of course overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed to Yuan Sangongzi, and kept thanking him, but here Cao Boss was both envious and disdainful, and said secretly in his heart: "Tao Ying's thief lent you the red rabbit horse to ride for a few days, and you are going to let your father let go of the war horse trade in Xuzhou?" It seems that Tao Ying's thief's red rabbit horse has really only been lent to you for a few days. Also take 300 Hun horses that must have strange Huns for a red rabbit horse, no matter how much property Yuan Shao has in his family, sooner or later he will be defeated by you! ”

Finally thanked Tao Ying and Tao Ying, Yuan Sangongzi happily led everyone back to the tent and sat down, and ordered a banquet to celebrate his brother-in-law's victory last night. Boss Cao hesitated again and again, and finally decided to try his luck to explain his intention to Yuan Sangongzi, and asked Yuan Sangongzi to follow the agreement and hand over the prisoners of Lu Bujun captured by the Xuzhou army to himself.

"And such an agreement? Is it a verbal agreement, or is it white and black? Yuan Sangongzi naturally wouldn't let his good brother-in-law spit out the fat that he ate in his mouth, and deliberately turned to Yan Liangwen Chou and asked, "General Yan, General Wen, does our army have such an agreement with my uncle?" How did I not know? ”

"There is such a verbal agreement." Yan Liang nodded and replied: "The last general is the first general to lead the army south to Yanzhou to reinforce Cao Gong, when he set out on the expedition, the lord once verbally promised the envoy of Cao Gong, and the prisoners of war captured by Lu Bu's army on the battlefield will be handed over to Cao Gong, who will screen and dispose of them, and avenge Lu Bu Pifu's sneak attack." ”

"The old immortal is really stupid, and it doesn't take any benefit to help others die." Yuan Sangongzi muttered in his heart, embarrassed - Yuan Sangongzi is a well-known filial son in Jizhou, and he openly refuses to fulfill his father's promise to his allies, and Yuan Sangongzi has to hesitate no matter how favored he is.

"Brother, please forgive the younger brother for reminding me." Tao Ying opened his mouth and said with a smile: "Lord Yuezhang just agreed to hand over the prisoners captured by the Jizhou army to Cao Gong for disposal—but Lord Yuezhang did not agree, and he wanted to hand over the prisoners captured by the Jizhou allied forces to Cao Gong for disposal. ”

"Little thief, he really will take advantage of the loophole!" Boss Cao glanced at Tao Ying, and the little hope that had just been ignited in his heart was completely shattered.

Sure enough, after getting this reminder from his brother-in-law, Yuan Sangongzi immediately had something to say, and said with a hum: "Uncle, it's not that the little nephew won't help you, but Tao Yuanjun's words also make sense, my father only promised to hand over the prisoners captured by our army to my uncle for disposal, but he didn't promise to hand over the prisoners of war captured by our allies to my uncle for disposal, so I'm sorry, the little nephew really can't help ...... this time." ”

Yuan Sangongzi snorted and chirped before he finished speaking, and Boss Cao, who could also afford to put it down, had already stood up, flicked his robe sleeves and strode out of the tent, and said without being salty or light: "Since the virtuous nephew has said so, then forget it, farewell." Yuan Sangongzi pretended to keep Boss Cao for dinner, and Boss Cao, who was extremely angry in his stomach, was willing to stay and continue to be angry, and he went out of the big tent after thanking him, leaving Uncle Lang, who was embarrassed by Yuan Sangongzi and Tao Ying, laughed and laughed in the military tent.

…………………… After beating the horse and leaving the camp of the Yuan army, after walking more than two miles away, Boss Cao suddenly reined in the war horse, raised his head to the sky and roared, so as to vent the raging anger in his chest. Xun Yu next to him also knew that Boss Cao was on fire in his heart, and he was afraid that Boss Cao would continue to be entangled, so he stepped forward and persuaded: "Don't worry, Duke Ming, the so-called Tao Yuan Alliance is just Tao Ying thief and Yuan Shao using each other for their own interests, and like last year's Tao Lu Alliance, the tail of a rabbit can't grow." And Tao Ying's thief's capriciousness is worse than Lu Bu's, I believe that it won't be long before Tao Ying's two families have a conflict of interest, Tao Ying's thief will not hesitate to stab Yuan Shao in the back, exposing his hypocritical and ruthless despicable face. ”

"Tao Yuan Alliance looks like a god, I have never been worried!" Boss Cao shook his head, and pointed to Changyi City in the north with a horsewhip, and said hatefully: "I am sighing at the elite soldiers and strong generals in Changyi City, although Lu Bupifu has no strategy and can't make good use of the generals, but the elite soldiers and strong generals under his command are all veterans and elite soldiers who have survived a hundred battles, Xiliang Iron Cavalry, Flying Bear Army and Bingzhou Iron Cavalry, the last essence of the world's heroes, even if it is the most ordinary veteran, no matter if it is put into the team of that prince, it is at least the talent of the chief and Dubo!" Not only is it far better than the elite soldiers of Xuzhou under the command of Tao Ying's thief, but also better than my elite soldiers of Yanzhou! ”

Speaking of this, Boss Cao vented another whip, and said even more angrily: "It is because I covet these elite soldiers and strong generals, so when I let Man Chong envoy Yuan Shao, I deliberately induce Yuan Shao to agree to hand over these veteran elite soldiers to me for disposal!" But I didn't expect that Yuan Shao had no plan, and he didn't know the importance of these elite soldiers, but he killed a Tao Ying thief who had the same purpose as me halfway, a Tao Ying thief who was more vicious and cunning than me, and a Tao Ying thief who was thicker than Liu Xuande and more capable of hypocrisy! After breaking through this Changyi City, I don't know how many of these elite soldiers and strong generals I can recruit! ”

Xun Yu was silent, and only nodded after a long time and said: "The lord's worries are reasonable, Tao Ying's thieves are incomparable, and they have already bought the elite soldiers and strong generals under Lu Bu's command, and they will put all the charges for the rupture of the Taolu Alliance on Lu Bupifu, so that the soldiers under Lu Bu's command do not have the slightest hatred for him, and they are full of gratitude. The three joined forces to attack the city, and after the city of Changyi was broken, Tao Ying's thieves would definitely be able to recruit more elite soldiers and strong generals of the Lu Bu army than our army. ”

Speaking of this, Xun Yu suddenly smiled slightly, and said slowly: "It's a pity that although Tao Ying's thief's wishful thinking is brilliant, he just missed it, and this move may also make him lose his previous efforts, or even self-defeating." ”

"Tao Ying's thief missed the calculation?" Boss Cao hurriedly asked.

"Lu Bu himself!" Xun Yu said categorically: "Although Lu Bu has no strategy, he is brave and charming, and he has a strong cohesion for the army!" For so many years, the soldiers of the Lu Bu army have been fighting with him in the north and south, and they have been displaced, but they have always been condensed into a group, and they have not completely collapsed, and in the case of being completely at the end of the road, the wise and resourceful such as Chen Gong, and the brave and good at fighting such as Zhang Liao Gaoshun and other generals have always never abandoned him, which is enough to prove that Lu Bu still has a very high influence in the army and can still completely control the last army. ”

"In this case." Xun Yuyin smiled and said: "If the lord can recruit Lu Bu himself, then may I ask the lord, how much can the little thief Tao Ying fake benevolence and righteousness, and then win the gratitude of the soldiers of Lu Bu's army, and how much can he deceive the last elite soldiers and powerful generals under Lu Bu and the capable ministers?" ”

"Huh? How did I forget something so important? Boss Cao was pleasantly surprised: "If you can recruit Lu Bu himself, it is equivalent to recruiting all the remnants of Lu Bu in Changyi City, and Tao Ying's thief will be hypocritical again, and he can only stare dryly and look at it." ”

Speaking of this, Boss Cao suddenly remembered something again, and the look on his face disappeared suddenly, and he said hesitantly: "However, with the experience of Dong Zhuo Dingyuan, I recruited Lu Bu under my command, in case ......." ”

"It's very easy." Xun Yu said with a smile: "After the lord recruits Lu Bu, he can immediately deprive him of his military power and give him a false position to raise, if he is honest and obedient, the lord should raise one more idle official, if Lu Bu still has a different heart, no soldiers and no red rabbit horse, how many storms can be stirred?" The lord is really not at ease, as long as he has collected Lu Bujun's heart, he can also take the lead and find a crime at will, once and for all. ”

Boss Cao's triangular eyes flashed with a fierce light, and without hesitation, he immediately turned his horse's head and went straight to the south gate of Changyi, shouting loudly, "Send someone to send an order, ordering Xiahoudun to lead an army of 3,000 out of the camp, immediately go to the city of Changyi to meet me, and escort me to personally recruit Lu Bupifu!" ”

After a while, Cao Boss arrived at the siege fortifications outside the south gate of Changyi first, and first sent people to the city with white flags to shout Lu Bu to go to the city to answer, and after a while, Xiahou Dun led the army to arrive, and protected Cao Boss with a long shield to guard against bows and arrows, and protected Cao Boss to the south gate of Changyi on foot, and stood on the moat that had been completely filled. At the same time, Lu Bu, who received the news, had also hurried up to the south gate city wall, and leaned out from the arrow battlement, Cao Boss and Lu Wenhou, good friends and rivals who had been constantly entangled with chrysanthemums for many years, finally met again at the south gate of Changyi.

I haven't seen Lu Bu for a while, and to Boss Cao's surprise and surprise, Lu Wenhou, the flying general who regarded the princes of the Eighteenth Road as nothing, is already gray at the moment, described as withered, and has a stubbled beard on his thin face, looking haggard and decadent. And what made Boss Cao even more secretly happy was that the muscles on poor Lu Wenhou's face twitched for a long time, and he even called out pitifully, "Meng Degong, it's been a long time." ”

"Very well, this puppet has been shaken." Boss Cao nodded secretly and said loudly: "General Fengxian, it's really been a long time, I haven't thought about it, I haven't thought about it, Fengxian is so haggard, it really hurts me." ”

Lu Wenhou, who knew what he was looking like now, smiled with difficulty, and didn't answer this stubble, but just asked loudly: "Dare to ask Ming Gong, call Lu Bu to answer, what advice do you have?" ”

"Fengxian, the current situation, you must be very clear." Boss Cao pretended to play with the horsewhip in his hand easily, and said loudly in a condescending tone: "I and Yuan Benchu's 100,000 army besieged the city of Changyi, and your only foreign aid Tao Ying thief not only abandoned you, but also simply joined the alliance between me and Yuan Benchu, and joined forces with me to besiege this lonely city of Changyi!" General Fengxian, you are running out of food, and it is already difficult to fly! ”

Poor Lu Wenhou smiled with difficulty again, and did not make a sound, but secretly looked forward to Boss Cao's next words. And Boss Cao did not disappoint Lu Wenhou, and soon said loudly: "Fengxian, you and Wang Yun Situ crusade against Dong Zhuo, meritorious service to the country, although you invade my territory and occupy my city, but I really can't bear to kill you!" I thought that instead of stubbornly resisting and destroying himself, it was better to open the city gate as soon as possible, lead the people to surrender, support the Han family with me, and revitalize the Wang Gang together, and he would not lose the position of the marquis in the future. ”

"Sure enough, they came to recruit me."

Poor Lu Wenhou was first happy in his heart, and then hesitated, and this time there was no Chen Gong around Lu Wenhou who hated Boss Cao so much that he stood up and released the arrows, not only no one released the arrows, but Lu Wenhou's brother-in-law Wei Xu couldn't wait to stand up and whispered in Lu Wenhou's ear: "Lord, Cao Gong's intention to surrender is very sincere, it is better to surrender here, but you can save your life without worry." ”

Lu Wenhou glared at his brother-in-law, and retreated in a low voice, and after hesitating for a moment, Lu Wenhou gritted his teeth and said loudly: "Ming Gong retreats, Shang Rong discusses, within two days, there will be an answer!" ”

"Very good, I'll give you two days!" Boss Cao secretly happily agreed loudly, and threatened loudly: "General Fengxian, this is your last chance, the morning after tomorrow, I will lead the army here to listen to your reply, if Fengxian continues to be obsessed, don't blame me for being ruthless." ”

Poor Lu Wenhou, who was repeatedly betrayed by his ally and son-in-law, nodded silently and did not speak, and Boss Cao also stopped talking, just turned his head and left, leaving poor Lu Wenhou standing on the city wall for a long time. After Boss Cao returned to the formation, Xun Yu immediately greeted him, first pointed to a fast horse that was running quickly not far away, and then whispered: "Xuzhou's Tanma, Tao Ying's thief should soon know the news here." It seems that we have considered it before, and we should secretly recruit Lu Bu. ”

"It doesn't matter." Boss Cao waved his hand and said with a cruel smile: "I don't believe it, Tao Ying's thief still dares to follow our army, and also come forward to recruit Lu Bu, the jackal?" Lu Bu used to be his father-in-law and his elder, and he was betrayed and abandoned by him at a critical moment, if he really dared to recruit Lu Bu Pifu to surrender to the past, then I would rather not have the elite soldiers under Lu Bu, but also wait to see the good show inside Xuzhou! ”

"Tao Ying's thief really didn't dare to surrender Lu Bu, but this thief was extremely deceitful, and it cannot be ruled out that he instigated Yuan Shangcaobao to come forward to surrender Lu Bu." Xun Yu said worriedly.

Boss Cao was stunned, and then immediately sneered: "No, if the thief Tao Ying instigates Yuan Shang to come forward to recruit Lu Bu, not only is he destined not to get the elite soldiers of the Lu Bu army that he covets, maybe he has already recruited the elite soldiers, and he will have to return them to Lu Bu Pifu obediently!" ”

(To be continued)