Yuan Tanjun's original plan was actually like this, deliberately built a viewing platform, attracted the attention of the Xuzhou army to the top of the city wall and the city tower, and let the tiger guards deliberately disarm in front of the Xuzhou army, and knelt down in front of Deputy Director Tao empty-handed, and when he knelt on the ground with both hands, he could justifiably get the knife and axe weapons hidden in the muddy muddy water in advance.

The biggest gamble of this plan is to gamble on the hypocrite character of Deputy Director Tao, in order to buy people's hearts, Deputy Director Tao will get off the horse and personally come to pick up Yuan Tan, and then Yuan Tan, who has already got the weapon in his hand, can see the opportunity to act, and if he has the opportunity, he will take the deputy director Tao who is captured alive, and use Deputy Director Tao as a hostage to force the Xuzhou army to retreat, and if he has no chance, he will stab to death Deputy Director Tao who should have been convicted of ten thousand deaths, and then flee back to the city under the protection of three hundred dead soldiers! If you really can't escape, you must die with Deputy Director Tao, and Yuan Tan Gongzi, who hates Deputy Director Tao to the bone marrow, also admits it!

The plan is ingenious, and the courage is absolutely extraordinary, but unfortunately, friends know that because of Yang Changshi's strong obsession with gold and silver treasures, at the critical moment when Yuan Tan Gongzi was only a few seconds away from succeeding, he jumped out to make trouble, and inadvertently broke Yuan Tan Gongzi's mechanism, so that Yuan Tan Gongzi finally fell short, and he also lost his life - if Yuan Tan Gongzi knew about it, he knew that Yang Changshi did it because he coveted his family property, Then Yuan Tan Gongzi will definitely regret that he didn't take out all his family property to bribe Yang Changshi............

No matter how much remorse there is under Jiuquan, it is useless, as Yuan Tangongzi's head falls to the ground. Yuan Tanjun's dead soldiers were blocked by Xuzhou guards, and the remnants of Yuan Tanjun's army never had a chance to turn defeat into victory, and they rushed a few times to see that they could not rush to Deputy Director Tao's side, Gao Gan, Hao Zhao and Lu Kuang and other Yuan Tanjun generals had to quickly retreat into the city, but Xuzhou Army said this time that they would not miss this opportunity, and they chased and killed all the way across the moat, and directly pursued into the city gate.

Because he had considered in advance that such a situation might occur, Yuan Tanjun also made contingency preparations for this - at the end of the city gate. A thousand-pound iron gate was installed. As long as the iron gate can be pulled to the ground, blocking the road of the Xuzhou army into the city. But the plan is far less fast than the change, and when Gao Gan and the others were about to rush out of the road, the iron gate in front of them unexpectedly landed ahead of schedule. All of a sudden, it blocked the road back to the city for Gao Gan and others! Gao Gan and the others were scattered. Shouting and shouting doesn't help. was blocked by the Xuzhou soldiers in the city gate, and became a real turtle in the urn.

The iron gate landed early of course not without reason, on the city wall. Yuan Jun Yecheng, who was in charge of commanding the iron gate organ, ordered Xin Bi to personally pull the organ to cut off the return route of Gao Gan and others with the iron gate, Xin Bi said calmly to the soldiers who screamed left and right: "The lord is dead, let them go back to the city, and the soldiers and civilians of our city in Yecheng can only bury them, for the people of the city, and for the sake of our wives and children, we can only do this." If you want to live, immediately go to the arrow stack and wave the white flag. ”

The group of dragons has no leader, there are no soldiers and Xin Bi who pulled the mechanism in advance, and they rushed to the side of the arrow stack, raised the white flag and shook it desperately, as a result, they also completely waited for the three hundred dead soldiers of the high cadres, who were blocked in the city gate and had no way to go to the sky, and there was no door to the ground, and most of them were hacked to death by the red-eyed Xuzhou soldiers, poor Mr. Guo Tu died tragically in the chaos, and was trampled into meat sauce by the two soldiers, Lu Kuang put down his arms and surrendered, and the senior cadres were captured by the Xuzhou soldiers, and only Hao Zhao fought to the end, He also categorically rejected the surrender request of the Xuzhou army, and died together with the last ten soldiers, and said goodbye to the stage of the late Han Dynasty in advance with great regret.

After the end of the city gate, Xin Bi ordered the soldiers to open the iron gate, led the defenders to surrender to the Xuzhou army, the Xuzhou army entered the city to take over the defense, and killed a small part of the remnants of the Yuan Tan army who refused to surrender, and ended the battle in the evening, so that Yecheng, the first town in Jizhou, finally fell into the clutches of Deputy Director Tao, and finally ended the battle of Yecheng that lasted for three months. Deputy Director Tao rewarded him for his meritorious deeds, named Xin Bi as a councilor, and listened to it with the army, and found out that Chen Lin did not participate in Yuan Tan's plan, and pardoned his crimes and still retained them in his original position, and the rest of the surrendered civil and military forces were also retained.

"Finally took Yecheng." This was the first sentence that Deputy Director Tao said when he entered Yecheng, and his tone was quite sighing, and he said: "I really didn't expect that we would fight for three months in Yecheng alone, and I really don't know how much time it will take us to completely take over the three northern states." ”

"My lord, please relax." Xun Chen next to him comforted: "The most difficult thing to fight in Jizhou is Yecheng, take Yecheng, our next war will be much easier, Ji You and the three states have no leader, Yuan Shang is Wei can neither serve the public, nor can the hearts of the people of the Sanzhou army, even if our army can't do the transmission of the three states, don't worry about encountering stubborn resistance like Yecheng, Chen estimates, if it's fast, it won't be three years, and if it's slow, our army will definitely be able to pacify the three northern states." ”

"Mr. Youruo is right, we don't have to work so hard in the next war." Jia Lao Poison nodded in agreement, and then suggested: "If the lord wants to quickly settle the north, then we should prepare for the war against Yuan Shang from now on, and I think that the lord should immediately issue an edict to Yuan Shang in the name of the imperial court, and order him to come to Yecheng to discuss the affairs of the north." ”

"Wonderful!" Liu Ye applauded and said with a smile: "If Yuan Shang comes, he will be summoned to the court as an official in the honor of the imperial court, if Yuan Shang does not come, he will not obey the imperial court and openly rebel, and our army will send troops to fight against the name." As soon as this edict came and went, our army was almost rested and could send troops immediately. ”

Deputy Director Tao laughed when he heard this, and immediately ordered Chen Ying to write an edict, and Jia Lao Poison suggested again: "Lord, after all, Yuan Shang has been friendly with our army for a long time, and it is a bit too much to summon him to Ye. ”

"Cheng, anyway, Yecheng is not far from Xuchang, so let's do it, and by the way, let the soldiers rest for a few more days." Deputy Director Tao agreed.

The rest is simple. At the same time that the Xuzhou army began to prepare to go north, it issued a document requiring the counties and counties of Jizhou to accept the order of the imperial court - that is, to accept the order of Deputy Director Tao, and the rest of the counties of Wei County, where Yecheng is located, heard that Yuan Tan was dead, and there was no county order and local generals who dared to jump out to find death, and rushed to send a table to show their submission, not only the whole territory of Wei County was decided, but even many counties in Zhaoguo County and Julu County surrendered one after another, only Julu was too guarded and refused to surrender, However, this Taishou, who only has a few thousand township soldiers in his hands, is destined to not be able to make any waves, and Deputy Director Tao does not even need to take action in person. directly asked Zang Ba to send troops to attack Guan Tong.

There was no problem on the side of the Xuchang Imperial Court. Under the coercion of Tao Ji, Cao Hong, Shi Yi and others, even if Emperor Han Xian was unwilling, he could only obediently issue an edict and order Yuan Shang to go to Yecheng to discuss northern affairs. And Deputy Director Xu Tao concurrently serves as Jizhou Pastor. The only trouble is Yuan Fang, the wife of Deputy Director Tao. After learning that Yuan Tan was dead. Yuan Fang, who knew that her husband was a person, wrote a letter to Deputy Director Tao, begging Deputy Director Tao's subordinates to show mercy and leave a way for Yuan Shang to survive as much as possible. Deputy Director Tao replied to Yuan Fang. said that as long as Yuan Shang didn't have any idea of colluding with other races, he would definitely spare Yuan Shang's life.

Almost a month later, the Zhanghe embankment was initially repaired with the joint efforts of the soldiers and the people of Xuzhou, considering that he was a little lacking in virtue in destroying the embankment and flooding the city, Deputy Director Tao ordered Yecheng to be tax-free for two years, and ordered to open a warehouse to give relief to the victims, and the people cheered and were grateful to Deputy Director Tao. At the same time, Deputy Director Tao forced Emperor Xian of Han to issue the edict, and it was also sent to Yuan Shang with the honor of the imperial court.

Yuan Shanggongzi and Xianpei, Feng Ji and others are of course not stupid, seeing the edict of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, Yuan Shanggongzi and Xianbei and others immediately understood that Deputy Director Tao was preparing to attack the self-army, so Yuan Shanggongzi not only refused to go south to Yecheng on the spot, but also immediately proclaimed himself the general of Jiyou and Sanzhou Prefecture and Che Cai, and spread the word to all parts of the country to ask the officials and soldiers of Sanzhou to obey their orders, and at the same time immediately withdrew the Zhongshan soldiers and horses, gathered troops in the Bohai Sea between the rivers, and prepared to start a war with his brother-in-law who was once like a brother.

In fact, before receiving the news of Yuan Shanggongzi's refusal to obey the edict, Deputy Director Tao, who was a little darker than coal, couldn't wait to send troops north to open up the channel between Zhangshui and Qinghe.

When Deputy Director Tao sent troops, the central and southern parts of Jizhou had actually been included in the control territory of the Xuzhou Army, Zang Bajun easily took the Julu County Zhixiao Tao City, Yuan Jiazhong's ministers hanged themselves when the city was broken, Julu was flat, and the northern counties of Zhao State did not have the barrier of Liao Tao, and they also obediently offered a table to surrender together, Zhongshan and Changshan counties also refused to obey the command of Yuan Shanggongzi, and began to look at Zang Ba eyebrows, bargaining and preparing to surrender. Yuan Shanggongzi's forces were compressed to the northeast of Jizhou, and only controlled a few small counties in Hejian, Bohai County and Anping County, with nearly 50,000 troops in reputation, but the core force was only about 10,000 people, and the rest were mostly recruited recruits, not only low combat effectiveness, but also did not have much battlefield experience, and the overall strength seemed to be strong, but in fact it was a paper tiger, and it was not vulnerable at all.

Of course, Yuan Shanggongzi is not unwilling to sit still, Hejian and Bohai counties are directly bordered by Youzhou, and Jixian County, the base camp of the Youzhou army, is not too far, so after learning that Deputy Director Tao personally proposed the main army to go north, the first thing Yuan Shanggongzi did was to gallop to Youzhou and ask Jiang Qihe to send troops to rescue. At the same time, Yuan Shang listened to the suggestion of the trial, withdrew all the military rations from the river and returned to Nanpi, preparing to fight with his brother-in-law in his father's birthplace.

For the Xuzhou army, the most troublesome thing about the conquest of Yuan Shang is not the enemy's resistance, but the long distance, from Yecheng to Nanpi is almost a thousand miles away, even if the Xuzhou army does not stop the daily march of fifty miles, it also has about twenty days of marching time, the march is time-consuming and will make the army's fatigue superimposed, it can only be more time-consuming to walk for a few days and rest for a day, but fortunately, there are Zhangshui and Qinghe all the way to transport grain, and the logistics of the Xuzhou army can at least be guaranteed.

No matter how long the road is, there is an end, in mid-May, the main force of Xuzhou finally arrived at the southern suburbs of Nanpi thirty miles, Deputy Director Tao did not rush to order an attack, but let the army set up a large camp first, so that people could inquire about the situation in Nanpi, and found that his third brother-in-law divided the army into two, and ordered the trial to lead 10,000 troops to be stationed in the city, and led 40,000 troops to be stationed in the western suburbs of Nanpi, using the city and Qinghe to protect the left and right wings of the main force. Protect the periphery of Nanpi City, learn the lessons of Yuan Tanjun, stay high on the shore, and build the camp very strongly, just digging three trenches around the camp.

"Built three ring camp trenches?" Deputy Director Tao smiled and said, "It seems that I want to count on reinforcements from Youzhou, first stand on the defense, and then wait for Jiang Qi or lead the troops to save my life." ”

"The lord should not be underestimated." Seeing Deputy Director Tao's relaxed expression, Jia Lao Poison hurriedly reminded: "Our army has come thousands of miles, the soldiers and horses are tired, and the camp has not yet been decided. It is necessary to prevent Yuan Shang from taking the opportunity to rob the camp overnight. ”

Deputy Director Tao nodded. Said: "Immediately send an order to the whole army, double the sentry tonight, the soldiers are not allowed to disarm, and the weapons are not allowed to leave their bodies." Strictly prevent the enemy from robbing the camp overnight. ”

"My lord. Chen believes that there is no need to be passive. Two ambushes should be arranged outside the camp to flank Yuan Shang's army of robbing the camp. Xun Chen said: "Chen has been with Yuan Shang and Juan for many years, and he knows the character of the two. Yuan Shang is the most confident in the trial, and he is pretentious and scheming, with their character and habits, they will deceive our army to be tired from afar, and they will take the risk of robbing the camp tonight! ”

Deputy Director Tao and Yuan Shang also dealt with several times, and talked deeply a few times, in the words he had already discovered the arrogant character of his third brother-in-law, and felt that Xun Chen's analysis was reasonable, so he immediately summoned Zhao Yun, Lu Kuang and Ma Yan, the two generals, and ordered Ma Yan and Lu Kuang to lead 3,000 troops out of the camp at night, lying in wait around the camp, and found that Yuan Shang had robbed the camp and immediately sent troops to attack, and then arranged for Zhao Yun to lead an army to guard the front camp to meet Yuan Shang's army of robbing the camp, and explained that the three generals must work hard and be on duty all night. The three generals sang the promise together and received the order to go down to arrange.

Liu Ye was a little uneasy about Deputy Director Tao's arrangement, and reminded: "Lord, Lu Kuang and Ma Yan are both generals, let them lead the troops to ambush, if they suddenly defect, what is good?" ”

"It's fine." Deputy Director Tao replied: "The general trend of the Yuan family has passed, Lu Kuang and Ma Yan are both smart people, they know how to choose, give them a chance to make meritorious contributions, and they will be easy to use in the future." Even if there are changes, with Zhao Yun's steady character, it is enough to prevent all accidents. ”

Everything is in the expectation of the decision-makers in Xuzhou, it is after the third watch of the night, Yuan Shangjun really sent troops to sneak attack the Xuzhou camp that was not firmly established, Zhao Yun led the army to meet it, Lu Kuang and Ma Yan also immediately led the army to kill from the left and right, and attacked the enemy from three sides, Yuan Shangjun could not resist and was forced to lose, Zhao Yun and Lu Kuang and other generals led the army to pursue, but because Yuan Shangjun still had follow-up reinforcements, they failed to achieve much success, and seeing that the enemy was also very well prepared, Zhao Yun, who had a steady personality, really ordered to retreat, refused to fight with Yuan Shangjun at night when the soldiers and horses were tired and the terrain was unfamiliar.

The only thing that made Deputy Director Tao and others miscalculate was that this time Yuan Shangjun came to sneak attack and rob the camp, and the general who led the troops turned out to be Yuan Shang himself! So after learning of this situation, Deputy Director Tao inevitably regretted it, and said with annoyance: "I knew that my third uncle was so bold, I should have sacrificed the front camp to set up an ambush and kill him, so that the war in the north could end earlier!" ”

"The lord doesn't have to regret it, he wiped out Yuan Shang in Nanpi, in fact, there is still a lot of hope for our army." Jia Lao Poison said: "Yuan Shang abandoned the river to guard Nanpi, the reason is nothing more than that Nanpi is the place where the Yuan family made his fortune, and the people are attached to it, and the Yuan family has been operating here for many years, and the city is relatively strong, so it can be guarded for a long time, and it will not be easily given up." In this case, our army might as well break through the camp outside Yuan Shang as soon as possible, force Yuan Shang into the city to defend to the death, and then besiege the city on all sides to cut off Yuan Shang's way, and then attack the city with force, so that Yuan Shang can be destroyed in Nanpi. ”

"It's going to take a long time." Deputy Director Tao lamented, and said helplessly: "It's okay, it's better to be in Nanpi and Yuan Shang for a long time than to chase him to Youzhou or even to the desert and Liaodong and then destroy him, just do it, first break his Yuan Shang's camp outside the city, and force him into the urn in the city to catch turtles." ”

After finalizing this resolution, three days later, the camp was established, and the army was given some time to rest, Deputy Director Tao personally led an army of 30,000 to attack Yuan Shang's camp outside the city, and ordered Zhao Yun to lead an army of 10,000 to copy the back of Yuan Shang's camp, and ordered Gao Shun to lead an army of 10,000 to block the south gate of Nanpi, not only to prevent Yuan Shang from fleeing north, but also to prevent the trial from sending troops from the city to attack his back. What surprised Deputy Director Tao was that when the army sent troops to attack Yuan Shangjun's camp, the third brother-in-law Yuan Shang actually led 20,000 troops out of the camp to fight with the self-army in the field.

In front of the two armies, Deputy Director Tao and Yuan Shanggongzi, who were once so close that they were almost wearing a pair of pants, were less than two hundred steps apart, and they turned their faces face-to-face and scolded, Deputy Director Tao rightly scolded Yuan Shang for not obeying the court and plotting rebellion, and Yuan Shanggongzi, who was riding a red rabbit horse, scolded even more justifiably, and had many crimes such as his brother-in-law's ingratitude, bullying the monarch and taking power, taking revenge and seizing relatives' property, etc., and there were all kinds of evidence, and there were indeed facts, so that the thick-skinned Deputy Director Tao was a little unbearable, so he had to hurry up and shouted:" Who will capture this thief with me? ”

Xu Chu didn't say a word to shoot the horse out, Yuan Shang also ran out of the general Liang Qi around him, and caught Xu Chu with a gun, the result is also of course, the battle is not ten, Xu Chu will cut Liang Qi under the horse with a knife, Yuan Shangjun was shocked, Xu Chu refused to be satisfied, and waved a knife to take Yuan Shang, Yuan Shang was shocked to return to the horse and left, relying on the red rabbit horse's divine horse, in the blink of an eye, he opened the distance with Xu Chu, and successfully escaped back to the depths of his own team, Deputy Director Tao saw that there was an opportunity, so he immediately beat the drum to attack, and divided half of the troops to attack the enemy formation.

There is no suspense about the results of the battle, although the Xuzhou army is a little tired, but most of the soldiers have experienced a hundred battles, and the morale is high, and the attack and kill occupy an absolute advantage, Yuan Shangjun is in the brother civil war has exhausted its strength, the elite force casualties, the main force is not much left, although the remaining recruits are a lot of soldiers, but obviously lack of training and experience, in front of the tiger and wolf division under the command of Deputy Director Tao, not to mention the strength of the fight, that is, it is extremely difficult to parry, and the battle is only a moment, Yuan Shangjun's formation, which was not strict enough, had already begun to loosen up, and it gradually showed signs of defeat.

Seeing such a scene, Deputy Director Tao actually didn't have any joy on his face, and sighed: "Third brother-in-law, why bother? You don't have the slightest hope of turning the tables around, so why do you have to fight me to the end? With your friendship with me, surrender to my side, and I can still treat you badly? Do you know that if you resist for one more day, the Han people in the north will suffer for one more day, and we will have less strength to resist the alien races in Mobei, you are not loyal and unyielding, you are confused! (To be continued......)