"Big brother, please, save my uncle and cousin, if you don't save them, they will be finished, and Xiang'er has no relatives...... woo ............."

I don't know if it's from Sun Quan's guidance, or because I'm worried about the safety of my relatives, in short, after Deputy Director Tao returned to Hefei City, he was entangled by Sun Shangxiang's little girl for the first time, pulling Deputy Director Tao's sleeve, the little girl cried like pear blossoms and rain, tears fell, and she just begged Deputy Director Tao to save her flesh and blood relatives, and also took out the best skills to deal with Deputy Director Tao, and took the initiative to sit in Deputy Director Tao's arms, hugging Deputy Director Tao's neck and begging.

Seeing his own sister sitting in the arms of the brother killer and coquettish, Sun Quan did not have the slightest anger, humiliation or embarrassment on his face, standing aside as if an old monk was in a state of mind, half-hanging his head and being silent, letting his sister and the brother killer hug each other, skin to skin, so calm that even Deputy Director Tao couldn't help but secretly admire.

I couldn't stand Sun Shangxiang's little sister's crying, making trouble and hanging herself, Deputy Director Tao, who liked to love Lili as much as Secretary Lin, was soft-hearted, and finally sighed, and while personally removing the crystal tears of Sun Shangxiang's delicate little face, she said helplessly: "Okay, okay, don't cry, I promise you, write to your uncle and them, just say that I accept their surrender, call them over." ”

"Really? Big brother, you didn't lie to me, did you? Sun Shangxiang asked with tears in her eyes.

"When did I lie to you?" Deputy Director Tao asked rhetorically.

After carefully recalling and thinking about it, he found that Deputy Director Tao did not have a bad precedent of deceiving himself, Sun Shangxiang's little sister finally broke into laughter, and quickly jumped out of Deputy Director Tao's arms, knelt down to Deputy Director Tao to thank him, and Deputy Director Tao pulled the little girl back into his arms and sat down, and then turned to Sun Quan and instructed: "Gongzi Quan, I agreed to your uncle and cousin's request, do you go back to report the letter, or do you write a letter to let my fine work send across the river?" ”

"Thank you." Sun Quan was overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down on his knees to thank Deputy Director Tao, and then said respectfully: "The river is blocked, the news is inconvenient, if the envoy's letter is unfortunately captured by Yuan Shupifu's river patrol boat, the consequences are unimaginable, so it is best to ask the envoy to allow Sun Quan to cross the river and report the good news to his uncle and cousin in person." ”

"Okay, there you go." Deputy Director Tao nodded in agreement, and said casually: "But don't go back immediately, in a few days I will lead the land and water army south to the mouth of the water, and hold a sailor drill on the river of the mouth, when the time comes, you and I will go south together, you cross the river to report the news, let your uncle and cousin lead the family to cross the river to vote, and I will also arrange for the sailor to respond." ”

"The land and water army is heading south to the mouth of the water? Holding a naval drill on the surface of the Misukou River? Sun Quan's heart was first stunned, and then he immediately came to his senses, and secretly rejoiced in his heart: "The pottery thief who is so deceitful clearly wants to take the opportunity to cross the Yangtze River, but he deliberately said that it was a sailor drill, and I am afraid that he will not confess to me until the last moment!" ”

When he was secretly happy in his heart, Sun Quan quietly peeked at Deputy Director Tao's expression, and saw that although Deputy Director Tao was still extremely affectionately hugging his little sister who was less than ten years old, and a pair of mung bean eyes were always staring at him, Sun Quan was shocked again, and quickly nodded and replied: "Thank you for the envoy, it is all up to the envoy's arrangement." ”

After looking at Sun Quan a few more times, Deputy Director Tao casually ordered: "Then let's do it, I'm going to be busy with some military affairs these days, I'm afraid I don't have much time to see you, you accompany your sister more, the specific details, I'll discuss it with you when I get to the mouth of the water." Sun Quan hurriedly bowed and thanked Deputy Director Tao again and again.

Deputy Director Tao really doesn't have much time to accompany the lovely Sun Shangxiang Xiao Luoli, because Deputy Director Tao has to hurry up and handle too many official duties, military affairs, internal affairs, personnel and diplomacy have a lot of important matters waiting for Deputy Director Tao to decide personally, and the most important thing at present is diplomatic communication, in order not to let the princes of Jiangnan misunderstand the purpose of leading the army south to the mouth of the Xukou, Deputy Director Tao in addition to sending Jiang Gan to Jiangnan to communicate and liaise, but also to personally summon the envoys and representatives sent by the princes and gate lords of Jiangnan, Announce to them in person the purpose of leading his army south to the mouth of Misukou.

When Deputy Director Tao heard Deputy Director Tao's decision to prepare to send troops to the Xukou River, Liu Ji, the envoy sent by Liu Xuanjun, breathed a sigh of relief and hastened, on behalf of his father, to express his understanding and support for the actual combat exercise held by the Xuzhou Navy Division on the Weixukou River, promised to restrain his own Navy Division from clashing and friction with the Xuzhou Navy Division, and sincerely congratulated the Xuzhou Navy Division on the complete success of the Xuzhou Navy Division's exercise at the mouth of the Xuzhou Navy -- of course, if the Xuzhou Navy Division had gone to Liyang, which is across the river from Niuzhu, to hold the actual combat exercise, that poor Liu Ji Gongzi would definitely not be able to say anything like that.

"There's one more thing that must trouble Childe." Before the matter was over, Deputy Director Tao politely said to Liu Ji Gongzi: "Gongzi must also know that my Xuzhou Navy Division has not been formed for a long time, its combat effectiveness is low, and its actual combat experience is seriously lacking, so I would like to ask Gongzi to return to Liu Yuanjun, during our army's exercise, can your army send a fleet to go upstream, and join hands with our army's naval division to hold a joint combat exercise at the mouth of the water, so that our army's naval division can witness with our own eyes what is called water warfare?" ”

Speaking of this, Deputy Director Tao added with a smile and said: "Of course, if your army can agree to this small request, then all the money and food consumed by your army's naval division during the exercise will be paid by our army, and it will be doubled, so as to repay the grace of your soldiers and men for their advice." ”

"It's ......." Liu Ji Gongzi was a little hesitant to agree to the request of the potential enemy, but he didn't dare to refuse, so he could only pretend to be worried and said: "But envoy, our army is fighting with Yuan Shu's team, and the main force of Yuan Shu's sailors is stationed at the Spring Valley Ferry opposite the mouth of the water, if our army's sailors arrive at the mouth of the water, I am afraid that they will not be able to avoid the conflict with the water division of the Yuan Shu army?" ”

"Afraid of what?" Deputy Director Tao smiled and said in a big way: "If Liu Envoy agrees, I will also write a letter about the joint exercise, send an envoy to formally negotiate with Yuan Shupifu, and ask Yuan Shupifu not to interfere in the joint exercise of your and our armies -- Yuan Shupifu is honest and restrained, if he dares to release an arrow and shoot a crossbow at your warship, this envoy Jun will immediately urge the Xuzhou Navy Division to join forces with the Guijun Navy Division to fight to the death with him Yuan Shupifu on the Yangtze River!" ”

The hint in Deputy Director Tao's words that he hopes to form an alliance with Liu Xiangjun again is already so explicit that it can't be more explicit, but Liu Jigongzi, who has already suffered a big loss, said that he didn't dare to be fooled by anything, and just prevaricated: "The matter is big, and Ji doesn't dare to make decisions on behalf of his father, so he can only write a letter to his father and report it to his father, and try his best to persuade his father to agree to the king's request." ”

"Looks like there's no hope." In fact, Deputy Director Tao, who really didn't have any kindness, was disappointed, so he could only say with a smile: "Then there is Lao Liu Gongzi, and please report to Ling Zun, this envoy Jun proposed a joint exercise, just to enhance the friendship and cooperation between your and our armies, and help your and our armies jointly enhance the strength of the naval division, not against a third party, nor any malicious intent, and I hope that Liu Envoy Jun will understand." ”

Liu Ji arched his hand and agreed to this unspoken request, and Deputy Director Tao smiled and said: "Oh, by the way, by the way, please report to Liu Yuanjun, if it is really inconvenient for Zhijun to hold a joint exercise with our army's naval division, then our army may seek to hold a joint exercise with Yuan Shujun's naval division, and the joint exercise between our army and Yuan Shujun at that time is only to strengthen the cooperation between the naval division, and will never be aimed at any third party, and Liu Zhijun is also requested to express his understanding and restraint at that time. Restrain the team not to disturb the joint exercises of our army and Yuan Shujun's naval division. ”

Poor Liu Ji's little face finally turned white, and he couldn't wait to strangle Deputy Director Tao to death on the spot, "Shameless Tao thief!" Obviously threatening my father, threatening that if my father doesn't ask you for an alliance, you will form an alliance with Yuan Shupifu to plot against our army, and you have the face to say the threatening words in a high-sounding manner, hypocrisy! ”

Liu Jigongzi, who has only learned the three-legged cat sword stabbing technique for a few days, can't even beat Deputy Director Tao, who has really been on the battlefield and cut people, let alone the large group of guards who really strangled Deputy Director Tao to death when they were looking at each other, so Liu Jigongzi had no choice but to thank Deputy Director Tao in a low voice, "Please rest assured, I will definitely make Jun Yuan truthfully play the lord in the next place, the matter is big, I want to go back to Danyang to report to my father in person, and I hope to make Jun Enzhun." Deputy Director Tao smiled, and agreed to Liu Jigongzi's request on the spot, and then immediately went to meet the envoys of the other Jiangnan princes one by one.

In fact, it is not that none of the princes of Jiangnan are disgusted and afraid that the Xuzhou army will cross the river and go south, at least the marshal of Jing County, Zulang, who dominates Jing County, would like Deputy Director Tao to cross the river and go south - because Xiao Yuan Sangong has been trying to annex Zulang's team, and Jing County does not border the controlled territory of Liu Xiangjun, the isolated Zulang naturally hopes that the Xuzhou army will cross the river to help him deal with Xiao Yuan Sangong, so when he learned that the Xuzhou Navy will go south to the mouth of the Xuzhou, the envoy sent by Zulang immediately burst into laughter, and also proposed on the spot that he was willing to form an alliance with the Xuzhou army, and together deal with the little Yuan Sangong who intends to annex the whole of Jiangdong.

The strength of Zulang's team is weaker, there is no sailor, and the control is too far away from the Yangtze River, and there is no hope that Zulang's team will meet the Xuzhou sailor to cross the Yangtze River, so Deputy Director Tao can only politely decline Zulang's request for an alliance, just promising to show Emperor Han Xian that Zulang is the minister of Danyang County and the captain of Pingkou, and use his official position to appease Zulang, the leader of the bandits, and then ask Zulang's team to be a little restless, and strive to preserve the vitality of the army, and then make plans after he crosses the river. Zulang's envoy was both happy and helpless, and he had no choice but to leave with a thousand thanks-and then Deputy Director Tao naturally asked his subordinates to let out the news that he was playing for Zulang's official position.

When Mr. Jiang Gan arrived in Wuhu to formally inform Xiao Yuan Sangong of the exercise in the mouth of the exercise, although Xiao Yuan Sangong, who had already suffered a big loss, learned a lesson and did not cut down poor Mr. Jiang Gan on the spot, but also issued a stern warning to Deputy Director Tao with a blue face, asking Deputy Director Tao to restrain the Xuzhou Sailor not to clash with the self-army, and warned that if the Xuzhou Sailor dared to fire the first shot, Then Xiao Yuan Sangong's water war hero will inevitably send all the Xuzhou warships to the bottom of the river to feed the fish!

As for Liu Xuan's envoy Jun's side, Liu Xuan, who had been pitted by Deputy Director Tao and almost used as pants when he formed the alliance last time, of course would not suffer two losses and be fooled twice, not only resolutely refused Deputy Director Tao's request for a joint exercise of sailors, but also listened to the advice of the strategist Shiyi for the first time, and took the initiative to send an envoy to contact Xiao Yuan Sangong, proposing a temporary truce and peace, and deliberately let Mr. Jiang Gan see the good letters he exchanged with Xiao Yuan Sangong, and changed his method to warn Deputy Director Tao not to be greedy for Jiangnan.

Xiao Yuan Sangong, who was being directly threatened by Deputy Director Tao, saw that Liu Miao took the initiative to propose an armistice and conclude peace, which of course was a pie in the sky, so he not only decided to temporarily suspend the war with Liu Xiang on the spot, but also listened to Yan Xiang's suggestion and immediately withdrew the self-army team that confronted Liu Xiangjun on the front line of Shicheng, and publicized the temporary news of the self-army and Liu Xiangjun, so as to warn Deputy Director Tao not to act rashly - otherwise, he might have to join forces with Liu Miao to fight against Deputy Director Tao's jackal army! Therefore, when Mr. Jiang Gan returned to Hefei with a silent letter, there was no need to see that Liu Miao deliberately asked Mr. Jiang Gan to write the letter silently, Deputy Director Tao had already known the news that Xiao Yuan Sangong and Liu Miao were likely to join forces to fight against the self-army through other channels.

After reading Liu Xuan's letter brought back by Jiang Gan, Deputy Director Tao couldn't help laughing, laughing at the wonder of life Some people do have a lot of fate with certain things, and then joked to Jia Lao Poison: "Mr. Wenhe, the effect of scaring the grass and the snake has come out, this result should be beyond Mr.'s expectations, right?" Yuan Shupifu and Liu Xiangpifu, who are not in the same sky, are actually ready to abandon their past suspicions and hatred and join forces to fight against our army? ”

"Don't hide it from the lord, in fact, this matter has long been expected by Xu." Jia Lao Poison replied with a smile: "It's a pity that our army's sailors are still a little worse, and they are really not sure that they can cross the Yangtze River by force, otherwise, if you want to break the so-called alliance between Yuan Shu and Liu Xuan, so that they will be suspicious of each other and attack each other, it is not only easy for the lord, but also not difficult for Xu." ”

"Mr. Wenhe is too modest." Deputy Director Tao shook his head, put away his smile and said solemnly: "Don't hide it from Mr. Wenhe, in fact, I didn't expect Yuan Shu and Liu Miao to be so vigilant against our army before, no matter how much I sow discord and hint overtly, no one has been fooled until now, and I have not taken the initiative to invite our army to cross the river, and until now, I have not come up with a way to act and induce one of Yuan Shu and Liu Xiang to take the initiative to invite our army to cross the river to help." ”

"The time has not yet come, and when the lord's land and water army arrives at the mouth of the water, it will directly threaten Yuan Shu's team, so there is no chance to turn around." Jia Lao Poison comforted.

"I hope so." Deputy Director Tao nodded, and after muttering for a long time, Deputy Director Tao finally made up his mind with difficulty, and said, "It seems that I can only take a risk and implement my backup plan." ”

"The lord still has a backup plan?" Lu Su on the side asked curiously: "Dare to ask the lord, what is the backup plan?" ”

"Of course, Sun Ben and Wu Jing are the internal responses, and the elite of our army should rush to cross the Yangtze River." Deputy Director Tao replied calmly.

"What?!" Lu Su, Liu Ye and Zhang Zhao, who were present, all jumped up and exclaimed together: "Lord, this is too risky, right?" ”

"It's a little risky, but it's not dangerous." Deputy Director Tao analyzed: "Judging from the fact that Sun Ben and Wu Jing are willing to disband the army and bring their families to vote, their sincerity in being willing to submit to our army is very sufficient and can be trusted. ”

"Mr. Ziyang, I asked you to secretly investigate the time when Sun Quan arrived in Chaohu, and the results you found out were the same as Sun Quan's introduction, Sun Quan did arrive in Chaohu on the afternoon of the second day of the Lunar New Year, everything is just a coincidence."

"Sun Ben and Wu Jing's force is not bad, their team is also very combative, and they are not exposed at present, they are a clever move to respond to our army's rush to cross the Yangtze River."

"The strength of Yuan Shu's water division is indeed stronger than that of our army's water division, but the discipline of Yuan Shu's team is far inferior to our army, and when our army and Yuan Shujun fought many times before, it has also proved a situation, as long as Yuan Shujun's commander has an accident, such as dying in battle or missing on the battlefield, and there is a situation where the dragons have no leader, then Yuan Shu's team will immediately collapse for a hundred miles, and there will no longer be any threat to our army."

"In this way, as long as our army and Sun Wu's team cooperate well, first let Sun Ben and Wu Jing design to get rid of Chen Fen, the general of the Yuan Shu thief army, and let the Yuan Shu water division be in a state of chaos without a leader, then our army's water division will immediately launch a forced crossing, and the success will be very great!"

After listening to Deputy Director Tao's reasonable and meticulous analysis, when Lu Su, Liu Ye and Zhang Zhao carefully calculated, they found that if this was the case, the army did have a great hope of breaking through the Yangtze River in one fell swoop, but Zhang Zhao, who was good at logistics and internal affairs, was still a little worried, and reminded: "My lord, although this matter has been successfully grasped, our army is not ready to fully capture Jiangnan. ”

"It doesn't matter, the combat effectiveness of our army's infantry cavalry is far superior to that of Yuan Shu and Liu Xuan, as long as you cross four or five thousand first-line elites, it will not only be enough to protect yourself, but also have a certain amount of spare strength to forge ahead." Deputy Director Tao said confidently: "Moreover, Sun Ben and Wu Jingjiu are in Jiangdong, and they are familiar with the geography and people's conditions in Jiangdong, the width of the roads and the places where grain and grass are hoarded. ”

"But the lord ......." Zhang Zhao, who was cautious, still wanted to object, but Deputy Director Tao waved his hand and said: "Zibu doesn't need to persuade me anymore, I have made up my mind, so I will do it, and I am not rash and risky, if Sun Ben and Wu Jing can't send Chen Fen's head to me, I won't casually start a war to cross the river." ”

Seeing that Deputy Director Tao was resolute, Zhang Zhao could not continue to oppose it, so he could only sing a promise with everyone, and then Deputy Director Tao instructed Lu Su: "Zijing, since the expedition has been prepared, then you will lead the sailor division south with Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai tomorrow, and set up the sailor camp at the mouth of the water, and then pretend to prepare for the sailor drill, and secretly prepare for the crossing, and wait until I lead the horse infantry cavalry to arrive at the mouth of the water, and then see the opportunity to act." ”

"No." Lu Su agreed, and asked suspiciously: "Lord, don't you go south with Su?" ”

"I still have to arrange the assassination of Sun Ben and Wu Jing to assassinate Chen Fen." Deputy Director Tao replied with a smile: "Besides, I will personally lead the army south at this time, if Yuan Shupifu is scared to come to Spring Valley to sit in town, then won't our army have no chance to rush to the crossing?" ”

"But Spring Valley is not far from Wuhu, and with such a big move by our army, it is still easy to attract Yuan Shupifu to personally sit in Spring Valley?" Lu Su asked worriedly.

"Zi Jing is reasonable, this matter has to be prevented, what should I do?"

It was the first time that Deputy Director Tao had made a mistake in arranging the plan he had formulated, and he was really caught off guard for a while, but fortunately, Deputy Director Tao also had a relatively reliable strategist under his command, and Jia Lao Poison immediately reminded: "My lord, how about sending an army from Hefei directly east to Liyang?" Niuzhu in the south of Liyang is also an ideal place to rush the ferry, and is located in the downstream of the mouth of the water, as long as the lord is willing, our army's sailors can go down the river, and they can arrive at the Liyang wharf in one day, and launch the ferry in Liyang, so that Yuan Shu and Liu Miao can not judge the location of our army's crossing, and they dare not act rashly casually. ”

"Mr. Wenhe's brilliant plan, that's it." Deputy Director Tao snapped his fingers rudely, and said with a smile: "Let Wei Yan lead the army of 5,000 to Liyang to station first, and prepare for the crossing, most of the soldiers under Wei Yan's command are my fellow Danyang soldiers, and they know some water surnames. ”

(To be continued)