If conditions permit, in fact, Tao Yingzhen is reluctant to leave Guangling immediately, how good Jiangnan is, the land is fertile and beautiful like jade, and the opponent is relatively weak, there are still a group of beauties such as Da Qiao Xiao Qiao and Sun Shangxiang who are still waiting for the word boudoir to chase and bubble, trick them into bed to cover their feet, and Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai, Tai Shi Ci have a fierce person to recruit, and they can be pulled to be the little brother's dog legs, Deputy Director Tao is from the bottom of his heart and does not want to go.

But it won't work if you don't evacuate, the main population and economy of Xuzhou are in the north, and the strategic center of gravity is also in the north. So there was no way, Deputy Director Tao had to forget the thoughts of his sweethearts such as Da Qiao, Xiao Qiao, Sun Shangxiang, etc., temporarily abandon the love of children and daughters, seven emotions and six desires, and at the same time temporarily put aside the desire for the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River and a strong man, and honestly led the gentleman's army back to Xuzhou to solve a lot of internal and external problems.

Zang Ba's base camp is in Langya, and the northern part of Xuzhou, which is greatly injured, also urgently needs Zang Ba's strong and brave army to sit in the town, so after running south to Guangling, Zang Ba is still obliged to accompany Tao Ying to the north to solve those thorny and thorny problems together. However, in this way, Zang Ba, who has strong self-esteem, and Tao Ying, who has no concept of gate valve, are on the way to the north together, and the relationship naturally warms up rapidly, and the relationship is quickly close to the point of killing chickens and burning yellow paper.

By the way, Lin Qing, who was dressed as a man, also returned to Xuzhou with the Junzi Army, but this little girl herself had a team of personal soldiers arranged by Zhang Zhen, and traveled by car along the way, hiding in the car during the day and hiding in the tent at night, not giving Tao Ying a chance to get close at all.

More than one day of eating and sleeping in the open air, the gentleman's army and Zang Bajun's army first returned to the territory of Xiapi, and when they set off, Xu Tan, the general of Xiapi who was only a false and a snake, heard the news, and personally led the civil and military officials of Xiapi out of the city for thirty miles to meet Tao Ying's triumphant division. In the face of Xu Tan and the others, Deputy Director Tao, who is very deep in the city government, will certainly not be stupid enough to laugh at Xu Tan and others in person, and he is also humble and polite with Xu Tan and others, and at the same time inquire about Tao Qian's physical condition. And when he learned that Tao Qian's condition was further aggravated, Tao Ying, who had some feelings for Tao Qian's cheap father, was inevitably a little unbreathable.

"Childe, why don't you go first." Zang Ba saw Tao Ying's anxiety, and took the initiative to say: "Childe's gentleman's army is all cavalry, and you can return to Xuzhou in two days. ”

Tao Ying was really worried about Tao Qian's condition, and decided to lead the gentleman's army to go first with a few polite words with Zang Ba, so that Zang Ba would come later, and then Tao Ying invited Lin Qing's little girl to go with him, but this little girl's arrogant temper attacked, and she refused to continue to go with Tao Ying for anything, so she had to stay in Xiapi City to rest overnight before leaving, Tao Ying couldn't help it, and saw that this little girl was also very familiar with Xu Tan, and Xu Tan was also commensurate with her uncle, so she also put her mind at ease, and led the gentleman's army to set off first, and rushed to Xuzhou first. Leaving Lin Qing's little girl gritting her teeth in the carriage, she lost her temper and complained that Tao Ying did not invite her to accompany again.

In fact, Zang Ba thought that Tao Ying would take two days to complete the two hundred miles from Xiapi to Xuzhou, which was too underestimated for the speed of the Junzi Army's maneuvering, and after leaving the field of vision of the people in Xiapi, the soldiers of the Junzi Army immediately removed all the rope sets used for covering, put on wooden stirrups, and then changed horses all the way without changing people, and it took only one day to easily arrive at the suburbs of Xuzhou, and then put away the stirrups in the sparsely populated place, and put on the rope sleeves used to confuse outsiders, and then re-mounted the horses and rushed to Xuzhou.

In Tao Ying's opinion, sooner or later, his Junzi Army will be famous all over the world, and the secret of the Junzi Army's cavalry will definitely be spied by the enemy, although this secret is unlikely to be kept secret for a long time, but in order to prolong the secrecy time as much as possible, Tao Ying racked his brains to design a substitute for the rope stirrup, so that the enemy no longer cares about the secret of the Gentlemen's Army's stirrups, and it also makes it difficult for the enemy's cavalry to quickly follow the tactics of the Junzi Army.

Because the soft rope stirrup is not only difficult to stabilize the cavalry for a long time, but also very dangerous, especially on the battlefield, once the cavalry falls off the horse, and the ankle is entangled in the rope sleeve, it is difficult to quickly stand up and act flexibly, and it is possible to be dragged to death by the war horse, or even trampled to death! Therefore, Tao Ying showed Sun Ce and Zhou Yu the rope set stirrup very generously, and issued a strict order to let the soldiers of the Junzi Army use the rope stirrup in public, and then replace it with a safe and effective wooden stirrup when fighting alone.

After a long time, he got back to business, marched two hundred miles in one day and one night, Tao Ying thought that it was impossible for anyone to greet him, but when he arrived at the ten-mile long pavilion outside the east gate of Xuzhou, Tao Ying was very surprised to see that Chen Qi and Chen Deng, the largest landowners and big landlords in Xuzhou, had already led a team of followers here waiting for their return, and when they saw their banners, the servants of the Chen family were still beating gongs and drums, and the drums were fully prepared to sound in unison to welcome their triumphant return.

"Childe returned triumphantly, and the old man and the dog said goodbye to Childe." Chen Jue led Chen Deng to come forward, bowed to Tao Ying from afar, and said with a smile: "In the Guangling War, the son used his troops like a god, and even broke the strong enemy without a single defeat, and shocked the world, which is really gratifying, gratifying." ”

"Han Yugong, Brother Yuanlong." Tao Ying hurriedly dismounted, solemnly returned the salute, and said flatteredly: "Meng Hanyu and Brother Yuanlong personally went out to greet Shili, but they really didn't dare to be, they didn't dare to be. ”

"Childe doesn't have to be modest, Childe returned triumphantly, is there a reason why the old man doesn't come out to greet him personally?" Chen Jue rushed forward to pick up Tao Ying, and curiously pointed to Lu Su next to Tao Ying and asked: "Sir, don't be strange, the old man didn't see you when Gongzi set off, are you the new military advisor of Tao Gongzi, Mr. Lu Su Lu Zijing, who is famous for his righteousness and wealth in Jiujiang?" ”

"Exactly down there." Lu Su returned the salute respectfully, and also said politely: "I have admired the names of Han Yugong and Mr. Yuanlong for a long time, and I can see it today, and Su Sansheng is fortunate." ”

Chen Qi and Chen Deng hurriedly humbled themselves, and Tao Ying asked curiously: "Han Yugong, Brother Yuanlong, how did you know that you came to Xuzhou today?" Didn't you send an envoy to inform you of your whereabouts first? ”

Chen Qi and Chen Deng's father and son looked at each other and smiled, and then Chen Deng arched his hand to Tao Ying and said: "Don't blame the son, the family in Xuzhou has a pigeon station, yesterday at noon after the son set off from Xiapi, Chen Deng's family in Xiapi released the pigeon, and informed the matter to Zaixia. In the next paragraph, it was concluded that the prince was worried about the lord's illness and would definitely rush at full speed, so he said ...... today. ”

"Pigeon Station? Sure enough, it's a snake on the ground! Old fox! Tao Ying muttered in his heart, but said with a smile on his face: "I see, the carrier pigeon contact is so convenient and fast, it seems that I should invite my father in the next year, and also establish a pigeon post in the five counties of Xuzhou, so as to facilitate the contact of traffic news in an emergency." ”

"It is not easy to train carrier pigeons, and it is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it will take a lot of time to hastily establish the five county pigeon stations." The old fox Chen Qi didn't even blink his eyelids, and took the initiative to say: "If the son does not give up, the old man is willing to send more than 300 carrier pigeons from the five counties and 30 pigeon slaves. ”

"That being the case, then thank you Han Yu Gong and Brother Yuanlong." Tao Ying was overjoyed, and hurriedly saluted and thanked him, Chen Jue and his son picked up Tao Ying together, held hands with Tao Ying and laughed, many words that could not be spoken, and everything was in silence. Lu Su, who heard Tao Ying talk about the situation of Chen Jue's father and son, also smiled very happily, knowing that the old fox father and son finally understood Tao Ying's value, and began to invest heavily in Tao Ying.

And Chen Qi father and son suddenly got closer to each other, and then Tao Ying naturally had to go back to the city side by side with Chen Qi father and son, there was talk and laughter and walked three or five miles, Cao Bao, Lu You, Qin Yi and Xu Fang and other Xuzhou civil and military officials who received the news came to greet one after another, the stars surrounded Tao Ying like the moon, completely forgetting their cynicism when Tao Ying went out, and bowed and flattered Tao Ying around Tao Ying, blowing Tao Ying's Guangling military exploits into the sky, and Tao Ying himself became a god, As early as the 21st century, Deputy Director Tao, who was accustomed to similar scenes, coped with it easily, talked and laughed with these snobs as usual, and won a lot of praise from being pampered and not shocked.

Of course, in the conversation with the civil and military officials of Xuzhou, Tao Ying naturally had to take the opportunity to find an answer, and took the opportunity to talk with Cao Bao, the chief general of Xuzhou, Tao Ying suddenly took Cao Bao's hand and asked: "Uncle Cao, how is Ling Qianjin lately?" Are you still as naughty and naughty as before? ”

"This ......."

Cao Bao was a little confused by Tao Ying's clueless words, and finally reacted, and when Cao Bao, who was happy, was about to tell the truth, Tao Ji suddenly squeezed up and said in a low voice: "Second brother, look, Mi Zhu and Mi Fang brothers, they are also here." ”

Tao Ying and Cao Bao turned their heads to look, but saw that on the road in the distance, Mi Zhu and Mi Fang, two brothers dressed in Xuzhou official uniforms, were really hurrying to this side, and more than ten zhang away, Mi Zhu couldn't wait to shout: "Congratulations on the triumphant return of Gongzi, Mi Zhu brother is late, please also invite Gongzi Haihan." ”

Mi Fang and Tao Ying have always been at odds, the smile on their faces is so fake that even Tao Ji, a stunned young man, can easily see it, very reluctant to smirk, even more reluctant to bow to Tao Ji, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Gongzi on his victory, the battle of Guangling, Gongzi's use of soldiers is like a god, it is really surprising." ”

Tao Ying smiled, and was about to be hypocritical and polite with the two or five brothers, but Tao Ji next to him preemptively said angrily: "Yes, my second brother and I defeated Zhenrong and Sun Ce in Guangling, and formed an alliance with Yuan Shu's army, but they didn't die in battle, it must have been too surprising to Mi Beijia and Mi Daren, and it disappointed you even more." ”

The scene that was extremely lively just now suddenly became cold, Tao Ying's expression was embarrassed, he glared at Tao Ji, the smiles on the faces of Mi Zhu and Mi Fang brothers suddenly stiffened, and the hundreds of civil and military officials in Xuzhou who were present also quietly stood far away from the Mi Zhu brothers - especially Xu Fang, a famous man in Xuzhou who had helped the Mi Zhu brothers stir up discord between the pottery merchants and the Tao Ying brothers, simply hid behind Chen Qi and his son and shrank his head, and almost everyone said together: "Lesson, this is the lesson of standing in the wrong team, fortunately I was not in a hurry to stand in line." ”

"Third brother, don't talk nonsense." Tao Ying glared at Tao Ji again, then turned around, and said to Mi Zhu with a forced smile: "Don't drive, Master Mi, my third brother is just joking, you must not mind, joking, just joking." ”

The scene was embarrassing, the smile of the deputy director of the performance department of the public servant school was still reluctant, and the bitterness of the smile on Mi Zhu's face could naturally be imagined, and he nodded even more reluctantly and said: "Childe don't worry, I also know that the third son is joking, and I won't mind." ”

"I didn't ......." Tao Ji also wanted to say that he was not joking, but fortunately Lu Su was next to him to stop this stunned Qing, Tao Ying was also afraid that Tao Ji would say something more ugly and force the Mi Zhu brothers to jump off the wall, so he hurriedly bowed his hand to Mi Zhu and said: "Don't drive, I haven't seen my father for two months, I miss it very much, I don't accompany you, and I will visit the other car mansion instead." ”

Mi Zhu nodded in despair, and only reacted after a while, pulled Mi Fang aside to get out of the way, and let the Xuzhou civil and military officials pass in front of him like the stars holding the moon, and went into the city to meet Tao Qian with a smile, and there was only one thought left in his mind, "Before, why did I look away from this second son?" If I had known that he was so capable, how could I have ......? Alas. ”

Different from quietly sighing, Mi Fang's eyes are full of resentful eyes, Mi Fang, who is at odds with Tao Ying, has never looked at Tao Ying, this will see Xuzhou's civil and military officials isolating their brothers under the leadership of Tao Ying, and Mi Fang's hatred and hatred for Tao Ying in her heart will naturally reach its peak. Therefore, Tao Ying and the others had just gone away, and when the Junzi Army team was still passing in front of the Mi Zhu brothers, Mi Fang couldn't wait to bow to the Junzi Army team, and whispered to Mi Zhu: "Brother, Xuande Gong hopes that we can find out how Tao Ying'er's Guangling Battle was fought, or should we use the old way?" If you buy a few hypocrites under Tao Ying's command, you will know everything. ”

Mi Zhu bowed his head and didn't answer, hesitating in his heart, knowing his brother Mo Ruodi, seeing Mi Zhu's expression, Mi Fang immediately understood that Mi Zhu had been shaken, and hurriedly warned in a low voice: "Brother, we have no way back!" Tao Ying and Tao Ji Xiao'er treat you and my brother like this today, which proves that they have long regarded our brother as an enemy, and if you and I don't strike first, we will die without a place to bury in the future! ”

Mi Zhu's body was shocked, remembering what his brother had done to Tao Ying before, and thinking of his brother's explicit stance for more than half a year, he finally nodded and explained in a low voice: "Be careful, you and my brother's reputation can't act directly, arrange a few people to contact the soldiers of the Gentleman's Army, and inquire about the news that Xuande Gong needs." Furthermore, he wrote a letter about what happened today and the news that Tao Ying'er had returned to Xuzhou, and sent a fast horse to send it to Xuande Gong. ”

Mi Fang agreed, and a pair of triangular eyes full of resentment quickly turned to the ranks of the Gentlemen's Army, and quickly noticed the rope stirrups hanging from the saddle of the Gentlemen's Army, and thought thoughtfully............

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It has not been seen for less than two months, Tao Qian's condition has indeed worsened a lot, and it is completely under the support of Tao Shang and Cao Hong that he came to the lobby of the Thorn Mansion to meet Tao Ying and Tao Ji brothers who returned triumphantly, and saw Tao Ying and Tao Ji brothers rushing to kneel in front of him and salute, Tao Qian's sickly haggard old face showed a relieved smile, while coughing and panting, he said with a difficult smile: "Virtuous nephew, Ying'er, hurry up, you fought beautifully in Guangling, and your father is very satisfied, more than you imagined." ”

"Thank you for your father's compliment." Tao Yinglao thanked him with a salute, and honestly admitted his mistake: "Don't blame my father, after the child won the jade seal from Sun Ce, he never presented it to his father, so he privately handed over the jade seal to Yuan Shu, and entrusted Yuan Shu to return the jade seal to the Han Dynasty. ”

Xuzhou civil and military officials sounded an exclamation voice, although some of them have heard of the matter of the jade seal, but they are only suspicious, suspicion is just a rumor, and I don't believe that Tao Ying will have such a great courage, can give away the jade seal of the country that is not easy to get in hand, and now Tao Ying said it himself, the hundred civil and military officials of Xuzhou were naturally surprised, and some even screamed.

Unlike the hundred officials of Xuzhou, hearing Tao Ying's words, Tao Qian smiled instead, coughing and smiling with relief: "Ying'er, don't be modest, if Ying'er, if you send the jade seal of the country to Xuzhou to dedicate to your father, then our five counties in Xuzhou will really be forever peaceful." Do well, have foresight, and have a son, even if your father is seriously ill this time, you can close your eyes with confidence. ”

Tao Ying hurriedly was modest, and the civil and military officials in Xuzhou were all bright-eyed, and they couldn't wait to pounce on Tao Ying immediately and salute Tao Ying, and establish their support earlier. At this time, Tao Ying had already stood up under Tao Qian's repeated requests, Tao Ying saluted Tao Shang again, the two brothers couldn't help but hug each other and wept bitterly, brotherhood, overflowing, Xuzhou officials present also nodded secretly, feeling that Tao Qian is indeed lucky, a son is shrewd and capable, and a son is mediocre, but not a little jealous, can avoid the human tragedy of fratricide.

Immediately afterwards, Tao Ying introduced Lu Su to Tao Qian, Tao Qian was not ambiguous, and in public he named Lu Su as a staff lieutenant and a lieutenant general of the Fu Army, a generous reward of silk grain and rice, a house to live in, Lu Su thanked him, and then Tao Qian ordered to reward the soldiers of the three armies, reward wine and meat, and ordered the people in the house to set up a banquet for Tao Ying and Lu Su and others to pick up the wind and wash the dust, and ordered hundreds of officials to accompany them, and everyone thanked them. But Tao Qian himself was too sick to personally preside over the reception banquet for his son, so he could only return to the back hall to rest with the support of the potter and Cao Hong, and Tao Ying also followed and helped the potter and Cao Hong to help Tao Qian return to the room.

Carried Tao Qian back to the back room, Tao Qian was afraid of snubbing the officials, so he urged Tao Ying, the protagonist of the banquet, to go to the lobby quickly, leaving only the pottery merchant to serve by his side, Tao Ying had no choice but to bid farewell to Tao Qian and return to the lobby with Cao Hong. But after leaving Tao Qian's room and walking to no one's place, Tao Ying immediately couldn't wait to ask Cao Hong, "General Cao Hong, how is the situation?" Have you arranged everything I explained? ”

"It's set." Cao Hong nodded and replied in a low voice: "After receiving the letter from the prince, the last general immediately started to arrange, and the medical officials of the lower people in the house who had the opportunity to contact the lord's diet and medicine, the last general arranged a special person to monitor, and according to the instructions of the prince, the prescriptions and medicine residues used by the lord were sent to the people, and the folk Langzhong was asked to check the situation, but no abnormalities were found for the time being." ”

"Good work." Tao Ying nodded in satisfaction, and then commanded in a low voice: "In addition to paying attention to the behavior of these people, you must also pay attention to their property status, especially those who have recently bought houses and land, and their expenses do not match their income. ”

"Childe, don't worry, as long as these people do it, the last general will definitely be able to find them out." Cao Hong agreed, and then Cao Hong looked left and right, and asked in a low voice: "Childe, will the general arrange a few more people to pay attention to the actions of the eldest prince?" The lord's decoction and diet must go through the hands of the eldest prince, if the eldest prince wants to ...... the lord. ”

"No, you don't." Tao Ying interrupted Cao Hong's words, shook his head and said: "Brother is not that kind of person, I can't spend my brother's belly as a gentleman with the heart of a villain." ”

"But if that happens, and you are far away in Guangling, the biggest beneficiary will be the eldest son." Cao Hong couldn't wait to remind.

Tao Ying shook his head firmly, and said categorically: "My brother and I are brothers of flesh and blood, I would rather not have any Xuzhou assassination history in the future, and I will never suspect my brother for half a point, let alone do anything to be sorry for my brother!" ”

Righteously rejected Cao Hong's suggestion, Tao Ying patted Cao Hong on the shoulder and said: "General Cao, I know that you have good intentions, but in this Xuzhou City, there are only two people I will never doubt, one is my brother, and the other is you, you are the same as my brother, you are all relatives of our Tao family, I believe that neither you nor my brother will ever do anything to be sorry for my father, so I hope you can be the same as me, don't do those things that fight and kill each other, that will only make the relatives painful and the enemies happy." ”

Hearing Tao Ying's heart-to-heart words, Cao Hong was so moved that he wanted to shed tears, and excitedly hugged his fists to Tao Ying and said: "Thanks to the wrong love of the son, the last general will definitely live up to the expectations of the son, please rest assured, if the lord's condition is aggravated, if someone really makes a ghost in the middle, the last general will definitely find him out." ”

Tao Ying nodded with satisfaction, and then ordered: "General Cao, you go to the lobby to greet the guests first, and I'll change my clothes." Cao Hong agreed, hurried to the lobby, and Tao Ying also returned to the room where he had not lived for a long time, and called a personal maid to serve him to change his clothes.

Tao Ying's personal maid is called Ah Li, is the slave of Tao Mansion, the whole family is on an errand in the Tao family, just because of the birth of a little bit of beauty, was taken by Deputy Director Tao from the Huanyi room to his room as an errand, usually in addition to serving Deputy Director Tao's food, clothing, housing and transportation, there is also an important task is to cover the feet of Deputy Director Tao, is our Deputy Director Tao's own person. This will reunite with Deputy Director Tao after a long absence, and Ah Li, who has been ravaged by Deputy Director Tao many times, is of course both happy and shy, obediently changing clothes and shoes for Deputy Director Tao, and his little face is still a little feverish and hot.

"Ah Li, did you receive the message I sent to you?" Deputy Director Tao asked with a smile while stroking and wandering around the delicate maid with his claws.

The poor girl Ah Li nodded, and said in a shy whisper: "Received, according to the orders of the son, the slave's father, mother and brother are all secretly keeping an eye on the eldest prince and General Cao Hong for the son, but no abnormalities have been found for the time being. ”

"That's good." Tao Ying approved, and then touched into Ah Li's arms, grabbed a white rabbit and stroked it gently, Yin smiled and whispered: "Pay attention to confidentiality, don't leak the slightest rumor, and when the big event is decided, I will take you as a concubine, and your parents and family can also enjoy happiness." ”

The poor girl's heart was overjoyed, and she sighed, and took the initiative to snuggle into Deputy Director Tao's arms with shame and joy, panting again and again.