Liu Bei and Mi Zhu received the news is true, Tao Ying did personally go out of the city to send a letter to Cao Ying, in order not to let the Xuzhou soldiers prevent him from going out of the city, Tao Ying first arranged a messenger, and when the Xuzhou defenders opened the city gate, Tao Ying pushed away the messenger, rode out of the city alone, and sent a letter to Cao Ying, Cao Bao and Cao Hong and other Xuzhou generals rushed to block when they heard the news, Tao Ying had already gone far.

"I am the son of Xuzhou Mu, in the past, all food and clothing were from the people of Xuzhou, and now Xuzhou is in trouble, I should stand up and do something for the people of Xuzhou. Please tell my father, don't care about my life or death, if I can't come back, please kowtow for me in my father, and say that I can't do my filial piety for him. ”

These are the words left by Tao Ying when he was leaving, which moved the Xuzhou soldiers on the city wall to cry bitterly, and completely reversed the impression of Tao Ying.

Let's ask, in the whole world, is there a gentleman who can stand up at the critical moment of life and death and do something for the people and the people? I don't know if there will be any in the future, but as of today this year, Tao Er Gongzi should be the first.

Of course Tao Ying didn't go crazy, and he didn't think that Cao Ying threw himself into the net, Tao Ying had to do this, Cao Ying came, he came to ask for Tao Ying's whole family's life, Liu Bei came, he came to grab the Tao family's territory, the enemies are stronger than the other, but the strength of the Tao family is pitifully weak, Tao Ying's personal strength is even more minimal, Tao Ying has no hope of living unless he chooses to follow Liu Bei.

Liu Bei is not a good leader, Tao Ying can see this, Tao Ying instigated Liu Bei to fight Cao Ying, the purpose was just to test, and there was no intention to squeeze Liu Bei, if Liu Bei really agreed to lead the troops to fight, Tao Ying would do his best to stop it.

The morale of the defenders of Xuzhou has been so low that it can not be lower, Kong Rong and Tian Kai's two teams did not even dare to enter Xuzhou, only Liu Bei led the army to break through Cao Ying's blockade and kill Xuzhou, which greatly encouraged the morale of the Xuzhou army and civilians to defend the city, if Liu Bei was defeated by Cao Ying, the morale of the Xuzhou defenders will inevitably collapse completely, and Kong Rong and Tian Kai's reinforcements may also choose to slip away, so Tao Ying will not let Liu Bei go out of the city to fight, and will only choose to assist Liu Bei to defend Xuzhou.

But Liu Bei happened to be tested by Tao Ying, Liu Bei's letter to Cao Ying's ridicule, Tao Ying could see that Tao Ying understood Liu Bei's true intentions, he didn't have the courage to fight with Cao Ying's main force in the field, the so-called salute before the soldiers, but also to provoke Cao Ying, let Cao Ying wave his army to attack the city, Liu Bei took the opportunity to join forces with the Xuzhou army to defend the city, and used Xuzhou's money, food, and human lives to consume Cao Ying.

After consuming the victory, Liu Bei's prestige in Xuzhou soared, and the hope of annexing Xuzhou also increased greatly. It doesn't matter if you lose, the three fierce men of Guan, Zhang and Zhao can't win Cao Ying's army of a hundred battles, but it is not a big problem to keep Liu Bei out of the encirclement, as for how to retaliate against the Tao family after Cao Bing breaks the city, how to retaliate against the soldiers and civilians of Xuzhou, it has nothing to do with Liu Bei.

Moreover, Tao Ying also knew that even if Tao Qian really gave Xuzhou to Liu Bei, Liu Bei would not be able to hold it, and the surrounding Cao Ying, Lu Bu and Yuan Shu, which one was not looking at Xuzhou? At that time, no matter who Xuzhou falls into, Tao Ying will not have a good home, the better thing is to be reduced to a soy sauce man, living in the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms, if it is miserable, it will be dead without a place to be buried.

Liu Bei couldn't hold Xuzhou, Tao Ying had to defend it himself, and the enthusiasm for promotion and fortune boiled in Deputy Director Tao's body, and the ambition of being unwilling to be under others was also burning in Deputy Director Tao's chest.

The first thing Tao Ying had to do was to snatch the credit of persuading Cao Ying to retire and defend Xuzhou from Liu Bei's hands, win the hearts of the army and the people in Xuzhou, establish his own prestige, lay the foundation for his ambitions, and gain time.

Doesn't Liu Bei like acting? That's better than acting, the students who graduated from the acting department of the Public Servant School, which one has not absorbed the essence of three thousand years of acting technology, and which one is not experienced in a hundred battles, and his acting skills are directly chasing the Oscar?

Deputy Director Tao is still one of the best!

Riding a war horse without stirrups with difficulty, he trotted all the way, and after walking less than three miles, a Cao army scout team had already come forward, raising swords and guns to block Tao Ying's road, and shouted loudly: "Stop! What for? ”

"Back to the general, the villain is a messenger." Tao Ying immediately bowed, clasped his fists and saluted, and said with a very respectful attitude: "This general, the villain is a messenger sent by the military and civilians of Xuzhou, and there is a letter to be submitted to Cao Gong, the general of Zhendong, please invite the general to lead the villain to the audience." ”

Stretching out his hand not to hit the smiling person, Tao Ying's tone was so respectful, and he called a general affectionately, and the chief of Cao Jun, who was still 108,000 miles away from the general's position, also appreciated it, and said in a slow tone: "It is a messenger, dismount, and search your body." ”

Tao Ying gently agreed, pulling the reins and lifting his legs to dismount, no stirrups and no support, Tao Ying's movements that had just really ridden the horse for a long time were naturally clumsy and rusty, but there was another layer of benefits in this way, that is, the experienced Cao Jun scouts could see at a glance that Tao Ying was not a general, and his ability to fight in close quarters was not much better, so this team of Cao Jun scouts was not too difficult for Tao Ying, and after the body search, Tao Ying was escorted to Cao Ying, and Tao Ying was given a little courtesy according to the rules of receiving messengers, Showed quite good military discipline.

The legendary Cao Jun camp is getting closer and closer, feeling the murderous aura that soars to the sky, Tao Ying's heart is beating faster and faster, and his body can't help but tremble slightly, because Tao Ying knows very well that the warring sides in the era of cold weapons in China, although there is an unwritten rule that the two countries compete with each other and do not kill each other, but there are really few armies that can really do a messenger without killing them, and there are really few of them throughout the ages.

What's more, Tao Ying's identity as Tao Qian's second son is still here, and the traitors in the Xuzhou army killed Cao Ying's father's whole family not long ago.

Tao Ying gambled, the bet is in Cao Ying, no one can know himself, as long as his identity is not revealed, and Liu Bei's letter is successfully delivered to Cao Boss, and Tao Ying doesn't have to worry too much about the rest.

Fortunately, Cao Ying came to Xuzhou this time to avenge his father, and did not accept the surrender of a Xuzhou civil and military general, so he didn't have to worry about being betrayed by a traitor; At the same time, the honest boy Tao Ying was also under the protection of Tao Qian's wings, and he either read Jane or practiced martial arts every day, and rarely appeared in public.

When he really walked to the gate of Cao Ying, Tao Ying's heart stopped beating violently, and his nervous mood gradually relaxed.

The hardest thing in the world is a dead ear! With the heart of death, thousands of brave warriors in the Cao camp naturally became local chickens and tile dogs in Tao Ying's eyes, and took this opportunity to enter the Cao army camp dotted with military tents with their heads held high, and after presenting Liu Bei's handwritten letter to an unknown Cao army official, Tao Ying began to appreciate and learn the method of establishing the Cao army camp.

Cao Ying is not one of the best commanders in the early middle and early stages of the Three Kingdoms, and the Cao army camp he personally sat in is really extraordinary, although the camp is not very large, but the arrangement is well arranged, leaning on the hills and rivers, the various parts are staggered and placed together, the troops are interlocking, covering each other, and at the same time taking into account the needs of defense, taking water, transporting grain, supplies, etc., the connection and cooperation are flawless, strict and thorough.

In contrast, the garrison camp of the Xuzhou army can still only be described in one word compared to Cao Ying's camp when there is a city to rely on-shit!

As for Liu Bei, although Tao Ying had not visited Liu Bei's camp, Tao Ying still dared to bet that if Liu Bei's reinforcement team did not choose to break through from the forbidden defense area, but chose the defense area personally commanded by Cao Ying, then Liu Bei, even if Zhang Zhao's three fierce men acted as thugs, he would not want to break through Cao Jun's resistance and reach Xuzhou City!

When Tao Ying sighed under the close supervision of Cao Jun's soldiers, Liu Bei's handwritten letter had been sent to Cao Jun's Chinese army commander's tent, and presented to Cao Jun's boss, Cao Ying, who was canonized as the general of Dahan Zhendong by Li Dao and Guo Yan. In the letters, there is still a sense of sarcasm? ”

Liu Bei's letter is indeed well-intentioned, and the key excerpts are as follows: "Bei has to worship the monarch outside the customs, and the day after tomorrow is on one side, and it is too late to serve." Xiang, respected his father Cao Hou, but because Zhang Min was unkind, he was killed, and it was not Tao Gongzu's crime. Now the yellow turban is left behind, disturbing the outside; Dong Zhuoyu's party is entrenched. May the Duke of Ming be the first urgent need of the court, and then personal enmity; Withdraw the troops of Xuzhou to save the country: Xuzhou is very fortunate, and the world is very fortunate! ”

Literally, there is nothing wrong with Liu Bei's letter, it can be said that it is moved by emotion and reason, but after careful analysis, the taste is not right, and the most wrong sentence is 'Dong Zhuoyu party, entrenched inside'!

There are many accomplices left behind after Dong Boss ordered the peach blossom kick, and it is no one else who can be called entrenched, it is Li Dao and Guo Yan, the two new bosses who are currently holding the Son of Heaven in Chang'an to order the princes, but a year ago, Cao Ying complied with the orders of Li Dao and Guo Bi, and sent troops to Qingzhou to suppress the Yellow Turban Army there, so as to get the official position of General Zhendong from Li Dao and Guo Bi, and they are the honorary subordinates of Li Dao and Guo Bi.

In this way, combined with the context in the letter, Liu Bei's sarcasm of Boss Cao's acceptance of Dong Zhuoyu's canonization and giving Dong Zhuoyu's party a tiger's meaning was exposed, and Boss Cao, who established the anti-Dong alliance back then, was naturally uncomfortable.

"Someone!" Under the thunderstorm, Boss Cao immediately slapped the table and shouted: "Push the messenger sent by Liu Bei out of the gate and behead him, and send the head to Xuzhou City to show the public!" The army is out of camp and immediately launched a siege! ”