Because Tao Ying was reluctant to take the expensive Junzi Army and the cheap Yuan Shujun infantry to confront, the Junzi Army still did not seize the opportunity to annihilate more than 500 people of Huang Yi's department in the case of numerical superiority, and there were still dozens of Yuan Shujun infantry knights who broke out of the encirclement, got rid of the pursuit of the Junzi Army under the cover of the woods and hills, and disappeared into the depths of the mountains and forests.

But it doesn't matter much, Tao Ying was ready to expose his whereabouts before deciding to fight this battle - in the case of avoiding hand-to-hand combat as much as possible, it is too difficult to completely annihilate the enemy, and annihilating these more than 500 Yuan Shu army foot knights at any cost will definitely bring unnecessary casualties to the Junzi army, so Tao Ying has already planned the follow-up action, after severely damaging this Yuan Shu army, immediately clean up the battlefield and find a guide, and then quickly evacuate, using those fleeing Yuan Shu army soldiers to send a warning to Sun Ce, Forced Sun Ce to slow down his march and disperse his forces to deal with the threat of the Junzi army.

The plan was changed because of the appearance of Lu Su, after injuring eight people and consuming a large number of bows and arrows to severely damage the Yuan Shu army led by Huang Yi, the soldiers of the Junzi Army nervously cleaned up the battlefield and collected all the available materials, but also had to help Lu Su and the people of Lujiacheng transfer soft money and food. What made Tao Ying secretly admire was that Lu Su really took out his own land deed and distributed it to the villagers of Lujiacheng free of charge, and then opened the two round granaries that belonged to him, allowing the people to take as much grain as they could.

The old Lu family is indeed very rich, the two granaries are full of 6,000 hui of rice, 36,000 kilograms of grain, more than 300 villagers in Lujia City can not take a third of the burden on their shoulders, so Lu Su found Tao Ying again, and said directly to Tao Ying: "Childe, please let the soldiers of the gentleman's army also go in to get grain, how much can you take, by the way, please ask Gongzi to give an order to set up a pyre outside my granary, light a fire in a while, and burn all the remaining grain." ”

"Burn them all?!" Tao Ji exclaimed and said, "Mr. Zijing, it's a pity, right? This is 6,000 pieces of rice, and you are willing to burn it all with one fire? ”

"Money is nothing but things outside the body, so what's the use of keeping it?" Lu Su replied lightly: "Besides, Yuan Shujun will soon go and return, and we can't take away so much food, if we don't burn all this food, will we leave it to Sun Ce as military food?" ”

Although he felt that Lu Su was reasonable, Tao Ji still opened his mouth wide, constantly shaking his head and sighing, admiring Lu Su's bold style, but also regretting - after all, it is now a troubled era of the Three Kingdoms, and food is a more precious thing than life. Tao Ying next to him glanced at Lu Su appreciatively, turned to Tao Ji and scolded: "Third brother, didn't you hear the words of the military advisor?" If you don't go to the execution quickly, you can bring the grain if you can, and if you can't bring it, let the war horses eat first, and then set fire to it. Also, in the future, you are not allowed to call Mr. Zijing, you must be honored as a military advisor. ”

"No." Tao Ji honestly clenched his fists and agreed, and went down to command the Gentleman's Army to act according to the order. Tao Ying turned to Lu Su again, and said sincerely: "Let the military advisor break his family and abandon his business, and he should be guilty, please rest assured that the military advisor should be rewarded, and he will definitely repay the military advisor a hundred times." ”

"Childe Moti reciprocates, Childe can trust him so much, and he is even more grateful to Su for entrusting him with such a heavy responsibility." Lu Su returned the salute and took the initiative to say: "Childe, as you said before, our army does not plan to fight with Sun Ce head-on, but only plans to contain and delay Sun Ce's march. ”

"I also have this plan, but I don't know what the terrain is like behind Sun Ce'er?" Tao replied: "If Sun Ce'er's rear is open, which is conducive to the cavalry to attack and transfer, then our army can rest assured that it will be roundabout." However, if the terrain is unfavorable and the mountains, forests and rivers are dense, then even if our army takes a detour, it will not have much effect. ”

"Childe, please rest assured, the terrain in that area is very favorable to our army." Lu Su smiled and took a scroll and unfolded it, revealing a map that was very detailed and thoughtful, and said with a smile: "I am not afraid of the child's laughter, Su has been stubborn since childhood, does not manage family affairs, only likes fencing, riding and shooting, and travels in the mountains and rivers, and has long been familiar with the mountains and rivers near Dongcheng." And Su Sheng's surname is arrogant, every place likes to study where to station soldiers, where to camp, when there is nothing to do, the geography of the mountains and rivers in the Dongcheng and Zhongli areas is drawn on this map, looking forward to one day being able to use, now it is said to be dedicated to the son, and it is considered to be a long-cherished wish to be fulfilled. ”

Tao Ying took a look at the map and found that Lu Su had drawn all the terrain in the eastern part of Jiujiang County on the map, and marked in detail the geographical itinerary, the distance and the width and narrowness, the mountains and rivers and the streams and rivers. I have to respect my son, and I win 100,000 heroes! Lu Su smiled and said humbly.

At this time, the people of Lujiacheng have already brought gold and silver to prepare to transfer, Lu Su came to the villagers, explaining the danger that Lujiacheng is about to face, and asked the villagers to transfer as soon as possible, go as far as possible, and then return to their hometown when the war has passed, Tao Ying also came out to ask the villagers for guilt, invited the villagers of Lujia to move to Guangling, and promised to treat them well, and the villagers also knew that Yuan Shujun would definitely not let go of Lujiacheng, and most of them said goodbye to Lu Su, Tao Ying and others, and went away from the mountains and mountains. But there are still thirty or forty young people who refuse to leave, and they also ask to join the Junzi Army and continue to fight side by side with the eldest brother Lu Su they admire.

took away all the food and weapons that could be taken away, Lu Su led a horse by himself, brought a bow, a sword and a bag of books, and personally lit the fire that burned down the city of Lujia, and joined the Junzi Army without hesitation, officially becoming a member of the Junzi Army. Seeing the raging fire rising from the fort of Lujia City, and seeing the calmness of Lu Su when he led the horse alone, the gentleman's army was full of admiration, and they also sincerely accepted this bold and free new comrade-in-arms.

In the evening of the same day, in just one hour, the Junzi army rushed for more than 20 miles, completely got rid of the pursuit of Sun Ce's army, and returned to the southwest of Dongcheng, leaving a burned Lujia city dock fort, so that Sun Ce's army who rushed to hear the news beat his chest.

Sleeping in the southwest of Dongcheng for a night, the next morning, the Junzi army turned around to the north, turned to the official road leading from Jiujiang to Guangling in the morning of the same day, and heard the movement of Sun Ce's army from the peasants on the side of the road, and learned that the main force led by Sun Ce himself had passed through this place yesterday afternoon, and presumably had arrived in Dongcheng yesterday night. After finding out this point, Tao Ying immediately convened an operational meeting to discuss the next battle plan with Lu Su, Tao Ji and others.

"Second brother, I think our army should suspend the fight against the enemy." Tao Ji was the first to speak: "Judging from the map drawn by the military advisor himself, the terrain around Dongcheng bordering Jiujiang County and Guangling County is more complicated, and there are many mountains and forests, which is not conducive to our army's rush to fight, so it is best not to alarm Sun Ce Xiao'er for the time being, follow him quietly first, and wait for his army to cross Gutang, and then we will catch up and disturb them. ”

"It's too close." Tao Ying shook his head and objected: "Gutang is only three hundred miles away from Guangling, we will wait for Sun Ce to cross Gutang and then launch guerrilla operations, although the terrain is favorable to us, but Sun Ce Xiaoer has suffered losses one after another, maybe he will ignore our disturbances, lead the army to Guangling, and the rapid march will be able to reach Guangling City in three days, and there will not be much time for General Zhang Xu." ”

"Gongzi is reasonable, but in fact, he thinks that the area around Dongcheng is more suitable for guerrilla warfare than east of Gutang." Lu Su echoed: "The terrain around Dongcheng is relatively complicated, which is not conducive to our army's rushing operations, but the terrain with many mountains and forests can make it easy for our army to get rid of the enemy's pursuit and find a hiding place, and it can also save the physical strength of war horses and soldiers." Although the terrain east of Gutang is open, our army can only rely on long-distance transfer to get rid of the enemy's pursuit, so many times repeatedly, the war horses are easy to get tired. ”

"Don't be afraid of this, our war horse is the best war horse in the world." Tao Ji was proud, "And the soldiers of our Gentleman's Army, all of them have undergone strict endurance training, and their endurance is amazing. ”

"Why don't you save effort if you can? Do you think this battle will be over in three days or two days? Tao Ying slapped the third brother on the back of the head and scolded: "Didn't you see the situation in Guangling clearly? Without ten days and half a month, can the city defense be perfected? Can all the people all move to the fortified walls of the city? ”

Tao Ji was scolded by Tao Ying and shrunk his head, and he didn't dare to speak, and Lu Su said again: "Childe, it would be good if you could manage to provoke Sun Ce, after hearing Sun Ce's name for a long time, I know that he is brave and brave, but the only drawback is that he is relatively short-tempered, and once he is provoked, it will be difficult to clean up." If our army can completely provoke Sun Ce and continue to harass Sun Ce in the complex terrain around Dongcheng, then Sun Ce will inevitably pursue and kill our army at all costs, so as to slow down the pace of advance and buy time for our Guangling defenders to prepare. ”

"Anger Sun Ce?" Tao Ying immediately remembered the story of the little overlord angrily beheading Yu Ji and someone Zhou Gongjin, and immediately said: "This is a good idea, it has been decided, the whole army will advance to Dongcheng and lure Sun Ce Xiao'er to fight!" ”

"Childe intends to provoke Sun Ce on the battlefield? How to do it? Lu Su asked curiously.

"Anger Sun Ce on the battlefield? It's so easy! It was Tao Ji who rushed to answer, and Tao Ji smiled very silverily, and said to Lu Su: "Military advisor, you can put a hundred hearts, in the ranks of our gentleman's army, there are several soldiers who are specially trained to provoke the enemy, and today I just invite you to see and understand." ”

"And soldiers who have been specially trained to provoke the enemy?" Lu Su was surprised and asked, "Childe, is there really such a thing?" ”

"It is true." Tao Ying nodded in acknowledgement, and said with a smile: "I heard that Sun Ce Xiao'er especially likes to go into battle in person and fight with the enemy, it would be good if he went into battle in person this time, maybe ......, hehe." ”

After ending the tactical discussion with Jianxiao, Tao Ying immediately ordered the Junzi army to advance to Dongcheng, go directly to the east along the official road, and go to Sun Ce to fight with great fanfare. And on this wide and flat official road, the speed advantage of the Junzi army was immediately brought into full play, and in less than an hour, it approached within ten miles of the west gate of the east city, and killed Sun Cejun by surprise, and also caught a few Sun Cejun scouts who could not dodge, in order to provoke and induce Sun Ce to fight in person, Tao Ying ordered people to cut off the ears and noses of these Sun Cejun scouts, and put them back in Dongcheng to report to Sun Ce.

The temper of the little overlord was as violent as the legend, and he waited in line in the open area that was convenient for escape for a while, and the west gate of the east city was immediately opened, and about four thousand Sun Cejun rushed out of the city. At the same time, Tao Ying also keenly found in the telescope that Sun Ce's army was quite majestic, especially the more than 1,000 Chinese troops surrounding Sun Ce, all of them were extraordinary, well-trained, and could still maintain the integrity of the formation in the rush of running.

"Great, only about 4,000 people." Tao Ji cheered in a low voice on the side: "It's best if Sun Ce'er is like a dog thief, and has been hunted down and killed after being provoked by us, then we may be able to repeat the miracle of the Guangling War." ”

"It's not that easy, let's not say that Sun Ce is not Zhenrong, even if Sun Ce is young and impulsive, Cheng Pu, Han Dang and Huang Gai, the old immortals, will desperately hold him." Tao Ying shook his head, and then instructed Tao Ji: "Third brother, let the soldiers read it, the light cavalry team that will be raided will be led by you personally, Sun Ce is extraordinary, we may only have one chance to raid, we must seize it!" Also, the arrows are smeared with horse manure! ”

Tao Ying was ordered to go down to make arrangements, let the soldiers of the Junzi Army carefully inspect the weapons and equipment, and at the same time instructed the soldiers of the Junzi Army to recite the first part of the "Analects" neatly, and used complex slogans to help the soldiers of the Junzi Army calm down. And Sun Cejun did not go fast, the Junzi Army read the first part of the Analects twice, Sun Ce's army came closer, according to the rules of the battle of this era, Tao Ying sent a foot archer to the past to release arrows and shoot the formation, fortunately, Sun Ce also sent a foot archer to shoot the formation, the two foot archers back to back to the direction of the self-army to release arrows, both accurately fell in front of their own team, and then the two foot archers each rushed back to the battle, and the main generals of both sides went out to answer.

In order to reflect Lu Su's position as a military advisor, Tao Ying brought Lu Su out of the battle to answer Sun Ce this time, and Sun Ce's lineup was even more exaggerated, with four people coming. The first person is in his twenties, who seems to be younger than Tao Ying, with a tiger's back and a long waist, long hands and feet, and a hard face. The other person is similar in age to Sun Ce, with handsome eyebrows and beautiful appearance, and it is estimated that he should be Sun Ce's hardcore friend Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin; The other two generals are gray-haired and burly, and are likely to be two of the three Jiangdong veterans of Cheng Pu, Han Dang and Huang Gai.

"Tao Yingxiaoer, it's really you!" Sun Ce stood far away, laughed loudly and said loudly: "Yesterday, the defeated soldiers of our army came to report, saying that they had encountered a team of enemies with special bows and arrows, I guess it was you, and it was true!" ”

"The cheap name is insulting and respectful, and it is Tao Ying below." Tao Ying politely clasped his fists on the war horse, and said more politely: "Dare to ask Your Excellency, is it the famous Sun Ce Sun Bofu?" ”

"I am Sun Ce." Sun Ce agreed heartily and had a good impression of Tao Ying's politeness.

"I have admired the general's name for a long time, and I can see it today, and I am fortunate to be in the next three lives." Tao Ying nodded politely, then pointed to the three people next to Sun Ce and asked, "......Who are these three generals?" ”

"This is my young friend, Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin." Sun Ce really pointed to the beautiful young man, and then pointed to the two veteran generals next to him and introduced: "This Han Dang Han General, this is General Huang Gai Huang, they are all old generals of my father. ”

"Long admiration, long admiration of the great name." Finding that Huang Gai was not a muscular man with a big iron whip in his hand, Tao Ying was inevitably a little disappointed, and secretly scolded the little devil in his heart, Tao Ying said to Han Dang and Huang Gai again: "The names of the two old generals, the younger generation has really admired them for a long time, and in the battle of Bishui Pass, they were as brave as Huaxiong, but they were still killed by the two generals and Sun Jian and Sun Jian, and they were defeated and retreated, and they were closed and defended, and they didn't dare to fight!" And the two old generals are loyal, for the national affairs of the army to ask for Dong, repay the lord to assist General Bo Fu, never give up, it is really loyal and righteous, and the younger generation admires it. ”

Tao Ying's mouth kept patting like honey, although Han Dang and Huang Gai were not fooled, they also had a good impression of Tao Ying, and they hugged their fists together and were modest. Sun Ce next to him also laughed, and said heartily: "Master Tao, this gentleman next to you should be Mr. Lu Su Lu Zijing from Lujiacheng, right?" ”

"Exactly, Mr. Meng Zijing is wrong to love, and he has appointed Mr. Zijing as the military advisor of the Junzi Army." Tao Ying replied calmly.

"Don't dare." Lu Su also clenched his fists and said: "I didn't expect that the famous General Sun Ce also knew that he was here, and it was an honor for Xiaoke." ”

"Didn't I hear the name of Lu Zijing who gave you righteousness and squandering wealth?" Sun Ce pointed to Zhou Yu next to him, laughed and said: "My good brother Zhou Gongjin has repeatedly mentioned your name in front of me, yesterday I heard that Huang Yi Xiaoer tried to plunder Lujia City, forcing Mr. Zijing to shoot back with arrows, Gongjin was so angry that he cut down the tooth keeper who instigated Huang Yi to ransack Lujia City on the spot!" also sighed at the case, saying that it was a big talent! Sure enough, sir, you have changed your body, and you have immediately become a famous gentleman and military advisor, and Tao Gongzi is really knowledgeable. ”

"Mr. Zijing, in the next Zhou Yu, once served as the head of Chaohu, and he is half a fellow villager with Mr., and he has also heard Mr. Da name for a long time." Zhou Yu also hugged his fists to Lu Su and said very sincerely: "Mr. Zijing, please forgive me, what happened yesterday was that we were not strict in governing the army and offended our respectful drivers. Yu didn't dare to ask Mr. Zijing for forgiveness, but only hoped that Mr. would understand that Huang Yi was Yuan Yin's cronies, who had always been arrogant, and he was not a person from Brother Bo Fu, and the matter of ordering the looting had nothing to do with us. In order to make amends to Mr., Brother Bofu has ordered the soldiers not to hunt down and kill the people of Lujiacheng and let them move. ”

"Thank you, thank you." Lu Su returned the salute more politely, and said: "In fact, General Gongjin's name has been heard of for a long time in Xia, and I can see it today, and I am really fortunate to be in Xia." ”

After a moment of affectionate conversation with Tao Ying, an enemy like a long-lost friend, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu exchanged a look with each other, and seeing Zhou Yu nodding, Sun Ce said loudly again: "Tao Gongzi, Mr. Zijing, don't gossip, you rushed back to my rear, the purpose is very clear, it is for my grain road, but you are afraid that you will be disappointed, the military food I brought this time is very sufficient, enough for three months, and the weapon baggage is very sufficient, within three months, there is no need to ask Shouchun for a grain and a rice, So the two of you are going to work hard for a long time this time. ”

"Oh." Tao Yingleng paused, and then arched his hand to Sun Ce and asked, "Thank you General Bo Fu for your advice, but I don't know what General Bo Fu means by this?" ”

"Tao Gongzi, how about we make a deal?" Sun Ce said with a smile: "You give me Guangling County, I will let your gentleman's army leave, and then I will draw the Huai River with you as the boundary, and never invade each other!" ”

"General Bo Fu, are you joking?" Tao Ying also laughed, still very politely said: "General Bo Fu, if I agree to this condition, wouldn't you take advantage of it too much?" ”

"Tao Gongzi, you have no choice." Sun Ce smiled confidently: "Childe, do you know what your biggest mistake was?" Your biggest mistake is that you shouldn't have detoured to my rear, you have reached this position, my army is in the east, and the main force of General Yuan Highway is in the west, and your cavalry has very little room for detours. And the north and south, the south is the mountains and forests and the Yangtze River, the north is mountainous and forested, your cavalry to such a terrain, the speed can not catch up with my infantry, it is equivalent to being surrounded on all sides and no food and no help, if you don't accept my conditions, I only need to wave the flag, and I can immediately trample your eight hundred gentlemen into powder! ”

"Tao Gongzi, if you accept Brother Bofu's conditions, it will actually be a good thing for your father Tao Fujun." Zhou Yu also spoke: "Xuzhou is the land of the four wars, and your father has repeatedly stood in the wrong position, offended Cao Ying and Yuan Shao and other heroes in troubled times one after another, angered the left general Yuan Shu and Yuan Yuanjun, and offended Danyang Taishou Wu Gong. Son, if you can make decisions for your father, make up your mind, and give Guangling to General Bo Fu, then our army will conclude an alliance with your army, whether it is Yuan Shao to attack in the future, or Cao thief to enter the Kou, Tao Fujun does not need to go around asking God and Buddha for help, General Bo Fu will definitely wave his army to the north, fight side by side with Tao Fujun, and resist the strong enemy. ”

"When the time comes." Speaking of this, Zhou Yu paused, and said with a smile: "At that time, there is no need for Gongzi to go deep into Cao Ying to deliver the letter again, and jump into the oil pot in public again." ”

"Master Tao, the young master of my family has good intentions." Han Dang also persuaded: "The young master of my family was ordered to attack Guangling, but he really has no intention of being an enemy of the son, so the young master of my family kindly persuaded you to give up the city, and promised not to harm the army and people in the city, and let all your troops withdraw from Guangling." ”

"Tao Gongzi, I heard that you rode an army of tens of thousands with eight hundred gentlemen, and you are indeed good." Huang Gai also said: "But the old man can guarantee that our army is definitely different from the rabble of dog thieves. ”

Hearing these words of Sun Ce and his lackeys, Tao Ying and Lu Su looked at each other, and said together that Sun Ce Xiao'er shouldn't have woken up? If you want to use this bit of rhetoric, you want us to give up Guangling County? Is he really a stupid nerd who reads sage books? One is a stupid loser who squandered money and squandered money?

"Childe, Mr. Zijing, you can think about it carefully, we are not in a hurry." Zhou Yu laughed loudly again: "Actually, General Bo Fu's proposal is not impossible to discuss the details, if the son has any conditions, you can talk about it, General Bo Fu and we are very sincere." ”

"Phew! It's a loss to you or Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin, do you really treat me like a nerd? Tao Ying spat quietly, but as soon as he finished spitting, Tao Ying's heart shook again, and he said secretly: "No! Who is Zhou Yu'er? Isn't that generation of Three Kingdoms in the nineties of intelligence? How could you hope that with such a little rhetoric, you would trick me into handing over Guangling City? Also, even if I used to be a famous nerd in the world, but after I broke 10,000 with 800 in the first battle of Guangling, who would dare to treat me as a nerd? Lin Qing's stupid girl is gone, and Zhou Yu's stingy ghost, whose intelligence is only slightly lower than Zhuge Old Demon and Sima Old Thief, will be even more stupid than Lin Qing's stupid girl?! ”

"Childe, that's not right." At this time, Lu Su next to him also found that the situation was not good, and hurriedly whispered: "Childe, Sun Bofu and Zhou Gongjin seem to be deliberately delaying time, and they seem to have other plans. ”

"It's something else." Tao Ying replied in a low voice: "Zijing, we ignored one person just now, and that person should have gone to cut off our back road." ”

"Cheng Pu!" Lu Su's reaction was also very fast, his face was silent, but he whispered in his mouth: "Gongzi is reasonable, our gentleman's army is good at running and wandering, this Sun Ce and Zhou Yu have not only heard of it, but they have also personally learned it yesterday, and today we took the initiative to send it to the door, in order to prevent us from pestering them like appendages, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu of course want to fight the idea of annihilating us." ”

"There are many mountains and forests in the south, which is conducive to covering the detour of the army, and the terrain in the north is relatively open, it is difficult to hide the army.

Tao Ying quietly whispered an order to Lu Su, and then Tao Ying took two steps forward, pointed at Sun Ce from a distance with a horsewhip, and scolded: "Sun Ce is a child! You fatherless, disloyal and unfilial dog thief! There is still a face here to deceive the world! ”