In view of the fact that Jizhou is too far away from Xuzhou and the road is dangerous, in fact, as early as sending messengers to deliberately provoke Lu Bu and induce Lu Bu to take the initiative to turn his face against the goal, Tao Ying has already sent his henchman and special diplomatic liar Yang Hong as an envoy, disguised as a tea seller, secretly carrying valuable jewelry and Tao Ying's letters, and secretly sneaked into the territory of Jizhou through Taishan County, which is the only relatively peaceful one, and rushed to Gaoyi City, the state of Jizhou, to meet with Yuan Sangong, who is currently hostile to Xuzhou but does not have much hatred with Xuzhou.

As for the purpose of Yang Hong's trip, because Lu Wenhou was capricious, broke his promise, took revenge, and blatantly killed the Xuzhou envoy - although Yang Hong had not killed when he set off, our deputy director Tao had to sacrifice his personal feelings for the thousands of people and hundreds of millions of lives in Xuzhou, and was forced to dissolve the marriage contract with his sweetheart Lu Die with tears in his eyes, and decided to ask Yuan Shao's daughter Yuan Fang for marriage, so as to form a good alliance with Yuan Shao, the most powerful Yuan Shao force among the current princes, to participate in righteous deeds, and to protect the Han family, and join hands to pacify the troubled times at the end of the Han Dynasty, and to be peaceful in the world!

People are not as good as heaven, when Deputy Director Tao's wishful thinking was crackling, and he was also happy to wait for Yang Hong's news in vain, the bad news suddenly came, the strength of Lu Bujun, who was by no means vulnerable, actually suffered a big defeat in Juyang, or decided to lose the surname, the overall strength was quickly hit hard, and the important town of Jiyin County, which was finally secured with the support of Deputy Director Tao, was also lost, and the remnants of the defeated army were forced to flee back to Changyi to close the city and defend it! The impact was huge, the consequences were so serious, and the incident was so sudden that after hearing the news from Lu Bujun's envoy, Deputy Director Tao was dumbfounded on the spot, and Chen Deng and Lu Su, the Xuzhou think tanks who accompanied the reception, were also completely dumbfounded.

After being stunned for a long time, Tao Ying finally slapped the case and yelled, "How is it possible?" You also have more than 30,000 troops in Juyang, many of which are veterans of a hundred battles, even if you can't defeat the three coalition armies of Yuan Shao, Cao Ying and Liu Bei, how can you lose so badly all at once? Lost so completely? Say, "How the hell did you lose?" ”

In order to persuade Tao Ying to send troops to save his life, Lu Wenhou asked Xu Yan and Wang Kai to join forces this time, seeing that Tao Ying was so excited about the disastrous defeat of Lu Bu's army, Xu Yan and Wang Kai were inevitably secretly happy, and Tao Ying still remembered Wen Hou's former father-in-law, and at the same time, Xu Yan and Wang Kai were in great difficulty, and they didn't know how to answer Tao Ying's question. Seeing that the two of them were silent, Tao Ying, who was furious, overturned the table in front of him, and rarely yelled angrily, "Say!" The more detailed the better, if you dare to hide the slightest, you will bear the consequences! ”

In order to avoid further angering Tao Ying, Xu Yan and Wang Kai exchanged glances with each other, and finally introduced the reasons and process of Lu Bujun's fiasco, and then Wang Kai, who signed a peace treaty with Cao Jun on behalf of Lu Bujun, hurriedly added: "Envoy, the idea of making peace with Cao Thief is not a villain, Wen Hou impulsively can't persuade the little envoy, but Wen Hou is also extremely regretful now, please make Jun Ming check this." ”

It was very surprising to Wang Kai and Xu Yan, after hearing that the old man and outsiders joined forces to clean up themselves, Tao Ying did not get angry, nor did he go any further, but it was rare to show some stammering expressions in front of Xu Yan and Wang Kai, Xu Wang and the two waited for a long time, Tao Ying finally slowly sat back in his seat, and said with a depressed expression: "You go down to rest, let me think about it, and then give you an answer." ”

"There's a play!" Seeing that Tao Ying did not refuse, Wang Kai Xu Yan was overjoyed, and hurriedly saluted Tao Ying and said back, Xu Yan said tremblingly: "Envoy, the previous matter, Wen Hou is indeed wrong, but no matter what, Wen Hou is your father-in-law, our army and your army are also dependent on each other, please also make the Jun see the marriage covenant and the alliance of lips and teeth, regardless of the previous suspicion to help, after my lord Wen Hou got out of trouble, he will definitely repay the great grace of the king." ”

Tao Ying didn't speak, but waved his hand dejectedly, indicating that he had heard it, and asked Xu Yan and Wang Kai to leave quickly. As soon as King Xu left, Tao Ying's back foot was lifted on the overturned case again, and he scolded frantically: "Idiot! Stupid pig! I can't even see such a superficial plan to slow the enemy, and my head is simply Yoneda Gong! Well lost! You deserved it! Pig! Stupid pig! ”

"Lord, Cao Thief's smile is not shallow, and Lu Bu is not too stupid, but because Lu Bu is far inferior to you." Next to him, Chen Deng and Lu Su muttered in their hearts together, but Chen Deng and Lu Su were also worried together, not knowing what to do next.

Tao Ying gritted his teeth and sulked, Chen Deng and Lu Su were silent, this situation lasted for a long time, Tao Ying sighed, and said weakly: "Yuanlong, Zijing, what do you think I should choose?" ”

"The stakes are high, and the Lord must decide himself." Chen Deng didn't dare to make an idea for Tao Ying in this matter, but just reminded him: "The only thing Deng can do is to ask the lord to think carefully, the stakes are very high, the lord has stepped out this step, and it is impossible to turn back." ”

"I don't know how to choose." Lu Su, a strategic genius, was also extremely embarrassed, and said: "Wen Hou was defeated too quickly and too suddenly, and he didn't give us time to prepare and maneuver at all. If the lord turns around and chooses Wen Hou in the next step, and Yang Hong negotiates a marriage contract with Yuan Shao, then our army will not only offend Yuan Shao, but will completely anger Yuan Shao. ”

Speaking of this, Lu Su, who has always been very responsible, also bowed his hand to Tao Yingyi, and said with a wry smile: "Lord, this is an important choice of life and death, and it is also a supreme gamble that takes the future and fate of the Xuzhou army and the people of the five counties of Xuzhou as a bargaining chip. Otherwise, if you are wrong, you will die and die. ”

"I don't know what to choose." Tao Ying's smile was even more bitter, originally in Tao Ying's wishful thinking, he planned to send Yang Hong to Jizhou to seek relatives first, and try to conclude an alliance with Yuan Shao, if this move was successful, then Tao Ying could rest assured and boldly completely get rid of Lu Bu, a dangerous and troublesome ally, and get rid of Lu Bu by the hands of Cao Ying, Yuan Shao and Liu Bei, and strive to annex some of the remnants of Lu Bu, improve the overall strength of the Xuzhou army, and at the same time use Yuan Shao's hand to contain Cao Ying, continue to ensure the security of Xuzhou's northern front, and free up troops to develop south.

It doesn't matter if Yuan Shao refuses to ask for affinity and alliance, anyway, it is Lu Bu who destroys the book first, Tao Ying regrets his marriage and is justified and blameless, and at the same time, Lu Bujun is also destined not to be the opponent of the three coalition forces of Cao Yuan and Liu, and in the end, he must bow his head to Tao Ying and admit his mistakes, and offer his beautiful daughter's white hands, Tao Ying can also be merciful to forgive his father-in-law again, and help his father-in-law at a critical moment, and continue to use Lu Bu's army to block and contain Cao Boss's development to the south, while continuing to eat away at the elite soldiers and strong generals under Lu Bu's command, When the time is right, I will swallow the old man's team even with the belt bones.

At the same time, even the temporary reconciliation between the Lü Bu army and the Cao Yuan coalition army and the U-turn to fight Xuzhou did not matter to Tao Ying, the first is that the main force of the Xuzhou army is tilting north and worry-free on the southern front, and now it is not afraid of a full-scale war with the Lü Bu army; The second is that Lu Bushi is unknown, and the morale of the great benefactor Xuzhou is not destined to be too high, and there must be hidden dangers inside; The third is that Boss Cao will definitely not allow Lu Bu to be entrenched in the three southern counties of Yanzhou for a long time, and no matter how false and unreasonable he is with Lu Bu, sooner or later he will have to re-start the war with Lu Bu. Therefore, if the time comes, victory will inevitably belong to Xuzhou.

It's a pity that these wishful thinking calculations are based on the fact that the Lu Bu army can hold out for a period of time, and the ruthless Cao Lao Da suddenly used a poisonous plan to break the Lu Bu army in a war, and the Marquis of Lu Wen was defeated like a mountain, and was forced to flee back to Changyi to survive, and the combined forces of Cao, Yuan and Liu also advanced to the border of Xuzhou, and Yang Hong had no news on his side, and he didn't know whether the alliance was successful. In order not to fall into complete passivity, Tao Ying only had two choices left, either to bet that Yang Hong's alliance would succeed and not save Lu Bu if he died! Either bet that Yang Hong's attempt to form an alliance failed, and at this critical moment, he pulled Lu Bu's army and continued to use Lu Bu's strength to resist Boss Cao!

What's even worse is that Tao Ying will not even be able to make a choice, the grain and grass supported by Xuzhou before has been lost by Lu Wenhou, the loser's father-in-law, in Juyang, the grain and grass in Changyi City is only enough to last for a month at most, and there are hundreds of thousands of Cao Yuan and Liu's allied forces outside the city, Jizhou is so far away from Xuzhou, and most of the roads are still controlled by the enemy, I don't know how much time it will take to confirm whether Yang Hong succeeds or not - if Changyi falls during this period, Lu Bu's army is completely destroyed, and Yang Hong's side can not succeed in asking for a pro-alliance, Then Boss Cao and Uncle Liu Huang took advantage of the situation to go south and came to Tao Ying's new account to settle the old account together, but Deputy Director Tao couldn't cry.

In a dilemma, no matter how much Deputy Director Rao is Tao cheats, he can afford to put it down, it will inevitably be difficult to decide, and he doesn't know how to choose, and he scolds his incompetent father-in-law in his stomach and is not relieved. So much so that after sighing for a long time, Tao Ying could only shift his attention to the other key point of the question, and asked Chen Deng and Lu Su: "Yuanlong, Zijing, in your opinion, Yang Hong went to Yuan Shao for me to ask for an alliance, how sure can I be sure?" ”

"It's hard to say ......." Lu Su was even more embarrassed, and said hesitantly: "Although in my opinion, Yuan Shao's alliance with our army has a hundred benefits and no harm, which can not only make our army and his mortal enemy Gongsun Zan completely turn against each other, but also borrow the hand of our army to get rid of his brother Yuan Shu, who is not in harmony with him, and then we can use the hand of our army to contain Cao Ying, so that Cao Ying cannot sit south, but we can see this, Yuan Shao may not be able to have such a gaze." Besides, I have heard that Yuan is indecisive at the beginning, he dies when he sees small profits, and he regrets his life when he does big things, such a big thing, if Yuan Shao's advisers have opposite opinions and insist on their own words, I am afraid that Yuan Shao will be more difficult to make a decision, and it is very difficult to say whether it will succeed or not. ”

"I think it's quite promising." Chen Deng was contrary to Lu Su's opinion this time, and said: "The lord knows people well, and Yang Changshi's character is ...... Although that is a little bit, but it is the most suitable to serve as such an errand envoy, I believe that with Yang Changshi's talent and expertise in flattery and seeing the wind and rudder, he can win Yuan Shao's favor for the lord, and even buy a few Yuan Shao's henchmen to help him enter the slander, it will not be too difficult, so I think that if Yang Changshi can meet Yuan Shao smoothly, he should have about seventy percent certainty and complete the task of the main bus generation. ”

"At least seventy percent?" Tao Ying's eyes lit up.

"Don't worry, and listen to what you say." Chen Deng smiled bitterly and said: "Yang Changshi is indeed the ideal candidate to ask Yuan Shao for the lord, but whether he can see Yuan Shao, I'm afraid it's still a big question, not to mention that our army is still Yuan Shao's honorary enemy, Yang Hong and his entourage can successfully arrive in Jizhou is also worth worrying, the previous time our army traitor Zhang Min made a rebellion, killed Cao Song, the father of the Cao thief, in Taishan County, Taishan Taishou should be afraid of Cao Shao's investigation, and gave up his post to go to Jizhou to join Yuan Shao, Taishan County was obtained by Cao thief, Yang Hong and his party pretended to be a tea merchant and traveled through Taishan County, Once his whereabouts are exposed, how can the Cao thief official let it go? ”

Tao Ying's eyes dimmed for a moment, but Chen Deng poured a scoop of cold water on Tao Ying again, first looked at no one on the left and right, and then said in a low voice: "Besides, in order to let Yang Changshi sneak through the land of Mount Tai, in addition to arranging a few absolutely reliable Danyang veterans to protect, he also arranged two Taishan veterans under the command of General Zang Ba to lead the way, although General Zang Ba himself is undoubtedly loyal to the lord, and the veterans of Mount Tai are familiar with the big and small roads and geographical conditions, and they will definitely play a role, but after all, Yang Changshi carries valuable jewelry, and the lesson of the rebel general Zhang Min, The lord must not be unguarded. ”

Tao Ying stopped talking again, buried his head and thought about it for a long time, Tao Ying suddenly stood up, gritted his teeth in a hoarse voice and said, "It's decided, it's ............ to do this." ”

………………………… A few days later, when the strength of more than 100,000 Cao, Liu and Yuan's three coalition forces once again repelled the Lu Bu army's out-of-town raid, the siege fortifications of the three coalition forces were basically completed, in order to completely eliminate the remnants of Lu Wenhou's defeated generals, not a single soldier slipped through the net, Cao Boss listened to Liu Huangshu's suggestion, imitated the tactics of the Xuzhou army before attacking Xiaopei, and drove the people to build a siege fortification composed of horse walls, antlers and moats outside the city of Changyi, blocking the breakthrough road of Lu Bu's remnant army, He also burned and destroyed all the bridges outside the north gate of Changyi, surrounded the remnants of Lu Bu's army trapped in the lonely city, and put on a fierce posture of not giving up until Lu Bu's army was killed.

In this regard, Lu Bu, who noticed that the situation was not good, also led the army to attack many times, trying to destroy the siege fortifications of the Cao army, and once tried to break through to the south to defect to Tao Ying, but each time he was defeated by the strong Cao Yuan and Liu coalition forces, and the loss of troops was no progress, and the precious troops were wasted in vain, Zhang Miao, who was stationed in Rencheng, led the army to come to the rescue, and was also stabbed to death by Zhang Fei with a spear from the same surname on the battlefield, and the third-rate team under Zhang Miao was also suddenly defeated, and even the shadow of the Changyi city wall was killed by Uncle Liu Huang, who was bullied and afraid of the hard. Lu Bu Chen Palace was helpless about this, so he could only watch Cao Yuan's coalition army besiege Changyi, while praying for the blessing of the sky, hoping that Tao Ying would come to help Lu Bu's army get out of the predicament as soon as possible.

After the siege of the fortifications was completed, Uncle Liu Huang, who also hated Lu Wenhou and hated it so much, ran to Cao Boss again, and presented the sketch of the thunderbolt car stolen from Xuzhou by the Mizhu brothers with both hands, and told Cao Boss that this thing could throw a big stone more than a hundred steps away, and it was very suitable for attacking the city and attacking the city. Cao Lao, who had heard the name of the thunderbolt car for a long time, was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked Uncle Liu Huang: "Xuande Gong, is this the siege weapon used by the Tao Ying thief to attack Xiao Pei?" If so, it will be easy to break Changyi. ”

Xuan Degong was a little embarrassed, but finally told the truth, and said: "Ming Gong forgive me, this thing is indeed a thunderbolt car, but it is not the thunderbolt car used by Tao Ying. ”

Seeing that Boss Cao showed regret, Liu Bei hurriedly added: "But Ming Gong doesn't have to worry, this kind of thunderbolt car was built when Xiao Pei was prepared, and it can indeed throw a hundred catties of boulders more than 100 steps away, which is very effective in suppressing the defenders in the city and creating panic for the defenders. ”

"It's okay to have no fish or shrimp." Boss Cao sighed regretfully, first thanked Uncle Liu Huang, and then handed over the sketch of the thunderbolt to Cao Ren, and ordered him to organize craftsmen to imitate ten crosses, and then Boss Cao smiled at Liu Bei and said: "Xuande Gong don't have to worry, when Lu Bu is broken, and then go south to attack Tao Ying, once the real thunderbolt is captured, you should give Xuande Gong a gift, so that Xuande Gong can get the real thunderbolt." ”

"Xie Mengde's generous gift." Liu Bei thanked him, and said pretendedly: "But Bei Zhu Gong Po Lu to ask for Tao, not to covet these killing things, that Tao should take revenge on the little thief, and he wants to get rid of it quickly and kill him several times, and Bei has no resentment, he just wants to help Ming Gong Xing righteous teacher and please the evil thief, and he is also righteous in the world." ”

Cao Lao laughed and said: "Xuande Gong is benevolent and loyal, and he has heard it for a long time, Xuande Gong does not need to explain, Xuande Gong also please be relieved, wait until I capture Xuzhou, put Tao Ying's thief Ling Chi to death, and then open the coffin and kill the corpse of Tao Qian's old horseman, and then repay Xuande Gong for helping the war." ”

"I hope so." Uncle Liu Huang quietly muttered in his heart, and was about to ask Boss Cao when he would attack the city and smash Changyi, the last earthen enclosure in northern Xuzhou, but a Cao army herald rushed in outside the tent, and rushed to Boss Cao to salute and play, but because he rushed too fast and was nervous, he stumbled left and right, and fell a dog in the tent of the Chinese army commander on the spot.

"What kind of system?" Seeing that the sergeant was taking revenge in front of outsiders, Boss Cao was suddenly furious and scolded the herald: "What is the matter, how anxious? Is the sky falling? ”

"......Lord, lord, something is wrong!" The herald didn't have time to get up, and he put his hands on the ground and shouted with a blank face: "The enemy is coming to reinforcements, and our army's interception team can't stop it at all, let them rush to the vicinity of our army's camp!" ”

"Where's the help? Why can't our army stop it? Boss Cao asked in shock.

"Guan Guan Ju Dove, in the river island, fair lady, good gentleman - ————! Guan Guan Ju Dove, in the river island, fair lady, gentleman. Gentleman, gentleman, fair lady, gentleman, gentleman————! Hello gentleman - ————! ”

Didn't wait for the herald who even broke his lips to answer, the sound of a unique military song that was neat and loud and full of bad taste had faintly heard outside the big tent of the Chinese army, and when he heard the familiar sound of the military song, Uncle Liu Huang, the bird of the bow, was a little weak on the spot, and subconsciously pulled his feet and wanted to run, Cao Boss and the generals of the Cao army also changed their faces greatly, and quickly led the army out of the camp to look south, but saw a few miles away on the dirt mountain, I don't know when a majestic cavalry had appeared, and three big flags with black characters on a white background fluttered in the wind, spreading their wings and ready to fly.

Although it is far away, without a telescope, you will definitely not be able to see what words are written on the three military flags, but just by hearing this familiar bad taste military song, Boss Cao and Uncle Liu Huang already know what the words are on the three flags, the big flag in the middle must have the word 'gentleman' written on it, and the two secondary flags on the left and right are written with the words "benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, faith" and "gentleness, courtesy, and frugality" written on the left and right............ "No wonder our army interception team can't stop it, my grain road is in danger, and my army can't be at peace at night." Boss Cao muttered, wanting to strangle the little bastard who jumped the fake oil pot with his own hands.

"It's over, this group of leper dogs is here again, it's impossible to trap Lu Bu." Uncle Liu Huang also muttered, and he wanted to strangle to death the little bastard who founded this leper dog army more than Boss Cao.

"Gentlemen! Gentlemen's Army! It is the number one gentleman army in the world——! We are saved, we are saved————! ”

At the same time, the head of Changyi City in the north erupted in earth-shattering cheers, and countless soldiers of the Lu Bu Army sang and danced, cheering and shaking the sky, and the scene seemed to be the reappearance of the Xuzhou City in the past. Lu Wenhou, who had personally learned the hooligan tactics of the Gentleman's Army, was even more excited, and laughed wildly: "Gentleman's Army! It's a gentleman's army! Cao thief, I'll see what you should do this time, no matter how many your army is, no matter how many fierce generals you have, you can't beat the gentleman's army that can't catch up with my virtuous son-in-law, and you can't just be beaten, what can you do?! Hahahaha! O Gentlemen! Benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith, gentleness, courtesy, and frugality————! ”

(To be continued)