When the news of Yuan Sangong's request for Deputy Director Tao to send troops to attack Qingzhou was sent to the Xuzhou army in advance through special channels, Cao Laoda's vicious plan to attack Tao on the fifth route was finally exposed in front of Deputy Director Tao, who was still leading the army back to Xuzhou.

In the secret letter to Tao Ying, Yuan Shang, the good brother-in-law of the Three Kingdoms, in addition to informing Yuan Sangong of the decision of the Great Yuan Sangong, also leaked two important information, one is that the Great Yuan Sangong asked Tao Ying to send troops was instigated by Yuan Tan and Yuan Tan's henchmen, and the other is that Yuan Tan won the right to lead the army to attack Qingzhou, and has also been named the governor of Qingzhou, ready to lead more than 12,000 troops to the plain, with the Pingyuan County previously controlled by Yuan Shaojun as the advance base, Joined forces with the Xuzhou army to take the entire territory of Qingzhou in one fell swoop. Therefore, Yuan Shang asked Tao Ying to find a way to make Yuan Tan suffer more, lose more face, and even suffer a few more defeats in the Qingzhou war, so as to repay Yuan Shang's great kindness to his sister.

Yuan Shang took the initiative to leak the details of the matter to Tao Ying, the real purpose of which was of course to further deteriorate the relationship between Tao Ying and Yuan Tan, so that Tao Ying, the strong foreign aid of the Yuan Shao family, stood more firmly on Yuan Shang's side, and the abacus played quite well, and at the same time helped Tao Ying a big favor, so that Tao Ying, who also belonged to the little white face but was not an embroidered pillow, smelled that there was a demon shadow of Boss Cao behind this matter - otherwise, there would not be such a coincidence, Boss Cao ordered himself to fight Tian Kai in the honor of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, Da Yuan Sangong also ordered himself to beat Tian Kai as his father-in-law.

Deputy Director Tao was not the only one who smelled this dangerous smell, Jia Xu, who had officially replaced Lu Su as the military advisor of Xuzhou, also saw the danger and reminded: "My lord, Yuan Tan and his party suddenly persuaded Yuan Benchu to order our army to send troops to Qingzhou, I am afraid that it was instigated by Cao Ying, the previous incident between the Son of Heaven and Lu Bu, has made Cao Ying know that Yuan Tan hates our army, and now Cao Ying has ordered our army to send troops to Qingzhou in the name of the Son of Heaven, and instigated Yuan Tan to also ask for an order to attack Qingzhou, the purpose may be to kill two birds with one stone, both to provoke the Qingxu war, Disperse and weaken the strength of our army, and use Yuan Tan to create a conflict between our army and the Jizhou army, and take the opportunity to drive a wedge between Yuan Benchu and the lord's son-in-law. ”

"Mr. Wenhe's opinion, then Cao Thief's plan and purpose are obvious." Liu Ye next to him also analyzed: "Cao Thief first canonized the lord as Xu Yangzhou Mu, and canonized the lord's brother as Yangzhou Assassin Shi, which made Liu Miao and Yuan Shu, who already hated our army, even more hostile to our army; then deliberately canonized Huang Zu as Jiangxia Taishou, and instigated Huang Zu to go to war with our army in disguise; At the same time, Yuan Tan was used to instigate Yuan Shao to order our army to send troops to Qingzhou, and instigated Yuan Tan, who had a bad relationship with our army, to also ask for an order to attack Qingzhou, so that our army would face the open guns and hidden arrows of the princes of the five roads at the same time. ”

Deputy Director Tao did not immediately agree with Jia Xu and Liu Ye's opinions, and after thinking about it for a long time, Deputy Director Tao smiled slightly and said a clueless word, "I heard that after Ah Yi's kid was coerced to Xu Du with the Son of Heaven, he was handed over by Cao Thief to his brother Sima Lang for discipline, and gave a little compensation, Cao Thief's trick, shouldn't it be Ah Yi's kid who gave Cao Thief?" ”

"What is the lord talking about? How can we not understand? The accomplices of the lackeys next to him were confused by Deputy Director Tao's words again.

"Nothing, a joke." Tao Ying shook his head with a smile, and said: "I probably know Cao Shao's tricks, it's okay, continue to see the tricks, Cao Thief's poisonous plan to attack Tao in five ways, the most important thing is Yuan Shao, as long as we coax Yuan Shao well and let Yuan Shao continue to protect us, Cao Thief will never have the courage to attack Xuzhou, and Liu Miao and Yuan Shu are not worried." ”

"How is the lord going to deal with it?" Lord Bo Chen Yingke was not so optimistic, and asked tentatively: "Yuan Benchu and the edict of the Son of Heaven both ordered our army to attack Qingzhou Tiankai, whether to fight or not?" ”

"Of course you fight, why not?" Tao Ying asked rhetorically, smiled and said lightly: "Tian Kai does have a great kindness to my Xuzhou, but Yuan Shao's kindness to my Xuzhou is not under Tian Kai, and the edict of the Son of Heaven ordered me to beg for thieves, if I refuse to accept the order, it will be a blatant rebellion, and the five counties of Xuzhou will be trapped in a disloyal and unrighteous place, so we only need to explain the reasons for sending troops to the military and people of Xuzhou clearly, and the propaganda work will be in place, and the military and people of Xuzhou will also understand our helplessness and embarrassment." ”

Chen Ying has not been completely damaged by Deputy Director Tao, and after hearing these words, he believed it, and almost suspected that Deputy Director Tao was going to be wronged, but Liu Ye next to him asked cautiously: "Doesn't the lord want to come to a yang and yin to disobey, and he can't work hard?" On the surface, he promised to send troops to attack Qingzhou, but in fact he did not take action, or only sent a small number of troops to do things perfunctorily? But in this way, although Cao Thief is helpless to take our army, in front of Yuan Benchu, the lord can't explain? ”

"My father-in-law is good to me, and of course I can't be sorry for my father-in-law." Deputy Director Tao, the father-in-law's nemesis, found it once with a rare conscience, and said impassionedly: "The reason why our army was able to successfully capture Huainan this time is because Yuan Shao came forward to protect the northern front of our army, so that our army can concentrate on using troops without worry, such a great favor, I should repay it generously!" Now my father-in-law ordered me to send troops to attack Qingzhou, and I should personally raise the army to the north, take the three counties and two countries of Qingzhou for my father-in-law, and repay my father-in-law's love for marrying and favoring my father-in-law! ”

Jia Xu, Liu Ye and Chen Ying stopped talking, they all looked Deputy Director Tao up and down as if they didn't know each other, Chen Ying still wanted to come up and touch Deputy Director Tao's forehead to see if Deputy Director Tao was talking nonsense with a high fever? Our deputy director Tao said righteously: "Of course, in addition to sending troops to Qingzhou in order to repay the country's kindness and repay the father-in-law's great kindness, we must also consider family affection, Yuan Tan Pifu and our army have a bad relationship, Yuan Shang is not only my brother-in-law, but also the most kind to our army, so the credit for winning Qingzhou must not be given to Yuan Tan Pifu, but can only be given to my brother-in-law Yuan Shang!" ”

After saying these words confidently, Tao Ying quickly instructed Chen Ying: "Yuan Fang, return the book to Yuan Shang for me, you look at the text and polish it, there are three specific contents, one is to let him rest assured, Yuan Tan Pifu has arrived in Qingzhou, I will never let Yuan Tan feel the slightest good!" The second is to tell him that I decided to personally lead the troops north to Qingzhou, and do my best to take the entire territory of Qingzhou for my father-in-law, so as to repay my father-in-law and his brother-in-law for their great kindness, so I told him to find a way to snatch the Qingzhou military power from Yuan Tan's hands, and not to cheapen Yuan Tan for nothing--of course, I will also do everything I can to help him Yuan Shang win the Qingzhou military power. ”

"My lord, this can't be, right?" Chen Ying, who was attentively memorizing the content, was a little surprised when he heard this, and hurriedly reminded: "Lord, let's not say that Yuan Tan's responsibility for the Qingzhou war is already a complete thing, it is difficult for Yuan Shang to persuade Yuan Benchu to change the commander, just the taboo of changing the commander in battle is enough to make Yuan Shao unwilling to accept Yuan Shang's request." ”

"What's the hurry? I'm not done yet. Tao Ying smiled and said: "The third point to tell Yuan Shang is that the main force of our army has been fighting in Huainan for more than half a year, and the generals and soldiers are very tired, and the military grain and grass have not had time to be raised quickly, so please ask him to help me say a few words in front of Yuan Shao, and let Yuan Shao promise to give me a little time to rest and prepare, and wait until the winter wheat in the five counties of Xuzhou is harvested and put into storage this year, and then let me send troops to Qingzhou." And in the past three months, he Yuan Shang can find a way to put a little pressure on Yuan Tan and force Yuan Tan to send troops to fight Tian Kai in advance - in this way, he will also have the opportunity to snatch military power from Yuan Tan. ”

Chen Ying's stomach is still a little less bad, after listening to Tao Ying's words, although he understands some reasons, but he doesn't fully understand, in order not to make a mistake, Chen Ying can only plead: "Lord, in the third paragraph, please let the military advisor and Mr. Ziyang help polish it, I am only shallow in the next class, and I don't know much about the lord's Zen machine." ”

Tao Ying smiled and nodded, Jia Xu and Liu Ye next to him also expressed their willingness to help, but Liu Ye also had a little doubt, and couldn't help asking: "Lord, you use the strategy of delaying the army to gain time, during which you use Yuan Shang's hand to force Yuan Tan to fight with Tian Kai in advance, this plan is wonderful, but Yuan Tan is not a stupid person, in case he refuses to fall for the plan, insists on waiting until our army goes north to send troops to fight Tian Kai, isn't the lord's arrangement in vain?" ”

"There's no hurry." Tao Ying shook his head again, smiled and said: "Let's not talk about Yuan Tan's eagerness to make contributions and compete for the position of his son-in-law, he will never be allowed to wait in the plains by himself, even if he has this patience, I have a way to make him lose his patience and send troops to fight in advance without being able to breathe." ”

Seeing that Deputy Director Tao was so confident, Liu Ye couldn't say anything, and honestly assisted Chen Ying to write the letter to Yuan Shang on the side of the road. Over there, Chen Ying was packing up his pen and ink, but Tao Ying stopped him again: "Yuan Fang, wait a minute, and prepare another letter for me." ”

"No." Chen Ying agreed, spread out a piece of new white silk, and asked while re-lifting the pen: "Dare to ask the lord, who is this book sent to?" What's the content? ”

"The letter is written to Tian Kai, the content, persuading to surrender." Tao Ying's brief answer was so startled that the brush in Chen Ying's hand almost fell to the ground, and then said slowly: "Besides, tell Tian Kai about the situation that Yuan Tan instigated Yuan Shao to force our army to send troops to Qingzhou, and the news that Cao Thief used the edict of the Son of Heaven to force me to send troops to Qingzhou, and then told Tian Kai that as long as he leads the army to surrender to me, he will still be a state assassin in the future, and his glory and wealth and powerful position will only increase!" ”

"My lord, this can't be, right?" Chen Ying exclaimed again, "Tian Kai is loyal to Gongsun Zhan, and he refuses to bow to Yuan Shao to the point where he is outnumbered, how can he accept the persuasion of our army to surrender?" ”

"Really?" Tao Ying asked noncommittally, and then said with a smile: "It doesn't matter whether the persuasion can be successful, the key is to salute first and then soldier, Tian Kai is kind to Xuzhou, and he will attack him without declaring war, which is disloyal and moral, so this letter must be written." Besides, by the way, I also told Tian Kai about my decision to send troops after the wheat was ripe, so that he could be prepared in his heart. ”

Seeing that Tao Ying was so confident, Chen Ying no longer objected, and hurriedly buried himself in writing, Jia Xu and Liu Ye secretly admired Tao Ying's weightlifting and was not surprised, and hurriedly discussed in a low voice the specific feasibility of recruiting Tian Kai. But at this moment, a crazy voice like a wolf howling suddenly sounded in their ears!

"Fuck your mother's Cao Apu! Seeing that the poor man finished drinking porridge, Lao Tzu just took a Huainan, and immediately fanned the flames and instigated the princes of the Five Roads to attack me and pit me! Want to trick me? Wait, come and don't be rude, see how Lao Tzu cleans up your Cao Apu--!! ”

…………………… After making these arrangements, led the main force of Xuzhou and marched for several days, our deputy director Tao finally returned to Pengcheng, Xuzhou after half a year of absence, the day of arrival, Pengcheng was almost out of the city to welcome thirty miles, countless military and civilian people in the pottery merchants, Chen Deng, Cao Bao and Chen Qun and other Xuzhou civil and military officials under the leadership, the road to welcome the triumphant division of the deputy director of Tao, during the period of nature there are some long-lost reunions of joy and tears and the loss of relatives of the human tragedy, our deputy director Tao also has to personally dismount, Picked up a few white-haired old men who burned incense and worshipped, and repeatedly thanked these people of Xuzhou for their silent contributions to their successful crusade against the traitor Yuan Shu, and moved these ignorant fools to cry bitterly. Good lord!

While giving full play to his acting skills, Tao Ying was quite happy to find that Xu You, a strategist of Yuan Shaojun, who had originally set off to return to Jizhou in advance, was also among the welcoming crowd, and was also chatting happily with Zheng Xuan, a famous man from Xuzhou who had a good relationship with Yuan Sangong's family, and others, when he asked Chen Deng in a low voice about the situation, Chen Deng smiled and replied in a low voice: "Mr. Ziyuan is really just like the lord introduced in the letter, he is greedy for money and lustful, Deng bribed him with gold and silver, and arranged for several beautiful women to serve him, every time he was treated with delicious food and wine, He really was happy and didn't think about it, and Yuan Benchu didn't urge him to go back, so he stayed until now - I don't know what the lord meant when he ordered Deng to keep this person? ”

"I'm not busy, I haven't thought about how to use him yet, I'll talk about it when Yuan Shao's letter to me arrives." Deputy Director Tao sold a pass, and then went to perform his glorious image of being close to the people, loving the people, and being honest and honest.

After arriving at the city, most of the poor Xuzhou soldiers did not even have the qualifications to enter the city, and continued to live in tent camps, waiting for the leftovers rewarded by Deputy Director Tao, only a very small number of Xuzhou parasites were able to enter the city under the leadership of the largest parasite Deputy Director Tao, to enjoy the people's fat and blood exploited from the people of Xuzhou and Huainan, celebrating the victory of Huainan, all kinds of corruption and depravity and extravagance and indulgence, it is difficult to express them one by one.

One of the happiest people may be Deputy Director Tao's wife Yuan Fang, girl, may be to make up for the marriage three days after being forced to leave the wife, after returning to Xuzhou for three consecutive nights, Deputy Director Tao is every night in Yuan Fang's room for the night, every day to pay enough public food, night and night diligent, in the end, not only Cao Ling and Mi Zhen were so jealous that they wanted to strangle Deputy Director Tao to death, the surname is gentle and considerate Yuan Fang is also a little embarrassed, the fourth night Deputy Director Tao went to Yuan Fang's room to pay the public grain, Yuan Fang simply blushed and refused to make love to Deputy Director Tao, and took the initiative to say: "Go and see Sister Ling'er and Sister Zhen, you have been here with me for three consecutive days, let them stay alone in the empty room for three consecutive days, they may all hate me to death." ”

"It's okay, let them stay alone for another night." Deputy Director Tao hugged his wife with a smile on his face, and said with a smile: "Besides, in terms of the number of times, they are much more than you, and in a few days I will lead the troops to the expedition again, and I will be separated from you, if I don't make up for the number of times, my Fang'er will say that I am unfair again." ”

"Husband, you just came back, why are you going to lead the troops again?" Yuan Fang was taken aback and hurriedly asked.

"No way, I don't want to go, but I can't go if I don't go." Deputy Director Tao sighed, and took the opportunity to tell Yuan Fang the news that Yuan Shang had sent a letter to him, and also told Yuan Fang about Yuan Tan's instigation of Yuan Sangong to order him to send troops to Qingzhou. At the end, Deputy Director Tao sighed with a sad face and said, "Fang'er, this matter is sent by your father, no matter how unwilling I am, I have to go." ”

Yuan Fang, who was so gentle and considerate that even Cao Ling, the vinegar jar, couldn't bear to hurt her, stopped talking, and took the initiative to sit on Tao Ying's lap, put her pretty face on Tao Ying's chest, and played with the corners of her clothes for a long time before asking softly, "Can't you wait?" Husband, you just came back from Huainan, and you are tired and thin, so it's okay to take a little rest before you go on the expedition? ”

"I don't care, the key is the soldiers in the team, they are tired enough, and they will immediately send troops before they have enough rest, and the soldiers must also have countless complaints." Tao Ying continued to be full of sorrow, and said in a painful tone: "Originally, I planned to take the opportunity of sending the jade seal of the country to Jizhou, so that the envoy could explain it to my father-in-law, and ask my father-in-law to allow me to send troops north after the wheat is ripe, and conquer Qingzhou for my father-in-law, but I was afraid that my father-in-law would be distracted, and I suspected that I would refuse to agree." Also, Fang'er, your half-brother Yuan Tan, will definitely come out to fan the flames and provoke a ...... relationship between me and my father-in-law. ”

"Don't worry about the husband, the concubine can share the worries of the husband in this matter." Yuan Fang was very happy when she heard this, and hurriedly said: "The husband can ask the envoy to explain to the concubine's father, and the concubine will write a letter to the mother, explain the situation to the mother for the husband, and ask the mother to come forward to intercede on behalf of the husband, and let the father grace the husband's dispatch to the wheat harvest." ”

"This ......, can it work?" Deputy Director Tao was a little hesitant.

"Surely." Yuan Fang smiled like a flower, and said: "My husband doesn't know, although my father is majestic and brave in front of outsiders, but after returning to the backyard, he listens to his mother's words the most, and almost doesn't dare to disobey at all. ”

"Really?" Deputy Director Tao showed a look of surprise, seeing Yuan Fang nodding with a smile, Deputy Director Tao didn't speak anymore, and immediately hugged Yuan Fang and gnawed on the beautiful face of his wife in the main room, and at the same time the devil's claws moved wildly, wreaking havoc in Yuan Fang's clothes, Yuan Fang was shy and happy, and simply closed his bright big eyes, blushing and looking forward to Deputy Director Tao's next move, but at this time, Deputy Director Tao stopped moving, Yuan Fang couldn't help but be surprised again, and hurriedly opened his eyes and asked, "Husband, what's wrong?" ”

"Fang'er, can you do me another favor?" Tao Ying hugged Yuan Fang very gently and said: "In addition to begging your father for grace in the time to send troops, I also want to ask my father-in-law for one thing, please ask my father-in-law to order Cao Ying to also send troops to Qingzhou as the leader of the alliance, and the three families of Yuan Tao and Cao will join forces to crusade against Qingzhou, of course, my father-in-law's army is still the leader of the alliance, and Cao Mengde's team and I are under the command of my father-in-law." ”

"Why?" Yuan Fang was even more surprised and asked: "Although the concubine doesn't care about political affairs, she also knows that the husband and Cao Ying have a deep contradiction, why does the husband send troops to Qingzhou?" ”

Tao Ying took another bite on Yuan Fang's tender face, "It is because Cao Ying has a deep hatred with me, so I have to Cao Ying to send troops to Qingzhou, because your father's main force has now gone north to Youzhou, and the team on the southern line is unable to restrain Cao Thief, I personally led the main force north to Qingzhou, and the safety of Xuzhou North Line and Fang'er is no longer guaranteed, so I can only let Cao Thief's team also participate in the Qingzhou War, so I can rest assured that I can participate in the Qingzhou War, and I don't have to worry about the safety of you and Xuzhou." Moreover, if Cao Thief sends troops to Qingzhou, the momentum of the Three-Way Alliance will be even greater, and I can also reduce some pressure and sacrifice some loyal and brave Xuzhou soldiers. ”

"This ......." Yuan Fang hesitated a little, and thought for a moment before saying: "Husband, let's do this, you write to my mother's relatives and explain the matter clearly, I will also write to my mother's relatives, we ......, our husband and wife join forces, begging my mother to come forward to help, and try our best to do this for your husband." ”

"Fang'er!" Deputy Director Tao was overjoyed and hugged Yuan Fang again, and this time he finally handed over the public grain with a real gun............

(To be continued)