(ps: It's blocked, it's too late today, and I'll try to break out tomorrow.) Not to mention, Deputy Director Tao will pretend to be Cao Boss to steal chickens and dogs, and will pretend to be a trial and distributor for glory, and secretly pretend to be Yuan Tan Gongzi Chicken and Dog Thief, just like an insidious poisonous snake, hiding in the shadows and biting when he catches the opportunity, and fanning the flames with some nonsense, it really messed up Boss Cao, and also disturbed the internal team of Yuan Sangong who was seriously not united as he wished.

When he first heard the rumors of his subordinates reporting an attempt to rebel, Da Yuan Sangong not only didn't believe it, but also scolded the person who made the small report a bloody dog, firmly believing that the trial would not betray him, and it was impossible to live up to his righteousness and collude with Boss Cao!

But this is only the beginning, when the eyeline left by the Great Yuan Sangong in Yecheng reported this rumor, and then when the eyeline inserted by the Great Yuan Sangong in the army reported the rumor, and when the county officials in the southern part of Jizhou reported the rumor, the Great Yuan Sangong gradually began to waver - you can't blame the Great Yuan Sangong for being suspicious, the three of them became tigers, they had participated in murder, and they were as holy as the mother and son of the saint and were still mistaken by the rumors, not to mention the Great Yuan Sangong, who was originally known for his wide outer and inner taboos.

When I saw Deputy Director Tao questioning whether the trial was done by Yuan Tan Gongzi in the letter, and reminded Yuan Shanggongzi to be careful of being cut off by Yuan Tan Gongzi, Yuan Shanggongzi, who had long been suspicious, was of course furious, and immediately pulled Feng Ji to run in front of Yuan Sangong to fire, demanding that Yuan Sangong punish Yuan Tan Gongzi heavily, and give his confidants a justice, which led to the trial of the matter completely surfaced, and the brotherly dispute between Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan also entered a new **.

Relying on the full assistance of Guo Tu and Xin Ping brothers, Yuan Tan Gongzi at this moment has established some meritorious achievements in the battle against the peripheral fortifications of Yijing, and has somewhat reversed some of his father's impression of himself. If it weren't for the anger of Da Yuan Sangong and ordering the guards to take down the two sons, the brothers might have to lie down on the spot.

By the way, in the fight between Yuan Tan and the Yuan Shang brothers, what made people fall through the glasses was that it was Yuan Shanggongzi who looked like an embroidered pillow who completely had the upper hand.

At this time, the fatal blow came, Jizhou supervisor Meng Dai sent his confidant Pegasus to send a letter, saying that it was a letter found in an inn in Liyang, the letter holder was robbed and killed by thieves, the letter was found on the body by Liyang officials, after seeing the content, Liyang made Zu Che was surprised, and did not dare to submit it to the trial at all, and secretly handed it over to the prison Meng Dai like a thief, Meng Dai was even more stunned after seeing the letter, and quickly sent his cousin to Yijing to dedicate to the third prince of Yuan, and immediately strengthened the secret monitoring and monitoring of the trial.

It is no longer possible to describe the anger and disbelief of the great Yuan Sangong when he saw the trial of the fake book, not to mention that the case in front of him was smashed to pieces, and even the two sons of Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan were unlucky, and they were dragged down and beaten with twenty military sticks each. After careful analysis, a group of strategists under the command of the third prince of Da Yuan believed that there were three possibilities in this matter, one was that the letter was true, and the trial was indeed planning to rebel; the second is that Cao Boss used a plan to separate the monarchs and ministers of Jizhou to fish in troubled waters; The third is that others use tricks to try to use the hands of Da Yuan Sangong to kill the trial!

"Someone else's trick? The other person? ”

This is the question raised by the Third Duke of Great Yuan, and Xun Chen, the most neutral and reliable strategist under the command of the Third Duke of Great Yuan, hesitated again and again, and could only reply like this: "The lord forgives sins, there are some things that cannot be said or said by his subordinates. But His Majesty still thinks that Cao Thief may be more likely to use a trick, after all, Gongsun Chan will be destroyed, and Cao Thief is about to confront the Lord Gong Tianwei head-on, and it is the right thing for the soldiers to strike first to seize the opportunity. ”

Hearing Xun Chen's words, Mr. Guo Tu and Mr. Xin Ping, who were worried, did not dare to hesitate, and immediately stood up and echoed the voice, insisting that this was Boss Cao's attempt to shake Jizhou, and there was even the possibility of attacking Jizhou by taking advantage of the situation. And Da Yuan Sangong didn't want to think badly about his son, so he quickly clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, "Okay, you Cao Agui!" You remember for me, and when you clean up Gongsun Zhan'er, see how I clean you up! ”

……………… At the same time that the trial of the family of the third prince of Da Yuan was turned upside down by the trial and attempted rebellion, on the 26th day of July in the third year of Jian'an, more than 1,000 light cavalry teams led by Boss Cao also arrived in the small city of Hulu on the border with Xuzhou, where they prepared to meet openly with Deputy Director Tao to discuss the grain trade between Xu and Yanzhou.

To put it mildly, Boss Cao wanted to meet openly with Deputy Director Tao this time, and it really took a lot of twists and turns, the reason is that Deputy Director Tao, who has been looking forward to Boss Cao's moves, doesn't know what medicine he has taken wrong, and under the pretext that he is going to go down to Huainan again, he once wanted to refuse to meet with Boss Cao at the border, but fortunately, Deputy Director Cao repeatedly persuaded Deputy Director Tao to reluctantly agree to meet with Boss Cao, and also unceremoniously asked that the meeting time must be set before August, otherwise he would not be able to spare time. The arrogant attitude is also very dissatisfied.

However, when arriving at Hulu, the dissatisfaction in Cao Laoda's chest was suddenly swept away, and the reconciliation with Deputy Director Tao was only about a year ago, located in the small city of Hulu on the traffic artery of Xu Yan and the two states, it has been so prosperous that Cao Boss is a little afraid to admit it, all the land abandoned in the war has been reclaimed, all industries in the city are prosperous, the population has skyrocketed, and a new open-air market has been built outside the city, the market is full of people, large and small stalls are also full of all kinds of goods, the prosperity of commerce, the huge amount of commercial taxes collected, It even surpassed Xuchang City, Boss Cao's new and old nest, which made Boss Cao and Guo Jia and Dian Wei who accompanied him a little unbelievable, this is the dilapidated town that almost no ordinary people could see except for soldiers a year ago?

Cao Chun, the general in charge of Hulu defense, was quite embarrassed to tell Cao Boss that in Xiaopei City, Xuzhou, more than 30 miles to the south, the open-air market outside the city was more than twice as large as that of Hulu, and the business travelers were more willing to stay and trade in Xiaopei, so the commercial tax on Xiaopei's side was at least more than double that of Hulu. Boss Cao had to admit helplessly, "Tao Ying is a thief, he does have a hand in money and grain business, and he is better than me." ”

The next day, Deputy Director Tao also arrived at Xiaopei with a team, and after the two sides sent envoys to negotiate with each other, on the morning of the third day, Cao Lao Da took 300 infantry to the south and came to the bank of the Surabaya River fifteen miles north of Xiao Pei, and Deputy Director Tao also led 300 infantry to set off from Xiao Pei, and Cao Lao Da kept the same time, and met Cao Laoda's team at two o'clock at the same time and at the agreed place.

After the meeting, Deputy Director Tao, who was actually more stingy than asking for money and guarding General Cao Hong, was rarely generous, first asked people to spread a carpet in the open space, set up a large umbrella, and put a table and wine and meat, and then led Jia Lao Poison and Xu Chu to sit in front of the banquet.

"Meng Degong, Mr. Fengxiao, General Junming, it's been a long time, please sit down, I'm sorry, I can't find a beautiful woman to serve in the barren mountains and mountains, don't mind Meng Degong."

"It's a trivial matter to have no woman to serve, but I said Tao Yuanjun, you are also a rich man who can count on your fingers all day, how can you entertain guests with such wine and food? Isn't it too slow? ”

Deputy Director Tao and Boss Cao both like to be informal, free and easy, and after meeting, they didn't even bother to do any false etiquette such as throwing their hands and holding fists, and they joked with each other with one mouth, and they were as affectionate as if they had been old friends for many years, but Wufu Xu Chu, Dian Wei and Jia Lao Poison, and Guo Sick Ghost saluted respectfully to each other, which seemed to be much more literate than Deputy Director Tao and Cao Boss. Then Deputy Director Tao smiled again: "I have money? I'm a big money with two petals now, but Meng Degong, you are too poor. ”

"Tao Yuanjun also has the face to be poor?" Boss Cao also asked with a smile: "The grain that Tao Yuanjun sold me this year has risen by three hundred yuan for one piece of grain, where did the money go?" ”

"Okay, Meng Degong, it's enough for me to sell you grain to save face." Deputy Director Tao pouted and said: "In this chaotic world, don't the princes manage the grain trade more tightly than their lives? That prince is like me, and he sold more than 800,000 grains for you to survive the famine in a year? A kind-hearted person like me, Meng Degong, can you find another one for me to see? ”

"So, I want to thank Tao Envoy Jun?" Boss Cao sat down cross-legged with a smile, and said: "However, I really have to thank Tao Envoy Jun, if it weren't for Tao Envoy Jun to open up the grain trade to me, I would really not be able to hold on to the offensive for so long in this attack on Nanyang, and there would be no military food to appease Guanzhong and recover Ruxi." ”

"I forgot to congratulate Meng Degong." Deputy Director Tao smiled and said: "It is effortless to take most of Nanyang, Chang'an in Guanzhong, and Runan County, the largest in Yuzhou, such a speed of territorial expansion is really enviable." ”

"Thanks, just luck." Boss Cao said modestly, and said: "But it's not much use to take it down, Guanzhong Chang'an was tossed by Dong thief and Li Guo two thieves, presumably Tao Yuanjun has also heard of it; Runan Tao Envoy Jun has been there, what it has been like to be destroyed by the war, Tao Envoy Jun has also seen it with his own eyes; Although the situation in Nanyang is better, the plague is too severe. It is useless to take these places, and it will cost me money and food, and disperse my army, so it is better not to get it. ”

"It's the same, it's the same, my Huainan No. 2 County is also losing money, and the drought is severe." Deputy Director Tao continued to play haha, saying that he refused to take the initiative to get to the point, and fell behind.

Deputy Director Tao was calm, Boss Cao was also calm, and he said a lot of words without nutrition, and he refused to find out his true intentions, until the wine was half drunk, Boss Cao said in a roundabout way: "Tao Envoy Jun, after I arrived in Hulu, I went to the border market to take a look, and saw that after the reconciliation of your and my two armies, the border market is prosperous, the market is prosperous, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the people are very grateful to make you and me pay taxes to the market, I don't know if you want to continue like this?" Continue to benefit the living beings and people of Xu Yan and Yan Prefectures? ”

"Of course I do." Deputy Director Tao said with a smile: "As long as Meng Degong is willing, Tao is of course willing to continue to maintain the smooth trade routes and continue to communicate with Meng Degong in the border market." ”

"As long as so-and-so wants?" Boss Cao put away his smile and asked with a serious expression: "In this way, as long as Envoy Ao is willing to continue the alliance with Tao Envoy Jun, then no matter what situation occurs, Envoy Tao is willing to get along with Envoy Monarch and support Envoy to sweep away the thieves in the world by trade?" ”

"Whatever happens?" Deputy Director Tao was a little surprised and said, "What kind of situation happened?" Please also ask Meng Degong to make it clear. ”

"I'm at war with the envoy's father-in-law!" Boss Cao finally saw the dagger and said solemnly: "If I start a war with Yuan Shao, I don't know if the envoy will still continue the alliance with me?" And then support me in a decisive battle with Yuan Shao? ”

"I don't know." Deputy Director Tao's answer made Boss Cao fall through his glasses, and then Deputy Director Tao spread his hands again and repeated: "If that happens, I really don't know how to choose." ”

"I don't know." Boss Cao's face became gloomy, and he asked word by word: "So, Tao Yuanjun is planning to sell at the price?" ”

"Ming Gong, please forgive me for being blunt." Jia Lao Poison opened his mouth and said: "I don't know three words, it seems perfunctory, but in fact, it is ironclad evidence that my lord is willing to get along with Ming Gong." ”

Speaking of this, Jia Lao Poison paused for a moment, and said: "Please think about it, if my lord really has the intention of waiting for the price to sell, he can completely agree to support Ming Gong, first instigate Ming Gong to fight openly with Benchu, and then ride the wall to watch the wind, and reap the profits - but my lord did not do this, but directly told Ming Gong that he didn't know, isn't this the sincerity of my lord who is unwilling to deceive Ming Gong?" ”

Boss Cao closed his eyes and thought about it for a while, and quickly arched his hand to Deputy Director Tao and said: "I don't know what happened, I misunderstood you, and I hope you will forgive your sins." ”

"It doesn't matter." Deputy Director Tao waved his hand generously, and said very sincerely: "Meng Degong, please also understand the difficulties of Ying, Ben Chu Gong is not only Ying's father-in-law, but also corresponding to the deep grace, Meng Degong went to war with him, Ying's position is really embarrassing, Zhu Minggong is ungrateful, and the following is guilty, and Zhu's father-in-law is reneging on his word and treacherous, so he should really be in a dilemma, and he can only choose not to help each other." ”

"Don't help each other? If only you could do that. Boss Cao muttered in his heart, and said: "Then Tao Envoy Jun, if there is a Taishan County, half of Jizhou and an entire Qingzhou, I wonder if the Envoy is interested in concluding an alliance with me to attack Yuan Shao?" Join forces to attack Yuan Shao? ”

To explain here, Boss Cao's proposal is also very sincere, especially the point that it was proposed to be sent to Taishan County, Deputy Director Tao, because Deputy Director Tao's territory borders Qingzhou only Langya County, and the terrain is long and narrow, it is very easy to be cut off by the enemy, and lose contact with the northern control area, but if you get the current Taishan County of Cao Boss's team, it will be different, not only can you get a large buffer land, but also Yimeng Mountain, Wenshui and Wushui can be defended, so as to ensure the smooth communication between the north and the south, and effectively control the new land in the north. Deputy Director Tao was very thoughtful.

After that, after looking at Deputy Director Tao, who couldn't help but exchange glances with Jia Lao's poison, Boss Cao said slowly: "Please think about it carefully, do you suffer a loss for this proposal?" Yecheng is located at the southern end of Jizhou, the closest distance from Xuchang, once the war starts, our army and Yuan Shao's main force will fully confront, the main pressure is on my side. What about you? Qingzhou is only a flank, Yuan Shao's foothold in Qingzhou is not stable, the people's hearts are not attached, and there are Zang Ba, Sun Guan and Wu Dun under his command These local generals in Qingzhou, who are familiar with geography and people's conditions, and it is easy to win Qingzhou. Therefore, this proposal, it is I who suffers, so that you only take advantage. ”

As a traverser, no one knows better than Deputy Director Tao that Yuan Sangong is the opponent of Cao Boss, and no one knows better than Deputy Director Tao how much time it takes for Cao Boss to take Ji, You, and Sanzhou, and take this opportunity to quickly annex Qingzhou and part of Jizhou, take the opportunity to digest and absorb the new land, and then fight with Cao Boss, which is undoubtedly the most ideal choice in the historical process, so it is really difficult for Deputy Director Tao not to be moved.

Also heart-warming is Jia Lao Poison, as in history, Jia Lao Poison also believes that Yuan Sangong must not be Cao Lao's opponent, and understands that with Yuan Sangong's greed and short-sightedness, even if the Xuzhou army helps Yuan Sangong to destroy Cao Boss, there will be no good end in the end, sooner or later it will be a death battle with Yuan Sangong, rather than waiting for Yuan Sangong to destroy Cao Boss no matter how big, it is better to fight now, and now there is Cao Boss to help share the greatest pressure, and in the future, the Xuzhou army will fight alone with Yuan Sangong.

But fortunately, Jia Lao Poison was moved to his heart, in front of Deputy Director Tao, a very assertive boss, Jia Lao Poison did not directly agree to Cao Boss's proposal for Zhang Xiu as he did with Zhang Xiu, but waited for Deputy Director Tao's decision with low eyebrows and silence. After thinking about it repeatedly, Deputy Director Tao finally spoke: "Thank you Meng Degong for your kindness, but you should be favored by your father-in-law, if you will take revenge and join forces with Meng Degong to attack it, it will be despised by the world, and my intention is only in Jiangnan, and I have little interest in Qingji, so Ming Gong's kindness should not be acceptable." ”

Boss Cao was completely disappointed, but Boss Cao was also a person who could afford to let go, and soon smiled and said: "Since you think of the feelings of your son-in-law, then I can't make it difficult for me, my words will always take effect, so that no matter when you figure it out, you can send an envoy to contact, and you will definitely meet you upside down." ”

Deputy Director Tao agreed with a smile, and then Cao Boss and Deputy Director Tao discussed the issue of grain prices in the border market, although Deputy Director Tao used the excuse that the drought in Huainan caused the five counties of Xuzhou to rise in grain prices in the good year, but in order not to completely anger Cao Boss, and in order not to weaken Cao Boss, Deputy Director Tao still made concessions, promising to reduce the price of grain in the border market to 1,800 yuan and 1,600 yuan, and promised to sell grain to Cao Boss within the year. Seeing that the trip was not without gain, Boss Cao reluctantly accepted Deputy Director Tao's price with satisfaction.

After finalizing the price of grain in the border market, Deputy Director Tao seemed to suddenly remember something, and hurriedly said: "Oh, by the way, there is a major event that I almost forgot to discuss with Meng Degong. ”

"Envoy, please speak." Boss Cao replied with a smile.

"That's right." Deputy Director Tao Zhenzhen said: "Presumably Ming Gong should have also received a report, the Yellow Turban remnants Guo Zu, Gongsun Qian and other thieves are entrenched in the middle of Mount Tai, often harassing Langya County, Xuzhou, which borders Mount Tai, killing people and goods, destroying silver women, doing all kinds of evil, should be appointed Langya Taishou Sun Guan General and Langya Prime Minister Xiao Jian sent troops to kill several times, all because they quickly fled back to Mount Tai, our army can not dare to cross the border without authorization and fall short. ”

"Oh, what are you going to do?" Boss Cao asked quietly.

"Borrow Taishan County for a while." Deputy Director Tao smiled and said: "Please ask Meng Degong to lend Taishan County to Ying for a period of time, so that Ying can send troops to garrison and send officials to manage it, so as to comprehensively eliminate these bandits." ”

Speaking of this, Deputy Director Tao hurriedly added: "Of course, in order to make up for Meng Degong's loss of money and grain taxes during this period, 100,000 ...... of grain should be given to Meng Degong every year, no, 200,000 Hu." ”

"Thief, I'm finally tempted." Boss Cao scolded secretly in his heart, but said with a smile on his black face: "That makes Jun Ke suffer a big loss, Taishan County is one of the few poor places in Yanzhou, and the taxes and grain that can be collected in a year may add up to less than 200,000 Hu, and in the event of a slight drought, not only can not export money and grain, but also have to rely on other counties to import money and grain." ”

"It doesn't matter, for the people of Langya to live and work in peace and contentment, and for the peace of the border between your and our armies, we should be willing to suffer." Deputy Director Tao smiled cheekily.

"Cheng, since the envoy is willing to lend a helping hand to help exterminate the bandits in the territory, then he can't ask for it." Boss Cao said with a smile: "The Gang will immediately order the eleven counties of Taishan County to hand over the defense to the envoy, and the envoy can just send troops to receive it." ”

"Thank you, Gong Meng." Deputy Director Tao thanked him and said with a smile: "I should return to Pengcheng, and I will immediately arrange for the grain and grass to be escorted north and sent to Hulu to deliver to your army." ”

"Take the Surabaya waterway, which can save a lot of travel consumption." Boss Cao said with a smile as he stretched out a black hand and swore by high-five the white hand stretched out by Deputy Director Tao.

After finalizing this trivial matter, Boss Cao immediately got up to say goodbye, and Deputy Director Tao also retained, and sent Boss Cao away with Jia Lao Poison and others, and then led the army back to Xiaopei. It was also on the way back that Jia Lao, who basically didn't speak, said to Deputy Director Tao: "Lord, you borrowed Taishan County from Cao Mengde, and the purpose is clear, but doing so will still anger Yuan Shao?" Once Yuan Shao learned that our army was stationed in Taishan County, he must have immediately understood that our army was ready to attack his flank, and he would still strengthen Qingzhou's defense and become hostile to our army? ”

"No, Mr. Wenhe, you misunderstood this time." Deputy Director Tao shook his head and said with a sneer: "Mr. Wenhe must think that I borrowed the garrison of Taishan County to ride the wall and watch the wind, waiting for the price to sell - but in fact this is not the case, the reason why I rejected Cao Thief's proposal to join forces to attack Yuan Shao just now was because I suddenly thought of a little story. ”

"What's the story?" Jia Lao Poison asked curiously.

"It's a fairy tale." Deputy Director Tao smiled and said: "The story of a cake, two bears, and a fox, is the content of the story, is how the fox used the brothers of the two bears to fight and ate the whole cake into his stomach." ”

……………… At the same time, Cao Boss and Guo Jia were of course also discussing the gains and losses of this trip, when Guo Jia asked why Cao Boss was so happy to agree to lend Taishan County to Deputy Director Tao, Cao Boss laughed, and said: "Tao thief borrowed Taishan County to suppress bandits, its purpose is obvious, that is, to be prepared with both hands, sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, wait for me to compete with Yuan Shao, and then wait for the price to decide where to go, not to offend Yuan Shao but also to be ready to send troops to Qingzhou, which I know very well." ”

"Although the pottery thief's intentions are deceitful, it is a pity that he forgot to consider Yuan Shao's reaction to this matter, so I Suo surnamed will make a plan, and promise to lend Taishan directly to him to garrison, borrow his hand to contain Yuan Shao, bear the pressure on my flanks, and also share my frontal pressure!"

"Jia understood." Guo Jia nodded suddenly, coughed and said: "Yuan Shao is suspicious, gullible and irritable, the lord lent Taishan County to the pottery thief at this sensitive moment, Yuan Shao must suspect that the pottery thief has privately formed an alliance with our army to defeat him, and will definitely disperse his main force in Jizhou to strengthen Qingzhou's defense, in this way, the pottery thief directly bears the flank pressure for our army, and also indirectly shares the frontal pressure of our army." ”

"It's more than that." Boss Cao laughed even more hideously, and said: "After returning to Xuchang, I will immediately send an envoy to communicate with Yuan Shao, and then let Yuan Tan, who is secretly friendly with our army, come forward, and strongly persuade Yuan Shao to rest and recuperate, accumulate strength, and then go south to conquer, as long as I can win one to two years for our army, it will not be hopeless to provoke the Tao and Yuan families to go to war first." ”

"The lord is wise ......."

Guo Jia was overjoyed and was about to flatter, but suddenly remembered a big event, and suddenly bent over and coughed violently, coughing so hard that he couldn't breathe, and the pain was incomparable. Do you want me to find someone to suck the phlegm for you? ”

Guo Jia waved his hand painfully, and finally coughed up a sentence, "Lord, it's over!" Jia made another big mistake this time, our army and Yuan Shao have no hope of reconciliation! ”

"What does Feng Xiao mean by this?" Boss Cao asked in surprise.

"Emissary, liaison emissary sent to interrogate and match!" Guo Jia shouted in despair: "If the trial is really surrendered, then our army can only start a war with Yuan Shao immediately!" But if that letter is fake, and the trial did not ask our army to surrender, then the messenger sent by our army will not become ironclad evidence of our army's attempt to attack Yecheng?! With Yuan Shao's surname and the current geographical situation, how could he still start a war with the pottery thief first? And then come to a decisive battle with our army?! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )

(To be continued)