After a lot of hard work, a large number of elites were dispatched, and even did not hesitate to miss the opportunity to take over the entire territory of Yanzhou by means of negotiation, but in the end they only killed Guan Yu, the second of the three peach brothers, Guan Yunchang, Xuzhou civil and military up and down felt that there was a little thunder and rain, and the gains outweighed the losses, but Deputy Director Tao himself smiled from ear to ear, and even said that this time he finally cut off one of the arms of the big-eared thief, and the threat of Uncle Liu Huang, who lacked arms and legs in the future, was much smaller, and he was very satisfied with the fruitful harvest of this Guandu War- Of course, there are some regrets that I couldn't serve Uncle Liu's three brothers and Zhuge Liang in one pot.

Deputy Director Tao, who has always been unlucky, did start the transfer after his strength gradually dominated the world, and just received the head of Guan Erye in the morning, and in the afternoon there was another good news in front of Deputy Director Tao - Lu Su sent a messenger Pegasus to send good news, Liu Xuan, who was entrenched in the Qu'a area, died of sudden illness not long ago, and the eldest son Liu Ji succeeded to the throne but could not convince the public, and the contradiction with Fan Neng, the general of Qu'a from the Jiangdong clan, expanded, and then Liu Ji listened to Xu Shao's suggestion to try to detain and deprive Fan Neng of military power, but the news leaked, and Fan Neng came to a first strike as a strong, Launched a mutiny to kill Xu Shao and drove Liu Ji out of Qu'a, Liu Ji was desperate and fled to Guangling by boat, surrendering to the Xuzhou veteran Guangling Taishouzhang.

After learning this news, the honest man Lu Su also had a bad heart to take advantage of the fire to rob, while the soldiers came to Shenting Ridge to intimidate Fan Neng, and contained the main force of Fan Neng's rebels, while taking the water division as a surprise soldier, he suddenly went south to Guazhou, and the Guangling army that responded to Zhang Ji went south to attack Qu'a, and as a result, Zhang Ji's deputy Wu Dun relied on Liu Ji's lead, as well as relying on the response of some Qu'a defenders loyal to Liu Ji's father and son, and took Qu'a City without much effort, and surrounded Fan Neng's rebels before and after, Fan Neng knew that he was outnumbered and tried to flee south to Xu Gong, But he was beheaded by Zhou Tai, the general of Xuzhou, on the way to escape, and the rest all surrendered, and Liu Xuan's forces, which had been entangled with the Xuzhou army for many years, were also completely wiped out.

In addition, there are two good news in Jiangnan that make Deputy Director Tao very satisfied, one is that the old subordinate of Tao Qian will be the inspector Taishou Wang Lang in view of the rampant power of the old lord, sooner or later he will come to the city to settle the old account and the new account, so he listened to the advice of the strategist Yu Zhongxiang, and took the initiative to send an envoy to contact Lu Su, to express his submission to the Xuzhou army, and was willing to accept the order of Deputy Director Tao, exercising the Xuzhou decree - I can't change people if I want to, and there are Xu Gong and Yan Baihu in the middle, and Deputy Director Tao has no choice but to be a favor.

Another good news comes from the personnel aspect, when on the battlefield in Hefei, Sun's old general Deng Dang was blinded by an arrow surnamed Cao and was captured by the Xuzhou army, and after the injury healed, the Xuzhou army was released, and returned to Fupo's hometown to live in seclusion, and then Sun Ben and Wu Jing were killed by Xiao Yuan Sangong to only one Sun Shangxiang, and Sun Quan's close relationship with Yuan Shujun's tooth general Lu Meng was worried about being implicated, so he found an opportunity to flee back to Fupo's hometown to meet with Deng Dang, and saw that the brother-in-law who had been thought to have died was still alive, He also learned from Deng Dang's mouth about the so-called benevolence and righteousness of Deputy Director Tao, and Lu Meng, who was unwilling to be lonely, instigated Deng Dang to go out of the mountain again, and Uncle Lang led more than 100 villagers to go south to Zhang Zhao, and also became Deputy Director Tao's accomplice lackey.

The good news spread several times, Deputy Director Tao of course smiled very happily, but the next day, there was another good news sent to the Xuzhou camp, Xuzhou general Zang Ba was ordered to attack the plains, collect the remaining Qingzhou land promised by Yuan Shang to Xuzhou, trapped in the plains of Qingzhou Wang Xiu loyal to Yuan Although he refused to cede the last Qingzhou land, but the soldiers were not Zang Ba's opponents at all, and the Jizhou Yuan army controlled by Yuan Shang refused to send troops to rescue, and was easily broken by the Xuzhou division led by Zang Ba, And it only took ten days to take the lonely city of the plain that Wang Xiu defended, after the city was broken, Wang Xiu was captured, and became a prisoner of Xuzhou for the second time, and the whole territory of Qingzhou finally fell into the clutches of Deputy Director Tao, and Zang Ba's partial division also became a sharp knife pointed by the Xuzhou army to the hinterland of Jizhou, which can be inserted into the hinterland of Jizhou, which is in fact extremely empty.

Of course, there is good news and bad news, just when Deputy Director Tao got carried away in order to blossom on the third line of the army's victory, a bad news was also sent to Deputy Director Tao - Xuzhou made a detailed report, Cao Laoda, who was blocked in Runan, took advantage of the opportunity of Yuan Tan's main force to go north to Guandu, gathered the last Runan soldiers and horses to break through to the north, and prepared to flee to Sili Guanzhong to meet with Zhong Xuan and Wei Chong's remnants, and went to Guanzhong Sili to bully the weak and plot to make a comeback, indirectly blocked the escape road of Cao Boss for the Xuzhou army, and Cao Boss, who has always had a bad relationship with Liu Biao, did not dare to risk going north at full speed, and was forced to temporarily stay in the Xiping area.

Although Liu Pan was temporarily blocked in the area of Xiping and Wuyang, one thing is certain, as long as Boss Cao received the news that Yuan Tan had been defeated in Guandu, then Boss Cao would definitely break through at full speed by any means, or break through by force at any cost, or contact Liu Pan to seek peace, and pass through Liu Pan's defense area through negotiation - after all, Deputy Director Tao had already re-declared war on Cao Jun under the pretext that Boss Cao had intervened in the civil war of the Yuan brothers, and he had taken the isolated Liangdi of Cao Jun as soon as he made a move.

No one knows better than Deputy Director Tao the dangers of letting Boss Cao slip into Sili Guanzhong, considering that Ma Teng, Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang all have beautiful daughters, and also considering that the current father-in-law Yuan Sangong left behind the state may be taken advantage of, and considering that Uncle Liu Huang's whereabouts are still unknown, it is likely to seize this chaotic opportunity to fish in troubled waters again and make a comeback, after receiving this news, Deputy Director Tao immediately convened a group of bad strategists to discuss the military situation, and prepared to immediately send troops to Xuchang to pull out the last nail of Yuan Tan's army in the south of Yanzhou, Don't give Uncle Liu another chance to fish in troubled waters, and also drive Boss Cao back to the ghost place of Runan who is about to be completely trapped by the Xuzhou army.

Immediately send troops to Xuchang This point Xuzhou bad breed strategists have no opinion, this time the Guandu battle Xuzhou army is all opportunistic, not only the loss is not big, the army is not too tired, but also in the Yuan Tan army camp captured a large number of grain and grass military supplies, immediately sent troops to Xuchang There is no problem, but Deputy Director Tao had the luxury of blocking Cao Laoda's team in Runan, and the Xuzhou strategists frowned together.

"Lord, if our army wants to block the road of Cao Thief's northward escape, I'm afraid there is little hope." Liu Ye shook his head and said: "It's too late in time and distance, not to mention that the Cao thief team has arrived in Xiping four days ago, and now it may have passed through Liu Pan's Yexian defense area, even if the Cao thief has not dared to act rashly, we are afraid it will be too late, there are two hundred miles from Guandu to Xuchang, and Xuchang to Wuyang, Yexian and Luyang, which can block the road of Cao Thief, are all nearly two hundred miles, such a long distance, and there are complex terrain sections west of Lishui on the way, When the team of our army to intercept is in place, I am afraid that the Cao thief will have slipped away a long time ago. ”

"Not only is it too late, but it may also lead to other accidents." Shi Yi also warned: "The 10,000 reinforcements sent by Liu Biao to Yuan Tan will no longer take a step north when they arrive in Ye County, although it is clear that they want to be the grass on the wall to watch the fire from the other side, and then decide whether to continue to reinforce Yuan Tan depending on the situation, or to hold the throat of Ye County, and beware of our army attacking Nanyang, but Xiping, Wuyang and Luyang are all too close to Ye County, especially Luyang is currently governed by Jingzhou officials, and our army sent troops to intercept Cao Thief, which is likely to provoke a full-scale war in Jingxu, and the consequences will not only be unpredictable, will definitely give Liu Bei, who the lord hates the most, more opportunities to fish in troubled waters. ”

Deputy Director Tao thought about it carefully and found that it was also true that if he started a full-scale war with the Jingzhou army now, although he was not afraid, he would definitely cheapen Uncle Liu and Yuan Tan for nothing - especially Uncle Liu Huang, in the whole world, I am afraid that there is no second person who wants Jingxu to go to war more than Uncle Liu. At the same time, at this time, it will provoke a full-scale war in Jingxu, which will also be very detrimental to the northern front strategy of the Xuzhou army, so that the Xuzhou army will not be able to put the maximum strength into the northern battlefield.

Thinking about this, Deputy Director Tao couldn't help but be a little disappointed, and said, "In this way, we can only watch Cao Thief slip away?" This allowed Cao Thief to escape to Guanzhong smoothly, Zhang Lu, Ma Teng, Liu Zhang and Yuan Tan, who can be his opponent? Could it be that the thief really wants to make a comeback and come to embarrass us again? ”

This time, including Jia Lao's poison, they all nodded slightly, admitting that it was difficult for the army to stop Cao Lao's comeback, but Xun Chen, who was about to return to his hometown, suddenly opened his mouth and said: "Lord, you have one less prince, if you let Cao thief escape to Guanzhong and Sili, Jingzhou Liu Biao will also be threatened, and Sili will also border Jingzhou." ”

Deputy Director Tao glanced at Xun Chen very strangely, and said with a smile: "Mr. Youruo pays attention to such trivial matters, could it be that there is a clever plan to teach me?" ”

"I don't dare to be a clever plan, it's just a humble opinion." Xun Chen said politely: "The words of Mr. Ziyang and Mr. Ziyu are indeed reasonable, if our army wants to intercept the Cao thief team by itself, it is indeed too late in time and distance, and it may also cause a full-scale conflict between our army and the Jingzhou army." But....... ”

Speaking of this, Xun Chen smiled slightly and added: "But lord, why haven't you considered borrowing Liu Pan's hand to intercept Cao Thief's breakthrough road?" ”

"Borrow Liu Pan's hand to stop the Cao thief?" Deputy Director Tao was surprised and said, "Is it possible?" Liu Pan is here to help Yuan Tan start a war against us, how can he help us intercept Cao Thief? ”

"Possibly!" Jia Lao's eyes lit up, and he said quickly: "Lord, there is this possibility, Liu Pan is now our honorary enemy, and Cao Mengde is also the de facto enemy of the Jingzhou army, and the hatred between Cao Mengde and the Jingzhou army is much more than the conflict between our army and the Jingzhou army!" As long as we grasp this point and make a big fuss, and then understand the reason for the Jingzhou army to let the tiger return to the mountain, it may not be impossible for the Jingzhou army to block Cao Mengde's escape path for us! ”

Hearing this, Liu Ye and Shiyi glanced at each other in surprise, and found that they had forgotten to consider this, since the self-army could not send troops to intercept Boss Cao, why couldn't they consider using the Jingzhou army, which also had an enmity with Boss Cao, to intercept Boss Cao? And Deputy Director Tao was overjoyed at first, but after careful calculation, Deputy Director Tao made a bitter face and said: "Although there is this possibility, it is still too late in time, the distance from Xuchang to Jingzhou is farther, and when our envoy persuaded Liu Biao to order the interception of Cao Thief, Cao Thief may have fled to Luoyang." ”

"Don't worry, lord, we can let Liu Pan stop the Cao thief first, and then persuade Liu Biao to give this order." Xun Chen said: "Chen suggested that the lord might as well send an envoy to Ye County first, and then to Jingzhou, under the pretext of expressing goodwill to the Jingzhou army, asking to get along with Liu Jingsheng in Jingzhou, and taking the opportunity to bribe Liu Pan with gold and silver property, so that he could use the excuse to retaliate against the Cao thief for entering Jingzhou several times, and make every effort to intercept the Cao thief's breakthrough road, and then the envoy continued to stop, and persuaded Liu Biao to agree to intercept it with the reason of raising tigers, and even join forces with our army to eliminate the Cao thief!" ”

"Is it possible that Liu Pan was bought by us?" Deputy Director Tao was still a little worried, and turned to Liu Ye, who was in charge of intelligence next to him, and asked, "Ziyang, how is our army's intelligence collection on Liu Pan?" Do you know what faction Liu Pan belongs to in Jingzhou? ”

"Liu Pan's status in Jingzhou is not very high, so our army has not collected much information, only know that he is Liu Biao's subordinate, why was he accepted by Liu Biao as a subordinate, whether he is greedy for money and lustful, our army has not carefully investigated." Liu Ye replied: "But one thing is certain, Liu Pan is definitely not the Cai Mao and Huang Zu factions that are hostile to our army, otherwise, with Liu Pan's identity as a subordinate of Liu Biao, he would not be the commander of the cavalry today." ”

"In this way, our army still has some hope for him to be bribed?" Deputy Director Tao was overjoyed, and said on the spot: "Just do it, although the success is still uncertain, but there is only one hope, we will do our best!" Immediately arrange a messenger and ask him to go to visit Liu Pan with a heavy gift, and persuade Liu Pan to intercept the Cao thief for our army! You say, 'Who should you send?!' ”

Deputy Director Tao is the candidate for the envoy, and of course the four bad strategists in Xuzhou are the first to think of Yang Changshi, the diplomatic ace of Xuzhou who has repeatedly created miracles, but considering that this envoy not only has to visit Liu Pan, but also continues to go south to meet Liu Biao, Yang Changshi, who has become an enemy with Cai Mao's brothers, has of course become inappropriate, so after a little discussion, several bad strategists said together: "Lord, Mr. Jiang Gan should be sent as an envoy, Mr. Ziyi is a famous man in Jiujiang, who is quite prestigious in Shilin, and is having an appetite for Liu Jingsheng, who loves fame and fame. Sending Mr. Ziyi as an envoy can get twice the result with half the effort. ”

"Jiang Gan?" Deputy Director Tao, who was brainwashed by Luo Guanzhong, was a little hesitant, but after a little thought, Deputy Director Tao found that even if our Mr. Jiang Gan was tricked again, he might not be able to hide his eyes, so Deputy Director Tao quickly nodded and said: "Okay, go quickly to Mr. Ziyi to come to the big tent to discuss matters, and I want to explain to him in person - especially to remind him to keep the letters, and don't listen to the nonsense of an ugly guy surnamed Pang." ”

............ "Ahh Ahh "Hundreds of miles away in Yexian County, an ugly civil official with a black nose and a black face sneezed twice in a row, rubbed his nose, and muttered that someone must be scolding me behind my back, and then picked up the wine glass, lay on the mat and drank it, not even bothering to look at the mountain of official documents piled on the bookcase.

"General Liu has arrived." At this time, the sound of the chief shouting sounded outside the door, but the ugly civil official still refused to get up, but continued to drink. Immediately afterwards, Liu Biao, who is currently the commander-in-chief of Yexian County's military and political affairs, strode into the room from his son Liu Pan, and saw the ugly civil official lying on the table drinking, and refused to even look at himself, let alone get up and pay his subordinates a salute, Liu Pan was not angry, just smiled bitterly and shook his head, and then sat down opposite the ugly civil official, and then said: "Mr. Shiyuan, you are right, Cao Thief sent a messenger again, or begged our army to get out of the way." ”

"What did you bring to the general this time?" The ugly civil servant asked with a smile.

Liu Pan looked left and right, and then lowered his voice and said: "One hundred catties of gold and silver, three pairs of jade walls and jade buckets, thirty pearls the size of pigeon eggs, ten night pearls, and ten beauties." ”

"Sure enough, I was willing to pay the price." The ugly civil official smiled, knocked his right leg on his left leg, shook it and said: "If the general is here to ask for a plan, I will still say the same thing, don't accept it, return it as it is, and don't let go of the way, and then continue to strengthen the defense of the checkpoint, and double the number of troops." ”

"Sir, you still want to let you want to get away with it?" Liu Pan was a little surprised, and said, "The price offered by Cao Thief this time is not low. ”

"The price can still go up." The ugly civil official continued to sway his feet and said: "Although Cao Thief is now at the end of the road, he is now only short of food, grass and army, and he is not short of gold, silver and jewelry, especially rare treasures in the world. When the Cao thief was forced to withdraw from Xuchang before, Tao Ying kept his promise to allow him to leave with his family and belongings in order to continue to cheat and abduct, and those best treasures are still in the hands of the Cao thief. ”

After that, the ugly civil official smiled slightly and said: "If my expectations are correct, the general will refuse the Cao thief envoy as soon as possible, and the Cao thief envoy will definitely kneel and beg the general to ask for a price, and he will promise that no matter what kind of price the general offers, the Cao thief will definitely try his best to meet it." ”

Liu Pan smiled, nodded first, and then lowered his voice and asked, "Mr. Shiyuan, then in your opinion, what kind of concession price should we offer?" ”

"I haven't figured out what kind of price to give way to." The ugly civil official yawned and said, "But now is not the time for us to make an offer, wait a little longer, and when the thief can only kneel down and beg us, I will consider how to make an offer for the general." ”

"When the thief kneels down and begs us?" Liu Pan was a little puzzled and said, "Sir, please don't joke for a while, when is it?" Please sir? ”

"Of course, it will be when Tao Ying destroys the thieves and breaks through Guandu and the soldiers come to Xuchang City." The ugly civil official finally put away his cynical arrogant smile, and said: "Yuan Tan is not Tao Ying's opponent of the thief, even with the help of Xuande Gong and Zhuge Kongming, Yuan Tan cannot be Tao Ying's opponent of the thief, the difference in strength is too huge, and it is not possible for personal wisdom to recover, and the wisdom of Tao Ying and Jia Xu's old fox may not be under Zhuge Kongming!" So the general just waited with confidence, while resolutely blocking the road for the Cao thief to escape, while waiting for the pottery thief to hit Xuchang, at that time, the general did not say that he wanted the gold and silver jewelry of the Cao thief, but also the wife of the Cao thief, and the Cao thief must immediately offer it with both hands! ”

Liu Pan smiled even more happily, and said to the ugly civil official: "Thank you Mr. for your advice, it is really the first luck in Pan's life to be able to get Mr. to join the army this time." ”

"Don't thank me, if you want to thank Zhuge Xuan, thank Zhuge Xuan." The ugly civil official yawned again and said: "If it weren't for Zhuge Xuan's recommendation to Liu Jingsheng, if it weren't for Liu Jingsheng's forcible recruitment of me as an official, I wouldn't have come here, and I happened to have such an opportunity to help the young general rip off the bamboo." ”

After finishing speaking, the ugly civil official smiled again and added: "By the way, there is one thing I must first congratulate the young general, in order to respond to the annihilation and far-sightedness of the gang of thieves, it is very likely that a messenger will also be sent to contact the major general, and implore the major general to block the escape path of the Cao thief on his behalf, so congratulations to the young general, this time maybe you can finish eating the upper house and eat the next home." ”

(To be continued)