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Abducted the first barely famous accomplice and lackey Xu Sheng back to Xuzhou City, Tao Ying's first thing was, of course, to think about Tao Qian's Ming Kaiyang and his party, as well as the reply given by Zang Ba, and then Tao Ying exchanged the third key, and at the same time asked Tao Qian for an order, ready to lead the gentlemen's army, which is now barely more than eight hundred, to the south to harvest the head of Xuzhou's number one traitor, Zhenrong.

Out of habit, Tao Ying didn't think too much about it when he asked for the order, and thought that Tao Qian would agree to his request without even blinking his eyelids as before, but to Tao Ying's surprise, Tao Qian actually refused this time, and angrily reprimanded: "No! Ying'er, are you stupid again, planning to go to Guangling to die in vain? ”

"Father, do you really distrust children so much?" Tao Ying asked with a wry smile: "The child has just asked for the order to go on the expedition, how can my father conclude that the child's southern expedition to Guangling was sent to death in vain?" ”

"You are only a mere 800 cavalry, do you know how many soldiers and horses there are in Zhenrong?" Tao Qian said angrily: "You still have the face to say that you know yourself and know that you are invincible, you don't even know how many people, horses, money and food are in Zhenrong, and you dare to lead a mere 800 people to crusade against him?!" ”

"The father is bad, and the soldiers and horses who are melting the children know." Tao Ying put away his smile and said in a deep voice: "When the thieves went south to Guangling, they brought more than 10,000 soldiers and 3,000 horses from Xiapi. Later, Zhenrong Xiaoer used a plan to kill Zhao Yu, the Taishou of Guangling, and incorporated 3,000 infantry under the command of Zhao Yu, nearly 2,000 sailors, and recently Zhenrong annihilated the thieves who were afraid that his father would send troops to conscript, and frantically expanded the armament, and got about 5,000 soldiers and horses, and now Zhenrong Xiaoer's soldiers and horses in Guangling County are conservatively estimated to be more than 16,000 people, including at least 4,000 cavalry. ”

"You know you're going to die?" Tao Qian reprimanded: "Zhenrong Xiao'er betrayed his lord and was ungrateful, killed officials under his father's command without permission, and occupied his father's land, do you think that his father doesn't want to levy him?" But now our soldiers and horses in Xuzhou, including your 800 gentlemen's army, have a total strength of more than 15,000, and they have to protect the local states and counties, and they have to prevent foreign enemies from entering the country, so they have no spare strength to conquer Zhenrong Xiao'er, so they swallowed their anger for his father, and sat back and watched him show off his power in Guangling and poison the living beings! You led an army of 800 gentlemen south to conquer him, didn't you send him to death in vain? ”

"Father, soldiers are expensive, not too expensive. Will be noble, not brave. Tao Ying smiled and said: "Although there are many soldiers and horses in Zhenrong children, they are mostly rabble, the army is uneven, morale is low, and they are scattered in the same way, especially the Guangling old soldiers who are incorporated by Zhenrong children, and Zhenrong is even more inseparable, but they are forced to succumb to the thieves, and if they are defeated, these old Xuzhou troops will inevitably turn against each other and become the help of our army." ”

"There are also 5,000 new recruits recruited by Zhenrong Xiaoer, those who have never seen blood at all, and those who have never seen blood, chickens and dogs, are just greedy for Zhenrong children's money, food, and cloth, so they are put into the Zhenrong army, at most they can only play an auxiliary role, move grain and grass for Zhenrong children, build camps, and when they arrive at the battlefield, they will inevitably be dizzy and can't find the north, not to mention the threat to children, and if they don't drag their hind legs on the battlefield, they can sing Amitabha Buddha."

Speaking of this, Tao Ying paused for a moment, and then concluded: "So the child thinks that the child goes south to conquer Zhenrong Xiao'er, and the enemy he actually has to deal with is only about 5,000 troops brought by Zhenrong Xiao'er from Xiapi to Guangling. At the same time, although these 5,000 troops are all henchmen fed by Zhenrong Xiao'er with money, food and property, they are all old Xuzhou troops, and they have been favored by their father for a long time, and they may not be able to work together with Zhenrong Xiao'er, and their combat effectiveness will inevitably be greatly reduced, and it is not difficult for the child to break his self-confidence. ”

"On paper! Paper! Tao Ying has analyzed the situation to this point, Tao Qian still refuses to let go, but just scolds him: "Do you have to learn from Zhao Kuohu?" What rabble, what military discord, it's all empty talk! The soldiers and horses of Zhenrong Xiao'er have never seen blood, has your gentleman's army seen blood? ”

"Back to my father, the Junzi Army has seen blood, and more than once." Tao Ying's calm answer surprised Tao Qian.

"Huh?" Tao Qian paused, and hurriedly asked, "What do you mean by this?" How can a father not understand? ”

"On June 18, the child led an army of 400 gentlemen, and within one day, he ran 230 miles, penetrated deep into the territory of Yuzhou, and attacked the Yellow Turban thief He Yibu who was entrenched in the east and west of Yuzhou City at night." Tao Ying recited slowly: "Beheaded Zhang Rui, the general of the He Parliament, killed more than 600 thieves, captured 52 war horses, countless money and grain, and withdrew to Wuxian County within a day." During this period, only one soldier of the child's gentleman's army was killed and ten wounded. ”

"On June 25, the child and the third brother led another 400 gentlemen's troops, ran 210 miles in one day, penetrated deep into Chenguo County, Yuzhou, and attacked the Yellow Turban Thief Huang Shao Department entrenched in the area of Lai Township, Ku County. Because the soldiers were careless in touching the sentry, they were detected by the Yellow Turban thieves, and the thieves led about 4,000 soldiers to fight, and the children fought and retreated, killing about 600 thieves, forcing the thieves to flee and seizing a number of weapons and flags. Two soldiers of the Gentleman's Army were killed and twelve wounded. ”

"On the sixth day of the seventh month, the child and the third brother once again led the army of five hundred gentlemen to the expedition, and in seven hours they ran for more than 140 miles, penetrated deep into the south of Xiapi County, and raided the thief Huang Yuanhu who was entrenched in the Lingbi area, beheaded Huang Yuanhu, and annihilated all 391 of his troops, none of the thieves escaped, and captured 16 war horses, and countless money and food! No of the children's gentlemen's army were killed, and only two were slightly wounded. ”

"You killed that group of bandits?" Tao Qian stood up in surprise, glared at his son and said, "How did Xu Tan, the general of Xiapi, report that he killed him?" ”

Tao Ying smiled, and Cao Hong next to him also smiled, stepped forward and hugged his fist to Tao Qian and said: "Please forgive the lord, worry about the bandits, the last general has the courage to deceive you, in fact, the second son is afraid that the bandits were indeed exterminated by the second son, but the second son is afraid of startling the snake and exposing the combat strength of the gentleman's army, so he ordered the last general to give the credit to General Xu Tan, and General Xu Tan coveted the reward of the lord, so he coveted the great merit of the son!" ”

Tao Qian's eyes widened, he looked at his son in disbelief, and asked in great surprise for a long time: "Wu'er, you shouldn't be deceiving your father, right?" In one day, can you run for more than 200 miles, and still have the strength to fight? ”

"The child doesn't dare to deceive his father, what the child said is all true, if the father doesn't believe it, the head cut off by the child and the captured banners and armor are all hidden in Wuxian County, and the father can send someone to check at any time." Tao Ying smiled even more proudly, and said: "As for the reason why the child can run hundreds of miles and still have the strength to fight, these are all the credit of those so-called inferior horses and Hun horses, Hun horses are not good at charging, but they are the best at long-distance running, not to mention only more than 200 miles, even if they run for 300 miles, Hun horses can still go into battle." ”

Tao Qian was completely shocked, Tao Qian has not been in battle to fight, let alone does not understand military affairs, but because Tao Qian has fought in battle, and has a fairly good military experience, Tao Qian felt even more incredible, running more than 200 miles in one day, and still having enough spare strength to challenge several times his own enemy, and further win the battle, such an army, Tao Qian don't say that he has not seen it, or he has never heard of it!

"Father, please let the child go." Tao Ying struck while the iron was hot, and quickly pleaded: "The child has thought twice, the three battles that the Junzi Army fought before were just small fights, and they are in urgent need of a decent training opponent to hone and exercise, Zhenrong Xiao'er has a lot of soldiers and horses, and it is the ideal training object, if the child can break it in a battle, not only can he recover the important town of Guangling with abundant money and food for his father, but the Junzi Army of the child can also take the opportunity to accumulate experience in fighting with the large corps, which is conducive to the rapid growth and expansion of the Junzi Army." ”

Tao Qian still didn't speak, and after a long time, Tao Qian sat down again, stared at Tao Ying and said: "Wu'er, for my father and aunt, I believe that your three battles are true, but Zhenrong is not as good as He Yi and Huang Shao's rabble, most of the troops under Zhenrong's command are old officers and soldiers who have been trained by the army, they are experienced and equipped, and their troops are more than ten or twenty times more than yours. ”

"Father, you're saying the opposite." Tao Ying smiled arrogantly: "The person who hits the stone with an egg is not a child, it is a child!" The only thing that the child is worried about now is that the child does not dare to go out of the city to fight with the child, and if the city is closed, the child will have to waste a lot of hands and feet. But even if the child can't defend it, it doesn't matter, the child has a sharp weapon specially used to attack the city, and he can just use the dragon to practice. ”

Tao Qian couldn't help but completely take this son's arrogance, and after thinking about it for a while, Tao Qian finally said: "Okay, my father agreed to your southern expedition, but my father has one condition, that is, you must come back alive, once the battle situation is unfavorable, you must flee back immediately, you can't be greedy for merit, let alone think about martyrdom!" If you die in battle, not only will you not have the opportunity to start over, but there will be no successor for your father. ”

"On this point, I am even more relieved to ask my father." Tao Ying laughed heartlessly, "The Junzi Army trained by the child may still be lacking in combat effectiveness, but when it comes to the ability to escape and escape, the Junzi Army claims to be the second in the world, and no one dares to claim to be the first in the world!" Including the big-eared thief, the master of life preservation on the battlefield, will definitely be willing to bow down when he encounters our gentleman's army. ”

"Wu'er, where did you get such confidence?" Tao Qian shook his head and sighed, and after a little calculation, Tao Qian said again: "That's it, since my son insists on going, my father will also give you a chance to show your strength, and send Zhang Zhen and Lu You to lead 5,000 troops with you to go south for your father to conquer and destroy the thieves." ”

"I don't need my father to send more troops, and it is enough to give the child another thousand infantry." Tao Ying said lightly: "Let's not say that our Xuzhou army is now precious, and we can't send too many troops south, even if they go, they will only drag the child's hind legs, but let the child be tied." ”

"Nonsense! Megalomaniacal child! Tao Qian couldn't help but scolded, "Eight hundred cavalry and one thousand infantry, to fight 16,000 enemies, or take the initiative to attack, but also to attack the city, do you think you have come back to life?" Jiang Ziya reincarnated? ”

"You're really right, I'm really reincarnated." Tao Ying muttered in his heart, and said helplessly: "Father, the child really doesn't need so many soldiers and horses, now our Xuzhou vitality is greatly damaged, money and food are in short supply, and we have to support the burden of the big-eared thief, the money and food and military resources are getting more and more stretched, and the child really can't bear to add a burden to his father." ”

"This is a war, not a home life, you need to be careful in terms of money and food!" Tao Qian refused to give in, and scolded again: "Besides, you are the first time to go to the battlefield, the first time to fight such a large-scale battle, there are not a few veterans who are old in the army to accompany you on the expedition, how dare you rest assured for your father?" In a word, if you insist on taking only 800 gentlemen to ride the southern expedition, then the father will retract what he just said and will not allow you to go on the expedition! ”

"I really shouldn't have consulted with the old man." Tao Ying muttered again in his heart, and at the same time had to make concessions, and said helplessly: "Okay, just ask my father to send a veteran general to lead the army to accompany the child on the expedition, but there is really no need for 5,000 troops, 1,000 infantry is enough, and they don't need to go into battle to kill the enemy, escort the child and escort grain and grass, and clean up the battlefield, it's useless to send too much." ”

"I didn't know you had such confidence." Tao Qian sighed, and had no choice but to give in, "Two thousand steps to ride, for my father to send Zhang Ji to lead two thousand steps to accompany you on the southern expedition, don't fight again." Zhang Zhen is a native of Danyang, and has accompanied Cao Bao to fight for many years, with him, your safety is also guaranteed. ”

"Two thousand is two thousand." Tao Ying was even more helpless, and hurriedly said: "But the child wants to command, and General Zhang Yu must obey the child's command, and he can't hinder the child." ”

"Whatever you want." Tao Qian couldn't resist his beloved son, so he had to sigh and agree, and then ordered: "It's still the same sentence, it doesn't matter if you win or lose, come back alive for your father." ”

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Tao Ying Tao Qian thought that there were too many soldiers and horses dragging his feet, but the unlucky General Zhang Zhi didn't think so, that evening, after Tao Qian summoned Zhang Zhen to issue an order, General Zhang Zhen's first reaction was to jump up, killing a pig and screaming: "Lord, you kill the last general now, let the last general lead two thousand soldiers and horses to accompany the second son to the south, to conquer almost 20,000 troops of the Rong dog thief!" And attack the fortified city of Guangling! Even if the last general has the ability to penetrate the heavens and the earth, he can't do it! ”

"I don't blame you if you can't fight, you are just a deputy, listen to the command of the old man's dog, no matter how badly you lose, all the sins will be borne by the old man's dog." Tao Qian said with a straight face: "The old man has only one task to give you, that is, to protect Ying'er to return safely, as long as Ying'er can come back alive, you will lose all the 2,000 soldiers and horses and the 800 gentlemen's army, and the old man will also give you a great credit!" ”

"If so, he will obey." Zhang Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and said in his heart that this is about the same, two thousand troops to protect the second son alone, it should be absolutely enough, but my lord, loves his second son enough, and he is willing to take so much money and food for the second son? It seems that I have to seize the opportunity of this southern expedition and strive to have a good relationship with the second son.

No matter how secretive Deputy Director Tao's actions were, it was destined to be impossible to hide from everyone's eyes and ears with such a big move from the Southern Expedition, so it was only the morning of the next day that the news that Deputy Director Tao was preparing to lead a 2,800-strong army to the southern expedition to Guangling spread in Xuzhou City.

Hearing the news, of course the Mi Zhu and Mi brothers laughed out of tears, and Mi Fang, who had always come to see Tao Ying, laughed loudly while leaning forward and back, and said happily: "Hahahahaha......!" Ok, good, good! Tao Yingxiao'er is so self-conscious, we can save a lot of hands and feet, Zhenrong, Zhenrong, although I have always been at odds with you, but this time, I really have to wish you a victory, and kill Tao Yingxiaoer to death. ”

Mi Zhu was relatively calm, and after laughing, he quickly settled down, and instructed Mi Fang, who was still laughing: "Brother Xian, don't be happy first, immediately send someone to send the news to Xiao Pei, so that Xuande Gong knows about it." Also, let you buy that Zhang Hang is ready to do it, first let Tao Qian's old child's condition gradually worsen, and when the news of Tao Ying'er's beheading by Zhen Rong comes back to Xuzhou, Tao Qian'er suddenly dies violently, and someone will carry the black pot. ”

Mi Fang laughed again, and immediately picked up the pen to Liu Bei to write, Mi Zhu added, "Brother Xian, at the end of the letter, remember to make it clear to Xuande Gong that Tao Qian Lao'er did not summon you and my brother alone during this time, nor did he pass on the key to the throne in advance in front of you and my brother. ”

"I've said it several times, so I don't need to mention it this time, right?" Mi Fang said casually without raising her head.

"Be sure to mention it, don't let Xuande Gong misunderstand us." Mi Zhu ignored his brother's opposition, and at the same time Mi Zhu was also very depressed, Liu Bei had already mentioned the matter twice in letters and in front of Mi Fang - could it be that the benevolent and loyal Xuande Gong also had suspicions, suspecting that his brother was actually Tao Qian's person from the beginning - what his brother did during this time was just to give Xuande Gong a little hope, temporarily appease Xuande Gong, and then tie Xuande Gong as a dog in Xuzhou as a guard dog, and then Tao Qian's father and son took the opportunity to spend this period of weakness?

Still hearing the news, Chen Qi and Chen Deng, the father and son of the head snake, were silent for a long time, and then Chen Deng bowed his hand to Chen Qi and said: "Father, it seems that our father and son have overestimated Tao Yinggongzi, and the child suggests that it is time for us to get closer to Xuande Gong." ”

Chen Qi sat upright and was silent, and only sighed after a long time: "Unwillingly, I only moved closer to Xuande Gong at this time, and I was destined to be overwhelmed by the Mizhu brothers." ”

"Father, the child is also unwilling, but this is the time, and the momentum is also." Chen Deng also sighed: "I can't imagine that the second son is so self-defeating, insisting on bringing such a small number of troops south to conquer Guangling, if he unfortunately dies in battle, our father and son insist on assisting the Tao family, it will be a disaster for themselves." Even if the second son can come back alive, it is estimated that he will not be able to sit firmly in the position of Xuzhou Thorn History in the future, if our father and son do not make a decision early, the weight in Xuzhou in the future will be even worse than that of the Mi Zizhong brothers. ”

Chen Jue nodded slowly, admitting that his son was reasonable, and after careful consideration, Chen Jue instructed: "Yuanlong, you can arrange the matter of contacting Xuande Gong, but you must keep it secret and don't let outsiders know." ”

Chen Deng agreed, but Chen Jue said: "Also, immediately send two thousand Hu military rations to the second son, if the second son can't come back, it will be the last loyalty of our Chen family for the Tao family." If the second son returns triumphantly, then we also have a way out. ”

"The child understands." Chen Deng respectfully agreed, and said with a smile: "If the second son can really return triumphantly, it will be a miracle." But it is also appropriate to be loyal to Dow to the last time. ”

Also hearing this news, Cao Bao and other civil and military officials in Xuzhou, who were loyal to Tao Qian, were in a big mess, and they wrote books and tables one after another, persuading Tao Qian to take back his life and not let Tao Qian's only more successful son go to death in vain. And Cao Bao's reaction was the most intense, and the first thing he did after hearing the news was to call the unlucky General Zhang Zhi in front of him, pointing at Zhang Xu's nose and ordering: "No matter how miserable you lose, you have to bring the second son back to me safely!" If the second son loses a hair, don't blame me for not remembering decades of friendship! ”

"The general can rest assured, the lord has also had a similar order, and the last general is to give up his surname and not to protect the son's safe return." Zhang Yu agreed, and asked curiously: "General, why do you care so much about the second son?" The last general heard that the second son rejected your marriage intentions. ”

"You know!" Cao Bao roared angrily, and then lowered his voice and said: "You and I are both from Danyang, and it doesn't hurt to tell you something - when the lord handed me the key to keep the throne documents, he took my hand and told me repeatedly, saying that his son is still young, and Xuzhou is in internal and external troubles. This is enough to prove that the lord didn't want to give Xuzhou to the big-eared thief at all, but just wanted to pass Xuzhou to one of his sons! Tell me, which of the two sons has the most likely name to appear in that succession document? ”

"Of course it's the second son." Zhang Zhen, who is also a loyal minister of the Tao family, said without hesitation: "Although the second prince is young and vigorous and does not measure his own strength, he is also a hundred times better than the eldest son. The lord is not stupid, so he naturally knows how to choose. ”

"Now you understand how important the second son is?" Cao Bao said in a low voice: "So for us old people in Danyang, as long as we keep the second son, we don't have to worry about what will happen to the lord in a hundred years." But if the second son has any mistakes, the eldest son is cowardly and useless, and the lord has the idea of giving up Xuzhou to the big-eared thief again, we, the old men of Danyang, will really have an uncertain future! ”

"The last will understand." Zhang Zhen nodded vigorously and said solemnly: "General rest assured, for the sake of the lord and for us old men in Danyang, the last general will definitely do his best to protect the son." ”

Cao Bao also nodded, then sighed again and muttered, "Second son, why are you so stupid?" If you don't take this risk, you don't have to worry about it in the future, and we Danyang old people don't need to worry. ”

"Father's ——!"

Before Cao Bao's words fell, a young girl had already screamed and stumbled in, rushed to Cao Bao and screamed loudly: "Father, I heard, I heard that the nerd is going south to conquer Guangling, and he only brought less than 3,000 soldiers to conquer the old thief of Zhenrong!" Is it true? Father, why don't you dissuade? ”

"If only I could persuade it." Cao Bao smiled bitterly, "Don't talk about me, even the lord can't persuade me, Ling'er, you just accept your fate, for the father, I will choose a better one for you." ”