As the so-called newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, wealth can not be silver, and power can not be bent, Liu Xun's eldest son, Liu Wei, who has just turned 25 this year, was unfortunately captured alive by Deputy Director Tao's accomplice lackeys, and he held his head high to Liu Xun and Huainan soldiers to fight for a lot of face, no matter whether Deputy Director Tao's accomplices and lackeys were punched and kicked or threatened with knives and axes, verbal abuse or coercion and temptation, they never snorted and groaned to show weakness, let alone open their mouths to say half a sentence to beg for mercy and softness. It is enough to make the last Huainan important minister Yang Hong, who was unfortunately captured alive by Deputy Director Tao, die of shame ten times and eight times!

Of course, this is also an exaggeration, Yang Changshi, who is on par with Deputy Director Tao, definitely does not have such a narrow temperament, nor does he have such a narrow mind that does not know current affairs.

However, it is also a pity that no matter how powerful Major General Liu Wei is, since he was unfortunately captured alive by the enemy on the battlefield, there are basically only two ends waiting for Major General Liu Wei, one is to surrender on his knees like Lord Yang Hong, and live patiently waiting for the opportunity to make a comeback; the second is to resist to the end like many heroes and heroes, shouting the slogan that he will be a hero again after 18 years, striding to the court to die; Only a very small number of lucky ones, like King Meng or General Yu Ban, were released or temporarily imprisoned. And our Major General Liu Wei has long been mentally prepared for this - he would rather die than give in, and die by scolding a thief!

The impassioned moment came far earlier than Major General Liu Wei imagined, the decisive battle of the main force had just ended, and there were still sporadic small-scale encirclement and anti-encirclement and suppression battles on the battlefield, Major General Liu Wei was escorted to the Xuzhou military camp, and was directly escorted to the Chinese army tent in the Xuzhou military camp. What surprised Major General Liu Wei even more was that the person sitting high on the middle of the Chinese army's big tent was a handsome man who was younger than him, still wearing a Confucian robe in the barracks full of golden iron horses and swords and guns, holding a roll of bamboo slips to taste tea and read quietly.

"Get on your knees!" The Xuzhou soldier who escorted Liu Wei shouted, kicked Liu Wei's knee, and saluted the young Confucian student: "Lord Qi, Liu Wei is escorted." ”

"He's Tao Ying's thief? So young! Although I have long heard that Tao Ying is not very old, but the young and promising Major General Liu Wei really didn't expect that Tao Ying in the Central Plains of Weizhen would be younger than himself, and at the same time Liu Wei tried to stand up straight, saying that he would not kneel down to Tao Ying to show weakness, and the Xuzhou soldiers who escorted Liu Wei were furious, and vigorously kicked Liu Wei's knees, and forced Liu Wei to kneel, Liu Wei struggled desperately, and roared angrily: "Let go of me, let go of me, I am the general of Yangzhou, not the head of the Xuzhou thief!" ”

"Xuzhou thief?" Tao Ying finally put down the bamboo slip that he pretended to be forced, and sneered at Liu Wei and said: "Bold puppet, now that he has been captured by my Xuzhou army, he still dares to speak out and insult the history of this assassination?" Aren't you afraid that I will give you an order to push you out of the gate and behead you to show the public? ”

"Kill if you want to, no need to say!" Liu Wei tried his best to raise his head and shouted: "There are only decapitated generals in Huainan, and there are no surrendered generals!" After I die, my father and my brother will avenge me and kill all the dog thieves in Xuzhou! ”

Of course, Tao Ying was reluctant to kill Liu Wei, but just smiled and said, "Why is the young general so eager to die? Isn't it a pity that the general is so young and young and so young that he will be killed? If the young general can be effective Yang Hong Yang Zhongming surrenders to me, I will naturally not treat you badly, of course, if the father of the major general, Liu Taishou, can ....... ”

"Shut up!" Before Tao Ying's words of persuasion were finished, Liu Wei had already roared again, and opened his mouth to spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm to Tao Ying, and roared angrily: "Hugh has to say that Yang Hong dog thief is cheap in front of me, Yang Hong dog thief betrays the lord to seek glory, and spoils my Huainan 130,000 army soldiers surnamed life, I can't wait to eat his flesh and sleep on his skin, how can I follow his example and bow to you Tao Ying thief?!" ”

Tao Ying pulled down his handsome face, looked at Liu Wei and snorted, and said: "Boy, you are crazy, and you are tough enough, very good, since you want to be tough to the end, then this history of thorns will fulfill you!" Push it out and cut it, and hang the head on the gate to show the public! ”

"No!" The Xuzhou soldiers, who had long seen that Liu Wei was not pleasing to their eyes, suddenly agreed, and Liu Wei did not speak, but took the initiative to stand up and turn around and leave. At this time, another person suddenly rushed in outside the big tent, but it was Bo Chen Ying, the army master who was Tao Ying's dispatch, holding a letter in his hand and his face was full of anxiety, and as soon as he passed by Liu Wei, he couldn't wait to shout: "Lord, something is wrong!" Gongsun Zhan took the opportunity of the main force of our army to go south, and suddenly sent 40,000 troops to attack Langya, Ju County was lost, and the whereabouts of Langya Xiang Xiao Jian are unknown, and life and death are unknown! General Changxuan, the commander of the cavalry, led the army to the rescue, but was also stabbed to death by Zhao Yun, the general of Gongsun Zhan's department! ”

"What?!" Tao Ying jumped up violently, his screams were full of panic, and Liu Wei, who had just passed by Chen Ying, showed ecstasy on his face, and his heart was full of schadenfreude, "Ha! Do you Tao Ying thief also have today? Gongsun Boqi attacked you behind you, and your main force is Huainan, what do I think you should do?! It's a pity that I didn't have a chance to see your Tao Ying thief roll back to Xuzhou. ”

Major General Liu Wei seemed to be pessimistic, when he was escorted to the court and knelt on the execution platform, Chen Ying, who was in a hurry with a book, hurriedly ran over again, first shouted to keep people under the knife, and then ordered the soldiers to untie Liu Wei, and respectfully invited Liu Wei back to the big tent of the Chinese army.

The second time I met with Major General Liu Wei, the realist Deputy Director Tao was like a different person, not only no longer coerced and enticed Liu Wei, but also asked the soldiers to prepare a banquet to entertain Liu Wei, and at the same time apologized for admitting his mistakes, saying that he was rude in his words, and regarded Major General Liu Wei as a despicable villain like Yang Hongchangshi, and offended Major General Liu Wei, please don't be surprised.

Although Liu Wei was tough on the lips, he naturally didn't want to lose his life for Xiao Yuan Sangong at a young age, and when he saw Tao Ying's kind and cordial attitude, he also said a few polite words to Tao Ying, and then said: "Wei Yi's defeated general, he will not kill the king's kindness, and Wei is grateful, but in the next sentence, Liu Wei's family has received the great favor of Yuan Gong, although they are broken, it is difficult to repay the great kindness of the lord, and they will never do anything to betray the lord's kindness!" ”

"The young general misunderstood, and he took the liberty to try it, he should know that the young general is a hero who is loyal and righteous, how dare he say words to offend the young general?" Deputy Director Tao's mouth was like honey on Liu Weilian's top hat, and then the tone of his words changed, and he said with a very cordial smile: "Actually, there is one more point that the young general misunderstands Tao Ying, Tao Ying raised troops to the south this time, in fact, it is not for the land and city of Huainan, let alone for the intention of being hostile to the young general's lord General Yuan Gong, but for a major event in the court." ”

"Oh, dare to ask the envoy why the court is here?" Liu Wei asked with a sneer in his heart.

"Jade seal, heirloom jade seal." Tao Ying was also refreshed, and said very frankly: "Presumably the young general also knows that two years ago he should have recaptured the jade seal of the imperial court from the hands of the rebellious ministers and thieves, and he wanted to return the Son of Heaven, but the road was not passable, so he had to ask the lord Yuan Gong to do it on his behalf, but two years later, the jade seal had not been returned to the Son of Heaven before driving, and he should send someone to negotiate, and the envoy was also killed by Yuan Gong. This point, please also ask the major general to check it clearly. ”

"That's a nice thing to say." Liu Wei sneered even more in his heart, and couldn't help but sneer, "So that's the case, Tao Envoy Jun is really a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty." ”

"The loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty dare not be the ministers, and they just do their duties as Hanchens." Tao Ying didn't seem to understand Liu Wei's deliberately aggravated tone, waved his hand very boldly, and said with a smile on his face: "Young General, you also know Tao Ying's intention to send troops this time." For the sake of the prosperity and stability of the Han Dynasty, and for the sake of the thousands of living beings in the two counties of Huainan, I should want to ask the young general to do a small favor and bring Tao Ying's letter to Shouchun to present to Yuan Gong, so that Yuan Gong knows that as long as he returns the jade seal of the country to me, or promises to return the jade seal to the emperor of heaven immediately, then Tao Ying will immediately lead the army to withdraw from Huainan and return all the Huainan land captured before. ”

"As long as my lord returns the jade seal to the Son of Heaven, the envoy will immediately withdraw from the land of Huainan?" Liu Wei was surprised on his face, but secretly rejoiced in his heart, and said secretly: "Okay, it seems that the situation in the rear of Tao Ying's thief is critical, and he has to prepare to withdraw his troops and retreat." ”

"Of course." Tao Ying nodded again and again, and said with a smile: "Actually, if you want to talk about it, you should still be the niece and nephew of General Zuo's highway father, they are all a family, and of course the family should talk to them kindly, so as long as General Zuo promises to return the jade seal to the Son of Heaven, then Tao Ying will immediately withdraw from the land of Huainan, and he can also re-conclude an alliance and peace with General Zuo, and the two families will join forces to fight against the traitors in the world." ”

"Since the envoy has this intention, then why don't you directly send an envoy to contact my lord, and ask Liu Wei to do it for you?" Liu Wei was a little puzzled.

"Two reasons." Tao Ying replied with a wry smile: "First, General Zuo has cut off all contact with our army last time when he destroyed the book, and the envoy of our army cannot submit the letter to General Zuo. Second, in the next impulse, he killed too many Huainan soldiers and went too deep into the land of Huainan, and he had already formed a mortal enmity with General Zuo, and rashly sought peace and reconciliation, but he was afraid that General Zuo would not believe it. So there is no way, it should only be to release the major general first to prove his sincerity, and then ask the major general to work hard, in order to save the thousands of people in Huainan from being devastated by the war, and please ask the major general not to shirk. ”

"This ......." Liu Wei pretended to hesitate, and only nodded after a moment and said: "Since Tao Envoy Jun has this kindness, then in order to save the people of Huainan from being poisoned by the war, I will go on a trip for the Envoy Jun in the next place, present Tao Envoy Jun's letter to the lord, and also relay the original words of the envoy to the lord, but I don't know when the envoy will leave next?" ”

"Without further ado, we should prepare a letter and send someone to protect the young general to go north immediately and rush to Shouchun to meet Yuan Gong." Tao Ying was very anxious, and then Tao Ying smiled and added: "Oh, by the way, please ask the young general to tell Yuan Gong again, Tao Ying has always been true to his word, and said that he will fulfill his promise if he quits Huainan, and on the way back to the division, Tao Ying will also try his best to restrain the team, and will not conflict with the soldiers under Yuan Gong's command again, but if Yuan Gong refuses to give up, insists on returning the jade seal to the Son of Heaven, and even sends troops to chase and kill or block, then ......, Tao Ying will accompany him to the end!" ”

Liu Wei's heart sank, knowing that Tao Ying was asking himself to warn Xiao Yuan Sangong not to play tricks, but in order to get out as soon as possible, Liu Wei still nodded silently and agreed, and Tao Ying immediately asked Chen Ying to bring the peace letter that had been prepared, and arranged a team of light horsemen to protect and monitor Liu Wei's northward journey, and rushed to Shouchun to deliver the letter at night, and personally sent Liu Wei out of the Xuzhou camp to see Liu Wei leave. It was also when Liu Wei walked away under the protection of the Xuzhou cavalry, Chen Yingcai, who had always been by Tao Ying's side, cautiously asked, "Lord, is this okay?" Will Yuan Shu be fooled? ”

"It's in a hurry, I'm not sure if Yuan Shu will be tricked." Tao Ying replied frankly: "But it doesn't matter, anyway, my target is not the main force of Yuan Shu, but just the three brothers of the big-eared thief." I can be sure that Yuan Shu will at least be suspicious, and he will send troops to test it, and he will not let the team attacking Quyang immediately withdraw to Shouchun, and then I can be more sure that as long as Yuan Shu sends troops, it will definitely be the team of big-eared thieves who are pushed to the front! It's worth exchanging an innocuous Liu Wei for the three brothers of the big-eared thief. ”

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More than a day later, when Liu Wei returned to Shouchun to present a letter to Xiao Yuan Sangong, and explained the situation and the process of the Hefei War, Xiao Yuan Sangong was angry that the reinforcements were defeated again, and in the face of Tao Ying's peace conditions, it was inevitable that he would be suspicious and could not distinguish between true and false.

Fortunately, there are still a few clear-eyed people under the command of Xiao Yuan Sangong, after listening to Liu Wei's recital, and taking turns to read Tao Ying's handwritten letter, Changshi Shu Shao stood up without hesitation, and said: "Lord, this is Tao Ying's thief's plan to lure the enemy, and you must not be fooled!" Tao Ying thief has broken through our army's Lujiang reinforcements, the next step must be to return to the north to attack Shouchun Yin Mausoleum, in order to avoid the siege of the city, Tao Ying thief set up this poisonous plan, want to lure the main force of our army out of the city to fight! ”

"Mr. Zhong Ying is reasonable, the lord must not take risks easily." Yanzhou Assassin Shi Jinshang also stood up and echoed: "As soon as General Liu Wei was escorted out of the big tent and beheaded, there was news that Gongsun Zhan attacked Langya, is there such a coincidence in the world?" Moreover, the battle of Hefei General Liu Kai was defeated, and the follow-up reinforcements had no hope for the time being, for the sake of Shouchun's safety, the lord should be more cautious, and must not take risks to send troops and lose the main force defending the city. ”

"Really?" Xiao Yuan San's letter was suspicious, and he hesitated: "But if this matter is true, wouldn't I miss the rare opportunity I hated before the snow?" ”

"Lord, the gentleman takes revenge, ten years ......, huh?" Lord Bo Yan Xiang also wanted to persuade Xiao Yuan Sangong not to take risks, but before he finished speaking, he suddenly stopped, and began to ponder in his heart, "Slow, this is a good opportunity, if I miss it, with the lord's fierce and timid color, coupled with the confusion of Shu Zhongying and Jin Yuanxiu, Huainan is likely to go further to lure the wolf into the room." ”

"Why does Yan Gong want to stop talking?" Xiao Yuan Sangong really rarely saw Yan Xiang so hesitant, so he took the initiative to say: "Yan Gong has something to say bluntly, there is no need to be taboo. ”

"No." Yan Xiang agreed, changed his words and said: "Lord, the gentleman takes revenge, ten years is not too late - even so, but if you miss the fighter, you can't regret it!" According to the opinion of his subordinates, Gongsun Chan took advantage of the void to send troops to attack Langya, it may not be fake, that Tao Ying thief used Gongsun Chan to cut off the road and betray the alliance, not only tore up the alliance with Gongsun Zhan, but also became Yuan Shao's son-in-law, that Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao do not share the sky, how can they not hate Tao Ying thief to the bone, once Xuzhou is empty, how can he not have the idea of taking advantage of the fire to rob? Therefore, according to the opinion of his subordinates, Tao Ying has changed behind the thief, which may not be fake! ”

"Yes, yes, Lone thinks so too." Xiao Yuan Sangong nodded again and again, and said: "Not to mention that Lone and Gongsun Chan have an alliance, Lone's Huainan told Gongsun Chan that he should come to the rescue, just say that Tao Ying's thief's evil deeds are enough for Gongsun Chan to attack him in the back!" ”

"Lord Yan, you're joking, aren't you?" Shu Shao, who had turned against Yan Xiang because of Uncle Liu's affairs, sneered, and sneered loudly: "Our army has made a detailed report, Yuan Benchu's army has already invaded the hinterland of Youzhou, Yuan Benchu's eldest son Yuan Tan is also in the Tun Plain, Gongsun Zhan is still too busy to take care of himself, and he went there to find 40,000 troops to attack Xuzhou?" ”

"Have you forgotten that Yuan Benchu's hinterland also has the hidden danger of Black Mountain Zhang Yan, and there is a strong enemy of Karasuma in the north?" Yan Xiang also sneered loudly, and said forcefully: "Besides, Gongsun Zhan's hundred-legged insect is dead and not stiff, and only the general Tian Kai has tens of thousands of male soldiers in Qingzhou, and suddenly went south to attack Tao Ying and destroy the thief, why is it difficult?" ”

Seeing that Yan Xiang was so strong, Shu Shao was of course furious, and immediately opened his mouth to refute it, but Yan Xiang didn't bother to reason with this foolish worm, but turned to Xiao Yuan Sangong and said: "Lord, your subordinates are not instigating the lord to take risks, Tao Ying has always been a thief, and it is difficult to distinguish the truth from the truth of Gongsun Zhan's entry into Kou Xuzhou, and the lord should be cautious." But it doesn't matter, the minister has a plan, which can not only make the lord not have to send troops to take risks, but also distinguish the truth from the false, and act with the camera. ”

"What is Yan Gong's plan? Come on, please. Xiao Yuan Sangong asked with great joy.

"The lord can order the two generals Qiao Rui and Lei Bo to take over the battle against Quyang, and let the Liu Bei brothers go south to intercept Tao Ying's thieves and return to Quyang, and the truth of this matter can be distinguished." Yan Xiang said gloomily: "After the Liu Bei brothers went south to fight with the Tao Ying thieves, it is best if they can win, if they can't win, the two generals Qiao Rui and Lei Bo can also calmly retreat to Shouchun and Yinling to defend the city. ”

"At that time, if Tao Ying's thieves give up Quyang and Dangtu and go straight north to the north and return to Xuzhou, then needless to say, Gongsun Zhan's entry into Kou Xuzhou will definitely be true, and the lord can act with his camera, or send troops to pursue, or join forces with Gongsun Chan to attack Tao Ying's thief, and be ashamed! Of course, if Tao Ying's thief refused to withdraw from Huainan after breaking through Liu Bei, and sent troops to attack Shouchun or Yinling, then needless to say, Gongsun Zhan's entry into Kou Xuzhou was completely false, but the main force of our army defending the city had no loss, and we could still continue to hold on and wait for help! ”

"Brilliant plan!" Xiao Yuan Sangong was overjoyed and applauded: "That's it, let the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang lead the troops south, go and Tao Ying's little thief dog bite dog, watch the fire alone on the other side of Shouchun, and watch the change after watching quietly!" ”

"Yan Xiang, you borrowed a knife to kill people! Deliberately let Xuande Gong go to death in vain! Shu Shao was even more furious, and simply pointed at Yan Xiang's nose and shouted: "Xuande Gong's team has lost more than 10,000 in the battle against Quyang, and most of the remaining teams are exhausted, how can they be the opponent of the main force of the Xuzhou thief army?" What is your intention to deliberately instigate the lord to send the Duke of Xuande south to die? ”

"What is the intention? Of course, it is loyal to the lord. Yan Xiang replied with a sneer: "Could it be that Shu Changshi wants to follow the example of Zhou Yu and Yang Hong, and let the two generals Qiao Rui and Lei Bo lead our Huainan army to fight with the main force of the Xuzhou thief army, sacrifice our soldiers and soldiers, and let outsiders reap the benefits?" ”

Hearing Yan Xiang mention the names of Zhou Yu and Yang Hong, Yuan Sangong, who was pitted badly enough by Zhou Yu and Yang Hong, immediately changed his face, turned his angry gaze to Shu Shao, and asked coldly: "Shu Changshi, you oppose Yan Gong's proposal, do you want to let the lonely Qiao Rui Lei Bo lead the Huainan army south to intercept the main force of the Xuzhou thief army?" ”

"Don't dare!" Shu Shao was startled, and quickly knelt down on his knees and explained: "My lord, please don't misunderstand, your subordinates just think that with the martial courage of Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, it would be a pity to let them go south to die in vain, so it is better to leave them and let them help guard the city ......." ”

"The heavy task of defending the city can only be entrusted to the trusted henchmen of the lord!" Yan Xiang quickly interrupted Shu Shao's words, then turned to Yuan Shu and said: "Lord, although the Liu Bei brothers are martial arts, they are not the ministers of the lord after all, if they suddenly have different intentions when defending the city, the consequences are unimaginable. ”

"Yan Gong is discussing great goodness, and the important task of city defense cannot be entrusted to outsiders!" Xiao Yuan Sangong nodded solemnly, and slapped the case a few times: "The decision has been made, so Liu Bei will lead the army south to prevent Tao Ying's thieves from returning to Quyang!" If you have more words, slash! ”

(To be continued)