"Seven thousand iron horsemen were wiped out in front of the Gentleman's Army?! Gao Ran and Xin Bi were captured alive?! Tan Er was also captured alive by Tao Yingzhuzi?!! ”

Seeing the urgent battle report sent by Guo Tu and Chun Yuqiong with fast horses, Da Yuan Sangong was so surprised that he couldn't believe his eyes, so much so that he yelled on the spot, "How is it possible?" How can it be? How is this possible? How could my invincible iron cavalry be wiped out? And lost so badly?! ”

"Our cavalry troops? Annihilated?! Xun Chen and Tian Feng and other first-class strategists of the Jizhou army were also a little surprised and couldn't believe their ears, because there were many cavalry in the Jizhou army, and the current main opponents Gongsun Zan and Xianbei and other departments also relied on cavalry to eat, no one understood better than the senior leaders of the Jizhou army how difficult it was to fight a war of annihilation against the cavalry, but the Jizhou iron cavalry was wiped out, or the whole army was wiped out in the hands of a much smaller number of gentlemen, and this situation was too much to break the thinking of Xun Chen and Tian Feng and others.

Only Yuan Shang and Yuan Sangongzi and the judges and Feng Ji of Jizhou who were present did not exclaim, nor did they say anything, although they tried their best to hide their faces, but the ecstasy in their eyes could not be concealed, so they could only quickly lower their heads, for fear that Yuan Sangong would find out their gloating, Yuan Gongzi also praised fiercely in his heart, "Good brother-in-law!" Well done! ”

After being stunned for a long time, Tian Feng, who had resolutely opposed the war with Xuzhou and had always been outspoken, sighed to break the silent atmosphere, "Alas, Feng and others are guilty!" Feng and others still underestimate Xuzhou's military intelligence and combat strength, especially Tao Ying's capital and gentleman's army, they know too little, if we do more to understand, our army may not suffer such a big loss. ”

No one dared to echo Tian Feng, because Tian Feng took the blame on a strategist of the Jizhou Army this time, blaming them for not knowing themselves and their opponents, especially Mr. Xin Ping, who had insisted that the Junzi Army was just flashy, and he didn't even dare to take a breath of air. However, Da Yuan Sangong felt a little comfortable when he heard this, and quickly scolded the lackeys and accomplices under his command, "Mr. Yuan Hao is right, he didn't know the enemy's situation, and he just encouraged me to send troops rashly, which caused this big defeat!" ”

"Lord, we didn't agitate!"

Xun Chen and the strategists who carried the black cauldron all cried out in their hearts, but fortunately, Tian Feng did not have the habit of falling into the well for his colleagues, but just bowed his hand to the third prince of Dayuan and said: "Lord, now is not the time to pursue these things, we must first find a way to deal with the aftermath and rescue the eldest prince back to Yecheng." Feng proposed that the lord could send an envoy to Langya to negotiate a truce with Tao Ying and return the eldest prince, Tao Ying made the monarch the son-in-law of the lord, and as long as the lord made a slight concession, I believe that Tao Ying would definitely know and return the eldest prince's hands to the lord. ”

Da Yuan Sangong didn't say anything, although Da Yuan Sangong knew that Tian Feng's words were very reasonable, but he wanted to bow his head to his son-in-law and beg for peace, and Da Yuan Sangong, who regarded face and reputation as more important than his surname, couldn't open his mouth.

"Lord, you should send troops to rescue the eldest prince." The judge 'kindly' suggested: "The lord is Tao Ying's elder, and he was born in the family of the fourth and third princes, if he bows to Tao Ying, it will inevitably damage the face and majesty of the lord, so he can only increase his troops in Qingzhou and Langya, and continue to fight with the Xuzhou army, and use force to save the eldest prince." ”

The good-faced Da Yuan Sangong was a little tempted, but fortunately, Xun Chen stood up in time to stop it, and accused the judge: "Mr. Zhengnan's words are ridiculous, not to mention that Cao Ying has already sent troops to Qingzhou at the moment, our army has already started a war with Cao Ying, Gongsun Zhan, and Tao Ying at the same time, and then the war will expand and there will be endless troubles, even if you don't consider this problem, increasing troops to Qingzhou at this time will only send a wrong signal to Tao Ying, so that Tao Ying feels that reconciliation is hopeless, and he will poison the eldest prince!" ”

Accusing the sinister intentions of the trial, Xun Chen turned to the Great Yuan Sangong and said: "The lord please don't be anxious, Chen expects that Tao Yingzhi will be smart and wise, and he will definitely understand the current predicament of the lord riding a tiger, and he will definitely take the initiative to send an envoy to ask the lord for peace, and negotiate with the lord to return the eldest prince, and the lord only needs to wait patiently for a while." ”

"Tao Yingzhuzi will take the initiative to send an envoy to sue for peace?" The third prince of the great Yuan rekindled a glimmer of hope - if the son-in-law took the initiative to send a messenger to sue for peace and negotiate the return of his son, then it would be a good opportunity to take advantage of the slope to get off the donkey.

"Chen is at least ninety percent sure!" Xun Chen replied categorically: "Tao Ying has always adopted a strategy of attachment to the lord, and disobeying the lord's order is just unwilling to fight with Cao thief, in order to protect himself, he abandoned his previous suspicion and made peace with Cao thief, and there is no hostility. With Tao Yingzhi's cleverness, he will never miss this opportunity, nor will he not understand the dilemma of the lord, so he has to wait for the lord to surrender his identity and take the initiative to contact him, and will only take the initiative to send a messenger to ask the lord for peace, and firmly seize this opportunity. ”

Da Yuan Sangong nodded slowly, but the frustration on the side was a little worried, and said: "Although Mr. Youruo is reasonable, but Tao Ying is too young after all, it is the time when the blood Fang Gang is young and frivolous, if he hooks up with Cao Thief because of his victory, he refuses to take the initiative to send an envoy to sue for peace, or takes the opportunity to put forward any harsh conditions to the lord, then what should he do?" ”

"Tao Ying is young and frivolous?" Xun Chen almost didn't laugh out loud, and said with a smile: "Mr. Guangping has never seen Tao Ying, although Tao Ying is only in his twenties, but when he met in Qingzhou, he gave Chen the feeling that he was like an old fox who had lived for thousands of years, so smooth and rational that Chen was scared!" The sentence of young and frivolous is definitely not used on Tao Yingzhuzi. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Frustrated with surprise, he said in his heart that if this was the case, then among the many sons of the lord, there must be no opponent of Tao Ying's thief.

"Okay, don't fight, just wait." Da Yuan Sangong finally spoke, impatiently interrupted the argument of several strategists, and said: "Be prepared with both hands, while seeing whether Tao Ying Zhuzi will take the initiative to send an envoy to sue for peace, and what conditions to put forward when suing for peace, and on the other hand, let the army be ready to send troops, and if it is really not possible, we will start a full-scale war with Tao Yingzhuzi, anyway, the main force of our army has already attacked Yijing City, and the destruction of Gongsun Zhan's rebels is imminent, and there is nothing to be afraid of in a war on two fronts." ”

"No." Everyone hugged their fists together and respectfully agreed, but before Xun Chen, Tian Feng and the others put down their hands, the case table in front of Da Yuan Sangong flew into the air, and then Da Yuan Sangong's hysterical roar also echoed in the hall............ "Incompetent!" Incompetent fools! More than 7,000 iron horsemen! More than 7,000 iron horsemen! It's all lost all at once! Incompetent fools! Not counting the loss of more than 7,000 iron horsemen, and even the people were captured alive, what kind of stupidity does this have to be to fight like this?! ”

No matter how hysterical the roar is, it is useless, in the case of his own son or eldest son being captured, the eldest Yuan Sangong, who does not want his son to die, can only follow Xun Chen's advice and wait patiently. But fortunately, friends know that our deputy director Tao is a very filial and well-behaved son-in-law, so Da Yuan Sangong didn't worry about it for a few days, and received the news that Yang Changshi, the envoy of Xuzhou, was already on the way to Jizhou, and Yang Changshi also took the initiative to explain that he came to seek peace when he passed through the Jizhou Army's controlled area.

Rest assured, but the military preparation work Yuan Sangong did not relax at all, or successively ordered the transfer of troops from Youzhou on the northern line and the merge state on the western front, and mobilized part of the reserves in the central part of Jizhou to go south, ready to go to war with Deputy Director Tao and Cao Laoda, and at the same time Yuan Sangong was also very worried, "What if my filial son-in-law asks for money and food?" Originally, it was nothing to give him some money, food, and war horses, but my face ....... ”

"Let's just talk about the reward." This is the idea that the more slippery Xun Chen gave to the third prince of Da Yuan, "As long as Tao Ying does not ask for too much money, grain and war horses, the lord can accept it, and he can announce that it is a reward for his son-in-law." Da Yuan Sangong thought about it again and again, but he reluctantly accepted Xun Chen's suggestion.

Half a month later, Yang Changshi, the chief diplomatic expert of the Xuzhou Assassin Mansion, arrived in Yecheng smoothly and safely under the supervision of the Jizhou army - this is also nonsense, neither the third prince of Yuan nor the prince of Yuan Shang had any reason to embarrass Yang Changshi, and at this time, he borrowed a hundred courage from Yuan Tan Gongzi's henchmen, and did not dare to make things difficult and murder our Yang Changshi.

Although Yang Changshi made a request to see him on the day he arrived in Yecheng, Da Yuan Sangong also wanted to immediately negotiate peace with the envoy of the unworthy son-in-law, but considering the problem of face, the eldest Yuan Sangong calmed down and deliberately hung Yang Changshi for two days, and did not agree to Yang Changshi's request until the third day, and met Yang Changshi in public in the hall, and for the sake of face, he deliberately set up an iron tripod outside the door of the hall, filled it with green oil, and boiled the fire, preparing to accept the conditions of the son-in-law. immediately threw Yang Changshi into the dingli and blew him up alive!

Da Yuan Sangong's bluff has always had a little effect, and this time the effect is particularly good, because everyone knows how bold our Yang Changshi is, so he was escorted to the front of the hall by the heavily armed Jizhou soldiers, and then when he saw the big ding filled with boiling green oil, our Yang Changshi also collapsed on the ground on the spot and almost peed his crotch, and couldn't get up for half a day, and finally Da Yuan San urged openly, and our Yang Changshi was put into the hall by Jizhou soldiers and thrown into the middle of the hall like a sack.

"Yang Hong, the minister of the lower country, knock to see Yuan Gong, knock to see Yuan Gong!" Even those people around didn't see it clearly, our soul-shattering Yang Changshi was already kneeling in front of Da Yuan Sangong with his hands and feet, kowtowing desperately, and his embarrassed and obscene appearance made Jizhou civil and military on both sides snicker, and also made Da Yuan Sangong, who had a complicated mind, smile, and the resentment and anger in his chest suddenly disappeared a lot.

After laughing, Da Yuan Sangong straightened his face again, and he didn't ask Yang Changshi to get up, and shouted directly: "Yang Hong Pifu!" ”

"The ministers of the lower country are here." Yang Changshi trembled and agreed.

"I ask you, why did you and other Xuzhou troops disobey my orders? Withdraw from Yanzhou without authorization, and dare to make an alliance with Cao Thief without permission? Da Yuan Sangong asked menacingly.

"It's none of my business, it's none of my business." Yang Changshi hurriedly shook his head desperately, and defended himself extremely nervously: "Duke Yuan, please investigate, that matter is all the villain's lord Tao Ying's decision, and it has nothing to do with the villain!" At that time, at that time, the villain was still resolutely opposed to the lord doing this. ”

Seeing Yang Changshi's embarrassed appearance, Da Yuan Sangong couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth again, and then shouted and asked, "I'm asking that Tao Ying thief, why did you do this?" How does he explain this? Not to ask you! ”

"It turns out that Yuan Gong is the lord who asks the villain." Yang Changshi breathed a sigh of relief, raised his head again, and said cautiously with a flattering face: "Duke Yuan, that villain can take the liberty to convey the original words of the lord, and if you take the liberty, please forgive Duke Yuan." ”

"Say!" Da Yuan Sangong replied very succinctly.

"Xie Yuangong." Yang Changshi didn't bother to kowtow again, and then said carefully: "The original words of my lord are that Sage Yun: the monarch is the minister, the father is the son, and the husband is the wife. ”

The moral standards of the Three Platforms and Five Constants were first put forward by the Confucian sage, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty vigorously advocated in order to consolidate his rule, and the Great Yuan Sangong was born in a famous family and was also brainwashed by these feudal toxins since he was a child, so after listening to the explanation of Deputy Director Tao conveyed by Yang Changshi, although he knew in his heart that Deputy Director Tao was just a shameless quibble, the Great Yuan Sangong was still barely able to accept this explanation, and nodded on the donkey, and then the Great Yuan Sangong shouted again: "That is the case, why didn't the Tao Ying thief send someone to Jizhou to visit Yu Wu earlier, Do you have to get to where you are now? ”

"It's ......." Yang Changshi was stunned for a moment, and muttered in his heart: "Yuan Shao, you are confused, who said that we didn't send a messenger to explain?" The envoy we sent to Jizhou to explain, or did you personally order the expulsion from Jizhou, have you forgotten this? ”

muttered in his heart, but Yang Changshi didn't dare to say this, so he could only ask Deputy Director Tao to carry the black cauldron, and replied: "Duke Yuan blames it, it may be that my lord of my family is busy with military affairs and forgot about it, after the villain returns to Xuzhou, he must convey the blame for Duke Yuan, and let my lord send a letter to Duke Yuan to ask for guilt." ”

"Humph!" Da Yuan Sangong snorted very unhappily, but he was quite satisfied with Yang Changshi's answer - after all, it was Yuan Tan Gongzi who suffered the defeat this time, and Deputy Director Tao and Yang Changshi, as the victors, were still so respectful and low-voiced after arriving in Jizhou, which could be regarded as giving Da Yuan Sangong enough face. So after Da Yuan Sangong snorted, he drank again, "Go back and tell Tao Yingzhuzi that this Langya conflict is because he didn't explain it clearly in time, otherwise, how could I send troops to Langya?" ”

"Yes, yes, the villain must tell, must tell." Hearing that Da Yuan Sangong did not mean to kill himself in his words, Yang Changshi was overjoyed, and of course kowtowed again and again.

"Get up." The big Yuan Sangong, who had gained enough face, finally slowed down, first let Yang Changshi get up, and then asked: "What did Tao Ying send you to Jizhou for this time?" ”

"Summation." Yang Changshi replied quickly, and said: "Yuan Gong, the villain's lord Tao should know the weight of the crime, and dare not confront Yuan Gong's heavenly soldiers, and clash with Yuan Gong's army in Langya, but also because of various misunderstandings, I had to fight back to protect myself, but my lord committed a crime, and he still knew that he was guilty of a deep sin, so he sent a small envoy to Jizhou to visit Yuan Gong, and he was guilty of asking for guilt, and also asked Yuan Gong to see the sincerity of my lord, for the sake of the affection of the princess, and for the sake of the grandson of Yuan Gong in the belly of the princess, Forgive him for this mistake, withdraw from the army of guilt, and renew the covenant with my lord. ”

Saying that, Yang Changshi also took out the rich gift list he brought to Jizhou, and asked Da Yuan Sangong to reward him, seeing that his son-in-law was so humble and respectful after winning the battle, Da Yuan Sangong's face finally eased, and he peeked at Xun Chen next to him, and said in his heart that if Xun Youruo really has the ability to recognize people, Tao Ying's thief in Xuzhou is really cunning and slippery.

"I accepted the gift, and the withdrawal of troops and the resumption of the alliance are not without discussion." Da Yuan Sangong nodded very gracefully, and asked again: "But what did Ying'er say about my eldest son Yuan Tan?" ”

"Duke Yuan, about the matter of the son of Xiansi, the villain has something important to do to show to the prince Yuan for the lord." Yang Changshi hurriedly knelt down on his knees, and deliberately explained in front of a large group of Jizhou ministers: "Please Yuan Gongming, although the son of Xiansi has always been at odds with my father-in-law, but my father-in-law is absolutely not disrespectful to the prince of Xiansi, when Langya conflicted, my father-in-law also wanted to just force the prince of Xiansi back to the camp in Juxian County-who would have thought that the prince of Xiansi would actually raise the white flag by himself, and order all the soldiers around him to lay down their arms and surrender, and my father-in-law was not in the battle at that time, and when my father-in-law arrived at the scene, The ignorant soldiers of our army have already taken down and captured the son of Xiansi. ”

"What? Xiansi surrendered on his own?! ”

"The eldest prince surrendered on his own?"

Sure enough, after Yang Changshi explained this, Yuan Sangong's face suddenly changed color, and the civil and military ministers of Jizhou who were present were also in an uproar, and their impression of Yuan Tan Gongzi also dropped by fifty or sixty percentage points, and Yuan Tan Gongzi's biggest henchman at the scene, Xin Ping, was shocked and angry, and just when he was about to open his mouth to scold Yang Changshi, a voice that should never have sounded suddenly sounded first............ "Pifu'an dares to talk nonsense?" Insult my brother?! ”

In the stunned gaze of the Great Yuan Sangong and the Jizhou Wenwu, our Yuan Shang Yuan Sangong suddenly jumped out with a loud shout, grabbed Yang Changshi's collar with great anger, and shouted fiercely: "Piff! Who taught you to say such things? Who is my eldest brother? Stand up to the sky, be loyal to the liver and courage! Wealth can't be silver, mighty can't be bent! How is it possible to surrender to you on the battlefield? You must have been lucky enough to seriously injure my brother, so you captured my brother alive, right? ”

"Third son, the villain didn't dare to talk nonsense, it's true!" Yang Changshi shouted loudly, "It's really Xiansi Gongzi who surrendered with his own weapons, at that time, we only had 800 infantry rushing into Xiansigongzi's formation, and Xiansi Gongzi was still a hundred steps away, Xiansi Gongzi had already ordered surrender." ”

"Shut up!" Yuan Sangongzi roared angrily again, and then pulled out the sword on his waist with a choked sound, put the sword on Yang Changshi's neck, and roared angrily: "Shut up!" If you dare to insult my brother again, I will send you back to heaven immediately! ”

"Third son, you just killed the villain, and the villain is also the sentence." Yang Changshi, who has always been greedy for life and afraid of death to the extreme, suddenly came to a little backbone, raised his head, and said loudly: "If the prince doesn't believe it, you can send someone to Xuzhou to inquire and see if the eldest prince took the initiative to surrender and surrendered with more than 3,000 cavalry?" If the villain tells half a lie, please ask the son to divide the villain's corpse with a knife! ”

"Piff! Death! Seeing that the bold Yang Changshi repeatedly insulted his beloved brother despicably and shamelessly, Yuan Sangongzi, a good brother who could be counted in the Three Kingdoms era, couldn't bear it anymore, and suddenly raised his sword with a loud shout, and slashed at our Yang Changshi's neck with a sword.................. As the saying goes, it is difficult to be a man, and it is even more difficult to be an honest person, Yang Changshi, who has always been duplicitous, rarely said an honest word, but he accidentally angered what should have been the most reliable ally! I want to know if the sword of Yuan Sangongzi has done the right thing for heaven and promoted Yang Changshi, who is abusive and evil-doer, to heaven?

(To be continued)