Poor General Yan Liang was pitted by his battlefield experience, and the cavalry combat experience accumulated when he fought with the Gongsun Chan army with many cavalry all the year round told poor General Yan Liang that the cavalry could not pull the bow and release arrows in the full-speed charge, even if a very small number of horsemen masters could do this difficult action, but if you want to let the cavalry team of hundreds of people collectively release arrows in a full-speed charge, it is absolutely impossible, so even if you find the collective charge of the Gentleman's Army light cavalry ambushed behind the two teams of heavy cavalry, Poor General Yan Liang didn't have these gentlemen's troops rushing up to launch arrows to sneak attack, and thought that they were rushing up to fight in close combat like Gongsun Zhan's cavalry, and he didn't make any preparations to avoid arrows at all, and the result was ............ In fact, poor General Yan Liang may not blame his enemies for being too shameless, but should hate his allies for being too despicable, whether it is Boss Cao or Uncle Liu Huang, they are all masters who have suffered countless big losses in the face of the shameless tactics of the Junzi Army, but when General Yan Liang decided to fight against the Junzi Army, no one took the initiative to tell General Yan Liang - and the Junzi Army singled out the three war gods Lu Bu, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and they were looking for their own death!

"It's over! I'm done! ”

Seeing countless feather arrows flying near, Yan Liang, who was caught off guard, reacted a little slowly, and didn't even think of the arrow-avoiding trick of hiding in the horse's belly, so he closed his eyes in despair, and then, countless feather arrows continued to shoot at Yan Liang's body one after another, Yan Liang only felt a sharp pain all over his body, and was hit by arrows on his face, neck, chest, limbs, and lower abdomen together, and the whole person also fell down in despair.

"Gongyue-!" Seeing that Yan Liang fell from his horse with an arrow, Wen Chou, who was the same brother as Yan Liangqing, went crazy, and rushed forward without thinking about holding the horse and holding the gun, and wanted to rush up to rescue his comrades and friends, even if he couldn't save Yan Liang's life, he had to snatch his body back, but Wen Chou also made an empirical mistake, and at the same time, the fourth and fifth teams of the Gentleman's Army Light Cavalry ambushed behind the heavy cavalry also started............ "Zi said: guide the government, all with morality, and the people are shameless." Guide it with virtue, with courtesy, shame and character. ”

"Zi said: I have five out of ten and am determined to learn, thirty and stand, forty and not confused, fifty and know the destiny of heaven, sixty and obedient, seventy and do what I want from the heart!"

Shouting their respective slogans, the fourth and fifth teams of light cavalry charged forward in an orderly and swift manner, shooting two waves of feather arrows one after another, hundreds of feather arrows all pointed at Wen Chou who came up to die, poor General Wen Chou's soul flew away and frantically waved his gun to block, but there was able to block two waves of nearly 600 feather arrows in succession, the same face and body limbs and war horses were hit by arrows one after another, and the whole body was in severe pain, poor General Wen Chou was discouraged, and he couldn't help but secretly say in his heart: "It's over, I'm also finished." ”

"General!" Seeing that Yan Liang and Wen Chou were hit by hundreds of arrows in his body, the five thousand Yuan Shaojun elite cavalry behind them were all crazy, all of them rushed together, and pounced on Yan Liang and Wen Chou with red eyes to avenge Yan Liang and Wen Chou, but unfortunately their opponent this time was the best at escaping the gentleman's army in the whole world, the three teams of light cavalry had just released a wave of feather arrows, and the five horizontal teams of gentlemen's cavalry had already turned around together, and ran away without saying a word, Yuan Shaojun's cavalry was angry, and the horses were just chasing, vowing to kill this group of shameless hypocrites, Revenge for the poor Yan Liangwen and the ugly two generals............ "Stop!" Don't chase! Mingjin! Mingjin! ”

Suddenly, the rear of Yuan Shaojun's cavalry team suddenly sounded the familiar shouting order, and also sounded the sound of the golden gong for the emergency withdrawal of troops, the angry Yuan Shaojun soldiers looked back in confusion, but they were extremely surprised to see that Wen Chou, who was hit by hundreds of arrows, was still riding on a horse in a dignified manner, there was no blood stain on his body, and there was no feather arrow shot into Wen Chou's body, and at the same time, Yan Liang, who was hit by the arrow, also got up from the ground in a daze, and his body was also unharmed, and he was still holding a feather arrow shot by the gentleman's army. On top of the feather arrows, the arrows have been removed!

Quickly restrained their cavalry from chasing and killing the Junzi Army, Yan Liang and Wen Chou, who were unharmed, hurriedly picked up the Junzi Army feather arrows around them to check, and found that the arrows of each feather arrow had been taken away, so although the arrow shaft shot them all over their bodies with a lot of pain, none of the feather arrows shot into their bodies! Discovering this situation, Yan Liangwen, who escaped death, was pleasantly surprised, but inevitably puzzled, "Junzi Army, why do you want to show mercy to our subordinates?" If they had used ordinary feather arrows just now, none of us would have thought of going back alive? ”

At this time, Yuan Shaojun's soldiers shouted again, "Two generals, look, the gentleman's army is back again, and they also waved a white flag, as if they want to answer our army." ”

When Yan Liang and Wen Chou looked up, they saw that the Junzi Army, who had fled far away, really went and returned, and there was still a person in the front team who kept shaking the white flag, and he really wanted to answer with the self-army, Yan Liang Wenchou did not hesitate, hurriedly sorted out the team, and asked the soldiers not to attack without an order, and then patted their horses together and came to the front of the formation, ready to answer with the generals of the Junzi Army, and understand why the Junzi Army showed mercy to his subordinates.

In a moment, the two armies realigned, a handsome young man in leather armor and a big fat general came out from under the banner of the gentleman's army, the handsome young man bowed to Yan Liang and Wen Chou from a distance, and shouted loudly: "In Xiaxuzhou Assassin Shi Taoying, I have seen the two generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou, what happened just now frightened the two generals, and I hope that the two generals Haihan, don't care." ”

Stretching out his hand not to hit the smiling person, seeing Tao Ying's respectful and polite attitude, and grateful for Tao Ying's life, Yan Liang and Wen Chou were busy immediately clasping their fists and returning the salute, and then Yan Liang couldn't wait to ask loudly: "It turns out that you are Tao Ying Tao Envoy, the last general Yan Liang, I have seen Tao Envoy, and I dare to ask Tao Envoy, why did you show mercy to my uncle and brother just now?" As long as the envoy is willing just now, the lives of the evil brothers in Xia and his uncle are gone. ”

"Three reasons!" Tao Ying was not vague, and said loudly directly: "First, I should have heard the names of the two generals for a long time, and I knew that the two generals had the courage of ten thousand people, and they were both heroes and heroes of the righteous sky, so I ordered the soldiers to remove the arrows, so as not to hurt the two generals." ”

"The envoy has won the award, and the last general really doesn't dare to wait." Wen Chou was modest, and asked with doubts in his stomach: "Envoy, your two armies are battlefield opponents, even if you know the name of the last general, you have no grudge against the last general, why do you have mercy?" ”

"That's the two reasons left." Tao Ying smiled and said with a smile: "The second reason is that Ying sent troops to Changyi this time, not to save Lu Bu, nor to fight with the two generals, so naturally he didn't want to make enemies with the two generals." As for the third reason, don't hide it from the two generals, in fact, in the early morning, he intended to reconcile with the lord of the two generals, Yuan Gong, call off the army and stop fighting, and send the envoy to Jizhou to meet Yuan Gong, which may also arrive in Gaoyi City, in this case, Tao Ying naturally did not want to hurt the two generals and formed a deep enmity with Yuan Gong. ”

"Tao Envoy Jun wants to cease war with my lord?" Yan Liang asked with some surprise.

"Exactly." Tao Ying nodded solemnly, and said: "General Yan, General Wen, your two armies have never had a grudge, only had a skirmish in Fagan, and the result also ended in a fiasco for my father, after my father's unfortunate death, Tao Ying broke off the alliance and correspondence with Gongsun Zhan, in order to prepare to ask Yuan Gong for peace and alliance. Tao Ying was brave and wanted to ask the two generals to report the matter to Yuan Gong and explain to Yuan Gong that Tao should be friendly and respectful to your army, and if so, Tao Ying would be grateful. ”

Yan Liang and Wen Chou still had a little conscience, and after glancing at each other, they said together: "Envoy Tao, please rest assured, in order to report the grace of your life, we will definitely send a messenger to report to the lord about today's incident." But whether or not the lord of my family accepts the envoy's request for peace, we have no right to call the shots, and I also ask the envoy Haihan. ”

"Thank you, thank you, two generals." Tao Ying was overjoyed and thanked him, and said that as long as Yang Hong's sycophant could arrive in Jizhou smoothly, Yuan Shao saw Yan Liang and Wen Chou's letters, and accepted Lao Tzu's request for peace.

At this time, Wen Chou over there asked curiously: "Tao Envoy Jun, just now you said that your army sent troops to Changyi this time, neither to fight with our army, nor to save Lu Bu, so what is your army's dispatch?" ”

"Tao Envoy, please forgive the last general for saying in advance." Yan Liang also hurriedly said: "The last general knows that there are countless blood feuds between the envoy and Cao Mengde, but our army has an alliance with Meng Degong, and the lord ordered us to lead the army south, and also let our army assist Meng Degong in the battle - so, if the envoy is here to fight with Meng De, then I am very sorry, our army can only accompany your army to the end!" ”

"Don't worry, two generals, I'm not here to fight with Mengde bus." Tao Ying replied in a big way: "I sent troops this time to find the big-eared thief Liu Bei to settle a few old accounts - General Yan, General Wen, Yuan Gong is just an alliance with Meng Degong, and has nothing to do with Liu Da'er, Tao Ying is at war with Liu Bei, and the two generals will not interfere, right?" ”

Thanks to the bad temper of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Yan Liang and Wen Chou also have a general relationship with the three peach brothers, after listening to Tao Ying's words, and discussing a few words in a low voice, Wen Chou said loudly again: "Okay, since Tao Envoy Jun came to settle accounts with Liu Bei this time, and our army has no alliance with Liu Bei, then as long as Envoy Jun and Liu Bei are at war, our army will never interfere!" But the last general and others have a word first, if the envoy and Cao Mengde are at war, the last general and others are subject to the covenant, and they can only say sorry to the envoy. ”

"Thank you, thank you." Tao Ying laughed and thanked him, and said with a smile: "The two generals should also rest assured, Meng Degong is also a smart person, and he should be able to weigh the consequences of a war with our army now, so I think the two generals are forced to fight with our army should not happen." ”

"I hope so." Wen Chou replied suspiciously.

"Then it's settled." Tao Ying laughed and said: "Okay, I should also temporarily withdraw from the army, and the two generals will tell Meng Degong and the big-eared thief what they are saying, and by the way, ask the big-eared thief to wash his neck and wait for death." I also ask the two generals to tell Meng Degong that I am not here to rescue Lu Bu this time, so he must not worry about the safety of his grain route, and I also welcome the envoy he sent to negotiate and discuss the future affairs between me and him. ”

Yan Liang and Wen Chou nodded in agreement, and Tao Ying immediately ordered the whole army to turn around, preparing to retreat to Fanghe County, a hundred miles away, and go there to meet his own rear army, but after turning back and walking a few steps, Tao Ying suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly turned back to Yan Liang and Wen Chou and shouted: "General Yan, General Wen, there is another trivial matter - Tao Ying dared to guess that when the two generals sent troops to fight the Junzi Army, Meng Degong and the big-eared thief must have a smile on their faces, right?" ”

"What do you mean?" Yan Liang and Wen Chou glanced at each other in confusion, and then remembered that when their brothers raised troops to fight the Junzi Army, the strange expressions on the faces of the generals of the Cao Army and the three Taozi brothers were indeed very wrong! Then Yan Liang hurriedly asked, "Tao Envoy, how did you know about this?" ”

"It's very simple, because Meng Degong and the big-eared thief Liu Bei have both fought with the Junzi Army, and they have both suffered big losses from the Junzi Army!" Tao Ying said with a smile: "So Tao Ying expected that when he saw the two generals sending troops to fight the Gentleman's Army, Meng Degong and the big-eared thief must have laughed very happily, and they must have not told the two generals about the combat characteristics and fighting methods of the Gentleman's Army - that's why the two generals will fight with me, the Gentleman's Army!" ”

Yan Liangwen was shocked, and then his face changed again, and Yan Liang scolded with a blue face, "Cao Apu, big-eared thief, you wait for me!" ”

Seeing that the gentleman's army retreated on its own, Yan Liangwen's team did not launch a pursuit, and Cao Boss and Liu Huangshu, who were waiting to see a good show, were of course confused, and heard the scout sent to the sentry to investigate the battle situation say that Yan Liangwen Chou had been hit by countless gentlemen's arrows but did not die, Cao Boss and Liu Huangshu, who were more slippery than foxes, suddenly shouted that it was not good, and understood that Tao Ying must be playing tricks again this time, but for a while and a half, they couldn't guess what tricks Tao Ying was planning to play, so they had no choice but to go out of the camp to meet Yan Liangwen Chou, and understand the situation directly from their mouths.

Because of being viciously put together by the two so-called allies, Yan Liangwen, who almost died, had no good face for Cao Boss and Uncle Liu Huang, let alone a good voice, as soon as they met, the hot-tempered Yan Liang asked Cao Boss and Uncle Liu Huang with a face, asking them if they deliberately did not remind the self-army not to fight with the Junzi Army, of course Cao Boss and Uncle Liu Huang denied it, and insisted that they forgot to remind them, and said that they thought that Yan Liangwen Chou had been fighting with the self-army for a long time, and had already known the shameless tactics of the Junzi Army. That's why I forgot to remind Yan Liangwen to be careful.

Because there is no direct evidence to prove that Boss Cao and Uncle Liu Huang did this on purpose, Yan Liang and Wen Chou were helpless no matter how angry they were, but Yan Liang and Wen Chou were not helpless to retaliate against Boss Cao and Uncle Liu Huang, in addition to telling Tao Ying that this time he sent troops to Changyi for the purpose of settling accounts with Liu Bei, and then Wen Chou smiled and said to Cao Boss and Uncle Liu Huang: "Meng Degong, Xuande Gong, I'm very sorry, my lord ordered the two of us to lead the army south, so that we can assist Meng Degong to exterminate Lu Bu - and did not ask our army to conquer Tao Ying in Xuzhou, Therefore, before receiving the order of the lord, the second prince will fight with Tao Ying in the future, and I will forgive our army for not accompanying him. ”

"Also, Xuande Gong." Yan Liang also patted Uncle Liu Huang on the shoulder, and said with a warm smile: "Xuande Gong, it seems that you are just an ally of Meng Degong, and there is no alliance with our army, so Tao Envoy Jun sent troops to recruit Xuan Degong this time, and I forgive our army for not being able to accompany him. ”

After finishing speaking, Yan Liang and Wen Chou laughed and walked away, led the army back to the camp of the army, and while ordering the army not to take the initiative to provoke the Xuzhou army, they wrote down the events of today's story, and sent a fast horse to Gaoyi to report to the third prince of the Great Yuan - this military intelligence report is naturally the military intelligence report that almost scared our Lord Yang Hong into wetting his crotch.

Yan Liangwen Chou laughed and left, but Boss Cao and Uncle Liu Huang were stunned in front of the camp, and they really couldn't understand what Tao Ying deliberately did not kill Yan Liangwen Chou. I don't understand what Tao Ying's purpose in sending troops to Yanzhou this time is to save Lu Bu, and is it really just to settle old accounts with Liu Bei?

…………………… Also unclear about Tao's intentions were Xu Chu and Tao Ji, who led the Junzi army to bypass Cao's army's blocking position 30 miles to the south -- Li Dian, the general of the Cao army stationed here to prevent Xuzhou from coming to help, had suffered a great loss from the Junzi army, and did not dare to break away from the protection of the temporary fortifications at all, and came to the plain to fight with the Junzi army to die, so he could only watch the Junzi army bypass the position and march south. As soon as they were far away from Li Dian's Cao army's partial divisional position, Xu Chu and Tao Ji came to Tao Ying, and Tao Ji asked: "Second brother, why did you temporarily order us to shoot Yan Liangwen and Chou with headless arrows just now, and why did you say that this time the troops were not sent to save Lu Bu, but just to settle accounts with the big-eared thief?" What are we doing when we send troops to Yanzhou this time? ”

"Yan Liangwen and Chou are all Yuan Shao's confidants, kill any one, and our alliance with Yuan Shao will be over, so we can't kill them now." Tao Ying replied casually, and said with a smile: "As for the tactical purpose of our army's dispatch to Yanzhou this time, to be honest, I don't know until now. ”

"You don't know?" Xu Chu and Tao Ji were dumbfounded, and Xu Chu exclaimed and asked, "Lord, aren't you joking?" You don't know the purpose of our army this time, so what are you sending troops for? ”

"Improvisation, of course." Tao Ying motioned to Xu Chu and Tao Ji to whisper, and said in a low voice: "At present, the situation in Lu Bu is in danger, whether Yuan Shao has accepted our army's request for alliance, I don't know yet. Therefore, in order to prevent any eventuality, I will first pull the army to Yanzhou, look at the scenery outside the battlefield for a hundred miles, indirectly contain the Cao Yuan coalition army, indirectly support Lu Bu, and wait for Yang Hong's news to confirm whether Yuan Shao accepts our army's request for alliance, and then decide on the next move. ”

"Indirectly contain the Cao Yuan coalition army? Indirect support for Lu Bu? Tao Ji was even more confused, and hurriedly asked: "Second brother, we are stationed a hundred miles away, how can we contain the Cao Yuan coalition army?" How can you support Lu Bu? ”

"Psychological deterrence, but also psychological support." Tao Ying explained with a smile: "Our gentleman's army is good at long-distance raids, and a hundred miles is only half a day's journey for the gentleman's army, which is very clear to the Cao thief who has suffered a big loss, so even if we are stationed a hundred miles away, the Cao thief has to worry about him being attacked from front to back at night, and he has to worry about the safety of his grain road, and he does not dare to attack Changyi City with all his might, which indirectly reduces the pressure of Lu Bu's defense of the city." ”

"As for Lu Bu's side." Tao Ying smiled even more happily, and said: "The reason why I took you to the vicinity of Changyi is to let Lu Bu see the arrival of his reinforcements and make up his mind to hold on at any cost. Such a psychological impact is equivalent to adding tens of thousands of defenders to Lu Bu! ”

"But our gentleman's army just took a turn under the city of Changyi and left, can it have such a big effect?" Xu Chu asked suspiciously.

"That's enough." Tao Ying said with a smile: "Although the Junzi Army only showed up under Changyi City and left, this is enough, because Lu Bujun has seen the running ability of our Junzi Army, and also knows the combat characteristics of our Junzi Army. Therefore, even if our Junzi Army never shows up under Changyi City again, Lu Bujun will willingly believe that we will definitely go and return, and we may reappear at any time. ”

Tao Ji and Xu Chu nodded as if they didn't understand, and then Tao Ji asked again: "Second brother, then wait until Yuan Shao has accurate news?" What should we do? ”

"Then it depends on whether Yuan Shao accepts our army's request for peace and alliance." Tao Ying replied lightly: "If Yuan Shao agrees to our army to sue for peace and form an alliance, then our army will become Yuan Shao's ally, and after the fall of Lu Bu, Cao Ying will not dare to attack our Xuzhou casually, and Lu Bu will have no use value, and we can also let the Cao Yuan coalition army exterminate Lu Bu." If Yuan Shao refuses to agree to our army's request for peace, and refuses to form an alliance with our army, then I will immediately wave my army to the north, let the Junzi army cut off the grain route of the Cao thief, and the other armies and Lu Bu join forces to attack the Cao Yuan coalition army inside and outside, and it is of course best to defeat the Cao Yuan coalition army, even if they can't beat them, they can also take Lu Bu to break out and continue to use Lu Bu to contain the Cao thief. ”

Tao Ji and Xu Chu opened their mouths, and after a long time, they muttered in their hearts together: "The grass on the wall has reached this point, and the second brother (lord) can be regarded as the peak." ”

"If Yuan Shao agrees to form an alliance, how can he save Lu Die's little Luoli? How can you save as many of Lu Bu's elite soldiers as possible? Tao Yingke didn't have time to pay attention to what his cousin and accomplices said about himself, he just kept thinking in his heart, "After forming an alliance with Yuan Benchu, I am afraid that it will not work to directly send troops to save people, and Cao Thief and Big Ear Thief will never allow Lu Bujun to surrender to me on a large scale, the best way should be to attack Yan Liangwen Chou, it seems that I need to prepare some gold, silver and jewelry." However, after buying Yan Liangwen and Chou, how can I save people? ”

While Tao Ying was calculating his allies and calculating his father-in-law, of course, Lu Bujun and Cao Jun above and below Changyi City were not idle. Although Tao Ying's real purpose of sending troops has not yet been figured out, for the sake of prudence, Cao Boss still did not hesitate to divide heavy troops, while strengthening the defense of the southern front, while strengthening the protection of the grain road, sending a large number of scouts to reconnoiter the movements of the Xuzhou army, and at the same time the plan to attack Changyi with all his strength had to be abandoned, so he could only recalculate the siege force and adjust the siege plan. In addition, Cao Lao naturally had to scold, "Tao Ying destroys the thief, one day, I must throw you into the oil pot again!" Next time, my oil pot will be filled with piping hot green oil and blow you up alive! Fried Chengren! ”

There is also Lu Bujun's side, seeing that the Junzi Army showed up under the city of Changyi and ran again, Lu Wenhou, who was familiar with the combat characteristics of the Junzi Army, was not only not disappointed, but also yelled happily, "Cao thief, wait, my virtuous son-in-law's Junzi Army is ghostly, and he can't run to death, he can't drag him down, he can't catch up, and in the future, your camp and your grain road, don't think about peace every night!" ”

"My lord, you should inform the whole city of the Gentleman's Army's running specialty." Chen Gong also suggested to Lu Bu: "Among the officers and men of our army, only some people know the combat characteristics of the Junzi Army, and know that the Junzi Army only comes and goes to avoid the enemy's edge and look for fighters to attack the enemy's weakness, so it is best to arrange a large number of manpower to inform the military and civilian people of the Junzi Army's tactical propaganda to the military and civilian people of the whole city, and even exaggerate it appropriately, so as to boost the morale of the military and the people of the whole city, and it will be of infinite benefit to our army to hold the city." ”

"Brilliant plan!" Lu Wenhou nodded vigorously, glanced at Chen Gong again, and said with a smile: "Such a clever plan, why don't you do it quickly?" ”

(To be continued)