"Lord, the order has been conveyed to all battalions and villages, and the generals above the rank of captain have all returned to their headquarters, and the officers and men of our army have begun to prepare for the night battle, waiting for the lord to raise the tent and order the troops at any time!"

Ma Zhong's report, Deputy Director Tao turned a deaf ear, lowered his head and just calculated, calculating whether Guo Tu's surrender was true or false, whether he really planned to respond to the Xuzhou army's sneak attack on Yuan Tanjun's Guandu camp, or whether he set a trap in the Guandu camp to lure the Xuzhou army into throwing themselves into the net.

Yang Changshi's arrangement was not strict enough, leaving the flaw of Li Lang's real name, so that Deputy Director Tao followed the vine and touched the melon, and he had basically grasped the ins and outs of the whole thing, Yang Changshi Communiqué personal vendetta borrowed a knife to kill, and wanted to forge a letter of forced surrender to borrow Yuan Tan's hand In addition to Guo Tu, the forced surrender letter was really sent to Guo Tu, so that Guo Tu really sent a letter sent by Guo to ask for surrender, these causes and consequences Deputy Director Tao already knows, and now the only thing that Deputy Director Tao does not know, that is, whether Guo Tu's brother's request to surrender is true or false.

Jia Lao Poison, Liu Ye, Xun Chen and Shiyi's four major strategists also frowned, they were the same as Deputy Director Tao, they also understood the ins and outs of the matter, but they couldn't determine whether Guo Tu and Guo Suo's brothers' invitation to surrender was true or false, Yang Changshi and Li Lang, the most unscrupulous master and servant in Xuzhou, were still kneeling in the middle of the big tent, trembling together and not even daring to take a breath, although after carefully retelling the details of the matter twice, Yang Changshi and Li Lang were already dry mouths and smoking, But pampered Yang Changshi didn't dare to ask for water this time, he only trembled slightly when he knelt there, and he didn't even dare to have the courage to beg for mercy.

There is no way, Yang Changshi's disaster this time is too great, privately arranging prisoners, and secretly contacting the enemy's important ministers, the key is that Yang Changshi also forged Deputy Director Tao's handwritten letter, and also leaked the Xuzhou military aircraft in the reputation of Deputy Director Tao, such a bad behavior is a felony of ironclad killing in that dynasty, Yang Changshi, who knows that he is in the catastrophe, can do now, that is, think about how to beg for mercy from Deputy Director Tao for a while, Then there is the expectation that the sister-in-law Guo Huan and the reluctant confidant and friend Jia Lao Poison will intercede for themselves.

Guo Suo and Shi Yunfeng have been invited to rest in another small tent, there are light and dark sentinels quietly staring, before leaving, Guo Suo told Deputy Director Tao that although this matter is a misunderstanding, but his brother is still willing to surrender to Xuzhou, and reminded that Guo Tu has organized dead soldiers in Yuan Tan's military camp, arranged to respond, and implored Deputy Director Tao to send troops as agreed, otherwise Guo Tu will set fire to the camp, but the Xuzhou army will not take the opportunity to attack the camp, and Mr. Guo Tu will die without a place to be buried. In the end, Guo Suo, who was worried about his brother's danger, kowtowed to Deputy Director Tao again, saying that he was willing to stay in the Xuzhou camp as a hostage to prove his sincerity.

In this regard, Deputy Director Tao first comforted Guo Suo with kind words, and said that he absolutely believed that Guo Tu's brothers asked to surrender, and then ordered the whole army to arrange preparations for night battles in front of Guo Suo, and sent Guo Suo away, but Deputy Director Tao didn't say a word, and only tried to analyze the authenticity of Guo Tu's brothers' surrender.

"It shouldn't be a scam!" After a long time, Liu Ye was the first to stand up and said in a deep voice: "Otherwise, if there is fraud, Guo Suo, who came to surrender, will definitely have his head on the ground, Guo Tu has always been selfish, for his glory and wealth, he first forced Zhang He and Gao Ran, and later betrayed most of Qingzhou to our army, such a selfish person, it is impossible to sacrifice his brother for Yuan Tan, so this time it is definitely not a fraud!" ”

Deputy Director Tao looked up at Liu Ye and didn't speak, Xun Chen also stood up over there, and arched his hand and said: "Lord, Mr. Ziyang is reasonable, Chen has been in Jizhou for a long time, and he knows that Guo Tu and Guo Suo are not only brothers and blood, but also father and son. ”

After listening to Xun Chen's analysis, Deputy Director Tao finally wavered a little, and almost believed that Yang Changshi had taken shit luck again, and really recruited the Guo Tu brothers for himself by mistake. Jia Lao, who was sitting on top of Liu Ye, opened his mouth and said, "Although the words of Mr. Youruo and Mr. Ziyang are reasonable, they may not be. The lord and the second duke can think about it carefully, if there is no Mr. Zhong Ming's case, Guo asks to lead the way for our army to attack the enemy camp, do we allow it, or do we not allow it? ”

Liu Ye and Xun Chen thought about it carefully and found that if it weren't for Yang Changshi's sideways insertion and turning the surrender strategy into a farce, so that the self-army was suspicious of Guo Tu's brother's request to surrender, Guo proposed to lead the way for the Xuzhou army to sneak attack the enemy camp, and the self-army was indeed very likely to agree. Thinking about this, Liu Ye asked tentatively: "What does Mr. Wenhe mean, do you want to say that Guo Suo may be planning to take the opportunity to escape for his life, but Mr. Zhong Ming made us suspicious, so we had to temporarily switch to the death plan, and were determined to die to lure our army into a plan?" ”

"I can't rule it out." Jia Lao Poison replied.

"But Mr. Wenhe, where is the evidence?" Xun Chen asked.

"There's no evidence, it's just speculation." Jia Lao Poison replied frankly: "Xu just wants to remind the lord that there is such a possibility." ”

"It's embarrassing." Shi Yi frowned and said: "It is possible that there is a real surrender, or it is possible that it is temporarily changed to the dead room, both of them may be both, and there is no conclusive evidence to prove both of them, could it be that our army can only gamble on luck this time?" ”

"Betting on luck?" Deputy Director Tao, who had always had amazing luck on the battlefield, looked dark, suddenly grabbed the pen holder on the case, smashed Yang Changshi with his arm, and roared: "It's all a good thing done by your husband, joking about such a big thing!" Now, we can only gamble your lives with thousands of soldiers! If you lose the bet, thousands of Xuzhou soldiers will have to be killed by you idiot! ”

"My lord spares his life!" Yang Changshi, who was hit by the pen holder, howled like a pig, and quickly kowtowed again and again and begged: "The lord spares his life, the lord spares his life, the macro knows the crime, the criminal minister will no longer dare, and he will not dare again, please see the criminal minister's previous merits, spare the criminal minister's small life." ”

"My lord, although Mr. Zhong Ming is bold and reckless, his original intention is not to betray the lord, but just to avenge some personal vendetta." Jia Lao Poison really spoke, and pleaded for Yang Changshi, the guide who had infiltrated the Xuzhou revolutionary team: "Please also ask the lord to give Mr. Zhongming a chance to make meritorious contributions for the sake of Mr. Zhongming's repeated miraculous achievements." ”

"No way!" Deputy Director Tao said angrily: "It's not once or twice that this bastard has copied my documents without permission, I have already let him go the first two times of embezzlement of public funds, and this time he dared to copy my letters on the military plane, if he is not severely punished, he will have it in the future?" Come! ”

"Spare your life! Lord's life! Yang Changshi, who didn't know that Deputy Director Tao was only going to give himself a military stick, was scattered, and after urinating his crotch on the spot, he hurriedly kowtowed desperately and shouted: "The lord spares his life!" Spare your life! Lord, if you are really embarrassed about this matter, then you just don't gamble, anyway, that messenger is unreliable, Guo Tu Pifu is even more unreliable, since there is no way to judge whether Guo Tu really surrendered, then simply leave him alone, do not send troops, and our soldiers will not need to risk their surnames! ”

"Fart! The Guandu camp is so strong, and such a good opportunity to break the camp, how can it be easily missed? Deputy Director Tao was even more furious and shouted: "Now that Guo Tudu has sent his own brother to ask for surrender, if I ignore it, if Guo Tu really initiates an internal response tonight, and our army does not respond to him and sends him to death in vain, who else will dare to act as an internal response for our army in the future?!" ”

"Impossible! The lord can't be! Yang Changshi defended unscrupulously: "The criminal minister thinks that Guo Tu can't really come to ask for surrender, because the criminal minister just wanted to kill him from the beginning, and didn't really want to recruit him over, and deliberately arranged an unreliable messenger to send him a letter, so the letter from the criminal minister to Guo Tu is likely to have been ......read by Yuan Tan Pifu and them." ”

"Wait!" Jia Lao Poison hurriedly interrupted Yang Changshi and quickly asked, "Mr. Zhong Ming, how do you know that the messenger is unreliable?" ”

"Because I asked the identity of the pawn named Shi Yunfeng." Yang Changshi replied with a sad face: "He is just a pawn in the camp of the enemy general Peng An, and he has neither an official position nor a member of Yuan Tanzhongjun. Mr. Wenhe, please think about it, is it so easy to change to the battalion sergeant of General Zilong or General Wenchang, and want to enter the Chinese army to see you, talk to you secretly, and secretly send you a secret letter? I just took this into consideration, so I deliberately picked a random pawn to deliver the letter, in order to let the letter deliberately fall into the hands of Yuan Tan Pifu! ”

Jia Lao Poison and Deputy Director Tao were stunned, and then they suddenly remembered an important question, how could an ordinary soldier easily sneak into the most heavily guarded Chinese army camp, easily meet the No. 2 person in the army, and get the opportunity to talk to the No. 2 person face-to-face? Is it really idle to be a military advisor?

"And." Yang Changshi said quite aggrievedly: "It's not right that there is still time, when Li Lang sent that Shi Yunfeng into the enemy camp yesterday, the time was already evening, but there was a reply at noon today, and a pawn secretly sent a letter to Guo Tu's old horseman, so could it be so fast?" ”

"Lord, this is an opportunity to distinguish the real from the fake!" Jia Lao, who has always been steady, jumped up and said quickly: "Even if Guo Suo is determined to die, that messenger may not be able to see death as if he were at home, it is the best breakthrough!" And the process of that pawn delivering the letter is also very suspicious, he should be brought in separately and interrogated separately! ”

"If that pawn really handed over the letter to Yuan Tan first, then there is a reasonable explanation for Guo Suo's willingness to serve as the death room!" Usually more stable than Jia Lao Poison is Yi Ye jumped up, and quickly analyzed: "Yuan Tan found out that Guo Tu had betrayed Jizhou, and he was definitely going to kill Guo Tu in anger, and in order to survive, Guo Tu's brothers must pray for meritorious service in exchange for avoiding death, and then Guo Suo came to surrender by fraud, and after finding that there was no chance to escape, in order to raise Guo Tu to live, he was naturally willing to act as a dead room!" ”

Deputy Director Tao finally showed some smiles, nodded and said, "Okay, immediately send a message to the messenger named Shi Yunfeng." By the way, he was our prisoner yesterday, and all the prisoners we have captured in the past few days have interrogation records, and his confession records have also been transferred to see what kind of character this kid is. ”

So, soon, Shi Yunfeng, a pawn who had not been paid attention to by Deputy Director Tao and others before, was soon taken into the Chinese army tent alone, and was sent to the Chinese army tent together, as well as Shi Yunfeng's original confession record of being interrogated by low-level civilian officials in Xuzhou. But Deputy Director Tao, who originally had a glimmer of hope, was soon disappointed again, because Zhuge Liang not only arranged a seamless resume for his henchmen and soldiers, but also fabricated a reasonable process for Shi Yunfeng to send the letter.

"Envoy Jun, the villain never thought that he would be able to send the letter to Guo Junshi so smoothly." Shi Yunfeng replied like this, "But it is a coincidence, it may be the blessing of the envoy, after the villain returned to the camp, he happened to meet Guo Junshi personally leading the army to inspect the camp, passing by the camp where the villain was, the villain suddenly had an idea, and ventured to Guo Junjun's team, under the pretext that the villain found an envelope on the road during the outpost of the camp, and wanted to ask Guo Junshi to take a look, and then presented the sealed envelope to the guards around Guo Junshi, of course, Guo Junshi's guards did not dare to open the envelope privately, He presented the envelope directly to Guo Junshi, and after Guo Junshi read the letter, he took me to his camp for questioning under the pretext that he wanted to ask me for other confessions. ”

After listening to Shi Yunfeng's explanation, Deputy Director Tao and Jia Lao Poison were dumbfounded again, because although this answer was a bit too coincidental, it was absolutely reasonable, and it was completely possible to do it under normal circumstances, but it was still the same sentence, if there was no big movement made by Yang Changshi, or if it was really Deputy Director Tao who arranged for Shi Yunfeng to send a letter to Guo Tu, Deputy Director Tao might accept Shi Yunfeng's explanation, but this Deputy Director Tao didn't dare to take it lightly - there are many coincidences in the world, but so many coincidences come together, It's so suspicious that it happens.

No matter how much you doubt, it is useless, before there is conclusive evidence to prove it, Deputy Director Tao can neither believe Shi Yunfeng's explanation, nor arbitrarily conclude that Shi Yunfeng is not telling the truth, and there are two thoughts in his heart, "Is it a gamble on luck?" Or give up this opportunity and find another way to break the camp? ”

"Lord, it's already halfway through the unitary hour." Chen Ying cautiously reminded: "If the lord does not make a decision again, our army will not have time to send troops to fight." ”

Deputy Director Tao and Jia Lao Poison and others are still hesitant, but there are many Xuzhou generals outside the tent, and they are all surprised that Deputy Director Tao ordered to prepare for a night battle. As time passed quickly, Deputy Director Tao finally made up his mind, gritted his teeth and said: "The Guandu camp is hard to break, we can only bet on this!" It's decided, send troops to meet Guo Tu! ”

Jia Lao was still a little worried, but Shi Yunfeng quietly breathed a sigh of relief, but unexpectedly, Deputy Director Tao said to Shi Yunfeng again: "Shi Yunfeng, if I remember correctly, what Yang Hong promised you was a reward of 20,000 yuan and the official position of Dubo, right?" Go down and receive the reward, and I will fulfill the promise for you. Come and take Shi Yunfeng down to receive the reward. ”

"Thank you." Shi Yunfeng bowed with joy, and muttered in his heart: "Now, it is only left how to escape from the Xuzhou thief camp." General Guo said that he should bear all the sins alone, and for the sake of insurance, it is better to find a way to run as soon as possible. ”

"You deserve it." Deputy Director Tao waved his hand generously, and said: "You just came from Yuan Tan's side, you are familiar with the camp, and you are ready to go out with our army to lead the way to attack the camp, and there will be a heavy reward after the matter is completed." ”

"Thank you, the villain is willing to lead the way for the lord." Shi Yunfeng kowtowed happily.

"That's right." Deputy Director Tao asked casually, "Is the foot injury of Master Zhuge better?" ”

"It's been a long time since it didn't bleed." Shi Yunfeng replied casually: "But that arrow shot into the joint of the military advisor's foot, and the leg and foot will never be better anymore." ”

Deputy Director Tao smiled, Jia Lao Poison, Liu Ye, Xun Chen and Shi Yi also laughed together, laughing so much that Shi Yunfeng first shook his head, and then when he woke up suddenly, Shi Yunfeng's face suddenly turned like earth, and the sweat of the bean was all over Shi Yunfeng's forehead. The Xuzhou guards on both sides strode forward in unison and sandwiched Shi Yunfengbao in the middle.

"Shi Yunfeng, aren't you a sergeant in Peng An's battalion? How could he be so familiar with Zhuge Liang's situation? Deputy Director Tao asked slowly: "Could it be that you have seen Zhuge Military Division?" ”

"I don't think I've only seen it." Jia Lao Poison also smiled gently and said, "Listening to your tone, you should still be Uncle Liu's corporal, right?" ”

Shi Yunfeng was completely paralyzed on the ground, trembling a hundred times more serious than Yang Changshi, and Deputy Director Tao said with a smile: "I always thought that it was Zhuge Liang who gave you this bad idea, but I didn't expect that there was another layer behind this matter, you are not a Jizhou soldier at all, but a Jizhou Xinye soldier soldier." ”

Speaking of this with a smile, Deputy Director Tao suddenly patted the table in front of him and yelled, "Say, what is your identity?" What is the relationship with Zhuge Villager?! ”

Shi Yunfeng continued to tremble, hesitating and not daring to make up his mind, but Deputy Director Tao slapped the book case again and shouted: "Drag it down and torture him until he confesses honestly!" ”

"No!" The guards in the tent suddenly agreed, and the two guards dragged Shi Yunfeng away, and when things came to this point, Shi Yunfeng, who was quite shrewd, also knew that it was impossible to escape, in order to survive and not suffer from flesh and skin, Shi Yunfeng could only struggle and shout: "Envoy, I recruit, I recruit!" I am indeed not a soldier of the Jizhou Army, I am Zhuge Liang's personal soldier, I am Zhuge Liang's personal soldier, yesterday I also listened to Zhuge Liang's arrangement, and was deliberately captured by you............. ”

After listening to the truth of the crying Shi Yunfeng, Deputy Director Tao, Jia Lao Poison and others opened their mouths, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, never dreaming that Zhuge Liang would judge the general next move of the army from a little clue, and also arranged such a clever plan to spy on the secrets of the army-if it weren't for Yang Changshi's head suddenly entering the water, and he inserted a bar by mistake, confusing Zhuge Liang's judgment with his invincible and mentally handicapped aura, and luring Zhuge Liang to make the first move, The Xuzhou army has to suffer a big loss this time!

After the shock, Deputy Director Tao and Jia Lao Poison and the others gradually laughed, because Deputy Director Tao and Jia Lao Poison knew very well that in front of a clever opponent of Zhuge Liang's level, it was even more difficult to know the purpose of his plan in advance than to hit Zhuge Liang's intact leg with a random arrow on a high mountain thousands of steps away! But this time, Yang Changshi shot an arrow indiscriminately and hit it.

"Take this Shi Yunfeng down, take down Guo Suo, and take care of it together, I will be useful in the future." Deputy Director Tao smiled and ordered: "Also, take Yang Hong and Li Lang out, change the name to dispose of it, blow the trumpet and raise the account by the way, and summon the generals to enter the camp to receive the order." ”

…………………… At the same time, in the camp of Yuan Tanjun, in the big tent of Yuan Tanjun's Chinese army, Yuan Tangongzi had already begun to deploy troops and arrange ambushes with the assistance of Cui Yan, Liu Huangshu and Zhuge Liang.

"Ji Hou, Tao Envoy Jun is suspicious and cautious, and if you want to expect him to personally lead the army into our military camp, it will be difficult to climb to the sky." Zhuge Liang said confidently: "Liang can conclude that even if Tao Envoy Jun personally leads the army here, he will inevitably enter the camp with the front army when the war starts, and he will lead the rear army to respond outside the camp." Therefore, our army must not only arrange ambushes in the front camp, but must also arrange an ambush on the left and right sides of the camp. ”

"My lord, what Mr. Kong Ming said is extremely true, Tao Ying is notoriously cunning and suspicious, and he will definitely not immediately enter our military camp with the whole army, and he should also arrange ambushes outside the camp to flank the soldiers outside his camp." Cui Yan nodded in agreement.

Yuan Tan Gongzi nodded with satisfaction and accepted the suggestion put forward by Zhuge Liang and Cui Yan, and Zhuge Liang said: "Ji Hou, Liang suggested that the two generals Liu Huangshu and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei lead the army to ambush outside the camp. ”

"Good!" Yuan Tan applauded and smiled at Uncle Liu: "Uncle Huang, how about the ambush outside the camp, please ask you and the two generals Guan Zhang?" ”

"Dare to disobey." Uncle Liu Huang smiled and arched his hand.

"Ji Hou, for the sake of insurance, our army must have to keep another backhand." Zhuge Liang said: "The Marquis of Ji must arrange another army, ambush in the distance of the flank of the camp, after the war starts, this army can directly kill the Xuzhou camp and attack the flank of the Xuzhou camp, which can not only contain the Xuzhou rescue army, but also panic the enemy's mind, although the battalion can't, but it can win a big victory!" ”

"A clever plan is a clever plan." Yuan Tan Gongzi hesitated a little, "But in this way, the main force of our army basically has to be dispatched, if the field battle is unfavorable, even if you want to hold on to the big battalion, the strength will be ......." ”

"Ji Hou, if you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get the tiger?" Zhuge Liang smiled and asked, "If the Marquis of Ji doesn't take the risk of dispatching a large army, how can he defeat Tao Envoy's tiger and wolf army?" How can we muster the courage of Liu Zhijun in Jingzhou and go all out to rescue the Marquis of Ji? ”

Yuan Tan Gongzi's lips moved a few times, and seeing that Cui Yan and Guo Tu did not object, he nodded and said, "Okay, just act according to Mr. Kong Ming's clever plan, and let the second brother Yuan Xi lead this strange army to sneak attack the pottery thief camp!" ”

"Thank you for your trust." Zhuge Liang thanked him and said solemnly: "In this battle, Liang will not disappoint Jihou." ”

After solemnly speaking, Zhuge Liang added in his heart, "Tao thief, in this battle, Liang will not let you down." ”

(To be continued)