Several flowers bloom, one for each flower. In fact, long before the anti-Tao alliance, when the Xuzhou army assembled in Xuchang, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, who were directly confronting the Xuzhou army, had already noticed these changes. Yuan Shang, who was less than three hundred miles away from the edge of the Xuzhou army's control area, breathed a sigh of relief, and before he could find out why the Xuzhou army was stationed in the army, he even had the idea of taking the opportunity to recapture the Liyang land.

Of course, Yuan Shanggongzi's idea of entering the water in his head was stopped in time by the trial, but the trial was not any better, in history, the Cao army had already transported grain into Baigou, and under the signs that Cao Boss had already shown signs of attacking Yecheng, the trial dared to instigate Yuan Shang to lead the army away from Yecheng to fight Yuan Tan! This time is no exception, when Liu Biao has already sent an envoy to reconcile, the trial not only did not persuade Yuan Shang to abandon his previous suspicions and work together with Yuan Tan, but also gave Yuan Shang a very bad idea.

"Lord, Tao Ying mobilized the army of the northern line of Yanzhou to the south and assembled in Xuchang, although its target is likely to be only Liu Biao, but Yuan Tan, who borders Xuchang, must be panicked and worried that Tao Ying will send troops to attack him." The judge said: "In this case, the lord may wish to go to the book to invite Yuan Tan to meet in Huguan, pretending to negotiate peace with Yuan Tan and work together to protect the three states." Yuan Tan was worried that the enemy on both sides would inevitably fall into the scheme, and when the lord and Yuan Tan met at Huguan, he would take the opportunity to lure Yuan Tan out of the customs to negotiate, and set up an ambush in between, and the big thing could be decided in one fell swoop! ”

"Brilliant plan!" Yuan Shang, who hated his half-brother so much, applauded, and asked worriedly: "Yuan Tan and Guo Tu are both treacherous. What if they won't come? Or what if you just send a representative to meet me at Huguan? ”

"Pei has already said that Yuan Tan is afraid that Tao Yingbing will attack Hanoi at Yuanguan, and he will be eager to make peace with our army and get rid of the dilemma of fighting on two fronts, and there is a great possibility of success." After reviewing and explaining, he smiled and said: "Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if Yuan Tan doesn't have the courage to go to Huguan to meet with the lord to die, or send another envoy to negotiate with the lord, the lord can also use the excuse that Yuan Tan is not sincere to reconcile, and he can justifiably withdraw from the anti-Tao alliance at any time." Join forces with Tao Ying to eliminate Yuan Tan! Yuan Shanggongzi was even more overjoyed when he heard it. Hurry up and act according to the plan, and urgently send a letter to Yuan Tan, and ask Yuan Tan to meet in Huguan to negotiate and settle the matter in person.

Yuan Tan Gongzi's side. Because Taiyuan is too remote from Yecheng and Hanoi. In order to beware of Deputy Director Tao and Yuan Shang. After stabilizing the position and adjusting the garrison, Yuan Tan Gongzi and his main forces are currently stationed in Shangdang, which is only more than 100 miles away from Huguan, so Yuan Shanggongzi's letter was delivered to Yuan Tan in a few days. It's the same as the one analyzed by the trial. Yuan Tan Gongzi, who was closely moving the main force in Xuzhou, was really worried about being attacked by the Xuzhou army and Yuan Shang from both sides, and saw that Yuan Shang sent a letter asking for peace talks, of course, he couldn't ask for it, not only stupidly agreed to meet with Yuan Shang, but also set the time for meeting and talking in Huguan on the sixth day of the first month of June, preparing to use the peace talks to temporarily stabilize the damned half-brother, and free up his hands to deal with the threat of the Xuzhou army.

On the third day of the sixth lunar month, after making strict preparations, Yuan Tan, who was anxious to get rid of the two-line dilemma, led hundreds of light horsemen to Huguan, and after entering the pass, the guards Hao Zhao and Xia Zhao immediately came to the front to report the news, saying that the scouts had found that Yuan Shanggongzi was indeed rushing to Huguan, and it was estimated that he would be able to arrive east of Huguan the next day and negotiate with Yuan Tan Gongzi as scheduled - however, Yuan Shanggongzi brought 20,000 troops to the peace talks this time!

"Yuan Shang brought so many troops to peace talks? Does he want to make peace? Or do you want to take the opportunity to win the pot pass? ”

Under the shock, Yuan Tan Gongzi, who had a glimmer of illusion about the third brother before, was vigilant, and while sending a fast horse back to Shangdang to wear the order, ordering the general Jiang Yiqu to lead an army of 15,000 to Huguan to take precautions, and at the same time sent a messenger to Yuan Shang's army to ask Yuan Shang what his intention was to lead so many troops to Shangdang to negotiate peace?

The envoy quickly brought back Yuan Shanggongzi's reply, saying that it was a long distance from Yecheng to Huguan, and the road was not quiet on the way, so he brought a little force to protect along the way, and at the same time Yuan Shang also asked the envoy to bring a letter to Yuan Tan Gongzi, in which he talked about brotherhood to Yuan Tan Gongzi, invited Yuan Tan Gongzi to negotiate outside the Guan, and said that he had set up a good banquet to apologize to his brother in person, and discussed the plan to revive Yuan's family business.

Yuan Shanggongzi's excuse is to deceive a three-year-old child, it is indeed true that there are 300 miles from Yecheng to Huguan, and it can be regarded as a long road, but the road is not quiet on the way is completely nonsense, and the escort of the 20,000 army is too exaggerated. So after hearing this excuse and seeing Yuan Shanggongzi's letter, Yuan Tan immediately suspected Yuan Shanggongzi's true intentions, and his confidant staff officer Guo Tu immediately offered a plan, suggesting that Yuan Tan Gongzi set up the location of the face-to-face negotiation in Huguan City, and tricked Yuan Shanggongzi into the city to cut things down, and Yuan Tan Gongzi did not hesitate to adopt this bad idea.

In this way, it is natural to suffer the respective envoys of the Yuan family brothers, and the legs are still not small, Yuan Shanggongzi with a ghost in his heart asked his eldest brother to go out of the customs to negotiate, and the ill-intentioned Yuan Tan Gongzi asked his younger brother to enter the customs to negotiate, and they did not give in to each other, and they refused to make half a concession on the negotiation location - but this can't blame the Yuan brothers for being stubborn, the key is that the brothers really know each other's personality too well. So after arguing for more than a day, the time for the meeting and meeting on the sixth day of the sixth month of June has arrived, and the Yuan brothers still can't reach a consensus on the location of the peace talks.

The so-called peace talks have reached this point, and they are basically a one-and-a-half breakup, and at the same time, on the premise that both sides maintain caution and restraint, the possibility of a sudden deterioration of the situation is not very large. However, what no one expected was that on the evening of the sixth day of the sixth month of June, a fast horse suddenly rushed from Shangdang to Huguan, bringing a happy good news to Yuan Tan Gongzi - Yuan Tanjun carefully explored that on the first day of the first month of June, Deputy Director Tao held a swearing-in ceremony in Xuchang City, counted Liu Biao's many crimes, and personally led 120,000 Xuzhou main forces to launch a southern expedition, targeting Liu Biao of Jingzhou who served as the leader of the anti-Tao League on the same day!

This news also became the last straw that broke the camel's back, and in the case of hating his brother to the bone, Yuan Tan Gongzi decisively seized this opportunity and decided to immediately start a war against the damned third brother. Mr. Guo Tu, who was afraid that the world would not be chaotic, even suggested that Yuan Tan Gongzi send troops to rob the camp overnight and kill Yuan Shang by complete surprise! Ignoring the strong opposition of the generals Jiang Yiqu and Hao Zhao, Yuan Tan Gongzi resolutely decided to accept Guo Tu's suggestion, and personally led 5,000 troops out of the customs overnight to attack the camp of the damned brother at night.

Yuan Tan Gongzi's luck in robbing the camp this time was neither bad nor good, and the surprise attack team was not discovered by the enemy sentry until the prescription was made in front of Yuan Shangjun's camp, which was taken by surprise, but it also gave Yuan Shangjun a little time to react, and as a result, although Yuan Tanjun successfully took advantage of the opportunity of Yuan Shangjun's surprise and successfully entered Yuan Shangjun's camp. However, it was stubbornly resisted at Yuan Shangjun's Chinese army camp. In the fire of the night. The brothers of the Yuan family each scolded each other, one scolded the elder brother for paralyzing his father and usurping the title of military power, and the other scolded the younger brother for colluding with outsiders. Rebellion and rebellion. The brothers each had a knife and a gun. The fight was in full swing, and the world was turned upside down.

At the beginning of this battle, Yuan Tanjun, who was the first to strike, had the advantage, but as Yuan Shangjun gradually adjusted. Relying on the advantage of troops, he gradually reversed the situation, and at the same time, Yuan Shanggongzi's force was indeed stronger than his brother, and he was forced to retreat to the army for protection. But when the rear army led by Jiang Yiqu and Hao Zhao rushed to the battlefield for reinforcements, the situation was once again reversed to the side of Yuan Tan's army, forcing Yuan Shang, who was gradually unable to resist the enemy, to lead the army to abandon the camp and leave, and was defeated to Yecheng from the way he came.

The matter is not over, and after finally taking a bad breath on the battlefield, Yuan Tan Gongzi, who was not satisfied, immediately began to prepare for the Eastern Expedition, planning to take advantage of Deputy Director Tao's southern expedition and no time to take care of the northern front, take Yecheng in one fell swoop, kill the damned brother, and recover the entire territory of Jizhou! In this regard, although his cousin Gao Gan also strongly advised Yuan Tan Gongzi to act cautiously and not to give outsiders the opportunity to take advantage of the fire and rob, Yuan Tan Gongzi did not listen to it at all, and resolutely abandoned the only advantage of his father Yuan Sangong in his life, and ordered the Jizhou general stationed in Dai County to guard against foreign races to move south, flank Yuan Shang, ignore external troubles, and only fight a civil war!

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Because I didn't expect the Yuan family brothers to turn around so quickly, the Xuzhou army did not arrange detailed reconnaissance movements in the Huguan area, so Deputy Director Tao did not know the general process of the Huguan battle from Yuan Shanggongzi's letter for help until he led the main force to cross the water, and at this time, the Xuzhou army not only crossed the water on the whole line, but also successfully took the small city of Xi'e and opened the road to Wancheng, and at the same time, the forward army led by Wei Yan had also advanced to Wancheng, and the battle of Wancheng was about to break out. Therefore, Deputy Director Tao didn't dare to slack off after getting the book, and immediately summoned Jia Lao Poison and Liu Ye to discuss whether to give up Wancheng and return to the north?

After Jia Lao Poison and Liu Ye came to the big tent of the Chinese army, without waiting for the two to sit down, Deputy Director Tao immediately handed the letter to the two of them to read, and then said with a smile: "I didn't expect that the two sons of Lord Yuezhang were so anxious, our army sent troops from Xuchang on the first day of June, and only five days later, the two uncles and brothers immediately did it in Huguan, Yuan Shang was defeated, and returned to Yecheng to ask me for help, I don't know what Mr. Wenhe and Mr. Ziyang think?" ”

Jia Lao Poison and Liu Ye were not in a hurry to answer this question, and it was not until they carefully read Yuan Shang's letter that Liu Ye said: "Lord, judging from the letter, Yuan Shang found out that Yuan Tan was going to send troops to Jizhou, so he hurriedly sent a letter to our army for help. In this way, Ye thought that the opportunity was rare and he should return to the division as soon as possible to save Yuan Shang, so that he could not only preserve the troops but also make the soldiers not too tired, and he could take the opportunity to enter Jizhou and take the three northern states. ”

"Really?" Deputy Director Tao was a little dissatisfied with Liu Ye's answer, and said, "Is it too urgent to return to the teacher now?" Although we are not afraid that Huang Zu will take the opportunity to chase and kill, but Yuan Shang has just found out that Yuan Tan is preparing to send troops to Jizhou, and he has not really entered Jizhou, let alone attacked the city of Yecheng, we will return to the northern line of the division immediately, what if Yuan Tan is scared back? ”

"The lord is extremely worried, Ye's proposal is a bit too hasty." Liu Ye nodded, and said: "Then we will wait and see for a while, until it is confirmed that Yuan Tan sent troops to Jizhou and the troops came to the city of Yecheng, and then we will see the opportunity to act." ”

"No, it's not enough to confirm that Yuan Tan Bing is under the city of Yecheng!" Jia Lao Poison opened his mouth and said categorically: "We must wait for Yuan Tan to break through Yecheng before we can return to the north and enter Jizhou!" ”

"What?" Deputy Director Tao was taken aback and said in surprise: "Mr. Wenhe." Why? Yecheng is Yuan Shang's lair, and if you lose Yecheng, Yuan Shang is basically over, and Yuan Tan basically unified Jiyou and Sanzhou, so is it too late for us to send troops at that time? ”

"My lord, before answering this question, I would like to dare to ask you a question." Jia Lao Poison asked: "When you were at the end of the year, if you didn't have Yuan Benchu's daughter and you, and came forward to shelter you, Cao Cao would not dare to peep into Xuzhou." Can you have today? ”

"Why did Mr. Wenhe ask about this?" Deputy Director Tao was a little surprised. But he still replied truthfully: "No, if it wasn't for Lord Yuezhang to protect me back then, it would be difficult for me to stop the full-scale invasion of the Cao thief, and it would be difficult for me to get to this day." At least not so quickly. ”

"Then I would like to ask my lord again." Jia Lao Poison asked again: "If there was no Yuan Shang to help me back then. Whether the lord can quickly marry Yuan Benchu's beloved daughter. An alliance with Yuan Benchu? After the lord and Yuan Benchu formed an alliance, if there was no Yuan Shang in the middle, he would have reconciled the contradictions. Can the alliance between our army and Yuan Benchu last for several years? ”

"Still can't." Deputy Director Tao also somewhat understood the meaning of Jia Lao's poison, so he rarely said an honest word, and said: "If it weren't for the help of the third uncle, the covenant between me and Lord Yuezhang would have been broken by Cao Thief long ago." In the later conflict between Langya, if it weren't for Yuan Shang's help and persuasion, Lord Yuezhang would have joined forces with Cao Thief to attack our Xuzhou. ”

"That being the case, then we must wait until Yuan Tan breaks through Yecheng before we can send troops to Jizhou." Jia Lao Poison said solemnly: "Yecheng and Jizhou, our army can only take it from Yuan Tan's hands, and must not take it from Yuan Shang's hands, otherwise, your lord, you can't explain it to the people of the world." ”

Seeing that Deputy Director Tao nodded again and again, agreeing with his own opinion, Jia Lao Poison added: "Therefore, I believe that our army must not immediately return to the northern line of the division now, and even confirm that Yuan Tan's soldiers cannot return to the northern line of the division under the city of Yecheng, otherwise, returning to Jizhou now will only work hard for Yuan Shang in vain, even if Yuan Tan is defeated, there is no excuse and morality to take Yecheng and Jizhou." But if we wait for Yuan Tan to take Yecheng, and then we go back to Jizhou to take Yecheng, then we are not sorry for Yuan Shang, but to repay him for Yuan Shang's past kindness. ”

"This also has the face to claim to repay the favor? No wonder you Jia Wenhe can be a military advisor as soon as you come, I, an old man in Xuzhou, can only be your deputy, and my cheeks are really thicker than mine. Liu Ye first muttered in his heart, and then said: "Mr. Wenhe is reasonable, since this is the case, then Ye suggests that the lord may wish to write back to Yuan Shang, under the pretext that Liu Biao and Yuan Tan have concluded a mutual protection agreement, and our army stormed Liu Biao to save him, rather than let the army travel thousands of miles back to aid Jizhou, it is better to encircle Wei to rescue Zhao and attack Liu Biao, forcing Yuan Tan to return to Liu Biao to relieve the danger of Jizhou, and refuse to return to the northern line on this ground, and let him Yuan Tan storm Jizhou Yecheng. ”

Deputy Director Tao was very satisfied when he heard this, and immediately ordered the lord Bo Chen to write a book, and Jia Lao Poison suggested again: "Yecheng is strong and difficult, the lord should add a sentence to the letter, suggesting that Yuan Shang abandon Yecheng and go to Liyang or Qinghe when Yecheng is in danger and our army cannot return immediately, join the division with our army's Chen team or Zang Ba's team, and wait for the main force of our army to return to the division before recapturing Yecheng." Yuan Shang spared his life, and after seeing this letter, he had no intention of defending Yecheng with all his might, which also gave Yuan Tan the opportunity to quickly take Yecheng. ”

Deputy Director Tao and Liu Ye laughed together, and then without Deputy Director Tao's instructions, Chen Yingda, who was a talented man with a flying pen, had already added this paragraph to the letter, but even so, Deputy Director Tao, who was eager to repay the great kindness of Da Yuan Sangong's father and son, still refused to be satisfied, and after careful consideration for a while, Deputy Director Tao suddenly asked: "Mr. Wenhe, Mr. Ziyang, have you ever been to Yecheng?" Are you familiar with the topography of Yecheng? ”

"Nope." Jia Lao Poison shook his head together with Liu Ye, and then Liu Ye said again: "Lord, Mr. Zhongming has been to Yecheng several times and is familiar with the situation there. ”

"Yang Hong?" Deputy Director Tao smiled and said, "Forget it, Mr. Zhongming, ask him how many brothels there are in Yecheng City, he may be clear, like the terrain, isn't it in vain to ask him?" Will he have the leisure to go outside the city and see the terrain? Still keep all this boring stuff in mind? ”

"That's just as well." Liu Ye nodded, and added: "There are also those officials in Yecheng who have a lot of money in their families, and Mr. Zhongming must be extremely familiar with them. ”

"In addition to Mr. Zhong Ming, there is another person who may be familiar." Jia Lao Poison smiled and said: "Haven't you forgotten that the girl Guo Huan who served you in your bedroom has been in Yecheng for a while, and she should be very familiar with the terrain of that area." ”

"Huh, how did I forget her?" Deputy Director Tao slapped his forehead, and suddenly remembered a trivial matter, and said, "She must be familiar with it!" I remember she said that before her sister met Yang Hong, the family was eating on the Zhanghe wharf outside the north gate of Yecheng, and she must be very familiar with the hydrological situation of the Zhanghe River! ”

"The hydrological situation of the Zhanghe River?!" Jia Lao's poisonous heart froze, and he immediately understood Deputy Director Tao's vicious intentions, and then said with a smile: "Lord, if you know that Miss Guo Huan's clever plan is feasible, then I suggest that the lord should send someone to warn Yuan Tan not to act like this, otherwise he will be severely punished!" In this way, even if the people of the world know about the existence of this matter, they will only praise the benevolence and righteousness of the lord and resent Yuan Tan for being vicious. ”

"Mr. Wenhe is really a wise man in the world, I just mentioned Zhanghe, you know what I plan to do, amazing." Deputy Director Tao admired it, and then smiled: "But it's just a hope, whether I can act or not, I have to ask Guo Huan's girl to know." (To be continued......)