Coincidentally, Yuan Shang was the Changyi battlefield that Boss Cao and Uncle Liu Huang arrived at that evening, because it was nearly dark at that time, and the face-loving Yuan Shang and Yuan Sangongzi expected that they would visit Boss Cao, and there would definitely be no etiquette such as opening the middle door and preparing drums, so they were not in a hurry to visit Boss Cao, and chose to go to their own camp to meet Yan Liangwen Chou first.

What made Boss Cao vomit blood was that on the way south this time, Yuan Sangongzi listened to the slanderous words of the super sycophant Yang Hong, and decided to surprise everyone on the Changyi battlefield, and play a decisive role on the chaotic Changyi battlefield, showing the majesty of Yuan Sangongzi, deliberately did not reveal his identity to the Yanzhou County and County Officials who passed along the way, but went south under the banner of Yuan Shaojun's ordinary messenger, and the officials and generals under Cao Laoda's command almost never saw this Yuan Sangongzi, Naturally, he didn't send a fast horse to inform Boss Cao of this, and completely fooled Boss Cao, who was almost successful.

In fact, there was also poor Deputy Director Tao who was pitted, in order to give his boss a big surprise, Yang Hong, who was not too fast, deliberately did not send someone to go south first, and reported to Tao Yingzuo that he had succeeded in defrauding, so that Deputy Director Tao, who was riding on the wall and watching the wind, was worried about it a lot, and he was worried in vain.

After meeting with Yan Liangwenchou, Yuan Sangongzi only had a general understanding of the current situation on the battlefield in Changyi, and immediately asked Yan Liangwenchou to send his henchmen and cronies to the south overnight, and went to Fang with a book to contact Tao Ying, asking the future brother-in-law to immediately lead the army north to meet the third brother. It was at this time that the fatal turning point came - in order to show respect for Yuan Shao's beloved son Yuan Sangongzi, Yan Liangwen Chou asked his henchmen to go to Lu Kuang's Lu Xiang camp by the way, and informed Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang that the third son had arrived, and asked Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang to visit Yuan Sangong in the Changyi camp the next day!

If you want to die or not die, you will send someone to contact Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang at this critical moment, and the result is of course, when Yan Liangwen's henchmen and cronies arrived at the Jinxiang camp, they naturally found that the Jinxiang camp people who should have been stationed in tens of thousands of Yuan Shaojun went to Zhaikong, only a thousand old and weak soldiers guarded the camp, and Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang were not in the camp. Hurriedly returned to the Changyi camp overnight to report the matter to Yuan Sangongzi and Yan Liangwen.

As mentioned earlier, Yan Liangwen Chou because of his short hand, he had repeatedly ordered Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang not to take the initiative to provoke the Xuzhou army, which had already confirmed the news of Tao Yuan's alliance, and suddenly received the news that Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang's army were going south overnight, of course, he was shocked, and hurriedly reported the matter to Yuan Sangongzi, Yuan Sangongzi was also worried that he would destroy his plan to hook up with his brother-in-law, so he quickly led Yan Liangwen Chou down to find Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang to settle accounts. The result is of course, Yuan Sangongzi led Yan Liangwen Chou to torture Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang from the mouth of the Jinxiang garrison, and found Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang's ambush point, and then carefully asked Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang why they disobeyed the order to ambush the Xuzhou army.

In order to keep abreast of the progress of the ambush war, Cao Boss concentrated all his reconnaissance forces on Liu Beijun and the Xuzhou army, ignoring the surveillance of his hardcore ally Yuan Shaojun; Although the Cao army scouts also found Yuan Sangongzi and Yan Liangwen Chou and others several times, and even Yuan Sangongzi and his party rushed into Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang's ambush circle quickly, they were actually discovered by the Cao army scouts, but because the Cao army scouts did not know Cao Boss's plan to collude with Yuan Shaojun's traitors to ambush the Xuzhou army, they also said that it was just an ordinary contact between Yuan Shaojun's internal relations, and they did not block the interrogation, and naturally did not report to Cao Boss, and the result was ............ Fortunately for Boss Cao, although the ambush plan was a complete failure, Boss Cao's team had almost no losses, except for the three peach brothers headed by Uncle Liu Huang, who worked hard and paid countless costs, and finally lured the Xuzhou army and even Tao Ying himself into the ambush circle, but it was freshly baked Tao Yuan's allied army and beat him, the three thousand troops were annihilated, Uncle Liu Huang himself was almost killed by two arrows, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were injured together, and it took a lot of effort to break out of the encirclement and swim through Surabaya from the gentle water. Disappeared on the north bank of Surabaya under the cover of night, although the Tao Yuan coalition army also searched and chased with all their might, but they were not the opponents of Liu Huangshu, the master of battlefield escape, and could not find any trace of the three Taozi brothers within a radius of more than ten miles.

By the way, the reason why Uncle Liu Huang was able to escape successfully again this time is really thanks to our Yuan Sangongzi, Yuan Sangongzi just ordered Yuan Shaojun to besiege and beat the three Taozi brothers, and the first thing our unrighteous Deputy Director Tao did was to send his henchmen to contact the Junzi Army, and ordered Tao Ji to immediately hide all the things that should be hidden, and immediately lead the Junzi Army back to Fanghe and the camp to hide, so as not to expose the heavens after Yuan Sangongzi and the Junzi Army met. Otherwise, if the Junzi Army also joins the pursuit battlefield, the three peach brothers have almost no chance of successfully escaping!

After the battle, as a brother-in-law, he naturally had to thank the third brother for his kindness, and he had to invite Yuan Sangongzi back to Fang and the camp to rest, and Yuan Sangongzi did not shirk, and arranged for Yan Liangwen to lead the army back to the camp to rest, and he and Tao Ying returned to Fanghe hand in hand, and went to the Xuzhou camp to enjoy the hospitality of the future brother-in-law. Then in less than the middle of the night, Deputy Director Tao, who was definitely not under Yang Hong, quickly touched the third brother's temper and surname, a little clever but definitely ambitious and talented, admired vanity and liked to perform, did not refuse to wine and wealth, and hated the eldest brother Yuan Tan to the bone, coveted Yuan Shaojun's position, and wished that Yuan Shaojun would immediately abolish Chang Liyoung, and after figuring out all this, Deputy Director Tao, who was good at sowing discord and liking to fish in troubled waters, was of course ecstatic. It is rare to flatter Yuan Sangongzi, and the relationship with Yuan Sangongzi has also warmed up rapidly, and they are commensurate with each other's uncles, and they are so affectionate that they almost wear a pair of pants.

Leaving Yuan Sangongzi to live in the Xuzhou military camp for a day, news came from the Changyi battlefield that Cao Boss had agreed to accept Yuan Sangongzi's reconciliation and negotiate a truce with the Xuzhou army, and got the third brother-in-law promised to set the negotiation site in the Yuan Shaojun camp, Deputy Director Tao happily obeyed, leaving Tao Ji, Sun Guan and Xu Sheng and other generals to guard the party and the camp, and he and Lu Su and Xu Chu led an army of 2,000 to the north, escorting Yuan Sangongzi back to the Changyi camp, and by the way, he negotiated a truce with Cao Boss there, By the way, he was ready to participate in the action of dividing up the inheritance of the last father-in-law, Lu Wenhou, - this is also something that Deputy Director Tao has dreamed of for a long time.

A day later, the Xuzhou army arrived at Yuan Shaojun's Changyi camp under the angry gaze of Cao Jun's soldiers, and was directly stationed in Yuan Shaojun's Dazhai South Camp. At the same time, Yuan Sangongzi also sent a messenger to meet Boss Cao, and agreed to negotiate in the big tent of Yuan Shaojun's army, but Boss Cao reluctantly promised not to mention it.

In order to prevent accidents, the defense of the negotiation venue was all personally led by Yan Liangwenchou, and only Tao Ying, Lu Su and Xu Chu participated in the negotiations on the Xuzhou side, and only Cao Boss, Xun Yu and Dian Wei participated in the Cao army, and the rest were not allowed to enter the camp of Yuan Shaojun's Chinese army, let alone anyone within 100 steps of the Chinese army's tent.

At three o'clock, the negotiations began, when the representatives of both sides walked into the big tent, Cao Boss and Deputy Director Tao, the enemies and confidants, finally met again, in front of Yuan Sangongzi, Deputy Director Tao was very polite to Cao Boss fist bowed, respectfully called uncle, hated Tao should hate the egg hurt Cao Boss but the triangle eyes rolled, the black face was raised, and shouted angrily: "Don't dare to be, you have no contact with the envoy, let alone the friendship of relatives, how dare you be the elder of the envoy?" ”

Seeing Tao Yingre's face sticking to the cold buttocks, Xu Chu next to him was of course furious, and subconsciously rushed to press the hilt of the sword on his waist, and Dian Wei on the opposite side also drew his sword without saying a word, Tao Ying hurriedly drank it, and smiled at Boss Cao: "Uncle doesn't have to be too humble, uncle and father-in-law are friends of life and death, and they are like brothers and sisters, and they should be sons-in-law, so naturally they dare not be disrespectful to their father-in-law and brothers." Uncle, now the little nephew is here to seek peace, all the previous misunderstandings, please uncle or forget it. ”

Looking at the kind smiling face of the 'virtuous nephew' Tao Ying in front of him, Boss Cao really wanted to smash the nose of this little white face with a fist! At this time, another little white-faced Yuan Sangongzi, who made Boss Cao hate and hate, came up, and did not salute, but laughed directly at Boss Cao: "Uncle, my father is as close as a brother to you, Tao Yuanjun is my brother-in-law and my father's son-in-law, why not call you uncle?" Please ask your uncle to look at the face of the little nephew and his father, and recognize Tao Yuanjun as his niece and son-in-law. ”

"Little nephew and father?" Boss Cao glanced at Yuan Sangongzi out of the corner of his eye, and said secretly in his heart: "Put yourself in front of your stupid father?" It seems that Yuan Benchu's idiot is really a good godson! Seeing me, an elder, I didn't even make a salute, arrogant like this, sooner or later, you, a hypocrite brother-in-law, will be able to swallow you even with your belt and bones! ”

Seeing that Yuan Shao has indeed given a lot of charcoal to himself in the past year, Boss Cao forcibly suppressed all kinds of anger in his heart, and reluctantly returned a salute to Tao Ying, and then strode to his seat and sat down, of course Tao Ying, who was very thick-skinned, would not mind, and sat opposite Boss Cao with a smile, but Yuan Sangongzi was very dissatisfied, and hummed in his heart: "What madness? Without the help of our Yuan family, the fourth and third dukes, can you Cao Apu survive this year's difficulties? Dare to throw a face at this son, sooner or later, this son will make you regret it! ”

First of all, Yuan Sangongzi spoke, saying a lot of nonsense such as peaceful coexistence and common development, and finally said the right thing, and said: "Uncle, Tao Yuanjun, my father means that since Tao Yuanjun is now the son-in-law of the Yuan family, and the old lady Cao was also killed by the Yellow Turban remnant Zhang Min, and has nothing to do with Tao Yuanjun's father and son, then the Tao and Cao families might as well make peace, right?" In the future, Yuan Tao Cao and the three families will join forces to fight against the world's rebels and repay the peace in the Han world. My father is kind, I don't know what Tao Yuanjun and Uncle mean? ”

"Okay, okay." Tao Ying nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and said shamelessly: "My father-in-law and his brother-in-law have an order, should they dare not obey?" It should be guaranteed that as long as Uncle Cao agrees to the truce, he should definitely get along with his uncle in the future, never stop the sword soldiers, never offend each other, join hands to conquer the world's traitors, live up to the trust of his father-in-law, and not disappoint his wife and brother. ”

"Good." Yuan Sangongzi smiled happily, then turned to Cao Lao and smiled: "Uncle, Tao Yuanjun has promised to get along with you amicably, and now Tao Cao is harmonious, but there is only one sentence left for uncle." ”

"Sycophants!" Boss Cao scolded secretly, nodded very reluctantly and said: "Since Brother Benchu opened his mouth to mediate, then he didn't dare to disobey, but if he wanted to cease war with Xuzhou, there must be three conditions." ”

"Uncle still wants conditions?" Yuan Sangongzi's face sank, and he began to be dissatisfied with Boss Cao's lack of face.

"Third brother, it's okay." Tao Ying also expected that Cao Lao would have conditions, and said with a smile: "Uncle has the conditions, please say it clearly, the little nephew will try his best to meet it - but the little nephew has a word first, first, Xuzhou and Yanzhou do not produce horses, if the uncle asks for war horses or cavalry, the little nephew is really powerless." The second is siege weapons, the little nephew is different from his uncle, the little nephew has become the son-in-law of Yuan Gong, and he will be the enemy of Gongsun Chan in the future, and he may lead the army north at any time on the order of his father-in-law, and launch a fatal blow to Gongsun Chan's rebels, siege weapons are indispensable, and Xuzhou is surrounded by enemies like Yanzhou, so the siege weapons are really insufficient, and they cannot be provided to the uncle. ”

"What do I want your horses and siege weapons for? I want your army of hypocrites and thunderbolts! Boss Cao snorted coldly in his heart, but after humming, Boss Cao immediately understood Tao Ying's extraneous voice, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat - Tao Ying deliberately mentioned that neither Xuzhou nor Yanzhou produced horses, which was tantamount to reminding in disguise that Yuan Shao's Jizhou and Bingzhou have a stable and large number of war horses, if Yuan Shao also knew the secret of the Junzi Army, who else in the world could subdue him? !

There are also siege weapons, the thunderbolt is actually a siege weapon, Tao Ying deliberately mentioned Gongsun Zhan, in fact, he was issuing a disguised warning, unlike Yanzhou and Xuzhou, which are surrounded by enemies, Yuan Shao's current enemy is only one Gongsun Chan who is already dying, if Yuan Shao also gets the thunderbolt, then Gongsun Chan will definitely be able to support it for a shorter time, and once Gongsun Chan is destroyed, Yuan Shao wants to expand his territory to the south, and the first unlucky one is Cao Boss!

"Lord, Tao Ying has a sound outside the strings of the little thief, please think carefully about it." Xun Yu also heard Tao Ying's voice, afraid that Boss Cao would not notice the big thing for a while, so he hurried to Boss Cao's ear and whispered: "Lord, it is best to negotiate alone face-to-face, Tao Ying's thief, like us, is afraid that Yuan Shao will get those things, and he can use this to blackmail him." ”

"The thief is really cunning!" Boss Cao snorted in his heart, turned to Yuan Sangongzi and said, "Virtuous nephew, my conditions haven't been thought out yet, so I have to think about it carefully." Especially the amount of money and food, and some personal matters, I want to talk to Tao Ying alone, and ask the virtuous nephew to avoid it for the time being, I don't know if it's okay? ”

"Uncle, do you still want to ask for money and food?" Yuan Sangongzi was even more unhappy, and said: "Uncle, the last time you attacked Xuzhou, did you have less money and grain in Xuzhou?" ”

"I plundered some money and grain in Xuzhou, but Xuzhou supported Lu Bu before, which caused me a greater loss of money and grain, can't I ask for some to come back to make up for the loss?" Boss Cao asked rhetorically.

"Third brother, listen to your uncle's arrangement." Tao Ying also wanted to start formal negotiations with Boss Cao as soon as possible, so he smiled and said: "Actually, the younger brother also knows that in front of your brother-in-law, it is inconvenient for your uncle to say a lot of things, and you can avoid it for the time being, and you can also promote the alliance of the three families as soon as possible." ”

"It's okay for me to avoid it for now." Yuan Sangongzi was indeed an embroidered pillow, not only did he not have the slightest doubt, but also asked worriedly: "However, you won't fight, right?" ”

"Since I have promised an armistice, I am naturally true to my word!" Boss Cao replied proudly.

Tao Ying smiled and nodded, and did not speak, Yuan Sangongzi hesitated for a moment before sitting up, leading Yan Liang and the guards in the tent to temporarily go out of the account, when passing by Tao Ying's side, Yuan Sangongzi also whispered, "Don't give too much, if you really can't do it, don't agree at all, I will naturally call the shots for you." Tao Ying nodded again with a smile, and Boss Cao, who was an ear thief, rolled his eyes and secretly scolded Yuan Sangongzi for embroidering a pillow with a bag of grass - Tao Ying's thief is already ready to sell you, and he is still thinking about him.

After Yuan Sangongzi and the others left temporarily, when there were only six people left in the big tent, Cao Boss immediately got up from his seat, walked in front of Tao Ying and said loudly: "It's okay for me to stop fighting with you, but in order to compensate for the losses caused to me by the Xuzhou army, from now on, you must pay me 500,000 pieces of military rations, 10,000 horses of cloth, and 5,000 horses of silk every year!" 20,000 catties of pig iron! Over there, Lu Su and Xun Yu were also very smart to come to the door of the big tent to watch the wind, so as not to be eavesdropped by outsiders, leaving Xu Chu and Dian Wei, the two fierce men, to monitor each other, so as not to make a sudden move on the other side.

After saying it loudly, Boss Cao bent down and whispered in front of Tao Ying: "Little thief, it's really ruthless enough, he actually hugged Yuan Shao's thigh!" Okay, if you want to make an alliance with me, the cavalry and archery secret of the Junzi Army plus the real thunderbolt, I will not set foot in the five counties of Xuzhou in the future! ”

"Uncle, you are not a lion with a big mouth, but a whale with a big mouth, so much, can the little nephew take it?" Tao Ying laughed bitterly loudly, then lowered his voice and smiled: "Ming Gong, if you don't hug Yuan Gong's thigh, can you turn defeat into victory in Yanzhou?" Also, if I hand over the secrets of the Gentlemen's Army and the thunderbolt car I made to you, will I dare to sleep peacefully in the future? Other conditions can be discussed, the Gentleman Army and the Thunderbolt are not negotiable! ”

"At least 400,000 pieces of military rations! Others are negotiable! Cao Lao shouted loudly. Then he smiled in a low voice: "You have to talk about it if you don't have to talk about it, if you provoke me, I will stab this matter in front of Yuan Shang's fool, and let Yuan Shao also reach out to you, see what you should do with this cunning thief?" ”

"Then I'll give it right away! I am Yuan Shao's son-in-law, see who Yuan Shao will hit first after cleaning up Gongsun Zhan. Tao Ying threatened in a low voice, and said with a bitter smile: "Uncle, the five counties of Xuzhou in the little nephew were killed by you, and I really can't take it out." In this way, the little nephew will compensate you for 30,000 yuan of military rations at a time, this is always okay, right? ”

After laughing bitterly loudly, Tao Ying took out another silk from his sleeve, smiled and whispered: "Of course, I'm not without negotiation sincerity - the formula for the musket gunpowder that made you suffer a big loss, do you want it?" ”

The following is omitted Tao Ying and Cao Boss's loud answer, in short, seeing the silk in Tao Ying's hand, Cao Boss's eyes immediately lit up, and he reached out to pick it up, but Tao Ying quickly retracted it, smiled and whispered: "If you want to, I also have the conditions - after defeating Lu Bu, Lu Bu can dispose of it with you, Lu Bu's family must be handed over to me, and the Lu Bu army who is willing to surrender to me must also be handed over to me." ”

"Good thief!" Boss Cao was furious, and shouted angrily in a low voice: "No wonder you refuse to leave in Yanzhou, it turns out that you still want to accept the elite soldiers and strong generals under Lu Bu?" ”

"How many people are left after Lu Bu was killed by you? What is it that you ask me to snare something? Tao Ying asked rhetorically, brightened the formula of the flying musket in his hand, and laughed in a low voice: "Meng Degong, you have seen the flying musket, you can think about it, if you have this kind of weapon, do you still need to be afraid of my old father-in-law?" ”

Thinking of the divine power of the flying musket on the Dingtao battlefield that day, Boss Cao was of course very excited, and after a little calculation, he gritted his teeth and said: "The flying musket and the thunderbolt are exchanged for Lu Bu's family and half of the prisoners!" Moreover, add a secret covenant, no matter which one Yuan Shao attacks you and me in the future, the other family must immediately and unconditionally send troops to help! ”

"Deal!" Tao Ying replied very briskly this time, and said in a low voice: "But the covenant can't be written down, it can only be a verbal promise, how my credit is, Ming Gong, you know better than anyone else!" ”

"You little thief, you will only honor what you say in public." Boss Cao sneered, and said, "But it doesn't matter, when Yuan Shao turned around and headed south, I don't believe that you, a little thief, dared to watch the old man fall!" Yuan Shao's old man is really blind, he will choose you as his son-in-law! I dare to assert that sooner or later, Lu Bu will be a lesson from his past! Whoever is your father-in-law will be unlucky! ”

"Ming Gong, don't say that, I have a lot of respect for my two fathers-in-law." Tao Ying said with a smile: "Besides, I heard that you also have a daughter, maybe one day in the future, I will also call you father-in-law." ”

"Thank you, the old man's life may not be as hard as yours, but he can't beat you!" Boss Cao waved his hand very seriously, snatched the formula of the flying musket in Tao Ying's hand and put it away, and said that he would exchange the thunderbolt sketch for Lu Bu's family and Lu Bu's prisoners, and then walked back to his seat and sat down, signaling Xun Yu to invite Yuan Sangongzi into the account.

After another moment, Yuan Sangongzi led Yan Liang back to the big tent and asked suspiciously, "The talk is over so soon?" I thought you were going to talk for a few hours, and I was getting ready to go back to bed. ”

"You think that the Tao Ying thief is just like you, and he won't say anything else but nonsense?" Boss Cao snorted coldly in his heart, and said with a smile: "Tao Yingxian's nephew is generous, and promised to compensate me with 100,000 grains and grass, 3,000 horses of cloth, 1,000 horses of silk, and 5,000 catties of pig iron. ”

"So much?" Yuan Sangongzi's eyes widened, and he quickly turned his head to look at Tao Ying.

"That's true, this is the first condition of my uncle, and I don't dare to disobey as a junior." Tao Ying was solemn, and said with a smile: "However, my uncle took into account the weak financial resources of the five counties of Xuzhou, so he made concessions on the second condition, as long as the little nephew raised troops to the north and helped your brother-in-law and uncle to attack Changyi City together, these money, grain, and cloth can be reduced by half, and I also agreed." ”

"Halving? Reduction is done well. Yuan Sangongzi breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Since you promised to send troops to help attack the city, brother-in-law, then our Uncle Lang can fight side by side this time." ”

"Little thief, count yourself ruthless!" Boss Cao snorted in his heart, and said with a smile: "The third condition of the old man is that after breaking through Lu Bu, Tao Yingxian's nephew will immediately withdraw from Yanzhou on the whole line, and at the same time, in order to win each other's trust, Tao Yingxian's nephew will only station a thousand troops in Xiaopeicheng on the border of Xuzhou, and the old man will only station a thousand troops in Hulu, and not a single soldier will be allowed to be stationed." ”

Yuan Sangongzi and Yan Liang and others didn't know the terrain of Xuzhou, and of course they praised Boss Cao's seemingly friendly condition, but Lu Su and Xu Chu were anxious, and when they opened their mouths and were about to refute, Tao Ying stopped them and said with a smile: "That's right, Zijing, Mr. Wen Ruo, please write a friendship covenant, we will sign it now, and also ask my wife and brother to do a notarization." ”

Hearing Tao Ying's promise so refreshingly, of course Boss Cao, Xun Yu and Dian Wei all laughed, but Lu Su was anxious, and hurried to Tao Ying's ear and said, "Lord, are you crazy?" Our northern line of Xuzhou, just Xiaopei, a throat surrounded by water on three sides, can be defended, you gave the thunderbolt car to Cao Ying, and only stationed a thousand troops in Xiaopei, what if Cao Ying suddenly turned his face? ”

"Don't worry." Tao Ying also whispered in Lu Su's ear: "When I go back, I will let Sun Guan concurrently serve as Xiaopei Ling, and only one thousand troops will be left under his command, and the remaining three thousand troops will be reorganized into the government of Xiaopei County, so that they can maintain law and order in Xiaopei County." ”

(To be continued)