Chapter Ninety-Four: Yuan's Loyal Ministers

Deputy Director Tao, who has always been unlucky on the battlefield, has gradually begun to transfer recently, and in the battle of Xiangxian, the elite Xuzhou army defeated the partial division of Xiao Yuan Sangong, although it is nine out of ten, how much time does it take Deputy Director Tao has no bottom in his heart, but what Deputy Director Tao said did not expect is that when the Xuzhou army took the trail to the Xiangxian battlefield, it happened to catch up with the Yuan Shujun partial division to move the camp to the north bank of Suishui for the convenience of attacking the city, and he gave up the strong camp he had built before. Running to the north bank of Suishui, where Deputy Director Tao could directly launch an attack without crossing the river, re-establish camp, if Deputy Director Tao could not seize this opportunity for a quick victory, then Deputy Director Tao could basically die.

Because of this, in the face of the generous gift that Yuan Shujun's partial division took the initiative to send to the door, the ecstatic Deputy Director Tao did not hesitate to finalize the action of robbing the camp and breaking the enemy, and the result was not suspenseful. Less than 10,000 of the 30,000 Yuan Shujun divisions fled back to the main battlefield in Zhuyi under the leadership of Chen Ji's younger brother Chen Ban, and Suishui was also filled with the corpses of Yuan Shujun's soldiers, and the river did not flow.

The news was transmitted back to the Yuan Shujun camp in Gaohuang Mountain, of course the little Yuan Sangong was furious, Chen Ji's younger brother Chen Ban just came back, and was immediately beheaded by the little Yuan Sangong for questioning, and then the thunderous little Yuan Sangong immediately ordered to attack the Zhuyi defense line of the Xuzhou army, Zang Ba and Chen Zhi and other Xuzhou generals relied on the river and fortifications to resolutely defend, and the small Yuan Sangong team that poured out of the nest was inseparable, although the small Yuan Sangong had many troops, but suffered from the elite few, and was never able to break through the Zhuyi defense line, and several times across the river were beaten back, and the Xuzhou army have their own victories and defeats, and there is a stalemate.

At this time, almost all the Yuan Shu army civil and military generals Shi Yang Hong also unexpectedly escaped back from Xiang County, although Yang Changshi was very embarrassed when he came back, and his face was covered with blood and soil and suffered a few minor injuries, but he still escaped back, and at the same time brought nearly a thousand Yuan Shu army defeated soldiers who were contained on the road.

When he met with Yang Hong, who was wounded and fled back, Xiao Yuan Sangong had already heard about the defeat on the battlefield of Xiangxian from the mouth of the defeated soldiers, and knew that the defeat of Xiangxian had nothing to do with Yang Hong, and saw that Yang Hong could escape back with nearly a thousand defeated soldiers as a civil official, which was also very rare, so Xiao Yuan Sangong did not embarrass Yang Hong, who was the first favorite minister not long ago, and asked Yang Hong to go down to treat his injuries after a few words of comfort, while Zhou Yu, Qiao Rui, Ji Ling, Jin Shang and others all secretly scolded the sky and had no eyes - why didn't they let this sycophant die on the battlefield of Xiangxian?

To everyone's surprise, after getting the permission of Xiao Yuan Sangong's treatment, Yang Hong, who usually moaned for a long time when he bumped into him, was unusual, not only did not go to Lang Zhong immediately, but also kowtowed to Xiao Yuan Sangong and said: "Lord, our army's partial division unfortunately failed, after Tao Ying Xiaoer's elite and Xiangxian freed up their hands, they will definitely go south along the Suishui River to reinforce the Zhuyi battlefield, and I hope that the lord will be on guard as soon as possible, don't repeat the mistake of Chen Ji, and be attacked by Tao Ying Xiao'er." ”

"I know, Gong Jin has already admonished him, Gu has already asked Lei Bo to lead 10,000 troops and go to the left flank of the battlefield to intercept them, you don't have to worry, go down and treat your injuries." Xiao Yuan Sangong replied casually, Yang Hong was overjoyed, and he was used to taking a sycophant, so he hummed and chirped to treat his injuries. Zhou Yu sneered and said secretly: "It's rare for a dog to spit out ivory once in its mouth." ”

The reckless little Yuan Sangong still has a little army in his hands that can fight a tough battle, at least the tens of thousands of veterans under the command of Qiao Rui have a little combat effectiveness, although these veterans are fundamentally vulnerable in front of the hundred battles under the command of Cao Laoda, Da Yuan Sangong and Lu Wenhou, but against the Xuzhou army that is only second-rate, it still does not fall too far behind, plus Xiao Yuan Sangong is willing to die, and dares to use the advantage of numbers and lives to offset the combat effectiveness advantage of the Xuzhou army. Or to stay in Zhuyi Zang Ba and Chen Zhi to create a lot of trouble, Suishui defense line was broken through several times, the guilty and meritorious Yuan Shujun general Ji Ling also once led Cheng Pu and Huang Gai and other generals to kill in front of the Xuzhou army camp, fortunately the Xuzhou army fortifications that have been operating here for a long time are solid, with the geographical advantage to repel the attack of Yuan Shujun, but it is also dangerous and dangerous, almost abandoned.

Four days later, Tao Ying led the elite team back to the Zhuyi battlefield, Lei Bo led the army to intercept, did not dare to fight with Xu Chu will just line up to meet the attack, although the tactics are correct, but unfortunately met the deputy director of Tao who is the best at fighting collective battles, the fledgling Feng Yu Army showed its might, pushed the long shield lined up in front of the Lei Bo array to prevent arrows, and the Feng Yu Army, which was full of crossbowmen, hid behind the shield and took turns to release arrows with three shots, desperately pouring cheap wind feather arrows and arrows to Yuan Shujun, although Lei Bo Jun and Feng Yu Army shot desperately, but the arrows were quickly used up, Completely fell into the dilemma of being beaten passively. Xuzhou's first ace Junzi army took advantage of the situation to attack, detoured to the flank and shot Yuan Shujun soldiers, Xu Chu also led a team of infantry to kill from the other wing, the Lei Bo army with heavy casualties could not arrive, defeated back to the Emperor Mountain camp, Tao Ying did not chase after him, but quickly cleaned up the battlefield and continued to go east, rushing to the Zhuyi battlefield for reinforcements.

With the elite of the Xuzhou army coming back to help, as well as the free hand of Qin Yi's team to the south to reinforce, the Zhuyi battlefield also fell into a stalemate again, the little Yuan Sangong who could not break the defense line of the Xuzhou army listened to Zhou Yu's suggestion, gave up the initiative to attack and turned to defense, Tao Ying sent troops to fight several times, but also was categorically rejected by the little Yuan Sangong, and the war turned into the most unfavorable state of attrition for the Xuzhou army.

After a few days like this, in a blink of an eye, Tao Ying, who confronted Xiao Yuan Sangong for a month, suddenly sent an envoy to send a letter, and there was a gift box that said it was a gift, Xiao Yuan Sangong was very curious to summon the Xuzhou envoy, and when he opened Tao Ying's letter and took a closer look, he found that Tao Ying actually wrote on the letter: "Ming Gonggui came out of the gate of the fourth world and three dukes, led the people of Huainan, did not think of being stubborn, to decide male and female, but Gan Cave guarded the soil nest, avoided swords and arrows, and how different it was from women!" Send people to send women and plain clothes today, if you don't go to war, you can worship and accept it again. If the shame is not lost, there is still a man's mind, and he will return as soon as possible and go to the enemy on schedule! ”

At this time, the Xuzhou envoy, who had obviously received the settlement fee, took the initiative to open the gift box again, revealing a set of women's clothes, and said arrogantly and arrogantly to Xiao Yuan Sangong: "Ming Gong, my master said, if Ming Gong still has a little shame, then please make an appointment with my master to fight with my father-in-law!" If Ming Gong doesn't even want the last bit of shame, please accept this set of women's clothes, and my lord will never come to fight again! ”

"Fanatics! Madman! Xiao Yuan Sangong didn't have the same cheekiness as Sima Lao's thief, he was so excited by Tao that he screamed, jumped up and shouted: "Come on, push this madman down and behead him!" Raise your troops and horses and go to fight to the death with the Tao Ying thief! ”

The guards in the tent rushed up and held down the Xuzhou envoy, and the Xuzhou envoy who had already received the settlement fee was not afraid, but laughed and continued to stimulate Xiao Yuan Sangong, Xiao Yuan Sangong was even more furious, yelling and screaming to immediately send troops, Zhou Yu, Qiao Rui, Ji Ling and Jin Shang and others next to them were all in a hurry, and hurriedly went out to salute together, and persuaded one after another: "The lord please stop being angry, please stop being angry, this is Tao Ying Xiaoer's radical plan, the lord must not fall into Tao Ying Xiaoer's tricks and fall into his trap!" ”

"Shut up!" Xiao Yuan Sangong was also completely crazy, and roared with blood-red eyes: "The fourth generation and third prince of my family, the protΓ©gΓ©s are all over the world, how can I be humiliated by this woman?" I have made up my mind, send troops to fight to the death with that Tao Ying child, and those who talk too much will be killed! ”

Zhou Yu and the others, who saw Xiao Yuan Sangong so angry for the first time, were completely helpless, and they were already ready to meet a new defeat, but at this moment, a person suddenly walked out of the civil official queue - it was Lord Yang Hongyang, the chief historian of Yuan Shujun! Yang Hong strode up to the Xuzhou envoy, picked up the woman's clothes in his hand, put the curved deep coat on his body quickly, picked up the silk belt and tied it around his waist, and asked everyone with a smile: "Lord, colleagues, please see how the length and width are?" Does it fit in the lower body? ”

Seeing Yang Hong, who was close to the age and not confused, put on women's clothes, the civil and military officials of Yuan Shujun who were present naturally leaned forward and backward with laughter, and the little Yuan Sangong, who was already in a rage, couldn't help laughing, his anger suddenly decreased, and then he shouted angrily: "Yang Hong, why are you like this? ”

"My lord, please take a break from the wrath of the thunder, and listen to Weichen speak slowly." Yang Hong, who was dressed in women's clothes, arched his hand and said with a heartfelt voice: "Lord, Tao Yingxiao'er sent people to send women's clothes here, and his intention is obvious, that is, to provoke the lord to fight. But in this way, it just proves that the lord's previous tactics were proper, and he used his soldiers like a god, forcing Tao Ying into a desperate situation, and he had to use this little trick to provoke the lord! The lord is so wise and powerful, if he falls for this trick, wouldn't it make the world laugh? ”

"Huh? The sun is coming out of the west today? Zhou Yu, Qiao Rui and Jin Xuan and other loyal ministers of the Yuan Shujun looked at each other, and for the first time, they also discovered that Yang Changshi still had a cute side. Then Zhou Yu, Qiao Rui and the others did not hesitate, and hurriedly echoed: "Lord, Yang Changshi is reasonable, Tao Yingxiao'er used this little trick to be forced out by the lord's correct tactics!" ”

Xiao Yuan Sangong's face was slightly less angry, and he began to think calmly, but Yang Hong turned to the messenger sent by the Xuzhou army again, and said with a smile: "Go back and tell Tao Ying Xiao'er, his purpose is very clear to my lord, that is, I am worried that the war here will be delayed for a long time, and his Xuzhou rear will change, but my lord will never be fooled, if you want to fight, you can wait, my lordship is waiting in this Gaohuang Mountain camp, as long as he has the courage to attack, just come." ”

The face of the Xuzhou envoy, who was still unyielding just now, finally changed, but Yang Hong turned to Xiao Yuan Sangong again, shaking the woman's clothes on his body and said with a smile: "Lord, Weichen is bold, I implore the lord to reward this set of women's clothes to Weichen, and then ask the lord to reward Weichen with a set of rouge gouache, Weichen is willing to wear women's clothes and smear rouge to dress up as a woman in order to help the lord break the enemy, but the Suishui River shows it in public to see how Tao Ying Xiaoer is." ”

Thinking of Yang Hong's appearance of greasing and powdering, Xiao Yuan Sangong finally laughed, and the civil and military officials of Yuan Shujun who were present also laughed heartily, and Yang Hong took the opportunity to say again: "Lord, the two countries are fighting, if you don't kill the envoy, the lord is a famous family, how can he destroy the book and let the world criticize it?" According to the following opinion, the lord might as well plan the plan, let the messenger go back, and then make a book to reply to Tao Ying Xiaoer, saying that he would thank him for the gift for Weichen, if he has the courage to fight a decisive battle, he will wave his army to attack this Gaohuang Mountain camp, if he can't, then lay down his arms as soon as possible and surrender to the lord, and live his life, lest Cao Ying, Lu Bu, Liu Bei and Yuan Shao attack his back road in the future, so that he will die without a place to be buried! ”

"Yang Changshi's clever plan, the lord can adopt it!" Zhou Yu was the first to shout, and Qiao Rui, Ji Ling, Jin Xuan and others also echoed it, instigating Xiao Yuan Sangong to adopt Yang Hong's clever plan, and Xiao Yuan Sangong was tossed by Yang Changshi's clown performance, and his anger had already subsided, and after listening to Yang Hong and the generals' reasonableness, he nodded and said: "Very good, just do it." ”

So, under the skillful persuasion of the loyal minister Yang Hong and Yang Changshi, Xiao Yuan Sangong finally avoided Deputy Director Tao's next tactic, and continued to be determined not to fight, and at the same time deliberately treated the envoy well and turned around to anger Deputy Director Tao, and when the envoy who was destined to let Deputy Director Tao waste the settlement fee brought back Xiao Yuan Sangong's reply, Deputy Director Tao was completely helpless. At the same time, our Yang Hong and Yang Changshi also relied on this ingenious exhortation to completely reverse his image in the eyes of Yuan Shujun's loyal ministers and good generals, and even Qiao Rui, a general who has always hated Yang Changshi, also said hello to Yang Hong for the first time and made a bow when he broke up the tent.

The next day, Yang Changshi made two good suggestions to Xiao Yuan Sangong in public, one is to ask Xiao Yuan Sangong to send Qiao Rui to lead an army to be stationed in Huangshan four miles away from Gaohuang Mountain, where a strong camp is also built, and the main camp is a horn, so that no matter which camp the Xuzhou army attacks, the other battalion can send troops to attack the back, and attack it before and after, and once the Xuzhou army divides its troops to attack two large camps at the same time, It also immediately exposed the weakness of the insufficient strength of the Xuzhou army, and gave full play to the advantages of Yuan Shu's army's large number of troops, using its own strengths to attack the enemy's shortcomings.

Not to mention, Yang Changshi's idea is really good, resourceful as Zhou Yu is greatly appreciated, and Xiao Yuan Sangong, who is troubled by all kinds of problems caused by more than 100,000 people crowded in a camp in Gaohuang Mountain, is even more overjoyed, and immediately adopted Yang Changshi's suggestion, and decided to let Qiao Rui lead 30,000 troops to Huangshan to set up camp, and the main camp will become horns with each other. However, the second suggestion put forward by Yang Changshi made Xiao Yuan Sangong frownβ€”because Yang Changshi suggested that Xiao Yuan Sangong send an envoy to contact his nemesis, Cao Ying, and seek an alliance with Cao Boss to resist Tao.

"Cao Ying and I don't share the sky, I sent an envoy to contact him, how can he agree?" Xiao Yuan Sangong frowned and asked, "Besides, Cao Ying is at war with Lu Bupifu, how can he divide his troops to attack Xuzhou?" ”

"Please rest assured, Weichen thinks that Cao Thief will definitely agree!" Yang Changshi replied categorically: "The Cao thief hates Tao Ying the thief the most, and he is also very vigilant about the sudden rise of Tao Ying's thief. And with Lu Bu's capricious surname, once Cao Thief sends troops to Xuzhou, Tao Ying is in an emergency, and Lu Bu will inevitably take the opportunity to send troops to Xuzhou to feign rescue, but in fact, he is fishing in troubled waters, making Tao Ying'er even more difficult to take care of! ”

Speaking of this, Yang Changshi said more categorically: "There is also Liu Bei who also hates Tao Ying'er's thief, the reason why Liu Bei has been standing still is only because his strength is insufficient, and he can't shake Tao Ying'er's foundation, if Cao thief sends troops to Xuzhou, Liu Bei will definitely take advantage of the fire to rob and also kill Xuzhou!" At that time, the four roads will besiege the five counties of Xuzhou, Tao Ying Xiaoer has the ability to penetrate the heavens and the earth, and it is destined to be unable to parry, Huaiyin is ashamed, the enmity of Xiangxian County, and the lord can also fight in the snow! ”

"Father-in-law, Yang Changshi's plan is wonderful!" Zhou Yu couldn't wait to come out, and hugged his fists and played to Xiao Yuan Sangong: "Cao Thief is the thief of the world, and the lord is just a battlefield enemy, but the Xuzhou Tao family is the hatred of killing his father, and he also deeply hates Tao Ying to support Lu Bu to occupy the three counties of Yanzhou, the lord asks him for an alliance, he will definitely weigh the priorities, and he will definitely agree to form an alliance with the lord!" As long as Cao Thief makes a move, Liu Bei and Lu Bu, the two thieves, will definitely take advantage of the fire to rob, making Tao Ying Xiaoer even more difficult to take care of! ”

"My lord, what Mr. Zhongming said is very true, this plan is wonderful, please adopt it!" Qiao Rui, Ji Ling, Jin Shang and other loyal ministers of the Yuan clan spoke one after another, vigorously agreeing with Yang Changshi's clever plan.

"Then ......, let's give it a try." Xiao Yuan Sangong was finally moved, and said: "According to Zhongming's plan, immediately send an envoy to Yanzhou to contact Cao Thief." ”

Yuan Shujun's loyal ministers were overjoyed, and they praised the lord's wisdom, and they no longer had the slightest disgust with Yang Changshi's next monstrous sycophants. And after the tent was dispersed, when Yang Changshi walked out of the big tent of the Chinese army, he also took the initiative to walk next to Zhou Yu again, and laughed in a low voice: "Gong Jin, I didn't expect that our opinions could be unanimous today, it's really rare." ”

"It's really rare." Zhou Yu nodded, bowed to Yang Changshi again, and said sincerely: "Mr. Zhongming, Zhou Yu is young and frivolous, and he has offended Mr. a lot before. Please rest assured, as long as everyone works together to defeat the enemy, Zhou Yu swears to the sky that there will never be such a thing in the future. ”

"Gong Jin's words are serious, they are all working for the lord, a little dispute, what is it?" Yang Changshi didn't care about Zhou Yu's previous mistakes for the first time, and sighed sincerely: "It's a pity that General Bo Fu is no longer there, otherwise, just a Tao Ying child, so much effort?" ”

Hearing Yang Changshi's words, Cheng Pu and Huang Gai, who didn't dare to get too close to Zhou Yu, were surprised, and a glimmer of light flashed in Zhou Yu's eyes, and he hurriedly lowered his voice and said: "Sir, please be careful, Sun Ce is a thief in Huainan, if you let the lord hear Mr.'s words, I'm afraid it will be bad for Mr." ”

"Am I wrong?" Yang Changshi replied in a low voice: "The person that Tao Ying Xiao'er relies on is just a fierce soldier, if General Bo Fu is still there, just a Xu Chu Manghan, that is Bo Fu's opponent?" If General Sun Jian's elite soldiers are still there, why is our army afraid of confronting him head-on? ”

Yang Changshi's words made Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu and Huang Gai cry, and said together Lord Yang, what you said is too right, if the Bo Fu of the three armies of Yongguan is still there, what is a mere Xu Chu? If the elite soldiers under the command of the old lord are still there, in this Suishui battlefield that is not very suitable for the hypocrite army to fight, we can keep Tao Yingxiao'er all over the ground to find teeth! It's a pity, alas!

Moved and moved, as a despicable villain Zhou Yu who 'betrayed' Sun Ce in exchange for glory and wealth, he still had to say something to save face, and said with a deep face: "What does Mr. Zhongming mean by this? Could it be that he is reproaching him for exposing Sun Ce's rebellious crimes? Besides, when the lord convicted Sun Ce of being a traitor, Mr. didn't seem to fall into the ground, right? ”

"At that time, General Sun Ce was gone, so I just said 10,000 good words for him, so what's the use?" Yang Changshi asked Zhou Yu speechless in one sentence, and then Yang Changshi sighed again and said in a low voice: "Gong Jin, you are still young and have little knowledge, I know that you are very disgusted with my flattery to the lord, but if I hadn't flattered me in front of the lord back then, how could the lord withdraw Chen Ji, a confidant who had been attacking Lujiang for a long time?" How could General Sun Ce, who was not a descendant, lead his troops to attack Lujiang? ”

Zhou Yu's body was shocked, and he suddenly remembered a good thing that Yang Hong did to Sun Ce, that is, when Chen Jijiu attacked the Lujiang River, it was Yang Hong who fell into the well in front of Yuan Shu, scolded Chen Ji for being incompetent, and vigorously agreed with Yuan Shu's choice to let Sun Ce replace Chen Ji to lead the troops, and then Sun Ce also became famous through this battle, and got Yuan Shu's appreciation and the opportunity to lead the troops alone.

"Gongjin, I'll send you a word." Yang Hong observed the words, and took the opportunity to say: "Some people, patting sycophants are for promotion and making a fortune, and some people are patting sycophants for doing things, you are still young, remember this sentence, and you will be of infinite use in the future." ”

After finishing speaking, Yang Changshi didn't say anything anymore, and went straight back to his sleeping tent with his hands behind his back, and Cheng Pu and Huang Gai, who had been waiting for a long time, came up and asked Zhou Yu and Yang Hong what they whispered, Zhou Yu was silent for a long time, and then sighed, "Perhaps, I really misjudged Mr. Zhong Ming, and I want to take revenge on him, I hope Mr. Zhong Ming can ignore the past suspicions." ”

……………… Of course, our Yang Changshi is a moral gentleman regardless of previous suspicions, and after two days, when the fortification construction work of the Huangshan partial division camp was in full swing, in the afternoon of the same day, Yang Changshi suddenly sent someone to invite Zhou Yu to his sleeping tent to discuss, Zhou Yu, who had a completely changed impression of Yang Changshi, of course did not refuse, and immediately came to Yang Changshi's small tent alone, but saw Yang Changshi sitting next to the bookcase in the front account to act as the official document of the army, Zhou Yu did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and respectfully called Mr. Zhongming.

"Gongjin is here, please take a seat." Yang Changshi didn't raise his head to write, and while he was busy with official business, he ordered: "Serve tea to General Gongjin, and then go out, put down the tent curtain, I have a military plane to discuss with General Gongjin secretly, no matter who comes, I won't see anyone." ”

The servant in the tent agreed, made a cup of tea for Zhou Yu, and then withdrew, put down the curtain and let Zhou Yu and Yang Changshi talk secretly, Zhou Yu was curious, and did not dare to interrupt Yang Changshi's work, just waited patiently, but fortunately, the official document in Yang Changshi's hand was quickly prepared, after putting down the brush, Yang Changshi looked up and smiled at Zhou Yu: "Let General Gongjin wait for a long time, this official document is an urgent matter of the main bus generation, don't dare to delay, rude, please also ask General Gongjin Haihan." ”

"Don't dare." Zhou Yu humbly agreed, and asked curiously: "I don't know if Mr. Zhongming summoned Yu here, what advice do you have?" ”

"There is a major matter that must be discussed with General Gongjin." Yang Changshi said: "Although the grain and grass of our army is still enough for one month, but for the sake of long-term planning, I plan to take precautions and ask the lord to write Shouchun, so that General Yuan Yin and Yan Xiangbo, who stayed in Shouchun, can quickly send a batch of grain and grass to the north and send it to the army for use." ”

"Mr. Zhongming is prepared for a rainy day, thoughtful, and admired." Zhou Yu was very happy and took the initiative to say: "If Mr. does not give up, I am willing to make a joint statement with Mr. and persuade the lord to adopt Mr.'s clever plan." ”

Yang Changshi nodded, and said: "There is another thing, in order to prevent Tao Yingxiaoer from cutting off our army's grain route, I plan to ask the lord to cross the water from the city to Mengcheng, and then transport grain from Mengcheng to the front of the army, so that it can not only save the consumption of migrant workers, but also ensure the safety of grain and grass, I don't know what Gongjin thinks?" ”

"Mr. Zhong Ming's clever plan is in harmony with the younger generation." Zhou Yu was still happy, and he was also surprised that Yang Hong also had such a tactical vision.

"Gong Jin, listen to me." Yang Hong also said: "There are nearly 100 miles of road from Mengcheng to Zhuyi, just in case, our army must send a capable general to charge grain, I plan to recommend the old general Huang Gai to take on this important task - my move is all for the lord, Gongjin, you must not misunderstand my intentions, suspect that I want to distract your wings." ”

"Yu doesn't dare, don't dare." Zhou Yu didn't even dare to say it, and then Zhou Yu came back to his senses violently, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Zhongming misunderstood, how could General Huang Gai be Yu's wing?" Yu doesn't actually have much friendship with him. ”

"Gong Jin, you don't hide it from me." Yang Hong's expression suddenly became serious, and he said in a deep voice: "Gong Jin, do you think I really can't see it?" Cheng Pu and Huang Gai have always been loyal to the Sun family, and you let them make meritorious contributions, just to keep these two Sun veterans and give an explanation to the deceased General Sun and General Sun Ce. ”

Zhou Yu's face changed, but Yang Hong said again: "Also, Gongjin, you keep Cheng Pu and Huang Gai, and the more important purpose is to find a helper - to help you use the lord's soldiers and horses to avenge your friend Sun Ce and Sun Bofu!" ”

Zhou Yu jumped up, his hands clenched into fists, his mind was in chaos, and he didn't know how to answer Yang Hong's words. Our Lord Yang glanced at Zhou Yu and said lightly, "What? Want to kill me? This is the lord's camp, kill me, can you escape? ”

Zhou Yu's face turned pale, and it took him a while to come back to his senses, and he said with a forced smile: "Mr. Zhongming, what do you mean by this?" How can I not understand it? ”

"No one knows what I mean better than you." Yang Hong inserted his hands into his sleeves and said calmly and clearly: "Gong Jin, in fact, as early as the day you betrayed Sun Ce's traitor, I already knew that you were planning to borrow the lord's hand to avenge Sun Ce, and you married the lord's daughter in order to gain the lord's trust, so that you could borrow the lord's hand to avenge Sun Ce, you have always been loyal to Sun Ce, and you don't look down on the lord in your heartβ€”but you know, since I have seen through your intentions, why don't I expose you?" ”

"Why?" Zhou Yu blurted out.

"Because although you are trying to avenge Sun Ce, you are also helping my family master expand his territory openly." Yang Hong said calmly: "The five counties of Xuzhou are rich and prosperous places, rich in money and grain, if the lord can get Xuzhou, it will be of great benefit to the lord's Wang Tu hegemony, so I deliberately did not expose you, but also want to borrow your hand to help the lord open the territory and help the lord to obtain Xuzhou." ”

Zhou Yu was completely stunned, and after a long time, Zhou Yu said in a hoarse voice: "Mr. Zhongming, since you have seen through the true meaning of the next day, I hope that Mr. will continue to keep it a secret for him, and he will take revenge on Bo Fu, and he will definitely thank Mr. again." ”

"I don't want you to thank you again." Yang Hong said quickly: "I just need you to be a little scruple about Huainan Cangsheng, Gong Jin, do you know, because the lord fell into your plan to kill people with a knife, and started a war with Tao Ying and Liu Xuan on two fronts, Huainan Tianmu has already three taxes and one, if this battle is fought for two more months, the lord will have to pay taxes to two taxes and one!" Two taxes and one ah! Gongjin, for your personal vendetta, are you worthy of the people of Huainan who are starving because of you? Are you worthy of the Huainan soldiers who spilled their blood because of your head? Is it worthy of the lord? ”

In the face of Yang Hong's heart-wrenching words, Zhou Yu shed tears and choked up and said: "I am sorry for the lord, and I am sorry for the soldiers and people of Huainan, but as long as I can avenge Bo Fu, I can't take care of anything, and please be merciful to Mr. Zhongming, don't expose me in front of the lord." ”

"Whether or not to expose you, let me think about it." Yang Hong said with a pleasant face: "Gong Jin, I just want to ask you one last question now, you let the lord fight with Tao Ying Xiao'er in this place, sacrifice the soldiers of Huainan, and spend the lord's money and food, with only one purpose, that is, to drag down Tao Ying Xiao'er's main force, and let the other princes take advantage of the void to attack Tao Ying Xiao'er's rear!" But have you ever thought about it, after our army and Tao Yingxiaoer were both defeated, they had no spare strength to attack the five counties of Xuzhou again, wouldn't it be for the other princes to reap the benefits in vain? When the time comes, the Lord will ask you, and what will you do? ”

"I've thought about that, too." Zhou Yu cried out and sobbed: "As long as I can kill Tao Ying'er and avenge the blood for Bo Fu, then the lord will ask me, and I will kill myself with a sword and apologize to the lord." ”

Lord Yang Hong finally smiled and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Gongjin, I don't think you need to settle it yourself, someone will help you." ”

"Who's going to help me?" Zhou Yu asked in surprise with tears in his eyes.

"I'm here to help youβ€”!"

In Yang Changshi's back tent, a familiar roar of anger suddenly sounded to the extreme, and immediately after, a team of guards rushed out with a blue face around Xiao Yuan Sangong. Glancing at Mei Zhoulang, who was stammering, Xiao Yuan Sangong laughed angrily, and said with a cruel smile: "Okay, if it weren't for Yang Changshi's resolute invitation to me to watch a good show, I wouldn't know that my son-in-law is still such a good person!" ”

Zhou Yu spun around, subconsciously turned his head to look at Yang Changshi, and saw that Yang Changshi had a flattering smile on his face, and several questions quickly flashed through Mei Zhoulang's mind, why could Yang Hong, a weak scholar who was powerless, escape from the battlefield in Xiangxian? Why did Yang Hong come back two days later than Chen Ban, who also fled back from Xiangxian? Why did Yang Hong, who could only pat himself on the back in the past, suddenly become proficient in power and military affairs? Why was Yang Hong, who would only fall into the well and slander, be able to arrange such an ingenious game to induce himself to take the initiative to tell the truth?

Thinking of this, Mei Zhoulang understood everything, and scolded hoarsely word by word: "Tao Ying, Xiao'er, you are the number one thief in the world!" ”

After scolding, blood spurted out of the mouth of Mei Zhou Lang, who was already injured, and the person also fell down on his back, Yang Hong hurriedly stepped forward to test Mei Zhou Lang's breathing, turned to Xiao Yuan Sangong and said: "Lord, this thief has fainted!" ”

"Drag it out, and divide the corpse with a knife!" Xiao Yuan Sangong, who had been playing like a monkey for more than half a year, roared wildly, "Throw the corpse into the mountains to feed the wolves!" Feed the wild dogs! ”

(To be continued)