Okay, now let's take a look at the situation of the first decent opponent of the Junzi Army, Master Zheng Rongzhen, to talk about this Lord Rong Rong, he is actually very similar to a character we are very familiar with - very similar to Deputy Director Tao, not only the style of acting, what he says in his mouth and what he does in his hands, but also almost carved out of a mold with Deputy Director Tao. So much so that even our Deputy Director Tao couldn't help but sigh when he looked up to the sky after carefully studying Deputy Director Tao's resume, "I hate to meet when I am not married!" If this Zhenrong didn't become a traitor and didn't betray Xuzhou, he would definitely be my good helper! ”

Why is Deputy Director Tao lamenting so much? Because the most famous thing about our Lord Rong Rong is not that he betrayed the boss Tao Qian, nor did he kill Zhao Yuzhao, the famous filial son and master of Xuzhou, but his slogan - Amitabha! It can even be said that the reason why Buddhism can replace Taoism in the land of China and become the largest religion in China is that our master Zhen should definitely make a great contribution, even the first merit!

Rong and Tao Qian are the same Danyang people, in Danyang it is known for being kind and good at giving good people, during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the good people gathered hundreds of people from Danyang to go north to Xuzhou, defected to the old good man Tao Qian, relying on the name of the good people who usually accumulate and the whiskers to shoot the horse, the good people quickly won the trust and reuse of Tao Qian, and was appointed as the minister of Xiapi, supervising the tax transportation of the three major wealth places of Xiapi, the East China Sea and Guangling, and the momentum was unparalleled in Xuzhou.

Like Deputy Director Tao, who is in charge of the money and grain as high as a mountain for others every day, the good people quickly learned to embezzle and accept bribes without a teacher, and accumulated an unbelievably huge fortune. At the same time, the good people are better than the deputy director of Tao is that the good people took out a part of the money and food from these greedy ink, used to promote Buddhism, built temples in the Xiapi area, opened the Buddha meeting, and pioneered the pagoda structure of the gold plate on the top and the heavy building on the bottom, which established a flaunt for the architectural structure of the Buddhist temple in later generations, and at the same time the good people exempted the Buddhist believers from taxes and servitude, and encouraged the people to chant the Buddha.

What makes our Deputy Director Tao even more ashamed is that the people of Zhenshan also hold a super-large-scale Buddha bathing meeting on the Buddha's birthday on the eighth day of April every year, convening thousands of monks and nuns to chant scriptures and pray for the Buddha, and entertaining monks and believers with vegetarian feasts, spending more than 10,000 baht each time - of course, this money is paid by Deputy Director Tao's unjust father Tao Qian. But in any case, relying on these good deeds, the name of the benevolent person soon became the Bodhisattva.

Later, when Cao Lao's soldiers came to Xuzhou, our Bodhisattva abandoned the city and fled without a teacher, leading tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians to move to Guangling, and at the same time abducted 3,000 horses from the Xuzhou army. When the team of the Bodhisattva arrived in Guangling, Zhao Yu, the Taishou of Guangling at that time, had his head in the water, not only did not punish the Bodhisattva who fled without a fight for Tao Qian, but also set up a banquet in Guangling City to entertain the Bodhisattva, and our Bodhisattva also took the opportunity to do a major event that made our Deputy Director Tao scold and admire in his heart - he slashed Zhao Taishou at the banquet and captured Guangling, one of the best rich cities in Xuzhou - that is, Yangzhou City, one of the best in the world.

After taking Yangzhou, our deputy director Tao seized the house and possessed the second son of Tao Yingtao, the demon moth wings, our Bodhisattva also made a completely different decision from history, no longer like in history, in Guangling City to grab a handful of escape across the Yangtze River, continue to Moling and Yuzhang to repeat the old tricks, and then use the Bodhisattva means to kill Xue Li and Zhu Hao to rob the city and seize the city, but chose to stay in Guangling City, recruit troops and horses, accumulate grass and grain, and be ambitious to prepare to do a big job in this troubled world, Strive to let your Bodhisattva Buddha shine on all sentient beings.

Unfortunately, since the Bodhisattva did not choose to flee south, although Tao Qian did not want to move the Bodhisattva for the time being due to his lack of strength, our Deputy Director Tao did not hesitate to set the Bodhisattva who betrayed his cheap father as his first training object! -- Although Deputy Director Tao admires the Bodhisattva's behavior and methods, among the enemies around Deputy Director Tao, that is, the Bodhisattva is relatively weak and can be bullied, so we can't take care of Deputy Director Tao, who is afraid of the soft and hard.

Said a lot of nonsense, to get back to the point, because of the fear of the bloody revenge of the old master Tao Qian, our Bodhisattva naturally had to arrange eyeliner in Xuzhou City, always spy on the movements of the main force of the Xuzhou army, our deputy director Tao led the army to the south to conquer Guangling Such a big action, naturally it is impossible to hide the eyes of the Rong army, and at the same time, because of the lack of experience of the deputy director Tao for the first time to lead the army to conquer, the marching speed is quite slow, and the fine work of the Rong army has to act calmly, and the news of Tao Ergongzi's army sent back to Guangling, moved in front of our Bodhisattva.

Not to mention, when we first heard the news that the Xuzhou army was going south to conquer, we were really shocked to be a thief-minded Bodhisattva, but after hearing the name of the commander of the Xuzhou army and the strength of the southern army, Zhen Rong laughed, "Tao Qian Lao'er was dizzy, and he actually sent his nerd second son to attack Guangling, and only sent less than 3,000 troops, which is simply sending a fat sheep to the tiger's mouth!" ”

"Great Protector, don't underestimate the enemy." Yu Zi, a fellow countryman and confidant of Zhenrong, was calmer and reminded: "Tao Qian'er has always been known for his old annihilation and great slippery, and he is familiar with military affairs, how can he make such a big mistake and attack my Guangling army of nearly 20,000 with a mere 2,000 troops?" There's a trick in that! Besides, Zhang Zhi'er can also be regarded as a good fighter, bravely crowning the three armies, and the senior brother is still cautious and cautious. ”

"Senior brother, you are too suspicious." Zhen Rong laughed and said, "What tricks can Tao Qian Lao'er have now, and what tricks can he use?" In the first battle of Surabaya, his soldiers and horses were broken by seven or eight, and the remaining five counties of soldiers and horses together did not return to 20,000 people, and he had to defend against Yuan Shu Cao Ying externally, and Liu Xuande from Zang Ba internally, how much spare power could he have to arrange conspiracies and tricks? If we don't take the initiative to attack him Tao Qian, Tao Qian Lao'er should sing Amitabha, and we are afraid that he Tao Qian Lao'er will take the initiative to send troops? ”

"Of course, the younger brother is also very aware of these situations." Yu Zi said suspiciously: "But the thing that the little brother doesn't understand the most is that how could Tao Qian Lao'er be so stupid to hit a stone with an egg and take the initiative to attack our nearly 20,000 Guangling army with such a small number of troops?" ”

"Tao Qian's old insect carving skills are just old tricks." Zhen Rong said contemptuously: "Tao Qian Lao'er used to like to use such carving insect skills, in order to promote his henchmen, he often sent these cronies to pick up soft persimmons, specifically crusade against small groups of bandits and bandits, and then exaggerated the great exploits, even if he lost the battle, he declared a complete victory, and took the opportunity to promote the cronies who listened to him, Cao Bao, Lu You and Xu Tan These wastes were promoted in this way. Now Tao Qian'er is old and sick, and he knows that his surname will not live long, so he can't wait to release his son and cheat a little war exploits. ”

"The Great Dharma Protector means ......." Yu Zi asked tentatively: "Tao Qian'er sent Tao Yingxiao'er to the south this time, the purpose is not to capture Guangling City, but to smear gold on his son's face, make up some military exploits, and pave the way for Tao Ying Xiao'er to inherit his throne of assassination?" ”

"What other purpose can Tao Qian'er have besides this purpose?" Zhen Rong sneered: "You and I have seen the two sons in Tao Qian's family, do you think that one has any hope of inheriting Tao Qian's inheritance?" Who did Tao Qian Lao'er pass Xuzhou to? ”

"Tao Qian's two sons are almost the same, almost the same stupid, and they are the same to everyone." Yu Zi replied without thinking about it: "But the last time Tao Ying Xiaoer made a foolish mistake and sacrificed himself to save Xuzhou, his reputation in Xuzhou soared, and he deceived many soldiers and people. ”

"That's right." Zhen Rong smiled even colder, "Tao Qian Lao'er didn't send others to the south to conquer Guangling, and only let Tao Ying Xiao'er bring such a little soldiers and horses, the purpose is very simple, that is, to let Tao Ying Xiao'er come to the Guangling border to make a turn, like Cao Bao and Lu You cut off a few people's heads and take them back to Xuzhou, and then you can claim that Tao Ying Xiao'er won a complete victory in Guangling, but he was forced to withdraw because of insufficient troops and lack of support, and he also had all the face and lining. ”

Yu Zi thought about it carefully, and felt that Zhen Rong's words were very reasonable, if Tao Qian really wanted to eradicate the Guangling rebels, he would definitely not send such a small number of troops over, and the possibility of creating an opportunity to gild Tao Ying was very big - this was not the first time that Tao Qian's pro-confidants had done this. So Yu Zi quickly said: "If this is the case, then our battle is relatively easy to fight, as long as we hold the important cities of Guangling, Hailing, Tangyi and Jiangdu, the rest will not be taken care of, and Tao Ying Xiaoer will not have the courage to attack the city, and when the children's food and grass are exhausted, they will naturally retreat." ”

"Nope! Don't keep! Zhen Rong was shocked, and said with a cruel smile: "Tao Qian Lao'er wants to make war merits for his stupid son, and he wants to be beautiful!" In this battle, the Buddha will personally lead the army to attack, capture Tao Yingxiao'er alive, and ask Tao Qian'er for ransom! ”

"Great Protector, there's no need to take risks, right?" Yu Zi objected: "Although Tao Ying Xiao'er is not worried, his deputy Zhang Ji is not so easy to deal with, he has a lot of experience in the battlefield, and for the sake of prudence, it is safest for us to stick to the city." ”

"What kind of thing is Zhang Zhen'er?" Zhen Rong laughed, "Let's not say that I'm not afraid of him Zhang Xiao'er, just the little soldiers and horses in his Zhang Xiao'er's hands, how many waves can be stirred up?" It's so decided, let the juniors and disciples get ready for battle, send more scouts to explore the horses, and closely monitor the every move of Tao Ying'er's team. Strive to capture Tao Ying'er alive and force Tao Qian'er to pay the ransom! ”

Seeing that Zhen Rong insisted on sending troops to fight in the field, and considering that the enemy was too weak, Yu Zi, who wanted to hold on, no longer insisted, so he quickly agreed with his palms together, and then went down to arrange and explain, and arranged a large number of scouts to explore the horses to go north to spy on Tao Ying's team's every move. However, what Zhen Rong and Yu Zi never dreamed of was that it didn't take long for a great news that made them smile crookedly, and it reached them again............

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At the same time, in Xiapi County, after the two cities of Xiapi and Xiaxiang replenished the grain and grass baggage, Tao Ying's 'army' continued to go south through Lingxian County, and officially stepped into the territory of Guangling County, preparing to cross the Yellow River at Huaiyin Ferry, and take Guangling directly along the official road, while the two cities of Huaiyin and Lingxian were not occupied by the Rongrong army because they were too northerly and their populations were sharply reduced, and they were always controlled by the local officials of Xuzhou appointed by Tao Qian, so Tao Ying's team did not have to work hard to collect ferries or build pontoon bridges, and had their own Huaiyin soldiers and civilians to provide river crossing boats for the army.

When it was time to cross the river, Tao Ying, who got along well along the way, had a little dispute with Zhang Xu, the general of Xuzhou, and Zhang Zhen proposed a relatively safe battle plan out of caution, that is, let the Xuzhou army be stationed in the small city of Huaiyin, which was barely protected by the city, and then send more scouts to explore the horses, carefully investigate every move and garrison of the Rongrong army, and then march with the camera. And our second son Tao not only did not accept Zhang Xu's kindness, but also put forward a very crazy battle plan - divide the troops and march!

"Division?" Zhang Zhen's two eyes widened wider than a bull's eye, and he exclaimed, "Childe, you're not joking, are you?" Our troops are already small, and you still have to divide your troops, do you want to make it easier for Zhenrong Xiao'er to defeat us individually? ”

"General Zhang, of course I'm not joking." Tao Ying said very seriously: "My battle plan is like this, I will lead the eight hundred gentlemen's army to the south first, and induce Zhenrong Xiao'er to go out of the city for a decisive battle, General Zhang, you will lead two thousand infantry to escort the grain and grass to the baggage, and first go to Ping'an County, which has been abandoned in the Cao Thief Rebellion, and wait for my news." If I can take Zhenrong's head in the field battle, General Zhang, you will immediately go south to meet me, and you can take Guangling City by chance. If Zhenrong is lucky enough to escape back to Guangling City, then I will contain Zhenrong's soldiers and horses outside Guangling City, cut off Zhenrong's troops from all walks of life, and General Zhang, you will carry siege weapons to the south and capture the lonely city of Guangling. ”

"Take down the head of the Rong? Zhenrong escaped back to Guangling by luck? By the skin of one's teeth?! Zhang Zhen was a little suspicious that he had misheard, and said with a wry smile: "Childe, your eight hundred gentlemen army is a divine general?" With so much self-confidence? ”

"Of course, the Gentleman's Army is not a god general." Tao Ying replied solemnly: "The Junzi Army is just a relatively advanced tactic, and it also happens to be the nemesis of all the armies that like to fight in formations in this era, the only deficiency is that I have not yet found a good way to let the Junzi Army and the infantry team cooperate to fight, and now in the field battle, the Junzi Army and the infantry team cooperate to fight, and the infantry will only drag the Junzi Army back, so I have to grieve General Zhang to temporarily stationed in Ping'an City." ”

"Me? I'm dragging your son? Zhang Yu was completely dumbfounded, it was really the first time that he found out that his eldest son's youngest son was so arrogant.

"General Zhang, my second brother is not joking." Tao Ying's deputy Tao Ji interjected and said: "My second brother and I have racked our brains in the past few months, but we haven't come up with a good way to let the infantry team fight with our Junzi Army without delaying it, so I asked General Zhang to help, temporarily stationed in Ping'an, and waited for the news of our great victory." Please rest assured, General Zhang, cut off the head of Zhenrong Xiao'er, and you must have a share of the credit! ”

"Third son, are you crazy too?!" Zhang Yu couldn't help but yell, "Two sons, do you know how many troops Zhenrong Xiao'er has?" You went south with a mere 800 cavalry, didn't you die in vain? ”

Tao Ji and Tao Ying looked at each other and smiled, and then Tao Ji said confidently: "General Zhang, please put a hundred hearts, we have no problem." To tell you the truth, if it were five months ago, if the second brother had proposed this plan, I would have definitely thought that the second brother would have gone crazy, but after studying with the second brother for more than five months, I can only say that the second brother is not crazy, and he is quite smart. ”

Tao Ji is different from Tao Ying and Tao Shang brothers, he has always been known for his diligence and intelligence in Xuzhou, and he has fought side by side with Zhang Ji under Cao Bao for a period of time, leaving Zhang Ji with the impression of being down-to-earth and diligent, so when he heard Tao Ji say this, although Zhang Ji still felt completely incredible, he was inevitably a little suspicious, and couldn't help but ask again: "Second son, third son, do you confirm the two, confirm that you are not talking in a dream?" ”

"Of course they're talking in their sleep!"

A sharp voice suddenly sounded behind Zhang Xu, and then a military academy suddenly stood up from Zhang Xu's personal soldier team, strode forward, pulled Zhang Xu's sleeve, pointed at Tao Ying and said angrily: "Uncle, don't listen to this nerd's stupid words, eight hundred cavalry want to fight against tens of thousands of enemies, he dreams!" ”

"Bold!" Tao Ji was even more furious and shouted: "A small colonel dares to speak like this to the commander of the whole army? Come on, push me down and cut it down! ”

"No!" The soldiers on the left and right agreed in unison, striding towards the little colonel, Zhang Yu was in a hurry, and was about to open his mouth to stop it, but Tao Ying on the opposite side shouted even more anxiously: "Slow!" Stand down! ”

"Second brother, what's wrong with you?" Tao Ji was stunned for a moment, and was about to ask the reason, but Tao Ji pointed to the pro-soldier of the chapter and shouted, "Lin Qing! You are that deserter Lin Qing! ”

"Who said I was a deserter?" Lin Qingxiao's face was a little red, and he deliberately didn't look at Tao Ying's expression, but said to Tao Ji viciously: "Who became a deserter?" I just felt that there was no future for following the nerds, so I went back to my uncle's command, and now I am a personal soldier under my uncle's General Zhang Zhi, what are you dissatisfied?! ”

"You are a little soldier, and you dare to talk to me like that?" Tao Ji's nose was almost crooked, and he subconsciously touched the handle of the knife on his waist.

"Third brother." Tao Ying hurriedly held down Tao Ji's hand and persuaded: "General Zhang Zhen is our elder, this ......Aunt Lin, Lin Gongzi, is his relative, you must speak well, you can't be angry casually." ”

"The third prince is angry." Zhang Yu also hurriedly said: "The last general's nephew has been pampered since he was a child, and his surname is naughty, and he is completely spoiled. ”

Zhang Ji is Cao Bao's deputy and Tao Qian's fellow countryman, loyal to Tao Qian, and once helped Tao Ji when he first joined the army, of course, his face Tao Ji could not be sold, in desperation, Tao Ji had to snort heavily, and reinserted the waist knife that had been drawn back into the scabbard. Lin Qing looked fearless and rude, pouting as if he was deliberately angry with Tao Ji, but in fact, a pair of flexible big eyes secretly glanced at Tao Ying, and it happened that Tao Ying was also peeking at him, his eyes intersected, Tao Ying's eyes were full of evil smiles, Lin Qing quickly turned his feverish little face away, and snorted quietly.

"General Zhang, your virtuous nephew ......." Tao Ying turned to Zhang Zhen and said with a serious face: "I don't care about his collision with me, but there is no doubt that he is a deserter from the Junzi Army, so I'm very sorry, I can only order him to be taken down now, and he will be heavily punished with a hundred military sticks to implement the military law of the Junzi Army." ”

"Nerd, you ......!"

Lin Qing jumped up like her butt was on fire, but fortunately, Zhang Yu held her down in time, bowed and bowed to Tao Ying and said: "Childe, the little nephew is naughty and mixed into the gentleman's army, and the last general also knows a little about it, it is indeed his fault, and he should implement military law." But the last general and his father are friends of life and death, and his father entrusted him to the care of the last general, and asked the son to look at the thin face of the last general, spare him this time. ”

"General Zhang, anything can be discussed, but this matter cannot be agreed to." Tao Ying shook his head firmly and said solemnly: "The first key to governing the army is to follow the law, and the military order is like a mountain!" Don't talk about Ling Xian's nephew, even the third brother Tao Ji under the next is also heavily punished for violating military law! ”

"That's right!" Tao Ji, who had always looked at Lin Qing's displeasure, nodded vigorously, and said proudly: "When I was in Wuxian, I was beaten by the second brother with thirty military sticks for violating military law, I didn't dare to beg for mercy, and the second brother didn't show mercy because I was his cousin." There are more than 800 gentlemen in the army, all of whom are convinced! ”

"General Zhang, do you hear that?" Tao Ying said to Zhang Zhen with a straight face: "In the past, it was said that Sun Wu beheaded King Wu Aiji and made the palace maids into an army!" If Tao Ying does not severely punish the fugitive soldiers, how can he make the gentleman's army happy and obey the law?! ”

Lin Qing turned his head violently, glared at Tao Ying viciously, Tao Ying looked at the sky with his eyes, as if he didn't see Lin Qing's fierce gaze, Lin Qing was even more furious, clenched his little fists and was about to pounce and Tao Ying desperately, fortunately, Zhang Zhen next to him was calmer, quickly grabbed Lin Qing, and quickly covered Lin Qing's mouth, and said in a pleading tone: "Son, the little nephew is guilty, this point cannot be justified, but before the war starts, the soldiers will be punished first, which will inevitably shake the hearts of the army. Repay the great kindness of the childe. ”

"General Zhang, it's not that I won't give you this face, it's just that the military order is like a mountain......." Tao Ying's face was embarrassed, and he said very reluctantly after a while: "That's it, General Zhang, for your sake, I can consider sparing my nephew for the time being - but there is also one condition below, that is, General Zhang is asked to respect the junior, the commander of the whole army, and lead the infantry to be stationed in Ping'an County, to carry out the junior's military orders." ”

"Ahh Zhang Yu opened his mouth and stammered, he didn't expect Tao Ying to wait for him here.

"General Zhang, please choose." Tao Ying smiled and said: "Either you will carry out the junior's military order, or you will let the junior enforce the military law - first order your nephew to have a hundred military sticks, and then we will discuss how to march." ”

Poor General Zhang Zhi was completely speechless, and only after a while did he cry and laugh: "Childe, you don't play tricks on people like this, do you?" The last general is loyal to the lord, and he is even more kind to you. ”