"Brother, the younger brother is late, let the elder brother suffer and suffer, the younger brother is really guilty, the younger brother is really guilty! It would be nice if the younger brother could arrive in Langya earlier, and the elder brother would be able to suffer less, the younger brother shouldn't, the younger brother shouldn't. ”

Not to mention, in the end, it is Deputy Director Tao's good brother-in-law, although he wishes that his brother would die sooner, but when he really saw his brother Yuan Tan lying on the stretcher, our Yuan Shanggongzi still apologized again and again, desperately blaming himself for being late, and he still had a caring smile on his face that was so affectionate and kind that it was touching. It's a pity that Yuan Tan Gongzi, who has lost a lot of weight and looks haggard, doesn't appreciate it, but he just refuses to speak with a blue face, and twists his face away on his stomach, not wanting to see Yuan Shanggongzi's fake ugly face.

Seeing that his brother refused to appreciate it, Yuan Shanggongzi was not angry, but just put up a frame of his wife and brother and scolded his brother-in-law Deputy Director Tao: "Brother Xian, you are too much, Xiansi is my brother and your brother, although he was accidentally injured, how can you let him lie on the stretcher?" How uncomfortable is it to lie on your stomach? Should my brother lie down and rest? ”

"Don't blame the brother, the younger brother definitely didn't mean it." Deputy Director Tao, who was wronged and aggrieved, hurriedly distinguished: "It's the eldest brother who injured his back, and he can't lie down, so he can only ask the eldest brother to lie on his stomach." ”

"Brother, did you hurt your back? Hurt where? Is it bad?! ”

Yuan Shanggongzi was shocked, and hurriedly came to Yuan Tan again and asked with concern, but Yuan Tan Gongzi still refused to appreciate it, not only did he not answer his injured part, but he also gritted his teeth and gurgled his face, and his face became even more iron-blue and black, but our Yuan Shanggongzi still refused to give up, and hurriedly touched Yuan Tan's back, and kept asking: "Brother, is it here?" No? Is that here? Nor is it? Where the hell does that hurt? ”

"Brother, eldest brother, he accidentally injured here."

Deputy Director Tao finally kindly pointed out Yuan Tan's serious injury to Yuan Shanggongzi, and our Yuan Shanggongzi was not polite, in front of countless Xuzhou soldiers and Jizhou soldiers, he ripped off the eldest brother's pants, revealing the chrysanthemum part that was still oozing blood, and then our Yuan Shanggongzi's exclamation also echoed, "Oh my God! Brother, why did you hurt your ass? How did it hurt here? ”

"Yuan Shang, Pifu ————!" Yuan Tan Gongzi finally roared in hysterical anger, and the Jizhou soldiers and officials brought by Yuan Shanggongzi next to him couldn't help laughing, many people laughed, and Yuan Shanggongzi's confidant Xian Rong also deliberately exclaimed: "It's really an injury to the butt eye!" It's the first time I've seen such a strange injury, how did I get hurt? ”

"The eldest prince fell off the war horse, and his buttocks fell to the ground first, but there were spikes on the ground, and they happened to pierce into the buttocks, so the eldest prince was injured." Deputy Director Tao explained very kindly.

"Then brother Xian, why don't you go to Lang Zhong to treat your brother?" Yuan Shanggongzi scolded: "It's been a month, why hasn't it been cured yet?" ”

"I found it, not only arranged the best Lang Zhong in the younger brother's team, but also asked Mr. Guo Tu and General Chun Yuqiong to send Lang Zhong from the Jizhou army according to the request of the eldest brother." Deputy Director Tao shouted again: "But this part of the injury is too unfortunate, and the spike is too deep, and even the gold sore medicine is not easy to use, so no matter how it is treated, it can't be completely cured, and the little brother is really helpless." ”

Deputy Director Tao didn't really tell a lie this time, after capturing Yuan Tan Gongzi, Deputy Director Tao did have several excellent Lang Zhong to treat Yuan Tan Gongzi, and sent an envoy to negotiate with Yuan Tan Jun according to Yuan Tan Gongzi's request, so that Guo Tu and Chun Yuqiong sent Jizhou military doctors to Yuan Tan Gongzi for treatment, but in the absence of antibiotics, this part of the injury is indeed extremely difficult to treat, plus some small reasons, so it dragged on for a month, and Yuan Tan Gongzi's injuries have never been cured. has never been able to do some of the most basic physiological actions of human beings, and can only rely on liquid food to satisfy hunger, and only half a life is left.

"Brother, is it true?" Yuan Shanggongzi obviously didn't fully believe his brother-in-law's words, and just asked his brother: "Brother, did you really fall off your war horse and be pierced in the butt by a spike?" Brother-in-law, did he really invite Lang Zhong to heal you? Did my brother-in-law lie to me? ”

"Get out!" Yuan Tan Gongzi roared again without appreciation, and hurriedly went to put on his pants, the action was too big and touched the wound, and Yuan Tan Gongzi screamed in pain, which also attracted many Jizhou soldiers to snicker again, and then Yuan Tan Gongzi's hysterical roar also echoed at the scene, "Get out!" Get lost! Get out of the way! The farther you roll, the better!! ”

Seeing that his eldest brother was almost flirtatious, Yuan Shanggongzi was also satisfied with Deputy Director Tao and went to visit other Jizhou prisoners of war, but when he was on the way, Yuan Shanggongzi asked his brother-in-law in a low voice: "I heard that the virtuous brother is also proficient in medical skills, is there a way to make this puppet's injury more focused, it is best to go to Jizhou City and not heal, let my father and the people in Jizhou City also see this puppet's wound?" ”

"Yes." Deputy Director Tao nodded with a smile, and quietly reached into his sleeve, took out some medicines that had already been prepared from his sleeve and handed them to Yuan Shanggongzi, and said in a low voice: "Sichuan pepper, Yue Jiao (dogwood), dried ginger, put them in the medicine and boil them together, these drugs are not fatal and cannot be detected, but after eating, they stimulate the mucous membrane of Gudao the most, so that Gudao injuries are not easy to heal, and they are spicy and painful every day, and life is worse than death." ”

"Brother Xian is really a miracle doctor." Yuan Tan Gongzi chuckled and took the sample of good medicine, and asked with a low smile: "For more than a month, Brother Xian should have put a little bit of this medicine in his brother's medicine bowl every day, right?" ”

"The elder brother laughed, the younger brother is a kind person, how can he do such a thing?" Deputy Director Tao shook his head without blushing, and muttered in his heart: "I really didn't have a little bit, but I put one or two of each medicine in each jar." ”

In addition to Yuan Tan Gongzi, there are only two important prisoners of war Gao Ran and Xinbi, and more than 3,000 ordinary prisoners of war are left by their own decision, and those who are willing to return to Jizhou with Yuan Shanggongzi can go, and those who are unwilling to leave stay in the Xuzhou army, as a result, more than half of the Jizhou cavalry could not withstand Deputy Director Tao's money and grain offensive, and chose to stay in the Xuzhou army, which was in a shortage of regular cavalry, and only a small half of the prisoners whose families were still in Jizhou chose to go home with Yuan Shanggongzi, and Yuan Shanggongzi did not care.

As for the issue of the war horses captured by the Xuzhou army, both sides did not mention it, including the eldest Yuan Sangong, who knew that his son-in-law would never return these war horses, and he did not ask his beloved son Yuan Shang to forcibly return these war horses, and at the same time, these war horses were not lost in the hands of Yuan Shanggongzi, so Yuan Shanggongzi naturally did not take the initiative to speak, destroying the intimate relationship between himself and his brother-in-law, acquiescing in the possession of these precious war horses by his brother-in-law, and leaving Ju County to return to Jizhou after taking the war horses. Back to the previous state of friendly relations - at least for the time being.

By the way, I also introduced the situation of Cao Laoda's team, after learning that the Xuzhou army and the Jizhou army had rebuilt the old relationship, the two Cao army teams led by Xiahoudun and Lu Qian also quickly withdrew to Yanzhou, and arranged a defensive line on the northern line of Yanzhou to prevent the three dukes of Da Yuan from retaliating southward, and the war between the three dukes of Da Yuan and Gongsun Chan has also entered a critical stage, and the Jizhou army has surrounded Gongsun Zhan's old nest Yijing City, and Gongsun Chan relied on the city's strong food to resist stubbornly, and at the same time asked for help from Zhang Yanjun of Montenegro, who had always refused to surrender to the three dukes of Da Yuan. After receiving the news, the Great Yuan Sangong had to concentrate heavy troops to exterminate the remnants of Gongsun Zhan, and he also had to free up his hands to prevent Zhang Yan from reinforcing Yi Jing, so he did not immediately retaliate against Cao Laoda, and the northern front of the two teams of Deputy Director Tao and Cao Laoda also gained precious short peace time.

After the battle of Langya, although the Jizhou army suffered a small loss, the most injured person was Cao Boss, who seemed to have no loss, because when he sent troops to help Deputy Director Tao resist the punishment of Da Yuan Sangong, Cao Boss said that he didn't expect that the Langya war would end in such a situation, and he didn't expect that Yuan Tan Gongzi would be captured alive by Deputy Director Tao on the battlefield, giving Deputy Director Tao and Da Yuan Sangong a chance to rebuild the old relationship, so when the situation of the Langya war was sent to the front, Boss Cao, who had already led the army into Nanyang for the second time to settle accounts with Uncle Liu Huang, suddenly had a feeling of being caught off guard, and suddenly cried out repeatedly, "Trouble, this time, when Yuan Shao goes south, our army will definitely bear the brunt, and Tao Ying, the thief, also has the opportunity to watch the fire from the other side and sit on the ground." ”

"Don't worry, my lord, the pottery thief's move is not only benefiting him, but also indirectly making profits for our army." Guo Jia coughed and analyzed for Boss Cao: "The pottery thief captured Yuan Tan but did not kill him, and deliberately let Yuan Shang rescue Yuan Tan, in addition to currying favor with Yuan Shang and seeking to rebuild the old friendship with Yuan Shao, it also intensified the contradiction between Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, and there must be a life-and-death battle between Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, fratricidal and mutual fire, which in turn caused Yuan Shao's internal division, and even fire and internal friction, and our army can also gain profits from it." ”

"Although Feng Xiao's words are reasonable, but Yuan Tan suffered such a big defeat this time, I am afraid that there will be no chance to lead troops in the future." Boss Cao frowned and said, "Yuan Tan has no soldiers and no power in his hands, how can he compete with Yuan Shang?" There is a huge disparity between the strong and the weak, Yuan Shao Pifu and Yuan Shang and his mother Liu, Yuan Tan is not Yuan Shang's opponent at all, how can he fight and lose both, so that our army can reap the benefits? ”

"Jia thinks it's okay, Yuan Tan is the eldest son after all, and it won't be so easy for Yuan Shang to completely overwhelm him." Guo Jia suggested: "Jia thinks that the lord may wish to send an envoy to Yuan Shao to ask for peace, take the opportunity to get in touch with Yuan Tan, understand his current situation, and see if he can help Yuan Tan, let him regain control of the army, lead the army again, and confront Yuan Shang head-on." At that time, our army will help Yuan Tan, and the pottery thief will help Yuan Shang, not afraid that their brothers will not fight to the death and weaken the strength of Jizhou on their own. ”

"Ask Yuan Shao for peace?" Boss Cao blinked his triangular eyes that were as evil as Deputy Director Tao, and calculated in his heart, although the contradiction between Yuan Shaopifu and Lao Tzu is irreconcilable, but now he has reached the most critical time to exterminate Gongsun Zhan, and he definitely does not want to cause trouble on the southern front again, Lao Tzu sent an envoy to sue for peace, even if he Yuan Shaopifu refuses to agree, he will definitely not cut my envoy, so that my envoy has no way to get in touch with Yuan Tan Xiao'er, Yuan Tan Xiao'er is now the time when the tiger falls in Pingyang and is bullied by dogs, and he urgently needs external reinforcements, my envoy took the initiative to contact him, It must be that the dry wood met the fire, the annihilator met the silver woman, it was very easy to hook up again, and Yuan Tan was on the line, and it should not be without a chance to provoke civil strife ......in Jizhou.

"Lord, our army has joined forces with Yuan Tan several times before, although they have gained nothing and have suffered repeated failures." Afraid that Boss Cao would not accept his suggestion, Guo Jia reminded again: "But it is not a mistake to fight, because the enemy we and Yuan Tan have joined forces to deal with is too strong, Tao Ying's thief is as cunning as a thousand-year-old fox, and even the lord has been repeatedly harmed by him, not to mention Yuan Tan's puppet?" This time is different, the person we teamed up with Yuan Tan this time is Yuan Shang's embroidered pillow, Yuan Tan's identity as the eldest son and the secret assistance of our army may not be able to weaken Yuan Shang and provoke the great civil strife in Jizhou. ”

Boss Cao pursed his lips, closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then quickly opened his eyes again and asked, "Who is the best?" This envoy must be able to speak well, and he must be good at scheming and fighting for power, and he must be able to help Yuan Tan in Jizhou. ”

"Man Bo would rather take on this task." Guo Jia suggested: "Although Mr. Boning's previous envoys to Jizhou and Jingzhou failed, it was not a crime of war, and the failure in Jizhou was because he was caught in the letter of the pottery thief, and he lost unjustly in Jingzhou, and he lost completely in the luck of the villain Yang Hong, but Mr. Berning is very eloquent, very resourceful, and has old friends with Yuan Tan, so it is appropriate to send him as an envoy." ”

Boss Cao was very satisfied when he heard it, and immediately sent a message to Man Chong to explain the task, and ordered Man Chong to go north to Jizhou with a heavy gift to ask for peace with the Great Yuan Sangong, and took the opportunity to secretly get in touch with Yuan Tan, re-establish the secret alliance to secretly help Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang fight, and Man Chong took over this arduous task. At the end, Man Chong pleaded with Boss Cao again: "Lord, pet this time to Jizhou, I want to ask a person to accompany me to help me do errands." ”

"Who?" Boss Cao asked casually.

"The younger brother of Bo Sima Lang, the lord of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Sima Yi." Full of favor arched his hand and replied: "Pet and Sima brother have a lot of dealings, know that Sima Yi although not yet the crown, but young and old, cautious, and very sociable, outstanding writing, the previous lord was named prime minister, hundreds of officials on the table to congratulate, among which Sima Lang's congratulatory message is the most outstanding, everyone said that Sima Boda's writing is gorgeous, but pet inadvertently learned that the congratulatory message was written by Sima Yi for his brother. ”

"It turns out that the congratulatory message was written by Sima Yi." Boss Cao laughed, "I'll just say, with Sima Lang's integrity and old-fashionedness, how can he write such a clever sycophant article, full of whiskers and horses without showing the slightest trace of axe chisel." ”

Laughing and laughing, Boss Cao's love is also well-known - Deputy Director Tao of God Killing also used this to pick up a dog's life back then, so after laughing, Boss Cao quickly waved his hand and said: "Then let Sima Yi go to Jizhou with Boning, Brother Sima hates Tao thieves to the bone, although he often puts forward some inappropriate suggestions, but ......, forget it, give Sima Yi a chance to see his ability, if it is indeed a talent, I will also use it." ”

…………………… Turn back and take a look at the situation of our deputy director Tao, after sending away Yuan Shanggongzi and his party, Deputy Director Tao rearranged the defense of the north of Langya, and also led the Xuzhou army to embark on the road back to Pengcheng, passing through Kaiyang, Deputy Director Tao officially appointed Sun Guan as Langya Taishou, and finally sighed to his lackeys: "Xuzhou's counties are still too few, there are only seven counties in total, originally among you, there are many people like General Sun Guan, have the qualifications and ability to serve as a county guard, but there are more monks and less porridge, So I have no choice but to grieve you temporarily. ”

"It's okay, when the lord's territory expands again, we will have another chance." Many of Deputy Director Tao's lackeys replied so confidently. Then a few more lackeys smiled and asked, "Lord, when will we cross the river south?" There are six counties and eighty-one cities in Jiangdong, but they are still waiting for us to serve as the prime minister of Taishou County, so we can't let the people south of the Yangtze River wait too long? ”

"It's fast, it's fast, I won't let the people of Jiangdong wait for you for too long." Deputy Director Tao replied with a smile: "But before that, I have to go and see how our sailor is doing." ”

"My lord, the naval division is different from the infantry, it is not easy to form, and it takes time for the training to mature," Liu Ye carefully reminded: "In less than a year, Mr. Zijing is afraid that he is not ready." ”

"Of course I do." Deputy Director Tao nodded, and said: "But I have to go to Huainan to see the situation, learn about the situation in Huainan and Jiangdong on the spot, and see which breakthrough to cross the Yangtze River." ”

"The lord might as well go to Huainan openly and go south to Huainan with great fanfare." Jia Lao Poison suggested: "I know that the lord doesn't like red tape, and likes to act lightly and frugally, but now the Jiangdong melee is in full swing, and the Zhang Xian rebellion in the south of Jingzhou is also intensifying. ”

"Surprise the snake?" Deputy Director Tao quickly woke up to the essence of Jia Lao's poison suggestion, nodded with great joy and said: "Mr. Wenhe's plan is wonderful, I will simply lead 20,000 elite soldiers south to Huainan this time, and scare those Jiangnan princes who are fighting you to the death, see who is smarter and take the initiative to send someone to contact me, ask for a good alliance, and I can also ensure his lifelong wealth in the future." ”

"What if all these princes send messengers to ask the lord for a good alliance? How does the lord choose? Jia Lao, who has always been serious, made a rare joke and said: "When the time comes, will whoever gives his daughter to the lord will form an alliance with whom?" ”

"Mr. Wenhe's brilliant plan!" The lackey accomplices present all burst into laughter.

Deputy Director Tao of the father-in-law's nemesis did not blush, but nodded and thought deeply, and said solemnly: "It's a good idea, I'm twenty-five years old, and I only have one daughter until now, although Fang'er is pregnant, I don't know whether it's a man or a woman, I have to hurry up and make a few more sons - there are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is the greatest, as the head of the people, I can't take the lead in being unfilial!" ”

(To be continued)