The fiasco of the Xuzhou army in Huaiyin suddenly turned into a big victory, of course we didn't believe it with Lu Wenhou and Chen Gong, who had a little bit of a second head, but they were forced by the situation to find that the Xuzhou army had already prepared and arranged a large number of ambushes, and they would definitely not be able to take advantage of the fight and have to suffer a big loss, so they had no choice but to decide to withdraw the troops, and once again ended the invasion and attack on the five counties of Xuzhou in disgrace, and at the same time, Lu Wenhou and Chen Gong also had to send a large number of scouts to the south to find out who fought the damn victory in Huaiyin?

In fact, there is no need to be so troublesome, a few days after returning to Changyi in a gloomy manner, in addition to receiving the bad news of the loss of the important town of Dongjun, Lu Wenhou soon ushered in the contact messenger Han Yin of Xiao Yuan Sangong - Han Yin was sent by Xiao Yuan Sangong to condemn Lu Wenhou for betrayal of his righteousness, during the period when Xiao Yuan Sangong sent troops to Xuzhou, Lu Wenhou, as an ally, did not send troops to attack Tao Ying, nor did he send a soldier to contain the Xuzhou army, which led to the Huaiyin fiasco of Xiao Yuan Sangong, and the entire army of Ji Ling was annihilated! So Xiao Yuan Sangong asked Lu Wenhou to explain this.

The short-tempered Lu Wenhou did not lose his temper because of Xiao Yuan Sangong's condemning attitude, but just focused his attention on another aspect, and asked quickly in surprise: "Ji Ling was defeated in Huaiyin and the whole army was wiped out?" True or fake? ”

"Wen Hou, does the little envoy dare to laugh at such a big thing?" Han Yin was a little dissatisfied, and replied with resentment: "Tao Ying annihilated the thief saw through our army's plan to attack the east and west, and left the elite soldiers who reinforced Guangling to defend the city in Huaiyin, when General Ji Ling attacked Huaiyin, Tao Ying, who was as ruthless as a jackal and as poisonous as a pit dug up the Huai River embankment again, and led the Huai River water to impact our army, and the elite 15,000 people of our army led by General Ji Ling were wiped out, and General Ji Ling and Zhou Yu who joined the army did not know their whereabouts, and their lives and deaths were unknown. The countless warships and ships built by our lord with a lot of money were also captured by Tao Ying's thieves, and the losses were extremely heavy! ”

Lu Wenhou opened his mouth wide, and Chen Gong next to him also widened his eyes, looking at each other and couldn't believe Han Yin's words - the warring parties were all vying to say that their own army was completely wiped out and suffered a crushing defeat, this kind of thing, Lu Wenhou and Chen Gong really encountered it for the first time.

Han Yin misunderstood the expressions of Lu Bu and Chen Gong, and said that they were also shocked by the unexpected fiasco of the self-army, and the resentment in his heart was slightly relieved, so he slowed down his tone and said: "Wen Hou, my lord Yuan Gong, you are a hero who is true to your word, and I don't blame you too much, I just think that Wen Hou should send troops as soon as possible to fulfill the covenant and attack Tao Ying Xiao'er with our army from the north and south." My lord Yuan Gong has also made a decision to personally lead the army of the country to the north to crusade against Tao Ying to avenge the revenge of Huaiyin! My lord's dispatch of troops this time is not trivial, the number of troops is at least more than 120,000, even if Tao Yingxiao'er is deceitful, he is only a mantis arm in front of my lord's army, the opportunity is rare, and I hope Wen Hou will not miss it. ”

"At least 120,000 troops?" Lu Wenhou was also the one who had led the troops for a long time, so he asked curiously: "Yuan Gong has just broken Ji Ling's army, and there is another army to confront Liu Xuan's main force in Niuzhu, and he can immediately dispatch more than 120,000 troops, how many troops does Yuan Gong have?" ”

"Wen Hou, please rest assured, the 120,000 army will not be less, but only more." Han Yin replied proudly: "Huainan soldiers have a lot of food, my lord in Huainan and won the hearts of the people, whenever there is a mistake, the people are all enthusiastic to take the lead, the use of military equipment, all are complete, the rice is full of warehouses, and the treasury is profitable." Let's not mention that in the battle of Huaiyin, my lord's 60,000 army still exists, even if this 60,000 army is not used, my lord can immediately build an army of 100,000 as long as he gives an order! ”

Lu Wenhou almost didn't laugh, and Chen Gong over there also sighed quietly, and hurriedly said: "Your envoy can go to the pavilion to rest first, the current war situation in Yanzhou is urgent, and this matter needs to be discussed carefully by the lord and everyone, and then give a reply to your envoy." Han Yin turned his head to see Lu Bu's reaction, and saw that Lu Bu nodded in agreement with Chen Gong's decision, so he got up and said goodbye, and went to the pavilion to rest under the guidance of the guards of the Lu Mansion.

As soon as Han Yin walked on the front foot, Lu Wenhou laughed heartily on the back foot, "Is there something wrong with Yuan Shupifu's brain?" Temporarily pull some people into the ranks, and then you can form an army? If this is also an army, then I can raise an army of 50,000 today, but what role can this army play on the battlefield? ”

"Yuan Shu's main force is still a little, but the number is definitely not much." Chen Gong sighed, and then sneered and said: "But I can be sure that even if Yuan Shu really dispatches the so-called 120,000 troops to the north, if there is no assistance from our army, it will definitely be defeated by Tao Ying!" Although Tao Ying's soldiers and horses are not as elite as our army, it is still enough to clean up Yuan Shu's rabble. ”

"Then what should our army do?" Lu Bu asked Chen Gong, "Do you abide by the covenant and send troops to help Yuan Shu?" ”

Chen Gong was silent, and only after a long time did he say slowly: "Lord, things have come to this point, our army is sending troops south for the third time, how many chances can we have?" Facts have proved that Yuan Shu is not Tao Ying's opponent at all, and he joined forces to attack Tao Ying, the main force of the battle can only be our team, and our army in Yanzhou has only left Changyi, Dingtao and Rencheng three cities to defend, if the main force of our army goes south, Cao thief will definitely take the opportunity to attack, the three cities are lost again, and Xuzhou can not be attacked for a long time, what can our army do? ”

"But if we don't do it, we can only take care of Tao Ying'er's home in southern Yanzhou." Lu Wenhou is not too stupid, and he can see through the situation a little.

"Being able to gain a foothold in southern Yanzhou is also ten times better than being homeless." Chen Gong sighed and said: "Our army has grudged against Cao Ying and Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu is too far apart, Gongsun Zhan's momentum is weak, only Xuzhou Tao has a slightly better attitude towards our army, although Tao Ying is only using our army, but at least he will not send troops to attack the back of our army, and the lord can also rest assured that his back will be handed over to him for protection, such allies are already rare in this troubled world." ”

"What does Gongtai mean is that we give up our alliance with Yuan Shu, and also give up our plan to annex the five counties of Xuzhou, and form an alliance with Tao Ying exclusively?" Lu Wenhou asked with a deep groan.

"Yuan Shu is too angry, and he is too far away, and the far water can't save the near fire." Chen Gong sighed: "But Tao Ying is different, he is a hypocrite, he is vicious but has a code of conduct, he will not attack his allies casually, we don't have to worry about threats from him." In addition, Tao Ying's territory is close to our army, and the abundance of money and food is not under Yuan Shu, and we need our army as the northern barrier, and we will never sit idly by and watch our army be defeated, so as long as the lord speaks openly, he will definitely be able to get some money and food from Tao Ying, so that our army can deal with Cao thief. ”

Lü Wenhou hesitated, did not immediately agree to Chen Gong's suggestion, knowing that Lü Wenhou was still full of greed for Xuzhou Chen Gong did not urge, but only offered Lü Wenhou an idea to communicate with Xuzhou, that is, to take Yuan Shu's envoy Han Yin as a letter of surrender and send it to Xuzhou to be handed over to Tao Ying for disposal, in exchange for Tao Ying's trust and Xuzhou's supply of money and grain. Lu Wenhou was still hesitant, and just left Han Yin in Changyi to be closely guarded, intending to wait and see the situation for a while.

Also cheated by Deputy Director Tao is poor Cao Boss, after storming the Dongjun City at any cost, Cao Boss originally planned to take advantage of the opportunity of Lu Bu's main force to go south, and completely drove Lu Bu's army out of Yanzhou in one go, never thought that the main force of Cao Jun had just freed his hand, with a body of scars and was preparing to go south to Changyi, but Xuzhou came to the news that the Huaiyin Battle was actually a big victory for the Xuzhou army, and there was also the news that Lu Bu returned from Xuzhou to the north, Cao Boss was confused, and quickly sent more scouts to investigate carefully, It wasn't until the real victor of the Huaiyin War was repeatedly confirmed that Boss Cao, who understood the plan, scolded again, "Tao Ying, annihilate the thief!" You are the number one thief in the world! It's a good thing I haven't bordered you yet, otherwise even I would have fallen for you! ”

Boss Cao's luck is obviously better than that of Lu Wenhou, although he was played by Deputy Director Tao's superb acting skills again, but because of this, he unexpectedly ushered in a few of Cao Boss's coveted fierce generals - the poor three Taoyuan brothers bumped into the most terrifying gentleman army in the Xuzhou army in Langya, and were killed to the point that the whole army was wiped out, leaving less than twenty people to flee back to Zhu County with injuries, Uncle Liu Huang carried the new boss Kong Rong to Xuzhou to fish in the mixed waters, and came back with this ghost and had no face to see Kong Rong again, felt that Kong Rong, who was outnumbered, couldn't squeeze any oil and water, so he asked for the surname to go south to join Cao Ying, wanting to borrow Cao Lao's soldiers and horses to find Deputy Director Tao for revenge, and by the way, he was waiting for a new opportunity to fish in troubled waters and make a comeback.

As the first person to discover Guan Yu's martial arts, Bole, and witnessed the grand occasion of the three British battles against Lu Bu, the talented Cao Boss was of course ecstatic about the poor journey of the three Taoyuan brothers, not only set up a grand banquet to entertain the three Taoyuan brothers, but also accompanied Uncle Liu to scold the eighteenth generation of the ancestors of Deputy Director Tao, and then Boss Cao rejected Xun Yu and Cheng Yu's suggestion to cut Uncle Liu Huang forever to eliminate the trouble, and gave Uncle Liu Huang 3,000 troops and Wan Hu grain, and ordered Uncle Liu Huang to be stationed in Luguo County, which borders Donghai County in Xuzhou. Let Uncle Liu Huang continue to disgust Deputy Director Tao, and at the same time form a corner with Cao Jun, and form a flanking attack on Lu Wenhou.

The news of the three Taoyuan brothers making a comeback and Tunzha Lu with the support of Cao Boss reached Changyi, and Lu Wenhou, who was already about to be unable to resist the counterattack of Cao Yuan's coalition army, no longer hesitated, and finally made up his mind to sincerely ally with the Xuzhou army, adopted Chen Gong's plan, took Yuan Shu's envoy Han Yin and put him in the prisoner car, and let the envoy Wang Kai escort him to Xuzhou to present to Tao Ying, in order to show the sincerity of the alliance, and took the opportunity to borrow troops and grain from Tao Ying to block the three coalition forces of Cao, Yuan and Liu.

After a while, Wang Kai escorted Han Yin to Pengcheng and handed it over to Tao Ying for treatment, and presented Lu Bu's handwritten letter, Tao Ying was overjoyed to see it, and he didn't ask Han Yin what he was contacting Lu Bu for - it was more troublesome to ask, and immediately ordered Han Yin to be pushed out of the door and beheaded. However, when the guards pushed Han Yin, who was crying and begging for mercy, out of the hall, Tao Ying shouted again: "Wait, escort Han Yin to the Xuzhou Law Field, announce it in public as Yuan Shu's crime of separating me and Wen Hou, and then behead him, and then hang the head above the city gate to show the public for a month!" ”

"Tao Envoy, spare your life, spare your life! The villain is just a messenger, just a messenger! Han Yin cried frantically and begged for mercy, but Lu Su, Chen Qi, Chen Deng and others present quietly wiped a cold sweat, and said together that Tao Ying was so ruthless, which clearly wanted Yuan Shu and Lu Bu to turn against each other and never really join forces again. Wang Kai's expression was embarrassed, although he understood Tao Ying's sinister intentions, he didn't dare to object.

Han Yin was escorted out and beheaded, and it wasn't until his crying was far away that Wang Kai nodded to Tao Ying and said: "Envoy, the sincerity of my lord's alliance, Envoy Jun has already seen it with his own eyes, and now Cao Ying and Yuan Shu are attacking fiercely, Liu Bei has annihilated the thief and arrived in Luguo County again, and my lord ......." ”

"Your envoy doesn't need to say it, I understand." Tao Ying interrupted Wang Kai's words and took the initiative to say: "Wen Hou is my father-in-law, he is currently in an embarrassment, so I naturally can't stand idly by. In this way, 30,000 grains and grass, 1,000 knives and guns, and 500 iron armor do not need to return, and I am filial to my father-in-law. As for the army, I really can't pull out the army to go north now, so I will give my father-in-law 500 ......flying muskets, no, 1,000 flying muskets! ”

"Flying muskets? What is Flying Musket? ”

Wang Kai was stunned, and when he was about to ask, Tao Ji next to him immediately jumped out and shouted like a pig: "Second brother, you can't give the flying musket, that's the most top-secret weapon of our gentleman's army!" ”

"The most top-secret weapon of the Gentleman's Army?" Hearing Tao Ji's words, and seeing Tao Ji's nervous expression, no matter how stupid Wang Kai was, he understood that that kind of flying musket must be extremely powerful, so Wang Kai did not hesitate, and hurriedly bowed to Tao Ying, bowed to the ground and said: "Wang Kai bowed to the envoy on behalf of the lord. ”

"The third brother doesn't have to be anxious, the flying musket can only be used once, and no one can reload except for our army." Tao Ying was not vague, and said his vicious intentions in front of Wang Kai, and said: "At present, the war in Yanzhou is urgent, if we don't send some of our housekeeping magic weapons to Wen Hou, Wen Hou is afraid that he will not be able to hold on." ”

Tao Ji had no choice but to retreat honestly, and Tao Ying said to Wang Kai again: "Mr. Wang, the power of the flying musket is not trivial, and the cost is extremely expensive, I only have a total of about 3,000, and I have done my best to honor my father-in-law with 1,000 pieces." I hope you will make this clear to my father-in-law. Wang Kai nodded and agreed, and thanked him again and again.

Tao Ying gave one of the magic weapons of the family to Lu Wenhou, it was indeed a great favor to Lu Wenhou, when the flying musket arrived in Changyi, Lu Wenhou had personally led the army to Dingtao to rescue the Zhang brothers, and stayed in Changyi Chen Palace to witness the power of the flying musket and was overjoyed, and quickly ordered someone to send the flying musket to the front line. And Lu Wenhou, who was fighting hard with the Cao Yuan coalition army, also immediately used the flying musket on the battlefield, and immediately killed the Cao Yuan coalition army by surprise, the first time he saw the spear that would breathe fire, the brave Yan Liang and Dian Wei were all at a loss, and were seriously injured by the flying musket, and the other Cao Yuan coalition army elite soldiers who died under the flying musket were countless, and the team was also completely chaotic, and the Lu Bu army took the opportunity to cover up and kill, and killed the Cao Yuan coalition army with less victory and more defeat.

"Hahaha, burn! Burn! Burn me hard! Come on, don't you dog thieves like to go on seven or eight together? Come on, you can come as many times as you want this time! ”

On the battlefield, Lu Wenhou brandished a Fang Tian painting halberd tied to a flying musket, rode a red rabbit horse and galloped back and forth, and used a poisonous flame more than a zhang long to wantonly burn the faces and eyes of Cao Jun and Yuan Jun's fierce generals.

Seeing this scene, the soldiers of the Lu Bu Army who were holding flying muskets behind them were of course thunderous with joy, their morale was greatly boosted, and they rushed to kill and scramble, but the soldiers of the Cao Yuan coalition army on the opposite side were crying and screaming, and when they ran for their lives with their heads in their hands, they scrambled to be the first, and Cao Boss even scolded, "Tao Ying annihilates the thief!" Thief! You must be a thief again! ”

"Huh? Why did you run out again? Seeing that the musket on the halberd was extinguished, Lu Wenhou, who was killing happily, was greatly disappointed, so he had to rush back to the formation to change the flying musket, when he learned that the thousand muskets had been used up, Lu Wenhou scolded again, "This unscrupulous son-in-law, why did he send such a little flying musket?" If you send an extra three or five thousand, none of the Cao thieves team will be able to run away today! Immediately send someone to send an order to Chen Gong, and ask him to send another messenger south, and let my unscrupulous son-in-law send thousands of flying muskets over, the more the better! ”

Fortunately, there is no need for flying muskets at this time, the unprepared Cao Yuan coalition army has already collapsed on the whole line, and was slaughtered by the soldiers of the Lu Bu army, who were already brave and good at fighting, like a duck, until the corpses were killed all over the field, and the blood flowed into a canal, and the Zhang Miao brothers, who were already eating dead flesh to satisfy their hunger in Dingtao City, also opened the city gate, led the army to kill out, and beat the Yuan and Cao coalition forces inside and outside, and the defeated Cao Boss couldn't resist it at all, and even the big camp was kicked by the Lu Bu army, so he could only lead the defeated army to abandon the camp and leave. The grain, grass and ordnance were all seized by Lu Bujun, and the situation in Yanzhou was suddenly reversed.

After the end of the Dingtao War, the first thing Lu Wenhou did was to immediately send an envoy south to Xuzhou to find his good son-in-law Tao Ying to ask for more new weapons flying muskets, and Cao Boss, who led the defeated army to flee back to Juancheng, was full of sadness, and there was only one question in his head, "If Tao Ying destroys the thief and gives more of this flamethrower gun to Lu Bu, what should I do?" ”

"Don't worry, Tao Ying is not a stupid thief, of course he understands what the consequences will be once this weapon falls into the hands of Lu Bu." Guo Jia coughed and comforted Cao Laodao: "Now that Lu Bu has re-stabilized the situation in Yanzhou, he dares to conclude that the next time on the battlefield, there will be no such weapons in Lu Bu's army, and even if there is, the number will definitely be pitiful, and our army will be prepared at that time, so it will not be difficult to prevent it." ”

Cao Boss nodded, and also felt that with Tao Ying's deceit, it would never be possible to raise a tiger legacy, and give too much of this powerful fire-breathing spear to Lu Bu, and it would never let the strength of Lu Bu's army far exceed that of his own army, and would only balance left and right in the Yanzhou battlefield, and decide who won and who lost at the lowest cost, so that the self-army and Lu Bu's army could consume each other and check and balance each other, so that it was in line with Xuzhou's strategic interests.

Thinking of this, Boss Cao, who had long regretted it countless times, inevitably regretted his intestines again, and sighed: "Regret not at the beginning, in order to prevent Liu Bei from sitting on the legacy of raising a tiger, he ended up raising a snake, which is still the most poisonous five-step snake!" ”

(To be continued)