(..) (ps: It will be February 1st in a few hours. I would like to wish my friends a happy new year, and then ask for the last monthly ticket for the first month and the monthly ticket for February. (..))

What makes Deputy Director Tao secretly happy is not only Yuan Fang's appearance, but also Yuan Fang's natural ladylike temperament, and Yuan Fang's gentle and gentle personality. Although Yuan Fang's biological mother, Mrs. Liu, was one of the most powerful women in the Three Kingdoms era

A poisonous woman, but Yuan Fang's character is completely opposite to Liu's. She is so gentle and kind that even Mi Zhen feels inferior to her, and she is considerate to Tao Ying.

, is friendly to Tao Ying's two beautiful concubines Cao Ling and Mi Zhen, treats Tao Ying's other unofficial concubine Lu Die as if she were a biological sister, and treats Tao Ying's only daughter as if she were a biological child, and cannot get married to Tao Ying.

Within three days, he had won praise from everyone in the Tao family, and Tao Ying himself was even more delighted - he could finally take Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao Sun Shangxiang home with confidence.

It's a pity that no matter how gentle and pleasant Yuan Fang is, our Deputy Director Tao doesn't have much time to spend time with her. Three days after the wedding, the Southern Expedition Army composed of 32,000 Xuzhou regular troops and nearly 80,000 civilians

, under the personal leadership of Tao Ying himself, they passed through Peiguo County in Yuzhou and followed the mighty route of Yuan Shu's Northern Expedition last year.

Swinging south, they avoided the situation and went straight to Shouchun City, Huainan's old nest of little Yuan Sangong. At the same time, Xuzhou Huaiyin guard Xie Yan also served as the general of the Huaihe Navy and personally led three thousand Xuzhou Navy up the Huaihe River.

Go up and rush to the Huainan battlefield to cooperate with the main force in the battle - all of them are using the warships that little Yuan Sangong left for Huaiyin back then.

The northern front is basically worry-free. This time Xuzhou's expedition against Xiao Yuan Sangong basically brought out all the elites, including Xu Chu, Chen Dao, Zang Ba, Gao Shun, Cao Xing, Tao Ji, Song Xian, Hou Cheng, Xu Sheng and Qin Yi.

A large number of cheap and practical main generals all went out with the army. Xuzhou's ace army Junzi Army, Fengyu Army and the trapped camp also all went out. The competition for the position of the vanguard of the Southern Expedition became fierce. In order to be the first to lead the Southern Expedition

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When we were ready to set off, Huainan Xizuo had already delivered the news to little Yuan Sangong. After hearing the news, our little Yuan Sangong, who was dreaming of the emperor every day, was furious and immediately ordered to summon his subordinates Wenwu

The ministers showed the intelligence report to everyone, and then took pictures

The table roared, "Young thief Tao Ying, you are so audacious. Before I came to settle the accounts with Yang Hong in Zhuyi, he actually dared to take the initiative to raise troops to invade the country and come to die! Pass the order and quickly summon 200,000 people."

The army, led by Gu himself, goes to fight to the death with the little thief Tao Ying! Revenge and avenge the shame!"

"My lord, you must not do this!" Lord Bo Yanxiang stood up quickly, raised his hands and said: "My lord, Tao Ying's little thieves are coming in full force, and their power is very strong. If we rush into a decisive battle with them, it will only be more disastrous. Our army can only rely on

The natural dangers of the Huaihe River are tightly fortified. First, block the enemy's march southward and avoid the sharp attack of the Tao thieves. It will not be too late to find a way to defeat the enemy when his troops are exhausted and their food supplies are exhausted."

"My lord, the Lord of Hell's words are justified." Shu Zhong, who succeeded Mr. Yang Hong as the chief historian, also stood up and said nervously: "In Zhong's opinion, in addition to avoiding the enemy's edge and staying on the defensive, my lord should also be peaceful in the south.

Liu Yao, who allied with Liu Biao in the West, explained the reason of his death and his coldness, and persuaded him to stop the troops with our army, freeing up the elite troops under Generals Zhang Xun and Liu Xun, and transferred them to the northern front to participate in the battle, so as to make up for the lack of combat power of our army.

"

"Southern alliance with Liu Yao? Western alliance with Liu Biao?" Little Yuan Sangong was completely furious and shouted angrily: "In order to deal with a young, yellow-mouthed child, you actually have to go to Liu Yao and Liu Biao to beg for peace? Shut up!

How can the fourth and third princes of my family, after Shun, bow their heads to the younger generation Liu Yao and Liu Biao?!"

Mizhoulang had been killed by little Yuan Sangong himself. Yan Xiang and Shu Zhong, who were not very good at talking, were helpless because of little Yuan Sangong's arrogant character. Fortunately, there was also little Yuan Sangong's cousin Yuan Yinpo present.

Reasonable, he stood up and said: "My lord, although the proposal of Bo and Shu Changshi, the lord of hell, is inappropriate, they have no respect for the lord."

Your Majesty is also very loyal. During the last battle in Zhuyi, our army's main elite force on the northern front was completely lost. Although the new recruits were numerous, they were unable to carry out a large task. The enemy is strong and we are weak, so it is not an exaggeration to be patient and avoid their sharp edges for the time being. I hope your lord will think carefully and think twice.

, you must not go into battle rashly, let alone lead an army to fight with a body of ten thousand gold, and take risks easily."

Although Yuan Yin's words were equally distasteful, for the sake of his cousin, little Yuan Sangong did not continue to get angry. He just snorted disdainfully and said: "In your opinion, how should we face the enemy?

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"My lord, in such a hurry, it is difficult for the army to assemble quickly. General Qiao Rui is older than the army, good at fighting, and has rich experience in the battlefield. My younger brother recommended him as the vanguard general to lead the army to fight first and win the battle for our army.

Time to prepare for war." Yuan Yin pointed at Qiao Rui, who is currently the most capable of fighting a tough battle in Shouchun, and said respectfully: "But how to fight the battle specifically, I am not familiar with military affairs, so please discuss with General Qiao Rui."

Seeing Yuan Yin recommending him, Qiao Rui, who was loyal to Little Yuan Sangong, knew that this battle would be difficult, but he still stood up without hesitation, bowed his hands and said: "My lord, the last general Qiao Rui is not talented, but he is willing to lead the army to fight against the enemy."

enemy!"

"Yes, Gu will appoint you as the vanguard and lead an army of fifty thousand to meet the enemy." Little Yuan Sangong was very satisfied with Qiao Rui's resolute attitude and agreed. Then Little Yuan Sangong asked again: "But before that, Gu

I must ask you first, after you send out troops, how do you plan to face the enemy?"

"The general plans to rely on the Huaihe River..." Qiao Rui wanted to say that he would stand firm and defend, but when he saw little Yuan Sangong's green eyes, Qiao Rui had to quickly change his words and said: "The general thinks that the little thief Tao Ying will send troops this time.

, must first rush to Zhongli, meet his Huaiyin fleet to the west to join forces, and then use the fleet to carry troops across the river to break through our army's Huaihe defense line. Therefore, the final plan is to divide the troops into two groups

, sent troops to reinforce Dangtu, built strong walls and cleared the country to gather all the boats on the river, leaving Tao Ying's little thief with no way to cross the river. The main force went straight to Zhongli for reinforcements, collected all civilian ships and built more fire boats, taking advantage of the upper river to stop Tao Ying's little thief's navy.

Go west, then set up defenses on the south bank, build more antlers to repel horses, and bury more hidden stakes to thorn the horns to prevent Tao Ying's little thief from crossing the river and going south! First base yourself on defense, and then plan to advance and defeat the enemy."

"Too conservative, too weak!" Little Yuan Sangong shook his head firmly and hummed: "Not to mention that it is too weak to fight like this. Our army only defends the south bank, and Xiacai, Ping'a, Yicheng and other places on the north bank of the Huaihe River must also be guarded.

Fall into the hands of the little thief Tao Ying! After you arrive at Zhongli, the main force will

You must station me on the north bank of the Huaihe River to block the little thief Tao Ying from crossing the river first, so that the little thief Tao Ying cannot divide his troops to attack the city in Huaibei. I am also ready to reinforce the cities in various parts of Huaibei at any time. I will go to meet you after Gu has assembled his army.

After that, think about strategies to defeat the enemy!"

"Garrisoned on the north bank of the Huaihe River?" Qiao Rui's heart immediately rose to his throat. No one knew the current situation of Yuan Shu's army on the northern front better than Qiao Rui. Not to mention the army that was forcibly recruited through military violence, but basically all of them were

It is a mob, and the only ones that can really be of great use are the five or six thousand elite soldiers under his command. All these five or six thousand elite soldiers are stationed on the north bank of the Huaihe River. If the battle situation is not favorable, it will be difficult to retreat to the south bank.

"I've decided to be alone, don't say anything anymore!" Little Yuan Sangong waved his hand and decisively stopped Qiao Rui's decision. Poor General Qiao Rui had no choice but to bite the bullet and say yes, but he was filled with sorrow in his heart.

Fortunately, after the meeting, Yuan Yin, Yan Xiang, Shu Zhong and others quietly found the poor General Qiao Rui and comforted him in a low voice: "General, don't panic. Although you have to listen to the Lord's orders, you don't have to listen to them all."

, after the general arrives at Zhongli, he can act according to local conditions, just don't offend the lord too much. On the lord's side, we will naturally explain it to the general."

"That's good, I can send a partial force to cross the river to camp first, and give an explanation to the lord." Qiaorui quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and then warned him uneasily: "Three adults, the southern and western fronts

elite soldiers

On the other hand, the three adults should give more advice to the lord. We must ask the lord to mobilize elite troops from the southern and western fronts as soon as possible and rush to the northern front for reinforcements! Otherwise, once the little thief Tao Ying breaks through our army's Huaihe River defense line, our army's money and food will be

Chapter 135 An army of 30,000 was assembled to launch a fierce attack on Qin Yi's army. The Qin Yi army, all composed of Xuzhou auxiliary troops, could not arrive and was forced to abandon the camp and leave, losing more than half of its troops. All the food, grass and weapons in the camp were also captured by Yuan Shu's army. Qiao Rui breathed a sigh of relief

After chasing for more than forty miles, he withdrew his troops back to camp and sent a messenger to congratulate Yuan Shu.

At noon the next day after the vanguard was defeated and abandoned the camp, poor General Qin Yi escaped with injuries and returned to the main army in Xuzhou. He cried and apologized to Tao Ying. However, our Deputy Director Tao heard that the vanguard of our army had failed to start the attack and lost all three battles.

, not only does not have the slightest

Angry and frustrated, he laughed and praised repeatedly: "Good, good, good defeat. With these few victories, not only the generals and soldiers under Qiao Rui's command, but also the men of Qiao Rui themselves are reluctant to withdraw to the Huaihe River immediately."

It’s the south coast.”

After laughing, a fierce light flashed in Deputy Director Tao's evil triangular eyes, and he gave an order almost like a roar, "Order the whole army to speed up and advance quickly. They must reach the Zhongli battlefield before sunset tomorrow! Tao Ji, you lead the gentleman's army.

Open the way forward, and you must reach the Zhongli battlefield before noon tomorrow, and bite Qiao Rui's tail so that he cannot retreat to the south bank!"

"Second brother, do you underestimate our Junzi Army?" Tao Ji said proudly: "There is only less than 150 miles to go. There is no need to go tomorrow at noon. If the Junzi Army cannot reach Zhongli battlefield before dawn tomorrow,

, please chop off my little brother’s head!” (Your support is welcome, it is my biggest motivation.).
Chapter completed!