If you want to defeat Yuan Shu's reinforcements one by one according to the established tactics, force and mobility actually come second. The most important thing is intelligence work, which means to find out the location, distance and route of Yuan Shu's reinforcements. And to do this

This point depends on the performance of the Xuzhou army's scouts and craftsmen.

Fortunately, when the Xuzhou army had finalized the strategy of attacking Xiao Yuan San publicly, Tao Ying had already ordered Cao Hong to strengthen the intelligence work in Huainan and placed a large number of spies in various important areas in Huainan. This would be a disaster.

There is no need to improvise and waste valuable time by temporarily dispatching lurking surveillance. You only need to send out a large number of scouts and light cavalry to spy on the enemy's movements.

Some friends may want to ask, hasn't Tao Ying already contacted Liu Yao to attack Xiao Yuan Sangong? Since Liu Yao helped contain it, why should Tao Ying be so worried about Xiao Yuan Sangong's reinforcements from Liyang on the southern front? In fact, the answer is also

It's very simple. Deputy Director Tao, who is suspicious by nature, never expected Liu Yao to help from the beginning. Not to mention Liu Yao's lack of strength, Liu Yao's deeds of repaying kindness to Wu Jing also made Tao Ying very uneasy, so Tao Ying was very worried.

Ying had made the worst plan to challenge Xiao Yuan Sangong alone from the beginning. The alliance with Liu Yao was not so much to find helpers, but to temporarily stabilize Liu Yao so that Liu Yao would not consider helping Xiao Yuan Sangong.

Deal with yourself.

Mentally prepared for the worst, he sent out scouts to detect the enemy's movements, and arranged for the army to seize the time to rest and recuperate. While Deputy Director Tao, who was not yet firmly established in Huainan, was busy with military affairs, he ignored the exhaustion of the battle and started immediately.

Establish military and civilian discipline to win the hearts and minds of the people in Huainan. In order to quickly win over the discipline of the Huainan people to the Xuzhou army from outsiders, hypocritical laws such as protecting the people and caring for the people are naturally the only laws from ancient times. Therefore, after Tao Ying negotiated with Lu Su.

Three strict orders were immediately promulgated: Anyone who kills or injures the people indiscriminately shall be executed! Anyone who takes possessions from the people without permission shall be executed! Anyone who rapes a female citizen shall be executed!

No matter how good or strict the law is, it requires a selfless military judge to ensure that the law is strictly enforced. Therefore, after much consideration, Tao Ying appointed Gao Shun, who was known to be innocent and serious, to concurrently take on the important task of military judge.

He told Gao Shun directly. "General, just go ahead and do it. I know you will not engage in malpractice for personal gain, let alone take revenge for personal gain. So when you enforce the law, no matter who you kill, no matter how high-ranking generals and officials you kill,

There is no need to ask me for instructions, I allow you to kill first and then report later! You are not responsible for any consequences caused by this!"

"Promise!" Gao Shun always said very few words. He immediately clasped his fists and sang "Promise" without saying a word of unnecessary nonsense. It was not until Tao Ying nodded that Gao Shun raised his hands and said, "My lord, the general has one more thing to report. The night before, our army

During the siege, in order to support our army, our army set fire to the streets in Xiquyang City. As a result, many houses were burned and many people became homeless. The general suggested that the lord should give some relief to these people.

Show our troops the benevolence and righteousness, and the Lord’s kindness!”

"It makes sense, and it should be like that." Tao Ying nodded with satisfaction, then turned to Lu Su next to him and ordered: "Zijing, take charge of this matter yourself, take people to the city immediately to investigate the fire damage, and bring some money and food to help those who have no need.

People who have returned home can provide more relief. Oh, by the way, bring more guards. In the melee last night, there must be many soldiers of Yuan Shu's army scattered in the city and hiding among the people. Please pay attention to safety."

"Thank you for your concern, my lord. Su will be careful." Lu Su thanked him and said: "My lord, speaking of the Huainan soldiers scattered in Quyang City, Su Ye was about to ask the lord to promulgate a decree and post a notice to inform the people of Quyang City.

Yuan Shu's former army among the people who wish to join the army can register with our army and be incorporated into our army. Those who do not want to join the army can also use their waist cards to collect travel expenses from our army and go home to farm."

Tao Ying was even more satisfied when he heard this, and immediately nodded in agreement, and handed the matter over to Lu Su. After Gao Shun and Lu Su took the order, Tao Ying, who had only slept for five or six hours in the past five days, was really

Unable to hold on any longer, Tao Ying temporarily handed over his official duties to Chen Deng's younger brother Chen Ying, who was accompanying the army, and returned to the back hall to rest. However, because he was too excited, Tao Ying just squinted his eyes for a while and said nothing.

I couldn't even sleep well - I couldn't help it, Tao Ying was really a little nervous when it was her first time to fight a war of aggression.

After forcing himself to close his eyes to fall asleep for the fifth time and failing, Tao Ying also became more determined. He thought to himself that since he couldn't fall asleep, he might as well not sleep at all. It would be better to go to the streets to see what was going on, and at the same time show off his glorious image of loving the people.

Not bad! After making up his mind, Tao Ying got out of bed without even taking off his clothes. He went out and called the personal guards led by Xu Chu. He rode out of the Quyang County government office he had just snatched and inspected the situation in the city all the way.

Because the battle for the city had just ended and the city gates were sealed, the market in Quyang City, which was originally a large city in Huainan, was very depressed. Except for the soldiers of the Xuzhou Army, there were hardly any civilians walking on the streets. There were shops on both sides of the streets.

All of them were closed, and pairs of panicked eyes flashed from time to time behind the cracks in the doors and windows, obviously full of fear of the outsiders, the Xuzhou Army. Seeing this scene, Deputy Director Tao, who had originally planned to put on a good show, could not help but

Big disappointment - we can't let Xu Chu lead the guards to pick out these frightened people and show love for the people in front of them, right?

After walking around a few more streets, Tao Ying finally found a street that was somewhat popular. However, this popularity did not come from the common people, but from the military law team led by Gao Shun himself. They were constantly chanting the Xuzhou Army's "San Dang Zhan Xin" military order.

After meeting Tao Ying's team, Gao Shun led the troops to salute. Tao Ying smiled and waved, signaling the troops to stand up, and then asked Gao Shun: "How is it? Have you caught anyone who violated military orders?"

"My lord, not yet." Gao Shun replied respectfully: "Thanks to my lord Hongfu, our generals are very conscientious in upholding military orders and basically do not harm or plunder the people at will. I heard that yesterday when our army first entered the city

, a few soldiers robbed people's packages, the general has ordered a strict investigation into this matter, and once found out, he will be severely punished."

The troops that Tao Ying brought to Quyang were basically Xuzhou soldiers. The army discipline has always been better, much better than the Langya soldiers under Zang Ba who were stationed in Dangtu, so Gao Shun said that the army discipline was very good. Tao Ying was not too surprised.

, just nodded with satisfaction. Then he smiled and said: "That's good. You can also ask the military law team to sue the Chongqing army. Just say that the soldiers who snatched the people's packages committed the crime before the new military order was conveyed. As long as the soldiers who snatched them can

As long as the property is handed over, the crime will not be punished with death, but from the time the military order is promulgated, any further offenders will be punished without mercy."

Gao Shun nodded in agreement. When Tao Ying asked about Lu Su's situation again, he learned that Lu Su was leading a group of soldiers to survey the Beicheng area, which was most severely damaged by the war, and distributed money and grain to the affected people. Tao Ying expected that the local people would be affected.

They gathered together. They quickly asked Gao Shun for directions, led Xu Chu and the guards to the north, and hurried to the north city in great excitement.

The northern city of Quyang was really badly devastated by the war. Several streets were burned into ruins. Black smoke is still rising from many ruins. It is estimated that at least 300 households were damaged. When Tao Ying arrived at the scene

At that time, thousands of people were gathering in an open area that was darkened by the fire. Lu Su, leading a team of soldiers, was distributing money and food relief to the affected people on a per-household basis. There were continuous thanksgivings at the scene. There was still a vague feeling.

I heard the sound of crying and crying.

Seeing such a scene, Deputy Director Tao, who had rarely had the opportunity to perform his stunts in recent times, was of course extremely happy and hurriedly rode forward. But at this moment, among the ruins of a house that had been burned down by the fire, suddenly

A rat with smoke on his body ran out. This unlucky rat probably went to the ruins to look for food. His fur was accidentally burned by the embers, and he rushed out of the collapsed house in pain. He ran to the other side of the street, trying to survive.

He just happened to rush in front of Tao Ying's horse. The horse under Tao Ying's crotch was frightened and ran wildly. Tao Ying couldn't restrain it, so he could only scream and watch the horse rush towards the dense crowd of victims, "Get out of the way!"

Get out of the way!"

"My lord, don't panic, Xu Chu is here!" Fortunately, there was an absolutely reliable bodyguard behind Tao Ying, Xu Chu. He shouted, patted his horse and caught up with Tao Ying. He reached out and grabbed the bit of Tao Ying's war horse, and stood up.

With divine power, he pulled Tao Ying's horse upright. The horse raised its head to the sky and neighed. It stopped just now. Deputy Director Tao, whose riding skills were mediocre, finally escaped a possible disaster - the sky has no eyes.

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"I bumped into someone! I bumped into someone!" Before the incident was over, the people watching the excitement and the victims who were sending teams to receive relief suddenly screamed, and some shouted words that made Deputy Director Tao almost wet his crotch.

, "Old Mrs. Xu, Old Mrs. Xu was knocked down!"

"Old Mrs. Xu? No way? Did I bump into Mrs. Xu? My official career is over! The three houses I just gave down payments on are also over!!"

In a panic, Deputy Director Tao, who almost misunderstood that he was still in the 21st century, quickly lowered his head and saw that in front of him lay an old woman with white hair in ragged clothes. Her crutches fell to the side, and she was crawling on the ground face down and squirming.

Tao Ying was even more frightened. He quickly got off his horse and went to help the white-haired old woman. Lu Su saw that something was wrong, so he also rushed over and joined hands with Tao Ying to help the white-haired old woman up and carefully lifted her up.

She turned over and shouted to the soldiers to invite the doctor, but the white-haired old woman, who was at least eighty years old, was already bleeding from her mouth and nose. Before the doctor arrived, she died with a tilt of her head, leaving a stunned person.

Deputy Director Tao was speechless, "Old man, don't be kidding me. I just ordered that anyone who harms the common people should die. How come you were knocked to death by me?"

Tao Ying and Lu Su stared blankly at each other for a long time. Tao Ying stood up and asked the people in Quyang around him: "Excuse me, fellow villagers, where does this old man live? Does he have any relatives at home?

?Where are her relatives at this moment?"

The people around were pushing and shoving, but they didn't dare to answer. It wasn't until Tao Ying asked again that a few people stood up and said cautiously: "Sir, this old lady Xu is our neighbor among the grassroots. Her son and

All the men died early, except for one grandson who was drafted into the army three years ago and died in Runan. When he heard about this, his daughter-in-law who lived with her also hanged herself, leaving no relatives at home."

"It's good if there is no suffering master." Tao Ying quietly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly told Xu Chu next to him: "Quickly, prepare a good coffin, bury this old man properly, and set up three animals as a memorial."

Xu Chu agreed, and when he was commanding the guards to act in accordance with the order, a strange voice came from the crowd of people watching, and said with a sneer: "It is true that the military order is strict. Anyone who kills or injures the people indiscriminately will be killed, and anyone who kills or injures the people indiscriminately will be killed."

Kill it."

"Is that common man farting? Find him!" Xu Chu waved his hand angrily, and Tao Ying's guards behind him immediately rushed forward, and the people watching retreated. A tall and strong man in his thirties was revealed.

In addition, there was a young man in his twenties with a scar on his face standing beside him, who seemed to be his companion. Together, they held their chests and abdomen straight and faced Tao Ying's team of guards, with no fear on their faces.

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"What are you doing? Want to kill people and silence them?" The tall and strong man looked very relaxed and continued with a sarcastic smile: "I am promoting military discipline for you. Didn't your military law team just preach military discipline everywhere and said it was reckless killing?

Should anyone who hurts the common people be killed? I promote military discipline for you, is there anything wrong with that?"

"Everyone! So bold!"

Xu Chu was furious. He stepped forward to argue with the tall and strong man with fists and kicks. Tao Yingze who was next to him grabbed Xu Chu, shook his head and said, "Zhongkang, no. This strong man is not wrong. Anyone who kills himself or hurts the people will be killed."

"This is a military order I personally ordered. I violated the military order I personally made. If I don't punish the person according to the order, how can I serve the public?"

"But my lord..." Xu Chu was anxious, but Tao Ying shook his head again, not allowing Xu Chu to speak, and ordered Lu Su next to him: "Zijing, send someone to give Gao Shun an order. Let him lead the military law team to arrive immediately.

Come here."

"Lord, no!" Lu Su objected in shock, but Tao Ying insisted again and again, skipping Lu Su and ordering his guards to go find Gao Shun to deliver the order. The guards did not dare to follow the order until Tao Ying threatened to violate the military order.

After he was killed, the guards tremblingly led the order to find Gao Shun. The tall and strong man and the scarred young man had already been escorted in front of Tao Ying by the guards, and more and more people were watching around them.

Not a moment later, Gao Shun led the military law team to rush over. Seeing the scene and hearing the crime of Tao Ying surrendering, Gao Shun was dumbfounded no matter how selfless he was. The tall and strong man next to him laughed in a sinister way.

He smiled and said: "This general, I just heard it with my own ears. You led the military law team everywhere to preach military discipline. The first rule is to kill anyone who kills or hurts the people! I can testify that your lord just rode a horse and hit him.

A commoner died, now please enforce the law!"

Gao Shun turned around angrily to look at the tall and strong man. When he accidentally caught a glimpse of the tall and strong young man with a scar, Gao Shun's body shook and he strode up to the young man with a scar. He stared at the young man with a scar.

The young man with the scar was very silent and looked back at Gao Shun without any fear. Gao Shun suddenly flew out a palm and slapped the young man with the scar on the left side of his abdomen. Although the force of Gao Shun's palm was not strong, the young man with the scar was

But his face was blue and white from the pain, and when he glared back at Gao Shun angrily, Gao Shun also laughed and said, "It is indeed you. How did my knife feel on the North Gate wall the night before yesterday?"

"In general." The young man with the scar finally spoke and said in a hoarse voice: "It's a pity that the head of my gun was broken at that time. Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to stand here today."

"Yes!" Gao Shun fell down and confessed, caressing his left chest, and said with a sneer: "At that time, I thought I was going to lose my life, but I didn't expect that your gun head had been broken, allowing me to save my life. I even

Unexpectedly, after killing no less than ten soldiers of our army, you still dare to stay in Quyang City."

"The evil dog is holding the door, and you can't get out!" The scarred young man snorted, closed his mouth and stopped talking. Gao Shun was too lazy to talk to him, and just signaled the guards to closely guard the scarred young man, then turned to Tao Ying and said: "My Lord

, this scar-faced man is one of Yuan Shu’s men. When our army attacked the city the night before yesterday, he fought on the city wall without retreating, killing many of our soldiers until the last general came out in person and fought with him for more than twenty people.

I cut him in the round and forced him back."

Tao Ying blinked his treacherous triangular eyes and remained calm. After a while, he said: "I have an order. As long as the enemy officers and soldiers lurking in Quyang City lay down their weapons, they can come and go freely. He will first take care of my violation of military orders. If he is willing

If he joins our army, he will stay. If he is not willing to stay, he will be given 30 yuan of traveling expenses and three days of dry food, and let him go home. Okay, tell me, what should I do if I kill innocent people?"
To be continued...