"Liu Kaifu, you are so bold! You are so bold!!"

Roaring hysterically, Little Yuan Sangong tore into pieces three or two letters sent by Liu Kai on his fast horse. However, Little Yuan Sangong still did not relieve his anger. He jumped up and rushed to Liu Kai's messenger and returned the letter on his shoulder.

The unlucky messenger with the broken arrow picked up the broken arrow, shook it and roared: "Liu Kaifu, what kind of fame are you trying to make? What kind of fame are you trying to make? Liu Xun sent him to lead the army to reinforce the northern front. Not only did he stand still in Hefei, he even dared to ask for help.

Gu sent troops to attack Quyang, and in turn ordered Yu Gu?! Is this Huainan the world of his Liu family or my Yuan family?!"

The wound on the poor messenger's shoulder was pulled by little Yuan Sangong while shaking him. He was so painful that his face was blue and his mouth was white. However, he did not dare to cry out. He could only endure the pain and replied with a mournful face: "Reply to my lord, General Liu also knows that my lord will definitely do it."

I am angry, but General Liu wants a villain to report to the lord, saying that as long as the lord acts according to the plan, sends troops to counterattack Quyang when the main force of the Xuzhou rebel army goes south, and makes a slight siege, it can take as little as ten days or as much as half a month.

The army will definitely defeat the main force of the Xuzhou bandit army!"

At this point, the courier, whose wound was gushing blood again, couldn't help but scream, and quickly added with a groan: "Also, General Liu Kai also said that if everything goes well, our army might still have a chance to fight.

Take the head of Taoying’s traitor and present it to the lord’s tent!”

"Kill the little thief Tao Ying in one battle?" After hearing this great thing that he had been thinking about for a long time, the furious little Yuan Sangong finally calmed down a little, and asked half surprised and half puzzled: "Really?

?Is Liu Kai so confident?"

The courier, who was sweating profusely in pain, grinned and nodded. He groaned: "Replying to my lord, these are the exact words of General Liu Kai. I don't dare to lie. Again, my lord, please have mercy. The villain's wound has opened again."

."

Little Yuan Sangong let go in doubt, and when he turned back to look at his confidants, Bo Yanxiang, the knowledgeable leader, hurriedly came out and asked the messenger: "Let me ask you, how can Liu Kai be sure that the main force of the Xuzhou bandit army will definitely leave Quyang?"

Going south? How does General Liu Kai plan to defeat the main force of the Xuzhou traitor army in one battle? Or even capture the heads of the Taoying traitors in one battle?"

"I don't know." The messenger shook his head and replied truthfully: "General Liu Kai also knew that the lord would definitely ask this question. He asked the villain to report to the lord. It was not that he meant to deceive the lord, but the cavalry of the Xuzhou rebel army was really powerful.

It is very difficult to contact Hefei and Shouchun. A liaison messenger like Xiaoren may be robbed, killed or even captured by the Xuzhou bandit army at any time on the road. In order to avoid leaking the military aircraft, General Liu Kai did not dare to take the risk of letting the envoy bring the planned steps back to Shouchun.

Spring, to prevent the villain from being killed or captured along the way and leaking the secrets of our army."

Looking at the broken arrow on the unlucky messenger's shoulder, Yan Xiang's eyes flashed with excitement. He hurriedly knelt down on his knees to Little Yuan Sangong and said excitedly: "My lord, General Liu Kai is a meticulous man. He is thoughtful and even communicates with the messenger like this.

Every detail has been taken into consideration, and preparations have been made to prevent any eventuality. This is enough for General Liu Kai to have indeed laid out a careful trap, waiting for the traitor Tao Ying to jump! I am bold and ask the lord to listen to General Liu Kai's advice.

, after confirming that the main force of the Xuzhou bandit army went south, we immediately sent troops to pretend to attack Quyang to cooperate with General Liu Kai's actions."

"My lord, I also think you can give it a try!" Although he had broken off relations with Yan Xiang, Shu Shao still stepped forward to help Yan Xiang this time, and said with his hands raised: "My lord, since General Liu Kai is so confident, he is begging my lord again. After confirming that the main force of the Xuzhou bandit army has gone south, our army will not take many risks, so the lord can give General Liu Kai a chance to cooperate with him once. Even if it fails, our army will not suffer much losses. If General Liu Kai succeeds in the battle, Then all the problems faced by our army will be easily solved!"

Little Yuan Sangong began to be moved, and asked for Liu Kai's identity badge, holding it in his hand and checking it over and over again, and said hesitantly: "It's okay to cooperate with Liu Kai once, but Tao Ying, the little thief, has always been known for his treachery. This is the little thief Tao Ying’s trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain and lure our army away from Feishui defense line and Shouchun city defense..."

"Lord, we can send more scouts to explore the horse and find out the location of the main force of the little thief Tao Ying before it is too late to take action..."

Before Yan Xiang finished his persuasion, Shu Shao next to him rushed to say: "My lord's worry is reasonable, but there is no need for our army to take risks in this matter. Liu Bei and Liu Xuande's team has arrived at Shen County in Runan. My lord can let Liu Bei The team immediately went south to Jiujiang and temporarily stationed in the north of Shouchun. They were promised money, food and weapons. When it was confirmed that the main force of the Xuzhou bandit army was going south, the lord could order Liu Bei to lead the army to attack Quyang! In this way, the lord could cooperate with General Liu Kai We must act without sacrificing a single soldier of our army!"

Little Yuan Sangong finally showed joy on his face, and just when he was about to say yes, Yan Xiang screamed, "My lord, you must not lead a wolf into the house! Tao Ying, the little thief, is just a robber, but Liu Bei is a thief. Robbers can be prevented by holding open fire, but thieves are By sneaking behind and allowing Liu Bei's traitor to set foot in Huainan, our army will be blocking the tiger at the front door and the wolf at the back door, and the consequences will be even more disastrous than we can imagine!"

Little Yuan Sangong glanced at Yan Xiang, snorted coldly, then turned to Shu Shao and ordered: "Shu Changshi, draft a text for me, call Liu Bei..., oh no, please Liu Xuande lead his army south immediately, and temporarily station in On the north bank of the Huaihe River north of Shouchun, first give him 10,000 pieces of grain and 1,000 swords and guns, and tell him to be ready to cross the river and attack Quyang!"

Shu Shao happily agreed and quickly drafted an order. However, Yan Xiang was so anxious that he was sweating profusely and quickly kowtowed to remonstrate. He was firmly opposed to inviting Uncle Liu, who was known to backlash against the boss of the family, to enter the country. However, little Yuan Sangong waved his sleeves. , threw down a sentence and walked away, "Leave a strong general like Liu Xuande alone, I'm not that stupid..." Unfortunately, Liu Ye's words made him look forward to the stars and the moon for reinforcements to go north as soon as possible, Tao Sangong and Xiao Yuan. In fact, Ying Ying is even more looking forward to Yuan Shujun's Lujiang reinforcements heading north as soon as possible - without killing the powerful Lujiang reinforcements, Tao Ying really can't worry about attacking Yinling City, which is guarded by Qiaorui Qiaoqiang, without killing Qiaorui. With the stalking Xiaoqiang, the Xuzhou army could not concentrate its forces to attack Shouchun Fort, which was defended by the main force of the Huainan Army's northern line. So as Liu Ye analyzed, Tao Ying actually wanted the Lujiang reinforcements to go north, and was prepared to personally lead the main force south to fight. Lujiang reinforcements. The first battle eliminated the hidden dangers of the Lujiang reinforcements, freeing up the main force to start the next step.

Guessing Deputy Director Tao's anxiety, Liu Ye naturally would not let Deputy Director Tao easily fulfill his wish. While dutifully advising Liu Qie, he also advised Liu Qie to deliberately stand still and let the Lujiang reinforcements stationed in Hefei City while resting and talking. While reorganizing the Liyang reinforcements that had been defeated by the Junzi Army, they deliberately tortured Deputy Director Tao's anxiety. Although Deputy Director Tao, who had already cultivated the city to a great extent in his previous life, was still calm, the anxiety and urgency in his heart were increasing day by day. ——The Xuzhou Army is fighting away from home after all. The longer the war drags on, the more disadvantageous it will be to the Xuzhou Army.

Fortunately, Mr. Liu Ye and Liu Ziyang were not as vicious as Deputy Director Tao. After resting and torturing Deputy Director Tao for four days in Hefei City, the Lujiang reinforcements finally left Hefei City and began to head north. However, they suffered a disastrous defeat by the Hui Qu Army.

According to the news, the Lujiang reinforcements were obviously much more cautious when heading north this time. They adopted a prudent strategy of advancing in multiple lines, allowing the army to line up in many long lines and advance side by side unhurriedly, so that they could form formations at any time to face Xuzhou's cavalry.

An army of ace gentlemen. At the same time, Liu Kai also sent Lujiang's new general Zheng Bao as the vanguard, leading an army of three thousand to open the way. They marched twenty miles a day cautiously. They marched northward like a tortoise crawling.

After confirming the news that the Lujiang reinforcements had left Hefei's city defense, the anxious Deputy Director Tao finally breathed a sigh of relief and quickly left Lu Su, Xu Sheng and Cao Xing to guard Quyang's foothold, and personally led Xu Chu, Gao Shun, Tao Ji, Chen Dao and

Hou Cheng and other elite main forces went south, opening the way for the Junzi Army who had no solution in the field, and rushed day and night to seek a decisive battle with the Lujiang reinforcements - Tao Ying couldn't do anything if he didn't rush, because the rear was not stable enough, and if he didn't quickly kill Xiao Yuan Sangong's Lujiang reinforcements,

Once things change at the rear, things will get serious.

Deputy Director Tao was anxious for a decisive battle. His opponent, the Lujiang reinforcements, was not at all anxious. After confirming that the main force of Xuzhou was heading south, the Lujiang reinforcements, which had just left Hefei less than sixty miles away, immediately stopped and began to set up a temporary camp to rest on the spot.

The forward army led by Zheng Bao continued to move north and faced the main force in Xuzhou alone. Although Zheng Bao, the Lujiang general who had newly surrendered to Xiao Yuan Sangong, strongly opposed Liu Kai's order, Liu Kai used military law to suppress him. Poor

General Zheng Bao was forced to go north alone, full of anger, to confront Xuzhou's main force and die.

The distance of two hundred and twenty miles from Hefei to Quyang would take at least two days for the infantry to march even in a hurry, but for the Junzi Army, it would not take even one day, so even Tao Ying was afraid that the Junzi Army would take it.

The Lujiang reinforcements fled, and Tao Ji was deliberately ordered to slow down his march. The poor General Zheng Bao marched alone the next morning, but he still ran into the Xuzhou Gentleman Army, which made all the princes in the world change their minds.

They had no choice but to fight when they encountered one, because Liu Kai and Liu Ye 'accidentally' forgot to tell General Zheng Bao the taboos and tips for fighting the Junzi Army. Zheng Ling, Zheng Bao's younger brother, who went out to fight against the Junzi Army General Zhang Fei, was of course

He was shot into briquettes by the random arrows of the Junzi Army, and when he was unable to hit the Junzi Army at all, he was shot by the overwhelming rain of arrows from the Junzi Army, making ghosts cry and wolves howl, and died everywhere. With heavy casualties, of course the poor General Zheng Bao could only

He ran away, leading the defeated army, which was almost entirely composed of his own private soldiers, to flee wherever they came, seeking the protection of Liu Kai's main force.

After finally escaping back to the temporary camp of Liu Kai's main force, something happened that made General Zheng Bao angry. At this moment, Liu Kai's main force had disappeared. Only Lujiang general Deng Dang led the five troops of this song.

Hundreds of men and horses were packing up camp equipment. When poor General Zheng Bao asked angrily about the whereabouts of Liu Kai's main force, Deng Dang's answer made General Zheng Bao vomit blood on the spot, "We withdrew to Hefei yesterday evening, and our army's scouts visited Xuzhou

The main force of the bandit army was dispatched, led by the traitor Tao Ying himself, to kill our army. General Liu Kai was worried that he could not resist, so he led his army to retreat overnight. The general was ordered to leave the camp equipment here and wait for you to come back and jointly retreat."

"Then why didn't he send someone to tell me? Let me withdraw to Hefei too?" General Zheng Bao asked angrily.

"General Liu Kai said he had already sent one. Didn't General Zheng receive the order to retreat?" Deng Dang asked in confusion.

"When did Liu Kaipifu send the messenger? Why haven't I seen it?" General Zheng Bao asked angrily.

"Didn't you see it?" Deng Dang was stunned for a moment. Then Deng Dang understood everything and said with a wry smile: "General Zheng, the last general probably understands why Liu Kai wants me to stay here to support you."

"Why?" Zheng Bao asked in surprise.

"We'll talk about it on the way!" Deng Dang didn't have time to explain in detail to General Zheng Bao. He just pulled up the reins of Zheng Bao's horse and turned around, throwing down the camp equipment that had been loaded onto the truck. He led his army into a gallop and said in a hurry: "

General Zheng, let’s leave quickly. As far as I know, the gentlemen of the Xuzhou bandit army never take prisoners. Even if we surrender, we are seeking death.”

Deng Dang's words were not to threaten Zheng Bao. The Gentleman Army, which regarded the speed of attack as the most important thing, never wanted to take prisoners - taking prisoners would naturally affect the speed. General Zheng Bao had seen it with his own eyes in previous battles. He

Even if the private soldiers under his command knelt down and surrendered to the Junzi Army, the cruel and ruthless Junzi Army cavalry would not hesitate to chop and stab these surrendered soldiers to death, or even trample them to death with horse hooves. Then they heard Deng Dang's words again.

General Zheng Bao, who cherished his life, was naturally more desperate when running, so that Deng Dang could only follow him and eat dust. Several times he had to ask General Zheng Bao to slow down and not leave the group, so as not to die alone.

quick.

It was also General Zheng Bao's luck. Although Deng Dang's army was small in strength, it was very disciplined and happened to have a large number of powerful crossbows. The gentleman's army approached several times and fired arrows. Deng Dang's brother-in-law immediately led the crossbowmen in turn.

He fired arrows at each other and used powerful crossbows with super long range to suppress the cavalry shooting of the Gentleman Army. Tao Ji was unwilling to use his precious Gentleman Army to fight against this small group of enemies who were defeated but not chaotic. After suffering two small losses, Tao Ji

Ji simply bypassed Deng Dang's 500 men and Zheng Bao's remaining army of less than 800 men, and led the Junzi Army south to pursue and kill the main force of the Lujiang reinforcements who had abandoned their camp and fled - of course, Tao Ji didn't know

What is surprising is that at this moment, the main force of the Lujiang reinforcements has fled back to Hefei City.

It was only after the Junzi Army had gone away that Zheng Bao breathed a sigh of relief and asked Deng Dang why Liu Kai abandoned himself and Deng Dang to escape alone. Deng Dang sighed and told Zheng Bao, "General Zheng may not know something. General, you

Before I led my troops to join our army, I once offended General Liu Kai. General Liu Kai's wife and brother were in charge of military supplies and deducted the rations from the soldiers in Quying, the general, during the distribution of food. The general sued Liu Taishou in anger, and Liu

The prefect did justice and forced Liu Kai's wife and brother to reissue the withheld military rations, and beat Liu Kai's wife and brother with thirty military sticks."

"Is there such a thing?" This was really the first time Zheng Bao heard about it. Then Zheng Bao suddenly realized it and said angrily: "No wonder Liu Kaifu wants you to stay with me, general. It turns out that Liu Kaifu wants to kill someone with a borrowed knife."

, deliberately letting you and I die!"

"General Zheng, I was about to ask you about this, why did Liu Kaipifu deliberately attack you so many times?" Deng Dang asked curiously: "Yesterday when our army set up camp, I was wondering why Liu Kaipifu asked the main force of our army to stop advancing.

, but they want you to go north alone? Yesterday evening when the main force of our army retreated overnight, Liu Kaipifu would either stay behind to pack the camp equipment and wait for you to come back and jointly retreat. He clearly said that he had sent a messenger to contact you and ordered you to lead the army.

Retreat, why do you say you haven’t seen Liu Kaipifu’s messenger at all?”

"I don't want Yuan Shu to sacrifice his life at all!" General Zheng Bao was furious and told the truth. He explained angrily: "Yuan Shu's men conquered Huainan violently and used military force. Not only the people were overwhelmed, but also the rich families like me were exploited. I

Unable to bear it, I wanted to organize my family soldiers and people to cross the river and go south, so Mr. Liu Ye also agreed to go south with me. As a result, I didn’t know that the traitor reported the secret, and Liu Xun, the prefect of Lujiang, suddenly led an army to surround my Zhuangzi and wanted to punish me.

For the crime of defection, I am leading the soldiers and preparing to fight Liu Xun to the death in order to survive!"

"Later, Mr. Liu Ye came forward to mediate and persuaded me to lead my family's private soldiers to join Liu Xun's team. Although Liu Xun's team promised not to pursue me as a traitor and not to reorganize my family soldiers, I only know now that

In fact, Liu Xun, a common man, has wanted me dead for a long time! This time, Liu Xun, a common man, sent troops to reinforce Shouchun and deliberately brought my team with him. He must have wanted me to be a shield and use my soldiers to fight against the Xuzhou army.

As long as my team is finished, Liu Xun will do whatever he wants with me!"

"So that's how it is." Deng Dang nodded and sighed: "It's a pity that the general and the general share the same fate. It seems that even if you and I escape back to Fei successfully, we are destined to be pushed to the front line by Liu Kaifu and die in the future."

"General Deng's words make sense!" Zheng Bao nodded vigorously, reined in his horse, and lowered his voice and said: "General Deng, everyone on the left and right is dead. Instead of returning to Fei and waiting to die, you and I should lead our troops to Xuzhou Tao.

What do you think of your Majesty?"

"What?" Deng Dang was shocked and quickly lowered his voice and said: "Brother, are you kidding? I heard that Tao Ying was vicious by nature and never blinked at the murderer. During our army's last northern expedition to Xuzhou, 130,000 troops were killed by Tao Ying.

Only less than 30,000 people are left to come back. If we seek refuge with such people, wouldn’t we be asking for death?”

"Brother Yu, don't listen to Liu Xun's nonsense!" Zheng Bao said in a low voice: "Brother Yu has learned very clearly that during the last battle in Zhuyi, Huainan Changshi Yang Hong surrendered to the envoy Tao Yingtao. As a result, Yang

After your Excellency arrived in Xuzhou, you not only became the governor of Xuzhou, but also received numerous generous rewards. Now you are one of the most important figures in Xuzhou and a confidant of Lord Tao."

Deng Dang was still hesitant, but Zheng Baoze encouraged him again: "Brother Xian, you have done a great life-saving favor to Brother Yu, and Brother Yu dare not hide it from you. In fact, Brother Yu had already had the idea of ​​surrendering to Tao Shijun before the expedition.

, now the main force of Tao Shijun's army is heading south to Hefei. Instead of returning to Fei and waiting to die, we should go back north and surrender to Tao Shijun. With your bravery and talent, my dear brother, when you come under Tao Shijun's command, you will definitely be like Yang Hongda.

People get reused like that, gold, silver, beauties, manors and fields, everything they want is given to them!"

Deng Dang hesitated again. After thinking for a long time, Deng Dang said in a low voice: "Brother, forgive me for being presumptuous. Even if you and I go north and surrender to Tao Shijun, and Tao Shijun takes you and me, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you and me to be reused."

.Brother, please think about how much great service Yang Hong and Yang Changshi did for Tao Shijun when he surrendered to Tao Shijun. Our Northern Expedition army was basically defeated by Yang Changshi alone. What do you and I think about Tao Shijun?

As far as the envoy is concerned, he has no merit at all. If you just go and join him, why should Tao envoy reuse you and me as a brother? Why should you and I reward you and me so highly?"

This time it was finally General Zheng Bao's turn to hesitate, but Deng Dang lowered his voice and said quickly: "Brother, in my opinion, either you or I will not surrender, but if we want to surrender, I will bring a big gift to Tao Shijun.

, as a gift for promotion!”

"What kind of gift are you bringing?" Zheng Bao asked quickly.

Deng Dang looked around nervously, then lowered his voice and said: "Hefei! Dedicate the city of Hefei to Tao Shijun! You and I can send confidants to ask Tao Shijun for surrender while continuing to escape back to Fei. If Tao Shijun

If you are willing to accept our surrender, we will open the city gates in Hefei City and welcome Tao Shijun's army into the city!"!~!
Chapter completed!