(ps: I wish my friends a happy Lantern Festival. My body has not recovered and my head is still dizzy. The number of words should be shorter. Please understand.)

With something in his mind, Uncle Liu naturally became more cautious in doing things. The scouts who went out every day and night were supposed to detect the movements of Xuzhou's army, but in fact they were more responsible for closely monitoring Yuan Shu's army's every move.

Whether it is Yuan Shu's army in Shouchun City or Yuan Shu's army on the Feishui River defense line, as long as there is a slight disturbance in the team, it will basically be known to Uncle Liu in a short time, and it will often make Uncle Liu frightened for a long time.

This bad habit helped Uncle Liu Huang a lot at the critical moment. With great difficulty, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei sent Jin Shang away. Uncle Liu Huang, who was hiding in the back tent and pretending to be ill, suddenly received a scout report saying that Yuan Shujun Liang Gang and Lei Li were outside Shouchun City.

The camps of Bo and Liu Wei were put on alert one after another, and all the cavalry who were herding horses by the Shapi Lake were recalled. There seemed to be signs of taking military action. Liu Huangshu was shocked when he heard the news, and quickly got out of bed and led Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

He personally went out to patrol the camp and went to the vicinity of Yuan Shujun's camp to check the situation in person.

First, we arrived at Lei Bo's camp, which was the closest to Liu Beijun's camp. Still more than half a mile away, Liu Huangshu, who was experienced in the battlefield, had already smelled an unusual and dangerous smell. From the outside, Lei Bojun's camp might look different from usual.

It's generally the same, but after climbing to the high ground and observing carefully, you can immediately find that in the usually relatively undisciplined Yuan Shujun camp, there are no longer those idle soldiers laughing and playing, and the teams transporting water and food are no longer so carefree, and the speed is obvious.

Speeding up a lot. At the same time, it was just after noon, and smoke was already everywhere in the camp. I don’t know if it was for dinner or making more dry food!

"Brother, it seems that Yuan Shu is going to send troops." Not only did Liu Huangshu see that something was wrong, but Guan Yu, who was protecting Liu Huangshu on his patrol, also saw something fishy and said in confusion: "Where is Yuan Shu planning to send troops? To reinforce Yin Ling? It doesn't look like that.

If Yuan Shu is planning to reinforce Yin Ling, he should hurry up and build a pontoon bridge. Otherwise, it will be difficult for his reinforcements to cross the river quickly?"

Guan Yu's words reminded Liu Huangshu of another important event. When Liu Huangshu quickly turned his head to look at the Feishui River, he saw that the river was empty under the sun, not to mention the pontoons being built. There was not even a boat with ropes to cross the river.

! Discovering this, although Uncle Liu Huang's face remained calm, his heart suddenly rose to his throat, and he secretly thought: "Oh no, has Yuan Shu been pushed into a panic, and the old man is ready to jump over the wall?"

"Second brother, third brother, return to camp!" Having considered this, Uncle Liu Huang made a decisive decision and immediately ordered: "Except for the necessary scouts, all troops leaving the camp have been recalled, and our army has also immediately stepped up its vigilance to take precautions! Also,

Immediately start strengthening the camp defenses, especially the Chinese army camp. We must do our best to strengthen it!"

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Half an hour later, Jian Yong, one of Uncle Liu's imperial envoys, suddenly came to Shouchun City and asked to see Young Master Yuan. Young Master Yuan was unwilling to see him at first, but Yan Xiang, who was newly released from prison, urged Young Master Yuan to meet him.

Sangong reluctantly complied. But after the meeting, Jian Yong, on behalf of Uncle Liu Huang, announced a decision that greatly shocked Sangong Xiao Yuan. After several days of rest, Uncle Liu's team had recovered a certain combat effectiveness. Although Uncle Liu was occasionally ill, considering

When the battle situation in Yinling became urgent, Liu Huangshu decided to send troops to cross the river early the next morning, and led the troops to rescue Yinling despite his illness. He also asked Xiao Yuan Sangong's team to be prepared to take over Liu Bei's defense line!

In the past, Uncle Liu Huang refused to send troops no matter how he threatened or induced him. Now, just as he was about to completely fall out with Uncle Liu, Uncle Liu took the initiative to send troops. Little Yuan Sangong was really confused for a moment and didn't know how to answer Jian Yong. Fortunately,

Yuan Yin came out of the back hall in time, whispered Yan Xiang's suggestion in the ear of Little Yuan Sangong, and asked Little Yuan Sangong to immediately agree to Liu Beijun's request and stabilize Liu Beijun temporarily before discussing. Little Yuan Sangong followed the plan

OK, Jian Yong thanked him again and left.

As soon as Jian Yong left, Yan Xiang, who had been hiding in the back hall and eavesdropping, naturally entered the hall immediately. Without Yuan San's need to speak, Yan Xiang took the initiative to salute and said: "My lord, the news may have leaked. Liu Bei is the traitor."

He was using the delaying tactic to delay the attack, but he was afraid that the master would attack overnight, so he used the tactic to gain one night so that he could prepare countermeasures."

"The big-eared thief wants to delay time?" Little Yuan Sangong was a little surprised and asked hurriedly: "So, the big-eared thief said that he sent troops to rescue Yinling is a lie?"

"Of course it's a lie." Yan Xiang replied: "Please think about it, my lord, the big-eared bandits have not agreed long ago and have not agreed to send troops to rescue Yinling until later, but they agreed at the critical moment when our army was about to completely wipe out them. How could it be possible in the world?"

Is there such a coincidence?"

As early as when the allied forces were fighting against Dong, Young Master Yuan Sangong had never liked Uncle Liu Huang. Now he hated Uncle Liu Huang to the bone. After hearing Yan Xiang's words, he naturally took it seriously and said angrily: "Who is it?"

The rumor was leaked? Could it be Shu Shao? Or Jin Shang?"

"It's not them. Neither Shu Changshi nor Jin Cishi are ungrateful people." Yan Xiang's character is better than that of Shu Shao. Not only did he not add insult to injury to Shu Shao, but he also analyzed it for Xiao Yuan Sangong: "If the minister expected,

Not bad, it should be that our army prepared too much for war, and Liu Bei's traitor saw the clues. Liu Bei's traitor was worried that our army would attack him, so he sent Jian Yong to express his willingness to send troops to rescue Yin Ling. First, he wanted to test the lord's will.

The second true attitude is to buy time and adapt to unexpected events."

Little Yuan Sangong thought about it for a long time before he could barely understand the meaning of Yan Xiang's words. Then little Yuan Sangong hurriedly asked: "The traitor Liu Bei took the initiative to request to rescue Yin Ling. What should I do alone? Should I give up the plan temporarily?

Let’s first deceive Liu Bei’s traitor to Yin Ling and then talk about it?”

"Absolutely not!" Yan Xiang shook his head in shock and said nervously: "My lord, you can no longer have illusions about Liu Bei's traitor. This traitor is best at fishing in troubled waters. Everywhere he goes, he first considers

The key is how to backfire on his master and stir up trouble to fish in troubled waters. Tao Ying and Lu Bu all suffered greatly from it, and they all hated him to the bone. Even if the master had the slightest illusion about him, this traitor would be able to climb up the pole immediately.

The harm will be even greater! The only way to deal with such a traitor is to get rid of him quickly, once and for all!"

Again, the horoscopes of Little Yuan Sangong and Liu Huangshu are naturally incompatible. Although Xiao Yuan Sangong may not fully accept Yan Xiang's warning, Yan Xiang's hatred for Liu Huangshu still suits little Yuan Sangong, so Xiao Yuan Sangong

He quickly nodded and said: "Yan Gong's words are reasonable, so according to Yan Gong's opinion, how should Gu Dang act?"

"Use the trick!" Yan Xiang replied in a sinister voice: "My lord can send an envoy to Liu Bei's army camp. Pretend to ask what military supplies Liu Bei's army needs for the expedition. No matter what Liu Bei asks for, he can agree to it. Just say that tomorrow morning Liu Bei will

Supply when setting off. This will stabilize Liu Bei's traitor and make him believe that our military preparations are not aimed at him, so he can relax his vigilance. Then at the second update tonight, we will act according to the original plan!" Xiao Yuan Sangong was very satisfied with what he heard and immediately agreed.

The plan is feasible.

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Yan Xiang also obviously underestimated Liu Huangshu. While he was still instigating little Yuan Sangong to hide his sword in his smile and temporarily appease Liu Huangshu, Sun Qian, Liu Huangshu's other royal diplomatic envoy, disguised himself as an ordinary scout and had already quietly crossed the river. , hurriedly rushed to the Yinling battlefield sixty miles away. Before the sun had completely set on the top of the Western Mountain, Sun Qian had already arrived at the outskirts of the Yinling battlefield, and took the initiative to greet the sentinel team of the Xuzhou army to identify himself. Request immediately Meet Tao Ying.

When the messenger sent the news to Tao Ying, Tao Ying had just ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops and return to the camp to end the second day's siege battle. He was still talking and laughing with Lu Su, Zang Ba, Gao Shun and others about the siege. Gains and losses - After two consecutive days of siege battles, the Xuzhou infantry teams took turns to fight with the mentality of actual combat training. After paying the price of nearly 1,500 people, they caused almost similar casualties to the Yinling defenders. It also consumed a large amount of defensive materials from the isolated Yinling garrison. It was not easy to fight such a tough battle. Therefore, even if Yinling City was not taken down by the siege for two consecutive days, Tao Ying, Lu Su and others were still in a very relaxed mood. .We are also very satisfied with the performance of the Xuzhou army in the offensive.

"The big-eared thief has sent Sun Qian here again? Call him in." In a relaxed mood, Tao Ying agreed to meet Sun Qian without much thought. However, after the messenger made a promise and turned around, Tao Ying shouted again: "Wait a minute! It's not dark yet, why is the Big Ear Thief's envoy here? How is Sun Qian, the Big Ear Thief's envoy, dressed up and how is he here?"

"Back to my lord, Liu Beijun's envoy came here in a hurry dressed as an ordinary sergeant, disguised as an ordinary scout." The messenger replied respectfully, and then added: "Oh, I almost forgot, Liu Beijun's envoy came in a hurry. As soon as he dismounted, his horse was frothing and collapsed on the ground. It looked like it was galloping all the way without hesitation."

"So urgent?" Tao Ying was overjoyed, clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Okay, something big is going to happen on the Shouchun battlefield! Hurry, announce it!"

The messengers sang their promises again and left. When Lu Su, Zang Ba and others hurriedly asked about what big event was going to happen on the Shouchun battlefield, Tao Ying shook his head and didn't answer, just asking everyone to wait patiently. After a while, Sun Qian was led in In the large tent of the Chinese army, he saw that there were all Xuzhou generals in the tent, including Zang Ba, who had a deep feud with Liu Bei's army. Sun Qian hesitated at first, but the situation was critical and Sun Qian could not care so much, so he could only hold on. Scalp bowed in front of Tao Ying. Tao Ying asked curiously: "Mr. Gongyou, you just returned to Shouchun early yesterday morning. Why are you here in such a hurry this evening? Is there something big going on?"

"Reporting to the envoy, is there something big or something that will cause the world to collapse? If nothing else happens, Yuan Shu's men will attack our lord tonight!" Sun Qian answered while wiping his sweat, and hurriedly introduced Yuan Shu's army's movements today. , but after Sun Qian finished speaking, Tao Ying remained calm, but the generals in Xuzhou were in an uproar, and all of them looked happy. They did not expect that their own army was not even close to being fat, and Yuan Shujun and Liu Beijun Are you already preparing to fight on your own?

Sun Qian did not dare to see the Xuzhou generals gloating over their misfortune, but he just begged Tao Ying: "Master Tao, Yuan Shu has a total of 70,000 troops in Shouchun. Our lord only has more than 10,000 exhausted troops, and he is no match for Yuan Shu." , Our lord implores you to immediately divide your troops and go to Feishui. Our lord is willing to lead his troops as internal responders to help your army cross the river, break through Yuan Shu's Feishui defense line, and join hands to defeat Shouchun!"

"Are you too hasty? The main force of our army has just finished the battle to attack Yinling City, and the soldiers are quite exhausted." Tao Ying hesitated a little, and then asked doubtfully: "Mr. Gongyou, didn't I ask you and Yuan Shu to compromise for the time being? ?Why did the situation suddenly get so bad?"

"Your Majesty, this is all because my lord has fulfilled the covenant and refused to lead his army west to rescue Yin Ling in accordance with your envoy's instructions." Sun Qian replied with a sad face: "Because my lord is determined not to lead his troops to the west. Yuan Shu is a common man. I became suspicious, so I decided to attack our army."

"So, it's my fault?" Tao Ying asked with a smile.

"Isn't it because I blame you? If you had promised to let my lord lead the troops across the river as a bluff, what would have happened?" Sun Qian muttered in his heart and begged: "Tao Shijun, time is running out, please come back Your Majesty ordered the troops to be sent out early. Our Lord will lead the army to the west of Feishui to meet your army across the river. Your army can break through the Feishui defense line at this time and minimize the losses."

Tao Ying was silent, tapping the case with his fingers. After a few moments, Tao Ying finally nodded and said: "Okay, I will send out troops immediately. Mr. Gongyou can go back and report to Duke Xuande first, asking him to defend the camp with all his strength and build the Feishui pontoon. When I personally Arrive with your troops and help our troops cross the river immediately!"

Sun Qian was overjoyed, and after thanking him repeatedly, he hurriedly said goodbye and went back to report the news. As soon as Sun Qian left, cheers like a landslide and tsunami erupted from the Xuzhou Central Army's tent, and Xuzhou generals rushed to Tao Ying to ask, " Lord, why did things suddenly become like this? We didn't go to attack Feishui at all, so why did Yuan Shu and the big-eared thieves start killing each other?"

"It's a very simple reason." Tao Ying replied slowly: "Yuan Shu did not treat the big-eared thieves as allies from the beginning. He only wanted to use the big-eared thieves as cannon fodder to consume our army's strength; and the big-eared thieves also From the beginning, I never thought about sincerely helping Yuan Shu to resist our army. I only wanted to muddy the waters, and then take advantage of the troubled waters to annex the land and city of Huainan. The two thieves share the same bed but have different dreams. !I have calculated this accurately, so I accepted the big-eared thief's false peace, and I made concessions with him. I also deliberately attacked Yinling and ignored Shouchun, just to ease the situation in Shouchun and create an opportunity to make Yuan Shu a common man. He and the big-eared thieves were scheming under Shouchun City, brewing and intensifying conflicts."

All Xuzhou generals gave a thumbs up and marveled at Tao Ying's ingenious plan. Tao Ying grinned and added: "To be honest, I didn't expect the effect to be so good. I originally planned to capture Yin Ling first. Then I used some alienation and countermeasures to make the conflict between Big Ear Thief and Yuan Shu completely break out. Now they can't calm down without me taking action. It seems that my original evaluation of Big Ear Thief and Yuan Shu is also going to have to be revised. Oh—the big-eared thief and Yuan Shu are not incompatible with each other, they are simply incompatible with each other!"

The Xuzhou generals burst into laughter again. After the laughter, Zang Ba quickly asked: "Lord, what should we do next? This is a great opportunity to break through the fat and water defense line, regardless of whether the lord really intends to fight against the big-eared thief. Joining forces, even the generals feel that they shouldn’t miss it.”

"My lord, I will lead the army to break through the Feishui defense line!" Chen Dao, Cao Xing, Xu Chu, Hou Cheng, Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai and other generals stood up together and almost unanimously asked for orders to go to battle.

"How difficult is it to break through a small river of Feishui?" Tao Ying snorted coldly: "Do you think that with such a God-given opportunity, I will only use it to break through the Feishui defense line?"

"Then what do you plan to do with it, my lord?" Zang Ba asked in surprise.

Tao Ying smiled and said to Zang Ba very gently: "Brother Xuan Gao, your troops are resting in Quyang. Now you can return to Quyang immediately, call up your troops and rush to the east bank of Feishui to meet Tao Ji.

Just wait and see what's going on on the west bank. If nothing unexpected happens, the 10,000-strong rabble of the Big-Eared Thieves will definitely not be able to stop Yuan Shu's 70,000-strong army from attacking with all their might. The Big-Eared Thieves are also likely to cross the Feishui River and escape to the east bank - if something like this happens

The situation, give me a head-on attack! I must wipe out the big-eared thief!!"
Chapter completed!