Because the battlefield happened to be on a complex terrain with many hills, forests, and streams, the Junzi Army, which was extremely biased, finally failed to find the whereabouts of the three Taozi brothers, Han Xiandi, Ayi, Empress Fu, Dong Cheng, etc. No one was missing, and even Sun Qian and Jian Yong, the only two civil servants under Uncle Liu's command, were not found. They were all found alive and dead. Faced with this result, although Deputy Director Tao had already known Although he was mentally prepared, Tao Ying was still a little angry and dissatisfied when he saw that the Junzi Army's adaptability in complex terrain was so weak. The plan to establish an emergency army with both infantry and cavalry was once again put into Tao Ying's consideration. .

Of course, the Junzi Army's search was not fruitless. At least they found the seventh surviving Xuzhou soldier - our Yang Changshi's personal captain Li Lang. This veteran Youzi has many years of experience in pretending to be an officer and soldier and committing robberies. When he realized that something was wrong, he immediately relied on the cover of trees and grass to escape to the bank of Ru River. He jumped into the river and swam to escape. He took advantage of the river water to run downstream for more than 20 miles in one breath, and luckily escaped the pursuit of Uncle Liu Huang's team. , and finally returned to Yang Changshi.

After searching for two days and still finding nothing within dozens of miles, Deputy Director Tao, who guessed that Uncle Liu Huang had already fled, had no choice but to lead the Junzi Army and Yang Changshi back in dejection. Huainan, but it’s not bad. Deputy Director Tao left the battlefield in Huainan and went to Runan in person to meet him. It was not in vain. At least he brought back a seriously injured Xu Huang and a healthy Jia Xu, Jia Wenhe, and civil servants. The generals have been greatly strengthened.

Considering that Xu Huang was seriously injured, Jun Zijun naturally did not walk as fast as he came back. After walking for six full days, they returned to Shouchun Ferry on the Huaihe River. After receiving the news, Lu Su and Zang Ba personally led Shouchun The soldiers and civilians came to the ferry to greet them. The welcoming ceremony was very grand. The sergeants lined up to play music, and the people burned incense and paid homage. The roads were lined with colorful flags like clouds and heads like ants. Seeing such a grand welcoming ceremony, Jia Xu and Xu Huang even said they were humble. , but felt very happy in my heart - after all, it is a big deal to be taken so seriously by the new lord. Our Yang Changshi was so proud that he wanted to point at Shouchun City and shout at the top of his lungs, "Shouchun! I'm back! I'm doing great. The light is back!"

When the scenery was overwhelming, our Yang Changshi suddenly remembered another important event. He quickly pulled Tao Ying's sleeve and said: "My lord, I dare to ask, I wonder if my lord still remembers the original promise - I have done it." After the welcome mission, I asked my subordinates to take over the inspection of the properties and residences of Yuan Shu and his gang members. Is that right now...?"

"Of course I remember." Tao Ying smiled and said, "You can take over this mission when you enter the city, but don't go too far. There are a lot of people watching you."

"Thank you, my lord, thank you, my lord." Yang Changshi danced with joy, saying in his heart that you just keep your word. Yuan Shu, a common man, has twenty-one secret cellars in Shouchun City. I know all the locations. Yuan Shu, a common man, evacuated from Shouchun in a hurry. I didn’t have time to take them all away, and you may not be able to find all of your little traitor’s lackeys. Haha, I’m getting rich! I’m getting rich!

When Yang Changshi was secretly ecstatic, Lu Su and Zang Ba had already led the Xuzhou civil and military forces to greet Tao Ying. They first saluted Tao Ying, and then met with Jia Xu and Xu Huang. They were polite and hypocritical for a long time. Lu Su Then he turned his attention to Tao Ying, his expression seemed to be quite solemn. Tao Ying and Lu Su had known Lu Su's habits for a long time, and knew that something important must have happened, so they did not delay too much, and led a group of civil and military personnel to finish the welcome ceremony and return as soon as possible. In the city, a banquet was held in the hall of General Yuan Shu's mansion that they had stolen, to honor Jia Xu and Xu Huang, and also to reward Yang Hong and other meritorious ministers.

While the food was being served, Tao Ying and Lu Su took the time to enter the back hall for the ceremony. At the same time, in order to show their importance to Jia Xu, Tao Ying specially invited Jia Xu into the back hall.

Jia Xu, who had just joined the Xuzhou army, quickly integrated into the role and let Jia Xu know that he had placed his utmost trust in him.

Lu Su had high hopes and deceived him into the Xuzhou army and ignored him. Lu Su also knew that Tao Ying had been looking forward to Jia Xu for a long time, so he was not surprised. As soon as he entered the back hall, he took out a letter and wrote it in front of

Jia Xu whispered in front of him: "The letter from Yuan Shao sent by Chen Yuanlong to be delivered by horse is not good news."

Tao Ying calmly took the letter and started to read it with Jia Xu. In the letter, Yuan Shao first accused himself of teasing and accused Tao Ying of instigating Yang Hong to encourage him to meet him. Then after Yuan Shao sent troops, Yang Hong then

Encourage the emperor to move to Huainan to join the Xuzhou army and lead

Not only was Yuan Shaojun's trip in vain, but he also had a armed conflict with his close ally Cao Boss, which aroused suspicion and asked Tao Ying to explain the matter! At the end of the letter, Yuan Shao also asked the Xuzhou army in cryptic words to send the emperor away.

Go to Jizhou and establish a new Han capital in Jizhou!

After reading this letter, Tao Ying, who had not eaten the mutton and was in a state of embarrassment, was like Smecta. He said angrily: "The emperor doesn't want to go to Jizhou and have nothing to do with me? When the thief Cao was preparing to send troops to meet him,

, it’s not like I haven’t asked his opinion. It’s because he was not interested in the emperor that I sent Yang Hong to greet him. The emperor himself is willing to come to Huainan, so what does it have to do with me? Could it be that I encouraged the emperor to go south?”

Jia Xu also knew that Tao Ying asked him to read the implication of the letter, so he was not modest and took the initiative to say: "Don't be upset, sir. If what I predict is correct, Yuan Shao is just jealous that the emperor is interested in Xuzhou, and has nothing to do with you."

too much

Hostility, all you have to do is tell Yuan Shao the truth about the emperor's disappearance on the way, and let Yuan Shao know that the Xuzhou envoy was almost completely wiped out. Yuan Shao will take pleasure in the misfortune and will not continue to care about the emperor."

"Mr. Wen He's words make sense." Tao Ying nodded and snorted: "My father-in-law is such a virtuous man that he doesn't want to see a poor man having a bowl of porridge. I heard that the emperor was about to arrive in Xuzhou and was robbed by a big-eared thief. He didn't even say anything behind his back.

Do you know what success will be like?"

"What my lord and Wen He said is exactly what I am thinking." Lu Su's expression was still extremely solemn, and he said: "I also thought that as long as Yuan Shao was informed of the emperor's disappearance on the way, the matter would be a big deal.

It's a small matter, it's gone. But after thinking about an abnormal situation discovered by our Xuzhou army at the border between Henan, Xuzhou and Yanzhou, I am a little more worried."

"What's going on?" Tao Ying asked quickly.

Lu Su took out a piece of Cai Hou paper from the official documents, handed it to Tao Ying and said: "Twelve days ago, several people rode through Feng County and went north to Yanzhou. After being discovered by our scouts from the Xiaopei garrison, these people immediately took action.

The horse fled northward, but our scouts did not catch up. They only saw these people fleeing to Hulu territory and were kidnapped by Cao's scouts. Then the next day, these people were captured again.

Escorted by Cao's soldiers, they left Hulu and quickly headed north via the official road - Chen Yuanlong suspected that these people were envoys sent by Yuan Shu to contact Yuan Shao. In order to hinder our army's annexation of Huainan, Cao's team deliberately allowed Yuan Shu's envoys to pass through Yanzhou.

The land reached Jizhou directly, so I wrote this matter down and sent it to the front line when delivering the official document."

Tao Ying couldn't hum this time. His expression gradually became serious - if these people are really the envoys sent by Yuan Shu to contact Yuan Shao, judging from the time, they must have been sent to Jizhou to beg for mercy by Yuan Sangong when Yuan Shu gave up Shouchun.

envoy, then once this team of Yuan Shu’s envoys arrives in Jizhou, they will

The fact that I sent Song Kai to pretend to be the envoy of Sangong Yuan to deceive Sangong Xiao Yuan will definitely be exposed! If it had been changed before, based on the honeymoon relationship between the Xuzhou army and Sangong Yuan, Sangong Da Yuan would have laughed it off, or at most he would have laughed and scolded him.

A few words of self-importance will not have many other consequences.

But now the situation is different. Because Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was interested in Xuzhou, Sangong Yuan was already dissatisfied with Xuzhou's army, and if Tao's letter explaining the emperor's matter could not be sent to Jizhou first, or he could not satisfy or believe it.

, then add the two things together, plus the big and small Yuan San

After all, there is still some brotherly affection between the Dukes and Yuan Tan's instigation of discord. Then the consequences are unpredictable. Maybe Yuan Sangong will force the Xuzhou army to spit out the Huainan land it has eaten. At that time, if Tao Ying dares

Boss Cao, who disobeys orders and hates Tao Ying so much that his balls ache, can't he smile crookedly?

Jia Xu had just arrived in Huainan and knew nothing about Tao Ying's previous dirty tricks. Naturally, he didn't know why Tao Ying and Lu Su were worried about Yuan Shu's envoy meeting Yuan Shao. He could only keep his mouth shut and wait to learn about the situation later.

.And Tao Ying made a plan

After a long time, he did not hesitate and immediately ordered: "Zijing, write a letter for me immediately and send it to Yuan Shao, telling him what happened in Runan. You can write our situation in a more miserable way, and then use the fast horse to drive as fast as possible.

Send it to Jizhou to fight for..."

"Forget it." Tao Ying shook his head again and said helplessly: "No matter how hard we race against time, we can't get ahead of Yuan Shu's envoy. The connection between Xuzhou and Jizhou must go through Yanzhou, and Cao Cao will not let us go.

Just ask the courier to deliver the letter to Jizhou as soon as possible

.Furthermore, temporarily stop the large-scale war in Huainan, consolidate the land obtained first, and by the way, strengthen the reconnaissance and surveillance of the main force of Cao's thieves. I can be sure that Cao's thieves will not miss any opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to attack our northern line.

, be prepared for any eventuality!”

After making this conservative decision, the helpless Deputy Director Tao prayed silently in his heart: "I hope the big-eared thief has not gone to Liu Biao, it is best to go..."

……………………

Deputy Director Tao's character flaw of being too calculating has not changed even after being criticized by his cheap dad Tao Yingdu in person, but Deputy Director Tao's worries this time are not without reason - a good thing that can disgust Deputy Director Tao

, whether it’s Boss Cao or Boss Cao’s accomplices and lackeys

, they would rather do more than not do nothing! And the men on horseback discovered by the Xuzhou Xiaopei garrison were indeed the envoys sent by Sangong Xiao Yuan to Jizhou to beg for mercy from Sangong Yuan Sangong. One of them was also an important minister of Huainan, who was

Shi Shushao, the governor of Yangzhou, was sent to Jizhou by Sangong of the Great Yuan Dynasty to perform meritorious deeds!

Relying on luck and no effort at all to escape the pursuit of the Xiaopei army's scouts, Shu Shao immediately identified himself after being stopped by the Cao army's scouts. The general of Cao's army currently stationed in Hulu happened to be the tiger and leopard cavalry frontman who was sworn in with the Xuzhou army.

General Cao Chun, after learning the identity and purpose of Shu Shao and his party, not only did Cao Chun not detain Shu Shao and his party, he also selflessly spent his own money to feed the horses of Shu Shao and Shu Shao and his party, and also sent soldiers to protect him to avenge his private revenge.

Shu Shao and his party went north to prevent Xuzhou soldiers from crossing the border and pursuing them. The same was true for Cao Ren, Xun Yu and others who stayed behind in Yanzhou. They all helped Shu Shao go north as soon as possible without any obstruction. Xun Yu also instigated Shu Shao extremely viciously after he arrived in Jizhou.

Can

In order to ask Yuan Tan for help in asking for a meeting with Grand Master Yuan, Shu Shao not only successfully passed through Boss Cao's territory, but also met with Grand Master Yuan Tan the next morning after arriving in Gaoyi with the help of the ecstatic Grand Master Yuan Tan.

Great Yuan Sangong.

"When did I send an envoy to Xuzhou?" After hearing Shu Shao's report on the war situation in Huainan, Sangong Yuan was of course confused at first. "My guest, Song Kai, Song Beian? Is there such a person in my shogunate?"

?”

"Father, of course there is no traitor named Song Kai and Song Beian among your guests." Yuan Tan secretly looked at the face of his third brother Yuan Shang and said with a sinister smile: "But I have heard of this Song Kai and Song Beian.

Two years ago in Xiaopei, this was it

Song Kai and Song Bei'an pretended to be Lv Bu's envoy. They deceived Liu Bei and Liu Xuande into believing that Lv Bu had betrayed Liu Bei's army. He was forced to abandon Xiaopei overnight and fled to Yanzhou. Father, your son-in-law Tao Ying also took the opportunity to capture Xiaopei, which is surrounded by water on three sides.

Peicheng Pool…….”

Yuan Shang's face began to turn gray. Yuan Shang's party members Shen Pei and Feng Ji didn't even dare to show their anger. Guo Tu and Xin Ping of Yuan Tan's party began to lower their heads and smile evilly. Da Yuan Sangong first suddenly realized it. Then...

Zhang Weiyan's

His face gradually became livid. After a long time, Sangong Dayuan suddenly slapped the table and roared angrily: "You are so brave, how brave! How dare you send someone to pretend to be my envoy to deceive and destroy my power!"

"Forgive me, father, and forgive me for speaking frankly. What Tao Ying did was not only to destroy his father's power? He simply didn't take his father seriously at all!" Of course Henwu and Wu Yuantan would not miss this god-given opportunity to add insult to injury and couldn't wait.

Fanning the flames, he said: "Tao Ying, as a father,

The son-in-law not only failed to protect his father's reputation and majesty in every way, but also allowed young people to pretend to be officials under his father's command. He deceived the world and stole his reputation, and it was his father's half-brother who was deceived. With such lawlessness, what was his father's status in Tao Ying's heart?

As you can imagine!”

The notoriously soft-eared Duke Yuan Sangong's face turned even more livid. He even clenched his fists in public. Guo Tu, Xin Ping and other young masters over there did not hesitate and immediately stood up to help fan the flames of evil and grabbed Deputy Tao.

host

Ren persisted in this rude move and accused Tao Ying of being lawless and disrespectful to his elders. Yuan Shang, Feng Ji, Shen Pei and others were dejected and did not even have the courage to stand up and defend Tao Ying.

"Young Master, what you said is wrong!" Fortunately, Sangong Yuan still had a few counselors with upright character. At least Tian Feng, who was known to be strong and upright, couldn't stand the fuss made by Yuan Tan's party, so he stood up and said loudly

: "There are only high and low strategies, there is no distinction between superiority and inferiority. On the battlefield,

There is nothing wrong with Tao Shijun stealing the lord's name in order to win! Moreover, Tao Shijun stole the lord's reputation and faked it, and succeeded in one fell swoop. Doesn't it just prove that the lord's reputation spread far and wide? He has many soldiers and enough food, just like Yuan Shu in Huainan.

I don’t dare to be disrespectful to my lord’s reputation in the slightest!”

"Mr. Yuan Hao's words are reasonable. This is indeed the truth." Shen Pei also quickly stood up and agreed: "Please imagine, my lord, if my lord is not so powerful that all the princes respect him, how can Tao Shijun use it?

The lord's prestige was used successfully in one fell swoop? Moreover, Tao Shijun did not borrow the reputation of others, but only borrowed the lord's reputation. Doesn't it also show that Tao Shijun respected and feared the lord, and believed that among the princes in the world, only the lord was the leader?"

Hearing the flattery of the judge, and hearing the praise for himself in the words of Tian Feng, who had always been upright, Sangong Da Yuan finally looked a little better. Over there, Guo Tu saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly came out to tell the judge.

Pei smiled and said, "Is Mr. Zhengnan exaggerating?

If Tao Ying respected and feared his lord, why did he ask Xu Governor Shi Yanghong to first persuade his lord to send troops to greet him, and then to welcome the emperor to Xuzhou? He repeatedly played tricks on his lord in such a big event as welcoming the emperor's holy knight.

Could this be considered as respecting and fearing the lord?"

The judge had nothing to say this time, because when Yang Changshi persuaded Sangong Dayuan to send troops to meet him, Xuzhou Governor's Office not only made Sangong Dayuan's troops send troops in vain, but also tricked Yuan Shang and Yuan Shang's party.

Almost vomiting blood, it also gave Yuan Tan's party, which had always been at a disadvantage, a god-given opportunity to launch a full-scale counterattack. Now Guo Tu found out the matter again.

Yuan Shangdang, who made such a fuss and had a seriously unclean buttocks, naturally did not dare to get angry anymore. So not only did the trial partner shut up, Yuan Shang and Feng Ji also lowered their heads even lower, and kept scolding Deputy Director Tao in their hearts.

What a deceit, it’s like denying one’s relatives! - Although Deputy Director Tao was a bit unjust this time, it is indeed the case.
To be continued...