After entrusting Hong Fu, the Xuzhou army took five days to basically complete the preliminary aftermath work. The poor Hefei city was so miserable that it was caused by the civil strife initiated by the Danyang soldiers. Almost every street was ignited by the Danyang soldiers, and almost every house was destroyed. The residents in the city were killed, robbed, and homeless. The city was filled with corpses and ruins, forcing the Xuzhou army to take out the seized military rations and hire migrant workers to clean the battlefield, carry the bodies out of the city to burn and bury them, avoiding the outbreak of plague, and let the poor Deputy Director Tao waste countless money and grain.

What made Deputy Director Tao even more depressed was that the cheap villagers were all very economically savvy. After the success of the turmoil in Hefei, the first thing was to steal the county treasury in the city and snatch all the military expenditures of the Hefei defenders. Although this matter could not be blamed entirely by Danyang villagers - some of the Huainan soldiers and the mobs in the city. However, at this point, it was impossible for Danyang villagers to spit out the money they had grabbed, so Deputy Director Tao had to pay the rewards out of his own pocket with tears in his eyes. Because of the serious shortage of Wuzhu coins, he was forced to use gold reserves instead of copper coins to pay rewards, and suffered a great loss in the value of the currency. In troubled times, the value of gold was much higher than that of copper coins.

In any case, although he suffered a serious financial loss and was unable to make ends meet, after taking over Hefei, the important town in Huainan and basically wiped out the defenders in the city, the overall situation on the battlefield in Huainan became more and more beneficial to the Xuzhou army. Without the northern barrier and traffic throat of Hefei, Xiao Yuan Sangong gathered the last two important towns in Huainan, Liyang and Shucheng, which were heavily guarded. The land roads in which Shucheng and Liyang were connected were all exposed to the blades of the Xuzhou army, and the tactical initiative was also completely in the hands of the Xuzhou army. The main force of Xuzhou wanted to attack the important town first and then attack the important town first. If you want to siege the city and attack aid or defeat them one by one, it can also depend on how Deputy Director Tao is feeling. The poor little Yuan Sangong could only be beaten passively and was full of the bird breath of Deputy Director Tao.

On the sixth day after the breaking of Hefei, with the complete stability of the situation in Hefei, the reorganization of the surrendered troops and the basic end of the battlefield cleaning work, the work of formulating the next military action plan was naturally put on Tao Ying's desk. Just as Tao Ying convened senior staff such as Jia Xu, Lu Su and Chen Ying to discuss this major event, an unexpected guest came to the city of Hefei. Liu Yao, the "iron-core" ally of the Xuzhou army in Jiangnan, sent his eldest son Liu Ji as an envoy, and wanted to ask Tao to congratulate the Xuzhou army on his great victory in breaking up Hefei. By the way, he negotiated with Tao Ying in the next step to collaborate with Xiao Yuan Sangong's military action plan.

Since he is an envoy of his hard-core ally and is responsible for Xuzhou's diplomatic affairs, our Yang Hong and Yang Zhengshi did not dare to neglect or make things difficult for him. He quickly took Liu Ji outside the central army's tent and asked Liu Ji to wait outside the tent. He personally entered the tent to report Liu Ji's purpose to Tao Ying, and interrupted Tao Ying's discussion meeting just held. After hearing that Yang Changshi reported Liu Ji's initial purpose, Tao Ying was overjoyed and said, "Okay, someone is just sleepy and sent a pillow. I was about to learn about Liu Yao's next plan. Please."

"No." Yang Changshi agreed respectfully. Just as he was about to turn around and leave the tent to invite Liu Ji in person, Tao Ying suddenly woke up and shouted: "Stop! Mr. Zhongming, say it again. What else do you want to do in addition to conquering our army for breaking Hefei?"

"Will you negotiate with your lord to join forces to break the enemy next step?" Yang Changshi replied in confusion. Lu Su and Chen Ying next to him also expressed doubts, not sure why Tao Ying paid attention to this matter - isn't it normal to negotiate with allies to break the enemy in person?

"Consult with me the next step of joining forces to defeat the enemy?" Tao Ying's eyes turned suspiciously for a few times. He immediately changed his decision just now and changed his words: "Then I won't see him first. Mr. Zhongming, please find an excuse for me to comfort him. First arrange him to stay in the camp, and have good wine and food. Mr. Zhongming, please try to make a cliché for me, and find out how Liu Yaojun hopes our army will use troops next, and then report to me immediately."

"No." Our Changshi Yang agreed again in confusion and went to execute the order honestly. After Yang Changshi made the account, Bo Chen Ying, the head of Secretary Tao Ying, asked in confusion: "Master, you have agreed to meet Liu Ji before, why did you suddenly change your mind? Also, the lord directly learned from Liu Ji that Liu Yao's joint plan was not better. Why should Mr. Zhongming be arranged to spy first and take one more trick?"

"Because I suspect that Liu Ji's intentions are not good." Tao Ying replied frankly: "Although Liu Yao's army is an ally of our army, everyone has their own interests and their own wishes. It is impossible to be truly intimate. The situation in Huainan is gradually becoming clear, and Yuan Shu's defeat has been decided. In order to obtain the fruits of victory to the greatest extent, I cannot be a little careful about my allies."

"The lord is right." Lu Su echoed: "Although Liu Yao is famous for his reputation, his character may not be so loyal and virtuous. At least, Wu Jingsun Ben, who was released from Hefei, was secretly passed by him. When the court appointed him Liu Yao as the governor of Yangzhou, most of Yangzhou had been controlled by Yuan Shu, and the governor of Yangzhou was also occupied by Yuan Shu. When Liu Yao arrived in Yangzhou, there was almost nowhere to stay. It was Wu Jingsun Ben who welcomed him to Qu A. However, after he established his foothold, he used his power to drive Wu Jingsun Ben out of Qu A with force. Such kindness and grudges are really heartbreaking."

"There are only eternal interests among the princes in troubled times, but no eternal friends. If Wu Jing and Sun Ben had not wanted to use Liu Yao's power to get rid of Yuan Shu's control, how could he lead the wolf into the house by himself?" Tao had no objection to Liu Yao's ungrateful act-because our Deputy Director Tao was always too much than Liu Yao. But no objection, but our Deputy Director Tao snorted again: "But if Liu Yao wanted to treat me like this, then he was dreaming in the daytime. The person who wanted to take advantage of me was not born in this world yet!"

Lu Su and Chen Ying both smiled, saying that this is true. People in this world who want to take advantage of Deputy Director Tao may not have been born. Only Jia Lao's poisonous creature did not smile, and said kindly: "Lord. Before, you and Mr. Zijing and Mr. Yuan Fang said just now that Liyang and Shucheng are similar. Except for not being able to divide the troops to attack the two cities at the same time, no matter which city to attack first, it is tactical to clean up. The only difference is the difficulty. Since that is the case, then Mr. Zijing and Mr. Yuan Fang might as well change the way and analyze it from the standpoint of his ally Liu Yao. Which city is the most beneficial to Liu Yao? And which city is the most harmful to Liu Yao?"

"Mr. Wenhe is such a good word!" When he heard the unethical idea of ​​Jia Lao Poison, a calculating his allies, Deputy Director Tao was not angry but happy, and laughed: "This is a good way. Since we attack Liyang first and attack Shucheng first, there is not much difference in tactics, and even the distance is almost the same, then we should not consider whether it is easy to take or difficult or difficult first and then easy. Let's just consider it for Liu Yao and Liu. If we attack the city first, it makes Liu Liu the most uncomfortable and hurt the most?"

Lu Su and Chen Ying were amused by the modern words of Deputy Director Tao again. After a little calculation, Chen Ying rushed to say: "Lord, I am showing off my ugly side, I want to say something first. Our army will first attack Shu County and take down the entire county of Lujiang, which is the most unfavorable for Liu Yao."

"Yuan Fang, please tell me in detail." Tao Ying said with a contemplation.

"No." Chen Ying agreed, cleared his throat first, and then said loudly: "Our army first attacks Shu County and Liu Yao are the most unfavorable for Liu Yao. The key is the alliance signed between our army and Liu Yao. Before, our army and Liu Yao agreed to join forces to attack Yuan Shu. It was agreed that our army was responsible for the main attack, Liu Yao was responsible for restraining, and after breaking the enemy, the Yangtze River was drawn as the boundary. Our army occupied the two counties of Lujiang and Jiujiang, and Liu Yao occupied the two counties of Danyang and Yuzhang, and formed an alliance forever. Non-aggression - of course, these two sentences are nonsense. Once Liu Yao integrated the two counties of Danyang and Yuzhang, he would either attack us or attack Wang Lang or Yan Baihu."

"What's the situation now?" Chen Ying analyzed: "Our army was responsible for the main attack, and successively defeated Yuan Shu's main force in the northern line and Lujiang. Liyang reinforcements defeated Yuan Shu to the point where he could only resist and had no power to fight back. He also captured all the important towns and most of the city land in northern Huainan. If there was no major accident in the rear, it would be only a matter of time before our army took down the two counties of Lujiang and Jiujiang. On the other hand, Liu Yao, who was responsible for restraining, although he fulfilled the alliance and firmly restrained Yuan Shu's Liyang garrison and reduced some of the pressure of resistance for us, his main force was also restrained by Liyang Yuan Shu's army in Niuzhu. He could not take action to attack cities and plunder the land, and took down the Danyang and Yuzhang counties we promised him."

"Because Liu Yao's strength is far inferior to our army, and he cannot be like our army. While expanding the territory, he still has enough troops to stay in the rear. He can only try every means to get rid of the restraint of Yuan Shu's army in Liyang as soon as possible and free up troops to attack Danyang and Yuzhang." Chen Ying concluded: "So, I believe that our army should first attack Shucheng and capture the entire county of Lujiang, so that Liu Yao and Zhang Xun and others will continue to restrain in Liyang and Niuzhu, which will not only reduce the pressure of our army to attack Shucheng, but also prevent Liu Yao from freeing up his hands to attack Danyang and Yuzhang, but also allow Zhou Shang and Zhou Shu to win preparation time, increase the difficulty of Liu Yao's attack on Danyang and Yuzhang, which will benefit our army's future Jiangnan strategy."

Chen Ying talked a lot, but Tao Ying remained silent. Until Chen Ying finished speaking, he thought a little more. Tao Ying turned his eyes to Lu Su and Jia Xu and asked, "Zi Jing, Mr. Wen He, what do you think about Yuan Fang's views?"

"This..." The honest man Lu Su was a little stunned. After hesitating for a moment, he said with a wry smile: "Lord, don't make things difficult for me, the military advisor of Xuzhou who is not true. Su is the most incompetent intrigue and stabbing in the back. How to make our army more beneficial? Su can think of some solutions to make the enemy or allies the most unfavorable. Su is helpless."

After saying that, Lu Su added, "But in Su Yu's opinion, attacking Lujiang first is more beneficial to our army. If Liu Yao restrains Zhang Xun from Liyang for our army, our army will attack Lujiang first. Even if Zhang Xun sends reinforcements to support Yuan Shu, he will not dare to send all his troops to all out, which will be beneficial to our army's besieging and attacking aid."

Lu Su is a famous honest man. He can only see his own interests. He doesn't understand what intrigue means, stabbing in the back and stumbles quietly. Fortunately, there are two experts in this field present - they are still top experts! After continuing to ignore it, Tao Ying turned his eyes to Jia Xu and asked: "Mr. Wenhe, where are you?"

"The lord doesn't agree, so naturally he has plans in his heart. Why ask Yu Xu again?" Jia Xu asked back with a smile.

"If you listen to both sides, you will be clear." Tao Ying also smiled and said, "Mr. Wenhe has no choice but to have a deep vision, and he will definitely have more unique insights than he is."

"Then Xu will be ugly." Jia Xu said calmly: "If Xu expected it was not bad, Liu Yao sent his son to our army this time, and he would definitely ask his son to persuade his lord to attack Lujiang first and then take Liyang. He would also say something beautiful about such as "no reward for the unsuccessful reward and efforts to capture Jiujiang Lujiang to the end." Therefore, Xu, like the lord's judgment, he believed that he would take Liyang first and then take Lujiang, so that Liu Yao would feel uncomfortable in his bones!"

"Same as the lord's judgment?" Lu Su and Chen Ying widened their eyes when they heard Jia Xu's words, not quite understanding why Jia Xu had predicted this point. Tao Ying was concerned about another point. He hurriedly asked: "Mr. Wenhe was planning to persuade our army to attack Lujiang first and then take Liyang? Can Liu Yao, who doesn't even understand the principle of losing his lips and cold teeth, have such a long-term vision?"

"Xu doesn't know much about Liu Yao. I'm not sure whether Liu Yao can have such a long-term vision." Jia Xu replied frankly: "But Xu is still sure that even if Liu Yao does not have such a long-term vision, Yuan Shu will remind him to do so."

"Yuan Shu reminded Liu Yao? Are they mortal?" Chen Ying became more and more confused as he heard it.

"Our army did not spy on the secret contact between Yuan Shu and Liu Yao, but Yuan Shu's situation was already so critical, so how could he care about the previous grudges?" Jia Xu smiled and said, "If Yuan Shu secretly sent envoys to ask for peace and even help from Liu Yao, then he would definitely convince Liu Yao with the principle of losing his lips and teeth, and reminded Liu Yao that once our army took down the Jiujiang River and controlled the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, Liu Yao, who was in the lower reaches, would naturally be in danger. In this way, even if Liu Yao still remembered the revenge and refused to agree, he had to consider his position and situation, and would definitely have the idea of ​​giving up Yuan Shu to continue to survive and restrain our army."

"I understand." Tao Ying nodded immediately and said, "Although it is not clear whether Liu Yao has seen a more profound step, if he can prompt our army to attack Lujiang first, it is also very in his interests. If our army succeeds in attacking Lujiang first, Zhang Xun's alone in Liyang is not worth worrying about. Liu Yao can let go and attack Danyang and Yuzhang, and even enjoy the success of his surrender, at least to surrender some of the Liyang army to strengthen his strength."

"If our army attacks Lujiang, the war is unfavorable. The progress is slow, which makes Yuan Shu persist until his dream Yuan Shao mediates, or wins Liu Biao in Jingzhou to send troops to rescue him. Then Liu Yao's position is even more favorable. He or she uses the opportunity to send troops to support Yuan Shu in exchange for negotiations to get Yu Zhang and Danyang, or uses our army to defeat Yuan Shu and seize Yu Zhang and Jiujiang by force. Mr. Wenhe, are you right?"

"The lord is very clear, that's exactly what it means." Jia Xu nodded and said calmly: "Although it is impossible to confirm whether Liu Yao saw the hidden dangers that our army had caused to him by taking Liyang first, if we can help our army attack Lujiang first and gain time to watch, he could allow Liu Yao to stand in a favorable position where he can attack and retreat and defend, watch the fire from the other side of the river, and enjoy his success."

"There is indeed no eternal allies in the world, only eternal interests." Deputy Director Tao said in grief and anger, "I didn't expect that I would work so hard to eliminate my enemy Yuan Shu for him. He was still plotting against me behind my back and trying to take advantage of me! Since he is not kind, don't blame me for being unrighteous! I decided to attack Liyang first, then Lujiang, and let him watch the fire from the other side of the river to daydream!"

"Lord, wait." Lu Su and Chen Ying were both distracted by the words of Deputy Director Tao and Jia Lao's poisonous substances - this is a discussion, it's simply a Zen strategy! So Lu Su and Chen Ying quickly asked: "Lord, Mr. Wen He, first attack Liyang and then take Lujiang. What are the benefits of our army? What hidden dangers can it cause to Liu Yao?"

"Attack Liyang first and then take Lujiang can reduce the pressure on the battlefield of our army." Tao Ying explained: "In addition to the involvement of Liu Yao's army on the Liyang army, Yuan Shu also has timid and selfish man. When we see our army attack Liyang first, he will not send reinforcements to rescue Liyang, and will only let Zhang Xun defend Liyang to fight for time. Otherwise, if our army attacks Lujiang first and then take Liyang, not only will Zhang Xun definitely sends troops to restrain the rescue, Yuan Shu may also give up Liyang and concentrate his troops to defend Lujiang to increase the pressure on our army's battlefield and further make it easier for Liu Yao."

"After capturing Liyang, our army can calmly implement the established strategy of forcing Yuan Shu to cross the river and disrupting the war situation in Jiangnan." Jia Xu also explained: "Yuan Shu is very harsh and weak, and he cherishes his life the most. Seeing that Liyang is lost, Shucheng is already isolated and helpless, and will not have the idea of ​​crossing the river and seeking refuge. As long as he has this idea, our army can use various means such as cutting off his wings and relaxing the road to force and induce Yuan Shu to lead his army across the river to the south of the Yangtze River to fight against Liu Yao, so as to prevent Liu Yao, the most powerful south of the Yangtze River, from growing bigger and increasing difficulties for our army to seize Jiangdong in the future."

"Count the time, after our army took over Liyang, it is time to send it to the Huainan front line if Yuan Shao came forward to mediate the war in Huainan." Tao Ying continued to explain: "Because of the Emperor, there is a crack in the relationship between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. In order to restrain the Cao thief and force the Cao thief to hand over the emperor, Yuan Shao will definitely not make things too difficult for our army. Seeing that Yuan Shu was hopeless to ask Yuan Shao to mediate, he naturally had the idea of ​​crossing the Yangtze River south."

"Attacking Liyang first can also avoid excessive weakening of Yuan Shu, which will lead to the inability to effectively balance Liu Yao after crossing the river." Jia Xu added: "If our army attacks Lujiang first, Yuan Shu will wait for news with a glimmer of hope. In addition to resisting our army with all his might, he will also mobilize Liyang's army to reinforce Lujiang. Once our army weakens Yuan Shu too much on the battlefield, even if he eventually forces Yuan Shu to cross the river, he will not be Liu Yao's opponent, and Liu Yao will still be on the south bank of the Yangtze River."

"By the same reason, judging by the current situation, the progress of our army's war in Huainan is much smoother than expected. As long as we are willing to pay the price and eliminate Yuan Shu south of the Yangtze River, there is also hope." Tao Ying spread his hands and said, "But I can't destroy Yuan Shu now, because we don't have the Yangtze River naval army now, and if we can't cross the Yangtze River, we can't restrict Liu Yao from becoming bigger, so I can only drive Yuan Shu with the Yangtze River naval army across the river and use his hand to stop Liu Yao from becoming bigger."

Deputy Director Tao said something to Jia Lao Poison, and the honest people Lu Su and Chen Ying were stunned. After finally, when Deputy Director Tao and Jia Lao Poison finished talking, Lu Su and Chen Ying had no idea of ​​talking. After a long time, Chen Ying said carefully: "Lord, since that's the case, why didn't our army just wait for the news of Yuan Shao's mediation to send it to the front line, so that Yuan Shu could see that there was no hope of saving Huainan, and then try to force Yuan Shu's Lujiang Army and Liyang Army across the Yangtze River?"

"How could Liu Yao check and balance Yuan Shu after Yuan Shu crossed the river? Isn't it even more troublesome to let Yuan Shu grow bigger south of the Yangtze River?!" Deputy Director Tao and Lao Jia asked in unison.

"Gap! This is the gap in being a human being!" The honest people Lu Su and Chen Ying lamented in their hearts at the same time.

"Lord, lord!" At this time, our Changshi Yang ran back to the tent and saluted happily and said, "Lord, the mission you gave me has been done, and Liu Yao's attitude has been found out."

"Oh, so fast? What's the attitude?" Tao Yinghuan asked.

"The young man is furious and has no business to do things. The subordinates only took a few words to get into the situation from the boy Liu Ji." Our Changshi Yang was very proud and said, "Congratulations to the lord, congratulations to the lord. Liu Ji expressed his attitude on behalf of his father Liu Yao. Liu Ji said that since the Qu'a army had no achievements on the battlefield before, in order to repay his lord's grace for destroying his revenge, they decided to continue to do their best to restrain Yuan Shu's Liyang team, so that our army could attack Lujiang with all their strength! Our army would not take down the entire territory of Lujiang for a day, and their Qu'a army would bite Zhang Xun's every day."
Chapter completed!