In fact, it was not that Grand Duke Sangong of Yuan Dynasty was too ungrateful. He entered the Qingzhou battlefield two months earlier than his son-in-law, Deputy Director Tao. Instead, he allowed his son-in-law to advance to the hinterland of Qingzhou first, and also pushed into Juxian County, one of the two major towns in Qingzhou, causing a huge disaster.

There are many reasons for the slow advancement of Yuan Sangong's team. Among them, there are three important reasons that determine that Yuan Sangong's advancement speed will never be able to keep up with his son-in-law.

The first reason is of course the troop deployment of the Qingzhou coalition forces. Facing the three-way threat from Sangong Dayuan, Boss Cao and Deputy Director Tao, the coalition forces of Tian Kai and Kong Rong formulated a tactical plan to defeat them one by one, and concentrated Tian Kai's forces first.

, the main forces of Kong's army rushed to the plain, trying to defeat Yuan Tan first and then free up their hands to deal with Boss Cao and Deputy Director Tao. As a result,

Although Da Yuan Sangong decisively led the Bingzhou reinforcements to the plain battlefield to fight the decisive battle with the Qingzhou Allied Forces, completely reversing the situation, the main force of the Qingzhou Allied Forces moved westward.

If you dare to advance as fast and as focused as Deputy Director Tao, the troops will naturally not be able to advance faster.

The second reason is that Grand Duke Yuan was not prepared enough for the war in Qingzhou. Due to the combination of various accidental and inevitable incidents, Grand Duke Yuan gave up his original plan to capture Qingzhou with the help of Cao and Tao's armies, and changed it to

The self-defense army shouldered the heavy responsibility of the main combat force. As a result, although the time to successfully end the Qingzhou War could be greatly shortened, it was still defeated by Qingzhou.

After the tenacious resistance of the state coalition forces, the shortcomings of insufficient preparation for large-scale wars were immediately exposed. When there was insufficient food, grass, ordnance, and follow-up troops, Sangong of Yuan Dynasty took the initiative to stop the attack in order to plunder supplies on the spot and vacate the area.

Manpower was deployed to harvest the mature wheat in Qingzhou, which also seriously affected the speed of Yuan Sangong's advance.

The third reason is the strength of the opponent. Tian Kai, the opponent of Sangong of the Yuan Dynasty, followed Gongsun Zan outside the Great Wall and defeated Xianbei. Wu Hengye did not dare to cry. He is a veteran of many battles. He is experienced and brave, and his team is quite capable.

Fighting power and fighting spirit

Tenacity - this is thanks to Yuan Tan, the precious son of Sangong Dayuan, because Yuan Tan had a headache and massacred the prisoners who had laid down their weapons. As a result, the Qingzhou coalition army did not dare to surrender to Sangong Dayuan easily, and countless soldiers chose to fight to the end.

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On Deputy Director Tao's side, the combat effectiveness of Kong Rangli's troops was not as good as Tian Kai's army. The main force was sent to the plains by Kong Rangli to assist Tian Kai. The remaining regular army failed because of Kong Rangli's pedantic and nerdy orders.

After making a choice, Kong Rangli forced Li out of the city to fight to the death with the Xuzhou army.

After losing all their capital, the Xuzhou army, which had already advanced by leaps and bounds, easily defeated the remaining regular army of Kong Rangli, and then faced the local warriors who did not even have complete weapons and equipment in the offensive. It was so easy that it could not be easier.

It's easy, and the speed of advancement can't be faster.

In addition, Cao Cao's team did not work hard and often resorted to tricks to hold back. Deputy Director Tao's tactics were based on Xi Motou's blitzkrieg, which emphasized the speed of advancement. Xuzhou's army advanced much faster.

An important reason for the Jizhou army, so Yuan San

The Duke was not angry because of the slow progress of his own army, nor was he jealous of the rapid advance of Xuzhou's army. On the contrary, he thought it was due to his son-in-law's filial piety - after all, if the son-in-law was not filial enough and refused, it would be impossible to attack him.

It had to be so fierce and so fast.

Grand Duke Yuan didn't care about his son-in-law's advancing speed, but General Cao Ren, Counselor Cheng Yu and Uncle Liu were almost crazy with jealousy and worry, because Cao Ren, Cheng Yu and others had long known from Uncle Liu that the poor Qingzhou was also The situation in Beihai County is better. There are several Ju counties in Beihai County that are the richest. The money and food of the entire Beihai are basically concentrated in Ju County. Therefore, after learning about the advancing speed of the Xuzhou army, Cao Ren, Cheng Yu and Liu Huangshu inevitably I couldn't hold back my anger and made up my mind to say nothing to let Deputy Director Tao get money and food from Jixian County.

Fortunately, the method to prevent Deputy Director Tao from capturing Jixian County is ready. Deputy Director Tao has just recruited Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew, the disgusting Boss Cao, on behalf of Yuan Sangong. Cheng Yu, a first-rate strategist of this era, can naturally think of treating him in his own way. In person, he also used this method to disgust Deputy Director Tao, and Sun Qian, who was under Liu Huangshu's command, happened to be Kong Rangli's former friend, which greatly facilitated the tactics of Cao's army.

Cheng Yu and Liu Huangshu were both cautious people. In order to prevent any eventuality and ensure the success of their plan, they secretly dragged Mr. Yuan Tan, who hated Deputy Director Tao to the bone, into the water, and asked Mr. Yuan Tan and General Cao Ren to come forward and come to the big house. On the pretext of cutting off Tian Kai's wings, Yuan Sangong volunteered to take on the task of attacking Juxian County. However, due to road congestion and insufficient transportation connections, Yuan Sangong did not know where the Xuzhou army had advanced, so he agreed immediately. In response to the requests of his son and Cao Ren, he also cleverly asked Cao's troops to serve as the vanguard in attacking Ju County in order to reduce the casualties and losses of his own troops.

After arranging all this, Sun Qian naturally rushed to Jixian County to contact Kong Rangli to recruit him. Not long after Sun Qian left, the Jizhou Army finally captured the county seat of Xi'an (that's right), the gateway to Linzi. , the troops arrived at Linzi City, and surrounded the last few thousand defeated soldiers of Tian Kai's army, leaving only a few hundred miles away from Juxian County. Master Yuan Tan, General Cao Ren and others were overjoyed and hurried to the same place. In front of Sangong of Yuan Dynasty, who was very happy, he requested that troops be sent to attack Ju County immediately to prevent Kong Rangli from sending troops to rescue Linzi - this was of course an excuse.

"Go." Sangong Dayuan, who was extremely excited about finally surrounding the enemy's commander, waved his hand and said with great magnanimity: "Zixiao will lead his troops first. Xian wants to wait a few days before sending out troops. Our camp has not yet been decided, so we will stay here first." Come down and help the main force set up camp, and then lead the troops to attack."

"Old man, you want us to go to the front and fight against Kong Rong, while your team hides behind to take advantage."

Cao Ren snorted in his heart, but this time General Cao Ren, who was confident in his heart, did not care about Yuan Sangong's selfishness. He just sneered secretly and clasped his fists and sang his promise, accepting this seemingly cannon fodder task. Over there, Master Yuan Tan couldn't wait. He winked at General Cao Ren, reminding General Cao Ren to remember his previous agreement and divide the money and food seized from Ju County into 40-60 cents, with Master Yuan Tan taking 60% and Cao's troops taking 40%.

"By the way, there is one more thing." Da Yuan Sangong suddenly added: "I heard that the Xuzhou army is advancing very fast. I don't know where it is now. Maybe it will soon reach Jixian County. Your Yanzhou army After joining forces with the Xuzhou Army, please restrain yourself and don't conflict with my son-in-law. If anyone dares to provoke a conflict, don't blame me for being rude to him."

"No." Cao Ren clasped his fists again and agreed, and asked: "May I ask Mr. Yuan, if the Xuzhou army takes the initiative to provoke a conflict with our army, what will be done?"

"Impossible." Da Yuan Sangong shook his head categorically and said in a grand manner: "Ying'er is a filial and sensible child. It is impossible to do such a thing."

"But what if?" Cheng Yu quickly stood up and said: "Mr. Yuan, Yu and others also believe that with Tao Shijun's magnanimity and gentlemanly conduct, he will definitely not take the initiative to provoke a conflict with our army, but Tao Shijun's subordinates

The general of Xuzhou may not be like this -

- Mr. Yuan should be very aware of the grievances between our army and the Xuzhou army. Moreover, Tao Shijun must have been in charge of the central army and marched slowly, with others as the vanguard. Therefore, such a situation is still very likely to occur. Please

Yuan Gong will investigate it clearly."

Speaking of this, Cheng Yu quickly added: "In view of this situation, for the sake of the long-term plan of the alliance between Yuan, Cao and Tao, and to avoid unexpected conflicts that would affect Duke Yuan's plan to take control of Qingzhou, Yu and others are brave enough to ask Yuan

An order has been issued by the public, asking Ambassador Tao and the Xuzhou generals to restrain their troops and refrain from provoking conflicts with friendly forces. Those who disobey the order will be severely punished, so that they can get along well with each other after joining forces with the Xuzhou army."

Considering that the Tao and Cao families really had a deep hatred and that a fight between the two families in Qingzhou would be harmful to themselves, Sangong Dayuan quickly nodded in agreement with Cheng Yu's request and said: "I can give you the warrant. But I can

warning you, i

This order is not only issued to the Xuzhou army, but also to the Yanzhou army. No matter who dares to disobey my order or provoke a conflict without authorization, I will not severely punish - no matter who it is, they will be beheaded in public! Do you understand?!

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"I understand." Cao Ren and Cheng Yu nodded to express their understanding, and laughed ferociously in their hearts, "Tao Ying is a traitor, waiting to be beaten."

The things that made General Cao Ren and Counselor Cheng Yu happy were not over yet. They returned to their own camp with the personally written order of Sangong Da Yuan, who was as good as a sword to Deputy Director Tao. General Cao Ren and Counselor Cheng Yu saw the situation in front of them at the first sight.

Go to Juju County and contact Deputy Director Tao

Mr. Sun Qian from the department had returned to the army and was still chatting and laughing with Liu Huangshu's three brothers in the marching tent. General Cao Ren became even more overjoyed and asked quickly: "Mr. Gongyou, how is the situation? If Kong Wenju answers

Are our troops surrendering?"

Sun Qian wanted to show off a little bit, and just when he was about to put on a sad face, Cheng Yu had already smiled and said: "General Zixiao, do you still need to ask? Can Mr. Gongyou still be able to make Uncle Liu smile so happily?"

Not a complete victory? Immediate success?"

Cao Ren was stunned and quickly turned to look at Uncle Liu. He found that although Uncle Liu, who was usually indifferent to emotions and anger, was a little embarrassed at the moment, his slender eyes were filled with a proud smile. General Cao Ren, who was not too stupid, also

They immediately cheered, "Okay! I finally got revenge for Zhang Ji's incident! This time, I'll see how the traitor Tao Ying cashes in the 100,000 grains he gave to Yuan Shaopifu!"

"General Zixiao, don't relax yet." Liu Huangshu finally spoke and warned: "Although Sun Gongyou's trip is almost a success, Kong Wenju also agreed to act according to the plan. However, the speed of Tao Ying's traitor's advance exceeded all our estimates beforehand.

, Gongyou arrived at the drama the afternoon before yesterday

At the county time, the Tao Thief's vanguard had already arrived at Pingshou and had surrendered the Pingshou garrison. According to this marching speed, if nothing unexpected happens, the Tao Thieves would be able to arrive at the foot of Juxian County at the earliest yesterday afternoon or today at the latest.

, our army still needs to rush to Juxian County as soon as possible to take precautions!"

"So fast? News confirmed? How could Thief Tao's team advance so fast?" Cao Ren and Cheng Yu were both shocked, extremely surprised by Deputy Director Tao's rapid advance.

Seeing Uncle Liu who never joked solemnly nod his head, Cheng Yu did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly said to Cao Ren: "General Zixiao, to be cautious, our army must send troops immediately. Juxian County is only a hundred miles away. It is noon now, all the way.

If we march in a hurry, our army should be able to reach Juxian County before tomorrow evening and take over the city defense! It shouldn’t be a big problem for Kong Wenju to support it for two or three days. In this way, even if there is any accident, Juxian County will definitely still belong to our army!"

"Go down with the order and set up camp immediately. Be sure to be ready to go before Shen Shizheng!"

Cao Ren immediately sent an order to the generals present, and arranged for the ordering soldiers to inform each battalion to prepare for departure immediately. It was not until Cao Ren made all these arrangements that our Uncle Liu said slowly: "General Zixiao, Mr. Zhongde,

Although the little thief Tao Ying is treacherous and despicable, he

After all, he is our ally, and I heard that Tao Thief promised to donate 100,000 dendrobiums of grain and grass to his father-in-law, Benchu ​​Gongshi, as a token of filial piety. In this case, why don't we arrange an appropriate opportunity to send Xuzhou to Xuzhou?

Please report to Lord Benchu ​​that the army has arrived in Ju County?"

"What's the meaning?"

General Cao Ren was stunned for a moment, but Mr. Cheng Yu smiled, raised his hand to Uncle Liu and said: "Uncle Huang is indeed very secretive and clever. Please rest assured, uncle. Yu will start making arrangements now. Tomorrow morning, I will

Someone will report this news to Lord Benchu."

Uncle Liu Huang, who is known for his intangible expression of joy and anger, also smiled, and like Mr. Cheng Yu, who was known for his bodhisattva-like heart and never made human flesh, his smile was very beautiful and ferocious.

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Okay, now let's go back and take a look at the situation of Deputy Director Tao who is hated by Uncle Liu. Kong Rangli, who is famous all over the world and still serves as a model of humility and virtue in textbooks, should probably regret it. Regret him.

After finalizing the decision to surrender Cao Lao's brigade, he should not have immediately sent a courier carrying General Cao Ren's diplomatic note to the Xuzhou army to negotiate. Nor should he have allowed the courier to ride a fast horse south to deliver the message.

Because Juxian County was less than forty miles away from Pingshou, who had surrendered to Deputy Director Tao, not long after it turned dark, Kong Rangli's messenger riding a fast horse was stopped by Xuzhou's forward troops, and when it was learned that Kong Rangli was

After Rang Li's messenger arrived, Xuzhou general Wei Yan, who led his army to Pingshou to take over the city defense, was first feasted on.

He was startled, and then immediately made a decision. While sending a fast horse to escort Kong Rangli's messenger to Yingling, he took the initiative and sent out troops with three thousand Danyang soldiers under his command overnight to Juxian to prepare for the attack and wait for Tao.

The deputy director's follow-up orders bought Deputy Director Tao a lot of valuable response time.

General Wei Yan, who was finally able to show off his skills in the Xuzhou Army, was commendable for his decisive courage, courage and tact, but unfortunately it could not resolve the difficulties faced by Deputy Director Tao, so when Kong Rangli's messenger arrived early the next morning

.Send the letter of notification from General Cao Ren to Deputy Master Tao

In front of Ren Ren, when he announced that Kong Rangli had led all the soldiers and civilians in Ju County to surrender to Cao Jun, Deputy Director Tao was dumbfounded on the spot, and couldn't help but slap the case on the spot and roared. "Surrender to Cao thieves?!

Is Mr. Kong Rong crazy? He refused to listen to me when I tried to surrender him again and again. Why did he surrender to Cao Cao?"

"Your Majesty, I am just a messenger. Why my lord made this decision, I don't know." The messenger named Xue Yue, Kong Rangli, replied respectfully, but there was a bit of gloating in his voice that could not be concealed - there was no way, who called this

Xue Yue was the son of the steward of Kong Rangli's Prime Minister's Mansion. He was a slave born in his family, so he naturally shared the same hatred as his master.

Staring fiercely at Xue Yue's wretched face, Deputy Director Tao's handsome face was almost as ferocious as Shura's evil spirit, but for a while he couldn't think of a way to resolve the problem he had set up in the first place - using force to attack Ju County was a breach of the covenant.

, offended his father-in-law

Yuan Sangong's dignity as the leader of the alliance, if he does not fight with force, the mountains of grain, grass and military equipment in Ju County, the richest city in Beihai, must be named Cao. Not to mention the 100,000 dendrobium of grain that cannot be used to honor his father-in-law, even the Xuzhou army's own grain and grass must be

Something's wrong.

"When did Duke Wen Ju return to General Cao Ren?" Jia Xu, the old poisoner, finally spoke, seemingly in an understatement and asked, "Has General Cao Ren's team arrived in Jixian County?"

"I don't know." Xue Yue, who was very clever, shook his head.

"You may not know when Duke Wenju surrendered to Cao's army, but don't you also know when Cao's army arrived in Ju County?" Jia Lao asked.

"This..." Xue Yue hesitated for a moment, and finally answered honestly: "General Cao's team has not arrived at Jixian yet, but they only sent Mr. Sun Qian from Yuzhou Zhizhong as an envoy to recruit my lord to surrender for General Cao.
To be continued...