"Cao Cao is betting! He betting that Yuan Shao will not open a new Yanzhou battlefield, but also betting that our army will preserve its strength and will not really start a full-scale war with him! As long as we fall into his plan, we will give him time to eliminate the worries of Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew, so that he can concentrate on the affairs of the north and south, then even if he offended Yuan Shao, his situation in the north and south will not be too bad!"

Although there are not many strategists under Deputy Director Tao, they are all top characters with their own strengths. So after learning that the boss Cao would not hesitate to anger the third duke of Yuan and attack Zhang Ji’s uncle and nephew, this time, Jia Lao Poison and Liu Ye, who were in Qingzhou, went north to explore Qingzhou with Deputy Director Tao, immediately understood the purpose of Cao Cao. Liu Ye, who was good at analyzing information, also added: "If Xun You had guessed that his attitude towards Cao Cao should be fine. When Cao Cao decided to pull out Zhang Ji’s thorn in his eyes, he would definitely have been prepared to turn against Yuan Benchu, otherwise Cao Ren would not have withdrawn from Qingzhou in such a hurry."

"These are all the credits of Mr. Wenhe's brilliant plan. The conflict between my father-in-law and Cao Zhe was finally completely intensified because of Mr. Wenhe's brilliant plan." Deputy Director Tao smiled and praised Lao Jia's poisonous substance, and said with a wry smile: "I just didn't expect that my father-in-law would be like this. He turned against Cao Zhe, but he wanted me, the son-in-law, to come forward to fight. He continued to hide beside him and watch the fun, watch the fire from the other side to reap profits."

"This is inevitable, and it is only a matter of time before." Jia Lao Poison said without blinking his eyelids: "The lord has been in a staggering success since the first year of Xingping. He has never lost his life. He has made proper and strict laws and regulations. He has managed a five counties in Xuzhou, which have been greatly damaged. He has become more prosperous and prosperous than ever before. He has also won two counties in Huainan, a place with heavy money and grain, and has grown in an unparalleled speed in the world. If Yuan Benchu ​​continues to be unscrupulous of his lord, he is not worthy of being named a general and is in the four prefectures of You and Qingji."

Speaking of this, Lao Jia paused and said, "The only thing that Xu miscalculated was that Yuan Benchu ​​was so alert to his lord so early, and took advantage of the situation to weaken his lord, and also took the opportunity to weaken his biggest enemy on the southern front.

"I'm afraid this matter is also due to Cao Cao's arrangement." Liu Ye analyzed: "Cao Cao attacked Zhang Ji desperately. What he feared most was that our army and the Jizhou army attacked him, and he was even more afraid that the Jizhou army would go south from Guandu to Xuchang. Therefore, in order to temporarily stabilize Yuan Benchu, Cao Cao would definitely use his inside line in the Jizhou army to instigate Yuan Benchu ​​to watch the fire across the bank and order our army to attack his southern line, thus achieving the effect of temporarily stabilizing the Jizhou army."

"Whether our army sends troops or not, it will hit Cao Cao's thoughts. Our army sends troops to attack Yanzhou. Cao Cao has huge strategic maneuver space, so he can first calmly eliminate Zhang Ji and then turn back to fight with our army. If our army does not send troops to attack Yanzhou, it will not only give Cao Cao a better chance to eliminate Zhang Ji, but also lead to the deterioration of our army's relations with the Jizhou army, and thus give Cao Cao a god-given opportunity to divide and disagree."

"The immortal Cao Aman is indeed treacherous and has a good plan." Deputy Director Tao cursed, then asked Liu Ye and Jia Lao Poison with a smile: "Mr. Wenhe, Mr. Ziyang, in order to temporarily stabilize my noble father-in-law, immediately send troops to attack Yanzhou. I patted my chest in front of my father-in-law. According to the opinions of the two gentlemen, how should our army act now?"

"Lord, in this situation, Ye and others still need to know how the lord plans to make a decision." Liu Ye joked and asked: "Dare you asking the lord, whether you plan to do your filial son-in-law to the end? Do you really decide to send troops to attack Yanzhou and fight to the death with Cao Cao? This is actually a great opportunity to severely damage the Cao army. The lord and Cao Mengde have a lot of grudges. Do you plan to seize this opportunity?"

"As a son-in-law, of course, you must do your best to be filial." Deputy Director Tao said shamelessly: "However, considering that the main force of my father-in-law went north and could not plunder the Central Plains land and city for the time being, I was really embarrassed to take over the Yanzhou, Sili and Yingchuan of Cao's thief, so I decided to wait a moment and give my father-in-law an explanation first. After my father-in-law's main force went south, I would consider a decisive battle with the Cao thief."

Liu Ye, Jia Lao Poison and another Chen Ying both laughed. They all admired the shamelessness of Deputy Director Tao who was a son and wanted to set up a archway. After laughing, Jia Lao Poison said again: "This matter is not difficult to solve. The lord can urgently write a letter to return to Xuzhou and order Chen Dao to send 10,000 troops north to attack Hulu and Changyi. There is no need to succeed in the siege. Just wait until Cao Mengde retreats from Nanyang and relieves Zhang Ji's danger. This matter can be considered as understanding."

"It's that simple?" Deputy Director Tao asked a little surprised and said, "Mr. Wenhe is sure that as long as our army feints to attack Changyi, we can get the effect of besieging Wei to save Zhao? Cao thief is extremely treacherous, so he is not so easy to be fooled, right?"

"The feint attack on Changyi is just an explanation for Yuan Benchu, but lord don't worry, Cao Mengde cannot destroy Zhang Pingyang now." Jia Xu replied confidently: "Just by military strength and military skills, Zhang Ji is indeed not a match for Cao Cao, and he will definitely be defeated when fighting with Cao Cao. There is no doubt about this. However, Cao Mengde did not seize the best opportunity to send troops this time. Liu Jingsheng, who was dependent on Zhang Pingyang, is currently in the Zhang Xian Rebellion, and the three counties on the southern front are in an emergency. He will never allow Zhang Ji, the northern barrier, to be removed by Cao Cao, and he will definitely do his best to rescue Zhang Ji. Therefore, it is extremely difficult for Cao Cao to destroy Zhang Ji. At most, he will drive Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew away from Wancheng and seize a strategic buffer zone. I think Cao Cao will also withdraw his troops with conscious knowledge."

"Can Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu, without Jia Lao poison, really resist Cao twice as many times as in history?" Deputy Director Tao had some doubts, but in addition to Jia Lao poison, Deputy Director Tao could not figure out any solution, so he nodded and ordered Chen Ying: "Yuan Fang, please draw an order for me. According to Mr. Wenhe's idea, I will tell Chen Shuzhi that after sending troops, it is important to preserve strength. It doesn't matter whether he can take Hulu and Changyi. In addition, you should not kill indiscriminately, and you should not vent your anger and kill prisoners, so as not to worsen the situation and be difficult to deal with."

"No." Chen Ying agreed, but did not rush to write a pre-order. He asked worriedly: "Lord, our Xuzhou army has an irreconcilable blood feud with the Cao thief. Now our army takes the initiative to attack Yanzhou. If a full-scale war is launched and Cao thief is recruited to retaliate with all his strength, what should we do?"

Deputy Director Tao smiled and said, "Don't worry, Yuan Fang, Cao's thief is cunning, and he will not fail to weigh the consequences of a full-scale war with our army. It doesn't matter if he is determined to fight head-on. Anyway, the main force of our army is already on the northern line, and there is also a buffer wall between the Jizhou army. If it really fights, he will only suffer the loss." Chen Yingben was still a little worried, but seeing that Deputy Director Tao and Jia Lao Poison and others were full of confidence, he didn't say anything and honestly picked up the pen and wrote the order.

On the second day after the order was issued, on June 26, Deputy Director Tao and his wife parted with the Grand Prince Yuan Sangong and each led the team back to their territory. Before leaving, Liu, who was very satisfied with Deputy Director Tao, naturally had to give in to his son-in-law thousands of instructions and ask his son-in-law to treat his daughter well. Deputy Director Tao nodded and bowed repeatedly, and his appearance was extremely well-behaved. Only then did Liu board the bus and leave with his beloved daughter. Grand Prince Yuan Sangong also hypocritically reminded his daughter and son-in-law to be careful, and then led the army to set off. As a junior Deputy Director Tao and Prince Yuan Tan worshipped the road until Grand Prince Yuan Sangong walked away and stood up.

Next, Deputy Director Tao led the army to set off. Although Deputy Director Tao never liked Mr. Yuan Tan, Yuan Tan was the elder brother of his virtuous wife Yuan Fang. Therefore, no matter how unhappy Deputy Director Tao had to bow and say goodbye to Yuan Tan. He hated Deputy Director Tao and said with a smile: "Sister, brother-in-law walks slowly and has a smooth journey. I am not far away for my brother's military affairs. My brother-in-law must take care of him on the road - your way back is close to Taishan County, where not only bandits are rampant, but also controlled by Cao's team. Sister and brother-in-law must be careful of accidents on the road."

"Thank you brother for your concern, my sister will."

Yuan Fang bowed and thanked his brother very gently. Deputy Director Tao was a little disgusted with Mr. Yuan Tan's ugly face. He also knew that it would be nothing good to be a neighbor with this brother-in-law in the future, so he didn't have to worry about offending his brother-in-law again. So he simply smiled and said, "Don't worry, brother, I am a man who has been through the battlefield for a long time. Cao Thief's prefect in Taishan County, Lu Qian and Lu Zike, was also a small character who fled when he saw his younger brother's banner when he was in Runan. I think there would be no problems on the way."

Speaking of this, Deputy Director Tao reminded again kindly: "Brother, you have to be careful. Brother, you have to be defeated repeatedly after being ordered to conquer Qingzhou. It is all up to my father-in-law to personally raise the army to rescue him to stabilize his position. His prestige has not been established and his martial arts have not been proven. Now, my father-in-law is in a gangster with Cao. If Lu Qian's husband has the intention of bullying the weak and fearing the strong, Qingzhou where his brother is in charge will never be peaceful."

Yuan Tan's little face turned black, and after a while, he shouted with a blue face: "The defeat I suffered in the plain is all because my father made me deceived defeat!"

"I know, of course I know this." Deputy Director Tao said with a smile: "But I know that my brother was a fraudulent defeat, but Lu Qian's husband didn't know that Fenggaocheng, the county capital of Taishan County, is not far from Linzi City, Qingzhou Prefecture. If Lu Qian's husband wants to pick a soft persimmon, then the elder brother will definitely be the first to bear the brunt. But don't worry, if such a situation really happens, the elder brother only needs to choose to defend the city and wait for help. The father-in-law and the younger brother will definitely send troops to rescue him, and they will definitely not be saved by the death."

"You don't need to save me!" Mr. Yuan Tan was even more angry and shouted: "If Lu Qian dares to step over the line, I will tell him that he will never come back!"

Deputy Director Tao smiled, and still smiled viciously, and said with a treacherous smile: "It turns out that my brother is just planning to keep his feet on the road. Then I can rest assured. Now the main force of Cao thief is in the west, and there are not many troops in Mount Tai. Even if Lu Qian comes in full, he doesn't have much military strength. Even if his brother is not in good condition, he has the chance to retreat to Jizhou. I don't have to worry about my brother."

After saying this, before Mr. Yuan Tan who was already furious, Deputy Director Tao suddenly slapped his forehead and said repeatedly: "Damn it, brother, please forgive me. Why didn't I think about sending troops from Kaiyang to attack Feiguocheng, the southern gateway of Lu Qian's husband, to share the pressure of Qingzhou for my brother? Please rest assured that when I return to Xuzhou, I will definitely arrange two thousand troops to station in Linyi, waiting for an opportunity to attack Yangting and Feiguo, besieging Wei to save Zhao, so that Lu Qian's husband dare not bully his brother, and just finish his uncle's righteousness - dear generals, do you think I should do this?"

"It should be, it should be too." Xu Chu and Xu Huang and other Xuzhou generals behind Deputy Director Tao all laughed. Wei Yan was the most arrogant and said with a mean smile: "The lord is more considerate. The lord has arranged two thousand second-tier troops to be stationed in Linyi. The eldest son can rest assured in Qingzhou. At least he doesn't have to worry that Qingzhou was just fair and was immediately taken away by Lu Qian's husband."

"Bold madman! Who are you? You dare to humiliate me?"

Unbearable, Mr. Yuan Tan drew his sword and roared, which shocked the Qingzhou generals around him and Xuzhou generals to draw their swords together. Yuan Fang was also scared to death. He quickly stopped him and pulled Deputy Director Tao's sleeve and begged: "Husband, just say less. Brother, he has a bad temper, don't bully him. And brother, husband, he just likes to joke and offend, please ask your brother to take advantage of his little sister's face and don't be as knowledgeable as him."

"Madam, you misunderstood." Deputy Director Tao shook his head while pulling his pregnant wife behind him, "These words for his husband are really not kidding. Qingzhou was decided, and the team of his father-in-law's team has not yet established a stable foothold in Qingzhou. Then Lu Qian's husband is both wise and brave, and he might take advantage of the situation to rob Qingzhou. Brother Yuan Tan is far inferior to Brother Yuan Shang in terms of martial arts. Brother Yuan Shang led his army to suppress the flying general Lu Wenhou in Yanzhou and defeated the main force of Cao thieves in Hanoi. Brother Yuan Tan cannot even defeat a group of old, weak and remnants of Qingzhou. Now his father-in-law has turned against Cao thieves. If the husband does not prepare for the future, what if Lu Qian really sends troops to attack Qingzhou?"

"You don't need to prepare for the future!" Mr. Yuan Tan said furiously: "When I have prepared the Qingzhou matter, I will send troops to Mount Tai to take down the head of Lu Qian's husband!"

Deputy Director Tao smiled again, Wei Yan, Xu Huang and other Xuzhou generals also understood it, and they were all laughing cheaply than the other. That look, it seemed like they were saying this, "Young Master Yuan Tan, okay, who doesn't know your tiny skills? Even if you have that little ability, you want to take Mount Tai and take the head of the famous general of Cao's army, Lu Qian? Dreaming?"

After yin finished laughing, Deputy Director Tao threw down his words in front of Mr. Yuan Tan who was trembling all over, then pulled his wife and turned around and left, "Brother, send troops to Mount Tai to take down Lu Qian's head, if Brother Yuan Shang said it, then I believe that Brother Yuan Shang will definitely do it."

"As for brothers - I dare to bet with my brother, if you can do this, not to mention cutting off Lu Qian's head of the neck, even if my brother can take Fenggao City, then I will definitely kowtow to my brother to apologize! Okay, I'll say that, let's say goodbye first, and it's also a good news for brother Jinghou."

As he spoke in a big way, Deputy Director Tao pulled his beautiful wife away, while Xuzhou generals surrounded Deputy Director Tao and his wife vigilantly and set off on the car. However, just as Deputy Director Tao was riding a war horse, Mr. Yuan Tan's angry voice also sounded in the venue, "Okay! Just bet! Within three months, I will definitely put the Jizhou flag on the top of Fenggao City!"

"The eldest son, Tao Ying's traitor is deliberately provoking the generals. The young master must not fall into the trap..."

Xin Pi, the counselor left by the Grand Duke of Yuan Tan, quickly pulled Master Yuan Tan's sleeve to dissuade him. Unexpectedly, Master Yuan Tan roared: "Shut up! Tao Ying's son insulted me too much and did not let him see how powerful I was, he wouldn't know that Prince Ma had three eyes!"

"Also, if my father didn't let me see how powerful I was, I would be really beaten by Yuan Shangfu." Mr. Yuan Tan, whose record on the books was indeed far inferior to that of his third brother, added in his heart.

On the other side, Deputy Director Tao, Jia Laozi, who was always watching the show and did not speak, walked to Deputy Director Tao and said with a smile: "Although the lord's plan is a bit stiff due to haste, Yuan Tan's common man's courage, no strategy and greed for merit, it is expected that he will have a chance to succeed. In order to ensure success, Xu believes that when the lord returns to Xuzhou and passes through Linyi, he might as well divide his army to attack Feiguo, force Lu Qian to go south to rescue, create opportunities for Yuan Tan to make meritorious contributions, and further induce Yuan Tan to send troops to Mount Tai and provoke the war in Cao Yuan."

"Mr. Wenhe's words are just right, but soldiers are very fast, so the speed of this matter should be fast." Deputy Director Tao nodded happily. After a little calculation, Deputy Director Tao called Xu Huang in front of him and arranged for Xu Huang to lead three thousand troops to go first, and to rush to Linyi in advance to launch a war to attack Changguo. He also sent a quick horse to Kaiyang to send an order to Sun Guan, ordering Sun Guan to send an army to assist Xu Huang in attacking Linyi and send food, grass and supplies to the battlefield in advance, in case Xu Huang attacked Changguo.

So, when Deputy Director Tao was still on his way back to Xuzhou, two Xuzhou partial divisions had already launched the Yanzhou war in advance under the order of Deputy Director Tao. Chen Dao led his army 10,000 to attack Hulu, and Xu Huang led his army 3,000 to attack the small town of Changguo. The two places in the southeast of Yanzhou were alerted at the same time. After the news reached Xuchang, Xun You, who was left by Cao's boss in Xuchang, was shocked at first, and almost thought that he had miscalculated his calculations. In fact, the Xuzhou army was willing to act as cannon fodder for the Grand Duke of Yuan San, but after thinking about it carefully, Xun Yu smiled again and ordered to the left and right: "Tao Ying's little thief is really cunning, and he pretends to be like a bluff, and he doesn't have to pay attention to him. Just let Cao Chun and Lu Qian stick to it. When the lord fairly settles Zhang Ji, the Tao thief will retreat."

Deputy Director Tao and Boss Cao's team cooperated in a tacit way. The slogan of the full war was shouted, but the thunder was loud and the rain was small. They were unwilling to really fight against the third duke of Yuan Yuan. This not only deceived the third duke of Yuan Yuan, but also deceived the uncle Liu, who was trying to catch up with the war in Taocao. After refusing Yuan Tan to stay and withdraw with Cao's army to Yanzhou, although Uncle Liu immediately asked Cao Ren to go south to Changyi to prepare for the war, unfortunately Cheng Yu was worried that Uncle Liu would do his own thing and broke the plan of Cao Da, and urged Cao Ren to use the excuse that he had to ask for instructions from Boss Cao to reject Uncle Liu's plea. Uncle Liu was forced to helplessly write a letter to Boss Cao who was far away in the battlefield in Nanyang, asking Boss Cao to allow him to lead his army to Changyi to prepare for the war.

When the letter from Liu Huangshu arrived in Nanyang, the war in Wancheng also entered a critical stage. Zhang Jijun, who was more difficult than Cao Laoda, was finally defeated by Cao's army in the field and was forced to retreat to Wancheng to defend behind closed doors. Cao Laoda also dispatched a thunder chariot to launch an attack, and destroyed the hidden soldiers on the wall of Wancheng in one fell swoop, greatly shaking the morale of the defenders. Seeing that the opportunity was rare, when Cao Laoda was about to send envoys to surrender, a bad news was delivered to Cao Laoda with the letter from Liu Huangshu. Liu Biao didn't know if he had taken the wrong medicine. Since he sent Jingzhou general Wen Pin to lead his army 20,000 north to rescue Zhang Ji, he had already arrived at Jiyang and appeared on the flank of Cao Laoda. At the same time, the news that the reinforcements were about to arrive was also sent to Wancheng City through clean water, which greatly boosted the morale of Zhang Ji's team and made Cao's dream of surrendering shatter.

"Old man Liu Biao, do I have a grudge against you? Zhang Ji's thief is just a cold general in the West. What are you doing to save him? What are you doing?!" After venting furiously, Boss Cao did another thing with a profound impact. He shouted at Xun You who came with the army: "Give Liu Bei the order to bring Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to Wancheng to help the battle immediately! He is not allowed to go south to Changyi, and really provoke the full-scale war between me and the Taoist thieves!"
Chapter completed!