"... Then the extraordinary merits are achieved. Those who win the title of leader will be granted the title of five thousand households and rewarded with fifty million yuan. If the generals and officials are surrendered, don't ask any questions. Guangyi Enxin, Bunyan The talisman reward is announced to the world, and the envoys know that the Holy Dynasty is in trouble. Just like the law!"

"Wow, the head of thief Cao is so valuable? Mr. Wenhe, Zhongkang, it seems that we have missed the opportunity to make a fortune twice! If we had known that Lord Yue-in's bounty was so high, we would have killed Cao in Qiao County and Xiaopei What a thief, if you keep his head until now, you can sell it for 50 million yuan!"

After finally reading the article about criticizing Cao, which was hailed by the world as beautiful and beautiful in terms of writing but in his own eyes was smelly and long, Deputy Director Tao immediately started shouting in a pretentious manner, with a handsome face that was dedicated to deceiving his wife and father-in-law, and a smile that could not be concealed on his handsome face. ——No matter how good Deputy Director Tao's acting skills are, he can't hide it this time. Chen Lin's time-honored essay against Cao finally came out. Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were completely torn apart by the two big nail households, and they were blocked in Xuzhou by the two big nail households. The bulldozer has not been able to operate for more than a year, and Deputy Director Tao of the demolition office couldn't help but laugh even if he wanted to.

"My lord, there is no need to regret. It was useless to chop it off at that time. If I chopped it off at that time, Cao Cao's head is not so valuable now. It would be better to leave Cao Cao's head around his neck for a while, and maybe the price will increase." opportunity.”

The always serious Mr. Jia also made a rare joke, which made all the lackeys of Deputy Director Tao who were present burst into laughter. They were all beaming with joy, rejoicing and gloating that the two powerful neighbors in the north were about to fight each other. It was not easy to wait until After the laughter subsided, Deputy Director Tao put down the carefully crafted message that he had sent in advance and asked Liu Ye: "Mr. Ziyang, where is Chen Zhen, the envoy of the father-in-law?"

"I received a message from Fei Ge half an hour ago. Chen Zhen arrived in Tancheng at noon yesterday. If he goes fast, he can reach Pengcheng in two days, but General Lu You hasn't figured out the purpose of his visit yet." Liu, who is in charge of detailed horse exploration affairs. Ye replied.

"You don't need to touch him. He ordered me to send troops to attack the Cao thieves with the belt edict and the righteousness." Deputy Director Tao said contemptuously: "My father-in-law is ready to attack the Cao thieves. How could he be so kind as to let me, my son-in-law, hide in Are you watching the fun from the sidelines?"

"Ye thinks so too." Liu Ye nodded and asked: "Then may I ask, my lord, how to deal with it?"

"Promise him." Deputy Director Tao replied without blinking an eyelid, and then said with a smile: "My father-in-law has raised an army to fight against the rebellion according to the bloody edict of the emperor. How can I, as a son-in-law, not raise an army to help?"

"Promise him?" Liu Ye was stunned. He reminded worriedly: "Master, you can't just joke about this matter. If you agree to send troops to help the battle, sending troops will weaken each other with Cao Cao and gain Yuan Shao's advantage in vain. You agree but don't send troops. Or just If we send out a few soldiers and horses to deal with it, then maybe the Langya incident will happen again?"

"No, I won't be perfunctory this time." Deputy Director Tao shook his head and continued to smile: "This time, I will personally lead an army of 50,000 to the north to attack Changyi City, an important town on the southern line of Yanzhou."

The consequence of being fond of joking is that people don't feel serious. Seeing Deputy Director Tao laughing happily. He decided to send troops and said it so easily, so let alone Liu Ye, even Chen Deng was a little suspicious that Deputy Director Tao was still joking, so he reminded : "Lord, please act with caution. It is no joke to send out 50,000 troops. Even if the road from Pengcheng to Changyi is not far and there is a waterway, it is relatively easy to transport food and grass, but sending out 50,000 troops to go north to Changyi will at least require the use of troops. It took tens of thousands of civilians and countless vehicles and boats to ensure that the army would not be short of food and grass under Changyi City, and the cost was huge."

"If you want to gain something, you must first lose something." Deputy Director Tao put away his playful smile and said solemnly: "That's it, we will start preparing for the Northern Expedition immediately. Then Cao Ang, the son of the thief Cao, also please go home.

Guard him inside, but you must not harm or threaten him. Mr. Ziyang, you are personally responsible for this matter. Explain clearly to Cao Ang and say that I have been issued a blood edict and have nothing to do. As long as the traitor Cao sends my brother back to Xuzhou, I will immediately send him to Xuzhou.

He also sent it back to Xuchang."

Liu Ye, Chen Deng and others looked at each other, while Jia Laodu said calmly: "My Lord, do you want to send a secret envoy to contact Cao Cao?"

"Of course we have to send an envoy." Deputy Director Tao said slowly: "But there is no need to send it secretly. Just let Chen Changwen go to Xuchang openly and ask the Cao thieves to exchange hostages with our army. There is no need to say anything else - so

You will naturally understand the treachery of Cao Cao."

Seeing that Deputy Director Tao did not seem to be joking, he immediately started preparing for war. This order was immediately implemented. First, Liu Ye and Cao Hong rushed to the Pengcheng County Yamen with their internal guards and invited Cao Ang back to his home in Pengcheng.

, and specially arranged three hundred soldiers to guard it

, and Cao Ang was also very supportive of Boss Cao. When he was detained under house arrest, he carefully handed over the work of county minister to local officials in Xuzhou, and then followed Liu Ye and Cao Hong back home to accept house arrest.

Xuzhou officers and soldiers secretly admired him.

At the same time, the Xuzhou army, which had been idle for more than a year, finally started to move. The soldiers were able to go home for a holiday and spend the night to say goodbye to their families. The next morning, they began to assemble and prepare for the expedition; they quickly left the warehouses.

The overcrowded grain, grass and ordnance were also moved to the dock for shipment, and the grain and grass were sent to Xiaopei first.

Reserve; and then there are the recruitment of civilians, the recruitment of civilian ships and vehicles, the closure of Xiaopei border city, comprehensive martial law at the border, and the posting of notices to inform the people of the reasons and purposes of sending troops. Various preparations are intricate and troublesome for many Xuzhou civil and military officials.

The officials stayed up for several nights and took naps while working.

As a result, three days later, when Nanyang Chen Zhen, the envoy of Sangong of Yuan Dynasty, arrived in Pengcheng, Xuzhou General Gao Shundu had already led an army of 10,000 to set off for Xiaopei. Deputy Director Tao also personally led the army.

Civil and military officials went ten miles out of the city to meet Chen Zhen. As soon as they met, they told Chen Zhen straight to the point, "Mr. Xiaoqi

You should already know the purpose of your visit. Tan Ma has also copied and sent to Xuzhou your father-in-law's appeal to Cao. Please report it to your father-in-law. You have been waiting for today for a long time. The Xuzhou vanguard has set off and will lead an army of 50,000 in person soon.

Go north, attack the southern line of Cao's bandits, assist your father-in-law across the river, join forces with your father-in-law at Guandu, and defeat Cao's bandits together!"

Hearing Deputy Director Tao's high-sounding words, seeing the Xuzhou army marching northward on the official road, and seeing countless ships loaded with grain, grass and ordnance going upstream on the Sishui River, Chen Zhen was naturally overjoyed. He quickly offered his hands to Deputy Director Tao

Thank you. However, Deputy Director Tao said: "There is one more little thing, Yan

The state has a wide terrain and the number of cavalry is very important. I recently heard that Zhong Yao, the governor of Chang'an appointed by Cao Cao, obtained a large number of war horses from the Qiang people for Cao Cao. However, the number of horses in Xuzhou is scarce and we will suffer a lot in the battle in Yanzhou. Please hurry up, Mr. Xiaoqi.

Please report to your father-in-law quickly and see if he can solve this problem."

Anyway, it was just a letter. It was up to Sangong Yuan to decide whether it would succeed or not. It had nothing to do with him, so Chen Zhen naturally agreed. On the same day, he wrote Deputy Director Tao's small request into a letter and sent it to him quickly.

Return to Yecheng and hand it over to Sangong Dayuan. Ask for Sangong Dayuan's attitude - and also report in the letter the good news that the Xuzhou army has sent troops first.

Except for Deputy Director Tao's request for war horses, there was no need for Chen Zhen to report the news of Xuzhou's army sending troops to the north. Such a big move could not be concealed even by a blind man. And when he heard the news

, the nail households to the south of the Xuzhou demolition team are all large

He breathed a sigh of relief, but Yuan Sangong was overjoyed and praised him a few times after a long absence. Only Boss Cao's side was in a state of turmoil. The post horses on the official road were constantly coming and going, and there were many surprises every day, especially in all counties and cities in Yanzhou.

Total martial law was imposed. It was so tense that we couldn't even have a good year.

Of course, the most shocked person was Boss Cao himself. He never expected that not long after he lent Taishan County to the Xuzhou army to suppress bandits, Deputy Director Tao immediately turned his back and started a war with him. However, when he heard that Xuzhou Zhizhong Chen

Qun Zheng

On the way to Xuchang, when he made it clear that he wanted to exchange hostages to start a war, Boss Cao immediately laughed again. He laughed loudly and said: "You little thief Tao Ying, your bluff turned out to be so spectacular that you almost even killed me."

Cheated."

"A bluff?" Zuo Zuo asked in surprise: "The Tao thief went north with such great fanfare, why did the prime minister think that he was just bluffing?"

"Of course it can be seen from the exchange of hostages." Mr. Cao laughed and said: "Cao Ang is my eldest son, and Tao Shang is the eldest brother of Tao Thief. We are all flesh and blood brothers who can't be more intimate. Whether it's Tao Thief or me, it doesn't matter.

At the last moment, I will never hurt the hostage to anger the other party or harm my own flesh and blood relatives."

"But now, Tao Thief suddenly sent out troops without warning, seemingly trying to catch me off guard, and at the same time he sent envoys to contact him, demanding that hostages be exchanged before starting the war - deliberately contradicting himself, which is tantamount to telling me in a different way

, no matter how big his actions are, they are just bluffs to deal with Yuan Shaopifu!"

"Can the Prime Minister be sure?"

"Others may do this, but Tao Thief will definitely not do it!" Boss Cao said firmly: "Tao Thief is too cunning, and he never makes mistakes in strategy. It will do him no good if our army falls now.

Tao Thief's current military strength is not even as good as ours, so he can fight alone.

Yuan Shaopifu has no chance of winning, so he will never do something stupid like destroying the barrier! I dare to conclude that Tao Thief is so aggressive because of Yuan Shaopifu's coercion, and he has to have something to Yuan Shaopifu..., ah! Tao Thief

——You traitor————!”

Having said this categorically, Boss Cao suddenly came to his senses and started to curse loudly, "Little thief Tao Ying! Did I dig up your ancestral graves or robbed your wife? How dare you harm me like this?!"

"Prime Minister, how did Tao thieves harm our army?" Zuo Zuo asked again in surprise.

"This traitor's bluff is not only to deal with Yuan Shaopi, but also to lure Yuan Shaopi to send troops to attack me immediately!" Boss Cao roared: "Yuan Shaopi is too scheming and hesitant to change. At the moment, the Jizhou army is only stationed in the area.

Li Yang, you are still hesitating whether to cross the river to attack me, and giving up halfway is a two-way question! But if Tao Ying, this little traitor, makes such a big splash, Yuan Shaopifu will probably send troops immediately! This shameless traitor is simply treacherous to the extreme!"

After listening to Boss Cao's analysis, almost all the counselors under Boss Cao with intelligence above 90 suddenly woke up and began to follow Boss Cao in yelling at Deputy Director Tao for his treachery and cruelty. Only Mao Jie, who has an intelligence of 80 or above in the game, did not wake up for a moment.

He came over and asked doubtfully: "Prime Minister, isn't Tao Thief afraid that Yuan Shao will never send troops and will sit on the mountain and watch tigers fight and watch our army fight to the death with him?"

"Tao Thief is cunning and will never fight to the death with our army." Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Xun Yu and others all opened their mouths to explain to Boss Cao: "If Yuan Shao is still unwilling to send troops, or Yuan Shao gives up his intention to send troops, or else

The main force of our army moves south to form a decisive battle with them, so the Tao thieves will definitely return to Xuzhou immediately, and there is no way they can really work for Yuan Shao."

"In that case, why don't my lord lead the main force to march eastward and south to fight against Tao Ying's traitors?" Mao Jie suggested again: "My lord just now said that Yuan Shao was too scheming and fickle, so he might not be able to attack immediately.

I have made up my mind to send out troops. In that case, why don’t my lord lead his army to march south before Yuan Shao sends out his troops, defeat the Tao thieves with lightning speed, and then turn back to face Yuan Shao? Wouldn’t that mean we no longer have any worries?”

Boss Cao was a little tempted. By the way, before the Battle of Guandu, in history, Boss Cao used this method to kill Uncle Liu Huang who rebelled against the Separatist Separatist State of Xuzhou. However, he used this method to kill the man who led Boss Cao's soldiers and horses to rebel and had an unstable foothold.

Uncle Liu Huang, so......

"You can't take risks." After thinking again and again, Boss Cao shook his head and said helplessly: "Tao Ying's traitor is an unusual person. Xuzhou's army has grown greatly in recent years and it is difficult to break it quickly. Moreover, Tao's father and son are operating in Xuzhou.

After many years, it has won the hearts of the people. Once the Tao thieves return to Xuzhou, it would be even more idiotic to think about attacking him immediately. If you are not careful in taking such risks, you will be attacked on both sides and you will be destroyed."

Everyone was silent. After a long time, Xun Yu raised his hands and said, "Prime Minister, I have three strategies to deal with the Tao bandits sending troops. Prime Minister, you might as well use them all at the same time."

"Mr. Wen Ruo, please give me a try." Mr. Cao replied.

Xun Yu replied: "First, ask the emperor to issue an edict claiming that the secret edict in Yuan Shao's hand is a forgery. Use this as an excuse to negotiate with Chen Zhenxu, the envoy of the Tao thieves, and resolutely refuse to agree to exchange hostages. Cooperate with the Tao thieves to deal with Yuan Shao, leaving room for maneuver."

"Two, the Prime Minister can secretly send an envoy to directly contact Tao Thief, inquire about Tao Thief's background, find out that Tao Thief and our army have joined forces to break Yuan Shao's bottom price, and then act according to the opportunity."

"Third, the Prime Minister might as well send a few lieutenants to lead an army to Changyi under false pretenses, and then order the lieutenants not to engage in light combat, but only to intimidate. If they can scare off the Tao thieves, Yuan Shao will definitely hate the Tao thieves for being perfunctory.

, causing conflicts between the two thieves Yuan Tao and creating a good opportunity for our army to create a wedge between each other."

Boss Cao thought about it again and again, and quickly nodded and said: "I will follow Mr. Wenruo's three strategies and send Liu Daixu to use my banner to station troops in Dingtao to intimidate the Tao bandit team. As for the secret envoy who secretly communicates with the Tao bandit...

..., how about taking a walk first, Xiao?"

"Mao Jie is willing to go."

Mao Jie, who was named by Boss Cao, agreed. Boss Cao nodded, and suddenly raised his voice and shouted: "The legacy of raising tigers! The legacy of raising tigers! What kind of medicine did I take wrongly when I was under Xuzhou City? How could I let him go?
Chapter completed!