(ps: During the day, I have a high fever and diarrhea, and it didn't improve a little until the evening, so it was even later.)

In fact, the third Duke of Little Yuan doesn’t have to be so nervous and desperate, because Deputy Director Tao’s strategic focus is basically in Jiangnan. In this era, Jiangnan is far from being able to catch up with even one-fifth of the Central Plains, the land is so barren, and the grain production is so sparse. Even the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, Nanjing City is still a wilderness now. Deputy Director Tao, who is used to having clothes and food, is naturally not interested in being a wasteland cattle, and sacrifices his precious time and energy to benefit future generations.

Of course, Deputy Director Tao, who did not pay enough attention to Jiangnan now, knew the potential of Jiangnan, in order to avoid the Jiangnan princes, he resolutely launched the Battle of Crossing the River without any preparations for annexation of Jiangnan. He successfully broke through the Yangtze River defense line of Xiao Yuan Sangong at Niuzhu Ferry, forcing Yuan Sangong to retreat, and successively gave up Shicheng and Danyang City to escape from the two cities. However, what surprised Deputy Director Tao was that Xiao Yuan Sangong's main team did not retreat to the essence of Jiangdong in the Qua area, but directly retreated to Wanling City, the Danyang County District capital far away from the Yangtze River channel. His decision was so wise that Deputy Director Tao was a little impressed by Xiao Yuan Sangong.

"I really underestimated him, Yuan Shu, and was willing to give up Qua, the richest important city in Jiangdong, and it has made some progress." Deputy Director Tao snorted coldly: "If he can't bear to leave Qua's prosperous land and retreat eastward, then he will basically be done. If he abandons Qua and leaves Wanling, he will still have some hope of surviving."

"A smart choice is more wise than his brother in terms of choice and choice." Xun Chen next to him also praised, and said: "Yuan Shu's move is obviously to drag Liu Yao into the battlefield, so that Liu Yao, who is eager to retake the important town of Qu'a, will have a conflict with our army. I wonder what the lord thinks?"

"Liu Yao?" Deputy Director Tao sneered loudly and said, "I was beaten by the half-disabled Yuan Shu so much that he almost couldn't take care of himself. We still have to be afraid of him? No need to consider Liu Yao's reaction, we must firmly go east to take down Qu Adan disciples and open up the road connection with our army's Guangling team. Our army can basically stand firm south of the Yangtze River."

"Lord, be cautious," Liu Ye advised: "Although Liu Yao is not worth worrying, our army has just crossed the Yangtze River, and its foothold is not stable and the people's hearts are not attached to it. If we blindly hold on to the strong and bully the weak, we will not only make enemies from all sides, but also be disappointed. The people of Jiangdong, who have been poisoned by war for several years, have become disgusted with our army, which is not conducive to our army's plan to collect the entire Jiangdong territory."

Everyone knows that Deputy Director Tao is polite to cherish his reputation. Considering that his northern line is still in turmoil and listening to Liu Ye's persuasion, Deputy Director Tao quickly nodded and said, "Mr. Ziyang said very well. Although we don't need to be afraid that Liu Yao and Yuan Shu will join forces, Liu Yao is a relative of the Han Dynasty. He is also the former governor of Yangzhou appointed by the court. We cannot rely solely on violence. According to Mr. Ziyang's opinion, how should I treat Liu Yao?"

"The lord may as well try to surrender." Liu Ye suggested: "Cao Cao reported to the court that the lord was the governor of Xu Yangzhou, and his brother was the governor of Yangzhou. Liu Yao, the governor of Yangzhou who was enthroned by the court, had actually stepped down. The lord might as well send envoys to surrender Liu Yao in the name of this. It is best if Liu Yao is willing to surrender. If Liu Yao does not surrender, it would be that he did not obey the court's orders to rebel by force. The lord can give him a charge of treason for rebellion and usurpation, and cooperate with the slogans of light taxes and weak labor service. He would not worry that the people of Jiangdong would not deviate from Liu Yao, but would like to our army."

After careful calculation, Deputy Director Tao felt it was feasible. He nodded and agreed to the order, but the poisonous substance Jia, who had not spoken a word, suddenly spoke and said slowly: "When the lord sent an envoy to surrender to Liu Yao, you might as well promise to report to the court that Liu Yao was the prefect of Wu County and was in charge of Wu County affairs."

After saying this, Jia Lao Poison did not explain why he suggested doing this, and immediately closed his mouth. Deputy Director Tao laughed and applauded: "Mr. Wenhe is indeed a clever plan. If you want to be a short-seller, just make it bigger. I remember that Yan Baihu's nest is in Wucheng, Wujun. I might as well promise him that Liu Yao is the Marquis of Wucheng, and let Xu Gong and Yan Baihu bother him to trouble him Liu Yao." Xun Chen, Liu Ye and others laughed treacherously, and quickly praised Deputy Director Tao for being justified and Jia Lao Poison was merciful. The people of Wujun are blessed.

When the Xuzhou army was still rectifying the troops in the Shicheng area to prepare for the invasion, the Xuzhou envoy, who was full of evil intentions, also rushed to Wujun to contact Liu Yao's team. Coincidentally, the Xuzhou envoy and Yuan Shu army envoy arrived at the Piling, the base of Liu Yao's army on the same day. They also met Liu Yao on the same day. They explained their intentions to Liu Yao one after another, which put Liu Yao in a dilemma. In a difficult situation, Liu Yao could only summon Xu Shao, Yi, Fan Neng and other important civil and military officials under Yu Mi to discuss countermeasures, and discuss whether to accept the surrender of Deputy Director Tao or join forces with Xiao Yuan Sangong to fight against Tao.

By the way, after Qu A was captured by Liu Yao, although the unknown young man Taishi Ci also withdrew to Piling with Liu Yao, he was not qualified to participate in this meeting because he was not from a gentry. Because he was not from a gentry, Liu Yao's army still only served as a general, so he was not qualified to participate in this meeting.

Because Deputy Director Tao was not sincere in recruiting surrender, when Liu Yao showed Xiao Yuan’s three letters of letter of alliance and Deputy Director Tao’s surrender, Fan Neng and Yu Mi both firmly opposed surrendering to the Xuzhou army. Among them, Fan Neng said: "My lord, you must never surrender to the Tao thief. Lord, you are a relative of the Han Dynasty and the governor of Yangzhou enthroned by the court. But you want to surrender to the Tao thief and be a small prefect of Wu County. Isn’t it a great shame? The Tao thief is so rude, so the lord should first kill his envoy and then raise troops to fight against Tao."

"Yes, lord, you must not surrender Tao." Yu Ao said the truth about the generals refusing to surrender Tao. "The lord surrenders to Tao, and he is only appointed as the prefect of one county. We surrender to Tao. I really don't know how the Tao thieves should treat me slowly? Why don't you agree to Yuan Shu to ask for an alliance and take the opportunity to regain the land of our army's Qu'agen, and then make good plans."

Of course, Liu Yao was unwilling to surrender to the Xuzhou army as a lackey of deputy director Tao. Liu Yao, who was arrogant and noble in the royal family, could not stand the huge gap between being descended from the governor of one state to the prefect of a county. After hearing the instigation of Fan Neng and Yu Ao, he was inevitably even more moved. However, he was worried that the Xuzhou army was powerful and the mantis arm was rarely a good end. So after thinking about it, Liu Yao turned his attention to his most trusted adviser Xu Shao and asked: "Mr. Zi Jiang, what do you mean?"

"Master. Shao dared not speak out whether he surrendered to Tao, so he could only ask him to be the master." Xu Shao bowed and said, "But Shao can be sure that Tao's surrender this time is neither sincere nor harboring evil intentions."

"Is there no sincerity? Is it still ill-intentioned? Please give me some advice and give me some advice," said Liu Yao.

"No." Xu Shao bowed and agreed, explaining: "Shao believes that Tao Ying has no sincerity to surrender the lord because he is the governor of Yangzhou. Tao Ying is just the nameless governor of Xu Yangzhou. He cannot afford any decent price to make the lord moved. If he really intends to surrender our army, he will have to wait until he defeated our army on the battlefield, or force our army to the point of desperateness, and then send envoys to surrender, which may be successful. But now Tao Ying crosses the river for less than ten days. Before he contacts our army, he can't wait to send envoys to surrender. This is enough to prove that Tao Ying has no sincerity to surrender. The so-called surrender is just to bribe the hearts of the people in Jiangdong. He blames our army for provoking the war in Jiangdong on the head."

"The dog thief killed by heaven is indeed treacherous!" Liu Yao cursed and recalled the murder he suffered when he formed an alliance with Deputy Director Tao to destroy Yuan.

"Tao Ying is more cunning." Xu Shao said again: "Tao Ying proposed to enthrone the lord as the prefect of Wujun and the lord of Wucheng. His sinister intention was nothing more than to alienate the relationship between the lord and Xu Gong and Yan Baihu, because Xu Gong was the current prefect of Wujun, and Yan Baihu used Wucheng as the foundation. After learning about this, Xu Yan and the others were bound to be furious and became hostile to our army, so that Tao Ying would be distracted in the next step."

"The traitor killed by heaven!" Liu Yao couldn't bear it and overturned the case in front of him, jumped up and yelled: "Riege! Rape! It's okay to blame our army, but he actually wanted to distract our allies! Come here, behead the envoy of the pottery thief, and then send his head to Xu Gong and Yan Baihu to let them know the despicable intentions and vicious intentions of the pottery thief!"

"My lord, never!" The counselor who had the lowest position on the spot jumped out and opposed it: "My lord, the two countries are fighting and not being killed, and the lord is a royal relative, how can he do such an unkind and unjust thing?"

"Lord, there is no need to behead the envoy or expel the envoy from Piling City." Xu Shao also opposed the beheading of the envoy and said, "The Taoist thief was to surrender to the people. If he killed his envoy again, the people of Jiangdong would have to believe that our army deliberately provoked the war."

After much persuasion, Liu Yao took back the order to kill the envoy, but the rest of his anger was still not gone, and he roared again: "So quickly beat the envoy of the pottery thief out of Piling City, and make sure that Yan Baihu and Xu Gong know the sincerity of my alliance with them!"

"Lord, please stop the thunderous anger." Shi Yi spoke up again and said: "Lord, Yi also knows that Tao Ying has no sincerity in surrendering, but Tao's army is powerful after all, and the soldiers are refined and far superior to the Jiangdong army. The abundant money and food are even better than the sum of the Jiangdong princes. Even if our army joins forces with the Jiangdong army to fight against Tao, it will be defeated by Tao Ying sooner or later. Instead of being defeated and humiliated, it is better to surrender now. The lord surrendered to Tao as a royal relative and governor. Tao Ying will be surprised and will definitely treat the lord well. At that time, not only can we protect the lives of our soldiers, but our family can also enjoy wealth..."

Before Shi Yi finished speaking, Liu Yao had already drawn out his sword to kill Shi Yi. Fortunately, Liu Yao's most trusted military advisor Xu Shao is quite good-looking and tried his best to stop him and plead for Shi Yi. Liu Yao's anger faded a little and ordered Shi Yi to be driven out of the lobby. Shi Yi didn't argue. He just sighed after leaving the hall, "Struggle to death, seeking death! Even Yuan Shu is not even a good person, and he still wants to resist Tao Ying's tiger and wolf army? He is a chariot with a mantis arm! Now he surrenders now and still has the wealth and wealth to enjoy. Please surrender in the future... Oh, you will be lucky if you can have a meal."

Rejecting Shi Yi's unpleasant advice, Liu Yao listened to Xu Shao's suggestion and decided to immediately seize the Xuzhou envoy to gain time. At the same time, he accepted the alliance request of Xiao Yuan Sangong, and led his troops north to take over the important town of Qu'a before the Xuzhou army expanded. Then he asked Xiao Yuan Sangong's Qu'a general Lei Bo to guard the Dantu to prevent the Xuzhou Navy and Xuzhou Guangling team. Liu Yao's army defended with the Maoshan natural danger and prevented Xuzhou army from advancing east to seize the essence of Qu'a. When the northern line of Xuzhou army changes, the main force of Xuzhou is forced to return to the army, and Liu Yuan's coalition can see such a little hope of victory.

Of course, in addition to this, Liu Yao naturally had to send envoys to Wuxian and Wucheng to persuade Xu Gong and Yan Baihu to send troops to fight against Tao. After receiving the letter from Liu Yao, Xu Gong, who was determined to be the local emperor in Wu County, and Yan Baihu, the king of Wude, who was in charge of Wucheng, refused to surrender. He also agreed to Liu Yao's alliance to fight against Tao with a lucky mentality, but he refused to send troops to help immediately, just hid in the safe rear to instigate. "Envoy Liu, go! Fight with the Tao thief! We support you!"

The Xuzhou army was just a newcomer. Although the crossing of Niuzhu successfully successfully crossed Niuzhu, after successfully crossing the river, it still had to face a lot of complicated problems such as appeasement of the people, buying the people's hearts, understanding the terrain, reorganizing the team and recruiting surrounding cities, and it was difficult to quickly advance and expand the territory. At the same time, because the Yuan Shu army's Moling Guard resolutely refused to surrender, the Xuzhou army took a few more days to capture Moling. Captured the defender Quan Rou alive and then out of the need to buy the people's hearts, Deputy Director Tao pretended to forgive Quan Rou's crime of refusing to surrender, and ordered Quan Rou and his family to be released back to Qiantang's hometown. Quan Rou was deceived by Deputy Director Tao's acting skills. Under the touching of Deputy Director Tao, he also surrendered to Deputy Director Tao with his son Quan Cong, who had just turned two years old.

After such delays, Liu Yao's team successfully took over the important town of Qua. Lei Boze, the general of Yuan Shu army stationed in Qua, led more than 10,000 defenders to move Dantu, and formed a strife with Liu Yao. The news reached the Xuzhou army. Deputy Director Tao, who had moved to Danyang, did not lose his composure. He smiled gracefully and said, "I didn't expect that Yuan Shu and Liu Yao, the mortal enemy, could abandon their past grudges and work together. If my father-in-law could also learn like his younger brother, then we would be in trouble."

"Liu Yao sent general Fan Neng to station in Shenting Ridge, and his intention was obviously to defend. Delay time to wait for changes in our northern line." Liu Ye said: "I wonder what the lord thought, should he ignore it for the time being? Or should he send troops to attack?"

Deputy Director Tao smiled gently, suddenly raised his voice again, and roared with a ferocious expression: "Of course you are beaten up! Even Yuan Shu can't beat me, and you dare to attack my tiger power. If you don't beat him, Liu Yao's ordinary man is afraid of being hurt. Xu Gong, Yan Baihu, Zou Lun, Qian Tong and Wang Sheng and other fencemen must stand opposite us! Only by being afraid of these fencemen and hurt, can we gain a foothold in Jiangdong with peace of mind!"

"No." Liu Ye smiled and bowed, and muttered in his heart: "Lord, it seems that you are the only one in this world who are not qualified to scold others for being a fence-bearer, right?"

The deputy director was furious. Although he was not as hiding a million corpses and blood flowing thousands of miles, it was also extraordinary. After Deputy Director Tao issued an order, more than 15,000 elite troops in Xuzhou immediately drove eastward and rushed straight to the Maoshan Mountains to advance to Shenting Ridge. Although Liu Yao said he was not afraid when he heard the news, he was really panicked. After listening to Xu Shao's suggestion from the enemy outside the country, he personally led more than 10,000 troops to Shenting Ridge to help with the battle. The combined troops were about 15,000. Although Liu Yao was the royal relative, he was no less inferior to the three young Yuan in terms of gathering the team.

Of course, General Chen Heng wanted to do this just a daydream. The elite Qingxu cavalry, who had experienced many battles, were indeed experienced many battles, because almost all the elite cavalry veterans of Deputy Director Tao from Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan and Lu Bu. In short, in front of the elite cavalry of Xuzhou, Liu Yao's army, who had even fewer war horses, was just a lamb to be slaughtered. They were killed by Xu Chu and Zhao Yun's team like chopping melons and vegetables, and howled. If Chen Heng's central army had not been deployed into a formation to protect the flag formation, the two madmen Xu Chu and Zhao Yun would have dared to rush Chen Heng's flag formation.

After more than a half-hour rushing, seeing that there were not many enemy soldiers and small teams, Xu Chu and Zhao Yun's cavalry teams laughed wildly and withdrew their troops back, leaving behind corpses all over the ground, and countless wounded soldiers of Liu Yao's army rolled and moaned in the dust and blood pool, screaming in despair, and were at a loss that could not believe what had just happened. Seeing this scene, the morale of the Xuzhou army was of course greatly boosted and cheered like thunder, but the soldiers of Liu Yao's army were almost all as white as the face. Chen Heng, the general of the commander, looked desperate, and could not believe that his army still had hope of victory in front of such a jackal army.

"All man, don't leave!"

There are not all characters without courage in Liu Yao's army. When Zhao Yun and Xu Chu's team just retreated to the formation, a cavalry suddenly ran out of Liu Yao's army, and he rushed towards the Xuzhou cavalry with red eyes and single-handedly, roaring like thunder, "Everyone who rushed to the formation, want to leave like this, dream!"

"No one is allowed to rob it, this man belongs to me!"

Xu Chu laughed wildly, first ordered the soldiers under his command to continue returning to the formation, then turned his horse's head alone, raised his sword to face the low-level general of Liu Yao's army wearing teeth and uniforms. The Xuzhou cavalry beside Xu Chu also smiled, and some people said, "Is there anyone betting that General Xu has killed the head of the thief general in a few rounds? One compensation will be one compensation for one within ten rounds, and one compensation for two in twenty rounds. If General Xu loses, one compensation will be ten!"
Chapter completed!