Six years ago, Taishici was famous in Qingzhou and was so powerful in Shandong. People from other states such as Ji, Xu and Yan know about Taishici's reputation.

Tao Ying was unknown six years ago and was unknown. Even in Xuzhou City, the military and civilians only knew that Tao Qian had a nerd and stupid son named Tao.

Six years later, Taishi Ci was in decline and was in a goalkeeper. The troops led by him were dissatisfied with the crew. There were only a handful of people who could remember Taishi Ci's name.

Six years later, Deputy Director Tao was famous all over the world, rising like a sun, expanding territory and traversing north and south, and never defeated after a hundred battles. He was officially granted the title of the governor of Xu Yangzhou, and his troops had exceeded 200,000, and the infantry and cavalry were not in the navy.

There are some shortages, strong soldiers are like forests, and elite soldiers are like rain! The popularity of the emperor and princes to the people in Guizhou, all of them listen with breath!

In just six years, the contrast is still so strong. Taishi Ci is open-minded and feels a little uncomfortable. So although he speaks beautifully in front of Deputy Director Tao, he leads Ma Zhong away from Deputy Director Tao and warmly.

After embracing her, Taishi Ci still felt empty and a little disappointed, and a thought couldn't help but come to her heart, "I repay Liu Yao with sincerity. If Liu Yao knew about this, how would he repay me?"

"General Taishi, the enemy did not catch up."

Ma Zhong's words interrupted Taishi Ci's self-talk. After reporting the situation in the rear that he had been paying attention to, Ma Zhong said again: "General Taishi, Tao Ying is completely different from what others said, Du Bo in our team and

Whenever Tun Jiang mentioned Tao Ying, he would call him the world's number one traitor, a shameless person who betrayed his faith and once betrayed our lord, but today it seems that Tao Ying is not such a person?"

"Don't listen to those idiots!" Taishi Ci cursed and snorted: "If you want to betrayal, it is also our lord's betrayal. In the battle of Liyang, the Xuzhou army attacked Yuan Shujun on land.

The army fought very hard in the Hanzhai. It was our lord who ordered the navy to retreat downstream and gave the waterway to give Yuan Shu the chance to escape. Otherwise, the Xuzhou army would have already defeated Chen Fen in that battle.

The team was destroyed at Liyang Wharf. And what happened later."

Ma Zhong was speechless, and he had heard about Liyang incident back then, but those who were generals and officials unanimously claimed that it was the Xuzhou army hiding upstream of the river bank without attacking, no matter what Liu Yao's navy was on the river surface.

The hard battle, the Xuzhou army stood by and watched, which led to Chen Fen's team fleeing to Chungu. For this reason, the young and energetic Ma Zhong also scolded the Xuzhou army for being despicable and shameless. Now he heard the truth from Taishi Ci's mouth.

Ma Zhong's entire worldview was also suddenly subverted.

At this time, dense footsteps and noisy shouts came from the other side of the mountain. Taishici and Ma Zhong were their own team going up the mountain and quickly accelerated their pace. When they arrived at the top of Deshentingling Mountain, they saw that it was indeed true.

Liu Yao's army was speeding up the mountain along the narrow mountain road, and the vanguard team had already climbed to the top of Shenting Ridge, which was relatively open. Taishi Ci hesitated for a moment, and was about to turn over and dismount and talk to his colleagues who led the vanguard, but who expected that Liu Yao's army, who led the vanguard, would be too

However, the general shouted loudly. Liu Yao's soldiers who had already reached the top of the mountain immediately raised their spear and pointed it at Taishici and Ma Zhong. Some archers also pulled their bows and arrows and pointed it at Taishici and Ma Zhong, and put it on.

Battle posture.

"Lan Danai, are you crazy?" Taishici not only knew the vanguard general who was the same tooth general as him, but also knew him well. He stopped the war horse and shouted: "I am Taishici, don't you know him?"

"Of course I know it, but I'm sorry, I'm also ordered to act." The Yajiang, nicknamed Ono, said with a blank expression: "General Fan has an order. When he sees you and the one next to you, he will take it down immediately.

Resist and kill immediately! Taishi Ziyi, I am thinking of a colleague in a fight. Now you put down your weapons and get bound. I will never make things difficult for you."

"Fan Neng?" Taishi Ci was stunned, and then roared angrily: "Why did Fan Neng order me to be taken? What did I do wrong?"

The Yajiang surnamed Lan actually didn't know why Fan Neng issued this order, but he ordered Taishi Ci to dismount and surrender again. When Taishi Ci was about to ask again, Fan Neng finally climbed to the top of the mountain and rode his horse to Taishi Ci and Ma Zhong.

In front of him, Taishi Ci asked hurriedly: "General Fan, I heard that you ordered me to be taken, why?"

"You know what you have done yourself." Fan Neng replied coldly, pointing at Taishici and Ma Zhong with a horse whip and said, "Taishici, and who else is there? If you are smart, I will give it to me immediately

Kneel down and be bound, otherwise I would have ordered the arrow to be shot directly.”

After saying that, Fan Neng waved the horse whip, and more Liu Yao soldiers immediately strode forward, raised their guns to point at Taishici and Ma Zhong. Taishici was both shocked and angry, and subconsciously pulled the horse back a few steps, and then angry

He shouted, "What did I do wrong? Even if I went out to capture Tao Ying privately, there was no need to treat me like this, right?"

"Catch the pottery thief? It's so beautiful." Fan Neng sneered loudly and said, "Since you are out of the camp to capture the pottery thief, where is the pottery thief?"

"His military general was too powerful and didn't hold it." Taishici answered truthfully.

"Then why didn't you fight with the team of pottery thieves?" Fan Neng asked again with a sneer, "You seem to have already chased you near Guangwu Temple just now, why did you just come back without fighting with the pottery thieves? And, you

What did you say to the pottery thief near Guangwu Temple for a long time?”

"How do you know this?" Taishici was shocked.

"Of course someone saw it." Fan Neng said with some pride, "It has come to this point, and I told you the truth. In fact, our army's scouts have been secretly monitoring the movements in the Guangwu Temple area, so you and Tao

What did the thief do there? The scout of the Fulu had already reported to me."

After hearing Fan Neng's words, Taishici and Ma Zhong were even more shocked. At the same time, Taishici had no choice but to say truthfully: "Yes, I met Tao Ying next to Guangwu Temple, and did not fight. Tao Ying

I also personally came forward to recruit me and Ma Zhong, but both Ma Zhong and I refused. Although I am just a tooth general and Ma Zhong brother is just an ordinary cavalryman, we are not greedy for the glory and wealth that Tao promises...

….”

"Hahahahaha!" Fan Neng laughed wildly and said with a laugh: "Taishici, Taishici, you have reached this point and you dare to say these shameless words. The Taoist thief personally came forward to recruit you? You even refused.

?”

"What's ridiculous about me rejecting the recruitment of the thief?" Taishi Ci was a little confused, and then said angrily: "If you don't believe it, now follow me to go down the mountain to chase the thief. In front of you, I and the thief and I are with you.

The minions fought for three hundred rounds. Prove my loyalty to my lord."

"The fox's tail finally appeared." Fan Neng began to smile grimly, "Using such a lame excuse to deceive me down the mountain to pursue, let me lead the team into the trap of the pottery thieves, and let the ambush arranged by the pottery thieves in Guangwu Temple severely damage our army.

The heart is indeed vicious."

"The ambush from the pottery thief in Guangwu Temple?" Taishi Ci roared, turned around and pointed to the direction of Guangwu Temple at the foot of the mountain to the north, and said angrily: "Send someone to come to see Guangwu Temple..., come..."

Taishici couldn't continue to say this, because Taishici suddenly saw that around Guangwu Temple in the north, there were indeed a large number of Xuzhou soldiers, as if they were coming out from the underground, towards the light.

The open area next to the Wu Temple gathered. Seeing this scene, Taishi Ci was stunned, Ma Zhong next to him was also shocked and screamed, "There are really ambushers! Why didn't we notice it when we were in Guangwu Temple just now?!"

"Is this the second point that Tao Ying didn't say?!" Taishi Ci's heart was shaking and suddenly realized that Deputy Director Tao let him go and Ma Zhong before. It was not that he was not sure to capture him and Ma Zhong alive, but that he really had a relationship with him.

, be willing to let go! Otherwise, if so many ambushers rushed out together, they would be three heads and six arms, and that would be just a surrender!

"Stop acting!" Fan Neng was also a little impatient, and pointed at Taishi Ci and Ma Zhong with a horse whip and shouted: "Two men, I will give you a chance in the end, and kneel down and get tied up immediately! Otherwise, I would

It's time to order an arrow to be shot!"

Seeing the soldiers of the self-soldiers who were about to shoot arrows, Taishici and Ma Zhong were both confused and aggrieved, and shouted for justice together. Fan Neng ordered the arrows without hesitation. Liu Yao's soldiers immediately fired arrows at once.

Fortunately, Taishici and Ma Zhong were a little prepared. Although they were both shocked, they responded quickly. Taishici drank a gun to block the arrow, while Ma Zhong turned over and hid it in the horse's belly. Fortunately, the top of the mountain was not very open.

There were not many archers, and there were only more than twenty arrows shot in total. Taishici and Ma Zhong would not dodge at all. But even so, while the two war horses were neighing, Taishici was hit by two arrows in a row, and he immediately roared.

Ru Lei, "Fan Neng, are you really here?"

Of course Fan Neng came to the real thing. As the horse whip was swinging again, a team of Liu Yao soldiers rushed up, each raising swords and guns to Taishici and Ma Zhong. Seeing that the situation was not good, Taishici had to jump off and was already hit by an arrow.

The war horse swung its gun to stop the enemy from coming forward. Ma Zhong also drilled out of the horse's belly and came to help with the battle. Fan Neng shouted, "Pull the arrow quickly, continue to shoot the arrows, and shoot these two husbands to death

!”

"General, go into the woods." Ma Zhong was calm and shouted loudly, taking the lead to rushing to the woods on the road to the south. Taishici also knew that bows and arrows were hard to hide, so he followed immediately. Liu Yao's soldiers behind him shouted loudly.

Chasing closely.

When he escaped into the woods, the second wave had already hit. In order to cover the injured Taishi Ci, Ma Zhong was also shot in his right arm, and he could only throw away the spear and borrow it from Taishi Ci.

The short halberd was held with his left hand to fight against the enemy. Liu Yao's soldiers swarmed into the forest. Taishici and Ma Zhong, who were injured, could not resist, so they had to fight and retreat to the depths of the woods. Liu Yao's soldiers continued to pursue him. At this moment,

The sound of yelling at the foot of the mountain was like thunder, and the Xuzhou army also began to fight towards the mountain. Fan Neng quickly urged the army to fight and resisted the charge of the Xuzhou army from a high point.

When the two armies fought in close combat, the gap in combat effectiveness between the Xuzhou army and the Liu Yao army was immediately reflected. Although the Liu Yao army, which even Yuan Shu army could not defeat, had a condescending advantage, it still had no counterattack in the face of the Xuzhou army's impact.

The force was killed by the fierce Xuzhou army, and the flesh and blood flew everywhere, constantly retreating towards the top of the mountain. The push and shook each other and trampled into a mess. The soldiers who were good at bullying the weak Xuzhou rushed and beat him hard.

He tried his best to win military achievements and soon reached the top of the mountain. Seeing that the situation was not good, Fan Neng could only quickly lead the army to retreat, and no longer cared about urging the army to chase Taishi Ci and Ma Zhong.

As Deputy Director Tao said, less than an hour after leaving, Taishi Ci and Ma Zhong returned to Deputy Director Tao, and returned to Deputy Director Tao with injuries. Of course, Deputy Director Tao did not care about Taishi Ci and

Ma Zhong's ruthless refusal to court him before, not only treated Taishi Ci and Ma Zhong who returned with courtesy, but also pretended to apply medicine and bandage them with their own hands, which was definitely hypocritical, because Deputy Director Tao was giving Taishi Ci and Ma Zhong his own hands.

When bandaging, even his eyes narrowed.

At this point, Taishici and Ma Zhong certainly had no other choice. They could only struggle together to kowtow to Deputy Director Tao, and ask Deputy Director Tao to take in, expressing their willingness to join Deputy Director Tao's warm and broad embrace.

Deputy Director Tao was overjoyed and simply lost his mind to chase Fan Neng's team by taking advantage of the victory. He directly ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops and led Taishici and Ma Zhong to return to the camp happily to drink and celebrate.

That night, Deputy Director Tao held a banquet in the central army's tent. He welcomed Taishici and Ma Zhong with all the civil and military officials. Taishici and Ma Zhong were very grateful. Taishici, whose thigh was penetrated by arrows, ignored his injuries.

Chong. He also took the initiative to express his willingness to be the pioneer and attacked Liu Yao's army camp for Deputy Director Tao. Deputy Director Tao laughed and said, "Ziyi only cares about recuperating from the wounds. Just Liu Yao is not worth mentioning. In my eyes, even if Liu Yao has it,

A hundred thousand army is just a local chicken and tile dog. It can be broken by a blink of an eye. If Ziyi wants to make achievements, he doesn’t have to hurry up."

"But Liu Yao defended the danger and the camp was strong, so it would be difficult for the lord to break through easily, right?" Taishi Ci reminded him with some concern.

"Liu Yao's camp is very strong." Deputy Director Tao nodded and said, "But Ziyi. There is one thing that I am very surprised. Today, I observed Liu Yao's military camp on the top of Shenting Ridge and found his camp.

The camp was built by the waters next to the mountain, with the protection of the ascendant river on the front and sides. A hill was built halfway around, but why not a camp was set up on the mountain monument that could overlook the entire camp of Liu Yao’s army?”

"It is inconvenient to fetch water and transport grain, so there is no garrison." Taishici answered casually, but immediately woke up and exclaimed: "That's the key. If the lord sends an army to seize this mountain, he shoots it with bows and arrows from a high place, Liu Yao's army

It’s okay if the camp is not in chaos!”

Deputy Director Tao smiled and raised his glass to say to Taishi Ci: "Ziyi, drink, today I will only talk about friendship, not about military affairs." Taishi Ci understood and hurriedly raised his glass to drink with Deputy Director Tao.

Because of the words of Deputy Director Tao not talking about military affairs, a military information report sent from Xuzhou was not immediately submitted to Deputy Director Tao. It was not until the second update banquet that Liu Ye dispersed.

The military information report was handed to Deputy Director Tao and said, "Chen Yuanlong sent someone to send it. On April 12, Yuan Shao once again led an army of 200,000 to fight Cao Cao in the south, and learned from the lesson of the previous adventure and light advancement, and never again

He directly took Baima and Yanjin, and chose to enter Cangting, preparing to meet with Yuan Xi's team stationed in Guantao."

"In the letter, Chen Yuanlong estimated that Yuan Shao's move was to take Dong'a, Fan County and Dongping, to open up the Yanzhou liaison with our army, and then go west to Xuchang." Liu Ye added: "Ye also has this view,

If Yuan Shao could open up the direct contact of our army, the support food and grass could be guaranteed to be safe. In the case of the Guandu battle, this is Yuan Shao's most ideal advance tactic."

"Like my uncle, I have grown a little bit." Deputy Director Tao yawned and asked while looking through the letter: "Where is Cao Zhe? Why are you moving?"
To be continued...