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Let’s look back at the situation in Xuchang battlefield. Although I knew that the remnants of Yuan Tan’s army who were trapped in the lonely city would probably leave the city and hoped that Xin Ping and Cen Bi would do this, for the sake of caution, Deputy Director Tao still did not relax the preparations for attacking Xuchang City by force. After all, there are many examples of defending the lonely city without giving up. No one dared to guarantee that Xin Ping, who was loyal to Yuan Tan, would do this crazy. At the same time, sharpening the knife will not delay the chopping of wood, so that the enemy can see that his own army is preparing to attack the city by force, which can also increase the enemy’s psychological pressure and force the enemy to choose to retreat.

Based on this principle, while Anzha's camp, Deputy Director Tao, who had sufficient troops, did not waste time in vain. While ordering the army to step up the construction of siege weapons, Qin Yi arranged for Qin Yi to lead the auxiliary army to fill the moat in Xuchang to open the siege for the army, and to open the siege road for the army. In addition, Deputy Director Tao listened to Liu Ye's suggestion and sent envoys to the city with a letter to recruit surrender, persuading Xin Ping and Cen Bi to open the city and surrender. Although the Xuzhou army must have let the envoys go for nothing, Emperor Xian of Han and the Grand Duke of Yuan San were still in Xuchang City after all, so why did Deputy Director Tao have to go through the motions?

As expected, as Deputy Director Tao speculated, after the Xuzhou envoy entered Xuchang City, he was indeed scolded by Xin Ping. Deputy Director Tao's letter of surrender was torn to pieces in person. The envoy returned to the camp to report the news. Deputy Director Tao was not angry, but just asked the envoy with a kind look: "When you entered the city, did you ever see the big-eared thief Liu Bei in the city?"

The book shows that Deputy Director Tao does not know whether Liu Huangshu escaped into Xuchang City. There are two reasons. One is that Liu Huangshu, Zhuge Liang and others entered the city late at night without disturbing the Xuzhou army. The other is that Liu Huangshu. After Zhuge Liang and Zhang Fei entered the city, there were only two soldiers left by their side. The target was too small and not noticed by Yuan Tan's army. Therefore, even though the Xuzhou army captured several scouts of Yuan Tan's army who were out of the city to reconnaissance, they did not know the whereabouts of Liu Huangshu from the confession. This time, the Xuzhou envoy who did not see Liu Huangshu this time also replied honestly: "Report to the lord, there is no lord. After entering the city, the villain was immediately taken into the city tower. He met Xin Ping and Cen Bi in the city tower, and then he was driven out and did not see the big-eared thief."

"Is that true?" Deputy Director Tao frowned and waved his hand to let the messenger go down to rest and murmured: "Did the Big Ear Thief really not escape into Xuchang City? This is not like the Big Ear Thief's personality. How could he be willing to miss such a good opportunity to fish in the water?"

"What are you afraid of when the lord, the big-eared thief is defeated repeatedly?" Chen Ying, who was next to him, interrupted, "Now we should give priority to major events like the emperor and Benchu ​​Gong? Do you have to worry about the big-eared thief again?"

"Don't underestimate the Big-Ear Thieves." Deputy Director Tao shook his head and said, "Don't look at the Big-Ear Thieves who have been defeated repeatedly in front of our army, but that time he immediately made a comeback and immediately pulled up a army to make things difficult for us? Confirm whether the Big-Ear Thieves are in Xuchang City is related to whether our army is chasing Xin Ping's team with all their might. If the Big-Ear Thieves are not in Xuchang, it is nothing to put Xin Ping and Cen Bi for the sake of his father-in-law. But if the Big-Ear Thieves hide in Xin Ping and Cen Bi's team, then we have to chase Xin Ping and Cen Bi's team at all costs, because if the Big-Ear Thieves are not doing it well, Xin Ping and Cen Bi's team will become the Big-Ear Thieves."

"The lord is too worried. Xin Ping and Cen Bi are not fools. Mr. Xin Ping is still a wise man. How could it be so easy to hand over military power to the big-eared thief?" Chen Ying was a little dissatisfied, but it cannot be blamed for underestimating the enemy. In this era, except for Deputy Director Tao, the time traveler, no one regards Uncle Liu as a major concern.

"That's not necessarily." Deputy Director Tao still insisted on his own opinion, but was thinking about how to confirm whether Uncle Liu was in Xuchang City. He even considered using Guan Yu's corpse head to anger Uncle Liu and Zhang Fei, forcing them to show up on their own. However, considering that this era attaches importance to etiquette and Chinese tradition also emphasizes that people are the most important. Doing so would be too harmful to his reputation. Deputy Director Tao quickly gave up this idea and went to think of other ways.

Deputy Director Tao naturally could not compare with Uncle Liu in terms of luck. Just when Deputy Director Tao tried every means to confirm Uncle Liu's whereabouts, that afternoon, and the third afternoon of the Xuzhou army arrived in Xuchang, Xin Ping, who was worried, finally made up his mind to give up Xuchang out of the city to break through. At the same time, Xin Ping listened to Zhuge Liang's opinion and felt that if he broke through to the northwest, he would be intercepted by the Xuzhou army, and there would be a risk of annihilation of the entire army. So after hesitating for a while, he decided to break through to Jingzhou in the southwest, first to Nanyang in Jingzhou and then retreat to Hanoi.

This resolution was finalized. At the second update of the night, the Xuchang defenders, who had already prepared for retreat, opened four gates. More than 15,000 Yuan Tan's army rushed out of the city and hurriedly organized a team to divide into three teams to retreat westward. General Wang Le led three thousand troops to advance to open the way. Cen Bi led five thousand troops to the rear. Xin Ping led the central army to protect Emperor Xian of Han and his wife and Yuan Sangong. In order to reduce the burden and speed up, the Xin Ping team only carried half a month of food and grass, and was not allowed to accompany the officials in the court. For this reason, two loyal Han officials who were determined to follow Emperor Xian of Han to retreat. However, Liu Huangshu and others were able to retreat with the central army with the light of Jingzhou allies.

By the way, when retreating, some people also proposed to set fire to the Xuchang Imperial City and the Granary Warehouse, and not leave a brick, tile and a meter, and a grain of grain for the Xuzhou army. Fortunately, Xin Ping kept his calm mind at this moment and said: "Our army protected the old lord to abandon the city and break through. If the imperial granary is burned, the pottery thieves would be furious and would pursue our army with all their strength. It would be better to close the imperial city and keep Xuchang intact with the pottery thieves. The pottery thieves would be worthy of their reputation. Seeing that our army was righteous, they would definitely be scruples and would not pursue them with all their strength. Our army could also take the opportunity to protect more soldiers."

After making this idea, Xin Pingsui did not listen to the advice of Liu Huangshu and others, resolutely decided to close the grain warehouse of the imperial city, and arranged some local soldiers in Xuchang who refused to withdraw. Then he led his army out of the city to break out west, so he secretly scolded Xin Ping for being pedantic, and he was inevitably disappointed. If Deputy Director Tao was furious and chased Xin Ping's team, Liu Huang's chances of taking advantage of the situation will naturally be more.

Although Xin Ping's move was a bit kind, it also gave the already embarrassing Deputy Director Tao another big problem, because the paralyzed and aphasic Grand Duke Yuan San was already following Xin Ping, Cen Bi's team retreated, and Deputy Director Tao sent troops to chase him. A slight mistake made Grand Duke Yuan San die in the chaos. Deputy Director Tao not only destroyed his reputation, but also had his remaining conscience that had not been eaten up by the dog would definitely be dissatisfied. After all, Deputy Director Tao was really too deeply favored by the Grand Duke Yuan San, and it can be said that if it were not for the protection of Grand Duke Yuan San, Deputy Director Tao would definitely not be able to get to this point now. Xin Ping came another closed imperial city grain warehouse, leaving a basically intact Xuchang City to the Xuzhou Army. If Deputy Director Tao attacked again, his moral reputation would definitely be unreasonable.

It was because of these concerns that after learning that Xin Ping and others had taken Emperor Xian of Han to break through, facing the generals of Xuzhou, they asked for the pursuit of Deputy Director Tao for the first time, but they were indecisive. They only ordered Gao Shun to immediately lead the army to Xuchang City to take over the city defense. Then they were reluctant to make up this determination to order the pursuit until the generals of Xuzhou repeatedly urged him that Deputy Director Tao finally made up his mind and ordered: "Send an envoy to chase Xin Ping's team and tell Xin Ping in person that as long as he keeps the emperor and the queen, I promise not to chase him, and let his team leave Yingchuan, and he goes there."

"Lord, this is a good opportunity to defeat the enemy. Why do you have to let the tiger go back to the mountain?" Several powerful generals in Xuzhou started to shout.

"I have decided, don't persuade me again." Deputy Director Tao rarely looked serious with a stern face, and then said helplessly: "If our father-in-law is in Xin Ping's team, if our army sends troops to chase and kill, there will be a slight mistake in the melee, and the paralyzed father-in-law dies in the chaos. I will not be able to explain to the people of the world. But fortunately, Xin Ping and Cen Bi are not considered capable ministers and generals. If they let them go, they are not considered as letting the tiger go back to the mountain. Let them go."

Seeing that Deputy Director Tao was determined, the generals of Xuzhou had no choice but to retreat. At that time, Yang Changshi, who was in charge of Xuzhou's foreign affairs, immediately arranged an envoy himself and asked the envoy to quickly chase Xinping's team to negotiate in person. Then, Deputy Director Tao ordered the army to remain calm and to stop and station at Xuchang City after dawn. The generals took the order and left. At this time, Chen Yingcai, who was familiar with Deputy Director Tao's personality and plans, found an opportunity and asked Deputy Director Tao alone: ​​"Lord, since you have decided to let Xinping's team go, why do you still have to hand over the emperor? Didn't you say before that it doesn't matter whether we can get the emperor this time?"

"If you don't express your opinion on the issue of the emperor, how can I explain to the people of the world in the future?" Deputy Director Tao replied with a smile. "It is of course the best for Xin Ping to hand over the emperor. If he refuses to hand over the emperor, it doesn't matter. I use Xin Ping to threaten the emperor's life. Not only do I don't have to send troops to chase him, but I can also take the opportunity to deduct Yuan Tan the charge of murdering the emperor." Chen Ying suddenly realized and hurriedly flattered Deputy Director Tao.

Not to mention, Deputy Director Tao's decision really touched Xin Ping. When the Xuzhou envoy caught up with Xin Ping's team and conveyed the attitude of Deputy Director Tao to Xin Ping, Xin Ping really had the idea of ​​handing over Emperor Xian of Han, because as long as Emperor Xian of Han was handed over, the Xin Ping's team would not have to worry about the pursuit of Deputy Director Tao with always good reputation, nor would it have to go to Nanyang to retreat to Hanoi. It could save countless journeys and time, and it could also avoid the danger of being forcibly incorporated by Liu Biaojun.

Heaven's plan is not as good as human's plan. Seeing that Xin Ping was about to accept the conditions of the Xuzhou army, Zhuge Liang next to him saw that the situation was not good, he hurriedly hit Uncle Liu beside him with his arm and whispered: "Lord, hurry up and oppose it! Besides, be sure to show your identity in front of the envoy Tao Ying, so that the Tao thief knows that you are in Xin Ping's team at this moment!"

"Why?" Uncle Liu asked in surprise

"I don't have time to explain, it's almost time, it's too late to be late." Zhuge Liang urged again

Seeing Zhuge Liang's anxious expression, Uncle Liu no longer hesitated. He immediately stepped forward and said loudly to Xin Ping: "Xin Pushe, you must not fall into the trap. Xin Pushe still remembers the situation of Guandu that you are going to introduce to you? The pottery thief on the surface promised to give Ji Hou a day to consider, but in the dark, he sent troops to attack Guandu overnight! Now the pottery thief uses his usual skills again, but he just wants to deceive you to hand over the emperor and let him have no worries. Then the pottery thief can chase you and kill you and wipe out your team with confidence!"

"Who are you? How dare you slander my lord?" Xuzhou envoy asked in a fury

"I am Liu Bei and Liu Xuande, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty!" Uncle Liu shouted his identity and the envoy of Xuzhou was indeed shocked. Uncle Liu ignored him anymore and turned to Xin Ping and said, "Xin Pushe, the emperor is the lord of the world. How important is it? How do you explain to Ji Hou in the future if you hand over the emperor to the Tao thief? Besides, the Tao thief is despicable and has no faith. If you really hand over the emperor, will the Tao thief run away and chase you, will you be no longer worried?"

"Yes, Lord Pushe must not believe it easily." Zhuge Liang also limped up and suggested kindly: "If Xin Pushe is in a dilemma, you might as well act like this. Junior Zhuge Liang suggested that Lord Pushe can order this Xuzhou envoy to repay the envoy Tao, and said that as long as the envoy Tao does not send troops to pursue our army and let our army leave Yingchuan, then after leaving Yingchuan, Xin Pushe, please ask the emperor to decide for himself."

"This is a solution." Xin Ping, who was hesitating, fell into a trap. He first nodded and shouted to the Xuzhou envoy: "When I go back and tell the Tao thief, I said that I can ask the emperor to decide for himself, but not in Yingchuan. I must wait for our army to leave Yingchuan safely before I can ask the emperor to decide for himself!"

The Xuzhou envoy was helpless and glared at the Uncle Liu, who was already hated by people and dogs in the Xuzhou army. Then he bowed to Xin Ping, and then he hurried back to report the message. The envoy of Xuzhou was sent away according to the plan. Uncle Liu seized the opportunity to talk to Zhuge Liang alone, and then asked Zhuge Liang about the reason for doing this. Zhuge Liang wiped his cold sweat and replied: "Lord, it's so dangerous. If we were one step later just now, lord, your plan to make a comeback will be delayed until when."

"Why?" Uncle Liu asked in surprise.

"Because once Xin Ping accepts the conditions of Tao Envoy, Xin Ping's team will not go to Jingzhou, and they will definitely go directly to Hanoi by Yangcheng." Zhuge Liang whispered: "So Liang quickly asked his lord to object, in order to prevent Xin Ping and Tao Envoy from reconciling. The Xin Ping's team can only go to Jingzhou for safety reasons, as planned, and dare not take Yangcheng, a road that is easily intercepted by the Xuzhou army."

"Then why do you want me to indicate your identity?" Uncle Liu asked again, "Also, why did you seem to have deliberately said your name just now?"

"Because I want to lead the envoy Tao to chase Xin Ping's team," Zhuge Liang replied with a smile: "Lord, do you remember that Liang once said that the envoy Tao has a pathological hatred towards you. Many times, you would rather lose the big one than defeat your team first because of the small, and chase you at all costs! Liang wanted to take advantage of this time to lead the envoy Tao to send troops to chase him. Because the more chaotic the battlefield, the tighter the team of Xin Ping and Cen Bi were chased by the envoy Tao, the more beneficial it would be to you, right?"

Uncle Liu smiled happily, nodded and said, "Kong Ming is indeed very insightful and has been taught."

Zhuge Liang and Liu Huangshu both hoped to make profits in chaos, but due to restrictions on time, roads and message delivery channels, what Liu Huangshu and Zhuge Liang were destined to be unable to know is that a larger and more complex chaos was waiting for them, because almost at the same time, the established Xinping team was retreating to the target Ye County town for more than 100 miles away. The angry boss Cao personally led the army and was in a new round of battle with Liu Pan's team. Huang Zhong, who had just killed Xiahou Yuan the day before he started a spirit and led his troops out of the city to meet Cao's army south of Wushui. When he heard that Liu Pan, who was visiting Cao, left Pang Tong and others to guard Ye Cheng, and personally led his army to reinforce.

In front of the two armies, Cao Boss personally took out the horse and pointed the horse whip at Huang Zhong and cursed, threatening to avenge Xiahou Yuan. Huang Zhong rushed out in anger. Cao's army also ran out to fight Dian Wei and Huang Zhong. After the two generals fought for more than ten rounds, Dian Wei was defeated and left. Cao Boss also led his army to retreat quickly. Huang Zhong and Liu Pan both pursued with great merit. They were lured by Cao Boss who personally served as bait and chased south for more than ten miles, and entered the narrow mountainous and forest area.

Since it was a fraudulent defeat, there were ambushes. After Liu Pan, who was brave but not smart, Huang Zhong's partner lured into the narrow road, Cao Boss called an order and asked the guards to wave the order flag. The sound of killing was immediately heard in the mountains and forests on both sides of the road. Zhang Liao and Cao Ren each led an army to fight out on both sides. Dian Wei also turned around and fought back. Under the attack of three groups, Liu Pan and Huang Zhong's team was defeated. The two armies rushed to flee together and fled together to escape from the way. Of course, Cao Boss was chasing closely and took the opportunity to seize the Fengwushui Pass and broke through the biggest obstacle for the Jingzhou army to intercept his own army. Liu Pan and Huang Zhong's team suffered heavy losses and were forced to retreat to Yecheng and defended behind closed doors.

In this service, Liu Pan's army, with only about 10,000 troops, lost more than 3,000 troops, and the morale of the army was severely damaged. The overall strength was already slightly inferior to that of Cao's army. After taking the risk of luring the enemy, Cao Boss Cao breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the rear army to protect the food and grass family to go north, preparing to break Yecheng if it could be broken. If it could not be broken, it took two to three days to force the Liu Pan's army defense zone to force it to break, and directly to the superior Lilong return to the sea, but what Cao Boss never dreamed was that more than a hundred miles away, Xin Ping and Cen Bi's army were rushing towards Ye County. After Xin Ping and others' team, they followed the elite main force in Xuzhou led by Deputy Director Tao! A super melee between four armies and five forces is about to be launched vigorously on the battlefield of Ye County!
Chapter completed!