"My lord, you should have told me your real plan earlier. Chen thought that my lord wanted to lure Yuan Tan's troops to concentrate on Yecheng for the decisive battle, and was worried that he would not be able to do this. If he had known that my lord just wanted Yuan Tan's life, Chen would have come up with his plan a long time ago.

Well, why wait until today?"

After Xun Chen, who did not know the inside story and was familiar with the internal situation of the Jizhou Army, finally learned the inside story, he naturally had to complain to Deputy Director Tao and vent his dissatisfaction with Deputy Director Tao for not paying enough attention to him. However, Deputy Director Tao was too lazy to pay attention to Xun Chen.

Dissatisfied, he quickly took Xun Chen back to the Chinese army's tent for interrogation, and ordered Xun Chen to hand over the treacherous plot to kill Yuan Tan.

"Actually, it's very simple. Just create a estrangement." Xun Chen answered simply, "Driving a wedge between Yuan Tan and the senior cadres will make them suspicious of each other, and they will be at odds with each other. Our army will take the opportunity to recruit and surrender the senior cadres.

Let him kill Yuan Tan, and things will be solved."

"Is it that simple?" Deputy Director Tao was speechless.

"Isn't this impossible?" Liu Ye also said in surprise: "From the intelligence obtained by our army, Gao Gan has always been loyal to the Yuan family and his son, and they are Yuan Tan's direct cousins.

It is as difficult as ascending to heaven, so how can we get high officials to kill Yuan Tan?"

"Mr. Ziyang is right. It was difficult to drive a wedge between Yuan Tan and Gao Gan in the past, but it is different now." Xun Chen smiled and said: "In the previous war, our army also captured some prisoners of Yuan Tan's army. Chen is asking

When they learned about the enemy's military situation, they accidentally learned from some Bingzhou soldiers that high-ranking officials had complained in the Bingzhou army about Yuan Tan's insistence on fighting with Yuan Shang.

In the war, fratricide was an advantage for outsiders. From this, Chen thought about Yuan Tan leaving Jiang Yiqu and annexing the state, and guessed an answer. The senior officials must have been brought to Yuan Tan deliberately because they opposed the fratricide between Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang.

In Jizhou, leave a confidant, Jiang Yiqu, to guard Bingzhou. This is to prevent senior cadres from playing tricks on the supply of grain and fodder and destroying his plan to destroy the shang."

Deputy Director Tao was silent and carefully considered this possibility. Liu Ye thought quickly and quickly nodded and said: "This is a possibility. I was a little surprised before. Gao Gan has been in Bingzhou for a long time and is familiar with the geography and people's conditions. He also has the moral support of Bingzhou's military."

The public sentiment. Logically speaking, it should be

Only by staying in Bingzhou can he effectively resist our army's attack on Bingzhou. Why did Yuan Tan sacrifice his strengths for the sake of weakness and send Jiang Yiqu to guard Bingzhou? Now, according to Mr. Youruo's analysis, it should be the senior officials who opposed the fratricide of the Yuan brothers. That's why he was

Yuan Tan deliberately brought him to Jizhou."

"This is just inference, there is no clear evidence." Deputy Director Tao still refused to easily agree with this judgment, and cautiously doubted whether this conclusion was the wishful thinking of Xun Chen and Liu Ye.

"Lord, there is evidence." Jia Laodu, who was silently calculating, said, "Lord, don't you think something is very strange? Yuan Tan divided the garrison into two, half inside the city, and half outside the city. They formed horns with each other.

, senior cadres regardless of qualifications or position

They were far above Lu Kuang in terms of position. According to common sense, the senior cadres should be in charge of the troops outside the city, but Yuan Tan chose to use his confidant Lu Kuang to command the troops. He did not use his cousin Gao gan who was appointed as the governor to command half of the troops.

, this is enough to prove that Yuan Tan does not trust high-ranking officials."

"That makes sense. There must be something wrong with the relationship between Gao Gan and Yuan Tan, and we have an opportunity to take advantage of it!" Deputy Director Tao slapped his thigh. Then he quickly asked Xun Chen, "Mr. Youruo, in your opinion.

How should our army initiate a separation?"

"It's very simple, just two letters, one light and one dark." Xun Chen suggested: "My lord can write a letter to senior officials, enumerating all the crimes of Yuan Tan's fratricide, and promising high officials generous salaries, so that

He beheaded Yuan Tan and surrendered. Then he fought

One or two Bingzhou prisoners were selected from the prisoners, generous rewards were given, and they were sent back to Yecheng disguised as lost soldiers. Yuan Tanjun saw that they were old soldiers of his own army, so he would definitely allow them to enter the city to reorganize and enlist in the army, and finally managed to hand over the letter

Just give it to a senior official."

"Of course, with just such a letter, it is unlikely that high-ranking officials will take action immediately."

Lu, ordered Gao Gan to lead the soldiers from Bingzhou to launch a rebellion and support our army into Yecheng. Then he sent another

A prisoner returned to the city to deliver a letter, so that he pretended to be loyal to Yuan Tan and deliberately sent the letter to Yuan Tan. Yuan Tan was violent and ungrateful. After receiving the letter, he was definitely furious. He became even more jealous and mean to the high-ranking officials, and further reduced the number of soldiers under the high-ranking officials.

, the high-ranking cadres cannot bear the humiliation, and after seeing the first letter from our army, they will definitely take action to cut off Yuan Tan."

"But Chen must remind his lord again that high officials are loyal to the Yuan family. Even if they are forced to surrender, they will not do it out of sincerity. The lord promised him an official position to guard the place, and he will rebel again in the future." Xun Chen reminded: "So

It is best to get rid of such people as soon as possible to avoid future troubles."

"There is no need to be afraid of Gao Gan surrendering and rebelling again." Deputy Director Tao muttered: "Although Mr. Wen Ruo's plan is clever, it is really not very sure. If you act like this, Gao Gan may raise troops to help our army enter the city.

But it may not actually kill Yuan Tan."

"My lord, don't hesitate, this plan is worth a try." Jia Laohu suggested: "By doing this, even if we can't really make Gao Gan kill Yuan Tan, we can still create a rift between Yuan Tan and Gao Gan and make them suspicious of each other, which will be beneficial to me.

The army’s next move.”

"Then... let's try it." Deputy Director Tao hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "The left and right sides can no longer use the strategy of diverting water to siege the city. Let's use this strategy to weaken the enemy first, and then wait and see what happens step by step."

Having said that, Deputy Director Tao immediately arranged for Chen Ying to write a book. According to Xun Chen's plan, he wrote two books respectively, and arranged for Xun Chen to personally select the prisoners to deliver the letter. Then Liu Ye suggested: "My lord, since it is no longer possible

Diversion of water to siege the city, that

Our army no longer needs to deliberately show weakness to lure the enemy. We should strengthen our offensive as soon as possible, first defeat the enemy's troops outside the city, destroy the enemy's morale, and boost the morale of our army. If Yuan Tan has not broken through and left by the beginning of spring, our army will not be able to divert water to siege the city.

Not too late."

"That's the only way it can be." Deputy Director Tao nodded and sighed: "Brother-in-law, you have to live up to your expectations and don't rush to break out of the encirclement and escape, otherwise it will be difficult to kill you."

The secret message to the senior cadre was sent out on the same day. A Bingzhou prisoner who received a heavy reward also returned to Yecheng smoothly and entered the city, looking for opportunities to deliver the secret message to the senior cadre. Three days later, the Xuzhou Army finally

With great difficulty, a trench was dug around the camp.

, set up antlers to resist the horse and stabilize the camp, Deputy Director Tao immediately led 30,000 troops out of the camp to attack Yuan Tan's army's camp outside the camp. Yuan Tan did not dare to neglect after receiving his report, and ignored the dissuasion of senior officials. He led the army out of the city to join forces with Lu Kuang

In one place, they joined forces to fight against the Xuzhou Army.

The two armies were facing each other in the southern suburbs of Yecheng. Deputy Director Tao, dressed in mourning clothes, came out to scold Yuan Tan for killing his mother and was unfilial. He threatened to cut Yuan Tan into pieces with a thousand knives and smash his bones into ashes. Yuan Tan was so angry that he sent Zhang Wei out to fight.

, Deputy Director Tao's side also flew out Wei Yan, who had been deliberately defeated last time. He fought with Zhang Wei only ten times before he shouted and beheaded Zhang Wei. Lu Kuang, who had defeated Wei Yan three days ago, hurriedly came out again.

The formation came to fight, but this time Wei Yan refused to say anything and deliberately pretended to be defeated. He danced with a dragon-queen large-ring sword like a tiger and a tiger, and the sword never left Lu Kuang's vitals. Lu Kuang could barely hold on for more than 20 years.

Unable to resist, he quickly returned to the flag formation and saw that no one of Yuan's generals dared to go out. Wei Yan obtained permission and led his troops to attack the enemy's formation and start a formation battle with Yuan Tan's army.

The battle was extremely fierce and cruel, because Mr. Yuan Tan still had some elite soldiers under his command - that is, the elite soldiers that Gao Gan and Jiang Yiqu had saved for Yuan Tan in the south of Jizhou when the Xuzhou Army attacked for the second time.

.So I’m afraid

Danyang rogue soldiers, one of the most powerful troops in the Xuzhou army, rushed into the formation. Even with scattered attacks, they failed to quickly overwhelm the enemy formation. On the contrary, they were dragged into a war of attrition by Yuan Tan's army. After a long fierce battle, they could not move Yuan.

Tan Zhongjun suffered a lot of casualties.

Seeing this scene, Deputy Director Tao, who had enough troops in hand, planned to send more troops to charge into the battle, but the wind and snow suddenly became huge. The snowflakes made it difficult to see anything, making it difficult to direct the battle. Deputy Director Tao could not see even from the high ground.

To clear the enemy's position, he had no choice but to listen to Liu

With the advice of Ye and Xun Chen, they ordered the soldiers to withdraw their troops. Even though the outcome was still undecided and the intended goal was not achieved, Yuan Tan's army withdrew its troops and returned to camp. Seeing that the wind and snow were too heavy, Yuan Tan's army was afraid of being ambushed and did not dare to pursue them. The two armies each withdrew their troops.

Deputy Director Tao also took the opportunity to send surrender troops and sent a second letter without mentioning it.

The suddenly increasing snowstorm helped Mr. Yuan Tan, and indirectly helped Deputy Director Tao, because after the main force of the Xuzhou Army marched north to Yecheng, they had lost and tied for a while before they knew it, and Yuan Tan was seriously injured.

Young Master unexpectedly achieved a good record of one win and one draw. Therefore, he originally planned that if he really couldn't defend Ye

Young Master Yuan Tan, who might have considered giving up the city, unknowingly strengthened his determination to defend the city. He believed that Xuzhou's main force was no more than that, and he had great hope of defending Ye City with his current strength. When Jiang Qihe Qianzhao

By leading the main force in Youzhou southward, I will definitely be able to repel the main force in Xuzhou, and maybe even capture Deputy Director Tao.

By the way, Mr. Guo Tu, Mr. Yuan Tan’s number one confidant, also believed that the last time his army suffered a disastrous defeat in Guandu was just because most of the main soldiers were on the Liyang battlefield and could only participate in the battle with a second-line team. Therefore, he suggested to Yuan

Mr. Tan, there is no need to be anxious.

Yu Qiu, first of all, held fast to the camp and the city, and found an opportunity to attack. While consuming the time and food of the Xuzhou army, he waited for the main force of Youzhou to go south to support him. Master Yuan Tan was convinced, and sent a messenger northward to urge Jiang Qi and Qianzhao to lead the army as soon as possible.

The army marched south.

Of course, there were also dissatisfied voices. At least the senior officials who had previously dissuaded Mr. Yuan Tan from going to war rashly jumped out to warn Mr. Yuan Tan, saying that they already knew the course of the war and that the Xuzhou army was forced to do so only because of the increasing wind and snow.

Ming Jin, in fact, did not fall into the disadvantage, nor did he show true

We have good strength, so our army had better go into battle cautiously, and we must not expect such luck every time. After hearing this, Young Master Yuan Tan was of course extremely dissatisfied, but fortunately Guo Tu also persuaded Yuan Tan to go into battle cautiously,

Prioritizing conserving strength and waiting for the opportunity to counterattack, Mr. Yuan Tan reluctantly accepted the suggestion of senior officials.

At this time, Xi Zuo, who was sent by Deputy Director Tao and infiltrated into Yuan Tan's army, also met with Master Yuan Tan through official channels and explained that he was captured by the Xuzhou army, but he was loyal to his old master and would remain loyal to his old master even if he was captured.

Unswervingly, he followed the trick and escaped back, and then

Later, he presented to Mr. Yuan Tan a letter from Deputy Director Tao ordering him to deliver it to the senior cadres. Yuan Tan was anxious to get the letter and saw that it was Deputy Director Tao who promised his cousin Gao Gan the important post of Jizhou Governor and a title.

Yi, seduced senior officials to lead the Bingzhou troops to launch a rebellion, and supported the Xuzhou army into the city.

"God damn Tao Thief, he's doing this again!" Mr. Yuan Tan, who had already suffered a loss in Guandu, was furious when he saw the letter. He slapped the case in front of him loudly and roared: "Shameless traitor, he uses tricks every time he attacks a difficult situation.

Do you want to be shameless?!"

"My lord is right. Thief Tao's cunning and shamelessness is indeed rare in the world. Fortunately, my lord is blessed with great blessings. Our soldiers are loyal and took the initiative to present the letter to my lord. This way we averted a catastrophe." The last estrangement was avoided.

Guo Tu, the biggest victim of the scheme, first flattered, and then said cautiously: "My lord, don't you find something strange? There are dozens of generals in our army, why did Tao thief choose high-ranking officials to bribe him?

What’s the reason for this?”

"Why?" Yuan Tan asked back.

"If what I have predicted is correct, Tao Thief must have gotten the news and knew that General Gao Gan was already dissatisfied with the lord." Guo Tu confidently analyzed: "General Gao had previously opposed the lord's sending troops to Jizhou to recapture Yecheng by force.

, and later turned against the lord

Holding on to Yecheng, he also wanted to take the opportunity to return to his old place in Bingzhou, and he often disagreed with his lord. Many people in our army knew this, and Tao Thief must have found out about it. It was expected that the senior officials were dissatisfied with his lord, so he did this

Choose high-ranking generals to attack!"

Seeing Mr. Yuan Tan nodding thoughtfully and agreeing with his judgment, Mr. Guo Tu said in a cold tone: "In this case, regarding the matter of General Gaogan, my lord needs to act with caution, because Tao Thief is a

If the plan fails, another plan will inevitably come up. Unless the high-ranking general is squeezed out of his body, Tao Thief will never give up. If the Lord does not handle this matter well, Tao Thief will definitely regret it when his evil plan succeeds.
To be continued...