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Although he was well-intentioned and respected his elders, he was disappointed. Deputy Director Tao, who was still a bit ambitious, did not get angry. He bowed his hand to Mr. Cao very gracefully and said loudly: "My father-in-law, whether you recognize me as your son-in-law or not, you will

He is my de facto father-in-law. This is an iron-clad fact and you cannot change it. Therefore, my father-in-law, please forgive me for not being able to be polite because my son-in-law is wearing armor."

Having said that, Deputy Director Tao really bowed to Boss Cao with his fists on the horse. His standard movements and sincere tone could definitely be regarded as a model son-in-law in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Unfortunately, Boss Cao still refused to appreciate it and waved his hands while coughing in pain.

Interrupted and roared: "That's enough! Stop acting! When it comes to pretentiousness, you're a bit immature! Call me out with such a loud force, say what you have to say, and fart if you have any!"

"My father-in-law has given orders, so my son-in-law can speak directly." Deputy Director Tao nodded, secretly observing Boss Cao's condition, and said loudly and hypocritically: "My father-in-law, since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety cannot be balanced.

Unfilial, I was ordered to send troops to attack you. Today, my son-in-law's 200,000 troops have already arrived in front of Hangu Pass. Mr. Yue-in-law has less than 40,000 remnants of defeated troops who are just lingering. They will be destroyed in a day or night. I don't know what Mr. Yue-in-law thinks about it.

What’s your attitude?”

Boss Cao's face turned angry. He opened his mouth and wanted to curse, but when the words came to his mouth, he couldn't help but coughed in pain. After finally coughing, Boss Cao roared: "Traitor, stop being so hypocritical."

Pretend, if you have the ability, come over and attack my Hangu Pass, trying to persuade me to surrender, just a dream!"

"Master-in-law, do you really want to be so stubborn?" Deputy Director Tao slowed down and said sincerely: "Meng Degong, although you and I are enemies, you should know very well that you and I are definitely friends.

Friend and foe, I have always respected you. You spared me once. Now you are my father-in-law. If you can lead everyone to surrender, you must understand that I will never treat you badly! Since

So, why do you have to resist to the end and let the soldiers of our two armies sacrifice their lives in vain and the innocent people in Guanzhong suffer the consequences of the war?"

Boss Cao was silent for a moment, because Boss Cao knew very well that ever since he knew this unworthy son-in-law, this unworthy son-in-law was probably the only one who said something from the bottom of his heart. But still, that sentence, Boss Cao's self-esteem and

Pride would never allow himself to bow to his son-in-law, so Boss Cao quickly sneered and said: "Shuzi, don't talk as if you have a sure chance of victory. You have many soldiers and horses, but don't forget that in Guandu that year

, in Xuchang, Yuan Shao, who has many people and many soldiers, did he ever take advantage of me?!"

"Master Yuezhang, do you think my son-in-law will make the same mistake as Ben Chugong?" Deputy Director Tao asked tit for tat: "Besides, Master Yuezhang, your team and your personal physical condition, how can you be the same as Guandu back then?"

, is it comparable to Xuchang?”

"Then just come here." Boss Cao said in an arrogant tone, "Don't think you can take advantage of me now that I have a minor illness. I'm in good health..."

Before he finished speaking, Mr. Cao couldn't help lowering his head and coughing, and the cough was extremely painful. Deputy Director Tao observed patiently for a moment, and suddenly said: "My father-in-law, regarding your illness, to be honest, my son-in-law."

I must apologize to you. I dare not lie to my father-in-law. In fact, it is me who caused your illness."

"What do you mean by that?" Boss Cao suddenly raised his head, so surprised that he forgot to cough.

"Do you still remember the secret negotiation we had in the second year of Jian'an?" Deputy Director Tao said frankly: "At that time, I actually already knew what kind of disease Mr. Fengxiao was suffering from, and I also knew that this disease could be transmitted through saliva droplets. I

I made a little joke with you, advised you to take care of Mr. Fengxiao personally, and also taught you a way to guide Mr. Fengxiao's phlegm. Originally, I just wanted to make you laugh, but I didn't expect that you would take it seriously."

The expressions of Boss Cao and Guo Jia changed together, and the hair of Cheng Yu, Dian Wei and other generals also stood up, but Deputy Director Tao continued to stimulate: "Master Yuezhang, you are indeed unlucky. As far as the information I have,

You contracted this disease after you broke out of Yexian. If I guess correctly, Mr. Fengxiao must have broken out with you. Your condition worsened during the bumpy journey. Your team was at the end of the road and there was no female family member to guide Mr. Fengxiao.

You conducted his phlegm yourself, but at that time you were also exhausted from all the worries, your body's immunity was severely reduced, and you were exposed to a large amount of the source of the disease in Mr. Fengxiao, so you were infected by Mr. Fengxiao."

"Traitor! Die!"

Dian Wei couldn't bear it, slapped his horse and danced with his halberd, and charged at Deputy Director Tao with great momentum. Xu Chu, who was beside Deputy Director Tao, also immediately attacked him with his sword. The two most powerful generals in the world fought hard in the formation, and the fight turned the world upside down, day and night.

But not long after the battle, Boss Cao on the opposite side shouted "Tao Ying, kid", and a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth. He turned over and fell off his horse. The guards on the left and right were shocked and quickly rescued Boss Cao and retreated.

The Cao Army troops behind also rushed forward to protect Boss Cao. The Xuzhou Army troops behind Deputy Director Tao also rushed forward and were about to start a melee with Cao Jun in front of the pass in a blink of an eye. However, Deputy Director Tao immediately shouted loudly: "Ming Jin, withdraw the troops!"

"Lord, this is an opportunity to capture the thief first." Xun Chen quickly reminded.

"The enemy has been angered by me. Our troops have no advantage in fighting at this time, so it is better to be an empty favor." Deputy Director Tao replied calmly.

Ma Zhong asked the guards to ring the golden gongs as ordered. The Xuzhou troops who wanted to fight had to retreat quickly with Deputy Director Tao surrounding them. Xu Chu, who was fighting Dian Wei, also quickly used a loophole and retreated. Dian Wei and other Cao troops

The soldiers were worried about Boss Cao's condition and did not dare to pursue him. They just surrounded Boss Cao and retreated to Hangu Pass. Therefore, the two armies did not engage in combat. Boss Cao remained unconscious after being rescued, and everyone in Cao's army was furious.

Frightened again, he returned to Guanzhong and immediately closed the door tightly, refusing to send out any more soldiers to fight. After Deputy Director Tao watched Boss Cao return to the pass, he also led the team to quickly exit the Hangu Pass.

………………

Not to mention that Deputy Director Tao led the army back to the camp to discuss the tactics to break through the barrier. After being rescued from the barrier, Boss Cao was immediately carried back to the ward closely protected by the Chinese army. Guo Jia, Cheng Yu and others hurriedly summoned

Medical officer, but before Dianwei could go out to summon the order, Boss Cao suddenly opened his eyes again and said calmly: "No need to summon the medical officer, I'm fine, I was just pretending."

"You're pretending? But my lord, did you vomit blood just now?" Cheng Yu, Guo Jia and others asked in shock.

Boss Cao took out a small bottle from his sleeve, threw it to Dian Wei, and said with a smile: "What I vomited was the red water in this bottle. So I just wanted to scold you for almost missing my important event.

I expected that the traitor Taoying would definitely use the excuse to talk to me and take the opportunity to personally spy on my condition, so I was already prepared to perform this drama in front of him."

Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Dian Wei and others suddenly understood and praised Boss Cao for his clever plan. Maybe they could deceive Deputy Director Tao, who was as cunning as a fox. Boss Cao smiled and said: "What can deceive the traitor Tao Ying? That one

The traitor is proficient in medical skills. I am indeed ill, and the illness is not serious. The symptoms must not be hidden from his eyes. Seeing me vomiting blood, he must have thought that my condition suddenly worsened because of him, so this time he even thought

It’s hard not to fall into the trap.”

Cheng Yu and Dian Wei clapped and laughed together, but Guo Jia's face turned gloomy. Then Cheng Yu quickly asked: "My lord pretended to be seriously ill. Could it be that he wanted the traitor Tao Ying to have the desire to bully the enemy and take advantage of the opportunity to defeat the enemy? That's the case?"

, does the lord need Yu and others to express condolences immediately, close the door and pay tribute, and further deceive Tao's thieves?"

"You can't do this, just block the news about my condition." Boss Cao shook his head decisively and said: "Tao Ying is a very cunning child. He knows that a soldier never tires of deceit. If you pay homage behind closed doors, he will immediately guess that I am

Fake your own death and trick us in turn?"

"Why?" Cheng Yu was stunned and didn't react for a while.

"The reason is very simple." Guo Jia lowered his head and said: "If the lord really died of illness suddenly, then in order to prevent the Tao thieves from seizing the opportunity to invade the army, we must block the bad news of the lord's death, pretend to be business as usual, and then try to retreat quietly, so we did it with great fanfare

Publicizing the news about the master's illness will make Tao Thief immediately understand that the master is faking his death to lure the enemy."

"Following filial piety knows my heart, that's the truth!" Boss Cao applauded and praised, and then ordered: "Go and call Zhang Liao, I have something to tell you."

Zhang Liao was quickly sent to Boss Cao's ward, and after telling Zhang Liao the truth that he was just pretending to be seriously ill, Boss Cao immediately arranged for Zhang Liao to fake a surrender, and asked Zhang Liao to send a trusted messenger out of customs and deliver letters to the Xuzhou camp.

Guo Jiacheng pretended to surrender and pretended to be dead. Guo Jiacheng Yu blocked the news and did not dare to mourn, but secretly prepared to retreat. However, most of Zhang Liao's friends in Lu Bu's army were in the Xuzhou army, so Zhang Liao did not want to return to Chang'an and wanted to offer sacrifices to him.

He went out of the gate to surrender to the Xuzhou Army and lured Deputy Director Tao to send troops to attack Hangu Pass. Zhang Liao made a promise and immediately made a letter to pretend to surrender in front of Boss Cao. Boss Cao very carefully set the agreed time for the response at midnight the next day.

, and asked Zhang Liao to send guards out to deliver the message at the fourth watch tonight. He also specifically told Zhang Liao that the guards who sent the message were not allowed to know the details, and they would directly use a dead space.

After making these arrangements, Guo Jiacai raised a question to Boss Cao and asked: "My lord, if that traitor Tao Ying refuses to come in person, he will only send a general to sneak attack, and arrange an army outside the valley road to support him.

, then even if we succeed in luring the enemy, it will be difficult to achieve big results?"

"It doesn't matter, I never expected to be able to kill the Tao thieves in one battle." Boss Cao replied: "I did this for two purposes. One is to win a battle first to boost morale and build up our army's confidence in victory. The other is to anger

Thief Tao, let him command his troops to attack the key points. You all know the military habits of traitor Tao Ying, that is, he never likes to engage in attrition battles to attack fortresses. Whenever he encounters a fortified city or a formidable pass, he always likes to take opportunistic measures, and he can basically succeed. If our army can

If we succeed in provoking him and make him attack Hangu Pass with frontal attack tactics that he is not good at, then we will have a chance."

"What my lord said is absolutely true." Cheng Yu nodded quickly and agreed: "The last time the Tao thieves stormed Nanpi City, it took more than three months. Hangu Pass is much stronger than Nanpi, and the defenders

It is also much more advanced than Nanpi. If we can drag the Tao Ying traitors into a hard battle, and when the Tao Ying traitors cannot attack Hangu Pass for a long time and the division veterans are tired, we will have a chance to turn defeat into victory. But if the Tao Ying traitors refuse to attack head-on.

, if he continues to use conspiracy and tricks, then we will be unable to guard against him. This traitor has too many evil ideas."

Boss Cao nodded. He wanted to say something more, but his throat felt sore and uncomfortable. He couldn't help but bend down to support the table again and coughed violently. Guo Jia, who was already extremely haggard, also left the table and came to Boss Cao.

Guo Jia knelt down on his knees and opened his mouth to speak, but before the words came out, Guo Jia's eyes were already wet, and tears burst down his face.

"Feng Xiao, what are you doing?" Boss Cao coughed and asked, "Do you need to be like this? Do you think I have blamed you?"

"But my lord, if I hadn't passed tuberculosis to you..." Guo Jia choked and said.

"It's all the same." Boss Cao looked a little gloomy and said: "Even if I don't get this serious illness, it has changed the fact that the enemy is strong and we are weak, and the situation may even be worse. The traitor Tao Ying may have known it before he attacked Jingzhou.

Attack our army first. This traitor will not give us a chance to make a comeback."

Guo Jia, who was so skinny and skinny, finally cried out. While crying and coughing, he kowtowed to Boss Cao. Boss Cao signaled Cheng Yu to help him up, then walked with difficulty to Guo Jia, and helped him up himself.

Guo Jia, who had turned gray at the age of forty, coughed and consoled him: "Don't cry. Men don't shed tears lightly. Tao Ying, the traitor, was indulged by me and you carelessly back then. Since it was our fault."

, it’s up to us to put an end to this traitor and give an explanation to our descendants.”

Guo Jiayi burst into tears, choked with sobs and nodded, replying: "My lord, please rest assured, this time I will help you get rid of this traitor even if I risk my life."

………………

This time, Boss Cao posed a big problem for Deputy Director Tao. Early the next morning, when Zhang Liao's confidant guards sent the false surrender letter to Deputy Director Tao, Super Agent Luo Guanzhong, who had retired Deputy Director Tao, was immediately dumbfounded.

Unable to tell whether Boss Cao was really dead, was Zhang Liao's surrender true or false? Unable to tell whether it was true or false, Deputy Director Tao could only temporarily leave Zhang Liao's messenger in the camp, and then quickly sent people to reconnoiter Hangu Pass.

In response to the news, several counselors were summoned to discuss countermeasures.

Jia Laohuhu, Liu Ye and others were also unable to judge whether Zhang Liao's request to surrender was true or false, because on the first day, Jia Laohuhu and others saw with their own eyes the dying Cao Boss, who was so angry that Deputy Director Tao made him vomit blood on the spot, and they also knew Zhang Liao's

Many old companions and friends are indeed in the Xuzhou army now. Among them, Gao Shun, who had the best friendship with Zhang Liao, has been appointed the governor of Youzhou. If Cao Cao really died of illness, it is indeed possible that Zhang Liao surrendered to Cao Jun when he was desperate.

Choosing to defect and surrender to the Xuzhou Army. Therefore, when the enemy's situation was unknown, none of the several counselors dared to speak randomly, lest they accidentally mislead Deputy Director Tao and make a big mistake.

The scouts who went to Hangu Pass for reconnaissance soon got a response, saying that everything was normal and no abnormalities were found. However, the more this happened, the more difficult it was for Deputy Director Tao to judge, because Deputy Director Tao knew very well that with the abilities of Guo Jia and Cheng Yu

, if Boss Cao really died of illness suddenly, he would definitely not dare to express condolences, and would only block the news and retreat secretly. Under suspicion, Deputy Director Tao had to wave his scouts down to continue to closely monitor the enemy's movements, and then asked the counselors on the left and right.

: "Gentlemen, what do you think?"

Several counselors shook their heads and expressed that they could not judge. Only Jia Laodu said: "My lord, you should ask yourself this question. Among us, you are the best in medical skills. You saw Cao Cao's situation yesterday with your own eyes.

Whether it is possible that he really died of illness suddenly, you should know this better than us."

Deputy Director Tao, who only had a superficial understanding of modern medicine, was speechless. After thinking for a moment, Deputy Director Tao replied: "I can't tell. Judging from the appearance, Thief Cao is indeed very ill. His age
To be continued...