In the North Gate ambush battle, the Guangling defenders achieved a complete victory. They burned more than 700 enemies, including General Sun He of Sun Ce's army, inside the barbican. At the same time, they used long-range weapons such as bows, arrows, and slings to kill people outside the city.

There are more than 300 soldiers of Sun Ce's army, but the losses of his own army are very small, less than fifty people in total - there is no way, who can tell Sun Ce's army to steal the city without even preparing siege weapons? How can they do it in the dark?

Killing so many enemies with bows and arrows is already pretty good.

In any case, this battle greatly stabilized the hearts of the people in Guangling and greatly boosted the morale of the Guangling defenders. Even those Zuo Rong soldiers who had the lowest morale and the weakest will also expressed their feelings for Guangling this time.

Full of confidence in the victory of the defense battle, he was eagerly waiting for Sun Ce's army to come back, preparing to make Sun Ce's army suffer a little more in the city wall defense battle and show off the power of the Guangling army. At the same time, Tao Ying's momentum in Guangling City and the Xuzhou army

It also rose sharply, which made it easier for Tao to adjust and reform the Xuzhou army and strengthen its training.

However, what confused the Guangling defenders was that after Sun Ce's army retreated and returned to the camp, there was no movement for two days in a row. Not only did they not attack the city again, they even stopped starting the most basic preparations for filling the river.

It seemed that the plan to attack Guangling City had been given up. All Xuzhou generals were confused about this and could not figure out Sun Ce's intentions. Tao Ying was also extremely suspicious, because Tao Ying knew the situation of Sun Ce's army very well.

He didn't dare to delay his military ration reserves for a day now. Why did Sun Ce have to stand still for two days in a row?

Unexpectedly, on the third day, which was also the morning of September 13th in the first year of Xingping, the Xuzhou Army scouts who had left the city to scout suddenly rushed back to the city, bringing a huge surprise to Tao Ying and the Guangling defenders.

Good news - Sun Cejun's camp, which had been quiet for more than two days, suddenly changed to pure white flags today, raised white soul-calling flags, and the generals and soldiers also hung up white banners to express their condolences! By

This shows that Sun Ce's army must have lost a general, and it must be a very important general!

Such a big change occurred, and the Xuzhou generals headed by Zhang Lie rushed to Tao Ying to discuss the next move with Tao Ying. At the same time, in view of the current favorable situation, the Xuzhou generals headed by Zhang Lie also unanimously requested to leave the city to fight immediately.

, Tooth for tooth is also to take advantage of the fire, give Sun Ce's army a hard lesson, who came to Guangling from Shouchun to take advantage of the fire, and kill Sun Ce's army in one fell swoop.

Faced with the unanimous request of Xuzhou generals to fight, our Deputy Director Tao, who is familiar with the Three Kingdoms, will certainly not easily agree - Zhou Yu used this trick to trick Cao Ren, so Tao Ying turned his attention to Lu after careful consideration for a long time.

Su Su asked: "Military advisor, in your opinion, the enemy's mourning is a ploy to lure the enemy?"

"The situation is unclear and cannot be judged." Lu Su replied very simply, "In Su's opinion, it is best for our army to stay put and wait and see what happens, so as not to rush into the army and cause accidents."

Lu Su's words suited Tao Ying's appetite. The purpose of the Xuzhou Army was to protect Guangling. Whether or not Sun Ce's army could be severely damaged was only a secondary goal. Now they chose to stand still. If something big happened to Sun Ce's army, they would inevitably retreat soon.

The Xuzhou Army won the battle to defend Guangling. If Sun Ce's army was using a trick to lure the enemy, and the Xuzhou Army stood still, Sun Ce's army, which was out of food and grass, would not be able to calm down for long and would come back again. The Xuzhou Army had no losses and could continue to fight with sufficient supplies.

We must use all our troops to defend Guangling. So Tao Ying immediately nodded and said: "What the military advisor said is absolutely true, just do it like this, hold your troops still and wait and see what happens!"

"Sir, this opportunity must not be missed. It will never come back!" The Xuzhou generals were unhappy and said one after another: "Sir, the day before yesterday, our army successfully ambushed Sun Ce's son. We killed countless enemy generals in the dark, and there must be some among them.

The enemy's important general has seriously damaged the enemy's spirit. Now that Sun Ce's son is mourning in the camp, it is the time when morale is at its lowest, and it is also a golden opportunity for our army to break!"

"Although it makes sense, have you ever thought about it, generals?" Tao Ying asked calmly: "If our army killed the enemy's important generals in the dark three nights ago, then the enemy would not have been killed in the first two days.

Filial piety and mourning? Why do you have to wait until today?"

The Xuzhou generals were speechless, but Zhang Xuan, Zhang Jiao's disciple, was not convinced and analyzed: "This may be the case. In three days, we only seriously injured the enemy's important generals, but the enemy's important generals did not die on the spot, so

The enemy did not move their troops yesterday and the day before yesterday. It was last night or this morning that the enemy's major generals who were seriously injured died of their injuries, so the enemy's camp is hanging mourning tributes today."

"It makes sense, it should be like this." All the generals in Xuzhou agreed, and they all believed that Zhang Xuan's words were reasonable.

"If this is the case, it would be even more suspicious." Tao Ying said calmly: "If it were me in this situation, I would definitely not let the three armies pay tribute. I would just choose to remain calm and retreat quietly.

Sun Ce's son and Zhou Yu's son are not ordinary generals, they will not make such a mistake! So I decided not to go out of the city to fight, and would rather miss the opportunity than take any risks!"

Encountering Tao Ying, a general who was as suspicious as a coward, Zhang Xuan and other Xuzhou generals lost their temper. Fortunately, there was also Zhang Lie, a veteran general who was definitely highly respected in the Xuzhou army. Zhang Lie asked Tao

Ying cupped his hands and said, "Sir, I know you are doing this for our own good. Although our army has won consecutive battles, the enemy's strength is still far superior to ours. Sir, please be cautious. I fully agree with you."

"However, the general believes that if our army insists on standing still, it will be a pity if we really miss a rare opportunity to fight. Therefore, the general believes that our army can send an army out of the city to test the enemy camp, and the main force stays in the city to respond. If

If the enemy is really deceitful, our army can retreat quickly and return to the city under the cover of the main force, and the loss will not be too great. If the enemy is really not deceitful, our main force can also take the opportunity to leave the city and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop!"

Zhang Lie has been assisting Tao Ying as a veteran, and he cares about and respects Tao Ying. When he said this, Tao Ying certainly couldn't help but give him some face. In addition, what Zhang Lie said made sense and was well thought out.

It was very thorough, so after Tao Ying hesitated again and again, he finally nodded and said: "Okay, let's follow the old general's advice and ask General Zhang Xuan to lead a thousand troops to fight and test the enemy's strength."

"No!" Zhang Xuan happily agreed.

"Wait a minute, don't be too busy thanking me." Tao Ying added: "General Zhang Xuan, your army of one thousand cannot bring Xuzhou veterans, it can only bring our recruits who surrendered from Zuo Rong."

Zhang Xuan looked troubled and even mournful. Tao Ying looked at his words and said, "It doesn't matter if General Zhang Xuan doesn't want to go. I can replace him with another general."

"The last general is willing to go, the last general is willing to go!" Zhang Xuan was shocked and quickly agreed in front of his eager companions.

Tao Ying smiled and warned: "General Zhang Xuan, please be careful. Sun Ce's son is extraordinary, and Zhou Yu's son is even more cunning and cunning. It doesn't matter whether we can win this battle. The key is to find out the enemy's intentions."

False and true." Zhang Xuan agreed, and Tao Ying gave him the command arrow and asked him to lead a thousand surrender troops out of the city to fight. He also asked Zhang Jie and other generals to prepare for the response, and then led Lu Su, Tao Ji and Xu Sheng

Wait for your confidants to board the Ximen Tower and watch the battle in person with telescopes.

In a short while, a thousand new surrendered troops were assembled. Under the leadership of Zhang Xuan, they went out of the city to challenge Sun Ce. Seeing the Xuzhou army leaving the city, Sun Ce's army scouts scattered in the wilderness also flew back to the camp to report, but Sun Ce

The military camp did not seem to have any intention of leaving the stronghold to fight. They just quickly closed the gate of the stronghold, strengthened the camp's defenses, and placed crossbows behind the stronghold fence to prevent the Xuzhou army from rushing into the camp. Seeing this scene, even the new military advisor of the Junzi Army

, Lu Su, who had not read the Three Kingdoms, could not help but have doubts in his heart. He suspected that there had indeed been a big change in Sun Ce's army, and that the victory of annihilating Sun Ce's army was already beckoning to the Xuzhou army.

Regardless of whether Sun Cejun's great change was true or not, Zhang Xuan's provocation was of course fruitless. No matter how Zhang Xuanjun yelled and provoked in front of the camp, Sun Cejun always stayed at the camp and refused to fight. Later, he simply hung out.

The legendary no-battle card, he acted like a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water. In the end, Zhang Xuan's voice was hoarse from cursing, so he simply led his army to charge, but Sun Ce's camp immediately fired a volley of arrows, overwhelming Zhang Xuan's team.

After shooting back, Zhang Xuan had no choice but to see that the sun was turning to the west, so he had no choice but to lead his army back to the city honestly and give orders to Tao Ying.

"Is there really something wrong with Sun Ce's army?" Seeing this scene, even Lu Su was a little shaken and couldn't help but said in front of Tao Ying: "Sir, if Sun Ce deceives, then General Zhang Xuan will challenge him when he comes out of the city.

We should seize this opportunity to exert our efforts and win a battle to restore morale. Why would Sun Ce rather miss this opportunity? Is there really something wrong with his camp?"

"Perhaps Sun Ce and Zhou Yu are playing a long game to catch the big fish." Tao Ying still refused to believe it and said coldly: "Zhang Xuan only has a thousand troops. Even if Sun Ce eats Zhang Xuan's army, he will not be able to decide the outcome of the Guangling battle.

Victory or defeat. So Sun Ce's son is probably waiting for an opportunity to decide the outcome of the Guangling battlefield!"

Lu Su nodded, deeply convinced of Tao Ying's insights. At that moment, Lu Su no longer questioned, and helped Tao Ying persuade the Xuzhou generals. He rejected the Xuzhou generals' request to attack the enemy camp at night, and persuaded the Xuzhou generals to be safe.

Don't be impatient and continue to wait and see what happens. The Xuzhou generals had no choice but to secretly complain that Tao Ying was too careful and honestly resigned.

Night quickly enveloped the land of Guangling again. Just when Tao Ying was about to go find Lin Qing to fall in love with the little girl, Xuzhou general Xie Yan, who was on duty at the west gate, suddenly sent someone to report to Tao Ying, saying that there was an enemy general leading dozens of people.

The people came to surrender. At present, these people have been hung up on the city wall by the defenders in hanging baskets, and they have been disarmed and closely guarded. Do you want to ask Tao Ying if he can summon him? After hearing the report, Tao Ying thought for a moment, and quickly ordered: "Send the enemy who is leading the way."

The generals will be brought to the prefect's palace, and the other surrendered soldiers will be detained separately and treated well. They will be interrogated separately, and then their confessions will be recorded and sent together to show to me."

The soldiers followed the order and left. After a while, Xie Yan sent someone to take the bound general to the prefect's mansion. At the same time, Zhang Jie, Lu Su and others also arrived after hearing the news, and accompanied Tao Ying to interrogate the general.

After Sun Ce's surrendered general was escorted to the hall, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Tao Ying, and said respectfully, "Fu Ying, the guilty general, pays homage to Mr. Tao of Xuzhou."

"Your name is Fu Ying? What is your official position? Who is your subordinate?" Tao Ying asked casually while looking at this Fu Ying. He saw that he was very young in his twenties, with a Chinese character and a handsome face. He did not look like a cunning and cunning person.

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"Going back to the young master, the guilty general's surname is Fu Mingying, and his courtesy name is Gao Yuan. He is now Qu Jiang, and he is under the command of General Ji Ling, the confidant of General Yuan Shu and Yuan Gonglu of the Left." Fu Ying kowtowed and answered honestly: "Sun Ce's son is going on this eastern expedition. General Yuan

I was worried, so when I dispatched my troops, I secretly ordered General Ji Ling to send a few of his confidants to infiltrate Sun Ce's army, pretending to go out with the army, but in reality they were monitoring Sun Ce's army, and Xiaoren was one of them."

Tao Ying and Lu Su looked at each other and secretly rejoiced in their hearts. At that moment, Tao Ying asked again: "Fu Ying, you are Ji Ling's confidant, and you also shoulder the important task of secretly monitoring Sun Ce's child? Why did you come to surrender to me?"

"Young master, it will be difficult for you if the guilty general does not come and surrender." Fu Ying kowtowed and replied, "Because if the guilty general does not come and surrender quickly, Cheng Pu and Huang Gai and the gang will take the guilty general's head and bury it for Sun Ce's son.

Got it!"

"Bury Sun Ce's son?" Tao Ying was shocked and blurted out: "What do you mean by that? Is Sun Ce's son already dead?!"

"Young master, that's exactly what happened." Fu Ying kowtowed and replied honestly: "Sun Ce's son was hit by your poisonous arrow during the battle in Dongcheng. The poison gradually penetrated into his marrow and the high fever persisted. Last night, the sores broke into pieces and his limbs twitched.

And die!"

Tao Ying stood up suddenly, and suddenly remembered that day on the battlefield in Dongcheng, his Junzi Army had indeed shot Sun Ce several times with horse dung arrows, which may have caused Sun Ce's wound to be invaded by tetanus bacteria, causing infection! And tetanus infection!

The symptoms of a cold attack were also a high fever and cramps in the limbs! Overjoyed, Tao Ying hurriedly asked: "General Fu, please tell the story of Sun Ce's child's death from serious injuries one by one. The more detailed the better.

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"No." Fu Ying agreed, and told him in detail what he knew about Sun Ce's death. It turned out that during the ambush battle at the North Gate that day, Sun Ce saw his army being ambushed and being wantonly slaughtered by the Guangling defenders. He was so angry that he suffered an arrow wound.

, fell off his horse and fainted on the spot. After Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and others rescued him, Sun Ce remained unconscious and had a high fever. The army was helpless, so Sun Ce's army stood still for the first two days and did not dare to attack the city.

.However, at the fourth watch last night, Sun Ce's injuries suddenly worsened. His limbs twitched and he died in pain. He died without leaving any last words. Later, Sun Cejun died as a mourner today.

"The mortality rate of tetanus is not 100%, so am I so lucky? Sun Ce happens to be in the few percent?" Tao Ying thought about it in his mind and asked Fu Ying: "Since Sun Ce's child died of serious injuries, what about you?

Why do you say that Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and others want to use your head to bury Sun Ce's son?"

"Sir, these are all because of your clever plan." Fu Ying replied with a flattering face: "Sir, you sent people to Shouchun to post notices to expose Sun Ce's child's evil intentions. General Yuan Shu of the left was suspicious, so he first sent

Yuan Yin summoned Sun Ce's son's squad, but Sun Ce's son refused to obey the order. Then General Zuo became furious. He first captured Sun Ce's son Lu Fan, who was hiding in Shouchun City, and imprisoned him. He also ordered General Ji Ling to lead an army of 30,000 men to march eastward.

Prepare to capture Sun Ce's son back to Shouchun and behead him for questioning! Cheng Pu and Huang Gai are Sun Ce's confidants. They cannot escape at their own expense, so they prepare to kill the loyal ministers of General Yuan Shu in the military camp, and then lead their troops to escort Sun Ce.

The child's body was transported south across the Yangtze River to seek refuge with Sun Ce's maternal uncle, Danyang Prefect Wu Jing."

Fu Ying's words were reasonable and reasonable, and he also revealed many absolute secrets. No matter how suspicious and cunning Tao Ying was, he couldn't help but believe it at this moment. After a quick look at Lu Su, Tao Ying could not believe what Fu Ying was thinking.

Taking the opportunity, he quickly asked: "How do Cheng Pu and Huang Gai know these secrets? How do you know about them? Answer!"

"Sun Ce's son is in Shouchun City. In addition to Lu Fan, there is also an informant named Zhu Zhi!" Fu Ying answered honestly: "General Zuo captured Lu Fan's son and imprisoned him, and ordered General Ji Ling to lead the army eastward.

When Sun Ce's son was captured, Zhu Zhi's son knew that something was wrong, so he abandoned his wife and children and rode east alone to report the news to Sun Ce's son. However, when Zhu Zhi's son arrived at the military camp, Sun Ce's son had already died of serious injuries. Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and

Zhou Yu and several traitors knew that something was about to happen, so they decided to execute all the loyal ministers of the Yuan family, and then led their army southward and crossed the river to join Sun Ce's son's mother-in-law."

"How do you know these secrets?" Tao Ying shouted: "Since you are a loyal minister of the Yuan family, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and other thieves will definitely not let you know when they discuss such important matters. Why do you know it in such detail? Tell me!

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To be continued...