It's hard to talk about two things with one mouth. Let's not talk about how heroes, big and small, traitors and gangsters plotted against our Deputy Director Tao. Let's go back and take a look at what happened in the city of Xuzhou.

After Tao Qian's death, although our Deputy Director Tao really wanted to show off his image of a filial son and planned to hold a funeral for Tao Qian according to the specifications of a prince's funeral, but after hearing Lu Su smile bitterly and say that the prince's funeral was held on the fifth day,

After the funeral and the rule of burial in May, Tao Ying finally gave up the idea and decided to listen to Lu Su and Chen Deng's advice to act simply and store Tao Qian's coffin for twenty-one days before being buried - just kidding, five

It will be a month before I can bury my cheap dad. Is Deputy Director Tao still doing serious work? But fortunately, now is the chaotic world of war. Both the scholar family and the common people are living a life of precariousness. These false courtesy are far less like in peace.

The times paid so much attention to it that no one criticized Tao Ying too harshly for his unfilial behavior, allowing Deputy Director Tao to get away with it for once.

During Tao Qian's funeral, two neighboring princes sent envoys to pay their respects. One was Gongsun Zan's Qingzhou governor Tian Kai, who had an alliance with Xuzhou. However, his envoys only came to go through the motions, and Tian Kai had no right to represent him.

What kind of promise did Gongsun Zan make to Tao Ying? He just said that he would inform Gongsun Zan as soon as possible so that Gongsun Zan could send people to Xuzhou to negotiate with Tao Ying and extend the agreement signed between Tao Qian and Gongsun Zan's forces. During this period, Tian Kai guaranteed that he would continue to implement the agreement.

Tao Ying was very grateful and thanked Tian Kai and his envoys deeply.

The second envoy sent to Xuzhou to pay tribute was of course Lü Bu and Marquis Lü Wen. The envoy Xu Si not only expressed condolences to Tao Ying, but also tested whether Tao Ying intended to form an alliance with Lü Bu to fight against Cao. Tao Ying was vague and noncommittal, and Xu Si

Chen Gong persuaded Tao Ying again and again, and secretly informed Tao Ying of Chen Gong's instructions, asking Tao Ying to send a matchmaker to Yanzhou to propose marriage to Lü Bu. Chen Gong guaranteed that Lv Bu would agree to it. Although Tao Ying was tempted, he considered the advantage of his father's decision.

It seemed outrageous to marry his wife after his death, so he thanked Xu Si and Chen Gong and promised to carefully consider marrying and forming an alliance with Lu Bu after his period of mourning was over. He also promised that after the war between Lu Bu and Cao Cao resumed, he would definitely support Lu Bu.

Xu Si was overjoyed to receive the military rations. He thanked him repeatedly and left.

Due to the distance and time, during the funeral, the only ones who came to pay homage to Tao Qian were the envoys from these two princes. However, what surprised Tao Ying was that when Tao Qian was about to be buried, he had already resigned to serve the people.

Mi Zhu, who came to the East China Sea, actually came to Pengcheng to mourn Tao Qian. A camel was bigger than a horse because of starvation. Considering the huge financial and manpower of the Mi family in Xuzhou, Tao Ying, Chen Deng, Lu Su and others still treated Mi Zhu with courtesy.

After Mi Zhu paid tribute, Tao Ying had to hold a banquet to express his gratitude. However, the old grievances were still lingering and the atmosphere at the banquet was very depressing. Neither the host nor the guest spoke much, and even when they did speak, it was all nutritious nonsense.

Seeing that the banquet was about to end, Mi Zhu took the initiative to say something to Tao Ying that was barely enough to cheer him up, and began to plead: "Your Majesty, the Donghai suffered the most during the Cao and Thieves rebellion. The bones were covered with dirt and weeds grew everywhere in the county.

Moreover, bandits were rampant, and Yanzhou rebels often crossed the border to plunder. My manor, land, and caravans also suffered greatly. There was no peace. Mi Zhu was shameless and wanted to ask the envoy to be kind and allow me to return to Pengcheng to live with my family members and property.

I hope your envoy will grant your permission."

"Zizhong wants to go back to Pengcheng to live, that's good." Although he was full of doubts about Mi Zhu's true intentions, Tao Ying was still a little happy and said hurriedly: "Zizhong, don't worry, the old things are over, you are still a citizen of Xuzhou, Xuzhou Five

You can still move anywhere within the county at will. Besides, my father never said anything in Japan not to allow Zizhong you to move back to Pengcheng."

"In that case, I would like to thank you very much, envoy." Mi Zhu left the table and bowed down, and said proactively: "To be honest with you, I have brought my family back to Pengcheng this time, and they are living in the house I purchased before.

Since the envoy has granted permission for Mi Zhu to move back, Mi Zhu will not leave this time. If the envoy has any mission, he can summon him at any time, and Mi Zhu will definitely go through fire and water to atone for his brother's sins."

"So, sister Mi Zhen is back too?" Tao Ying felt happy, but recalling Mi Zhen's pitiful expression that night, Tao Ying couldn't help but feel disappointed again, and sighed quietly, and then dismissed Mi Zhu's hypocrisy

He was polite and talked some nonsense about what Mi Zhu had said. Then Mi Zhu said goodbye and Tao Ying stood up to see him off.

What surprised Tao Ying again was that Mi Zhu did not go out directly, but first went to the coffin where Tao Qian's coffin was parked. At this time, what surprised Tao Ying was that Mi Zhen, who was dressed in plain clothes and wearing a white flower on her head,

I don't know when I came to the mourning hall to pay my respects. When Tao Ying looked at Mi Zhen in surprise, Mi Zhen's beautiful eyes also saw Tao Ying. Their eyes met. Mi Zhen's eyes first flashed with a hint of complexity, and then became...

It was extremely cold, and he quickly turned away his eyes, knelt down and saluted Tao Qian's memorial tablet, stood up, and followed Mi Zhu out without saying a word. He lowered his head and passed in front of Tao Ying. From the beginning to the end, there was no sign of silence.

Take another look at Tao Ying.

After staring at Mi Zhen's obviously thinner back for a long time, Tao Ying was filled with emotion. However, Tao Ji on the side came up and whispered in Tao Ying's ear: "Second brother, stop looking, this woman is not suitable for you.

, even if you marry her back, it will only be a burden and trouble, and maybe even dangerous. In my opinion, the only people suitable for you, second brother, to be your wife are Miss Lin or the daughter of Marquis Lu Wen, and no one else.

No worse than this woman."

"Little brat, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand. Your uncle's body is still cold, how could I think about those things?" Tao Ying scolded Tao Ji, and then hummed: "Besides, you think those two little girls are just fuel-efficient.

The lamp is gone? One is Lu Da’s troublesome daughter, and the other is even more troublesome. I haven’t seen her since I returned to Xuzhou. Even after your uncle died, he didn’t come to offer a stick of incense and kowtow a few times. He has no tutor at all.”

"Miss Lin has been here." Tao Ji said in surprise: "The day before yesterday, second brother, you went out of the city to inspect Chen Dao, and Xu Sheng was recruiting new soldiers. That girl Lin came wearing mourning clothes, kowtowed to her uncle, and even cried.

After a while, I originally wanted to keep her, but she refused, so she left again."

"She came here when I left the city? Is she trying to avoid me on purpose?" Tao Ying was a little angry, secretly cursing that his luck as a woman was worse than his luck on the battlefield. Every woman he met was more troublesome than the last. He really didn't know what he was doing.

When can I end my bachelorhood?

After all, Cheap Dad's body was still fresh. It was not convenient for Tao Ying to think too much about personal issues, so after burying Tao Qian, in addition to adjusting Xuzhou's personnel, Tao Ying also focused on the two major events of spring plowing and army expansion. Among them

Expanding the army is the top priority. Although Zang Ba has returned with his army, Tao Ying has also recruited a large number of surrendered troops in Yuzhou, and the total strength of the Xuzhou army has exceeded 50,000. However, both in terms of quantity and quality, this point

The military strength was still far from meeting Tao Ying's needs. So Tao Ying quickly made up his mind and decided to expand the army to more than 70,000. Fortunately, Tao Ying robbed a large amount of food in Yuzhou and came back, and took back the small town.

There are plenty of granaries, so the money and food needed for army expansion are convenient and you don’t need to worry too much.

Because it accepted a large number of refugees from surrounding areas, Xuzhou's army expanded its army very smoothly. Basically, at the same time as Tao Qian was being buried, Chen Dao and Xu Sheng, who were in charge of recruiting new soldiers, had already completed the task of recruiting soldiers and helped Tao Ying in one breath.

Twenty thousand new soldiers were recruited, all of whom were over fifteen and under forty years old and had the potential to become the main fighting force. Tao Ying was overjoyed when he heard the news and immediately led Lu Su and Chen Deng to start the formation of a new army.

However, at this time, Mi Zhu came again and offered to donate 20,000 hu of dendrobium, 30,000 jin of iron, 1,000 pieces of cloth, and 500 horses to Tao Ying. He helped Tao Ying form a new army. Tao Ying was overjoyed again and took advantage of the situation.

He asked Mi Zhu to rejoin the official position, but Mi Zhu refused and quickly left.

In any case, Mi Zhu, who had been causing trouble for Tao Ying for a long time, was so generous this time, which proved that he was indeed repentant. Therefore, not only Tao Ying was very grateful to him, but also Tao Shang and Tao Ji, who hated the Mi family deeply.

His impression of Mi Zhu also improved greatly. He no longer objected to Tao Ying asking Mi Zhu to come out again, and Cao Bao, Chen Deng and others remained silent. Only Lu Su Xiaodujichang repeatedly warned Tao Ying not to be fooled by appearances, and to be careful of people with strong financial resources who had been with him before.

Tao Ying was disapproving of the fact that Liu Bei had a close relationship with Mi Zhu, and asked Cao Hong to withdraw the secret agent who was secretly monitoring the activities of Mi Mansion.

Busy and busy, the time has arrived unknowingly when the spring of the second year of Chuping begins. As the weather gets warmer, the five counties of Xuzhou are gradually getting on track. Tao Yingzheng wants to take a breath and take a rest. Cao Hong is in charge.

However, his careful work brought bad news from Jiujiang. Yuan Shu and Xiao Yuan Sangong, who had accepted Tao Ying's jade seal to sue for peace, did not know whether they had taken the wrong medicine, but actually began to gather troops in the Dangtu area of ​​Jiujiang, threatening to cross the river and go north.

They came to attack Xuzhou via Peiguo. As for the reason for starting the war, it was to retaliate against Tao Ying's evil act of trying to annex Jiujiang and to teach Tao Ying a lesson preemptively.

Upon hearing this news, Deputy Director Tao, who was not very accustomed to the rules of the game at this time, was completely confused. When did he say that he would annex Jiujiang? Now that the situation in Xuzhou is here, do I dare to expand casually? That's right.

Chen Deng hit the nail on the head and told Tao Ying straightforwardly, "Excuse, this is just an excuse...! The old lord is newly mourned, lord, you have newly inherited Xuzhou, and there is internal instability. Yuan Shu wants to take advantage of the situation, so he found such an excuse to tear up the peace treaty.

Take the opportunity to start a war with our army."

After finishing speaking, Chen Deng added, "Perhaps this excuse was given to Yuan Shu by other princes. Because of Yuan Shu's greed and bullying, he deliberately provoked our army to go to war with Yuan Shu. All he had to do was send people to spread some rumors in Shouchun.

Even if Yuan Shu, who is greedy for the five counties of Xuzhou, knows that our army intends to attack Jiujiang, he will definitely follow the rumor, tear up the peace treaty in the name of it, and send troops to start a war."

Tao Ying left the table and stood up, walked around the governor's mansion that he had just owned, and said with a frown: "It's not surprising that Yuan Shu wants to take advantage of the situation. I'm just surprised that if Yuan Shu starts a war with our army, his first choice target should be

Is Guangling the right one? The main force of our army is all in the north. Guangling has few soldiers and the road is far away. It is inconvenient for our main force to reinforce. It is much easier for Yuan Shu to attack Guangling than to attack Pengcheng directly. Why did he choose to give up the easier thing and take the harder one?"

"Yuan Shu may be worried about Liu Yao." Lu Su reminded: "Guangling is close to Dantu and Qu'a. This area is Liu Yao's base camp. Yuan Shu has an sworn hatred with Liu Yao. He is afraid of being killed by Liu Yao and me.

The army joined forces to attack, so we chose to go straight to Pengcheng. Moreover, it is much closer to send troops from Shouchun to Pengcheng than from Shouchun to Guangling."

"Really?" Tao Ying was a little hesitant. Tao Ying's strategic vision is indeed not as good as Lu Su's, but at the tactical level, Tao Ying can definitely be regarded as a tactical genius. Therefore, in Tao Ying's view, Lu Su's tactical analysis is not as good as Lu Su's.

It is not entirely reasonable, because Tao Ying felt that the route for Yuan Shu to send troops to attack Pengcheng was indeed shorter. But the roads were all overland, and the supply of grain and grass was far less convenient than the Yangtze River waterway. The grain and grass consumption of land transportation was also many times higher than that of water transportation.

Although the emperor Xiao Yuan Sangong is a little bit stupid, the possibility of making such a mistake is still small.

Moreover, if Yuan Shu attacked Pengcheng by land, he would have to make a bigger tactical mistake, that is, his food routes would definitely be harassed and destroyed by the Junzi Army day and night. Will Yuan Shu's army, who has already experienced the rogue tactics of the Junzi Army, make mistakes again and again?

"Don't worry, my lord. Although Yuan Shu has many soldiers and horses, but the laws and disciplines are loose, the generals are afraid of death and the soldiers are greedy for life, so there is nothing to worry about." Chen Deng misunderstood Tao Ying's expression, comforted him, and then suggested: "In Deng's opinion,

The prince only needs to send a team of elite soldiers to go south to Zhuyi and guard the Zhuyi ferry on the Suishui River. This can prevent any eventuality."

Tao Ying was hesitant, and Tao Ji, who was next to him and had officially become the commander-in-chief of the Junzi Army, couldn't wait to say: "Second brother, let me go. I will take the Junzi Army and a group of infantry to Zhuyi, and keep it safe so that Yuan Shu, old man, dare not

One step beyond Suishui."

Tao Ying continued to hesitate. After a long while, he shook his head and said firmly: "There is no rush. Attacking first will certainly prevent the enemy from attacking, but attacking later may not necessarily result in losing the initiative. Zhuyi is not far from Pengcheng. It will only take a day at most for the Junzi Army to attack Zhuyi Ferry."

Time. We'd better wait a little longer. Once Yuan Shu's main attack direction is determined, it won't be too late for us to make adjustments."

Tao Ji thought the same thing. Zhuyi is only more than 150 miles away from Pengcheng, and the road is full of plains. With the speed of the Junzi Army, it can be reached in less than a day. There is really no need to be too anxious, so Tao Ji doesn't either.

If he persisted, he just begged Tao Ying to send him to fight Yuan Shu in the future. And Chen Deng said: "Since the lord is worried about Yuan Shu's attack from the north and the east, then the old general Zhang Jiao needs to ask the lord to give more advice. He must beware of Yuan Shu.

Suddenly troops were sent from the Yangtze River waterway to attack Guangling."

Tao Ying nodded and asked Lu Su to write for him and send him a letter to Guangling Prime Minister Zhang Lie, ordering him to strengthen defenses to prevent Yuan Shu from sneak attacks. At the same time, he ordered Cao Hong to strengthen surveillance of Yuan Shu's army in Jiujiang and pay close attention to every move of Yuan Shu's main force.

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Xuzhou Xizuo was closely monitoring every move of Yuan Shu's army, and Yuan Shujun's Xizuo was naturally monitoring every move of Xuzhou's army. When the news that Xuzhou's army remained stationary was sent back to Jiujiang, Zhou Yu, who was assisting Ji Ling in dispatching troops in Dangtu City,

He scolded him on the spot, "Young Tao Ying, you are indeed treacherous! You actually stood still all the time. It seems that you have already suspected our army's main attack target."

"Then what should we do?" Ji Ling asked: "Should we send troops immediately to surprise Tao Ying's son?"

"General, don't be anxious." Zhou Yu quickly shook his head and warned: "Tao Ying's main force is all in the north of Xuzhou. If he doesn't move and doesn't detach his main force to go south, Cao Cao and Lu Bu further north will never take action casually.

We will continue to wait and see, continue to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and even if our army succeeds in the surprise attack, it will be counterattacked by Tao Yingxiao'er, and it will be in vain to benefit the two traitors Cao Cao and Lu Bu! So we must not move first, we must let Tao Yingxiao'er

Move first. Once Tao Yingxiao'er's northern defense is adjusted, the whole body will be affected. The Cao and Lu families will definitely take advantage of the situation and share the pressure of Tao Yingxiao'er's counterattack for our army."

"Then how to get Tao Ying's child to move first?" Ji Ling asked again.

"It seems that we can only make a fuss in Guangling." Zhou Yu said thoughtfully: "With Tao Ying's cunning, once he suspects that our army is bluffing, he will definitely monitor the movements of our navy closely to prevent our army from sneak attacks.

Guangling, fortunately, my father-in-law has many soldiers. No matter how cunning Tao Ying is, he cannot judge the main force of our army from the number of soldiers, so I must go back to Shouchun to see my father-in-law and ask him to come to Liyang area.

Arrange some illusions to make Tao Ying's traitor believe that our army's main attack direction is Guangling City."

"This will make Tao Ying'er move, but what will happen if Tao Ying's army increases in Guangling?" Ji Ling warned.

"Isn't that better?" Zhou Yu asked with a smile: "Isn't it more convenient to use more Xuzhou troops to catch turtles in the urn, for my father-in-law to capture Xuzhou, and for the general to make great achievements?"

Ji Ling thought about it carefully and burst out laughing. He urged Zhou Yu to go back quickly and create an opportunity for him to send troops as soon as possible. Zhou Yu smiled and agreed, but he was thinking about another question in his heart: "Why is there no movement over Lu Bu's men?"

?I advised Yuan Shu to make a secret alliance with him, join forces to attack Tao Ying's son, and divide the Xuzhou land equally. It is impossible for this repetitive villain not to be tempted? Could it be that Lu Bu was grateful for Tao Ying's kindness in capturing Tao Ying's son but not killing him, and planned to make an alliance with Tao Ying's son?

Xiao'er has formed an alliance forever? Is this possible? I don't believe it!"

Note: To correct you, the Purity Wolf made a geographical mistake in Chapter 80. The place where Chen Sheng and Wu Guang organized people who did not know the truth to cause trouble was not Daze Lake in the west of Xiaopei, but Daze Township in the southeast of Suzhou City. The two places are quite far apart.

Far.!~!
Chapter completed!