The envoy sent by Little Yuan Sangong actually met Marquis Lu Wen smoothly. Our horoscopes of Lu Wenhou and Xiao Yuan Sangong are also destined to be the same - to be precise, both of them have a little trouble in their heads and signs of water intrusion, so after listening to Xiao Sangong,

After Yuan Sangong joined forces to divide the five counties of Xuzhou equally, our Marquis Lu Wen was really tempted. If Chen Gong hadn't been more sensible and held him back, Lu Wenhou almost agreed to the "friendly" request of young Yuan Shao Sangong.

It is a pity that an accident completely disrupted the wishful thinking of Lu Wenhou and Xiao Yuan Sangong - Lu Wenhou began to suffer defeats, and he suffered several major defeats!

Due to the serious shortage of food and the lack of roads and transportation, they were unable to obtain the life-saving food secretly funded by Xuzhou. Xue Lan and Li Feng, the Lu Bu troops stationed in Dongping, resorted to plundering to survive the famine, and the people nearby were robbed and starved.

After his death, Xue Lan and Li Feng had no choice but to grab farther and farther away, and Dongping also showed a huge flaw. Cao Jun discovered this situation and immediately sent out a surprise force to capture Dongping County, which is located east of Juancheng. The distance was too far for the main force of Lu Bu's army.

Unable to respond in time, Xue Lan and Li Feng returned to the city for rescue, but were killed by Dian Wei and Li Dian, and Dongping County fell immediately.

After this, Lu Bu's army was immediately on the verge of a crushing defeat. At this time, Chen Gong also made a big mistake. He fell into Xun You's plan of seducing the east and attacking the west, and misjudged that Cao Jun's next attack target was Dingtao, Ji County.

, persuaded Lu Bu to send troops to Dingtao for reinforcements. Unexpectedly, Boss Cao just asked a group of old and weak soldiers to fire a shot at Dingtao, attracting the attention of the elite of Lu Bu's army. He led his elite soldiers to fight against Puyang. Lu Bu's army found out that the timer had been set. It was already too late.

However, the Tian family, a large household in Puyang City, was dissatisfied with Lu Bu's army's excessive looting and opened the gates of Puyang City to welcome Cao's army into the city. Puyang City, where Yanzhou was governed, was also robbed by Cao's army.

After losing two important towns in half a month, Lu Bu was furious and immediately launched a counterattack. However, Cao's army defended the city and refused to fight. Lu Bu's army did not have Xiangyang artillery and could not defend the city. It was difficult to advance under Puyang City. At the same time, Yuan Shao sent

General Yan Liang, who came to help the young friend Cao Cao, finally led his army to Baima. He attacked Puyang Cao's army from both inside and outside and jointly attacked. Lu Bu's army suffered a heavy defeat and fled all the way back to Dingtao. Unexpectedly, Cao Lao's troops were extremely vicious.

There are two groups, one is the leading party and cooperates with Yan Liang to attack Dingtao, and the other is led by Cao Lao personally to attack Changyi.

Boss Cao's personal attack on Changyi was very vicious. Not only were all the family members of Lu Bu's army in Changyi, but once Changyi fell, the communication between Lu Bu's army and the Xuzhou army would also be cut off. Lu Bu had no choice but to leave Zhang Miao and Zhang Miao behind.

Zhang Chao defended Tao and led the main force to rescue Changyi. But it was okay. Chen Gong, who stayed behind in Changyi, and Gao Shun still persisted until Lu Bujun's main force returned to rescue, and did not let Boss Cao transfer Lu Bu, who had almost been assigned to deputy director Tao.

Die Xiaoluoli rushed away. However, after several battles, Lu Bu's army still suffered heavy losses. The situation between the enemy and ourselves on the Yanzhou battlefield also reversed, and Lu Bu's army was at a disadvantage. The Cao and Yuan coalition had the advantage and was able to completely defeat Lu Bu's army.

The momentum to drive out Yanzhou.

It is conceivable that in such a bad situation, no matter how tempting Little Yuan Sangong's proposal is, and no matter how congenial our Lu Wenhou and Little Yuan Sangong are, they will have to consider falling out with Deputy Director Tao.

The consequences - after all, Xiao Yuan Sangong is too far away from Yanzhou. Distant water will never quench the near thirst.

After much hesitation, Marquis Lu Wen made a wise decision, that is, to seek advice from Chen Gong, a think tank. Chen Gong did not disappoint Marquis Lu Wen, and quickly replied: "Don't worry, Marquis Wen, I have three strategies for Wen Hou." Hou Zena."

Lu Bu was overjoyed and asked about the three strategies. Chen Gong replied: "The first strategy is that the lord agrees to Yuan Shu's request, asks for peace with Cao Cao, temporarily ceases war with Cao Cao, joins forces with Yuan Shu to attack the five counties of Xuzhou, and seizes the rich land of Xuzhou. This is the worst strategy. The second strategy is to escort Yuan Shu's envoy to Xuzhou and hand him over to Tao Ying, form an alliance with Tao Ying, and work together to fight against Cao Yuan. This is the middle strategy. The third strategy is to secretly agree to Yuan Shu's request, promise to attack Tao Ying from a flank, and Yuan Shu was asked to send troops first and make friends with Tao Ying openly. Tao Ying was sincere in marrying his lord, so the lord could agree to the marriage first, take the opportunity to borrow food to alleviate the urgent need, and slow down Tao Ying's intention. When Yuan Tao started fighting, Tao Ying It is the best policy for the main force to move south and the lord to act accordingly. All three strategies are feasible, and the lord can choose one by himself."

Chen Gong was actually afraid of Lu Bu's courageous and foolhardy character. The three strategies were actually Lu Bujun's only three contingency options at present. He was also afraid that Lu Wenhou would come up with a fourth bad idea, so Chen Gong simply told them all in one go. He came out and let Lu Bu choose from them. He had no brains to think about the fourth bad idea. And Lu Bu fell into Chen Gong's scheme as expected. He calculated: "The traitor Cao and I are irreconcilable. It will be very difficult to ask for peace from him, and Tao Yinggang ..., the worst strategy is not feasible. The middle strategy is to hand over Yuan Shu's envoy to Tao Ying. It will not gain much benefit, and it will completely offend Yuan Shu, which is not cost-effective. The best strategy is wonderful, but if Yu'er is married off If I give it to Tao Ying, how can I capture Xuzhou?"

"Don't worry, my lord." Chen Gong said gloomily: "My lord's daughter has not yet reached the hairpin level (less than fifteen years old) and is not of marriageable age. My lord can first promise to marry, and then use the excuse that my daughter is not yet old enough to not marry her. This way Come, the lord and Tao Ying have established a marriage relationship, and it is justifiable to borrow food to rescue emergencies. It can also relax Tao Ying's heart. When the war between Tao and Yuan begins, Xuzhou will have an opportunity... and will not delay the youth of the lord's daughter. .”

"Very good, we can do it quickly." When Lu Bu heard this, he was overjoyed and agreed immediately, and then asked quickly: "Xu Si came back last time and said that Tao Ying had just lost his father and had no intention of getting married, so he refused to send a matchmaker to propose marriage immediately. So what is this?"

"It doesn't matter." Chen Gong replied without thinking: "My lord can send an envoy south again, saying that he is grateful for Tao Ying's kindness in surviving, and intends to marry his daughter to Tao Ying. The two families will be united in marriage, and they will be friends forever. I told Tao Ying that there are three reasons for being unfilial, and that no heir is the most important thing. Even if Tao Ying is treacherous, he will only think that his lord is in a critical situation and has to take the initiative to marry his daughter. He will not suspect that his lord has colluded with Yuan Shu, and that he is greedy for his lord. The northern barrier must be promised, and the plan can be completed."

"Okay, let's do it this time. Let Xu Bang and Wang Kai go together this time, and we must convince Tao Ying's son!" Lu Bu was overjoyed and immediately agreed. Chen Gong was naturally happy to see that Lu Bu had finally made a wise decision. Extremely. He quickly followed Lu Bu's instructions and went to Xu Si and Wang Kai to make arrangements. But what Lu Bu and Chen Gong didn't know was that just outside the window of the back hall where they were discussing, a cardamom girl looked pale and had tears in her eyes. …………

Something unexpected happened during the execution of Marquis Lu Wen's clever plan. When Lu Bu's wife, Yan, heard that her husband planned to marry off her daughter, she decided to use her identity as mother-in-law to see if her future son-in-law would like her. Marquis Lu Wen was most afraid of his temper. He was also famous. He couldn't be bothered by Yan, so he had to seek advice from Chen Gong. Chen Gong believed that it would be easier to win the trust of the cunning Deputy Director Tao if Yan came forward to become his son-in-law, so he persuaded Lu Bu to let Yan go to Xuzhou in person. He thanked her and took the opportunity to become his son-in-law. This not only stopped Yan's entanglement, but also made Tao Ying more convinced that Marquis Lu Wen intended to marry his daughter. Marquis Lu Wen was overjoyed and immediately agreed to his wife's request, and decided to send Hao Meng to lead an army of 500 to escort his wife south.

An unexpected incident occurred again. When I heard that my mother was going to Xuzhou, Lu Bu's daughter Lu Die also insisted on going with her mother. Yan also repeatedly persuaded Lu Bu to agree. Lu Bu, a standard good man from the Gu family, could not pester his wife and children, so he had to agree.

But what Lu Bu didn't expect was that in private, Mrs. Yan complained to her daughter, "You damn girl, you obviously want to go to Xuzhou to see people, but you still force your mother to go with you, and you still want your mother to speak first."

Go and beg your daddy. The older you get, the more naughty you get." Lu Die's face turned red. She just hugged her mother and acted coquettishly, but she had other plans in her heart.

………………

So, after intensive preparations, Hao Meng, the general of Lu Bu's army, led five hundred elite soldiers to escort Lu Bu's wife and daughter south, and visited Xuzhou in the name of thanking Tao Ying for releasing Lu Bu. At the same time, Lu Bu secretly summoned Yuan Shu's envoy.

He agreed to join forces with Yuan Shu to attack Tao Ying and divide Xuzhou's land equally, but on the pretext that the war in Yanzhou was urgent, he asked Yuan Shu to send troops to attack Xu first, and then he would send troops to attack Tao Ying himself. This made Tao Ying difficult to deal with. Yuan Shu's envoy was overjoyed and immediately returned to Shouchun.

The good news has gone.

Lu Bu's wife and daughter went south to thank Tao Ying face to face for their help in surviving. Naturally, they sent an envoy to inform Tao Ying of their itinerary first. Tao Ying, who had been paying close attention to the war in Yanzhou, fell into the trap and concluded that Lu Bu was beginning to be unable to withstand the fierce attack of Yuan and Cao's coalition forces.

He couldn't wait to offer his daughter to him in exchange for an alliance, and recalling Lu Die's pretty little face, Tao Ying no longer hesitated, and soon decided to go ten miles out of the city to greet him in person, giving Lu Bu face with great fanfare and also using it as a warning.

Little Yuan Sangong is just about to make a move in the south - my northern line is safe. If you dare to mess around, my main force will immediately go south and beat you to the ground! At the same time, I also warn Boss Cao in the north.

Before Lu Bu is killed, you old boy can't even think about taking advantage of Xuzhou!

The distance between Changyi and Pengcheng is not too far. It is only 400 miles away. Yan's team traveled lightly and easily. It only took seven or eight days to reach Xuzhou. On the day of entering the city, Tao Ying personally led the civil and military forces.

The officials came to greet him. Mrs. Yan was very satisfied with Tao Ying's respectful attitude. She also saw that Tao Ying's pretty face was very handsome and impressive, and she was definitely a good match for her daughter. She was even more happy and thanked Tao Ying in person for his previous release.

Tao Ying thanked her husband for his kindness in saving his life and sent him a gift. Tao Ying was humble and refused to accept the gift. He also invited Yan and his entourage into the city of Xuzhou, placed them in a post office, and arranged a banquet in the governor's mansion.

Give Yan and his party a chance to grow up.

Not to mention, the little girl Lu Die was really calm. She didn't show up even once until the banquet. Tao Ying, who had planned to see the little girl again, was very disappointed, but soon Tao Ying

They were no longer so disappointed. Taking advantage of Yan's excuse to leave the table, Xu Bang and Wang Kai, who had received Yan's hint, took the initiative to speak to Tao Ying: "Mr. Tao, my lord, Marquis Lu Wen, sent us here. In addition to thanking you,

In addition to your kindness, I have another family matter to tell you."

Tao Ying asked hypocritically what the family matter was, and King Xu smiled and replied: "When the former envoy Junyi released Marquis Wen, he proposed to Marquis Wen in person. Marquis Wen was inconvenienced at the time and could not agree, but in fact he was deeply moved.

Your Majesty is moved by your sincerity. Now that Mr. Tao has buried your Majesty, the time has come, so these two people do not want to avoid suspicion and are here to act as matchmakers. I wonder what your Majesty wants?"

Although there had been speculation about the purpose of Yan and his party, Xuzhou Wenwu, who was accompanying him during the dinner, was still making a low noise with different expressions. Among them, Cao Bao, who had long wanted to be the father-in-law of Deputy Director Tao, had the most embarrassed expression and had the intention to object.

, but it was inconvenient to speak in public. Tao Ying, who had already planned it, was secretly happy, but said hypocritically: "I accept the kindness of the two gentlemen. It's just that my father is dead and he is still in mourning. Besides, Marquis Lu Wen is still in his golden years."

It’s too late to bring up the matter of marriage.”

"What you said is wrong." Wang Kai said plausibly: "If a man has no wife, just like a house without beams, how can he live in mourning and ruin his human ethics? Besides, there are three types of unfilial piety. The greatest is not having an heir. You are already past your prime.

, I should have married a wife and had children long ago to continue the Tao family's legacy. I will definitely be very happy to know that Gongzu Gong is under the spring."

"Yes." Xu Si agreed: "Although you are in mourning, my lord's daughter-in-law has not yet reached the age of hairpins. If you are interested, why not arrange this marriage first, and wait until my lord's daughter-in-law has reached the age of hairpins.

At this age, wouldn’t it be the best of both worlds to marry the envoy again?”

Lu Die's appearance is not bad, a typical beauty. Tao Ying has seen this with his own eyes for a long time, and now marrying Lu Bu, strategically speaking, it will bring more benefits than harm to Tao Ying. Tao Ying is really moved, but

Considering that the matter was serious and could not be dealt with lightly, Tao Ying hesitated for a moment. Finally he said vaguely: "Tao Ying is very grateful for your kindness, but although Tao Ying's father has died of illness, his brother is still here, and there are

Tao Ying is the eldest brother and is the father. Tao Ying still needs to seek his brother's opinion on this matter. Please ask Ergong to stay and Tao Ying will repay you in the future."

Tao Ying pulled his brother out as a shield. Xu Si and Wang Kai could not urge Tao Ying to agree on the spot, so they agreed to wait for Tao Ying's reply and escorted Yan's mother and daughter back to Guanyi to rest. Tao Ying personally took them

It was at this time that Tao Yingcai finally saw the little girl Lu Die once he was sent out of the gate of the Governor's Mansion. He hadn't seen her for more than a month. The little girl seemed to have lost a little weight, but her beautiful and delicate little face became more and more attractive.

Deputy Director Tao, who was in control of Luo Li, swallowed quietly and began to imagine how charming this little girl would be when she grew up. Lu Die also secretly peeked at Tao Ying, and quickly turned his head away as soon as Tao Ying's eyes met.

My face was red to the root of my neck.

After sending away Lu Bu's envoy team, Tao Ying found the pottery merchant, Lu Su and Chen Deng, and began to seriously discuss the pros and cons with Lu Bu. The pottery merchant, who had been married last year, was very satisfied with the marriage and took the initiative to treat Tao.

Ying said: "Brother Yu, I think this marriage is feasible. Brother Yu also met Marquis Lu Wen's daughter in front of the gate just now. She looks beautiful and behaves dignified. Brother Yu is a perfect match for you. If you are interested, brother Yu, I will do it right away."

Agree to this marriage."

Tao Ying said nothing. Of course Tao Ying also knew that Lu Die was worthy of him, but Tao Ying was thinking about other consequences of marrying Lu Bu, so Tao Ying turned his attention to his two think tanks Chen Deng and Lu Su.

Deng and Lu Su also agreed very much with this marriage. Chen Deng was the first to say: "My lord, I think you can marry Lu Bu. Lu Bu proposes marriage at this moment. The purpose is very obvious, which is to borrow Xuzhou's money and food to support the army and join forces with Cao Yuan."

If Lu Bu dies, our army will have to bear the joint pressure from Yuan Shao and Cao Cao alone, which will also cost huge amounts of money and food, and will also cause countless casualties of soldiers and civilians, undermining the lord's plan to consolidate the interior of Xuzhou."

Speaking of this, Chen Deng paused and said: "In that case, whichever of the two evils is the lesser, my lord might as well choose to marry Lü Bu, provide him with part of his money and food, and use Lü Bu's hand to block Cao Yuan's pressure. Not only will my lord not be able to

Even if we need to sacrifice soldiers and civilians, we can still free up our hands to consolidate the interior of Xuzhou and deal with Yuan Shu's attack with peace of mind."

"I also agree with the marriage between my lord and Lu Bu." Lu Su echoed: "Although Lu Bu is capricious, after he promised his daughter to the lord, he will have some scruples in his actions, which will help our army mobilize the main force to go south to deal with the imminent attack.

The villain Yuan Shu. Moreover, if Lu Bu dies, the situation around Xuzhou will only become worse. Therefore, for our army, the longer Lu Bu can stay in Yanzhou, the more beneficial it will be for our army."

If Lu Bu became his father-in-law, he would definitely not attack him. Tao Ying would not believe it for the first time. However, the situation around Xuzhou is really bad right now. Not only are there many powerful enemies around him, but so is his only ally Gongsun Zan.

The sun was declining, and under Liu Bei's instigation, he was still opening his mouth to his lion and wantonly extorting money. It was obvious that he was almost unreliable, so Tao Ying, who was almost alone, weighed it again and again, and finally made up his mind, gritted his teeth and said: "

Well, even if I drink poison to quench my thirst, in order to buy time, I can only agree. That's it. I will give Lu Bu a reply tomorrow and agree to the marriage. I will also give him 50,000 dendrobium rations, 1,000 bolts of cloth, and 500 gold.

Jin, as a betrothal gift - anyway, Marquis Lu Wen borrowing money and food is like a tiger borrowing a big pig, so why not give it to him directly, and save me from having to pay a betrothal gift in the future."

Lu Su, Chen Deng and others laughed. They all said that Tao Ying was good at doing business and was very smart in his abacus. He could even save money on marrying a wife. However, at this moment, a guard suddenly came in from outside the hall. He came to Tao Ying.

He whispered in his ear: "My lord, there is a girl who calls herself Lin Mingqing. She comes to the back door of the garden to ask for an audience. She also said that lord, if you hear her name, you will definitely meet her."

"I'm finally willing to show up." Thinking of the little girl who had been hiding from him all this time, Tao Ying became furious and ordered in a low voice: "Ask her to go to my study and wait. Just

She is allowed to serve tea but not supper. Just say that I am busy with official business. I will go to see her after I finish my work." The guard agreed and hurried down to make arrangements.

Although he was determined to clean up Lin Qing and teach this overly arrogant little girl a lesson, Tao Ying finally couldn't bear to let this little girl starve until late at night, so he discussed it with Lu Su and Chen Deng for a while.

After preparing for the war with Yuan Shu, Tao Ying finally returned to his study alone at dinner time, and saw little girl Lin Qing in the room, whom he had not seen for almost four months.

It was already dark, and the study was quiet, with only one oil lamp burning. The little girl Lin Qing, who rarely wore women's clothes in front of Tao Ying, sat next to the desk with her head lowered and said nothing. There were still scattered bamboo slips on the ground.

It was obvious that the little girl was impatient and broke these bamboo slips to vent her anger. Tao Ying was not angry and did not ask his servants to come in to clean up. He just took a seat and put it next to the bookcase. With the little girl Lin Qing

He sat across from her and looked at the little girl who lowered her head and said nothing but smiled without saying a word.

I don’t know how long it took, but Lin Qing finally raised her pretty face that was stained with tears, and shouted at Tao Ying in a crying voice: "Bookworm, are you dead or mute? Why are you here now?

Why haven't you spoken yet?"

"Because I need to teach someone a lesson." Tao Ying replied with a smile: "Am I allowed to only allow someone to trick me again and again? I am not allowed to take revenge?"

"Who tricked you?" Lin Qing's eyes were red and she asked viciously: "When did I trick you?"

"Thank you for having the nerve to ask this question." Tao Ying smiled even more happily and said, "Someone asked her cook to put on her clothes and pretend to be her, scaring me twice.
To be continued...