The disastrous defeat of the Xuzhou army in Huaiyin suddenly turned into a great victory. Of course we, Lu Wenhou and Chen Gong, who were a bit ignorant, did not believe it. We were forced by the situation and found that the Xuzhou army had already prepared and laid out a large number of ambushes. If they really fought, they would not be able to take advantage of it.

After suffering a big loss, they had no choice but to withdraw their troops, and once again ended their invasion of the five counties of Xuzhou in disgrace. At the same time, Marquis Lu Wen and Chen Gong had to send a large number of scouts southward to find out who had won the damn battle in Huaiyin.

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In fact, there is no need to go to such trouble. A few days after returning to Changyi in despair, Marquis Lu Wen not only received the bad news of the fall of the important town of Dongjun, but also quickly received Han Yin, the liaison envoy of Xiao Yuan Sangong - Han Yin.

It was Sangong Xiao Yuan who sent him to accuse Marquis Lu Wen of being treacherous. When Sangong Xiao Yuan sent troops to Xuzhou, Marquis Lu Wen, as an ally, did not send troops to attack Tao Ying, nor did he send any soldiers to contain the Xuzhou army. This led to Xiao Yuan's rebellion.

Sangong's Huaiyin was defeated miserably, and Ji Ling's army was completely wiped out1,! So Sangong Xiaoyuan asked Marquis Lu Wen to explain this...

For the first time, the grumpy Marquis Lu Wen did not lose his temper because of Xiao Yuan Sangong's condemning attitude. He just focused his attention on another aspect and asked quickly in surprise: "Ji Ling was defeated in Huaiyin and the whole army was annihilated? Is it true or false?

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"Marquis Wen, do you dare to make fun of such a big event?" Han Yin was a little dissatisfied and replied with resentment: "The traitor Tao Ying saw through our army's plan to attack the east and attack the west, so he left the elite soldiers who reinforced Guangling behind in Huaiyin.

City, when General Ji Ling attacked Huaiyin, the traitor Tao Ying, who was as ruthless as a wolf and as poisonous as a viper, dug up the Huaihe River embankment and diverted the water from the Huaihe River to attack our army. The entire army of 15,000 elite soldiers led by General Ji Ling

It was destroyed, and the whereabouts of General Ji Ling and Zhou Yu who joined the army are unknown, and their lives and deaths are unknown. The numerous warships and sterns built by our lord with a lot of money were also captured by Tao Ying's traitors, and the losses were extremely heavy!"

Marquis Lu Wen opened his mouth wide, and Chen Gong next to him also widened his eyes. They looked at each other in disbelief and couldn't believe Han Yin's words - both warring parties were vying to say that their army had been completely wiped out. They suffered a disastrous defeat. Such a thing.

, it was really the first time that Marquis Lu Wen and Chen Gong met.

Han Yin misunderstood the expressions of Lu Bu and Chen Gong. He also said that they were also shocked by the unexpected defeat of their own army. The resentment in their hearts was relieved a little, so he slowed down and said: "Marquis Wen, my lord Yuan Gong, you are true to your word."

I am a hero, and I don’t mean to blame you too much. I just think that you, Marquis Wen, should send troops as soon as possible to fulfill the covenant and attack Tao Yingxiao’er from the north and south with our army. Our Lord Yuan Gong has also made a decision to personally lead the army of the entire country to the north to attack.

Tao Ying, to avenge Huaiyin! This time our lord sends troops is not a trivial matter. The number of troops is at least 120,000. Even though Tao Ying is treacherous, he is nothing more than a mantis in front of our lord's army. This opportunity is rare. I hope Marquis Wen will not miss it.

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"The strength is at least 120,000?" Marquis Lu Wen, who was also the leader of the army for a long time, asked curiously: "Yuan Gong has just defeated Ji Ling's army, and there is another army confronting Liu Yao's main force in Niuzhu. Can he send out again immediately?

There are more than 120,000 troops, how many troops does Duke Yuan have?"

"Don't worry, Marquis Wen. The army of 120,000 will not be less, it will be even more." Han Yin replied proudly: "Huainan has many soldiers and sufficient food, and our lord has won the hearts of the people in Huainan. Whenever he encounters any trouble, the people

The heads of Guizhou are all eager to take the lead, and all the military supplies and equipment are in complete condition. The warehouses are full of rice and the treasury is full of money. Not to mention the battle of Huaiyin, our lord's 60,000-strong army still exists. Even if these 60,000-strong army are not used, my lord only needs a word.

With the order, we can immediately build an army of 100,000!"

Marquis Lu Wen almost didn't laugh out loud. Chen Gong over there also sighed quietly and rushed to say: "Your envoy can go to the post to rest first. The war situation in Yanzhou is urgent at the moment. This matter needs to be discussed in detail with the lord and everyone.

Please give your envoy a reply." Han Yin turned around to see Lu Bu's reaction, and when he saw Lu Bu nodding in agreement with Chen Gong's decision, he stood up to leave and went to the Guanyi to rest under the guidance of the guards of Lu Mansion.

As soon as Han Yin walked away, Marquis Lu Wen burst out laughing, "Is there something wrong with Yuan Shu's brain? By temporarily recruiting some common people into the team, we can form an army? If this counts as an army, then I can form one today.

An army of 50,000 people, but what role can such an army play on the battlefield?"

"Yuan Shu still has some main force, but the number is definitely not much." Chen Gong sighed, and then sneered: "But I can be sure that even if Yuan Shu really sent out the so-called 120,000 troops to go north, without our army

If we send troops to assist, we will definitely be defeated by Tao Ying! Although Tao Ying's troops are not as elite as our army, they are still enough to deal with Yuan Shu's rabble."

"Then what should our army do?" Lu Bu asked Chen Gong: "Should we abide by the covenant and send troops to help Yuan Shu?"

Chen Gong was silent for a long time and then slowly said: "My lord, when things have reached this point, what chance does our army have of winning when we send troops south for the third time? Facts have proved that Yuan Shu is no match for Tao Ying's traitor, so he joins forces with him to attack Tao Ying.

Therefore, the main force of the battle can only be our team, and our army has only three cities left in Yanzhou: Changyi, Dingtao and Rencheng to defend. If the main force of our army goes south, Cao's thieves will definitely take the opportunity to attack.

If the city is lost again and Xuzhou cannot be captured for a long time, what can our army do?"

"But if we don't take action, we can only provide care for Tao Ying's children in the southern part of Yanzhou." Marquis Lu Wen was not too stupid, and he could see through the situation.

"Being able to gain a foothold in the south of Yanzhou is ten times better than being homeless." Chen Gong sighed: "Our army has had grudges with Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shu is too far away. Gongsun Zan's power has been weakened, and only Xuzhou Tao can deal with it.

Our army has a slightly better attitude. Although the traitor Tao Ying is only using our army, at least he will not send troops to sneak attack on our army's back. The lord can also rest assured to entrust his back to his protection. Such an ally has also been in troubled times.

They are very rare.”

"What Gongtai means is that we give up our alliance with Yuan Shu and our plan to annex the five counties of Xuzhou, and exclusively form an alliance with Tao Ying?" Lu Wenhou asked thoughtfully.

"Yuan Shu is too disappointed, and he is too far away. Far water cannot save the fire nearby." Chen Gong sighed: "But Tao Ying is different. He is a hypocrite, treacherous and vicious but has a code of conduct. He will not attack his allies casually. We

There is no need to worry about the threat from him. In addition, Taoying's territory is close to our army, and Yuan Shu is rich in money and food. He also needs our army as a northern barrier, and will never sit back and watch our army defeat, so as long as the Lord opens his mouth, he will definitely be able to follow

I got some money and food from Tao Ying so that our army can deal with the Cao thieves."

Lu Wenhou was hesitant and did not immediately agree to Chen Gong's suggestion. Chen Gong, who knew that Lu Wenhou was still greedy for Xuzhou, did not urge him. He only gave Lu Wenhou an idea to get along well with Xuzhou, which was to treat Yuan Shu's envoy Han Yin as a surrender.

He was escorted to Xuzhou and handed over to Tao Ying for disposal, in exchange for Tao Ying's trust and Xuzhou's money and food supply. Marquis Lu Wen was still hesitant, and just left Han Yin in Changyi under close guard, planning to wait and see the situation for a while.

Also deceived by Deputy Director Tao was poor Boss Cao. After storming Xiadong County at all costs, Boss Cao originally planned to take advantage of Lu Bu's main force moving south to completely drive Lu Bu's army out of Yanzhou in one fell swoop. He never thought that the main force of Cao's army would

He had just freed his hands and was preparing to go south to Changyi with scars all over his body. However, news came from Xuzhou that the Huaiyin War was actually a great victory for the Xuzhou army. There was also news that Lu Bu had returned from Xuzhou and headed north.

Boss Cao was confused and quickly sent more scouts to investigate carefully until he confirmed the real winner of the Huaiyin War. Knowing that he had fallen into the trap, Boss Cao cursed again, "Tao Ying, traitor! You are the best in the world.

You cunning thief! Fortunately, I haven’t crossed paths with you yet, otherwise I would have been fooled by you!”

Boss Cao's luck was obviously better than that of Marquis Lu Wen. Although he was tricked once again by Deputy Director Tao's superb acting skills, he unexpectedly ushered in a few strong men that Boss Cao coveted - the three poor Taoyuan brothers bumped into each other in Langya.

The most terrifying Junzi Army in the Xuzhou army was killed, and the entire army was wiped out. Only less than twenty people were left with injuries and fled back to Zhu County. Uncle Liu Huang once again sent troops to fish in troubled waters in Xuzhou with Kong Rong, the new and old eldest brother, behind his back, and ended up like this.

When Deputy Guixian came back, he had no shame to see Kong Rong again, and he felt that Kong Rong, who had a weak army and few generals, could no longer extract any profit. So he simply went south to join Cao Cao, hoping to use Boss Cao's troops to seek revenge against Deputy Director Tao.

By the way, we are waiting for new opportunities to fish in troubled waters and make a comeback.

As the first person to discover Guan Yu's martial arts, Bole, and having personally witnessed the grand battle between the Three Heroes and Lu Bu, the talented Cao Lao was naturally overjoyed that the three Taoyuan brothers came to join him. He not only held a grand banquet

He entertained the three Taoyuan brothers and accompanied Uncle Liu Huang to scold Deputy Director Tao's eighteenth generation ancestor. Then Boss Cao rejected Xun Yu and Cheng Yu's suggestions and killed Uncle Liu Huang with a knife to eliminate the future troubles forever. He also gave Uncle Liu Huang three

With thousands of troops and tens of thousands of grains, he ordered Liu Huangshu to garrison in Lu State County, which borders Donghai County of Xuzhou, so that Liu Huangshu could continue to attack Deputy Director Tao, and at the same time, he formed a rivalry with Cao Jun and formed a pincer attack on Marquis Lu Wen.

With the support of Boss Cao, news of the three brothers from Taoyuan making a comeback and conquering the Lu Kingdom reached Changyi. Marquis Lu Wen, who was already almost unable to withstand the counterattack of Cao and Yuan's coalition forces, no longer hesitated and finally made up his mind to fight with the Xuzhou army.

The sincere alliance adopted Chen Gong's plan and captured Yuan Shu's envoy Han Yin and put him in a prison car, and asked the envoy Wang Kai to be taken to Xuzhou to present to Tao Ying to show the sincerity of the alliance. They took the opportunity to borrow troops and grain from Tao Ying to fend off Cao Ying.

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Not long after, Wang Kai took Han Yin to Pengcheng and handed him over to Tao Ying for treatment. He also presented Lu Bu's handwritten letter. Tao Ying was overjoyed and didn't ask Han Yin why he contacted Lu Bu. It would be more troublesome if he asked.

Tao Ying immediately ordered Han Yin to be pushed out of the door and beheaded. However, when the guards pushed Han Yin out of the hall, who was crying and begging for mercy, Tao Ying shouted: "Wait a minute, take Han Yin to the execution ground in Xuzhou, and publicly announce that he is Yuan Shu's alienator."

I committed the crime with Marquis Wen, and then beheaded him, and then hung his head on the city gate to be displayed to the public for a month!"

"Master Tao, please forgive me, please forgive me! I'm just a messenger, just a messenger!" Han Yin cried frantically and begged for mercy. However, Lu Su, Chen Gui, Chen Deng and others present quietly wiped away cold sweat and said to themselves together

Tao Ying was so cruel. It was clear that he wanted Yuan Shu and Lu Bu to turn against each other and never truly join forces again. Wang Kaize looked embarrassed. Although he understood Tao Ying's sinister intentions, he did not dare to speak out to object.

Han Yin was led out and beheaded. It wasn't until his cries faded away that Wang Kai nodded to Tao Ying and said, "Your Majesty, your lord has witnessed the sincerity of our alliance. Now Cao Cao and Yuan Shu are attacking fiercely."

, Liu Bei’s traitor has arrived in Lu County again, my lord..."

"Your Majesty, there is no need to say anything. I understand." Tao Ying interrupted Wang Kai and said proactively: "Marquis Wen is my father-in-law. He is currently in trouble. Naturally, I can't just stand by and watch. Let's do this. Thirty thousand bushels of food and grass, and thousands of swords and guns.

There is no need to return the handles and five hundred iron armors. It is considered as my filial piety to my father-in-law. As for the army, I really can’t spare the army to go north now, so I will give five hundred flying muskets to my father-in-law... No, one thousand flying muskets!"

"Flying musket? What is flying musket?"

Wang Kai was stunned and was about to ask. Tao Ji jumped out immediately and shouted like a pig: "Second brother, I can't give you the flying musket. That is the most secret weapon of our gentleman army!"

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"The most secret weapon of the Junzi Army?" After hearing Tao Ji's words and seeing Tao Ji's nervous expression, Wang Kai, no matter how stupid he was, understood that the flying fire gun must be extremely powerful. So Wang Kai did not hesitate and hurriedly asked

Tao Ying bowed his hands, bowed to the ground and said, "Wang Kai, on behalf of my lord, would like to thank you for your great kindness."

"Third brother, don't be anxious. The flying fire gun can only be used once. No one can reload it except our army." Tao Ying was not secretive, and revealed his evil intentions in front of Wang Kai.

, said: "The war in Yanzhou is urgent now. If we don't give some of our housekeeping magic weapons to Marquis Wen, Marquis Wen may not be able to survive."

Tao Ji had no choice but to retreat honestly. Tao Yingze said to Wang Kai again: "Mr. Wang, the power of the flying musket is very important, and the cost of making it is extremely expensive. I only have a total of three thousand. It is also good to honor my father-in-law with a thousand."

I have tried my best. I hope you will tell my father-in-law about this." Wang Kai nodded and bowed in agreement, thanked him again and left.

Tao Ying gave Marquis Lu Wen the flying musket, one of his family's magic weapons, which was indeed a great favor to Marquis Lu Wen. When the flying musket arrived in Changyi, Marquis Lu Wen had already led his army to Dingtao to rescue the Zhang brothers and stayed behind at Chen Palace in Changyi.

After witnessing the power of the flying musket with his own eyes, he was overjoyed and quickly ordered people to send the flying musket to the front line. Marquis Lu Wen, who was fighting hard with Cao and Yuan's coalition forces, also immediately used the flying musket on the battlefield, killing Cao and Yuan's coalition forces by surprise.

Once seeing a fire-breathing spear, as brave as Yan Liang, Dian Wei and others were at a loss and were seriously injured by flying muskets. There were countless other elite soldiers and generals of the Cao and Yuan coalition who died under the flying muskets, and the team was also killed by them.

There was complete chaos. Lu Bu's army took the opportunity to cover up and attack, and defeated Cao and Yuan's coalition forces with a small number and a large number.

"Hahahahaha, burn! Burn! Burn it hard! Come on, don't you bunch of thieves like to have seven or eight of them together? Come on, you can come as many as you want this time!"

On the battlefield, Marquis Lu Wen brandished a Fangtian painted halberd with a flying musket attached to it, rode a red rabbit horse back and forth, and used a poisonous flame more than ten feet long to burn Cao Jun wantonly.

The seven or eight Cao and Yuan coalition generals who came out of the battle all rushed away. No one dared to come up and stop Lu Wenhou. The unlucky ones such as Dian Wei and Yan Liang, who could barely deal with Lu Wenhou for a while, covered their burned faces and ran away.

Allowing Marquis Lu Wen to charge back and forth among thousands of troops and horses, it was like entering a deserted land.

Seeing this scene, the soldiers of Lu Bu's army who were holding flying muskets to open the way were of course cheering and their morale was greatly boosted. They rushed to fight and scrambled. However, the soldiers of Cao and Yuan's coalition forces on the opposite side cried loudly and scrambled to escape for their lives. Boss Cao even more

He yelled, "Tao Ying, traitor! Traitor! It must be you, the traitor, who is doing the trick again!"

"Huh? Why have you run out again?" Seeing that the powder for the flying fire gun on the halberd was all gone, Marquis Lu Wen, who was killing happily, was greatly disappointed. He had to rush back to the formation to change the flying fire gun. When he learned that there were a thousand flying fire guns

When they had all been used up, Marquis Lu Wen cursed loudly again, "Why did this unscrupulous son-in-law send so few flying muskets? If he had sent three to five thousand more, not even a single one of Cao's bandits could escape today! Send someone immediately!"

Go and send an order to Chen Gong and ask him to send an envoy southward and ask my unscrupulous son-in-law to send thousands of flying muskets. The more the better!"

Fortunately, there was no need for flying muskets at this time. The Cao and Yuan coalition forces that were caught off guard had already collapsed across the board, and were slaughtered like ducks by the already brave and skillful Lu Bu army. They were killed until corpses were scattered all over the field.
To be continued...