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    "What? Did you really succeed in persuading him to surrender? This Yang Zhongming would really make trouble for me and kill Liu Qi directly to save trouble and effort? Trouble! But forget it, it's a done deal, let Yang Zhongming bring Liu Qi here. (Literature Museum br /  >

    Deputy Director Tao cordially received Liu Qi, Wang Wei and other people who had surrendered from Jingzhou, and on the spot he consecrated Liu Qi as an admonishing official, Marquis of Gaodu, with a settlement of 200 households. Wang Wei and Zhou Zhao also each received rewards and became prisoners.  Liu Qi had no choice. He honestly presented the seal of the Jingzhou governor he brought from Jingzhou and sent Wang Wei to Jiangling City to recruit Liu Xian and Deng Yi as requested by Deputy Director Tao. Deputy Director Tao was very happy to see Liu Qi obeying and ordered  The people treated Liu Qi favorably, and at the same time ordered the army to be on guard secretly to prevent Jiangling troops from sending troops to make a surprise attack.

    Luo Guanzhong, a super-specialist who had basically retired and returned to his hometown, made another internal response to Deputy Director Tao before retiring. As expected, just as he had reported to Deputy Director Tao, Wang Wei, a Jingzhou veteran who was loyal to Liu Biao and his son, came to Jiangling City with a letter.  When Liu Xian and Zhizhong Deng Yi were ordered to surrender, they indeed explained to Liu Xian and Deng Yi how helpless they and Liu Qi were to surrender to Tao, and immediately offered up the famous bad idea, hoping to take advantage of the fact that Deputy Director Tao would inevitably underestimate the enemy after Liu Qi surrendered.  Taking advantage of the opportunity to prepare for Yu, a surprise force was deployed at a strategic location to attack the Xuzhou Army's central camp, capture Deputy Director Tao alive, and rescue Liu Qi. This would not only restore the entire Jingzhou, but might also have the opportunity to take over the entire world.

    It's a pity that Wang Wei's famous bad idea was destined to never have a chance to be put into practice. After listening to Wang Wei's suggestions, Liu Xian and Deng Yi made a prompt decision and made an extremely smart and correct choice - they immediately captured Wang Wei and Wang Zhong.  Father and son, they were brought together in front of the Xuzhou army to express their sincerity in surrender, and then they opened the gates of Jiangling without hesitation and surrendered to the Xuzhou army honestly. They presented Liu Biao with both hands the large amount of money and food that Liu Biao had accumulated for his son over the years, asking for credit and reward.  A huge amount of money and food enough for 550,000 Xuzhou troops to use for more than a year!

    The result is this.  Of course, the loyal Wang Wei and his son could not die anymore. They were beheaded on the spot by Deputy Director Tao, and Liu Qi was also implicated - if Yang Changshi had not begged for mercy, Liu Xian and Deng Yi also proved that Liu Qi had not committed suicide beforehand.  Without knowing it, Deputy Director Tao was determined to kill Liu Qi to establish his authority!  Liu Xian and Deng Yi received heavy rewards. Liu Xian was granted the title of Grand Administrator of Liang State in Yuzhou and the title of Zhangtinghou. Deng Yi was granted the title of Prefect of Dongping in Yanzhou and the title of Tinghou of Linxiang.  Because Liang Guo and Dongping are currently in the hands of the Xuzhou Army, the official positions given to Liu Xian and Deng Yi by Deputy Director Tao are not virtual titles, but actual awards. Liu Xian and Deng Yi were overjoyed and hurriedly kowtowed to Deputy Director Tao to express their gratitude.  .

    Of course.  Even if they were granted official positions, Liu Xian and Deng Yi had to do a few more practical things for Deputy Director Tao before they could officially take office. After Deputy Director Tao gave the order, Liu Xian and Deng Yi immediately split up and attacked. Liu Xian crossed the river to deliver the order for Liu Qi.  The four counties of Changsha, Wuling, Guiyang and Lingling were asked to surrender to Deputy Director Tao honestly.  Deng Yi rushed down the river to Jiangxia to recruit Jingzhou general Wenpin who was trapped in the isolated city of Wuchang. As for Zhang Yun and Cai He's troops stationed in Xiakou.  There was no need for Deng Zhizhong to worry about it. After receiving Cai Mao's letter, Zhang Yun and Cai He had already hurriedly brought the navy to Jiangling to flatter Deputy Director Tao.

    ?? Let¡¯s briefly introduce the situation on the Jiangxia battlefield. This time the Xuzhou Army marched south to Jingzhou.  In addition to Liu Biao and his son, the most miserable person in Jingzhou was the unlucky General Wenpin. He was struggling to resist the entire Jiangdong Army of the Xuzhou Army with almost one army. No matter how brave and resourceful he was, he could not withstand the full attack of the Jiangdong Army.  He couldn't defeat Lu Su's generals Xu Sheng, Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai by using force, and he couldn't defeat Yang Changshi's precious son Yang Zheng by using strategy.  Xia Zhi, Xinchun, Zhu County and Xiling and other Jiangxia cities were all captured by the Xuzhou Army. Sha Xian, the reserve station, was also successfully attacked by Yang Zheng with a trick. Only an isolated city in Wuchang was left struggling to support itself. Several attacks on Zhang Yun and  There was no reply from Cai He. The Jiangdong Army besieged Wuchang for more than a month, and more than 70% of the defenders in the city were killed or injured. Therefore, while Deng Yi was still on the way down the river, the Xuzhou Army had already invaded Wuchang City and had no way out.  Wenpin who left was captured alive.

    Even so, after being captured by the Xuzhou Army, Wenpin still refused to surrender to the Xuzhou Army and wanted to die. Lu Su cherished Wenpin's loyalty and bravery and could not bear to kill him, so he temporarily detained Wenpin and imprisoned him until Deng Yi arrived in Wuchang with the letter.  , after Liu Qi handed Wenpin a letter requesting Wenpin to surrender, Wenpin cried bitterly for a while, then knelt down and expressed his willingness to surrender.  Lu Su was overjoyed and hurriedly led the Jiangdong navy to Jiangling to meet with Deputy Director Tao and apologize for his failure to attack Jiangxia for a long time.

    Because Lu Su was extremely unlucky to encounter Wenpin, a stone in the pit, and was unable to attack Jiangxia for a long time, Deputy Director Tao naturally would not pursue the old lackey who destroyed his family business and followed him, and gave Lu Su a smile.  Su had an opportunity to atone for his sins. It was said that Jin Xuan, the prefect of Wuling among the four southern counties, refused to surrender and asked Lu Su to lead the Jiangdong Army to attack Wuling again to teach Jin Xuan a lesson. Lu Su was overjoyed and immediately led his army south to attack Wuling. At the same time, Deputy Director Tao Feng Wen  He was appointed as General Zhaoyi and Marquis of Ji Nanting, and Wenpin was ordered to accompany Lu Su in the expedition to Wuling. Wenpin was grateful to be appointed as the vanguard, and Deputy Director Tao.Lu Su agreed with a smile.

    Lu Su finally made no mistakes in his expedition to Wuling this time. The Jiangdong Army defeated Linyuan City in just six days. Wenpin was the first to enter the city and rescued Liu Xian who was detained by Jinxuan. Zhou Tai killed Jinxuan on the tower.  , Gong Zhi led the remaining troops to surrender to the Xuzhou Army.  Seeing that the Xuzhou Army was unstoppable, Changsha Han Xuan, Guiyang Zhao Fan and Lingling Liu Du had no choice. They sent protons to surrender to the Xuzhou Army. Deputy Director Tao was overjoyed, so Han Xuan, Zhao Fan and others still remained.  Lead the prefect.  At this point, all the counties in Jingzhou were finally pacified, and the land of Jingzhou, the most vast area, fell completely into the clutches of Deputy Director Tao like a ripe fruit.

    The Xuzhou Army's Jingzhou War was a battle that was both reasonable and unexpected. What is reasonable is that the difference in strength between the Jingzhou Army and the Xuzhou Army was too huge. The only naval force with an advantage was defeated by Liu Qi.  The energy was greatly weakened and the hearts of the people were scattered. Before the war even started, there was no suspense about the outcome. Neither Liu Biao nor Liu Qi and his son had ever dreamed of defeating the Xuzhou Army. They only hoped to block the Xuzhou Army to the north of the Han River.  , took advantage of time to use up the Xuzhou Army's insufficient military rations, forcing Xuzhou's military rations to retreat.  The only worry within the Xuzhou Army was whether they could cross the Han River as soon as possible and approach Xiangyang City. They never considered that they could not defeat their opponents.

    What was unexpected was that no one in the Xuzhou Army, including Deputy Director Tao himself, expected that the war would progress so smoothly.  Easily smashed the Jingzhou Army's Xinye defense line, simply broke through the Han River, and captured Xiangyang that night, and then trapped Liu Qi to death in the small town of Dangyang, forcing him to hand over guns and surrender, leaving all the troops in Jingzhou counties leaderless.  Under such circumstances, the entire territory fell, and the entire Jingzhou was annexed almost at a flying speed.  The whale swallowed up Jingzhou so fast that even Deputy Director Tao himself had not thought of it beforehand.

    But this is not surprising. Historically, Boss Cao has annexed the entire territory of Jingzhou in a speedy manner.  That was much faster than the Xuzhou army. As soon as the army arrived in Wancheng, Liu Cong had already sent a letter of surrender. It was only because Uncle Liu Huang and Liu Qi made trouble that they could not actually capture Jingzhou.  By this time, Uncle Liu Huang had been driven to Hanzhong and was surrounded heavily.  Deputy Director Tao just met Liu Qi, who was lame in military affairs. It was naturally easy to capture Jingzhou, which had huge internal conflicts.  If Deputy Director Tao's luck can be better and Liu Qi is captured in Xiangyang, then the Xuzhou Army's annexation of Jingzhou will only be faster.

    Regardless of strength or luck, the Xuzhou Army was able to annex the entire territory of Jingzhou in a flash, and the Xuzhou Army was still very excited about it.  Overjoyed, and at the same time because of the successful seizure of a large amount of Jingzhou's money and grain, many Xuzhou civil and military personnel came to Deputy Director Tao to make suggestions, suggesting that Deputy Director Tao take advantage of the opportunity that the navy was currently in place.  Simply go up the river from Jiangling, directly attack the hinterland of Yizhou, and capture Xichuan.

    Deputy Director Tao calmly rejected this suggestion and smiled at the civil and military people who made the suggestion: "What you say is reasonable, but our army is located in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River after all. It is very inconvenient to transport food and troops against the wind and current.  It is almost impossible to succeed in the attack on Chengdu. Instead of sending troops into Sichuan at this time to fight a war of attrition and benefiting from the Big Ear and Cao thieves in vain, it is better to let Liu Zhang protect himself behind closed doors while we eliminate the most dangerous Big Ear and Cao thieves.  , and then it won¡¯t be too late to slow down the plan for Xichuan.¡±

    Seeing that Deputy Director Tao was determined not to attack Liu Zhang for the time being, the Xuzhou army generals were inevitably disappointed. However, no one expected that at this moment, unexpected good news suddenly came, and Liu Huangshu drove him to Shangyong with no way out.  When Zhang Lu saw that the situation was too high, he gritted his teeth and stamped his feet and simply sent his younger brother Zhang Gui to Xiangyang to ask for surrender, and asked Deputy Director Tao to send troops to take over Shangyong. He was willing to offer Yongfang Mausoleum and other places with both hands in exchange for serving under Deputy Director Tao.  a place of refuge.  Deputy Director Tao was even more delighted when he heard the news. He hurriedly appointed Wenpin as the prefect of Hanzhong. He ordered Wenpin to lead 10,000 troops to Shangyong to take over the city defense. He also arranged for Wenpin to have two deputies who were generals from Jingzhou and stationed in Shangyong to contain Liu Huangshu.  .

    "Lord, the general is the new one. You actually let the general take charge right away. You, you" After hearing Deputy Director Tao's order, Wenpin couldn't believe it himself, so he simply  He knelt down on his knees, clasped his fists and asked directly: "My lord, please forgive me. I have the courage to ask, my lord. Aren't you afraid that my general will rebel when he reaches Shangyong?"

    A deputy director named Luo Guanzhong laughed loudly. He first picked up Wenpin with both hands, then patted Wenpin's hand and said with a smile: "Zhongye is a loyal and righteous man, how could he betray me? Zhongye can go this time."  Bring your family members with you. Shangyong is remote and it is inconvenient to send messages. Zhongye brings his family members with him so that we can take care of each other."

    Wenpin burst into tears and knelt down to Deputy Director Tao again. He paused and said, "My lord trusts me so much, and I swear not to betray my lord! Please rest assured, my lord, after I arrive at Shangyong, I will strictly protect Shangyong."  The city, contain Liu Bei¡¯s flanks, and don¡¯t give the big-eared thieves any opportunity to take advantage!¡±

    Deputy Director Tao listened to Wenpin¡¯s serious words and hurriedly helped Wenpin up again, comforted him with kind words, and granted Wenpin a hundred households of food. Wenpin thanked him again and again.Two days later, he led 10,000 newly reorganized troops to Shangyong to take over the city defense.  Of course, some people were worried about Deputy Director Tao's arrangement, fearing that Wenpin would rebel immediately after reaching Shangyong. Deputy Director Tao smiled and said: "I will live up to Zhongye, and Zhongye will live up to me." After that,  With these high-sounding words, Deputy Director Tao sneered in his heart: "In a ghost place like Shangyong, where there are few people and food, even if the literary recruitment is different from what it was in history, how much trouble can it cause?"

    After Wenpin led the army to Fangling and Shangyong, Zhang Lu, who was desperate, surrendered the city defense obediently and handed over the last few thousand defeated soldiers to Wenpin's command for reorganization. He led his family to Xiangyang to report to Deputy Director Tao  After the surrender, Deputy Director Tao was overjoyed and granted Zhang Lu the title of General Zhennan, Marquis of Langzhong, and a settlement of 200 households. Zhang Wei, Yan Pu and others who surrendered with Zhang Lu also each received rewards, and treated Zhang Lu's family well.  Zhang Lu was so happy that he actively begged for marriage with the Tao family and wanted to marry his daughter Zhang Qiying to a descendant of the Tao family. Deputy Director Tao, who had vowed to marry the daughters of all princes, originally wanted to accept it, but after careful inquiry, he found out that Zhang Qiying only  There are ten years old.  Deputy Director Tao had no choice but to let his nephew, Tao Shang's eldest son, get engaged to Zhang Qiying to prevent his already extremely corrupt reputation from continuing to be tarnished. In order to cater to Deputy Director Tao's special preferences, there have been many sycophants over the years.  The disciples rushed to dedicate their young daughters to Deputy Director Tao.  As a result, Zhang Lu was also very lucky to escape the disaster - anyone who dared to be Deputy Director Tao's father-in-law would basically have no good ending.

    At this time, it was already the end of the 10th year of Jian'an. The news that Deputy Director Tao had quickly decided to settle in Jingzhou had basically spread throughout the land of China. The princes had mixed reactions. Of course, Deputy Director Tao's new neighbors Liu Zhang, Wu Ju and Shi Xie were  He quickly sent envoys to congratulate him and hug him.  Uncle Liu Huang cried bitterly and said that the Han Dynasty was in decline and the traitors were in power. He gritted his teeth and vowed to fight to the death with the thief Deputy Director Tao.  The one who had the biggest reaction was Boss Cao. After hearing that all the counties in Jingzhou fell into the clutches of Deputy Director Tao almost intact, Boss Cao didn't say a word for almost five minutes.  Then he said with a livid face: "I thought Tao Thief might not send troops to march westward until the year after next. Now it seems that Tao Thief's troops will arrive in May or June next year at most."

    "What my lord said is absolutely true." Xun Yu agreed with Boss Cao's judgment and analyzed: "The traitor Tao Ying has taken away Liu Biao's savings for many years. There is no need to worry too much about military rations. Let the army rest for half a year. Wait until winter.  After the wheat is harvested and stored in the warehouse, they can easily come in from the west to attack us. We only have about half a year to prepare for the war, so we must prepare for a rainy day immediately. Make arrangements to resist the attack from the Tao thieves."

    "Preparing for a rainy day?" Boss Cao looked a little sad and said with a wry smile: "How to prepare for a rainy day? There are traitors Liu Bei in the south, Ma Teng and Han Sui in the west, and hundreds of thousands of traitors Tao Ying in the east. Our total military strength is less than 60,000  , but we are surrounded by enemies on three sides. How can we resist the invasion of so many traitors?"

    "It's not that there is no way." Xun Yu said in a deep voice: "Yu suggested that the Luoyang area be used as a buffer against the Tao thieves. If necessary, you can abandon it and gather troops to hold on at Hangu Pass and Jiguan. There may not be any hope of blocking the Tao thieves.  Invasion."

    "What about our rear? What about Chang'an and Tongguan?" Boss Cao even smiled bitterly, coughing and said: "When the main force of our army is stationed on the eastern front, Ma Teng, Han Sui and the big-eared thieves will take the opportunity to attack Chang'an.  And Tongguan, won¡¯t all our troops be shattered to pieces?¡±

    "My lord, is your question a problem?" Xun Yu asked in a solemn tone: "With my lord's ability, is there really no way to resolve the crisis on the western front? Are we going to do our best to deal with the threat from the eastern front?"

    Boss Cao stopped talking and coughed even more fiercely. Guo Jia, who was already skinny and skinny, was infected by Boss Cao, so he couldn't help coughing violently. While coughing, he said with difficulty: "Master, Jia and others are also here."  I know that joining forces with the big-eared thief is tantamount to seeking the skin of a tiger and fighting the fire with a salary, but when the matter has reached this point, if you don't want to be captured without mercy, my lord, you can only temporarily bow to the big-eared thief."

    "Yes, Lord, don't hesitate." Cheng Yu also advised: "In the current situation, no matter how sworn in we are with the big-eared thief, we are already inseparable. If we don't give in to the big-eared thief, we can't  Concentrate all our efforts on the eastern front to resist the Tao thieves. But if we turn our hostility into friendship with the big-eared thieves and work together, then our western front will immediately be at peace, and the threats of Ma Teng and Han Sui can also be eliminated with the help of the big-eared thieves.  It¡¯s more worry-free.¡±

    "As for whether the big-eared thief agrees to work together, my lord need not worry." Xun Yu added: "The big-eared thief is a smart man and knows how to choose what is more beneficial to him. As long as the lord is willing, we don't even need to send envoys.  If we go to contact the Big Ear Thief, with the knowledge and insight of the Big Ear Thief, Pang Tong, and Xu Shu, they will definitely take the initiative to send envoys to contact us."

    Boss Cao hesitated for a moment, then coughed and said, "I need time to think about it. Let's put this matter aside for now and let me think about it carefully."??Make a decision again.  "

    Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others nodded silently. They also knew that it was really difficult for Boss Cao to make a decision on this matter. It would be death to join forces with Uncle Liu Huang, and it would be death not to join forces with Uncle Liu Huang. The only difference was whether there was any hope of blocking Deputy Director Tao.  Kill them all, whether they will die in the hands of Deputy Director Tao or Uncle Liu who will definitely backfire on his allies.

    He was so sick that he didn¡¯t know how many sleepless nights he had passed. Time entered the first month of the eleventh year of Jian¡¯an. Boss Cao, who had just turned fifty, welcomed a special guest¡ªUncle Liu Huang sent Sun Qian as his envoy.  Ziwu Gu came to Chang'an City and handed Uncle Liu Huang's autographed letter to Boss Cao, requesting to form an alliance with Boss Cao to resist Deputy Director Tao's written letter.

    "Meng De Gong, you don't have to be polite anymore. Don't be surprised if you speak frankly." After submitting the letter, Sun Qian said straight to the point: "Meng De Gong must be aware of the general trend of the world. After Liu Biao and his son were unfortunately killed by Tao Ying's traitor, Tao's next target must be  It¡¯s you. Military Advisor Pang and Deputy Military Advisor Xu estimate that in July of this year at the latest or in June at the earliest, the Tao thieves will personally march westward to attack Meng Degong¡¯s team and drive you to an end. I¡¯d like to thank you both.  Our family is dependent on each other, and if Cao dies, Liu will not be able to protect him, so my lord is very sincere in seeking an alliance this time, and I also ask Meng Degong to investigate clearly."

    Boss Cao took a rough look at Uncle Liu Huang's sweet words, threw it onto the case, supported his chin with his fist, and held the case without saying a word.  Sun Qian hesitated for a moment and then said: "Please rest assured, Mr. Meng De. As long as your army agrees to form an alliance, my lord will come forward to persuade Ma Teng and Han Sui to make peace with your army and join forces to resist the Tao thieves. When the Tao thieves' troops press the border, our army will also  We will send troops as much as possible to cooperate with Meng Degong in fighting, and try our best to provide food, grass and military supplies for Meng Degong."

    "Then what do you want?" Boss Cao finally asked.

    "I only need a seal and a promise from Meng Degong." Sun Qian replied: "Please Meng Degong to express to the emperor that my lord is the shepherd of Yizhou, and promise that when my lord goes south to attack Yizhou, he will not invade our Hanzhong land."

    "Is it that simple?" Boss Cao asked with a smile: "Aren't you afraid that I will break my promise and take advantage of your opportunity to go south to suddenly send troops to attack Hanzhong?"

    "With all due respect to Qian, although Meng Degong is a great hero, after blocking the attack of Tao thieves, I am afraid he has no power to threaten Hanzhong anymore." Sun Qian replied frankly: "The only purpose of our army's alliance with your army is to take advantage of Meng Degong's power.  Stop the Tao thieves with your hands! And my lord can clearly tell Meng Degong that if Meng Degong cannot stop the Tao thieves at the front line of Hangu Pass and returns to the middle of the pass to defend Tongguan, my lord will definitely send troops to assist your army in guarding Tongguan and join hands with Meng Degong to repel the Tao thieves at all costs!  "

    Boss Cao stopped talking again, but Xun Yu next to him smiled and said: "So, Duke Xuande wants our army to be his guard dog forever?"

    Sun Qian was silent for a moment and replied: "My lord can also promise that after our army takes Yizhou, we will give Hanzhong to Meng Degong. This clause can be clearly written into the covenant."

    Xun Yu's eyes flashed with light, and then he leaned into Boss Cao's ear and whispered: "My lord, the big-eared thief is very sincere in seeking an alliance this time. If my lord is determined, he can agree to it now."

    Boss Cao coughed lightly but said nothing. Sun Qian also said that Boss Cao was worried about Xiliang, so he simply played his last trump card and said frankly: "To be honest, Meng Degong, I came to contact your army on this trip, and I didn't let him."  Ma Teng and Han Sui knew that it was the first month of the year again, so the two armies of your country and our country could form a secret alliance and join forces to use tricks to make the unscrupulous Ma Teng and Han Sui turn against each other and kill each other. They would never be able to threaten the backs of our two armies.  . Your army and our army are in harmony, so it shouldn¡¯t be difficult to achieve this, right?¡±

    Boss Cao thought about it for a long time, and then said with a sad expression: "Forget it, although your lord brought a glass of poisonous wine, who told me to be thirsty now? I agreed to this matter, go back and tell the big-eared thief,  Ask him to use less poison in the poisoned wine he prepared. I will die too quickly and it won¡¯t do him any good, right?"
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