Although he was still a little worried, seeing that Xu Shu was so confident and serious and eager to evacuate to Sili, Cao Boss in Guanzhong decided to give Xu Shu another chance and allowed Xu Shu to go to Ye County to contact Liu Pan and Pang Tong and persuade Liu Pan to get out of the way.

However, to be on the safe side, Cao Lao also proposed that his confidant Mao Jie be Xu Shu's deputy and go on a mission to Ye County together. Xu Shu knew Cao Lao's intention but did not refuse and agreed.

So Xu Shu and Mao Jie set off immediately carrying rich gifts, and arrived in Ye County that afternoon. They also entered the city of Ye County very smoothly. However, Xu Shu did not directly send Liu Pan, the commander-in-chief of the Jingzhou Army who was stationed here, to

Instead, he used bribes to open the way and asked the Jingzhou officials who came to meet him to introduce Pang Tong, who joined the army of Liu Pan's team. When the official who came to receive Jingzhou's meritorious officials heard this, he was surprised at first, and then a little embarrassed, saying: "Sir, don't be surprised, if you want to see others, I will definitely

No problem, but Pang Canjun..., the villain is really not sure about this?"

"Why?" Xu Shu asked curiously.

"Pang Canjun is not a big director." The meritorious official replied honestly: "Pang Canjun has been enjoying drinking every day since he went out with the captain. He only stays in Zuixiang from dawn to night. He almost never pays attention to official business. Whenever he has official duties

They are all left to the subordinates to act on their behalf. Except for Liu Duwei, almost no one can see him. The gentleman is an envoy from a foreign army. Pang Shenjun will not see the gentleman even if he wants to come."

Mao Jie was greatly surprised when he heard this, saying that there are still such people joining the army in the world? But Xu Shu laughed loudly and said: "Feng Chu is indeed Feng Chu, and his temper has not changed at all. It's rare that Liu Pan can be so tolerant."

It’s rare.”

After laughing, Xu Shu smiled again and said to the meritorious official: "It doesn't matter. Your Majesty, just go and report. He said that Yingchuan and Xu Yuanzhi are here, and told him to come out and meet me immediately. If you delay for a moment, you can come back to Shuizhou next time."

Jingzhuang, he can't even think about asking for easy money, and he won a jug of good wine from me in the chess game last time, so he can't even think about asking for debt again."

"Come out and see Sir?" The Gongcao official was startled at first, but seeing Xu Shu's serious attitude and his tone of being very familiar with Pang Tong, he also led Xu Shu and Mao Jie to the side gate of the county government office in the city with suspicion, and entered.

Go and report to Xu Shu.

What made the meritorious official extremely surprised was that after he truthfully conveyed Xu Shu's arrogance, Pang Tong, who was already blushing and thick-necked from drinking, didn't even bother to put on his shoes. He jumped off the desk with bare feet and rushed out the door in person.

When he came to greet Xu Shu, he didn't show any courtesy after seeing Xu Shu. He grabbed Xu Shu's sleeve and yelled, "You Xu Yuanzhi, you want to waste the good wine you lost to me. I'm here to welcome you now. You owe me."

A jar of good wine, bring it, bring it."

"Of course I will give you the wine I owe you. But not now. You have to help me finish the errand first, and then I can give it." Xu Shu smiled and said: "Otherwise, the errand will not be completed. Not only can I not receive Lumi, but I can't do it.

Well, you still have to die, so what can I buy you a drink with?"

"Again, you're a swindler! Of all the people who come and go in Shuijing Village, you, Xu Yuanzhi, are the most swindler!" Pang Tong said dissatisfied. Then he smiled and said, "But don't think about being a swindler this time. I will help you finish the job today."

Yes. Then tonight you have to bring me the good wine you owe me, so that we can get drunk together!" After saying that, Pang Tong and Xu Shu looked at each other and laughed, looking very affectionate.

Seeing that Xu Shu and Pang Tong were actually very familiar with each other, and their friendship was obviously very good, Mao Jie, who accompanied Xu Shu on the mission, was somewhat relieved. Only then did he take a closer look at Pang Tong's appearance, and found that Pang Tong was about twenty-one or two years old, with thick eyebrows and a raised nose.

The black face and short sideburns were very ugly. Mao Jie couldn't help but feel contempt and wonder. He couldn't understand why Pang Tong could take up the important task of joining the army at such a young age, and why he was so valued by the famous Xu Shu and Xu Yuanzhi. Who would have expected that when Xu Shu introduced Mao Jie to Pang Tong?

At this time, Pang Tong made Mao Jie change his expression with just one sentence. Pang Tong said unceremoniously: "Yuan Zhi, it seems that Cao Cao still doesn't trust you. He has to send a lackey for such a trivial matter as contacting Liu Pan.

Just keep watching."

Glancing sympathetically at Mao Jie who looked embarrassed, Xu Shu smiled and said, "Shiyuan misunderstood. Mr. Xiaoxian is the deputy assigned to me by the lord to help me on my mission to your army, not to monitor him."

Mao Jie's face finally looked better, but Pang Tong snorted heavily, and then ignored Mao Jie. He just took Xu Shu and rushed to his signature room filled with wine bottles and jars, and invited Xu Shu to the table.

Then he personally served Xu Shu wine, and Xu Shu thanked him with a smile. He looked around the drunken office room and then said with a smile: "Unexpectedly, the rumors are indeed true. Shi Yuan entertains himself with fine wine every day. Look,

The room is full of wine jars. I’m afraid it’s been like this since Shi Yuan arrived in Yecheng?”

"With a mere tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, why worry about minor military affairs?" Pang Tong replied arrogantly: "In that case, if Tong doesn't take pleasure in drinking every day, what else can he do?"

"Shi Yuan is a great talent, I know it myself." Xu Shu said with a smile: "It's rare that Liu Pan could tolerate Shi Yuan's behavior and obey Shi Yuan's words. Tell me, how did Shi Yuan subdue Liu Pan?"

"I can't even speak of subduing him, I just did him a small favor." Pang Tong replied frankly: "When Liu Pan led his army to set off, Liu Biao ordered him to march slowly to Bowang to wait and see. In order to cut off Liu Qi's foreign aid, Cai Mao secretly ordered Liu Pan to do it.

When the war between Jing and Xu was provoked, Liu Qi secretly ordered Liu Pan not to conflict with the Xuzhou army in order to maintain strong reinforcements. Liu Pan was in a dilemma and no one dared to offend him, so the commander-in-chief gave him an idea and asked him to obtain secret orders in front of Liu Biao.

Liu Xuande was allowed to lead his army to the north to reinforce Yuan Tan, leaving Ye County to hold his throat and watch the changes. He could advance and attack, retreat and defend, and become invincible. As a result, Liu Pan's move was greatly appreciated by Liu Biao, Cai Mao and Liu Qi.

It’s hard to say anything else, and no matter how bad Tong behaves, Liu Pan will just pretend not to see it.”

"It turns out that Duke Xuande was able to lead his army northward alone, and it was Shi Yuan who secretly helped." Xu Shu smiled and said, "Let me tell you, Liu Pan is so brave, and dares to let Duke Xuande's troops go northward to Xuchang alone.

Joining forces with Yuan Tan turned out to be Shi Yuan's clever plan. However, Shi Yuan's move to let Liu Pan hold Ye County by the throat was even better. Not only could he react at any time, but he also unintentionally held the concubine by the throat, forcing the lord to have to ask for help.

Liu Pan bowed his head and got a real unexpected reward."

"It's not unintentional, it's intentional." Pang Tong said with a smile: "I had long expected that Cao Mengde would take the opportunity to break out of the encirclement and flee to Sili to avoid the Tao thieves and seek a comeback, so I suggested that Liu Pan strangle Ye County and

Cao Mengde went north to the throat. Otherwise, Liu Jingsheng and Liu Pan originally planned to station in Bowang and use the Jiao River to transport grain to deal with Yuan Tan."

Mao Jie's expression suddenly changed. Xu Shu was also a little surprised and said, "Does Shi Yuan want to be an enemy of Meng Degong when he persuades Liu Pan to act like this?"

"No." Pang Tong shook his head and said with a smile: "To be honest with Yuan Zhi, Tong still wants to wait and see and decide whether to let Meng Degong go according to the situation. If Kong Ming can really stop the Tao thief and choke Cao Mengde, he can also do it for him.

Jingzhou has one less powerful enemy - Tong is now Liu Jingsheng's subordinate. He has to do something serious, right?"

"I see." Xu Shu nodded and suddenly asked: "So Shiyuan, do you know that you have to make a decision now?"

"I just found out." Pang Tong replied with a smile: "Just now, Tong received news that the traitor Tao Ying sent Jiujiang celebrity Jiang Gan as an envoy and has entered Yecheng. He is currently negotiating with Liu Pan. Although Tong did not go to meet with Jiang Ziyi,

But it can also be concluded that Guandu must have been destroyed by Tao thieves, so I came to ask Liu Pan to intercept Yuan Zhi's current lord."

"The envoy of the Tao thief has arrived in Yecheng?" Mao Jie was shocked and blurted out: "You still want to use Liu Pan's hand to block our army's breakout path?"

"Using Liu Pan's hand to block our army's way of breaking out?" Xu Shu was also a little surprised, and then after thinking about it carefully, he smiled and said: "You can really have wild ideas, but as long as he is willing to pay the price, he may not have no hope of success. How about it, Shi

Yuan. How about doing me a favor and not letting the Tao thief succeed?"

"Since Yuan Zhi has spoken, Tong naturally cannot refuse." Pang Tong said with a smile: "But Yuan Zhi, have you made up your mind? If I help you, you will have no chance to get rid of Cao Mengde's control in the future."

Xu Shu was silent for a while before replying: "My lord treats my concubines well. In the previous incident in Changyi, my lord could have taken the opportunity to execute the concubine. However, my lord has clear rewards and punishments. He knew that the concubine may not have done anything wrong, but because of Xia Houyuan's words, he took the responsibility first and dealt with the concubine.

Let bygones be bygones. Although I am not grateful for this, I still appreciate it. If I don't repay this, I will be laughed at by the world."

Speaking of this, Xu Shu paused and then said: "Besides, this matter has come to this point. If I don't try my best to help my lord break out of the siege and go to Sili Pass to make a comeback, there will be only one person in the world who can restrain the Tao thieves. In order to make the Han Dynasty thousands of miles away

If it falls into the hands of Tao Ying, a hypocrite and a real traitor, and hundreds of millions of Han people are not to be tortured by this traitor, I must ask Shi Yuan to help me."

"But the country of Han Dynasty fell into the hands of the traitors, wouldn't hundreds of millions of Han people be tortured by the traitors?"

Pang Tong asked with a wry smile. Xu Shu was speechless and speechless. Mao Jie wanted to say some nonsense about Boss Cao being diligent and caring for the people, but he saw that with Pang Tong's ability, saying these cliches and nonsense would only make Pang Tong treat him more.

In addition to being disgusted, it had no effect, so he closed his mouth that he had just opened. Fortunately, Pang Tong quickly stood up and said: "Okay, again, forget it about others, since it is Yuan Zhi

You come to speak, then I have to help you no matter what. Come on, I will take you to see Liu Pan and persuade Liu Pan to make way for you."

Mao Jie was overjoyed and quickly stood up and thanked Pang Tong. Xu Shu slowly stood up and bowed deeply to Pang Tong. Although he did not say thank you, everything was silent.

………………

When Pang Tong led Xu Shu and Mao Jie to the back hall where Liu Pan met the Xuzhou envoy Jiang Gan, the meeting between Liu Pan and Jiang Gan was coming to an end, and the generous gift that Deputy Director Tao asked Jiang Gan to bring had already been placed in front of Liu Pan

, the purpose has been made clear to Liu Pan - to use the road south to negotiate with Liu Biao to discuss friendly matters between the Tao and Liu armies after they border the Central Plains. At the same time, Liu Pan is asked to abide by the professional ethics of military officers and ministers and do his best to block Cao Jun.

He also promised Liu Pan that once Liu Pan successfully blocked Cao's army in Runan and persisted until the Xuzhou army arrived at the interception battlefield, the Xuzhou army would definitely be defeated.

In addition, Jiang Gan also proposed to Liu Pan that as long as Liu Pan promised to get along well with the Xuzhou army, as long as Liu Pan persisted for six or seven days, a Xuzhou army would come to the Yexian battlefield to take over and stop Cao Cao.

The boss's mission to break out of the encirclement would not cause too much damage to Liu Pan's team. At the same time, Jiang Gan also frankly told Liu Pan that the reason why the Xuzhou army did not immediately divide its troops and come to the battlefield in Ye County was not because the Xuzhou army was insufficient in strength and lack of support.

Rather, they were worried that provoking a war between Jing and Xu would be detrimental to the future friendly relationship between the Tao and Liu families, so the Xuzhou army would never rush into the army without Liu Pan's permission.

There was only one veteran Jingzhou general with white beard and hair who accompanied Liu Pan to meet Jiang Gan. He stood behind Liu Pan without saying a word. Liu Pan didn't talk much either. He just smiled and admired the valuable gifts sent by the Xuzhou army while listening to Jiang Gan.

Although Jiang Gan was talking earnestly, he was thinking about how to send Jiang Gan away. Then he went to Pang Tong for advice. Although Jiang Gan kept drying up his mouth and became hoarse, he refused to relent and agreed to the request of the Xuzhou army. When Pang Tong was leading Xu Shu and Mao Jie

When he entered the back hall, Liu Pan was stunned at first, and then said with a smile: "Mr. Shiyuan came here in such a grand manner. Could it be that he has run out of wine? But he came at the right time, just as you expected, Xuzhou Tao Shijun's

The messenger has indeed arrived."

"Tong has heard about it." Pang Tong smiled. Then he turned to Jiang Gan and said directly: "Mr. Ziyi, you don't have to waste your energy. Go back and tell Tao Thief that he wants to kill someone with a borrowed knife. No way, we will never be fooled."

"Huh?" Jiang Gan and Liu Pan were both stunned. Then Jiang Gan quickly turned his eyes to Liu Pan and asked doubtfully: "General Liu, this gentleman is..."

"It doesn't matter who I am." Pang Tonggen did not give Liu Pan a chance to speak, and said to Jiang Gan: "Mr. Ziyi, I know your purpose very well. I know the purpose of Tao Thief better, but we will not be fooled.

, It is true that Cao Jun is our enemy in Jingzhou, and we will try our best to block his way north. But if we can't stop him, no one can blame us, including our lord Liu Jingsheng. "

Jiang Gan's expression finally changed and he jumped up quickly. He raised his hands to Liu Pan and said, "General Liu, what's wrong with this gentleman? Why did he sabotage the reconciliation negotiations between your two armies as soon as he entered the hall? I have long heard that the general is strict in running the army.

, this gentleman is so rude and rude, should the general just ignore him?"

"This..." Liu Pan also felt that Pang Tong's attitude was a bit rude, but he couldn't directly accuse him. He just raised his head to look at Pang Tong, his face full of hesitation.

"General, I know your thoughts." Pang Tong said quickly: "But Tong just wants to ask the general one question now. If the general makes peace with the Tao thief privately, he will block the Cao thief in Runan at any cost, and even allow Xuzhou

The bandit army passed through our army's checkpoint, entered our army's defense area, and blocked Cao's bandit's team from going north. Then in the future, if the lord, General Cai Mao, and General Huang Zu blame them, how will the general bear it?"

"This..." Liu Pan was moved by Pang Tong's words and began to think about the consequences of secretly making peace with the Xuzhou Army. Among the current Jingzhou Army, only Liu Qi firmly advocated a friendly relationship with the Xuzhou Army, but Liu Biao was obviously very wary of the Xuzhou Army.

, Cai Mao and Huang Zu, the powerful figures in Jingzhou, hate the Xuzhou army to the core. Although I can get some benefits by helping the Xuzhou army this time, in the future, once people like Liu Biao, Cai Mao and Huang Zu are investigated, won't I?

Can't eat enough to walk around?

Seeing Liu Pan's hesitation, Pang Tong took the opportunity to walk up to Liu Pan and whispered in Liu Pan's ear: "Besides, no matter how high the price offered by the Tao thief, can it be higher than the price of the Cao thief who is about to be desperate? Tong brought him

These two people, one named Xu Shu, Xu Yuanzhi, and the other named Mao Jie, Mao Xiaoxian, are both important ministers under Cao Cao. On behalf of Cao Cao, they have agreed to the conditions set by the general - if the general lets him go, Cao Cao will include him in his team.

Half of the property was used as money to buy the journey and was presented to the general."

Many friends may not know much about Liu Pan's character. The little-known general Liu Pan loved money most in his life. In order to get more money, in history, Liu Pan still made many mistakes while serving as an officer in Jingzhou.

He also worked as a bandit and robber, robbing nearby counties to line his own pockets. In the end, he encountered a tough opponent like Tai Shici and suffered a huge loss, so he did not dare to continue to work part-time as a bandit.

Greed has reached this point, and now that Boss Cao is willing to pay such a high price to buy General Liu Pan, Liu Pan is of course overjoyed, so after secretly being happy, Liu Pan immediately nodded, turned to Jiang Qian and said: "Mr. Ziyi, I mean
To be continued...