Let’s look back at the situation of our Deputy Director Tao. Our fickle deputy director Tao’s mind was finally caught by Zhuge Liang this time. After learning that Uncle Liu was in the Xinping team, hesitated for a long time. For the sake of the Grand Duke of Yuan San, he found that Deputy Director Tao, who had decided to open the door to Xinping team, had indeed changed his mind. Not only did he decide to dispatch 40,000 troops to chase the whole, but he also selected 10,000 elite infantry and cavalry soldiers from each army and personally led the team to chase Xinping.

Deputy Director Tao had no choice. No one knew the danger of Uncle Liu better than Deputy Director Tao, nor did anyone know how good Uncle Liu was at seizing opportunities to take advantage of troubled waters. He knew that once Uncle Liu brought Emperor Xian of Han and the Three Duke of Yuan into Jingzhou, it would inevitably lead to unpredictable huge dangerous consequences, and at the same time, it would also allow Uncle Liu to gain more political resources and opportunities to take advantage of the situation. Therefore, Deputy Director Tao, who did not care whether to pursue or not, immediately changed his attention and decided to rob Emperor Xian of Han and his father-in-law of the world. He would rather spend more money and food to support him than bring him to Jingzhou to cheat him.

Deputy Director Tao made up his mind a little later. When he decided to send troops to pursue Yuan Tan's army, the entire army had already withdrawn from the west bank of Baishui. At the same time, the mountainous and forested terrain west of Baishui was also extremely unfavorable to the rapid pursuit of the Xuzhou army, and it was even more unsuitable for the marching and combat of the Gentleman Army, which had the most powerful motorized power among the Xuzhou army, so it took more than a day for the Xuzhou army to catch up with Yuan Tan's army's rear team east of Rushui, and was also stubbornly blocked by the rear of the Yuan army.

Fortunately, although the palace rear guard team led by Yuan army general Cen Bi resisted stubbornly with the narrow and favorable terrain, and once blocked the progress of the Xuzhou army, the Jizhou army, which had lost all its elites, was far from the opponent of the Xuzhou army in terms of quality and quantity. The 10,000 front troops led by Deputy Director Tao. It was also the absolute elite selected from the major main teams in Xuzhou. The combat power was so strong that it was the best in the world, no less than any world-class soldier. Therefore, after barely supporting it for a while, Cen Bi team finally lost the battle.

The Danyang soldiers selected from Wei Yan's team were the Danyang soldiers selected from Wei Yan's team. The Danyang soldiers who grew up in the mountainous and forested territory of Danyang were not only brave in combat, but also very good at maneuvering quickly in mountainous environments. Cen Bi's team used the narrow terrain to resist stubbornly. Wei Yan's deputy Zhou Hui led two thousand Danyang soldiers to detour from the side. Relying on the guide of Xuchang soldiers, he miraculously crossed two hills in the night environment and marched ten times.

In Yuli, the divine weapon fell to the back of Cenbi's team and attacked Cenbi's team with the main force. He never dreamed that the Xuzhou army would detour so quickly and the Cenbi's team was in chaos. The commander Cenbi took the lead in escaping, while the soldiers rushed to each other. The Xuzhou army took the opportunity to destroy the temporary fortifications built by Yuan Tan's army without any effort, killed the enemy and continued to advance rapidly, and chased Xin Ping's army, who was carrying Emperor Xian of Han and the Grand Duke of Yuan Sangong.

However, after being delayed, the Xuzhou army also missed the opportunity to stop Xin Pingzhong's army north of the Fengshui River. When the front army led by Deputy Director Tao chased to the north bank of the Fengshui River, Xin Ping's team had already crossed the Fengshui River and met with Liu Pan's army in Ye County. The garrison guarded the Ye County ferry, which prevented the Xuzhou army from crossing the river quickly at the slow ferry. At the same time, Liu Pan also released Xuzhou envoy Jiang Gan back to the Xuzhou army, allowing Deputy Director Tao to know the news that Cao's accidental defeat, and also knew that Liu Pan had accepted the bribes of his own army, and indeed did his best to stop the Xuzhou army from breaking through.

"Liu Pan actually defeated the Cao thief? He also succeeded in robbing the camp and burned all the food and supplies of the Cao thief? How is this possible?" When he heard the news of Cao's defeat, Deputy Director Tao, who had been entangled with Boss Cao for many years, suddenly widened his eyes, and was so surprised that he almost suspected that he had heard it wrong. Although Boss Cao is already at a dead end now, even Deputy Director Tao is not sure that he can beat Boss Cao so badly.

"Report to the lord, it is true. My subordinates are in Ye County. They saw with their own eyes that the defeated thieves of Cao left their families, women and children, and all their food and supplies to flee north."

Mr. Jiang Gan's tone was a little excited. He explained what he saw, heard and what happened truthfully. He also specifically stated that Boss Cao was defeated by Pang Tong's series of tricks. Deputy Director Tao finally realized it and sneered: "It turns out that there are capable people in Liu Pan's army, but Cao's thief was obviously underestimating the enemy. He just wanted to use tricks, but never thought that there were tricks in the enemy's tricks."

"Yes, that Mr. Pang Shiyuan is indeed amazing. I heard that he is also a proud disciple of Mr. Shuijing, a famous scholar in Xiangyang. His name is Fengchu, which is highly praised by the scholars in Xiangyang." Jiang Gan nodded foolishly and said, "Lord, General Liu Pan asked his ministers to come back because he wanted to tell you that he had fulfilled his promise to stop Cao's thieves and demanded that our army fulfill his promise, and not cross the water to avoid conflicts with Liu Pan's team, and wait for the results of our army's negotiations with Liu Jingsheng."

"This is Mr. Pang Shiyuan's idea again?" Deputy Director Tao asked with a sneer.

"I don't know." Jiang Gan replied truthfully: "When my subordinates met Liu Pan, not only were Pang Tong and Pang Shiyuan standing beside him, but Liu Bei and Xin Ping, so my subordinates could not tell whether it was Mr. Pang Tong's plan. Oh, by the way, General Liu Pan also said that Cao's thieves had fled to the northwest of Ye County. If the lord wants to chase him, he can chase him with confidence, and General Liu Pan will not stop him."

Looking up at the mountains and ridges in the northwest, Deputy Director Tao decisively gave up the idea of ​​chasing Boss Cao himself, because not only did he not have much hope, but he would also give the same dangerous Uncle Liu a chance to escape. After a little calculation, Deputy Director Tao ordered, "Ziyi can go back to Yecheng to negotiate with Liu Pan, tell him that as long as he does not interfere in the war between our army and the remnants of Yuan Tan's army, and does not prevent our army from rescuing the emperor, the queen and Lao Jihou, I will give him twice the gifts he gave him last time. Besides, tell Liu Pan clearly that if he dares to take in Xin Ping's team and block our army's rescue and escort, don't blame me for fighting with him!"

"Ah!" The honest man, Mr. Jiang Gan, was shocked and said hurriedly: "Lord, but General Liu Pan has fulfilled his promise and stopped Cao's thief team from breaking through for us?"

"If Liu Pan says so, just tell him like that." Deputy Director Tao pointed out: "Just say that our army asked him to block the Cao bandits on his behalf, and gave him a generous gift. He had already received the gift. Although he could not stop the Cao bandits from fleeing to Sili, our army was generous and knew that he had done his best, so he didn't care. Our army and he had already cleared us. Our army could also get along with his team, but Xin Ping's team was an enemy of our army and kidnapped the Shengjia and Lao Jihou. Our army must chase him to the end, so if he wanted to get along with our army, it would be best not to interfere in the war between our army and the remnants of Yuan Tan's army, otherwise our army would have to declare war on him!"

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Deputy Director Tao's triangular eyes were circling, and after a while, he asked with a smile: "General Liu Pan is afraid of being guilty of possessing a treasure in Jingzhou. Aren't he worried that he is guilty of possessing a treasure in Xuzhou?"

"Major General is not worried." Liu Yi said flatteringly: "We major general have heard about the situation under the rule of the envoy. The rule of law is clear and the rewards are rewarded, those who have made mistakes are punished, and those who are capable are superior to mediocre. They will never allow levies and extortion. Moreover, the benevolence, righteousness and reputation of the envoy have long been spread throughout the world. Our major general helps the envoy to take great merits to save the emperor. I believe that the envoy will allow the envoy to be a rich man under your rule."

Speaking of this, Liu Yi quickly added, saying, "Jingzhou is different. I believe the envoy also knows that Liu envoy is called the governor of the state, but his military and political power is almost controlled by the rich, and he is very excluded from outsiders. Even as the lord and the princely son, we must look at the expressions of the Cai, Huang and Kuai family. To be honest this time, even our major general did not expect to seize so many spoils. If we go back like this, we will definitely be jealous. No matter how much credit is made, we cannot protect it. Therefore, our major general is determined to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and hope that the envoy will include it."

Liu Yi's words conveyed by Liu Yi are very honest. Liu Biao has relied on the support of local tyrants to settle the position of governor of Jingzhou. His control over military and political power is indeed far inferior to that of the treacherous jackals like Cao and Deputy Director Tao, and even as good as Yuan Sangong, a big and small family. Many local counties are actually controlled by local tyrants. In terms of reputation, Liu Biao's territory is difficult to collect taxes, so naturally it is difficult to keep Liu Pan, who became rich overnight. Moreover, Liu Biao people may not be jealous of the huge wealth that Liu Pan has gained.

The situation in Xuzhou is much better. Although Deputy Director Tao inevitably relies on the support of local tyrants during his rule, the military and political power, especially the army, is firmly in the hands of Deputy Director Tao. Que Xuan and Mi Zhu, who dare to hold private soldiers, have long been killed by two generations of the old Tao family. No one dares to be this pioneer again. The Chen Deng family, the largest Xuzhou hero, is very obedient. Apart from some of his favorite self-conservation, he has never competed for local control with Deputy Director Tao. At the same time, the newly occupied Yanzhou and Yanzhou.

The powerful Huainan were afraid of Lao Da and Xiao Yuan San Gong again. Although the Jiangdong tyrants were rampant, their strength could not compete with Xuzhou. Deputy Director Tao had the final say on the control of the Xuzhou army. This was also the reason why outsiders such as Jia Lao poison, Lu Su, Cao Bao, Liu Ye and Yang Changshi could enter the high-level decision-making level in Xuzhou. So as long as Deputy Director Tao spoke and expressed his opinion, Liu Panji could be at ease to be a rich man who was rich and rich in the control of the Xuzhou army. It was far better than being trembling in Jingzhou and being in danger.

Gossip is too far away, let's get back to the point. Although Liu Pan's words and requirements are absolutely reasonable, Deputy Director Tao's Birdman character knows that he is the master whom his brother and his family members are unwilling to believe easily! So after a moment of calculation, Deputy Director Tao suddenly asked Liu Yi: "General Liu Yi, what else did Mr. Pang Tong say when you left the city?"

"Pang Tong?" Liu Yi was caught off guard and was stunned, then replied blankly: "The envoy asked Pang Jun? What did he say? The villain doesn't know?"

Deputy Director Tao stared at Liu Yi until he found that there was no falsehood in Liu Yi's confused expression. Deputy Director Tao smiled and said, "It was me who missed the tongue. I was asking, what else did Major General Liu Pan say?"

"Oh, my major general would like to ask, when will the envoy cross the river and take action? What do you need our army to help?" Liu Yi hurriedly replied, "My major general also said that Xin Pingpi and the others have decided to set off at the third update tonight and continue to retreat to the hinterland of Nanyang. In order to stabilize them, the major general also agreed to follow the alliance covenant and take charge of the palace behind him, and strangle the throat of the envoy's road to chase them south."

"The delaying plan has been successful." Deputy Director Tao was secretly happy, but he still did not dare to take it lightly. He said, "I still need to think carefully about this matter. General Liu can go down and rest for a while. After I have planned a plan to defeat the enemy, I will ask you to bring a letter back to General Liu Pan." Liu Yi agreed and left temporarily at the invitation of Deputy Director Tao's guard. Deputy Director Tao called Mr. Jiang Gan, who was stupid and prepared to accompany Liu Yi to rest, and called him in front of him and asked in a low voice about Jiang Gan's past when he negotiated with Liu Pan.

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At the same time, at the northeast corner of Ye County's city wall, Pang Tong, Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang were looking side by side at the Xuzhou army on the north bank of the Fengshui River. They were ugly, handsome, and three faces, and there were confident smiles. Smiling, Pang Tong suddenly asked Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu: "Kong Ming, Yuan Zhi, what tricks do you think the pottery thieves will take to defeat the enemy after they fall into the trap?"

"I don't know." Zhuge Liang replied frankly, and replied: "In the world, there are only three people in my mind. It's hard for me to guess. One is Pang Shiyuan, the other is Xu Yuanzhi, and the other is Tao Envoy. So Liang really can't guess what action will happen next this time."

"To be honest, I can't guess either." Xu Shu also smiled slightly and added: "Fortunately, in your brilliant plan, the Taoist thief reacted no matter how he reacted, and he had to fall into the plot of his brother Shi Yuan. Shu didn't have to worry about guessing his thoughts."
Chapter completed!