Chen Gui knew very well that since Ying Shao was afraid of Cao Ang and his son, he should use this fear to force him to leave voluntarily.

So Chen Gui sent people to contact the bandits in Taishan County, ordering them to make a big splash, move in all directions, and even attack the county town, making the momentum as loud as possible.

There were many thieves in Taishan County. Especially after Cao Ang occupied Langya Kingdom, he suppressed the bandits vigorously. After the remaining thieves escaped by chance, they poured into Taishan County one after another, so that in the huge Taishan County, there were so many bandits.

The Yuan family intervened in the group of thieves in Taishan County, and many forces secretly defected to the Yuan family. However, in the past two years, Cao Ang had a positional advantage, wooed and bribed many parties, and actually overpowered the Yuan family.

The four largest groups of bandits in Taishan County, Gongsun Du and Du Song, secretly defected to Cao Ang. As for Sun Kang, he was actually sent to Taishan by Cao Ang to gather the bandits. Only Guo Zu was a member of Yuan Shao, but because Yuan Shao had no time to take care of it,

He also gradually had a tendency to fall in favor of Cao Ang.

As soon as the bandits moved, the entire Taishan County immediately became chaotic.

Ying Shao had to travel to various counties to quell the bandit troubles. However, these bandits had Chen Gui providing information and had made thorough preparations. As a result, Ying Shao ran around in all directions, but found nothing, and instead became very worried.

In addition to using Taishan bandits to create chaos for Ying Shao, Chen Gui also asked Xu Huang to divide his troops.

Xu Huang's left army was under the jurisdiction of Xihe, Xuanfeng and Cefeng. They were originally stationed together in Bo County. After being divided into three, the Xuanfeng troops were stationed north in Ying County (which governs today's Laiwu District, Shandong Province).

North of Wenshui River in the northwest), while Cefeng troops stationed eastward in Mou County (governing the east of present-day Laiwu District, Shandong Province).

Three troops, from three directions, vaguely surrounded Fenggaocheng, the county seat of Taishan County (which governs today's Donggu County Village, Tai'an City, Shandong Province).

In order to strengthen the intimidation against Shao, Chen Gui asked Xu Huang to arrange for the left army's cavalry to travel between the three places to create a tense atmosphere.

As Chen Gui expected, Ying Shao immediately panicked when he saw the Xuzhou soldiers surrounding him on three sides.

Although Ying Shao was a scholar, his political acumen was not low. When he faced the current situation and thought of the scene of thieves swarming in Taishan County, he immediately understood the reason.

There are no thieves, Cao Ang forced Liang to become a thief.

Ying Shao was angry and resentful towards Cao Ang, but there was nothing he could do.

Xu Huang's army was nominally helping Yanzhou conquer the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, but Ying Shao had no evidence to prove that Cao Ang was related to the Taishan bandits.

Just when Ying Shao was at a loss what to do, Chen Gui finally came to his door.

Ying Shao had served as the magistrate of Xiao County, and Chen Gui happened to be working as an aide to Yuan Zhong, the prime minister of Pei State, so the two were old friends. Although Ying Shao didn't know Chen Gui's intention, he was respectful to him.

The two sat down, and Chen Gui said straight to the point: "Zhong Yuan (Ying Shao) must be very stressed out these days."

"Han Yu (Chen Gui) is joking!"

Ying Shao looked at Chen Gui, not understanding the other person's intention and not saying much.

Chen Gui knew what the other party was thinking and didn't care about the other party's answer. He said directly: "I won't hide it from Zhong Yuan, but I am here for your wealth and life."

After Ying Shao heard this, he immediately became angry. Are you, Cao Ang, so overbearing? You want to kill someone?

"Chen Hanyu, I am not afraid of death. Whatever Cao Ang wants, just come to me."

After hearing this, Chen Gui immediately laughed and said: "Zhong Yuan was wrong. I said I would save you because I wanted to help you conquer the bandits in Taishan County. How could you doubt General Cao?"

"Where did the thieves in Taishan County come from?"

"Zhongyuan, you are the governor of Taishan County, how can you ask me? Besides, the Taishan bandits have been suppressed for hundreds of years, which has caused today's troubles.

Today, a group of bandits are wreaking havoc and are difficult to control, and their power is getting stronger and stronger. I am afraid that they will lead troops to attack Fenggao in the future.

I came here this time just to help you defeat the thieves and save the people from fire and water. You are so suspicious of me, but you have betrayed General Cao's wishes."

Ying Shao looked at Chen Gui's sincere look, and for a moment he couldn't tell the relationship between this matter and the other party.

"How are Han Yu prepared?"

Ying Shao wanted to see what Chen Gui was really thinking.

"I have a way to completely quell the bandits. Now you and I will join forces and clean up the Taishan bandits one by one along the border of Taishan County from north to south and from east to west. In less than half a year, we will be able to pacify all the bandits."

thief."

Ying Shao was even more confused. He had to say that this was a good idea from Chen Gui. Chen Gui was so kind in giving him advice. Did he really blame him wrongly before getting it?

In fact, Ying Shao also thought about such an arrangement, but due to lack of troops, he was unable to deploy such a large net.

Ying Shao still wanted to defeat the thief, but he didn't realize Chen Gui's malice, so he reluctantly trusted him and agreed to the matter.

Early the next morning, Ying Shao mobilized troops and horses, gathered 5,000 troops, joined Xu Huang's 5,000 troops, and marched to the northwest of Laiwu (which governs Dongchengzi Village, Nanboshan County, Zibo City, Shandong Province today).

There were tens of thousands of people and a huge momentum.

At first, the Taishan County soldiers were very wary of the Xuzhou Army. Every time the two sides cooperated, the Xuzhou soldiers contributed more, but the credit was equally divided between the two sides. This made the Taishan County soldiers very satisfied with the Xuzhou Army, and their guard gradually relaxed.

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Moreover, the Xuzhou Army's ability to conquer and fight also made Taishan County soldiers fearful.

The army marched all the way south, quelling more than ten groups of bandits and recruiting and surrendering more than twenty forces. Wherever it went, it was victorious and unfavorable.

For the soldiers of Taishan County, the more they fought, the more comfortable they became and their mood became more and more relaxed.

Finally, the army was extremely happy at the climax of the bandit suppression. In the area north of Mengshan Mountain, the two sides divided their forces, and then the Taishan County soldiers encountered a joint ambush by Du Song and Sun Kang.

At that time, the Xuzhou Army was not far away, but did not come to rescue. They saw the Taishan County soldiers being defeated by the bandits.

In the end, the troops of Taishan County were defeated in Mengshan Mountain and suffered heavy losses. The remaining army fled northward, and finally encountered an ambush by bandits in the Linle Mountain area, and the entire army was annihilated.

Only a few smart generals who had bribed Chen Gui a long time ago and saw that the situation was not good, directly led their troops to surrender to Xu Huang, and thus survived.

The main force of the Taishan County army was wiped out, and Chen Gui completed the first step of his plan to eliminate Ying Shao's wings.

In Chen Gui's view, Xuzhou soldiers must not fight directly with Ying Shao's subordinates, as that would become robbery. But once Ying Shao's interests are involved, war is inevitable.

Therefore, Chen Gui used the Taishan bandits to plan and destroy Ying Shao's main force. Naturally, Ying Shao no longer had the capital to fight against Xuzhou.

At the same time that the Taishan County soldiers were destroyed, Chen Gui secretly contacted Gongsun Du and asked him to lead people disguised as the main force of bandits to attack Fenggao City.

At the same time, Chen Gui contacted the family he bribed and deliberately caused chaos in Fenggao City.

When Gongsun Du's troops came to the city, bandits appeared in the city again, and the entire Fenggao City immediately fell into chaos.

Ying Shao's main force followed Xu Huang to suppress the bandits, and there were not many troops in the city. Facing the enemies inside and outside the city, they were still stretched thin.
Chapter completed!