The flood broke through several sections of the first wall of Xiapi City, and rushed all the way to the bottom of the White Gate Tower located on the second floor of the city, surrounding the entire Xiapi City into an isolated island in the ocean. Although the coalition forces outside the city were unable to organize a siege, the soldiers and civilians inside the city could not escape from Ascension. However, this closed environment does not give people a sense of security, and on the contrary, many people who have taken refuge in the city have panicked after seeing their houses outside the city destroyed by the floods. On the other hand, Lu Bu's "disappearance" put the Lu Bu army in the city in a delicate situation without a leader.

It is said that since the fight lost contact with Lu Bu, Lu Bu's army has automatically split into three factions, each occupying a corner of the city. Among these three factions, Hou Cheng, Wei Xu, and Song Xian, who were based in Baimenlou, had the largest number of people. Although the strength of Gao Shun's faction was not as strong as the former, he occupied the government of Xiapi City as the governor, and held the family members of Lu Bu and others in his hands. In contrast, Chen Gong, who is the mastermind, is the weakest, but he has Lu Bu's old general Cheng Lian by his side to help, so neither of the other two factions can do anything to this Chen Junshi.

At first, the three factions of men and horses each guarded their own territory, although they had evil intentions, but they did not dare to act rashly under the predicament of the flood siege. However, as the flood waters outside the city gradually receded, the coalition forces outside the city came down again. In the absence of Lu Bu, how to organize the defense of the city? Who will take the overall command? It became a big problem for the defenders in the city. So in the middle of the night on the third day after the flood receded, Hou Cheng took the lead in breaking the deadlock and sent a special envoy to the Xiapi Mansion.

The envoy sent by Hou Cheng was named Wang Kai, who was originally a small official in the Xiapi Mansion. Because he is sleek and ingenious, he has always been favored by Lu Bu, and even participated in the joint venture of Yuan and Lu before. At this time, when he came to Xiapi Mansion, as soon as he saw Gao Shun sitting in the hall, Wang Kai immediately stepped forward respectfully and saluted, and the lower official Wang Kai had seen General Gao. ”

Gao Shun has always had no good impression of civil officials, including Chen Gong, because of Lu Bu's daughter's marriage to Shouchun. If Wang Kai hadn't come to visit him under the banner of Hou Cheng, he wouldn't have seen such a villain at all. Therefore, Gao Shun at this time just asked coldly and casually, "Do you want you to pass the word?" ”

However, Wang Kai did not brush his sleeves away because of Gao Shun's coldness, on the contrary, he immediately responded with a humble appearance, "Back to General Gao, now Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Cai Ji are coming to the city again." General Hou hoped that the generals and Chen Junshi could gather at the White Gate Tower to discuss countermeasures. ”

"Zi wants me to go to Baimenlou for a while......" Gao Shun listened to what Wang Kai said, and after muttering in a low voice for a while, he raised his head and asked, "When?" ”

Wang Kai responded, "Tomorrow." ”

"Good." Gao Shun nodded and agreed, "Shun will visit on time tomorrow." ”

Wang Kai saw that Gao Shun was happily invited to participate in the Baimen Tower for a while, so he naturally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and happily said, "In this way, the lower officials will wait for General Gao in the Baimen Tower tomorrow." ”

However, Gao Shun waved his hand at Wang Kai impatiently, signaling him to retreat. Wang Kai naturally gave up his hand and left the Xiapi Mansion with a lot of acquaintance. However, just as Gao Shun was about to get up and leave the hall, Cao Xing, who had been listening to the hall for a long time, stepped forward to block Gao Shun's way.

"General Gao and slow."

Gao Shun raised his head and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Cao Xuan clenched his fists and lowered his voice to dissuade, "Tomorrow, when the Baimen Tower gathers, General Gao must not go to the appointment." ”

Gao Shun was first taken aback when he heard Cao Xing say this, and then couldn't help frowning and asked, "Why did Mou Zhi say this?" ”

Faced with Gao Shun's question, Cao Xuan made a look and signaled that he wanted to talk to him alone. Although Gao Shun felt that Cao Xing's behavior was a little strange, he still retreated from the subordinates in the hall according to the other party's words, and then sat back on the couch and urged Cao Xing, "If you have something to say, say it quickly." ”

Cao Xing saw that only he and Gao Shun were left in the hall, so he didn't sell any more guanzi, and directly clasped his fists and said frankly, "Don't hide it from General Gao, then General Hou Chengyue and Chen Junshi Baimenlou got together, not to discuss the matter of defending the city." Instead, it was to hijack the general and Chen Junshi to open the city and surrender. ”

Cao Xing's words were like a thunderbolt in the clear sky, which made Gao Shunleng on the spot. But he also quickly realized the complexity of the matter, so Gao Shun immediately pressed his sword and asked, "How did you know about this matter?" ”

Cao Xing ignored Gao Shun's vigilance, took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it forward, while calmly explaining, "The reason why XX is doing this is because there was Cao Jun's meticulous work among the generals who entered the city with XX last time. If General Gao has any further doubts, he may read this letter first. ”

Gao Shun took the letter from Cao Xing's hand with an iron face, and looked at it, and the letter writer was Zhang Liao, whose life and death had always been unknown. Stunned, Gao Shun hurriedly opened the letter and flipped through it. The familiar handwriting and the pure and seductive tone made Gao Shun's face gradually soften. After a while, Gao Shun put down the letter, stared at the book case in a daze, and after a while, he blurted out and asked, Have you ever seen Wen Yuan? ”

"Never." Cao Xing responded truthfully, "Listening to what Cai Yuanjun said, General Wenyuan didn't want to meet his former colleagues, so he didn't go south. ”

Gao Shun listened to what Cao Xuan said, nodded thoughtfully, and then raised his head to stare at the other party and asked, "In this way, the lord is already more auspicious now?" ”

Facing Gao Shun's blazing gaze, Cao Xing said without flinching, "The king regards the minister as a mustard, and the minister regards the king as an enemy." We stayed in Pengcheng for more than ten days, but no one answered. After that, if it weren't for Cai Yuanjun's intercession, Cao and the others would have already become lonely ghosts outside Pengcheng. ”

Faced with Cao Xing's resentful accusation, and thinking of Lu Bu's hesitation in the face of Peng Cheng's plea for help, Gao Shun couldn't help but sigh, put away the letter in his hand, and said, "Although the lord has done a lot of things over the years, he and us have the grace of knowing each other after all. Now the life and death of the lord is uncertain, but the lord's family is trapped in the city, how can Shun abandon these old and weak women and children. ”

Cao Xing's ears heard that Gao Shun's words meant to surrender to sincerity, so he hurriedly hit the railway while it was hot, "General Gao is not worried." Before Cao entered the city, Cao Sikong once confessed that as long as Xia Picheng was willing to surrender, the past affairs of Qingchen would not be investigated. General Lu's family Cao Sikong will also take care of it. Even if General Gao can't trust Cao Sikong, he can entrust General Lu's family to Cai Yuanjun to take care of. Although Cai Yuanjun is a woman, she is benevolent and faithful, and she will not embarrass the old and weak women and children. ”

Gao Shun was persuaded by Cao Xing like this, and he also felt that it made sense. After all, Cai Ji is a woman, and it is more reliable to entrust Lu Bu's young concubines to her than to Cao Cao, who has a group of wives and concubines. So Gao Shun immediately clapped his head and got up and bowed to Cao Xing and hugged his fist, "Gao is willing to surrender to Cai Zhijun." Please also ask for a referral on your behalf. ”

Seeing Gao Shun's statement, a boulder hanging in Cao Xing's heart finally fell to the ground. Although the object of Gao Shun's surrender was Cai Ji, not Cao Cao, he surrendered after all. What's more, Cao Xuan also felt that Gao Shun's temper was more suitable for Cai Ji than Cao Cao. Therefore, Cao Xing also followed the fist and assured General Dao Gao that this matter was covered by Cao. ”

In the third year of Jian'an (198), on the seventh day of the eighth month, Hou Cheng, Wei Xu, and Song Xian set up an ambush on the Baimen Tower and waited for the other two factions to arrive. However, in the end, only Chen Gong and Cheng Lian attended the meeting. Seeing that Gao Shun had not shown up for a long time, Hou Cheng, who was afraid that something would happen outside the festival, immediately sent a secret signal to his subordinates. Between the swords and swords, the white gate tower suddenly flew flesh and blood, and Cheng Lian, who had galloped side by side with Hou Cheng and others, was killed on the spot by the sword and axe hand in ambush. As for Chen Gong, he was also arrested shortly after.

Hou Cheng and others, who successfully subdued the Chen Gong faction, immediately opened the city gate to welcome Cao Jun into the city. And just when Hou Cheng was waiting for Cao Cao on the White Gate Tower, Gao Shun on the other side also opened the west gate of Xiapi City under the guidance of Cao Xing to lead Cai Jibu into the city. Xiapi City, which originally seemed to be unbreakable, fell into the hands of the coalition forces in less than half an hour. And because Cai Ji has Gao Shun as an internal response, he actually entered the Xiapi Mansion one step earlier than Cao Cao.

No, when Cao Cao rode a tall horse and Liu Bei showed off all the way through the main road of Xiapi City, Cai Ji had already led a cadre to stand in front of the gate of the government office in front of the gate of the government and waited for everyone to come. And Cao Cao looked at Cai Ji and the others standing at the entrance of the yamen, although the muscles on his face stiffened slightly, he also turned over and dismounted with a smile and greeted Cai Ji.

"Cai Yuanjun is really a noble soldier."

"It's a big deal. If it weren't for General Gao's help, the government would not have been able to enter the Xiapi Mansion so easily. Cai Ji humbly bowed his hand, and on the other hand, he turned slightly sideways and introduced Gao Shun to Cao Cao. However, in the face of Cao Cao, Gao Shun did not appear too enthusiastic, but simply hugged a fist and greeted Cao Cao.

Cao Cao didn't seem to care about Gao Shun's coldness, but laughed and said, "This must be the Gao general who is trapped in the camp." Cai Yuanjun has another tiger general this time. ”

"That's also thanks to Sikong's clever plan." After Cai Ji flattered Cao Cao in a timely manner, he took a seal ribbon from the hand of the attendant behind him and handed it to Cao Cao, "This is the seal ribbon of Xiapi County, please take a look at it." ”

Cao Cao looked at the seal ribbon in Cai Ji's hand, and then looked at Hou Cheng and the others behind him who looked anxious, then smiled leisurely, beckoned to Hou Cheng and said, "General Hou hasn't seen Cai Zhoumu yet." You are the county guard of Xiapi, and Cai Zhoumu will be your boss in the future. ”

Long before the surrender of Kaecheng, Hou Cheng negotiated with Cao Cao's envoys on the terms of taking over Picheng after the war. It's just that he never expected that Gao Shun, who has always been inconspicuous, would surrender to Cai Ji and take the other party into the mansion first. Hou Cheng, who originally thought that he would have a dispute with Gao Shun over the ownership of Xiapi City, heard Cao Cao's words like this, and immediately stepped forward to bow to Cai Ji and said, and Hou Cheng had seen Cai Yuanjun. ”

"This time, General Picheng Pohou has made great contributions. In the future, I would like to ask the general for your attention. Cai Ji quietly handed the seal ribbon to Hou Cheng's hand. Then she said to Cao Cao, "This government wants to express General Gao Shun as the commander of the East China Sea, I don't know what Sikong wants?" ”

"General Gao is also a hero who broke the city, and deserves to be commended. After returning to Xudu, he will explain this matter to the Son of Heaven. Cao Cao pushed the boat down the river.

Liu Bei on the side watched Cao Cao and Cai Ji divide Southern Xuzhou in a few words, and he couldn't help but feel very uncomfortable. Compared with Cai Ji's talent and territory, Liu Bei, who is also thriving, has not yet fished out. And just when Liu Bei was forbearing, Hou Cheng, who had been promoted to the county guard of Xiapi, escorted Chen Gong, who was tied up like a zongzi.

Seeing that the former benefactor and the later enemy appeared as a prisoner at this level, Cao Cao couldn't help but personally step forward to untie the shackles of Chen Gong and asked, "Why did the public platform come to this?" ”

Chen Gong loosened his bloodshot wrist, lowered his head and said in a deep voice, "Your heart is not right, so I will abandon you."

"My heart is not right, why should I do it alone? Even facilitated the Yuan-Lu alliance to deal with the Han? Cao Cao raised his eyebrows and asked.

Cao Cao's questioning was like a stinger, which made Chen Gong's heart ache suddenly. Indeed, choosing Lu Bu as the lord was the biggest mistake in Chen Gong's life. And he later brokered an alliance between Lu Bu and Yuan Shu, which also went against his original ambition. But Chen Gong's temper and pride did not allow him to bow to Cao Cao. Therefore, as soon as Cao Cao's words fell, Chen Gong raised his head and retorted, "Although Lu Bu has no plan, he is not as treacherous and treacherous as you. Although Yuan Shu is despicable, it is not as if you intended to slaughter the family. ”

In the face of Chen Gong's rebuttal, most of the people present seemed unimpressed. Because Chen Gong's first sentence sounded like a righteous word, while the latter sentence was alarmist. After all, in this era, no one with a little common sense can destroy the family in the world. Cao Cao, as a generation of heroes, how could he do such a thankless and "stinking for 10,000 years" thing. However, Cao Cao and Cai Ji both chuckled in their hearts. Cao Cao secretly regarded the family as a stumbling block to the unification of the world by the imperial court. And Cai Ji learned from the relevant accounts of later generations that Cao Cao, who was bent on centralizing power, had always had a suppressive attitude towards the family. In fact, not only Cao Cao, but also Chinese emperors and ministers of all dynasties would devote themselves to suppressing or even eliminating the family in order to strengthen the centralization of power. So much so that by the time the Qing Dynasty reached an unprecedented height of centralization, the entire society was polarized in a barbell-shaped shape. The Qing Dynasty, which lacked the middle layer, certainly had a more stable rule than its predecessors, but the whole society also lost its vitality for progressive development, and was eventually opened up by foreign civilizations.

At this moment, Chen Gong's words undoubtedly pierced Cao Cao's thoughts. But from Cao Cao's standpoint, having an idea and making it public are completely different things. In order not to let Chen Gong continue, Cao Cao couldn't help but change the topic and asked Chen Gong, "What should happen today?" ”

Chen Gong replied loudly, "Today is just death."

"If the public is like this, what is the wife of the old mother of the father?" Cao Cao asked unwillingly.

So the next moment, Cao Cao, Cai Ji and others heard Chen Gong's eternal swan song answer: I heard that those who rule the world with filial piety do not harm people's relatives; Those who govern the world benevolently will not be worshipped. The survival of the old mother's wife also lies in Ming Gong'er. Since I have been captured, I will be killed immediately, and I have no concern. ”

Cao Cao saw that he could no longer persuade Chen Gong to return, so he took a deep breath and shouted, "Give him wine"

With Cao Cao's order, the executioner brought spirits and felt for Chen Gong. Chen Gong calmly took the liquor and drank it cleanly, then knelt on the top of the felt and bowed in the direction of Xu Du. The moment he got up, a cold light suddenly swept by, and then the blood-red trajectory flew into the sky.

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