The lights inside and outside Puyang City are bright, and there are countless torches under the city, as if to illuminate this area as if it were day.

Lu Bu led the men and horses to the city gate, and Chen Gong led everyone to greet them.

"Yanzhou Chen Gong has seen the general!"

Lu Bu rode on a horse, looked down at Chen Gong, was slightly surprised, looked at Chen Gong a few times before asking, "You are Cao Cao's don't drive Chen Gong!" ”

Chen Gong seemed to know that Lu Bu was going to ask this question, and replied generously: "Exactly! ”

Sure enough, he was Cao Cao's henchman.

Lu Bu's subordinates were talking for a while.

Chen Gong rebelled against Cao, what the hell is going on.

Lu Bu asked again, "Why did you help me?" ”

Chen Gong said: "Yanzhou needs a new master, Cao Mengde has a loss, and he is not suitable to be the master of Yanzhou, and the general will come over at the right time." ”

"Hahaha, it's a good coincidence, so it's really time for me to come." Lu Bu laughed wildly three times, he didn't expect his luck to be so big, and he would succeed in attacking Yanzhou, and even Cao Cao's dignified henchmen turned to him.

Mr. Dong, Mr. Dong, thank you.

Without you, Lu Bu and I still have to send people under the fence.

Lu Bu urged the horse to take a few steps forward and said, "Mr. Chen, please take us into the city." ”

"General, please!" Chen Gong didn't have any expression on his face, he made a gesture of invitation very solemnly and majestically, and then Lu Bu urged the horse to walk in front of him, and the other generals fell behind Chen Gong.

As long as there was any change in Chen Gong, these generals under Lu Bu did not mind killing Chen Gong immediately.

It's just that there is no ambush in the city, everything is as Lu Bu said, and people simply surrender.

After entering the county mansion, Lu Bu came to the main seat and sat down, Chen Gong and the others sat down, and the banquet began.

Good wine and good food come up.

Lu Bu was quite satisfied.

After drinking a few glasses, Wei Xu raised his glass and said to Chen Gong: "Mr. Chen, I salute you, you are willing to give Cao Cao to help me wait for the lord, let me wait for admiration, I will do this cup first." ”

Chen Gong toasted without showing weakness, and Wei continued to say: "Mr. Chen, I am curious, if you want to switch to my master, why don't you write a letter to us before coming to Puyang, so that you can take Puyang and capture Xiahou Yuan alive, you must know that Xiahou Yuan is Cao Cao's fierce general, let him escape, there will be endless disasters." ”

With Chen Gong's knowledge and status, it is not difficult to see the value of Xiahou Yuan.

Obviously, he could leave Xiahou Yuan behind, but in the end he took the most unreliable method to take Puyang City.

Wei Xu and Lu Bu's other generals were all curious and puzzled.

Chen Gong's performance is too bizarre and weird, and they are not at ease.

Chen Gong is a very popular minister in Yanzhou, and he is Cao Cao's real confidant.

There is no reason to help Lu Bu, because he voted for Lu Bu and finally won Yanzhou, or let him be a different driver.

In this way, Chen Gong's status has not changed, but he has to bear some infamy because of the traitor, is it worth it?

Even Lu Bu was a little curious.

Chen Gong replied faintly and calmly: "Because I don't want Xiahou Yuan to die in Puyang." ”

Lu Bu frowned slightly, and everyone stopped their movements, and the atmosphere suddenly calmed down.

Wei Xu curled the corners of his mouth slightly, and asked reluctantly, "Hmm!" What do you mean, sir? ”

"It's very simple, Xiahou Yuan is Cao Cao's confidant and favorite general, if he dies, the general and Cao Cao will completely tear their faces, the kind that will not die, and then the two armies will have no possibility of easing." Chen Gong explained:

"I'm answering a question in General Wei's heart, why didn't I just give Juancheng to General Lü, and held Cao Cao's family and the families of the generals hostage to General Lü Bu, because if I did that, it would not benefit General Lü."

Wei Xu's eyebrows furrowed into Sichuan characters, and Lu Bu asked, "Mr. continue?" ”

Chen Gong continued: "The general took Juancheng and captured Cao Cao's family and the families of the generals, which could not make Cao Cao succumb, nor could he make his generals jealous, on the contrary, they would fight back more fiercely.

At that time, the general will fight to the death with them, and he will definitely be defeated, because the general's strength is too weak, and I believe that General Lu should understand the shortcomings of the Bingzhou army. ”

Is the state army strong?

is indeed not weak, and Lu Bu is very brave and good at fighting.

But there are not many troops in Bingzhou, and it is not enough for Cao Cao to withdraw his troops and come back to fight to the death.

In other words, even if the whole of Yanzhou changed course to support Lü Bu now, Lü Bu's strength was not strengthened, because no one would send troops and horses to support him.

So he still used the old foundation of the state army to fight Cao Cao.

In the end, if it continues, Lu Bu will be defeated.

Historically, this has been the case.

In the end, Lu Bu was defeated and fled to Xuzhou.

But this time Xu Ding didn't want Lu Bu to go to Xuzhou, Xuzhou was his internal state and county, so in order to avoid this kind of thing, he naturally had to show Lu Bu a clear way.

can't let him toss blindly, and if he wants to toss, he can only go to Yanzhou or Jizhou.

"So what is Sir's suggestion?" Lu Bu was certainly well aware of his weaknesses.

The state army is strong on the surface, but in fact it is extremely fragile, and if there is no supplement, one will be less than one killed in battle.

Since Chen Gong is Cao Cao's other driver, his strategy should not be low, and what he Lu Bu lacks most now is a strategist, one who can help him with advice.

Chen Gong is very suitable, it was simply sent from heaven.

However, whether Chen Gong can be trusted still needs to be tested.

Chen Gong said with a smile: "Simple, when I came, I evacuated Juancheng and the soldiers and horses near Juancheng, Xiahou Yuan returned to Juancheng, and saw that the city could not be defended, so he would leave with Cao Cao's family and Cao Jiang's family, so that the general could enter Juancheng smoothly."

Cao Cao attacked Qingzhou, saw that Juancheng was in trouble, he would return to Yanzhou, and at the same time he would want to fight with the general quickly, once he defeated the general, now the people who supported the general in the states and counties I connected with will immediately switch to support Cao Cao.

Therefore, the general does not have to rush to fight with Cao Cao's main force, just drag him, and then the Marquis of Weihai will definitely take advantage of the situation to enter Yanzhou, and the general and the Marquis of Weihai will cooperate to eliminate or expel Cao Cao, and divide Yanzhou equally.

In this way, the general not only preserved and developed the state army, but also had a place to recuperate and develop. ”

Lu Bu played with the wine glass, and Chen Gong's design was good.

It's just that he is still a little unhappy with Xu Ding's sharing of Yanzhou.

However, there are not many soldiers in Bingzhou, and they may not be able to hold such a large territory if they can conquer Yanzhou.

After thinking for a while, Lu Bu asked again: "If Cao Cao withdraws his troops and promises not to pursue at that time, won't I and Cao Cao still have to fight head-on in the end, fighting to the death?"

Chen Gong said: "No, the Marquis of Weihai will not let go of this opportunity, if he knows that the general has attacked Yanzhou, he will definitely pursue Cao Cao, and take Jibei, Dongping, Lu, Rencheng, and Dongjun north of the Yellow River into his pocket." ”

"In this case, Xu Ding's appetite is too big, he will have four and a half counties at once, most of Yanzhou has been taken away by him, we only have half of the East County, one Chenliu, one Jiyin, one Shanyang, we send troops and efforts, why does he have a big head." Wei Xu said dissatisfied.

You must know that Chen Liujun still has to be reserved for Zhang Miao to win him over and stabilize him.

Therefore, the only ones that the state army can really occupy are Jiyin, Shanyang and half of Dongjun.

Chen Gong smiled: "Isn't this right?" The more Weihai Hou ate, the greater Cao Cao's resentment towards him, and then General Lu could also negotiate peace with Cao Cao and deal with Weihai Hou Ma together, after all, he was the number one prince in the world. ”

"Wonderful, this is the reason why Mr. said not to have a mortal enmity with Cao, not to kill Xiahou Yuan, and not to capture Cao Cao's family." Lu Bu put down the wine glass, poured it full of wine, and raised his glass to Chen Gong and said:

"Mr. Gongtai, in the future, the logistics and government affairs of our army will be entrusted to you, what you say is what you do, I believe in you."

Lu Bu knew that in fact, Chen Gong had a third point that he hadn't said, and Chen Gong was unwilling to take Cao Cao's family to invite credit.

Even if it is anti-Cao, it is still necessary to keep the bottom line in life and work.

A person who has no bottom line, he Lu Bu doesn't dare to use it, he doesn't disdain to be with him, and he won't believe him.

People are floating in the rivers and lakes, and reputation is very important.

You can be the banner master, you can rebel, you can surrender, but you have to have a standing reason.

Be able to convince yourself with someone else's excuses.

This is probably true of people who do not stand without faith.