If Zang Ba knew that Cao Cao regarded him as a loyal man, I don't know how he would feel.

He didn't care about the life or death of Lu Bu's family, whether they were safe or sound, or they were ravaged by Cao Cao, these made no difference to Zang Ba. What he was worried about was just that he was afraid that he would be saddled with the notoriety of betraying his deceased family.

Although Zang Ba is not a person who cherishes his fame, he also attaches great importance to his positive reputation. The act of giving up Xiao Peicheng finally came up with a reason to prevaricate the past, so that he didn't look like there was anything wrong, and Zang Ba didn't want to leave any other infamy.

As for Zang Ba's embarrassed expression because of this, Cao Cao misunderstood him, thinking that he was worried about Lu Bu's family, which added a good impression to him.

Maybe that's what it's called crooked.

Cao Cao knew that Lu Bu's wives and concubines were all beauties, and his concubine Diao Chan was even more of a first-class beauty in the entire Han Dynasty. Cao Cao is not a decent gentleman, on the contrary, his nature is still very lustful, Lu Bu's other wives and concubines may be able to ignore it, but for Diao Chan, a peerless beauty, he really wants to include her in the room.

Since ancient times, there have been many disasters and waters, and honesty is not deceiving.

It's just that although Cao Cao is in a hurry, he also knows that the matter of accepting Diao Chan is not intellectually good, at least not yet.

If others don't talk about it, let's talk about Zhang Liao. Although he has surrendered to himself for a while and has made some contributions, he has always had an old affection for Lu Bu. On this expedition to Xuzhou, Cao Cao originally wanted to take Zhang Liao to pass, but because there was a possibility of confronting Lu Bu, Zhang Liao specially asked Cao Cao to let him stay in Xuchang.

If he learned of Lu Bu's death, Zhang Liao would be sad for a while. If he learns that Lu Bu's concubine is accepted by him, then Zhang Liao may be able to centrifuge himself. It is true that Cao Cao loves beautiful women, but he loves the heroes who can serve him more than beautiful women. Zhang Liao is a rare good general, if he loses such a good general for the sake of a Diao Chan, Cao Cao is absolutely unwilling to do it.

Therefore, it is not impossible to accept Diao Chan, but it is by no means at the moment, at least until Zhang Liao and other generals of Lu Bu surrender are completely at home, they have forgotten their feelings for Lu Bu, and they will not have any opinions because of their own acceptance of Diao Chan.

No longer thinking about Diao Chan, Cao Cao moved his gaze to Chen Gong, who had just been escorted up.

"Gongtai, long time no see." Cao Cao sighed.

Chen Gong looked at Cao Cao coldly and kept silent.

"Now that the public station has been captured today, are you willing to help me achieve great things?" was treated coldly by Chen Gong, Cao Cao was not too angry, but threw an olive branch to the other party.

"I don't want to." Chen Gong's answer was simple and clear, and he seemed to refuse to even say a word to Cao Cao.

"Lu Bu is a reckless man, although I don't dare to call myself a hero, but I am still confident that I am much better than that Lu Bu. Gongtai is willing to do Lu Bu, why don't you want to do me? "Of course, Cao Cao couldn't give up the idea of recruiting Chen Gong so easily. Although there was no shortage of strategists around Cao Cao at this time, Cao Cao had always had a special affection for Chen Gong. Although Chen Gong hated Cao Cao very much, Cao Cao had always hoped to take him into his account.

"Everyone has their own ambitions, I see Lu Bu pleasing to the eye, that's all." Chen Gong still replied in a cold tone, "Since I have been captured today, I only want to die, that's all." ”

Although Chen Gong was bent on death, Cao Cao persuaded him bitterly, or threatened his family, his heart was as strong as iron and he was not shaken at all.

After the soldiers escorted Chen to the front, Cao Cao knew that the person in front of him was also a general, and the elite soldiers he trained were even on a par with the trapped camp outside Pengcheng. For such a good general, Cao Cao is of course very much looking forward to recruiting the other party into the account. However, Chen Zhi can also be said to be very loyal to Liu Bei, no matter how Cao Cao persuades, he just made up his mind and swore not to surrender.

Although Chen Zhi and Chen Gong would rather die than give in, even Chen Gong kept shouting at Cao Cao to stimulate him to kill himself quickly. But Cao Cao did not immediately take the lives of the two men, but ordered the soldiers to keep them in custody.

Xiapi has not been broken, Liu Bei's power is still there, and after it is completely eliminated, maybe Er Chen's mind will change and loosen.

This is what Cao Cao thinks now, he hopes that after Liu Bei's forces disappear, Chen Zhi and Chen Gong can change their minds and surrender to themselves. Of course, if they are still stubborn by then, then there is only one option: death.

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"You say...... Xiao Pei is lost? Liu Bei looked at the herald in front of him in a daze, and his face was extremely bad.

It has only been a day since Cao Junbing came to Xiaopei City, and Xiaopei City has already changed hands! Isn't he Lu Bu known as a flying general, and he has unparalleled courage in the world, so at least give me a few more days!

Xiao Pei was lost, and Xiapi had to face Cao Jun's soldiers alone, and the situation was very bad.

Although at the beginning of Cao Cao's expedition, Liu Bei already knew that he was unlucky this time. However, Cao Cao's strength and speed of his march were still greatly beyond his expectations. In the previous battle of Pengcheng, Guan Yu originally wanted to suppress the morale of the enemy army by fighting with the opponent, so as to improve the fighting spirit of his own army, but he didn't want to be self-defeating. Guan Yu himself was defeated in the contest with Zhao Yun, and after seeing the main general seriously injured, the whole army suddenly had no heart to fight. In the case that the military spirit was completely unavailable, Chen Zhi could only reluctantly lead the army to withdraw from Pengcheng and flee to Xiapi to preserve his strength, so he surrendered Pengcheng.

And now, Xiao Peicheng only resisted for one day and declared it lost, which made Liu Bei embarrassed. The speed of Cao's march was too fast, how much time did it take from entering the territory of Xuzhou to occupying Xiaopei City?

I heard that the herald said that Lü Bu had died in battle, and Xiao Pei was dedicated to Cao Cao by his former subordinate Zang Ba after Lü Bu's death. His subordinate Chen Zhi was also captured by Zang Ba, and now he has become Cao Cao's prisoner.

Chen Zhi did have a hand and a loyal heart, if he was killed by Cao Cao, it would really be a big loss for himself......

For Zang Ba, who surrendered the city, Liu Bei really hated it to a few points.

However, at this time, Liu Bei didn't have much time to dwell on Zang Ba, the most important thing at the moment was that in the face of Cao Cao's army, what should he do?

Abandoning Xuzhou and fleeing, this was the first thought that came to Liu Bei's mind. But if you want to escape, can you really escape? Even if you can really escape, where can you go next?

"Big brother, what's there to hesitate about, give the younger brother a soldier and horse, let me go and take the head of the Cao thief, and the enemy army will retreat!" Seeing Liu Bei's uncertain expression, Zhang Fei on the side opened his mouth and shouted. can say such arrogant words without the slightest consideration, and only his brother Zhang Fei can do it in Liu Beijun.

"Nonsense!" Seeing Zhang Fei's wild words, Liu Bei reprimanded sharply, "Your second brother, and Na Lu Bu, their bravery is not under you, and what will happen to them now?" Your second brother was seriously injured and has not been able to stay so far, and as for Na Lu Bu, he has already died in Huangquan. No matter how brave you are, how can you stand up to tens of thousands of troops on your own? ”

Liu Bei lifted Guan Yu out to pressure Zhang Fei, and Zhang Fei was convinced. But Liu Bei mentioned Lu Bu in his words, and Zhang Fei was a little unimpressed. In Zhang Fei's opinion, although Lu Bu does have two brushes in martial arts, if he really fights with himself, he will definitely not be able to get benefits in front of him. It's just that Liu Bei's expression was quite serious at this time, so Zhang Fei didn't dare to open his mouth to refute.

"Then big brother, what should I do now?"

"If it really doesn't work, I think there is only one way to surrender to Cao Cao." Liu Bei frowned and pondered for a long time, and finally replied bitterly, with a deep sense of helplessness and unwillingness in his expression.

"Whew! What the! Surrender to the thief! Zhang Fei's mouth opened wide, with a look of disbelief and unacceptability.