Tao Qian and others, who were preparing to fight to the death at the head of the city, were overjoyed when they saw Chen come to the rescue.

Tao Qian gasped, but there was an extremely happy smile on his face, and he finally managed to help the reinforcements come. And Tao Qian's eldest son, Tao Shang, who was holding a long sword beside him, saw such a situation, he laughed even more exaggeratedly, he was trembling because of fear, but suddenly he fell into death and came back to life, crying with joy, and shouted at Tao Qian: "Father! Reinforcements are coming! We are saved! ”

Tao Qian slowly straightened up his heavy body, looked in the direction of the outside of the city, his eyes flashed with a fine light, and he shouted in a deep voice: "Yuanlong, you immediately go to the other three city gates, and transfer all the soldiers and horses over to help General Chen kill the enemy!" ”

Before Chen Deng could speak, Chen Zhi under the city arched his hand towards Tao Qian and said, "Is it Tao Qian's Tao Thorn History in the city?" ”

Tao Qian shouted loudly: "It's Tao Qian, thank you to the general for rescuing, a certain is mobilizing troops and horses to help the general break the enemy." ”

Chen Zhi clasped his fists and saluted, shouting: "Thank you Lord Assassin Shi for your kindness, but Chen was ordered by General Zhao Xu to come to rescue the siege of Xuzhou, and asked me to stay in Xuzhou City temporarily. ”

Tao Qian was stunned, he didn't know what Chen Zhi meant, and he was at a loss for a while. Chen Deng said: "I have heard that Zhao Xu is like a god with soldiers, I think he has not arrived now, there must be a clever plan, my lord, you can let General Chen Zhi come in first." ”

Tao Qian nodded, thinking about it, no matter what, he couldn't lock his life-saving benefactor out of the city instead of ordering the city gate to be opened.

Chen Zhi led his army across a moat filled with corpses, and the army squeezed into the city. At this time, Tao Qian and the others had already walked down to greet Chen Dao, and both sides saluted when they met, Tao Qian arched his hand and said: "General Chen's life-saving grace, I don't know how to repay it." ”

Chen Zhi laughed and said: "What did Master Tao say, you and I are both Han courtiers, and it is within our duty to help each other, so why bother to repay each other." ”

Tao Qian was overjoyed to hear Chen Zhi say this, but he was still puzzled why he didn't let him take advantage of the situation to fight back, and asked, "General Chen, dare to ask why you don't let us fight back?" Now that the soldiers in the city are full of morale and revenge, it is a good opportunity to fight back! ”

Chen Zhi said: "May I ask my lord, how many people are still in Xuzhou City now?" ”

Tao Qian turned to look at Chen Deng, Chen Deng hesitated slightly, and said: "General, there were originally forty or fifty thousand troops in Xuzhou City, after many days of hard fighting, now most of the soldiers in Xuzhou City have been killed or wounded, and the seriously injured are all crippled and unable to fight, and now there are only more than 7,000 soldiers who can fight. Tao Qian was speechless in shock when he heard that the casualties were so heavy. Originally, there were more than 46,000 defenders in Xuzhou City. But now, even if you add your own soldiers, there are only 8,000 people who can fight! "Alas!" Tao Qian sighed.

"That's it." Chen Zhi said: "Lu Bu is brave and good at fighting, his soldiers are elite, and the soldiers I brought are only 10,000 soldiers and horses, may I ask Lord Tao, do you think that only my 10,000 tired troops from afar and your 7,000 remnants can defeat Lu Bu's 100,000 army?" ”

Tao Qian was stunned, but he didn't think about it so much, and it took a long time before he reacted and said, "This naturally can't." ”

Chen Deng asked: "General Zhao Xu has not arrived, dare to ask, but what is the clever plan to break the ground?" ”

Chen Zhi pondered for a while, shook his head, and said: "Boxiong's use of troops has always been weird, and I'm not sure what he's doing, we just need to hold Xuzhou now." ”

Tao Qian and Chen Deng both felt reasonable, why do they care so much! Keeping Xuzhou is the right thing, so I won't ask more.

With the arrival of Chen to 10,000 elite soldiers, the morale of the soldiers in Xuzhou increased greatly, and Lu Bu's army retreated for twenty miles, and went to Xuzhou City several times to call for battle, but he couldn't hold out; If it is a strong attack, it will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, Lu Bu is angry, but he is helpless, and he is depressed all day.

In Lu Bu's military tent, Chen Gong and a group of generals were discussing strategies, Chen Gong pondered for a while, looked up at Lu Bu, and said: "General, the palace had concerns before, for fear that Zhao Xu would raid our army, but now it seems that Zhao Xu has not been here for a long time, I'm afraid there is something strange, could it be... General, we have to guard against Zhao Xu's attack on my Xiapi and the East China Sea. ”

Lu Bu was originally very impatient, but at this time, when he heard Chen Gong talk about Xiapi and the East China Sea, his expression tightened, and he suddenly became interested, you know, Xiapi and the East China Sea are Lu Bu's grain and grass and grinding storage places, and there must be no loss, Lu Bu looked upright and shouted: "We shouldn't just be on guard, we are too passive, we will increase troops in Xiapi and the East China Sea now, in addition, we will attack the city on the same day, and we can't delay it any longer." ”

Chen Gong saw Lu Bu facing it so squarely, and thought: Finally enlightened. The longer the war drags on, the more detrimental it will be to them. immediately said: "This has a plan for a long time." Xiapi and Donghai Yougong led troops to defend them, and the general had only one thing to do - to break Xuzhou City. As soon as Xuzhou was broken, Zhao Xu's reinforcements lost their meaning, and Zhao Xu heard that Xuzhou City was broken, and he would definitely retreat. When the time comes to occupy Xuzhou City, with a foothold, the general can conquer the world! ”

Lu Bu heard the blood gushing, and the fist of "Dong" smashed on several cases, and said in a deep voice: "Since this is the case, according to what Mr. said, it is necessary to break Xuzhou City today." ”

Lu Bu, Chen Gong and the others were finishing their discussions, and Lu Bu was about to give a military order, when a scout suddenly broke in and hurriedly said: "Report, report to the general, I found a large group of men and horses outside Donghai City!" ”

Chen Gong said in a deep voice: "Sure enough, it's coming so soon." ”

While they were discussing, they rushed in with a small lieutenant, covered in blood, and hurriedly shouted: "My lord, Zhao Xu personally led a large army to storm Pengcheng, I don't know what powerful weapons were used, the distance and strength of their arrows under the city are much stronger than our bows and crossbows, we have suffered heavy casualties, I am afraid that we will not be able to hold it." ”

Lu Bu was shocked, grabbed the little lieutenant, and shouted: "This is true, can you see clearly, is it indeed Zhao Xu?" ”

The lieutenant said: "It is indeed Zhao Xu, the villain can see clearly, the enemy banner is written "Hussar General Zhao Xu". ”

Lu Bu shouted angrily: "How can this be reasonable, Zhao Xu." ”

Chen Gong said: "The general is angry, it turns out that Zhao Xu wants to attack me on both sides, and Gong Zi raised an army to relieve Peng Cheng's urgency." ”

Lu Bu shouted: "No, a certain self-led leader horse went and swore to kill Zhao Xu!" ”

Chen Gong hadn't answered yet. A scout rushed out of the door and shouted: "Back to the lord, Zhao Xu's siege of Pengcheng was only archery, not siege, so my defenders suffered heavy casualties, and almost all of Pengcheng's troops were shot dead; Zhao Xu didn't want to take the city, suddenly turned south, and the speed of travel doubled, looking like that, he thought he was rushing to get off Pi! ”

"Raid Xiapi?" Lu Bu was taken aback and shouted: "Without further ado, it is important to defend Xiapi now." ”

Chen Gong pondered for a while, then raised his head and asked, "Zhao Xu's army has all gone?" ”

"Mr. Huiyu, there is no one left, Zhao Xu led the army to all go down! The incident happened suddenly, and the lower officials had already ordered someone to continue to track it and report to the lord in person! ”

Chen Gong thought for a while, and suddenly slapped his head: "It's not good, it turns out that the East China Sea is just a feint, and Zhao Xu's purpose is to cut off the rear road of our army and encircle and annihilate it!" ”

Hearing that Zhao Xu was attacking Xiapi, all the generals were shocked, and they all stood up and looked at Lu Bu with wide eyes.

The more Lu Bu thought about it, the more angry he became, and smashed several cases with one punch, startling everyone, Lu Bu said angrily: "What kind of fart fight? Zhao Xu is so cunning! Xiapi is where my baggage is, and now the elite troops have been transferred to attack Xuzhou, and the defenders are less than 10,000 people, sir, how can this-"

Lu Bu was already at a loss, Chen Gong paused slightly, and said: "Zhao Xu is encircling Wei to save Zhao, attacking me Xiapi, so that our army can come back to rescue, aiming to force our army to retreat to Xiapi to save the emergency, I think Zhao Xu is definitely not going to attack Xiapi, he is probably going to ambush us." Chen Gong smiled coldly, "Hmph, Zhao Xu can't fool me if he can deceive others." ”

Lu Bu didn't have time to watch Chen Gong play handsome, and shouted angrily: "Zhao Xu is so bold and reckless, he deceives people too much, a certain person led 50,000 troops back to save Pi Zhiyi, sir, please hold this place!" ”

Chen Gong said: "Don't worry! Chen Gong must defend it, and slowly! General, now you can send someone to Shouchun to ask for help from Yuan Shu and reduce the pressure on our army. ”

Lu Bu nodded and said: "The battle situation is urgent, this matter will be handed over to Mr. Yu, pass on my military order, raise 50,000 troops, send troops to Pi, and fight a decisive battle with Zhao Xu!" Swear to capture and kill Zhao Xu! ”

In the darkness before dawn, since Lu Bu mobilized a large army to conquer Xuzhou, the city of Donghai County was empty, and there were only some old, weak, sick and disabled people left in the city, with only 6,000 troops, and most of the soldiers defending the city were still sleeping in the camp tents, and the few soldiers on duty were also drowsy with weapons.

Suddenly, a few horsemen galloped to the city gate in the distance, and the soldiers on duty heard the sound, and were suddenly startled, and they all pulled their bows to the city, and the general who defended the city, Xu Yu, shouted: "Who is coming?" ”

One person shouted: "I am a lieutenant under Lord Chen Gong, and I am here to convey Lord Chen's urgent order, Zhao Xu may lead the army to attack the East China Sea, open the city gate quickly!" ”

Several soldiers were still ignorant, but when they suddenly heard that Zhao Xu might attack Donghai County, they were all startled and sleepy. Xu Yu, the general defending the city, lit the torch, and saw that the other party was indeed dressed as his own military captain, not to mention that the war was urgent, and there was no doubt about it, so he secretly scolded Zhao Xu twice, and then walked down the city tower, opened the city gate, and put down the drawbridge.

Xu Yu walked out of the city gate and was about to ask questions, when he suddenly saw several people on the suspension bridge galloping towards him and breaking into the city, and several soldiers next to him were caught off guard and were forced by those soldiers to draw their knives. Xu Yu was shocked, and when he looked back, he saw a flash of silver light, and... There was no more, I saw Xu Yu's head fall to the ground, and the man was holding a golden leeward mouth knife, it was Huang Zhong.

A person next to him whistled, and the soldiers who were ambushed nearby rushed over, only to see the first person shouting: "Huwei General Dian Wei is here, and those who block me die!" After saying that, he rushed into the city in a few big steps, Huang Zhong saw it and shook his head helplessly.

The soldiers on duty were either hacked to death by Dian Wei's halberd or tied up. The Qingzhou soldiers of the brigade rushed into the city, but it was a pity that most of the more than 6,000 soldiers were still asleep, and before they could get dressed, all of them became prisoners inexplicably. The pair of halberds that Dian Wei killed were full of blood, but also

Leisure is not enough to be happy.

After easily taking the Donghai County City, Huang Zhong immediately ordered the soldiers to light several fires outside the city according to Zhao Xu's order, and beat drums and shouted.

Chen Gong's army is still on standby outside Xuzhou, Chen Gong stood on the gate and looked at the Quartet, sighing, I don't know if Xuzhou can take it, if it is defeated, there will be no chance to turn over. When I saw it with emotion, I suddenly heard the sound of war drums and shouts faintly from the northwest, and I wondered if I was oversensitive. Shaking his head, shaking his spirits.

At this moment, a ride flew out of the gate, and Chen Gong hurriedly raised the torch to take a look, but it was a scout sent out by his own family. Chen Gong asked, "How, what's the situation?" ”

The scout shouted, "Enlightenment... Qi Qi military division, when the villain was exploring the way, he suddenly saw the fire in the direction of the East China Sea. ”

"What, you can see it clearly, if you lie about the military situation, you will definitely die." Chen Gong was shocked, and he was a little at a loss.

"The villain looks at it clearly, it's true, it's indeed a fire in the direction of Donghai County."

Chen Gong was shocked, exclaimed that he had fallen for Zhao Xu's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, and shouted urgently: "Quick, order five thousand cavalry, and go to the aid of Shanshan." "Chen Gong couldn't be clearer, there is no news from Lu Bu's side now, the strength of the Donghai County is only a few thousand, if the Donghai County City is lost, it will be attacked on three sides.

Chen Gong's military camp suddenly became busy, and when the five thousand cavalry were reorganized, Chen Gong looked at it and was about to give an order.

"Where to go to the Wuna Chen Palace, Chen is here!"