Chapter 440: Preemptive Strike
"Open the door, open the door."
In the middle of the night, at this time, Chen Deng's mansion in Xuzhou was surrounded by soldiers.
Liu Bei led the men and horses to stand in front of the door, and the soldiers stepped forward to slam the door, and the gate was also slammed.
"It's so late, and someone knocks on the door so quickly."
After Chen Deng was awakened, he immediately put on his clothes and came to the hall.
"I don't know if it's a little one." After listening to Chen Deng's words, the housekeeper was also confused, and he couldn't tell the difference at all.
"Go ahead, go open the door first." Chen Deng thought for a while and then replied.
Although he didn't know who was knocking on the door, the other party's knock on the door was such a big movement, and now there are not many people who dare to be so unscrupulous in the Chen Mansion at this time.
So whoever it is, it's better to open the door first, and then look at the situation first.
"Yuanlong, who is knocking on the door?" At this time, Chen Si also got up and came out, looked at Chen Deng and asked.
"I don't know, but I've asked the butler to open the door."
Chen Deng helped Chen Si to the side and sat down, and then spoke.
"Come on, arrest them for me."
After Chen Deng saw the door open, many soldiers rushed into the mansion, and Zhang Yunzheng, who was the leader, ordered the soldiers to arrest the people of their Chen Mansion.
"Zhang Yun, what do you want to do, you dare to lead someone to break into my Chen Mansion, and dare to do this?"
When Chen Deng saw it, he immediately stepped forward, and then pointed at Zhang Yun and asked.
"What to do? Isn't that obvious enough? After Zhang Yun listened to Chen Deng's words, he immediately smiled and looked at Chen Deng and said.
"What a big boldness, Zhang Yun, who gave you the courage to dare to wait for our Chen family, you dare to do it privately." Chen Deng said with an ugly face.
"It's me, why not?" As soon as Chen Deng's words fell, Liu Bei had already come to the front, and then looked at Chen Deng expressionlessly and said.
"My lord? Lord, what do you mean by this, Yuanlong has made a mistake and made you spend so much time. ”
Chen Deng's heart chuckled, he knew that Liu Bei had come so aggressively this time, I was afraid that it was not a good person.
"Hmph, Yuanlong, I have always trusted you very much, and I also trust your Chen family, but now you want to take refuge in Liu Wei, how do you want me to let you go?"
After listening to Chen Deng's words, Liu Bei snorted coldly, and then said directly.
"Lord, how can you say this, Yuanlong has no such intention, I don't know who the lord has heard."
Chen Deng naturally wouldn't give in so easily, and although he did have this plan, he didn't do anything yet.
Since he didn't do anything, Liu Bei naturally couldn't find any evidence.
"You don't have to worry about who you heard, you came here today to confirm whether there is anything wrong." Liu Bei said coldly.
"In that case, Yuanlong is willing to cooperate." Chen Deng knew that Liu Bei would not give up if he was menacing and uncooperative.
Anyway, if Liu Bei is here to find evidence, he will definitely not be able to find it, if he just wants to kill himself, then there is no difference between cooperating and not cooperating.
On the contrary, if he cooperates, even if Liu Bei wants to do something, he will be a little worried, at least he can't do it directly.
Otherwise, other families in Xuzhou and the people under Liu Bei will inevitably endanger themselves.
Liu Bei saw that Chen Deng was so active, and he was also a little puzzled in his heart, could it be that Shi Yuan was too careful.
After all, the Chen family is a Xuzhou family, and once they are wronged like this, it will not be conducive to their relationship with the family.
"Okay, Yuanlong, since you are willing to cooperate, then fine, so I don't have to be embarrassed, in fact, today's things are not what I want to see, but now is an extraordinary opportunity."
Liu Bei looked at Chen Deng and said, looking like he had no choice but to do so.
"Yuanlong understands."
Chen Deng immediately opened his mouth and said, but he was very disdainful in his heart.
Of course he won't believe this Liu Bei's nonsense, as a sworn brother, Liu Bei can do this to Guan Yu, so let alone to himself.
The reason why Liu Bei is like this is that he cares about the influence of the Chen family in Xuzhou, he belongs to one of the families, but he doesn't care about working for him.
"Come on, take down Chen Si Chen Deng for me, put him in prison, and after the investigation is clear, I will make a decision." After Liu Bei listened to Chen Deng's words, he immediately ordered.
Since Pang Tong was worried that Chen Deng would disrupt the plan and inform Liu Wei of them, then it was enough for him to lock them up.
When the time comes, when the Han army is repulsed, it is enough to release their father and son, so that no one will have anything to say at that time, and he will not be convinced.
After Chen Deng heard Liu Bei's words, he quickly understood, and probably guessed it in his heart.
It seems that the person who spoke to Liu Bei this time is Pang Tong nine times out of ten, and now that he is locked up, no matter what plan Pang Tong has, he will not be able to do anything.
But now that the matter has come to this, there is nothing I can do but wait for the result.
However, this also shows that Liu Bei really has no intention of taking his own life this time, and he can breathe a sigh of relief.
Liu Wei naturally didn't know about Chen Deng's affairs, and early the next morning, he led people to call for battle again.
However, no matter how the soldiers called the battle, Liu Bei was guarding the city this time, and he refused to go out of the city to fight no matter what.
"Your Majesty, it's no good, my throat and those soldiers are dry, and this Liu Bei still refuses to fight."
After Dian Wei scolded for a while, he suddenly couldn't stand it, and then looked at Liu Wei and said.
Liu Wei glanced at Dian Wei, and he also understood that it was the end of June, it was summer, and it was already hot.
"Withdraw the troops, since he wants to be a turtle with a shrunken head, then there is no point in continuing to consume." Liu Wei thought about it and then spoke.
This Liu Bei is really strange, since he wants to be a shrinking turtle this time.
After Liu Wei led the people to retreat, he went directly back to the camp.
"This damn Liu Bei refused to come out no matter how much he scolded." After Dian Wei entered the camp, he complained and scolded directly.
Zhuge Liang was not surprised when he heard Dian Wei's words, but looked at Liu Wei on the side.
"Your Majesty, this time Pang Tong held the city tightly and refused to fight, but there were many night attacks at night, obviously he wanted to consume our army and divert our attention."
"Is there any good way for Kong Ming?" After hearing Zhuge Liang's words, Liu Wei's eyes lit up and asked.
Now that Zhuge Liang knows Pang Tong's purpose, then Zhuge Liang will definitely have a countermeasure.
"Count, count." Zhuge Liang glanced at Liu Wei and then replied.
As long as you can know the purpose of Pang Tong, you can use this opportunity to eliminate some more Xuzhou soldiers at that time.
In this way, it will be much easier to attack Xuzhou City when the time comes.
Liu Wei can naturally understand Zhuge Liang's thoughts, but he still doesn't know what this Pang Tong's plans are.
Now that Pang Tong is in the initiative, even if he will plan it, then he still needs to wait for Pang Tong to do it first.
When night fell, in the big tent, Liu Wei and others were still discussing the capture of Xuzhou as before.
"Your Majesty, it's not good, Xiao Guan is in a hurry, Zhang Fei led the men and horses to bypass our camp and attack Xiao Guan."
At this time, after a soldier got the news of Xiao Guan, he immediately stepped forward to report.
"Xiao Guan?" Liu Wei was stunned, if Xiao Guan was lost, then it would be equivalent to being caught in the middle of the road and cut off from his back road.
It seems that this should be Pang Tong's calculation, although Xiao Guan is guarded by Zang Ba, but since Pang Tong dares to do this, he will inevitably have his means.
"Since Xiao Guan is in danger, I don't know who is willing to go to relieve the siege."
Liu Wei looked at everyone and said, since he couldn't take Xuzhou for a while, Xiao Guan naturally couldn't afford to lose.
"Your Majesty, the last general is willing to go." Zhang He looked at Liu Wei and said, he naturally knew the importance of Xiao Guan.
"Kong Ming, what do you think?" After listening to Zhang He's words, Liu Wei nodded, then looked at Zhuge Liang and asked.
Zhuge Liang nodded, no matter what Pang Tong's ultimate goal was, but if he didn't send someone to go, Xiao Guan would inevitably lose.
In this case, the situation will look less optimistic.
Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Wei and was about to speak, but at this time, another person hurriedly entered the big tent, and there were blood stains on his face.
"Your Majesty, something is wrong."