After listening to his son's lofty comments, Chen Qi nodded slightly, and sighed lightly: "Yuan Benchu, the fourth and third dukes, in this world, in the end, it is still his." ”

Although Chen Qi did not say it explicitly, this exclamation naturally agreed with Chen Deng's decision.

At that moment, Chen Deng stood up and arched his hand: "It's almost time, it's time to go to Ximen to take office." ”

"Go, sit here for the Father's good news from you." Chen Qi waved his hand to say goodbye, and his old face was full of expectation and trust.

Chen Deng said goodbye and left, left Chen's mansion, and went straight to the West Gate.

Riding his horse all the way, seeing that the West Gate was approaching, Chen Deng glanced up at the sky, estimating that it was not far from the time agreed with Su Zhe, and he was thinking in his heart about how to deal with it after seeing Su Zhe.

Unaware that the west gate had arrived, he walked up to the top of the city, and was stunned for a moment.

He saw Gao Shun.

At this moment, Lu Bu's most trusted military general was walking on the city wall with his sword, patrolling various sentry posts.

"Chen Zhi, you're late." When Gao Shun saw him, he took the first step and smiled and called.

Chen Deng reacted immediately and apologized: "There are some small things at home, and I was delayed for a while, so I came late." ”

After a pause, Chen Deng said with fake surprise: "I remember that Wen Hou ordered me to guard the West Gate tonight, why is General Gao also there?" ”

"Oh, that's right, Wen Hou said, although Chen Zhi is resourceful, but in the end he is a strategist, I am afraid that you are not familiar with leading troops for the first time, so let me assist you for a few days." Gao Shun explained.

Chen Deng's brows froze secretly, and a trace of jealousy quietly flashed between his eyebrows under the cover of night.

He didn't expect Lu Bu to "care" about him so much, so he temporarily decided to send Gao Shun, a tricky guy, to "assist" him.

With Gao Shun present, how could he make an incident and incite the defenders of the West Gate to open the city gate and surrender to Su Zhe.

Even though most of Ximen's soldiers were composed of his Chen family's domestic servants, Gao Shun's ability to command troops may not be unable to suppress these soldiers.

After rolling his eyes, Chen Deng smiled and said: "Wen Hou is too worried, although Deng is a scholar, he also has a lot of study in the way of commanding troops, and he is not going into battle to kill the enemy, but just guarding the city gate, I still have this confidence, General Gao can go back to rest." ”

"No." Gao Shun shook his head, "That Su Zhe is treacherous, it's hard to guarantee that he won't send troops to sneak attack at night, in case it happens to be met by Chen Zhen, and it is not a good idea to respond to the battle a little, wouldn't it be a mistake to make a big deal." ”

"This ......"

Chen Deng wanted to say more, but Gao Shun waved his hand and said resolutely: "Okay, Chen Zhi doesn't need to say more, I just assisted you for a few nights, how can you be tired, when you are familiar with the doorway to defend the city, I will ask Wen Hou to let you stand alone." ”

Gao Shun insisted on this, when it came to this, what else could Chen Deng say, if he still insisted on defending the city by himself, it would arouse Gao Shun's suspicions.

In desperation, Chen Deng had no choice but to smile with false gratitude: "Then it's hard for General Gao, I still have to learn more from General Gao." ”

"Where, where." Gao Shun waved his hand generously, "Chen Zhi is an extremely smart person, he must understand everything, if you don't understand anything, just ask me, you don't have to be polite." ”

"Yes, yes, you're welcome."

Chen Deng had a smile on his face and a grateful expression, but his heart was clouded.

Gao Shun said a few more words to him, and then turned around to inspect the arrow tower along the north edge.

"I didn't expect such an accident, it's getting closer and closer to the agreed time, and I haven't gotten control of Simon yet, so it's a bit tricky......"

Chen Deng looked at Gao Shun's back, his brows were deep, and a trace of imperceptible coldness and disgust flashed in his eyes.

Outside the West Gate.

In the darkness, nearly 20,000 Soviet soldiers had finished their formations, and a pair of excited eyes were staring at the brightly lit Xiapi City.

Su Zhe sat on a war horse on his hips, looking at the enemy city from afar with a cold and murderous gaze.

According to his agreement with Chen Deng, tonight Chen Deng will steal open the west gate, let his army enter the city, and break Xiapi in one fell swoop.

The appointed time is approaching, and Su Zhe's main army has gathered outside the West Gate.

Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.

The moon had sunk in the west, and the east was faintly white, and it was about to dawn.

"My lord, it's almost time." Xu Chu beside him reminded.

Su Zhe nodded slightly, and raised his horsewhip: "Light the beacon fire and give Chen Deng an order." ”

Xu Chu immediately went to give the order.

Suddenly, the smoke of the three pillars rose into the sky, and the blazing fire was clearly visible within a radius of more than ten miles.

At the head of the West Gate City, Chen Deng clearly saw the rising beacon fire, but he could only frown, secretly complaining, but helpless.

Time passed minute by minute, and Gao Shun's figure was dangling in front of Chen Deng's eyes all the time, so that he just didn't dare to act rashly.

Outside the city.

Su Zhe was still waiting to see the scene of the city gate opening, and waiting for an order, his army poured into Xiapi and killed Lu Bu by surprise.

Before a quarter of an hour had passed, the west gate was silent, and nothing had happened.

Soon, half an hour had passed, the sky was getting brighter and brighter, but the front line of the West Gate was still quiet, and nothing happened.

"Lord, what does Chen Deng mean, why hasn't he moved until now, is he playing with us?" Xu Chu shouted dissatisfiedly.

Huang Zhong also said: "Lord, half an hour has passed since the agreed time, and the day is almost dawn, our army will soon be exposed, and it will be pointless to wait any longer." ”

Su Zhe was silent, his eyes were always fixed on the city, but he was puzzled in his heart.

It shouldn't be......

Previously, he and Pang Tong were full of favors, and they had dissected Chen Deng as an incomplete individual, and calculated that Chen Deng was definitely not a fraud, and he would definitely betray Lu Bu for the benefit of the Chen family, so there was this army assembled tonight.

Could it be that they were all tricked by Chen Deng?

Su Zhe's fists were secretly clenched, his face became more and more gloomy, and anger had quietly appeared between his eyebrows.

Another quarter of an hour had passed, and the first rays of morning had risen in the east, and he and his army were close to being exposed.

"Lord, it seems that we have all been tricked by Chen Deng, the sky is already clear, it is impossible to break through Xiapi, it is better to withdraw the troops and return to the camp." The full pet on the side sighed and persuaded.

Su Zhe took a deep breath and said proudly: "Even if there is no Chen Deng's internal and external cooperation, I have to break through Xiapi today!" ”

Manzhong's expression was suspicious, and his eyes were obviously saying: Without Chen Deng opening the city gate, once we launch an attack, Lu Bu will immediately send reinforcements to the west gate, how can it be easy to break the city.

Su Zhe whipped his horse whip and shouted: "Send the order, push the trebuchet to the front of the formation, and bring me all the wolf dung in the camp." ”

As soon as an order was issued, Su Zhe immediately shouted: "Give me another order, go and fetch a thousand buckets of water quickly, one bucket for every thirty soldiers, there must be no mistake!" ”

When this order was given, everyone was stunned.