Chapter 381: Dominating Xuzhou
MeSign?
It's MeSign again, and this time I don't know who it will be.
Su Zhe was curious, took the letter, opened it unhurriedly, and slowly swept a few glances.
Then, he smiled.
God help me, I just dozed off, and someone sent me a pillow.
"Look at you like this, it should be good news." Pang Tong asked with a smile.
"See for yourselves." Su Zhe showed the letter in his hand to Pang Tong and the generals present.
It was a secret letter sent by Chen Deng.
To be precise, it's a letter of surrender.
Chen Deng claimed in the surrender that when LΓΌ Bu dealt with Liu Bei before, he threatened the families of the Xuzhou soldiers, which was really cruel and unkind, and he Chen Deng was determined to submit to Su Zhe for the future of the people of Xuzhou.
This letter of surrender made all the generals present feel excited, as if they saw the dawn of breaking Xiapi.
The veteran Huang Zhong said: "It's strange, wasn't Chen Deng and Cao Bao conspired with Lu Bu to steal Liu Bei's Xuzhou, why is it that it's only been a few days, Chen Deng turned his head and was about to betray Lu Bu, which also became too fast." β
"What do you think, boy?" Su Zhe looked at Pang Tong with a sneer.
Pang Tong's thin lips raised a little sarcastic, and he sneered: "Everything that an extremely smart person like Chen Deng does is nothing more than to protect the interests of his Chen family, as long as he weighs every step of his decision-making from this aspect, it is not difficult to understand. β
"Previously, Liu Bei reused the Mi family, and Zhang Fei whipped Cao Bao, which made him feel threatened, so he decisively sold Liu Bei."
"Now that Lu Bu has entered Xuzhou, he has revealed a hideous and ferocious appearance, which once again makes him feel threatened, so what is so strange that he decided to sell Lu Bu."
Huang Zhong suddenly realized, and couldn't help scolding: "In this way, this Chen Deng simply has no position, and he is simply a wall grass." β
Su Zhe sneered: "Didn't the old general Hansheng listen to what Tong Ershicai said, how could Chen Deng not have a position, his profit field is the interests of the Chen family." β
Huang Zhong thought for a moment and said, "Then what should I do?" Do we still believe in Chen Deng? β
"What about Berningjue?" Su Zhe looked at Man Chong, deliberately considering his resourcefulness.
Man Chong pondered for a moment and said: "Since Chen Deng's position is to protect the interests of the Chen family, then this is a good judgment, his submission to the lord is equivalent to making a great contribution, which is naturally beneficial to the Chen family." β
"On the other hand, if he continues to help Lu Bu, then this war will fall into a protracted war of attrition, Xiapi City is likely to be besieged for a year and a half, and the entire Xuzhou will be affected by the war, and the Chen family's granges and other industries in Xuzhou are bound to suffer losses, so that even if he helps Lu Bu finally hold Xuzhou, the interests of the Chen family will still be seriously damaged."
As soon as the conversation changed, he said categorically: "Therefore, if we analyze from Chen Deng's position, submitting to the lord is the most beneficial choice for his Chen family, so I conclude that Chen Deng's surrender is out of sincerity." β
Su Zhe nodded slightly, and his favored resourcefulness was recognized by him.
Pang Tong's face also flashed with a little appreciation, and he was deeply satisfied with Manzhong's analysis.
"That's it." Su Zhe patted the case and said happily: "Reply to Chen Deng immediately, I approved his surrender and asked him to determine the time for the internal and external cooperation as soon as possible." β
The decision was made, and on the same day, Su Zhe repaired a letter and sent the Chen family's henchmen back to Xiapi City to reply to Chen Deng about his intention to surrender.
After several exchanges of letters, Chen Deng finally decided that three days later, he would secretly open the Ximen of Xiapi and let Su Zhe's army enter the city.
Everything was ready, but before I knew it, it was three days later.
Xiapi City, Chen Mansion.
In the dimly lit lobby, Chen Qi and Chen Deng, father and son, sat opposite each other.
"Yuanlong, have you arranged the matter of stealing the city gate?" Chen Qi asked quietly.
Chen Deng smiled faintly and said: "Father, don't worry, I have asked Lu Bu for instructions to patrol the city gate, and it is my turn to guard the west gate tonight." The defenders of the West Gate are the new army composed of the servants of our Chen family, as long as I give an order, they will obey the order, open the city gate, and let the Soviet army enter the city. β
"Well, it's my son, you did this seamlessly, very good." Chen Qi nodded with satisfaction, and his old face did not hide his appreciation for his son.
"Father, I ......" Chen Deng wanted to say something, but he stopped talking.
Chen Jue flicked his hands and said: "Between you and my father and son, there is nothing to avoid, if you have something to say, just say it." β
Chen Deng then said: "Father, are we really not going to pull Cao Bao this time?" β
When they betrayed Liu Bei before, Chen Cao's two families had joined forces, and they were ostensibly in the same camp, so they should advance and retreat together.
But this time he betrayed Lu Bu, but Chen Qi rejected Chen Deng's proposal, resolutely excluded the Cao family, and wanted to take refuge in Su Zhe alone.
Chen Deng had doubts, so he had this question at the moment before the action.
Chen Jue didn't explain much, but replied disapprovingly: "Pull the Cao family in, do you want the Cao family to share the credit with our Chen family in front of that Su Ziming?" β
Chen Deng's expression was shocked, and he suddenly realized that he understood his father's deep meaning.
If he pulls Cao Bao to start an incident together, after the matter is completed, Cao Bao will have the same credit as him, and when the time comes, Su Zhe's reward will be comparable, and Su Zhe will take Xuzhou one day, and the Cao family and the Chen family will still be two families standing side by side.
At present, he excluded Cao Bao, and after that happened, his Chen family was the first contributor to Su Zhe's capture of Xuzhou, and it was not easy to overwhelm the Cao family in the middle of the time.
Then, when Su Zhe defeated Liu Bei and took Xuzhou, the Mi family who supported Liu Bei would also be defeated, and his Chen family was no longer invincible in Xuzhou, so he became the only big family in Xuzhou that covered the sky with one hand.
Such a good thing, how can the Cao family come to get a piece of the pie.
Chen Deng, who was in a trance, couldn't help but sigh and said: "The three major families have been living side by side in Xuzhou for many years, and my father has come and gone twice to take refuge in the new master, and he easily defeated the Cao Mi family, and called our Chen family to dominate Xuzhou. β
The corners of Chen Jue's mouth hooked a trace of pride, but he said: "You don't have to shoot the sycophants, let's think more about how to deal with that General Su in the future, this person is much more difficult to deal with than Liu Bei and Lu Bu, and the scholars in Jingzhou and Yanzhou are not less organized by him, we want to dominate Xuzhou under his wing, but I'm afraid it's not so easy." β
"I've already thought of a solution." The corners of Chen Deng's mouth raised a strange color.
Chen Jue's eyebrows moved, and he waved his hand to signal him to continue.
Chen Deng said unhurriedly: "Although Su Zhe is in the limelight at the moment, he is a poor man after all, and now that Yuan Benchu is about to unify Hebei, he will have hundreds of thousands of troops going south, Su Zhe will undoubtedly be defeated, and his great power today is just an empty one." β
As soon as the words changed, Chen Deng sneered: "We want to dominate Xuzhou, we don't have to rush at this time, we only need to be under Su Zhe's hands at the moment, just wait for Yuan Benchu's army to go south, and then we will take advantage of the situation to take refuge in Yuan Benchu and help him seize Xuzhou, at that time, it will be the day when our Chen family will truly dominate Xuzhou."