Chen Gong returned to Xiapi, and it was already two days later.

After telling Lu Bu everything that happened on the hillside, Chen Gong's expression showed a trace of apprehension.

What he was most worried about was that Lu Bu didn't trust him anymore.

Once he loses Lu Bu's trust, all the strategies he offers will be in vain, and more than half of the war with the Cao family will be lost.

"The public station is looking for me, just want to say this?" Lu Bu asked Chen Gong with a smile.

"It's because I'm incompetent and I can't share the general's worries." Chen Gong said: "I didn't expect ......"

"I didn't expect that." Lu Bu interrupted him: "It's not that you haven't been in contact with Cao Zirong, you should know very well what kind of person he is." Cao Zirong is scheming, and it is normal for him to be on the public stage. It's okay if people are fine, you go back and rest first, Cao Zirong is there, I have my own plans. ”

"What is the General going to do?" Chen Gong asked.

"I don't do it." Lu Bu said: "Let me think about it. ”

Lu Bu refused to say, Chen Gong knew that he had doubts in his heart.

But no matter what he said at this time, it was impossible to convince Lu Bu.

Chen Gong had no choice but to retire and leave.

After he left, Mrs. Ren came out of the inner room: "Husband, ......"

"What do you think?" Lu Bu asked Mrs. Ren.

"Cheap concubines don't understand military affairs, let alone people's hearts." Mrs. Ren said: "But I think this matter is very strange. ”

"How?" Lu Bu asked.

"Who is Chen Gongtai?" Mrs. Ren said: "He is known as a man of wisdom, Cao Zirong left him by his husband's side, isn't he worried about bringing disaster to the Cao family?" ”

"What do you mean......" Lu Bu was stunned.

Although he was a little suspicious of Chen Gong, he didn't expect so much.

It seems that women's minds are still more delicate than men's.

"I probably know what you're trying to say." Lu Bu said: "If Cao Zirong and Chen Gongtai secretly plot......

"The first to suffer is the husband." Mrs. Ren said: "Things have come to this point, the husband might as well write a letter to Cao Zirong......

"Write what?" Lu Bu asked, "Excuse what Chen Gong did?" ”

"Exactly." Mrs. Ren said: "It's not certain whether Chen Gong did that or not, if the husband wrote a letter, Cao Zirong would definitely have a good impression of you, and he would also leave a way back for himself!" ”

"Madame is right!" Lu Bu instructed the maid: "Go and get pen and ink!" ”

It has been a few days since Cao Shuo led his troops into Xuzhou, and he successively captured Fan County and Xue County, and no one in Xuzhou did not know about it.

Even Lu Meng, who lives in a simple house and basically doesn't go out much, also knows that Cao Shuo came to Xuzhou.

Sitting in the pavilion in the back garden, Lu Meng looked at the pond not far away.

It has entered the early summer, and the lotus flowers in the pond have drawn out their buds, and from time to time there will be one or two small fish showing their heads, pecking out a circle of small ripples on the water surface, and diving into the water quickly.

"Miss." The personal maid came to her side: "I've been sitting here for a long time, do you want to walk around?" ”

"Not in the mood." Lu Meng said leisurely: "Why did Cao Zirong lead troops to fight Xuzhou? Aren't all his martial arts taught by his father? ”

The personal maid bowed her head and did not say a word.

"Why, you say?" Lu Meng turned her head and asked her.

"I only know about Miss Waiting, I don't know about that." The maid replied.

"It's useless to ask." Lu Meng sighed and said, "What a Cao Zirong, if I see him one day, I have to ask him well." ”

The maid didn't say a word, but stood aside with her hands bowed.

Lü Bu's letter was delivered to Xue County two days later.

Cao Shuo read the letter and handed it to Pang Tong: "Lu Bu pushed that matter clean. ”

After reading the letter, Pang Tong said to Cao Shuo: "He is showing goodwill to Gongzi." ”

"It's better to pass this letter on to my father." Cao Shuo said: "Let my father do the camera." ”

"Of course Duke Cao wants Lu Bu to surrender." Pang Tong said: "I'm afraid that Lu Bu will think, but the people around him will not give him a chance." ”

"You mean Chen Gong?" Cao Shuo said: "Could it be that I released Chen Gong before, or is it a fault?" ”

"Absolutely." Pang Tong said: "Lu Bu surrenders now, and he must be dissatisfied in his heart. Even if Cao Gong accepts him, he will cause trouble in the future. It's better to exchange letters first, shake Lu Bu's mind, and let them mess up themselves. ”

"Shi Yuan's thoughts coincide with mine." Cao Shuo said: "That's it." ”

He instructed the guards: "Arrange for someone to send this letter back to Xudu and show it to my father." ”

The guard stepped forward to take the letter and exited the room.

When the guards left, Cao Shuo asked Pang Tong, "What about Fan County?" ”

"Zhongda has sent news twice, and both have been reported to the son." Pang Tong said: "He still has no status in the army, and General Xiahou controls the military power too much. ”

"He wasn't from General Xiahou's side in the first place." Cao Shuo said: "It is also appropriate that people do not give military power, tell Zhongda, and let him do his best to assist General Xiahou." If General Xiahou wants to send troops, he must stop it. Keeping Fan County is the key to victory for us. ”

"I'll let someone go to Zhongda." Pang Tong responded.

Since he was stationed in Fan County, all Xiahoudun had to do every day was to train his troops.

Cao Jun repeatedly thwarted the offensive of the Xuzhou army, and he couldn't sit still for a long time.

Standing at the head of the city, looking out of the city, Xiahoudun said to Sima Yi on the side: "I really don't know what Gongzi is thinking, our army has repelled the enemy several times, and it is a good time to take advantage of the victory to pursue, but Gongzi let us be stationed in Fan County." Even if you don't attack Xiaopei, you should at least take two more cities. ”

"It's easy to take the city, has the general ever thought about where the soldiers and horses will come from to defend it after the defeat?" Sima Yi asked.

"Divide the troops from me." Xiahoudun said: "Each city divides a hundred ...... troops"

"If the Xuzhou army comes again, it will be able to take the city back without blowing any effort." Sima Yi said: "Cao Gong's army has not moved, and our army has no strong reinforcements after penetrating deep into the enemy's territory, does General Xiahou think that we and the enemy army can afford to spend it?" ”

"You can't just sit still." Xiahoudun said: "Every day to train the soldiers, the enemy army is in front of you but does not come forward to fight, this battle is ......."

"Childe is waiting for Cao Gong." Sima Yi said: "After Cao Gong comes, he must first break Xiaopei and then take Pengcheng, and then attack Xiapi, Xuzhou can be obtained." Gongzi seized Fan County, in order to have a place to store grain and grass for the army to attack in the future, if the general lost this place, the sin was not small. ”

"Gongzi is in Xue County, and Fan County is in an emergency, won't he send troops to help?" Xiahoudun asked.

"If we stick to Fan County, we can give Gongzi a chance." Sima Yi said: "If it is not enough to join the defenders of Fan County, it will be easier for the enemy army to attack the city. ”