Chapter 10: The Chen Family

Chen Cong smiled and asked, "What did Childe say?" ”

Liu informed that since Chen Cong knew his identity, he could still invite himself to sit down, which showed that he had a good impression of his father and son, or at least he would not reject him.

"Lord Chen, the respected brother Gong Wei Gong has gone to the Northern Governor's Mansion, in the past, the Lord was kidnapped by Yuan Shu for his brother's negotiations, and had to succumb to the thief, now Yuan Shu is dead, Sun Quan plotted to kill Sun Ce, not subordinate to the imperial court, the imperial court has sent General Xian Yufu to lead 200,000 troops to Ruyin City, why don't Lord Chen raise righteousness and help the imperial court recover Yuzhou?"

Chen Cong was still smiling, but he didn't answer directly, "Son, how is my brother doing?" ”

Liu Tong said embarrassedly: "The kid doesn't dare to deceive the adult, Tong has traveled in Sili, Jingzhou, and Jiangdong in recent years, and has never returned to Yecheng, and has never seen Gongweigong. However, I heard that Gong Wei Gong is in the center of Yecheng, which must be very good. ”

Seeing Liu Tong's frankness, Chen Cong asked again: "How is my brother Chen Qi doing?" ”

Liu Tong was stunned when he heard this, what's the matter, Chen Cong is still Chen Qi's younger brother?

"How's Yunlong doing?"

Liu Tong heard Chen Cong ask again, and reacted, ah, Chen Cong turned out to be Chen Deng's uncle!

"Lord Chen, Han Yugong is the respected elder of my Northern Governor's Mansion, he is in an important position, Brother Yuanlong is young and promising, and he is now the youngest assassin in the north, and he has been in charge of the state assassin for many years."

Chen Cong had tears in his eyes after hearing this, "The brothers are safe and healthy, the children and nephews are promising, and the Chen family is also blessed!" ”

It turned out that Chen Cong was still Chen Qi Chen Hanyu's younger brother, that is, Chen Deng's cousin. After Chen Cong stabilized his mood, he went out and called a subordinate to come over, "Call Uncle Zhi!" ”

Liu Tong didn't know who Shu Zhi was, thinking that it should be Chen Cong's subordinates or family members, so he waited with peace of mind.

Soon a sturdy and upright white-faced young man in his twenties came in, and Liu Tong saw that he was very popular, so he got up to greet him.

"Uncle Zhi, hurry up and see the son, the champion Hou Liutong."

As soon as the young man heard Chen Cong's introduction, he had already heard of Liu Tong's name, and then knelt down on one knee, "Chen is here to meet Master Hou!" ”

Liu Tong was petrified on the spot, what? Chen Dao, this is the commander of Liu Bei's elite soldiers! Liu informed that Chen Zhi was a loyal and brave general in Shu Han second only to Zhao Yun! Liu Tong laughed happily, "Uncle to brother, I have heard of the name for a long time, please get up quickly!" As he spoke, he helped Chen Zhi up with both hands.

Chen Cong saw that Liu Tong's happiness was beyond words, without any pretense, and he was also happy in his heart, "Son, Uncle Dog, young and good martial arts, please take Sonzi with him, let him follow Son's achievements, and the old man will die without regrets!" ”

Liu Tong hurriedly agreed, this is a gift to the general for himself. Runan Chen is worthy of being a big family, and it is really full of talents!

Liu Tong invited Chen to sit down and described in detail Yang Feng and Yang Ding's plan to seize the city, and Chen Cong agreed. Liu Tong saw that the major event was over, so he said goodbye to Chen Cong, "Lord Chen, our 15,000 cavalry is still outside the city, I want to go out of the city tonight, and wait for good news tomorrow!" Is my uncle going out of the city with me? ”

Chen Zhi said: "Childe, tomorrow night's banquet is dangerous, I want to protect my father to achieve great things." ”

Liu Tong saw Chen Zhi's filial piety, and also agreed with Chen Zhi to protect Chen Cong, after all, Liang Gang and Le are both brave generals, Yang Feng and Yang Ding's martial arts are average, and he is not very relieved.

That night, Liu Tong went down the city wall in the dark, walked to the barracks, tossed all night, was tired, and slept until noon the next day.

In the afternoon, Liu Tong personally went to Xian Yufu Daying, informed the details, and discussed the details of entering the city. Xian Yufu and Wu Qiu Jian, Xun You, and Chen Gong were all amazed by Liu Tong's plan.

At the end of the night, the bonfire of the four gates of Ruyin suddenly started, Xian Yufu, Liu Tong and others knew that Chen Cong, Yang Feng and others succeeded, so they ordered the army ambushed outside the four gates to enter the city, Liu Tong came to the north gate, saw that the gate was wide open, Yang Feng and Chen Zhi stood at the north gate to greet them, Liu Tong called the two of them to ride straight to Taishou, as for the handover of the city defense and the reorganization of the soldiers in the city, there are Xian Yufu arrangements.

Xian Yufu arranged for the generals to maintain law and order in the city, take over the military camp and city defense, and everything went smoothly.

However, it was said that Chen Cong had a night banquet for Liang Gang and Le on the same day, claiming that Ruyin had been surrounded by Xian Yufu's 200,000 troops to discuss countermeasures.

At the banquet, Yang Ding looked panicked, and he saw that there was a knife hand ambush behind the curtain in the lobby, and suddenly made a difficulty, pulled out his waist knife and slashed Yang Ding, who was sitting next to him, and he burst into a rage to hold Chen Cong, who wanted to hold the main seat, saw that he was going to succeed, and Chen Zhi behind Chen Cong snatched the waist knife empty-handed, and killed him on the spot.

Liang Gang and Le Biao's entourage were all veterans of a hundred battles, and they heard it abnormally outside the lobby, and they all came in and fought against the knifemen who rushed out, although the number was at a disadvantage, they instantly killed most of the knifemen.

Yang Feng fought with Liang Gang, but also fell behind, Chen Zhi strode forward, fought with Liang Gang, and finally subdued him and ordered his retinue to surrender.

Chen Zhi was decisive in killing, and after seeing that everyone put down their weapons, he killed Liang Gang with a knife, and the swordsman also killed the surrendered entourage immediately.

After Liu Tong listened to Yang Feng's story, he had a more intuitive understanding of Chen Zhi, and he really had the demeanor of a general!

The hall of the Ruyin Mansion was full of people, and the generals came to gather after handling the relevant matters. Chen Cong arranged a banquet to entertain everyone. At the banquet, Pan Feng asked what should be done with Liang Gang, Le Zhuo, and Yang Feng's old department, Liu Tong was happy, raised his glass and said: "Yang Feng, Yang Ding, and Chen Zhi have made great contributions, and they should be rewarded again......"

Liu Tong was about to say that he would let Yang Feng and Chen take over more than 30,000 troops in the city, but before Liu finished speaking, Chen Gong knocked down the wine glass and spilled Liu Tong's body. Chen Gong hurriedly got up and wiped Liu Tong, supported Liu Tong with both hands, and blocked Liu Tong's body, Liu Tong turned to Chen Gong and said: "Gongtai Gong, don't get in the way, don't get in the way, you can sit fine." ”

Xun You got up at this time, took over the topic and said: "Yang Feng and Yang Ding, the two generals have made new contributions, I am ready to report to the imperial court to show merit for the two generals, I heard that the two generals want to go to Chang'an to serve and assist Xuanwei to wait through Liangzhou, and the Duke of Yan will not treat the two badly!" Uncle Chen is at least a hero for a young age, and he can join the army immediately, and I want my cousin to be a captain of the cavalry, and follow my son for the time being. After some time of sharpening, when there are new achievements, we will definitely be able to unify the army. Come on, come on, toast to three more generals in my court! ”

Everyone raised their glasses to toast Yang Feng, Yang Ding, and Chen Zhi. After sitting down, I was a little embarrassed, and I didn't consciously reflect on myself, first of all, I was not stable enough, I didn't consider the appointment and dismissal of personnel, and it can even be said that I was very hasty; Secondly, he is not the supreme official, how can he have the right to speak on his own, Xian Yufu, Xun You and others are estimated to be in a sudden decrease in their impressions.

Judging from the bad deeds and reputation of Yang Feng and Yang Ding, it would be good if Liu Kuan didn't kill them, and it is estimated that he would not be entrusted with a heavy task. Liu Tong felt comforted that since he had won Ruyin without a fight after all, and at the same time he had obtained Chen Zhi, the so-called thousands of troops were easy to get and hard to find.

On the second day, Xian Yufu scattered more than 30,000 soldiers and distributed them to various departments, ordering Wuqiu Jian and Liu Tong to stay in Ruyin, and Wuqiu Jian commanded the recruitment department and Zhao Yunbu to capture Runan. Xian Yufu led other troops to Shouchun and attacked Shouchun and Huainan with Zhang Liao's army.

The next day, Chen Cong, Yang Feng, Yang Ding and others and their families were sent to Luoyang by Xian Yufu, Yang Feng and Yang Ding went to Chang'an, and then they have been under Zhang Xiu as generals, Chen Cong transferred from Luoyang to Yecheng, and was appointed as the chief guard of Changchun after meeting Liu Kuan.

After Xian Yufu's army left, Liu Tong was bored for a few days, but he became happy in a few days, because not only Wu Ji came back, but also Han Zong, Han Zong is Han Dang's eldest son, Han Dang let Han Zong, who is the same age as Liu Tong, come to follow Liu Tong and fight with Liu Tong out of long-term considerations.

Since then, Liu Tong has had four followers: Han Zong, Lou Ban, Chen Dao, and Wu Ji. Lou Ban and Chen Zhi used guns, Han Zong and Wu Ji used knives, and the five of them either practiced martial arts in the government or went to the barracks to train soldiers every day.

After many days of understanding, Liu Tong found that the Lou class was the most calm, Chen Zhijun was the best, the martial arts Lou class, Han Zong, and Chen Zhi were among the best, Chen Zhi was slightly better, and Wu Ji was the most powerful.

Runan was already in a stalemate stage, Liu Biao's general Huang Zu has been consolidating the city defense after capturing Yiyang, and the old lady in Runan City guards Chen Ji as a steady person, facing Huang Zu on the western front, Zhao Yunbu on the eastern front, just can't hold out. Because of the strategy of Xian Yufu, he was not in a hurry to attack, and Runan and Ruyin were very calm for a while.

Soon, a piece of news completely broke the peace, and the bad news came, the generals Gao Shun and Pan Feng died in Shouchun City!