In the fifth year of the first peace period (194 AD), Cao Cao invaded Xuzhou, and he was inspired by a mood of revenge and land grabbing, and he had reached the level of madness and could not control himself. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

He was like a bamboo, and in a month, more than ten counties in Xuzhou were slaughtered. In particular, the places such as Tuxian, Suining, and Xiaqiu were hit hard, killing hundreds of thousands of innocent people, piling up corpses and bones, and even Surabaya was blocked. Tao Qian was so frightened that he didn't dare to fight, and fled again and again, and finally gave way to Zhuge Gui, and he retreated to Donglai County, which was close to Bohai. Cao Cao led his troops and horses on a rampage, plundering and slaughtering in Xuzhou at will. The good news was transmitted back to Yuzhou, but it did not cause celebration, but a burst of uneasiness among the scholars in Yuzhou.

In the Assassin's Mansion in Xiapi County, Zhuge Gui was discussing with his subordinates about dealing with Cao Cao.

Zhuge Gui looked at Chen Qi and said: "Cao Cao is known as a lover of the people, killing my people in Xuzhou like this, making him lose his righteousness, it won't be long before my Xuzhou army will win."

Fang Yue [Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang general. A famous general in Yuehanoi, in the first year of Chuping (191), he raised troops with Wang Kuang to fight against Dong Zhuo. When the princes' army reached the Tiger Prison Pass, Zhuo's general Lu Bu went out of the horse, Kuang turned around and asked, "Who dares to fight?" Yue Zong's horse came out with a gun. The two horses intersected, there was no five, and Yue was stabbed under the horse with a halberd. ] and Fa Zheng [Fa Zheng (176-220), the character filial piety, right Fufeng County Yi (now northeast of Meixian County, Shaanxi Province), an important strategist under Liu Bei in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Glancing at each other, the two of them had only been in Xuzhou for half a year, and Zhuge sent someone to find them, but although Fang Yue was picked off by Lu Bu, fortunately, he was rescued by Zhuge Gui Pai Langzhong, and felt Zhuge Gui's life-saving grace, and as soon as he was injured, he surrendered to Zhuge Gui. Fang Yue shook his head first, but Fa Zheng walked out and said, "The lord must not underestimate Cao Apu. Cao A's traitorous male who concealed the world, had the rule of Ma Heshan and the mountains, he gave up his name and killed the people, because he wanted to make me Xuzhou panic and surrender without a fight. ”

Zhuge Gui looked at Fa Zheng with a smile: "Filial piety is reasonable, Cao Mengde can't be underestimated, reading his poems shows that his ambition is not small, he coerced the Son of Heaven to order the candidates, this step is high!"

Fa Zheng listened to it and looked at several ministers in Xuzhou, which was too abrupt.

Chen Jue and Mi Zhu were happy to hear this, Chen Jue said: "The lord's words are good, I have sent someone to contact Lu Bu and Yuan Shao in Gunzhou, as long as Yuan Shao reduces the heavy troops in Yizhou, Lu Bu will send troops to Yuzhou, and at that time, Cao Apu has to withdraw his troops."

Fang Yue asked, "What is the way for Duke Chen to let Lu Bu send troops?"

Chen Qi smiled confidently: "Mountain people have their own tricks!"

Fang Yue didn't ask again, Zhuge Gui glanced at Chen Gui and said, "Okay, that's all for today, everyone should retreat!"

When the others retreated, Chen Qi saw that Zhuge Gui's face was not good, and asked, "The lord is worried about the third prince."

Zhuge Gui said: "I can't help but worry, I will divide 50,000 soldiers in Xiapi Kingdom, 40,000 soldiers in Langxi County, he only brought 8,000 soldiers to compete with Cao Hong's 100,000 soldiers and horses, even if he is born smart, I am afraid that he is not Cao Hong's opponent."

Chen Jue said: "The third prince can't beat it, he will retreat from Langxi County, we have been running Langxi County for many years, and we have a cement and steel city wall, no matter how many soldiers and horses Cao Cao has, there is no way to take us." Don't forget that we Langxi County Kaiyang, Yangdu, Linyi, that is, Qiu, the five cities of Zhangxian County are built with cement and steel bars, the city wall is eleven zhang high, four zhang wide, try to ask who in the world can break through, can fight. ”

Zhuge Gui laughed: "You also saw this Xiongcheng, so you were willing!"

Chen Jue was stunned when he heard this, glanced at Zhuge Gui, and couldn't help laughing, thinking in his heart that he had found a good lord, although the lord was not capable, but he was as open-minded as the sea, and he did not doubt the use of people, and more importantly, he was ambitious and had the ambition to win the world, which was more in line with Chen Jue's mind.

Chen Jue himself is a great figure in history!

Chen Qi is not only from a good background, but also a talented person.

Yuan Shutu usurped the rebellion, and the first think tank that came to mind was Chen Jue, and he also kidnapped his youngest son Chen Ying, Chen Jue not only did not help him stand on his own, but also publicly circulated a book to denounce Yuan Shu, which once made Yuan Shu very passive. In addition, Chen Jue and Chen Deng's father and son are people with great ambitions. If you analyze carefully, you will find that Chen Qi and his son followed Tao Qian, Ying Liu Bei, Shun Lu Bu, and returned to Cao Cao, but none of them were money-losing transactions. In the Tao Qian era, Chen Qi was just a famous man who resigned at home, and Chen Deng was just a small master. After Liu Bei came, Chen Deng's father and son and Zhang Fei actually divided the command of the Xuzhou descendant troops, Danyang Bing.

After Lü Bu came, the Chen family father and son developed a relationship with Lü Bu on the one hand, and on the other hand, they controlled the military power of Guangling County.

In the Cao Cao era, Chen's Guangling Army and Zang Ba's Changshu Army had developed into two major civilian military groups in Xuzhou, and even Cao Cao did not dare to move easily. Chen Deng added the title of General Fubo to the position of Guangling Taishou, which is unique! Chen Qi was even given the Lu of ten counties. Until Chen Deng's death, Guangling was in a state of "autonomy" of the Chen family.

In today's terms, the Chen clan is a powerful local faction in Guangling, controlling the soil emperor of a county.

Therefore, Zhuge Gui asked this question, and Chen Qi smiled.

After the two laughed, Chen Jue said: "The lord should leave Xiapi, the gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, we will also move the Assassin Mansion to Kaiyang!"

Zhuge Gui said with a smile: "Han Yu is reasonable, I will go to Kaiyang tomorrow, Han Yu, you go back and arrange it!" By the way, has Tao Gongzu's matter been dealt with, his ——。 ”

Chen Qi's face turned pale, he had known that Zhuge Gui would not leave Tao Qian's father and son, he didn't expect it to be so soon, at this time, he originally wanted to leave Tao Qian's father and son's life, but unfortunately——。

Chen Qi nodded and said, "I know, lord, don't worry!" ”