said that it was too late, and as soon as Chen Deng's "head" word came out, the sword in his hand was waved. But seeing that Cao Bao had a flattering smile on his face, a touch of red appeared in his throat, and then it erupted like a fountain!

Chen Deng succeeded in one blow, and did not move forward, but took three steps back. At the same time, from outside the door of the room, several swordsmen also rushed in, and the weapons in their hands couldn't help but say, and directly attacked Wei Xu, who was still in shock!

"Chen Deng! How dare you ......"

These four words are Wei Xu's last words. And when several swordsmen were mending their swords on Wei Xu's body, Cao Bao, who was holding his throat with both hands and gurgling in his mouth, fell down with a bang, sending blood flowing to the ground.

Not even interested in taking a closer look at the corpse, Chen Deng strolled out of the reception room and said to a few henchmen who were already waiting respectfully outside the door:

"Is it arranged?"

"Tell the general, everything is ready, just wait for the time to come, everyone will be mobilized."

"Good."

Chen Deng's voice was extremely cold.

"Lu Bu has no plan, and he believes in incompetent people like Cao Bao. Of course, I want to preserve my hometown, but my alliance is all waste. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Deng sighed and was speechless. The rest of the people were afraid of Chen Deng's might and did not dare to speak. After waiting for a long time, Chen Deng waved his hand, and the rest of the people retreated on their own.

"I don't know what Zhang Wuji will do when he receives my letter?"

Muttering to himself in a low voice, Chen Deng strode out.

Zhang Wuji, that is, Zhang Mad , after receiving the secret letter sent by Chen Deng's confidant to give birth to a son, was first incredulous, and then overjoyed.

At this time, Zhang Mad was busy cleaning up after the war.

Breaking through Chen Deng's camp, the Zhang Madman army beheaded more than 3,000 people and captured more than 6,000 people. It's a big win. However, the casualties of Zhang Qijun's own army were also close to 4,000. In a short period of time, the Zhang Crazy Army, which suffered considerable losses, was afraid that it would be difficult to carry out the next offensive operation.

Having said that, Zhang Qi and Chen Deng had a "friendship" more than ten years ago. At that time, it was the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Chen Deng, Cao Bao and others were all young and frivolous, in order to show their courage and bravery, they planned a surprise attack on the arrogant Tianping Army, but Chen Deng himself was lost.

Later, the Xuzhou heroes redeemed Chen Deng at the cost of a large sum of money and a pair of mother and son. The mother and son who are the heads are the mother and son of Tai Shici, who are now known as the "Divine Arrow General" in the Zhang Crazy Army.

Chen Deng came from an extraordinary background, and he was also a rare wise man. He was in captivity. often chatted with Zhang Qiang, Xie Xun and others, and discussed literature. At that time, Zhang Qiang once joked to Chen Deng and invited Chen Deng to join the Tianping Army. Chen Deng responded that when the next 100,000 troops came to Xuzhou, Chen Deng would be willing to serve the dogs and horses.

The jokes of more than ten years ago naturally will not be taken seriously. When Zhang Qiang raised troops south to Xuzhou this time, he sent a letter to Chen Deng by the way, ridiculing Chen Deng's old words. At that time, Chen Deng did not reply. Insolence didn't particularly care. But after defeating Chen Deng's reinforcements, Chen Deng specially sent his confidant to send this letter to his son. actually made it clear that he was willing to offer Tan County and Guangling two places, thinking that he would join the meeting gift of his arrogant subordinates!

The arrogance of surprise, more than joy, was very puzzled by Chen Deng's pretentious behavior. If Chen Deng had the intention of surrendering, why didn't he say a word when he brought troops to the edge of Tanxian County, but after suffering a big defeat. That's why you came to submit in a hurry?

According to Zhang Qiang's understanding of Chen Deng, don't you think this guy is a masochist?

Zhang Qian himself can't figure it out, but it doesn't mean that his advisors can't figure it out. Guo Jia read Chen Deng's letter, squinted his eyes and came back to his senses, looked up and smiled:

"Chen Deng, this is not giving up!"

Next. Guo Jia began to analyze Chen Deng's general idea for insolence.

The arrogant power is the strongest today, which has been recognized by the princes of the world. In contrast, Lü Bu's power in Xuzhou was very limited, and he was completely unable to resist the threat from the north. Chen Deng also knew this, but he still had to strive for a result that was more in line with his wishes.

As a time-traveler, Zhang Qi's lack of experience in living in the big clan makes it difficult for him to understand the psychological changes of the powerful clans in this era. In contrast, although Guo Jia belongs to the side branch of the big clan, he has studied in Yingchuan, where scholars gather and Haoqiang's children are everywhere when he was young, and he has a very deep understanding of the mentality of the Haoqiang clan.

Chen Deng's family is currently the strongest powerful family in Xuzhou, and the policy strategy that Zhang Deng has been adopting since the beginning of the army is very unfavorable to a powerful family like Chen Deng. Therefore, Chen Deng was indeed unwilling to let Xuzhou fall into the hands of insolence. Therefore, when fighting against the insolent invasion, he can be said to have used all his strength, and he didn't even care much about the old nest.

However, Chen Deng, who is outstandingly talented, also has a fatal weakness. That is, he is too interested in the family, obsessed with protecting his own territory and bloodline, and has no idea of looking at the world. Preserving the family in this troubled era is probably Chen Deng's greatest wish. Although Guo Jia contemptuously refers to people who have this idea as "guardian dogs", this is the common obsession of many powerful families.

If Chen can maintain his power in Xuzhou, it will certainly be the best. But if this leads to the collapse of the family, the gains outweigh the losses. According to Guo Jia's analysis, Chen Deng sent troops with all his strength to repel the arrogant attack. Once the insolence proves to be unable to be repelled, Chen Deng will initiate a second plan and decisively surrender to the insolence in order to ensure the safety of the Chen clan at the price of his current authority and territory, so that they can rise again in the future.

And Zhang Mad married Zhen Luo a few years ago, which shows a change in the policy of insolent rule. Since the powerful clan in Jizhou can be accepted by the arrogant to a limited extent, the Chen clan in Xuzhou is not afraid that they will not be able to achieve better development under the rule of the arrogant as long as they see the opportunity early.

The above is Guo Jia's explanation of the changes in Chen Deng's behavior. Zhang Yan listened to it and felt that it made sense. Chen Deng, this guy, does have the potential to turn his face and not recognize people. Since he was able to easily betray Lu Bu in history, it was not surprising that he surrendered the city this time.

Guo Jia's analysis is generally in line with the reasons for Chen Deng's surrender. However, he is not an immortal after all, and he is not another key point that prompted Chen Deng to undergo such a huge transformation. That is, Chen Deng's fear of destiny.

When Chen Deng was captured by Zhang Ma, he discussed current affairs with Zhang Mad and once heard Zhang Mad mention the future development of the situation. And when Chen Deng was released, he pretended to be mysterious and gave Chen Deng a prophecy, saying that the arrival of the assassin surnamed Tao was the time when Chen Deng's career was greatly advanced.

Chen Deng didn't believe in Zhang Yan's words. However, as time passed, the arrogant words were confirmed by the development of the situation. Tao Qian came to Xuzhou and soon dismissed Chen Deng as the lieutenant of Diannong, which became the basis for Chen Deng's rise in Xuzhou.

Therefore, whenever Chen Deng heard that there was another arrogant move from the north, his heart became heavier and heavier. If Zhang Qiang is really the lord of destiny, where can Chen Deng dare to confront him to the end?

Chen Deng surrendered to Zhang Qiang, which means that most of Xuzhou is about to fall into the hands of Zhang Qiang!

That night, the sentinels of the Zhang Madman Army noticed a faint commotion at the head of Tanxian County, but it quickly subsided. Early the next morning, the city gate of Tan County was greatly opened. Chen Deng, dressed in Confucian attire, took the lead, leading nearly 10,000 defenders in the city to express his submission to the arrogant.

Seeing where Zhang Da Da was from a distance, Chen Deng immediately dismounted and walked forward, came to Zhang Da Ma, and bowed to him:

"Your Majesty is too late to surrender, I hope Uncle Fang will forgive your sins!"

"Why is it too late? The return of Yuanlong is exactly what our army has strengthened! ”

With these two sentences, the eastern part of Donghai County, the prefecture of Xuzhou, and the vast Guangling County in the south immediately became arrogant territory.

Chen Deng's surrender was done very thoroughly. On the one hand, he sent his henchmen to guide the 3,000 Zhang Mad army to the south into Guangling County, and on the other hand, he relieved himself of the military power and handed over the remnants and the captured Cao Bao and Lu Bu's subordinates, totaling more than 10,000 people, to be dealt with by Zhang Mad to deal with. At the same time, Chen Deng also sent more than 20 descendants of the Chen family to Julu to prepare for the imperial examination that year. This gesture of cooperation, when everyone was surprised, also made Zhang arrogant extremely satisfied.

Zhang Qi will not really feel at ease with Chen Deng because of Chen Deng's actions. However, he was sure that Chen Deng did have the intention of investing in the development of his subordinates. And such a cooperative character, the arrogance must also be well placed in order to set an example for the later defectors.

It just so happened that after Zhang Yan in the north was transferred south by insolence, Le Jin, who succeeded to the post of assassin of Youzhou, had also led the troops south at the beginning of the year. Today's Youzhou lacks a truly capable principal, and Chen Deng's talent is not to be said, and there is no problem in serving as a state.

At the same time, going to Youzhou and leaving the foundation of Xuzhou is also conducive to putting an end to Chen Deng's dissent. And from a county to a state assassin, no one can say that Chen Deng has been treated badly.

The news that Tan County had fallen into the hands of arrogance soon reached the ears of Lu Bu not far away. This news made Lu Bu feel as if he had been struck by lightning, and he was speechless for a long time.

Just when the guards were worried about what happened to Lu Bu, Lu Bu suddenly stared at the messenger who came to report viciously, and asked eagerly:

"Are Mrs. Cao and Mrs. Mi okay? Can Zhang Thief do wrong? ”

When the messenger heard these questions, he was dumbfounded, and could not answer. Seeing this, Lu Bu was very dissatisfied, and immediately called out a few clever guards, and ordered them to immediately ride fast horses and go to the vicinity of Tanxian to inquire about the news of his two ladies.

Moreover, before the guards left, Lu Bu actually quietly admonished:

"If it is convenient, ask Du Shi's whereabouts ......" (to be continued......