"What else does the gentleman command?"

Liu Cun shook his head and smiled helplessly at Chen Gong who stayed behind.

Chen Gong sighed, looked around, and asked in a low voice, "How long will it take for General Zijian to break through the city guarded by my 40,000 elites?" ”

Liu Cun replied honestly: "Ten days at most, three days at least." ”

Chen Gong looked at Liu Cun in disbelief: "In that case, let's wait and see!" ”

"Sir, stay!"

Liu Cun stopped Chen Gong, who was about to leave, and solemnly bowed: "I implore Mr. to release the old and weak women and children in the city as soon as possible after returning to the city." ”

Chen Gong was displeased, but he still nodded, and then rode away without saying a word.

Chen Gong's figure has already gone away, Liu Cun quietly exhaled turbidity, turned around and entered the long pavilion that had been raised with a raging charcoal fire, roasted whole sheep on the shelf and placed Langya wine, hesitated again and again, and finally said to the generals who gathered: "Don't worry, although Lu Fengxian is capricious, he does not lose his mighty and heroic nature, and he should not break his promise to do what he promised, coupled with Mr. Chen Gong's promise, tens of thousands of innocent people in the city will be able to get out of the city smoothly." ”

The generals and colonels were most worried about injuring innocent people in the siege battle, and after listening to the explanation of the lord Liu Cun, they finally put their minds at ease.

Liu Cun was greatly relieved when he saw this, and after discussing with Wang Qi and Yan Shen, he immediately issued an order: "Brothers, the weather is getting colder and colder, and it will be snowy in a few days. ”

"Once tens of thousands of old and weak women and children are sent out of the city, our army will no longer have any scruples...... Therefore, the ministries must strictly follow the operational plan. Enter the attack position as fast as possible. The cavalry of each division went to the preset location in advance. Block all enemy escapes; The Firearms Battalion and the Artisan Battalion must produce 120 trebuchets and conduct no less than two large-scale kit dropping drills in the next two days! ”

The generals received the order loudly, and Liu Cun instructed Yan Shen, the deputy marshal of the Langya Army who was under the greatest pressure: "General Wang Qi and I will command the four-way foot soldiers to block all directions, and the heavy cavalry will be handed over to you." ”

"Don't worry, your subordinates will live up to expectations!" Yan Shen replied confidently.

At the moment, no one had the heart to continue to stay here, Liu Cun and his personal guards Zhao Yun and Chen Zhi rushed back to the camp first, and ordered a few words to go straight into Gongsun Pei's camp.

Gongsun Pei and Mi Zhu were drinking tea around the small charcoal stove. Seeing Liu Cun come back so soon, he didn't need to ask to know that there was no good result.

Liu Cun sat down cross-legged, took the hot tea handed by Mi Zhu, and startled Mi Zhu when he opened his mouth: "Once Lu Bu releases the old and weak women and children in the city, our army will immediately launch an attack and strive to defeat Pengcheng in one attempt!" ”

Gongsun Pei did not doubt that Liu Cun had the ability to capture Pengcheng, but he had never been able to figure out Liu Cun's bottom line in this battle, after listening to Liu Cun's words, and then looking at Liu Cun's gloomy face, Gongsun Pei nodded thoughtfully: "It's decided?" ”

Liu Cun knew what Gongsun Pei was asking. He took a deep breath and explained in a low voice: "Lu Bu is unruly. Capricious, I am afraid that he has never had the word 'benevolence and righteousness' in his heart, if he does not take the opportunity of this battle to get rid of this fang, it will definitely bring infinite harm. ”

"What's more, the notorious Xiliang Iron Cavalry can't stay, otherwise it won't be able to comfort the thousands of innocent souls who died under their swords and guns!"

Mi Zhu was stunned, from knowing Liu Cun to now, it was the first time he had seen Liu Cun so ruthless.

Gongsun Pei seemed to have expected Liu Cun to make such a decision, so after hearing this, he just nodded in agreement: "Since this is the case, then seal all the opponent's retreats as much as possible...... If possible, try not to capture them alive, otherwise it will be troublesome. ”

Liu Cun was shocked in his heart: "Understood!" Let him die in the chaos, alas......"

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Lu Bu returned to the city and was resentful, and in front of Chen Gong and all the generals, he scolded Liu Cun for being insidious and vicious, and had no faith, and retracted his promise not to release tens of thousands of old and weak women and children in the city.

None of the generals dared to speak, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun glanced at each other, and turned to Chen Gong, who bowed his head and pondered, very tacitly.

After a long time, Chen Gong, who had repeatedly weighed the gains and losses, opened his mouth to persuade: "Don't be angry, Fengxian, otherwise I'm afraid you will really fall into Liu Zijian's trap." ”

The generals were slightly surprised, Lu Bu was deeply puzzled, and after thinking for a moment, he asked curiously: "What kind of trap does Liu Zijian have?" ”

Chen Gong took two steps forward and talked eloquently: "From the beginning of Liu Zijian's peeping around the city, until the end of the reverberation, which led to the two sides breaking up unhappily, at first glance there seems to be no problem, but if you think about it carefully, everything he did was the result of careful planning......"

"Its ultimate goal is to use his reputation of invincibility to defeat the morale of our army, and deliberately show his compassion for the world and love the people like a son through verbal provocation, and use tens of thousands of innocent people in the city to repeatedly put pressure on Feng Xian, causing an unhappy ending, and then use this matter to make a big fuss and detain the notoriety of treachery and disregard for human life on Feng Xian's head!"

There was an uproar in the hall.

Cao Xing, who had a tricky personality, loudly scolded Liu Cun for his wolf ambition and vicious heart, and Wei Xu, Hou Cheng and others echoed and asked Lu Bu to go out of the city to fight.

Lu Bu was even more annoyed, threw away the big red cloak, and stood up suddenly: "Since this is the case, I will order troops out of the city and challenge Liu Zijian, who is selling his reputation!" ”

"Don't worry!"

Chen Gong dissuaded in time: "Since Liu Zijian wants to show his compassion for the people, why don't we be satisfied with him?" Anyway, it is useless for tens of thousands of old and weak women and children to stay in the city, except for empty food, it will not help our army, and it is more than enough to leave 30,000 young and strong people to serve as people's husbands. ”

The generals echoed one after another, hoping that the lord Lu Bu would take this opportunity to drive out the 40,000 old and weak women and children in the city, and let Liu Cun and the Qingxu coalition army carry this heavy burden, Cao Xuan even half-jokingly and half-seriously suggested that it was enough to leave 2,000 young women.

Gao Shun seemed to feel that something was wrong, but he couldn't say why, but Zhang Liao, who had a calm personality and was good at thinking, saw the bad influence contained in it, as well as the psychological blow caused to the tens of thousands of young and strong people who stayed in the city, but seeing that Chen Gong, who was full of jewels, was in favor of doing this, and then thought that tens of thousands of innocent lives were likely to be difficult to save in the upcoming siege battle, Zhang Liao also took advantage of the situation to remain silent.

After listening to the words of the military advisor Chen Gong, and seeing that no one under his command objected, he wanted to take all the civilians in the city as hostages to prevent Liu Cun's trick from succeeding, Lu Bu finally nodded and agreed, and ordered the generals and colonels under his command to immediately split up and blast out tens of thousands of old and weak women and children in the city before dark, and then close the city gate and hurry up to prepare for war, and send the war book to Liu Cun's camp early tomorrow morning, vowing to defeat Liu Cun in a dignified manner under the city, and control the entire rich and stable Xuzhou in his own hands. (To be continued......)