Out of the prison, Liu Wei marched along the street in the direction of the palace surrounded by Wang Liu and a group of guards.

All the way, his face was solemn, and he didn't even say a word.

After walking through two streets, Wang Liu whispered to Liu Wei and asked, "Your Highness really wants to release Dong Feng's family?" ”

"This king has promised him, why not let him go?" Turning his head to look at Wang Liu, Liu Wei finally showed a smile on his face, and said to Wang Liu: "Woe to the family, if this incident is not related to their family, this king will not be like this!" ”

When Liu Wei ordered all the families of the offending officials to be arrested, Wang Liu guessed that maybe not so many people would die.

Wang Liu didn't speak, and Liu Wei didn't explain much to her, and continued to ride towards the palace.

Wang Bin and a group of officials who accepted his benefits were arrested in Luoyang City, and a conspiracy against Chen Gong was brewing in Xuzhou City.

Xuzhou military camp, in Hou Cheng's barracks.

Jiang Gan, Hou Cheng, Wei Xu and Song Xian sat in a circle, Jiang Gan looked around at the servants sitting next to him, and asked them in a low voice, "Are the three generals ready?" ”

"Don't worry, sir, it's all right!" Wei Xu and the others, who were reversed by Jiang Gance, raised their fists and responded in unison.

"You and the others are all under the grace of Wen Hou, and you can't bear to do harm, and Cao Gong also knows it." Looking at the servants in front of him, Jiang Gan said to them: "As long as you get rid of Chen Gong, it will be a great achievement for the generals!" ”

"Thanks to Mr. Cao Gong's recommendation, we will all obey Mr.'s orders!" The servants responded to Jiang Gan with their fists, and all three pairs of eyes stared at Jiang Gan.

"Every morning, Chen Gong will leave his residence and go to the city!" Looking around at everyone, Jiang Gan lowered his voice and said to them: "In the past two days, a certain person has ordered his subordinates to inquire about the exact time, and tomorrow the generals can lead the army to intercept and kill the Chen Palace halfway in the name of the side of the Marquis of Qingwen, and must not leave a living mouth!" ”

"Cao Gong doesn't want to live?" Jiang Gan said that he wanted to kill Chen Gong, Wei Xu frowned, and asked in a low voice.

"Chen Gong is also a talent, but he is not used by Cao Gong!" Staring at Wei Xu, Jiang Gan said to him: "Duke Cao wants to capture him alive, but we are in Xuzhou City. The three generals thought to themselves, if they talk about martial arts, how do they compare with Wen Hou? ”

Asked by Chen Gong like this, Wei Xu and the others glanced at each other, and said almost in unison: "Even if we are together, we are not Wenhou's opponents!" ”

"That's it!" Nodding his head, Jiang Gan said to the servants: "Those who have achieved great things, how can they have the kindness of a woman?" If you don't kill Chen Gong, Wen Hou Xingshi will ask for the guilt, and we will all be in danger! ”

Hearing Jiang Gan's words, the servants glanced at each other and nodded.

Seeing that the servants nodded, Jiang Gan then said to them: "As long as we kill Chen Gong, we can open the city gate while Wen Hou is unprepared, and the generals will only wait to be rewarded by Duke Cao!" ”

"Thank you, sir!" Thinking that Cao Cao would enter the city in the near future, he would reward them with kindness, and the servants all hugged their fists and thanked Jiang Gan.

The four of them hid in Hou Cheng's barracks to discuss how to deal with Chen Gong, but they didn't know that when they were discussing things, a man wearing the armor of a soldier in Xuzhou army was squatting on the ground looking for something behind Hou Cheng's barracks.

The man was not really looking for something, but deliberately lingered here, paying attention to eavesdropping on what the four people in the barracks were saying.

After the four of them had discussed and decided to attack Chen Gong early the next morning, the man left quickly and walked towards a barracks in the barracks.

It was an ordinary barracks for soldiers to rest, and there were more than 30 people living in the barracks, including Deng Zhan, who also pretended to be a soldier of the Xuzhou army.

As soon as the man entered the barracks, he turned around and closed the door, bowed to Deng Zhan with his fists in his fists, and whispered: "General Qiyu, Hou Cheng and others will start early tomorrow morning, and they will not leave any room alive!" ”

Knowing that Hou Cheng and the others would do it early the next morning, Deng Zhan turned his head to look at the other people on the side, and asked them in a low voice, "What do you think?" ”

The few people sitting next to Deng Zhan were none other than Huang Sheng, an officer of the Dragoon Guard, and others.

Knowing that Hou Cheng and the others had agreed to attack Chen Gong early the next morning, Huang Sheng lowered his voice and whispered to Deng Zhan: "The general wants to rescue Chen Gong from Xuzhou?" ”

"I'll save Chen Gong tomorrow, and if I think that Wei Xu, Hou Cheng and others will know that things are defeated, they will definitely do nothing, open the city gate, and introduce Cao Jun into the city!" Looking at Huang Sheng and the others, Deng Zhan whispered: "I'm afraid that even if I don't want to go out of the city, I can't do it!" ”

"In this way, this Xuzhou is going to be lost?" Deng Zhan said that Hou Cheng and the others would open the city gate to welcome Cao Jun into the city, Huang Sheng frowned, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness has not yet made proper preparations, and my Great Qin soldiers have not yet marched south!" ”

"General Ben knows it too!" With Huang Sheng frowning tightly, Deng Zhan said to everyone present: "What we can do is to save Chen Gong, and second, to help Lu Bu kill Xuzhou!" ”

"Out of Xuzhou, where can Lu Bu go?" Looking at Deng Zhan, several people asked almost in unison.

"Xiao Pei is now in the hands of Cao Jun!" Looking at everyone, Deng Zhan lowered his voice and said to them: "If we help Lu Bu to kill Xuzhou, Lu Bu has only one way to go, and that is to go south and enter Xiapi!" ”

Everyone nodded, and said to Deng Zhan in a low voice: "Don't worry, general, tomorrow we will work together to save Chen Gong and leave Xuzhou!" ”

Jiang Gan, Hou Cheng and others secretly plotted Chen Gong and Lu Bu, while Deng Zhan and others were ready to help.

At this time, Chen Gong and Lu Bu were still in the dark.

Chen Gong still went to the city every day to inspect the garrison of Xuzhou City, while Lu Bu was still busy bargaining with Cheng Yu, neither of them knew what to do, and a conspiracy was brewing behind their backs.

The night gradually fell, and the starry sky spread over the night sky as pure as water.

Standing at the head of the city, Chen Gong raised his face and looked at the night sky, took a deep breath of the cool evening breeze, and exhaled his breath leisurely.

Lu Bu has been like a demon recently, and he has been busy discussing peace talks with Cheng Yu all day long, and he has not even been to the city once, which makes Chen Gong feel very uneasy in his heart.

He always felt that the nearest tranquility seemed to be the most peaceful before the war, and this tranquility might have stopped one morning with the sound of the war drums of Cao's siege.

Chen Gong was still at the head of the city, Lu Bu was still discussing peace talks with Cheng Yu, but at this time in Xuzhou City, there were hundreds of black shadows quietly lurking in various alleys.

These black shadows were all dressed in ink-colored clothes, and the long sword they carried at their waists was much wider than the usual long sword.

Dormant in the shadows, the eyes of the men in black were fixed on the street.

From time to time, there will be several teams of heavily armed Xuzhou army patrols on the streets.

The equipment of the Xuzhou army is more than one level worse than that of the Qin army!

The shoes they wore on their feet were still straw sandals woven from hay, and they were not all issued with leather boots like the Qin army.

When the straw sandals stepped on the ground, there would be a light "rustle" sound, making the patrolling Xuzhou army not give people a sense of imposing.

The black shadows dormant in the darkness, when the patrolling Xuzhou soldiers walked by, a pair of eyes would stare at them, and they would always watch them go away.

The one leading these black shadows is none other than Deng Zhan, who has already determined to secretly save Chen Gong and help Lu Bu.

When several teams of patrolling Xuzhou soldiers walked by, Deng Zhan beckoned behind him, and a group of people jumped out of the street one after another, running in the direction of the Xuzhou official mansion.

Hou Cheng and others set the time for the action in the early morning, but Deng Zhan couldn't let everyone wait until the early morning to prepare.

Being able to lead the soldiers and horses under his command is the advantage of Hou Cheng and others as generals of the Xuzhou Army, while Deng Zhan and the dragoon guards under his command can only make arrangements in advance.

More than 500 dragoon guards, led by Deng Zhan, approached the Xuzhou government mansion and hid in the alleys of the houses near the official mansion.

Due to the siege of the city by Cao's army for several days, the people in Xuzhou City are now closed to their homes, and very few people will run to the market, at least until the sky is completely bright, the people will not leave their homes rashly.

Hibernation in the dark alley, Deng Zhan and the others seemed to be completely integrated into the night, and there was no more sound.

The city of Xuzhou fell asleep in the quiet night, and the whole city fell into a kind of morbid tranquility.

Time passed minute by minute, and the first rays of dawn finally pierced the thick night, and another early morning descended on the world.

The black-clad dragoon guards were still quietly dormant, and a team of about forty or fifty people walked out of the Xuzhou official mansion.

At the front of this team was Chen Gong, who was dressed in a silk costume.

The night before, Chen Gong stood on the city wall for a long time, and did not return to the government until late at night.

As soon as the day dawned, he once again left the official palace and went to the city wall to prevent Cao's army from launching a surprise attack on Xuzhou City.

Hiding in the alley and looking at Chen Gong from a distance, Deng Zhan's heart had an indescribable feeling.

In terms of wisdom, Chen Gong is definitely an excellent strategist, and Lu Bu also trusts him a lot.

It's just a pity that Lu Bu is not able to take the advice of the strategists like Liu Wei, and many times Lu Bu behaves more stubbornly and does not pay attention to Chen Gong's plan.

It is precisely because of this that in several battles with Cao's army, the Xuzhou army will lose one after another, and now it is trapped in Xuzhou City.

If he can persuade Chen Gong to follow Liu Bian, I am afraid that in Liu Bian's opinion, the contribution of the Dragoon Guards this time is definitely greater than that of delaying Cao Jun.

There was already a plan in his heart, and when he looked at Chen Gong, the corners of Deng Zhan's mouth were slightly raised, revealing a playful smile.

Surrounded by dozens of guards, Chen Gong had not gone far from the official mansion when there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves on the street.

Just listening to the sound of horses' hooves, Deng Zhan could hear that there would definitely be no less than five hundred people rushing over to Chen Palace!