As the night deepens, the crescent moon hangs in the sky and the stars shine brightly.

In the Chen Palace's mansion, a cronie Hu walked into the inner hall and whispered the news he had just discovered.

"The lord agreed?"

At first glance, Chen Gong was stunned, and a look of disappointment appeared on his face, but he still had a trace of expectation in his heart, and confirmed again.

Hu Cong nodded very affirmatively, and said respectfully: "The little one doesn't dare to deceive the master, this matter is true, this is what General Wei Xu said personally, and there will be no falsehood." The lord not only agreed to Bocai's troops to use Xuzhou, but also instructed Wei Xu to reply to Cao Cao and agree to secretly form an alliance with him. ”

Immediately, Hu Cong reported in detail the process of his investigation of the news, one was the news from the eyeliner planted in the state minister's mansion, and the other was to inquire about the news from Wei Xu's mansion, and the news obtained from the two places was completely consistent, which was enough to prove the accuracy of the news.

Listening to his cronies tell the source of the news from 1510, Chen Gong frowned, his face changed again and again, and the more he listened, the more disappointed he became, and his expression became more and more gloomy.

After Hu Cong finished speaking, Chen Gong slowly got up with a melancholy face and paced back and forth in the hall.

But seeing him pacing and whispering to himself: "After so many years, Fengxian has not changed at all, and he has never changed his temperament of greedy for small profits. Both sides agreed, neither end was offended, and fate was met everywhere, which seemed to be a wise move, but in fact it was stupid. And today's situation is no longer the situation where there were many princes at the beginning, the princes of various towns have been destroyed one after another, and the existing princes are already only a handful.

Although Xiliang Li Li was defeated in Yecheng this time, he was still the number one overlord in the world. And Cao Cao, who took Jizhou lightly, is rising strongly and is flourishing. Ambitious, trying to take advantage of the victory to raise troops and expand the territory on a large scale. But. After Cao Cao's victory, he was very afraid of the Xiliang army, and he did not dare to rashly raise troops to attack Si Li, so the only princes in front of him were my Xuzhou. On the other hand, after the defeat of Yecheng, Li Li also needed a victory to reorganize the army and stabilize the morale of the army, and his offensive target was Xuzhou. ”

Speaking of which. Chen Gong's tone was stunned, and a dark and complicated look appeared on his face, and he said angrily: "At this critical time. Feng Xian was completely oblivious to the surrounding situation, indulging in wine all day long, arrogant and lascivious, drunk and dreaming of death. At the moment, he thought that Cao Cao was sincerely allied. He tried to repeat the old trick. Take the benefits promised by Cao Cao first, and then act at the opportunity.

As everyone knows, Cao Mengde is hypocritical and true, treacherous and loyal, scheming, and ruthless. The reason why Cao Thief promised heavy profits this time was nothing more than to provoke the relationship between Fengxian and Li Li's son-in-law, and then use Fengxian's power to contain the Xiliang army stationed in Yuzhou and Huainan. Not only that, but once the time comes. When Cao Cao completely controls the situation in Jizhou, he will free his hands, and he will send troops to Xuzhou with his backhand. In one fell swoop, it captured Xuzhou, an important town in the Central Plains. ”

In the midst of talking to himself, Chen Gong seemed to gradually straighten out the context, and Gu Zi clapped his hands and said, "Yes, it must be so!" Cao Cao did not hesitate to promise heavy profits and gave a large amount of money, grain and war horses, which was sinister and sinister. First, the relationship between our Xuzhou Army and the Xiliang Army; second, in the name of an alliance, I borrowed the hand of our Xuzhou Army to contain the Xiliang Army; Third, eliminate Fengxian's vigilance, so that he can send troops to capture Xuzhou one day. ”

This is Chen Gong's unique way of thinking, talking to himself and analyzing himself. At first glance, I thought he was complaining, chattering, not like a normal person, but I didn't know that he had already grasped the key to the problem in his self-talk, and then deduced it, so as to find a way to deal with it. Therefore, later historians believe that Chen Gong has Chi Zhi, and he is not a wise and wise person, nor does he have the talent to go through the heavens and latitudes, but he is good at thinking, and can sort out the clues from the chaotic and complex situation, peel off the cocoon, and remove the chaff, so as to draw accurate judgments and formulate corresponding countermeasures.

When Chen Gong sorted out the context little by little, his cronies stood quietly aside, bowed down to listen, kept silent, and did not say a word. As a servant who has followed Chen Gong for many years, he has long been familiar with his master's way of thinking about himself, and he is used to it.

After Chen Gong thought clearly about Cao Cao's sinister intentions, his frowning brows relaxed, and he slowly turned around and sat down, poured a cup of tea casually, and waved his hand to signal Hu Cong to sit beside him.

Taking a sip of tea, Chen Gong sighed softly: "This time, Feng Xian is only afraid that it will be empty and happy, not only will he not get the money, food and war horses promised by Cao Cao, but he will also very likely take a huge Xuzhou!" ”

"What the host meant??? Did Cao Cao send troops to capture Xuzhou under the guise of an alliance? Hu Cong asked in a respectful voice.

After hearing this, Chen Gong showed a look of disdain on his face, and sneered: "Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou? Hehehe, as long as my Chen Gong is still alive, he wants to be delusional in Xuzhou! Besides, he has just occupied Jizhou, and he is too busy to take care of himself, so how can he spare Xuzhou again? What's more, at this moment, there are already people who have entered Xuzhou in a grand manner, and Cao Cao doesn't have to worry about Xuzhou after ten days! As he spoke, Chen Gong's face showed reluctance, but his eyes were extremely resolute, as if he had made up his mind and made up his mind.

The cronie Hu Cong looked dazed after hearing the sound, and said in a low voice: "Is the master saying that Xuzhou will change hands in the near future?" Uh, is it ?????? Borrow the Xiliang Army in Xuzhou! Hu Cong's expression changed dramatically and exclaimed.

"Silence!" When Chen Gong heard this, he reprimanded him quite unhappily: "You little guy has followed me for many years, why are you so Meng Lang, shouting and screaming, what kind of system?" ”

Hu Cong hurriedly confessed: "The master forgives the sin, the little one lost his words for a while, and he will never dare to do it again in the future." ”

After accusing him, Hu Cong turned his head to look around, and said in a low voice: "It is said that the Xiliang Army was ordered to go to Yanzhou to participate in the war through Xuzhou, why did the master say that Xuzhou was in danger and the day was not safe. The little fool begs the master to make it clear. ”

Chen Gong's expression was slightly displeased when he heard this, and he didn't want to explain, but when he saw Hu Cong's expectant look on his face, he couldn't help but feel soft, and said in a deep voice: "You still have to read more in the future, don't you hear the allusions of the false way?" ”

After speaking, Chen Gong ignored Hu Gong's expression, and sighed to himself with feeling: "Poor Fengxian is still in the dark, and he doesn't know that he has put the Xiliang army into Xuzhou, and the army will come to the city in a few days, and the day when Xuzhou will change hands again is not far away!" ”

After hearing this, Hu Cong finally suddenly realized, his face instantly showed a look of surprise, and he couldn't help but interject: "The master has endured humiliation for many years, and now he can finally stop looking at Lu Bu's face, this is a great joy!" Before the words fell, Hu Cong covered his mouth, his neck shrunk, and he lowered his head and did not dare to look at Chen Gong, obviously realizing that he had lost his words again.

However, Chen Gong didn't blame him, and sighed in a low voice with a stunned expression: "This is wrong! Over the years, my Chen Gong has not endured humiliation, but has done his best to show his strengths, but it is a pity that Feng Xian is unruly and greedy, and he is not a person who has achieved great things after all. Now, he is drunk and dreaming all day long, listening to and believing partially, and favoring Chen Jue, Chen Deng's father and son, and he no longer needs me Chen Gong. I had no choice but to leave him and choose another Lord. ”

After saying that, Chen Gong did not hesitate any longer, and immediately ordered Hu Cong to invite Hou Cheng, Zang Ba, Han Xian and Yang Feng to come to the mansion to talk.

?????? The moonlight is hazy and the evening breeze is cool, so it's a good time to march at night.

Thirty miles northeast of Pengcheng is the temporary camp of the Wuwei Battalion of the Bocai Department in Xuzhou.

In the temporary tent, Li Li, who was secretly stationed in Yingchuan a few days ago, was sitting in the tent at the moment, and under the tent sat Jia Xu, Bo Cai, Guo Jia, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Kebineng and other civil and military generals.

At this time, what Li Li held in his hand was the borrowed bamboo slip that he had just received a reply from Lu Bu, and Lu Bu really agreed to borrow the way, but politely refused to borrow grain.

After reading the bamboo slips, Li Li shook his head with a chuckle, handed the bamboo slips to Li Zhi casually, and motioned to the generals under the account to circulate them.

When Jia Xu, Guo Jia and others passed on the bamboo slips, Li Li took out a stack of letters and silks from his sleeves, spread them out on the handsome case, a cold light flashed in his eyes, his sword eyebrows were slightly wrinkled, and he was silent in thought.

The content of the letter is exactly what Cao Cao wants to ally with Lu Bu, and it is extremely detailed, including the many benefits that Cao Cao promised to Lu Bu and Lu Bu's attitude, all of which are on the record, without a single omission.

It is worth mentioning that there were only two hours between the time when Lu Bu received the letter from Wei Xu. In other words, one moment Lu Bu decided to secretly ally with Cao Cao, and the next moment Li Li knew about it. It can be seen that Xuzhou is full of Xiliang eyeliner, from Lu Bu's state pastoral mansion to all counties in Xuzhou, all of which are under the careful monitoring of the Xiliang army, and every move can be transmitted to Li Li as soon as possible.

"You have all seen the bamboo slips, and Lu Bu agreed to borrow the Dao as long as we expected, so there is no need to discuss this matter again. According to the detailed report, Lu Bu recently wanted to form an alliance with Cao Cao to resist our army, and the alliance time was half a month later in the Surabaya Pavilion outside Xiapi City. And this period of time is a good time for us to capture Xuzhou, I don't know what your best plan is for this? ”

When the words fell, Jia Xu took the lead in speaking: "At present, the follow-up men and horses of our army are still on the way, and it is expected that the army can be assembled within ten days." Before that, in the opinion of Wei Chen, we should not move lightly, and it is better to be still than to be still, so as not to make Lu Bu suspicious. As a military advisor, Jia Xu knows the movement of the army well, and he briefly recounts the military situation so that the generals can know the current situation.

After Jia Xu finished speaking, Guo Jia continued: "Weichen has been in contact with Pei Xiang Chen Qi recently, and I hope that the Chen family father and son can recognize the form and return to the lord as soon as possible." If this matter can be done, and then there should be assistance in the siege of the city, and under the internal and external attack, it is not difficult to capture the six counties of Xuzhou in one fell swoop, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is easy to get. In view of this, Weichen agreed with what Wenhe said and said that it is not appropriate for us to act at the moment, so as not to startle the grass and snakes. ”

Seeing that the two military divisions had the same opinion, the other generals under the account successively explained the situation of the soldiers and horses under their subordinates, and agreed to brake with quiet, so as to respond to all changes with the same, and after the soldiers and horses gathered, they put out their banners and attacked the counties of Xuzhou in a big way.

Everyone was of one mind, Li Li naturally had no objections, nodded happily and agreed, and entered Xuzhou ten days later!

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