Thundered!

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The lightning and thunder in the middle of the night after two hours of brewing, finally cultivated to fruition, the wind and heavy rain watered the land of Xuzhou, and the raindrops of beans shrouded the city of Xiapi that fought all night.

But the light of the fire that reached into the sky quickly dissipated under the storm, and the rain and mist covered the whole city, dousing the smoke-filled ruins, washing away the blood that had been stranded in the moat, and erasing the bloody slaughter that could have been avoided.

At the north gate of Xiapi, facing the falling rain in front of him, Chen Gong stood on the city tower with a solemn face, trying to break through the night sky as dense as a curtain of water and look at the wilderness under the rain and fog.

Half an hour ago, he received a report from the sentinel that Li Li was on his way to the north gate of Xiapi with 40,000 iron horsemen, and he could reach the north gate in a quarter of an hour at most. But now half an hour has passed, but there is still no trace of Xiliang's iron cavalry, and even the scouts he sent to meet him have not sent back any news, like a mud ox entering the sea without any news.

Such a scene made Chen Gong anxious, suffering from gains and losses, and it was difficult to sit still. Therefore, he did not dare to send all the soldiers and horses under his tent to attack the state governor's mansion, so he had to leave most of his troops to garrison the north gate and send a small number of soldiers and horses to attack the state capital, which was purely a tentative attack.

At the same time, the soldiers and horses besieging the West Gate, the East Gate and the South Gate (White Gate Tower) were in a hurry and sent people to ask for help. However, the 30,000 foot cavalry in Chen Gong's hands have been divided into two roads at this moment, of which Lei Bo led 10,000 foot cavalry to capture the state pastor's mansion located in the center of Xiapi City, and the remaining less than 20,000 foot troops were led by him to capture the North City Gate. In this way, in the face of the urgent call for help from the three routes. The soldiers and horses under Chen Gong's tent were already overstretched, and there were no soldiers available.

After all, the city gates on three sides came to ask for help, and Chen Gong only had more than 16,000 infantry troops in his hands. However, it is necessary to support the four city gates, including the north gate, which is undoubtedly a wolf with more meat and less meat, and it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice. If there are too few reinforcements, it will be a drop in the bucket, and it will not be able to relieve the siege pressure of the three-way soldiers and horses at all; If all the soldiers and horses of the North Gate are sent out with all their might, then the North Gate, which was finally captured, is very likely to be gained and lost. This move undoubtedly outweighs the losses and is by no means feasible.

In desperation. Chen Gong made a decision immediately, and resolutely ordered the three-way siege soldiers and horses to suspend the siege, and the soldiers and horses at the north gate did not move for the time being. Garrison on the spot, wait for dawn before leaving the district.

Looking at the overall situation, this unexpected sneak attack and siege battle started smoothly, capturing the north gate in one fell swoop. However, just as Chen Gong tried to use the north gate as a base. When you stand firm and play steadily. However, he missed the best opportunity to take advantage of the victory to expand the results, so that the good situation suddenly came to a halt, and then the situation of the battle took a sharp turn. After capturing the north gate, the army of Chen Gong, which should have taken the initiative, unexpectedly fell into passivity, but the army of Lu Bu, who was passive, rose up to counterattack, and the siege soldiers and horses of the four roads were in chaos.

And so on. A surefire siege turned dramatically into a defensive battle. The siege of the city was unsuccessful, but was defeated by the defenders of the city. This makes the besieging side turn into a defensive city and completely fall into a passive defensive situation.

A sneak attack battle with good calculations and unintentional has developed to this point, and I have to admit that Li Li's previous prediction was very correct. Although Chen Gong has a strategy, he is not the material for leading the troops to fight, he lacks the courage and courage that a general should have, lacks the courage to kill decisively, and is cautious and does not dare to take risks, so that he misses the opportunity, loses the advantage of active attack and falls into passivity.

Therefore, when the situation was completely out of Chen Gong's control, and the battle situation fell into passivity, he pinned all his expectations on Li Li, who led the army to help, and the Xiliang army under his command. It's a pity that Li Li's army has not arrived for a long time, which makes Chen Gong worried, and then he has been standing on the north gate tower and looking forward to it, hoping to see Li Li's army appear as soon as possible. Otherwise, this sneak attack on Xia Picheng will end in failure, and his Chen Gong will also lose his life.

The rain poured down, and the only color between heaven and earth was the fluttering storm and the cold rain and mist that hit people like a curtain of water in the torrential rain.

"Da Da Da!"

Suddenly, Chen Gong, who was standing on the city tower, faintly heard the sound of horses' hooves from the raging storm that lingered in his ears. Then the sound of horses' hooves became clearer and louder, gradually overshadowing the whistling wind and the falling rain, and poured into the ears of the defenders of the north gate clearly and loudly.

"It's coming! Wenchang finally led the army to arrive! ”

A bolt of lightning crossed the sky, instantly breaking through the layers of rain and fog, allowing Chen Gong, who climbed high and overlooked, to see the Chinese army of Xiliang Li Li who was hunting and fluttering in the rainstorm, and then saw a team of Xiliang iron horsemen traveling in the rain. Suddenly, Chen Gong was surprised and inexplicably screamed, his face was filled with indescribable ecstasy, so that he couldn't help but slam his fist on the railing, but he didn't feel the slightest pain.

?????? At this moment, Chen Gong was sure that he was not mistaken, the team of men and horses marching in the rain must be the Xiliang Iron Cavalry under Li Li. And the golden lion pattern banner painted by gold silk fluttering in the wind is the Chinese army of the Xiliang Army, which is exclusive to Li Li's unique handsome flag. It was Chen Gong who was sure that the commander of this cavalry must be Li Li himself, and he was also the only relative of Chen Gong who could entrust his life in this Xuzhou territory.

That's right, in Chen Gong's heart, he never regarded Li Li as the overlord of Xiliang or the first prince in the world, or the general of the world's soldiers and horses, but regarded him as his sibling brother and a relative he could completely trust. This was the feeling he had for no reason when he first met Li Li in the past, and with his only sister Chen Yu marrying Li Li as his wife, the indescribable intimacy at the beginning evolved into a fact and became a precious family affection.

Over the years, Chen Gong was once very entangled and confused, and he didn't want to use nepotism to defect to Li Li, so that he would be ridiculed and criticized. He wanted to show what he had learned in his life and prove to the world that he Chen Gong was by no means a person who was prone to inflammatory power, and that he could achieve great things without any help. For this reason, he resolutely left Xiliang, gave up the fame and fortune at his fingertips, and followed Lu Bu, who was criticized by the world, to run around the states of the Central Plains, and did his best to assist Lu Bu to achieve a hegemony. The reason why he chose to assist Lu Bu. is because Lu Bu is brave and unstrategic, can let him show his strengths, and is willing to listen to his plans and arrangements.

It turned out that he was the right decision. Under his control. Lu Bu traveled to the states of the Central Plains, although he was sent to the fence at first, but he eventually flourished and occupied Yanzhou. After the defeat of Yanzhou, Chen Gong was not discouraged and encouraged Lu Bu to regain his strength, and he would definitely be able to make a comeback one day. Rise like the phoenix. Sure enough, in the dispute between Wancheng for the Son of Heaven and the hundred officials, Liu Bei was calculated by Yuan Shu. Let Chen Gong see the perfect opportunity to seize Xuzhou. After that, as he expected, Liu was frustrated, and Lu Bu took the opportunity to capture Xuzhou, and the dove occupied the magpie's nest. Become a prince of Xuzhou.

So far. Chen Gong's talent and strategy were vividly displayed, and he became one of the few top masterminds in the world, and was known by the world as the Xuzhou military advisor who was "strategizing and winning thousands of miles away", which made the princes of all parties look sideways and envy Lu Bu.

However, the good times were short-lived. Just when Chen Gong was full of ambition and wanted to help Lu Bu develop and grow again, their combination of civil and military forces came to an end. As the situation in Xuzhou becomes more and more stable. Lu Bu's unruly temperament was once again revealed, and he was unwilling to be at the mercy of Chen Gong again. didn't listen to his words, and there was a rift in the previous close friendship between the two. Moreover, with the passage of time, the gap between them became bigger and bigger, and the contradictions became more and more intense, and then evolved into irreconcilable antagonisms.

Although Chen Qi and Chen Deng's father and son waited for the opportunity to instigate, it was not the main source of the contradiction, and the source of the enmity between Lu Bu and Chen Gong was still on Chen Gong.

For a long time, Chen Gong has treated Lu Bu like an elder treats a junior, mentioning his face, speaking unscrupulously, and directing Lu Bu to act completely according to his wishes, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is at the mercy of others. Perhaps Chen Gong himself didn't realize that he never really regarded Lu Bu as the lord, let alone the slightest consciousness of being a courtier. In the years that he has been with Lu Bu for so many years, he has never honored Lu Bu as the lord, and often calls him by his name, everyone before and after him is like this, Fengxian should be like that, and even bluntly accused Lu Bu in public many times, which made Lu Bu lose face and be angry in front of everyone.

Such a unique relationship between the lord and the minister is really unprecedented. It was because Lu Bu could still tolerate Chen Gong's rigidity when he was depressed before, and he was unscrupulous, but after Lu Bu really divided one side and sealed the territory, he categorically couldn't Chen Gong's high posture. In this way, their two civil and military ministers are destined to not be able to last long, they can share hardships but not prosperity, and it is inevitable that they will part ways, and it is reasonable for them to turn against each other.

In fact, as early as two years ago, when Lu Bu occupied Xuzhou, he couldn't bear Chen Gong's life, so he often avoided Chen Gong and avoided it, as if he was out of sight and out of mind. If it weren't for the fact that Chen Gong had a brother-in-law (Li Li) who was the number one overlord in the world behind him, which made Lu Bu quite jealous, I am afraid that Lu Bu would have already driven Chen Gong away, and might even kill him directly.

Perhaps it was precisely because of this that Lu Bu's deliberate estrangement made Chen Gong realize his own shortcomings, but the contradiction already existed, and even if he had the heart to remedy it, it was too late.

So after the Battle of Huainan, Chen Gong begged a large amount of money and grain from Li Li, which once again made Lu Bu realize the importance of his Chen Palace. As everyone knows, this wealth is to buy time for Chen Gong to plan this rebellion, and it is also the capital for him to recruit Lu Bu's subordinate generals.

In the past half a year, Chen Gong deliberately avoided Lu Bu, but Lu Bu was happy to see it, and he didn't realize that Chen Gong was secretly accumulating strength and preparing a plan to capture Xiapi City in one fell swoop. It wasn't until the storm suddenly hit tonight that Chen Gong led the army to capture the north gate of Xiapi in one fell swoop, and Lu Bu suddenly woke up and regretted that he didn't get rid of Chen Gong as soon as possible.

There is no doubt that as Li Li led the army to the north gate in the rain, Lu Bu completely lost the opportunity to get rid of Chen Gong. Not only that, but the arrival of Li Li's army also indicates that the fall of Xiapi City has become irreversible, and this qiē is all due to Chen Gong. Back then, he single-handedly supported Lu Bu's development and growth, and now he has destroyed a qiē with his own hands, which can be described as a success and a defeat!

—————— to be continued———————————— (To be continued......

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