Chapter 116: Mole
As soon as Lu Lingqi died, there was a filial piety in the city, and the soldiers knew that Lu Lingqi died for the city, and they were even more sad and indignant, and the soldiers were even more angry and brave to defend the city. Cao Cao saw that the soldiers and civilians of Picheng were united, and the so-called mourning soldiers would win, how could Cao Cao not know? Cao Cao was having a headache, and there was another incident recently, Zhang Yang and Lu Bu have always been good friends, and when he heard that Lu Bu was surrounded, he actually brought troops to rescue him.
When Lu Bu was in trouble, he also rescued Lu Bu, and this time when he saw Lu Bu in trouble, he naturally responded with troops. Cao Cao was depressed about this matter, and saw that the soldiers and civilians in the city were united, and it was very difficult to attack, and Yuan Shao and Zhang Xiu in the rear were eyeing each other, so they had the intention of retreating.
So the generals discussed, said what was in their hearts, and Chen Deng hurriedly stepped forward and said: "The prime minister must not be, if this big opportunity is wrong, then things will be troubled, if Lu Bu hates the killing of women, and Yuan Shu is in company, our army is surrounded by enemies, and it will be even more difficult to unify the Central Plains in the future. Under a long attack, it is not difficult to take. β
Xun Yu on the side also said: "What Yuan Long said is exact, besides, I recently calculated with Zhou Yi's method, and soon after, Lu Bu has his own crisis, and he can break the city, but the lord still needs to wait for some time." β
Cao Cao saw that all the strategists were in this heart, so he didn't mention it anymore, just waiting for the day when Xun Yu broke the city.
In the past few days, Cao's army surrounded and attacked Pi, but LΓΌ Bu's army was very tenacious, attacking for several days but without success, and he also had a lot of savings in the city, but it was also stable.
Since the death of his daughter Lu Lingqi, Lu Bu has been drunk every day and ignores political affairs, and the generals know that he is depressed and helpless.
On this day, Lu Bu was drinking by himself, and when he was drinking, suddenly the curtain rolled, Diao Chan walked in, Lu Bu saw it, and hurriedly waved and smiled:
"Chan'er, come over and have a few drinks with you."
Diao Chan sighed and said:
"General, Chan'er may not be able to drink with you."
Lu Bu was surprised when he heard this: "Why is this? β
Diao Chan smiled like a peach blossom and said:
"General, you want to be a father again, and you are still drunk and dreaming like this all day long, how can you be a good father?"
Lu Bu couldn't help but be a little stunned when he heard this, and after a long time, Fang suddenly came to his senses, but he still couldn't believe it:
"What did you say?"
Diao Chan walked in front of Lu Bu, leaned over and whispered in Lu Bu's ear:
"The slave family said that the slave family has it!"
Lu Bu said happily when he heard this:
"Chan'er is really my lucky star!"
Busy hugging Diao Chan, listening to Diao Chan's belly, he was rejoicing, as if he had suddenly thought of something, and said dejectedly:
"This kid didn't come at the right time."
Diao Chan was silent when he heard this, and said with a smile:
"The general is like this now, this child is naturally not the right time!"
After that, he turned around and took a bronze mirror, put it in front of Lu Bu and said:
"General, look at what has become of you?"
Lu Bu had no choice but to look at the bronze mirror, only to see that one person in the mirror was three points not like a person and seven points was like a ghost, so he couldn't help but be shocked:
"How did I become like this?"
After that, he took the bronze mirror and looked at it carefully, knowing that it was because of his excessive drinking, he couldn't help but feel sad when he thought of Lu Lingqi, and he was stunned when he held the bronze mirror.
Seeing this, Diao Chan hurriedly pushed Lu Bu and said
"General......
Lu Bu came back to his senses at this time, looked at Diao Chan, just smiled bitterly, Diao Chan hugged Lu Bu and slowly took him in his arms, Lu Bu lay in Diao Chan's arms and suddenly became sad, he couldn't hold back anymore, and tears fell.
Diao Chan stroked Lu Bu's broad back, never thought that such a hero would have such a lonely time, after a long time, he said:
"The general has lost a daughter, do you want to lose it again?"
When Lu Bu heard this, he stopped his tears, stood up, was half a head taller than Diao Chan, took Diao Chan into his arms and said softly:
"Chan'er is saying,; In the past few days, I have borrowed wine to drown my sorrows because of my daughter's affairs, I really shouldn't be, from today on, I will quit drinking, and I will defend this city with the soldiers and civilians of Xiapi to protect your mother and son. β
Diao Chan smiled gently, looked at Lu Bu's face, wiped away his tears, and smiled:
"That's right."
It's really an indescribable concubine.
After Yang Chou returned to the camp, he saw that Zhang Yang Yan had something important to report, and took advantage of Zhang Yang's unpreparedness to kill Zhang Yang with a knife.
In the past few days, Chen Gong has been in a trance, watching the stars every day and night, calculating the aftermath. It rained heavily this night, and it was okay to do this, but Chen Gong was not shocked, and said in his heart: There was no rain in Xuzhou last night, how could it rain today for no reason? Could it be that there is going to be a big turmoil in Xuzhou? If so, wouldn't it be an allusion to Lu Bu.
Chen Gong thought about this, and hurriedly pinched his fingers and calculated, and only sat down for a while, as if to say to himself: "Is this the will of heaven?" "It turns out that the news that Zhang Yang is dead has been calculated by Chen Gong.
But said that on this day, Cao Cao was looking for a good way to break the enemy in the tent, but when he saw the tent curtain rolled, it was Xun Yu and Guo Jiaqizhi, and the two looked at each other and smiled and said in unison:
"Congratulations, my lord."
Cao Cao put down the matter in his hand and looked up and said:
"What's the joy of?"
Xun Yu stepped forward and said:
"Hanoi Zhang Yang was beheaded, but isn't it a gratifying thing?"
Cao Cao sighed when he heard this, Guo Jia and Xun Yu smiled when they saw Cao Cao like this, and the two of them knew that Zhang Yang was a trivial matter, and sooner or later it would be difficult for Lu Bu to get rid of it.
At present, he has been attacking in Xiapi for several days, but there is no size of the merit, surrounded by strong enemies, Hebei Yuan Shaoruo leveled Gongsun Zhan, since he will wave the army to the south, Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu in the south have repeatedly violated the border, and Sun Ce, the little overlord of Jiangdong, is calm and introverted at this time, and seems to please everywhere, but in fact, his heart is not good, thinking of this, he feels more and more that time is pressing, how can Cao Cao be happy about this little thing.
But seeing Xun Yu signaling Guo Jia, Guo Jia stepped forward and said:
"Lord, I haven't been out of the account for a long time, do you know that it has been raining heavily recently?"
I don't know how to do this, it is precisely because of this that Cao Cao has not been out of the account for a long time, hearing Guo Jia say this, Cao Cao couldn't help but shake his head and smile, but what kind of person is Cao Cao? As soon as his thoughts turned, he heard that Guo Jia's words were something in his words, and after a little thought, he guessed the clue, and he was overjoyed:
"What Feng Xiao said, could it be Duyi and Si Zhishui?"
Guo Jia and Xun Yu looked at each other and smiled:
"The lord is wise!"
At this time, the heavy rain fell three times in a row, Fang Gang stopped, and the water in Xiapi City was very deep, which was the time to use the plan.
The next day, when the rain stopped, Cao Cao ordered Cao's army to camp on a high place, cut off the water of Si, and flood Picheng. In a moment, I saw the surging water as if falling from the sky, rolling into Xiapi City.
Poor Xiapi, it became a water city in a moment, only the rest of the east gate were flooded, Cao's army drove the boat down the river and attacked day and night, fortunately Lu Bu will be the same enemy at this time, and guard Xiapi at each gate, day and night. After attacking for several days, they still did not enter the city, and now the two armies are in a stalemate, and look at the water in Xiapi City is getting less and less.
Hou Chengnai, one of the eight strong generals under Lu Bu, was a native of Liangzhou, and was friendly with Song Xian and Wei Xu among the eight strong generals.
Although he has Lu Bu's guidance, it is still difficult to change the inferiority of the world. Now Xiapi is surrounded, there are people who want to surrender, there are fifteen healthy horses in Hou Cheng's mansion, the horseman who watched the horse had been under Liu Bei's rule, and Liu Bei had a very good reputation, and won the hearts of the people, the horseman saw that the city of Pi could not be defended and wanted to steal the horse to Liu Bei to show goodwill, unfortunately, when he was acting, he was known by Hou Cheng, and he was arrested, and he led the troops to chase and kill, killed the horseman, and snatched back the horse.
When the generals heard this, they came to congratulate Hou Cheng, the people of Liangzhou have always been good wine, and Hou Cheng also brewed five or six wines in private. Today, seeing that the crowd will come to congratulate him, he is very happy in his heart, so he wants to drink with the crowd, but he is afraid of Lu Bu's punishment, so he takes five or six altars and sends them to Lu Bu's mansion, Hou Cheng said with a smile:
"General Huwei, chase the lost horse. All the generals came to congratulate. In the end, he made some wine in the past, but he didn't dare to drink it, so he offered a slight meaning first. β
Although Hou Cheng said it well, but how did he expect that Lu Bu was upset at this time, and his daughter had just mourned, how could he have such interest, and said angrily when he heard this:
"I just stopped drinking, and you can drink it privately, what do you mean? I have issued a prohibition on alcohol, and you have knowingly committed it, but have you ever taken it seriously? People come, drag them out and cut them off! β
All the generals didn't expect the happy event to turn into a funeral, but fortunately, the generals in the city had a good deal with Hou, and seeing this scene, they pleaded for it, Lu Bu said:
"In this case, the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped, and the people come, pull out, and hit a hundred military sticks!"
The generals pleaded for him again, and Fang was beaten with fifty strokes.
But he said that Hou Cheng was beaten by Lu Bu and was scarred, he didn't dare to move, he hated Lu Bu in his heart, and hated Lu Bu deeply, but he closed his eyes unconsciously and fell asleep in the blink of an eye.
Suddenly, there was a guest visiting, and after a while, two generals entered, it turned out to be Wei Xu, Song Xian, Hou Chengsu and the two of them were good friends, seeing that they were beaten into such a miserable situation, the two invited each other to see.
Hou Cheng saw that it was these two people, and he had a trick in his heart, and secretly scolded:
Lu Bu child! See how I put you to death!
But it was said that Hou Cheng saw Song Xian and Wei Xu enter the inner room, and wept:
"If it weren't for the two brothers, Hou Cheng would have died."
Song Xian took a step forward and said:
"Brother, where do you say, you and I work together as the master, so it is reasonable."
The three of them pondered for a moment, each with a ghost in their hearts, and Song Xian suddenly said after a long time:
"In that case, two brothers, we still need to make plans early."