Liu Bei, who was full of doubts, drove his horse back to Xiapi City, and as soon as he walked into the city gate, he was stopped by Lu Bu and Chen Gong who hurried from the city tower.

Zhao Chen, Huang Gai, Jian Yong and others saw that the situation was not good, and they also hurried over.

Lu Bu blushed, and immediately questioned Liu Bei: "Xuande Gong is so interested, and he has a very happy conversation with Cao Cao!" ”

"General, don't laugh."

Liu Bei was a little helpless, he was confused, how could he talk about it.

Lu Bu didn't intend to let it go, and asked: "What did Xuande Gong and Cao Cao talk about, so that they could have such a happy laughter?" ”

Lu Bu's questioning tone made Liu Bei frown, and he didn't care about it at this time when the two armies were jointly resisting Cao.

If it was placed on weekdays, Liu Bei would not be a bloodless person, and he would have left a long time ago.

"Bei and Cao Cao didn't talk about anything, and for some reason, Cao Cao always laughed."

As soon as he heard that Liu Bei didn't admit it, Chen Gong was unwilling.

He was already an upright man, and he spoke more straightforwardly.

"Xuande Gong is a righteous gentleman, and he will not make a private agreement with Cao Cao with the intention of taking Picheng, right?"

Liu Bei was taken aback and hurriedly denied: "Where is Mr. Gongtai, since Bei fought against Cao Cao with the general, he has been working with one heart and one mind, advancing and retreating together, how can he seek to win Pi with Cao Cao?" ”

Jian Yong on the side also said: "Mr. Gongtai can't say that, my lord has always been benevolent, when Taozhou Muqian let Xuzhou, my lord never accepted it, how could he join forces with Cao Thief to take down Pi today?" ”

Without Zhao Chen's suppression, Zhang Fei, who was anxious, immediately jumped out and shouted: "What do you mean, my eldest brother has traveled thousands of miles to help Er and others resist Cao, and now he has just defeated Cao Cao twice, so he suspects that my eldest brother is conspiring with Cao Cao?" Why, want to cross the river and tear down the bridge? Chen Gong, let me tell you, there is no one in this world who is more upright than my eldest brother, and if he says no, there is absolutely none! ”

was yelled at by Zhang Fei reasonably, and Lu Bu couldn't hold it on his face.

After all, Cao Cao has not retreated at this time, and they cannot resist Cao Cao with their own strength alone, and there are only more than 20,000 soldiers in the city, and it is estimated that the city will be broken in less than half a month.

So Lu Bu didn't want to stiffen the relationship.

However, Chen Gong has always maintained a skeptical attitude and is wary of Liu Bei.

Seeing that Lu Bu and Chen Gong were no longer talking, Liu Bei signaled Zhang Fei not to be rude.

He stepped forward to explain again: "General Lu and Chen Gongtai, the two of you have misunderstood. Bei Zhen didn't know why Cao Cao wanted to laugh for no reason, Bei and Cao didn't talk about anything, but just looked at each other for two quarters of an hour for no reason. ”

"As for why Cao Cao did this, I don't know."

Seeing that Liu Bei retreated first, Lu Bu hurriedly went down the steps: "Xuande Gong, since it was a misunderstanding, please go back to the mansion first, so that you can rest." In a few days, we will discuss the strategy against the enemy. ”

Liu Bei returned the salute and said goodbye.

Zhang Fei and the others followed Liu Bei all the way back to Liu Bei's residence.

The group was angry, and as soon as they stepped into the door, they scolded and accused Lu Bu and Chen Gong of not knowing etiquette and being unkind.

Only Zhao Chen didn't say a word, quietly watching everyone vent.

Sun Qian glanced at the quiet Zhao Chen, and suddenly asked, "Strategist, how should we deal with today's incident?" ”

Liu Bei suddenly remembered that Zhao Chen hadn't spoken yet, and slapped his head to blame himself, he shouldn't have been stunned by Lu Bu and Chen Gong's two or three sentences.

He hurriedly asked Zhao Chen: "Military advisor, what is the purpose of Cao Cao's trip?" ”

Zhao Chen said with a smile: "Lord, everyone, don't worry. ”

Zhang Fei was anxious and couldn't bear it: "Military advisor, this is all due to Lu Bu's anger, why aren't you in a hurry, if the eldest brother hadn't stopped me, my old Zhang would have to fight with that guy for three hundred rounds!" ”

Guan Yu on the side hurriedly grabbed Zhang Fei and persuaded: "Third brother, don't be impatient, and listen to the military advisor." ”

Zhao Chen nodded to Guan Yu, and then said slowly: "Lord, Cao Cao came to talk to the lord today, which is indeed beyond Chen's expectations. But the situation is relatively clear, Cao Jun even hit me twice, the loss is not small, and he is worried that he will not be able to win, so he wants to break through through other methods, intending to break down the Liu-Lu coalition army, which must be from the hands of Guo Jia. ”

Zhang Fei roared angrily: "Guo Jia, Guo Jia, it's that little man again!" ”

Guo Jia, who was far away in Cao Ying, sneezed three times in a row.

As soon as Zhao Chen's words came out, Liu Bei fell into contemplation, fortunately, there was no conflict just now, if it didn't make sense in a few words, the two armies would fight, and it would be Cao Cao who would benefit.

"Lord, don't worry, if it is as expected, Cao Jun should have the next move soon."

In fact, when Chen Gong and Lu Bu questioned Liu Bei, Zhao Chen had already understood the purpose of Cao Cao's trip.

When the two armies are at war, if they are united, they will live, and if they are divided, they will die.

It is a coalition army, and the most important thing is mutual trust, there were the princes of the 11th Road in the early days who attacked Dong Zhuo, and the Sun and Liu coalition troops resisted Cao Cao, all of which were based on trust, otherwise they would have been scattered a long time ago.

Zhao Chen roughly estimated that it should be the time to break Cao Ren's Eight Gate Golden Lock Formation, which made Guo Jia see that there was a gap in the Liu-Lu coalition army.

"What do you mean by waiting?"

"Yes, wait! Now that there is no big gap in the Liu-Lu coalition army, the lord does not need to worry. ”

"But the military division, when the gap appears, is it too late?"

Zhao Chen suddenly smiled evilly and said, "It has appeared, maybe it is an opportunity." ”

Everyone looked confused.

As Zhao Chen expected, just one day later, Cao Cao sent a secret letter.

The moment Liu Bei opened the secret letter, he was dumbfounded.

This is a secret letter, just like a three-year-old child's writing, there are many words in the letter that have been smeared, and the words are not at all clear, and Liu Bei is in a fog.

The details of monitoring Liu Bei's army outside the door immediately reported the secret letter sent by Cao Cao to Chen Gong.

Chen Gong was shocked and hurriedly ordered: "Quickly inform General Lu and go to Liu Bei's mansion together." ”

Liu Bei couldn't understand the letter, so he ordered someone to convene everyone to discuss.

As soon as Zhao Chen and the others arrived at the door of Liu Bei's mansion, they met Lu Bu walking menacingly with Chen Gong, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao and others.

As soon as the two teams met, there was a tense atmosphere.

Lu Bu didn't even say hello, didn't allow the guards at the door to report, and went straight in.

However, Zhang Liao saw Zhao Chen and Guan Yu and nodded slightly.

Zhang Fei pouted behind him: "What are you doing here, there is a stinky shelf, as if others owe him." ”

Huang Gai was the most calm, and suggested: "Maybe the lord's military plane needs to be discussed, General Zhang, it's better for me to wait first, so as not to wait for the lord to wait." ”

"That's what General Gong said!"

A group of mermaids rushed in.

In the hall, Lu Bu snatched Cao Cao's secret letter from Liu Bei's hand, and looked at the letter that was smeared in a mess, and he didn't know why.

Chen Gong on the side read up and down for a while, suddenly realized the problem, and hurriedly asked Liu Bei: "Xuande Gong is so deeply hidden, why is the letter sent by Cao Cao covered up with ink every time he reads the key point, could it be that there is something I can't see?" ”

Liu Bei was anxious when he heard this: "The public station misunderstood, the black place on the letter is not what it was done, but it is like this." Bei is also strange, didn't Cao Cao send the discarded letter? ”

Chen Gong sneered: "Xuande Gong don't want to deceive people. Cao Cao is cautious by nature, how could he make such a low-level mistake? ”

"This ......"

"Xuande Gong, what else do you have to say?"

"My lord has nothing to say."

Zhao Chen's voice came from outside the door.

Liu Bei threw an excited gaze at Zhao Chen as if he saw a life-saving straw, as if to say: You are finally here!

Zhao Chen saluted Liu Bei and said softly: "Lord, let's hand it over to Chen." ”

Liu Bei nodded very knowingly.

From the voice he heard in the corridor just now, Zhao Chen had basically understood what was going on.

Cao Cao used Han Sui's original strategy of wiping books on Liu Bei.

Ma Chao's habits are very similar to Lu Bu's, and Chen Gong originally rejected Liu Jun, so this plan is very suitable.

It's a pity that Cao Cao and Guo Jia met him Zhao Chen, how could such a small plan hide from his eyes.

I saw Zhao Chen smile evilly, and he already had a plan in his heart to deal with it.