Xiaoqi

Hearing the subordinate's words at first, Chen Gong's face changed in astonishment, with a look of disappointment on his face, but he still had a glimmer of hope in his heart, and confirmed again.

The servant nodded very positively, and said respectfully: "I don't dare to deceive the master. This matter is absolutely true. This is what General Wei Xu said himself, and there is absolutely no falsehood. The lord not only agrees that Bocai's troops will use Xuzhou, He also ordered Wei Xu to reply to Cao Cao, agreeing to make a secret alliance with him."

Immediately, the subordinate reported in detail how he had inquired about the news. One was the news sent back from the eyeliner planted in the State Shepherd's Mansion, and the other was to inquire about the news from Wei Xu's Mansion.

Listening to the source of the news told by his cronies and subordinates in detail, Chen Gong frowned, his face changed again and again, the more he listened, the more disappointed he became, and his expression became more and more gloomy.

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

But he was pacing and whispering to himself: "For so many years, Fengxian still hasn't changed at all, and he still can't change his nature of greed for small profits. Both sides agree, neither side can offend, and they meet everywhere, which seems wise. The move was really stupid. Today, the situation in the world is no longer the situation where there were many princes in the past. The princes of the towns have been destroyed one after another, and the existing princes are already very few.

Although Li Li from Xiliang was defeated in Yecheng this time, he is still the number one overlord in the world.However, Cao Cao, who took Jizhou lightly, rose strongly and flourished.Ambitious, trying to take advantage of the victory to raise troops and expand the territory wantonly.otherwise.After Cao Cao's victory, he was very afraid of the Xiliang army and decided not to attack Sili rashly, so the only princes in front of him were Xuzhou.In contrast, after the defeat of Yecheng, Li Li also needed a victory to regroup the army and stabilize the morale of the army, and his attack target was also Xuzhou. "

Speaking of which.Chen Gong's tone paused, with a dark and complicated look on his face, he said angrily: "At this critical time, Feng Xian is oblivious to the surrounding situation, indulges in wine and sex all day long, indulges in extravagance and lust, and dreams of life and death. .At the moment, he thinks that Cao Cao is sincerely forming an alliance, so he tries to repeat the old tricks. First take the benefits promised by Cao Cao, and then play by ear.

Little did they know that Cao Mengde was a hypocrite who seemed true, a traitor who seemed loyal, scheming and ruthless.The reason why Cao thief promised to make a lot of money this time was nothing more than trying 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, once the time comes.When Cao Cao completely controls the situation in Jizhou, he will free up his hands, and then he will send troops to Xuzhou with his backhand.Captured Xuzhou, an important town in the Central Plains, in one fell swoop. "

While talking to himself, Chen Gong seemed to have gradually straightened out the context, and he clapped his hands and said, "Yes, it must be so! Cao Cao did not hesitate to promise a lot of money, food, and war horses. This move has sinister intentions and serves multiple purposes. First, alienate the relationship between our Xuzhou Army and the Xiliang Army; second, use our Xuzhou Army to contain the Xiliang Army in the name of an alliance; third, eliminate Feng Xian's vigilance, and wait for troops to attack Xuzhou in the future."

This is Chen Gong's unique way of thinking, talking to himself and analyzing himself.At first, I thought he was whining and talking like a normal person, but he had grasped the crux of the problem while talking to himself, and then deduced it to find a countermeasure.Therefore, historians of later generations believed that Chen Gong had Chi Zhi. He was neither intelligent nor wise, but he was good at thinking, able to sort out the clues from the chaotic and complicated situation, peel off the cocoon, remove the chaff and keep the essence, and thus draw a conclusion. Make accurate judgments and formulate corresponding countermeasures.

When Chen Gong sorted out the context little by little, the trusted servants stood quietly aside, bowed to listen, and kept silent, not interjecting a word.As a servant who has followed Chen Gong for many years, he has long been accustomed to the way his master thinks when he talks to himself.

After thinking about Cao Cao's sinister intentions, Chen Gong relaxed his frowning brows, and then slowly turned around and sat down, poured a cup of tea, and waved his hand to his subordinates to sit beside him.

Taking a sip of tea, Chen Gong sighed softly, "I'm afraid Fengxian will be happy for nothing this time. Not only will he not get the money, rations and war horses that Cao Cao promised, but he may also get the huge Xuzhou!"

"Does the master mean that Cao Cao sent troops to attack Xuzhou under the guise of forming an alliance?" The servant asked respectfully following the words.

After Chen Gong heard the words, a look of disdain appeared on his face, and he sneered and said, "Cao Cao captured Xuzhou? Hehehe, as long as I, Chen Gong, are still alive, he wants Xuzhou to be wishful thinking! Besides, he has just occupied Jizhou and is too busy to take care of himself. Xuzhou? What's more, at this moment, someone has already marched into Xuzhou in a grand manner, so Cao Cao won't have to worry about Xuzhou after ten days!" While speaking, Chen Gong showed a look of reluctance on his face, but his eyes were extremely firm, as if he had made up his mind, and his mind had been set. decision.

After hearing the sound, the trusted servant looked dazed, and said in a low voice: "The master is saying that Xuzhou will change hands in the near future? Uh, could it be through the Xiliang army in Xuzhou!" The subordinate's expression changed drastically and he exclaimed.

"Shut up!" Chen Gong's expression changed when he heard that, and he reprimanded rather displeasedly: "You little servant has followed me for many years, why are you so aggressive and yelling, how decent is it?"

The subordinate hurriedly confessed: "Master, forgive me, the little one made a slip of the tongue for a while, and I will never dare again in the future."

After apologizing, the subordinate turned his head and looked 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 by way of Xuzhou. Why did the master say that Xuzhou is in danger and the future is at stake? Could it be that the Xiliang army's way is false, and the plan for Xuzhou is true? ? Little stupid, I implore the master to make it clear."

After Chen Gong heard the words, his expression was slightly displeased, he didn't want to explain, but seeing the look of expectation on the faces of his subordinates, he couldn't help but soften his heart, and preached in a deep voice: "You need to study more in the future, don't you hear the allusions of false ways to attack Guo? "

After finishing speaking, Chen Gong ignored the expressions of his subordinates, and sighed to himself with feeling: "Poor Fengxian is still kept in the dark, he doesn't know that he has sent the Xiliang army into Xuzhou, and he will come to the city soon. The day of changing hands again is not far away!"

After hearing the words, the subordinate finally realized it, and his face showed surprise in an instant. He couldn't help but interjected: "The master has endured the humiliation for many years, and now he can finally stop looking at Lu Bu's face. This is great joy!" He shut his mouth, shrank his neck, lowered his head and dared not look at Chen Gong, obviously he realized that he had slipped his words again.

However, Chen Gong did not blame him, and sighed in a low voice with a sad expression: "This statement is wrong! These years, I, Chen Gong, have not endured the humiliation, but tried my best to show my strengths. It's a pity that Feng Xian was rebellious and greedy. By nature, after all, he is not a person who achieves great things. Now, he is drunk all day long, partial to listening to partial belief, favoring Chen Gui, Chen Deng and his son, and he no longer needs me, Chen Gong. Therefore, I have no choice but to leave him Go and choose another master."

After finishing speaking, Chen Gong didn't hesitate any longer, and immediately ordered his subordinates to invite Hou Cheng, Zang Ba, Han Xian and Yang Feng to come to the mansion for a talk.

The moonlight is hazy and the evening breeze is cool, which is a good time to march at night.

Thirty miles northeast of Pengcheng is the temporary camp of the Wuwei Camp under Bocai's department via Xuzhou.

In the temporary commander's tent, Li Li, who had been secretly stationed in Yingchuan a few days ago, was sitting in the commander's tent at this moment. Under the tent were Jia Xu, Bo Cai, Guo Jia, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Ke Bineng and other civil servants and generals.

At this time, what Li Li was holding in his hand was the bamboo slip that had just received a reply from Lu Bu. As expected, Lu Bu agreed to borrow money, but politely refused to borrow food.

After reading the bamboo slips, Li Li smiled and shook his head, handed the bamboo slips to Li Zhi, and signaled to all the generals in the account to pass them on.

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

The content of the letter was exactly what Cao Cao wanted to form an alliance with Lv Bu, and it was extremely detailed, including the many benefits Cao Cao promised to Lv Bu and Lv Bu's attitude, all of which were recorded, without any omission.

It is worth mentioning that this secret letter was only two hours away from the time when Lu Bu received the letter from Wei Xu.In other words, one moment Lu Bu decided to secretly form an alliance with Cao Cao, and Li Li knew it the next moment.It can be seen that there are Xiliang eyeliners all over Xuzhou, from Lu Bu's state pastoral mansion to the counties in Xuzhou, they are all under the careful surveillance of the Xiliang army, and every move can be passed to Li Li's hands immediately .

"Everyone has read the bamboo slips. Lu Bu agreed to make excuses as early as we expected, so there is no need to discuss this matter again. According to detailed investigation reports, Lu Bu intends to form an alliance with Cao Cao to resist our army. The time of the alliance will be in Half a month later, the Sishui Pavilion outside Xiapi City. And this period of time is a great opportunity for us to attack Xuzhou. I wonder if you have any good strategies for this?"

As soon as the voice fell, Jia Xu took the lead and said: "At present, the follow-up troops of our army are still on the way, and it is estimated that the army will be assembled within ten days. Before that, in the opinion of my humble minister, we should not move lightly, and it is better to stay still, so as not to Lü Bu became suspicious." As a military adviser, Jia Xu was well aware of the situation of the army's mobilization, so he gave a brief account of the military situation for the generals to understand the current situation.

After Jia Xu finished speaking, Guo Jia followed up and said, "My minister is in contact with Chen Gui, Prime Minister of Pei, and I hope that the Chen family and his son can understand the situation and return to the lord as soon as possible. If this can be done, there are people in the city who should assist in the attack. It is not difficult to take 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, I agree with what Wen He said, and now we should not act arbitrarily, so as not to overwhelm the snake and cause trouble."

Seeing that the two military divisions had the same opinion, the other generals in the tent reported the situation of their troops and horses one after another. counties.

Everyone was of the same mind, Li Li naturally had no objection, and readily nodded in agreement, and marched into Xuzhou ten days later!

Chapter 095

In the east of Xiapi City, Hou Cheng's camp.

In the middle of the night, two groups of people quietly entered the camp from the back door of the camp. Immediately there was silence in the camp, and there was no more movement.

In the tent of the main general, Hou Cheng stood up and welcomed the two generals Han Xian and Yang Feng who were leading the troops into the back tent, and then ordered his own soldiers to guard the door and not allow anyone to approach.

"Sure enough, the military adviser did not misunderstand the person. The two generals are both trustworthy people. Hou admires him very much!"

Hou Cheng closed the door tightly while exchanging greetings, and then invited Han Xian and Yang Feng into the inner room, where wine and meat had been placed on the table, and the table was ready.

The three exchanged greetings and sat down, Hou Cheng took the main seat, Han Xian and Yang Feng sat on the left and right sides.

"General Zang Ba hasn't arrived yet?" Han Xian asked in a low voice as soon as he sat down.

Yang Feng's expression suddenly changed when he heard the sound, and he looked sideways at Hou Cheng, with doubts in his eyes, not without guard.

Hou Cheng seemed to have been prepared for a long time, and said with a disapproving smile: "The two generals don't need to be nervous. General Zang Ba is stationed far away, so he can't lead his troops to meet up tonight. However, this was already expected by the military division. Let's meet up in the younger brother's camp tonight, rest for a whole day, and start immediately when General Zang Ba arrives with his troops tomorrow." While speaking, Hou Cheng poured two cups of wine with his own hands, and raised his glass to invite Han and Yang to drink together.

After hearing the words, Han Xian and Yang Feng both looked slightly relaxed, and their tense minds couldn't help relaxing, and they didn't refuse immediately, and just raised a cup to drink.After drinking the first cup of wine, the three of them were not polite, and ate meat while drinking, feasting on it.

Not long after, after Han Xian and Yang Feng had eaten and drank enough, Hou Cheng signaled his soldiers to withdraw the wine and meat.Replace it with green tea that they are not used to drinking.Although they are not used to drinking, they still like to put a pot of hot tea after meals.Don't underestimate this pot of fragrant tea, which contains special meaning.

It is said that drinking tea after meals is the inherent habit of General Li Li.It can clear the intestines and moisten the lungs, refresh the mind and nourish the brain, which is beneficial to the body and mind.Today, Li Li's love of tea has spread all over the world, so many people are vying to follow suit, virtually making tea a hot-selling drink.However, the leading generals under the tents of the princes in various towns still like to drink alcohol, usually replacing water with wine; as long as conditions permit.The generals seldom drank water. They drank alcohol when they were thirsty and tired. They could easily drink a jar of wine (low-concentration wine brewed from grain) in one breath.

so.Hou Cheng asked someone to bring a pot of hot tea at this time, obviously telling Han Xian and Yang Feng that he, Hou Cheng, had already decided to follow General Li Li, so he gave up his drinking habit.Drink tea after meals instead.

but.What Hou Cheng never expected was that Han Xian and Yang Feng were not curious about it at all.But seeing Yang Feng put the teacup skillfully, and then poured three cups of tea, Gu Zi picked up a cup and blew hot air gently, sipping tea leisurely in a decent manner.Han Siam didn't give up too much, he seemed to be used to drinking tea, and after taking a sip of tea, he savored it carefully, with an intoxicated expression on his face.Hou Cheng was surprised to see it, and he was amazed.

"The two generals, is this bitter and astringent tea really so delicious?" Hou Cheng asked in surprise.

Obviously.Hou Cheng is not used to drinking tea.The reason why he ordered people to serve tea this time was just to show his attitude, but in fact he still likes to drink.In addition, the taste of tea can be bitter or astringent, and the season determines the taste. Usually, it is bitter in spring and astringent in summer. Only the tea produced at the turn of spring and summer can be bitter and astringent.From Qingming to Midsummer, the color of the tea leaves changes from light to dark, and the aroma changes from strong to light (except for the teas added with essence in later generations); Mingqian tea is slightly bitter, pleasing in color, and fragrant, which is the best.

Yang Feng shook his head with a smile after hearing the words, and explained: "General Hou Cheng doesn't know something. In the past, Yang followed Sikong and Li Jue for many years, and Sikong loved drinking tea, so Yang followed suit, often replacing wine with tea, and he became more healthy over time. It has become a habit of drinking tea. Brother Han (Han Siam) has known me for many years, and he has also become accustomed to drinking tea without knowing it. To tell the truth about General Hou Cheng, the tea we drank before was from the General’s Mansion. I'm running around and living under the fence, but I never drank the tea from the General's Mansion, what a pity!" After speaking, Yang Feng and Han Xian looked at each other, and there was an unspeakable strange look in their eyes.

After Yang Feng's explanation, Hou Chengruo nodded with understanding, his face was forced to be calm, but his heart fluctuated violently like a stormy sea, and he was in shock.

It wasn't until this moment that Hou Cheng knew that the two chieftains of the Baibo thieves who were sitting in front of him had defected to General Li Li many years ago.Because of their special identities and humble backgrounds, they were the remnants of the Yellow Turbans earlier, and then became bandits in the Baibo Valley, and were wiped out by the Xiliang Army.For a long time since then, these two people have disappeared, their reputation is not obvious, and they have made no achievements.

However, just after Han Emperor Liu Xie and Baiguan fled from Chang'an, Han Xian and Yang Feng resurfaced, and they were both great heroes who escorted Han Emperor and Baiguan to escape from Xiliang safely.But as the princes from all walks of life went to Luoyang to pick them up one after another, the two retreated bravely and retreated behind the scenes again.After that, they did not follow Liu Xie to Jizhou, but led their troops to Yuan Shu in Huainan, and when Yuan Shu was about to fall, they transferred to Lv Bu's account again, until today.

If you don't think about it carefully, you will definitely not find that the whereabouts of Han Xian and Yang Feng are very strange in recent years.However, after carefully sorting out the whereabouts of the two of them after escorting Emperor Han to escape from Chang'an, it is not difficult to find that major events happened almost everywhere they went.Coincidentally, all the emperors or princes they lead their troops to rely on must be the targets of Li Lili's troops in Xiliang.