As the night gets deeper, the crescent moons hang in the sky and the stars shine brightly.

In Chengong's mansion, a close entourage walked into the inner hall quickly and whispered to report the news he had just found.

"Did the lord agree?"

At first hearing what the entourage said, Chen Gong's expression changed, and a look of disappointment appeared on his face, but he still had a trace of expectation and confirmed again.

The entourage nodded with certainty and said respectfully: "I dare not deceive the master. This is true. This is what General Wei Xu said in person, and he will definitely not be false. The lord not only agreed to Bo Cai's troops to use Xuzhou, but also ordered Wei Xu to reply to Cao Cao and agree to form a secret alliance with him."

The entourage then reported in detail about his inquiry. One was that the suspense lined in the provincial governor's mansion sent back the news, and the other was that the information was investigated from Wei Xu's mansion. The information obtained from the two places was completely consistent, which was enough to prove the accuracy of the news.

Listening to the trusted entourage telling the source of the news, Chen Gong frowned, his face changed again and again, and the more he heard it, the more disappointed he felt, and his expression became darker and darker.

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

But he saw him walking and whispering: "After so many years, Fengxian has not changed at all, and he has never changed his nature of greed for small profits. Both sides agreed, and neither ends are offended, and they are everywhere. It seems wise to act, but in fact it is extremely stupid. Today, the situation is no longer the situation where there are many princes. The princes in each town have been destroyed one after another, and there are only a handful of existing princes.

Although Li Li of Xiliang was defeated in Yecheng this time, he was still the world's top overlord. Cao Cao, who easily defeated Jizhou, rose strongly and was in high spirits. He was ambitious and tried to take advantage of the victory to raise troops and expand his territory. However, after Cao Cao's victory, he was very afraid of the Xiliang army and decided not to rashly raise troops to attack Sili. Therefore, the only vassal power in front of him was my Xuzhou. In contrast, after the defeat in Yecheng, Li Li also needed a victory to reorganize the military's prestige and stabilize the morale of the army, and his attack target was Xuzhou."

Speaking of this, Chen Gong paused, and a complex look of darkness appeared on his face. He said in anger: "At this critical moment, Fengxian was completely unaware of the surrounding situation. He was addicted to wine and sex all day long, arrogant and extravagant, and drunk and dreaming. Now he thought that Cao Cao had formed an alliance sincerely. So he tried to use the same trick again. He took the benefits that Cao Cao promised, and then acted at the opportunity.

Little did he know that Cao Mengde was a fake, a traitor seemed loyal, a lot of tricks, and a cruel and ruthless. The reason why Cao thieves promised to value profit this time was simply to provoke the relationship between Fengxian and Li Li's father-in-law and son-in-law, and then use Fengxian's power to restrain the Xiliang army stationed in Yuzhou and Huainan. Not only that, once the time is ripe, once Cao Cao completely controls the situation in Jizhou, he will free up his hands, and send troops to Xuzhou and capture Xuzhou in one fell swoop."

While talking to himself, Chen Gong seemed to gradually sort out the context, and Gu Zi high-high said, "Yes, it must be like this! Cao Cao did not hesitate to make a lot of money, grain and war horses, and his intentions were sinister and he won multiple goals in one fell swoop. First, he was apart from the relationship between our Xuzhou army and the Xiliang army; second, he used the name of alliance to restrain the Xiliang army; third, he eliminated Fengxian's vigilance and waited 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 glance, he thought he was complaining and talking, not like a normal person, but he didn't know that he had grasped the key to the problem in his words, and then inferred it to find a solution to it. Therefore, later historians believed that Chen Gong had a slow and wise man, and he was not smart and had no talent for heaven and earth, but he was good at thinking and could figure out the clues from the chaotic and complex situation, peel off the cocoons, remove the drought and retain the essence, thus obtaining accurate judgments and formulating corresponding countermeasures.

As Chen Gong sorted out his veins bit by bit, his confidant entourage stood quietly aside, bowing and listening, keeping his mouth shut without interrupting a word. As a servant who has been following Chen Gong for many years, he has long been used to thinking about his master and has become accustomed to it.

After Chen Gong thought about Cao Cao's sinister intentions, his frown stretched out. Then he slowly turned around and sat down, poured a cup of tea, and waved his hand to signal his entourage to sit beside him.

Taking a sip of tea, Chen Gong sighed softly: "This time Fengxian is afraid he will be happy. Not only will he not get the money, grain and war horses promised by Cao Cao, he is also very likely to take advantage of such a large Xuzhou!"

"Did the master mean that Cao Cao sent troops to capture Xuzhou under the name of alliance?" The entourage asked respectfully as he followed the conversation.

After hearing this, Chen Gong showed a look of disdain on his face and sneered: "Cao Cao captured Xuzhou? Hahaha, as long as I, Chen Gong, is his dream to think of Xuzhou! Besides, he just occupied Jizhou and couldn't take care of himself, so how could he have the energy to seek Xuzhou again? What's more, there is already someone advancing Xuzhou at this moment, and Cao Cao won't have to worry about Xuzhou in ten days!" As he spoke, Chen Gong's face looked reluctant, but his eyes were extremely firm, as if he had made up his mind and had made up his mind.

After hearing the voice, the confidant entourage looked confused and whispered: "Master, will Xuzhou change its master soon? Uh, is it by Xuzhou's Xiliang Army?" The entourage exclaimed in a sudden voice with a drastic change in his expression.

"Silence!" Chen Gong's expression changed when he heard the sound, and scolded him unhappily: "You little servant has been with me for many years. Why is it so rogue and screaming? How can you become so polite?"

The entourage quickly accused: "Master forgives the crime. I am a young man who makes a mistake for a moment and will never dare to do so again."

After prosecuting the crime, the entourage turned his head and looked around and whispered: "It is said that the Xiliang army was ordered to go to Yanzhou to participate in the war. Why did the master say that Xuzhou was in danger and the day was not safe? Could it be that the Xiliang army was false to use the road, and the plot against Xuzhou is real? I am stupid and beg the master to make it clear."

Chen Gong looked a little unhappy after hearing this. He didn't want to explain, but when he saw the entourage's look full of anticipation, he couldn't help but feel soft and preached in a deep voice: "You still need to read more in the future, so don't you hear the allusion of false Taoism attacking Guo?"

After speaking, Chen Gong ignored the expression of his entourage and sighed with emotion: "Poor Fengxian was still kept in the dark. He had no idea that he had put the Xiliang army into Xuzhou. He would soon lead his troops to the city. The day when Xuzhou changed its lord again was not far away!"

After hearing this, the entourage finally realized something unexpected, and a look of surprise appeared on his face. He couldn't help but interrupt and said, "My master has been enduring humiliation for many years. Now he finally doesn't have to look at Lu Bu's expression anymore. This is so happy!" Before he finished speaking, the entourage covered his mouth, shrank his neck, and lowered his head and did not dare to look at Chen Gong. Obviously, he realized that he had lost his words again.

However, Chen Gong did not blame him, and sighed in a low voice: "This is a bad thing! I, Chen Gong, have not endured humiliation over the years, but have done my best to show my strengths. It's a pity that Fengxian is unruly and greedy, and is not a person who accomplishes great things after all. Now, he lives and dies all day long, listens to and favors Chen Gui, Chen Deng and his son, and no longer needs me. Therefore, I have no choice but to leave him and choose another wise master."

After saying that, Chen Gong did not hesitate anymore and immediately ordered his entourage to invite Hou Cheng, Zang Ba, Han Xian and Yang Feng to come to the mansion to discuss.

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 Wuweiying, the Bocai army in Xuzhou.

In the temporary commander's tent, Li Li, who had secretly entered Yingchuan a few days ago, sat in the commander's tent, and under the tent were Jia Xu, Bo Cai, Guo Jia, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Ke Bineng and other civil and military officials.

At this time, what Li Li held was the bamboo slips borrowed from Lu Bu that he had just received a reply from. Lu Bu really agreed to borrow the road, but politely refused to borrow the grain.

After reading the bamboo slips, Li Li chuckled and shook his head, handed the bamboo slips to Li Zhi, and signaled the generals under the tent to circulate them.

When Jia Xu, Guo Jia and others said that they were reading bamboo slips, Li Li took out a stack of letters and silk from his sleeve and spread them on the table. A cold and cold light flashed in his eyes, his sword eyebrows frowned slightly, and he was silent.

The content on the letter was exactly what Cao Cao wanted to form an alliance with Lu Bu, which was extremely detailed, including the many benefits that Cao Cao promised to Lu Bu and Lu Bu's attitude all were on the case, 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, Lu Bu decided to secretly form an alliance with Cao Cao the next moment, and Li Li knew about it the next moment. From this, it can be seen that Xiliang's eyeliner was everywhere in Xuzhou, from Lu Bu's prefecture to all counties in Xuzhou, all under the surveillance of the Xiliang army, and every move could be transmitted to Li Li as soon as possible.

"You have all seen the bamboo slips. Lu Bu agreed to use the passage as we expected, so there is no need to discuss this matter. According to detailed investigations, Lu Bu recently wanted to form an alliance with Cao Cao and resist our army together. The alliance time was at Sishui Pavilion outside Xiapi City half a month later. This period was a great opportunity for us to conquer Xuzhou. I wonder what good ideas do you have for this?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Jia Xu took the lead and said, "The subsequent troops of our army are still on the way, and it is expected that the army will be gathered within ten days. Before this, in the opinion of the humble minister, we should not move lightly. It is better to remain calm than move, so as not to doubt Lu Bu." As a military advisor, Jia Xu knew the situation of the army's mobilization, so he briefly explained the military situation so that the generals could understand the current situation.

After Jia Xu finished speaking, Guo Jia continued: "I am in contact with Pei Prime Minister Chen Gui recently. I hope that the Chen family father and son can recognize the situation and submit to the lord as soon as possible. If this matter can be accomplished, there should be assistance in the city to attack the city. With the attack between inside and outside, it is not difficult to capture the six counties of Xuzhou in one fell swoop. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is easy to obtain. In view of this, I agree with what Wenhe military advisor said, we should not act without any action at the moment, so as not to alarm the enemy and create troubles."

Seeing that the two military advisors had the same opinion, the other generals under the tent followed the situation of their troops and horses one after another, and agreed to use static and to respond to changes in peace. After the troops gathered, they set up flags and launched a large-scale capture of the counties and counties in Xuzhou.

Everyone was united, and Li Li naturally had no objection. He nodded happily and agreed and entered Xuzhou ten days later!

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