Rumble!

"Click———!"

After two hours of brewing, the lightning and thunder in the middle of the night finally came to fruition. The strong wind and heavy rains watered the land of Xuzhou, and the raindrops as big as beans covered Xia Pi City, which was fighting at night.

But the fire that soared into the sky quickly dissipated under the storm. The rain and mist that was like smoke covered the whole city, scattering the ruins of thick smoke, rinsing away the blood that was stranded in the moat, and erasing the bloody killing that could have been avoided.

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

Half an hour ago, he received a report from the whistle cavalry. Li Li led 40,000 cavalry on his way to the north gate of Xia Pi, and it would take at most a quarter of an hour to reach the north gate. However, half an hour has passed, but there is still no trace of the Xiliang cavalry. Even the scouts he sent to pick up did not send any news, as if there was no news in the sea.

＋No + Wrong + Novel + 3w.＋＋This scene made Chen Gong extremely anxious, worried about gains and losses, and unable to sit down. Therefore, he did not dare to send all the troops under his tent to attack the provincial and ministerial palace easily, so he had to leave most of the troops to garrison the north gate and send a small number of troops to attack the provincial and prefectures, which was purely a tentative attack.

At the same time, the three troops besieged the West Gate, the East Gate and the South Gate (Baimen Tower) were in a hurry and sent people to ask for help one after another. However, Chen Gong's 30,000 infantry and cavalry had been divided into two groups at this moment. Among them, Lei Bo led 10,000 infantry to capture the Zhoumu Mansion in the center of Xia Pi City, and the remaining less than 20,000 infantry were led by him personally to capture the North City Gate. In this way, facing the urgent request of the three troops, the soldiers and horses in Chen Gong's tent were already stretched and there were no soldiers available.

After all, all the city gates on all sides came to ask for help, while Chen Gong only had more than 16,000 infantry troops in his hands. However, he had to support four city gates, including the North Gate. This was undoubtedly a lot of wolves and few meats, and it was hard to cook without rice. If there were too few reinforcements, it would be a drop in the bucket, which could not alleviate the pressure of the three troops and horses in the attack. If all the troops in the North Gate were sent out, then the North Gate, which had been finally captured, would be very likely to be lost again. This move was undoubtedly not worth the gain and was not feasible.

In desperation, Chen Gong made a quick decision and resolutely ordered the three siege troops to suspend the siege, and the North Gate troops remained unmoved for the time being. He garrisoned on the spot and waited for dawn before going to the area.

Looking at the overall situation, the unexpected sneak attack and siege battle started very smoothly, and the North Gate was captured in one fell swoop. However, just as Chen Gong tried to use the North Gate as the stronghold, he missed the best opportunity to take advantage of the victory and expand the results, so the good situation suddenly came to a sudden turn of a sudden. After capturing the North Gate, the Chen Gong army, who should have taken the initiative, was unexpectedly passive. Instead, the passive Lu Bu army fought back, causing the four siege troops to be in chaos. Not only did they fail to break through the city, they were defeated by the defenders and retreated step by step, and they all went in a hurry.

In this way, a siege battle with a firm victory evolved dramatically into a defensive battle that turned offensive to defend. The siege did not succeed, but was defeated by the defenders in the city, causing the siege to be defeated step by step, causing the siege to be defended, completely falling into a passive defense.

A good and unintentional sneak attack battle has developed to this point. It has to be admitted that Li Li’s previous prediction was very correct. Although Chen Gong had strategy, it was not the material for leading troops to fight. He lacked the courage and courage that a general should have in commanding troops. He lacked the courage to kill and decisively, and was cautious and did not dare to take risks, so he missed the opportunity, lost the advantage of active attack and fell into a passive position.

So when the situation was completely out of Chen Gong's control and the war situation was in a passive state, he placed all his expectations on Li Li who led his army to aid and his Xiliang army. Unfortunately, Li Li's army had not arrived for a long time, which made Chen Gong worried. Then he stood on the north gate tower and looked forward to seeing Li Li's army appear as soon as possible. Otherwise, this sneak attack on Xia Pi City would end in failure, and Chen Gong would lose his life.

The heavy rain poured down, and the only color between heaven and earth was the storm and storm, and the cold rain and fog in the rain that looked like a curtain.

"Da da da da!"

Suddenly, Chen Gong, who was standing on the city tower, heard a faint sound of horse hooves from the storm that lingered his ears. Then the sound of horse hooves became clearer and louder, gradually overshadowed by the whistling wind and the falling rain, and it poured into the ears of the North Gate defenders.

"Here you come! Wenchang finally led his army to come!"

A flash of lightning streaked across the sky, instantly breaking through the layers of rain and mist, allowing Chen Gong, who was climbing up and looking into the distance, saw the central army of Li Li, the Xiliang army floating in the heavy rain, and then saw a group of Xiliang Iron Cavalry moving in the rain. Suddenly, Chen Gong was inexplicably surprised and shouted, with an indescribable ecstasy on his face, so that he couldn't help but clench his fist and smashed it hard on the railing, but he didn't feel any pain.

At this moment, Chen Gong was sure that he was not wrong. The team of people marching in the rain must be the Western Liang Iron Cavalry under Li Li's command. The golden silhouette patterned by gold silk that drifted in the wind was the central flag of the Western Liang Army, which belonged to Li Li's unique commander's flag. Therefore, Chen Gong was sure that the commander of this cavalry must be Li Li himself, and he was also the only relative of Chen Gong in the Xuzhou area who could entrust his life.

That's right, in Chen Gong's heart, he never regarded Li Li as the overlord of Xiliang, the number one prince in the world, or the powerful general of the world's military and horses, but regarded him as his brother and brother, a relative whom he could trust. This was the feeling that he had for no reason when he first met Li Li in the past. As his only sister Chen Yu married Li Li as his wife, the indescribable sense of intimacy evolved into facts and became a precious family affection.

For many years, Chen Gong was once very entangled and confused. He did not want to rely on his nepotism to join Li Li, and was ridiculed and criticized. He wanted to show what he learned in his life and prove to the world that Chen Gong was not a person who was inclined to the enemy. He could accomplish something great without any help. For this reason, he resolutely left Xiliang, abandoned his fame and fortune at his fingertips, and followed Lu Bu, who was criticized by the world, and ran to the Central Plains states, and tried his best to assist Lu Bu in achieving hegemony. The reason why he chose to assist Lu Bu was because Lu Bu was brave but not resourceful, and could show his strengths and be willing to obey his plans and arrangements.

Facts proved that his decision was correct. Under his plan, Lu Bu traveled to the Central Plains states. Although he was first dependent on others, he finally made great progress and occupied Yanzhou. After the defeat of Yanzhou, Chen Gong was not discouraged and encouraged Lu Bu to cheer up again. One day he would definitely make a comeback and make a comeback. As expected, in the dispute over the emperor and officials in Wancheng, Liu Bei was plotted by Yuan Shu, allowing Chen Gong to see the excellent opportunity to seize Xuzhou. As he expected, Liu Bei was frustrated, and Lu Bu took the opportunity to conquer Xuzhou, occupying the nest and becoming a vassal of Xuzhou.

At this point, Chen Gong's talent and strategy were fully demonstrated, becoming one of the few top strategists in the world. He was called Xuzhou military advisors who were "planning in the middle and winning thousands of miles away" by the world. He made the princes from all sides look at him and were amazed at Lu Bu.

However, the good times did not last long. Just when Chen Gong was full of confidence and was trying to help Lu Bu grow and grow again, their combination of civil and military came to an end. As the situation in Xuzhou became increasingly stable, Lu Bu's unruly nature appeared again and he was unwilling to be merciless at Chen Gong's mercy. He ignored the will of the two, and thus the intimate friendship between the two had a crack. Moreover, as time passed, the rift between them became increasingly large, the conflicts grew, and the intensity became more and more intense, and then it evolved into an irreconcilable confrontation.

Although there is Chen Gui and Chen Deng and his son who waited for an opportunity to instigate him, it was not the main source of the conflict. The source of the rebellion between Lu Bu and Chen Gong was still in Chen Gong.

Chen Gong has always treated Lu Bu like an elder treating his younger generation. He spoke in a good manner and was completely indifferent to his wishes. It is not an exaggeration to say that he was arbitrarily manipulating him. Perhaps Chen Gong himself did not realize that he had never truly regarded Lu Bu as his lord, nor was he aware of being a minister. During the years he had been with Lu Bu, he had never respected Lu Bu as his lord, and he often called him his name. Feng Xian should do this in front of others and behind others, and Feng Xian should do that. He even bluntly criticized Lu Bu in public many times, making Lu Bu lose face and angry in public.

Such a unique relationship between the ministers is really never seen. Therefore, when Lu Bu was depressed and unsuccessful, he could tolerate Chen Gong's toughness and offend him and spoke without restraint. However, after Lu Bu really seized the territory and bounded the territory, he could definitely not be able to hold Chen Gong's high position. In this way, their masters who were both civil and military were destined to be unable to last long, and they could share their hardships but not wealth. It was inevitable that they would go their separate ways, and turning against each other into enemies is also in love.

In fact, when Lu Bu occupied Xuzhou two years ago, he could no longer bear Chen Gong's life, so he often avoided Chen Gong and avoided him, as if he was out of sight. If it weren't for the fact that Chen Gong had a brother-in-law (Li Li), who was the world's number one overlord behind him, which made Lu Bu quite afraid, he would have driven Chen Gong away and might even kill him directly.

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

So after the end of the Huainan Battle, Chen Gong got a large sum of money, grain and supplies from Li Li, which made Lu Bu realize the importance of Chen Gong again. Little did he know that this wealth was to plan the rebellion to win time, and it was also the capital for him to recruit Lu Bu's subordinates.

In the past six months, Chen Gong deliberately avoided Lu Bu, but Lu Bu was happy to see it happening. He did not notice that Chen Gong was secretly accumulating strength and preparing to capture Xia Pi City in one fell swoop. It was not until a storm suddenly hit tonight, and Chen Gong led a large army to capture the northern gate of Xia Pi in one fell swoop. Lu Bu woke up and regretted that he had not eliminated 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, Li Li's army also indicates that the fall of Xia Pi City is irreversible, and all this is thanks to Chen Gong. He supported Lu Bu to grow and grow, but now he has destroyed everything with his own hands. It can be said that success or failure is both a public platform!

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