The sound of horse hooves of "dada" reached the south bank of the Huai River, prompting Lu Bu, who had already fallen asleep, was awakened by the maids' urgently from his sleep. He hurriedly put on his armor and hurriedly stepped out of his tent, looking into the distance in the direction of the sound of horse hooves.

The sound of "bang bang" footsteps came from beside him. Lu Bu didn't need to look back to know that the military advisor Chen Gong and the commander of the guard Wei Xu had already arrived with his personal guards.

"Public Terrace, who is guarding the camp tonight? Where did the brigade of cavalry come from?" Without saying a word, Lu Bu directly asked who the guard at the gate tonight, but this was not the point. The point was the next sentence, where did the rumbling sound of horse trampling come from.

In addition, Lu Bu's questioning was not about the generals at the gate, but about criticizing the poor, and blamed Chen Gong for his poor work. He had many scouts and meticulous works in his hands, but why did he not find out the news in advance, so that the enemy had already approached the camp at night.

It is true that Chen Gong was directly responsible for the scouts and meticulous works of Lu Bu's army.

But now, the brigade of unidentified cavalry was running towards the camp, but Chen Gong did not report it in time in advance, which shows that he was unaware of it. Isn’t this a dereliction of duty, and what?

"Don't be angry." Knowing that he had made mistakes first, Chen Gong rarely realized it. He did not call Lu Bu's font "Fengxian", but instead called "Lord" rarely.

While speaking, Chen Gong walked quickly to Lu Bu, stretched his neck and looked into the distance, and thought, "From the direction of the sound of horse hooves, the sound came from the north, not the south. This seemed to be not Yuan Shu's troops. Moreover, there was no large group of cavalry under Yuan Shu in Huainan, so it should not be an enemy attack at night." Chen Gong was not sure about his own judgment, so he could only express his thoughts and guesses, and whether it was right or wrong will be known later.

"The cavalry from the north?" Lu Bu was surprised and said in surprise when he heard the sound: "The north is Yuzhou on the other side. Nowadays, the governor of Yuzhou, Guo Gong, was leading his troops to fight with the Bocai army, and Guo Gong was too busy to take care of himself. How could so many cavalry cross the river and attack me overnight?"

Chen Gong nodded subconsciously and said, "As Fengxian said, Guo Gong had absolutely so many cavalry. Otherwise, we would not have been able to cross the Huai River in one go. But Guo Gong's absence does not mean that the Xiliang army does not have it." After a sudden turn of his mind, Chen Gong finally expressed his concerns, and it was also the word that Lu Bu least wanted to hear - the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.

"Uh!" Lu Bu's expression changed and said in surprise: "You mean these cavalry are Li Li, oh no, they are the Xiliang Iron Cavalry under the command of the general!"

Chen Gong nodded softly and whispered: "There is such a dense sound of horse hooves and such a loud noise. I think the number of cavalry should be no less than tens of thousands, or even more. There is only one prince with so many iron cavalry in the world, and that is the general Li Li. Apart from that, no second candidate." In fact, Chen Gong is now able to confirm that the iron cavalry is getting closer and closer. It is the Western Liang Iron Cavalry under Li Li's command. But he knew that Lu Bu had always been so secretive about the Western Liang army and said too absolute, which would make Lu Bu suspicious, make no mistakes, and only cause unnecessary trouble.

Sure enough, after hearing what Chen Gong said, Lu Bu turned his ears and listened to the increasingly clear rumbling sound of the horse pedal, and Gu Zi murmured to himself: "The sound of the horse pedal roar is no less than 50,000 iron cavalry; the sound of the hooves is dense but not chaotic, but the marching is the same overnight. It is as if it is well-trained, and it is a powerful army in a hundred battles. This is the marching sound that only the five most elite combat cavalry battalions under Li Li's command. The person who comes must be one of the five major combat cavalry battalions!" Lu Bu said as he frowned, and a strong worry appeared on his handsome face.

Chen Gong secretly admired Lu Bu's words to himself. Lu Bu is worthy of being a long-standing general on the battlefield. This extraordinary hearing and accurate judgment are really amazing. The sound of horse hooves is still several miles away, but Lu Bu is ready to infer the number of cavalrymen. The sound of horse hooves coming from the wind determines the origin of this cavalry and directly positioned it as one of the five most elite combat cavalry battalions under Li Li's command.

If Chen Gong really knew nothing about this, he might have been skeptical about Lu Bu's inference. But now, he did not doubt Lu Bu's judgment, because he had known the identity of this cavalry for a long time. It was one of the most elite combat cavalry under Li Li, the Iron Cavalry of the Huben Camp led by Dian Wei. In addition to the Huben Camp, there were also the newly formed 40,000 Youzhou Iron Cavalry led by Gongsun Zan, Kebineng, Xu Huang and Ma Dai, totaling 70,000 Iron Cavalry. However, only 50,000 Iron Cavalry were the first to cross the river and camp on the south bank. The subsequent troops were temporarily left on the north bank of the Huai River and then cross the river after dawn tomorrow.

A little stunned, Chen Gong took the lead in asking without waiting for Lu Bu to ask: "It seems that Fengxian has confirmed the identity of this cavalry. I wonder what should we do next? Go out to greet us or pretend not to know, and wait for the arrival of the Western Liang army?"

"Uh?" Lu Bu said in shock, his brows frowned into the shape of "chuan", showing that he was extremely uneasy, worried about gains and losses, and was struggling violently. He was determined to pretend not to know, but he was worried that Li Li would take the opportunity to attack afterwards. If he opened the door and went out to greet him, he was worried that Li Li would lose his master, repeat the mistakes of Gongsun Zan of Youzhou, and seized the military power without bloodshed by Li Li. After all, the incident of Gongsun Zan being forced to surrender by Li Li has spread all over the world, and the lessons of the past are still in front of him, so you must be careful!

As a result, Lu Bu was in trouble. He racked his brains and thought for a while, but he was still at a loss. He couldn't come up with a solution that was the best of both worlds. Then he couldn't help but turn his eyes to Chen Gong, his posture was very low, his eyes full of asking for advice, and even a little begging.

Lu Bu's almost begging eyes made Chen Gong very useful. It is no exaggeration to say that Chen Gong's greatest pleasure in these years was to teach Lu Bu, and he would occasionally scold Lu Bu loudly until he was scolded. Therefore, in many cases, Lu Bu was a child who had never grown up, willful and arrogant, without using his brain to encounter problems, and did everything casually, so that he made mistakes repeatedly. It was not until Lu Bu followed his plans or teachings that the situation changed, and finally found a place to settle down and became the overlord of the princes.

In recent years, as the power controlled by Lu Bu grew day by day, Lu Bu's temper became increasingly stronger and he no longer respected Chen Gong and treated him as a teacher as before. Even Lu Bu disliked him very much, especially he didn't like him preaching, let alone scolding and accusing him. There is no doubt that after occupying Xuzhou, Lu Bu's wings became hard and he no longer had to ask for advice from him in everything, as if he was ready to take off his grind and kill a donkey.

On the surface, Chen Gong pretended to be completely unaware of this, but in fact he was as clear as watching the fire from the other side of the river and was very sober. However, he still did his own thing and treated Lu Bu like before, but invisibly he had less and less preaching to Lu Bu. He obviously couldn't stand many things, but he pretended not to know, ignored them, and turned a blind eye.

Perhaps Lu Bu was unaware of this and still felt that Chen Gong was still as virtuous as before, which was annoying. But he didn't know that Chen Gong was completely disappointed with him, and finally decided to give up and no longer do his best to assist him.

Two years later, Chen Gong saw the pleading look in Lu Bu's eyes again, which made him feel soft. He could not do anything completely ruthless and could not help but feel a little compassion. After hesitating for a moment, he finally decided to help Lu Bu again to resolve the crisis in front of him. As for how he should go in the future, it depends on his own decision, and no one can help him. Even if Chen Gong still wants to help him, he is powerless, and even helping him is equivalent to harming him.

"Since Fengxian insists on asking, I will speak out loud." Chen Gong continued to say politely and politely, "I suggest that Fengxian open the gate and take the initiative to welcome the arrival of the Xiliang army. If the general leads the army is the general himself, then Fengxian will invite the general to enter the tent to rest, and hold a banquet overnight to entertain the grand reception. In this way, the people will not be deemed, nor will there be any handles left, so that the general will have no way to attack even if he is determined to make things difficult. If the general leads the army is not the general, but other generals, Fengxian only needs to be polite and then order people to help the Xiliang army build a camp next to the camp. In this way, Fengxian will be considered to be full of kindness and righteousness, and will not find faults and will not give people a handle. In this way, I wonder what Fengxian wants to do?"

When Lu Bu heard this, he was overjoyed and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, very good! As expected, the gentleman is smart, polite and well-behaved, and comprehensive, which makes the Xiliang army unable to find any excuses. Just do it like this! Hahaha." Chen Gong nodded and smiled when he heard this, and then ordered his personal soldiers to prepare a banquet and followed Lu Bu towards the gate.

Under the slanting wind and drizzle of night, Li Li rode the Golden Beast Throne and ran hard in the wind and rain, and vaguely saw a large camp of large size standing on the flat ground two miles away. Then he gently patted the back of the neck of the Golden Beast King, signaling it to slow down, and wait for the army to go to Lu Bu camp together.

As Yuan Shu and Yan Xiang in Huainan expected, Li Li had already led the army southward and entered Yuzhou. However, Yan Xiang and Yuan Shu obviously overestimated the speed of Li Li's army, so that Li Li's army was five days later than they estimated. It was not until late on the fifth day that the Huai River was crossing the river and camping before the rainy season arrived.

Before this, the reason why Li Li's army was delayed in Yuzhou for several days was because he led his army and Bo Cai's army to join forces to siege Guo Gong, the governor of Yuzhou. After three days of besieging the city, Guo Gong, who was surrounded, had to give up resistance and take the initiative to open the city to surrender, thus causing most of Yuzhou to fall into Li Li's hands.

Afterwards, Li Li stayed in the city for two more days, dispatched a large number of civil servants and county government soldiers from Sili to Yuzhou, and helped Bo Cai reorganize the Yuzhou county government soldiers, and then ordered Bo Cai to take over the occupied county and county towns, and exchanged defenses with the subsequent arrival of Sili County government soldiers and Yuzhou soldiers.

After dealing with these trivial matters, Li Li led 70,000 cavalry and 30,000 baggage infantry to the Huai River. Finally arrived at the north bank of the Huai River in the afternoon, crossed the river overnight, and led 50,000 cavalry to Lubu camp stationed on the south bank.

As Li Li told the army to slow down, 50,000 cavalry slowly moved forward, which naturally dispelled many of Lu Bu's previous concerns, so that Li Li's army saw the gate open from afar, and then Lu Bu's tall and upright figure jumped into his sight.

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