Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 247 Chen Gong's plan

The north gate of Xiapi City.

Cao Bao, Zang Ba, and Song Xian and Wei Xu, who came all the way from Qingzhou, have led the army slowly into Xiapi City.

Although all the recruits from the Qingzhou Army had just joined the army, they were led by two experienced generals, Song Xian and Wei Xu, and it was not too difficult to defeat the soldiers who stayed behind in Xuzhou.

What's more, there are inner city gates that should be opened in Xiapi city, which makes Song Xian and Wei Xu feel that the battle of Xiapi is boring and wants to make people doze off
Cao Bao had a total of more than 1 people, of which [-] were the Qingzhou Army led by Song Xian and Wei Xu.

Of the remaining 7000 people, [-] are soldiers from Cao Bao's headquarters, and the other [-] are guards borrowed from his own family and other aristocratic gentry.

As Mi Zhu said, Cao's family has been operating in Xiapi City for many years, and he has already deployed an internal response in secret, and he will open the gate of Xiapi City only when the army arrives.

Zhang Fei tried to force Cao Bao to show his feet without fully grasping the situation. After all, he was a little too impatient.

The lack of a counselor with an overall view and comprehensive planning is the main reason why the three Liu Bei brothers failed repeatedly in the early years.

Zhang Fei's response was quite timely,
Although Xuzhou was lost, at least he took most of the officials loyal to Liu Bei and nearly [-] soldiers gathered on the road, and went to Xuyi to vote for Liu Bei's camp.

It's just that Liu Bei's family members were all trapped in Xiapi City.

In Xuyi, Liu Bei has been confronting Ji Ling for almost half a month.

Today, suddenly from the direction of Xuzhou, a group of extremely down-and-out soldiers and officials came.

In the big tent of the Chinese army,
Liu Bei looked at Zhang Fei, who was covered in bruises and looked depressed. After all, he just sighed lightly and didn't open his mouth to blame him.

However, after Guan Yu counted the defeated army and civil and military officials, he hurried into the tent of the Chinese army, came to Zhang Fei and asked, "Third brother, why don't you see the eldest brother's family?"

Zhang Fei raised his head with difficulty, his face was ashen,
"I was about to lead the troops to the elder brother's mansion, but Cao Bao's soldiers had already blocked our way."

When Guan Yu heard that Zhang Fei not only lost Xuzhou, but also trapped Liu Bei's family in the city, he couldn't help scolding him loudly, blaming him for acting too recklessly without considering the consequences.

Zhang Fei was so scolded by Guan Yu that he didn't dare to speak back, his gray face gradually turned red.

Zhang Fei, who was ashamed, lowered his head, but happened to see the double-strand sword hanging from Liu Bei's waist.

Zhang Fei, who was extremely ashamed in his heart, suddenly reached out and pulled out the long sword from Liu Bei's waist, and was about to wipe his neck on the spot and kill himself!

Fortunately, Liu Bei reacted quickly, and quickly pressed the hilt of the sword and Zhang Fei's big hand,
Seeing this, Mi Zhu, Jian Yong, Sun Qian and others around him stepped forward to stop Zhang Fei who wanted to commit suicide.

Liu Bei comforted Zhang Fei, Guan Yu also apologized to Zhang Fei and persuaded Zhang Fei, and Zhang Fei slowly calmed down.

"It's impossible for Cao Bao to have so many soldiers. Where did those soldiers come from?" Liu Bei asked everyone's doubts.

"Since there are no such soldiers in Xuzhou, could they be from other places?"

"Other places? You mean other princes?"

Sun Qian frowned, and said the three most likely origins, "Cao Cao? Yuan Shao? Lu Bu?"

Liu Bei suddenly seemed to grasp something in his mind, so he said: "Could it be that Cao Cao transferred me away from Xuzhou under the guise of the emperor's edict, and then secretly colluded with Cao Bao to invade my Xuzhou?"

Mi Zhu shook his head, and said: "What Cao Cao did in Yanzhou made the Xuzhou local aristocratic family reject him very much. It is impossible for them to cooperate with Cao Jun."

Liu Bei felt that what Mi Zhu said was very reasonable, nodded slightly and said, "It's because I didn't think carefully."

"Brother, I think Qingzhou Lu Bu is the most likely one!" Zhang Fei frowned and said after thinking for a moment.

"Is there any evidence?" Liu Bei turned to look at Zhang Fei and asked.

"I have sent many spies to monitor Cao Bao's movements. Although Cao Bao himself did not do anything, the Cao family had many business contacts with Qingzhou some time ago." Mi Zhu told him this news.

When Zhang Fei said this, he suddenly raised his hand and slapped himself hard, saying:

"It's all my fault. I didn't think about the movement of Cao's family behind Cao Bao beforehand. The Qingzhou soldiers might have quietly come to Xuzhou at that time."

"Chen Gong is a well-known scholar in Yanzhou, and has great prestige among famous families.

When he withdrew from Yanzhou, there were a large number of Yanzhou gentry and gentry accompanying him.

If it was Chen Gong who made the move, the Xuzhou family might really reach a cooperation with him. "The more Mi Zhu thought about it, the more he felt that Lv Bu of Qingzhou was probably doing something.

Everyone was silent, no matter who made the move, the result is a foregone conclusion, and now it will not help to find out who is responsible.

Liu Bei discussed with everyone, now that Xuzhou is lost, if Ji Ling and Cao Bao attack back and forth, it may be difficult to resist.

So Liu Beijun took advantage of Ji Ling's unaware of the changes in Xuzhou, so he pulled out his camp overnight and went to the small town of Guangling.

Cao Bao successfully controlled Xiapi, and he sent someone to lock up Liu Bei's family members.

However, Liu Bei's second wife, Mi Zhen, is Mi Zhu's younger sister, and the Mi family has a lot of connections in Xuzhou, Cao Bao dare not do anything to them for the time being.

Sitting on his knees in his remote cabin, Wang Xiu had just finished writing what happened in Xiapi City today.

"Cao Bao has successfully expelled Zhang Fei and occupied Xiapi. Except for the Mi family and the Chen family who have not made a clear statement, the other aristocratic families in Xuzhou are willing to join Marquis Wen. So far, the military division's plan in Xuzhou has been completed."

After writing this, Wang Xiu's mouth suddenly showed a mocking arc: "Cao Bao's prestige is not enough to become the lord of Xuzhou, he wants to ask the lord to give him more support and help."

After finishing writing, Wang Xiu picked up the letter paper, and after the ink was dry, he packed the letter and handed it to his subordinates, and said: "Be sure to deliver it to the military adviser as quickly as possible!"

"Here!"

The news from Xuzhou Wang Xiu was delivered to Chen Gong within a day and a night.

Holding the letter in his hand, Chen Gong walked briskly to Lu Bu's mansion with joy in his heart.

Since all of Lu Bu's family members fell to Puyang, Lu Bu rarely smiled.

But when Chen Gong saw Lu Bu in the gazebo in the backyard, he found that Lu Bu was a child who was reading something and smiling silly.

After walking in, Chen Gong saw a stack of letters in Lu Bu's hand.

Chen Gong guessed that these were probably sent from Chen Liu, and only Lu Lingqi, Diao Chan and Yan Shi could make Lu Bu smile from the bottom of his heart.

As for Cao Bao's daughter, Lu Bu hardly paid any attention to her.

He agreed to marry her only because of political needs, and she is actually a poor person.

"Ahem!" Chen Gong coughed heavily a few meters away.

After hearing Chen Gong's voice, Lu Bu put away the letter in his hand, stood up and asked Chen Gong, "Sir, is there something important to do here?"

"Marquis Wen, our plan in Xuzhou has succeeded!" Chen Gong smiled brightly.

Lu Bu didn't know why Chen Gong was so happy, so he asked curiously: "Military divisions have always been impeccable in their plans and rarely fail, shouldn't they lose their composure?"

Chen Gong chuckled and said, "Haha! I still can't hide it from you, Feng Xian!!"

"Military division, but please speak clearly!"

Chen Gong originally had a lot to say in his stomach, but looking at Lu Bu's face that was already marked by the years, thousands of words finally converged into one sentence: "Feng Xian, you can take your wife and children home!"

(End of this chapter)