Cao Thief

Chapter 243
It is cold and windy, and it has entered December.

The last month of the third year of Jian'an was extremely cold.Since the first day of the lunar new year, the snow has fallen for two consecutive days, and the dilapidated city of Xiapi is completely white.

After Chu Ge infiltrated the inner city, he had been waiting for an opportunity.

His accent is not Xiapi accent.But in this age of refugees, the accent has become less important.The soldiers under Lu Bu's tent were also from all over the world, and they had accents from all over the place.Bingzhou people, Luoyang people, Chang'an people, Yanzhou people, Qingzhou people, Xuzhou people... Chu Ge's ancestral home is Jizhou, but he wandered with his parents since he was a child, and he can speak the dialects of various places, so he didn't arouse suspicion.He sneaked into the inner city as a soldier, and his performance was very low-key, let alone causing any suspicion.

Most importantly, the structure of soldiers in the inner city of Xiapi is also very complicated.

There are Lu Bu's personal guards, and there are also soldiers who fled from the outer city to the inner city... If the soldiers cannot find the generals, there will be no soldiers.Chu Ge's martial arts skills are good, so he became a Dubo logically, and was assigned thirty soldiers under his command, all of whom were stragglers.

Chugo, has been waiting for an opportunity.

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After entering December, Lu Bu's situation became obviously more critical.

There is not much food in the inner city, and several thousand people eat two hunks of grain, which is less than [-] hu grains.Ordinary soldiers are better off, but for those rich and powerful families who used to live in luxury, it is obviously not enough.For a moment, people in the inner city were panicked.

Cao Cao besieged but did not attack, making Lu Bu useless.

He could only order people to step up the city defense and strictly forbid drinking in the army.

On the fifth day of the lunar new year, Hou Cheng lost a horse, which was later found in the city.That horse was also a great colt. For a cavalier like Hou Cheng, a good horse was his lifeblood.It is a happy thing that BMW has been lost and recovered.So Hou Cheng invited the soldiers of the army to have a banquet together, and offered wine and meat to Lu Bu.Unexpectedly, Lu Bu was in an irritable mood. When he saw the wine and meat sent by Hou Cheng, he immediately flew into a rage: I just ordered that no banquets be allowed in the army, and you sent me wine and meat. You really disgust me?

When Lu Bu got angry, he was going to kill someone!

So he immediately ordered people to take Hou Cheng down, and he was about to beheaded on the spot.

Fortunately, Wei Xu and others pleaded hard, so Lu Bu spared Hou Cheng's life.However, capital crimes can be avoided, but living crimes cannot be forgiven... Eighty stick spines are inevitable, and Hou Cheng felt resentful in his heart after beating him.He didn't want to fight anymore, but Lu Bu was fierce, so he was afraid.That night, he called Wei Xu, and as soon as the two chatted, Hou Cheng discovered that Wei Xu was also dissatisfied with Lu Bu.

Wei Xu is a relative of Lu Bu, so there is another reason for his dissatisfaction.

He always felt that Lu Bu looked down upon him...

"When Zishan came back this time, I saw that he was always depressed.

Talking to him two days ago, I vaguely noticed that he seemed to have a lot of resentment towards Jun Hou.You also know that Zishan has always wanted to inherit the prince, but he was not of the blood of the prince, so he couldn't succeed.He is working beside Chen Gong now, but obviously he is not particularly dedicated. "

Hou Cheng was startled, "You mean..."

"With you and me alone, it may be difficult to accomplish anything.

Now the princes don't care about right and wrong in the city, and Chen Gong and Gao Shun mostly take care of them.But you know that Deqian is not easy to deal with.

I have a trick, which can make you and me build meritorious deeds.

In the future, you will be prosperous and rich, if you take a chance here, I wonder if you dare to try? "

Hou Cheng lowered his head and remained silent.

Speaking of which, Hou Cheng was the first veteran to follow Lu Bu.Eight masters, eight masters... In fact, not many started with Lu Bu. At first it was Hou Cheng, and later Wei Xu and Cao Xing.When they were under Ding Yuan's tent, Zhang Liao, Hao Meng and Song Xian came into existence.Later, Lu Bu joined Dong Zhuo, and Cheng Lian joined him.After Dong Zhuo's death, Lu Bu moved to Yanzhou, so he accepted the Taishan bandit at the time, that is, Zang Ba Zang Xuangao.It can be said that the real elders among the Eight Great Generals are Hou Cheng, Wei Xu and Cao Xing...

Gao Shun also defected to Lu Bu after Ding Yuan entered Luoyang.

It would be a lie to say that there is no emotion.

Hou Cheng almost grew up with Lu Bu, went to battle together to kill the enemy, and made contributions together.

make him rebel...

"Is there no other way?" Hou Cheng hesitated, and said softly, "For example, you and I escape directly and go to Duke Cao?"

Wei Xu snorted coldly, "You and I fled to Cao Gong empty-handed, how can Cao Cao value him?"

He sighed and said: "Ziliang, I know you can't bear to harm the prince, so why would I want to betray you. But now the situation is clear, and Fengxian will definitely lose. Look at him now, how does he still have the demeanor of when he was in Bingzhou? The whole person is dejected, and only knows how to have fun with women.

There is a saying that those who know the current affairs are heroes, if Feng Xian treated you and me as brothers, he would not give you eighty back flowers today.

I am closer to Fengxian, but why did Fengxian value me?Although the battle is in my hands, it is Gao Deqian who leads the troops in front of the battle.For a long time, you and I have been fighting here and there with him, bumping and wandering.He has everything now, but you and I are still unknown... mentioning you and me, always say: They are the generals under Lu Bu's account.A man should strive for fame and fame, but I can't see any hope. "

Hou Chengcheng's heart was moved, and at this moment, Wei Xu's words caught his mind, and he remained silent.

"Then what do you say?"

"I'll contact Zishan myself and ask him to hold Gao Shun back.

You and I lead the army to capture Chen Gongtai.I heard that Cao Gong hated Chen Gongtai deeply, and taking him down would be a gift for you and me to have an audience. "

Hou Cheng didn't like Chen Gong.

Not only because Chen Gong had committed treason before, but also because of his aloof personality, he never paid attention to Hou Cheng and others.

In fact, Chen Gong is a completely detached existence in Xiapi.Lu Bu used him, but guarded against him; Chen Gong served Lu Bu, but looked down on Lu Bu.Including the generals under Lu Bu's tent, except for one Zhang Liao, he was also close to Gao Shun.

Hou Cheng gritted his teeth, "Since that's the case, I will follow what you say."

The next day, Wei Xu secretly found Lu Ji.

As expected by Wei Xu, after clarifying the words, Lu Ji readily agreed.

The three of them gathered at Hou Cheng's house again, and after some discussion, they decided to do it overnight to avoid long nights and dreams.Chen Gong is in charge of the defense of the inner city, and usually lives in an official office in the inner city.Xiapi used to be the capital of the king. Although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs and all the official offices are well established.The scale of the inner city is quite similar to the imperial city.There is a government office.Chen Gong, who lives in the Prime Minister's Mansion of Xiapi Kingdom on weekdays...

Gao Shun's palm stabbing patrol is a matter of security.

As for Lu Bu, most of the time he stayed in his Wenhou Mansion, which was the capital of Xiapi King in the past.

That night, Wei Xu and Hou Cheng played their respective songs and gathered in Wei Xu's mansion.Lu Ji didn't come over, his duty was to hold Gao Shun back.

When everything was ready, Hou Cheng and Wei Xu led their troops out of the side door and went straight to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

On the long street in the inner city, it was very quiet, only heavy breathing mixed with the sound of messy footsteps.

The streets in the inner city of Xiapi are somewhat similar to T-shaped roads.Half of the road leads to Wangcheng, and an avenue runs from east to west.The Guoxiang Mansion is in the southeast corner of the inner city, very eye-catching.In the past, this was the yamen hall that dealt with various affairs of the Xiapi Kingdom, and the Prime Minister of the country was like the prime minister of the imperial court.

Today, Chen Gong is on behalf of the inner city defense, naturally living here.

In the night, two wind lanterns fluttered in the cold wind at the entrance of the Guoxiang Mansion, and the lights flickered on and off.

The door was closed tightly, and there was no one at the door, it was deserted.

Wei Xu strode forward, jumped up the steps, grabbed the door knocker and beat it puffily.

"Who is it!"

An inquiry came from the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Wei Xudao: "I am Wei Xu. I was ordered by Marquis Wen to report urgent military information to the military division... Please open the door quickly, don't delay the military affairs."

Inside the mansion gate, there was a moment of silence.

After a while, there was the sound of hurried footsteps, followed by the door opening a crack.

Before the door of the mansion opened, Wei Xu and Hou Cheng rushed over, smashed open the door fiercely, and rushed into Guoxiang's mansion with weapons in hand.

"Take down Chen Gong, and let the old thief go!"

Wei Xu roared, and the two immediately shouted in unison and rushed into the Prime Minister's Mansion.

However, it was very quiet in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and there was no one in sight.In the central lobby, a general sits upright...

I saw him, wearing a purple gold crown with three-pronged hair on his head, and a robe of red brocade and hundreds of flowers from Xishu on his body.A chain armor with animal face and head, and an exquisite lion belt tied around the waist.Sitting on the couch, like a lion.A halberd was in his hand, and his angular cheeks showed anger and sadness.

Wei Xu and Hou Cheng yelled when they reached their mouths, but they were choked back.

"Feng Xian..."

"Marquis Wen?"

Lv Bu stood up long, and his height of nearly ten feet suddenly blocked the light in the hall.

"I didn't expect that the two of you really turned against me." Lu Bu said in a deep voice, with endless sadness in his words.He said softly: "I think back then, you two and Shulong followed me across Mobei, and I regarded you as my confidants. Now, Shulong doesn't know whether he is dead or not, but you want to turn against me...I treat you two well, Why are you like this? I didn't believe this, but it turned out to be true."

Hou Cheng and Wei Xu were at a loss for what to do with the fear that had developed over the years.

But up to now, the two of them have no other way out... After the two of them looked at each other, Hou Cheng suddenly stood up and shouted sharply: "Fengxian, it's not that I want to turn against you, but you forced us to do so. Back then, We fight together with you. Now you are the Marquis of Wen, and you are in charge of one side. No one in the world knows? But what about us? Eight strong generals, eight strong generals...following you for twenty years, we are still generals. You can't fly. Why don't you surrender Duke Cao? Otherwise, don't blame us for being unreasonable."

Lu Bu was furious, and shouted sharply, "You want to surrender Cao Cao, why did you come here?"

"This……"

Wei Xu suddenly said: "Ziliang's matter has come to an end, why bother talking nonsense with him. Let's fight a bloody road and vote for Duke Cao..."

After that, he kept shouting: "Retreat!"

Lu Bu said, "Now that you're here, how can you wait to get away?"

As he spoke, Lu Bu held a painting pole and halberd, twisted his body step by step, and rushed out of the yamen hall like the wind.

The nearly one-meter-high platform seems to have never been seen.I saw him soaring into the air, holding a halberd with one hand, an afterimage appeared in midair, and swept out with a whimper.

At the same time, Lu Bu yelled, "Gao Shun, don't take down the traitor with me!"

As he shouted, two or three hundred people rushed out of the wing rooms on both sides of the vestibule.The leading general is Gao Shun.

He holds a seven-foot broadsword in one hand and a shield in the other.

He shouted sharply: "Wei Xu, Hou Cheng, if you don't give up your weapons and surrender, when will you wait?"

The appearance of Gao Shun shocked Hou Cheng and Wei Xu.The two of them knew that the news must have been leaked, but at this moment, the two of them had no way out.The two looked at each other, turned around and rushed outside the Prime Minister's Mansion.Behind him, Hulala rushed forward, and a dozen generals blocked Lu Bu's way at once.Lv Bu sneered, and twirled the painting pole halberd in his hand, the halberd cloud rolled, and the shadow of the halberd was heavy.

Hearing Lu Bu's roar, the painting pole halberd swept out.

There was a series of sounds of weapons clashing, accompanied by a series of shrill screams.

Although there are many generals, how can they stop Lu Bu?Since ancient times, when you have seen a flock of sheep, you can stop the tiger that eats people.

Lu Bu rushed all the way, only killing blood and flesh.

At the same time, under the cover of the family general, Wei Xuhou and Cheng rushed to the gate of Guoxiang's mansion.

The two of them were just about to get on their horses when they heard a cold voice: "Ziliang, Zhongjie, why did you leave in such a hurry? You've arrived at my house, so stay here."

Accompanied by this sound, hundreds of soldiers rushed out from both sides of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

The flames were bright, Chen Gong, surrounded by soldiers, stopped Wei Xuhou Cheng and the two of them, and surrounded them together with their generals.

Hou Cheng of Wei Xu couldn't help feeling cold.

There were endless screams behind him. Like a mad tiger, Lu Bu was rushing towards the gate, trampling over the corpses everywhere.

"Fengxian, I will surrender."

When Hou Chengwei Xu saw that the situation was not good, he yelled loudly.

Instead of asking Chen Gong to surrender, they asked Lu Bu to surrender... The reason is very simple, the two of them have always been at odds with Chen Gong, and surrendering to Chen Gong will definitely not end well.But Lu Bu was different.Although Lu Bu is also a mean and ungrateful person, after all, he has been with him for a long time.What is Lu Bu's temperament, the two of them know very well.This is more or less, nostalgic people.As long as Lu Bu is willing, the two of them will not have to worry about their lives.There may be flesh and blood pain, but compared with the loss of the head, what is the pain of flesh and blood?
Lu Bu swung his halberd across, knocked over a general, and stopped in his tracks.

He was a little hesitant, it was a surrender, it was a surrender, it was a surrender...

It has to be said that Wei Xuhoucheng's choice was not wrong.Lu Bu said it fiercely, but if he really let him kill these two people, he really couldn't bear it.

Just as Lu Bu was hesitating, Chen Gong shouted sharply: "Shoot the arrow!"

In an instant, hundreds of archers unleashed their bows and arrows, and the arrows flew towards Wei Xuhoucheng roaring like rain.

Wei Xu and Hou Cheng's attention was all focused on Lu Bu, who would have thought that Chen Gong would be so ruthless that he directly ordered...

The two turned around, and the rain of arrows was already in front of them.

A series of muffled bangs echoed in my ears, and Hou Cheng and Wei Xu were instantly shot into hedgehogs.

The two of them stared wide-eyed at Chen Gong, and the corpse fell straight down from the steps.Lu Bu was also taken aback by this sudden scene.

By the time he reacted, Wei Xu and Wei Xu had died of anger.

"Chen Gong, what do you mean?"

Chen Gong said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, if these two rebels are not dealt with, it may cause confusion in the army. At that time, Zhang Xu and Li Xu will rebel, so what? , It will only be a disaster. You should never stop being chaotic!"

Lu Bu's cheeks twitched twice, but he didn't speak again.

What Chen Gong said is not bad... But the problem is that Lu Bu also has the intention of surrendering a bit!

Before that, he had revealed this intention to Cao Cao, but Chen Gong destroyed his intention with an arrow.

now……

He sighed and turned around to look.

I saw that Wei Xuhoucheng's trilogy had stopped resisting.

An unspeakable exhaustion suddenly flooded my heart.He looked at Chen Gong, and then walked down the doorstep slowly.

"Your Majesty, in the current situation, you must not have the kindness of a woman."

"Forget it, it's up to you...but..." Lu Bu hesitated for a moment, then said softly: "After all, Zishan has been with me for many years, let's spare him once."

"Of course, the Young Master was just bewitched by others."

Lu Ji was ordered to hold Gao Shun back.

Now that Gao Shun is here, one can imagine the result of Lu Ji.

Fortunately, he still has the identity of a false son, otherwise, he would probably have died earlier than Wei Xuhoucheng.

A family came with a horse, and Lu Bu got on his horse and turned back to the king's city.A series of screams came from the Prime Minister's mansion, which made Lu Bu's heart skip a beat.

He took out the white silk from his pocket.

Under the moonlight, a line of small characters was written on the white silk: Beware of Wei Xu and Hou Cheng!
If it weren't for this pair of white silk, Hou Cheng and Wei Xu might have succeeded tonight... But who sent this white silk?What's the point?
Just yesterday, when Lu Bu returned home, he was immediately dragged into the room by his wife, Mrs. Yan.

Madam Yan is younger than Lu Bu.The one who was born is also quite moving. Although he is nearly forty years old, his charm still exists, and he is charming and charming.

In the room, Cao Shi and Diao Chan were still sitting.

This Mrs. Cao is not Cao Cao's "Cao", but the former Xuzhou soldier Cao Shi, the daughter of Tao Qian's general Cao Bao.

Later Liu Bei won Xuzhou, Cao Bao, the elder of Xuzhou, was not convinced by Liu Bei.After Lu Bu came, Cao Bao married his daughter to Lu Bu.Mrs. Cao is in her early twenties, a little younger than Diao Chan.The same beautiful face and moon appearance, not inferior to Diao Chan...

"Junhou, when Xiu'er went out this morning, she found a short spear and a pair of white silk sticking out on the porch."

"Oh?"

Madam Yan handed the white silk to Lu Bu, and at the same time showed Lu Bu the short spear about [-] centimeters long.

The short spear weighed about a dozen catties. It can be seen that the person who made the short spear must be a warrior with amazing arms.

Lu Bu opened the white silk and could not help but gasp.

Mrs. Yan said to him: "There is a way that people have no intention of harming tigers, and tigers have the intention of harming people. Although Hou Cheng of Wei Xu has been with Marquis Wen for many years, he must guard against it."

Lu Bu was quite convinced of Mrs. Yan.

After hearing these words, he couldn't help but feel a little suspicious.So Chen Gong and Gao Shun were secretly ordered to monitor Hou Cheng and Wei Xu.Unexpected...

People's hearts are really scattered!
Lu Bu was riding on the horse, but felt a little groggy.

There was a lot of chaos in my head, and all kinds of thoughts came and went one after another.

Back then, with his martial arts skills, he galloped across Mobei with Hou Chengwei and Cao Xing, killing the Xianbei and the Huns and fleeing.

It is precisely because of this that he was appreciated by Ding Yuan, and thus he was expropriated by Ding Yuan.

But now...

"Your Majesty!"

Just when Lu Bu was thinking up and down, he heard someone calling him.

When he raised his head, he realized that he had already arrived in the royal city.He got off his horse and walked towards the hall.But before he entered the hall, he saw Qi'er rushing from the inner house with a flustered expression.Qi'er ran to stop in front of Lu Bu, and bowed first.

"Your Majesty, that short spear has appeared again!"

"what?"

Lu Bu was shocked when he heard this.

(End of this chapter)