Different from the time at Baimenlou, Lu Bujun was also in a desperate situation this time. As Lu Bujun's only think tank, Chen Gong did not blame Lu Bu too much. In Chen Gong's view, Lu Bujun had reached this point, except for

Not only because the opponent was too strong, but also because Lu Bujun did not firmly maintain the alliance with Tao to resist Cao Cao.

The only escape route was cut off, which led to the final breakdown of the Tao-Lv alliance. Lu Bu was responsible, Tao Ying was responsible, and Chen Gong himself was even more responsible - if it weren't for Chen Gong who was also coveting the five counties of Xuzhou and had agreed with Lu Bu several times to take advantage of the situation.

The proposition will not completely anger Tao Ying and completely break up the originally promising Tao-Lv alliance.

It is precisely because of this that Chen Gong, who felt guilty this time, did not blame Lu Bu for not accepting his advice, nor did he blame Lu Bu for not listening to his own strategy. He chose to live and die with Lu Bu, borrowing alcohol all day long when Lu Bu was depressed.

Facing his sorrow, Chen Gong resolutely provoked the supervisor to defend the city.

His important responsibilities, food and accommodation were all on the city wall. Not only did he organize troops to repel Cao Jun's overt attacks and covert attacks many times, he also never returned to his home in the city to visit his mother and wife. He showed his last loyalty to Lu Bu and fought for the last chance for Lu Bu.

That slim, almost non-existent hope of survival.

On this day, Chen Gong led his troops to inspect the partial division battlefields at the east and west gates of Changyi City, and then returned to the main battlefield wall at the south gate. Gao Shun, who was also loyal to Lu Bu, happened to be on the south gate wall as well.

Carrying heavy loads like ordinary soldiers

They used stone hammers and shouted labor slogans to repair a section of the city wall that was destroyed by Cao Jun. Chen Gong looked around and saw Gao Shun's boss Wei Xu, so he walked up to Gao Shun and asked: "General Gao, where is Wei Xu? He is

General of the South Gate, why is there no trace of him?"

"Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!" Gao Shun did not answer immediately. He just shouted a slogan and carefully tamped the earth and rocks with the soldiers. Then he put down the stone hammer, wiped the sweat from his face and said, "Report to Mr. Gongtai.

General Wei saw that there was no movement from Cao's army, so he went back to the city to rest. Before leaving, General Wei told him that if Cao's thieves came to attack, he would sound the gong and call the police immediately, and he would be right back."

"Damn! Sure enough, he went back to the city secretly again!" Chen Gong was a little angry, "The south gate is the main battlefield for Cao's thieves to attack the city. As the chief general of the south gate, he commanded almost half of our army, yet he dared to repeatedly neglect his duties.

Slacking off is simply lawlessness! Lawlessness!”

Gao Shun was silent. He did not agree with Chen Gong's accusations against Wei Xu, nor did he show any sign of indignation. He just lowered his head and remained silent, as if an old monk had entered trance. Chen Gong sent someone to send an order to Wei Xu, and ordered Wei Xu to

Xu quickly went to the city to urge the soldiers to repair the city defense, and then pulled Gao Shun to a quiet place nearby. He whispered to Gao Shun: "General Gao Shun. Did you know that the Xuzhou army has sent more troops to the west gate of Changyi?"

Gao Shun shook his head honestly and said nothing, while Chen Gong said in a low voice: "When I inspected the west gate just now, I saw many more flags of the Xuzhou army in the south camp of Yuan Shao's army. As expected, they were stationed yesterday evening.

The team in Yuan Shaojun’s camp should

They are the reinforcements from Xuzhou. In addition, I also heard rumors from the army sergeants that Tao Ying had formed an alliance with Yuan Shao, signed an armistice agreement with Cao Cao's thieves, stopped fighting and made peace, and Tao Ying sent troops to Changyi.

, just to help Cao Cao and Yuan Shao attack Changyi City."

Gao Shun continued to be silent. After a long time, he sighed softly and weakly whispered: "We are sorry for him. We cannot blame him for what he did."

"Not necessarily..." Chen Gong originally wanted to point out that Tao Ying might not be blameless in the breakup between Tao and Lu, but he swallowed the words back and sighed, and then whispered: "Gao

General Shun, I have a question that I hope you can answer truthfully - after the Xuzhou army entered Yuan Shaojun's camp, did Tao Ying send someone to contact you secretly? This is a serious matter, so I hope you will answer it truthfully without any scruples.

and concealment.”

Gao Shun shook his head, with some helplessness in his expression, and replied in a low voice: "To be honest with Mr. Gongtai, when Jiang and Cao Xing left Xuzhou at the end of the day, Tao Shijun once said that if we are willing to keep in touch with him, we can

Send someone to write a letter at any time or go to him directly, but in order to prevent Marquis Wen from misunderstanding, he will not take the initiative to contact us to avoid..., causing more misunderstandings. Tao Shijun is an honest gentleman and has fulfilled his promise.

"

"Tao Ying really said this?" Chen Gong's words brought a little joy.

Gao Shun stopped talking and just nodded solemnly. Chen Gongsu knew that Gao Shun was loyal and trustworthy and did not lie. He was even more happy and hurriedly whispered: "General Gao, since Tao Ying has this promise, can you please send me

Someone went out of the city to contact Tao Ying and hand him a letter?"

Gao Shun was stunned and hurriedly asked Chen Gong: "Mr. Gongtai, what do you want to do? If the lord knows about this, do I still want to live?"

"Don't worry, I'm not asking you to betray the lord." Chen Gong replied in a low voice: "On the contrary, I want you to get in touch with Tao Ying for the lord, and then ask the lord to plead with Tao Ying for the sake of old friendship.

Open up our army's net and give our army a way to survive. As long as we succeed in this matter, our army may still have a glimmer of hope, which is far better than sitting around and waiting to die in Changyi City."

Gao Shun was silent again, and after a long time, Gao Shun said softly: "As long as the lord allows me to do this, I can send someone to contact Tao Shijun."

"My lord, it's up to me." Chen Gong said with the last glimmer of hope: "When Wei Xu comes, I will go to see your lord immediately, explain the matter to your lord, and ask your lord to personally give you the order."

As soon as Chen Gong finished speaking, and before Gao Shun could agree, the soldiers of Lu Bu's army beside the arrow stack suddenly started making a noise. It turned out that an envoy holding a white flag came out of Cao's army in the distance. What surprised the soldiers of Lu Bu's army was that this attacker

The envoy carrying the white flag was actually wearing the tattered uniforms of Lu Bu army soldiers.

It was obviously a prisoner of Lu Bu's army who had been captured by Cao's army but had not yet been incorporated. After the prisoner of war walked to the bottom of the city and called the city, Chen Gong, who was eager to grasp the enemy's situation, did not hesitate and immediately asked someone to put down the hanging basket and winch the prisoner of war.

city ​​wall, and personally received the prisoner of war in the south gate tower.

To Chen Gong's surprise, after the prisoner of war was escorted into the tower, not only did he not ask to see Lu Bu, he also took out a letter from his arms and explained that it was sent by him under Cao Cao's order. He also made an even more unexpected introduction:

The recipient of Dao's letter turned out to be Chen Gong himself. Chen Gong did not doubt it was a trick, and asked the prisoner about the situation of Cao's army.

After opening the letter, he took out the letter and looked at it. When he took a closer look at the content of the letter, he saw that several key parts had been daubed with ink, and several keywords had been altered and replaced. Chen Gong was a little confused at first and almost thought he was an old man.

My friend Mr. Cao made a mistake and sent the draft, but after thinking about it for a while, Chen Gong’s face suddenly turned pale...

"It's broken! I've fallen into a trap! This time I can't even get rid of it even if I jump into the Yellow River!" Chen Gong slapped his forehead and subconsciously wanted to tear up the letter, but as soon as he tore the letter open with both hands, Chen Gong suddenly

He came to his senses and said secretly: "No! This letter cannot be destroyed! If it is destroyed, the lord will definitely suspect me of being a thief with a guilty conscience!"

Thinking of this, Chen Gong quickly raised the letter in his hands and said loudly to the soldiers on the left and right: "Soldiers, please read carefully. I, Chen Gong, only opened this letter and read it, and did not use my pen to erase or modify a word.

The lord will ask about it later, and all the soldiers, please be a witness. This matter is related to Chen Gong’s family and life, so please don’t forget it!”

While the soldiers on the left and right agreed together, Wei Xu, Lu Bu's brother-in-law, walked in outside the city tower. He laughed loudly and smelled of alcohol: "Mr. Gongtai, why is this matter so important, related to your family and life? Besides, the thief Cao doesn't have any

During the siege, sir, you sent someone to call me back in a hurry, why?"

"The general has arrived at the right time. The general has been asked to take charge of the south gate battlefield for the time being. Gong must go to see the lord immediately." At this moment, Chen Gong had no intention of pursuing Wei Xu's crime of leaving his post without permission. He just stood up with the letter and said to him.

The soldiers on the left and right ordered: "You all follow me to see the lord, and take this messenger with you."

With that said, Chen Gong took the letter and strode towards the gate of the city tower. Wei Xu, who was already blushing and thick-necked from drinking, stopped Chen Gong and others with his hand, and asked very vigilantly: "Mr. Gongtai, what are you holding?"

Where did the letter come from? And where did this messenger come from?"

"I'll tell you later, I have to go see my lord right away." Chen Gong was afraid that the more he would be smeared, the more he would be blackened, so he did not dare to introduce the truth to Wei Xu. He just said in great distress: "I fell into the trap! I fell into the trap accidentally.

Thief Cao’s vicious plan to alienate you! Cao Ah Man, you, the most traitorous person in the world, it’s a shame that you could come up with such a vicious plan!”

"Cao Thief's evil plan?" Wei Xu was even more confused. He suddenly snatched the letter from Chen Gong's hand. Chen Gong was shocked and wanted to take it back, but when he stretched out his hand, he suddenly wanted to grab the letter.

This further confirmed that he was guilty of being a thief, so Chen Gong could only say with sweat on his face: "General Wei, you think it's okay, but you must listen to my explanation. I didn't change a word of this letter."

Chen Gong's explanations were useless. After carefully reading this immoral letter that cheated people without paying for their lives, Wei Xu immediately became suspicious of Dasheng and asked: "Chen Gong, why did you use the key point in this letter?"

Scrubbing and editing? What is the original content of this letter?"

"I didn't smear it, it was Cao Cao! It was Cao thief who smeared it and revised it himself!" Chen Gong explained with sweat on his face, "This letter is a poisonous trick of Cao thief. Cao thief has always known that my lord is suspicious and easy to judge, and he has a slight relationship with me."

Qian Yuan used this vicious trick to drive a wedge between my lord and me, hoping to cause chaos within our army so that he could take the opportunity to break the city!"

"You'd better go and explain to the lord, come here!" Wei Xu believed it, and just shouted for the soldiers to go upstairs. After a large group of soldiers rushed to the tower, Wei Xu pointed at Chen Gong and others and shouted: "Take them all down!

Watch carefully! I will go to see the lord in person and ask the lord to come here and take care of them!"

"General Wei, this is a poisonous plan! This is a poisonous plan by Cao Cao!" Chen Gong was shocked and shouted quickly, but the soldiers of Lu Bujun behind Wei Xu were willing to listen. After launching a bombardment, they first surrounded Chen Gong, and then

Forcibly armed several other Lu Bu army soldiers, Wei Xu also took

Taking the letter, he hurried downstairs to see Lu Bu, leaving Chen Gong struggling in the tower and yelling, "General Wei, this is a trick, this is Cao Cao's vicious plan! Cao Ah Man, you damn traitor,

It’s a shame you could have thought up such a sinister and despicable plan! Traitor!

You, the greatest traitor in the world... Of course, such a huge commotion on the south gate of Changyi could not be hidden from the eyes of Cao Jun's scouts below the city wall. After the scouts reported the news to Cao Jun's tent, Boss Cao immediately laughed.

He stood up and laughed and said: "Okay,

He must have succeeded! Tao Ying's plan was really vicious. Unless Chen Gong opened the letter in front of Lu Bu, no matter how many people testified against Chen Gong, Lu Bu, that common man, would have succeeded.

We have to suspect that they are all Chen Gong’s accomplices!”

"Lord, there has been chaos within the enemy. The generals are waiting for orders to attack the city immediately!" Several generals of Cao's army came out and clasped their fists together to ask for orders to attack the city.

"Don't worry." Boss Cao waved his hand to stop the generals. He said with a smile: "If we launch an attack on the city at this time, it will only help Chen Gong. It will make Lu Bu focus on defending the city and have no energy to find fault with Chen Gong. Be patient and watch the show.

It won't be too late to attack the city after it's confirmed that Lu Bu has taken control of Chen Palace."

The generals of Cao's army had no choice but to retreat. Cheng Yu on the other side raised his hands and said, "My lord, if everything goes well, even if Chen Gong survives this time, he will definitely be deprived of his military power. In order to take precautions, Lu Bu will definitely not allow Chen Gong to stay anymore."

Guarding the city day and night on the city wall. The young thief Tao Ying once said that Wei Xu was greedy for drinking.

Drinker, in this case, why don't our army launch a robbery of the city after the third watch tonight? Without Chen Gong to cause trouble, our army not only has a high chance of succeeding in stealing the city, but even if it fails, Wei Xu, who is greedy for drinking and causing trouble, will definitely be defeated by Lu Bu

The heavy responsibility will deepen the internal estrangement between Lu Bu's army, which will be more conducive to our army's next siege operation."

Mr. Cao laughed, nodded and agreed to Cheng Yu's suggestion, and then ordered Yu Jin to prepare to steal the city at night. After a moment of calculation, Mr. Cao suddenly slapped the table in front of him and said angrily: "Last night it was Lu Su

I took the blame for the little thief Tao Ying. Today it seems that I am taking the blame for the little thief Tao Ying! That Chen Gong man must be scolding me for being a traitor at this moment.

You are deceitful and vicious, using such a despicable and cruel trick to harm him! Everyone in the world says that I am a traitor. I killed Lu Bu for the little thief Tao Ying, and I had to be scolded by my old friends for this little thief. He is the traitor! The traitor... Cao thief!

Fuck you thief! You traitor! Shameless traitor! You can actually use such a dirty and vicious trick! You traitor! Traitor——!"

Being exposed by poor Cao Boss, Chen Gong, who didn't know who the culprit was, kept yelling at Cao Boss, who was actually innocent this time. However, when Chen Gong cursed until his mouth went dry and his voice became hoarse, he also drank.

Lu Bu, who was blushing and thick-necked, led Wei Xu, Song Xian and other generals into the city tower. He had not been seen in public for several days. Lu Wenhou now looked very...

This shocked the officers and soldiers of Lu Bu's army. They were full of alcohol and disheveled, and they were also quite haggard and thin. Not only did they no longer look like the heroes who fought against the 18th princes at Hulao Pass, but their whole bodies were also

There was an air of decadence from top to bottom. When the officers and soldiers of Lu Bu's army, who were already low in morale, saw the boss's appearance, they inevitably became even more demoralized and their morale was shaken.
To be continued...