Chapter 360 Zhang Kai's helplessness
When Bu heard this, he shouted: "I, Lu Bu, were harmed by the public!"
Then Lu Bu made a promise to Cao Cao that as long as he was willing to spare his life, he would be a small soldier under Cao Cao to repay Cao Cao's kindness.
At this moment, someone on the side shouted loudly: "Lu Bu's husband, if you die, you will die. Why are you afraid of?"
When Lu Bu saw that the person who spoke was Chen Gong, he hurriedly said, "Save me on the official platform."
Chen Gong shook his head and said, "You only listen to the words of women and evil people, but not my advice. If you could agree to Yuan Shu at the beginning, how could you be today?"
When Lu Bu heard this, he was silent, and then he was dragged out by Cao Cao's soldiers to death.
Cao Cao looked at Chen Gong at this time, and said with a faint smile: "Public platform, what do you have to say now?"
Chen Gong looked at Cao Cao and said lightly: "You are not upright in your mind, so I abandon you."
Cao Cao laughed and said, "I am not good at it, but how do you protect Lu Bu? If I had known that it would be the ending today, would he insist on rebelling against me?"
Chen Gong sneered: "Although Lu Bu has no strategy, he is not as treacherous as you. It's a pity that he doesn't listen to my plan, and even today, how could he give you a chance? But you actually disregard morality and take advantage of our battle with the rebels and thieves to attack, which will definitely cause the heroes of the world to be angry. Mr. Pei hated you to the core, and if you come here, you may not have a good life."
"You don't have to worry about it for now. I'll just ask you, what should you do today?" Cao Cao looked at Chen Gong, actually wanted Chen Gong to say something to surrender.
However, Chen Gong said lightly: "I'm just dying today, there's nothing to say."
"What should your old mother do if you die? What should your wife and children do?" Cao Cao was not giving up and took out his last bargaining chips to threaten Chen Gong.
Chen Gong said, "I heard that people who govern the world with filial piety will not harm others' parents, and people who govern the world with mercy will not lose their bloodlines. What about my mother and wife and children are all in the mind of the public."
"Can't you say the word surrender on the official station?" Seeing that Chen Gong never surrendered, Cao Cao had to be discouraged and then persuaded him.
But Chen Gong said lightly: "What I said to Lu Bu just now is still in my ears. Could it be that I am now?" Without any hesitation, he was waiting to kill him.
Seeing this, Cao Cao couldn't help crying, and then said, "Don't worry, I will treat your mother and children as my own in the future. I will help you raise your wife..."
After killing Lu Bu and Chen Gong, Cao Cao ordered the surrender of the generals under Lu Bu and searched Zhang Miao and his brother Zhang Chao, because among the people who betrayed him in Chenliu, these three were the main culprits, and the Zhang Miao brothers had always followed Lu Bu. However, when he was sieging the city, the two brothers quickly went to rescue soldiers when they saw that the situation was not good. Cao Cao knew that not all the generals under Lu Bu were loyal. Now that Lu Bu was killed, it was the best time to surrender them. Moreover, Zhang Miao brothers were among them. As long as they surrendered Lu Bu's generals, they would have the opportunity to capture Zhang Miao brothers. This was a killing of two birds with one stone.
The next thing was indeed very smooth. Not long after, the generals under Lu Bu, Cheng Lian, Hao Meng, Cao Bao, Song Xian, Wei Xu, Qin Yilu and others accepted the recruitment and surrendered. Zhang Miao's brother Zhang Chao happened to be in Hao Meng's army, but was killed on the spot by Hao Meng.
After hearing the news, Hou Cheng and Cao Xing immediately decided to lead the army to fight against Cao Cao and avenge the lord Lu Bu. During the march, they and Zhang Liao heard the news and ran directly to Runan to meet Pei Qing's prefect Xie Zhongyong.
Xie Zhongyong was shocked when he heard the news. He had received the news before that Lu Bu went all out to fight against Yuan Shu, and he was worried that Lu Bu would be attacked by Cao Cao, so he quickly wrote a letter to Pei Yuanshao, asking Pei Yuanshao to remind Lu Bu. However, Pei Yuanshao didn't care at all. As a result, his suggestions were so sunk to the sea. Xie Zhongyong wanted to directly lead troops to aid Lu Bu, but this did not meet the procedures at all, because such a major event would only be approved by Pei Yuanshao. What's more, his Runan was already a small army, and once he led his troops to leave, he might be attacked by Yuan Shu. Just when Xie Zhongyong was about to write a letter to Pei Yuanshao again to persuade him, he suddenly got such news.
Xie Zhongyong quickly accepted Zhang Liao, Hou Cheng and Cao Xing, the three generals, and comforted them. At the same time, he immediately wrote a letter to Pei Yuanshao, telling Pei Yuanshao about the great changes in Xuzhou, and reminding Pei Yuanshao to be more vigilant. After writing the letter, Xie Zhongyong immediately ordered people to send them to Pei Yuanshao's army quickly overnight.
After receiving the news, Pei Yuanshao realized how big a mistake he had made. Pei Qing had previously reminded him not to trust Lu Bu too much and to keep a certain degree of vigilance against him. Pei Yuanshao kept this sentence in his heart, but he regarded it as a standard and even refused to save him. The mistake he made this time was a bit too much, so Pei Yuanshao quickly mobilized troops and ordered the counties connected to Xuzhou to be on strict vigilance, waiting for Pei Qing's main army to arrive to fight Cao Cao.
At the same time, Pei Yuanshao also quickly spread the news of Lu Bucheng's death to Pei Qing as soon as possible.
At this time, Pei Qing's team had already arrived in Chen County. After receiving the news, his heart sank. Xuzhou was taken away by Cao Cao. With Zhang Jian, Hao Meng and other surrendered generals, Cao Cao now has at least 100,000 troops in Xuzhou. Even if he adds the 30,000 troops on the border of Yuzhou, he can only have at most 70,000 people. These 70,000 people still have to guard against Yuan Shu, so now he is attacked by Cao Cao and Yuan Shu at the same time, and the current situation immediately becomes a little bad.
"Pei Yuanshao's intelligence is not very high after all, so it's okay to let him guard Yuzhou and fight Yuan Shu, but he is a little incompetent to deal with a treacherous hero like Cao Cao. However, I still arranged a wise man like Lu Su and Xie Zhongyong to assist him. If he could listen to their suggestions in time, it would not be the end of today. Although Lu Bu was a big trouble sooner or later, he would not be able to conflict again in the future if he died. But after all, we are still in an alliance now. With him, I don't have to worry too much about Cao Cao. Now I have become myself fighting against the two princes of Cao Cao and Yuan Shu. This is indeed a bit of pressure."
Pei Qing silently thought about the situation. He urgently summoned all his advisers to discuss solutions. Fortunately, he did not underestimate the enemy at the beginning and brought nearly 40,000 troops from Chang'an. Otherwise, this time it would be really troublesome.
Chapter completed!