Zhang Liao and all the lieutenants all laughed after hearing Huang Zhong's words.
However, they still very much recognized Huang Zhong's statement.
After all, in the hearts of these people, Guo Jia is the best counselor in the world!
At this time, Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi, and Pang Tong were all still teenagers and were still early in their careers. Naturally, no one could compare with Guo Jia.
Huang Zhong saw that everyone was almost laughing, and said calmly: "Okay, let's invite Chen Yuanlong in. Let's see what Tao Qian's military advisor wants to say to us."
Following Huang Zhong's order, the soldier went out and invited Chen Deng into the camp.
After Chen Deng arrived at Yingzheng, he hugged his fists to Huang Zhong, Zhang Liao and other generals, and introduced himself: "I am Chen Deng and Chen Yuanlong. I am the military advisor under Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou."
Upon hearing this, Huang Zhong introduced himself: "I am Huang Zhong, a pioneer general under Major General Cao Ang."
At this point, Huang Zhong paused and extended his hand to introduce Zhang Liao: "This is Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan, the deputy vanguard under Major General Cao Ang!"
After Zhang Liao finished Huang Zhong's introduction, he bowed his hand to Chen Deng.
After hearing what Huang Zhong said, Chen Deng raised his hands to the two men again and said, "It turns out they are generals Huang Zhong, Huang Hansheng and Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan. I'm glad to meet you!"
At this time, Chen Deng still wanted to be polite to Huang Zhong and Zhang Liao.
But after Huang Zhong listened to Chen Deng's words, he smiled and waved his hand and said: "There is no such thing as a lucky encounter. Wen Yuan and I led the army here to act on orders."
"Acting on orders?" Chen Deng looked at Huang Zhong blankly after hearing this.
And Huang Zhong said without hesitation: "Yes, I came to Xuzhou to garrison on the orders of the Major General!"
"This..." Chen Deng looked constipated and asked Huang Zhong: "I wonder what the major general asked the two generals to come to station in Xuzhou?"
Huang Zhong and Zhang Liao looked at each other after hearing this, and both saw annoyance in each other's eyes.
Before coming, Cao Ang just asked the two of them to station in the Lanling area to form a triangle with Xiapi and Pengcheng. There was no need to directly intervene in the fight between Tao Qian and Lu Bu.
As for the purpose, it is naturally to capture Xuzhou.
It's just that Cao Ang's true purpose is naturally inconvenient to tell outsiders like Chen Deng.
After Huang Zhong and Zhang Liao looked at each other, he frowned and was thinking about some excuse to fool Chen Deng.
When Chen Deng saw Huang Zhong frowning, he asked in confusion: "General Huang, do you have something to hide?"
Hearing this, Huang Zhong shook his head and said, "There is something unspeakable in this."
Then, Huang Zhong looked at Zhang Liao and said, "Wen Yuan, it's up to you to speak!"
"Huh?" Zhang Liao stared at Huang Zhong with eyes like a pair of bull's eyes.
At this time, Chen Deng's eyes fell on Zhang Liao again.
Zhang Liao scolded Huang Zhong in his heart, and then said bravely: "The young general just heard that there was a war in Xuzhou. In order to prevent bandits in Xuzhou from taking advantage of the chaos to rob the people, he asked us to come here."
Chen Deng was suspicious when he heard Zhang Liao's words.
After all, Huang Zhong and Zhang Liao were flirting with each other just now, but it all fell into his eyes.
After Zhang Liao finished speaking, Huang Zhong sighed and said, "Actually, the Major General doesn't want us to reveal our purpose."
When Zhang Liao heard this, he glared at Huang Zhong again.
Chen Deng asked Huang Zhong in confusion: "This is a good thing. Why doesn't Major General let you tell outsiders?"
After Huang Zhong finished making excuses from Zhang Liao, he also thought of his own words.
So after Chen Deng asked this question, Huang Zhong said: "Actually, the Major General does not want to see a war in Xuzhou."
"But Tao Qian, Governor Tao, has always been loyal to the court. Now that he is attacking Lu Bu, the Major General will naturally not intervene. However, the Major General hopes that by stationing here, we can intimidate Governor Tao and Lu Bu and make them stop their troops." .”
"I didn't want to tell you this before, Mr. Yuanlong, because I was afraid that if I did, the Major General's purpose would be defeated and the two of you would continue to fight."
"And if I don't tell you, you will be wary of the enemy after you go back, and you and Lu Bu may end the war and make peace."
After listening to Huang Zhong's words, Chen Deng's previous doubts were mostly dispelled.
"It turns out that the young general is indeed a righteous man who cares about the people."
Chen Deng, Huang Zhong, and Zhang Liao chatted for a while, and then they completely let down their guard, believed each other's words, and prepared to return to Pengcheng to resume their lives.
On the other side, the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang of Langya planned to send troops to Pi to help and completely wipe out Lu Bu after Tao Qian took action against Lu Bu.
But halfway through, they heard that Cao Ang had sent Huang Zhong and Zhang Liao to Xuzhou with an army of 50,000 men. After stationing in Lanling, they returned to Langya with their troops.
Liu Bei felt that if Cao Ang sent troops to Xuzhou, it would be clear that he wanted to interfere in Xuzhou's affairs.
But Cao Ang had been kind to the three brothers before, so the three of them had no choice but to return to Langya and wait and see what would happen.
Cao Ang, with an army of 250,000, has arrived at the junction of Qingzhou and Xuzhou, preparing to lead his army to join Huang Zhong and Zhang Liao.
At this time, Gao Shun took the initiative to resign because he was worried about Lu Bu's safety.
"Young General, I am worried about Marquis Wen's safety and want to take a first step and go to Xiapi to have a look!"
When Cao Ang saw Gao Shun leaving, he did not stop him.
He knew that Gao Shun was loyal to Lu Bu, and if he tried to stop him, it would be counterproductive. It would be better to just be a smooth favor.
So Cao Ang nodded and let Gao Shun leave.
Before Gao Shun left, he wanted to bring some reinforcements to support Xiapi.
However, this request was ruthlessly rejected by Cao Ang.
The reason why Cao Ang rejected Gao Shun is also very simple.
Xiapi is now besieged by more than 100,000 Xuzhou troops. Gao Shun only brought 18,000 troops to Xiapi for support, which is like a moth chasing a flame.
But if Gao Shun were to bring 100,000 to 80,000 troops to support him, the marching speed would not be much different from Cao Ang's own troops.
Besides, Gao Shun was just an outsider, how could he lend him so many people.
The other most important point is that Gao Shun cannot command so many Cao troops. Even if they are lent to him, it will be of no use.
However, Cao Ang still asked Gao Shun to lead a thousand people to Xiapi.
After all, Gao Shun came here and couldn't bring anyone back, so that really didn't make sense.
At this time, Xiapi was already in danger. (End of chapter)
