This time the negotiation ended quickly.
Lu Bu refused to exchange Xiapi for his daughter. Cao Cao didn't bother to pay attention to Lu Bu anymore and led his troops back directly.
Liu Bei heard that Lu Bu came out to shout, and came to see what was going on. At this time, he saw the towering Xiapi City Wall in front of him. They had been besieging the city for so long. During this period, except for Lu Bu who wanted to marry his daughter and fight for a while, they had never tried anything. Take the initiative to attack Xiapi.
"Cao Sikong, how do we attack the city?"
This is not the first time Liu Bei has asked this question.
I was very anxious to capture Xiapi, kill Lu Bu, and then attack Yuan Shu, so as to seize the opportunity to seize Huainan.
The attack on Xiapi had been delayed for so long. He was worried that the territory in Huainan would be divided up by Sun Ce and Liu Biao, leaving him with nothing.
Cao Cao didn't know when he should attack the city, but Chen Zhou said that he had to wait for the right time. He must believe Chen Zhou's words. Hearing this, Xuande said: "Xuande doesn't have to be impatient. Lu Bu is trapped by us. Can he still escape? Jue Wu The chance to escape can just wait."
Liu Bei had no choice but to go back and wait.
He was unable to attack the high and thick walls of Xiapi City himself.
What's more, the people in the city were willing to support Lu Bu in defending the city. They were afraid of Cao Cao and worried that Cao Cao would break through the city and massacre him. That record would make many people frightened.
"Du Zhi, I also want to attack the city!"
Cao Cao was actually a little impatient.
Chen Zhou said: "My lord, don't be anxious. I will go see Chen Yuanlong later and determine the time to attack the city. The time we have been waiting for has almost arrived."
"Okay, I'll wait a little longer."
Cao Cao still chose to believe it.
Without Chen Zhou, he felt that he was not as successful as he was now and had to be trusted.
Chen Zhou was in Cao's camp and quickly found Chen Deng.
"gentlemen!"
Chen Deng knew that Chen Zhou was very capable and had a high status, so he enthusiastically invited people in to sit down.
Chen Zhou got straight to the point: "I came to Yuanlong to confirm one thing. When will Xuzhou enter the rainy season? When I need heavy rain in Xuzhou, can Yuanlong give me an answer?"
"rainy season?"
Chen Deng went out and looked at the sky. He saw thick clouds. It seemed like it was going to rain, but there were not enough conditions for rain. He then calculated the time based on the rainy season in previous years and said, "It should rain in the next three to five days." , there are no signs of severe drought this year, and the difference between the specific rain time and my judgment should not be very big."
"Three to five days?"
Chen Zhou said: "That's soon, we can wait."
Chen Deng asked curiously: "Sir, what's the use of asking these questions?"
"It's used to break Xia Pi!"
Chen Zhou deliberately kept it secret and did not explain it clearly directly. He smiled and said: "Yuan Long helped me judge the weather, and he also contributed a lot."
Chen Deng said hesitantly: "I only made a rough judgment. It can't be regarded as credit. I don't know whether it is accurate or not."
"I believe in Yuan Long, it's accurate!"
Chen Zhou laughed.
After being polite to Chen Deng for a while, he left here and returned to his rear army.
With Mrs. Gan here, Chen Zhou didn't have to pay much attention to Lu Lingqi and could just let people monitor her. At this time, he went to the tent and took a look and found that they were chatting happily and had a good relationship.
Lu Lingqi and Mrs. Gan knew each other before in Xiapi.
Now think of it as reminiscing about old times.
"What are you talking about?"
Chen Zhou asked as he came in.
Mrs. Gan blushed slightly and was embarrassed to look at Chen Zhou.
Lu Lingqi would not spoil Chen Zhou, so she hummed, "What are we talking about? It has nothing to do with you. Our two daughters live here, and you have the nerve to come in?"
"Of course I'm glad."
Chen Zhou looked at it for a while and said, "This is my place."
Lu Lingqi felt that Chen Zhou was going to bully her again, so she snorted and asked: "What are you going to do with me? When my father comes to save me, he will never let you go. His Fang Tian Hua Ji will hit you." One blow can knock you away."
Chen Zhou originally didn't want to irritate this girl, but when he heard that she was threatening him with Lu Bu, he said, "Lu Bu came to negotiate with us just now. We asked Lu Bu to give up his sword in exchange for your return. Do you know what Lu Bu's answer would be?"
Lu Lingqi rolled her eyes, as if she had thought of the answer. She could understand her father's actions and her father's difficulties, but she felt really uncomfortable in her heart. She did not answer the question, and lowered her head with a sore nose.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore."
Chen Zhou was a little sad when he saw her, and he was too embarrassed to bully her again.
"You guys should have a good rest!"
Chen Zhou went outside and looked up at the sky again.
Four or five days.
Lu Bu can almost be solved.
However, for the sake of safety, Chen Zhou felt that he would do something more to ensure that the result would be absolutely fine.
After Chen Zhou left, Mrs. Gan smiled and said, "Actually, Mr. Gan is a very good person."
"He's just a bad guy."
Lu Lingqi snorted: "You know how to bully me."
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Hou Cheng was a general under Lu Bu.
Not long ago, one of his horses was lost, and he was very anxious. It was a rare and good horse. Although it was not as powerful as Red Rabbit, it was not much different, so he had people looking for it everywhere.
Fortunately, it was lost in Xiapi City. After searching for several days, I finally found it.
Hou Cheng was overjoyed, so he wanted to celebrate, so he invited two good buddies, Wei Xu and Song Xian, to have some wine and eat some good meat together to celebrate the recovery of the lost horse.
They have a good relationship with Hou Cheng and are happy to celebrate with him.
But I don’t know which young man told Lu Bu about their drinking.
Lu Bu was furious.
A long time ago, he ordered a ban on alcohol and brewing. Even if he had stocks, he was not allowed to buy or sell them. Now if his subordinates dared to drink without telling him, they would come to him directly.
"Wen... Wenhou!"
Seeing Lu Bu coming, Hou Cheng's tone of voice was a bit stuttering.
They all knew about the ban on alcohol, but when they were caught drinking in private, they felt panicked. The three of them stood up in fear.
Lu Bu was full of anger recently and couldn't vent it. Seeing them like this, he said angrily: "I ordered a ban on alcohol, but you are drinking. Do you want to treat our order as non-existent?"
"No...don't dare!"
Hou Cheng and the others said in panic.
"Don't you dare?"
Lu Bu became even more upset and said coldly: "I don't think there's anything you dare not do, right?"
Seeing that the three of them stopped talking, Lu Bu snorted coldly and said, "Come here, drag us down and give us twenty sticks. All three of you, go outside the city and guard the west gate of the city for me."
After speaking, Lu Bu turned and left.
The guards around them took them away without saying a word, pushed them to the ground and beat them severely.
After the beating, regardless of whether their injuries were healed or not, they were sent to the west of the city to garrison the camp outside the city.
Although the city gates of Xiapi are closed, people still need to be stationed outside the city and on the banks of the moat. There are more troops stationed near the suspension bridge, and they happen to be assigned to these places.
But staying outside the city is very dangerous.
Although Cao and Liu are not attacking the city now, who can guarantee that they will never attack?
Once they come over, they have to face the enemy first, and because they have offended Lu Bu, they are panic-stricken at this time.
