Hou Cheng and others were assigned to the west of the city and had to stay outside the city.
They were worried that they would face Cao Cao's army in the west of the city. They were afraid that when Cao Cao launched a strong attack, they who were defending at the front would be killed by Cao Cao's army first, and they felt unhappy.
On the third day after being arranged to go outside the city, Song Xian suddenly ran back and said excitedly: "Come quickly, I received a letter from outside."
When Hou Cheng and Wei Xu heard this, they immediately surrounded Song Xian.
Song Xian was very careful and took them to the tent. He looked outside to make sure no one was eavesdropping, and then opened the letter and presented it to them.
"Is this...Cao Cao's letter urging us to surrender?"
Wei Xu exclaimed first.
"That's right!"
Song Xian nodded solemnly and said: "I was patrolling outside just now. Among Cao's troops, a soldier crossed the moat in a boat and approached. I was about to order someone to capture him, but he shot this letter to me and left immediately. ”
Hou Cheng looked at the content in the letter about Cao Cao's persuasion to surrender and said in silence, "What do you think?"
Song Xian narrowed his eyes, fully showing his dissatisfaction with Lu Bu, and said unhappily: "He ordered a ban on alcohol, but he drank in the house. Don't think I don't know! Lu Bu is very selfish. He only has his own family in his eyes." . The wine we drink is just the wine in stock, not newly brewed, and there will be no waste of food. He actually wants to punish us, it would be better to do the opposite!"
"I agree!"
Wei Xu echoed: "Lü Bu is cruel and unkind. Now he is trapped in Xiapi with no future at all. He is also a traitor who has allied with Yuan Shu. I guess Yuan Shu will not be able to hold on for long. Cao Cao was ordered by the emperor to attack the arrogant traitors. With a strong momentum, sufficient troops, and great righteousness, he is a hundred times better than Lu Bu. It is better to surrender to Cao Cao."
"Isn't it inappropriate to do this?"
Hou Cheng hesitated and couldn't make a decision for a while.
Song Xian hummed and said, "There's nothing wrong. Think about it. After being beaten by Lu Bu, you can't even sit still. Why don't you just drink some wine? Do you think Lu Bu doesn't drink? I think you can rebel against Lu Bu!"
Wei Xu asked: "General Hou, what about you?"
Both of them looked at Hou Cheng.
Although Hou Cheng hesitated, but after careful consideration of their analysis, Lu Bu was indeed in trouble. He had just been beaten by Lu Bu, and he was full of dissatisfaction and resentment.
Even if it’s the other way around, it’s still appropriate.
"We rebelled together!"
Hou Cheng thought about it and agreed decisively, but then asked: "How should we do it?"
"Get in touch with Cao Cao's people first."
Song Xian suggested: "Cao Cao has people contact us. He won't do nothing. Let's see what they want to do and what their plans are."
This suggestion was agreed by the other two people.
Anyway, it was very easy to contact Cao Cao's army on the other side of the moat while guarding the west gate of the city. This was equivalent to Lu Bu creating conditions for them to surrender to Cao Cao.
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Chen Zhou was resting outside the west of the city, on the bank of the moat, inside the sentry post.
Chen Deng followed him.
"Sir, do you think Hou Cheng and the others will surrender?" Chen Deng asked.
"Will!"
Chen Zhou was very sure, because that’s what the history books said.
He was still worried that he had no conditions to contact Hou Cheng and others, and arranged for people to contact them, but he was unable to reach into Xiapi City. Just yesterday, he suddenly received news from the soldiers below that there were changes in the defense in the west of the city.
When Chen Zhou arrived, he found that the defenders had changed. Before, it was officers guarding the city and river, but now there were several generals. He wanted to know who the replacements were.
Except for Gao Shun, he didn't know any of Lu Bu's subordinates.
But Chen Deng knew him, and even if Chen Deng hadn't seen him, his two younger brothers must have seen him, so they called for people to identify him, and it happened that it was Hou Cheng and the others who were thrown out of the city guarding the city.
Under normal circumstances, it is better to defend inside the city than outside the city. If you are not punished, there is no need to go out to defend the city river.
Chen Zhou then wondered whether they were missing a horse and were discovered drinking by Lu Bu, right?
Hou Cheng and several others surrendered precisely because of the missing horse incident.
So, Chen Zhou ignored it and contacted them first to see what their attitude was, and that was how he got the letter.
Chen Deng didn't understand Chen Zhou's confidence. When he was hesitating and doubting, the soldier outside came in and said: "Sir, I have replied to the letter."
"Bring it up!"
Chen Zhou said.
The content of the letter was that Hou Cheng and others were willing to surrender. They then asked Chen Zhou what they should do next.
"real?"
Chen Deng was a little surprised, and then said cautiously: "Sir, be careful to prevent them from pretending to surrender."
"I know that even if they pretend to surrender, they can't do anything to me."
Chen Zhou is still very confident.
As long as the person who wrote the history books didn't act recklessly, he definitely wasn't pretending to surrender, but really wanted to surrender.
"Reply and tell them, waiting for arrangements."
Chen Zhou said.
It hasn't rained yet, it's not convenient now, let them do something.
The soldier who sent the message received the content of the reply and went down to find someone to make arrangements.
"Yuanlong, let's go back and wait for the arrival of the rainy season as you predicted." Chen Zhou smiled confidently.
"I hope it will really rain." Chen Deng looked up at the sky.
Rain was just a prediction. If it didn't rain, he didn't know what to do. But he saw that the sky was covered with thick clouds, which was a sign that it might rain.
That should be right.
Chen Zhou returned to the Chinese army camp, told Cao Cao and others about the rebellion against Hou Cheng and others, and surprised them for a while, and then returned to the rear army.
"gentlemen!"
Mrs. Gan happened to make dinner and asked softly: "Sir, would you like to have dinner with us?"
Those dinners are lightly fragrant.
It smells delicious.
It was not easy to cook delicious rice during the Three Kingdoms era. After all, cooking methods and ingredients were in short supply at this time.
"OK!"
Chen Zhou agreed without hesitation and had no intention of being polite to her.
Mrs. Gan smiled slightly.
She has a beautiful smile and is extremely beautiful.
She is indeed a white jade beauty!
However, Mrs. Gan felt that being in Cao Ying, with her husband, was much more joyful than being with Liu Bei. It was great to be here!
"Madam, what is he doing here?"
Lu Lingqi had a strong opinion against Chen Zhou and was immediately unhappy when she saw the man coming.
"Of course I'm here to eat."
Chen Zhou didn't care whether she was happy or not, he just picked up the bowl and ate, just like returning to his own home.
In fact, this tent is equivalent to Chen Zhou's home in Cao Ying.
"Hmph..."
Lu Lingqi pouted and made a dissatisfied sound. She also knew that she could not drive Chen Zhou away, so she competed with Chen Zhou and took away everything Chen Zhou wanted.
This dinner was noisy and took almost an hour.
"Okay, you can go out."
Lu Lingqi said dissatisfied.
Instead, Chen Zhou sat down nearby and said slowly: "I am a very rebellious person. The more you let me go, the less I want to leave. I have decided to stay here to rest tonight."
"I...you...bad guy!"
Lu Lingqi was so angry that she couldn't drive him away. This was Cao Ying. Even if Chen Zhou was by her side without any defense, she wouldn't dare to do anything.
Mrs. Gan thought about the meaning of these words and blushed slightly, as if she had never tried being in the same room with another man.
But her husband is very good, much better than Liu Bei. She thinks she can do it...
