Chen Deng pretended to know and left.
At night, I went to Guan Guan to see Cao Cao's army and found that Cao Cao's army was very close. So I wrote three letters in a dark corner, tied them all to bows and arrows, and then shot them.
The next day, he said goodbye to Chen Gong and went to see Lu Bu, saying: "I went to check on the gate and found that Sun Guan was a little strange. I went to the side to eavesdrop and found that he actually wanted to surrender to Cao Cao. I have told Chen Gong, General. You can kill and rescue them at dusk."
Lu Bu sighed: "If you hadn't discovered it in time, the pass would have been over." So he asked Chen Deng to lead the cavalry to the pass first, form an internal response with Chen Gong, and raise fire as a signal.
So Chen Deng went to Chen Gong and said, "I just got information that some of Cao's troops entered the pass from a small road. I'm afraid Xuzhou is in danger. My lord asked you to go back and rescue!"
Chen Gong didn't distinguish it carefully and immediately led everyone away.
Seeing that Chen Gong had gone far away, Chen Deng immediately set fire to the gate. Lu Bu took advantage of the night to come and kill. On the way, he met Chen Gong's army. Because he was not clear about the situation, the two groups fought in the dark.
Cao Jun saw the fire outside and knew it was a trumpet, so they attacked together. Sun Guan saw this and ran away directly. Lu Bu didn't realize that he had been tricked until dawn, so he quickly made a truce with Chen Gong and returned to Xuzhou.
When they arrived near the city gate, they were planning to ask people to lower the drawbridge, but unexpectedly, random arrows were shot out. Mi Zhu's figure appeared on the city wall and shouted: "You took my lord's city and now it should be returned to him. Now you can never get in again!"
Lu Bu was furious and said, "Where is Chen Gui?"
Mi Zhu said: "He has been killed by me a long time ago!"
Lu Bu turned around and asked Chen Gong, "Where is Chen Deng?"
Chen Gong said: "General, why are you still obsessed with the whereabouts of these two sycophants?"
Lü Bu sent people to count the number of people, but Chen Deng could not be found. Chen Gong persuaded Lü Bu to go to Xiaopei, and Lü Bu agreed.
Halfway through, he suddenly found a group of people coming to kill him. When he was about to take action, he realized that it was his own people, officially Gao Shun and Zhang Liao.
Lu Bu asked the reason and replied: "Chen Deng sent someone to report that the lord is besieged and needs our rescue."
Chen Gong clapped his hands and said, "This is his plan again!"
Lu Bu said angrily: "I swear to kill Chen Deng."
Then we continued walking in the direction of Xiaopei. When we got to the city, we found that the city walls were all covered with Cao Cao's flags.
It turned out that Cao Cao had sent Cao Ren to attack the city and was guarding it. Lu Bu yelled at Chen Deng outside the city.
Chen Deng also appeared on the city wall at this time and said: "I am a minister of the Han Dynasty, how can I give you advice?"
After hearing this, Lu Bu became even more angry and hurriedly attacked the city. Suddenly he heard loud shouts from behind and another pair of men and horses came to kill. The leader was Zhang Fei. Gao Shun rode out to fight. He was not his opponent, so Lu Bu went up personally. During the fight, Suddenly there was another shout. It was Cao Cao himself leading a large army. Lu Bu knew that he would definitely not be his opponent if this continued, so he led his troops and horses to the east.
Cao Jun hurriedly pursued, but Lü Bu was exhausted. Suddenly, another army blocked the way. The leading general immediately drew his sword and shouted: "Lü Bu, please leave! Guan is here!"
Lu Bu could only fight hurriedly, but Zhang Fei came from behind again. Although Lu Bu was brave, he also understood that it was difficult for two fists to defeat four hands, and he had no intention of fighting. He cut a bloody path and walked in the direction of Xiapi. Hou Chengyin The soldiers responded.
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei got together and held each other's hands tightly, preparing to talk about their separation.
Guan Yu said: "I heard the news on Haizhou Road and rushed here."
Zhang Fei said: "After we were separated that day, I stayed in Mangdang Mountain for some time, and we were able to meet each other today."
The two talked about some more things, and then led their troops to find Liu Bei and Yu Yi. When they saw the two people, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei fell to the ground and actually shed tears. Yu Yi's eyes were also wet, and so was Liu Bei next to him. Feeling a mixture of sadness and joy, he choked for a moment, and took the two of them to see Cao Cao, and then entered Xuzhou with Cao Cao.
Mi Zhu opened the city gate to welcome him and told Liu Bei's family that there was nothing wrong with them. Liu Bei was even happier. Then Chen Gui and his son also came to pay homage to Cao Cao. Cao Cao arranged a large banquet and personally rewarded the generals.
Cao Cao sat in the middle, with Chen Gui on the right and Xuande on the left. The other soldiers took their seats casually. After the banquet, Cao Cao commended Chen Gui and his son for their contribution in this battle, awarded Chen Gui and his son the honorary title of ten counties, and awarded Chen Deng the title of General Fubo. .
Basically, Xuzhou was captured without much effort. Cao Cao was very happy because he wanted to pursue the victory, so after the banquet, he didn't rest long before he discussed raising troops to attack Xiapi.
Cheng Yu said: "Now Lu Bu only has one city, Xiapi. If we push too hard, it will have the opposite effect and make him fight to the death to defect to Yuan Shu. If Lu Bu and Yuan Shu are in alliance, then it will be difficult for us to attack him." It has increased, so now the best way is to send a general to guard the road to Huainan, to defend against Lu Bu internally and Yuan Shu externally, and there are still people like Zang Ba and Sun Guan in Shandong who have not joined, so we have to guard against them."
Cao Cao nodded and said: "I will guard the current road on the Shandong side, and please invite brother Liu Bei to Huainan."
Liu Bei bowed and agreed, saying, "How could I disobey the Prime Minister's order?"
On the next day, Liu Bei left Mi Zhu, Jian Yong, and Sun Qian in Xuzhou. He took Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Yu Yi to guard the road with troops and horses, while Cao Cao personally led the troops to attack Xiapi.
Fortunately, Chen Deng asked Lu Bu to transfer grain, grass and money at that time. Lu Bu felt that he had a lot of grain in Xiapi and had Surabaya as a natural danger, so he rested in the city and cultivated without any sense of crisis.
After Chen Gong heard the news about Cao Cao's troops, he advised: "Cao Cao's army has just arrived. You can take advantage of his unpreparedness and wait for the hard work. There is no way you will not win."
Lu Bu said: "We just lost the battle and lost two cities. We can't attack easily. When he comes, if I attack him again, Cao's army will fall into the Surabaya River."
Chen Gong tried to persuade him again, but Lü Bu refused to listen. A few days later, Cao Cao had already set up camp and led his troops to the city, shouting at Lü Bu to come out and answer.
Cao Cao said: "I heard that you were planning to marry Yuan Shu, so I led my troops to this place. You must know that Yuan Shu has committed a serious crime of rebellion, but you have contributed to the crusade against Dong Zhuo. Why should you give up your achievements and go to fight with the rebels?" What about the complicity of thieves? If the city is destroyed, it will be too late for you to regret it! If you surrender earlier and we jointly assist the Han Dynasty, you may still become a prince!"
Lu Bu felt very excited after hearing this and said: "Prime Minister, please leave first. Please let me go back and think about this matter, and we will talk about it later!"
While the two were chatting, Chen Gong suddenly shot an arrow at Cao Cao. Cao Cao was unprepared and was shot into his cap. Then Chen Gong pointed at Cao Cao and cursed him as a traitor.
Cao Cao was naturally very angry and replied: "I swear I will kill you!"
