: Reminiscing about Fengxian’s time

The cold wind is biting and December has entered.

The last month of the third year of Jian'an was extremely cold. Starting from the first day of the Lunar New Year, it snowed for two consecutive days, leaving the dilapidated Xiapi City completely white.

Chu Ge has been waiting for an opportunity since he sneaked into the inner city.

His accent is not a Xiapi accent. However, in this era when refugees are everywhere, the accent is no longer important. The soldiers under Lu Bu's tent also have accents from all over the world. People from Bingzhou, Luoyang, Chang'an, Yanzhou

People, Qingzhou, Xuzhou... Chu Ge's ancestral home is Jizhou, but he has been wandering with his parents since he was a child. He can speak the dialects of various places, so he does not arouse suspicion. He sneaked into the inner city as a soldier and behaved very low-key

, and it won’t make people have any doubts.

The most important thing is that the military structure of Xiapi inner city is also very complicated.

There were Lu Bu's personal guards and soldiers who had fled into the inner city from the outer city... If the soldiers could not find the generals, they would not be able to find the soldiers. Chu Ge was good at martial arts, so he naturally became a dubo, and his subordinates were also

Thirty soldiers were assigned, all of whom were stragglers.

Chu Ge has been waiting for the opportunity.

After entering December, Lu Bu's situation became obviously more critical.

There is not much food in the inner city. Thousands of people eat two handfuls of grain, which adds up to less than 6,000 hu of grain. Ordinary soldiers are better off, but for those powerful families who used to have rich clothes and fine food, it is obviously not enough. For a while,

, in the inner city, people are panicked.

Cao Cao surrounded and refused to attack, leaving Lu Bu useless.

He could only order people to strengthen the defense of the city and strictly prohibited drinking in the army.

On the fifth day of the lunar month, Hou Cheng lost a horse and later found it in the city. The horse was also a good horse from Dawan. For a cavalry officer like Hou Cheng, a good horse was tantamount to his wife. BMW

It is a happy thing to find something lost. So Hou Cheng invited the officers and soldiers to have a banquet together and presented wine and meat to Lu Bu. Unexpectedly, Lu Bu was in a irritable mood. When he saw the wine and meat brought by Hou Cheng, he suddenly became very angry.

Anger: I just ordered no banquets in the army, and you brought wine and meat. Are you sincerely disgusting me?

When Lu Bu is angry, he will kill someone!

So he immediately ordered people to capture Hou Cheng and behead him on the spot.

Fortunately, Wei Xu and others begged hard, so Lu Bu spared Hou Cheng's life. However, death penalty can be avoided, but living crime is difficult to forgive... The eighty-pointed stick spine is inevitable, and the beating made Hou Cheng resentful. He originally

He didn't want to fight anymore, but Lu Bu was fierce, so he was afraid. That night, he called Wei Xu, and when the two chatted, Hou Cheng discovered that Wei Xu was also dissatisfied with Lu Bu.

Wei Xu was a relative of Lu Bu, so he was dissatisfied for a different reason.

He always felt that Lu Bu looked down upon him...

"When Zishan came back this time, I always saw him feeling depressed.

I talked to him two days ago, and I vaguely noticed that he seemed to have a lot of resentment towards the king. You also know that Zishan always wanted to inherit the king, but he was not of the blood of the king, so he couldn't succeed. He is now with Chen Gong

Doing things, but obviously not particularly dedicated.”

Hou Cheng was startled, "You mean..."

"It's hard for you and me to do it alone.

The princes now ignore the disputes in the city, and Chen Gong and Gao Shun mostly take care of it. But you also know that Deyi is not easy to deal with.

I have a plan that will enable you and me to achieve great feats.

In the future, I will try my best to achieve prosperity and wealth. I wonder if you dare to try?"

Hou Cheng lowered his head and remained silent.

Speaking of which, Hou Cheng was the first veteran to follow Lü Bu. Eight good generals, eight good generals... In fact, there were not many who started with Lu Bu. First it was Hou Cheng, and later Wei Xu and Cao Xing. When they arrived under Ding Yuan's account,

Then there were Zhang Liao, Hao Meng and Song Xian. Later, Lu Bu joined Dong Zhuo and Cheng Lian joined him. After Dong Zhuo's death, Lu Bu moved to Yanzhou and accepted the Taishan bandits at that time, namely Zang Ba Zang Xuangao. It can be said that,

The real veterans among the eight capable generals are Hou Cheng, Wei Xu and Cao Xing...

Gao Shun also defected to Lu Bu after Ding Yuan entered Luoyang.

To say that I have no feelings would be a lie.

Hou Cheng and Lu Bu almost grew up together, went to battle to kill enemies together, and made achievements together.

Make him rebel...

"Is there no other way?" Hou Cheng hesitated and said softly: "For example, you and I can directly escape and go to Duke Cao?"

Wei Xu snorted coldly, "You and I surrender to Duke Cao empty-handed, how can we get the respect of Duke Cao?"

He sighed and said: "Ziliang, I know you can't bear to harm the king, so why would I want to betray you? But now the situation is clear, Fengxian will definitely lose. Looking at him now, how can he still have the same demeanor as when he was in Bingzhou?

The whole person was depressed and all he could do was have fun with the woman.

There is a saying that those who know the current affairs are heroes. If Feng Xian treated you and me as brothers, I would not give you eighty-year-old flowers today.

I am closer to Fengxian, but has Fengxian ever valued me? Although the battle is in my hands, I can command the troops before the battle, but I am virtuous. All along, you and I have followed him in his expeditions to the east and west, and we have been wandering around. What is he like now?

We have them all, but you and I are still unknown... When you and I are mentioned, we always say: They are Lu Bu's generals. A real man strives for fame, but I don't see the slightest hope."

Hou Chengcheng was already moved, but when Wei Xu hit his mark, he became even more silent.

"Then what do you think we should do?"

"I will contact Zishan myself and ask him to hold Gao Shun down.

You and I will lead the troops to capture Chen Gongtai. I heard that Duke Cao hates Chen Gongtai with all his heart. Capturing him will be a tribute to you and me."

Hou Cheng didn't like Chen Gong.

Not only because Chen Gong had rebelled before, but also because he had an aloof personality and never paid attention to Hou Cheng and others.

In fact, Chen Gong was a completely detached existence in Xiapi. Lu Bu used him, but guarded against him. Chen Gong served Lu Bu, but looked down on him. Including the generals under Lu Bu, except for Zhang Liao, they

That is, getting close to Gao Shun.

Hou Chengyi gritted his teeth and said, "In that case, I'll do as you say."

The next day, Wei Xu secretly found Lu Ji.

As Wei Xu expected, after clarifying the words, Lu Ji readily agreed.

The three of them gathered at Hou Cheng's home again, and after some discussion, they decided to take action overnight to avoid long nights and dreams. Chen Gong was in charge of the defense of the inner city and lived in an official office in the inner city on weekdays. Xiapi was once the royal capital, and although the sparrow was small

, all the internal organs are complete, and all official offices are well established. The scale of the inner city is quite similar to that of an imperial city. There are government offices and offices. Chen Palace usually lives in the Xiapi Prime Minister's Mansion...

Gao Shun's palm stabbing and patrolling is a matter of security.

As for Lu Bu, he spent most of his time in his Wenhou Mansion, which was the former capital of the King of Xiapi.

That night, Wei Xu and Hou Cheng organized their respective groups and gathered in Wei Xu's mansion. Lu Ji did not come over. His duty was to hold Gao Shun back.

When everything was ready, Hou Cheng and Wei Xu led their troops out of the side door and went straight to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

The long street in the inner city was very quiet, with only heavy breathing mixed with the sound of messy footsteps.

The streets in the inner city of Xiapi are somewhat similar to T-shaped roads. Half of the road leads to the royal city, and a thoroughfare runs from east to west. The Prime Minister's Office is in the southeast corner of the inner city, which is very eye-catching. In the past, various matters of Xiapi Kingdom were handled here.

In the Yatang, the Prime Minister of the country is like the Prime Minister of the imperial court.

Today, Chen Gong is responsible for the defense of the inner city and naturally lives here.

In the night, two angry lanterns fluttered in the cold wind at the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the lights flickered on and off.

The door was closed, no one was seen at the door, and it was deserted.

Wei Xu strode forward, jumped up the steps, grabbed the door knocker and beat it.

"Who!"

An inquiry came from the Prime Minister's house.

Wei Xu said: "I am Wei Xu. I have been ordered by Marquis Wen to report urgent military information to the military advisor... Please open the door quickly and don't delay military affairs."

There was a moment of silence inside the mansion gate.

After a moment, there were the sound of rapid footsteps, followed by the door opening a crack.

Before the door of the mansion could be opened, Wei Xu and Hou Cheng rushed over, violently knocked open the door, and rushed into the Prime Minister's Mansion with weapons in hand.

"Take down Chen Gong and leave the old traitor behind!"

Wei Xu roared, and the two men immediately shouted in unison and rushed into the Prime Minister's Mansion.

However, it was quiet in the Prime Minister's Mansion, not a single person was seen. In the central hall, a general was sitting...

I saw him, wearing a purple gold crown with three prongs on his head and a red brocade robe of Western Sichuan on his body. He was wearing an animal-faced tuen-tou chain armor, and around his waist was an exquisite lion belt. Sitting on the couch, he looked like a beast.

A male lion. He holds a halberd in his hand, and his sharp-edged cheeks reveal a touch of anger and sadness.

Wei Xu and Hou Cheng were able to hold back their shouts as they reached their lips.

"Fengxian..."

"Marquis Wen?"

Lu Bu stood up, nearly ten feet tall, and suddenly blocked the light in the hall.

"I didn't expect that you two would actually turn against me." Lu Bu said solemnly, with endless sadness in his words. He said softly: "I think back then, you two and Shulong traveled with me across Mobei. I even more

I regard you as my confidant. Now, I don’t know whether Shulong is alive or dead, but you are going to turn against me... I treat you two badly, why are you like this? I didn’t believe this at first, but unexpectedly it turned out to be true."
To be continued...