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."
Hou Cheng and Wei Xu were overwhelmed by the fear they had developed over the years.
But now, the two of them have no other way out... After the two of them looked at each other, Hou Cheng stood up suddenly and shouted sternly: "Fengxian, I had to rebel against you, but you forced us to do this. I think back then,
We will fight with you. Now you have become the Marquis of Wen, and you are now sitting in command. No one in the world knows about it. But what about us? Eight good generals, eight good generals... I have followed you for twenty years, and I am still a general. Now Cao Gong's soldiers are trapped in Pi,
You have no wings to fly. Why don't you surrender to Duke Cao? Otherwise, don't blame us for being unkind."
Lu Bu was furious and shouted: "You want to surrender to Cao Cao, why are you here?"
"this……"
Wei Xu suddenly said: "Zi Liang's deeds have come to this, so why bother talking to him? Let's fight our way out and surrender to Duke Cao..."
After that, he shouted repeatedly: "Retreat!"
Lu Bu said: "Now that we are here, how can we let you escape?"
As he spoke, Lu Bu held his painting pole and halberd, stepped forward, twisted his body, and rushed out of the government hall like the wind.
The nearly one-meter high platform seemed invisible. I saw him rising into the air, holding a halberd in one hand, and an afterimage appeared in mid-air, sweeping out with a roar.
At the same time, Lu Bu yelled: "Gao Shun, why don't you let me take down the rebels!"
Following his shout, two to three hundred people rushed out of the rooms on both sides of the vestibule. The leading general was none other than Gao Shun.
He holds a seven-foot sword in one hand and a shield in the other.
He shouted sternly: "Wei Xu, Hou Cheng, if you don't abandon your weapons and surrender, how long will it take?"
The appearance of Gao Shun shocked Hou Cheng and Wei Xu. They knew that the news must have been leaked, but at this time, they had no way out. They looked at each other and turned back to the Prime Minister's Mansion.
He rushed out. The people behind him rushed forward, and more than a dozen generals suddenly blocked Lu Bu's path. Lu Bu sneered, and twirled the painted pole and halberd in his hand. The clouds of the halberd rolled and the halberd was heavily shadowed.
Lu Bu roared loudly and swept out with his painted pole and halberd.
There was a series of sounds of weapons clashing, accompanied by a series of shrill screams.
Although there are many generals, how can they stop Lu Bu? Since ancient times, when have we seen a flock of sheep that can stop a devouring tiger?
Lu Bu rushed over all the way, killing everyone with blood and flesh flying everywhere.
At the same time, Wei Xuhou and Cheng, under the cover of their generals, had rushed outside the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
The two of them were just about to mount their horses when they heard a cold voice: "Ziliang, Zhongjie, why are you leaving in such a hurry? You have arrived at my house, so please stay."
Following this sound, hundreds of soldiers rushed out from both sides of the Prime Minister's Office.
The fire was bright, Chen Gong, surrounded by soldiers, stopped Wei Xuhou and Cheng, and surrounded them together with their generals.
Wei Xuhou Cheng couldn't help but feel cold in his heart.
Behind him, there were endless screams, and Lu Bu was like a mad tiger, stomping on corpses all over the ground and rushing towards the gate.
"Fengxian, we will surrender."
When Hou Cheng and Wei Xu saw that the situation was not good, they shouted loudly.
They did not ask Chen Gong to surrender, but asked Lu Bu to surrender... The reason was very simple. The two of them had always been at odds with Chen Gong, so surrendering to Chen Gong would definitely not end well. But Lu Bu was different. Although Lu Bu was also a
He is a mean and ungrateful person, but after all they have been together for a long time. The two of them know very well what kind of temper Lu Bu is. They are more or less nostalgic people. As long as Lu Bu is willing, they will not have to worry about their lives.
There may be physical pain, but compared with something like losing your head, what is the physical pain?
Lu Bu's halberd knocked over a general and stopped in his tracks.
He was a little hesitant, he was surrendering, he was surrendering, he was surrendering...
I have to say that Wei Xuhoucheng's choice was not wrong. Lu Bu said he was cruel, but if he was really allowed to kill these two people, he would really be a little unbearable.
Just when Lu Bu hesitated, Chen Gong shouted sharply: "Fire the arrow!"
In an instant, hundreds of archers opened their bows and fired arrows, and the arrows flew towards Wei Xuhou Cheng like rain.
Wei Xu and Hou Cheng's attention was all focused on Lu Bu. Who would have thought that Chen Gong would be so ruthless and directly order...
The two of them turned around, and the arrow rain was already in front of them.
A series of muffled sounds echoed in their ears, and Hou Cheng and Wei Xu were instantly shot into hedgehogs.
The two people stared at Chen Gong with their eyes wide open, and the body fell straight down the steps. Lu Bu was also shocked by this sudden scene.
By the time he came to his senses, Wei and Xu had already died.
"Chen Gong, what do you mean?"
Chen Gong said loudly: "Your Majesty, these two people have rebelled. If they are not dealt with, they will probably cause chaos in the army. When the time comes, Zhang Xu and Li Xu will rebel, so what? They no longer obey your Majesty, so they will stay.
, it will only be a disaster. Your Majesty, you must stop being subjected to its chaos!"
Lu Bu's cheeks twitched twice and he didn't speak again.
Chen Gong is right...but the problem is that Lu Bu also wants to surrender!
He had revealed this intention to Mr. Cao before, but his intention was ruined by Chen Gong's arrow.
now……
He sighed and turned around to look.
I saw that Wei Xuhou Cheng's troops had stopped resisting.
An unspeakable fatigue suddenly surged into his heart. He looked at Chen Gong, and then slowly walked down the doorstep.
"Your Majesty, the current situation is such that you cannot be benevolent as a woman."
"That's all, it's up to you...but..." Lu Bu hesitated for a moment and said softly: "After all, Zishan has been with me for many years, please spare him once."
"That's of course. Young Lord is just bewitched by others."
Lu Ji was ordered to hold Gao Shun back.
Now that Gao Shun appears here, one can imagine Lu Ji's consequences.
Fortunately, he still has the identity of a fake person, otherwise, he would probably die earlier than Wei Xuhou Cheng.
A general brought the horse over, and Lu Bu got on his horse and turned back to the royal city. A series of screams came from the Prime Minister's Mansion, which made Lu Bu frightened.
He took out the pair of white silk from his arms.
Under the moonlight, a line of small characters was written on the white silk: Beware of Wei Xu, Hou Cheng!
If it weren't for this pair of white silk, Hou Cheng and Wei Xu might have succeeded tonight... But who sent this white silk? What's the purpose?
Just yesterday, when Lu Bu returned home, he was immediately pulled into the room by his head wife, Mrs. Yan.
Mrs. Yan is younger than Lu Bu. She is also quite charming. Although she is nearly forty years old, her charm is still there, and she is charming.
In the room, Mr. Cao and Diao Chan were also sitting.
This Mrs. Cao is not Cao's "Cao", but the daughter of Cao Bao, the former Xuzhou soldier Cao Shi and Tao Qian's general.
Later, Liu Bei won Xuzhou. As a veteran of Xuzhou, Cao Bao was not convinced by Liu Bei. After Lu Bu came, Cao Bao married his daughter to Lu Bu. Mrs. Cao was in her early twenties, younger than Diao Chan. She also had a beautiful appearance, but she was not as beautiful as Diao Chan.
Inferior to Diao Chan...
"Your Majesty, Xiu'er went out this morning and found a short spear and a pair of white silk stuck on the porch."
"oh?"
Madam Yan handed the white silk to Lu Bu, and at the same time showed Lu Bu the short spear about sixty centimeters long.
The short spear weighs about ten kilograms. It can be seen that the person who made this short spear must be a warrior with amazing arm strength.
Lu Bu opened the white silk and couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
Mrs. Yan said to him: "The right way is to avoid hurting tigers. Tigers are harmful to others. Even though Wei Xuhoucheng has followed Marquis Wen for many years, he must be on guard."
Lu Bu was quite convinced of Madam Yan.
After hearing these words, he couldn't help but feel a little suspicious. So he secretly ordered Chen Gong and Gao Shun to monitor Hou Cheng and Wei Xu. Unexpectedly...
People's hearts are really broken!
Lu Bu was riding on the horse, but he felt a little dizzy.
My head was in chaos, with all kinds of thoughts coming and going all at once.
I remember that back then, with his martial arts, he, Hou Cheng, Wei, and Cao Xing galloped across Mobei and killed the Xianbei people, while the Huns fled.
It was precisely because of this that he was appreciated by Ding Yuan and was conquered by Ding Yuan.
But now...
"Junhou!"
Just when Lu Bu was thinking, he heard someone calling him.
He raised his head and realized that he was already in the royal city. He got off his horse and walked towards the hall. But before he walked into the hall, he saw Qi'er looking flustered and running in a hurry from the inner house. Qi'er ran to
