[Three Kingdoms] Burning incense and sacrificial wine

As soon as this idea came up, Liu Bei felt that his idea was a bit absurd.

No matter how powerful Cao Cao is, he can't know his and Lu Bu's actions in advance, right?Moreover, what benefits can Cao Cao benefit from doing so?

With a trace of suspicion that could not be extinguished, Liu Bei went to visit the leader of the reinforcements——Xiahou Dun.

Seeing Xiahou Dun, Liu Bei immediately told what happened to him, pretending to be depressed and said: "Bei is incompetent, not only can't solve Sikong's worries, but also caused this disaster, I am really ashamed."

Xiahou Dun comforted him a few words and asked about the war carefully.Regardless of the enemy's situation or fighter planes, everything is meticulous and extremely serious.

Seeing Xiahou Dun's reaction that didn't seem fake, Liu Bei responded with ease while thinking: Xiahou Dun is Cao Cao's most valued confidant, loyal and strong, and he will never do anything against Cao Cao's wishes.It can be said that Xiahou Dun's words and deeds can symbolize Cao Cao's attitude towards him to some extent.

Now Xiahou Dun comforted him without any abnormality, seriously discussed with him about attacking Lu Bu, and promised to help him rescue his wife and children.It can be seen that Cao Cao did not mean to regard him as an abandoned son.

Liu Bei felt at ease, and went to sleep with Xiahou Dun, discussing the strategy of "recovering Peicheng" without sleep.Three days later, Liu Bei and Xiahou Dun split into two groups and attacked Peicheng, which was occupied by Gao Shun.

For this counterattack, Liu Bei is quite confident.He had made sufficient preparations in advance, and with the help of Xiahou Dun's soldiers and horses, unless there were some uncontrollable accidents, the recovery of Peicheng was a sure thing.

Just thinking about this, the news that "Xiahou Dun was defeated by Gao Shun and the defeated army fled east" suddenly came from ahead.

Liu Bei: ...

The fight hasn't started yet, it's a bit too much to lose so quickly! ?

No matter how calm he was, Liu Bei also had the urge to lift the table at this time.

Knowing his intentions, Guan Yu pointed at the scout who came to report the news: "What nonsense! General Xiahou, how can he be easily repelled by the thieves?"

The scout lowered his head and said, "Report! General Xiahou's eye sores recurred during the battle with Gao Shun's army, and he was unable to fight; Cao's army had no command, and was repelled by Gao Shun's army..."

Hearing this, everyone in Liu Bei couldn't help being silent.

Everyone present knew that Xiahou Dun had been shot in the left eye by a stray arrow, and this injury was brought to him by Lu Bu's army.Based on Xiahou Dun's hatred for Lu Bu, it should be impossible for him to deliberately release water, pretend that his eye injury has recurred, and let his troops and friendly troops fall into a passive situation.

At this time, a scribe who followed Liu Bei said:

"The old sores relapsed during the battle with the enemy? Is there such a coincidence in the world?"

It's a coincidence that he's not the only one.But it was just a coincidence and there was no logical problem, so it was hard to doubt.

——Xiahou Dun is not a fool. If he really wants to retreat on purpose, he should hold on for a while and pretend to be a little bit more. How could he run away with lame reasons at the beginning?What's more, besides damaging his reputation, what good would it do?

Therefore, the scribe's words not only failed to win the approval of other people, but also made some people sneer at them.

Zhang Fei is one of them.Xiahou Dun is brave and respects teachers, which coincides with Zhang Fei who respects scholars.

Now that someone suspected Xiahou Dun unfoundedly, Zhang Fei was a little bit unhappy: "If General Xiahou has no intention of helping, why bother to bring troops to discuss countermeasures with Yibro? Why take the lead and be the vanguard to attack Gao Shun? "

Wouldn't it be better not to come directly or fish in troubled waters?Wouldn't it be a pain in the ass to come and walk around thanklessly and offend people for nothing?

Liu Bei also felt that it didn't make sense.

It is a very stupid behavior to easily convict a person because of the appearance before finding the motive and reason. It not only affects one's own judgment, but also chills those who follow him.

Looking at the scribe who was left speechless by Zhang Fei's counter question, Liu Bei felt very tired.

Now there is a shortage of talents around him, especially those who know strategy and military skills.Whether it was "Li Jun" last time or "Cheng Jun" this time, they are not even as good as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in distinguishing the situation, let alone the others.

Thinking of Jushou, Shenpei, Xinpi and other advisers under Yuan Shao's tent, and Erxun, Xihuan, Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Cui Song and other talents under Cao Cao's tent, Liu Bei silently ate a wild fruit in his heart and smoothed things over:

"Accidents of the sky, misfortunes and blessings of man - who can predict? There are countless coincidences in this world, and I hope Mr. Cheng will stop talking about it."

At the same time, Cao Jun, who was "defeated" by Lu Bu's army and fled, came to the bank of Sui River to rest temporarily.The entire army seemed to be in a panic, but it was actually scattered in an orderly manner by the river, like fish scales.

Hearing the report from his subordinates, he had already left the main battlefield. Xiahou Dun, who was lying in the main tent "holding his corpse", jumped up and threw away the sackcloth covering his eyes.

"I'm in a panic, let me take it easy."

Another clear male voice sounded from the tent: "I have wronged General Xiahou this time."

"A man doesn't care about small things. As long as it is beneficial to the master's plan, not to mention such external things, even if it is a mountain of swords and a sea of ​​fire, Dun will also step on it."

Xiahou Dun sat down opposite the man, replaced the wine with water, and offered a toast:

"What to do next, I also ask Cui Bucheng to instruct."

It turned out that the person who appeared in Xiahou Dun's tent was actually Cui Song.

Cui Song also substituted water for wine in return:

"Lv Bu has been alienated from Gao Shun for a long time. If Gao Shun wants to regain Lv Bu's importance, he will not let go of this opportunity. We just need to stay here and wait for Gao Shun to defeat Liu Bei's army."

Cao Cao's reinforcements showed signs of retreat from the very beginning. Gao Shunxin had doubts and would not take advantage of the victory to pursue. His best choice was to take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to completely defeat Liu Bei's remnant army.

Far away in Xiapi, Xuzhou, Chen Gong stood guard outside the curtain, frowning and saying nothing.

He had already asked the waiter to pass the message inside, but no one came to lead him in for a long time.

He endured again and again, seeing that the sun was three poles high, and there was still no movement inside, Chen Gong finally couldn't bear it anymore, he opened the bamboo curtain and went in.

I went in and saw that Lu Bu was sitting in the middle of the hall, cleaning his halberd.

Chen Gong endured his anger and said:

"The general's curtain guard is too negligent. He has been in the palace for half a day, but he hasn't communicated with the general. If there is someone to pass the military plane, wouldn't it delay the business?"

Lu Bu suddenly felt unhappy.

Chen Gong was blaming the curtain guard on the surface, but in the words, he was clearly mocking him for not distinguishing between public and private, and not knowing the importance.

He put the halberd aside and pointed out:

"Really? But I don't know at all. Just as I don't know——Chen Gongtai, you are so concerned about my affair."

A question mark slowly appeared on the top of Chen Gong's head.

Although Chen Gong is very resourceful, but he is slow by nature, often unable to see the situation clearly at the first time, and his sense of crisis is even weaker.

At this moment, he didn't immediately realize the abnormal information contained in Lu Bu's words, and only retorted suspiciously: "Why should I care about the lord's affair?...Even if I do, it's okay."

When Lu Bu heard Chen Gong's first sentence, he felt that he was trying to quibble; when he heard the second sentence, Lu Bu became even more angry, and said coldly:

"In the past, Gongtai worked under Cao Cao's tent. Could it be that he was always concerned about his private affairs, so he fell out with him and came to join me?"

Such heartbreaking words caused Chen Gong's face to change suddenly.

"My lord, who did you listen to the slander? The quarrel between the palace and Cao Cao, the palace's feelings towards the lord, the lord knows it well! If the lord is dissatisfied with the palace, just tell me frankly, why use this to insult me? "

In fact, Lu Bu already regretted what he said just now.He wanted to say a few more words to make up for it, but he heard Chen Gong question him bluntly, with dissatisfaction hidden in his words.Thinking that the cause of this incident came from Chen Gong's broken mouth, the annoyance in his heart suddenly burned to the extreme.

"I insulted you? It's clear that you brought it on yourself. In the past, you conspired with Hao Meng to rebel. I didn't pursue it because you gave me credit, but you actually repaid me like this!?"

As soon as Hao Meng's matter was mentioned, Chen Gong also became angry:

"Hao Meng harbored treachery in his heart, and he bit back before he died, just to separate me from the lord. The lord doesn't believe me, and has repeatedly refused to listen to my advice. Today, he even left me outside the door and insulted me. Isn't this right for Hao Meng? That thief's trick?"

Lu Bu was even more annoyed: "Hao Meng insisted on picking on you, Chen Gong, leaving the others alone? Why didn't he pick up on Zhang Liao and Gao Shun?"

He stood up and stared at Chen Gong, "You pretend I don't know? When you brought me into Yan, you just used me to deal with Cao Cao so that you and Zhang Miao could control Yanzhou. If the situation hadn't changed later, how could you have served in Yanzhou? Me? I'm afraid in your mind, Boo is nothing but Wulfre, so what's the use of it?"

Chen Gong was shocked.

Lu Bu's words revealed the secret in his heart.

But...how is this possible?With Lu Bu's wisdom, how could he see it so clearly?

Chen Gong finally regained some sanity and noticed something strange: "Who said this to the lord?"

Lu Bu said harshly, "It's what I understand in my heart, not someone else's words."

Chen Gong subconsciously vetoed: "This is impossible!"

Lu Bu was furious: "What do you mean! Could it be that what you said hit your heart!"

Chen Gong really wanted to slap himself in the mouth, to get rid of this quick-talking problem.

"My lord, calm down. What you said just now is really nonsense—Gong believes that the general is by no means a person who judges crimes casually, so I asked this question."

Although Lu Bu calmed down a little, his estrangement towards Chen Gong did not ease in the slightest.

Just as he was about to let Chen Gong go down, the door curtain was lifted again, and Lu Bu's wife, Yan Shi, entered the door gracefully, followed by a maid holding a lacquer tray.

"The concubine has brought her husband soup, and I hope that my husband will take care of himself."

Mrs. Yan is in her youth, beautiful and delicate, with a bit of girlish innocence.

When Lu Bu saw his wife, his brows and eyes stretched a little, and he pushed away all the sundries on the table:

"Ma'am sit too, use some with me."

Chen Gong, who saw this scene in his eyes, couldn't help being stunned, and forced himself to lower his head to hide the emotion in his eyes.

But his forehead was throbbing with veins, and absurd guesses arose in his heart.

The next moment, this ridiculous conjecture became a fact.

I saw Lu Bu embraced his wife Yan Shi without hesitation, and said to Chen Gong:

"Chen Gongtai, come and tell my wife, what's the matter with the 'Bu Zhi's Affair'?"

Chen Gong immediately said: "I never said that."

Yan covered her lips and smiled and said: "A few days ago, Madam and my concubine said that En Lang had affairs with the wives and concubines of several generals outside. If Mr. Chen hadn't said it, how would Madam, a woman, know?"

Chen Gong: ? ? ?

The author has something to say: Chen Gong: When people sit at home, the pot comes from the sky.It's too hard for me.