Chen Deng was the son of Xia Pi Prime Minister and Chen Gui, and was appointed by Tao Qian as the Diannong School Captain.

In charge of Xuzhou's agricultural production, he developed water conservancy and farmland irrigation, which restored Xuzhou's agriculture, which had been repeatedly destroyed, to a certain extent. The people lived and worked in peace and contentment, with "an abundance of rice."

After Tao Qian's death, Liu Bei came to power. Chen Deng and his son learned that when Liu Bei was stationed in Xiapi, he was generous and kind and did a lot for the people.

Therefore, the people of Xiapi were very grateful to Liu Bei, and they were even more happy when they learned that Liu Bei was the lord of Xuzhou.

Chen Deng and his son also learned about Liu Bei's character. When Liu Bei was the shepherd of Xuzhou, Liu Bei treated the two of them with courtesy.

Liu Bei often talked with Chen Deng all night long and fell asleep after resting.

Chen Deng was therefore very loyal to Liu Bei, and Liu Bei appointed Chen Deng as his military advisor.

Although the military advisor has no rank, he can command the three armies. Under Chen Deng's strategy, Liu Bei withstood Cao Cao's attack in Pengcheng.

Liu Bei also trusted Chen Deng more and more, and it was Chen Deng's suggestion to send Guan Yu to Xiapi.

In this case, Xiapi and Pengcheng can take care of each other and form horns with each other, making it difficult to conquer.

"Going south from Zhucheng, there is a deep valley outside Donghai County. Your lord can send a group of ambush troops. When the front troops of the Jizhou army enter the valley, you can roll down something to light a fire at the mouth of the valley. Send an ambush army at the mouth of the valley. By this time, the Jizhou army will be in chaos. Wait.

When the Jizhou army rushes out of the valley, our army will be waiting for work, and we will definitely win a complete victory!"

Seeing Chen Deng pointing out the country with great energy, Liu Bei was also full of confidence.

"Okay, as the military advisor said, Zang Ba, you take 20,000 troops and go to Donghai County to ambush Pan Feng according to the military advisor's plan!" Liu Bei waved his hand, and it was settled.

"General, take your orders!" A sturdy general from the group of generals on the left responded.

Zang Ba was a bandit when he was young, also known as the Taishan Bandit. When Tao Qian pacified Xuzhou, Zang Ba took the initiative to surrender and was responsible for recruiting troops and resisting the Yellow Turban Army.

Normally Zang Ba has been stationed in Kaiyang and established his own force, but this time he was summoned by Tao Qian to fight against Cao Cao. During this war, Zang Ba surrendered to Liu Bei and became a general under Liu Bei.

After Zang Ba received the military talisman, he left in a hurry. After Zang Ba left, Chen Deng continued.

"Not only that, every river and every valley in Xuzhou can be set up with ambushes, overt or covert, real or false. By the time Pan Feng's army reaches Pengcheng, it will be exhausted and exhausted."

"Okay! The military advisor is really my son!" Liu Bei stood up and praised him repeatedly.

"But what if Pan Feng becomes angry and massacres the people of Xuzhou?" Liu Bei thought of something again and asked quickly.

"Don't worry, my lord. Although Pan Feng kills people, he never kills people. I heard that Pan Feng has made a rule that if the Jizhou army dares to take people's property, they will be killed! So please don't worry, lord."

After hearing Chen Deng's words, Liu Bei felt relieved.

Looking at Liu Bei's appearance, Chen Deng moved his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but finally closed it.

According to Chen Deng's plan, it is actually possible to hide troops among the people, but Liu Bei would definitely not agree to it, so Chen Deng would not say more.

Liu Bei stood in front of the map, inspected the passes, city walls, and rivers, and after discussing with Chen Deng, he arranged ambushes at various locations.

"Cao Bao, you lead three thousand troops to Xiangben to ambush. When the Jizhou army passes by, fire arrows at random and do not engage in battle. If Jizhou advances, you will retreat. You can retreat as far as Xiapi."

"No!" Another general walked out of the hall with a tiger charm.

"Xiao Jian, go..."

"promise!"

"Ze Rong, please go..."

"promise!"

"Sun Guan, please go..."

"promise!"

A group of generals walked out of the hall with tiger talismans, and soon the sound of horses and chariots neighing could be heard in Pengcheng.

Liu Bei looked at the military orders laid out by Chen Deng in an orderly manner, and the soldiers led the troops out of Pengcheng in an orderly manner.

Watching Chen Deng issue military orders one by one, Liu Bei thought about what he would do if it were him.

If it were him, he would only strengthen the city and stockpile a large amount of rolling wood and gravel.

It is absolutely unimaginable to use such a small group of enemy troops to harass the opponent and achieve the effect of exhausting the enemy. When the enemy army attacks, not only does it not defend, but it even takes the initiative to attack.

Liu Bei then thought in his mind that maybe the reason why he had a rough life and failed so many times was because he did not have a military advisor?

After Li Pu occupied Zhucheng, he rested in Zhucheng for the night and set out with his army early the next morning.

After leaving a thousand French-killing soldiers to guard the counties, the army advanced towards Langye.

After three days of trekking and conquering several insignificant towns along the way, the army arrived outside Langye City.

Langye is backed by the Yishui River. There is a moat one foot wide under the city, and the city wall is eight meters high. Only four gates are left for people to enter and exit.

Now the four gates are tightly closed, because the moat leads to the Yishui River, so the water flow is extremely fast.

The soldiers on the city wall had been waiting for Li Pu for a long time with crossbows in hand.

Langye City is just a county town, but it is very difficult and dangerous.

After Li Pu observed it for a while, he did not choose to start attacking immediately.

Instead, he chose to retreat to camp ten miles away.

The defenders on the city wall were relieved when they saw this. They had all heard that the opponent was Pan Feng, the unparalleled general.

The defender of Langye was none other than Sun Guan sent by Liu Bei. Sun Guan was Zang Ba's companion when he was a bandit in Mount Tai. After Zang Ba surrendered to Liu Bei, he also surrendered with him.

During the Battle of Pengcheng, he still fought hard despite losing a lot of blood. Liu Bei praised him for his bravery and said that he was like Pan Feng.

Sun Guan stood on the city wall and looked at the warrior below the city who was wearing heavy armor and holding a giant axe. For some reason, he felt a little panicked in his heart.

In the past, I had always heard about Pan Feng's great achievements, but it was only today that Sun Guan understood how terrifying Pan Feng was.

There are tens of thousands of soldiers wearing heavy armor, and the horses under their crotches are also extremely handsome. You can tell at a glance that these are good horses from Bingzhou.

Sun Guan looked back at the defenders in the city. Some were wearing heavy armor, and some were wearing light armor or cloth armor. Only the generals had good armor.

There was nothing we could do about it. Xuzhou was in the land of four wars. Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, it was not until the second year of Chuping, that is, four years ago, that the Yellow Turban Rebellion was put down.

The Yellow Turban Rebellion had just subsided when Cao Cao invaded again. Just as Cao Cao left, Pan Feng came again.

With the help of Mi Zhu, Liu Bei's regular army was equipped with helmets and armor and was fully equipped.

But these temporarily recruited soldiers did not have so much armor for them to wear.

Most of them are the soldiers' own armor, and there are even some without armor.

Fortunately, Liu Bei's goal was to use Langye City to block Pan Feng for three days, so that the various troops arranged by Liu Bei could safely carry out their arrangements along the way.

Sun Guan breathed a sigh of relief when he thought of this.
Chapter completed!