Cao Zhi was overjoyed, and immediately mobilized 4,000 troops and horses to intercept the Si River and Yi River, dig river channels, and lead the river water down to Xiapi City. Cao Zhi, who was surrounded on three sides, retreated and set up camp on high ground as much as possible.
Three days later, at a dawn when the bright moon was setting in the west and the east was gradually getting brighter, Lu Bu woke up from his dream and found that there was a bright light in front of his bed. He did not expect that it was the reflection of water, but thought it was moonlight.
Lu Bu slept very late last night. He always sleeps very late these days. Mainly because he drinks too much wine every day and has crazy sex with Diao Chan every day. The water of the Sishui River is so silent.
Entered his dormitory.
After refusing Cao Zhi's persuasion to surrender, Lu Bu was forced by Chen Gong to defend and resist. Although Chen Gong confidently assured that Pi City was the "Jincheng Tangchi", as the commander-in-chief of the three armies, Lu Bu, who had been fighting for many years, had a different mentality than Ming Jing.
It seems that they understand that their way out is gloomy.
In the past three days, Lu Bu simply entrusted Chen Gong to take charge of the defense of each department. He basically shut himself up at home to drink, zuo'ai, and sleep.
Lü Bu himself couldn't believe it. One time, Chen Gong came to his home and told him that Zang Ba and Song Xian's men had made a move when they were fighting for military rations. They also injured several people each and killed one, and asked him to intervene.
At that time, he was "playing" with Diao Chan and they were inseparable. He tried several times but could not get away from Diao Chan, who had infinite magical power. He had no choice but to shout to Chen Gong through the window: "You can handle it for me.
, I'm sick and I really can't get out of bed."
Lu Bu, the indomitable hero of the world, told a lie. Afterwards, Lu Bu struggled to remember whether it had happened before. After the sound of Chen Gong's footsteps disappeared, he lay quietly on Diao Chan and was stunned for a long time.
Lu Bu secretly asked: "What's wrong with me? How can I be so addicted to wine and sex?"
It should be said that Lu Bu is not a person who only indulges in wine and sex, but what else can he do now besides waiting for the city to fall. Therefore, in these days when there is no hope, Lu Bu can only channel his troubles and sorrows through a kind of
Way, pour it on Diao Chan!
Diao Chan, who is begging for a child, is of course happy with Lu Bu's outpouring of love!
At this time, Lu Bu, who was half asleep and half awake, heard the wild neighing of the red rabbit and horse in the stable, and finally realized that what was shining in front of him was not the poetic moonlight, but water.
"Where did the water come from?"
Lu Bu couldn't allow himself to think too much, as the shoes under his bed had already floated up. The swirling water was about to soak Diao Chan's hair, but Diao Chan was sleeping soundly without realizing it.
At this time, the red rabbit horse's wild neighing became even louder, and it was breaking the reins and escaping from the danger of flooding. At this time, the screams of women and the cries of children also came from the courtyard next door.
This sudden flood immediately woke up Lu Bu from his drunken debauchery. Just when Chen Gong came to the gate of Lu Bu's courtyard again and shouted the warning "Cao Jun is diverting the Si River to flood the city!", Lu Bu had already turned over.
He went to bed, woke up Diao Chan, stood in the water and put on his clothes randomly, and called Diao Chan, Wan'er and other family members to go to the roof to avoid the water. He kicked open the door and waded through the knee-deep water to the courtyard.
, jumped on the red rabbit horse, and rushed out of the house where he lived. The streets were filled with flowing turbid sewage, with boxes, pots and pans, materials, clothes, dead cows, dead sheep, and even floating everywhere.
Dead people, young and old, climbed up on the roofs and branches of trees everywhere. Cats, dogs, chickens, and weasels were hiding on a roof beam. They all had a sense of terror before death on their faces. Only the duck was particularly excited. From this moment on,
Travel from house to house to that house!
Lu Bu's red rabbit horse cut through the waves and waded through the water to the west gate quickly. On the way, Lu Bu met a drowning child and floated beside him. Lu Bu wanted to reach out and grab the child, but he couldn't.
Pulled it. After a while, the child sank into the water and was nowhere to be seen again.
As soon as Chen Gong discovered that Cao's army had broken through the Sishui River and attacked the city of Xiapi, before coming to invite Lu Bu, he temporarily notified the officials of various ministries and generals Ximen to gather to discuss countermeasures.
When Lu Bu arrived, the west city was filled with soldiers with dejected faces, and all the generals under Lu Bu's tent had gathered at the west gate. These people all had one thing in common, that is, they were all dripping with water, their faces were bloodless, and they were staring coldly.
He seemed to be blaming him as the coach for not arriving until now.
Lu Bu hurriedly lay down on the city wall and looked down. In the doorway below the city, water about waist high was swirling rapidly. There were two corpses of his soldiers swirling in the whirlpool.
Lu Bu suddenly didn't dare to look at his eyes, and there was a burning pain in his heart, and his heart sank to the extreme. Before he climbed up the tower, he heard the generals under his tent making noises, swearing, and arguing.
What? But as soon as they saw him coming up, they all fell silent.
At this time, Lu Bu didn't have time to ask what they were arguing about just now. He asked the general who was on duty today and asked him to report the situation immediately.
The general on duty tonight was Wei Xu. He reported that a sudden flood rushed over at night, and there was no time to prepare. After inspection by each battalion, it was found that there were not many soldiers and generals who drowned, only a few dozen, but those soldiers and horses were because the grooms were too late.
After untying the reins, they all drowned alive. The food and grass distributed to each camp the day before yesterday were either soaked in water or washed away by the flood. There was no time to save them because they were all concerned about human life at that time.
When Lu Bu heard this, he no longer cared about his own lies. He frowned and squinted his eyes, loudly scolding and asking: "Why didn't you know at all that Cao Jun was digging the Si River?"
This was obviously a question to Chen Gong and his main generals. Lu Bu lied about being sick at home these days and would patrol the city in the future, but Chen Gong and others were here every day, how come they didn't notice any clues? This intercepted the river and ordered
Its diversion to irrigate the city is a big project. How could it be possible that there was no warning in advance?
"I was derelict in my duty! But..." Chen Gong stood up silently and reflected on himself with a face of shame. The other generals also lowered their heads and stopped speaking. Some even stepped back or half-turned unconsciously.
He dressed up to avoid Lu Bu's questioning eyes.
In fact, Cao Jun's digging of rivers, retreating camp and other unusual movements were all actions that had signs in advance, but they did not attract the attention and attention of Lu Bu's generals. It was not until today that he realized that Cao Jun had not stopped attacking after the battle that day.
.They just changed the means of attack. They brought in evil spirits, dug up the Si River, diverted water to flood the city, and flooded Xiapi.
But there are many reasons why they would be so derelict in their duties. Lu Bu's group of people, including the eloquent Chen Gong, don't know where to start to defend themselves. In fact, many things happened in the past few days when Chen Gong acted as Lu Bu's agent in charge of various military affairs. It is these
This incident attracted Chen Gong's attention. In order to resolve these matters, Chen Gong ignored these unusual movements of Cao's army outside the city.
It is said that on the first day that Chen Gong accepted military affairs, Zang Ba and Song Xian's men competed for military rations. This kind of thing often happens in the army, which is not surprising, but it later developed into a dispute between some senior generals.
, which was something Chen Gong never expected.
The cause of the matter was that Zang Ba's men could not wait to receive their own rations, so they took the rations that were to be distributed to Song Xian's subordinates first. It happened that Zang Ba's men had not left yet, and Song Xian's men came again.
So a group of soldiers met each other, and naturally they refused to obey anyone. In the end, they killed one of Song Xian's men, and Zang Ba also injured two of his men.
A group of men gathered together in a place, and it was normal to bleed a little, but when someone died, they all became a little scared. Chen Gong couldn't make the decision, so he went to Lu Bu. Because Lu Bu was obsessed with Diao Chan's body, he even refused to report to Chen Gong.
Without hearing the whole story, Chen Gong was sent away.
Chen Gong also didn't expect that Lu Bu would be indifferent after hearing such a serious bloodshed among his subordinates. So he had to go back to mediate himself. However, Chen Gong was a civil servant. Although he had a detached status under Lu Bu's account and even in the entire Xuzhou officialdom,
But he couldn't suppress Zang Ba and other old subordinates who had been with Lu Bu for more than ten years.
Regarding Chen Gong's mediation, Zang Ba ignored Chen Gong and directly arrested Chen Gong's subordinates who were beaten to death and took them back, saying that he would handle it and that it would be over.
Song Xian, who was opposed to Chen Gong in negotiating peace and surrender, refused to agree, claiming that Chen Gong was not someone who clearly protected Zang Ba and took the opportunity to suppress him?
Song Xian naturally refused to agree, so he and Chen Gong had another big quarrel. I heard that if Zhang Liao had not arrived in time to persuade him, the two would have almost fought each other. In the end, Zhang Liao advocated waiting until Lu Bu recovered from his illness before making any arguments.
, it was suppressed temporarily.
As soon as Song Xian and Zhang Liao left, Chen Gong was so angry that he decided to talk to Zang Ba again. "You beat someone or killed someone, so let's forget it. With Qing and President Li
Isn’t it wrong?”
Chen Gong also believed that Zang Ba would give him face to hand over the murderer and punish him if he talked to Zang Ba in private on the grounds that Zang Ba was on his side in the peace negotiation.
In fact, on the peace negotiation issue some time ago, in addition to the two opposing factions Chen Gong and Song Xian, the opinions of two other people were also very important, that is, Zang Ba and Zhang Liao.
Zang Ba and Zhang Liao are not only the two most important generals around Lu Bu, but also the two most trusted people around Lu Bu. They have known each other for decades, and they are solid buddies and good brothers. However, when it comes to negotiating peace, the two of them have different opinions.
There were completely different opinions. Zang Ba finally sided with Chen Gong's faction and advocated a fight to the death. However, Zhang Liao, after silencing his good friend, tactfully suggested peace to Lu Bu.
It was precisely because these two people stood in the two camps one by one that Lu Bu's men could not decide whether to fight or to fight. In the end, Chen Gong killed Hou Xie ruthlessly, killing Hou Xie first and then showing off.
The trouble forced Lu Bu to choose to fight to the death.
So Chen Gong, who was in the same camp as Zang Ba, had the illusion that it would give him face, so he went to find him. Unexpectedly, as soon as Chen Gong arrived at Zang Ba's camp in the east city, he saw him chasing his lieutenant with his big sword.