Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 373 Entering Xiapi to Accept the Appointment
Everyone looked at Zhang Sui in confusion.

Zang Ba on the side looked at Zhang Sui with some surprise.

This young man actually got in touch with Chen Deng?
Chen Deng is now the eldest son of Chen Gui, Lu Bu's strategist!

Seeing that no one understood the meaning of the note, Zang Ba said, "Deng is the name of Chen Deng, the eldest son of Chen Gui, the deputy governor of Xuzhou."

"Chen Deng's clan father, Chen Qu, once served as the Grand Commandant and had dealings with the Yuan family."

Only then did everyone understand.

Li Ru looked at Zhang Sui and said, "I don't think it's necessary."

"Given our current situation, as long as we use the right strategy, we won't be afraid of not being able to defeat Lu Bu."

"Lü Bu was born in the countryside, and his status meant that he wanted to curry favor with the aristocratic families."

"In this respect, he is similar to Dong Zhuo and Sun Jian."

"but--"

Li Ru smiled meaningfully and said, "This means he has no confidence."

"If they really want to fight us, Lu Bu has very few people he can use."

"You may not have noticed the gossip about Lu Bu."

"I have inquired before. A year ago, not long after Lu Bu took over Xuzhou, one of his only two advisers, Chen Gong, was instigated by Yuan Shu and joined forces with General Hao Meng to rebel."

“It almost worked.”

"In the end, it was Gao Shun's Xianchen Camp that killed Hao Meng."

"Even so, Lu Bu still didn't dare to punish Chen Gong."

"Chen Gong was born into the Chen family, a noble family in Yanzhou. He was originally Cao Cao's strategist."

"The first person this person would want to seek refuge with should be the governor of Jizhou, but the governor of Jizhou has many talented people under his command."

Looking at Tian Feng, Li Ru said, "The deputy driver and the military supervisor are both talented people, not inferior to Chen Gong."

"In addition, there are Shen Pei, Feng Ji, Guo Tu, Xu You, Xun Chen and others."

"Chen Gong probably thought it would be difficult for him to make a name for himself, so he surrendered to Cao Cao. Moreover, relying on his family background in Yanzhou, he helped Cao Cao to gain Yanzhou without any soldiers. He was extremely popular at that time."

"If nothing unexpected happens, Chen Gong will probably achieve something with Cao Cao."

"Unfortunately, Cao Cao is not a good person and he has low self-esteem."

"He was born into the eunuch party, and he hated it most when others looked down upon his origin."

"Among the children of the Yanzhou aristocratic families, some look down on him."

Li Ru looked at Sima Yi who was standing beside Zhang Sui, hinting at something.

Sima Yi smiled.

Li Ru said: "Cao Cao is actually not as tolerant as we imagine."

"Although he did not take action, his cousin Cao Hong hacked to death more than a dozen people in the street."

"How can the Yanzhou noble families give up? They will naturally come back for revenge."

"Cao Cao executed many children of aristocratic families on the grounds of rebellion."

"Among them, there are friends who helped Chen Gong lobby Yanzhou."

"Chen Gong was a descendant of a prominent family in Yanzhou, and he was the one who introduced Cao Cao to the country. His friend was also killed, so it was impossible for him not to express his feelings, so he had no choice but to betray Cao Cao."

"Cao Cao was still nominally the governor of Jizhou at that time."

"The only one who can accept Chen Gong and has some ambition is Lu Bu."

"So, he submitted to Lu Bu."

"Although Lu Bu disliked Chen Gong, he had no advisers under his command and his status was even humbler. He needed the help of the noble families. Therefore, he had no choice but to compromise and use Chen Gong."

"This is the hurdle that Lu Bu can't overcome in Xuzhou."

"As long as we have the right strategy and keep attacking, when Lu Bu can't stop us, the noble families in Xuzhou will surrender one after another."

Li Ru's words made Tian Feng nod involuntarily.

Zang Ba frowned and said, "Can I tell the truth?"

Zhang then signaled Zang Ba to continue.

Zang Ba looked at Zhang Sui and said, "General, you are the third son-in-law of the governor of Jizhou. What are you afraid of?"

"Chen Denggui is the eldest son of Chen Qu, the head of the Chen family in Xia Pi. He is a very knowledgeable young man."

"This person cherishes his life very much." "He also carefully protects the Chen family."

"Let alone the general, even if the general asked him to kill, he wouldn't dare to do it."

"Because he was afraid of retaliation from Jizhou Mu."

"If the general goes to Xia Pi, he can discuss a strategy with him to take Xuzhou without spending too much manpower. It is not impossible."

"If possible, General, meet with Chen Gong again and hire Chen Gong as your strategist."

Zang Ba chuckled and said, "Chen Gong could even be instigated to rebel by a man like Yuan Shu. As the third son-in-law of the governor of Jizhou, it makes no sense for him not to do so."

Everyone: "."

Sima Yi, who had been silent the whole time, said, "After we take Xuzhou, we still have things to do. If we can reduce the loss of troops, then we will reduce it."

"Brother, I can accompany you to Xia Pi."

"Although my martial arts skills are not as good as yours, if you are in danger, I can sacrifice my life for you!"

Zhang Sui looked at the note for a moment, then said, "No need, I can go alone."

Everyone: "."

Zhang He was about to stop it.

Tian Feng said: "General Zang is right."

"As a commander, how can you be timid and cowardly?"

"Now Bocheng also has an heir."

"If the Xia Pi Chen family dares to harm Bo Cheng, we will make the entire Xia Pi Chen family pay with their lives when we flatten Xuzhou!"

Seeing that Tian Feng had spoken, everyone could only swallow their words.

Everyone followed Zhang Sui back to the government hall to discuss the next tasks for the army.

After some discussion, Zhang Sui went to Xia Pi to keep the appointment, bringing only four people with him.

One Zhao Yun, one Tian Yu, one Huang Han, and one Zhen Hao.

The reason why Tian Yu was brought instead of Zang Ba was because Zang Ba was familiar with all the aristocratic families in Xuzhou, especially those on Lu Bu's side.

Afraid of being recognized in the past.

The reason for bringing Tian Yu along was that Tian Yu had once followed Liu Bei to Xuzhou. However, at that time Tian Yu was just a soldier under Liu Bei. Although they were like brothers, he rarely showed up in public.

Tian Yu knew a lot about the aristocratic families in Xuzhou, but he was not well known by others.

As for Zhao Yun, it was because of his superb martial arts skills.

As for Shi A, neither Tian Feng nor Zhang Sui mentioned him.

After Zhang Sui left, the army was temporarily taken over by Deputy Commander Tian Feng.

Xu Rong took over Zhao Yun's position and commanded a thousand cavalrymen.

After Zhang Sui set out, the army would not stop in Ju County, Langya.

The army was divided into two routes.

Led by Zang Ba, he led 500 soldiers to Donghai County and brought the troops of Donghai County to join this army.

This was also a gentleman's agreement between Zhang Sui and Zang Ba.

Zhang Sui was not afraid that Zang Ba would never come back.

Another route, led by Tian Feng, continued southward, with the final destination being Pengcheng.

After taking Pengcheng, they were able to see Xuzhou and Xia Pi from afar, threatening the Xuzhou aristocratic families and Lu Bu.

On the second day after the army was deployed, early in the morning, Zhang Sui, Zhao Yun, Tian Yu, Huang Han, and Zhen Hao, dressed in ordinary clothes, rode on horseback with more than twenty personal guards, and rushed to the outskirts of Xia Pi City.

Afterwards, Zhang Sui, Zhao Yun, Tian Yu, Huang Han and Zhen Hao handed their war horses to their personal guards, and the five of them entered Xia Pi City on foot.

As for Shi A, he followed closely, sometimes from a distance.

Zhao Yun and others were aware of Shi A's presence.

However, Zhang Sui did not say anything, and they were too lazy to ask.

In their eyes, Zhang Sui today is no longer the former head of the Zhen family.

It is normal to have other people around him.

(End of this chapter)