Rampage through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 204 There are spies every year, especially this year

Outside Xiapi City, Huang Zhong camped.

"General Huang, we have caught a spy!" Xiaoxiao came to report to Huang Zhong.

"A spy? Bring it up!" Huang Zhong was bored at the moment, and after hearing this, he thought he finally had something to do.

After a while, the school brought up a man. He was tall and big, with a square face and a wide mouth. When he saw Huang Zhong, he immediately shouted: "General Huang, I am not a spy! I was sent by Master Mi Zhumi. Here There is a letter from Master Mi!"

As soon as Huang Zhong heard this, he immediately asked the small school to let the person come, and the person also took out the letter and handed it to Huang Zhong respectfully.

Huang Zhong didn't read the letter, but opened it and handed it to Chen Gong who was sitting next to him.But when Chen Gong opened the letter, he saw that there was indeed a mark agreed with Mi Zhu on it, and this letter was indeed written by Mi Zhu.

After reading the letter, Chen Gong nodded, and said to his subordinate Xiaoxiao: "Take this strong man down to rest! Treat him well!"

The visitor was taken down, while Huang Zhong and Zang Ba looked at Chen Gong.Chen Gong didn't hide anything, and handed the letter to Huang Zhong, saying: "Mi Zhu has sent a letter, and Tao Qian has agreed to surrender, but Chen Deng has always been an obstacle, so Mi Zhu decided to set fire on the tower tomorrow. Mi Zhu will send people to open the city gate, and we will take advantage of the situation to rush in. Cao Bao and others also secretly assembled a lot of people to deal with Chen Deng!"

Huang Zhong nodded.Huang Zhong and Zang Ba didn't know much about this matter, and Chen Gong was a military advisor. Before leaving, Zhang De had told him to act according to the military advisor's instructions, so Huang Zhong and Zang Ba were waiting for Chen Gong to make up his mind.

At this moment, the small school came to report: "General Qi, we have caught another spy!"

"Caught another one!" Huang Zhong said.Strange things happen every year, especially this year. I didn't expect the spies to come one after another. Thinking of this, Huang Zhong said: "Bring the spies!"

After a while, the school brought another person, dressed as a literati, with yellow skin, two mustaches on his face, and a pair of small eyes shining brightly, he looked like a shrewd person.

This man came to the camp and saw Huang Zhong, instead of kneeling down, he said neither humble nor overbearing: "Is this Zhang Beihai's way of hospitality!"

When Chen Gong saw that this was a literati, he couldn't help guessing about his origin.Huang Zhong looked at the person next to him and asked, "Who are you?"

"Your Excellency must be General Huang Zhonghuang! This is Xiapi Chen Deng's subordinates, here is a letter for the general!" He took out a letter from his arms and handed it to the school next door.

Huang Zhong took out the letter from the schoolmaster, opened it, and was stunned for a moment, then Huang Zhong handed the letter to Chen Gong.Chen Gong took the letter and looked at it, and smiled helplessly. Chen Deng actually stated in the letter that he wanted to surrender the city!So Chen Deng said to the visitor: "This matter is of great importance. We need to discuss it later. Sir, please go down and rest first!"

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"Sir, what's going on here? What does Chen Deng mean by sending someone here to discuss surrender?" Zang Ba asked in confusion.

"Sir, do you think Chen Deng is a false surrender?" Huang Zhong asked cautiously.

Chen Gong was also at a loss at this time.Judging from the letter sent by Mi Zhu, the reason why the aristocratic family took refuge in Zhang De was that they were overwhelmed by the Chen family, especially after Cao Bao lost power.Many aristocratic families in Xiapi hope to take this opportunity to re-divide the power in Xuzhou, rather than the Chen family being the dominant one.

And Chen Deng's condition was that as long as the property and interests of the Chen family could be guaranteed, Chen Deng would immediately open the city and surrender, and offer both hands to the defenders in Xiapi City!
Although Chen Gong was very resourceful, he was not good at responding, so Chen Gong hesitated.

On the one hand, if Chen Deng is accepted, then tens of thousands of troops can be won for nothing, which is really too tempting, but Chen Gong has no way to tell whether Chen Deng is a false surrender or not!
On the other hand, if you listen to what Mi Zhu said, although it is safe, it is inevitable that you will not have to go through a hard struggle. Not to mention the loss of troops, I am afraid that tens of thousands of Xuzhou elite soldiers will also be in vain!It's really hard to choose!

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Luoyang city.

Qin Zhen rode out of the south gate of Luoyang on his horse.Cao Xiu shouted behind him: "Zi Dan, wait for me, don't go so fast!"

Qin Zhen's father is called Qin Shao, and his uncle is called Qin Nan. Qin Shao and Qin Nan have followed Cao Cao since the first year of Chuping, and they have won the trust of Cao Cao. Qin Shao's son Qin Zhen is very popular with Cao Cao, so Qin Zhen has always been Study with the Cao family's children.

Cao Xiu is a descendant of Cao Cao.Cao Xiu lost his father in his early years, and after Cao Cao cavalry, Cao Xiu followed Cao Cao.However, Cao Xiu was still young at that time, so Cao Cao asked Cao Xiu to be with Cao Pi, and treated Cao Xiu as his own son. Therefore, the relationship between Cao Xiu and Cao Pi was very good.

However, Cao Xiu's personality is different from Cao Pi's. Cao Pi is good at writing, while Cao Xiu is good at martial arts. In this regard, Cao Xiu is very similar to Cao Cao's eldest son Cao Ang.

Qin Zhen usually likes to hunt everywhere, but hunting alone is boring, so he often asks Cao Xiu to go hunting together.

Sili is Cao Cao's territory, and Cao Cao has never offended anyone in Sili, so Cao Xiu and Qin Zhen are not worried about their safety, and they don't bring any guards, and walk through the mountains and forests carelessly.

It was getting late, and the two of them had gained a lot, and they happily walked towards Luoyang.

But the sky is not beautiful. At the end of May and the beginning of June in the lunar calendar, it is the time when there is a lot of rain in the north. There is a thunder on the flat ground, and a flash of lightning is seen. It's raining.

Qin Zhen shouted at Cao Xiu: "Wen Lie (Cao Xiu's word), it looks like it's going to rain! Let's find a place to shelter from the rain first!"

Cao Xiu nodded and saw a house in front of him, so the two walked over.

This family's house is not very big, but it can't be considered small either. There is a row of willow trees planted in front of the door.Qin Zhen stepped forward to knock on the door, and after a while, an old man came to open the door. This old man was dressed plainly, and he could tell that he was not a wealthy person.

Seeing the old man, Qin Zhen said, "Excuse me! It's raining outside, and my brothers and I want to take shelter from the rain in an expensive place, so I ask the old man to help me!" As he spoke, he took out a few large coins from his pocket.

The old man looked at the money in Qin Zhen's hand, his eyes were bright, he hesitated for a moment, then let the two of them in, and said to them: "You two must not wander around, my master has a bad temper and doesn't like money. Outsiders come in! If my master knows that two outsiders have come in, I will kill the old man!"

Cao Xiu and Qin Zhen glanced at each other, Cao Xiu wondered why there are such people!Could it be that the family has something to hide?

After all, the two were teenagers at heart, so they couldn't help being curious about the owner of the house. They only heard Cao Xiu say: "Don't worry, old man, as soon as the rain stops, our brothers will leave!" But secretly, Cao Xiu secretly scratched Qin Zhen's hand. few words.

(End of this chapter)