Three Kingdoms: Cao Cao is stunned when he reveals his time-traveling identity.

That day, late at night.

Cao Cao's army had already arrived at the outskirts of Xuzhou City.

"Fight with all our might! Defend Xuzhou!"

Chen Gong screamed with all his might, his voice already hoarse and exhausted.

Unbelievable!

He never imagined things would turn out this way!

Send out all the elite troops to intercept Cao Cao's supply depot.

Even if they fail to intercept or completely destroy the supply camp.

The small pass is not too far from Xuzhou City.

At that time, the wolf cavalry and the elite troops will launch a pincer attack on both sides of the city's defenses.

Even though Cao Cao's army numbered 60,000, they were still unable to defeat him.

He had absolute faith in the strength of the Trapped Camp and the Wolf Riders.

But...why?

Why did the 2,000-strong supply battalion manage to wipe out the wolf cavalry and the elite infantry?!

And Gao Shun was captured alive?

He still can't understand it at all!

"Quickly send a message to Marquis Wen, ordering him to return to reinforce immediately!"

Chen Gong clenched his fists tightly and roared angrily.

Scouts had already been sent out, but now it seems they have only just arrived to inform Lü Bu.

Cao Cao's army moved too fast.

They're at the city gates right now!

Let's not end up failing to capture Yangzhou and having Xuzhou taken over by Cao Cao!

"Send another person to inform... Liu Bei!"

After a moment of contemplation, Chen Gong finally spoke.

"Liu Bei?"

Cao Xing was taken aback upon hearing this:

"Strategist, why?"

"Inform Liu Bei that Cao Cao harbors wolfish ambitions and has already come to attack Xuzhou City."

"His army is late in marching, and is now closest to Xuzhou!"

"Right now, we can only hope he comes to our aid!"

Chen Gong gritted his teeth and spoke.

Although Xuzhou was captured by Zhang Fei while he was drunk.

Liu Bei must have harbored resentment about this.

But we can't worry about that now.

Although Liu Bei did not have many soldiers, he had many good generals under his command.

Moreover, most of the soldiers were elite troops and capable generals.

As long as they come, we can stop Cao Cao.

At worst, I can just go back to Xiaopei and hand over Xuzhou to Liu Bei.

It's still better than Xuzhou being taken by Cao Cao!

"well!"

Seeing Chen Gong's gritted teeth, Cao Xing hurriedly accepted the order.

"Report!"

Just then, the lieutenant below hurriedly caught up and said urgently:

"Something terrible has happened!"

"Strategist, Cao Cao's army is simply too large..."

"We probably won't last even a stick of incense!"

The lieutenant was covered in wounds, his armor was tattered, and he had even been shot in the back with an arrow.

It's clear that he has done his best.

"Is there no way to turn the tide...?"

Chen Gong took a deep breath and strode forward.

"Strategist, danger!"

"The area below is entirely occupied by Cao Cao's troops!"

Upon seeing this, the lieutenant hurriedly spoke up.

"It's alright."

Chen Gong seemed to have made up his mind, striding up to the top of the city wall and looking down.

Through the darkness of night, one could see Cao Cao, commanding the world, not far away.

He took a deep breath and shouted:

"Cao Mengde!"

Do you still remember me, Chen Gongtai?!

This shout immediately startled Cao Cao below.

He raised his head and looked at Chen Gong standing on the city wall.

Chen Gong looked very thin in the wind, as if he had reached the end of his rope.

"Is this Chen Gong, the strategist under Lü Bu?"

"Father, watch me kill him with one arrow!"

Upon seeing this, Cao Ang immediately drew his bow and nocked an arrow without saying a word.

"Need not."

Cao Cao raised his hand to stop Cao Ang.

"Of course I remember!"

"Gongtai, how have you been?"

Then, Cao Cao raised his head and said with a smile.

"Father, why is this?"

Cao Ang looked completely puzzled.

"I knew Chen Gong in my early years."

"It seems he has something to say."

"Inform the army to halt the attack."

"Now that Chen Gong has appeared, he must be at his last gasp."

"Listen to what he has to say."

Cao Cao spoke slowly.

Although Cao Ang was puzzled, he still passed on the order.

Soon, Cao's army halted its offensive.

The shouts of battle that had been emanating from beneath the walls of Xuzhou fell silent instantly.

The night was as silent as death.

Cao Cao and Chen Gong looked at each other.

No one understood what Cao Cao was trying to do.

Only Su Chen understood the truth.

Cao Cao wanted to recruit Chen Gong into his ranks!

Chen Gong's talent was absolutely no less than that of Cheng Yu, Jia Xu, and others.

Although he was previously just a county magistrate, he is mentioned very little in historical records.

However, this person's intelligence can be seen with just a few strokes of the pen!

but……

That's simply impossible.

Chen Gong left Cao Cao early on because the two had differing ideologies.

This is even more true now.

Such a stubborn person would never lower his head to follow Cao Cao.

Historically, Chen Gong repeatedly insulted Cao Cao in order to refuse to surrender, preferring death to surrender.

"How have you been? What a wonderful 'How have you been!'"

As expected, Chen Gong sneered and shouted angrily:

"Now the traitor Yuan Shu has declared himself emperor and is causing chaos, endangering the Han Dynasty."

"You are the Minister of Works of the Han Dynasty, yet you do not go to attack and kill the rebels."

"Why have you come to my Xuzhou city?!"

Chen Gong shouted in a hoarse voice.

Clearly, he was trying to stall for time.

Knowing this, Cao Cao calmly spoke:

"Oh?"

"Who said I didn't attack and kill the traitors?"

"I have dispatched General Cao Ren with an army of 50,000 to attack Yangzhou!"

"Then why did you attack my Xuzhou?"

Chen Gong glared at him and said:

"My lord is none other than Marquis Wen of the Great Han Dynasty!"

"He led his army to attack the rebels, but you took the opportunity to attack my Xuzhou."

"Aren't you afraid of being ridiculed by the world for your actions?"

Cao Cao, upon hearing this, did not get angry but laughed instead:

"Laugh at?"

"Who says Yuan Shu was the only traitor?"

"Your lord, Marquis Wen, Lü Bu, is also a traitor!"

These words immediately stunned Chen Gong.

He frowned deeply:

"Nonsense! You say he's a traitor, so he's a traitor?"

"I would also say that you, you wolf in sheep's clothing, who kidnapped the current emperor, are the true traitor!"

Cao Cao chuckled:

"Not a traitor?"

"Then I'd like to ask you, Chen Gongtai."

"When Tao Qian, the former governor of Xu Province, died, he entrusted Xu Province to Liu Bei."

"Why did you take it?"

Chen Gong seemed to have anticipated Cao Cao's response and sneered:

Why?

"Because Liu Bei's troops were insufficient to defend Xuzhou!"

"I fear some ambitious scoundrels might covet it, so I've temporarily come to defend Xuzhou City!"

Cao Cao's brows furrowed suddenly, and he roared:

"Nonsense!"

"Liu Bei is the Imperial Uncle of the Han Dynasty!"

"As the Minister of Works of the Han Dynasty, why would I attack him?"

"On the contrary, it was you who actually attacked and killed the Imperial Uncle of the Han Dynasty, causing him to be forced to submit to Xiaopei to this day!"

"Your lord, Lü Bu, is a true traitor!"

"You, Chen Gong, are the real traitor and rebel!"

Having said that, before Chen Gong could be shocked, Cao Cao continued:

"I am the Minister of Works of the Han Dynasty."

"Now is the perfect time to rid the Han Dynasty of these treacherous officials!"

"How could the world laugh at me?"

"On the contrary, you traitors should stop resisting!"

"Open the city gates, I'll do it out of consideration for the fact that Lü Bu was once considered the Marquis of Wen of the Han Dynasty."

"I'll spare your lives!"

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