"Why?" Su Zhe looked suspicious and looked at Chen Deng with puzzled eyes.

Chen Deng said unhurriedly: "Liu Bei has already got the help of the Mi family, thousands of soldiers and horses, sufficient grain and grass, with his current strength, hold Qu County for a month or two, and it will not be a problem to guard until Cao Cao's reinforcements arrive. ”

As soon as the conversation changed, Chen Deng continued: "Therefore, it is better for the lord to lead the army to retreat to Xiapi first, collect the hearts of the people first, wait for work, and after repelling Cao Cao, it is not too late to clean up Liu Bei." ”

Su Zhe was silent, stood up, and paced in the hall as if he were thinking.

After a long time, Su Zhecai nodded and said: "Yuanlong's words are reasonable, it seems that I am in a hurry, Qu County is indeed unbreakable." ”

"The lord is wise." Chen Deng praised.

Su Zhe immediately issued an order, ordering the whole army to withdraw the camp and return to the west tomorrow, return to Xiapi, and give up the crusade against Liu Bei.

Afterwards, Su Zhe patted Chen Deng on the shoulder again and said with relief: "Yuanlong, you are really resourceful, Liu Bei has a resourceful person like you under his command and does not know how to cherish it, he really deserves to be reduced to the current fate." ”

Chen Deng arched his hand and said: "The lord has won the award, Deng's resourcefulness, in front of the lord, is like the light of fireflies, how dare he compete with Haoyue." ”

Su Zhe laughed and said, "Okay, you should go back and pack up early, and prepare to go back to Xiapi." ”

"Then the subordinate will retire." Chen Deng bowed again before retreating.

The moment he walked out of the door, a smug sneer rose on the corner of Chen Deng's mouth, which no one else could notice.

He left the county government and went straight back to his residence, where his second brother Chen Ying had been waiting for a long time.

"Big brother has been gone for so long, it really worries me to death." Chen Ying couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw him.

Chen Deng said disapprerovingly: "What do you have to worry about, I'm going to see our new lord, not to Longtan Tiger's Den." ”

Chen Ying sighed: "I just heard that Su Zhe was born in a poor family, and he treated a wealthy family like us with extremely ruthless methods, I was afraid that he would be unhappy and poison you, eldest brother." ”

Chen Deng smiled disdainfully: "That Su Zhe has a prejudice against the world, and he has also killed a lot of the world, but he is not a madman, he is not sitting firmly in Xuzhou at the moment, and he has to rely on us to help him appease people's hearts, even if he has the heart, he doesn't have the courage to do anything to us." ”

"As soon as my eldest brother said that, I was relieved." Chen Ying breathed a sigh of relief, but asked again: "By the way, what did the eldest brother say to that Su Zhe after going for so long?" ”

Chen Deng sat down unhurriedly, and his eyes gestured to the teacup on the desk.

Chen Ying understood and quickly poured him a cup of tea.

Chen Deng took a sip unhurriedly, and said: "I didn't ask anything, I just asked how I should crusade against Liu Bei." ”

"What did the big brother say?" Chen Ying said curiously.

Chen Deng told him the original dialogue between himself and Su Zhe.

Chen Ying was suddenly confused and asked: "Didn't the eldest brother say that the Mi family is now our mortal enemy and must be eliminated, why did the eldest brother persuade Su Zhe to withdraw from the army?" Doesn't this mean letting Liu Bei go and letting go of the Mi family? ”

"You, you, you can't only look at the present, but take into account the long-term." Chen Deng said in a tone of lesson.

Chen Ying looked ashamed, and arched his hand: "Forgive the foolish brother for being foolish, please make it clear to the eldest brother." ”

Chen Deng said: "You also said, that Su Zhe has always been hostile to our clan, think about it, once he destroys Liu Bei, gets rid of the Mi family, and takes Xuzhou, only our Chen family is left in the entire Xuzhou, do you think he will be at ease with us and will let us go?" ”

Chen Ying's thoughts were racing, pondering his brother's words, and he suddenly came to his senses, and hurriedly said: "The meaning of the eldest brother is to deliberately leave Liu Bei and the Mi family, so that Su Zhe will not be able to unify Xuzhou, so that he will always have to reuse our Chen family, right?" ”

"The children can be taught." Chen Deng nodded with satisfaction, "The cunning rabbit is dead, the lackey cooks, don't you understand this truth?" ”

Chen Ying completely understood, and couldn't help but give a thumbs up: "Big brother's move is really clever, even Su Zhe, the head of the Nine Wonders, is also playing in the palm of his hand, I think he is nothing more than that." ”

Chen Deng didn't dare to be too proud, and only said lightly: "Su Zhe's wisdom must not be underestimated, the reason why he listened to me is just that I took advantage of the general trend, no one can go against the trend, and the head of the Nine Wonders is no exception." ”

Chen Ying exclaimed: "If you talk about the control of the general trend, I am afraid that no one can compare to you when you look at the world." ”

Chen Deng smiled, but said: "You immediately repair three letters, one to send to Qu County, to report to Liu Bei, one to Cao Cao, inviting him to attack Xuzhou, and another to Yecheng to Yuan Shao, to show goodwill to him, just say that our Chen family is looking forward to his arrival in Xuzhou day and night." ”

Chen Ying was stunned at first, and then a smug look appeared on his face, and said: "Big brother's trick is even better, none of us are sincerely loyal, and we pretend to be loyal to anyone, so that no matter who wins Xuzhou, our Chen family can always be invincible, smart, smart." ”

A sneer rose at the corner of Chen Deng's mouth.

……

The next day, tens of thousands of Su Zhe set off, leaving thousands of soldiers and horses to guard Tancheng, and the rest of the men and horses all set off to return to Xiapi.

Su Zhe ordered Chen Deng to return to Xiapi first, and prepare the wine and meat of the soldiers in the cities along the way.

"Lord, lord, stay here!"

Su Zhe, who was riding a horse, looked back and saw Gao Shun galloping on a horse.

He reined in his horse and asked with a smile, "What is it that makes you anxious like this, Pepin?" ”

Gao Shun stepped forward and arched his hand: "Lord, the last general really doesn't understand, the lord planned to send the last general to lead a light cavalry attack on Mijiazhuang the day before yesterday, why did he suddenly order the whole army to be squad?" ”

Su Zhe didn't answer, but looked at Pang Tong beside him, and asked with a smile: "Tong'er, do you understand my purpose for doing this?" ”

Pang Tong smiled lightly: "If Tong'er is not mistaken, the lord should have expected that Chen Deng would secretly communicate with Liu Bei, and now he deliberately used Chen Deng's proposal to withdraw his troops, in order to borrow Chen Deng's mouth to let Liu Bei relax his vigilance, and the lord could successfully let General Gao go to attack Mijiazhuang." ”

"Those who know me, so do children." Su Zhe couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

Gao Shun suddenly realized at this time, and couldn't help but be surprised, and bowed deeply: "It turns out that the last general misunderstood the lord, the lord is a true god, and Chen Deng is also a top strategist, but he was played by the lord in the palm of his hand, and the lord is really ......."

Gao Shun was so excited and amazed that he even didn't know how to describe his amazement at Su Zhe.

Su Zhe smiled and said with a flick of his hand: "Now it is expected that Chen Deng's henchman has arrived at Liu Bei, Gao Boping, it is time for you to set off, go and snatch the first beauty of Xuzhou back for me." ”

Gao Shun arched his hand and said angrily: "Don't worry, the lord will go here in the end, it will ruin Liu Bei's good deeds, and snatch Miss Mijia back to the lord!" ”