The gates of Xuzhou, which had been closed for several days, were wide open, and the Xuzhou army on the head of the city all opened their bows and arrows, and the arrows were all aimed at the Cao army camp outside the city.

The distance between Cao's army camp and Xuzhou City far exceeded the range of arrows, but the soldiers of Xuzhou Army at the head of the city did not dare to slack off for a moment.

A group of Cao Jun, only fifty or sixty people, escorted more than a dozen scribe-looking people slowly towards the city gate.

Lu Bu, who was wearing armor, carried Fang Tian's halberd and waited at the gate of the city with a group of generals.

Lu Bu's advisor Chen Gong did not leave the city, Cao Jun wanted to come to the peace talks, and Chen Gong was always skeptical of Cao Cao's sincerity.

When Lü Bu led a group of generals out of the city to greet Cao Cao's envoys, Chen Gong stood at the head of the city, looking at Cao's army camp from afar.

The gate of Xuzhou has been opened, and if Cao's army attacks at this time, although the defenders in the city will have time to close the city gate, there will be a lot of trouble.

The Xuzhou army on the city wall opened its bow and arrows, which was the defense made by Chen Gong to prevent Cao's army from suddenly attacking.

Dozens of Cao Jun escorted Cheng Yu and others to the city gate, and entered the city with Cheng Yu, Jiang Gan, who was responsible for rebelling against Lu Bu's generals, was sandwiched among more than a dozen scribes, and when he saw Lu Bu from a distance, he lowered his head.

In Luoyang that day, Lu Bu did not meet with Jiang Gan, and Jiang Gan only rebelled.

Now that he wants to enter Xuzhou City to rebel against Lu Bu's generals, Jiang Gan's biggest worry is to bump into Diao Chan.

But after thinking about it, as Lu Bu's wife, Cao Lu was at war, and the meeting between Lu Bu and Cheng Yu was not a gathering between friends, and Diao Chan would not attend the banquet.

Thinking of this, Jiang Gan felt a lot calmer in his heart.

"Cheng Yu under the command of Gong Cao, I have seen Wen Hou!" Under the escort of a team of Cao Jun to the gate of the city, four or five steps away from Lu Bushang, Cheng Yu restrained his mount, hugged his fists and saluted Lu Bu and said: "Cao Gong remembered that the two sides were fighting, and the people and soldiers suffered a lot, and he really couldn't bear it in his heart, so he specially ordered a certain person to come to discuss peace talks with Wen Hou!" ”

"Mr. Cheng!" I don't know what Cheng Yu's position is under Cao Cao now, and Lu Bu is not good at rashly calling him his previous official name, and after Cheng Yu saluted him, he also hugged his fists and saluted Cheng Yu back and said: "The two armies have been fighting for days, and every time I see the soldiers on both sides dying on the battlefield, there is a feeling of entanglement in my heart. Cao Gong intends to negotiate peace, how can he refuse? ”

"In that case, a truce is just around the corner!" Putting down the fists he was holding, Cheng Yu grinned at Lu Bu and said, "Wen Hou Rende, the soldiers and families on both sides will definitely miss Wen Hou in the future!" ”

"Sir, you're in for a prize!" Returning a smile to Cheng Yu, Lu Bu turned his horse to the side, made a gesture to Cheng Yu and said, "Please Mr. enter the city to talk!" ”

The gate of Xuzhou City is open, standing outside the city gate, in Cheng Yu's eyes, this city is like a giant beast that can devour the living.

As long as his behavior was slightly inappropriate in the city, he could anger Lu Bu at any time.

Once Lu Bu was provoked, Mo said that he could no longer leave Xuzhou, and I was afraid that everyone who entered the city with him would not be able to leave.

Lu Bu had already made an invitation, Cheng Yu nodded to him, and also made a gesture of invitation to Lu Bu and said, "Wen Hou, please!" ”

Although there is still some distance between the Cao army camp and the camp, it is not very far, and Lu Bu knows that it will be a little more risky to delay for a while at the city gate, so he is not polite to Cheng Yu, and invites Cheng Yu again, and then turns his horse to the city gate.

He rode into the city gate with Lu Bu and walked forward along the streets of the city, while Cheng Yu looked at the shops on both sides of the road.

Cao Jun besieged the city for days, all the shops in the city were closed, and after walking a whole street, Cheng Yu didn't even see a store that was open for business.

"Xuzhou was prosperous in the past, but it was not lost to Luoyang, and I don't want to be so depressed today!" Walking up the second street with Lu Bu, Cheng Yu sighed lightly and muttered to himself with emotion.

"Meng De's army has been besieging the city for days, and the people in the city are afraid, how can they dare to go out without permission?" Turning his head and smiling at Cheng Yu, Lu Bu said in a very indifferent tone: "After the peace talks, there will be no more war in Xuzhou, and the people will go out to make a living!" ”

"Cao Gong Rende, why not Wen Hou?" Returning Lu Bu with a smile, Cheng Yu said to him: "This time I came to Xuzhou, I only hope that Wen Hou can strike a truce with Cao Gong, and Xuzhou will be peaceful, so that the people will no longer be troubled by the war!" ”

Listening to Cheng Yu's words, Lu Bu nodded.

He did not answer Cheng Yu's words, although he had been besieged for several days, and Lu Bu had already had the intention of peace talks, but if Cheng Yu showed too much hope for the success of peace talks, he would be passive in specific negotiations.

Lu Bu didn't say anything, Cheng Yu didn't say anything, and the two rode slowly along the street, heading towards the Xuzhou official mansion.

Following behind Lu Bu and Cheng Yu, Jiang Gan's gaze always stayed on the generals under Lu Bu along the way.

He had never met Wei Xu, and he didn't know which one was Wei Xu, so he could only rely on observation to determine who was the most likely general under Lu Bu.

Just walking a street, Jiang Gan found that there was a general behind Lu Bu, and his eyes were full of resentment when he looked at Lu Bu.

Although the general's physique is quite burly, his appearance is really a little obscene.

His small eyes were like mung beans, his cheeks were long and pointy, and his whole face was seven or eight like a rat that had only grown into sperm.

Jiang Gan found that the general with a somewhat abnormal expression was none other than Hou Cheng, who had been angrily scolded by Lu Bu by the collar at the head of the city earlier.

Since beating Lu Bu and scolding him angrily on the city wall, Hou Cheng had a mustard in his heart, knowing that Cao Cao had sent an envoy, and he already had the intention to meet Cao Cao's envoy in private and surrender to Cao Cao.

When following Lu Bu and Cheng Yu into the city, Hou Cheng's eyes stopped at Cheng Yu most of the time, and only occasionally glanced at Lu Bu once or twice.

Every time he saw Lu Bu, Hou Cheng's expression was a little unnatural.

From Hou Cheng's expression, Jiang Gan could already see that if he wanted to plot against Lu Bu's generals, it should be easier to start from him than to find Wei Xulai according to his plan.

decided to start with Hou Cheng first, but Jiang Gan did not step forward to talk to Hou Cheng.

Right now, Lu Bu is walking in front, and Cheng Yu has entered the city, if Lu Bu is completely unprepared, it is just self-deception.

If you talk to the generals under his command in front of Lu Bu, I am afraid that when you arrive at the official mansion, you will be closely monitored.

Being impatient will only cause more unnecessary trouble!

Seeing that Hou Cheng was very dissatisfied with Lu Bu, Jiang Gan did not show any abnormality, and still followed Cheng Yu as when he first entered the city, slowly marching towards the Xuzhou official mansion.

"Mr. Cheng came this time, I don't know how Meng De intends to negotiate peace with a certain person?" After walking through several streets, Lu Bu seemed to suddenly remember something, and turned his head to ask Cheng Yu.

Hearing Lu Bu's question, Cheng Yu smiled and said to Lu Bu: "Xuzhou used to be Tao Qian's territory, and Tao Qian gave it to Liu Bei. Cao Gong didn't want to attack Xuzhou, but Liu Bei said to Cao Gong that if the army wanted to go south to defeat Yuan Shu, this Xuzhou must be taken first! ”

"Yuan Shu went against the grain, and dared to openly rebel against the Han Dynasty and claim the emperor without authorization!" Cheng Yu mentioned Yuan Shu, Lu Bu's brows were tightly twisted and he said to him: "There are not many soldiers and horses under a certain command, if there are many soldiers and generals like Meng De, a certain has already sent troops to Huainan!" ”

"It is rumored that Wen Hou and that Yuan Shu are still in-laws?" Lu Bu expressed his dissatisfaction with Yuan Shu, and Cheng Yu asked with a smile: "I don't know if the daughter of Wenhou marries Huainan, will she be counted as a princess or a ......?" ”

After only half of the words, Cheng Yu stopped talking, staring at Lu Bu's face without blinking.

Being asked by Cheng Yu like this, Lu Bu suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and hesitated for a moment before saying to Cheng Yu: "A certain and Yuan Shu became sons and daughters, but when he was not the emperor!" If a certain person knows that Yuan Shu has the heart to be the emperor, don't say that the children are in-laws, even if Yuan Shu wants to make friends with a certain person, a certain person will definitely refuse! ”

"Wen Hou is loyal to the Han family, and his majesty will definitely not forget each other today!" Holding his fists and arching towards Lu Bu, Cheng Yu said to him: "One of the conditions that Duke Cao intends for Wen Hou to agree to is to accompany Duke Cao to defeat Huainan!" ”

"It's easy to say!" Cheng Yu mentioned that Cao Cao wanted him to crusade against Huainan together, and Lu Bu almost didn't even think about it.

The two of them were already outside the official mansion while talking.

Outside the main gate of the official mansion, Lu Bu turned over and jumped off the horse, stood sideways, and gestured to Cheng Yu, who also jumped off the mount, and said: "Sir, please come in, a certain banquet has been held today, and you and I will discuss peace while drinking!" ”

Cheng Yu, who had already got off the mount, heard that Lu Bu had prepared a banquet, and hurriedly bowed down to him with his fists and thanked him: "Wen Hou is gracious, but he is disrespectful!" ”

Walking into the official mansion side by side with Lu Bu, as soon as he entered the front yard, Cheng Yu found that many maids and servants were busy running back and forth inside and outside the front hall that greeted the door.

The maids and servants carried a jar of wine and a pot of meat and preserved fruits.

Although he glanced at it from a distance, Cheng Yu knew that Lu Bu probably really had the intention to negotiate peace with Cao Cao this time.

Seeing Lu Bu's sincerity, Cheng Yu had a trace of entanglement in his heart.

Before entering Xuzhou City, Cao Cao asked his staff what to do if Lu Bu was sincere in surrendering.

At that time, all the staff, including Guo Jia, were speechless, only Liu Bei seemed to inadvertently remind Cao Cao, asking him to think about Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo back then.

It was Liu Bei's words that made Cao Cao give up the idea of subduing Lu Bu, and completely pinned his hope of defeating Xuzhou on Jiang Gance's opposition to Lu Bu's generals.

In this peace talks, no matter how sincere Lu Bu is, what Cheng Yu wants to do is to deliberately make things difficult for him, so that this peace talks cannot be completed at all.

"Mr. Cheng, please!" Cheng Yuzheng sighed in his heart that this time Lu Bu would not only be disappointed in the end, but also be secretly murdered, but Lu Bu, who was completely unaware, was very polite and invited him again.