The sound of the horse's hooves reached the south bank of the Huai River, prompting Lu Bu, who had already fallen asleep, to be woken up from his sleep by the maid, so he hurriedly put on his armor, hurriedly stepped out of the tent, and looked in the direction from which the horse's hooves came.

The sound of "bang" footsteps came from beside him, and Lu Bu didn't need to look back to know that the military advisor Chen Gong and the commander of the guards Wei Xu had already arrived with their own guards.

"Gongtai, who is guarding the camp tonight? Where did this brigade cavalry come from? I couldn't help but say, Lu Bu directly reprimanded who the guard of the gate was tonight, but this was not the point, the focus was on the latter sentence, where did the rumbling horse stomping sound come from.

In addition, Lu Bu's questioning was not intended by the guards of the Yuanmen, but by Sang scolding Huai, blaming Chen Gong for not doing things well, and holding many scouts and meticulous works in his hands, but why he didn't find out the news in advance, so that the enemy had already approached the camp at night.

It is true that the scouts and meticulous work of Lu Bu's army are directly responsible for Chen Gong.

But now, the unidentified cavalry of the brigade was rushing towards the camp, but Chen Gong did not report it in time in advance, which showed that he had no idea about it. Isn't that a dereliction of duty, and what is it?

"The lord is angry." Knowing that he was at fault first, Chen Gong rarely realized that he didn't call Lu Bu's name "Fengxian", but rarely called "Lord".

As he spoke, Chen Gong walked quickly to Lu Bu's side, stretched his neck to look into the distance, and said in thought: "Judging from the direction from which the sound of horses' hooves came from, the sound came from the north, not from the south, this ??? It doesn't seem to be Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses. What's more, Huainan Yuan Shu did not have such a large brigade of cavalry under his command, so it was ?????? It should not be a night attack by enemy troops. Chen Gong was not completely sure of his own judgment. You can only say your thoughts and guesses, and you will know later whether they are right or wrong.

"Cavalry from the north?" Lu Bu was surprised when he heard this, and said in surprise: "To the north is Yuzhou on the other side. At present, Guo Gong, the assassin of Yuzhou, is leading his troops to fight with the Bocai army. Guo Gong's family was too busy to take care of himself, how could there be so many cavalry crossing the river overnight to sneak attack me? ”

Chen Gong nodded subconsciously and said, "Indeed, as Feng Xian said, Guo Gong definitely has so many cavalry in his hands, otherwise it would be impossible for us to cross the Huaishui in one go." But?????? Guo Gong's absence does not mean that the Xiliang Army does not either. In a hurry, Chen Gong finally expressed his concerns, and it was also the last word that Lu Bu wanted to hear—Xiliang Iron Cavalry.

"Ugh!" Lu Bu's voice changed when he heard this, and he exclaimed, "You mean?????? These cavalrymen are Li Li、、、 oh no. It's the Xiliang Iron Cavalry under the command of the general! ”

Chen Gong bowed his head lightly and said in a low voice: "Such a dense sound of horses' hooves, such a big movement." It is expected that the number of this cavalry should be no less than tens of thousands, or even more. There is only one prince in the world who has so many iron horsemen, and that is the great general Li Li. Other than that, no second choice will be made. "In fact, Chen Gong has now been able to determine that this is getting closer and closer to the Iron Horse. It was the Xiliang Iron Cavalry under Li Li. It's just that he knows that Lu Bu has always been secretive about the Xiliang Army. If you say it too absolutely, it will make Lu Bu suspicious, cause trouble for nothing, and cause unnecessary trouble.

Sure enough, hearing Chen Gong say this, Lu Bu listened to the rumbling sound of the horse stepping more and more clearly, and Gu Zi muttered to himself: "The roar of the horse stepping shook the sky, and it should be no less than 50,000 iron horses; The sound of hooves is dense but not chaotic. The march overnight was the same pace, as if well trained. It is a warrior of a hundred battles. This is?????? The sound of marching only in the five elite war cavalry battalions under Li Li must be one of the five war cavalry battalions! As Lu Bu spoke, his thick eyebrows furrowed, and a strong worry appeared on his handsome side face.

Hearing Lu Bu's words to himself, Chen Gong secretly admired. Lu Bu is worthy of being a veteran of a hundred battles, and this extraordinary hearing and accurate judgment are really amazing. At the moment, the sound of horses' hooves was still miles away, but Lu Bu had already deduced the number of cavalry in preparation, and from the sound of horses' hooves in the wind, he identified the origin of this cavalry, and directly located it in one of the five most elite cavalry battalions under Li Li's command.

If Chen Gong really didn't know anything about this, maybe he would still be suspicious of Lu Bu's inference. But now, he had no doubt about Lu Bu's judgment, because he had long known the identity of this cavalry, which was one of the most elite cavalry under Li Li's command, the Tiger Camp Iron Cavalry led by Dian Wei. In addition to the Huben battalion, there were also 40,000 newly formed Youzhou iron cavalry led by Gongsun Zhan, Kebineng, Xu Huang and Ma Dai, a total of 70,000 iron cavalry. However, only 50,000 iron horsemen were the first to cross the river and camp on the south bank, and the follow-up soldiers and horses stayed on the north bank of Huaishui for the time being, and then crossed the river after dawn tomorrow.

Slightly stunned, Chen Gong didn't wait for Lu Bu to ask, and took the lead in asking: "It seems that Feng Xian has already determined the identity of this cavalry, I don't know what we should do next?" Go out to greet each other or pretend not to know, waiting for the arrival of the Xiliang Army? ”

"Huh?" Lu Bu was stunned, and his brows furrowed into the shape of the word "Chuan", showing that he was extremely uncalm in his heart, unable to make up his mind about gains and losses, and was struggling violently. pretended not to know, but was worried that Li Li would take the opportunity to make trouble afterwards; If you open the gate and go out to greet you, you are worried that Li Li will take over the throne and repeat the mistakes of Gongsun Zan of Youzhou, and be taken away by Li Libing bloodlessly. After all, the news of Gongsun Zhan being forced to surrender by Li Li has now spread all over the world, and the lessons of the past are still in front of us, so we must guard against it!

In this way, Lu Bu made it difficult. I racked my brains and thought about it for a long time, but I was still at a loss, and I didn't come up with a solution that would have the best of both worlds. Immediately, he couldn't help but turn his gaze to Chen Gong, his posture was very low, and his eyes were full of asking for advice, and even a little begging.

Lu Bu's almost pleading eyes made Chen Gong quite useful. It is no exaggeration to say that Chen Gong's greatest pleasure over the years is to teach Lu Bu, and occasionally reprimand Lu Bu loudly until he is submissive. Therefore, many times Lu Bu is a child who does not grow up in his eyes, willful and arrogant, he doesn't use his brains when he encounters problems, he does it completely casually, so that he makes mistakes repeatedly. It wasn't until Lu Bu listened to his plan or teachings that the situation changed, and he finally found a place to live and become the overlord of one of the princes.

In recent years, as the power controlled by Lu Bu has grown day by day, Lu Bu's temper has become bigger and bigger, and he is no longer as respectful to Chen Gong as he used to be, and he is regarded as a teacher. Even, Lu Bu didn't like to see him very much, especially he didn't like to listen to him, let alone reprimand and accuse. There is no doubt that after occupying Xuzhou, Lu Bu's wings hardened, and he no longer had to ask him for advice on everything, as if he was ready to unload the mill and kill the donkey.

In this regard, Chen Gong pretended to be ignorant on the surface, but in fact, he knew it as well as watching the fire from the other side, and was very sober. But he still went his own way, and treated Lu Bu like before, but invisibly he preached to Lu Bu less and less, and many things were obviously unaccustomed to it, but he pretended not to know, ignored it, and turned a blind eye.

Maybe Lu Bu didn't notice this, and still felt that Chen Gong was still as virtuous as before, which was annoying. But he didn't know that Chen Gong had been completely disappointed in him, and finally made up his mind to give up and no longer do his best to assist him.

Today, after two years, Chen Gong once again saw the pleading color in Lu Bu's eyes, which made him feel soft, after all, he couldn't do Cheng Dù, who was completely ruthless, and couldn't help but feel a little compassion. After hesitating for a moment, he finally decided to help Lu Bu one last time to help him resolve the crisis in front of him, as for what he should do in the future, it was all up to him to decide, and no one could help him. Even if Chen Gong still wanted to help him, he couldn't do anything, and even helping him was tantamount to harming him.

"Since Feng Xian insisted on asking, he will be blunt below." Politely saying a polite word, Chen Gong continued: "In Xiajian yì Feng first opened the gate and took the initiative to welcome the arrival of the Xiliang army. If the general leading the troops was the general himself, then Feng Xian invited the general to rest in the tent, and held a feast overnight to entertain him. In this way, it will not be true, and it will not leave any handle, so that even if the general has the intention to make trouble, he will not be able to make trouble. If the leading general is not a general, but another general, Feng Xian only needs to be polite, and then order someone to help the Xiliang army build a camp next to the camp. In this way, Feng Xian is also benevolent and righteous, and people can't find fault with it, and they won't give people a handle. In this way, I don't know what to do with the first wishes? ”

Lu Bu was overjoyed when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Good, good, very good!" Sure enough, Mr. is smart, polite and courteous, and thorough, which is enough for Xiliang Jun to find no excuses. That's it! Hehehe??????" Chen Gong smiled when he heard this, and then ordered his soldiers to prepare a feast, and followed Lu Bu towards Yuanmen.

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Under the slanting wind and drizzle of the night, Li Li rode the Golden Lion Beast Throne and galloped through the wind and rain, and faintly saw a huge camp of considerable scale standing on the flat ground two miles away. Immediately, he gently patted the back of the Golden Lion Beast King's neck, signaling it to slow down and wait for the army to go to Lu Bu's camp together.

As expected by Yuan Shu and Yan Xiang in Huainan, Li Li had already led a large army south and entered the territory of Yuzhou. However, Yan Xiang and Yuan Shu apparently overestimated the speed of Li Li's army, so that Li Li's army was five days later than they had estimated, and it was not until late at night on the fifth day that they crossed the Huaishui and arrived at the camp of Lü Bu, which had crossed the river and camped before the rainy season arrived.

Prior to this, the reason why Li Li's army was delayed in Yuzhou for a few days was because he led his army to join forces with Bocai's army and besiege Yuzhou Assassin Shi Guogong. The siege of the city for three days forced Guo Gong, who was besieged, to give up resistance and take the initiative to open the city to surrender, so that most of Yuzhou fell into the hands of Li Li.

Afterwards, Li Li circled in the city for two days, dispatched a large number of civil officials and county soldiers from Sili into Yuzhou, and helped Bocai to reorganize the Yuzhou county government soldiers, and then ordered Bocai to take over the occupied county county and county seats, and then transferred the Sili county soldiers and Yuzhou soldiers and horses to exchange defenses.

After dealing with these trivial matters, Li Li led 70,000 iron cavalry and 30,000 heavy infantry troops to Huaishui, and finally arrived at the north bank of Huaishui in the afternoon, crossed the river overnight, and led 50,000 iron cavalry to the Lü Bu camp stationed on the south bank.

As Li Li ordered the army to slow down, the 50,000 iron cavalry slowly moved forward, naturally dispelling many of Lu Bu's previous concerns, so that Li Li's army saw the gate open from a distance, and then Lu Bu's tall and straight figure jumped into sight??????

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