After hearing this, Gao Shun and Xiahou Lan quickly bowed their orders.

After Liu Chuang inspected the city gate for another round, he got off the city and returned to the county government to rest.

After washing up, someone came with breakfast.

After Liu Chuang finished eating, he leaned on the couch chair and closed his eyes, as if he was sleeping, but he was still wondering why Chen Deng retreated.

For some reason, Liu Chuang always felt that this matter was strange.

Because Chen Deng suddenly withdrew his troops, it seemed a bit unreasonable, but what was the problem? He couldn't quite understand.

"Young Master, your son... it's reinforcements!"

"Um?"

Liu Chuang suddenly opened his eyes, stood up and walked out of the room quickly.

Xiahou Lan stood at the door, bowed to him, and whispered: "Just just got the news, General Cheng Liancheng of Huaipu led his troops to come, and reinforcements have arrived outside the city."

"Sheng Lian?"

Liu Chuang was stunned and was immediately overjoyed.

If Cheng Lian sends troops to rescue him, then Chen Deng retreats seems to have a reasonable explanation.

Huaipu is not too far from here, and is located at the junction of Lingshui and Huai River. If Cheng Lian sends troops, Chen Deng may face the situation of the food road being cut off, so he will naturally choose to withdraw.

Just say, how could Cao Xing send reinforcements so quickly?

It’s not Cao Xing, but Cheng Lian… Everything becomes reasonable.

Liu Chuang couldn't help but feel overjoyed, and quickly called Xiahou Lan, took Fei Xiongwei away from the county government office, and headed straight for the city gate.

Outside the city gate, a team of Xuzhou soldiers lined up neatly.

Cheng Lian was talking to Gao Shun. When he saw Liu Chuang coming, he hurriedly came forward and bowed, "I heard that Cheng Lian was trapped, so he came to help him.

Cheng Lian is late, so please forgive me for your crime.”

"Hahaha, General Cheng, please be polite!"

Liu Chuang held Cheng Lian's hand, and after a few greetings, he asked Cheng Lian to go to the city to rest.

"Uncle Emperor, Cheng Lian heard that Chen Deng was invading this time, so he led 3,000 troops to come... but he didn't know how to arrange it?"

Liu Chuang smiled and said, "Since it is a reinforcement, you should enter the city to rest.

Otherwise, wouldn’t it be laughed at when it is spread out? Liu Chuang doesn’t understand the way of hospitality? Hengruo, you immediately bring someone to clean the West Schoolyard and ask General Cheng Lian to enter the West Schoolyard."

While speaking, Liu Chuang turned around and glanced at the reinforcements outside the city, and walked into the city with Cheng Lian.

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At noon, Liu Chuang set up a banquet in the county government to entertain Cheng Lian.

Cao Xing was reluctant to send troops because Liu Chuang had said bad things about Hou Cheng. However, Cheng Lian was in Huaipu, but he might not know about this.

Therefore, Cheng Lian also showed great enthusiasm at the banquet.

I swear with Liu Chuang, laughing constantly.

After two days of hard fighting, Liu Chuang seemed to relax a lot.

Cheng Lian toasted repeatedly, and Liu Chuang refused everyone.

This banquet was eaten until the middle of the hour before it ended.

Liu Chuang seemed to have eaten too much alcohol, so he was drunk. His tongue was a little big and he didn't speak very easily. "General Cheng, I've eaten too much alcohol today and I'm a little tired. So I didn't send the general out. Please ask Xiaogong and Hengruo to do it on their behalf and send the general to rest."

Cheng Lian seemed to be drunk as well and nodded repeatedly.

However, when Xiahou Lan and Gao Shun sent Cheng Lian away and returned to the lobby of the county government, they unexpectedly discovered that Liu Chuang sat upright in the lobby, without any previous drunkenness. He was holding a bowl of honey water and drinking slowly. Seeing Xiahou Lan and Gao Shun come in, he smiled slightly and signaled that they would sit down.

"What do you think about Cheng Lian coming to help?"

Gao Shun and Xiahou Lan were stunned when they heard this.

"What does the words of the young master (the emperor) mean?"

Liu Chuang took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and a sad look appeared on his face.

After a long time, he whispered: "This time I sent troops to Xuzhou, I have lost the public.

Maybe in your opinion, Gongmei has no talent... I originally thought so. But later, I discovered a good point of Gongmei. He was very careful and thoughtful. In Kaiyang, he reminded me that Zang Ba's troops were not prepared for war at all. I didn't care at the time, but the result... Gongmei said at the time of death: If you don't take care, there will be a fraud. In fact, it is just a reminder that if the other party makes a fraud, no matter how he hides it, in the details, it may reveal flaws that he cannot even notice."

Gao Shun, a chilling cicada, woke up suddenly.

"Young Master means..."

Liu Chuang looked at Gao Shun, then looked at Xiahou Lan again.

"If the cavalry army is sent from Huaipu, it will take one day if it is a military force, and if it is a military force, it will take one day and a half.

Chen Deng’s army arrived in Ling County, and today is only the third day. In other words, if Cheng Lian sends troops to rescue him, he will inevitably have to go through a day of marching.

Even if the Xiong Jujun is marching one day and one night, he will feel very tired.

But just now I noticed that General Cheng Lian's troops did not look tired... His boots were extremely clean, even if he was riding a horse, but there was no dust on his body. Don't you think this was a bit weird?"

After hearing Liu Chuang's words, Gao Shun suddenly stood up.

Xiahou Lan closed her eyes and thought for a long time, and said softly: "If the young master hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have paid attention to these."

Liu Chuang slowly stood up, fǎngfo said to himself: "Although Gongmei died, she taught me something.

General Cheng Lian was stationed in Huaipu and entered Huainan. However, he abandoned Huaipu to come for rescue without any effort. I should have been grateful. But for some reason, when I saw General Cheng Lian, I always felt a little strange. In other words, Cheng Lian's expression was very artificial, and that feeling was exactly the same as when I met Zang Ba in Kaiyang before... It was very fake."

Gao Shun's face looked a little ugly.

Cheng Lian is an old subordinate of Lu Bu. When it comes to qualifications, he is even older than Gao Shun. Compared with those of Hou Cheng and Song Xian, he seems to be no different. His status in the army is not low. When Hao Meng was alive, Cheng Lian was under Hao Meng and above Cao Xing and Hou Cheng and others. After Hao Meng's death, Zhang Liao was probably the only one in Lu Bu's army who could be higher than Cheng Lian when it comes to qualifications.

Even Cao Xing seems to be slightly lower than Cheng Lian.

The meaning of Liu Chuang's words is clearly that Cheng Lian has surrendered to Chen Deng.

Of course, Gao Shun felt a little unhappy, but what Liu Chuang said was reasonable, so Gao Shun could not find a reason to refute for a while.

He sat on the table and couldn't speak for a long time.

Liu Chuang walked to him and patted Gao Shun on the shoulder: "Xiao Gong, I also hope I was wrong, but I can't take risks at this time.

Cheng Lian came very suddenly, and Chen Deng retreated very strangely.

Logically speaking, with Chen Deng's ability, even if Cheng Lian sent troops to help, he would not evacuate so simply."

"But……"

"Xiao Gong, I know you feel bad. But we have to be careful."

After Liu Chuang said that, he pondered for a moment and said softly: "If Cheng Lian is cheating, he will soon take action... In this way, you..."
Chapter completed!