Chen Gong's plan is perfect, especially with a lord like Lu Bu.

Not everyone can get on the stage of the princes of the world, you have to have enough capital.

Liu Bei relied on the name of the Han clan to get the qualification to take the stage, and relied on Guan Zhang to get on the stage. Cao Cao relied on the support of Dong and Jiao Zhao, as well as many of his fellow clans and heroes.

And Lu Bu's reliance is no less than them, the 30,000 Bingzhou Iron Cavalry who have gone through a hundred battles is not a joke, plus Lu Bu is such a world-class general, Cao Cao and Liu Bei have to weigh their own strength.

Chen Gong's plans were all based on Lu Bu's strong strength. If Lu Bu is not strong enough, no matter how good the plan is, it is useless, and defeating Qingzhou is just a wedding dress for Cao Cao.

Only with such a powerful lord as Lu Bu can Chen Gong put his plan into practice. The two can be said to rely on each other and fulfill each other.

"Gongtai, what you said is very true. In this case, we will take Qingzhou first, and then map the Central Plains. ”

Lu Bu said calmly. Lu Bu is still very convinced of Chen Gong's ability, there is such a strategist beside him who is notorious, who will listen to him if he doesn't listen to him? And Chen Gong is also worthy of his own trust.

Seeing Lu Bu's very trusting appearance, Chen Gong's heart suddenly swelled with emotion.

When a confidant dies, Feng Xian is just a little more straightforward and irritable, not unsupportable. He trusts me so much, I'm going to make a difference for it!

Chen Gong said secretly in his heart.

When he left Cao Cao, he saw through Cao Cao's brutal and suspicious nature. Lu Bohao's death is still vividly remembered.

I'd rather bear others than take me off. Cao Cao's ruthlessness frightened Chen Gong, so even though Cao Cao was an eloquent master, Chen Gong was still reluctant to vote.

No matter how you embellish the explanation, some facts cannot be concealed. Cao Cao is indeed an out-and-out hero, and he is also an extremely ruthless person.

At the beginning of the troubled times, the Central Plains, which was almost the same as the land of Hebei, ended up with the scene of ten rooms and nine empty rooms, starvation everywhere, plague and drought and other natural disasters accounted for a large part, but the innocent people who died because of Cao Cao were also millions.

Although Cao Cao also committed such evil deeds because of all kinds of helplessness, rather than real murder and cruelty. But facts are facts, and no matter what Cao Cao's hardships and helplessness, he cannot cover up the crimes he committed.

Cao Cao can be said to be the hero in the eyes of many strategists, especially in this kind of troubled era when people eat people. But in Chen Gong's heart, he is an out-and-out villain.

Therefore, some Chen Gong, who is too simple and idealistic, would rather choose a reckless man like Lu Bu than a villain like Cao Cao.

"In addition, please ask the lord to promise me one thing."

"What?" Lu Bu said curiously.

Chen Gong said solemnly: "If you can successfully take Qingzhou, please treat Kong Rong well, or hand him over to the palace to deal with." ”

"Why?"

Lu Bu didn't understand a little, why did he have to treat the other party well when he grabbed the territory from others? Shouldn't the grass be cut to the roots?

"Kong Rong is a descendant of Confucius, and Qingzhou is the birthplace of Confucianism and the birthplace of the Confucian family. If the lord kills Kong Rong, I am afraid it will cause turmoil in the entire Qingzhou. ”

Kong Rong's reputation is not fake, if he is really killed, Lu Bu will never win the hearts of Qingzhou. Without a stable territory, how can Lu Bu conquer the world?

"But if we want to snatch Qingzhou from Kong Rong's hands, we will inevitably fight with him. What if he wants to rebel against me? ”

Chen Gong smiled: "Don't disturb the lord." Does the lord know how Cao Mengde got Yanzhou? ”

"It was obtained by quelling the Yanzhou Yellow Turban Rebellion. Gongtai, you mean? ”

Chen Gong nodded: "That's right, the current situation in Qingzhou is similar to that of Yanzhou at the beginning, and we can also take Qingzhou from the beginning by aiding Kong Beihai and cleaning up the remnants of the Yellow Turbans, just like Cao Mengde." ”

Lu Bu frowned and asked, "But Gongtai, you just said that you should treat Kong Rong well, if we don't kill Kong Rong like Cao Cao killed Liu Dai, how can we capture Qingzhou?" ”

Chen Gong already had a draft in his heart, and said confidently: "The lord is wrong. Kong Rong is not Liu Dai, although Kong Rong is the person who controls Qingzhou on the surface, but his identity is only Beihai Xiang, not the history of Qingzhou. The lord only needs to take Qingzhou, Kong Rong doesn't need to care about it at all, everything is arranged by the palace. ”

Although Lu Bu was a little irritable about these twists and turns in his heart, he also knew that Chen Gong was for his own good, so he nodded with bad interest.

Like a hungry wolf, Lu Bu pounced on Qingzhou under Chen Gong's plan.

In the face of Lu Bu, who has extraordinary martial arts and is famous all over the world, those Yellow Turban remnants who are still breathing have no heart to resist at all, nor do they have the ability.

The scattered bandits surrendered one after another under the coercion and temptation of Chen Gong, and Lu Bu quickly unified the entire Qingzhou. Moreover, nearly 100,000 Qingzhou soldiers were formed, plus Lu Bu's original 30,000 Bingzhou iron cavalry, and he became a prince with a strong force.

When Lü Bu occupied Qingzhou, Tao Qian did not move at all, while Cao Cao stationed 50,000 troops on the edge of Qingzhou, and it seemed that he could be overwhelmed at any time. But in the end, the thunder was heavy and the rain was small, and he just took the opportunity to occupy Jinan and stopped when he encountered Lu Bu's army.

"Zhicai, Lu Bu's appearance this time caught us off guard!" Cao Cao said with a gloomy face.

Although there was one more county, Cao Cao was still in a very bad mood. There was a Liu Bei in the Central Plains who had enough headaches for him, but he didn't expect a hungry wolf to squeeze in now. Cao Cao felt that he was really a bit of a back.

Xi Zhicai and Xun Yu's faces were also a little ugly. Among all the princes in the world, the situation in the Central Plains is the most complicated.

Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan in Hebei competed with each other, Yuan Shu in Jiangdong was the dominant family, and Liu Yan and Li Yu in the west were just mediocre people. Only the Central Plains, this small place squeezed into three powerful princes, the most chaotic.

Xi Zhicai took a deep breath. Although Lu Bu's appearance caught him off guard, the situation is still not too bad and is still under control.

"Don't disturb, my lord, although Lu Bu's appearance was beyond our expectations, the situation is not as bad as we thought. As long as Xuzhou is taken, Qingzhou Lu Bu will be like dry bones in the mound, and his backhand can be destroyed. ”

Cao Cao's face was still very ugly: "But now that I have Liu Bei in front of me and Lu Bu in the back, how can I take Xuzhou?" Don't say that you have Xuzhou alone, and whether you can get a part of it is a question. ”

Xun Yu said calmly: "The lord doesn't need to worry, Lu Bu's power is far inferior to ours. Moreover, he has just won Qingzhou, as long as we wait for some troops to be stationed on the border, he will definitely not dare to move. ”

"And Liu Bei, didn't Yuan Shu marry me before I waited? We can just use his power to suppress Liu Bei. ”

A series of recent events have exhausted Xun Yu, and his heart is full of despair. Under the great compassion, Xun Yu came to his senses, hid his other thoughts, and wholeheartedly made suggestions for Cao Cao, intending to build him into another Duke of Zhou.

"But will Yuan Shu really help us?"

He had calculated Yuan Shu before, although he didn't succeed, but Yuan Shu must have discovered this matter afterwards, and now the relationship between the two sides is not good.

"Yes. Yuan Shu united us against Liu Bei because our advantage was far more advantageous to him than Liu Bei's. ”

Although Xun Yu is famous for his internal affairs ability, his overall view is also ranked first in the world.

As he said, Yuan Shu supported Cao Cao not because Cao Cao's threat was smaller than Liu Bei's, nor because Yuan Shu and Cao Cao had a good relationship, but because of a very simple truth, distant friendship and close attack.

Liu Bei, who occupied Yuzhou, was destined to be a thorn in Yuan Shu's side, and the relationship between the two sides was absolutely irreconcilable.

However, if you want Yuan Shu to help Cao Cao deal with Liu Bei, I'm afraid it's not so easy.