Chapter 167: Supporting Cao Cao
Lu Bu shook his head and sighed: "What a clever mouth." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ info remember that before your betrayal, a certain longed for the three pillars of incense in the morning and evening for your family, and wanted to serve tea in the morning and dusk, how could you suppress the family? Why make a high-sounding excuse for you to betray me? β
Chen Qun opened his mouth and didn't know how to answer, Lu Bu had great respect for the family before Xiapi was broken by Cao Cao, and he had never suppressed the family at all, he actually used this as an excuse to betray Lu Bu, and secretly sighed in his heart that he was unwise!
"Let me tell you, there is no loyalty or righteousness in the eyes of you families, only family interests. You betrayed me, just because Cao Cao can make your family more prosperous, since you are a ruthless and unrighteous person, don't hypocritically wave the banner of loyalty and righteousness, which makes people look disgusting. β
Lu Bu continued: "The family annexed the land, monopolized the culture, controlled the Son of Heaven at the top, and exploited the people at the bottom, which caused my Huaxia to be in danger. β
"The world's families have the appearance of a doctor and a concubine, or offer goods and bribes, in order to consolidate themselves, and eventually form a party for personal gain, which will bring disaster to the world. The family has to be removed, not eliminated. Chen Gong sighed that he was deeply influenced by Lu Bu, and under the ideological indoctrination of Lu Bu and Xu Shu, he also began to think about the influence of the family on the development of society.
"Lu Gong is inevitably alarmist, and he is about to be pacified today. Three or five years later, he will still be in power with the Son of Heaven, and the world will be peaceful, so how can he say that he is as dangerous as a tired egg? Chen Qun seized the loopholes in Lu Bu's words and argued with reason. Chen Gong's sigh he directly ignored, Chen Gong was a traitor to the family, and he was in cahoots with Lu Bu.
"The eyes of the rats are not enough to talk about it. You go back and ask Cao Cao, how long has he been preparing to pacify the world, ask him if he is ready to see the unification of the world in his lifetime, it will take at least seven or eight years to pacify Yuan Shao, and to pacify the world, even if he pacifies the world, he is willing to return to the government of the Son of Heaven! It's really ignorant and ignorant. Lu Bu said.
Chen Qun listened to Lu Bu's words, not angry but happy, Lu Bu said this, and his task was half completed: "Lu Gong also thinks that the prime minister can defeat Yuan Benchu? β
"Yuan Shao seems to be powerful on the surface, but he is a coward. When encountering problems, I always think about it, but I can't make a decision. always cares about his own net worth and life when doing big things, and shrinks back; Seeing the small profits, he is always desperate to take it. To send him a sentence is to have no brains. β
I have to admit that Cao Cao used soldiers as if Sun and Wu were alive. In the face of the enemy, there are few defeats. Decide on the spot, and have no regrets. Be humble and accept advice, and only do it. What is the gift of victory? Of course, Lu Bu has to support Cao Cao, so that Cao Cao is full of confidence, now is not the time to fight Cao Cao, Yuan Shao's behemoth even Cao Cao has no confidence, let alone Lu Bu, he doesn't even have any confidence against Cao Cao, let alone against Yuan Shao.
"In this way, why don't you go to Xuchang with me, serve the prime minister, and report to the Son of Heaven and the people." Chen Qun took the opportunity to surrender.
"When the sun is down, a certain person bows his head and pleads to no avail, what does it mean now? Go back and tell Cao Cao that he and Yuan Shaoju are giant thieves in the Han Dynasty, and the two of them have ghosts in their hearts, and they are the ministers of the Son of Heaven in a certain life, and they swear not to stand with the thief. Lu Bu first put on the cloak of a loyal minister, and his voice changed: "A gentleman does not take advantage of the danger of others. You go back and tell Cao Cao that although there is a war with Yuan Shao, I will help him block Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu in the south, and I will not let these two men take advantage of Xuchang's emptiness to send troops to attack Xuchang. If Cao Cao really can't resist Yuan Shao, he will send troops to help. After he defeated Yuan Shao, he washed his neck and waited for a certain halberd. β
Lu Bu wants to make a position, that is, to support Cao Cao, and when Cao Cao is in danger, Lu Bu will also send troops to help. Regardless of whether Cao Cao believes it or not, Lu Bu did not dare to stab Cao Cao at a critical moment for the sake of the overall situation, once Cao Cao fell, Yuan Shao and the power of five or even six states, no one in the world could shake Yuan Shao's edge. However, Lu Bu was also very conflicted in his heart, he was afraid of Cao Cao more than Yuan Shao, and he was more willing for Yuan Shao to win in his heart.
Lu Bu didn't want to let Chen Qun go, but now that Chen Qun is coming on behalf of Cao Cao, if Lu Bu kills Chen Qun, Cao Cao doesn't believe that Lu Bu will guard the rear for him at all, causing Cao Cao to be unable to deal with Yuan Shao wholeheartedly, and Lu Bu is even more hesitant.
Chen Qun listened to Lu Bu's words, and his heart was reassured, at least Lu Bu could distinguish the overall situation, when he came, he knew that Lu Bu would not serve Cao Cao again, and Lu Bu could be an ally who was not an ally, this was the best result, and reported the last hope and said: "General Zhang Xiu and the prime minister have a grudge against their son, and the prime minister has surrendered regardless of his previous suspicions." Why did Lu Gong bother about the events of the day? β
"Zhang Xiu still surrendered to Cao Cao?" Lu Bu was shocked. He wrote a letter to Dao to explain the disadvantages of surrendering to Cao Cao, but he didn't expect Zhang Xiu to surrender to Cao Cao at the risk of cutting off his children and grandchildren.
Chen Qun listened to Lu Bu's words, as if Lu Bu had already guessed that Zhang Xiu would serve Cao Cao, and was secretly surprised in his heart. The Lu Bu in front of him is much wiser than the Lu Bu in his memory, no longer a reckless man, but more like a wise man, who is the first to anticipate the enemy everywhere, and is secretly anxious in his heart, Lu Bu is afraid that he will eventually become Cao Cao's henchman.
"General Zhang Xiu's eyes are like a torch, and he has already seen that the prime minister will eventually be able to dominate the world, and if he follows him now, he will definitely be able to soar in the future." Chen Qun insinuated that Lu Bu's vision was not as good as Zhang Xiu's.
"It's just Jia Xu's intention. Zhang Xiu's investment will definitely ruin the ancestral incense. Lu Bu said.
In front of Lu Bu, Chen Qun was like a person who couldn't hide his heart, he was guessed by Lu Bu everywhere, and he no longer had any hope of recruiting Lu Bu, so he was about to leave. How did Chen Qun know, these are all recorded in history, and Lu Bu has long known the ending. Lu Bu was not as wise as he imagined, and once it was beyond the scope of history, Lu Bu immediately returned to a state where his eyes were black and he couldn't distinguish between them.
Chen Gong was shocked in his heart, and said with a smile without a trace: "Changwen deceived me, Liu Biaozheng dispatched Zhang Xiutun's army in Anle, how could he come to surrender Cao?" β
Chen Qun stopped and replied: "This matter is true, after I saw Liu Biao and returned to Xuchang to restore my life, General Zhang Xiu left for Xuchang as an official. β
Waiting for Chen Qun to leave, Lu Bu said to Chen Gong: "Immediately order troops to attack Wancheng." β
With the news revealed by Chen Qun, Lu Bu had no doubt in his heart that Zhang Xiu had surrendered to Cao Cao. In this way, it will not be long before Cao Cao will gather heavy troops in Wanchengtun, and at that time, LΓΌ Bu's westward march will be completely blocked.
"Don't be in a hurry, plan and then act." When Chen Gong saw that Lu Bu heard that it was related to Cao Cao, he was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and he lost all his face, what kind of fear was this?
Can Lu Bu not be in a hurry? White Horse Lake was able to ambush Cao Cao, that was the initiative in the hands of Lu Bu, and after dozens of days of exhausting enemy planning, a small group of Cao soldiers was finally annihilated. Once Cao Cao set up a defense in Wancheng, the initiative was in Cao Cao's hands, and Lu Bu fell into a passive situation, and he had no confidence in his heart.
"If you talk about combat strength alone, Liu Biao is far superior to our army, and the whole body will be moved, once the lord attacks Zhang Xiu, it will definitely lead Liu Biao's army to attack, and he can only turn to passive defense, and the food is even more powerless to fight, the lord can think of a strategy to retreat from the enemy?" Chen Gong said.
"Why don't you let Sun Ce send troops to Jingnan to contain Liu Biao's army in Jingnan?" Lu Bu asked. Lu Bu actually forgot about Sun Ce. After the battle of Guangling, Sun Ce retreated to Jiangdong, and Sun Ce's temperament was not a peaceful person. Lu Bu secretly regretted that he shouldn't throw Sun Ce away when he ran out, this was not kind, it would make his allies feel cold, of course, he would use it after he ran out, and then throw it away when he didn't use it.
"Sun Ce is now unable to expand to the north, and if he wants to expand his territory, he can only attack to the west. If the lord invited him to carve up Jingzhou, he might gladly accept it. Sun Ce will definitely send troops to Yuzhang before he can attack Changsha and Jiangxia. In this way, he will drag down the Jingnan forces for our army and greatly reduce the pressure on our army. Chen Gong said.
"I don't believe Sun Ce a little, once Sun Ce is invited to send troops to Jingnan, I suspect that Sun Ce will betray me, and he may tell Liu Biao my intentions for his own interests, so that Liu Biao will withdraw all the forces of Jingnan to Jingbei to attack our army. Let me hold back the Jingzhou army, when he sends troops to Jingnan empty, it will greatly reduce the losses. Lu Bu assumed that people's hearts were in the darkest place and said.
"The lord is right, but in this way, our army will face great pressure."
"Zhang Liao, who was digging the river in Pingchun, was not far from Jiangxia, so it was better to secretly send someone to tell Liu Biao and frame Sun Ce to invite Zhang Liao and Gao Shun to send troops to Jiangxia to attack Huang Zu. I waved my flag and shouted as a suspicious soldier in Runan to attract Jingnan Liu Biao's troops to Jingbei, how about it? β
"It's a real plan, and it's wonderful. Sun Ce and Huang Zu have a grudge against their father, so no matter whether Sun Ce sends an army or not, Liu Biao will suspect that Sun Ce will send troops to Jiangxia, even if he fights with our army in Jingbei, he will not dare to withdraw all the troops in Jingnan, which greatly reduces the pressure on our army. Chen Gong said.
"Then send someone to tell Xu Shu first, let him send all the people and soldiers who dug the river to collect grain, and at the same time reveal the news of Sun Ce's invitation to our army to Liu Biao. I also have to attack Wancheng as soon as possible, so that Jia Xu doesn't have time to arrange calmly. Lu Bu was worried about Jia Xu's scheme, Jia Xu was countless times more powerful than Chen Gong, and Xu Shu was also a cut behind Jia Xu.
"Since there is a way to restrain Liu Biao, attacking Wancheng is like being captured." Chen Gong said with a smile. With or without intention, Zhang Xiu's troops are now in Anle, Wancheng is empty, and it is the best time to attack Wancheng.
"Wancheng is a place that must be fought for since ancient times, the city wall is tall, the moat is wide, as long as Zhang Xiu has 2,000 troops in the city, it is difficult for my 50,000 troops to capture it before Zhang Xiu receives the news, and the public platform can have a clever plan?" Lu Bu asked.
"Wancheng and Anle face each other across the water, the middle distance is only two hundred miles, and the army can be reached in more than a day after a rapid march. If you can't even build siege equipment in one day, how can you attack the city. The lord only needs to surround Wancheng, and when Zhang Xiu comes back to rescue, he can defeat Zhang Xiu's army in one fell swoop. As long as Zhang Xiu is defeated, Wancheng can be slowly won. Chen Gong said.
Wancheng is on the west bank of the river, and Anle County is on the east bank of the river.
"If the river is not dug up, throw it to Liu Biao for a headache. Send someone to recruit Liu Ye back. Lu Bu said. Once Liu Biao counterattacked, Pingchun bore the brunt, and Xu Shu couldn't leave Pingchun. Chen Gong wants to sit in Runan, and he can't attack Wancheng with Lu Bu, so only Liu Ye is available. It is indeed a waste of talent to let Liu Ye, Xu Shu, Zhang Liao, and Gao Shun dig the river.