Chapter 350

"However, there is no guarantee of success;"

"Especially since this person's fortune is not low; the possibility of him turning danger into safety when encountering schemes and desperate situations is naturally not low either;"

"Therefore, my lord, you had better not hold too much hope!"

Xun Yu was truly not adept at scheming against people or playing dirty, nor did he care to do so.

But Cao Cao was right; if they did not have a Heavenly Human Divine General, he would basically have little chance of winning if he wanted to contend with Su Xuan's troops in the future.

If there was a way to increase their odds of winning by even a little, it was worth striving for.

"Hmm!"

Cao Cao nodded in understanding: "Doing one's best is enough! I didn't hold much hope for it myself anyway!"

"Speaking of which, I wonder what the situation is with Lu Bu right now?"

"If he killed Dong Zhuo, he probably can't stay in Guanzhong anymore, right?"

"Do you think it's possible for him to leave Guanzhong and come to defect to me?"

The possibility of recruiting Guan Yu and Zhang Fei was slim, but wasn't there still a ready-made, wild Heavenly Human Divine General available?

In terms of strength and talent, Lu Bu was far superior to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

Upon hearing this, Xun Yu smiled lightly and asked: "I have heard that Lu Bu and Su Xuan have a very good relationship. They have had frequent trade dealings for a long time and can be considered close friends!"

"Does my lord think that if he really wanted to defect to someone, who would be more suitable than Su Xuan?"

Clearly, Xun Yu was not optimistic about Cao Cao winning over Lu Bu.

"No, no, no!"

Cao Cao shook his head repeatedly upon hearing this: "That is not the way to put it. It is precisely because his relationship with Su Boyuan is so good that it is even more impossible for him to defect to Su Boyuan!"

"Wouldn't that be naturally placing himself a head lower than Su Boyuan?"

"In that case, they would no longer be close friends, but would instead become a superior-subordinate relationship;"

"With Lu Bu's proud personality, it is impossible for him to make such a choice!"

"Therefore, I actually feel that I have a chance to win over Lu Bu and use him for my own purposes!"

Cao Cao was also a master of human nature.

He understood the personality and thoughts of someone like Lu Bu all too well.

"That is also true!"

Xun Yu was slightly stunned upon hearing this, then nodded affirmatively, but then shook his head again: "But I still do not advise you, my lord, to recruit Lu Bu;"

"Do not forget, this man first defected to Ding Lord Yuan, only to kill Ding Lord Yuan because of a Red Hare horse and defect to Dong Zhuo;"

"Now, he has killed Dong Zhuo because of Wang Yun's instigation and a woman;"

"Such a person without faith or righteousness, without loyalty to his lord or father—even if you successfully recruit him, my lord, can you use him with peace of mind?"

Isn't this just a ticking time bomb?

Heaven knows which day he might be unhappy and decide to chop off Cao Cao's head.

It was too dangerous.

"Ah, this..."

Cao Cao frowned, feeling a bit of a headache and helplessness: "Now that you put it that way, it really is! I even feel a chill on the back of my neck!"

"This person is indeed difficult to control! Then let's just forget about it for now."

Cao Cao himself was a naturally suspicious person; for someone like him, one instance of disloyalty was equivalent to eternal disloyalty.

He really did not dare to use Lu Bu.

"My lord is wise!"

Seeing that Cao Cao had more or less given up on the idea of recruiting Lu Bu, Xun Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

He was afraid that Cao Cao, under too much pressure, would recruit just anyone, which would be extremely detrimental to Cao Cao's development.

In Runan, Yuzhou, inside the imperial palace,

"What? The Son of Heaven of the Great Han and Dong Zhuo are both dead? This is truly wonderful! Hahaha!"

"In this way, the other warlords will have no excuse or reason to crusade against me, right?"

"In fact, doesn't this just prove that I am the true Son of Heaven, the true Dragon Emperor?"

Upon receiving the news of the deaths of the Han Son of Heaven and Dong Zhuo, Lord Yuan Shu said with wild joy.

For the past few days, he had been suffering from a headache because the various warlords had issued a manifesto to crusade against him together.

Now, he felt his opportunity had arrived.

"Your Majesty! I am afraid it is not that simple!"

Yan Xiang reported with a grim face: "The various warlords crusading against you, Your Majesty, was never really about upholding the orthodoxy of the Great Han or exterminating rebels; that was merely an excuse and a facade!"

"Their true purpose was actually just for their own respective interests!"

"Therefore, I estimate that they will still use this name to crusade against you, Your Majesty!"

"So, not only can we not slack off, but we must continue to strengthen our border defenses and crush the incoming enemies!"

"Additionally, I calculate that the purpose of King Zou Qian Su Xuan's troop movement this time is likely for the territory of Lujiang and Jiujiang commanderies;"

"Although these were originally our targets, Sun Ce has already rebelled and effectively occupied the entire territory of Jiujiang and parts of Lujiang;"

"I believe we should send an envoy to Jingzhou to persuade King Zou Qian so that he does not come to attack us;"

"For this, we can temporarily abandon Lujiang and Jiujiang;"

"In any case, we probably cannot take these two places in the short term, so it would be better to do a favor, remove the potential threat King Zou Qian poses to us, and at the same time, let King Zou Qian deal with Sun Ce;"

"In this way, we will basically have no worries in the south and west, and we only need to concentrate our forces to deal with Cao Cao in the north and Tao Zou Qian in the east. I hope Your Majesty will think thrice."

— Author's Notes —

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