Chapter 600

Why hadn't he thought of such a good method?

"Right?"

Jia Shisan smiled proudly: "I also felt this move was very powerful before!"

Afterward, Chen Deng and Jia Shisan began to discuss the subsequent plans in detail.

Su Xuan's order had been issued, so they naturally had to plan carefully how to let Lu Bu and Liu Bei stalemate for a year or a year and a half before being taken by Cao Cao.

Hmm! Jia Shisan also received another order from Su Xuan, which was to ensure Lu Bu's life after Lu Bu was defeated.

In fact, even if Su Xuan didn't say it, Jia Shisan would do it.

After all, in the Dark Guards, who didn't know that Lu Bu had a good daughter who liked the Lord?

Although, the Lord and Lu Bu were brothers and friends, and Lu Bu's daughter liked the Lord, which felt a bit strange.

But this was not something they could manage.

The day after receiving Tao Qian's abdication to Liu Bei, Lu Bu and the others set out again and launched an attack on Xiapi City.

The purpose was to launch a fatal blow while Tao Qian and Liu Bei were fully engaged in the handover.

To successfully break through this Xiapi City.

But because of the support of Chen Deng and the others behind the scenes, Liu Bei easily stabilized the situation in Xiapi City and sat firmly in the position of King of Qi and master of Xuzhou.

Barely blocking Lu Bu's offensive.

Making Lu Bu unable to take Xiapi City for a time.

"Damn it! Why did Chen Deng and the others submit to Liu Bei so easily? Willing to follow Liu Bei?"

"What's so good about that big-eared thief? He's just a straw sandal seller. On what grounds can he make Chen Deng kiss his stinky feet?"

The battle was not going well, and Lu Bu, who had retreated, complained in the commander's tent with indignation.

Why didn't he have such good luck?

Oh? You say Chen Gong helped him take Yanzhou at the beginning?

Then it's fine.

"It is indeed a bit strange!"

Chen Gong, who was to the side, stroked his beard with surprise and said with confusion: "Logically speaking, the Chen clan of Xuzhou is the largest gentry in Xuzhou. They should look down on Liu Bei and it's impossible for them to truly submit to Liu Bei!"

"However, things are not absolute. Since it has already happened, it shows that there is an inevitable reason for this;"

"Perhaps it has a lot to do with us forcing those gentry and powerful families in the territory we occupy to pay money, grain, and people!"

"In addition, the Chen clan has many industries in our occupied area, and their losses during this period are probably not small!"

"This is perhaps one of the main reasons why they chose to support Liu Bei to confront us!"

"Furthermore, Liu Bei is easier to control compared to the Lord, which is probably also an important reason."

"Hmm?"

Lu Bu was stunned: "Gongtai, why do you say that? Liu Bei has the two generals Guan and Zhang under his command, although they are a bit worse than me, they are also extremely strong. How can they be easily controlled by Chen Deng and the others?"

"Lord! Things are not calculated like this!"

Chen Gong smiled and shook his head: "You are upright and domineering, Lord, and combined with what we did in Xuzhou before, the feeling it gives Chen Deng and the others is domineering. Even if they have any demands, I fear you won't agree!"

"Moreover, we have strong troops and sturdy horses under our command, so we don't have much demand for them, and we have absolute strength to force them to submit and give up a large amount of benefits;"

"By comparison, Liu Bei not only has no foundation in Xuzhou, but besides the two generals Guan and Zhang, he has no more than five or six thousand troops, and his strength is far worse than yours, Lord! If Liu Bei wants to sit firmly in the position of master of Xuzhou, he must rely on local Xuzhou gentry like Chen Deng and Cao Bao;"

"If you have to ask for help, your backbone naturally won't be hard, and you will also be constrained by others to a certain extent!"

The world is just so real!

"So that's it!"

Lu Bu suddenly realized: "So that's how it is! It seems that you still need to be strong enough yourself!"

"However, now that Liu Bei has the full support of Chen Deng and the others, I'm afraid it won't be that simple for us to take Xiapi and even the entire Xuzhou!"

"Gongtai, what do you think we should do next?"

His mind was also very messy now.

Fight, can't take it in the short term.

Don't fight, feel uncomfortable with Liu Bei and the others guarding Xiapi and other places.

Sure enough, he really hated this Liu Bei!

He was simply a stirrer.

He was everywhere, annoying!

"Lord! Withdraw the army!"

Chen Gong thought for a while and said: "Judging from the current situation, it is unrealistic for us to take Xiapi and other places in the short term;"

"Staying here has no benefits, and we will waste a lot of money, and even lose troops and generals, which is not worth the loss!"

"It's better to withdraw the army directly and manage and digest the territory we occupy well first;"

"After we enhance our strength, it's a good choice to consider taking the entire Xuzhou, or attacking Yuzhou and Yanzhou to the west, or attacking Qingzhou to the north."

"In addition, I have received news that Cao Cao in Yanzhou is also burying his head in developing and strengthening his forces, and his goal is probably directed at our Xuzhou;"

"Next year, we will probably have a battle with him! At that time, relying on us alone may not be his match;"

"If things go wrong, we might have to join forces with Liu Bei to deal with Cao Cao."

"Hmm?"

Lu Bu was stunned, and then frowned: "Cooperate with Liu Bei? Gongtai, are you mistaken? How can this be? How is this possible?"

Still fighting to the death now, and then turning to cooperate with the outside world later?

Feels a bit fantasy.

"Heh! This is very normal! Lord!"

Chen Gong saw Lu Bu's thoughts and felt amused by his simplicity, and explained immediately: "Between forces, between warlords, it's just a difference in stance!"

"It has always been interest first!"

"There are no eternal enemies, and no eternal friends!"

"For the sake of interest, you can be enemies one moment and allies the next!"

"This is not new in history! Why is the Lord surprised?"

"Our conflict with Liu Bei lies in Xuzhou, but if there are foreign enemies who want to compete with us for Xuzhou, we will have a common enemy, and naturally we can unite against the outside world, solve this enemy first, and then we can close the door and fight for Xuzhou!"

"We can't let the enemy take advantage of our fighting and take Xuzhou, right?"

Their fighting is an internal matter of Xuzhou, so naturally they can't let Cao Cao sit and watch the wind and clouds.

"Is that so?"

Lu Bu frowned even tighter and said indignantly: "That Cao Cao is truly hateful! He has already snatched Yanzhou, and he still wants to continue to snatch Xuzhou from me?"

"Simply unreasonable! Don't let me find a chance, otherwise, I will definitely make him look good."

Chen Gong felt amused.

At the beginning, it was you, Lu Bu, who was led by me to seize Cao Cao's Yanzhou and stabbed him in the back.

Even if we are defeated now, Cao Cao has suffered heavy losses, and Yanzhou has also been beaten up in many places.

Cao Cao hates us too much! What's strange about running to snatch Xuzhou?

If he really wants to hate, Cao Cao should hate them even more.

Not to mention, Xuzhou is very important to Cao Cao.

If he can take Xuzhou, Cao Cao can get a stable granary and greatly increase his strength.

No matter how you look at it, Cao Cao cannot give up the fat meat of Xuzhou.

The time left for Cao Cao is not much.

"So, we really might have to join forces with Liu Bei to deal with the enemy in the future?"

Lu Bu asked again.

"Hmm!"

Chen Gong nodded affirmatively: "If there are no accidents, yes. Relying on the strength of our side alone, it is a bit difficult to defeat Cao Cao;"

"Cao Cao's power, you should have learned a lesson before, Lord?"

"That's true!"

Lu Bu nodded and sighed: "I really didn't look down on Cao Cao at the beginning, thinking that this person's strength was average, and he liked to flatter Dong Zhuo, just a villain!"

"Even when the warlords later attacked Dong, I thought the same!"

"Who could have thought that after truly fighting Cao Cao, I found that this person's personal martial arts might be average, and his ability to lead troops is not as good as mine, but his strategy is far better than mine. It feels to me that he is only a bit worse than Boyuan, which is simply incredible!"

"I can only say that I underestimated this person too much!"