Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 342 Cao Qin ([-])

half year later

late autumn
Pizhou
"Father, Cao's army is still slaughtering the city in Pengcheng and has no time to besiege Xiapi. We should take advantage of this time to leave Xuzhou and go to Liaodong to join the Wang family." In the mansion, Lu Lingqi persuaded Lu Bu.

More than two years ago, when she was only 14 years old, she followed her mother to Sugarcane Island to open up wasteland.

Young girl Liang is young, but she has superb archery skills. At the age of 15, she shot and killed three sugarcane people who invaded the agricultural reclamation area (the Wang family called the indigenous people of Sugarcane Island/Taiwan Island the Sugarcane people).

A few months ago, she became a sailor of the Wang family as a woman, and after the Wang family learned that she was the daughter of Lu Bu, the governor of Xuzhou, they sent her to Xuzhou to persuade Lu Bu to bring various talents from Xuzhou to join the Wang family.

Craftsmen, doctors, scholars, as many as the royal family wants.

"Let me think about it again." Lu Bu hesitated. Not everyone would be willing to give up the position of governor of Xuzhou. As a martial artist from a humble family background, he could have the status he has today, which he could only imagine in his dreams before.

that night
"Your envoy is going to Liaodong?" Chen Gong's expression turned ugly. He actually didn't care where Lu Bu was going.

But he hated Cao Cao so much, he just wanted to use Lu Bu's power to kill Cao Cao. If Lu Bu ran away to Liaodong, who would help him kill Cao Cao in the future?
"Thieves Cao are powerful and I can't fight against them. If he goes to Liaodong, he can still be a rich man. If he stays in Xuzhou, he may die without a place to bury him." Lu Bu explained that although he is very brave, he is also good at commanding troops. But he was very afraid of death.

Yes, such a strong man is actually very afraid of death.

Chen Gong bit his lip, thinking about how to persuade (suddenly) say (you) Lu Bu to stay in Xuzhou and continue to fight Cao Cao to the end.

In the spring of this year, when Gongsun Zan rebelled against killing Qu Yi, Cao Cao also conquered Zhang Xiu in Nanyang for the third time. Although Zhang Xiu had not been completely defeated, Zhang Xiu was now huddled in the city and did not dare to leave the city, let alone attack Cao Cao's lair.

In this way, Cao Cao finally gave up his plan to continue attacking Zhang Xiu under Xun You's persuasion, and instead attacked Xuzhou.

"Zhang Xiu relies on Liu Biao in Jingzhou to provide food and grass support, and the soldiers he brought from Xiliang are brave and good at fighting. It is difficult to succeed by force."

"Now Minggong has beaten him so much that he dare not go out of the city. There is no need to continue to spend meaninglessly in Nanyang County, wasting military rations for nothing."

"The reason why Zhang Xiu and Liu Biao were able to cooperate was because they were both afraid of us going south."

"It is only necessary for Duke Ming to withdraw his troops. Then, over time, Zhang Xiu and Liu Biao will inevitably have a rift. When the relationship between the two parties breaks down, and Duke Ming releases his goodwill, Zhang Xiu, a person with no ambitions, will definitely surrender."

"And during the conflict between Zhang Xiu and Liu Biao, Duke Ming took the opportunity to attack Xuzhou and deal with Lu Bu, the enemy. If there is a chance, he can also deal with Yuan Shu, the arrogant man who claims to be emperor."

Xun You's opinion is very reasonable. If you continue to fight Zhang Xiu, can you beat Nanyang?able!But does it make sense?It is not meaningful!Because of the time and cost, it’s better to fight the better Lv Bu Yuan Shu, and just come back after a while and surrender Zhang Xiu directly. Even if the surrender fails, won’t you still get Xuzhou?No loss at all, there is still a chance to earn blood!
Therefore, Cao Cao learned from the painful experience, changed his strategy, let go of the pain of losing his son, and no longer attacked Zhang Xiu for revenge, but instead attacked Lu Bu in Xuzhou.

He is different from Liu Bei. Liu Bei can give up his hegemony for his brother, but he can give up his son for his hegemony.

After Cao Cao chose to attack Lv Bu, Lv Bu arranged for Chen Gui and Chen Deng and his son to be in charge of logistics. However, Chen Gui and Chen Deng had already chosen to join Cao Cao.

I don't care who is the master of Xuzhou, I only care if I am the number one gentry in Xuzhou.

It doesn't matter who is the magistrate, I just want to be the magistrate's wife.

When Lu Bu assassinated Liu Bei, the Chen family and his son also chose to temporarily join Lu Bu and manage Xuzhou for Lu Bu.

Xuzhou changes the Dawang Banner, but what remains unchanged is the status of the Chen family in Xuzhou.

Lu Bu's strength was not as good as Cao Cao's, and now he has an inner ghost again. The only adviser is Chen Gong, a man blinded by hatred. He only wants to kill Cao Cao, and doesn't care about other things.

Perhaps this is because of love and hate. How much Chen Gong loved Cao Cao in the past, and how much he hates Cao Cao now.

Pengcheng was captured by Cao's army, and Lu Bu was forced to retreat to Xiapi, but Xiapi was densely covered with water networks and was easily flooded.

Fortunately, Cao Jun slaughtered the city as usual. Cao Jun soldiers were busy burning, killing and looting Pengcheng, and had no time to attack Lu Bu in Xiapi, which gave Lu Bu a chance to breathe.

"Don't the general want to dominate one side? Isn't the general willing to abandon the huge Xuzhou?" Chen Gong didn't follow Lu Bu because he liked Lu Bu, he followed Lu Bu because he hated Cao Cao.

"Gongtai, do you know that since I was a child, my biggest dream, Lu Bu, is to make contributions, and then seal my wife and son, to have a great military fame that will go down in history, to have a beautiful mansion for my retirement, and to have many beautiful wives and concubines to play with every day." , I have a lot of gold and jewelry for my consumption, this is my biggest dream, Lu Bu!"

"Struggling for world hegemony was forced. If it wasn't for Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu who refused to take me in, I would be just a general for the two of them now."

"I want to be a dog for the aristocratic family, but the aristocratic family looks down on me, Lu Bu."

"Until now, I didn't understand why Dong Taishi became black."

"You worked so hard to kneel and lick the family, and wanted to cooperate with the family alliance, but the family still looked down on you, and even mocked and opposed you, alas!"

"I envied Grand Master Dong when I was young, and I hated Grand Master Dong when I grew up. Now I am Grand Master Dong."

"The dragon slayer will eventually become a dragon!"

"Now, the royal family of Liaodong is willing to let go of their noble status to accept me, and is willing to give me a chance to be a dog. How can I, Lu Bu, let go of this opportunity?"

Lu Bu is no longer ambitious, or he has never been ambitious. Now all he thinks about is moving the talents from Xiapi to Liaodong. In this way, the royal family of Liaodong should see that he brought so many talents. Be nice to him, and let him live a carefree life from now on.

"Did the general have such an idea after listening to Miss's nonsense?" Chen Gong said dissatisfiedly: "Miss is now a member of the Liaodong royal family, and the Liaodong royal family is married to the Yuan family, and the Yuan family is Cao Cao's ally now. , Cao Cao is your enemy again, General, if you believe what Miss says, isn't that the same as believing what the enemy says?"

Although Yuan Shao's forces are discussing whether to deal with Cao Cao, and Cao Cao's forces are also discussing what to do if Yuan Shao goes south, but they still have a cooperative relationship on the surface, so in the eyes of other forces, the Cao and Yuan families are still one. .

Late night
Lu Lingqi came to Lu Bu's bedroom alone...

(End of this chapter)