Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

The two people's voices stopped abruptly, and they looked at each other in shock at the same time. Neither of them expected the other to mean this.

Your Majesty, do you mean to arrange the marriage yourself?

Does Gongda want Pi'er to marry Lu Lingqi?

Suddenly, both of them were silent.

After a long time, Xun You spoke quietly to remind him.

"Your Majesty is the ruler of the Great Wei. If you marry Lü Lingqi, wouldn't you be one level lower than Lü Bu in terms of seniority? The Crown Prince should marry her."

Hearing this, Cao Cao's slightly frowned brows relaxed and he said.

"Gongda is absolutely right. This is the way it should be."

……

However, when Cao Cao's letter was delivered to Lu Bu, who was recuperating in Chenliu, Lu Bu became furious and spoke.

"What a thief Cao is! My daughter was once the queen of the Han Dynasty. How can I marry his child?"

"Write back to Cao Cao and say that marriage is possible. Ask him to send one of his sons to marry into the family."

As soon as these words came out, Chen Gong and Chen Qun, who were standing on the side, couldn't help but look at each other. They both felt a sense of helplessness and a dilemma in each other's eyes.

However, Er Chen gradually got used to Lu Bu's empty mind about politics.

Immediately, Chen Gong stepped forward and persuaded them.

"Don't worry, my king. I heard that Cao Wei's Qingzhou has been captured by Li Ji, and our Nanyang County is about to fall. This shows that Liu Bei is very powerful. If we can successfully form an alliance with Cao Cao through marriage, the two sides can join forces to resist the northern expedition army led by Li Ji."

Lu Bu frowned slightly and answered, "In principle, I agree. Cao Cao has many sons, so just send one over."

Chen Qun, knowing that the matter was of great importance, did not care about protecting himself and spoke out as well.

"Your Majesty, the King of Wei will definitely not agree to send his son to marry into the family. This is related to the reputation of Cao Wei, and more importantly, the King of Wei will definitely not leave such a hidden danger outside."

"What hidden danger?" Lu Bu asked somewhat unhappily.

Chen Qun hesitated for a moment and said.

"For example, if the Wei-Zhao coalition defeated the Han army and Cao Cao happened to die in the army, wouldn't that give the king a legitimate reason to annex Cao Wei in the name of his son-in-law?"

Not to mention that Chen Qun knew that Lu Bu's morality could not be trusted, let alone Cao Cao.

Only a brainless and reckless man like Lu Bu would dare to ask Cao Cao to give up his son for marriage. Even if the two Chens thought about it with their toes, they knew that this was something Cao Cao would never agree to.

As for the saying that Lu Lingqi was once the queen of Han Dynasty, but ever since Lu Bu killed the king in the street, Lu Lingqi's identity has become a huge joke.

For a father to kill his husband is against the laws of nature and ethical morals are also lost.

There were countless people under Lu Bu's command who secretly regarded Lu Lingqi as an ominous person, but no one dared to speak out.

Cao Pi of Cao Wei was willing to marry Lü Lingqi. The two Chens thought that this girl was extremely brave and admired her very much. Both for personal and public reasons, they wanted to send Lü Lingqi away as soon as possible to make this happen, so they naturally would not obstruct it.

Following closely behind the two Chens, a number of Zhao's civil and military officials also began to persuade the situation.

This made Lu Bu, who was originally somewhat unhappy, hesitate when he saw that all the ministers supported him.

Under the joint persuasion of the two Chens, Lü Bu soon agreed to the matter and wrote back to Cao Cao, saying that he agreed to the matter and would send Chen Qun to Cao Wei to discuss the date of the marriage and the matter of joining forces to march south. When Cao Cao received Lü Bu's reply, he was completely cured without any medicine. He immediately summoned all the ministers to discuss politics and made the marriage public, which aroused a lot of discussion among the ministers.

There are quite a few supporters.

There are even more opponents.

But since Cao Cao had already made up his mind, how could he be influenced by the voices of his ministers?

While pretending to be sick, Cao Cao had already finalized a list of people to be purged. The most prominent one was Taichang Xu You, who was still talking nonsense and calling himself "Aman" at this time.

Under Cao Cao's manipulation, the surrender faction headed by Xu You was purged on the spot to show Cao Cao's determination to go south to fight Liu.

In order to boost morale, Xi Zhicai, despite his illness, took the opportunity to present "Theory of Ten Victories and Ten Defeats".

With Li Ji repeatedly using newspapers to rally the people, how could Cao Cao still not know the importance of controlling public opinion?
Therefore, after Chen Qun arrived in Yecheng and agreed on the marriage alliance, this "Theory of Ten Victories and Ten Defeats" was also promoted by Cao Cao, and the news that Wei and Zhao would soon join forces to attack Liu quickly spread throughout the world.

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By the time this "Theory of Ten Victories and Ten Defeats" reached Qingzhou, the entire territory of Qingzhou south of the Yellow River had been returned to the Han Dynasty.

Li Ji, who re-established the government in Linzi, took advantage of the winter to reorganize the army and pacify the people, while setting up a defense line along the Yellow River to guard against a counterattack by Cao Wei.

"Your Majesty knows that Liu Bei and Xiang Yu are no match for each other. The Han Emperor won only by his wisdom, and although Xiang Yu was strong, he was eventually captured. I secretly estimate that I will lose ten times and you will win ten times. Although my army is strong, I can't do anything."

"With all the elaborate rites and rituals, the king lets nature take its course. This is the best way..."

"The government at the end of the Han Dynasty was too lenient. The emperor used leniency to help with leniency, so it did not frighten people. The king corrected it with severity, and the people at all levels knew how to control it. This is the third best governance..."

"He is well prepared for a false situation, does not know the importance of military tactics, relies on his troops at the base, and hides in the rear. The king defeats the majority with a small number of troops, uses the troops like a god, and personally goes to the battlefield. He is not afraid of arrows and stones. The soldiers rely on him, and the enemy fears him. This is the tenth victory of military tactics."

"Your Majesty has these ten victories, and with the support of Lü and Zhao, it will be easy for you to defeat Bei."

Li Ji carefully flipped through the "Theory of Ten Victories and Ten Defeats" in his hand, and couldn't help but sneer. Then he looked at Guo Jia on the side and asked with a teasing tone.

"What does Fengxiao think of these ten wins and ten losses?"

"It's far-fetched and just makes people laugh."

Guo Jia quickly answered, and then continued, "If the Prime Minister allows, Jia can write an article "On Hundred Victories and Hundred Defeats" to refute the pseudo-Wei, spread it all over the world, and let the world know it..."

"Well, considering that Han has a prime minister, the pseudo-Wei is monopolizing power, and Cao is suspicious, this is a victory..."

Seeing that Guo Jia was shaking his head as if he was really going to recite it, Li Ji couldn't help but interrupt him and said unhappily.

"Forget it, it will only make people laugh."

In the final analysis, this "Theory of Ten Victories and Ten Defeats" was nothing more than Cao Cao's knowledge that the morale and public sentiment of the people under his rule were low, so he promoted this speech to boost morale.

But for the Han Dynasty, which was united as one, adding a so-called "Theory of Hundred Victories and Hundred Defeats" would not only be useless, but would also make it seem like they were engaging in a war of words with Cao Wei, which would put them at a disadvantage.

Immediately, Li Ji casually placed the document in his hand on the table, glanced at the civil and military officials below, and spoke.

"The False Wei's ten wins and ten losses theory is indeed a joke, but according to the spies, Cao Cao has subdued the Black Mountain Army's strength of more than 100,000 soldiers, and announced that the army heading south next year will be as high as 500,000. After joining forces with Lu Bu, they will have a million-strong army to conquer the Central Plains."

"Of course, Cao Cao doesn't have an army of 500,000, but with the help of the Black Mountain Army's 100,000 troops, Cao Cao can probably muster more than 300,000 troops with the whole country's strength."

"After joining forces with Lü Bu, the number of troops in the Wei-Zhao coalition will probably exceed 500,000..." (End of this chapter)