Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

What can’t you let go of?
Perhaps that is the word "loyalty and righteousness" of this era.

No matter how disappointed Chen Gong was with Lu Bu, to Chen Gong, Lu Bu still saved his life, was his mentor, and they were a master and subject.

Chen Gong, who had already seen through Lu Bu's fate, was unwilling to convince himself even if he had a thousand excuses to survive.

At the last moment when Chen Gong's back disappeared, Li Ji vaguely saw Chen Gong subconsciously looking back at Lu Bu.

Unfortunately, Lu Bu did not see Chen Gong off, nor did he take the initiative to persuade Chen Gong to surrender. This may have been the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Even though Li Ji could speak eloquently, he was still tied down by his mother and wife at home, which made it difficult for Chen Gong to give up his determination to die.

Li Ji vaguely heard the sound of a person falling on the stairs, which made Li Ji take a deep breath and feel regretful.

In terms of character and ability, Chen Gong is not bad. If such a man can devote the rest of his life to governing the country, it will be a blessing for all people.

At this moment, Lu Bu suddenly spoke.

"Congratulations Zikun, congratulations Zikun."

Li Ji frowned and asked in a slightly cold voice, "Why are you so happy?"

"Now that I have submitted to the King of Han, the best of the world in civil and military affairs will be in his hands. With Zikun's wisdom and my bravery, who else in the world can rival me? It will be a piece of cake to unify the country and revive the Han Dynasty."

Lu Bu spoke excitedly, but Li Ji's expression was quite cold.

Zhang Fei couldn't help but sneer, "What? You, a slave with three surnames, are you going to recognize my elder brother as your foster father today and let me be your uncle?"

Anger flashed across Lu Bu's face, but he suppressed it forcefully.

After seeing Li Ji's move to persuade Chen Gong to surrender, Lu Bu began to have some hope of survival, and Lu Bu felt that his value was far above Chen Gong.

Since Li Ji is willing to accept Chen Gong, there is no reason for him to reject me.

"Is Fengxian preparing to return to Han?" Li Ji asked uncertainly.

Lu Bu said sternly, "I am a Han Chinese. How can I return to Han? I have already been convinced by the King of Han and Zikun. I am willing to serve the court."

"But Gao Shun at Hulao Pass has not surrendered yet. He intends to fight to the death to stop me from entering Luoyang. What do you think, Fengxian?" Li Ji asked.

"Immediately send a letter to Gao Shun, ordering him to open the city gates immediately and welcome the royal army." Lu Bu hurriedly expressed his attitude.

Li Ji clapped his hands and smiled, saying, "Very good, very good, then please come in."

Immediately, Li Ji raised his hand to the clerk on the side and asked him to bring the writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone to Lu Bu.

However, Lu Bu was tied up tightly and could barely lift the pen. It was extremely inconvenient for him to write, so he begged.

"It's too tight, please loosen it up."

"You have to tie up the tiger tightly." Li Ji replied.

Lu Bu was secretly delighted by this remark, as he felt that even Li Ji had frankly admitted that he was indeed a fierce tiger.

"After the document is written, can you untie the rope?" Lu Bu asked again.

"Let's see what your attitude is."

Upon hearing this, Lu Bu suddenly felt hopeful and stopped asking further questions. Instead, he struggled to write a document ordering Gao Shun to surrender.

After waiting for Lu Bu's handwritten letter to be delivered to Li Ji by the clerk, Li Ji read it carefully and found no problems. Then he picked up the seal of King Zhao on the table and stamped it himself.

Only after Li Ji stopped moving his hands did Lu Bu ask cautiously.

"What do you think of Bu's attitude, Prime Minister?"

"Fengxian is very caring towards his soldiers and can't bear to see them turned into dust. This man who is extremely imperfect still has some good points." After a pause, Li Ji spoke in a cold voice.

"However, how can this one achievement offset the traitor Lu's murder of the emperor, his disorderly government, and his usurpation of the throne?"

"Come here, drag this beast away and behead him to show the public, to correct the Han customs."

Lu Bu suddenly became anxious, struggled wildly and cursed.

"How dare you lie to me?"

"How could I lie to you? I just wanted to verify your attitude. Have I ever promised anything?" Li Ji asked back.

This made Lu Bu anxious and angry, and he kept struggling. Even though he was tightly tied up, the two or three Tiger Guards could not control Lu Bu, let alone drag him away and behead him.

Seeing this, Zhang Fei volunteered. "Prime Minister, please allow me to see this slave off for the last time."

"allow!"

Seeing Zhang Fei approaching him step by step with a big mouth, Lu Bu felt a little frightened of Zhang Fei for the first time. An idea flashed in his mind and he blurted out.

"I am the King of Zhao after all, and you are just the Prime Minister appointed by the King of Han. Even if you want to kill me, you should send me back to Shouchun and let the King of Han make the decision. You are overstepping your authority."

"In order to survive, you now admit that you have transgressed the law?"

Li Ji sneered first, then spoke.

"However, whether I have overstepped my bounds is a matter that you need not worry about. Ten days ago, I sent someone to ask the king for instructions on how to deal with the captured Han thief Lu Bu."

"The king replied with only one word: behead!"

After hearing this, Lu Bu was in disbelief at first, and then felt deeply humiliated...

Asking for instructions on how to deal with me ten days in advance simply shows that you don't take me seriously.

"Li Zikun, one day you will..."

Without waiting for Lu Bu to curse, Zhang Fei knew that this guy could not say anything good, so he simply covered Lu Bu's mouth with his hand, forcibly lifted Lu Bu up and took him to the bottom of the city wall.

Soon, a head with its eyes still wide open was brought up. Li Ji verified its identity and showed it to everyone. After some processing, it was packed in a wooden box and Li Ji sent someone to send it back to Shouchun along with Lu Bu's seal of King Zhao.

With the successive deaths of Lu Bu and Chen Gong, the remaining tied generals all had gloomy and desperate faces, and lowered their heads waiting for Li Ji's verdict.

At this time, Zhang Ren stepped out, knelt on one knee in front of Li Ji, and pleaded.

"Your Excellency, I dare to plead for one person."

"General Zhang, please feel free to speak." Li Ji replied.

Immediately, Zhang Ren pointed at Zhang Xiu and spoke.

"Zhang Xiu and I are from the same school. He is loyal and has never done anything to harm the people. He only works for the Han thieves because of their past friendship. I beg the Prime Minister to spare his life and allow him to serve the Han army and make meritorious contributions."

Li Ji hesitated for a moment and did not speak directly. Instead, his eyes fell on Zhang Xiu, whose face was filled with emotion.

Zhang Xiu really didn't expect that after Lu Bu and Chen Gong were executed one after another, Zhang Ren would actually dare to reveal his relationship and plead for him. If he was not careful, Zhang Ren might be implicated as well.

Zhang Ren also turned his head to look at Zhang Xiu. As the two brothers looked at each other, they couldn't help but urge him softly.

"Brother, why don't you speak up and plead with the Prime Minister? The Prime Minister has a broad mind and the ability to distinguish right from wrong..."

Without waiting for Zhang Ren to finish speaking, Zhang Xiu, who did not want to burden his senior brother, struggled to salute.

"The guilty general Zhang Xiu begs for surrender..." (End of this chapter)