The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 130
Lu Bu walked into the hall, and Chen Gong was already waiting inside.Chen Gong was unattractive, with a thin body, a mustache on his face, wearing a blue robe, and his eyes shone with wisdom.

Chen Gong, courtesy name Gongtai, is the chief counselor under Lu Bu's command. He has a straightforward temperament and resourcefulness. When he was young, he made friends with well-known people in the country and was well-known.

In the third year of Chuping in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, died in the battle against the Yellow Turban in Qingzhou. Chen Gong and others advocated that Cao Cao should succeed Yanzhou Mu, so Cao Cao regarded him as his confidant. They turned against each other, and lobbied Zhang Miao to betray Cao Cao and welcome Lv Bu to Yanzhou, assisting Lv Bu to attack Cao Cao and take Yanzhou and Xuzhou successively.

It can be seen that with Chen Gong's resourcefulness, he can even rank among the first-class counselors. Even a reckless person like Lu Bu can compete with Cao Cao with his assistance, and help him win Yanzhou and Xuzhou. Listening to Chen Gong's complementary strategy, he was defeated by Cao Cao. After the defeat, Lu Bu was captured by Cao Cao along with Lu Bu, and decided to die.

For a powerful figure like Chen Gong, Lu Bu couldn't use it correctly and eventually led to his own failure. If he met a wise master and was able to use his strengths, his achievements might not be lower than those of the first-class counselors in history.

Li Yuan attacked Puyang this time, besides saving Er Qiao, another important reason was to regain Chen Gong. Although he had two advisers, Xi Zhicai and Cheng Yu, as his power grew, There must be more and more resourceful people needed.

Now Cheng Yu is the prefect of Lujiang, and Xi Zhicai is guarding Xiapi. This time, Li Yuan didn't even bring a single counselor that he could discuss. matter.

"Gongtai, do you have something important to do with me?" Lu Bu asked Chen Gong while sitting on the main seat. Usually he was extremely arrogant when speaking to his subordinates, but he was a little more polite to Chen Gong, because he really needed Chen Gong's help. , he also knew that without Chen Gong, it would be impossible for him to stick to Puyang for so long.

"Did General Lu go to look for the second Qiao just now?" Chen Gong did not answer Lu Bu's question, but instead asked. Although he assisted Lu Bu, he did not really recognize Lu Bu as the lord, so he called Lu Bu General Lu.

"That's right, huh, that Er Qiao is really ignorant, and she rejected me for Li Yuan's sake, it's really annoying!" Lu Bu became furious when he thought of the rejection just now, if Li Yuan stood in front of him, he wished he could swallow him alive .

"General Lu, please listen to me. A child's affair is a trivial matter. The most important thing right now is not marriage, but repelling Cao Cao. If Cao Cao doesn't resign, what's the use of getting married?" Seeing that Lu Bu valued it so much The children's personal relationship made them less concerned about the war, Chen Gong couldn't help persuading them.

"Gongtai's words are wrong. Although defeating Cao Cao is important, getting a wife and having children is also a major event in life. If Cao Cao doesn't retreat, will I, Lu Bu, never marry a wife and have children in my life?" Lu Bu was a little displeased, because Chen Gong had already persuaded him Several times, he got annoyed after listening too much, if it was someone else, he would have been dragged down and beheaded.

Seeing Lv Bu's displeasure, Chen Gong was very sensible and didn't continue talking about the matter, but started to talk about another topic: "According to the report from the spies, an important person has arrived in Cao Cao's army, and it is said that he came from Xiapi. "

"Come from Xiapi, who is that person?" Lu Bu asked suspiciously.

"Li Yuan's subordinate is engaged in Mi Zhu. I heard that he is a rich man in Xuzhou, with a wealth of wealth. He is a well-known merchant in the local area. His family's property spreads all over Xuzhou." It is indeed not easy for Chen Gong to be able to inquire about these things.

"Hmph, come as soon as you come, what's the big deal." Lu Bu thought what Chen Gong was going to say, but it turned out to be someone he had never heard of, and he could stab dozens of people to death with one halberd.

"General Lu's words are wrong. Mi Zhu is a member of Li Yuan. It is naturally very abnormal to appear among Cao Jun now." Chen Gong felt ashamed of Lu Bu's IQ, and could only patiently explain it step by step.

"Are you saying that Mi Zhu is Cao Cao's secret agent sent to Li Yuan's place?" Lu Bu couldn't help but have this answer in his mind.

Secret work in ancient times refers to spies. Spies not only exist in modern times, but also appeared in ancient China, and there are books as evidence.

In "Sun Tzu's Art of War", the spies are divided into rural areas, also known as Yinjian, which refers to the enemy's fellow countrymen; internally refers to the officials of the enemy country; anti-intermediately refers to the spies who buy the enemy; deadly refers to the spies who spread rumors by the enemy, and the spies must die after the incident; Life refers to a spy who can come back alive.The spies in ancient times were collectively referred to as secret agents, which were used from the Warring States Period to the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Chen Gong shook his head and denied it: "No, the Mi family has a lot of property in Xiapi, and Mi Zhu is the head of the Mi family, and Xiapi is Li Yuan's administrative office. Dare to engage in conspiracy and trickery."

"What on earth is Gongtai trying to say? Don't make riddles for me." Seeing Chen Gong gossip, Lu Bu was already a little impatient. He is not a patient person, and he doesn't like literati.

"Since Mi Zhu will appear in Cao Cao's army at this time, it can only show one fact, that is, Li Yuan is likely to send troops to attack us with Cao Cao's alliance." Chen Gong expressed his worries.

After hearing this, Lu Bu didn't take it seriously, and laughed loudly: "Hahahaha, Gongtai, you are really ridiculous. You said that Li Yuan would join forces with Cao Cao to attack me based on Mi Zhu alone. How can I believe that?"

"General Lu, I said that there is a possibility, not that it will definitely happen, but we should take precautions before it happens, and make preparations in advance, let General Zhang Liao lead a cavalry out of the city to set up camp, in case Cao Cao and Li Yuan attack together , They don't have many cavalry, even if General Zhang Liao can't fight, he can help contain the enemy's attack on the city."

Chen Gong is reminding Lu Bu not to think that relying on the Puyang guards will give him peace of mind, he should be prepared, otherwise if Li Yuan really wants to come, you may not be able to defend him even if you have twice as many troops. Chen Gong knows Li Yuan well. That's why he reminded Lu Bu emphatically.

However, Lu Bu still didn't pay attention to what Chen Gong said, waved his hands and said: "Don't worry about Gongtai, even if Li Yuan comes, it's okay if he doesn't come, but if he comes, I won't be able to eat him and walk around! "

As soon as Li Yuan and Lu Bu were mentioned, he was full of fighting spirit, and he wanted to avenge his defeat that day. In fact, he really hoped that Li Yuan would come, so that he could once again prove that he was the best in the world. In his eyes, Cao Cao was not qualified to fight him. Only Li Yuan can attract his attention.

Seeing Lu Bu's arrogance, Chen Gong had no choice but to shake his head helplessly, and sighed: "In that case, I will take my leave first."

(End of this chapter)