Three Kingdoms: The ghost plotter taught Liu Bei to seize Jingzhou first

Gongsun Zan is finished!

This news shocked Cao Cao even more than when he learned that Liu Bei had captured Jiangdong.

Once Gongsun Zan died, Youzhou's message could be settled.

This means that Yuan Shao will completely unify Hebei and become the number one overlord in the world with Youji Bingqing in hand.

"White Horse Gong Zan, a generation of heroes, eventually died in the hands of Yuan Benchu……"

Cao Cao lightly hit the table with his fist and let out a sigh.

Cao Cao was sighing, but all the counselors in the palace were in an uproar.

"Unexpectedly, Gongsun Zan would choose to set himself on fire instead of retreating to Youbei?"

"Sikong, Yuan Shao unified Hebei earlier than we expected."

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_ Beijing, retreated to the north of Youzhou and continued to resist stubbornly.

Then it would take at least three to five months for Gongsun Zan to completely capture Youzhou.

Five months would be enough time for Cao Cao to unite with Lu Bu and deal with Liu Bei first.

Even if Liu Bei cannot be destroyed, at least he can completely drive Liu Bei's forces south of the Yangtze River.

And Liu Bei, who has lost the counties in the north of the Yangtze River, will no longer be able to pose a threat to Xudu.

At that time, he will still have enough time to come back. , preparing for a duel between the north and the south with Yuan Shao.

But what they didn't expect was that Gongsun Zan actually committed suicide!

The white-horse Gongsun who frightened all the people in the north of Saibei actually gave up the struggle and chose to burn himself!

This means that Yuan Shao is at least better than they expected. , unified Hebei five months ahead of schedule

"Yuan Shao captured all of Hebei in advance. After a little rest, he will definitely mobilize all his troops from Hebei and move south."

"Sikong, it seems that our plan to join forces with Lu Bu to kill Liu Bei can only be shelved for the time being."

"Now, we must concentrate all our manpower and material resources to prepare for Yuan Shao's massive march south!"

Guo Jia reminded with a solemn tone.

Cao Cao felt helpless on his face and sighed:

"The situation has developed to this point, and the big-eared thief can only be left alone for now."

"After all, Yuan Shao is my biggest enemy. Let's attack Yuan Shao's troops from the four states of Hebei first, survive this disaster, and then deal with the big-eared thieves."

Everyone was silent, and 920's nerves couldn't help but become tense.

After so many years of marching eastward and westward, they just wanted to one day face Yuan Shao, the most powerful prince in the world.

Now, this huge crocodile is finally going to kill them. Here we come.

Whether this battle can be won or whether they can withstand Yuan Shao's overwhelming army, everyone has no confidence in their hearts.

"Even though we have to concentrate all our efforts to prepare for the decisive battle with Yuan Shao"

"But Liu Bei cannot leave it alone."

"Given Liu Bei's ambition, he might not take advantage of the situation and lead his army north to launch an offensive against us from the south during our decisive battle with Yuan Shao."

"Therefore, Yu thought that we should unite with Lu Bu and support Lu Bu to contain Liu Bei."

"As long as Lu Bu can firmly hold Huainan, Liu Bei will not dare to use all his troops to threaten our capital from Nanyang."

"Lu Bu is our guard dog in the south, keeping an eye on Liu Bei for us!"

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Cao Cao was silent, weighing the pros and cons.

After a long time, he took a deep breath, his face no longer worried.

"Just follow Wen Ruo's plan and send an envoy to Shouchun immediately to give Lu Bu an official title!"

"As long as Lu Bu can guard the gate and guard the courtyard for me, and provide food, grass, soldiers and horses, I can support him."

Cao Cao waved his hand and made a huge investment.

At this time,

Guo Jia rolled his eyes and cupped his hands and said:

"Sikong, Jia heard that Lu Bu had an only daughter, and she is still unmarried."

"Since Prince Huan is still unmarried, why not propose marriage to Lu Bu and marry his daughter for Prince Huan?"

"In this way, the two families can get married, and they can take advantage of this relationship to make it easier for Lu Bu to be used by Sikong."

Guo Jia offered a marriage plan

"Lu Bu's daughter, shall I marry Pi'er..."

Cao Cao stroked his short beard and murmured to himself, his thoughts racing.

After weighing for a moment, he waved his hand and said:

"Lu Bu has a bad reputation, and his daughter is not worthy of my son, Cao Cao."

"But taking the overall situation as our top priority, we can only feel sorry for Pi'er."

"Just act according to the principle of filial piety."

All the plans were decided.

Cao Cao finally breathed a sigh of relief, put his hands behind his back and came outside the hall, looked towards the south, and raised a hint of sarcasm at the corner of his mouth.

"Big-eared thief, Lu Bu"

"I'll let you two fight with each other for a while. After I defeat Yuan Shao, I'll come back and deal with you two!"

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Jianye, the state capital.

The drastic changes in the north and the information about the unification of Hebei were also placed on Liu Bei's desk.

"Gongsun White Horse makes all the barbarians frightened upon hearing the news, how dazzling he is"

"Unexpectedly, Bogui would end his own life by setting himself on fire.…"

"well——"

Liu Bei looked at the silk book in his hand, shook his head and sighed with regret.

As both Lu Zhi's disciples and junior fellow students, Liu Bei has always had great respect for Gongsun Zan, his senior fellow apprentice.

In his eyes, Gongsun Zan was so heroic that he commanded the White Horse Yi Cong and swept away all the barbarians.

Even if such a hero dies, he should die vigorously on the battlefield.

But how could he set himself on fire and burn his wife and children to death, ending his life in such a humiliating way?

There was no regret on Deng Mu's face, he just said disapprovingly:

"Gongsun Zan was too smooth in the first half of his life, which resulted in him being arrogant and conceited."

"This kind of person is similar to Sun Ce. He can only fight against the wind and cannot fight against the headwind."

"When Baima Yicong was defeated in the battle at Jieqiao, he was psychologically shadowed by Yuan Shao. After that, he suffered several consecutive defeats, which completely destroyed his self-confidence."

"Otherwise, he would not have made such a stupid decision as hoarding millions of grains to defend the isolated city of Yijing."

"Now that Yi Jing is defeated, he naturally doesn't even have the courage to retreat to Youzhou and continue to struggle and resist. He can only commit suicide by raising fire."

"It can be said that Gongsun Zan is only a talented general. It is really difficult for him to be a prince."

"To find himself in this situation today, we can only say that his virtue is not worthy of his position, and he deserves the blame."

"It's just for the Lord to express his emotions, there is no need to feel sorry for him."

Deng Mu's words exposed the root cause of Gongsun Zan's defeat.

If Liu Bei understood something, he couldn't help but sighed:

"Bei has been a classmate of Gongsun Bogui for many years, but he does not understand his character as well as the military advisor."

"Indeed, as the military advisor said, Bogui was too proud and arrogant to bear the blow of failure."

"In fact, even if Yi Jing falls, he can retreat to Youzhou and continue to deal with Yuan Shao. Deng

Mu smiled and said:

"If he were the lord, he would naturally not give up and would continue to fight Yuan Shao to the end."

"However, not everyone in this world is as indomitable and courageous as the Lord."

If Liu Bei realized something, he lowered his head and looked at the silk book (cgbg) in his hand, still shaking his head with regret.

The ministers in the palace were also discussing and sighing about Gongsun Zan's destruction. (Read Baoshuang novels, just read it. Go to Feilu Novel Network!)

"Once Gongsun Zan died, all of Hebei became Yuan Shao's."

"I predict that Cao Cao has no time to target us anymore and will definitely concentrate all his efforts to prepare for Yuan Shao's army moving south."

"But I guess that he will probably support Lu Bu and use Lu Bu to contain the lord to prevent the lord from going north from Nanyang and attacking Xudu."

Deng Mu drew everyone's attention from Hebei back to Huainan.

Then he asked Zhuge Liang:

"Kong Ming, is there any movement in Huainan?"

"Master really knows things like a god! Zhuge

Liang sighed in admiration, presented a piece of information to Liu Bei, and said:

"According to detailed information, Cao Cao, in the name of the imperial court, officially appointed Lu Bu as the shepherd of Yangzhou and the general of the Southern Conquest."

"In addition, Cao Cao also released nearly 10,000 Yuan Shu soldiers from Huainan who were captured when he pacified Yuzhou, and all were released and sent back to Shouchun."

"In addition to these, Cao Cao also gave Lu Bu 50 million in money and 10,000 pieces of cloth in the name of his meritorious service in killing Yuan Shu, as a reward for killing Yuan Shu."

"There is also news that Cao Cao even wanted to marry Lu Bu's daughter for his son Cao Pi, in order to achieve the purpose of marrying Lu Bu."

"All kinds of intelligence have revealed that Cao Cao is obviously vigorously supporting Lu Bu and helping him to secure his position in Huainan."

"The intention is naturally to enhance Lu Bu's strength and use it to contain the lord!"

Zhuge Liang reported the situation in Huainan and also exposed Cao Cao's intentions.[]

After hearing this, Liu Bei couldn't help but sigh:

"Back then, Lu Bu attacked Yanzhou and almost forced Cao Cao to a dead end, and he almost died."

"Unexpectedly, many years later, Cao Cao would be able to shake hands with Lu Bu and make peace with him, and they would also marry their children."

"Cao Mengde is really powerful if he can make peace with his mortal enemy at any time!"

Although they are mortal enemies of each other, Lao Liu still has sincere respect for Cao Cao, his enemy. In this regard, Deng Mu agrees with Lao Liu's evaluation.

After all, when Zhang Xiu was surrendered for the second time, Boss Cao, in order to win over people and take the overall situation into consideration, He could even let go of the hatred of killing his son and re-confessed Zhang Xiu.

However, in order to avenge Guan Yu, Lao Liu ignored Sun Quan's request for peace and insisted on destroying Soochow and killing Sun Shiwan.

Whatever the overall situation was not the overall situation, everything was It doesn't matter, I just want to kill your Sun Shiwan and avenge my brother!

But everything has two sides.

This also shows that Lao Liu has never evolved into a pure political animal from beginning to end. His temperament has always been Is there a place for the word"friendship"?

"What about Lu Bu's actions?"

Deng Mu retracted his emotion and continued to ask.

"According to detailed reports, Sun Quan had fled from the sea to Huainan and took refuge under Lu Bu's command."

"It can be said that this Sun Quan is also brave and capable, and he even took the initiative to ask Lu Bu to be his adoptive father."

"Lu Bu not only adopted him as his adopted son, but also gave him thousands of soldiers and horses, and ordered him to garrison Chengde City north of Hefei."

"Sun Quan is currently in Chengde City, and in the name of the Lord of Jiangdong, he is recruiting the old Sun family members to join him."

"According to careful investigation, Sun has now gathered at least two dozen remnants of the Sun family."

"From this point of view, Lu Bu wanted to use Sun Quan's influence to summon the remnants of Jiangdong to help him guard Chengde, guard his home and courtyard, and resist our army."

At this time, it was Pang Tong's turn to report the information.

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the hall. A look of surprise appeared on Liu Bei's face.

Who is Sun Quan? He is the son of Sun Jian, the hero of Dong Dynasty.

Think about it. Back then, Sun Jian defeated Dong Zhuo and forced him to abandon Luoyang. Even Lu Bu had to retreat and not dare to fight with him.

But now, Sun Quan, Sun Jian's son, actually worshiped Dong Jiu's adopted son as his father!

What is the difference between this and recognizing a traitor as his father?

"Kill your own brother first, then recognize the thief as your father"

"This Sun Quan is really shameless, unfaithful and unfilial, worse than a beast!"

"It is really sad that Sun Wentai, a lifelong hero, would have such a son."

Liu Bei was deeply ashamed of Sun Quan, and felt even more sorry for Sun Jian.

Everyone in the palace denounced Sun Quan for being shameless.

Especially Lu Su, Ling Tong and other Jiangdong surrender officials were all indignant and hateful

"Lu Bu killed his father, and Sun Quan killed his brother. These two became father and son, and they were a perfect match."

"Sun Quan has always had no bottom line, so there is no need for the lord to make a fuss."

Deng Mu smiled coldly, but murderous intent appeared on his face.

"Cao Cao wanted to use Lu Bu to contain his lord, and Lu Bu wanted to use Sun Quan to resist his lord."

"Then the lord will kill Sun Quan first and then Lu Bu, so that all their wishful thinking will come to nothing!"

As soon as these words came out,

Liu Bei's expression was shocked, and the heroic fighting spirit in his heart was instantly ignited by Deng Mu.

Deng Mu stood up slowly and offered his hand to Liu Bei again:

"The decisive battle between Yuan and Cao is imminent, and the north will decide who will be the overlord!"

"The Lord should also seize the opportunity to attack Huainan and destroy Lu Bu!"

"Ascending to the position of overlord in the south, the Lord will have the confidence to compete with the winner of the north for the world!".