Chapter 43: Runan to go? Not to go?
"What's the point?" Lu Bu frowned. The plan was set by Lu Bu and Chen Deng when they passed by Shouchun. The two of them also talked enthusiastically about how to develop after Runan and how to threaten Xu Du, who knew that before it was implemented, they were thrown into cold water.
"Yes, the king, Cao's thief is about to fight with Yuan Shao in Guandu. If you don't go to Runan at this time, there will be no time to threaten Xu Du. If the two tigers fight, they will be injured. At that time, it will be the time for the lord to occupy the Central Plains and plot against the world!" Don't say anything, Chen Deng's idea is really tempting. If Liu Mang didn't know that there was a fool named Liu Pi, he could be coaxed by Chen Deng on board, and pass by Shouchun 1 Runan, then head to Xu Du, and then threaten Lao Cao's rear.
If you do it well, you can take Xu Du directly and take Emperor Han in your hands. Then you will have great righteousness and can get the world.
But no, Liu Pi's appearance is in front of him. Do you think Liu Pi is not Lu Bu's bravery, so he failed? Please, Yuan Shao sent the three Taozi brothers to help at that time. The three Taozi brothers were not Lu Bu's opponents, but they could still eat and live in Lu Bu's steadily.
In the end, the three Taozi brothers fled to Jingzhou, and Liu Pi also died in Runan.
Looking at Lu Bu's expression, Liu Mang knew that if he didn't say anything, he would probably not change his mind easily. He couldn't tell Lu Bu that he had done this stupidly, and he was killed by Lao Cao after all!
Just as Liu Mang didn't know that it was so good, he saw Chen Gong with a smile behind Lu Bu and felt aroused in his heart, "Old Man Chen Gong knows!" Liu Mang and Chen Gong became familiar with Chen Gong, so he called Chen Gong the old man.
"How do you say?" Lu Bu scolded Liu Mang first and then asked Chen Gong in confusion, "Public Platform?"
Chen Gong was about to refuse, but Liu Mang said first, "If Military Advisor Chen is not sure, how could he laugh so happily!" One sentence blocked Chen Gong.
"Uh!" Chen Gong's face really had a smile that had not dissipated. This time, Liu Mang caught the handle. That's right. Everyone was thinking and thinking about the problem. You were the only one who was giggling foolishly. Then there were only two possibilities. One was that you were a fool, and the other was that you had a plan. Chen Gong was obviously not a fool, so there was the last possibility left, that is, Chen Gong had already had a plan.
"What can I say about the office?" Lu Bu also understood that Chen Gong must have an idea, otherwise it would be impossible to look at Liu Mang with a smile. After so many years of working with Chen Gong, Lu Bu would not have known Chen Gong.
"Lord!" Chen Gong shook his head with a wry smile. He originally wanted to see what Liu Mang and Liu Hanyang said, but now Liu Mang kicked the ball to him.
Chen Gong did not say it directly to Liu Mang, Runan should not go. Lu Bu was a prince of the country no matter how he said it. Although only the remaining soldiers and scattered generals were left, it was also extremely majestic. If you directly question his ideas, you would be disrespectful to others. Even if Lu Bu knew that he was wrong, he might be stubborn and unwilling to adopt it.
"Lord, do you know why Cao Mengde wanted to attack my Xuzhou!" Chen Gong asked back.
"Attack my Xuzhou?!" Lu Bu thought for a while and looked at Chen Deng, which made Chen Deng very embarrassed. The big reason why Lao Cao went to Xuzhou was because of the Chen family's rebellion. However, Lu Bu did not say it explicitly, but said, "Xuzhou has a lot of food and grass!"
"Haha!" Chen Gong smiled and said nothing.
Chen Deng answered Chen Gong's words, "Deng said it, because Deng's father gave Cao Zhe a secret letter, wrote down the personal grudge between his lord and Liu Bei, and gave Cao Zhe's defense map in Xuzhou!" Chen Deng was a bachelor. Even if Lu Bu took care of his face, the underground general would still be in danger. After all, you are a traitor, so it would be better to say it and admit your mistake.
After hearing Chen Deng's words, Liu Mang understood why Lu Bu was thrown away so quickly in Xuzhou. He was a 70,000 army. Even a pig could defend for the first half of the year. Who knew that his every move was under Lao Cao's surveillance. Wherever he was dispatched, wherever he went, the food and grass were all under Lao Cao's nose.
Chen Deng, the seller, is really a bit good.
Although Lu Bu had forgotten this matter, Chen Deng couldn't help but look at Chen Deng a few more times when he said it.
"Haha, Yuan Long's words are wrong!" Chen Gong deliberately paused to let Chen Deng say something in his heart. If he keeps some words in his mouth, it will be bad.
If Lu Bu is afraid of it, it is impossible to reuse Chen Deng. After all, you have betrayed once. Who knows if you will betray the second time? Chen Deng will also be uneasy! He will guess what Lu Bu thinks is trying to settle the score with him after the autumn. At that time, it will be really funny.
"Mr. Gongtai can teach Deng?!" Chen Deng is not a fool either. How could he not know Chen Gong's plan when he heard Chen Gong's words? As a result, he felt much more comfortable after he said the words in his heart. He was telling his master Lu Bu that I, Chen Deng, have betrayed you, but I, Chen Deng, have turned aside, I, Chen Deng, have returned to the right path, I, Chen Deng, have returned to the wrong path, I, you should beat me, and punish me.
"The teaching is not a question, it's just one's own opinion! Even if there is no Chen family doing things in it, there will be another Li family and Wu family. Even if there are no such aristocratic families, Cao Mengde will not give up Xuzhou!" Chen Gong shook his head and said, "Xuzhou, the land of grain production that the lord said, but, lord, don't forget, Xuzhou is a place of four battles. In addition to connecting Cao Mengde's Yanzhou, it also connects Qingyang and Yu three states, Qingzhou Yuan Tan, and Yangzhou Yuan Shu really has no interest in Xuzhou? Cao Mengde's gains from Xuzhou will only distract him!" Chen Gong analyzed.
"Distracted? Since it is the place of four battles, why did Cao Mengde take Xuzhou!" Liu Mang was a military idiot.
"Precisely because he is the place of four battles, Cao Mengde had to take it!" Chen Gong did not keep it in a silence. "Guandu! Yuan Shao of Hebei and Cao Cao from the Central Plains must decide a victory or defeat. The winner owns the eight states and plans for the world. The loser is that his family is destroyed and his people are destroyed. Neither Yuan Shao nor Cao Cao can afford to lose."
"Cao Cao occupied the great righteousness. Yuan Shao pacified the rear, and a stable rear could continuously replenish food and grass soldiers for Yuan Shao's army, but Cao Cao did not have such a large rear. He went north to Zhili, with Guo Si and others, and Yuan Shu, the lord! Although Guo Si occupied Chang'an, the grasshoppers in the autumn could not be long. Yuan Shu had become emperor and had been betrayed by his relatives, so he was not afraid, and the only thing left was Xuzhou, the lord."
"Lord, you are a tiger!" Chen Gong said with an astonishment, "Cao Mengde has already suffered a loss from a person who is not as big as a rear! It is impossible for a second time!"
The first time Chen Gong said was Lao Cao's first conquest of Xuzhou. At that time, Xuzhou was still Tao Qian. Lao Cao opened all the way and almost destroyed Tao Qian. It was Lu Bu. Lu Bu started directly from Puyang and attacked Lao Cao's Yanzhou. He stepped down more than a dozen cities including Chenliu, and almost finished Lao Cao.
As the saying goes, once you are bitten by a snake for ten years, you are afraid of a rope. How can you sleep in the bedside? Xuzhou is right at the gate of Yanzhou. If Guandu fights and Lu Bu attacks Yanzhou again, Lao Cao will be finished.
He couldn't stand the war between the two sides, so he took advantage of the opportunity when Yuan Shao wanted to pacify Hebei and slaughter the tiger so that Cao Cao could have a decisive battle with Yuan Shao in Guandu.
"It turns out to be taken as a stumbling block!" Liu Mang finally understood that it was not Xuzhou's wealth that attracted Lao Cao, but Xuzhou's boss Lu attracted Lao Cao.
Lao Cao's initial idea was to subdue Boss Lu. Boss Lu was stunned with Yuan Shao. Unfortunately, Old Man Chen almost got "xiaojijiji" with an arrow. Lao Cao was angry and attacked, and Boss Lu was in a tragedy.
"You mean by Gongtai!" Lu Bu seemed to understand something.
"Now Runan is like Xuzhou before the lord. Cao Mengde cannot threaten his rear when he fights, so he will definitely concentrate his troops to clear the rear first!" Chen Gong suddenly pointed out the disadvantages of Runan.
After hearing Chen Gong's words, Lu Bu was also startled and sweated. If he really went to Runan and was besieged by Cao Cao, Lu Bu would not think he still had good luck to escape.
Chen Deng was also shocked. He was wrapped in hatred and only thought about his eyes, but not the future.
"Then where are we going now!" Lu Bu asked. They were already on the road to Shouchun, and the road to the north had been blocked, so they could only go south.
"Go to Xinye by Jiangxia!" Chen Gong pointed to the place on the map.
"No, let's go to Runan!" Liu Mang retorted again.
"Hmm?!" Chen Gong narrowed his eyes. It was Liu Mang who said he would not go to Runan. Now he said he was also Liu Mang. What exactly did he want to do.
Lu Bu and Chen Deng were also very confused.
"The journey to Xinye through Jiangxia is too far, and it has to take a waterway. Are there anyone in our army familiar with water nature?!" Liu Mang felt very guilty when he said this. He was really afraid that Lu Bu would say that everyone in the army knew water nature, so that would be the end. Liu Mang was actually seasick. He was afraid of taking a boat. He looked at the waterway on the map and then opposed it.
"Water nature?!" Lu Bu frowned. The Bingzhou Army and Xuzhou Army were all in the north, and no one knew about water nature.
"If we go to Jiangxia, it would be fine if Huang Zu asked us to leave. Once we cheated on the surface of the river, we would say that every day should not be called "The earth and earth will not work!" Liu Mang said firmly. Liu Mang was afraid of water, really afraid of water. This was caused by falling into the river when he was a child and almost drowned.
Lu Bu did not speak directly but looked at Chen Gong.
Chen Gong thought for a while and said, "Han Yang said it well!" Liu Mang had a general who was in charge of the south, but he was in charge of Jingyu and the two states. Logically speaking, Liu Biao in Jingzhou was still Liu Mang's subordinate, but how could these princes give up their right to get it? Once Liu Biao had the intention of murderousness, he could really kill Lu Bu's army in the river.
"But Runan!" Chen Gong hesitated.
"Don't worry!" Liu Mang calmed down and said, "Runan cannot be occupied, but I have a way!"
Chapter completed!