Hefei City, County Government.
Lu Bu paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, his expression anxious and uneasy.
Chen Gong sipped his wine and comforted her with a smile,"Don't worry, Wen Hou. That little tyrant is also a far-sighted lord. He will definitely agree to our conditions.”
"Gongtai, are you really so sure?”
Lu Bu turned to look at him, his eyes full of doubt.
"Sun Ce should know that we have 30,000 soldiers. If we are determined to defend, he will never be able to take down Hefei.”
"He fought with us until both sides suffered, but he gave Liu Bei time to take Shouchun. When Liu Bei leads his army south, he will only benefit from it.”
"With Sun Ce's situation, he will definitely choose to make peace with us and watch the tigers fight.”
Chen Gong sipped his wine and spoke eloquently about the pros and cons.
Lu Bu's brows relaxed and he nodded.”
As soon as he finished speaking.
Footsteps sounded. Hao Meng, who was on a diplomatic mission to River East, stepped into the hall excitedly.
"You're finally back. What's Sun Ce's attitude?”
Lu Bu asked excitedly.
Hao Meng cupped her hands and said," Marquis Wen, Sun Ce has agreed to make peace. He is willing to retreat thirty miles to show his sincerity."”
Lu Bu was overjoyed and relieved.
"However, that little tyrant also stated a condition.”
Hao Meng changed the topic.
"What conditions did he offer?" Lu Bu frowned.”
" Sun Ce said that he can make peace," Hao Meng said." But he needs Marquis Wen's promise. When Marquis Wen gets Shouchun and Huainan, he must cede Hefei!"”
"Sun Ce!"
"Hefei is the southern gate of Shouchun. If I give Hefei to you, won't your Jiangdong navy be unimpeded all the way from the Yangtze River to Shouchun City?”
"Doesn't this mean that I have a sharp sword hanging over my head?”
Lu Bu's expression changed as he cursed angrily.
"Wen Hou, although Sun Ce's condition is too much, with our current situation, we can only swallow this bitter fruit.”
"We need to deal with the threat in the south first so that we can go north and fight Liu Bei for Shouchun.”
"As for Sun Ce's threat in the future, we can only talk about it in the future.”
Chen Gong sighed and persuaded.
Lu Bu's anger dissipated in an instant.
After a while.
Lu Bu punched the table and said," Forget it. The situation is dire. I can only let Sun Ce scheme against me once. If he wants Hefei, I'll give it to him!"”
Chen Gong heaved a sigh of relief and praised Lu Bu's wisdom.
Lu Bu's face lit up with pride as he snorted coldly,""Now, I can sit back and watch Liu Bei and Yuan Shu fight each other. When they are both injured, I will go north and wipe them out!”
As soon as he finished speaking.
Cao Xing rushed in and shouted,"Wen Hou, something bad is happening! Something bad is happening!"”
Lu Bu frowned and shouted," The sky won't fall! What are you panicking for?!"”
"Reporting to Lord Wen, our soldiers have escaped from Shouchun and reported that Liu Bei had broken through Shouchun the day before and killed Yuan Shu.”
Cao Xing's voice trembled as he reported this shocking news.
The hall was deathly silent.
The conceited look on Lu Bu's face turned into shock.
Chen Gong opened his mouth slightly as well. His expression was one of shock, as if he thought he had heard wrongly.
"Impossible!"
Lu Bu suddenly exploded and jumped up, roaring,""Shouchun is a strong city. Even if that big-eared bandit has a military strategy and Yuan Shu is useless, how could he fall in just ten days?”
"It's absolutely true, Wen Hou!"
Cao Xing sobbed," When the city was breached, Miss and Gao Shun snatched the Imperial Jade Seal. They wanted to escape and offer it to Lord Wen, but they were stopped by Liu Bei himself. The two of them were captured alive by him, and the Imperial Jade Seal fell into his hands!”
A bolt of lightning struck Lu Bu's head.
"Putong!"
His body swayed, and he fell back to the ground, his mouth agape.
"How could Liu Bei be so strong? His strategy is as good as the resurrection of the great ancestor!”
"What exactly happened to him? Why is there such a drastic change?”
"This doesn't make sense!"
Chen Gong muttered to himself with a twisted expression.
"He's not the big-eared thief, definitely not!”
Lu Bu suddenly slapped the table and shouted through gritted teeth,""It's impossible for the big-eared thief to have such strength. I don't believe that there is such a thing as being reborn in this world.”
Chen Gong was shocked and asked," That face is clearly Liu Bei. If he isn't Liu Bei, who else can he be? Why would Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and the others be convinced by him?"”
"I don't know, but my intuition tells me that person is definitely not the big-eared thief!”
Lu Bu kept shaking his head, his tone extremely firm.
Chen Gong took a deep breath and managed to regain his composure.
He cupped his hands and said," Wen Hou, regardless of whether Liu Bei is telling the truth or not, he has already taken Shouchun. We must immediately mobilize our troops and take Shouchun back from him!"”
Lu Bu's heart jolted, and he suddenly sobered up.
"Once Shouchun is lost, Hefei will become an isolated city.”
"If we wait for the big-eared bandits to pacify the hearts of the people and the soldiers to rest, they will definitely attack from the south and kill us all.”
"At that time, Liu Bei would use Xu and Huai as his backing to attack my isolated city. We would have no chance of winning!”
Chen Gong continued to explain the stakes.
Lu Bu shivered and shouted,""Pass down the order. The entire army will gather immediately. I will send troops north to recapture Shouchun!”
A day later.
Lu Bu left 5,000 troops to guard Hefei, and led 25,000 troops north along the Feishui River to Shouchun.
…
Shouchun City.
The news of Lu Bu going north had already reached the city.
"My lord, our soldiers are exhausted from the long battle, but Lu Bu is a new force. His numbers are even greater than ours, and he is coming at us menacingly. We can't underestimate him.”
Zhao Yun reminded.
"Yuanlong, what do you think?"
Liu Wu took a sip of tea and looked at Chen Deng.
Chen Deng laughed coldly." Most of Lu Bu's troops are from Huainan, and many of them are from Shouchun. My lord, you only need to appease those generals who surrendered and use them as an example. When Lu Bu's soldiers learn of this, they will definitely scatter and flee. There will be chaos without fighting.”
"Attacking the heart is the best. Yes, it's a good plan.”
Liu Wu nodded in appreciation.
Chen Deng immediately took out a name list and gave it to Liu Wu.
"These are the names of all the military officials above the rank of Count Du who surrendered this time.”
"Deng believes that the lord can choose a few people from them and promote them according to the circumstances. He can use them to set an example for the outside world.”
Chen Dengdao understood his intention.
Liu Wu had to admit that Chen Deng had his own methods to appease people.
He took the list and flipped through it to see what talents there were.
Unfortunately, most of Yuan Shu's subordinates were flatterers. These surrendered generals were all ordinary and had no bright spots.
"Lu Meng!"
Liu Wu's eyes lit up as his gaze fell on the name.
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