"The servants of the three families!"
Zhang Fei stared at Bai Ye with his eyes wide open. He hadn't expected that the person driving the wolf and swallowing the tiger was actually Lu Bu.
As for Lu Bu…
Zhang Fei had always looked down on him.
After all, this fellow had gone around acknowledging a thief as his father.
Ding Yuan at first, then Dong Zhuo.
Moreover, both of his foster fathers had died at Lu Bu's hands.
"En, after Lu Bu killed Dong Zhuo, he was defeated by Dong Zhuo's generals Guo Si and Li Jue. Therefore, Lu Bu first joined Yuan Shu, but because of his meritorious service, he was very arrogant and Yuan Shu was dissatisfied.
Therefore, Lu Bu turned to Zhang Yang. Zhang Yang's men suggested to him to capture Lu Bu and hand him over to Li Jue. Lu Bu then turned to Yuan Shao.
At Yuan Shao's place, Lu Bu and he defeated the Black Mountain Army. However, Lu Bu relied on his merit and asked Yuan Shao for troops. Yuan Shao did not agree, so Lu Bu was driven away by Yuan Shao.
It was obvious that Lu Bu did not have a territory of his own, like a rootless duckweed.”
Lu Bu was naturally the best candidate.
Moreover, there was someone by his side who would definitely play a vital role.
"But would Lu Bu attack Cao Cao for this reason?”
"Chen Gong!" Bai Ye paused for a moment before continuing,""Lu Bu's subordinate, Chen Gong, used to be in Cao Cao's camp, just like me. However, due to some reasons, he left Cao Cao and his relationship with Cao Cao worsened. If I write a letter to him, we can take care of each other and declare that Cao Cao has no one in Yanzhou.”
Now that Lu Bu had nowhere else to go, he would tell him the benefits of working together, and Lu Bu would definitely agree.
And the key person, Zhang Miao, was caused by Cao Cao himself.
Zhang Miao was originally very close to Cao Cao, but he had some grudges with Yuan Shao.
Yuan Shao asked Cao Cao to kill Zhang Miao for him, but Cao Cao refused to do so.
Cao Cao began to implement the idea of Legalism in Yanzhou.
This way of governance naturally caused dissatisfaction and backlash from the local aristocrats.
The most famous one was called Bian Rang.
Bian Rang relied on his reputation to publicly slander and despise Cao Cao. After a period of tolerance, Cao Cao killed Bian Rang as a warning to the others.
This caused an earthquake in Yanzhou's aristocratic circle, and everyone was in a state of panic.
This made the scholar-bureaucrats of Yanzhou, including Zhang Miao, feel uneasy.
At this time, Lu Bu came under Zhang Miao's command. Under Chen Gong's persuasion, Zhang Miao decided to betray Cao Cao and become independent.
Because the entire Yanzhou gentry were disgusted by Cao Cao's toughness.
With the help of the various local powers, Lu Bu quickly occupied Yanzhou.
Fortunately, Xun He and Cheng Yu defended Zhen City, Dong 'e and Fan County for Cao Cao.
It would not be to the extent that Cao Cao would not even have a place to stay when he returned to Yanzhou.
During the attack on Xu Prefecture, Cao Cao had broken through the cities and massacred the people. He had no sense of justice or purpose. He had done it purely to vent his anger. This was also one of the stains that Cao Cao could not wash away.
If Cao Cao could consider the big picture and not slaughter the people to vent his anger, he might have already taken down Xuzhou and Liu Bei would not have had anything to do with it.
Liu Bei's benevolence far surpassed Cao Cao's.
"In other words, you're using Lu Bu, this wolf, to swallow Cao Cao, this tiger?”
Guan Yu's eyes gleamed.
This seemed like a good idea.
"Wrong! It was only to injure Cao Cao. It was impossible for Lu Bu to devour Cao Cao.”
Bai Ye shook his head. He only wanted Lu Bu to put some pressure on Cao Cao.
He didn't think that Lu Bu could swallow a tiger like Cao Cao.
"Then, according to Military Advisor Bai Ye's plan, are we going to take the best course of action?”
After listening to White Night's analysis, Chen Deng felt that the best plan was indeed not bad.
Moreover, he had said so much.
It seemed that he thought the best plan was the best.
"Wrong! I want them all!"
It wasn't that these three strategies couldn't be implemented together.
"My lord can defend the Cao army in Xuzhou, while Kong Rong and Tian Kai will be harassing the Cao army's supplies in the periphery. As for Lu Bu, he only needs a letter and then he can do whatever he wants. He only needs to defend for a period of time. When Cao Cao finds out that his hometown has been stolen, he will definitely return.”
Cao Cao's vanguard army was about to reach Xu Prefecture.
They could use the three strategies to resist.
They would guard Cao Cao at the periphery to prevent Xu Prefecture from being occupied by Cao Cao.
"Amazing, the three strategies complement each other. It seems that General Liu Bei has picked up a treasure!”
Chen Deng was still thinking if he should help out.
It seemed that there was no need for that now.
"Yeah, congratulations to General Liu Bei!”
Mei Zhu said respectfully.
This made him even more determined to follow Liu Bei.
Mei Zhu had long seen that Tao Qian was not going to make it. Moreover, the Mei family was a businessman. If they wanted to raise their status, they could only invest in one person to raise it.
Liu Bei's arrival gave him hope.
" Third General, according to our intelligence, Yu Jin is leading a vanguard of 30,000 people. We will set up an ambush here. Look, this is a very wide jungle. What happens next..."
As Bai Ye spoke, their eyes lit up!
Wonderful!
This plan was simply divine!
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Yanzhou was close to Xuzhou.
Yu Jin looked around carefully and then ordered the guard,""Go and find out if there are any ambushes in the forest!”
Late at night.
He knew that it was not suitable for him to move forward.
However, most of the troops behind were about to catch up.
If his vanguard did not hurry up and was caught up by the main force, he would be labeled as a coward.
Thus, Yu Jin ignored the darkness and set off.
Anyway, when they arrived in Xuzhou tomorrow, they could take turns to rest.
However, he was not a new recruit after all. Naturally, he knew that the forest had to be scouted.
Not long after.
The cavalrymen came back and quickly said,""Sir, I didn't see anyone in the forest!”
"Alright, let's move forward!"
Yu Jin nodded and ordered.
The soldiers walked into the forest.
Looking at the forest under the night sky, Yu Jin suddenly had an ominous feeling.
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