Three Kingdoms: copy Lu Bu's force at the beginning

The content of Hua Yu's letter is very simple, it is to throw an olive branch to Chen Gui.

If Chen Gui agreed to be his internal correspondent, after Hua Yu took Xuzhou in the future, he would let Chen Deng be the Xuzhou pastor.

The content of the letter is as simple as that, just a few lines.

He didn't even write a compliment to Chen Deng, it was very straightforward and straight to the point.

But the number of words in this letter is very small, but in Chen Gui's view, it is very heavy, so heavy that it is related to the rise and fall of the Chen family and the survival.

From Chen Gui's perspective, it can be seen that Hua Yu's unification of the world is the general trend.

The strength of the Guandong princes is not as good as Hua Yu's, and they are fighting on their own, and there are even alliances with Hua Yu.

Not to mention, Hua Yu's brilliance and prowess are no less than that of Qin Shihuang back then, and his power to dominate the world is unstoppable.

If Chen Gui rejected Hua Yu, once Hua Yu ruled the world, the Chen family in Xuzhou would face the crisis of genocide.

Even if Hua Yu is kind and does not slaughter the Chen family, the members of the Chen family will never be able to get ahead and become officials in the future.

If Hua Yu was allowed to be an internal response, the danger would be extremely high.

Once discovered by Liu Bei, the Chen family is still at risk of extermination.

Even though Chen Gui was resourceful, he couldn't help hesitating at this moment. While handing the letter to Chen Deng, he frowned and thought hard.

After Chen Deng read the letter, he was also shocked. The fate of the Chen family was in this letter, and it was under Chen Gui's decision.

Chen Gui is old, and his ambition may no longer exist.

However, Chen Gui is the head of the Chen family, so he has to think about the future of the Chen family.

As for Chen Deng, he is young and full of ambitions.

The most important thing is that Chen Deng admires Hua Yu very much.

Comparing Hua Yu and Liu Bei, Chen Deng must have chosen the former and disliked the latter.

Of course, Liu Bei was very good at buying people's hearts, but Chen Deng was one of the rare wise men in the Three Kingdoms period, and of course he would not be deceived by Liu Bei's hypocrisy.

In fact, Guo Jia saw this point and used the strategy of driving tigers and wolfs away, allowing Chen Gui and his son to provoke the conflict between Liu Bei and Lu Bu, and later prevented Lu Bu from forming an alliance with Yuan Shu.

Now, it is still a strategy to drive tigers and devour wolves, but the person who uses the strategy is not Guo Jia, but Hua Yu.

Chen Gui thought for a while, then turned his head and asked Chen Deng, "Yuanlong, what do you think about this matter?"

Knowing that this was Chen Gui's consideration for him, Chen Deng lifted his spirits and said without haste, "Going back to father, from my child's point of view, this is a great opportunity for my Chen family."

"Champion Hou has already occupied the lands of Bingzhou, Guanzhong, Yizhou, and Jingzhou. Even the hidden dangers in the grasslands for many years have been wiped out by Champion Hou. For the time being, he no longer has any worries."

"As for Ma Teng in Liangzhou, he is no longer successful, and will sooner or later be wiped out by the champion."

"Jiangxia Huang Zu, because his family members were slaughtered by Liu Biao, he had no worries, so he took the land of Jiangxia to join Yuan Shu."

"It's ridiculous that Yuan Gonglu, who coveted the land of Jiangxia and the tens of thousands of Jingzhou navy, gave Hua Yu a reason to crusade, and sooner or later Hua Yu will be wiped out."

"The land of Jiangdong and Huainan will fall into Hua Yu's hands sooner or later, and Xuzhou will become Hua Yu's next target."

"Since the general trend of the Champion Hou's domination of the world is unstoppable, why should my Chen family follow the general trend and join the Champion Hou, thinking that we will win a career in the future?"

Chen Gui nodded lightly: "That's what being a father means."

"However..." Chen Gui's face suddenly became serious, and he shouted in a low voice, "This matter is related to the life and death of my Chen family, and it is also related to the success of my Chen family. Be careful."

"For the time being, only you and my father and son know about this matter, and the rest of the people, including the women at home, can't let them know for the time being, do you understand?"

The women at home?

Actually, it refers to the wives and concubines of Chen Gui and Chen Deng.

Chen Deng nodded: "My child understands."

Chen Gui frowned again: "However, the operation of this matter cannot depend on you and me alone."

"From today onwards, you will secretly investigate the situation of the servants in the mansion, and find out a few loyal and reliable people."

"Here, father." Chen Deng responded, his brows furrowed again, "It's just that the person who sent the letter has left, and I don't know where he went. How can we give the reply to the champion?"

Chen Gui smiled slightly and said, "Yuan Long is usually so smart, why is he so confused this time?"

"With the wisdom of the champion Hou, he must be able to guess that you and my father and son will definitely agree to this matter."

"Therefore, there is no need to reply at all."

"You and I just need to prepare secretly, and the champion will naturally send someone to come again in the future."

Chen Deng nodded: "Here, father, the child understands."

"Well, go ahead, start secretly investigating the servant's situation now, and report to Weifu immediately after you have the result."

Chen Deng bowed to Chen Gui and left the study.

After Chen Deng left, Chen Gui breathed a sigh of relief, and muttered to himself, "The rise and fall of the Chen family is entirely a desperate one this time."

"Champion Hou Huayu, don't let me down."

"Liu Xuande, you can barely be regarded as a wise master, but in the eyes of this old man, not only the champion Hou Yuan is better than you, but even Cao Mengde of Yanzhou is better than you."

"Your hypocrisy, although it has benefited many common people, is too hypocritical after all. This old man really can't stand it."

However, Lu Bu fled back to Xiapi in a hurry, and immediately wanted to prepare his army for war in a rage.

When the news reached Chen Gong's ears, Chen Gong was taken aback and rushed to see Lu Bu.

"Marquis Wen, why did you suddenly send troops to attack Pengcheng?"

Lu Bu said angrily, "The big-eared thief bullied me too much."

Therefore, Lu Bu told Chen Gong what had happened, and finally said: "The big-eared thief colluded with Cao Cao and Yuan Shu, and wanted to plot against me."

"If I don't do it, I will die without a place to die. It's better to strike first, take Xuzhou, and then find a way to deal with Cao Cao and Yuan Shu."

Chen Gong hastily persuaded: "No, Marquis Wen."

"This is Cao Mengde's plan to drive away tigers and devour wolves. He wants to provoke a dispute between Marquis Wen and Liu Bei so that he can profit from it."

"Right now, most of Xuzhou is in the hands of Liu Bei. Marquis Wen only has one county in Xiapi, and his strength is not as good as Liu Bei. If he fights rashly, where will Marquis Wen go if he is defeated?"

Lu Bu said angrily, "Nonsense, how could this Marquis lose to that big-eared thief?"

Chen Gong said lightly: "Don't be angry, Marquis Wen, I just said, what if the army is defeated?"

"After all, you can't do anything without thinking about the worst."

"In case the army is defeated..." Lu Bu frowned slightly, he was not good at strategy, how could he think of where to go after the defeat.

Seeing that Lu Bu was silent, Chen Gong smiled slightly: "I have a plan to help Marquis Wen get Xuzhou."

"However, for the specific plan, Marquis Wen must act according to my plan."