Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

The direction of the war in Xuzhou was far beyond Lu Bu's expectations.

When Lu Bu opened another stack of documents, he saw the records that Cao Cao had gone north to attack Jizhou, had taken Nanpi, and began to rapidly occupy the southern part of Jizhou.

Lu Bu rubbed his eyebrows subconsciously, wondering how the situation in other places had become so turbulent during the six months he had been staying in Nanyang.

Seeing this, Chen Gong asked softly, "Fengxian, do you have any ideas?"

"Many heroes have risen up, what a chaotic world!"

Lu Bu suddenly stood up, threw the wine cup in front of him aside, and said sternly, "Everyone is vying for the first place, so how can I, Lu Bu, fall behind and indulge in fine wine and get drunk all day long?"

"No need to say more, Gongtai, from today on, I will stop drinking!"

Although Lu Bu had said this several times in front of Chen Gong, Chen Gong was still quite pleased and said, "If Fengxian is willing to cheer up, then there will be great things to be done."

After a pause, Chen Gong continued, "But what are Fengxian's ideas for the next step?"

"Humph! That red-faced thief has been blocking me for half a year, and others are constantly attacking cities and plundering territories. I should try to break through Wancheng and take over Nanyang as soon as possible."

Lu Bu said in a low voice, revealing a stern and domineering aura, and was about to order his men to bring him his halberd.

Chen Gong couldn't help but sigh...

This made Lu Bu frown slightly and asked, "Why is Gongtai sighing?"

Chen Gong spoke with a somewhat bitter look on his face.

"It's a good thing that Fengxian has great ambitions, but Wancheng is well-managed by Guan Yu, so we can't attack it by force. Continuing to waste time in Wancheng will only waste opportunities."

Lu Bu said in a deep voice. "Gongtai, just say what you want to say. Why are you beating around the bush?"

Chen Gong cleared his throat and said seriously.

"Fengxian, our army took Nanyang because of the threats and inducements from the two Yuans. That's why we had no choice but to temporarily abandon Yanzhou and take Wancheng. But now the situation in the world has changed to this point."

"Yuan Shao is threatened by Youzhou in the north and Cao Cao is attacking Bohai County in the south. He is already unable to take care of himself;"

"Yuan Shu's military strength has been greatly reduced, and there is also a national hero who is leading an army of 200,000 to attack Yuzhou. It is impossible for him to have the spare strength to stop us from taking Yanzhou."

"Therefore, Fengxian should withdraw his troops quickly and stop fighting with Guan Yu here. Instead, he should head north to attack Yanzhou. Otherwise, after Guo Shihou captures Yuzhou, it will be extremely difficult to capture Yanzhou."

There was another sentence that Chen Gong didn't say.

That was the strategy that Chen Gong originally made for Lu Bu, which was to accumulate strength to march eastwards through Hulao Pass and sweep across the Central Plains.

The result is that his own development speed is far slower than Liu Bei's, so that now Liu Bei is about to become the dominant figure, while Lu Bu is still hiding in the Sili area.

If Yanzhou is not taken away quickly, and Liu Bei takes over Yuzhou and Xuzhou, who will be the rival in the entire Central Plains?
By then, Lu Bu would probably have to retreat to the Sili area and rely on Hulao Pass to survive.

By that time, Lu Bu would really become Liu Bei's watchdog, protecting the Han emperor from being humiliated by other princes.

Therefore, after Chen Gong learned of this information, he was so shocked that he broke out in a sweat. Suddenly he realized that there were not many chances left for Lu Bu.

When it really came to the point of having to defend Hulao Pass, what Chen Gong had to think about was how to persuade Lu Bu through Lu Lingqi to make Liu Xie voluntarily abdicate.

Perhaps Lu Bu's vision was not as far-sighted as Chen Gong's, but he had long since given up the idea of ​​continuing to fight Guan Yu in Wancheng.

Guan Yu, the red-faced thief, is fine. In terms of bravery, Lu Bu is confident that he can defeat him. But the group of sword-and-axe soldiers under Guan Yu are simply shameless when it comes to defending the city.

The best armor can block many swords, spears and arrows, but it is impossible to block axes.

Being stabbed with a sword while wearing armor and being hit with an axe are two completely different things.

Now Chen Gong proposed to attack Yanzhou instead, which really touched Lu Bu's heart.

When Yuan Shu proposed to give Nanyang County to Lu Bu, Lu Bu thought that he wanted both Nanyang County and Yanzhou. He wanted to take Nanyang first, then Yanzhou, and then sweep across the Central Plains. It was only after Chen Gong and Chen Qun's analysis and persuasion that Lu Bu realized that taking Yanzhou was far from as simple as he had imagined, and he might be besieged by many parties and fall into trouble.

"Humph! I have already said that I want to take Yanzhou, but you scholars are the ones who are trying to stop me. Now we are going around in circles, aren't we back to square one?"

Lu Bu said this arrogantly, making Chen Gong almost blush with anger, but he didn't know how to refute.

Finally, Chen Gong couldn't help but say something in a veiled way.

"The great general is unrivaled in both strategy and bravery."

"Hahahaha, how's your temple strategist compared to Li Zikun's?" Lu Bu asked with a big laugh.

Chen Gong replied expressionlessly, "Not far off."

Lu Bu, in a good mood, asked. "So, it's just a little bit off?"

At this moment, Chen Gong looked at Lu Bu's happy face and almost couldn't help but ask a question.

"Fengxian, are you serious when you ask this?"

Chen Gong smiled awkwardly and didn't dare to praise Lu Bu anymore, for fear that Lu Bu would take it seriously.

After getting Chen Gong's support, Lu Bu no longer hesitated and immediately began to order his troops to retreat.

However, in order to prevent Guan Yu from taking the opportunity to seize more area of ​​Nanyang County, Lu Bu deliberately left Zhang Xiu in Nanyang County and led 20,000 troops to guard against Guan Yu.

Guan Yu saw Lu Bu's retreat, but had no intention of pursuing him.

On the one hand, Lu Bu's ability to command troops was extremely strong, and even his retreat seemed orderly and did not reveal any flaws.

On the one hand, the situation in Jingzhou is actually not that good.

Liu Biao's momentary carelessness almost buried 80% to 90% of the Jingzhou army. In addition, the rebellion that broke out in the four southern Jing counties a few years ago also dealt a severe blow and burden to Jingzhou.

The situation inside Jingzhou is far from fully recovered.

Now the main force led by Guan Yu to guard Wancheng are still the elite brought from Yangzhou, and the rest of the Jingzhou soldiers are mostly new recruits.

Of course, after half a year of defending the city, a considerable number of Jingzhou soldiers have been trained and are ready to be used.

But Guan Yu also knew that his main task was to defend Jingzhou, and he should not act rashly, let alone take risks.

"Hmph, I will allow you to leave today. I will definitely ask for your advice someday."

Guan Yu stroked his long beard, and watched the army led by Lu Bu retreat with his eyes slightly opened, then gave orders to his left and right.

"Send a secret letter immediately to inform the lord and the commander-in-chief that Lu Bu has withdrawn his troops."

……

Soon, the secret letter from Wancheng was delivered to Li Ji.

Lu Bu retreated!

This was within Li Ji's expectations.

With the world situation changing so drastically, it was naturally impossible for Lu Bu to continue fighting Guan Yu to the end.

With the Yu River continuously supplying money, food and equipment to Wancheng, the possibility of Lu Bu taking Wancheng by force was very small.

Li Ji could even guess that Chen Gong would realize that this was his last chance and would try his best to persuade Lu Bu to seize Yanzhou instead of supporting Yuan Shu. (End of this chapter)