Can I get to the other side?

Not long after Yuan Shu became emperor, he sent someone to ask for his hand in marriage.

I don’t believe it if I say there is no trap for Lu Bu.

Chen Gong replied: "Yuan Shu established himself as emperor, risking the disapproval of the world. Now Sun Ce has broken with him, and the emperor over Cao Cao has even issued an edict to Zhang Xiu to send troops to attack Yuan Shu."

"So he wanted to win over the general through in-laws to avoid being attacked from both sides."

Xuzhou and Yangzhou are adjacent. If Lu Bu is also hostile to Yuan Shu, then Yangzhou will be directly surrounded by enemies on all sides.

There is Sun Ce in the south, Liu Biao in the west, Cao Cao in the north, and Lu Bu in the east.

In order to prevent this from happening, Yuan Shucai sent an envoy to plead with Lu Bu and wanted to form an alliance through marriage.

"Winning over this general?"

After listening to Chen Gong's analysis, Lu Bu fell into thinking.

The relationship between him and Yuan Shu can be said to be good or bad.

Last year, he and Yuan Shu worked together to fight against Liu Bei and compete for Xuzhou. During this period, Yuan Shu had been providing him with food and grass supplies, and promised to continue to do so in the future.

After he defeated Liu Bei, Yuan Shu broke his promise and cut off the supply of food, grass and materials to him, and the two sides broke off.

But now Yuan Shu actually sent people to win over him again.

And they also plan to enter into a marriage relationship.

After thinking for a while, Lu Bu had no idea and asked hesitantly: "Do you think Gongtai should agree to Yuan Shu?"

"He has now established himself as the emperor. If we can become relatives with him, wouldn't this general become a relative of the emperor?"

There was a hint of emotion in Lu Bu's words.

He was just a commoner, and he achieved everything he has today thanks to his bravery. However, his humble background made him look down upon by those famous families.

Therefore, even if Xuzhou was captured, there were very few celebrities who came to seek refuge with him.

If he can become related by marriage to Yuan Shu, he can suddenly become a relative of the emperor, and he can also climb the big tree of the Yuan family!

Why not?

But as soon as he said this idea, Chen Gong said directly: "If the general wants to die with Yuan Shu, then marry him!"

Lu Bu was surprised when he heard this: "Is it so serious?"

Chen Gong said: "Today the Han Dynasty is orthodox, Yuan Shu is a pseudo-emperor, and no princes will recognize his throne."

"If the general marries Yuan Shu, he will destroy his future and will be regarded as a rebel and rebel. Sooner or later he will be punished by all the princes in the future!"

Lu Bu was suddenly frightened and broke into a cold sweat.

He didn't know that there were so many twists and turns in it. He just thought that it would be beneficial to marry Yuan Shu, but he didn't expect that there would be such a big risk.

After reacting, Lu Bu belatedly said angrily: "Yuan Shu is really hateful! He rebelled on his own, and he actually wants to drag me along with him!"

"This general is favored by the emperor and has been personally named Marquis Wen! How can I associate with a traitor like him?"

Then he said to Chen Gong with great emotion: "Thanks to Gongtai, otherwise I would have been fooled by him!"

"Come, I'll give you a toast, general!"

Lu Bu poured himself a full glass of wine and was about to toast Chen Gong.

"No need."

Chen Gong rejected the wine glass handed over by Lu Bu, and then said in a deep voice: "Gong originally thought that the general was a hero, but what the general did was really disappointing."

"Heroes should have great ambitions! Make great achievements!"

"You are now in Xuzhou, with countless elite soldiers and generals. You should be reorganizing your armaments and accumulating strength to benefit the world. However, the general is addicted to wine and sex all day long and only knows how to live in a corner. How is this behavior different from the people in the market?"

"If the general continues to be so ignorant of progress, the palace will have no choice but to abandon the general."

Lu Bu's expression suddenly changed when he heard this.

He didn't expect that just because he drank too much, Chen Gong would be so dissatisfied that he would even abandon him!

But he just wanted to live a rich life.

"Is this general really wrong?"

Lu Bu muttered to himself, looking down at the wine glass in his hand. His current appearance was reflected in the wine, with a stubble on his face and a dejected look, which made him startled.

"I was hurt by wine and sex, and I turned out to be so haggard..."

Lu Bu looked at himself in the drink with complicated eyes.

Then, as if he had made up his mind, he stood up suddenly, threw the wine glass in his hand to the ground, gritted his teeth and said, "From today on, I will quit drinking!"

Then he raised his head and looked at Chen Gong, with a sincere expression: "Gongtai, this general knows his mistake, and he will definitely not indulge in alcoholism again in the future!"

"This general cannot do without public support, and you must not abandon me!"

Seeing Lu Bu's sincere look, Chen Gong's expression softened slightly: "It's a good thing that the general knows his mistakes and can correct them. How can his subordinates betray the general?"

"That's good! That's good!"

Lu Bu nodded repeatedly, he really couldn't live without Chen Gong.

Then Chen Gong took out another letter from his arms and said to Lu Bu: "General, there is another letter here, which was sent by Liu Bei's order."

"He said in his letter that he hoped the general would return Peixian County to him."

This letter was delivered to Xiapi in the morning, and it was also the matter that Chen Gong came here to discuss with Lu Bu today.

Lu Bu snorted coldly when he heard this: "We can't conquer Pei County, so we can only come to ask for help from this general? It's ridiculous to hold the enemy in advance and then be respectful later!"

He had received news of Liu Bei's attack on Peixian a few days ago.

When he heard that Liu Bei was coming with Yuan Shao's 50,000 troops, he was shocked. He thought Yuan Shao was going to help Liu Bei to forcibly recapture Pei County, and he was ready to let the army retreat.

After all, it was 50,000 troops. There was no need to go head-on with Yuan Shao's army just for Pei County.

But soon the front line sent back news that the 50,000 troops were just to support Liu Bei, and the real force to attack Pei County was only 5,000.

Wanting to capture Pei County with only 5,000 troops, what else is it but dreaming?

Now that it can't be captured, running over to ask him to return the city, it's really shameless.

"It's not that simple, General, you should take a look at this letter first."

Chen Gong shook his head and handed the letter to Lu Bu.

Lu Bu took it with some suspicion, rubbed his eyes, and then read it carefully. In a moment, his face changed.

After reading for a while, Lu Bu put down the letter and fell into deep thought.

After a while, he asked Chen Gong: "Gongtai, how credible is what Liu Bei said in this letter?"

The content of this letter is quite shocking.

It probably says that the emperor is now under house arrest in Yecheng by Yuan Shao.

And Yuan Shao wants to follow Dong Zhuo's example and use the emperor to control the princes.

He Liu Bei was entrusted by the emperor to secretly gather forces from all sides and planned to rescue the emperor from Yuan Shao, but he was suspected by Yuan Shao and had to issue a military order to capture Pei County within ten days, otherwise he would be punished by military law.

That's why he asked him for help and returned Pei County to him to resolve the current crisis, and then conspire to save the emperor from danger and fight against the Yuan brothers.

I have something to do today, so the update is a bit late, and there are still two chapters in the evening.