Chen Gong returned after hearing the news. Yuan Shu's incident was a major event that shook the world. Chen Gong could not sit idly by and ignore it.
The safety of Pengcheng Kingdom is at stake. By the way, Shouchun City must be captured!
"Your Majesty, this is the best opportunity to attack Shouchun City, so take it!"
Chen Gong faced Lu Bu and said in a deep voice.
"That Yuan Shu is also extremely ridiculous. He was forced into desperation by his own general. Looking at the princes in the world, he is the only one."
"It seems that the destiny is not with Yuan."
Lu Bu said with sincere emotion.
Yuan Shu still embarked on this path of no return as he did in history.
Of course, this was Yuan Shu's own fault. He had enough money and food, strong soldiers and horses, and the tiger occupied Huainan, so he could fully display his grand plans.
But Yuan Shu spent all his time eating, drinking, having fun, exploiting the people, and even proclaimed himself emperor brazenly, causing people to rebel and alienate his relatives, and he was besieged and attacked by the princes of the world.
The Han Dynasty's 400-year-old foundation could not fall to the ground so easily. Yuan Shu misjudged the opportunity to proclaim himself emperor.
If he hadn't proclaimed himself emperor, Yuan Shu might have been able to survive for a while, but that was the extent of it.
Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and others are rising rapidly, and Sun Ce, Lu Bu, and Liu Biao are watching eagerly. With Yuan Shu's temperament, he will be swallowed up sooner or later, so it is not a pity for Yuan Shu to perish.
It's just that the timing of his demise was a little unlucky. Lu Bu had just finished a tough battle and was in urgent need of recuperation. But with Yuan Shu's accident, it was impossible for Lu Bu to continue to recuperate.
If Yuan Shu is defeated and Shouchun City is occupied by Liu Bei or Sun Ce, it will undoubtedly be many times more difficult for Lu Bu to capture Shouchun City than it is now.
After all, Sun Ce and Liu Bei are not as incompetent as Yuan Shu. They rely on Shouchun City to hold on. If Lu Bu wants to attack, they can completely kill Lu Bu outside the city.
Therefore, Lu Bu must be one step ahead of the other princes and take the lead in taking Shouchun City into his hands. In this case, the situation will be great for Lu Bu!
At that time, we will focus on Shouchun City and vigorously develop it. We can not only rely on the strong city to block the offensive from Jiangdong, but also vigorously develop it. We urgently need to expand our power, so why not do it.
The situation in the world is unpredictable, and the plan cannot remain unchanged. If the original plan was followed, Lu Bu could only sit back and watch Sun Ce or Liu Bei take the Shouchun City.
This is also the fascinating thing about the world situation. No prince can predict the next step. He can only adjust his strategy according to the world situation and strive to keep up with the world situation.
"Yuan Shu's defeat may not be a bad thing. With Shouchun City, we can attack when we advance and defend when we retreat. It is much better than the current situation."
Chen Gong said in a deep voice.
This situation surrounding Shouchun City is both a crisis and an opportunity!
If Xuzhou, the land of the Fourth War, wants to develop well, it also depends on the faces of other princes.
The other princes did not want to watch you grow silently, so they directly led their armies to attack. That year's efforts were in vain.
But Shouchun City is different. With the convenience of water conservancy, both commerce and agriculture will achieve unprecedented development, and it can also keep out enemies south of the Yangtze River, that is, Sun Ce and his like.
Then, Lu Bu has one less enemy to face, only Liu Bei is left!
As for Zang Ba and his ilk, Lu Bu has not taken it seriously yet. If he takes Huainan and Xuzhou, then Lu Bu will have the capital to fight for hegemony. Otherwise, if he wants to fight for hegemony, everything will be empty talk.
"We must capture Shouchun City. If we don't capture it this time, it will be very difficult."
Lu Bu also understands the current situation. Now that Shouchun City has not been captured, and there are many princes in Xuzhou, Lu Bu has no time to attack Shouchun City with all his strength.
If the army is mobilized to attack Shouchun City, Lu Bu's hometown will not be stolen by other princes.
Liu Bei's lessons learned from the past are so vivid that we have to guard against them!
Lu Bu relied on Liu Bei to fight Yuan Shu fiercely. After a long battle, he directly stole Liu Bei's hometown and invaded Xuzhou!
"I'm afraid it's not just us who are interested in Shouchun City, Liu Bei and Sun Ce will definitely not miss this opportunity."
"As for Liu Biao, he is still trying to appease the emotions of several major families. I'm afraid he won't have time to go out to fight."
"So our main opponents are Liu Bei and Sun Ce."
Chen Gong observed the situation in the world and concluded that there are several princes who will most likely participate in the battle of Shouchun City.
With the help of Chen Deng and Mi Zhu, Liu Bei became even more powerful and ambitious. Now that Shouchun City, which has the foundation of overlord, is right in front of him, Liu Bei cannot not fight for it!
Moreover, Liu Bei and Lu Bu have a grudge. Even if they don't want to get Shouchun City, they can't let Lu Bu get it easily.
When Lu Bu attacks Shouchun City, Liu Bei will most likely send troops to attack Xiapi City, making it difficult for Lu Bu to take care of himself.
This is the disadvantage of having too many enemies. Looking at the world, Lu Bu has no allies. He basically either remains neutral or hostile.
Whenever Lu Bu wants to expand his territory, he will encounter huge resistance.
Sun Ce had just conquered Jiangdong and was worried that he had no place to attack. Jingzhou and Shouchun were Sun Ce's first choices!
When Sun Ce wanted to attack Jingzhou, the first reason was a blood feud. Liu Biao's subordinate Huang Zu killed Sun Jian, so Sun Ce naturally wanted revenge.
The second is that the waterways in Jingzhou can greatly bring out the strength of Jiangdong Army. It can be said that Jiangdong Army, which relies on water conservancy, is the strongest!
Therefore, it would be very easy for Sun Ce to capture Jingzhou and defend it. If he captures Xuzhou, given the land warfare strength of Jiangdong soldiers, I don't know how many troops he would have to invest to capture it.
But Sun Ce didn't want to stay in the small Jiangdong land all his life, so he naturally wanted to look north, and the first step in looking north was to capture Shouchun and Hefei.
In this way, there will be a springboard that can continuously transport the army. Otherwise, the rest of the area will be too narrow to deploy the army at all.
We can't even transport troops and horses, so why look north!
Moreover, Yuan Shu's defeat was something that could only be expected. Considering the plans of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, Chen Gong would only find it strange if they did not get involved in Shouchun City.
Sun Ce has Zhou Yu in charge. He is not deeply involved in the Jiangdong family and has great autonomy. Now he has conquered three counties, namely Wu County, Kuaiji County, and Danyang County!
His strength is already outstanding, and he can completely plot Yuan Shu's territory and Liu Biao's territory.
Nominally, Lujiang County and Jiujiang County are both in Yuan Shu's hands, but Liu Xun of Lujiang County has long refused to listen to Yuan Shu's orders. Jiujiang County is full of warlords and various generals are self-reliant. Yuan Shu can only control the isolated Shouchun City.
As for Liu Biao, it can be said that no such person has been found. Dealing with internal conflicts has exhausted Liu Biao mentally and physically. How can he deal with foreign affairs.
Liu Biao single-handedly entered Jingzhou and successfully became the lord of Jingzhou. The hardships involved were not known to outsiders.
He also paid a lot of money for this, marrying into a local aristocratic family in Jingzhou and establishing friendly relations.
But in this case, Liu Biao's right to speak was very weak, even negligible, and he was completely unable to take the lead in many things.
Liu Biao also wanted to expand his territory and help the Han Dynasty, but he was really powerless and could only watch Sun Ce grow bigger day by day.
Liu Biao also knew that Sun Ce was a powerful enemy threatening Jingzhou, but there were too many trivial matters in Jingzhou, and Liu Biao could not spare any effort to deal with Sun Ce.
Now that Yuan Shu is about to perish, Liu Biao can't spare his hands to capture Shouchun City. Maybe Liu Biao will be able to spare his hands one day, but that day, he may not be far from death.
