"One prince was captured and one prince was killed, and only twelve princes were left. Now, the chance of victory was even lower."

After King Tian Heng of Qi was captured by the Xia army, Xinling Jun only had twelve troops and horses.

The princes of the towns below drank alone and were worried.

The eighteen princes of the Taihang Mountains, Sima Yue fled, Zhang Liang, Zhang Xutuo, and Tian Heng surrendered, Emperor Taizong of Liao Yelu Deguang was captured alive, and an unknown prince was killed.

The eighteen princes of Taihang Mountain, which were once powerful and had the strength to fight with Liu Xiu in Changshan and hundreds of thousands of Eastern Han troops, had already had the momentum of falling apart.

Xinling Jun is still supporting the situation. Without Xinling Jun’s support, the princes in each town might scatter.

After Xinlingjun appeased everyone, everyone returned to the camp.

Murong Lin’s camp, the Xianbei lord from the Five Barbarians’ Invasion of China, paced back and forth with his hands behind his back.

Although Murong Lin is a treacherous person, he is also known for his good fighting skills, otherwise he would not have become one of the princes.

A general entered Murong Lin's camp under the escort of Murong Lin's personal soldiers.

When Murong Lin saw this person, he was finally moved: "You are finally here."

This general was not Murong Lin's subordinate, but he turned his back to the guest. He sat down openly, picked up the teacup and drank it all in one go: "It seems that Mr. Murong has already thought about it."

Murong Lin looked struggling, but realized that he had no chance, so he could only choose to rely on a powerful force: "Tian Heng was captured, the eighteen princes were conquered, and there were only twelve people left, and they were not in full swing, and they might be annexed by Zhang Hua. The only one I ask for was the king. If you promise to be the king, I can raise 40,000 troops in the territory and rely on you."

The arrival of the general seemed to be savoring the smell of fragrant tea and said slowly: "The requirement of being a king is not low. The promise I can give is that you can serve as the governor of Chuzhou. This is already a very generous condition."

"Jiangdu..."

Murong Lin was still paced and pondering.

The Jiedushi was equivalent to a prince in the late Han Dynasty. In the middle and late periods, he took charge of local military and political power.

The separatist rule of the vassal states at the end of the Tang Dynasty was a group of great masters who did not respect the imperial court's orders and each ruled independently.

As the other party said, although the Jiedushi did not have the name of being a king, he was actually an uncrowned king and quite generous.

Finally, Murong Lin gritted his teeth: "Okay, I promise you! When will the army come to Changping?"

"The army is on the way. It is best to wait until Xinlingjun and Zhang Hua exhaust their strength. At that time, we will fight against each other and the fisherman will benefit."

"You guys really have done everything."

"Without Liu Xiu, Zhang Hua attacked the Taihang Mountains one after another. These sporadic princes formed a coalition force, which was quite difficult. They fought with Liu Xiu and Zhang Hua one after another. It can be imagined that these princes all have strong strength, but they did not have the opportunity to expand and grow. Now, it is our opportunity."

The two conspired, and the princes such as Xinlingjun, Lu Bu, Wei Yan, and Huang Chao were still in the dark.

In Lu Bu's camp, Zhang Hua sent an envoy Chen Gong to lobby Lu Bu.

"It's you?"

When Lu Bu saw Chen Gong, he thought of many things.

Chen Gong and Baimen Tower were all loyal to Lu Bu.

However, Chen Gong in front of him did not know Lu Bu, and he had a new lord.

The new military advisor behind Lu Bu was also looking at Chen Gong up and down, with great interest.

Chen Gong began to lobby: "The general has made a success or a failure. Even if he is brave enough to Xiang Yu, he cannot succeed. If he abandons the darkness and turns to the light, he will not lose his position as a marquis."

Lu Bu said deliberately: "Even the world is big, I, Lu Bu, can go there. A real man is born in the world, so how can he live in the underworld for a long time?"

Chen Gong shook his head: "This is a bad statement. The princes at the end of the Han Dynasty were in conflict, and with the courage of the general, they could not even gain the world, let alone the present? Those who take the world are favored by the destiny of heaven. The general has the prescription of kings and princes, but no the prescription of emperors."

"How can I see it?"

Lu Bu stared at the military advisor in his previous life, and regretted that he had not followed Chen Gong's advice several times, otherwise he might not have been defeated by Cao Cao.

Chen Gong asked: "The general was unparalleled in the world at the end of the Han Dynasty, but how about the bravery of the army compared to Xiang Yu?"

"Not as good as that."

"When it comes to military use, how about the general?"

"Not as good as that."

"Xiang Yu's bravery and military use are better than the general. When he meets Liu Bang, he cannot become the emperor, let alone the general?"

Chen Gong's remarks made Lu Bu stunned.

Just when many generals of Lu Bu thought Lu Bu would be angry, Lu Bu stood up and patted Chen Gong on the shoulder: "Hahaha, you are still like this. Come, I want to hold a banquet to entertain the public station."

Chen Gong knew that he would have had an intersection with Lu Bu. In the view of Lu Bu in Baimen Tower, Chen Gong was an old acquaintance, so it was reasonable for Lu Bu to entertain himself.

Lu Bu asked someone to hold a wine and banquet to entertain Chen Gong.

"You might as well stay and continue to serve me."

Lu Bu really couldn't bear to let Chen Gong leave.

In the past, Lu Bu didn't know the goodness of Chen Gong and Gao Shun, and he didn't know how to cherish it until he lost it.

Chen Gong sat upright: "The palace has found a wise master, how can we betray my master!"

"I'm just joking. Is this person really a wise master?"

Middle-aged Lu Bu was in a complicated mood when he saw Chen Gong having a new lord.

"This person knows that people are good at using things they are not good at, and does not interfere more, which is enough."

“…”

Lu Bu worked as a military general and a prince, and knew how high the evaluation Chen Gong made was.

It sounds simple to know people and use them well, but it is not the case when it comes to real operation.

"How did he treat my daughter?"

Lu Bu asked about an important thing.

If Zhang Hua dares to bully his daughter, he doesn't mind using Fang Tian Hua Ji to give Zhang Hua a few moves.

"The lord treats him well and has been promoted to General Yingyang for his merits."

"oh."

Lu Bu judged from Chen Gong's words that Lu Lingqi was under Zhang Hua's command and lived a pretty good life, and Zhang Hua did not treat her badly.

"Miss Lü, perhaps unlike the general, she wants to be a loyal and patriotic person."

"Is the public station mocking me?"

"Isn't it?"

"The public station is seeking death!"

"The Master said: "At thirty, and not confused at forty. Now the general is in his forties. If he still goes on in a daze, he will inevitably reappear the tragedy of Baimen Tower. I am considering the general."

Chen Gong's words were like thunder, calming down Lu Bu, who was originally angry.

Lu Bu defected to Ding Yuan, Dong Zhuo, Wang Yun, Yuan Shao, and Liu Bei one after another, and was as anxious as a dog that was strayed from a family. Over the years, he was really confused.

"Ahem, we won't talk about these things today. I'll treat you to the Gongtai."

Seeing that the atmosphere was tense, Lu Bu's new military advisor came forward to ease the atmosphere.

This was the first time that Lu Bu met with his new and old military advisors.

Chen Gong looked at this person.

Lu Bu's new military advisor has a mysterious origin and is known as "the scattered people in the lake and sea". He helped Lu Bu become one of the princes in the town, but never expressed his real name.

This time Chen Gong came to lobby for Lu Bu's surrender, and there was another purpose, which was to test Lu Bu's military advisor.

"Is this one..."

Chen Gong knew that the other party was Lu Bu's counselor, but he pretended not to know whether the other party was willing to report to his own house.

Out of Chen Gong's expectations, Lu Bu's new military advisor no longer concealed his identity and spoke bluntly: "In the Lower Luo Guanzhong."

...

Chen Gong went to Lu Bu's camp to go to Zhang Hua to report to Zhang Hua about his mission to Lu Bu's experience and mention the origin of Lu Bu's military advisor.

Chen Gong asked seriously: "The lord can recognize who is this Luo Guanzhong?"

"Luo Guanzhong..."

Zhang Hua looked strange.

Isn’t this the author of “Romance of the Three Kingdoms”?

Why did Luo Guanzhong become Lu Bu's new military advisor...

Wang Shouren was stunned when he heard Luo Guanzhong's name, and then told him his origin: "This person was originally an aide in Zhang Shicheng's mansion. After Zhang Shicheng's failure, he was just a helpless move. Luo Guanzhong should have wanted to do something at that time, but Emperor Hongwu was the true dragon emperor at that time, and Zhang Shicheng was just a supporting role."

"It turns out that Luo Guanzhong is actually a strategist."

Zhang Hua had limited knowledge of Luo Guanzhong, and only knew that Luo Guanzhong was the author of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but he did not know that Luo Guanzhong was a counselor of Zhang Shicheng, a prince of the late Ming Dynasty.

No wonder "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is so brilliant about the portrayal of civil officials and military generals in wars. It turns out that Luo Guanzhong is an expert.

Zhang Shicheng, Zhu Yuanzhang, Chen Youliang and others were all princes in the late Ming Dynasty. In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang won the world. Luo Guanzhong, as Zhang Shicheng's adviser, naturally felt deeply unfulfilled ambitions.
To be continued...