Volume 1 Jiangdong Fengyun Chapter 5: So you are also a counselor?
"Gongtai! Didn't the doctor tell you to rest for your injury? Why are you back up again?"
Seeing the pale-faced man, Lu Bu quickly stood up and said.
The man who broke into the tent looked to be in his thirties. His facial features vaguely showed "capability" but lacked "shrewdness". He gave people a sense of trustworthiness. However, he seemed to be injured and coughed twice when he spoke...
When Bai Tu heard Lu Bu call him "Gongtai", he also realized that this person should be Lu Bu's current adviser, Chen Gong, Chen Gongtai!
"My lord, I was just thinking about surrendering to Yuan Shikai again... cough cough." Chen Gong bowed to Lu Bu very persistently, but he started to cough again as soon as he bent over.
"Okay, okay, we're family, why be polite?" Lu Bu raised his hand and straightened him up.
However, this violent action made Chen Gong cough even more and his face turned red. Zhang Liao hurried to help him.
Although the bald Song Xian did not dare to speak directly at this time, he looked at Zhang Liao and Bai Tu with a somewhat smug expression - an expression of "See, the military advisor said to choose only between the two Yuans."
"My lord... all right! Stop hitting me! Ahem... I just thought about it carefully, and now is probably not the time to surrender to Yuan. I... I have thought of a better option, but I hope my lord will not be angry when he hears it." Chen Gong's back hurt from being hit by Lu Bu, but he still spoke firmly.
"Huh?" Chen Gong suddenly became confused.
Why did the scene suddenly become quiet after I finished speaking?
Even if we just said that Lu Bu might be "angry", everyone wouldn't be so silent, right?
Then Chen Gong suddenly discovered that while all the generals present were silent, they were also looking at another person - Chen Gong had not paid attention to the fact that there was an unfamiliar captain in the tent before, but he had to pay attention to it now.
"Who is this brother?" Chen Gong asked with a slight bow.
Bai Tu didn't understand any of this, so he just followed suit and saluted, "My name is Bai Tu, hello, Military Advisor Chen, thank you for your hard work!"
Chen Gong: ...
Chen Gong felt that this guy was not normal. Was he overthinking it? Everyone was looking at him just now... Was it because he farted?
Well, my lungs were damaged due to the fire attack on Cao Cao, and my nose doesn't work well now, so it's normal that I didn't notice it!
At this moment, Lu Bu suddenly said, "Gongtai, do you want me to go and join Liu Da'er?"
That's right, if there hadn't been the foreshadowing of the white map, Lu Bu and the other generals might not have guessed at once that Chen Gong was talking about Liu Bei, but now they all instinctively thought of it.
"Also?" After being stunned for a moment, Chen Gong looked at Bai Tu again, this time looking him carefully from head to toe.
"My dear brother, ahem...it turns out that you share the same view..." Chen Gong bowed to Bai Tu more formally.
"Military Advisor, the reason why Captain Bai denied Yuan Shao just now is because he mistakenly believed that Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu had fallen out, and even that Liu Yu had been destroyed by Gongsun Zan. He then concluded that Yuan Shao was going to compete with Gongsun Zan for Hebei... " Song Xian reminded.
On the one hand, I want to hear Chen Gong’s reason, and on the other hand, I also want to say - Bai Tu is just confused!
Chen Gong was surprised when he heard this and asked, "Mr. Bai also knows about this?"
Seeing Chen Gong's surprised expression and his sudden change of address, the other generals seemed to have thought of something, and then they also looked at Bai Tu in surprise...
"Gongtai, could it be that your 'Chizhi' discovered something?" Lu Bu asked directly.
Bai Tu didn't understand why Lu Bu suddenly started to scold Chen Gong seriously. It seemed that there was something he couldn't imagine. He had to pretend to understand and nodded with a smile.
"That's right, ahem... When I was recuperating before, I reviewed the general situation in the world and found that Youzhou Mu Liu Yu and Zhonglang Jiang Gongsun Zan were likely to have disagreements or even conflicts. Even, ahem... It is very likely that Liu Yu has been replaced by Gongsun Zan now!" Chen Gong said.
Lu Bu was somewhat moved and said: "While recuperating, you still use the official seal strategy. What kind of rest is this..."
"This is not the time to talk about these things... My Lord, since this is the speculation that my 'Chi Zhi' has reconstructed, it is very likely to have already happened. If Gongsun Zan were to take over Youzhou now, Yuan Shao would definitely target him and would naturally not become an enemy of Cao Cao at this time, cough cough.
Mr. Bai is so smart that he can predict the enemy's future and propose a strategy to surrender to Liu Bei in the east... Gong, I admire you!" Chen Gong looked at Bai Tu with five parts of admiration and five parts of scrutiny.
The way other people looked at Bai Tu was also completely different...
One of Military Advisor Chen's official tactics, "Chi Zhi", is known to all the generals. Its effect is that when reviewing the battle situation or the general trend, there will be additional calculation bonus for things that have happened.
Therefore, even though Lu Bu's army was on the run at this time and had no news channels in Hebei, when Chen Gong stated his speculation, everyone chose to believe it.
This is indeed the case. Not long ago, Liu Yu, the governor of Youzhou, was conquered by Gongsun Zan, the General of the Household who should have been under his command. At this time, Gongsun Zan had already submitted a petition to the court, declaring himself the governor of Youzhou!
Liu Yu was not only a relative of the Han royal family, but also different from other relatives such as "descendants of King Jing of Zhongshan". He was also the "Zongzheng" of the Han Dynasty - one of the nine ministers in the royal family who was responsible for managing the clan members.
If it were a prosperous and peaceful time, his status would be far higher than that of the local county magistrates and governors!
Six years ago, Emperor Lingdi accepted Liu Yan's proposal and re-established the position of "provincial governor", which was higher in status than the provincial governor and was in charge of the military and political affairs of a province. The original intention was to improve the efficiency of troop deployment by the provincial government and facilitate the suppression of uprisings in various places. It was also at this time that Liu Yu, a trusted relative, was appointed to Youzhou. In theory, Gongsun Zan was also under the control of Liu Yu.
However, Youzhou is located in the north, facing the Wuhuan, and the people are fierce. In terms of the attitude towards Wuhuan and the control of border residents, the radical Gongsun Zan and the moderate Liu Yu have constant conflicts. Finally, when Liu Yu was determined to take down Gongsun Zan, he was successfully killed by Gongsun Zan...
In fact, this happened before Lu Bu was defeated by Cao Cao. However, when the intelligence was still on the way, Lu Bu had already been forced to withdraw from Yanyu, thus cutting off the source of intelligence.
If they did not know something about Chen Gong, the generals of Lu Bu's army would really find it hard to believe this judgment - Liu Yu is too weak!
As the chief officer of Youzhou, he was destroyed by Gongsun Zan before anyone could react?
Bai Tu didn't know what official tactics or Chi Zhi were, he only knew that everyone seemed to think that "Liu Yu's defeat" was something he had predicted?
Because he didn't understand what they were saying, in order to avoid saying more and making more mistakes, Bai Tu could only smile and nod again...
In the eyes of the generals, including Chen Gong, all of them believed that this was the "style of a master". They were unwilling to be in the limelight and did not speak out. They probably did not point it out too clearly on purpose before to see everyone's understanding!
Only Lu Lingqi looked at the white map with doubt, feeling that this guy... was pretending to know everything?
