"No!"

Whether Lu Bu could compete with Cao Cao during this period, Lin Mo gave an affirmative answer without even thinking about it.

Seeing his disappointed father-in-law gradually covering his face, Lin Mo felt that he really needed to analyze this issue with him carefully, so as to stop him from thinking of turning to Lu.

"There are many reasons, I will say three fatal ones."

Lin Mo grabbed a piece of meat and shook it, "First, the military gap. The total number of available forces at Lu Bu's hands should be around 30,000, right?

What about Cao Cao? He claims to have 200,000 Qingzhou troops. There must be something there. Even if he cuts 30% of the old, weak, sick and disabled, he must still have 140,000 soldiers and horses. This difference is just a matter of one sentence.

Lu Bu can't reverse it."

Lu Bu has always been aware of the issue of the gap in military strength.

Indeed, he cannot change this, at least not in a short period of time.

"The second point is that the aristocratic family is powerful. As my father-in-law said just now, the Lu family has planned to take refuge with Lu Bu, and the Chen family is also wavering. I don't doubt this, but there are many ways to take refuge.

If you just simply enter the scene, it will be useless to talk about it. The support that Cao Cao received from the aristocratic families in Yan and Hezhou are real troops, food, grass and talents.

Judging from the current situation, Lu Bu is still unable to get the support of powerful local families in Xuzhou."

When he said this, Lu Bu's shoulders visibly slumped.

He was also quite curious. He clearly defeated Cao Cao, and at the celebration banquet, these aristocratic families did come to congratulate him, but they never mentioned their support in the true sense.

This is also the question that Lin Mo must find out today.

He took a long breath and looked at Lin Mo, "What about the third point."

"The third point is that there is a huge difference in logistics support and development momentum. Both Yanzhou and Yuzhou can be regarded as the places of the Four Wars. In recent years, bandits have been everywhere and refugees have fled, leaving the population of each county withered. However, millions of Qingzhou moth thieves have gone south.

At that time, hundreds of thousands of people among them were moved into various counties by Cao Cao, which allowed farming to recover and taxes to a certain extent.

On the other hand, Lu Bu, among the six counties in Xuzhou, three counties, Langya, Dongguan and Donghai, were all massacred by Cao Cao. Only ten of the people were left, leaving only the nominal management of powerful families. These three counties were unable to provide taxes for Lu Bu at all.
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In addition, Guangling is in the hands of Yuan Shu, so Lu Bu, the lord of Xuzhou, actually only controls Pengcheng and Xiapi counties.

With the power of two counties competing against two states, do you need me to say what the outcome will be?"

Lin Mo finished speaking in one breath and looked at his father-in-law quietly, hoping that he would find his way back.

Lu Bu, who just had a droopy face just now, is already uglier than dried pork.

In the past, Lu Bu simply weighed the gap between himself and Cao Cao in military terms, and made rough efforts in terms of food, grass, troops and horses.

After being nudged by Lin Mo, he felt that if he wanted to survive in this confrontation, he had to do too many things and it was too difficult.

"Actually, the main problem lies with the Chen family. If the Chen family is willing to take refuge with Lu Bu, other powerful families will probably take notice."

Lu Bu no longer had the boldness to drink from the whole bowl at the beginning. He picked up the small bowl next to him, filled it up, and drank it in small sips like a cup of tea.

"Usually powerful families in a state have alliances. The Chen family is indeed the banner bearer of the Xuzhou family. It will be difficult to get them to give up on Cao Cao." Lin Mo sneered.

"If..."

Lu Bu's eyes darkened slightly, "Where is the evidence of Chen Jiatong and Cao in Lu Bu's hands? I remember what you said last time, even if there are some, don't kill them all, but be open-minded and show your generosity, so that other powerful families will be impressed by this."

Vigor.

Now that I think about it, it doesn’t seem very reliable.”

What was said last time was quite good, so Lu Bu did as he was told. He didn't settle the accounts with the Chen family since Xiao Pei came back, but they dared to pretend that nothing happened. The more Lu Bu thought about it, the more angry he became.

Lin Mo raised his eyes and recalled the last conversation between Weng and his son-in-law. It took him a while to remember it, and he immediately smiled and said:

"There is a way to open up the net. Lord Yue Zhang, just imagine that if Lu Bu really kills the Chen family with thunderbolts, he will get nothing except making other powerful families more inclined to Cao Cao. If he is not careful, he may also cause them to unite.

Confrontation."

Sun Ce is the best example.

The way to deal with the powerful Jiangdong family is to use thunderbolt means, one word, kill!

The deterrent effect was indeed effective, but the negative impact lasted for decades, so much so that even after Sun Quan came to power, he was still wiping his butt.

Sun Ce himself was killed by Xu Gong's disciples because of this simple and crude method, which is simply ironic.

"Then tell me, how can we restrain the Chen family?" This was the main purpose of Lu Bu's visit today. He put down his wine bowl and looked at Lin Mo seriously.

"What my father-in-law said is that if Lu Bu has evidence of the Chen family's access to Cao Cao, it will actually be easy to handle. If you want to control someone, you don't have to kill him. Putting a knife on his neck is the most effective."

Lin Mo was already a bit drunk, and the initial attempt to persuade his father-in-law to surrender to Cao turned into an academic discussion, "Put this evidence on the table, but don't ask for accountability.

In other words, if the Chen family sees that Lu Bu could kill them at any time but didn't do it, they will understand that Lu Bu is giving them a chance to atone for their sins."

This was a bit awkward to say, and Lu Bu wouldn't be able to digest it for a while, so he calmed down and sorted it out carefully.

The reason why Chen Deng pretended that nothing happened was because he insisted that I had no evidence that he was communicating with Cao Cao. After all, the letter he wrote had been delivered to Cao Cao. If he was killed just based on the time when Cao Cao's army appeared, he would definitely not accept it.

Maybe the Chen family will fight back and even join forces with other powerful families.

Therefore, I need to show him the evidence and let him know that this matter has not changed...

This can be done!

Lu Bu's solemn eyes slowly cleared, as if he had figured something out.

People are involved, well done, son-in-law!

After a while, he started laughing loudly.

"I understand, I understand."

"So..."

Lu Bu pressed his hand and directly interrupted what Lin Mo was about to say, 'So let's go vote for Cao Cao.

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Cao Cao was so vicious that he slaughtered all the people."

A trace of sadness appeared on Lu Bu's face.

His hatred for powerful people from aristocratic families is not simply because these people do not support him, but also because he himself comes from a humble background.

He hated Cao Cao's outrageous behavior.

"To be honest, I despise Cao Cao's behavior." Lin Mo sneered.

Lu Bu looked at Lin Mo, feeling moved in his heart.

Okay, we, son-in-law, finally have the same opinion.

Tell me, why did these people provoke him? Do you need to kill them all? They are simply worse than the barbarians I killed in those years!

"But..."

Lin Mo shook his head helplessly, "I hate it, but I don't agree with what my father-in-law said just now that the people in the three counties are empty and no one can change it."

"Why?"

"Because, I have prepared a big gift for Cao Cao."
Chapter completed!