Chapter 37 Make a game! The second confrontation with Chen Gong!
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Seeing Lin Zhe's abnormal behavior, Zhao Wu was stunned on the spot.
What's going on?!
As if he knew that Zhao Wu had doubts, Lin Zhe did not worry. He pointed at the table next to him and motioned for Zhao Wu to sit down.
"Do you not understand why I do this?"
Hearing this, Zhao Wu couldn't help but scratch his head in embarrassment. He really didn't understand.
He was originally a martial artist. Before joining the army, he was a butcher. He didn't know a few Chinese characters. Now it was really difficult for him to understand Lin Zhe's thoughts.
Lin Zhe was very patient and slowly explained to Zhao Wu. After all, he would need Zhao Wu next, so he had to make him understand the causes and consequences.
But before explaining, Lin Zhe asked him a question.
"Zhao Wu, do you think Lu Bu is... scary?"
Feeling the pressure Lu Bu brought to him today, Zhao Wu nodded unconsciously.
"No! You are wrong!" Lin Zhe shook his head firmly and denied, "In my opinion, Lu Bu has nothing to fear!"
"No matter how brave Lu Bu is, if he can fight one or ten, can he fight a hundred, a thousand or ten thousand?"
Lin Zhe gently rubbed his temples, as if to relieve the alcohol in his head and make himself more awake.
"The really scary thing about Lu Bu is not his force, but the combination between him and Chen Gong!"
"A general who is the best in the world, plus Chen Gong, who is no less than a first-class counselor, this combination is really terrifying and incomprehensible!"
"At least the lord can't be dealt with now!"
"So...I have to make a plan! We must separate these two people!"
Hearing this, Zhao Wu's eyes lit up and he quickly said: "So what Mr. today did was to divide the two of them?"
"well..."
"It's not that simple!"
Lin Zhe let out a long sigh, then denied Zhao Wu's judgment, then stretched out his hand to press down, signaling Zhao Wu to listen to him.
"Everything that happened today, whether it was leaving us hanging in the city lord's palace, or the subsequent intimidation by the soldiers on both sides of the road, or Lu Bu's direct threat... Zhe is sure that these were all written by Chen Gong!"
"Actually, Zhe was just guessing at first, but Lu Bu's last words later confirmed his judgment again!"
"Lu Bu has no plans. The more he talks, the more he is exposed!"
"At least Zhe knows who to form an alliance with. Perhaps he and Chen Gong are not of the same mind!"
The more he talked, the clearer Lin Zhe's eyes became, and then he explained the relationship and logic to Zhao Wu more clearly.
"If Zhe wants to successfully drive a wedge between Lu Bu and Chen Gong, he can't do it with their previous attitudes towards me."
"It's not that I'm boasting. I made a surprise attack on Xiaopei, attacked the camp late at night, lured the enemy deep, and defeated the two generals Lu Bu in a row... They couldn't help but ignore them!"
"So Zhe must first make them lose their guard against me. At least...he must hide it from Lu Bu first!"
Hearing this, Zhao Wu seemed to have grasped the key point and asked tentatively: "So the helplessness of the gentleman in the main hall is just an act?!"
Seeing Lin Zhe nodding in recognition, Zhao Wu asked again: "Then... why didn't you do it like this from the beginning?!"
"Chen Gong is not a fool!" Lin Zhe shook his head first, then pointed at himself with his index finger and said, "If I had pretended to be incompetent from the beginning, let alone Chen Gong, not even Lu Bu would believe it!
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"The initial confrontation was not only to maintain the dignity of the lord and us, but also to better confuse Chen Gong!"
"Once Zhe takes a step forward, Chen Gong will definitely not sit idly by. He is also worried that Lu Bu will be swayed by my few words, so he will inevitably jump out..."
Lin Zhe held his chin with his left hand and tapped the table evenly with the index finger of his right hand. There was a hint of excitement in his eyes.
"As expected, after I threatened Lu Bu with harsh words, Chen Gong stood up directly."
"And this move...is exactly what I want!"
"Next, I can take advantage of the situation and pretend to be incompetent to weaken my image in Chen Gong's heart, and also play a wave of emotional cards to prevent Lu Bu from making a decision so early."
"At the moment, it seems that the strategy is very successful!"
Zhao Wu's scalp was almost scratched. Even though Lin Zhe explained it like this, he still didn't understand what Lin Zhe wanted to express.
"That...sir..."
"What do you need me to do?"
Zhao Wu also became smarter. He knew that no matter how Lin Zhe explained, he would probably only have a partial understanding, so he simply stopped asking.
Since his own military advisor told him these things, there must be some task assigned to him. If not, there would be no need to waste words with him.
Lin Zhe nodded and said, "Although Zhe has done so much, I'm afraid their eyes will still be focused on me, so I can't do anything without permission. I can only ask you to do one thing..."
"Sir, as long as you have instructions, you will go through fire and water without hesitation..."
"It's not that serious..." Lin Zhe waved his hand, signaling Zhao Wu not to be so nervous, "What you have to do is actually very simple. You just need to spread some news in Xiapi City that Chen Gong plans to defect to Cao Cao...
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"But didn't Chen Gong just escape from Cao Cao to Lu Bu? Would anyone believe this..."
Lin Zhe rolled his eyes and asked angrily: "Would you believe this kind of news?"
Seeing Zhao Wu hesitate in his words, Lin Zhe couldn't help but let out a long sigh. There was a trace of helplessness in his eyes. How could someone be so stupid?
Lin Zhe discovered that it was useless to tell Zhao Wu so much.
Even if he had analyzed these things, broken them into pieces, kneaded them into pieces, and fed them directly into Zhao Wu's mouth, he might still not be able to understand what he meant.
That's all, the worst thing you can do is worry more about it and make the follow-up layout more precise.
In fact, the meaning of Lin Zhe's news is very simple. Will Chen Gong defect again to join Cao Cao?
The answer is yes!
Chen Gong 100% won’t!
However, Lin Zhe still made this decision. The core of the rumor is not who Chen Gong plans to seek refuge with. This is not the point. The point is...
The word "betrayal"!
For Lu Bu, he may not believe that Chen Gong intends to defect to Cao Cao again, but he may not always believe in Chen Gong's loyalty.
Human nature is like this. Once the seeds of doubt are planted, there will definitely be a rift between Lu Bu and Chen Gong.
And Lin Zhe's role is to expand this gap without limit until the two of them are completely separated!
Not only that, almost every word Lin Zhe said today was carefully considered and spoken many times in his mind before he said it.
Especially the alliance with Yuan Shu!
Lin Zhe had already analyzed the entire current situation on the way here and put himself in his shoes. If he were Chen Gong, he would give priority to forming an alliance with Yuan Shu.
If you act domineeringly, you will definitely be linked to Yuan Shu;
If you follow the royal path, you will definitely join forces with Liu Bei!
Unfortunately, Lu Bu probably didn't understand what Chen Gong meant from the beginning to the end. Although Chen Gong had already chosen a path for Lu Bu, he just had to follow it step by step.
but...
Lu Bu is a human being!
Everyone has his own thoughts, and Lu Bu was still wandering between the kingly way and the overbearing one.
This also led to the fact that he and Chen Gong had different ideas on who to form an alliance with!
And this... gave Lin Zhe a chance!
Just because Chen Gong won't turn to Cao Cao doesn't mean he won't turn to Yuan Shu...
It was natural that Lu Bu was careless about strategy and could not see through Lin Zhe's plan, but this kind of thing that he could think of at the slightest turn was exactly a trap Lin Zhe deliberately planted for Lu Bu!
As long as a trace of doubt arises in Lu Bu's heart, Lin Zhe's goal will be achieved!