Qin Tian had never held much fondness for Lu Bu.
The reason he had allied with Lu Bu before was, on one hand, to deter Old Cao and carve out room for survival;
On the other hand, Xuzhou had been of little use to seize at the time!
After all, Xuzhou bordered Donghai to the east, Qingzhou to the north, Jiangdong to the south, and Cao Cao to the west.
Before taking Jiangdong, this land had powerful enemies on all four sides.
Leaving a trouble-stirrer like Lu Bu in Xuzhou could help shoulder the pressure they faced from the west and north.
Yet before the Battle of Guandu, the situation across the realm would undergo tremendous changes every few months.
At this point in time, it was instead their best opportunity to plot for Xuzhou!
First, Yuan Shao's attention remained fixed on Gongsun Zan and Old Cao. He had not noticed the drastic shift in the situation to the southeast at all.
Second, because they had previously allied with Lu Bu, Cao Cao had developed ambitions of expanding westward.
Now that Old Cao wanted to enlarge his territory in the west, he would not focus his attention on Xuzhou.
With these two factors in place, Lu Bu, like Sun Ce, was destined to be isolated and without aid.
But destroying Lu Bu would not be easy.
Their main forces were currently in Jiangdong, and with the troops Qin Tian could presently mobilize, it would be difficult to wipe Lu Bu out completely.
But if Chen Deng could coordinate from within, then this would not be impossible!
The key lay in how they could cooperate with Chen Deng, seek out the right moment, and uproot Lu Bu from Xuzhou once and for all.
Thus, after hearing Chen Jiao's words, Qin Tian