Three Kingdoms Mythology World.

Chapter 2710 The Death of He Yong, the Purpose of the Japanese

The meeting turned into a victory celebration, which lasted until late at night.

However, one snowy evening, a secret message arrived from the capital city of Luoyang.

He Yong, also known as He Boqiu, was a senior official in the Prime Minister's Office, a famous scholar in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and jokingly referred to by players as a "title-generating machine." He died of illness!

However, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Qiao Mao, and others knew that although the announcement said He Yong had died of illness, he was actually plotting with the court officials to overthrow Dong Zhuo.

Besides the deaths of He Yong and He Boqiu, news also spread in the court that Yuan Wei and more than a dozen other officials had been placed under house arrest by Dong Zhuo... The plan had failed!

Yuan Shao gathered the Guandong coalition forces and stationed them at Suanzao, only allowing Sun Jian and Gongsun Zan, two warlords, to take action. In fact, this was to intimidate Dong Zhuo. At the same time, people in the court began their schemes.

Yuan Shao did not immediately send all the warlords to attack Sili; in fact, he was waiting.

The high-ranking officials in the court were already afraid, fearing that the warlords of Guandong would become the second Dong Zhuo. Therefore, they first stabilized Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Qiao Mao, and others, and implemented a safer plan instead of staging a military remonstrance to purge the emperor's inner circle.

Unfortunately, the plan failed!
The death of He Yong and the house arrest of Yuan Wei and others shattered the illusions of those in the court who intended to overthrow Dong Zhuo through political means and assassination!
Upon hearing this news, Yuan Shao and the other warlords fell silent... This time, he did not convene a meeting, but instead relayed the news to each of the warlords.

Lin Mu sighed softly when he received the news.

He had actually been secretly trying to recruit He Yong for a long time, but unfortunately he hadn't succeeded.

Now he's in trouble... That's fate!

If he accepts the recruitment from the Great Wilderness Territory, perhaps his fate can be changed.

When Ji Beiqin, Jiang Chenglong, and others heard that He Yong had died, they were all deeply saddened.

"History and fate cannot be changed... Our people had already hinted to him to resign due to illness and leave the capital as soon as possible. Unfortunately, it didn't work..." Jiang Chenglong's voice rang out in the chat room.

“We tried it too, just recently, but he refused, saying that he would die without regret for the greater cause of the world,” Xuanyuan Changying sighed.

It turned out that they had visited He Yong before, and some of them even had their courtesy names given to them by He Yong. He Yong was considered to be quite close to the players.

Even figures like Xia Hu and Liu Ye, who are considered kings of China, have been given titles by him, though these titles are not widely known and are mostly just江湖 (jianghu, a term referring to the martial arts world or江湖义气, a code of honor among江湖 people).

As for Jiang Chenglong and the others, as lords, they are hardly qualified to be given titles, as they have not shown any outstanding performance. If it were Lin Mu, he would have a title, but Lin Mu has already been included in the Spring and Autumn Monthly Appraisal.

"It's a pity that so many powerful historical figures couldn't escape their fate. If we could recruit these people, how could we not rise to power?" Ji Beiqin sighed.

Lin Mu was also in the chat room. He heard everyone's comments, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he watched quietly.

Ji Beiqin, Jiang Chenglong, and others were unaware that He Yong's death was the beginning of the real war against Dong Zhuo!

After listening for a while, Lin Mu opened several intelligence reports on the desktop and reviewed them again.

There were five intelligence reports in total, one of which clearly stated:

[Anomalies have occurred in the Endless Sea; all ships must cease operations!]

"I wonder if it's Japan splitting up its forces or other servers making a move..." Lin Mu murmured.

The images of the people he had encountered when he went to search for Yizhou suddenly flashed into his mind...

"Buzz!!!" Just then, the pages of the Qiankun Mother-Child Book in my arms began to vibrate.

He took it out and looked at it; a glint of light flashed in his eyes.

"The invasion of the Japanese has begun!!!"

This invasion differed from previous invasions by the shogunate; the former was led by the Shinto lord, while the latter was led by indigenous lords.

……

Just as Lin Mu was reviewing the intelligence, a dazzling black light burst forth from the dense forest on a plain west of Dongye County, Kuaiji Prefecture, Yangzhou. The next moment, a circular passage with a diameter of more than ten feet suddenly appeared, and energy surged forth.

The terrifying energy storm shattered the dense forest, instantly creating a clearing hundreds of feet wide. "Buzz!!!" After a while, the energy storm subsided, and soon after, hundreds of dark figures emerged from the passage.

After observing for a while and finding no one around, one of them turned and went back into the passage.

Soon after, hundreds more people emerged.

The figures of the first group of people who entered gradually blurred and slowly disappeared after the second group arrived.

After that, they left the passage and headed towards Dongye County.

Instead of supporting friendly forces, they left immediately, and instead of attacking the core target Lin Mu's Wenyuan Town, they went to Dongye County. That was because they had a special mission!
They spent a considerable amount of time, and under the cover of darkness, finally managed to sneak into the dense forest near Dongye County.

Several players from the China region emerged from the dense forest, quickly handed some items to the group, and then disappeared back into the night.

"Quickly, change into your uniforms and bring your travel permits; these are our credentials for using the teleportation array," a Japanese voice rang out.

Afterwards, hundreds of people quickly changed clothes. Once changed, under the cover of night, led by certain individuals, they entered Dongye County in batches and then began the teleportation process.

Some of the news was sent to Bingzhou, and some to Yanzhou...

As the white light from the teleportation array disappeared, a burly figure appeared on a rooftop not far from the array.

If Lin Mu were here, he would recognize this person as Feng Zhongfeng Fengjin, the head instructor of the Great Wilderness Territory!
“Three hundred and seventy-two Heavenly Rank Martial Generals… Good heavens!” Feng Zhong murmured.

"There was no sabotage, and the purpose was clear."

"It seems that, just as our lord said, they will divide their forces. One part will go to Bingzhou to attack Ji Beiqin's territory, and the other part will go to Suanzao to assassinate Ji Beiqin. Their goal is to steal back the treasures he brought back from Japan!"

"I don't need to go to Bingzhou and Suanzao. Gongtu will help Ji Beiqin in Bingzhou, and as for Suanzao... I don't need to go there either," Feng Zhong muttered to himself.

Afterwards, he reported the latest situation to his lord, Lin Mu.

After delivering his report, he transformed into a streak of black light and disappeared into the night...

Lin Mu immediately informed Ji Beiqin upon receiving the news.

"What did you say?!?!?!" Ji Beiqin, who was still reminiscing with Jiang Chenglong and the others, jumped up immediately after receiving Lin Mu's message.

"The Japanese have infiltrated our China region? Two hundred Heavenly Rank generals came to Suanzao to assassinate me, and one hundred and seventy-two Heavenly Rank generals went to my territory?!" Ji Beiqin exclaimed in shock.

"We can't stop them! My territory is no match for this kind of sneak attack!" Ji Beiqin said with a grim expression.

"Don't worry, my people in Bingzhou will handle it for you," Lin Mu immediately reassured him.

"Oh...that's good." Ji Beiqin breathed a sigh of relief.

"As for those coming our way, I'll deal with them then," Lin Mu said quietly, a hint of murderous intent flashing in his eyes.

"Hehe... Coming here is like lighting a lantern in a toilet, courting death!" Ji Beiqin grinned.

"Xiao Mu, are these the only three hundred-plus Japanese Heavenly Rank generals that have been teleported over this time?" Ji Beiqin asked again.

"No... there are many more Japanese samurai coming, but I don't know the exact number yet..."

"There are still many? The number is unknown? Are they going to start a national war in our China region?"

"At this critical juncture, they're taking advantage of the chaos!" Ji Beiqin exclaimed.

Upon hearing this, Lin Mu smiled slightly. He hadn't even told him about the situation of the other Divine Lords yet...

"It's alright, they're just... a minor problem!" Lin Mu waved his hand and said.

Actually, he was more worried about the situation of the Endless Sea.

(End of this chapter)