Three Kingdoms Mythology World.

All the other warlords had their troubles, and Dong Zhuo, who ranked second on the list of warlords, also had his troubles.

The migrating troops have been repeatedly attacked by several groups, suffering heavy losses. He has already sent all of the Xiliang cavalry to defend the migrating troops.

Not only were the land forces attacked, but the fleets on the Yellow River were also constantly harassed, resulting in even greater losses!
On a high peak along the Yellow River, watching the battle raging on the river, Li Ru's face was ashen.

Of the thousand resource ships that were originally sailing on the Yellow River, nearly five hundred have now disappeared. They did not sink to the bottom of the sea, but were boarded by the enemy who killed the soldiers guarding them. The enemy then drove them downstream and they disappeared!

This is the fifth fleet to be attacked by the enemy!

On the surging Yellow River, the corpses of soldiers in various armors floated, and the rushing water carried these remains downstream, creating an extremely tragic scene.

Looking up along the river, Li Ru saw the two divine general warships positioned at the very front of the fleet.

They blocked the entire fleet's path forward like two gatekeepers, leaving the fleet to be slowly invaded and swallowed up by the enemy!
They used the same tactic five times!

"Splash! Splash!" At this moment, the sound of waves came, and suddenly faint figures appeared on the surging river. They boarded the boat from a tricky angle, then quickly killed the guards on board and pushed them into the river. In no time, they occupied the boat.

"Special forces in the water?! Hmph!" Li Ru snorted coldly after seeing those figures.

“No wonder he dared to enter that turbulent, endless sea, and even brought back the map of the dragon vein,” Li Ru said quietly.

Li Ru clearly knew whose troops were involved in intercepting the fleet.

Then, Li Ru turned his gaze to the two figures charging across the water as if it were flat ground, and took a deep breath.

Two naval generals overpowered the hastily trained elite sailors in their camp.

None of the naval forces in their camp were skilled generals. The few admirals temporarily assigned to them were unfamiliar with water and naval warfare, and they suffered heavy losses in the first few encounters, losing nearly five thousand ships...

"God-tier warship... Hmph!!" Li Ru snorted coldly, already pondering certain plans in his mind.

Just then, a black figure sped over like lightning and arrived at the mountaintop in no time.

"You've lost!" The figure said as if meeting an old friend after arriving beside Li Ru.

"Hmph! After I go to Chang'an, I will..." Li Ru's eyes flashed with a cunning glint as he said in a deep voice.

"Alright...alright." The figure waved his hand dismissively.

"Guo Fengxiao, the Guandong Allied Army is now fighting amongst themselves, attacking and vying for territory. I'd like to see how you break the stalemate between Youzhou and Qingzhou."

The newcomer was none other than Guo Jia from the Great Wilderness Territory!
“I started planning this a long time ago,” Li Ru said meaningfully.

The reason Li Ru directly proposed that Dong Zhuo appoint Lin Mu's two fathers-in-law as governors of Youzhou and Qingzhou was that he wanted to use these two provinces to weaken Lin Mu.

As for the other states, let the warlords of Guandong fight and vie for them, like fish and clams fighting.

"Hehe... We already knew. Youzhou and Qingzhou are a piece of poisonous dragon meat, but Lin Mu said that even if it's poisonous, we have to swallow it. As long as we can resist the poison, we can digest the dragon meat and make our foundation stronger!"

"Now that we have taken initial control of the two states over the past few months, the pressure we face will be much less," Guo Jia said confidently.

"The Black Mountain Army is yours, isn't it?" Li Ru suddenly asked.

"That's right!" Guo Jia didn't hide anything and confessed directly.

"Was the rebellion of the Yellow Turban remnants in Qingzhou also caused by you?" Li Ru asked again.

“Yes!” Guo Jia nodded.

"You started planning this as early as the year of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, which is six years ago?" Li Ru took a deep breath and asked in a low voice.

“Yes!” Guo Jia nodded again.

Upon hearing the word "correct" twice, Li Ru's worries and anxieties intensified.

The one who was truly hidden was not Dong Zhuo, nor the Yuan family or other powerful clans, but Lin Mu!
He had previously thought that Lin Mu was only making arrangements within Yangzhou and was doing everything he could to protect Yangzhou.

Li Ru never stopped Lin Mu from maintaining Yangzhou.

Because he was confident that he could dominate Yangzhou in the future, causing Lin Mu to lose even his last foundation!
However, the schemes of Youzhou and Qingzhou actually accelerated their progress... Could this be considered delivering dragon meat to the tiger's mouth?

"Your personal presence suggests that this battle may take an unexpected turn," Guo Jia remarked meaningfully, overlooking the fierce battle on the Yellow River.

"I won't interfere, don't worry. Just wait and see," Li Ru said calmly.

Although he admired Lin Mu's far-sighted plans, he was not the kind of person to admit defeat easily. According to his calculations, there was still a high possibility that Lin Mu's power would collapse, with at least a 60% chance of disappearing completely from the stage of history!
"It's a pity. If Lin Mu had obtained the Imperial Seal, I would have been absolutely certain that I could remove him from the List of Lords of Heaven and Earth!" Li Ru sighed inwardly.

As if sensing Li Ru's inner thoughts, Guo Jia, gazing at the Yellow River, suddenly asked, "The Imperial Seal of the State, you knew it was there all along, why didn't you take it? Instead, you stirred up a causal opportunity to lure Lin Mu to take it?"

After Guo Jia finished speaking, he turned his head and stared intently at Li Ru.

Upon hearing Guo Jia's question, Li Ru was jolted for the first time.

Guo Jia actually deduced this most secretive operation! That's right, Li Ru had actually found the Imperial Seal of the State long ago, but he didn't tell his lord Dong Zhuo about it. Instead, he used it to set up a trap, a trap that would ruin Lin Mu!

No... or rather, it's not about ruining Lin Mu's plans, but rather about ruining the plans of Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Qiao Mao, Cao Cao, and others. The goal is for any of them to reach the top of the list of warlords.

Lin Mu unexpectedly topped the list of the Heavenly Lords, thus becoming the target of that scheme.

However, fate is fickle, and suddenly Sun Jian appeared out of nowhere.

However, Dian Wei went to retrieve the Imperial Seal of the State before Sun Jian, but for some reason he couldn't find it.

Guo Jia couldn't figure out this detail.

"Did Lin Mu's men go there later than Sun Jian?" Li Ru asked pointedly.

“No… he went earlier than Sun Jian, but for some reason, he couldn’t find the Imperial Seal of the State. It disappeared when we went to get it, but it appeared when Sun Jian went to get it!” Guo Jia did not hide anything and told the story.

Upon hearing this, Li Ru was once again shaken.

His plan was actually successful; Lin Mu's men went to retrieve it. But fate played a cruel trick on them, and they couldn't find it!

"Who hid the Imperial Seal of the State there? Was it you?" Guo Jia turned his head and asked calmly, gazing at the Yellow River.

“It wasn’t us… I don’t really know either. Maybe it was that palace maid who stole the Imperial Seal and hid it by throwing herself into the well,” Li Ru said, shaking his head.

Guo Jia frowned slightly upon hearing this.

Would a palace maid do such a thing? Impossible. Ordinary palace maids and eunuchs couldn't even touch the Imperial Seal of the State, let alone try to possess it. If they even entertained such a thought, they'd probably die instantly…

"You're really willing to pay such a price for an outcome with so many variables!" Guo Jia sighed. If it were him, he probably wouldn't have made such a plan.

It should be understood that if Dong Zhuo had obtained the Imperial Seal, his initiative and resources would have automatically propelled him to the position of the supreme ruler!

“In my plan, the Imperial Seal will eventually return to our lord, Dong Zhuo,” Li Ru said calmly.

"If Han Fu really succeeds in snatching Sun Jian, do you think he will hand him over with both hands?" Guo Jia shook his head and smiled.

"The most likely scenario is that it will fall directly into Yuan Shao's hands!" Guo Jia offered his guess.

"Speaking of Yuan Shao, he has already contacted you, hasn't he?" Guo Jia asked softly.

"All the surviving warlords of Guandong have contacted our lord, except for your lord, Lin Mu," Li Ru said meaningfully, looking at Guo Jia's ruddy and handsome profile.

"Did Cao Cao also make contact?" Guo Jia asked, puzzled.

"I've made contact; he wants to be the governor of Dongjun."

"I thought he had lofty ambitions and wanted to rise through the ranks using the most difficult methods, but I didn't expect him to take the shortcut," Guo Jia remarked.

"To create chaos in Yuzhou, Yanzhou, and Jingzhou, you must have agreed to Cao Cao's surrender," Guo Jia added.

“Yes!” This time it was Li Ru’s turn to reply that he was right.

“Youzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Bingzhou, and so on will all be in chaos. The fortunes of the Han Dynasty will decline, and our goals will be easier to achieve,” Li Ru said frankly.

This kind of information is something that a smart person like Guo Jia could easily deduce, so it's better to just be honest.

Dong Zhuo's camp controlled most of Sili and Liangzhou behind it, and then stirred up trouble in other prefectures and counties to achieve their goals.

In fact, the fact that the Imperial Seal of the State was being exposed was also a kind of calculation... to weaken the power and fortune of the Han Dynasty... They had the ability to forge a new Imperial Seal of the State!
"Where did you get two god-tier warships?" Li Ru suddenly shifted the topic to god-tier warships.

"The legacy of the Qin Empire," Guo Jia said without hiding anything.

"As expected..." Li Ru sighed.

"You secretly harbor some special military units of the Qin Empire, don't you?" Li Ru asked again.

"Yes... otherwise how could I dare to defy the world and directly control three states!" Guo Jia shrugged.

"Huh...They're here!" Just then, Guo Jia noticed a change in the situation on the Yellow River battlefield.

Suddenly, the surging Yellow River calmed down.

Indeed, a section of the Yellow River nearby had mysteriously turned into a mirror-like surface.

A terrifying sense of oppression also spread out.

The trump card of Dong Zhuo's camp is about to be used!
“You can’t go down there…” Li Ru said meaningfully, looking at Guo Jia.

"Heh... You really think your methods are effective? That they'll make me rush down to rescue you without considering the consequences?" Guo Jia said with a sly smile.

Upon hearing this, Li Ru felt a sudden sense of unease... (End of Chapter)