Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2212: Yanzhou Governor, Central Plains Family

After entering the city, Li Xiang immediately met with many surrendered ministers and generals in the city.

Around him, Xing Tian and Dian Wei led his personal guards to defend the area tightly. Although most of Zhao Kuangyin's loyal civil and military officials and confidants were killed in this war, there might be some who slipped through the net.

Some fish that have escaped the net have no other abilities, and at most they can resort to some sneak attacks and assassinations that are not worthy of being displayed in public.

Over the years, as Li Xiang's sphere of influence continued to expand, the threat to the various warlords continued to grow. While the warlords formed alliances to confront him head-on, they also used endless means of assassination in secret.

Although this method is not acceptable, what if it succeeds?

If you get this kind of luck, you can achieve the greatest results with the least effort.

Although it is true that one can never conquer the world by means of assassination, there are also cases in history where assassination has hindered the course of history to a certain extent.

The investment is small, but once successful, the rate of return can be thousands or hundreds of times.

Even though they knew that there was no chance of success, to those princes, they were just assassins. Would the lives of assassins be valuable to those princes?

The life of a killer, no matter where it is, is not worth anything. The killer himself is just a tool to complete the task. Tools are only good or not.

Of course, there are also some princes who will fund the remnants of the forces destroyed by Li Xiang and use their power to assassinate Li Xiang.

Precisely because he had often encountered these escaped fish over the years, Li Xiang was very clear about how crazy these escaped fish could be, especially those who were still loyal to their original owners.

If Li Xiang was in a good mood in the early days, he might have used a sting operation to lure these people out and kill them directly.

However, as my position changed little by little, my state of mind also began to change. Just because I had that taste in the past doesn't mean I still have that taste in the present.

Fishing enforcement, after all, has certain risks, no matter how small the risk is, it is still a risk. Today's people are no longer qualified to allow Li Xiang to have such a trend again, even if it is just some insignificant risks.

Many of these surrendered ministers and generals in the city gave Li Xiang a surprise.

However, what makes Li Xiang a little regretful is that Sun Quan and Sun Bin are no longer around.

Sun Quan's value lies not in himself, but in people like Wang Jian, Zhou Yu, and Sun Luzhen.

As for Sun Bin, he is the exact opposite. His value lies solely in himself.

As one of the four great military strategists, he was undoubtedly one of the top talents of the time.

It’s a pity that he became a victim of an internal struggle.

Thinking of this, Li Xiang couldn't help but look at Miao Xun with some resentment.

He also knew a little about the situation, and he could understand Miao Xun's thoughts. All he could say was that this guy was indeed a ruthless person.

In order to avoid leaving hidden dangers for his future self, he did it without any hesitation and the opportunity to do it was also chosen very well.

"System, check the four dimensions of Miao Xun, Wang Yanqiu and other Zhao army surrendered generals."

"Ding, Miao Xun, Command 41, Military Strength 51, Intelligence 100, Politics 90."

"Ding, Kang Yanxiao, Command 95, Force 93, Intelligence 92, Politics 80."

"Ding, Wang Yanqiu, commander 96..."

...To be honest, there were quite a few surrender factions set up by Zhao Kuangyin, as well as those neutral factions who were forced to become surrender factions, accounting for more than half of his subordinates.

However, only a few are still alive today.

Miao Xun, the hidden capitulator, did not hesitate at all when he started to take action. He completely outmaneuvered the other capitulators and tricked them in every way he could.

It was also because of this that Miao Xun was not suspected by Zhao Kuangyin and had the opportunity to have the last laugh.

He also used those surrenderists to delay Zhao Kuangyin's attention and his power. This is how Miao Xun got to where he is today.

Moreover, for Miao Xun and others, if there are too many surrenderists, Li Xiang doesn't care, but for them, that is not a good thing.

There are only so many bones in the basin, and if everyone wants to have a bite, then there won't be many bones left for him.

Furthermore, these capitulationists naturally want to stick together, but if there are too many of them and it is too chaotic, not only will they not be able to object to the reality, but they may also be excluded by other factions.

Therefore, for Miao Xun, it would be enough to leave behind a few smart and capable people to watch over and help each other.

However, Li Xiang, as a ruler, or rulers like them, actually don’t like people like Miao Xun.

Any ruler likes those who are loyal, not those who will stab him in the back at the critical moment.

Of course, as a ruler, they also hope that hostile forces are everywhere, filled with people who can stab them in the back.

Moreover, even if these people would stab them in the back, no matter how unhappy they were in their hearts, it would not prevent them from using them and discovering their ultimate value.

However, someone like Miao Xun will never become Li Xiang's confidant again.

"It is reported that Chen Deng has been promoted to the Governor of Yanzhou and will take up the post soon!"

In a casual manner, Li Xiang had already made a decision on who would be the governor of the three states.

To stabilize the Central Plains as soon as possible, they still need the help of local forces. If there are enough supporting forces behind them, their rich local advantages will be enough to make up for their relative lack of ability.

Therefore, although Li Xiang had many subordinates with higher political attributes than Chen Deng, he still chose Chen Deng as the governor of Yanzhou in the end.

In fact, if we really want to consider local strength, Li Xiang actually has more suitable people under his command. Xun Yu is far from comparable to Chen Deng in terms of ability or the influence of the Xun family in the Central Plains.

However, the problem is that Xun Yu, as the governor of Xizhou, must be inseparable from Xizhou at this time. Don't think that fighting is only Su Dingfang's business and has nothing to do with Xun Yu as the governor.

In any war, especially towards the end, the proportion of military factors will become smaller and smaller, while the proportion of economic and political factors will continue to increase towards the end.

Precisely because Xun Yu cannot be left without him, for now he can only settle for the next best thing.

Moreover, the Chen family did make great contributions in the affairs of Xuzhou.

Chen Deng himself was stationed in Guangling, causing the 30,000 troops from Yangzhou to return empty-handed.

Chen Gui tried his best to cooperate with Su Qin and helped him persuade other aristocratic families in Xuzhou. Moreover, when Liu Heita was stationed in Xia Pi, Chen Gui contributed money and effort and put all the wealth of the Chen family into the cause.

The price Su Qin offered to the Chen family was the position of Xuzhou's Beijia. By promoting them to a higher level, he meant that their contributions were worthy of the position.

Not to mention, compared to the Governor of Yanzhou, Chen Deng might not be willing to exchange him for the Deputy Governor of Xuzhou.