Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2436: Xiang Liuyu is the master, the little tyrant of Southern Chu

South Asia at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty cannot be compared with Southeast Asia. It is no exaggeration to say that there is a world of difference between them!

The Kushan Empire, one of the four great empires, alone is enough to determine the gap between the two regions.

At the beginning, Yu Ji's business for the Kushan Empire was mainly commercial trade, supplemented by pirate looting.

However, in the process of commercial trade with the Kushan Empire, she learned that the other party was in dispute with another huge empire, the Parthian Empire. Although she didn't know that the Parthian Empire at this time was between Rome on one side and Kushan on the other, it was also internally unstable and was on the verge of collapse.

However, Yu Ji knew that the struggle between the two empires would definitely involve a lot of energy of the Kushan Empire. In addition, while the Kushan Empire and the Parthian Empire were fighting, the Yuan Mongol Empire led by Genghis Khan to the north was also fighting.

Knowing that the Kushan Empire was facing two great empire-level forces, Yu Ji suddenly became bolder and mainly engaged in pirate looting, with commercial activities as a secondary activity.

After all, no matter how much profit you make, it can never be as fast as robbing money.

Besides, the more profitable a business activity is, the more it is essentially no different from robbing money, it’s just a different way of robbing money.

It was also because of this that Yu Ji was able to make a lot of money from the Kushan Empire.

Moreover, since he was facing an empire as huge as the Kushan Empire, he also brought in several other powerful countries in Southeast Asia to join this pirate enterprise.

As for the countries, as long as it is profitable, they will naturally flock to it and give the green light all the way. Even if they did not like Da Chu before, it would not prevent them from seeking common prosperity in Greater Southeast Asia together.

The benefits gained from the Kushan Empire played a crucial role in the rapid development of the Great Chu in Southeast Asia.

However, with the arrival of the three-year epidemic, the situation between the Kushan Empire and the surrounding empires also changed. The Kushan Empire not only gained a lot of benefits during this period, but also was finally able to devote enough power to pay attention to Southeast Asia.

As a result, the Southeast Asian countries truly realized the true strength of an empire-level force. Just a slight move forced them to go all out. It was just a small part of the force, but they had to unite and do their best to deal with it.

This is why it is said that the current Southeast Asian crisis is inseparable from Yu Ji and Da Chu.

Moreover, in the past few years, on the surface, under the leadership of Yu Ji, the Great Chu has been thriving step by step. From a stray dog ​​that fled from the Central Plains, it has now re-established its foundation.

However, after all, Xiang Yu is dead now, and the morale of the people within the group has actually begun to disperse.

After all, Xiang Yu's son was young at the time, and he did not have the great prestige like his father to be able to suppress his subordinates.

No matter how capable Yu Ji appears to be, one thing can never be denied, and that is her identity as a woman. In this era where men are superior to women, this is her natural disadvantage.

It is countless times more difficult for a woman to dominate a man than for a man to dominate another man.

It is precisely because of this that Xiang Liu, who became the leader of the Xiang clan after Xiang Yu's death, was no longer willing to be suppressed by Yu Ji after their Great Chu had survived the initial crisis. Although there are only a few big cats and small cats left in the Xiang clan now, Xiang Liu still believes that only he, the strongest man in the Xiang clan, is qualified to lead the Xiang clan to rise again and lead Great Chu to prosperity.

That woman could not be his hope for reviving the Xiang clan and the Great Chu, and neither could that child.

Therefore, in the past few years, when Da Chu seemed to be prospering step by step, there were actually crises hidden within.

At that time, in the Great Chu, General Xiang Liu formed his own faction. As a general, he controlled a large amount of military power in the country.

Moreover, he is the most powerful general in the country today. The remaining Zhongli Mei and Ji Bu combined are far from being comparable to him.

Even Zhongli Mei and Ji Bu, although they were more inclined towards Xiang Yu's son, it was obvious that they did not want to get too involved in this internal conflict, but wanted to stay away from the neutral faction.

If other people still had the idea of ​​revitalizing the Great Chu and tried their best to develop their careers, but after these two people left the Central Plains, they lost interest in this idea.

Defeated and exiled in a foreign country, their former families were also displaced during the war. Now, only a few of their relatives are left, and only one in ten survives. They are heartbroken.

In particular, even if Da Chu develops, no matter how fast and smoothly it develops, given the situation in Southeast Asia, they do not think that they can fight back to the Central Plains in their lifetime.

In traditional Chinese culture, returning to one's roots is ingrained in one's bones. From now on, they can only struggle to survive in a foreign country, and will never have the chance to return to their hometown. What kind of mental state can we expect from them?
Therefore, they don't care much about other things and are unwilling to get involved in internal conflicts.

Fortunately, at that time, Yu Ji had a large number of pirate groups in her hands, which was also a very powerful military force.

In addition, among the most important civil and military officials who escaped, her relatives occupied a small half of the country. With the support of Yu Shiji, Yu Shinan, Yu Qing and other relatives, Xiang Liu really did not have a chance to succeed.

Until the past two years, the young son of Xiang Yu has grown up step by step. Even if not in other aspects, at least in terms of bravery, he has the style of Xiang Yu back then, and is respected by a group of old people as the Little Overlord of Southern Chu.

Back then, Xiang Yu called himself the Overlord of Later Chu, but now, Xiang Yu's son is called the Little Overlord of Southern Chu. It can be seen that in the hearts of these old people, Xiang Yu's son is quite like Xiang Yu.

As a result, some people believed that the young master could be supported, and thus, some of the originally neutral faction were also lured by Yu Shiji to join the young master faction.

In addition, in this internal struggle, Xiang Liu's political tactics were too immature, and he was led by Yu Ji many times.

Therefore, this internal political conflict ultimately ended with Xiang Liu's failure.

Although Xiang Liu failed, Yu Liu never made things difficult for him again. He just took the opportunity to divide some of his military power.

There was no other way. There were only a few talented people in Da Chu at that time. Even if he wanted to completely eliminate this hidden danger, Da Chu really still needed this person.

(End of this chapter)