People in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Hu and Han respected together

Chapter 384 East Sea King

Abandoned village!

After the unwilling Yuan Shu committed suicide without drinking the honey water, Liu Bei took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei and took over the place with ease.

Looking at Yuan Shu's corpse, although Liu Bei hated him for arrogating himself to the throne, he didn't mind showing his magnanimity, so he shook his head and said:

"Born with a noble background and sitting in Huainan, you could have supported the Han Dynasty and made immortal achievements through the ages. Why bother to commit such a heinous crime for a little fame, usurping the Han Dynasty, and arrogating the emperor. Hann..."

"Ashes to ashes now, dust to dust, I will send you to Guanzhong, and leave everything to His Majesty to decide!"

After the words fell, Guan Yu next to Liu Bei said very seriously:

"After all, not everyone has such lofty ambitions and a broad mind as big brother!"

At this time, Zhang Fei ran over with a box in his arms, a little mysterious, but with his voice, he almost roared directly:

"Brother, look what I found!"

Right in front of Liu Bei and Guan Yu, Zhang Fei opened the box and showed the contents in front of them.

It was a large seal. Liu Bei and Guan Yu were taken aback for a moment, but then, Liu Bei became short of breath, and Guan Yu said hesitantly:
"Could it be...the Chuan Guo Yuxi..."

Liu Bei picked it up, looked left and right, and finally turned it over, and read it out word by word:
"Ordered by heaven, you will live forever!"

Guan Yu said with certainty:

"Sure enough, this is the Jade Seal of the Chuan Kingdom!"

Zhang Fei laughed and said loudly:

"This Jade Seal of Chuan Guo, now it belongs to my eldest brother!"

Liu Bei's eyes were a little red, and he was ordered by the heavens. Since his longevity is eternal, who can resist the temptation brought by these eight words, but he resisted forcefully, opened his mouth with difficulty, and said in a deep voice:

"This thing is owned by the Son of Heaven, so how can I occupy it? Haven't you seen what happened to Sun Jian and Yuan Shu? What kind of heroes, after getting the Jade Seal of Chuanguo, all their families were ruined, and their wives and children were harmed... "

"Sending the Jade Seal and Yuan Shu's body to Guanzhong without stopping, this matter is extremely important, we must send our confidants, let Sun Gan go!"

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei felt helpless when they heard Liu Bei say this, but at the same time admired him.

With the destruction of Shouchun and the death of Yuan Shu, this mighty joint operation gradually came to an end. Cao Cao and Liu Bei each retreated.

It doesn't work if you don't retreat. Yuan Shu's strong walls and clearing the field are still very effective. However, Cao Cao and Liu Bei must kill him by relying on the food stored in the rear. Yuan Shu can only say that he is useless. He didn't last until Cao Cao. that day.

Even though Cao Cao and Liu Bei had a deep hatred between them, because of the threat brought by Li Yao, both sides were relatively restrained, and no direct conflict broke out.

Half a month later, with a heavy snow falling, Li Yao also got the most detailed news. Cao Cao and Liu Bei wiped out Yuan Shu's main force, and broke through Shouchun, killing Yuan Shu.

Since then, the land of the Central Plains has been divided between Cao Cao and Liu Bei, with Liu Biao occupying the land of Jingchu and Sun Ce occupying the land of Wuyue. His enemies in the future will undoubtedly be these four people.

Li Yao said thoughtfully:
"Liu Biao is an old dog, nothing to worry about. Sun Ce is a young tiger, more than violent, but not strong enough. It depends on whether he will be assassinated by Xu Gong's disciples..."

"My main enemies are Cao Cao and Liu Bei. Both of them are outstanding people. Regardless of whether they are heroes or heroes, they are all heroes. They cannot be underestimated..."

"The person who killed Yuan Shu was Liu Bei. How can I be stingy with a prince who is different and always hated by others. It is best to let them fight, and the more fierce the fight, the better!"

Now that the two Yuans were destroyed, the struggle for hegemony at the end of the Han Dynasty had entered a new stage. Li Yao could no longer stay in Yecheng. He had to go back to Guanzhong to make the final preparations for cleaning up the Xianbei who occupied his Hetao Plain.

Before that, Li Yao approached Yang Xiu, first smiled and encouraged him, and then continued to stimulate him, which made this young man who wanted to make a career on his own full of energy.

Yang Xiu is a smart person, he can learn everything quickly, so he was asked to fight with the Jizhou family and Yuan Shao's old department until he completely freed himself.

Then Xu Huang was found, and Li Yao gave him enough support and trust to let him control the most powerful armed force in Yecheng.

The only two requirements for him, one is to ensure that there will be no problems in Yecheng, and the other is to use both suppression and appeasement to completely solve the Black Mountain Army in Taihang Mountain.

There are more and more things about Li Yao, like the Black Mountain Army, he should not deal with them personally, it will consume his limited time and energy.

Sima Yi once said a word, if you eat less but have troubles, how can it last forever...

Eat less and work more, can such a person live for a long time?

Li Yao still wants to live longer, anyway, he has the bottom line, and the matter of the Black Mountain Army will be left to Xu Huang to solve.

In the end, Li Yao wrote letters and sent them to Fan Chou, Li Jue, Guo Si, and Zhang Ji respectively. They will all stay in Jizhou for the next period of time.

There is no way, one needs to deter the Jizhou family and Yuan Shao's old troops, the other needs to defend Gongsun in the north, and the third needs to defend against Cao Liu in the south.

Li Yao felt uneasy if some real elites were not left behind. Li Jue and Guo Si were enough to pinch Gongsun Zan's neck, preventing him from going south easily.

Fan Chou and Zhang Ji were on guard against Cao Cao and Liu Bei respectively, but the two of them alone could not deal with the present Cao Cao and Liu Bei, so the emphasis was on deterrence and warned them not to act rashly.

After finishing these, Li Yao and Qu Yi returned to Guanzhong with more than ten thousand troops.

Guanzhong, Chang'an!
Li Yao saw the corpse of Yuan Shu sent over, because it was winter, and the smell was not so fast, he didn't whip the corpse to humiliate him, or cut off his head, and passed it around, but ordered to find a place to bury him directly.

Yuan Shu's biggest problem is that he has usurped the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. In order to avoid being stabbed in the back by others after he also embarks on this path in the future, Li Yao is not qualified to do anything with Yuan Shu's corpse.

Of course, there is also the Chuanguo Yuxi. It is not that you can become the emperor if you get it, but only the emperor can get it. Li Yao has a very peaceful mind:
"Send it to the palace for collection, but there is no need to inform His Majesty. At this age, His Majesty is prone to fantasies. If he sees this broken stone and thinks something he shouldn't have, it will easily end badly in the future!"

Finally, to reward Liu Bei, Li Yao generously ordered:

"Liu Bei, you have made great achievements in defeating the enemy, killed the rebels, and named you the king of the East China Sea, Xuzhou Mu, and General Zhendong. I will put all the credit for destroying Yuan Shu on you. It depends on whether you can bear it or not!"

(End of this chapter)