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Chapter 504: The Man is Seriously Ill
The reason why Su Yao's team disappeared can be traced back to more than half a month ago.

At this time, Guan Yu and Zhao Yun's troops who were on the Northern Expedition had already been unstoppable and swept away the Buyeo people who took advantage of the situation to rob and loot, forcing them to pay tribute and make amends.

Su Yao also returned to the capital of Xiangping.

Before returning from Goguryeo, he burned down the mountain city of Marudu and destroyed the Goguryeo barrier. At the same time, he brought back a large number of people and property and prepared to set off for Luoyang.

However, at this point, many of the people who had gathered to see him off did not understand that Su Yao would not be able to make it on this trip.

That’s right, it was impossible for them to reach Luoyang before the emperor’s death.

The land in Liaodong, or to be more precise, the land in Goguryeo is really bad.

Compared with the Bingzhou Xiongnu, who also lived in bad land but at least had plains and grasslands, the plains in the Liaodong region were all Han territory, and the Goguryeo people could only rule between the White Mountains and the Black Waters.

There are many places in the river valleys where they live without even decent roads.

This was certainly due to their poor living conditions, but there was also the intention of these people to deliberately resist the imperial court, not repairing or even deliberately destroying roads to facilitate their separatist rule.

Even though Su Yao's army was advancing triumphantly all the way, it still took months for them to march. After the water flooded the area, the rivers overflowed, making the return journey even more difficult.

Now, just coming out of the mountains, the time has already reached mid-to-late March.

What does this mean?

Su Yao opened the map and took a look. Xiangping was nearly three thousand miles away from Luoyang. At the normal rate of fifty miles a day, it would take two months without any unexpected events.

They had to carry tribute from the King of Goguryeo and many nobles, and cross the rotten land of the Liaoxi Corridor, which took them even longer.

Not to mention that he has not received the imperial edict yet and is not allowed to leave his post without permission, so the departure time will be postponed.

Others didn't care, as they had long been accustomed to the difficulties of traveling in this era.

However, Su Yao was very clear that according to the current time, he might not be able to make it in time for this event.

What? You said Dong Zhuo will enter the capital in August, and Su Yao can obviously catch up with him?
Su Yao actually thought so at first. After all, he didn't want to get involved in the internal fight between He Jin and the eunuchs.

Although Xun Yu encouraged him to return to Beijing, Su Yao knew that Xun Yu's position at the moment was not exactly the same as his.

During the conversation with Xun Yu that day, Su Yao understood that Xun Yu asked him to return to the capital because he hoped that he could contribute to the execution of the eunuchs.

After all, the world has suffered from the imperial palace for a long time.

Nowadays, all knowledgeable people in the world regard the current predicament as the rebellion of the eunuchs.

They all believed that as long as the eunuchs were killed, the Han Dynasty would be peaceful and prosperous.

Now that Emperor Ling is seriously ill and the throne is being passed on, it is a good opportunity to kill the eunuchs.

But Su Yao understood that things in this world were not that simple.

It is true that eunuchs have committed many evil things, but does that mean the emperor has no faults at all?
Are the other officials and aristocratic families also white lianas?

The crux of the problem at the end of the dynasty cannot be solved by killing one force.

Rather, it was because of the collapse of the balance of power that the big man was welded to the accelerator and rushed all the way towards the abyss.

Although Su Yao now has some doubts about whether these forces in this world have such a deep relationship as in history.

But his goal is clear.

In the shortest time and with the least intensity, complete unification and leave this world.

For this reason, Su Yao would never easily stand out and be used as a knife by others.

Helping Liu Hong and suppressing He Jin meant that he was tied to the eunuchs in the hearts of the people and attracted hatred from the whole country.

And as Xun Yu said, if he returned to the capital to kill the eunuchs, his position would be even more awkward, and he might even be stuck. Yes, Xun Yu did say that after the success, with his merits and abilities, the position of the Three Dukes would be vacant, and even the title of general would not be impossible.

However, his immediate superior at that time will still be General He Jin. How can he take over and fulfill the conditions for victory?
Hiding in Luoyang city and plotting something?
Regardless of personal talent or the talented assistants under his command, this is simply abandoning one's strengths and embracing one's weaknesses.

Or should he just get angry and kill the officials first and then He Jin without any hesitation, and take both groups of people away together?
That was an even more stupid move than Dong Zhuo's. He offended everyone in the world at once. I'm afraid his own subordinates would not be able to hold on and their loyalty would drop to zero.

In this case, it would be better to wait for the events to progress, let the two waves of old Dengs be killed in the plot, automatically reimbursed to vacate the central position, and it would be safer for him to go in as a savior, and gain a lot of experience, fame and favorability in one wave.

This is what veteran players do.

Therefore, the only problem here is to control Dong Zhuo's progress.

He must finish doing things that attract hatred, but he must not be allowed to destroy Luoyang, completely splitting the country, causing great suffering to the people, and forcing himself to fight the whole country again.

I have to say, this is indeed a very challenging task.

What’s more crucial is that he can only figure out a solution for this matter by himself, and his advisers have very little room to play a role.

After all, he couldn't ask them to deduce something that hadn't happened.

If Su Yao told Xun Yu now, Dong Zhuo would pick the peaches, go to Luoyang and start a massacre, depose and enthronize the emperor, and debauch the harem.

Then Xun Yu would probably look at him as if he were a fool.

Dong Zhuo? He's just an old dog of the Yuan family.

"Whose team is not standing?"

Xun Yu looked at Su Yao speechlessly:

"The journey is long. If His Majesty really dies early, I'm afraid you will be ordered to return immediately."

Su Yao nodded, he knew this was the crux of the matter.

Therefore, he had to obtain the imperial edict to enter the capital when the emperor was present.

Otherwise, once the emperor passed away, He Jin, who took power, would never allow himself to get close to Luoyang.

So, although Xun Yu’s suggestion was good, he naturally could not predict what would happen if he did not know when the emperor would die.

"As long as I can't get the call, then naturally no one can move me."

"what?"

"This"

Xun Yu, Wei Ming and others were all confused after hearing this.

There was nothing wrong with what Su Yao said.

However, it is three thousand miles to Luoyang. Even if you wander outside the Great Wall, you still have to enter the pass.

Now the North was pacified by Lord Su himself. Without the excuses of those bandits and rebels, how could he escape the pursuit of the express riders of the post station?

If something really happened in the central government and foreign troops were strictly prohibited from entering Beijing, how could they have the nerve to say they didn't receive any information?
Are they going to openly rebel and attack Luoyang city?
"Sir, please stop joking."

"We are not a small unit of one or a dozen riders."

"With eight hundred guards, plus a thousand captives and baggage, how can we avoid being seen on this road?"

Facing everyone's opposition, Su Yao smiled:
"It is true that it is unavoidable if you take the land route."

"But what if I take the water route?"

(End of this chapter)