Back to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Chapter 517 The key to unifying the world
"Liu Yao and Liu Biao were originally an alliance, and Liu Biao belonged to the royalist faction. If Liu Yao really wanted to support the emperor, he should unite with Liu Biao after the defeat instead of opposing Liu Biao, and send the prefect of Yuzhang appointed by Liu Biao. Zhuge Xuan drives away!"

"So Liu Yao's ambition is not small. I'm afraid his next goal is to unite with Zhu Fu and Zhu Hao and prepare to attack Jingzhou!"

At this point, Yuan Yao put down the bamboo tablet with Zhu Fu's name on it in Jiaozhou, and took another blank bamboo tablet with Liu Yao's name on it, and placed it in Yuzhang County.

"Then why do you still want to make peace with Liu Biao, my lord?" Yang Wu stared at the map thoughtfully for a while, and then asked, "Taking this opportunity, we will attack Liu Yao and Zhu Fu from north to south, and Jingzhou will be destroyed. If not, then invite Liu Zhang from Yizhou and Sun Ce from Yangzhou to attack from all sides, and Liu Biao will definitely be unstoppable!"

Yuan Yao shook his head and sighed.

"Oh, I also think it's good to be like this! But in fact, before Liu Yao starts to attack, he will be in chaos! Attacking Liu Biao at this time will not only fail to destroy him, but may also force Liu Biao and Liu Yao to attack. It is impossible for Liu Zhang not to understand the principle of uniting again, but if we let us win Jingzhou, then his Yizhou will be his next target, so if we press hard, Liu Zhang will also form an alliance with Liu Biao!"

Liu Biao, Liu Yao, and Liu Zhang are all members of the royal family, so even if they attack each other, it will be just fighting in the nest. If they really come to Yuan Yao and threaten the interests of all of them, they will definitely unite to resist foreign enemies.

And these three Lius are also the last forces of the Liu royal family!If it can be solved in one fell swoop, it doesn't matter if Yuan Yao proclaims himself emperor immediately!
But it is obviously not that simple. The most difficult thing in the change of dynasty is not to defeat the royal family, but to defeat all the families surrounding the royal family. These families will never be willing to have their interests affected. The bigger it is!

Before taking control of the imperial court, Yuan Yao can be regarded as a gambler. He once planned to annex Jingzhou in one fell swoop and dominate one side, and then develop slowly, but now that he has the chance to win, of course he is looking for the most stable way to achieve his goal!

And the most suitable method is to use Jiaozhou to cut off Jingzhou's retreat!
As long as the control of Jiaozhou is obtained, then there will be Jiaozhou in the south, Yuzhou in the north, and Yangzhou in the west. The three sides will be like a big pocket, enclosing Jingzhou in the middle. In this case, use the local clans in Jingzhou that were killed by Liu Biao For the remaining forces, all they want to destroy Liu Biao is the best chance!

But the key is whether Jiaozhou can break up without attacking itself as Yuan Yao said, and become chaotic from within!
Yang Wu took a deep breath, and nodded his head in agreement with Yuan Yao's words, but after thinking about it, he couldn't figure out how this Jiaozhou could mess up by itself?
"My lord, did Liu Yao help Zhu Hao defeat Zhuge Xuan? Besides, there is Zhu Fu, the governor of Jiaozhou, Liu Yao can only be an assistant between Zhu Fu and Zhu Hao, but not a saboteur, right? "Yang Wu asked doubtfully.

"The key is Ruo Rong!!" Yuan Yao said.

At this time, Liu Shun's voice suddenly came from outside the study: "My lord, I have a secret report from my subordinates!"

Yuan Yao said with a smile: "Yang Wu, just right, Liu Shun will solve the answer for us! You go and bring him in!"

Yang Wu's eyes showed a strange look, and opened the goal to let Liu Shun in.

"Master!!" Liu Shun knelt down and bowed immediately.

"Well, Liu Shun, there are no outsiders here, sit down and talk slowly! Yang Wu, sit down too!" Yuan Yao signaled Liu Shun and Yang Wu to sit down.

After the three of them sat down, Liu Shun clasped his fists and said, "My lord, under your order, I'm going to get in touch with the spies lurking in Yuzhang, and I finally got the news I wanted! Liu Yao didn't listen to Xu Zijiang's words." , ordered Ze Rong and Zhu Hao to prepare to attack Jingzhou together!"

Yuan Yao nodded and asked, "How did General Xu persuade Liu Yao?"

"Liu Yao wanted to use Ruo Rong to attack Liu Biao, Xu Zijiang persuaded him, Ruo Rong was cruel and cruel, and he did not respect principles in order to achieve his goal. Before that, Zhao Yu, the prefect of Guangling, treated him with courtesy, but Ruo Rong killed Zhao at the banquet. Yu, who took Zhao Yu's money, food and trilogy, fled to Jiangdong, took refuge in Xue Li's subordinates, and also took advantage of Xue Li's unpreparedness, killed Xue Li and took his money and grain trilogy! But Zhu Hao is kind-hearted, easy to confide in others, and trusts others , I am worried about Zhu Hao's safety!...!"

"My lord, these are Xu Zijiang's original words!" Liu Shun reported word by word in detail.

"What did Liu Yao say?" Yuan Yao asked.

"Liu Yao told Xu Zijiang that he had already reprimanded Ruo Rong because of Xue Li's incident, and Ruo Rong also promised that he would never do it again. He believed in Ruo Rong, and believed that Ruo Rong, the leader of Buddhism, would never lie! "Liu Shun said.

Yang Wu on the side was stunned and held his breath until Liu Shun finished speaking the last word.

Yuan Yao and Yang Wu looked at each other and smiled, each shook his head and sighed.

Yang Wudao: "My lord, you still have a clear vision! Unexpectedly, brothers Liu Dai and Liu Yao, who are known as one dragon and one unicorn in the Kanto, the former was the governor of Yanzhou and died without listening to Bao Xin's words, and the latter was the governor of Yangzhou. If you don't listen to Xu Zijiang's words, I'm afraid you're not far from death!"

Yuan Yao was speechless, it was difficult to say anything.

Yang Wu sighed again: "It's just a pity that Runan Shuanglong, Xu Qian Xu Zizheng and Xu Shao Xu Zijiang are two brothers!... My lord, it's better to take advantage of Xu Zijiang's place where Liu Yao is not trusted, and we invite him Come on! Pingyu is their hometown, and now it has become the capital, I believe they will also be willing to return to their hometown!"

Yuan Yao sighed: "Xu Zijiang is indeed a great talent, but with Xu Zijiang's arrogance, if he succeeds, I will summon him in the name of the court, and he may come back, but now that he comes back, he will become the laughing stock of many people, laugh In vain of his reputation as a man of knowledge, he followed a master like Liu Yao! Therefore, Xu Zi will definitely not answer the call, so let's not bring shame upon ourselves!"

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The next day, more envoys from various states came to the DPRK.

Zhu Fu, the governor of Jiaozhou in the far south, sent a large amount of tribute such as money and food.

Sun Zan, the shepherd of Youzhou in the far north, also sent tribute items one after another.

However, the Liaodong prefect that Yuan Yao was looking forward to didn't say anything, and he didn't even send an envoy. This made Yuan Yao a little unhappy, because Guo Zu and others were attacking Sanhan, and next to Sanhan were Lelang County and Liaodong County , Le Lang is actually under the control of Gongsun Du, and Yuan Yao does not believe that Gongsun Du is ignorant of the war in Sanhan!

Because in the early court, Yuan Yao could only endure it temporarily and did not reveal his thoughts.

However, next, Yanzhou Mu Lu Bu, Qingzhou Mu Zangba, Xuzhou Mu Lu Fan, and Yangzhou Mu Sun Ce successively sent very heavy tributes.

In addition, Yanzhou Mu Lu Bu and Xuzhou Mu Lu Fan actually led the team in person. In addition to the money and food handed over to the court, they both brought a large amount of strategic resources such as iron, cloth, and cotton that Yuan Yao urgently needed.

Yuan Yao's father, Yuan Shu, also led his own soldiers to arrive later, and everyone congratulated him, which was very lively.

Although Emperor Liu Xie is a puppet, how can he not be happy to receive so many tributes and congratulations from various princes one after another!In front of all the officials, especially Lu Bu and Yuan Shu, he praised Yuan Yao's talent.

(End of this chapter)