Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 349: Duke Zhou’s Dilemma

Outside Xudu, Liu Bei's Xuzhou Army and the generals of the courtiers were confronting Qu Yi...

Qu Yi is very angry now - I'm obviously here to rescue you, but you actually announced to the public that my lord is a traitor?Also, my lord's uncle, Yuan Wei, was thrown into the rebel faction... How shameless?Yuan Taiwei was killed by Dong Zhuo out of fear because of the Kwantung Allied Forces' attack on Dong!

Once this kind of edict came out, it could be said that unless Yuan Shao broke his back, he would have no choice but to fight with the court to the end.

"Your Majesty the Son of Heaven, don't you think you are ashamed of yourself?" Qu Yi cursed directly in front of the battle.

Liu Xie was a little embarrassed and hid in the formation without answering. Dong Cheng took the initiative to stand in front of Liu Xie and said: "The Yuan family has caused rebellion. Your Majesty did not punish all nine of his clans. It is already a special grace! Of course... …His Majesty has always praised General Qu and Mr. Xu for their good qualities. If General Qu and Mr. Xu are willing to abandon their secrets and turn to the light, Your Majesty is willing to treat them with the rank of General Wei and Sikong!"

"Shut up! You shameless man, how dare you insult me?" Qu Yi is also an arrogant person. He is even so proud that once he wins a battle, he becomes so proud that even Yuan Shao becomes dissatisfied with him. However... Qu Yi's arrogance is definitely not disloyal.

Xu You simply did not answer.

In fact, Xu You didn't expect the scene before him. At most, he didn't expect that the imperial court would be so shameless, and Xun Yu was indeed a talented person. Under such circumstances, he could still think of the most favorable negotiation conditions for him. , completely tearing Yuan Shao and the court apart.

However, Xu You's previous "bottom line" goal was to create chaos in Xudu and free the imperial court and the Emperor of Han from Cao Cao's control. He even considered dispatching dead soldiers and taking advantage of the chaos to assassinate Liu Xie... Unfortunately, there was no chance.

The current situation has actually reached Xu You's lowest expectations.

"You... a traitor is a traitor, you are a wolf, and you are hard to talk to!" Dong Cheng said with great disgust. He hated others calling him shameless.

"Today I want to see how you are going to rush through..." Qu Yi said and was about to set up his formation.

On the court's side, it was mainly the Xuzhou Army that had combat effectiveness. Other courtiers and generals also had some combat effectiveness in the inner city battles where Ji Zao's soldiers were not involved.

However, Xu You just curled his lips at Qu Yi's idea of ​​​​stopping the imperial court.

"General Qu, forget it... our mission has been completed." Xu You said sarcastically.

If Qu Yi hadn't heard that the "sarcasm" was not directed at him, he would have probably hit someone!
"Military advisor, can't we stop these idiots..." Qu Yi said anxiously.

But just in the middle of speaking, Xu You raised his chin in the direction of Tao Sheng and said: "I wonder what official position the imperial court gave General Tao? If there was only General Siping, I'm afraid he would be at a loss. Even Yang Fengke had a title before. General Chariot and Cavalry."

Hearing this, Qu Yi quickly glared at Tao Sheng and saw that Tao Sheng was already surrounded by layers of yellow scarf warriors!
"The promotion has few talents and little knowledge. He only made some insignificant contributions to the court. His Majesty thought that there was no merit but hard work in the promotion, so he just named him 'General Wei', which General Qu didn't like." Tao Sheng was not embarrassed, even Instead, he said somewhat proudly.

As a rebel who "killed people, set fire, etc. to summon security", the court's recruitment of security was obviously more attractive than that of Yuan Shao, who was on the verge of death!
And... General Wei sounds more imposing than Yuan Shao's Zhonglang General.

More than [-] years ago, General Wei... this was something that would cause smoke to rise from his ancestral graves. A small official in the county would not even dare to think about it!

Indeed, the power in Tao Sheng's hands now also plays a vital role.

This snowball of the Yellow Turban Army was able to roll up, thanks to Qu Yi's Euphorbia warriors who provided combat assistance, otherwise they would have been kicked to pieces by the defenders halfway through the roll.

However, due to the particularity of the Euphorbia Warriors and the Yellow Turban Army, Tao Sheng is still in the hands of the rolling snowball, and he can cross the river and tear down the bridge at any time!

Qu Yi wanted to say something else, but Xu You had already stopped him: "Okay... General Qu, it's over here, we have to go back to Hebei soon... General Wei doesn't have any objections, right?" He glanced at Tao Sheng. .

Although he felt very unhappy with Xu You's eyes, Tao Sheng did not have an attack after all, but said with a smile: "Of course not."

Xu You had never thought of joining the imperial court. After all, Yuan Shao's death would only take three or two days. His family was still in Yecheng!

And in Xu You's view, even if this "imperial court" comes out of Xu Du's shackles, it may be difficult to turn into a golden dragon again...

Now it seems that the only force that can barely be regarded as the power of the imperial court is the Xuzhou Army - and the Xuzhou Army only has the surname Liu, but they are not die-hardly loyal to the Emperor of the Han Dynasty!
If Liu Bei is really willing to be the Duke of Zhou and assist the Emperor of Han wholeheartedly, he can indeed increase the prestige of the Han Dynasty a lot, but... now it seems that the imperial court is going to return to Sili in the west instead of going to Xuzhou in the east.

The meaning of this is worth pondering...

Xu You also couldn't help giving Xun Yu a thumbs up—in the future Xudu... no, it should be said that it is the Xu County area, which will hardly withstand the double attack from Sili and Xuzhou.

But it is definitely a clever move to separate Sili from Xuzhou and order the imperial court to return to the west!
It is true that in Sili, there are also princes like Yang Feng who participated in the return of the Han Emperor to the east and have experience of cooperation with the imperial court. There should be people in the imperial court who can contact them, but... Xuzhou, which did not go to Liu Bei, will add countless talents to the future imperial court. variable.

Qu Yi and Xu You were about to leave. Neither Liu Bei nor the court wanted to cause trouble. However, before Xu You left, he smiled and sang loudly: "There is chaos in Shao in the west, and the people of Zhou Gong are in despair. After defeating Yin and Shang Xi, the road is cut off! Hahaha..."

Dong Cheng and Liu Xie's faces were cold and solemn for a long time, and after a while Liu Xie asked: "Uncle Guo, what does he mean by singing?"

"Your Majesty, I guess... it must be some kind of prophecy that curses the Han Dynasty. It must be banned in the future!" Dong Cheng said with an unpredictable face.

"Well, uncle Yi Guo." Liu Xie nodded after thinking for a moment.

Liu Ai looked at Liu Bei worriedly at this time, and was relieved after finding that the latter's face was livid, but not gloomy.

Xu You's "The Difficulty of the Duke of Zhou" which he randomly modified using "The Song of the Great Wind" was obviously not sung to His Majesty, but a mockery of Liu Bei!

During the Duke of Zhou's period, the Western Zhou Dynasty was also in turmoil. The Yin and Shang Dynasties resurrected, colluded with the Eastern Yi, and wars broke out all over the Central Plains. The Duke of Zhou and Shao agreed to divide Shaanxi and govern it. Shaogong governed the west of Shaanxi. This was also the original origin of the name of the province, while Duke Zhou It is to govern the east of Shaanxi.

In the west of Shaanxi, Duke Shao only needs to restore agricultural production, recuperate the people and provide logistics, while Duke Zhou is in the east of Shaanxi to put down the rebellion...

Not only did Duke Zhou have noble sentiments, he eventually returned to power as king, but during his regency, he selected talents and utilized talents, defeated Yin and Shang Dynasties, and formulated Zhou rites... He was praised as much as Confucius.

However, no matter how Xu You looked at it, he felt that it was much more difficult for Liu Bei than Duke Zhou!
Even if Liu Bei wanted to be the Duke of Zhou, at least when the Duke of Zhou was regent, King Cheng did not cause trouble, and the one who governed the west was Shao Gong who was of the same mind as him. Now... To the west is the warlord of Liangzhou, the white-washed Yellow Turban, sitting on the Dragon Throne It's Liu Xie.

That's why I deliberately mocked and provoked Liu Bei. Do you want to be Duke of Zhou?But there is no Shao Gong to your west, only warlords with ulterior motives; you can win the hearts of others, but you yourself will be disappointed; if you want to go to war, you are afraid that your own people will cut off your retreat...

　Dongdong: There will be a big push on February 2th, and there will be a small explosion~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)