Chapter 218

Directly from a son born of a concubine with basically no inheritance rights, he became the strongest heir.

He can be called a master of infighting.

"Indeed!"

Xun You also nodded and sighed: "Sigh! Such a powerful Lord Yuan clan, there would actually be a day of division!"

"In this process, Lord Yuan Kui and Lord Yuan Ji performed too stupidly. They didn't see it at all, and didn't have any precautions?"

"Why did they both stay in Luoyang?"

"Did they really think that no matter what they did, Dong Zhuo wouldn't dare to risk the world's condemnation to kill them?"

"What a naive idea."

"They actually never truly looked at and understood the person Dong Zhuo. It's sad and lamentable!"

Cheng Yu stroked his beard and said: "Perhaps, their minds were affected by the backlash and curse of destiny!"

Xun You, Guo Jia, and others were stunned upon hearing this: "It's really possible. What do you think, my Lord?"

Before Su Xuan could speak, Tian Feng spoke first: "I don't think it's entirely the influence of destiny? The arrogance of the Lord Yuan clan's scholars is the biggest reason they tricked themselves to death;"

"If they were even a little bit humble and reserved, they wouldn't have been so arrogant as to think that a hero who dared to lead troops to occupy the capital, dared to depose and establish the Emperor, stayed in the palace at night, and was lawless, would have infinite scruples about their Lord Yuan clan's status, would have scruples about the unspoken rules and tacit understanding between scholars, and wouldn't dare to touch them."

"It can only be said that those who do evil will not live."

However, the Lord Yuan clan's arrogance and unbridled nature hadn't been for just a day or two;

This matter seems quite normal when placed on them.

Therefore, it is quite normal for them to be tricked to death.

"What you all said is correct!"

Su Xuan nodded with a smile: "There are reasons for both sides! The backlash of destiny actually only plays a guiding role, and the real root cause lies in Lord Yuan Kui and the others themselves;"

"Just like Lord Yuan Feng who died a few years ago;"

"If his body itself had been stronger, even with the backlash and curse of destiny, he might not have really died."

"Not to mention, because the late Emperor passed away, Dong Zhuo first deposed and established, then stayed in the palace at night, and finally poisoned Empress Dowager He and the Hongnong King Liu Bian, causing the destiny of the Great Han to suffer repeated setbacks;"

"The ability of the backlash and curse of destiny on the Lord Yuan clan has also been greatly reduced!"

"Coupled with the fact that during this process, the Lord Yuan clan's destiny rose greatly;"

"No matter how it should not have been affected to this extent;"

"Therefore, the main reason lies in Lord Yuan Kui and the others themselves, and the backlash and curse of destiny only played a role in fueling the flames!"

"Sure enough!"

Guo Jia and others shook their heads one after another upon hearing this.

Then, Xun You said: "My Lord! Since Dong Zhuo is already preparing to appoint you as the Governor of Jingzhou! Then we must make more sufficient preparations in advance!"

Xun You continued: "I estimate that Dong Zhuo will probably make a big fanfare to publicize the fact that you have become the Governor of Jingzhou, in order to provoke the conflict between you and Lord Yuan Shu, and let us and Lord Yuan Shu and Sun Sun Jian attack each other;"

"In this way, Dong Zhuo can not only vent his anger, but also contain us and Lord Yuan Shu and Sun Sun Jian, so that we have no intention to care about him and the coalition of lords' crusade against Dong."

Li Yan couldn't help but speak: "But my Lord doesn't intend to take Nanyang now."

Xun You shook his head with a smile: "But Lord Yuan Shu doesn't know! And he might not believe it;"

"After all, we have long been stationing troops in Xinye and Dengxian, and have been confronting Lord Yuan Shu for nearly a month!"

"In this situation, Lord Yuan Shu is very likely to strike first and take action against us."

"We have to be on guard!"

Li Yan nodded in realization: "That's true!"

This is indeed something that Lord Yuan Shu would do.

"What is your suggestion, Gongda?"

Su Xuan asked again.

Xun You immediately said: "My opinion is that the troops in Nanyang should remain still and wait for Lord Yuan Shu to attack;"

"Then, we will give him a hard blow and win a battle with overwhelming superiority;"

"Then, we will negotiate with him and indicate that we have no intention of seizing Nanyang for the time being!"

"We can agree with him that everything will wait until after the coalition of lords crusades against Dong Zhuo before competing for the ownership of Nanyang."

"I think, once Lord Yuan Shu is beaten awake, as long as he is not stupid, he will agree!"

If he doesn't agree, then just beat him until he agrees.

It's just that this might miss the crusade against Dong Zhuo by the lords.

Xun You knew his Lord's plan.

Although his Lord is not very interested in the crusade against Dong Zhuo.

But he is very interested in the millions of people in Sili Luoyang!

He must participate in any case and take the opportunity to seize a portion of the population.

After all, in the future struggle for hegemony, population is the most important thing.

"Agreed!"

Tian Feng also expressed his approval at this time: "Now it is not appropriate for us to completely tear our faces with Lord Yuan Shu, so as not to be said that we disregard the overall situation and collude with Dong Zhuo, affecting my Lord's reputation!"

This is very likely to happen.

He believed that Lord Yuan Shao and the others should be very clear about the threat of my Lord, and if there is an opportunity, they will definitely not spare any effort to strike my Lord.

"Hmm!"

Su Xuan nodded upon hearing this: "Then let's do as Gongda said! After all, it also takes time to digest other counties."

"I will immediately send orders to Huang Zhong and Old Dian Wei, asking them to be prepared to deal with the enemy;"

"In addition, after the imperial court's appointment is conveyed, I will mobilize Zhang He's Brave Cavalry Battalion, and I will personally lead the soldiers of the Personal Guard Battalion to assist in the battle and meet Lord Yuan Shu."

Speaking of which, he hasn't seen Lord Yuan Shu for several years!

The last time they met was when he married Xun Cai.

Su Xuan is actually quite glad that his neighbor is Lord Yuan Shu; if it were Lord Yuan Shao, it would be even more troublesome and difficult to deal with.

In the blink of an eye, 3 days passed,

The imperial court's envoy finally arrived at Nanjun Jiangling City and conveyed the decree.

Su Xuan officially became the Governor of Jingzhou.

And because the envoy from Dong Zhuo's side deliberately delayed and Dong Zhuo intentionally publicized it.

Lord Yuan Shu's side had already received the news that Su Xuan was going to become the Governor of Jingzhou 1 day earlier.

He wanted to intercept and kill Dong Zhuo's envoy, but couldn't find anyone at all.

In the end, he had to give up.

Of course, this was also because he knew that stopping it would be useless.

"Damn Dong Zhuo, is he deliberately retaliating against me?"

"Lord Yuan Benchu raised an army to crusade against him, he should go find Lord Yuan Shao! Why target me? I haven't targeted him yet!"

Lord Yuan Shu roared indignantly.

Too bullying!

Yan Xiang and Ji Ling on the side were speechless upon hearing this.

They thought: "My Lord! You and Lord Yuan Shao are family, and this matter is ultimately the Lord Yuan clan tricking Dong Zhuo, even the old master has already been thrown into the dungeon!"

"Do you still think you can stay out of it?"

Enjoying the benefits brought by the Lord Yuan clan, but not wanting the trouble involved.

How can there be such a good thing?

"My Lord! Su Xuan has become the Governor of Jingzhou, and he might not be peaceful next, I'm afraid he will send troops to Nanyang, we must be on guard, the end general requests to take the initiative and launch an attack on Su Xuan first:"

"At the very least, we must pull out his troops and strongholds in Nanyang and drive his tentacles out of Nanyang;"

"Otherwise, they can pose a threat and trouble to us at any time;"

"It will seriously interfere with our subsequent dispatch of troops to Luoyang."

Ji Ling took the initiative to bow to Lord Yuan Shu and requested to fight.

"Hmm?"

Lord Yuan Shu frowned slightly upon hearing this: "But, Su Xuan's Black Armor Army and Xuanwu Battalion in Xinye are very powerful. Didn't we already clash before? We simply can't deal with them!"

— Author's Notes —

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