Chapter 302

"Since that is the case, Father, I am willing to serve as vanguard to attack Jiangdong!"

Sun Ce immediately requested the command.

Since Yuzhou could not be attacked, Jiangdong would do.

As long as he could perform meritorious service and build a foundation for their Sun family, it would be enough.

In the future, this world would surely have a place for his Sun family.

"Haha! My son is brave! Then let Han Dang serve as your vanguard general to take Wu Jun first!"

Sun Sun Jian laughed immediately.

"Yes! This son accepts the order!"

"This general accepts the order!"

In Nanyang, Wancheng,

"My lord! Intelligence from the Dark Guards in Bohai, Jizhou, reports that Lord Yuan Shao has listened to Xu You's suggestion and is preparing to spread news of your New Policy in Jingzhou far and wide, attempting to make the vast scholar-clans boycott and resent you;"

"Additionally, he is preparing to send envoys to Yizhou and Yangzhou to find ways to incite Liu Zhang and Liu Biao to deal with you."

Jia San reported to Su Xuan.

And handed the intelligence in his hand to Su Xuan.

"Oh?"

Su Xuan raised an eyebrow slightly upon hearing this, took the intelligence, read through it quickly, and then said to Guo Jia and Xun You on the side: "Gongda, Guo Fengxiao, you two take a look as well!"

"This Xu You still has some brains! He knows he should limit us!"

Xun You and Guo Jia quickly read through the intelligence.

Guo Jia smiled lightly first: "The strategy is standard and acceptable! But its impact on us is limited!"

"Since we have already implemented the New Policy on a large scale in Jingzhou, this news itself could not be hidden for long before the scholar-clans of the world would know of it;"

"At most, it is just a matter of a few months early;"

"As for sending envoys to Liu Zhang and Liu Biao to get them to send troops to deal with us?"

"That is nothing but wishful thinking;"

"Lord Yuan Shao clearly does not understand the current situation of Liu Zhang and Liu Biao;"

"According to the Dark Guards' intelligence, Liu Zhang is cowardly by nature and not an enterprising lord; with just these methods from Lord Yuan Shao, it is impossible for him to take the initiative to send troops to attack us!"

"At most, he will be more guarded against us to prevent us from attacking him instead;"

"This will have a certain impact on our future conquest of Yizhou, but it is not a big problem!"

Yizhou is not lacking in natural barriers; the difficulty of taking Yizhou is already there, and no matter how much it increases, it cannot go much higher.

Furthermore, Guo Jia has confidence in the combat power of Su Xuan's army.

And confidence in the methods of the Dark Guards.

Give them a few more years, and it is not impossible for everyone to reach the peak of External Strength or even Internal Strength.

By then, who could stop such terrifying heavenly soldiers?

They are simply not on the same level!

If it weren't for the sake of carrying out a thorough reform all at once to avoid trouble in future cleanups.

Su Xuan would have already begun large-scale expansion.

Su Xuan is now willing to expand slowly, cleaning up and developing step by step, staying steady, rather than waiting until the world is unified to carry out a massive purge.

In that case, there would surely be smoke and fire everywhere, with countless rebellions.

The casualties among the people would only be greater, and the destruction caused would only be worse.

Anyway, he is not short on time.

Although this gives other warlords more time to develop and grow, can they develop and grow as fast as Su Xuan's side?

The two are completely incomparable.

Not to mention that these warlords will also attack each other, mutually depleting their combat power.

The enemies he will eventually face may not necessarily be much stronger than those he is attacking now.

And by that time, he will have developed and grown for several more years; his strength then will be completely incomparable to what it is today.

Besides, who says war can only be on the battlefield?

Economic warfare can sometimes be even more cruel and fierce than direct war.

He currently has a huge advantage in technology and can completely engage in economic warfare to collapse the internal economies of these warlords.

Once they collapse, taking them over later will be much simpler.

"As for Liu Biao? He hasn't even unified Yangzhou, and with the fierce tiger Sun Sun Jian added to Jiangdong, he has enough to give him a headache; where would he have the energy and ability to attack us?"

"Therefore, these methods of Lord Yuan Shao seem useful but are actually chicken ribs;"

"Xu Xu Ziyuan is nothing more than this!"

Guo Jia looked at Xu You with disdain.

He had heard people say Xu You was a talent before.

Now it seems he is just a piece of trash with a little petty cleverness.

The key is that this trash uses most of his brains and thoughts on internal fighting and cannot achieve anything great.

"Indeed!"

Xun You on the side also stroked his beard and nodded: "Lord Yuan Shao's methods are not worth worrying about; we don't even need to specifically deal with them. At most, let the Jiangling navy be more guarded, and have the Dark Guards in Yizhou and Yangzhou keep a closer eye on Liu Biao and Liu Zhang!"

"However, the internal factional struggles within Lord Yuan Shao's camp are even more serious and faster than I imagined!"

"He hasn't even taken Jizhou yet, and Xu You and Guo Tu are already fighting; when Ju Shou, Shen Pei, Xin Ping, Feng Ji, and the factions behind them—who are still under Han Fu—join Lord Yuan Shao's side in the future, I cannot imagine what the internal fighting will be like then!"

"I imagine it will be very lively then! Haha!"

Seeing Xun You's schadenfreude expression, Su Xuan couldn't help but tease: "I remember Youruo is also under Han Fu, right?"

"When Lord Yuan Shao gets Jizhou, won't Youruo also join Lord Yuan Shao's command?"

"Aren't you worried about Youruo being targeted?"

"Haha!"

Xun You laughed loudly upon hearing this: "Not worried at all! I have long reminded Youruo to remain neutral and low-key, and not to get involved. Youruo is a smart man and knows what to do;"

"As long as Youruo shows no desire to compete, then with the face of my Xun family, other forces cannot target him;"

"Therefore, Youruo will be safe under Lord Yuan Shao."

"On the contrary, Uncle Wenruo, sigh! He still went to Cao Cao's command! This is not a good thing!"

"With Uncle Wenruo's help, Cao Cao will be like a tiger with wings!"

"My lord, we need to be cautious and careful in dealing with Cao Cao!"

"With the abilities of Cao Cao and Wenruo, Cao Cao's rise has become inevitable!"

"In the future, there will surely be a battle between them and us!"

"Hmm!"

Su Xuan nodded calmly: "I anticipated this a long time ago!"

"Xun Yu is proud and stubborn, unwilling to come to my side; among the warlords of the world, the only one he can look up to is Cao Cao!"

"His current choice is completely within my expectations;"

"Cao Cao's rise is also within my expectations;"

"But we have been on a different path from them from the very beginning; it seems that the longer they delay, the more favorable it is for them;"

"In fact, the truth is the opposite; the longer the delay, the more favorable it is for us;"

"The future great enemy we see now is no longer in my eyes when I look to the future!"

"For the next two years, we will not expand externally on a large scale; we need to digest the territory and benefits of Jingzhou;"

"But just because there is no expansion war does not mean we will not do anything externally!"

"Economic warfare can begin!"

"Additionally, the situation in Chang'an needs further follow-up;"

"Although Dark One and Jia Xu are already doing it, we must coordinate well!"

"The matter in Chang'an is also very critical."

— Author's Notes —

PS: Seeking first subscriptions, custom subscriptions, and support!