Chapter 361

Then what kind of situation would he be in today?

It would definitely be much better than now, right?

"Hoo!"

Thinking of this, Cao Cao let out a long breath and sighed: "Don't think about this anymore! Next, I should also work hard to develop my own forces!"

"The Great Han is likely beyond saving!"

"There are too many people with ambition among the Emperor and the warlords!"

"Not only Yuan Shao and the others, but even Boyuan likely has no small ambition, right?"

"However, for the sake of my dream of being a General of the West, for the sake of my dream of reviving the Great Han, I will make one last effort;"

"If it doesn't work, then I can only give up this unrealistic dream and turn to fight hard in this chaotic world for myself, for my family, and for my clan;"

"See what kind of future I can eventually fight for;"

"Even if I die in the struggle for hegemony in the future, I, Cao Cao, will not have lived in this world in vain."

The only thing he hopes for is that his life is extremely brilliant.

Luoyang, Grand Tutor's mansion,

"Li Ru! What is the situation with Su Xuan? Why hasn't he made a move these past few days?"

"What is he still waiting for? He should just wipe out Yuan Shu!"

"At this time, the military force in Yuan Shu's hands is only 20,000, and most of them are new recruits; he should be far from being his opponent and should be easily wiped out, right?"

"This dog thing wouldn't be planning not to continue fighting, would he?"

Dong Zhuo received the latest news from Nanyang, knit his brows, and asked Li Ru beside him.

He had a bad premonition.

Li Ru also had cold sweat on his forehead at this time and said: "Father-in-law! I fear it really is so!"

"This Su Xuan is indeed not that simple!"

"Wanting to use the position of Governor of Jingzhou to calculate and manipulate him, I fear our goal cannot be achieved!"

"I fear he really is going to negotiate peace with Yuan Shu!"

"Or rather, this was his plan from the very beginning;"

"The previous battle was just a deterrent and warning to his younger brother Yuan Shu, and declaring sovereignty over Nanyang!"

"Father-in-law, we had better not hold expectations for him and prepare early to deal with him!"

Sure enough, calculating against such an existence is not that simple!

There are capable people around Su Xuan!

Or, is he himself also not simple?

For a time, Li Ru became wary of Su Xuan.

"What?"

Dong Zhuo heard this and was immediately furious: "Is this matter just going to be let go?"

"Taking my benefits but not doing things for me, where is such a benefit? I want to dismiss his position as Governor of Jingzhou, and even revoke his position as General of the Front!"

Does he really think I have no way at all?

"No!"

Li Ru heard this, his expression changed, and he quickly dissuaded: "Changing imperial orders from morning to evening is not feasible! It will only devalue the credibility of the Emperor in our hands;"

"After all, Su Xuan has committed no fault, at least in the eyes of the world it is so;"

"Without sufficient reason, even if you do this, Father-in-law, Su Xuan can completely refuse to accept the decree on the grounds that this is just your private decision, Father-in-law;"

"Given our current relationship with the warlords of the world, even if he does this, the warlords will not deny it..."

"Huh?"

Dong Zhuo heard this and was stunned, carrying anger: "How can they be so shameless?"

"Oh! They accept the imperial decree if there are benefits, but refuse it directly if there are no benefits? How can it be like this?"

Dong Zhuo was about to explode with anger.

What kind of bullshit logic is this?

Isn't this bullying an honest person?

"Sigh!"

Li Ru heard this and could only sigh.

This is their awkward situation now.

If their appointments have benefits for the warlords, they can shamelessly accept them and say this is the Emperor's decree, not yours, Dong Zhuo, and we don't know you, Dong Zhuo.

But if their appointments have no benefits for these warlords, they can again claim that this is just Dong Zhuo abusing his power for personal revenge and manipulating the Emperor, and they firmly refuse to accept it.

"Then we have no way to deal with him?"

Dong Zhuo asked unwillingly.

How many times has he suffered losses at the hands of these scholars?

"No way for now!"

Li Ru shook his head: "Yuan Shu himself has already been appointed by us as the Administrator of Nanyang; there is no other way to continue to frustrate Su Xuan!"

"We can appoint our own people as Administrators of the various commanderies of Jingzhou;"

"But I estimate that before our people take office, they will die on the road."

"Judging from the intelligence, Su Xuan has already divided his troops to attack and recover the various commanderies of Jingzhou;"

"At this time, whatever we say is too late!"

"We can only wait until we fight the warlord coalition army later, and then find a way to deal with Su Xuan!"

But on this point, Li Ru actually doesn't have much confidence.

Because, judging from Su Xuan's current actions, he is not lacking top-tier strategists around him.

Wanting to calculate against such a person is not easy.

On the contrary, Yuan Shu, Sun Jian, and others are easier to calculate against.

"Father-in-law, look at it more openly!"

"We still have time!"

"Given the conflict between Yuan Shu and Su Xuan, there will inevitably be another battle over Nanyang in the future. We don't need to rush, just wait slowly for the opportunity!"

"There will always be a day for revenge!"

Li Ru persuaded again.

"Fine!"

Dong Zhuo nodded helplessly: "That's all we can do for now!"

Su Xuan has no relatives or friends in Luoyang.

His power in Luoyang seems to be a blank slate.

Even Xun Yu, who had a slight relationship, seems to have run away a while ago. He really has no way to deal with Su Xuan now.

This person gives him the feeling of being impeccable.

If he were like the Yuan clan, it would be easier to retaliate.

At the same time,

Yuan Shu finally scraped together the money and grain.

He immediately sent people to transport the money and grain to Jiyang, and he himself took 2,000 personal guards and more than 10,000 troops, grandly, traveling like a tour for more than 1 day, and finally arrived at the open space ten miles outside Xinye City.

Set up camp on the spot.

And sent people to invite Su Xuan to meet outside the city.

Anyway, it was impossible for him to enter the city to negotiate peace with Su Xuan.

Isn't that walking into a trap?

Not long after, in Xinye City,

"Report! Informing the Lord! Yuan Shu's envoy says his Lord has already set up camp ten miles north of Xinye City, and invites you, My Lord, to negotiate peace alone five miles outside the city in a quarter of an hour;"

"Both sides can only bring one person, and the rest must wait two miles away."

Jia San hurried over to report.

"Oh? So he finally came?"

Su Xuan heard this, his brows slightly raised: "Then let's go! Negotiate early, so we can return to Jiangling early;"

"There are so many things now, Zhicai and the others are almost too busy to handle it, and have complained to me many times." ===== CHAPTER 363 =====