Chapter 468

"In that case, Father, I am willing to be the vanguard to attack Jiangdong!"

Sun Ce immediately requested the order.

Since Yuzhou couldn't be attacked, Jiangdong would do.

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

In the future world, there would definitely be a place for his Sun clan.

"Haha! My son is brave! Then let Han Dang be the vanguard general and take Wu Commandery first!"

Sun Jian laughed immediately.

"Yes! This son accepts the order!"

"This general accepts the order!"

In Wancheng, Nanyang,

"My lord! Intelligence from the Dark Guards in Bohai, Jizhou, says that Yuan Shao has listened to Xu You's suggestion and is preparing to spread news of your new policies in Jingzhou on a large scale, attempting to make the vast gentry resist and be hostile toward you;"

"In addition, he is also preparing to send envoys to Yizhou and Yangzhou, trying to find ways to urge 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 heard this, raised his eyebrows slightly, took the intelligence, read it through quickly, and then said to Guo Jia and Seeing Xun You You, who were to the side: "Gongda, Fengxiao, you two take a look too!"

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

Seeing Xun You You and Guo Jia quickly read the intelligence.

Guo Jia first smiled lightly: "The strategy is standard, not bad! But its impact on us is limited!"

"Since we have already implemented the new policies on a large scale in Jingzhou, this news itself couldn't be hidden for long before the gentry of the world would know about it;"

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

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

"That is even more of a fool's dream;"

"Yuan Shao clearly doesn't understand the current situation of Liu Zhang and Liu Biao;"

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

"At most, he will be a little more guarded against us, lest we go and attack him instead;"

"This point will indeed have a certain impact on our future taking of Yizhou, but it's not a big problem!"

Yizhou does not lack natural barriers, and the difficulty of taking Yizhou is already there; no matter how much it increases, it can't go much higher.

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

He also had confidence in the methods of the Dark Guards.

Give them a few more years, and it's not impossible for all of them to reach the peak of Mingjin or even Anjin.

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 reforms thoroughly in one go, so as not to cause trouble when cleaning up in the future.

Su Xuan would have already started expanding on a large scale.

Su Xuan would rather expand slowly, cleaning up and developing step by step, staying steady, than wait until the world is unified to carry out a great purge.

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

More common people would die, and the destruction caused would only be greater.

Anyway, he doesn't lack time.

Although this would give 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, these warlords would also attack each other and damage each other's combat power.

The enemies he would eventually face might not be much stronger than they are now.

And by then, he would have developed and grown for several more years; his strength then would be completely incomparable to today's.

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

Economic warfare methods are sometimes 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 addition of the fierce tiger Sun Jian in Jiangdong, that's enough to give him a headache; where would he have the energy and ability to attack us?"

"Therefore, these methods of Yuan Shao seem useful, but are actually tasteless;"

"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 bit of cleverness.

The key is that most of this trash's brains and thoughts are used in internal fighting, and he can't achieve anything great.

"Indeed!"

Seeing Xun You You, who was to the side, also stroked his beard and nodded: "Yuan Shao's methods are not worth worrying about; we don't even need to deal with them specially. At most, let the Jiangling navy guard against it, and at the same time, let the Dark Guards in Yizhou and Yangzhou keep a closer eye on Liu Biao and Liu Zhang!"

"However, the internal factional struggles of Yuan Shao are even more severe and came 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 Yuan Shao's side in the future, I can't imagine how they will fight inside Yuan Shao's camp!"

"I think it will definitely be very lively then! Hehe!"

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

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

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

"Haha!"

Seeing Xun You You heard this and laughed aloud: "Not worried at all! I warned Youruo long ago to keep neutral and low-key, not to participate; Youruo is a smart person and knows what to do;"

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

"Therefore, Youruo is worry-free under Yuan Shao."

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

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

"My lord, we need to treat Cao Cao with caution!"

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

"In the future, a battle between them and us is inevitable!"

"Hmm!"

Su Xuan nodded and said calmly: "I predicted 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 beginning; it seems that the longer they delay, the more advantageous it is for them;"

"Actually, the fact is the opposite; the longer the delay, the more advantageous it is for us;"

"The great enemy of the future that I see now, waiting for the future, is no longer in my eyes!"

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

"But no expansion war doesn't mean we won't do anything outward!"

"Economic warfare can begin!"

"In addition, Changancheng needs further follow-up;"

"Although An Yi and Jia Xu are already doing it, we still need to cooperate well!"

"The matter in Changancheng is also very critical."

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