Chapter 211

"The feudal lords attack Dong!"

"I didn't expect it to start so soon."

Su Fan looked at the letter on the table and shook his head secretly. Currently, his strength might be the strongest, but he was still unable to suppress the world.

After all, in this world, which of those noble families did not have a foundation of thousands of years? The Yuan clan could quickly pull up hundreds of thousands, or even millions of troops, by relying on this deep foundation.

So what he needed to do was to build high walls, store grain, and delay claiming the title of king.

Develop himself quickly, and when he could sweep away everything, then push directly. He didn't need any conspiracies; just openly, with a large army, walk the right path.

In the face of absolute power, any conspiracy was useless.

The feudal lords attacking Dong was a key point. From then on, the world would enter a situation of feudal lords competing for hegemony.

Dong Zhuo occupied Luoyang, and the Liu clan actually had no power to suppress him, which showed the weakness of the Liu clan.

Of course, in this space-time, Dong Zhuo did not change the emperor.

Su Fan guessed that it should be out of fear of the Sword Saint Wang Yue. This person's strength was at the peak of the ninth layer of Gang Refining, and perhaps he had even broken through the Gang Refining level.

Dong Zhuo had a million troops, but facing such an expert, if he were assassinated, he probably wouldn't be able to sleep.

It was just that Dong Zhuo, who controlled the Son of Heaven, had growing ambitions. Neither the loyal ministers of the Divine Han nor the noble families would allow such a powerful minister.

Especially the Yuan clan, who were played by Dong Zhuo; one could imagine their hatred for Dong Zhuo.

It was just that the Yuan clan's power in Luoyang was not much. Even if they controlled part of the Imperial Guard, compared to the million elites under Dong Zhuo, it was nothing.

At first, they also contacted the Bingzhou army, which was also on the border. Unfortunately, Ding Jianyang lacked ability and was unable to control the army under his command.

As a result, he was eventually backlashed, and Lv Bu took the Bingzhou Iron Cavalry to defect to Dong Zhuo. In this way, Dong Zhuo was even more powerful.

This led to him being the only one in Luoyang, and his power was even higher than that of General-in-Chief He Jin before.

And he began to erode everyone's power.

This made the Yuan clan unable to bear it.

They had originally calculated that Luoyang would fall into their hands, and then they would take it slowly, just like Wang Mang usurping the throne back then.

Unfortunately, this plan changed from the moment Dong Zhuo arrived in Luoyang.

Therefore, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu secretly left Luoyang City. Yuan Shao returned to Bohai and immediately forged an imperial edict, calling on the world to jointly attack Dong Zhuo.

It was no longer Cao Cao from the romance.

The appeal of the Yuan clan was indeed extraordinary. As the top noble family of the Divine Han, when Yuan Shao publicly attacked Dong Zhuo, most of the counties of the Divine Han responded one after another.

It far exceeded Cao Cao and the others in the historical romance.

And after this, Yuan Shao's prestige became even greater.

"Everyone, speak your minds. What do you think about this?"

Su Fan summoned all the strategists and generals under his command.

The two sides sat on each side. Among the generals, the first one sitting was Xu Chu. Although he was not the first to follow Su Fan.

The first should be Gao Hu and Gao Niu, but their strength was too weak, although they had broken through to Gang Refining, reaching the first layer of Gang Refining.

But it really didn't count for much.

Xu Chu was the earliest to follow Su Fan besides these two. His own strength was also the first among the generals. His martial arts cultivation had broken through the sixth layer of Gang Refining and reached the seventh layer, the Divine Treasury Realm.

The three realms and nine layers of Gang Refining: the first is True Gang, the second is Origin Spirit, and the third is Divine Treasury.

Reaching the Divine Treasury cultivation level, in the official army, was also a top-tier existence. If the family background was better, not to mention General-in-Chief, but for the border army to seek a high-level officer like a General of the Household, it was quite easy.

In troubled times, martial generals were even more important, so he sat in the first place among the generals, and no one had any objections.

Below him were Gao Hu and Gao Niu, both old men of Su Fan, followed by Taishi Ci, Chen Dao, Zang Ba, and other generals.

These people were all recruited by Su Fan in recent years. They were all people from around Yuzhou and Xuzhou. It was quite easy for Su Fan to recruit these people in the name of the Prefect of Donghai Commandery.

The origins of these people were not very good, and most were similar to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

Especially Zang Ba, who was wanted by the government. Su Fan sent a letter, and the latter came over happily.

After all, being able to clear his name and be reused, only a fool wouldn't come.

And Su Fan's reputation in Xuzhou was quite large, with Xi Zhicai, the Mi clan, and the Gao clan constantly promoting him in secret.

It could be said that martial generals were the easiest to recruit, and these few were all famous experts.

Especially Taishi Ci and Chen Dao, whose cultivation levels were similar, both around the fifth or sixth layer of Gang Refining, while Zang Ba was slightly worse, at the third layer of Gang Refining.

In terms of martial generals at the Gang Refining level alone, Su Fan had six under his command, and besides Gao Hu and Gao Niu, the others were very powerful and of high quality.

And in terms of commanding troops, Zang Ba and Chen Dao were also very powerful.

These few commanding Su Fan's army of three hundred thousand was absolutely very powerful.

Unfortunately, Dian Wei was not found; otherwise, the fierce general legion under Su Fan would be even more powerful. However, Su Fan was not in a hurry; he believed that Dian Wei would definitely fall into his hands.

Of course, in Jiangdong, there was also a group of martial generals, such as the Twelve Tiger Ministers of Jiangbiao, most of whom were not doing well.

After the attack on Dong ended, he could send troops to take Jiujiang first, then Wu Jun, Danyang, and so on.

By then, this group of people could all be packed and taken away.

As for the scholars, they were a bit worse. Besides Xi Zhicai, the only strategist who fell under his command was Cheng Yu.

Other civil officials were much worse as strategists.

Of course, Zao Zhi was not too bad, so Su Fan's strategist group was temporarily just these three.

Recruiting scholars was really too difficult. Most of them came from noble families, and they politely refused most of Su Fan's recruitment.

After all, although Su Fan held the position of Prefect, he had no reputation, and just suppressing the small Yellow Turbans was no big deal to these people.

For many of them, it was not too difficult to become an official.

Just like Cheng Yu, he was a County Magistrate before the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

Of course, Su Fan was not in a hurry. Reputation was something that could be easily obtained. Once the attack on Dong ended, the world would fall into a situation of feudal lords competing for hegemony.

By then, these strategists would focus on the feudal lords of the world, and they would also make their choices.

Especially those capable strategists, they knew how to trade off better. Even if Yuan Shao and the others could attract a large number of talents by relying on their family background.

But Su Fan was confident that after he took Jiujiang, Wu Jun, and other places, it would be much easier to recruit those strategists he liked.

The best way to convince those people was to show your strength.

Now he was still in a period of dormancy, but in these few years, he also let Xi Zhicai keep in touch with those people, which could be considered building a relationship in advance.