Chapter 403: The Reaction of the World

As the civil and military officials in the court exerted their efforts, the news of Liu Bian's victory spread rapidly to the thirteen provinces of the Han.

The marquises of the various provinces and commanderies of the world also received the news first through their respective channels.

"Trash! They are all trash! Are the people of these two provinces all good-for-nothings? Such a large army, and it was actually conquered by that brat Liu Bian in such a short time!"

At this moment, in the Yanzhou Inspector's Mansion, after Liu Dai received the news of Liu Bian's victory, he was furious at his subordinates.

From his roaring voice full of anger, one could feel his fury.

Liu Bian had achieved victory, and he had captured both Liangzhou and Bingzhou at the same time; for him, this was terrible news.

Originally, as the orthodox Han imperial line, Liu Bian was already difficult to deal with, and now he had achieved victory in both Liangzhou and Bingzhou simultaneously.

This matter would soon spread throughout the thirteen provinces of the Han, and among those who were still watching from the sidelines, quite a few would surely lean toward Liu Bian.

Moreover, most importantly, the majesty of the imperial court had further increased.

After venting his anger, Liu Dai looked at the civil and military officials below and asked them:

"All of you, speak up. In the current situation, what should we do?"

The people below, seeing Liu Dai after his outburst, were all too scared to make a sound.

Seeing that no one was speaking, Liu Dai pointed angrily at Wang Yu and asked:

"Wang Yu, as the Chief Clerk under my command, you speak first."

Seeing that Liu Dai had called him out directly, Wang Yu bit the bullet and stood out.

"Reporting to my Lord, the current situation is very unfavorable for us!"

"Originally, we thought that the Emperor attacking Liangzhou and Bingzhou at the same time would surely drag him down."

"Even if he could win, it would be a pyrrhic victory."

"But now it seems we overestimated them."

"It was actually conquered by the Emperor's fifty or sixty thousand men in such a short time!"

"I also heard that the Qiang tribe of Liangzhou and Han Sui were both defeated by the Emperor."

"Zhang Liao even slaughtered the Xiongnu Chanyu Yufuluo and his men, who were entrenched in the three commanderies of Shuofang in Bingzhou."

"Now, in the entire Bingzhou, not a single Xiongnu survives!"

Wang Yu briefly described the current situation to everyone.

"Wang Yu, we all know what you've said. Can you just tell us what we should do in the future?"

Liu Dai had already told everyone these things; he was now urgently wanting to know how to face Liu Bian.

For an ambitious person like him, the last thing he wanted to see was Liu Bian becoming powerful.

In that case, he would have no chance at all!

"My Lord, my suggestion is to unite the marquises of the world to resist the imperial court together!"

Seeing Liu Dai getting impatient, Wang Yu directly stated his idea.

"Lord Wang, what you say is fine, but do you know which marquises have the same thoughts as us?"

"If the other party is loyal to the imperial court, then the first to be liquidated will be us!"

After hearing Wang Yu's words, Wang Kai, who was behind him, immediately stood out and questioned him loudly.

"Then, Lord Wang Kai, do you think there is a better way now?"

"Just relying on our Yanzhou, how can we resist the imperial court's army?"

"Don't forget, we only have one hundred thousand troops, while the imperial court now has at least three hundred thousand!"

"Is this something we can resist?"

After hearing Wang Kai's words, Wang Yu immediately questioned him loudly.

"Yes, Lord Wang Yu is right!"

"It is indeed so. It seems we can only unite the marquises of the world!"

Following Wang Yu's voice, Xu Si, Wang Gong, Xu Yi, Mao Hui, and others behind the two also echoed in succession.

"Wang Yu, what you say makes sense, but how should we solve the problem Wang Kai mentioned?"

At this moment, Liu Dai felt that both of them made sense and immediately asked Wang Yu for a solution.

Hearing this, Wang Yu smiled confidently at him and said lightly:

"My Lord, this matter is actually easy!"

"I presume my Lord has contacts with other marquises, right?"

Hearing Wang Yu's inquiry, Liu Dai couldn't help but nod.

"I do have contacts with other marquises, but what is the problem with that?"

"Hahaha, if my Lord has contacts with them, then surely someone has mentioned the issue of uniting to you, right?"

"They should have all implicitly mentioned this matter to my Lord, and these people are the targets we need to unite with."

Wang Yu finished speaking and looked at everyone confidently.

At this moment, after listening to Wang Yu's analysis, Liu Dai's mind was also clear.

Wouldn't this problem be solved easily?

"Hahaha, Wang Yu is truly my Zhang Liang!"

"Listening to your words is better than reading books for ten years!"

"Wang Yu, your words have enlightened me. Let's do as you say!"

Liu Dai, who finally understood, immediately said excitedly to Wang Yu.

"My Lord is too kind!"

Wang Yu said modestly to Liu Dai.

At this time, Wang Kai also bowed and apologized to Wang Yu.

"Lord Wang, just now I was not considering things thoroughly. Please don't blame me!"

Seeing that Wang Kai's attitude was sincere enough, Wang Yu immediately cupped his hands and returned the salute:

"Lord Wang, you are too serious. We are all considering things for the Lord; there is no need to mind!"

"Thank you, Lord Wang Yu!"

Seeing that everyone was getting along harmoniously, Liu Dai was also very satisfied.

"Wang Yu, Wang Kai, since that is the case, then the matter of contacting the marquises of the world will be handled by the two of you!"

"Understood!"

The two immediately responded respectfully.

And just like Liu Dai and the others, there were many others who felt restless.

Such as Jingzhou Inspector Liu Biao, Yangzhou Inspector Liu Yao, Yizhou Inspector Liu Zhang, and others.

They also received the news that Liu Bian had captured Bingzhou and Liangzhou.

At this moment, they all gathered their civil and military subordinates to discuss how to face Liu Bian.

These people were all descendants of the imperial family.

When Liu Hong was on the throne, they were all ministers loyal to the Han.

However, following the death of the late Emperor Liu Hong.

First, after experiencing the chaos of General-in-Chief He Jin and the Ten Attendants, they, who held military and political power in a province,

also saw an opportunity, coupled with the fact that Dong Zhuo had previously wreaked havoc on the court.

Emperor Liu Bian was still young and unable to restore the Han.

Therefore, they also developed their own thoughts.

Although they were still descendants of the Han, they were no longer loyal to Liu Bian.

They had already made up their minds to replace him themselves.

As long as Liu Bian died, they would have a reason to fight for the world.

However, man proposes, God disposes; Liu Bian suddenly rose, killed Dong Zhuo, and regained control of the power.

For them, this was no less than a bolt from the blue.

Later, after Liu Bian announced that he would send troops to attack Liangzhou and Bingzhou,

their thoughts became active again.

Thinking that no matter what, Liu Bian would suffer a great loss.

After all, Bingzhou had one hundred thousand Xiongnu cavalry.

However, they never expected such a result. ===== CHAPTER 404 =====