[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-three-kingdoms-the-coalition-insulted-me-so-i-de":3,"chapter-three-kingdoms-the-coalition-insulted-me-so-i-de-three-kingdoms-humiliated-by-the-coalition-i-def-chapter-23":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Three Kingdoms: Humiliated by the Coalition, I Defect to Dong Zhuo and Marry Dong Bai",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2112208,3441,"Chapter 23: Giving Yizhou and Nanyang Commandery to Old Dong","three-kingdoms-humiliated-by-the-coalition-i-def-chapter-23",23,"\u003Cp>Inside Hulao Pass,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>looking at Xu You who appeared before him, Gu Yi felt quite emotional for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, this fellow Yuan Big-Head has a very bad heart!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the alliance leader, he secretly sent his own strategist to the enemy camp behind the backs of other warlords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This nature is almost no different from colluding with the enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, in the mouth of Xu You, this matter was beautified into a flower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only hearing Xu You say:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Gu, my lord sent me here because there is an important matter he wants to discuss with the Chancellor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Note the wording: Xu You addressed Dong Zhuo as Chancellor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this were in the past, it would be rebellious!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Shao and others were under the banner of not recognizing Dong Zhuo's status as Chancellor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, Xu You used such a title to describe Dong Zhuo, which made Gu Yi feel quite magical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xu Ziyuan, is it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord said that the task of negotiating with you is entirely handed over to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you have anything to say, just say it directly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regarding the purpose of Xu You's arrival, Gu Yi already had some guesses in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Guandong coalition had been attacking Hulao Pass for a long time without success and had suffered countless losses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Continuing to fight would only be harmful and not beneficial to Yuan Shao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed he didn't expect Gu Yi to have such a great say under Dong Zhuo, so Xu You was lost in thought for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After relaxing a little, he said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord has actually always held the Chancellor in high regard.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Joining this Guandong coalition was also just being bewitched by people with ulterior motives.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, my lord has awakened and does not wish to continue to be an enemy of the Chancellor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to this nonsense from Xu You, Gu Yi almost got goosebumps all over his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only seeing him smile coldly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"According to what Mr. Ziyuan said, Yuan Benchu was bewitched by others?\" ===== CHAPTER 48 =====\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Then shouldn't the person who bewitched him be handed over to my lord to deal with?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu You didn't expect Gu Yi to retort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now that the arrow was on the string, it had to be fired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rolled his eyes quickly and replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Gu is right.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The people who bewitched my lord were precisely Gongsun Zan, Han Fu, Wang Kuang, Zhang Yang, Kong Rong, and others!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These guys are people with ulterior motives!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord hopes to join hands with the Chancellor to eradicate them!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, Xu You's face even showed a righteous look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if he was proving that he, Xu Ziyuan, was the incarnation of the messenger of human justice!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It must be said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the abacus beads of Yuan Shao and Xu You were ringing too loudly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Gu Yi, who was inside Hulao Pass, could hear it clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good guy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gongsun Zan, Han Fu, Zhang Yang, Wang Kuang, Kong Rong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aren't these five warlords the five forces occupying the four provinces of Hebei?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Zhang Yang and Wang Kuang among them were just Administrators,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and Kong Rong's rank was only slightly higher than an Administrator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Gongsun Zan and Han Fu were worthy of being called great warlords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Fu occupied the most fertile Jizhou and was nominally even Yuan Shao's direct superior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gongsun Zan was only the Administrator of Beiping, but his say in Youzhou was extremely high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the military in Youzhou was actually controlled by Gongsun Zan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>if these five warlords all died,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Shao's road to unifying the four provinces of Hebei would become incredibly wide!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what benefit would this have for the Dong Zhuo army?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The answer is, absolutely no benefit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A divided four provinces of Hebei, or a unified four provinces of Hebei,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>which one poses a greater threat to the Dong Zhuo army is self-evident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Gu Yi directly retorted:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Ziyuan, you really know how to indulge in fantasy!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let my army clear out those five warlords for your lord for free, and then help him control the four provinces of Hebei, and then unify the world?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You wouldn't have burned your brain, would you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Otherwise, how could you have such a naive idea?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being retorted by Gu Yi, Xu You didn't get angry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, as long as it was a normal person, I'm afraid no one would accept the nonsense Xu You just proposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu You also understood that if he wanted to move the Dong Zhuo army, he must come up with corresponding bargaining chips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, why would people help you, Yuan Shao, work for free and solve your problems?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Xu You smiled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Gu, Nanyang Commandery and Yizhou have been fertile lands since ancient times.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, they are controlled by that child Yuan Shu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Isn't that a waste of heaven's gifts?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If the Chancellor is willing to join hands with my lord, Yizhou and Nanyang Commandery will be his in the future!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heh...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were someone else, they might really be moved by this big pie from Xu You.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... Gu Yi saw the trap in it immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yizhou and Nanyang Commandery could be called the ultimate base of the Han aristocratic families!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, that series of aristocratic families from Yingchuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are all from Yizhou!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the era of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, as many as eleven of the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai came from Nanyang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Old Dong's reputation in the Guandong aristocratic circle...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could the aristocratic talents of Yizhou and Nanyang Commandery possibly pay attention to Old Dong?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I'm afraid that as soon as the Dong Zhuo army occupied Yizhou and Nanyang, rebellions would break out one after another!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, the Yizhou and Nanyang Commandery promised to Old Dong by Yuan Shao and Xu You\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>were just a blank check with no benefits and all harms!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By then, when Yuan Shao unified the four provinces of Hebei,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and carried the surging military edge south,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yizhou and Nanyang Commandery would definitely instantly defect to Yuan Shao's side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at Xu You's smug eyes,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yi decided to pretend to agree for the time being, but in fact, he would make Yuan Shao bleed heavily!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>... ===== CHAPTER 49 =====\u003C\u002Fp>",1059,"2026-06-16T09:19:20.127Z","2026-06-16T10:29:10.858Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","cc141be195220f55c7e7a2944d7938c9c165c3ab6a72067fcb1fdda97c9fea22","three-kingdoms-humiliated-by-the-coalition-i-def-chapter-24","three-kingdoms-humiliated-by-the-coalition-i-def-chapter-22",1103,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthree-kingdoms-humiliated-by-the-coalition-i-def-cover.jpg"]