Chapter 416

Why was Liu Bei sitting in the deliberation hall of Chaisang City?

Ever since he failed to fight for Huainan, he had nowhere to go, so he chose to go south to Jiangdong.

Jiangdong did not have any integrated large forces in this period.

The two most representative local snake forces were Wang Lang and Yan Baihu.

As for the Yangzhou Inspector Liu Yao, who should have appeared here in the original history, he was still well and good in Chang'an City serving in some idle position.

In the original history.

The reason Liu Yao became the Yangzhou Inspector.

Actually, it was because of the enfeoffment of Li Jue and Guo Si.

The Han court under the control of Li Jue and Guo Si, compared to the period controlled by Dong Zhuo, could be described as far inferior in prestige.

Therefore.

These two, under the suggestion of that old fox Jia Xu, used a very cunning strategy.

They used the name of the Son of Heaven, Liu Xie, to enfeoff many officials in Chang'an City who were close to Dong Zhuo's forces to serve as Inspectors in various provinces of the Great Han.

However.

The cake of the various provinces of the Great Han was very limited.

For example, lords like Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, and Gongsun Zan, how could they tolerate others sleeping beside their beds?

Therefore.

Those officials sent by Li Jue and Guo Si from Chang'an were quickly cut down by the separatist forces of various provinces before they even arrived at their posts.

But among them, there was a successful case.

That successful case was Liu Yao.

Liu Yao was enfeoffed as Yangzhou Inspector.

In the late Han period, the seat of Yangzhou was actually not in the six commanderies of Jiangdong, but in Shouchun City of Huainan.

However, Liu Yao was a smart person.

Shouchun City was firmly held by Yuan Shu.

Liu Yao knew deeply that if he went to Shouchun rashly alone, he would definitely be quickly killed by Yuan Shu.

Therefore, this Yangzhou Inspector who held the banner of the imperial court did not go to Shouchun to take office.

Instead, he directly bypassed and crossed the Yangtze River, going to Qu'a in Yangzhou to take office as Yangzhou Inspector!

This wave of operation was relatively flashy.

But it just happened to be able to save Liu Yao's life.

Allowing him to use the name of Yangzhou Inspector to separate and stand on his own in Yangzhou.

But.

Liu Yao's good days were soon ended by Sun Ce.

Sun Ce held the banner of "pacifying Jiangdong for Yuan Shu," and also used the Imperial Jade Seal to exchange for some support from Yuan Shu.

Subsequently, he led several thousand elite Sun family troops and embarked on the road of expansion toward the six commanderies of Jiangdong.

From the time Sun Ce conquered Jiangdong, the distance from Liu Yao's arrival was actually only a year and a half.

In other words.

The development time left for Liu Yao in the original history was only a year and a half.

Finally, he was defeated by Sun Ce and passed away from illness shortly after.

And nowadays.

Due to Gu Yi's butterfly effect.

Old Dong was still alive and well.

The two people Li Jue and Guo Si who should have caused chaos in Chang'an were naturally also loyal ministers under Old Dong and Gu Yi's command.

Thereby, there was no event of sending Liu Yao to Jiangdong to serve as Yangzhou Inspector.

This led to the fact that on the land of Yangzhou, only the two forces of Yan Baihu and Wang Lang could be considered to have some power.

After Liu Bei led the defeated army to flee to Jiangdong, he quickly raised the name of the Han clan.

At the same time, he vigorously publicized the slaughter of aristocratic families by Sun Ce's forces!

The Jiangdong aristocratic families were already afraid of Sun Ce who occupied Huainan.

They were afraid that Sun Ce would suddenly lead troops across the Yangtze River one day and launch a fierce attack on the six commanderies of Jiangdong.

Therefore, many Jiangdong aristocratic families quickly chose to support Liu Bei, helping him gain a firm foothold in Jiangdong.

Afterward.

Liu Bei, with the help of the aristocratic families, easily killed Yan Baihu.

Only Wang Lang had not yet surrendered to Liu Bei at this moment.

He led the remaining troops and defended Kuaiji Commandery to the death.

And dispatched an envoy with a letter to break out of the encirclement, sending the letter to his good friend Chen Deng in the direction of Xuzhou.

This Wang Lang, in history, was also quite legendary.

He was originally an official of Xuzhou and came from the fourth-ranked aristocratic family in Xuzhou, the Wang family of Xuzhou.

Therefore.

Wang Lang and the four people Chen Deng, Mi Zhu, and Cao Bao were actually old acquaintances.

But later, in the late period of Emperor Ling of Han, Liu Hong, he was sent by the court to serve as Administrator of Kuaiji in Jiangdong.

Wang Lang's internal affairs ability was quite good, and he governed Kuaiji in an orderly manner.

But in terms of the ability to lead troops to fight, Wang Lang was relatively average.

Originally thought Jiangdong was a pure land and would not encounter war.

But didn't expect that this scoundrel Liu Bei actually came!

Liu Bei, who received the support of the four major aristocratic families of Jiangdong, was equivalent to obtaining a logistics wet nurse with sufficient milk.

Facing such a strong enemy, Wang Lang, who only occupied Kuaiji Commandery, was naturally not a match.

For survival.

In order not to be wiped out by Liu Bei.

Wang Lang had to seek help from Xuzhou.

And Xuzhou at this time was already in Gu Yi's hands.

Therefore, after receiving Wang Lang's letter.

Chen Deng immediately sent the letter to Gu Yi's hands.

……

Peng Cheng

In the Governor's Mansion

Gu Yi and Chen Deng sat opposite each other.

"Prime Minister, this is the letter sent to me by Wang Lang of Kuaiji."

"Please read it, Prime Minister."

After saying this, Chen Deng quietly waited for Gu Yi's next instruction.

After opening the letter, Gu Yi learned of Wang Lang's purpose this time.

Regarding Liu Bei occupying Jiangdong.

Gu Yi was slightly surprised.

But thinking carefully, it was actually within reason.

As everyone knows, Liu Bei's ability to run away is particularly strong.

Running north and south, running from Youzhou to the south, and running to Yizhou.

Looking at the entire late Han and Three Kingdoms period, among the monarchs, only Liu Bei had been to the most places in his life.

In this regard, even Cao Cao and Sun Quan, compared to him, were far behind.

After all.

Throughout Cao Cao's life, he never went from the north to the land of Shu and Jiangdong.

The farthest time was probably in Hanzhong and Chibi.

Later generations often say that Liu Bei is better than the immortal little strong.

This sentence is actually not derogatory.