Three Kingdoms: Everything Can Be Gamified

Chapter 266 dragging its feet

Yuan Shu considered many situations, and even planned to give Liu Beijun a 'surprise', but he didn't come to kill him at all, and all preparations were wasted.

At this point, he couldn't help but start to struggle with whether to settle down in Runan first or go back directly.

If you can't settle down before winter, it will be very cold in winter.

"Ming Gong, Liu Bei looks powerful now, but as long as he continues to move eastward, the battle line will continue to be stretched. There will be fewer and fewer soldiers guarding the place, and then it will be our chance." Yang Hong came forward to remonstrate. Word.

"Minggong, although Xuzhou has been defeated by Cao Cao, there are no powerful princes in Yangzhou. And if Sun Jian's old troops hadn't taken refuge in Liu Bei, they would have gone south to Fuchun to join Sun Jian's survivors. Now that it's not suitable for going north, why not go south?" Yan Xiang made a suggestion.

The two counselors said that, and Yuan Shu made sense after thinking about it.

Anyway, I can't take it back to Nanyang now, so I just go south like this, otherwise I don't fight, who knows whether Liu Biao or Cao Cao will fight.

So Chen Lan and Mei Cheng were left to guard Runan County, and took the headquarters all the way south. Before winter, they quickly captured Jiujiang County, killed Chen Wen, the governor of Yangzhou, and ruled Shouchun in the prefecture.

On the other side, Liu Bei marched forward triumphantly. Seeing that Cao Jun was retreating steadily, he did not call Zhang Fei and Zhang He back.

Zhang He returned to Bingzhou, and Liu Bei agreed.

From Yanzhou to the east and into Dongjun, several counties along the way surrendered one after another, but problems followed.

The main reason is that the wells in these counties have been destroyed, and the treasury has been emptied.

Cao Jun adheres to one concept: holding back!
Strong walls and clear fields?

As far as Liu Bei's siege equipment is concerned, what other city is a real solid wall?
So it's better to destroy the water source, evacuate the treasury, and let a lot of people waiting to be fed drag Liu Bei down.

Liu Bei never expected that Cao Cao's side would be so heartless. Seeing so many people, he had to stop to help.

Help them reopen the wells, mobilize supplies to help them...

Since then, more than ten days have been wasted, and a large amount of materials have also been consumed.

But it is not without any gain, he has gained the name of benevolence and righteousness.

This also made Xun Yu, who presided over the plan, very tangled.

Of course, this plan was made by Xi Zhicai. As for Guo Jia, he went to Xuzhou with Cao Cao, but he will soon return to Juancheng.

No matter who made the plan, it was Xun Yu who presided over it.

Even if the main purpose is to defeat Liu Bei, but seeing so many people suffer, and Liu Bei is so benevolent, I feel very uncomfortable.

Perhaps with Liu Bei's character, if he can become the emperor, the people of the world may be able to live and work in peace...

At the same time, one thing was confirmed, that is, in order to quickly restore the livelihood of the people in several counties, Liu Bei had to 'borrow' some supplies from the wealthy families in each county.

I got an IOU, but it's hard to say whether I will admit it or not in the future.

It proves one point, that is, Liu Bei is somewhat indifferent to the aristocratic family.

In particular, an assessment system called the imperial examination has been established, which has a high probability of destroying the examination system.

Rather, when the imperial examination system was introduced, the aristocratic families in the thirteen prefectures were instinctively wary of Liu Bei, and even a little disgusted.

If I want to take the exam with those Qianshou and compete for the official position...

Let’s not talk about making people disgusted, let’s just say that the various unspoken rules that have matured in the previous prosecution system will be abolished.

Even Xun Yu's family told him to help Cao Cao with peace of mind and not to think so much.

That's all, Xun Yu didn't leave.

One is that before the death of Emperor Han, he had already taken refuge in Cao Cao.

The second is specially told by the family members that everything is for the future of the family.

Xun Yu felt that Cao Cao was nostalgic for the big man and supported a Han family clan, and Xun Yu felt that this was an excuse for himself.

After all, Liu Bei has already passed by a few clansmen, and his elder brother and clan nephew are all there.

The Xun family doesn't know whether the reforms over there are effective, but they are still a family anyway.

In the interest of the aristocratic family, they also need to make other attempts.

So Xun Chen joined Yuan Shao, Xun Yu joined Cao Cao, and even Yuan Shu had a collateral Xun Zheng.

According to the elders, Yuan Shu is not worth investing so much...

Xun Yu agreed with these words, after all, he had not started to attack Liu Bei from behind, and lost Yingchuan County and Nanyang County in the end.

If Yuan Shu couldn't achieve enough results, probably Yuan's side would have to separate from him.

Yuan's disciples and old officials also want to be divorced from him.

At this time, the news had not yet come, and Xun Yu didn't know that Yuan Shu had captured Jiujiang.

The purpose is not only to expand the territory and increase influence, but also to take revenge on the Sun family.

When his army went to Wu County, there was a high probability that Sun would be unlucky.

Closer to home, with Liu Bei's slow progress, many of Xi Zhicai's plans could not be implemented.

Xun Yu had to find Xi Zhicai, who knew that the latter was still drinking wine and looking at the documents leisurely.

The wine is sold in Guanzhong, and now Hebei and the Central Plains basically prohibit wine making, and the food cannot keep up.

Xun Yu planned to introduce the high-yield grain from Guanzhong, but I heard that this stuff is wasteful, and it is considered to be a waste of money.

Of course, the more important thing is that it is still inconvenient for the aristocratic family to control the food price, which will further stimulate them, and finally nothing will happen.

"Zhicai, your plan has not been fully realized." Xun Yu came to Xi Zhicai.

"Winter is coming soon, let Liu Bei take his time, don't worry." Xi Zhicai didn't care, "The so-called strategy is to target the human weakness of the target. Liu Bei's weakness is benevolence and righteousness, so we will let him be benevolent to the fullest."

"To be honest, if it's greed, it's nothing more than short-tempered and other weaknesses, and benevolence and righteousness are all used..." Xun Yu sighed.

"But he is our enemy. If he can abandon benevolence and righteousness because of this, then it would be the best." Xi Zhicai replied, "Be ruthless to the enemy, no matter who the enemy is, just because he is the enemy!"

Compared with Guo Jia, his tricks are more extreme.

After all, Guo Jia is a collateral branch of the Guo family in Yingchuan, and has received more resources than him.

In the past 30 years, after seeing too many human relationships, Xi Zhicai is no longer so naive.

People will always change, how long Liu Bei's benevolence and righteousness can last, he really wants to see.

It's better to say that he is even a little sick. He doesn't think anyone can be so kind in such a world.

The so-called benevolence and righteousness are purely pretended, so let's see how long he can pretend.

These days, talented people tend to have some quirks...

Xun Yu shook his head. Cao Cao was coming back anyway, and he would make the decision.

Within two days, Cao Cao did come back. Hearing that Cao Ren was defeated and Chen Liu was lost, he was in a bad mood.

The good mood of defeating Xuzhou has also been diluted a lot.

I heard that Liu Bei was delayed in the three counties of Dongjun, and the supplies began to be scarce, so it got better.

"It's a pity that the battle in Hebei is not over yet, otherwise we can invite Ben Chu to fight together." Cao Cao sighed.

Hebei was attacked by three parties this year, and Zhang Yan was the first to be defeated and retreated to the Taihang Mountains.

Li Jue and Guo Si, who were alone, also retreated quickly under the attack of the three sides. They wanted to say that they returned to Bingzhou through Shangai, and were ambushed by Zhao Ang in Zhan County, and Li Jue and Guo Si were awarded the leadership.

The problem is that Lu Bu took the opportunity to occupy Changshan County, especially on the way to the north, and accidentally arrived at Chen Gong in Wei County to join him.

With his help, Lu Bu was initially recognized by the nobles in Changshan.

Coupled with a big battle, Gongsun Zan, Lu Bu and Yuan Shao all suffered heavy casualties.

Seeing that winter is approaching, everyone has to retreat and rest.

"It's okay, if His Royal Highness Prince Liang continues to be benevolent and righteous, he doesn't need others to intervene." Xi Zhicai replied, "Let alone Feng Xiao's return, just to help me perfect it!"

"Brother Zhicai, just after Jia came back, you arrested my young man?" Guo Jia shook his head with a sad expression.

　Lu Buduo Yanzhou, occupied Puyang as a stronghold.At that time, Xun Yu just bullied Lu Bu for not being good at attacking the city, fortifying the walls and clearing the country, so he survived until Cao Cao came back.

　　But Liu Bei has so many siege equipment, of course it is impossible to have a strong wall, and it is better to hold back.

　　Being tricked by Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia at the same time, there is no way, right?

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