The Mythical Version of the Three Kingdoms: The Evil God Arrives

Chapter 418 Cao Cao lying on the ground
"This is what happened. It seems that the people over at Fenggao have used unknown means to block our knowledge of the internal energy of all members of the Taishan main combat corps." Sun Ce said solemnly.

It was not because of the military strength under Liu Bei's rule, but because Liu Bei could block people's understanding of certain facts by influencing their thinking. This was what really made Sun Ce feel difficult.

Zhou Yu, whose face finally regained some color, listened quietly to Sun Ce's story. He did not express his opinion on the matter at the first time, but lowered his eyes to think about whether Fenggao was hiding some deeper plan.

After all, a main combat legion of more than 200,000 dual talents is enough to suppress all the voices in the world that want to oppose Liu Bei's rule. Even if all the members have internal energy, it is just icing on the cake. Now is not the time for the dual-talent legions to be rampant. Nowadays, each prince can have a dual-talent of 10,000 or 20,000, which can already rank on the list of princes of the Han Dynasty.

Even Sun Ce, the great lord who inherited Yuan Shu's background, only had over 20,000 dual talents under him. Yuan Shao, the first great lord under Liu Bei, only had over 40,000 dual talents under him. This was because Yuan Shao had the support of many noble families. Otherwise, Yuan Shao could only rely on the dual talents trained by Ju Yi to survive.

By the way, if we really want to talk about military strength alone, in fact, Yuan Shao's military strength is not the first after Liu Bei. The 50,000 wolf cavalry led by Lu Bu of Bingzhou and the more than 50,000 Xiliang cavalry commanded by Li Jue, Guo Fan and others in Sili are worth mentioning.

The reason why these two parties are not included is that their overall strength is not as good as Yuan Shao's. After all, war is fought on logistics. In terms of logistics, except for Liu Bei, the rest of the princes in the Han Dynasty are no match for Yuan Shao, even Sun Ce who occupied Yuzhou is the same. Because Yuan Shao has a lot of powerful families to support him, while Sun Ce, because of Yuan Shu, does not have many families willing to provide larger-scale support.

By the way, if the existing Xiliang Iron Cavalry and Wolf Cavalry are added together, wouldn't that already exceed 100,000 double-talented cavalry? Even Liu Bei, the strongest lord of the Han Dynasty, hasn't assembled a 100,000 double-talented cavalry force.

Gongsun Zan could barely gather 100,000 cavalrymen, but it was unknown how many of these 100,000 cavalrymen were without elite talents and were only there to make up the numbers. After all, with Gongsun Zan's logistical level, he could not afford to support a cavalry force of 100,000.

It can only be said that Dong Zhuo was worthy of being the strongest prince before Liu Bei's rise. Even after his defeat, the forces that split off still possessed such military strength. It is no wonder that Yuan Shao tried every means to get involved with Lu Bu of Bingzhou and Li Jue and Guo Fan of Sili.

If Yuan Shao's plan succeeded, perhaps Yuan Shao could really compete with Liu Bei. A double-talented cavalry force of 100,000 is terrifying just to think about.

"Is it really necessary for Fenggao to block the news of everyone's internal energy at the mental level?" Zhou Yu did not doubt whether Fenggao had the ability to do so, but he doubted their motives for doing so.

"What level of external enemy would cause Fenggao to choose to block the news of everyone's internal energy at the mental level?" Apart from external enemies, Zhou Yu could not think of any other reason. In this world, is there any force stronger than Liu Bei?
Even if Yuan Shao had obtained the support of Bingzhou and Sili, his military strength might not be much different from that of Liu Bei, but that was when the highest military commander of Liu Bei had not yet died. If Yang Ji died, the military strength of the two sides really could not be equated.

"Foreign enemies?" Sun Ce had several questions in his mind. Haven't the foreign tribes around the Han Dynasty been wiped out yet? And they are foreign enemies that Liu Bei pays so much attention to. Could it be that the Huns are rising again?
"I guess it's the Huns who are rising again. Otherwise, who around the Han Dynasty can afford to be a foreign enemy?" Zhou Yu said with a hint of arrogance, as if no other ethnic group around the Han Dynasty could be a match for the Han Dynasty except the Huns.

"The Huns..." Sun Ce nodded slowly, agreeing with Zhou Yu's guess. After all, apart from the Huns, are there any other foreign enemies in the world that could make the princes of the Han Dynasty so serious?

No more.

"What about us now?" Sun Ce looked at Zhou Yu. If the Huns really rose again, and they were now openly fighting for hegemony, wouldn't that give the Huns, the Han Dynasty's greatest external enemy, a chance to take advantage of the situation?

Sun Ce didn't want to see the Huns coming to the Han Dynasty's land to plunder and kill at will. Even though he was from the south of the Yangtze River, it was basically impossible for the Huns to extend their troops to the territory south of the Yangtze River.

The land of Jiangnan is also the land of the Han Dynasty, and the people of Jiangnan are also the subjects of the Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty and the Huns fought bloody battles for hundreds of years. Even Jiaozhou, which was the farthest from the northern border, would subconsciously think that the Huns were the Han Dynasty's archenemy and eternal enemy when they heard about the Huns.

After all, the patriotism education of the Han Dynasty was very powerful in those days. After hundreds of years of propaganda, even the barbarians hiding in the deep mountains and forests knew that the Huns were the enemies of the Han Dynasty.

"Now it depends on what Fenggao thinks. If they want to make it public, then we have to unite to fight against the foreign enemies. This is the righteous cause.

Similarly, this is also an opportunity for Liu Xuande to unify the various princes of the Han Dynasty, although it is not necessary for him. "Zhou Yu shook his head. Although it is an excellent opportunity to fight against foreign enemies together, it is not necessary for Liu Bei, because Liu Bei's strength is enough to sweep the whole world and unify the Han Dynasty.

"Then, Gongjin, what method do you think Liu Xuande will choose to fulfill his oath?" Sun Ce asked Zhou Yu with some curiosity. Since Zhou Yu judged that Liu Bei already had the strength to unify the Han Dynasty, how would Zhou Yu judge the subsequent situation?

Also, after knowing Liu Bei's strength, what choice will Zhou Yu make? Will he let go of his obsession, or will he want to confront Liu Bei and let himself and his subordinates face the reality before making a decision?

"The most ideal option is of course to take advantage of the Xiongnu's resurgence to integrate the power of the various Han princes and unify the Han Dynasty again.

However, reunification through righteousness will leave behind a lot of hidden dangers, so I think that given the personalities of Chen Zichuan and Yang Ziyu, they should choose to unify the Han Dynasty by sweeping across the country with a large army.

This will also allow those who don't know the situation to recognize the gap in strength between them and Liu Xuande. " Zhou Yu sighed and said, this is also his own choice. If he doesn't fight, how can he be so arrogant as Zhou Yu, even though he has foreseen his failure.

However, Zhou Yu still had to fight with Yang Ji, just to give an explanation to himself, and also to give an explanation to the civil and military officials who followed Sun Ce, so that he and they would completely give up the fight for the tripod.

"Is that so?" Sun Ce nodded. He already knew what Zhou Yu's choice was. But as he said before, no matter what Zhou Yu's choice was, he would support Zhou Yu unwaveringly, just as Zhou Yu supported him.

Seeing Sun Ce's I know you look, Zhou Yu wanted to ask Sun Ce if he knew what his choice meant, but Zhou Yu still didn't ask, because he knew Sun Ce, just like Sun Ce knew Zhou Yu. "Okay, I have something to do outside, I'll leave first, you have a good rest." Looking at Zhou Yu's eyes, Sun Ce's scalp tingled, and he said goodbye to Zhou Yu and left. He couldn't stand Zhou Yu's eyes.

Zhou Yu looked at Sun Ce's fleeing back and wondered why Sun Ce wanted to leave his tent. He couldn't be driven away before. Was there really something happening outside that needed Sun Ce's handling?
What Zhou Yu didn't know was that for Sun Ce, who knew him very well, seeing him, who was always calm and composed, showing that kind of expression and look, was such a huge stimulation. Even if Xiao Qiao came, it would probably make Zhou Yu try to show that kind of weak look again. It was really too exciting.

……

"Boss Cao is really amazing. Under such circumstances, he can rely on his own ability to forcibly create a cloud blessing to offset the talent of Lord Sun Bofu.

By the way, what should Boss Cao's creation be classified as? Is it the Xuanxiang Formation or the secret technique? "Yang Ji left Cao Cao lying on the board and turned to look at Chen Qun and Cheng Yu.

Chen Qun and Cheng Yu were silent for a moment. They did not expect that Cao Cao would solve Sun Ce's dilemma with his own ability. They originally thought that after Cao Cao realized that the key to a monarch's talent was territory and subjects, he would choose to shoulder the will of the people. However, Cao Cao's final choice was very different from their imagination.

Chen Xi and Yang Ji, who were already dissatisfied with Cao Cao's indifference to the people, would probably ignore Cao Cao even more after this incident. Perhaps Chen Xi would let Cao Cao continue to work, after all, he was still a capable minister, but from now on, apart from public affairs, there would be no other exchanges with Cao Cao, let alone private friendship.

How could they, who were lurking within the internal political system, not feel the undercurrents within Liu Bei? It was not the exchange of interests before reaching the top, but another scene that they had never seen before.

Logically speaking, the civil and military officials and various forces under Liu Bei's rule, even with the pressure from Chen Xi and Yang Ji, should have started the final exchange of interests when victory was already secured, but they did not.

Until now, Chen Xi is still constantly consolidating economic development, people's livelihood development, and scientific and technological development, and Yang Ji is still constantly strengthening Liu Bei's military strength.

At the same time, the group of civil and military officials under Liu Bei, who were the best in the world, were still working hard to implement the development plan formulated by Chen Xi and Yang Ji, and they were not shaken at all because Liu Bei had secured victory.

It was as if they could not see that Liu Bei had already secured victory, as if there was an unknown force pushing Liu Bei's people to continue to rush forward in an unknown direction. This situation made those who did not know the inside story very anxious.

However, they are among the world's top wise men after all, and they have more or less realized why Chen Xi and others did this, and the reasons behind them are heartwarming.

However, Cao Cao may not be able to ride on this historical carriage, because Cao Cao's choice may very likely lead Chen Xi and Yang Ji to choose someone else to succeed Cao Cao.

"Hey, what's wrong with you two? Although Boss Cao lost this battle, he relied on his own ability to reverse the disastrous outcome and successfully led the troops to withdraw." Yang Ji acted as if he didn't see the expressions on their faces.

"I think what Cao Gong came up with should be a secret technique. After all, Xuanxiang does not have that kind of cloud structure." Chen Qun answered Yang Ji's previous question first.

"I agree with Changwen's opinion on this. That cloud structure is not unique to Xuanxiang." Cheng Yu followed Chen Qun's steps closely.

Yang Ji looked at Chen Qun and Cheng Yu with some surprise. Although the answers of these two people were also to the questions he asked, he always felt that they were not answering the questions he asked.

"Okay, I also think that the structure is not the cloud structure unique to Xuanxiang." Yang Ji nodded and acknowledged what Chen Qun and Cheng Yu said. As for other things, Yang Ji did not want to delve into them. That was the business of Cao Cao and those who were still loyal to him.

"Can you analyze this secret technique?" Cheng Yu asked curiously. He had just watched the battles between Sun Ce and Le Jin, and Cao Ren and Zhou Tai. It made him very excited. This was the battle he needed.

Therefore, he will continue to take part in the next battle, and specifically fight Sun Ce and Zhou Tai, especially Zhou Tai, who is a skilled cultivator. He believes that the duel with Zhou Tai will give him a glimmer of opportunity for a breakthrough.

Although Sun Ce has not yet combined his monarchical talent with martial arts, it is better to be safe than sorry. The breakthrough of a martial arts genius like Sun Ce in martial arts is one of the most unreasonable. Cheng Yu does not want to be beaten like a sandbag by Sun Ce at that time.

If possible, Cheng Yu actually didn't want Yang Ji to help analyze Cao Cao's secret technique, but given Cao Cao's current condition, Cheng Yu had no one else to choose except Yang Ji.

——In fact, those mentioned above were just Cheng Yu’s excuses. The real situation was that Cheng Yu wanted to try to infer Cao Cao’s monarch talent through this secret technique, and see if he could find another way to reactivate the endurance of Cao Cao’s monarch talent.

Yang Ji looked up and down at Cheng Yu, who looked calm and composed, and felt that Cheng Yu's purpose in analyzing this secret technique was not so simple, but it was none of Yang Ji's business.

"Of course you can, but it will take a long time. If you're in a hurry, I have some ready-made secret techniques for you to choose from." Yang Ji said casually.

(End of this chapter)