People in the Three Kingdoms: Starting from Preaching

Chapter 386: Wind and Rain
"My Lord, tomorrow is the founding ceremony. You should prepare well."

When he stepped into the palace, the first thing Xun Yu saw was the drunk Cao Cao. This made Xun Yu frown. This decadent look was not the Cao Cao he was familiar with.

However, after such persuasion, Xun Yu could only sigh.

In fact, he could understand Cao Cao's current mood. No matter who it was, if their entire family was captured, they would be devastated.

After the emperor surrendered, the princes in the south were all preparing to proclaim themselves emperors and establish their own countries. For Liu Bei and Sun Quan, calling themselves "alone and with few people" was a metaphor, but for Cao Cao, he was literally alone.

In such a big city like Xuchang and even in such a vast State of Wei, Cao Cao couldn't find a single close relative of his. How sad it was.

Cao Cao was woken up in a daze. He straightened his crooked crown, then opened his eyes with difficulty and looked at Xun Yu, then laughed indulgently.

"It turns out that Wen Ruo is here to congratulate me on my ascension to the throne tomorrow? Very good, very good!"

Cao Cao burst into laughter as he spoke. The first thing he did when he woke up was to fumble around on the table. He quickly poured himself some wine and drank it again. After he drank it all to his heart's content, he continued speaking: "After my Wei Kingdom is established, I will lead my army north to flatten Xuanxia, ​​let Xu Chen lead my horse and whip me, and then I will subdue the Sun and Liu people and unify China."

Xun Yu looked at Cao Cao chattering with an expressionless face, feeling tired and sad in his heart.

In fact, Cao Cao's descriptions were destined to be just fantasies. Now, let alone marching north, he should be thankful that he could hold on under Xuan Xia's pressure.

Logically speaking, founding a country should be an exciting and morale-boosting event, just as after Xuan Xia was founded, it soared to the sky and became unstoppable.

However, Xun Yu only felt that the current Wei State was in a sad state and he could not see any future at all.

Establishing a country is something that the emperor must do after surrendering, so that the rule of law and order in the south can be rebuilt.

But from what Xun Yu saw, the final effect was far from what was expected.

Not only was the plague a huge trauma, but the defeat also brought about a depressed atmosphere. The surrender of the emperor and the capture of Cao Cao's relatives also greatly hit people's morale. Now the so-called Wei State was in a state of complete panic.

The nobles below were in a state of anxiety, worrying about the Yellow Turbans' attacks every day. The civil and military officials above had lost all confidence and were terrified at the mention of Xu. Even the lord Cao Cao was depressed and decadent under the successive blows.

Xun Yu was speechless for a long time. At this moment, even he had the urge to give up.

To persist in one's career, one must first have the hope of success. But now in Wei State, he feels that he no longer has such hope. Although this decisive battle did not lead to a complete failure, it also undermined the confidence of the South. Xun Yu sees no hope of reversing the situation at all.

The whole world was ultimately swept up in the might of Xuan Xia. When they arrived, their force was unstoppable.

After a moment of silence, Cao Cao fell asleep again. Xun Yu could only sigh and turn away.

In his eyes, although Cao Cao would be moody due to various things, he would be able to show considerable tenacity when he really encountered a major setback. All kinds of setbacks and pains along the way had never defeated this man.

Perhaps Cao Cao was still in great sorrow and joy the day before, but he would be back to normal the next day. Xun Yu could only hope that Cao Cao would regain his ambition tomorrow. Now the people of Wei State depended on Cao Cao as their leader. Countless people were watching him all the time. If even he became decadent, the people below would disperse.

Walking out of the hall and looking at the empty and desolate palace, Xun Yu shook his head.

The State of Wei has not even been established, but it is already in a state of turmoil. Is such a country really worth looking forward to?

Suddenly, the sky gradually darkened. Xun Yu looked up and saw bursts of thunder, which made him feel inexplicably uneasy.

The dramatic changes of the times were so drastic that they left no time for anyone to prepare. They came suddenly like a thunderstorm.

The rainstorm came suddenly, and soon a eunuch came over to open the umbrella for Xun Yu. Xun Yu shook his head helplessly and walked back.

The purpose of coming here today was not just to remind Cao Cao of tomorrow's important events, but also to give him a military report on the rebels in Runan. However, given Cao Cao's current condition, it would be useless to say anything, so Xun Yu could only put it aside for now.

The Ru'nan rebels, to whom Xun Yu had come to report specifically, were none other than Lu Meng's natural education teaching force, the fuse of the previous war.

With the support of Xuan Xia, Lu Meng finally got a chance to catch his breath from Zhou Yu. This opportunity not only allowed Lu Meng to escape the life-and-death crisis, but also allowed the Runan Army to start a new development path.

After the war, Lu Meng immediately began to reorganize the army. With the help of Li Zheng, the military discipline of the Xuanxia Yellow Turbans began to be implemented in the Runan Army. The military discipline of the entire army was suddenly renewed, and slowly began to develop from laxity and chaos to order and seriousness, and it had begun to show the style of a righteous army.

Although the Runan Army has only learned the basics now, as long as it is given enough time to develop, it may become a qualified natural religion army. The current Runan Army obviously has this time.

A plague brought devastation to Yuzhou, Yanzhou and Jingzhou in the south, but it also provided extremely relaxed external conditions for the Runan army.

Both Liu Bei's and Sun Quan's armies chose to withdraw when the plague had subsided and most of the soldiers had died. This time the coalition forces were all badly injured and had no extra strength to continue fighting, so the survival conditions of the Runan army naturally improved.

Moreover, following Li Zheng's guidance, the development strategy of the Runan Army began to shift from counties to countryside. The Runan Army broke up into small units and began to penetrate into the vast rural areas of Yuzhou, Yanzhou and Jingzhou.

Behind enemy lines, Lu Meng led the Yellow Turbans and began a vigorous campaign to crack down on the powerful in the countryside.

"Let me go. As long as you let me go, everything in my house will belong to you masters."

Before the shouting could be finished, a flash of cold light was seen, and the sound stopped abruptly, followed by a head rolling to the ground, which meant that another powerful family had disappeared.

Lu Meng and Li Zheng, who were watching the execution, were completely indifferent to the scene. They would have no mercy on such a heinous tyrant.

In fact, Lu Meng's method of cracking down on powerful families is no longer as brutal as before. Instead, he has absorbed Xuan Xia's mature teachings and started to confiscate property and try crimes in a reasonable and well-founded manner.

"Immediately organize the people to distribute land and money and food!" Lu Meng stood up and looked at his soldiers to issue orders. This kind of thing was a piece of cake for him.

(End of this chapter)