Mythic version of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 6616: Killed with One Blow

Although from the perspective of internal energy cultivation alone, Zhou Yu has a terrifying level of internal energy leaving the body, but if we talk about actual combat, Zhou Yu's combat power is basically at the bottom among those at the level of internal energy leaving the body. In actual combat, he relies entirely on overpowering others with force, and he has basically no technical skills.

After all, as a commander, if Zhou Yu rushed to the front line of the battlefield to fight, there would probably be big problems. So since he achieved the state of internal energy leaving the body, Zhou Yu has never fought with a real strong man. Even when sparring with the officers of Jiangdong, no one would show their true strength to fight.

Nowadays, no one is a fool, okay? There is still some knowledge of the human relationships and social etiquette. Let alone the officers of Jiangdong. If you let a reckless man like Zhang Fei come to compete with Zhou Yu, Zhang Fei would first say "General, be careful", and then restrain his hands and feet and fight Zhou Yu within a controllable range, so that even if Zhou Yu loses, he loses with dignity. It is impossible for him to use all his strength to open Zhou Yu's eyes or something like that. That is nonsense.

Therefore, Zhou Yu only knew that his martial arts skills were weak, but it was difficult to determine to what extent.

However, at this moment, a long sword pierced Zhou Yu directly from the back of the chest, making Zhou Yu realize for the first time how weak he was in actual combat.

Obviously, he was a powerful Qi-leaving-body expert, but he was unexpectedly seized by the opportunity of being stabbed through by a sword attack by someone who had practiced Qi-leaving-body. This was simply impossible for a normal Qi-leaving-body expert. Even when facing Jiang Guang, who had reached the second stage of Heavenly Demon Disintegration, a newbie with Qi-leaving-body experience would have to block several attacks before being beaten to death.

"Protect the governor!" After blocking four or five rounds of iron ore weighing several hundred kilograms, the guards protecting Zhou Yu finally reacted and looked up at the flying Zhou Yu. However, they could only watch Zhou Yu, who had leaped into the sky, being pierced through by a whistling sword. They were in a panic, extremely panicked, and the guards protecting Zhou Yu were even a little dazed at this moment.

The guard captain Zhou Ming, who was given the surname Zhou, roared and rushed towards the assassin in the sky with his sword in hand. The maximum strength of the sixth level of smelting was fully unleashed at this moment. He was not a bit slower than the assassin, but no matter how fast he was, he could not catch up.

"Give it back to you!" The assassin who stabbed Zhou Yu kicked Zhou Yu, who was hanging on the sword, out, then stepped into the air and forced himself to retreat, ready to run away. His mission was accomplished. The previous attack had directly pierced Zhou Yu's heart from the back, and their mission was accomplished.

Zhou Ming pounced and caught Zhou Yu, not daring to delay any longer. At this time, Zhou Yu, with a big hole in his heart, had his front and back halves covered in blood. The blood stains oozing from the corners of his mouth and his face that was quickly losing color were enough to show that Zhou Yu's life had entered its final moments.

"Give it to... Shi Yuan, let Zhong... Mou and him... take over temporarily..." Before Zhou Yu's consciousness was completely wiped out and his vision went dark, he tried his best to throw out the blood-stained jade book and the seal representing the authority of Tiannan County from his sleeve. With these two things, everything could still be saved.

"General!" A large amount of life-saving etching secrets that had been stored long ago were quickly activated, and various top secret medicines were frantically poured into Zhou Yu's mouth. But it was too late after all. The extreme self-healing ability of the internal energy leaving the body and the special secret medicine were finally unable to repair the hole in Zhou Yu's heart before his consciousness faded. His life suddenly stopped at this moment.

There was chaos in Tiannan County. Although the five assassins successfully assassinated Zhou Yu, they were unable to escape from Ye Diao City in the end. Even though the weakest of them had the strength of the fifth level of smelting, they were still unable to break out of Tiannan County and were all killed on the spot.

In fact, if these people had not been too stubborn, and after realizing that they could not escape, they decisively used special secret skills, combined with certain stimulating talents, then what they brought back would not be corpses.

It is obvious that just by looking at the performance of these few people, we can tell that they are definitely the death squads of powerful forces.

But at least these people were not allowed to escape, and all of them were brought back. Regardless of whether they lived or died, at least this was a minimum explanation.

After all, Zhou Yu’s assassination could be said to be an accident regarding Zhou Yu’s own security, but if the assassin was able to take advantage of the chaos to escape from Tiannan County after assassinating Zhou Yu, then that would really be a problem for the Jiangdong forces.

That’s right, after the news spread that Zhou Yu was assassinated in the street and killed instantly, the ones who were most afraid were actually the Jiangdong aristocratic families.

After all, no matter how excessive Zhou Yu was, the current level of the Enfeoffment Order could not be pushed further down. After all, the Enfeoffment Order had a lower limit, that is, after being distributed to the rank of marquis and owning one or two counties, it would not be divided further down.

On the one hand, if the wealth is further divided, it will be completely disgraceful. On the other hand, those who can be used as princes must at least bear some responsibilities. Whether it is to serve as a barrier for the country or to defend a region, it requires strength.

Therefore, after the Enfeoffment Order reduced the main vein to only a dozen cities, or one or two counties, it stopped reducing it further because if it continued to reduce it, this group of people would not be able to take responsibility.

In Jiangdong, Zhou Yu implemented the Enfeoffment Order, which divided the benefits issued by the Duke of Wu to the major families. After being refined by Zhou Yu, it was distributed to the direct and branch lines of the major families according to different proportions.

As far as the current situation is concerned, the Jiangdong noble families are actually feudal lords. Zhou Yu's actions are essentially to dismantle these feudal lords and strengthen his control over them. As for killing them all with one blow...

What a joke, Zhou Yu still needs these families to work for him. They are too weak and can't even provide a dozen ships and hundreds of navy. If they encounter one or two decent pirates, they have to mobilize regular troops to encircle and kill them. Isn't this funny?
Could Zhou Yu manage all of Southeast Asia by himself?

This was also the reason why the Jiangdong noble families bargained with Zhou Yu. After all, the Enfeoffment Order would not kill anyone. Even if the main lineage was unhappy, the branch lineage that got the benefits would be happy.

Even if there is a gap in education level, the overall number of branches is inherently greater than that of the main line, which means that after resource investment, the total number of talents produced by the branches will be greater than that of the main line.

Therefore, if the family elders really talk from a purely rational point of view, the Enfeoffment Order is beneficial to the family and not harmful. The branches have the same blood, and not putting all eggs in one basket will only be safer. What's more, the Enfeoffment Order only divides the inheritance, it does not mean that you cannot develop.

Take the Xun family as an example. With two-digit spiritual talent possessors in one family, the power they can display will not be much stronger than the Yingchuan Chen family after excluding Chen Xi. Generally speaking, the two families are on the same line.

But if Zhou Yu's method of enfeoffment is followed, the Xun family will be split into ten families with spiritual talents. Although they will be weaker than before in a short period of time, they will only be stronger than they are now after a dozen years. It may be a big loss for the elders of the direct lineage, but for this family, the upper limit is actually forcibly raised a lot.

Putting aside other things, it would not be a problem for Xun Yu and his group to seize the opportunity to rebuild a Xun family that is no weaker than the former one.

In fact, the ones in the major Jiangdong families who were in turmoil were basically the elders of the direct lineage, and the reason why things got out of hand was only because these elders of the direct lineage once held the power of speech and authority, but now under the impact of the Enfeoffment Order, this power has shrunk rapidly, but the inertia is still there, and they can still roar.

Therefore, these people must take advantage of this last node and force others to have a good talk with Zhou Yu. After this point, when the last inertia is consumed, it would be a miracle if the family branch can still be as easy to talk to as it is now. By then, those who can remain silent will be good kids.

Of course, the most important point here is that Zhou Yu is from a noble family after all, so he is somewhat easier to talk to. What's more, he is a purely rational person, not a pervert.

But Zhou Yu was assassinated in the street, so many things could not be explained clearly, especially at this point in time, Zhou Yu was assassinated, and none of the Jiangdong noble families could explain it clearly.

To be more direct, it doesn't matter whether it can be explained clearly or not. What matters is that Sun Ce is not a rational person. Sun Ce can really go crazy. When that guy goes crazy, he will do anything and dare to do anything.

Without Zhou Yu's brain, the Jiangdong family dared not even think about what Sun Ce would do. But just the thought of a mad dog that had lost its mind and brain and broke free from its chains and came back to kill them would make anyone in the Jiangdong family who could still be considered human and had some human thinking have their heads boiling.

Sun Ce really dared to wipe out the entire family, and the one who died was Zhou Yu, so Sun Ce really dared to let them be buried with him.

It was not because of any reason, but more directly, as long as Sun Ce could not find the target, all suspects would be dragged to be buried with him. This was not about finding evidence to prove the innocence of the crime, this was about suppressing the rebellion to prove the guilt of the crime, and only a reason was needed.

A crazy Sun Ce can really do it, and a crazy Sun Ce will only be more violent than the current Sun Ce who has Zhou Yu as an external brain.

The title of Jiangdong Little Overlord was earned through killing. He couldn't be as cruel later because he was suppressed by Chen Xi's rules and restrained by Zhou Yu's rationality. Without the latter...

All the noble families who had worked under Sun Ce had already begun to try every possible means to get themselves out of the situation now that Zhou Yu had died.

The Enfeoffment Order? The branch obtained some benefits and became independent?
It doesn’t matter. None of this matters now. The only important thing now is to get yourself out of this.

Because if they can't be taken out, Sun Ce, who is a complete mad dog, will not investigate carefully at all, but will just send them to be buried with him. After all, this matter is too big. Even if the previous mistakes could be said to be let go, this time it is not a matter of multiple punishments, but if you are involved, you must die!
"What?" After receiving the news that Zhou Yu was assassinated in the street and killed instantly, Cai Zhong hurriedly took Cai He to find Cai Mao who was training the navy in Malacca. Cai Mao's complexion was obviously red and black due to the sea breeze. The moment he heard this sentence, his whole body turned pale, just like when he was pampered in the past.

There's no special reason, I was just scared.

Because the Cai family was one of the few families that understood navy, Cai Mao also went to Southeast Asia when the navy went to sea. Although he rarely appeared on the scene, Cai Mao's value to the navy was the same as Yu Jin's value to the army. You can say that these two people have no presence, but you can't say that they have low status. Cai Mao relied on his training skills to do well under Sun Ce.

As time went by, the family moved here. When Zhou Yu defeated Celian, the Cai family was granted several islands, and Cai Mao's status also rose accordingly.

In addition, Cai Mao was Huang Yueying's uncle, and Zhuge Liang did not fall out with Cai Mao in this life. The two sides were in a normal uncle-nephew relationship, so Cai Mao could be regarded as someone who had connections in the court and was capable himself.

On the contrary, Liu Biao died too early. In addition, Cai Mao's sister, as his successor, had no children and had been married for a short time. Therefore, Cai Mao did not have much hatred towards Sun Ce. As for his eldest sister, when Jingzhou fell, Cai Mao moved to Chang'an and married her to his former friend Cao Cao, who agreed to accept any marriage.

Under such conditions, Cai Mao trained the navy in Southeast Asia in a low-key manner, and then did not show up to cause trouble. He just did whatever he was told to do and acted as a brick of feudalism. Of course, he had a good life.

Until the last time they were plotted against by Moncombe in the Bay of Bengal, they suffered heavy losses. Although they sank the ship decisively and saved some personnel by diving, the Jiangdong Navy still suffered heavy losses.

At that time, Cai Mao thought he would be sacrificed, but his values ​​and low-key character saved his life. After returning to Southeast Asia, he did whatever Sun Ce and Zhou Yu asked him to do. He stayed in the naval port every day, conducting training there, and worked hard to restore the strength of the Han Dynasty navy.

As for what happened in the past six months, Cai Mao didn't care at all. Even though the elders of the Cai family tried hard to greet him or even sent people to find him, he did not leave the naval port.

There was no way out. The loss of troops in the Bay of Bengal was too great a blow to Cai Mao. In his opinion, not to mention that it was not a big deal to just extend favors to his younger brother and his own branch, it was a policy that had been continuously implemented for the princes in history. Just based on the last incident, it was only natural to give the Cai family a greater punishment.

Therefore, Cai Mao stayed in the military camp to train his troops and didn't care about his family elders at all. It is said that he was so angry that he became seriously ill and almost died.

This is also the reason why Cai Mao has become a lot more disgraced recently. He is really trying his best to restore the Han Dynasty's navy and strengthen the strength of the new recruits.

You know, even with the backbone of the East China Sea Ocean Fisheries Bureau, it will take a lot of time to rebuild a capable navy. Therefore, seizing every minute and every second to strengthen the navy and counterattack Kushan is the only effective way to eliminate the shame. As for other things, Cai Mao has no time to consider it.

However, I have been training soldiers for more than a year, basically eating and sleeping in the barracks every day, and I haven't heard any good news. How come there is only bad news, and the governor is dead?

Cai Mao was completely numb. He was really numb at this moment. His whole body turned pale as the blood color faded. He felt dizzy and his eyes went black. Cai Mao was so limp that he fell forward!

Cai Zhong and Cai He quickly reached out to support their eldest brother. They both always admired their eldest brother. When Zhou Yu issued the Enfeoffment Order this time, Cai Zhong and Cai He learned that their brother did not stop it at all, but acquiesced throughout and ignored the wails of the elders. They admired their brother even more. In the words of these two people, although we brothers and our eldest brother have separated, he will always be the object of our admiration in our hearts, and this will never change.

Therefore, when Zhou Yu was assassinated in the street and died in Ye Diao City, the panic-stricken Cai Zhong and Cai He rushed over to find their backbone as soon as possible.

"How is it possible?" After being supported, Cai Mao looked at Cai Zhong and Cai He with a trembling face, "That's the governor, how is it possible! Doesn't he have guards? Doesn't he have internal energy out of his body?"

Cai Mao was almost wailing, as no one understood the situation better than him. The Han Empire's navy still could not do without Zhou Yu. Although Gan Ning was powerful, there were several commanders of Gan Ning's level among the Kushan navy commanders, and Meng Kangbu was even more unrestrained, and if Zhou Yu was not counted, he could basically kill other people at will.

Now Zhou Yu is dead? How could Zhou Yu die like this! Their great revenge has not been avenged yet! They were blocked by the navy led by Moncombe in the Bay of Bengal and the shame of losing soldiers and generals and sinking countless ships has not been cleared up yet. How could Zhou Yu die? Without Zhou Yu, who would lead them to avenge the shame!

After wailing, Cai Mao fell into despair. If this shame in life could not be eliminated, he might as well die. At least a peaceful death would be all over, and he would not be ridiculed as a villain in history books. Why did I, Cai Mao, come back from the Bay of Bengal, train day and night, and live and eat with the soldiers? Wasn't it to fight back?
In the end, he died? How could he die like this?
If you die, what will I do? Who will fight back? Who will lead the brothers to fight back? It can't be me, I will fight against Montcombe?
"Brother, brother!" Cai Zhong and Cai He could not understand Cai Mao's despair at all. Facing the crying Cai Mao, they could only try their best to comfort him, but they didn't know how to persuade him.

"Have the thieves been caught?" Under the persuasion of Cai Zhong and Cai He, Cai Mao tried his best to calm himself down, and then looked at Cai Zhong and Cai He with a ferocious face. Cai Zhong and Cai He had never seen this kind of expression on Cai Mao's face in their entire lives.

"As soon as we received the news, we rushed to find big brother. The follow-up news is still uncertain. Now we can only be sure that the governor was assassinated in the street." Cai Zhong explained quickly.

"Assassination, just assassination? He's not dead! He must not be dead!" Cai Mao asked while grabbing Cai Zhong's collar. This was the last hope.

"Brother, don't get excited, don't get excited." Cai He quickly pulled away Cai Mao, whose eyes were bloodshot. "It was a chaotic time, and the rumor was that the governor had died. We came to you as soon as we received the news. We don't know the exact news."

Cai Mao took a deep breath to suppress his irritability, then selected a team of elite soldiers, arranged the defense of the naval port first, and then followed his two younger brothers from the naval port in Malacca to Ye Diao City. At this time, the dust had settled.

　Silently keeping silent, this month is so miserable

　　(End of this chapter)