Three Kingdoms: Starting from zero, a wealthy party

Chapter 159 Awakened
"My lord, what should we do now?"

"What to do! We have to clean up the mess in front of us. Han Yang has played the world with his hands. Maybe Sun Ce and Liu Zhang will still be kept in the dark."

"The current enemy is Yuan Shao. To me, what they have done is nothing but small troubles. After I defeat Yuan Shao, I will have the mind to deal with them one by one."

"Cheng Yu, find a craftsman to repair this place immediately. It must be exactly the same as before and cannot be changed. It seems that the northern battlefield will be put on hold for some time. By the way, let me ask you, what is Yuan Shao's reaction these days?"

"Yuan Shao dispatched 10,000+ troops to the Guandu area. It seems that he is determined to fight us to the death."

"I didn't expect him to take it so seriously this time. That's fine. You and I will go to Guandu tomorrow. I will personally command the army to fight Yuan Shao head-on. Things here will be settled as soon as possible."

"Humble job, let's do it."

After Cheng Yu left, Cao Cao looked up at the sky, "It will be winter again in a few days, Han Yang, wait for my army to enter Xiliang."

In Wu County, Zhou Yu came to Sun Ce's mansion non-stop after returning from Xudu.

"My lord, as you expected, there are not many soldiers left in the city of Xudu, and the general will enter the city at last, kill all the soldiers, and leave a big fire for Cao Cao."

"Gongjin, you are the first to do this."

Zhou Yu knelt on the ground and said, "My lord, this matter has nothing to do with me at all. It's all because of my lord's correct order."

"You don't know, in Yangzhou, Zang Ba heard that Xu Du was attacked, so he dispatched troops to evacuate overnight, and my Jiangdong army took back the boundary of Yangzhou. Do you think it was your first effort?"

Zhou Yu raised his head, "My lord, from the humble point of view, we didn't win this matter, but we lost, and it was a crushing defeat."

Sun Ce was very angry when he heard these words, and scolded Zhou Yu: "Gongjin, do you know what you just said? If you don't tell me the cause and effect today, you will just talk nonsense and disturb the morale of the army. I will let you be dealt with by military law before the three armed forces."

"My lord, don't be angry, listen to me slowly. Originally, we and Cao Cao were confronting each other on the territory of Yangzhou. Although the two sides won and lost each other, it was harmless. But since the humble job went to Xiliang and found Han Yang, all this It's all changed."

Sun Ce was pacing back and forth in the room, and when he heard Zhou Yu pause, he turned around and said, "Go on, keep talking."

"After Beizhi came back from Xiliang, he told the lord everything that happened in Xiliang City, and the lord told Gan Ning to withdraw his troops, and the territory of Yangzhou was taken by Cao Cao."

"In Jingzhou, Liu Zhang went crazy and attacked Yiling with all his strength. It was because of his attack that we lost Wancheng."

"With the help of Han Yang, we got news about Cao Cao, attacked Xudu, and took back Yangzhou's territory. But my lord, do the math. After such a series of things happened, we still lost money."

"We lost a city, and that city fell into Cao Cao's hands. That's why the humble official said we lost. And now, my lord doesn't know where we lost, so it's a crushing defeat."

Only then did Sun Ce understand the whole thing. He stepped forward to support Zhou Yu, and said, "Gong Jin, listening to your words is better than studying for ten years. Your words have explained me clearly, and I still think We won, now we look at it, how could we win, we haven't even fully defended our original territory, let alone victory."

"Han Yang is the biggest winner this time! No, it doesn't make sense. Han Yang didn't do anything, firstly, he didn't add more land, secondly, he didn't increase his troops, and he also damaged a lot of money in two sneak attacks. Soldiers and horses, what kind of benefits did he get?"

"My lord, from the humble point of view, the benefits are not necessarily territory or soldiers, there are other things."

"Then tell me, what does this Han Yang want?"

"time."

"Time? What does Gongjin mean by this? Isn't time a lot to everyone?"

"Looking at the whole incident, I believe that only the word time is the most appropriate. My lord, think about it, Han Yang has put in so much effort and done these things, but in the end he got nothing. Talk to him about it However, I also understand some of his personality, and I think that he will not do such a thankless thing."

"So, after all, he has his reasons for doing so many things. It has been almost half a year since he attacked Luoyang day and night."

"In the past six months, none of the princes of the world paid attention to him, and no one paid attention to him. We were all played by him, and we have been acting according to our own ideas, but we don't know that these are all under Han Yang's control. Among them, what he wants is that we are in chaos, and no one pays attention to him, so he can do his own thing quietly."

After listening to Zhou Yu's words, Sun Ce felt that he was far from being Han Yang's opponent, so he sat down on the table and said, "Gong Jin, after listening to you, I really feel that I have lost. Completely lost. I didn't expect Han Yang to be so deliberate. He thought of everything that will happen next step by step. I really am not his opponent."

"My lord, you must not think this way. Once you have this idea, you will really fall into Han Yang's trap." Zhou Yu knelt down in front of Sun Ce again, "My lord, think about it carefully. , so who is the happiest? It must be Han Yang and Cao Cao."

"Han Yang will think, the lord is frightened by him, the lord is afraid of him, the lord has self-knowledge, knows that he can't beat him in tricks, and admits defeat. What about Cao Cao? He will think that the lord is a coward who was just fooled by Han Yang. After playing like this for a while, it became like this, and he won't be afraid that the lord will fight for the world with him in the future."

"So my lord, you have to cheer up now. Since ancient times, those who have achieved great things have come out step by step with blood. My lord is still young, and there is still a long way to go. If you are blinded by such a setback, With that ambition in my heart, I, Zhou Yu, have no choice but to disband all the soldiers, and then go find another master."

"Zhou Yu, you are bold. Do you know what you are talking about? You don't take me seriously at all."

"These words today, even if the lord kills me, I will say it. I just hope that the lord can have the bravery of the old lord and be a real Jiangdong tiger."

"What you said today is that you didn't save me any face. I also know that the words in your heart were all spit out today. If I really don't understand, then my lord's seat will also be lost." It was for nothing."

(End of this chapter)