Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 151 Lobbying
From Liu Yu's words, Liu Biao still felt his loyalty to the big man, but Liu Biao was very angry when he accused him of empty talk.

"Muzhi didn't check anything, and dared to say that I was just talking and thinking, isn't it too ignorant!"

"Haha... I'm ignorant?" Liu Yu stood up and laughed, then got up and went to Liu Biao's table, dipped in tea and wrote the word "underground palace".

Liu Biao was shocked but still pretended to be calm, so Liu Yu had no choice but to write "grain" and the names of several people, and finally pointed to the place where the emperor had just sat. Now Liu Biao couldn't hold his breath anymore.

He looked at Liu Yu in horror, thinking how did the other party know about the food stored in the underground palace, and how could he know that Xu Rong was with them?
At this time Liu Biao was very worried, he was afraid that this matter had already reached Dong Zhuo's ears, and Liu Biao would not be the only one who was unlucky, and he was afraid that the emperor would suffer along with him.

It was precisely because of this consideration that Liu Yu was not in a hurry to solve the case of the mysterious rich businessman.

Once something happened to the emperor, the Han court would immediately collapse. At that time, there would be disputes among princes and warlords everywhere, and it would be very difficult to reassemble piece by piece.

So in order to avoid this happening, the best way is to persuade them to give up the food in the underground palace outside the city.

It's just that when Hu Zhen was killed, Wang Yue suddenly appeared, which made Liu Yu become suspicious. How could Wang Yue, the emperor's bodyguard, help Hu Zhen to carry out the mission.

For safety reasons, Liu Yu did not dare to mention the matter of grain storage in the underground palace in front of the emperor, because he was afraid that there would be traitors in their small group.

But Liu Biao can be trusted. He is a close branch of the clan. According to historical records, although he was recommended by Dong Zhuo as governor of Jingzhou, he has always been loyal to the emperor and tried to rescue the emperor from Dong Zhuo's control many times.

That's why Liu Yu came to talk to him specially.

When Liu Biao was gone and felt scared, the first thing he did was to get up and patrol the hall, and after making sure that no one else was overhearing, he walked up to Liu Yu carefully.

At this time, Liu Yu smiled and said: "It's not terrible to talk and dream, what is terrible is that some people regard empty talk and fantasy as a magic weapon for victory. Not only will they not be able to defeat the enemy, but it will increase the burden on the big man."

The big man is already on the verge of collapse, and he can no longer bear any mistakes!

Liu Biao had no intention of defending these things at this time, he was more concerned about how Liu Yu discovered the underground palace.

So he tried his best to calm down, pointed to the watermark on his desk that hadn't been completely dried, and asked, "How did Muzhi know about this...Have you ever told others?"

"If you don't want others to know, you have to do nothing! And if I tell others, can you sit here?" Liu Yu kept smiling. He felt that this would help the other party to calm down faster, and it would also help to talk about the future. Down question.

Sure enough, Liu Biao finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, as long as Dong Zhuo hadn't heard about the storage of food in the underground palace, there was still room for maneuver.

"Muzhi didn't inform you, which means you still have a heart for the big man, why don't you come with us to deal with that man!"

Since it was exposed, he simply took the other party to do it together, so Liu Biao simply told Liu Yu a series of things such as buying grain, transporting grain, and storing grain.

Although the wording in the middle is cryptic, it also clearly expresses that he created this turmoil only to deal with Dong Zhuo and revive the big man, and he has no selfish intentions.

But before Liu Yu finished listening, he shook his head vigorously, "I've said it all, you are using the method of hoarding food to deal with Dong Zhuo, it's just empty talk, if you continue, it will only make more people in Luoyang suffer! "

Liu Biao disagreed, and retorted: "If you gain something, you will lose it. It's worth sacrificing the people in Luoyang in exchange for weakening Dong Zhuo's strength!"

Liu Yu disagreed with this fallacy very much. He really wanted to tell Liu Biao the truth that water can ride a boat or capsize it, but judging from the other party's attitude towards the people, he might not listen to it at all.

Liu Biao was also considered a famous scholar at the end of the Han Dynasty, and he was also famous among the people of Jingzhou, but even so, he didn't really love the people like a son. Once he encountered threats or things that benefited his interests, the people would immediately become his tools.

This is not only Liu Biao's idea, but because of the social structure and system, the superiors think in their bones that ordinary people with humble backgrounds should serve them.Some wise people may implement benevolent government to the people after consolidating their own interests, but if they encounter violent rulers, the people will suffer unspeakably!

Since it is not feasible to speak the truth, we have to present the facts.

"You thought that stealing the whole city's grain would make the Xiliang army hungry, but do you know how much grain is still stored in the Niufu army camp?"

Before Liu Biao could speak, Liu Yu stretched out four fingers, "40 shi, enough to feed 15 Xiliang troops for the first half of the year!"

This data was revealed by Niu Fu this morning when he distributed food to Ma Teng, and it is very reliable.

Liu Biao was dumbfounded on the spot when he heard it. Didn’t the court’s official storehouses have long been empty? Even Dong Zhuo has always said that there is a serious shortage of food in the army. How could there be 40 shi of food suddenly?
The Cunning Rabbit's Three Caves, although Dong Zhuo's nickname is a flying bear, he is smarter than a fox in his stomach.

Liu Yu only learned the news from Niu Fu this morning. At that time, he even suspected that the mysterious rich businessman was actually controlled by Dong Zhuo.

But when he thought of hearing the conversation between Liu Biao and others in the underground palace that night, he rejected this idea.

"Half a year will be soon, and Dong Zhuojun will still fall apart if there is no more food by then!" Liu Biao didn't give up, how could his carefully arranged plan fail.

Liu Yu sneered at his stubbornness, "Half a year is too soon, and I'm afraid that there will be no more than [-]% of the people in the city by then, and I believe Dong Zhuo will send troops to open up the grain roads in Chang'an before that. Once the grain in Chang'an is delivered Come on, the Xiliang army will still be intact!"

Hearing this, Liu Biao lost all energy like a deflated ball, and after a long silence, he finally realized the truth.

"This...what to do!"

Using hoarding of food to deal with Dong Zhuo was doomed to fail. This dealt a heavy blow to Liu Biao, so much so that he forgot to report the bad news to the emperor immediately.

It wasn't until he heard Liu Yu's next words that he cheered up again.

I only heard Liu Yu say: "To deal with Dong Zhuo, there is no need to mobilize so many troops. You must know that the best way to dismantle a fortress is to destroy it from the inside!"

"Could it be that Muzhi...has a solution?" Liu Biao raised his head in disbelief, wondering if Liu Yu was also plotting to bring down Dong Zhuo?

"Of course, within ten days I can annihilate Guo Si's army! And killing Guo Si is only the first step in cutting off Dong Zhuo's wings! Next, I need Liu Jingzhou to give up the food in the underground palace, so that I can Continue to the next step!"

Liu Yu didn't say too much, but there was enough information in his words.

Liu Biao had just heard about Guo Si's dispatch of troops, but if he wanted to destroy an army of 5 people, he had to have at least a comparable number of soldiers, but Liu Biao knew that there was no such a force near Luoyang!
Of course, there are also Baibo bandits who claim to have an army of 10,000+, but they are ignored by Liu Biao, because the banditry is too weak, and 10,000+ people can count as [-] to [-] elite soldiers.

In the end, Liu Biao still didn't fully believe Liu Yu's words, but he was willing to wait for ten days. If Guo Si's army was really defeated, he would come to Liu Yu to discuss the future.

(End of this chapter)