"Your Majesty, Nanyang has been unable to be attacked for a long time. Our army has been fighting for a long time and has become exhausted. It will not be easy for us to fight again. I hope your Majesty will think twice!" Yan Xiang persuaded earnestly at the puppet emperor's hall in Runan, Yuzhou.
Since the founding of the dynasty, Yuan Shu's side has never stopped fighting. No matter how rich your family is, you can't continue to lose like this! If you don't recover, just by fighting, your family will be destroyed sooner or later!
Originally, Kuai Tong was ordered by Liu Xiu to come to beg for peace, Yang Hong was bribed, Li Bi tacitly supported it, and the main combatants such as Wang Mang and Jiang Xiaobai were not in the court, so Yuan Shu was stabilized.
However, once the results of the Xiangyang Battle came out, how could Kuai Tong still be interested in staying here and pretending to be cowardly? It was just a delaying tactic in the first place, and they didn't really want to ask for peace or surrender!
Even if he wants to ask for peace or surrender, who is Yuan Shu? He is not a green onion, and it will never be his turn!
Therefore, Kuai Tong decisively found a substitute, and he himself quietly ran away and returned to Jingbei.
When Kuai Tong ran away, Yuan Shu was furious. If you want to sue for peace, sue for peace, and if you want to run away, run away. Do you really regard this place as your own home, and you can do whatever you want?
Yuan Shu said that we must continue to send troops to fight, so that the children of the Liu family know who is their father!
However, Dad Shu wanted to continue fighting, but Yan Xiang did not want to continue like this. The attack on Nanyang had been for so long, but no results had been achieved. Continuing the attack would be nothing but a waste of national power.
It is precisely because of this that Yan Xiang has been pestering Yuan Shu every day for the past two days, trying to persuade Yuan Shu to change his mind. No one has such perseverance!
Speaking of which, Yan Xiang is loyal to Yuan Shu, but Yuan Shu has nothing to say to Yan Xiang. If another person makes Yuan Shu so unhappy every day, try to see if Yuan Shu will give him a good life.
But it was Yan Xiang who often made Yuan Shu unhappy, but Yuan Shu was angry because he was angry. He would not listen to Yan Xiang's advice when he should, and he would scold him when he should, but he would not really do it.
Punish Yan Xiang, and even occasionally reward him.
To be honest, it is not without reason that Yuan Shu can gain the loyalty of Yan Xiang, Pang Juan and other civil and military officials.
"Then the Liu family's child is teasing me like this, how can we just let it go?" Yuan Shu said angrily.
He is the real one, and since Liu Xiu dares to send someone to tease him, he must make the other party pay the price.
"Situ, what do you think?" Yuan Shu asked Li Shui.
Yan Xiang and Li Shui, nine out of ten sentences between these two people have opposite views. Therefore, when Yuan Shu asked Li Shui, he also hoped that he could rely on Li Shui to fight Yan Xiang back. Yuan Shu has used this method many times
, and it works quite well.
In other words, Li Shui had a better future working under Yuan Shu than working under Li Xiang. After only a short time, he had already been promoted to Situ, one of the three princes.
If it were Li Xiang's subordinates, it would probably take most of his life to get to this level! With Li Xiang's competitiveness, it would not be easy to think that it would be Li Shui's turn.
"Your Majesty, I also think it is not appropriate to continue to entangle in Nanyang!" Li Shui thought for a moment and replied.
Naturally, Li Xiang didn't want any princes in the south to dominate or even unify the entire south. However, since Zhu Yuanzhang had already sent troops, Li Xiang would not let him go back again!
Besides, it’s impossible for Zhu Yuanzhang to listen to Li Xiang!
Similarly, Liu Xiu is even less likely to sit back and watch Zhu Yuanzhang swallow up Jingnan, cripple Xiang Yu, and then begin to unify the entire south. After all, he is located in the south, and his own safety is related to Liu Xiu's definitely more urgent than Li Xiang.
Therefore, although it is impossible for Liu Xiu to join forces with Xiang Yu at this time, he will definitely try every means to create obstacles for Zhu Yuan. At this time, Li Xiang wants to give Liu Xiu enough ability to make Liu Xiu
Zhu Yuanzhang added obstacles and stumbling blocks.
At this time, instead of letting Yuan Shu consume Liu Xiu, it is better to hand the chessboard to Zhu Yuanzhang, Liu Xiu, and Xiang Yu, and let the three of them communicate with each other.
After listening to Li Shui's answer, Yan Xiang couldn't help but secretly feel happy. There were not many times when he and Li Shui could think of each other. Most of the time, their views were in a state of tit-for-tat.
Therefore, almost every time when going to court, the court hall will become a "battlefield" for these two people for a short period of time.
Now, Jiang Xiaobai and Wang Mang, the main combatants, are not here, and Pang Juan and Xian Zhen are also leading their own troops. Now Li Shui has also expressed that he cannot continue the fight. Yan Xiang said that this matter is stable.
Among Yuan Shu's forces, aside from the already aggressive military generals faction like Pang Juan, Wang Mang and Jiang Xiaobai were the out-and-out main war faction, even the violent war faction.
In fact, Wang Mang and Jiang Xiaobai were feeling miserable. They originally wanted to be the masters of their own country, but Yuan Shu was determined to play the trick of becoming emperor. Now, they were forced to tie up the family first.
On a boat.
In the final analysis, Yuan Shu's territory is too small, and none of them dare to rebel against Yuan Shu. Otherwise, even if they succeed, it will be difficult for each of them to gain a foothold in this troubled world with the benefits they receive, and it will be difficult to prevent other surrounding princes from being devoured.
If Yuan Shu's power was as big as Li Xiang's, Wang Mang and Jiang Xiaobai would have joined forces to find a way to kill Yuan Shu first, so why bother working for Yuan Shu so hard.
It is precisely because of this that among Yuan Shu's forces, Wang Mang and Jiang Xiaobai have the strongest desire to expand. Anyway, Shu's father is stupid and has a lot of money, so he is not afraid of them wasting it.
"Your Majesty, Nanyang is really difficult to conquer for a while, but Sun Ce's son is surrounded by wolves. If my lord takes action, he will surely gain something! Could it be that my lord has forgotten the grudge that old man Sun Jian had when he invaded the army? Could it be that my lord doesn't want to annihilate the Sun family with his own hands?" Li Shui
He asked with a calm smile.
Compared with Yan Xiang who stated the interests and harms and explained the truth so earnestly, Li Shui was still better at diverting Yuan Shu's hatred.
As long as Yuan Shu's hatred is transferred to other people, there is no need for Yuan Shu to keep staring at Liu Xiu.
"Sun Jian is hateful, and so is the Sun family!" Yuan Shu said through gritted teeth.
The reason why Yuan Shu hated Sun Jian so much also had historical reasons.
When the Yellow Turban Rebellion ended, Sun Jian was assigned to the position of Lu County. The Sun family came from a powerful family and had no background at all, and the location of Lu County was very embarrassing. Therefore, Sun Jian initially relied on Yuan Shu to get through that area.
Difficulties.
But later, the two sides began to fight in order to carve up Yuzhou, and the honeymoon period of both sides ended.
After that, Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, and Sun Jian launched another massive attack. The two sides were completely at odds with each other.
All these things, in Yuan Shu's eyes, Sun Jian was an ungrateful villain who betrayed him!
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