Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 577 Liu Ye's Request for Submission

Zhang Sui dragged a stool over, sat next to Tian Feng, and said with a smile, "I don't want to come either."

"But there are two women in the family, one is pregnant, and the other is still sleeping because of the fatigue during this period."

"I'm bored."

"I just happened to run into something and wanted to ask you, sir, so I came over here."

Tian Feng stopped what he was doing and looked at Zhang Sui.

He was always serious, but now he smiled and shook his head and said, "Young people just have good health."

"All your wives are pregnant."

"The people sent by Lord Ju have passed on the message that Lady Lu is also pregnant."

"Before, Chen Gong asked if he could recruit some ladies from wealthy families for you."

"As a local overlord, you must have offspring."

"I told him that we don't need to worry about this matter."

"You won't stop doing this even if we try to stop you."

Zhang Sui laughed a few times, scratched his face and said, "Sir, please stop bullying me."

"As a man, that's all."

Tian Feng blew his beard and said, "Who is bullying you about this? This is a good thing."

"As long as you don't let these things interfere with your work, who cares?"

Zhang Sui smiled and said, "Don't worry about that, sir. I know what's important and what's not."

Tian Feng poured Zhang Sui a cup of hot tea.

Zhang Sui hurriedly said, "I can do it. You are a gentleman, an elder. How can an elder pour tea for a younger person?"

Tian Feng handed the hot tea to Zhang Sui and said with emotion: "It's enough to just pretend outside."

"In private, there's no need for this."

"You have no parents, so as your husband, I am half a father."

"As a son, you are tired from traveling outside, why are you still so tense in private?"

Zhang Sui hummed, took the tea, took a sip, and then said, "It's like this, sir, I came to you this time to ask about your current situation."

"In the last battle at Xiakou, Sun Ce was seriously injured by me and his life or death is unknown."

"Zhao Yun sent out spies, but they didn't find out any clear information."

"I'll have Zhao Yun continue to send spies to investigate."

"I came back myself and wanted to ask, should we bite the bullet and send troops to conquer Jiangdong first?"

"If Sun Ce is critically ill or even dead, this will be the best time for us to take over Jiangdong."

"As for Shouchun Yuan Shu, I think we can delay it."

Tian Feng also picked up the teacup, took a sip, and paced in front of Zhang Sui, saying, "Don't take any action in Jiangdong for now."

Zhang Sui asked suspiciously, "Why?"

"If Sun Ce is really in critical condition or dead, Jiangdong will be in chaos. If we don't seize the opportunity to take Jiangdong now, it will be much more difficult to wait until they are stable."

Tian Feng stopped and looked at Zhang Sui and said, "Jiangdong is south of the Yangtze River."

Zhang Sui nodded.

Tian Feng said: "There are too few good farmlands south of the Yangtze River."

“The population is therefore small.”

"There is miasma everywhere here, and there are many poisonous insects."

"The people of Baiyue are everywhere."

"The people have been unable to feed themselves for years, so they have turned to banditry."

“That’s why there are so many aristocratic families in Jiangdong, but very few great clans.”

"Otherwise, with Sun Ce's limited military strength, how could he quickly take over Jiangdong?"

Zhang Sui nodded.

Tian Feng continued, "As long as we control Guangling, Lujiang, and Xiakou, we can prevent Jiangdong from going north. Even if we give them another chance, Jiangdong won't be able to do anything."

"Bocheng, your enemy is not Jiangdong."

"Your enemy is Cao Cao." "You must stabilize Hebei, Xuzhou and Huainan before Cao Cao can win over Guanzhong and Liangzhou."

"As you said before, build high walls, store up food, and slowly claim the throne."

"I have discussed with Lord Ju before. In the next two years, we will dispatch some people who can control Jiangdong to take control of Guangling and Lujiang, and even have the ability to assist Xiakou."

"We will use the least amount of troops to fight against Jiangbei."

"Make every effort to develop and prepare to deal with Cao Cao."

"If we take down Cao Cao, we will have enough time to deal with Jiangdong."

"We now occupy the five states of Bing, Ji, You, Qing, and Xu."

"There is also Lujiang."

"We can cultivate far more fertile land than any other prince."

"We don't need to be so eager to expand our territory."

"To be frank, if you, Bocheng, defend the status quo, we will defend these lands to the death. Even if Cao Cao comes, he will not be able to do anything to us."

"However, Cao Cao is too ambitious and has the emperor in his hands."

"If we delay this for too long, we will inevitably have a war in the future."

“We will suffer heavy losses.”

"Moreover, the world has been in chaos for too long, and the people are exhausted. We also need to pacify this chaos as soon as possible for the sake of the people of the world."

Zhang Sui nodded in agreement.

Tian Feng returned to his seat, handed a piece of cloth to Zhang Sui and said, "Don't worry about Jiangdong."

"Madam Du will be giving birth soon. The suppression of the rebellion in Hebei is proceeding in an orderly manner. You are not in a hurry to go back."

"Here is a letter. If you think it's feasible, select a few generals and bring a few thousand men to deal with some bandits first. This will give credit to the soldiers and celebrate the occasion."

“The superior does not compete for merit with the inferior.”

"Don't get directly involved this time."

Zhang Sui took the cloth strip, opened it and took a look.

His brows raised.

There were two letters inside the cloth strip.

One letter was written by Lu Su to his good friend Liu Ye, urging Liu Ye to join Zhang Sui.

Another letter was written by Liu Ye to Zhang Sui, indicating that he would only surrender if he was offered at least the position of Sima of a separate department.

Zhang Sui folded the cloth strip and said to Tian Feng with a smile: "Liu Ye is a relative of the Han Dynasty and a descendant of Emperor Guangwu. He took the initiative to surrender and is also a good friend of Lu Su. The Sima of the other tribes is too wronged."

"Sir, have someone tell Liu Ye that if he surrenders to me, I will make him the military advisor, the same position that Guo Jia held when he surrendered to me."

"As long as he works hard, he will be able to achieve success."

"It's not impossible for him to become a state governor in the future."

"He doesn't have to worry about me being wary of him."

"Just because you are a descendant of a royal family doesn't scare me."

Although Liu Ye was very talented in history and showed extraordinary abilities under Cao Cao, Cao Cao was still very wary of him.

The reason for being on guard is simple: they are worried that he will become the second Liu Bei.

After a pause, Zhang Sui added: "Well, I want to take Shouchun."

"Shouchun City has strong defenses."

"Tell Liu Ye that I will give him the chance to take Shouchun."

"If he can find a way to capture Shouchun, his position as military advisor will be directly promoted to military advisor lieutenant general!"

In history, Liu Ye upgraded the catapult at that time to a thunderbolt chariot, which helped Cao Cao greatly suppress Yuan Shao in the siege of the Battle of Guandu.

However, in history, the strength gap between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao was too great during the Battle of Guandu, so Cao Cao was always at a disadvantage against Yuan Shao.

But now, I am not the Cao Cao during the Battle of Guandu in history, and Yuan Shu is not the Yuan Shao of that time.

Yuan Shu only had Shouchun and its surroundings.

As long as the city wall can be breached, Yuan Shu will definitely be finished!

(End of this chapter)