Liu Qi's messenger came to ask for help and brought news of Liu Biao's illness. When the news reached the Wo Nation, Yang Rui took it very seriously and left it in Junhe Nation. He then immediately returned to the Three Kingdoms Civilization Region.
This was not because Yang Rui was irresponsible. In fact, when they decided to take the ship to Yi Nation and Weizhang Nation, Yang Rui and the others had two plans. One was to rest in Jiapei Nation and intimidate the surrounding forces.
Currently, Yang Rui's army had only moved from Jiapei Nation to Junhe Nation. There was not much distance between them. It was just enough to intimidate and stabilize Wako Uesugi's rear.
When Yang Rui returned to the Three Kingdoms Civilization Region, Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Xun You, Sun Qian, and the others had already provided Yang Rui with two plans.
One plan was to directly intervene with the military and use the conflict between Liu Qi, Cai Mao, and the other nobles to take down the entire Jingzhou.
In the meantime, Yang Rui could use the excuse of helping his eldest son, Liu Qi, to wipe out the remaining Liu Biao's forces and the nobles' forces in Jingzhou.
The other plan was to not directly intervene with the military. Instead, they would learn from Liu Bei in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and secretly support the eldest son Liu Qi. They would even arm the eldest son Liu Qi so that the eldest son and the youngest son would have a big fight. Then, Yang Rui would appear to clean up the mess.
In fact, they had other plans, but they were more roundabout. They could use Gangdong, Sun Jian, and other forces to secretly intervene and then reap the benefits.
However, the feasibility of this plan was not 100%. Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Xun You, Sun Qian, and the others did not have absolute confidence. After all, whether it was Gangdong, Sun Jian, or other forces, they were not ignorant of the situation and would be ordered around. Even if it was through the name of the Han Dynasty, it might not work.
For example, Liu Dan from Shu, they were quite confident. However, their strength was not enough to complete the important task of destroying Jingzhou. This plan was not recommended by Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Xun You, Sun Qian, and the others. The only advantage of this plan was that it made people think that Yang Rui was not the instigator and did not have such big ambitions.
However, with the current situation of the three civilizations, everything was starting to become clear. Whether or not Yang Rui had ambitions, whether or not he was the instigator, and so on, did not matter much.
After Yang Rui learned of the plans of Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Xun You, and Sun Qian, he knew that his subordinates wanted to intervene. Yang Rui himself was more inclined to the first plan of directly intervening.
Compared to Liu Bei, Yang Rui felt that he could not pretend to be a hypocrite. It was better to directly use his unparalleled strength to directly intervene.
Regarding Yang Rui's choice, Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Xun You, Sun Qian, and the others also unanimously agreed. Next was the process of meeting Liu Qi's envoy.
"I understand Governor's intention. I have always heard of Governor's fame but rarely seen. A few days ago, Governor had bravely seized two cities from Sun Jian in Gangdong and defeated the enemy's navy. This Prince has long admired you.
This Prince's long-cherished wish is to help Governor a little. However, the struggle between Governor and the aristocratic families of Jingzhou is an internal matter. If this Prince participates too much, it will inevitably cause misunderstandings. What does Governor want this Prince to do? "
When Yang Rui saw Liu Qi's envoy, he could not simply agree to send troops or intervene. He had to first listen to the other party's opinion. This was a necessary part of negotiations.
If he agreed to this and that, not only would it make the other party feel shallow and doubt his sincerity in participating, it would also make people wonder if he had a special purpose.
The Governor that Yang Rui mentioned was naturally the Governor of Jiangxia, Liu Qi. Because the two had not had any contact and had not met before, Yang Rui only called him by his official position.
"Thank you for your sincerity, King of Donghai. I dare not disappoint King of Donghai. Governor's intention is to be the master of Jingzhou. For this reason, Governor can give Nanyang to King of Donghai as a thank you and promise to cooperate with King of Donghai to take Yuzhou in the future.
In short, the right side of Jiangzhou is under King of Donghai's jurisdiction. Governor will never have any thoughts of encroaching and will cooperate with King of Donghai in all his actions.
Moreover, Governor is willing to form an offensive and defensive alliance with King of Donghai. If Gangdong can be obtained, Governor will only take the left side of Jiangzhou and the rest will belong to King of Donghai. "
Messengers were generally thin-lipped. As soon as Yang Rui opened his mouth, Liu Qi began to report his master's conditions. Moreover, he made it sound as if he was giving Yang Rui a big cake.
This was not the first time that Yang Rui had dealt with this kind of situation. He quickly summed up what Liu Qi had promised, which was nothing more than three major contents.
First, Liu Qi promised to give Yang Rui the land of Nanyang as a thank you. This was Liu Qi's greatest sincerity, at least compared to the other two promises.
Due to various reasons, Liu Biao still controlled part of Nanyang in Jingzhou. Most of it was under the influence of Yang Rui's forces, but it was still Liu Biao's land in name.
Liu Qi wanted to give it away, but in fact, it was just a piece of chicken rib that was tasteless and a pity to throw away. Half of this piece of meat had already entered Yang Rui's mouth.
Secondly, Liu Qi promised to no longer interfere in Yuzhou's affairs and hand over all control of Yuzhou to Yang Rui.
In fact, the other party did not pay anything for this. It was probably because of their different standpoints. Liu Biao had sent troops to Yuzhou several times, but did he gain any advantage? Did Liu Biao think that Jingzhou had any say in Yuzhou?
As for cooperating with Yang Rui to clean up the mess in Yuzhou, it might be a little useful. However, it didn't mean much to Yang Rui whether they cooperated or not. If he wanted to clean up Yuzhou, no one would be able to spare a hand or have the courage to participate.
There was no need to talk about Jingzhou. Sun Jian of Jiangdong had recently been defeated in Jingzhou. Whether it was for the sake of strength or for the sake of standing, it was unlikely that he would easily touch Yuzhou.
Lastly, Liu Qi talked about the matter of dividing Gangdong Sun Jian's territory.
Let's not talk about whether Gangdong's distribution plan was reasonable or not. This was like drawing a big pie. Saying beautiful words, expressing one's attitude, and at the same time, sowing discord.
Yang Rui did not make any preparations to attack Gangdong recently. With the strength of Jingzhou, it was naturally impossible to defeat Gangdong Sun Jian. Therefore, this condition could be ignored.
In fact, with Yang Rui's cautious nature, by the time he attacks Jiangdong, Liu Biao's forces in Jingzhou or even the entire Liu Clan's forces in Jingzhou would no longer exist.
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