When Cai Mao came to surrender, Yang Rui summoned him to Luoyang Imperial City. Although Yang Rui treated him kindly, he did not immediately agree to Cai Mao's request.
This time, Yang Rui summoned Jia Xu. There were some things that he could not say, but Jia Xu could use his special method to make Cai Mao understand.
Reality proved that Yang Rui's decision to call Jia Xu back was correct. On the day Cai Mao met Yang Rui, under Jia Xu's suggestion, he took the initiative to ask for Zhang Xiu and Zhao Yun to enter Xuzhou to help stabilize the people's hearts.
Cai Mao had already steeled his heart to not make an enemy of Yang Rui. At this moment, he was actually very grateful to Jia Xu. This was because there were some things that even he could not think through completely. It was much better to have Jia Xu by his side to remind him.
It must be known that after receiving Yang Rui's' transfer order ', Jia Xu did not express it. Instead, he said that he wanted to help Cai Mao deal with the situation. Cai Mao's gratitude was very normal.
On the second day after Cai Mao arrived in Luoyang Imperial City, Yang Rui had already hinted for him to temporarily return. Jia Xu naturally understood this intention, so he persuaded Cai Mao to return for the time being.
Jia Xu's explanation to Cai Mao was also very accurate. Now was not the best time to accept Liu Cong's surrender. At most, after three to five months, he would definitely be treated with respect.
Yang Rui's concern was still based on the opinions of the people of the world. If he accepted Liu Cong's surrender too quickly, it would inevitably lead to people's guesses that he had played some role in the Jingzhou matter. After all, Liu Cong's rise and fall in the Jingzhou power struggle could be said to be abrupt. It was very difficult for people to not have some bad associations.
However, if he delayed for a while, things would be different. Now that the situation was under control, Yang Rui was not afraid of delaying. He could use this time to achieve true control of the Jingzhou.
Earlier, Yang Rui had hinted for Zhao Yun and Zhang Xiu to enter the Jingzhou with this intention. In name, it was to help Liu Cong gather the Jingzhou territory, but in reality, it was for himself.
After that, Yang Rui would send a few more capable subordinates to Jingzhou. Through the imperial edict, they would gradually occupy the important positions in Jingzhou and stabilize Jingzhou.
Right now, the eyes of everyone in the world were focused on the matters in Jingzhou. It was not convenient to quickly send subordinates over, just like how it was not convenient to immediately accept Cai Mao's surrender.
On the other hand, the affairs of Yuzhou, Changjiang, and Gangdong Sun family also needed to be dealt with urgently. Yang Rui's attention had to be focused on these aspects.
After suffering huge losses, the Gangdong Sun family's emissary immediately came to Luoyang Imperial City. The excuse was that Yang Rui and the Gangdong Sun family had signed a ten-year truce and friendship agreement.
However, this reason was simply untenable. The agreement was first broken outside the stipulated area, which also caused it to lose its effectiveness in advance. This point could be easily explained.
As a result, Yang Rui did not even meet with the Gangdong Sun family's emissary. Instead, he had Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, and Xun You come forward and send the emissary away.
The emissary's reasoning was originally untenable. Sending troops outside was an unethical method. Moreover, Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, and Xun You were all top-notch wise men. No matter what, the emissary would not be able to gain any benefits.
In reality, sending an emissary after suffering a loss on the battlefield was just a way to express one's dissatisfaction. Yang Rui had already done enough for the Gangdong Sun family to receive the emissary and let him express his attitude.
Regardless of how the emissary expressed his dissatisfaction, Yang Rui's two operations were both tenable. Moreover, after the conquest of Jingzhou, the Gangdong Sun family's strength had suffered a huge blow. Even if they could recover, it would be a very long time later.
No matter who it was, in the face of the near annihilation of the navy and the loss of a large number of cavalry elites, they would also face an extremely difficult predicament. The Gangdong Sun family was currently in such a predicament.
Perhaps the only thing worth rejoicing over was that due to the enormous scale of the two naval battles, most of the officers had relied on their own abilities to escape back to the Gangdong, preserving the foundation for the Sun family's strength to recover.
However, there were also officers who hadn't been able to return to the Gangdong. This time, the Gangdong had sent an emissary to Luoyang Imperial City to gather information and confirm whether the two 'lost' officers had already died in battle or been captured by Yang Rui's troops.
Yang Rui's group naturally didn't know of the emissary's intentions. In addition, the Sun family emissary group had already prepared an explanation for this. Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, and Xun You also didn't notice the other party's intentions.
Of course, due to the Sun family's emissary group being excessively careful, paying great attention to the wording and tone of their words, they didn't manage to obtain any information regarding the two officers, let alone any concrete information.
In reality, if Yang Rui knew of the emissary's intentions, he and his troops wouldn't have known whether or not they had captured the two officers.
Due to the large number of captives, they were still in the process of sorting through the captives. Moreover, even after sorting through the captives, they might not be able to find them, just like how Cheng Yu hadn't been able to identify any historical officers in the Japanese civilization.
Yang Rui really didn't consider whether or not there might be a big fish among the captives. This was because the Gangdong officers were usually extremely good at swimming. Furthermore, the two battles had happened on the Xiangshui River and the Yangtze River. Even if the Gangdong officers weren't a match for the enemy, they could still swim to the shore.
Although the game world map had been enlarged by a hundred times, which officer's abilities hadn't been magnified? It wasn't strange for them to swim across a river.
It was normal for Yang Rui to overlook these details. At this time, he was immersed in the results of the Jingzhou strategy. The situation in Jingzhou was not far from being settled. Yuzhou was gradually being taken over and the strength of the Gangdong Sun family was also greatly affected. It could be said that the Jingzhou strategy had solved several of Yang Rui's problems.
Most importantly, through Liu Biao's matter, Yang Rui had verified that the sixty-year agreement could be shortened as the storyline progressed. This gave Yang Rui a pleasant surprise no less than the other matters.
Of course, the two complemented each other. Only by laying a good foundation could the sixty-year agreement be pushed forward as quickly as possible. At the same time, Yang Rui also had the strength to take over the overall situation. Otherwise, everything would be just a flower in the mirror, the moon in the water.
Given the current situation, Yang Rui ordered Taishi Ci and Gan Ning to work together to defend the Yangtze River. The other subordinates and matters were pushed forward in an orderly manner under the planning of Yang Rui and the General Staff Headquarters. Yang Rui finally had time to go to the Japanese civilization.
After arriving at the Japanese civilization, the first thing Yang Rui did was to transfer Fang Lan from the Japanese civilization to the Three Kingdoms civilization area.
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