Mythical Three Kingdoms

Chen Xi’s relaxed demeanor made Lub Su sigh inwardly; indeed, at this moment, no one could shake him.

Just like once when Chen Xi jokingly said, ”I like those who can’t stand me yet have to follow my plan,” everyone present looked at Chen Xi speechlessly at that time, but had to admit it was true.

Chen Xi has damaged the interests of aristocratic families more than once or twice; you could even say that aristocratic families that haven’t listened to Chen Xi’s commands are almost wiped out. Under normal circumstances, the aristocratic families should have fought desperately against Chen Xi long ago.

The irony is that even now, those families who are displeased with Chen Xi have no choice but to follow his command, and no one can do anything to him.

”I feel you will eventually exhaust yourself from planning too far ahead,” Lub Su remarked irritably, ”but you are indeed doing a good job.”

”I think I should live longer than you.” Chen Xi casually tossed the dossier to Zhao Yan, who entered carrying a pile of materials, and pointed at the stacks of political documents on the table with a smile, making Lub Su’s face darken.

”Go, go away.” Lub Su said with a darkened face, suddenly realizing that both Chen Xi and Li Youu’s lifestyle attitudes were far better than his.

At this moment, Li Youu returned with several meat pies, looked at Chen Xi still in the political office with some curiosity, and casually handed one to Chen Xi.

”The taste is quite good, but to think you actually have the spare time to buy pies?” Chen Xi took a bite of the meat pie, noticing that the ingredients were ample and naturally pollution-free, so the taste wasn’t bad. Especially since Chen Xi promoted high-quality food preparation, the culinary standards in the Central Plains had greatly improved.

Li Youu distributed pies to Zhao Yan, Wenn Hui, Jiangh Wan, and Lub Su, sat aside himself, glanced at Chen Xi’s words without much response, probably too lazy to answer.

”I’ve already coordinated with Zizhong, all military provisions are prepared, and the delivery date determined. I recommend taking the land route; although slower, it’s safe.” Li Youu said calmly after finishing his pie.

”Does this mean the Northern Huns have already moved south and are heading through Liaoxi and Youbeiping?” Chen Xi asked curiously.

”Whether the Northern Huns have moved south, the frontline knows better than I do, but my expectations are that they likely went through Liaodong or are guarding against it.” Li Youu stated calmly, lacking evidence, but Chen Xi had always trusted Li Youu’s judgment based on past situations.

”Wen Ru, you mean the Northern Huns are already guarding against rear attacks?” Lub Su asked with a frown while breaking his pie.

”If they’ve lost so many times and still don’t guard their rear, the Northern Huns deserve their end. I never belittle my opponents tactically or rely on their foolishness.” Li Youu said with utmost calmness.

”Thus, any family taking the sea route thinking they can settle in Liaodong and Lelang will likely perish there.” Li Youu shrugged, ”Starting from Donglai Port of Qingzhou, the distance to those places is very close, originally an excellent unexpected opportunity, but now...”

Chen Xi looked at the beam above, realizing Donglai port was very close to Liaodong Commandery, and after such extensive route development, even sea ships could reliably travel there; time-wise, it’s two months faster than the land route...

”You should’ve said earlier; many aristocratic families took that path planning attacks like the Champion Marquis, but supposedly the Huns aren’t familiar with the sea route.” Chen Xi said speechlessly to Li Youu, wishing he had said sooner.

”Don’t rely on others’ foolishness for victory.” Li Youu glanced at Chen Xi then looked away, as he wouldn’t have bothered to explain if anyone else had said that.

”Alright then, I think you make sense, and if it were me, I’d deploy a force of three thousand cavalry and over ten thousand infantry outside Liaodong and Lelang ports to massacre once the Han Army lands before they can set up defenses.” Chen Xi said seriously.

”In that case, we should notify each aristocratic family; though we didn’t react in time to the initial situation, we can’t let them continue sending themselves to their deaths.” Lub Su tapped his fingers thoughtfully, ”The aristocratic families didn’t do anything wrong regarding this matter.”

”Indeed, they shouldn’t continue to send themselves to die.” Chen Xi nodded and said, ”By the way, send someone to Donglai and notify the Lul Family; if Duke Zhou leads the navy north, sell the withdrawn warships to him at a low price, and if Duke Zhou doesn’t want to pay, let him sign an IOU.”

”You planned this early on; there’s nothing else for me to handle.” Li Youu nodded upon hearing that, feeling quite satisfied.

”I manage? Just inform Duke Zhou about Liaodong and Lelang’s situation; he can solve it himself. If he can’t, then Central Plains’ third shouldn’t embarrass.” Chen Xi said, rolling his eyes.

”Oh, right, those contraband materials Xiuruo stored in Donglai back then can all be sold cheaply to Zhou Yu; that place isn’t likely to see war again. Xiuruo once planned to lead troops to Liaodong by boat and stockpiled plenty of military supplies.” Chen Xi recalled when Xun Yan served as Prefect of Donglai.

”That’s a good idea; I’ll verify the materials and issue the order to Prefect of Donglai, Hua Yan.” Lub Su also thought it should be disposed of upon considering.

Zhou Yu was unaware that upon departing and just leaving the Yangtze River Mouth, Chen Xi had prepared a grand pitfall for him, and although much material was gifted, the situation Zhou Yu was to face was hardly easy.

”Gongjin, why does your face suddenly look somewhat pale?” Cheng Pu, next to Zhou Yu, noticed his complexion and immediately inquired.

”I always feel I’ve stumbled into something not quite right.” Zhou Yu massaged his temples and said.

”Could it be that Liu Xuande will attack us, disregarding righteousness this time north?” Cheng Pu’s expression became solemn.

”No, Liu Xuande and Chen Zichuan’s nature wouldn’t do such a thing—this feeling is akin to Bofu tossing trouble my way again without care.” Zhou Yu said, troubled, ”But never mind, there’s no problem that can’t be solved.”

Cheng Pu laughed bitterly; Sun Ce dug pits for Zhou Yu to fill plenty, yet credit to Zhou Yu’s extraordinary skills, otherwise there would’ve been many slip-ups.

Just as Zhou Yu intended to say more, a wave shook the fleet, causing the whole convoy to sway. Zhou Yu stopped his chatter swiftly and activated the Cloud Qi Formation to redirect impact, preventing his fleet from capsizing as river boats weren’t fit for sea travel!