Chapter 341 Liu Yu's Fury
Liu Yu's policies required a stable living environment. It took him three generations to basically assimilate the Hu people, allow them to naturalize into the Han people, make them envy the lives of the Han people, and allow Hu women to marry Han people. In short, every step of this policy created a stable and harmonious living environment.
However, Liu Yu's governance level was not low. The entire Youzhou could be said to have been completely renewed under Liu Yu's governance. In addition to the many means of production passed down from Luoyang, the Youzhou governed by Liu Yu was even a positive number among the Thirteen States.
However, Gongsun Zan's massacre plan destroyed the Han-Hu mixed area that Liu Yu had painstakingly developed.
Gongsun Zan was so powerful in fighting the Hu people. The White Horse Volunteers came and went like the wind, which made the Hu people outside Youzhou feel indescribable fear.
Not to mention meeting Gongsun Zan, even hearing the name of Gongsun Zan would make people shudder, and the mixed area developed by Liu Yu was directly declared bankrupt.
Therefore, Liu Yu hated Gongsun Zan very much. He felt that this reckless man did not understand the policies of his kingly plan at all, so Liu Yu often held Gongsun Zan back.
In particular, Liu Yu controlled the economic lifeline of Youzhou, and his reputation in Youzhou was no less than that of Gongsun Zan. In terms of popularity, the two were basically at a 50-50 level.
So at the beginning when Gongsun Zan returned in defeat, Liu Yu laughed so hard that his teeth were showing, but soon Liu Yu could no longer laugh.
"Asshole! Wasn't Gongsun Zan very capable? How could he lose so miserably and even give up the border counties!" Liu Yu kicked over the table, looking extremely angry.
The furious Liu Yu felt a sense of depression in his heart, "Damn Goryeo! Damn Gongsun Zan!" With a roar, Liu Yu fell backwards. The officials on both sides hurriedly supported Liu Yu and summoned a doctor for treatment.
After some rescue efforts, Liu Yu barely recovered his composure. Fortunately, Liu Yu himself had practiced the six arts of a gentleman well, and he was only angry because of the invasion of Goryeo, so nothing really happened. However, the people under Liu Yu were very panicked.
During the period when Gongsun Zan fell, Liu Yu was the pillar of Youzhou. If Liu Yu fell again, Youzhou would be leaderless.
"Damn Goryeo, they actually dared to invade the great territory of the Han Dynasty. I will personally lead the army to kill them!" Liu Yu was furious. He could not accept the fact that an enemy had invaded Youzhou.
The people under his command felt that if they persuaded Liu Yu, even Gongsun Zan was defeated, wouldn't Liu Yu be courting death if he led the army himself?
After some persuasion, Liu Yu calmed down. He and Gongsun Zan were not on good terms, and he had only heard a lot of the news from hearsay.
However, he was aware of Gongsun Zan's abilities. If he was really defeated head-on, then Goryeo's attack this time should not be underestimated.
"Does anyone have any good ideas?" Liu Yu took a deep breath and asked calmly. He understood that the lord should not raise an army out of anger.
"If General Gongsun Zan has been defeated, we might as well send a message to Luoyang first. Goryeo has raised a million soldiers and Youzhou needs support just in case." Wei You stepped out and said. To be honest, he was not very popular under Liu Yu's command because he tried to reconcile the relationship between Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu, but unfortunately there was no progress.
"Good!" Liu Yu nodded with satisfaction. National affairs could not be left to chance. He was not arrogant enough to be stronger than Gongsun Zan in military affairs.
Liu Yu had nothing much to say about Wei You. If it weren't for his good ability in governing a region and his constant attempts to persuade him not to become an enemy of Gongsun Zan, he would have sent him away long ago.
Liu Yu readily accepted the suggestion put forward by Wei You.
"My lord, I request to lead the army ahead!" Yan Rou, who was standing aside, bowed and stepped forward.
"Is Huiwen confident?" Liu Yu asked when he saw Yan Rou volunteering to fight.
"I will fight to the death! I am willing to defend the enemy for the people of Youzhou!" Yan Rou knelt on one knee and said solemnly. He admired Liu Yu very much and was naturally willing to eliminate Liu Yu's troubles.
"No!" Liu Yu denied it immediately. He knew that there was a huge gap between the abilities of Yan Rou and Xue Rengui, and Yan Rou was determined to die, so he might be in great danger if he went there.
"In this case, my lord, why don't you let me lead the troops to join forces with General Gongsun first? I think General Gongsun's army has not been completely wiped out. If we can unite our forces, I think we should be able to resist the enemy and prevent the people of Youzhou from suffering!"
Yan Rou understood Liu Yu's concerns, so he simply settled for the second best option and used the people of Youzhou, whom Liu Yu cared about the most, as an excuse.
Liu Yu was indeed hesitant. Although he was reluctant to see Yan Rou die, as a senior official, he could not sit idly by and watch the people of Youzhou in danger.
"Report! My lord, General Gongsun is here to visit!" said the guard as he walked into the hall.
"Quick, bring him in!" Liu Yu was overjoyed. It seemed that Gongsun Zan had not reached the end of his rope yet.
Gongsun Zan walked in with a dark face. When he saw the table that was kicked over by Liu Yu, his expression improved a lot.
"Greetings, Governor!" Gongsun Zan bowed to Liu Yu. After all, he was the one who took action against Liu Yu in name only.
"Gongsun Zan, you are such a loser that you can't even defend the border counties. Where is your glory when you killed the Hu people?" Liu Yu was so angry when he looked at Gongsun Zan that he picked up the bamboo slips beside him and smashed them on Gongsun Zan.
Gongsun Zan did not hide. He had already anticipated this when he came. For the sake of the people in the border counties, as long as Liu Yu did not kill him today, he could endure any humiliation he suffered.
"I ask the governor to help the people of Youzhou!" Gongsun Zan took a deep breath to suppress the anger in his heart and said straight to the point.
"It's because of your incompetence that the people in the border counties are displaced!" Liu Yu became even angrier after hearing Gongsun Zan's words, and said while looking directly into Gongsun Zan's eyes.
" Please forgive me . The people in the border counties are still safe. General Xue Rengui's lone army bought us a lot of time. Most of the people are safe. Now that the people are displaced, please help them!"
Gongsun Zan's subordinates Yan Gang, Zou Dan and Guan Jing knelt on the ground and explained that Gongsun Zan's temporary response was already very good, and as his subjects they really couldn't bear to see Gongsun Zan being humiliated.
"I hope the governor will consider the overall situation first!" Gongsun Zan clasped his fists and knelt on one knee.
He really felt guilty, otherwise with his character, how could he be insulted like this by Liu Yu.
He was angry about why he had mobilized the White Horse Volunteers to go outside the Great Wall to wipe out the Hu people. Otherwise, how could such a large-scale military operation of Goryeo escape the detection of the White Horse Volunteers.
"What's the situation like in the war ahead?" Liu Yu suppressed his anger. After all, he put the people first.
"Several cities in the border counties are still there, and Goryeo has not yet completely entered the country, but the people in the border counties have all been moved to the inner counties. If there is no more food and fodder, I'm afraid the people will starve to death!"
