Chapter 512: Roar of the Crouching Dragon in the Azure Sky
In the third year of Jian'an, the allied forces of Cao and Liu attacked Lu Bu together, but Lu Bu suddenly formed an alliance with Xia Yu and successfully resisted the attack.
After defending himself, Lu Bu issued a notice that he would be incorporated into Xia Yu's forces. From then on, there was no more Wenhou Lu Bu, only the general Lu Bu.
At this point, the entire Xuzhou fell into Xia Yu's hands, making Xia Yu a vassal on par with Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.
Xuzhou is located at the junction of the north and the south, with convenient transportation links. Its geographical location is extremely important and it is an extremely easy attack position to expand territory.
To put it nicely, it is called "a place of strategic importance", but to put it bluntly, it is "a place of four battles".
Because Xuzhou had not yet been occupied by Cao Cao, the famous families in Xuzhou had not been destroyed, and those aristocratic families were still alive and well.
However, Xia Yu would not tolerate them and led his troops directly to their doorstep, and through coercion and inducement, he forced them to pledge their loyalty.
Although it was only a superficial submission, it was enough to just show it. After that, Xia Yu carried out extensive reforms. He gathered the people together, divided them into regions, allocated arable land, and taught them how to use wooden oxen and flowing horses to reclaim wasteland.
Although he is not short of food, the more the better. When the autumn harvest comes next year, the people of Xuzhou will probably worry about having too much food and difficulty storing it.
Because he failed to capture Xuzhou, Liu Bei still had to live under someone else's roof and temporarily rely on Cao Cao.
Cao Cao had no time to pay attention to Xia Yu. After the battle with Lu Bu, Yuan Shao suddenly crossed the river to the south and entered Cao Cao's territory.
Because of the many elixirs looted from Hebei, Yuan Shao led his army to launch surprise attacks on many strongholds, and at one point defeated Cao Cao's army.
During this period, Liu Bei and others were captured by Yuan Shao, who no longer concealed his ambition to dominate the world.
In the fourth year of Jian'an, facing the aggressive Yuan Shao who led the demons, people in Cao Cao's camp kept defecting, causing panic in Cao Cao's camp.
In order to escape from this desperate situation, Cao Cao had to cooperate with Xia Yu. At least Xia Yu did not use elixirs to drive demons and was a trustworthy person.
In the fifth year of Jian'an, because Xia Yu had dealt with the evil Taoist Yu Ji in advance, even if the ambitious Yuan Shao wanted to use the power of the elixir, he could only consume it but not replenish it.
Soon, after using up all the elixirs, Yuan Shao no longer had his previous domineering appearance, and Cao Cao had the final decisive battle with Yuan Shao at Guandu.
Yuan Shao, who was in decline after reaching his peak, was unable to withstand Cao Cao's attack. With no other options left, he took his last elixir and transformed himself into a demon to confront Cao Cao.
After a fierce battle, Yuan Shao was defeated and passed away peacefully in the company of his former friend Cao Cao.
However, before Cao Cao could take over everything from Yuan Shao, Xia Yu suddenly attacked Guandu and defeated Cao Cao who had just defeated Yuan Shao.
Afterwards, Xia Yu ordered Lu Bu to send troops to Luoyang, and Zhao Yun cut off the passage to Yanzhou, so that Cao Cao's territory was instantly divided and could not form a whole.
In addition, Cao Cao was captured and his troops were leaderless, and soon the strongholds occupied by Cao Cao's army rebelled and surrendered one after another.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xia Yu continued to send troops to annex the territories of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, and in one fell swoop gained the position closest to overlord among the princes.
In the seventh year of Jian'an, Xia Yu had conquered almost the entire Central Plains, leaving only a few small princes in the surrounding areas still resisting stubbornly, hoping for a miracle to happen.
However, what made them despair was that the miracle did not happen, but Xia Yu came.
Before long, those remote warlords who had stubbornly resisted were finally conquered by Xia Yu. As for those who refused to surrender, they were naturally wiped out.
Seeing that it was inevitable that Xia Yu would unify the world, Sun Ce would naturally not be unaware of the situation. If they insisted on resisting, it would instead damage the relationship between them and Xia Yu.
Therefore, with Sun Ce's efforts, the Jiangdong clans gave up the idea of controlling Jiangdong and obediently surrendered to Xia Yu.
After all, those who refuse to surrender have already gone to hell. Compared to power, staying alive is more important.
Without those Jiangdong clans causing trouble, the entire Jiangdong became completely stable.
In the ninth year of Jian'an, Xia Yu rebuilt Luoyang and helped those people who were displaced by the Luoyang fire to move back. The people who returned to their hometown cried with joy and voluntarily helped Xia Yu rebuild the Luoyang Imperial Palace.
On the first day of the first lunar month in the tenth year of Jian'an, Xia Yu proclaimed himself emperor in Luoyang and established a new dynasty. The country was named Ming, meaning that all the land illuminated by the sun and the moon is the king's territory, and all people within the four seas are the king's subjects.
On the day he became emperor, Xia Yu took out the imperial seal. As soon as the seal came out, all the princes who had pledged their loyalty to him were speechless.
The imperial seal is of great significance. Xia Yu's possession of the imperial seal means that he is the legitimate emperor. Now, they have to obey even if they are unwilling.
At this point, the Central Plains, which had been in turmoil for decades, finally ushered in true peace, and Xia Yu also lavishly rewarded his ministers.
After everything in the Central Plains was settled, Xia Yu was not idle either. His next goal was to colonize the world.
The world is so big, you have to go out and see it.
When the people in the Central Plains were thriving, people in the Western Regions and other places were not very happy.
Xia Yu sent Liu Bei and others to the Western Regions to inform the countries in the Western Regions that the Han Dynasty had fallen and that the Ming Dynasty now ruled the world.
At the same time, Xia Yu asked Liu, Guan and Zhang to lead troops to force the countries in the Western Regions to submit to the Ming Dynasty and call themselves subjects of the Ming Dynasty. Later, Xia Yu established the Office of the Chief Secretary of the Western Regions in Loulan City.
The Office of the Chief Secretary of the Western Regions was responsible for handling administrative and military affairs in this area, and Liu Bei and others were the main responsible persons.
Xia Yu did not execute Cao Cao either. After all, "a capable minister in a peaceful era and a treacherous hero in a chaotic era" refers to Cao Cao. This shows that Cao Cao also had real strength.
Regarding the arrangement for Cao Cao, Xia Yu appointed Cao Cao as King of Wei and his fiefdom was Fuso. Fuso during this period was still the Yamatai period.
Although it is a bit poor, it is not a deserted place after all.
After receiving the title, Cao Cao immediately led his fleet across the sea to the east, preparing to conquer his fiefdom. Because of the sea chart drawn by Xia Yu, the fleet did not have to grope for the route bit by bit on the sea.
Within a month, Cao Cao led the Ming army to land on Tsushima Island. At that time, Fuso had a large kingdom called "Yamatai Kingdom" in the northeast of Kyushu Island.
There were more than 30 small countries under its jurisdiction. Because the time was a bit early, the ruler at that time was not Queen Himiko.
However, it doesn’t matter who the ruler is. After entering the island, Cao Cao directly led his army to annihilate the army of Yamatai Kingdom and took over the Yamatai Kingdom in one fell swoop.
After conquering the Yamatai Kingdom, Cao Cao used it as logistics to gradually regain his own fiefdom.
At this point, the Ming Dynasty has established a foothold in Fuso. It is estimated that it will not be long before Fuso will become an inseparable territory of the Ming Dynasty since ancient times.
In the Central Plains, foreign wars did not stop. Lu Bu led his army to the grassland and fought a fierce battle with Ma Chao, subduing him with force. Liangzhou was thus successfully conquered.
After that, Xia Yu appointed Lu Bu as the King of Liangzhou, and allowed him to continue expanding his territory, preferably to conquer the entire desert grassland.
The Xianbei tribes were unable to defeat the enemy and had to surrender. Some who were unwilling to surrender had to take the risk and travel a long distance north to migrate to Europe.
Xia Yu then ordered Sun Ce to lead the Jiangdong navy and advance together with Zhao Yun by land and sea to conquer Liaobei and the Korean Peninsula, and named Sun Ce the King of Wu, with North and South Korea as his fief.
At this point, East Asia has been completely incorporated into the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
Not long after, while Liu Bei was still alive and Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were still able to fight, Xia Yu appointed Liu Bei as King of Han and went on a western expedition. The territory conquered during the western expedition became the fiefdom of the King of Han.
After receiving this promise, King Liu Bei of Han excitedly led his two brothers all the way to West Asia. Under the powerful Ming Dynasty, the countries in West Asia had no choice but to submit and become its vassal states.
After West Asia was incorporated into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, Asia had completely become the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
Only after completely unifying Asia did Xia Yu stop his conquest and expansion. It was time to take a break, after all, there was still a tough battle waiting for him.
He is not like those ancient emperors, he knows how big the world is.
According to the original history, during the Three Kingdoms period, the largest country in Europe was the Roman Empire. Although the Roman Empire had passed its most prosperous era at that time, it was slowly declining.
But even in its decline, the Roman Empire was still the most powerful country in Europe.
During this time period, the rest of Europe did not yet have a sufficiently high level of civilization . Among the other races, the Celts were on the verge of collapse, there were fewer records of the Slavs, and only the Germanic tribal system could temporarily resist the Roman attack.
Therefore, there is still a long way to go before the whole world is brought under the rule of the Ming Dynasty.
After expressing his feelings, Xia Yu became content to be a tyrant, indulging himself in a life of wine and women and reveling every night.
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[Dark Soul 1]: Yeah, never mind. I’ll save the entire First Fire into the group first, and then I’ll master it little by little. You can take it yourself when you need it.
[Dark Soul 1]: Remember not to take too much at one time, otherwise the First Fire will use your other powers as firewood to ignite. If you can't control it, deposit it into the group in time. Safety is the most important thing.
[Elden Ring]: First Flame, that's great. If you could get the First Flame before I got the Law of Plenty, I would have burned all the Crimson Corruption in one fire.
[Dark Soul 1]: It’s not too late for you to burn it now.
[Elden Ring]: I already have the Law of Plenty. I would be a fool to burn the Crimson Corruption. Corruption will become nutrients for new life. It is not worth it to burn it.
[Dark Souls III]: What are you complaining about? If we had obtained the First Fire earlier, your corruption, which is the nutrient for the new life, would have disappeared long ago. Then you would have no place to cry.
[Elden Ring]: ...
[Elden Ring]: It's my fault. I shouldn't have made myself miserable.
[Dark Souls III]: Just be self-aware.
[Elden Ring]: You bastard!
[Marvel]: It’s been a while since there have been any new members. Can anyone of you swear to allow new members to join the group?
[NieR: Automata] @ [Dark Souls III]: Come on, it’s time for you to swear again!
[Dark Souls III]: …
[Dark Souls III]: Give me some face, I am the creator god now.
[NieR: Automata]: So?
[Dark Souls III]: Let's change someone. It can't be me every time, right? What kind of weird convention is this?
[Clash of Clans]: Who else could it be if not you? Could it be me?
[Dark Souls III]: No way? You haven't come out for a long time, swear now, it's you.
[Clash of Clans]: What are you swearing? You just said swearing, I don't know what to swear, I can't just say - I swear, if a new person joins the group soon, then a new person will join the group soon.
[Dark Souls III]: What are you doing here?
[Clash of Clans]: I'm just putting it here...
【Xia Yu has joined the chat group! 】
【Xia Yu has joined the chat group! 】
【Clash of Clans】: Ah this...
[Clash of Clans]: This works too.
[Dark Souls III]: Newcomers reveal photos and measurements!
[NieR: Automata]: Behave normally and don’t scare the newcomers away!
[Xia Yu]: What is this? It actually appeared right before my eyes. Who are you?
[Dark Soul III]: Report to your majesty, this was created by the Celestial Master and is called a chat group. We are all cultivators, aiming to become immortals, and we exchange our experiences in cultivation here.
Xia Yu: ...
What is this idiot doing? But this new guy seems a bit strange, let's take a look first.
[Xia Yu]: Oh? So , you are all cultivators? Then you also have the method of immortality?
[Dark Soul III]: That's right, Your Majesty, we all aim to achieve immortality. I'm in urgent need of fifty gold to unfreeze the spirit stones that I've sealed in the cave. You can just send it to me in a red envelope. V me fifty gold, and after I open the cave, I'll teach Your Majesty how to cultivate immortality and make you immortal.
[Xia Yu]: …
[Xia Yu]: Why don't you say you are Qin Shi Huang and let me command the three armies? Why don't you give me 50 gold? Can't you say more? I am the emperor, I will give you 50,000 gold directly!
[Dark Souls III]: Your Majesty is so generous. V me 50,000 gold and I will teach you how to achieve immortality!
[Xia Yu]: …
[Xia Yu]: This guy is an idiot.
[Dark Souls III]: Hey! I lied to you with good intentions, but you didn't believe me?
[NieR: Automata]: So the newbies know what's going on? We were just playing around?
[Xia Yu]: Of course I know. After all, the chat group directly jumps to the group announcement. I am not blind. It is so fresh.
[Dark Souls III]: You know what's going on, so why are you still acting so arrogant? Are you trying to show off?
Luoyang Palace.
Xia Yu was lying on the throne with a lifeless look on his face, and suddenly he became invincible, which would make anyone stunned for a while.
He had just become a tyrant and suddenly joined the chat group. I really didn't know what to say.
This chat group came really late. He had unified the world and became the emperor before the chat group came. But at least it came, which is better than not coming. He thought his plug-in was an unparalleled talent, but he didn't expect it to be a chat group that had been loaded for half his life.
[Xia Yu]: That’s right, I’m just pretending to be cool. I have already unified the world, but I just came to this chat group. It’s really late.
[Marvel]: Wow, another big boss. I didn’t expect that I would become a big boss without relying on the power of the chat group. Big boss, please accept my greetings.
[Xia Yu]: My dear, please stand up.
[DC]: Did we forget something? There were two notifications in the chat group just now. The one talking to us was His Majesty. Where is Xia Yu? Why didn't he come out to chat?
[Xia Yu]: I just went to receive a red envelope from the group, and suddenly I became invincible, so I was a little surprised. I was afraid I was dreaming?
[Xia Yu]: You are not dreaming, I just received it too. Wow, this power is really great. I thought I had to rely on my own hard work to achieve immortality, but I didn’t expect that I could reach the sky in one step.
[Marvel]: Ascend to heaven? Your Majesty, which world are you in? Is it still possible to become an immortal?
