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Chapter 866: The Unforeseen Challenge
Chapter 866: The Unforeseen Challenge
September 25th, 2017
The recent events had catapulted Lu HaiKong into the spotlight, overshadowing the other five winners of the 'Monthly Review'.
The so-called 'Three Lists' were nothing compared to Lu HaiKong's extraordinary performance.
Especially Lu HaiKong's meaningful speech at the end had left some people reevaluating the recent events.
Following the 'Monthly Review', Lu HaiKong had been unaware of the task's true nature.
Lu HaiKong himself had not intended to participate in the 'Monthly Review', and only glanced at the task after it was released. He had been entirely focused on defending the Domain of the Outsiders, leaving no time for other matters.
So, when the system prompt popped up, Lu HaiKong was taken aback.
[During the 'Monthly Review' task, you obtained the mysterious mentor's [Grassland Dragon's Rise, Leap to the Ninth Heaven] speech. Your reputation within your domain significantly increased, and you gained 10,000 reputation points.]
[Some mysterious people will come to you in the future.]
"Monthly Review? I didn't participate in this task. What's going on with this system prompt? And who are these mysterious people?"
Lu HaiKong was baffled by the sudden system prompt, as he had not paid attention to the 'Monthly Review' task. He also didn't know how difficult it was to obtain the rewards, and he was unaware of the reasons behind the rewards for the top three.
Lu HaiKong only had a brief glance at the system prompt, then put it aside to focus on the battle at hand.
Lu HaiKong's defense of the city had been ongoing for over a month. After the Black Wind Legion took control of the right side's mysterious stone gate, Lu HaiKong thought everything would soon be over. He estimated that within ten days, the construction of the Domain of the Outsiders would be completed.
However, as time passed, Lu HaiKong realized his initial assessment was too simplistic.
The task was not as easy as he had thought. Within a few days, the mysterious stone gate underwent another change. Besides the initial appearance of elementary terracotta warriors, intermediate-level terracotta warriors started to emerge.
The emergence of these warriors significantly changed the situation. Despite the right side's mysterious stone gate still being blocked, the remaining three sides of the stone gate became much more challenging to defend.
Although Lu HaiKong had been cautious and diligent, the construction of the Domain of the Outsiders was delayed. The estimated ten days for completion seemed to be postponed indefinitely.
This unexpected development left Lu HaiKong with doubts. He doubted whether the system was intentionally making things difficult for him, but his doubts were of no use. If he didn't want to give up, Lu HaiKong could only grit his teeth and persevere.
Fortunately, Lu HaiKong's defending army, though only sixty to seventy thousand strong, had the backing of the Jinzhou Governor, Yuan Hong, supporting him from behind the scenes.
During this time, Yuan Hong had not been idle. He continuously sent various war supplies from Jinzhou to Lu HaiKong, ensuring his survival. If it weren't for Yuan Hong's substantial logistics force, Lu HaiKong would have crumbled long ago.
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Jizhou, Bohai.
While Lu HaiKong was fighting for his life in the Domain of the Outsiders, Yuan Hong, the Bohai Governor, was also having a difficult time in Jizhou.
This person was none other than Yuan Hong, the Bohai Governor. Several years ago, even before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Yuan Hong had already become the Bohai Governor. And over the years, Yuan Hong's influence had expanded throughout Jizhou, almost reaching the point where he could sway the replacement of Jizhou's various county governors. In essence, Jizhou was now under Yuan Hong's control, and he could step forward as the Jizhou Governor whenever he wished.
Yuan Hong's smooth rise could largely be attributed to his prestigious Yuan family background.
With such a powerful backing, Yuan Hong had smoothly expanded his influence in Jizhou.
(End of Chapter 1)
In the beginning, Yuan Hong's status in the Yuan family wasn't particularly high, and his ability to become the Bohai Governor was due to his own outstanding capabilities and the Yuan family's lack of regard for the position of a mere Governor. In their eyes, the Yuan family's talented individuals should be aiming for greater heights in Luoyang.
It was under such circumstances that Yuan Hong, as an Outsider, took up the position of Governor.
After Yuan Hong became the Bohai Governor, he performed exceptionally well, bringing many benefits to the Yuan family. As a result, the Yuan family took a liking to him, and within his sphere of influence, numerous Yuan family members and those loyal to the family were placed.
Yuan Hong, of course, understood the drawbacks of this situation, but he had no choice. Some things were beyond his control, coming directly from the Yuan family.
However, even if he couldn't openly rebel, he could still secretly scheme.
Over the past two years, Yuan Hong had been doing one thing—secretly cultivating his confidants and covertly pulling in those within the Yuan family who were dissatisfied.
Behind Yuan Hong's actions, there was a mastermind guiding him, so over these two years, Yuan Hong's efforts had been quite successful, slowly eroding the Yuan family's influence over his territories like a frog in warm water.
Nowadays, although Yuan Hong couldn't claim to have complete control over his forces, at least he wouldn't face a situation where his Yuan family's influence would be severely damaged if he were to leave. Of course, leaving would still have some impact.
In the 6-9th chapter, there's no mistake about it!
So Yuan Hong originally didn't plan to leave the Yuan family. After all, in the plot of 'The Eighteen Lords Campaign Against Dong Zhuo', Yuan Wei's old man was basically doomed, and as soon as he died, the Yuan family would lose its backbone. At that time, with Yuan family members scattered, Yuan Hong would still have the possibility to gather them, and once he controlled the Yuan family, everything would be fine, completely unnecessary to leave the Yuan family.
But what Yuan Hong didn't expect was that the system would give him a boost at a critical moment.
Originally, when Yuan Shao was in Luoyang serving as a Colonel, Yuan Hong wasn't too concerned about the matter of deposing Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shao's sudden rise to power. Although Dong Zhuo, due to Yuan Shao's powerful backing, didn't directly kill him, he still stripped Yuan Shao of his position.
Who knew that Yuan Shao would leave Luoyang and come to Jizhou?
Upon seeing Yuan Shao's arrival, Yuan Hong instantly realized that something was amiss.
Sure enough, even before Yuan Shao reached Jizhou, the Yuan family had already found Yuan Hong to discuss some work.
What kind of work was there to do? Obviously, it was to have Yuan Hong roll up his sleeves and take over the years of foundation that Yuan Shao had built up.
Yuan Hong, upon hearing this, almost exploded with rage, and was about to turn against the people who came, but the middle-aged scholar beside him stopped him.
Subsequently, Yuan Hong, following the advice of the middle-aged scholar, first settled Yuan Shao in Julu, wanting to buy some time, but who knew that as soon as Yuan Shao settled in Julu, 'Yue Dan Ping' would come out, and as the top-ranked person, Yuan Shao's fame would soar.
Originally, Yuan Hong wasn't too concerned about this situation, but the changes that followed Yuan Shao's arrival completely unsettled him.
Just three days after 'Yue Dan Ping', Yuan Shao had several people come to him, including Wen Youyu, Feng Ji, Xun Zhan, Zhang Nan, Yuan Jin, and Gao Gan.
Seeing this situation, how could Yuan Hong remain calm? If he couldn't find a way to deal with it, who knew what Yuan Shao might do, so Yuan Hong immediately summoned the middle-aged scholar to discuss.
What could be done in this situation? Nothing more than those few ways, either forcefully getting rid of Yuan Shao or pushing him away.
But Yuan Hong couldn't afford to make a move right now, who knew how much protection the system was providing to Yuan Shao, and from the system's recent actions, it was very likely to restore the plot of 'The Eighteen Lords Campaign Against Dong Zhuo', and the system seemed to have the intention of making Yuan Shao the leader of the alliance.
Under such circumstances, the difficulty of taking action against Yuan Shao was significant, and a slight misstep could lead to unforeseen problems.
Based on this reason, what Yuan Hong could think of was to adopt one approach.
After discussing with the middle-aged scholar, on the fourth day after 'Yue Dan Ping', the middle-aged scholar took the pen and wrote the 'Impeachment Memorial'!
With the issuing of the 'Impeachment Memorial', the plot of 'The Eighteen Lords Campaign Against Dong Zhuo' was officially ignited, and at the same time, this approach directly forced Yuan Shao out of Jizhou!
Chapter end
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