Chapter 6640: Four-party turmoil

Chapter 6640: Turbulence in All Directions
Although Szegedi already has enough evidence to prove that Zhou Yu was indeed assassinated by their Kushan lone veteran soldier, it is still a question whether Zhu Helai is dead or not. Not to mention that the intelligence from the first round of investigation says that Zhou Yu is dead. In fact, even after verification through secret techniques, Zhu Helai still needs to confirm Zhou Yu's situation repeatedly.

Compared with Chen Xi's casualness on the Han side, the pressure brought by Zhou Yu on the Kushan side was far beyond imagination. The death of Zhou Yu was enough to reverse too many things for the Kushan.

On the other hand, if the news of Zhou Yu's death was false, then given the other party's identity, it is self-evident what kind of fish he wanted to catch.

But even with such danger, from the perspective of the Kushan Empire, they must carefully investigate Zhou Yu's current situation, because this is indeed an opportunity for them.

"Then what should we do next? Once Zhou Yu is really dead, the Han Dynasty will definitely send us an edict, reprimanding us and taking the initiative to tear up the armistice agreement. The things we worried about before are likely to become a reality in the future." Szegedi looked at Zhu Helai with a serious expression and said.

"Compared to Zhou Yu being alive and continuing to dominate the world and put pressure on us, I would rather accept Zhou Yu being assassinated by our lone soldiers, which would put us in a passive position politically, because such a situation will not let us die. The Han army is in a bad situation at best, but Zhou Yu is still alive, and the other side will come after they have recovered." Zhu Helai said calmly, "Quickly check it out. We will use different methods to check it out and finally summarize it for confirmation."

On the other hand, Bankim and others have begun to use some things that have a causal relationship with Zhou Yu to determine Zhou Yu's situation. However, there is nothing to be sure of. On the one hand, Zhou Yu was not a member of their Kushan, and on the other hand, Zhou Yu was indeed dead, regardless of whether he died in an assassination or in the mechanism of deification, but he was dead.

Therefore, the only conclusion that can be drawn from the methods currently used by Bankim and others is that Zhou Yu is indeed dead, and his death was indeed caused by assassination.

"Send someone to the place where Zhou Yu was assassinated in Sumatra to confirm it. This won't work." Bankim repeated it several times and basically confirmed Zhou Yu's life or death. To be honest, if it were someone else, Bankim could have drawn a conclusion at this time, but facing Zhou Yu, Bankim could only say that his morale was boosted at this time, but he still needed to continue to confirm it, in case Zhou Yu faked his death.

When the Kushan Empire began to send capable personnel to determine Zhou Yu's life or death, the Roman Empire also obtained the news of Zhou Yu's assassination through its own channels in the Han Dynasty.

"Ah? Emperor Zhou was assassinated?" Severus was stunned when he looked at the secret report sent by his own intelligence personnel, because it was important news, even though it had nothing to do with Rome, it was sent over urgently.

"How is this possible? No matter how problematic the defense system of that kind of person is, there can't be such a big loophole. What's more, the Han Dynasty's intelligence gathering ability is not weaker than that of the Kushan Empire. If the Kushan Empire really had a plan to assassinate the Zhou emperor, it should have been discovered by the Han Empire as soon as it was launched, and the Zhou emperor would have been informed quickly." Perennis slumped in the chair, and stood up with difficulty to answer.

"If I remember correctly, Emperor Zhou himself also has internal energy out of his body, how could he be assassinated?" Letas looked shocked, "The defense system is composed of elite guards, and the strength of regular internal energy out of their bodies is in their own core area. How is this possible? Besides, the Kushan Empire is not stupid, how could they assassinate Emperor Zhou at this time?"

A group of Roman officers and soldiers were healing from their wounds while expressing their opinions on the matter. Generally speaking, most of them thought that this was a joke, something that was made up from hearsay from nowhere, and that the Roman intelligence system was really terrible.

Anyway, no one believed that a person called the emperor could be assassinated in the street in his own territory. It was simply funny.

"Tell the intelligence department to strengthen management and not send us any groundless news. By the way, Nigel has been letting himself go again recently. It's unbearable." Perennis slumped in the chair. Relying on his own powerful strength and the secret medicine provided by the Roman Empire, he transferred the injuries caused by the immortal gold in his body together to reduce the lethality to himself. Then he asked with some doubts, what is Nigel doing? Why does he believe all the information?

"I also think there is a problem. Is our intelligence system so rotten now?" Su said with some anger, "How dare they send us this kind of unverified intelligence? Let them verify it and give us a clear understanding of the cause and effect of this matter. They can't just send us any intelligence at random. Do you understand? Have you let the intelligence management run wild recently?"

In short, after the Roman Empire received this information, although a number of generals and officers were injured and lying down, generally speaking, this group of people did not think that Zhou Yu would be killed so easily.

From Rome's point of view, not to mention how difficult it was for the Kushan Empire to remotely command the assassination of Zhou Yu while negotiating with them, the mere fact that the Kushan Empire had a plan to assassinate Zhou Yu was ridiculous. They didn't expect it at all. Could they assassinate someone of this level just by wanting to?
The emperor ordered the intelligence department of the Roman Empire to conduct a detailed investigation into the matter, determine the causes and consequences, and not to make any conclusions casually. The people in the intelligence department were very unhappy, but there was nothing they could do. The emperor was right. They really didn't know the causes and consequences. They just received an urgent news that was explosive enough, so they quickly sent it to Severus.

"What if Emperor Zhou is really dead?" The Senate also received the news. After discussion, they all thought that this should be fake news, or that Zhou Yu was indeed stabbed, but they suddenly thought of using a torture trick. However, after everyone had an accurate understanding, Pompeianus asked with some hesitation.

"How is it possible? Think about your guards. Think about you and your guards wandering around Rome. Even if someone wants to assassinate you, do you think they can succeed?" Herodion pointed at Pompeianus unhappily. You are looking down on the empire's guard force and the country's ruling ability over the core areas. What the hell do you want to do by assassinating such a big shot?

Upon hearing this, Pompianus' eyes involuntarily swept towards Caesar who was eating bread on the side. How to say it, what Herodian said was very correct, but there was an ancestor who was a negative example next to him, how could he firmly believe that what these brothers said was correct, maybe these brothers would have a brain drain and capsize!
"Why are you looking at me?" Caesar said to Pompianus very unhappily.

"I was just thinking about the assassination of Emperor Zhou. Although Herodian and Papinian said a lot of reasonable things, standing here, I think that what makes sense is not necessarily correct when it comes to logic." Pompeianus said with a thoughtful look.

"Just tell me I was assassinated, I won't blame you." Caesar said unhappily. Although he was eating cake, he still listened to what he was supposed to hear. After all, it was such a big thing, and the Senate had nothing better to do than discuss it. Could Caesar really not listen to a word?
"That's not the case. It's just that if this is true, we need to make plans early. Although the assassination of Emperor Zhou happened in the far east, the impact it brings is likely to affect the entire world. And if the Kushans can even assassinate Emperor Zhou, we must evaluate their strength." Pompeianus said cautiously.

"Why don't we assign a few people to make a small emergency plan? It's not that we doubt our speculation, but it's simpler. What you said does make sense. No matter how small the possibility is, as long as it affects Rome, we must pay attention to it." Ulpian said righteously, "Okay, leave it to me. I'll take the lead in solving it."

"Okay then." Pompianus thought for a moment and agreed to Ulpian's suggestion. Although he always felt that Ulpian wanted to slack off, it shouldn't be a big problem.

When the Yuan family received the news of Zhou Yu's assassination, it was already a few days late, but it was still early compared to the time when all the forces in the world received the news.

"Block the news first and don't let Sun Bofu know. Let someone here, um, let Chunyu Qiong take people to Southeast Asia to confirm and help the other party stabilize the situation first." Yuan Tan had been maintaining a gloomy expression, and he looked even more solemn at this moment.

Compared with the channels of Kushan and Rome, the Yuan family believed the news about the Han Dynasty that they obtained, even if it sounded incredible. Therefore, when Yuan Tan received the news that Zhou Yu was assassinated, his first reaction was to block the news first and then send people to help stabilize the situation.

Needless to say about the former, Yuan Tan was envious of the relationship between Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, but precisely because of the envy, Yuan Tan knew more clearly what kind of monster Sun Ce would become if Zhou Yu died. To be honest, in Yuan Tan's opinion, it would be better for Sun Ce to die and Zhou Yu to live, at least Zhou Yu would be colder and would not go completely crazy. If Sun Ce was alive and Zhou Yu was dead, the remaining Sun Ce would definitely not be in a rational state.

"Let Zhong Jian take people to express their condolences and see if there is anything we can do to help. We should help as much as possible. Our Yuan family and Sun family are natural allies. No matter how far apart we are or because of our uncle's friendship, we are destined to support each other. At this time, Jiangdong really needs some help from us. Let Zhong Jian take people there." Yuan Tan quickly gave the order to Xun Chen.

Again, Chunyu Qiong's ability may not be very strong, but before the Wuchao incident, Chunyu Qiong was at least a reliable officer, and this guy had very rich qualifications.

Before the fall of the Han Empire, the qualifications of the Eight Schools of Xiyuan were enough for Chunyu Qiong to speak with confidence. As for what happened in Jiangdong this time, instead of sending Xun Chen and others, it would be better to let Chunyu Qiong go there. At least Chunyu Qiong could really convey his message.

You can say that the old general has problems of one kind or another, but his qualifications and connections are still very impressive. With Chunyu Qiong's qualifications, he can at least stand firm and have a say in Jiangdong. Even if he meets people sent from Chang'an, at least he doesn't have to be too humble. This is the advantage brought by qualifications.

"Let's start making arrangements here." Xun Chen said with a gloomy face. The assassination of Zhou Yu made Xun Chen somewhat angry. This kind of anger was the kind of anger that came from feeling sympathy for one's own kind.

On the island of Ceylon, Mengkangbu received the information about Zhou Yu's assassination from his own naval intelligence network at about the same time. Later, the information passed on by Vasudeva I also fell into Mengkangbu's hands. However, unlike other people in Kushan, Mengkangbu firmly believed that Zhou Yu was not dead.

"Stop your fantasies, continue to build Ceylon, and turn the entire island of Ceylon into a fortress." Meng Kangbu shattered the intelligence he received, and then ordered the officers of the Ceci family who also knew the information. Meng Kangbu should treat the news of Zhou Yu's death as a fake death.

"Shouldn't we seize this opportunity to attack? Zhou Yu is dead!" Bebout looked at Moncombu with a look of surprise, "Now that the Han navy has lost its pillar, this is our best chance to take back Malacca, or even Ye Diaoguo."

"Who told you that Zhou Yu was dead? Oh, the intelligence that was sent to you before and shattered by me? Where's the evidence? You are sure that Zhou Yu is dead just based on an intelligence that is hard to tell true or false?" Meng Kangbu looked at Bebuto indifferently and asked, "You just believe this intelligence? You should know that I even received intelligence that I was dead before. This kind of information may not be credible."

Bebto was directly stumped by Moncombe's question. He indeed only considered that their chance would come with Zhou Yu's death, but if he thought about it carefully, it was indeed the information passed down from the front. No one knew the real situation.

"Do your job well and fortify Ceylon as a strategic fulcrum as soon as possible. Don't worry about Zhou Yu for now. You don't really think that a big shot like Zhou Yu can be assassinated so easily." Meng Kangbu sneered and said, "Don't say it's just a piece of intelligence. Even if there is detailed evidence, I won't believe it. This time I only trust my judgment."

The captains of the Sisi family were also thoughtful after hearing this, but they still had some reservations about Montcomb's words. He would not believe it even if there was detailed evidence. Wouldn't he miss the opportunity to fight?

"You don't have to worry about this. Just continue to build Ceylon Island. If Zhou Yu is assassinated, the first one to panic will be Gan Ning opposite me." When Meng Kangbu said this, he couldn't help but think of his life in Minagala Port, but then he suppressed the backlash of this memory.

Meng Kangbu scolded the captains under his command, then drove his warships to Kunwu Kingdom to meet Gan Ning who was stationed there.

Since the two sides signed the armistice agreement, Meng Kangbu and Gan Ning have met much more often than before, and neither side has attacked each other. Meng Kangbu often drives a boat over to look at Gan Ning stationed on the shore. The two sides keep a distance from each other and do not communicate.

However, this time Montcombe sailed the ship very close, and Gan Ning expressionlessly commanded the army to operate the land-based artillery, ready to counterattack at any time.

"Xingba, come and meet me at the sea." Meng Kangbu jumped off the ship, then walked forward by himself, and when he was halfway there he shouted in the direction of Gan Ning. Seeing this, Gan Ning did not hesitate and strode towards Meng Kangbu.

"Isn't this Meng Kangbu? I thought you wouldn't communicate with me anymore." Gan Ning looked at Meng Kangbu with a teasing look on his face, which was a bit shameless. Meng Kangbu seemed to be used to Gan Ning's behavior and looked at him calmly.

"Zhou Yu is dead." Meng Kangbu said slowly after a long while.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Gan Ning, who had not received the news at this time, said to Meng Kangbu with a sneer on his face.

Looking at Gan Ning's expression, Meng Kangbu was indeed sure of some of the news, but even so, Meng Kangbu didn't mind using some false news to shock Gan Ning.

"Believe it or not." Meng Kangbu handed the intelligence collected by the Kushan high-level officials to Gan Ning. Gan Ning took it directly and started to read it in front of Meng Kangbu. The more he read, the more shocked he was. Even though Gan Ning firmly believed that Zhou Yu would not get into trouble, he couldn't help but have some doubts when looking at the detailed intelligence records.

When seeing the final confirmation of Zhou Yu's death, Gan Ning couldn't help but feel a little dry in the mouth. He stared at Meng Kangbu, trying to see something from the other's expression. Fortunately, he and Meng Kangbu were very familiar with each other, and Meng Kangbu's motto of keeping silent, that is, think twice before acting, was taught to him by Professor Gan Ning. So after staring at Meng Kangbu for a while, Gan Ning determined that this was false news.

"Why do you have nothing better than to fabricate false news to deceive me?" Gan Ning looked at Meng Kangbu unhappily.

"No, I just came to you to confirm whether this is fake news." Meng Kangbu waved his hand and Gan Ning's expression immediately turned not so good.

"Humph, I didn't know this news at all." Gan Ning said unhappily.

"That's enough." Meng Kangbu replied with a smile, and then the two of them just watched quietly, until one moment when Meng Kangbu was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly spoke again, "Xingba, I won't hold back next time. Thank you for holding back last time, but next time, you don't have to hold back either."

Gan Ning was silent for a long time as he looked at what Meng Kangbu said when he turned around, and his back which was almost exactly the same as many years ago. He knew that he couldn't hold back, but when it came time to do it, he couldn't help it.

"You're right. We really can't hold back." Gan Ning said softly. However, for the powerful warriors at the Boundary Breaking Level, these tiny sounds were enough for them to hear clearly.

After hearing this, Montcomb paused for a moment, then quickly left after a few jumps. Just like he said, neither side should hold back next time, otherwise it would be torture for both sides.

Gan Ning slowly walked back to the shore, and the soldiers of Kunwu Kingdom quickly surrounded him.

"General, why is Meng Kangbu here?" Hu Hao asked curiously.

By now, most officers and soldiers on the Kunwu Kingdom side knew that Gan Ning and Meng Kangbu had some relationship. It was also because of this relationship that Meng Kangbu had not launched an attack on the coastal Kunwu Kingdom since he occupied Ceylon Island. Instead, he often appeared on the sea with his fleet, as if he wanted to attack, but he had never actually dispatched any troops so far.

Most of the time, Meng Kangbu stood on the bow and quietly watched Gan Ning on the mainland. The two sides did not communicate or take any action, they just watched.

But precisely because of this, the idea of ​​​​the Kunwu Kingdom to completely destroy everything along the coast did not happen in reality. To a certain extent, it was indeed thanks to Gan Ning.

"You are a beast trying to test me with intelligence. You were so conscientious back then, but how come you have become like this now? I really give you credit." Gan Ning had an unhappy look on his face, and then he gave a brief account of the false report released by Meng Kangbu. However, Gan Ning felt a little uneasy while speaking, so he dismissed all the others after he finished speaking and began to think about whether to send someone to confirm the intelligence.

On the other hand, Meng Kangbu began to think about the information sent by Kushan. Gan Ning was completely unaware of this information, which was completely beyond Meng Kangbu's estimation.

Logically speaking, if Zhou Yu was really assassinated, then as the most important backbone of the Han Dynasty navy, and while he was confronting Meng Kangbu, he should have received the news at the first time. The fact that Gan Ning did not receive the news is actually enough to prove that the news of Zhou Yu's assassination was false.

However, considering Zhou Yu's status, his death might bring chaos to the local bureaucratic system, and lead to problems in the transmission of certain intelligence.

"So, Zhou Yu should have been assassinated, but he was faking his death?" Meng Kangbu lowered his head and came to the conclusion based on his own judgment.

[Forget it, I don't care about Zhou Yu. He can do whatever he wants. Anyway, I will never lead the navy to Malacca at this time. I will just build Ceylon Island and create a strategic fulcrum to ensure that we are invincible in a short period of time.] Meng Kangbu thought with some thought, what does it mean to be cautious and prudent? This is what it means to be cautious and prudent.

On the other hand, Gan Ning was confused and arranged capable people to go to Ye Diao Kingdom to investigate. He still trusted Meng Kangbu's intelligence system. Moreover, for such a big thing, even if it was a rumor, there must at least be an event carrier. Therefore, Gan Ning felt it necessary to send people to Ye Diao Kingdom to confirm it first. Even if Meng Kangbu was spreading rumors, at least it was because of something that happened in Ye Diao.

When Gan Ning arranged his elite guards to go to Ye Diaoguo, Ye Diaoguo finally thought of notifying Gan Ning. To be honest, it was thanks to the ceasefire now and the opponent was Meng Kangbu. If it were any other time point and the opponent was the typical one of swift and decisive action, Gan Ning might have been killed by now, and Meng Kangbu might have landed successfully.

"General, this is urgent intelligence from Chang'an." Liu Shang rushed all the way to the camp where Gan Ning was stationed, carrying the urgent intelligence from Chang'an. At this time, Gan Ning had already sent people to Ye Diao, so when Gan Ning received the intelligence, his face looked a little bad. At this juncture, it was really not a good thing.

"Okay, leave the urgent secret report here and you go out first." Gan Ning said very cautiously, and asked Liu Shang to leave the secret report on the table in the tent and start reading it after the other party left.

There was no mention of anything related to Zhou Yu in the entire urgent secret report, but Gan Ning was more or less aware that something might have happened to Zhou Yu, because if nothing had happened to Zhou Yu, he should not have taken over the real seventh-generation ship in any case.

[This is a big problem. Zhou Yu was not really assassinated. This is too ridiculous.] Gan Ning's face was a little ugly. The real seventh-generation ship was a good thing. It was impossible for him to say that he didn't want it. Moreover, Lu Jun had not concealed the news of the sea trial from Gan Ning. The two were really good friends. In the past, the ships built by the Lu family shipyard had to be tested by Gan Ning first, so Gan Ning was also clear about all the parameters.

But in Gan Ning's opinion, the first seventh-generation ship should be given to Zhou Yu. Even though he, as the head of the navy, was nominally of a higher rank than Zhou Yu's Governor-General of the Four Seas and theoretically had the ability to mobilize Zhou Yu, Gan Ning was not the kind of guy who didn't know what was going on. After witnessing Zhou Yu's naval combat capabilities with his own eyes, Gan Ning always had absolute trust in Zhou Yu's abilities.

Therefore, for so many years, Gan Ning never commanded Zhou Yu once. Instead, Zhou Yu commanded Gan Ning from time to time. Gan Ning had no dissatisfaction with this. After all, the navy that had been built up for a hundred years might be destroyed in an hour or two. Therefore, it would be better to let stronger people command this kind of technical force. He could just be an adjutant. There was no need for him to compete for the first or second place in this regard. It was meaningless.

It is precisely for this reason that Gan Ning, who originally had some ideas about the seventh-generation ship, now basically agrees that the first seventh-generation ship was prepared for Zhou Yu.

The Navy Chief agreed, the Governor of the Four Seas had no objection, Liu Bei and Chen Xi were noncommittal, so the ownership of the seventh-generation ship was actually very clear. To be more direct, Zhou Yu was probably just waiting for the seventh-generation ship to be launched, and then paint his own name on it and use it as the flagship.

In this situation, Chang'an suddenly sent a letter saying that the seventh-generation ship would not be given to Zhou Yu, but would be taken over by Gan Ning. Unless Zhou Yu had an incurable disease, the only possibility was that Zhou Yu was assassinated as Meng Kangbu had mentioned before. At the very least, Gan Ning really couldn't think of any other possibility.

"This is really a big deal. Can Zhou Yu be assassinated?" Gan Ning shattered the secret report sent from Chang'an with a complicated expression. Even he had to consider what kind of war would break out next. Although Zhou Yu had a weak presence most of the time, just like the navy, if you lose this thing, you will notice its importance.

"The overall situation may be changing. Meng Kangbu's next move may directly affect the overall situation in South Asia. And if we think about it further..." Gan Ning looked at the map hanging in his tent with a gloomy face. His expression became more and more ugly. Malacca, which they, the Han Dynasty, had taken from the Kushans with great difficulty in the past, would be really difficult to defend this time!

I feel so sleepy that I get up ten minutes earlier in the morning and feel like my whole day is wasted.