Mythical Qin: I, Gao Yao, will never be a eunuch!

Chapter 758: Back at the mansion, there’s so much intrigue!

However, both sides maintained a superficial kindness, but in fact they were all thinking about how to get to the top and how to suppress the other side.

This is actually Gao Yao's problem. Gao Yao has always been thinking about the peace in the backyard. It means that everyone can get closer together and meet each other at a meal. This increases the relationship between family members.

But in fact, this method is not a big deal when Gaoyao's status is not high enough. After all, it is all for Gaoyao. For Gaoyao's status, everyone should do their best, and it can be regarded as helping each other.

But as Gao Yao's status and position improved, his idea became worse. After all, more and more people came to his backyard, and competition naturally began to emerge.

Gao Yao didn't like to waste. Although he lived in a place that was not crowded, he only had a backyard and a garden. He saw them everywhere every day. When Gao Yao was at home, he would visit someone more often and someone less often. This would create a kind of competition.

Gao Yao originally required them to eat together every day to enhance their relationship, but now it has become a place where they are at loggerheads with each other. After all, when both parties dislike each other, forcing them to be together every day will not ease the relationship, but will only intensify the conflict. This is the reality.

Gao Yao's starting point was good, but he took it for granted. After all, this was still ancient times, and people's ideas would change greatly depending on their status and position. This was also a fact.

Moreover, Gao Yao assumed that women in ancient times would be able to accept their husbands having three wives and four concubines, so they would not have too much resentment and would live in harmony with each other. However, the fact was just the opposite, especially after having children. There was competition between them, and there was another layer of relationship, which was the system of burying children alive with the dead.

Since the Shang Dynasty, the system of burying people alive with the dead has been prevalent. This prevalence has not changed until now. Although it has been reduced, it still exists. The cruelty of the system of burying people alive with the dead during the Shang Dynasty was extremely outrageous. All wives, concubines, palace maids, servants, and even some ministers had to be buried alive with the dead.

Although it was weakened during the reign of Qin Shi Huang, that is, concubines other than the biological mother of the successor were no longer required to be buried alive with the emperor, and at most only some guards had to be buried alive with the emperor, it still existed.

If she doesn't fight for that position, she will die and her children will also be affected. Almost all the women who can enter Gao Yao's mansion are stupid. Regardless of whether they want to fight at the beginning, the saying "women are weak but strong as mothers" is not a joke. Gradually, they began to form a competitive relationship.

"Meet the Prime Minister!"

As the guards at the door began to shout, Gao Yao slowly walked into the mansion.

"Meet my husband!"

At this time, Gao Yao's female relatives also greeted Gao Yao as soon as possible, but Gao Yao just waved his hand. Gao Yao now had more important things to do. As soon as he entered the city, Zhang Liang sent someone to report the battle situation to Gao Yao as soon as possible.

Now things on several fronts need to be studied carefully, so Gao Yao specially brought Li Si, Xiao He, and Li Zhao back to the Prime Minister's Mansion when he returned home. Now they were all about business, so Gao Yao didn't take these women's affairs to heart. After all, he had so many things to worry about every day, so Gao Yao naturally couldn't have the mood to care about the expressions of each woman.

After returning to the main hall, Xiao He immediately placed the intelligence on various fronts on the table for Gao Yao to read. Gao Yao looked at the battle reports with a frown, feeling somewhat helpless and angry.

Jiujiang has been calm for the time being. Li You is now in charge of Jiujiang County to prevent King Hengshan from launching another sneak attack. Although King Hengshan's men are no longer able to attack and Wu Rui is still in his hands, he still has to be on guard. Wu Rui's sudden change of attack direction and the massacre of Jiujiang have indeed had a great impact on Gao Yao.

Previously, Gao Yao had always believed that as long as he was strong enough, no one would dare to provoke him. However, it was this blind care that led to the Jiujiang incident. Although Wu Rui's army was defeated, Gao Yao's own losses were also not small. The 30,000 troops originally in Jiujiang County, although most of them were county soldiers, were still gentry. These 30,000 people were almost completely wiped out, with less than 4,000 people left.

Afterwards, he and Li You supported each other one after another. Although they successfully defeated Wu Rui's 100,000-strong army, forcing him to retreat to Nanjun with less than 40,000 remaining soldiers, their own losses still exceeded 6,000. These were all cavalry. Gao Yao would feel distressed even if he lost one, let alone so many.

This does not include the 5,000 civilians who were massacred in the city. If it were really counted, even if this battle was won, it would only be a tragic victory. All this was caused by Gao Yao's overconfidence. Gao Yao naturally had to learn a lesson to avoid such a situation from happening again.

Han Xin had already led a large army into Dongjiao County, and Wei Bao's withdrawal actually helped Han Xin's attack on Dongjiao to a certain extent. Some small warlords in Dongjiao originally hoped that Wei Bao would come forward. Only in this way could they ensure that they had the strength to resist Han Xin's attack. However, Wei Bao suddenly withdrew his troops and refused to help. How could these warlords, who had as few as a few hundred and as many as one or two thousand people, resist Han Xin's army?

Therefore, they surrendered almost immediately. The latest intelligence reported back indicated that Han Xin had completed the cleanup and governance of nearly half of Dongjiao County. He would be able to completely pacify Dongjiao County within a month at the latest. This was the only army that advanced relatively smoothly. This battle had worn out most of Gao Yao's patience. It could be said that many situations had occurred that were completely unexpected.

These situations can be said to be extremely life-threatening. If you are not careful, the losses may be even greater. Thanks to Gao Yao's sufficient logistics and these talents who can stand on their own, it can be considered a narrow escape from danger. If it were only by himself, I am afraid that Gao Yao would not be able to maintain this situation at all.

When Gao Yao saw the battle situation in Hanzhong, he laughed out loud. Then he realized something and threw the situation in Hanzhong to the ground in front of Xiao He, Li Si and Li Zhao.