At dawn.

The smoke of the Ming army's camp was repeated, which gave the empty and lonely military camp a trace of vitality.

After a while, it turned around into early morning, and the military camp was noisy, with the sound of metal clashes between swords, guns, and armor, and the horses began to enjoy breakfast with a snort.

"Ming Gong!"

Gongsun Dufang washed his face, Guo Jia's voice came, and he responded: "Coming?" Let's have breakfast! ”

"Thank you, Ming Gong."

Guo Jia answered, followed behind and went to the dining place, but he didn't listen, only listened and said: "Ming Gong, there is news about the things that I paid attention to before." ”

"Something to keep an eye on?" Gongsun Du was surprised, "What is it?" ”

"It's Hanzhong's business."

Gongsun Du immediately understood, his eyes froze, and he said, "Where did they go?" ”

"Ming Gong, you must not have imagined where they are now?"

"Huh?"

Guo Jia inherited the mantle of Xizhong, and at the same time came from a down-and-out family, with similar habits, and he was not as straightforward as Xun You and other family members of Gongsun Du. So just kidding, Gongsun Du didn't care, but he had a bit of a friend's taste.

"Since you say so......"

Gongsun Du thought for a while and said, "That's definitely not Cao Cao's side, right?" ”

"Well, it's not on Cao Cao's side."

Gongsun Du kept looking at Guo Jia after speaking, but he couldn't see the reason, so he could only continue to guess: "If you say this, Jingzhou should be impossible, otherwise we would have found clues by our people over there." ”

"That's right!"

Guo Jia replied very simply, but it was also too crisp, so that Gongsun Du couldn't see what he was thinking at all.

Gongsun Du didn't give it for nothing, he touched his chin and thought for a while, and suddenly had a peculiar guess in his mind, and said, "You don't want to say that he came under the rule of so-and-so, right?" ”

At this moment, Gongsun Du clearly saw a flash of surprise in Guo Jia's eyes, and said with a smile: "Say, where are they?" Who are they? ”

Guo Jia's face was straight, put away the previous joking posture, and replied: "There are not many people in their group, a total of twenty-eight people!" There are twenty-three Zhang Lu brothers, and there are five members of Yan Pu's family. Now they have been staying at the Yanmen Mayi Yuelai Inn for almost half a month. If it weren't for that, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to find any trace of them for a while. ”

"Such a little person?"

Gongsun Du was so surprised that he couldn't do it, and then said thoughtfully: "No wonder there has been no news, the relationship Zhang Lu only brought his own three brothers, and the Yan Pu family is gone." Aren't you afraid of other people's chills? ”

Guo Jia was speechless and said, "Chilling? To put it mildly, he is actually a lonely man now, so how can he care about the chill or not. ”

"Uh...... That's right! ”

Gongsun Du also felt speechless, it was just nonsense. Then he said, "You said they stayed there for half a month?" ”

Guo Jia nodded and said, "Yes, otherwise I really wouldn't have been able to find them, and I don't know who is so capable that he can hide from Qiao Yanglou's eyes." ”

Gongsun Du subconsciously said: "Yan Pu! ”

"Him?" Guo Jia was puzzled, "Will Zhang Lu listen to him?" ”

"Of course!"

Gongsun Du saw his face full of disbelief and said, "Do you want to make a bet?" ”

"What bet?"

After Guo Jia finished speaking, he reacted immediately and said busily: "No, how can you bet on this, absolutely not!" ”

A trace of regret flashed in Gongsun Du's eyes, and he said, "Okay, if you don't want to gamble, forget it." ”

Guo Jia saw the regretful color, and only felt a chill on his neck, but he was still curious: "Can Ming Gong tell me why?" ”

"Eat first!"

Gongsun Du was about to speak, but when he happened to be at the place to eat, he skipped the topic for the time being and took the rice bowl first. Guo Jia was very calm, nodded, and followed the meal and ate it.

Soon, breakfast was served, and Gongsun Du said: "Actually, Zhang Lu was able to control Hanzhong before, and Yan Pu's credit even exceeded that of Zhang Lu. ”

"This ...... As the leader of the Five Doumi Sect, didn't Zhang Lu already completely control Hanzhong? Guo Jia's understanding of Hanzhong comes from the news of Qiao Yanglou, how can he compare to Gongsun Du, a "descendant".

"Do you think that if you really rely on something to teach, you can really completely control a huge Hanzhong? Don't forget the previous Zhang Jiao, but he is much more powerful than Zhang Lu! ”

Guo Jia was speechless.

Gongsun Du continued: "So, if it weren't for Yan Pu's help, plus the problems of Liu Yan and Liu Zhang's father and son, Zhang Lu would really not be able to sit firmly in Hanzhong." But ......"

Frowning, Gongsun Du said: "Zhang Lu and his entourage want to hide their traces from Bingzhou to Zhuo County, I'm afraid it is also Yan Pu's doing, it stands to reason that with his ability, even if he stays in Mayi for half a month, it is impossible to expose his whereabouts, let alone live in Yuelai Inn all the time!" Isn't that weird? ”

"Fengxiao, did you say he did it on purpose?"

Guo Jia didn't pay attention to this problem at first, but now that he heard Gongsun Du mention it, he had such a high evaluation of Yan Pu, just thinking about it, he also felt suspicious.

"Ming Gong, could it be that there is a disagreement between them?"

"Disagreement? You mean? When Gongsun Du heard this, he also had some thoughts.

Guo Jia said confidently: "Since Ming Gong thinks so highly of this Yan Pu, I think it should be a person who really has the ability, even if it is not as powerful as Ming Gong said, but seventy or eighty percent should have." ”

Gongsun Du nodded, and did not refute.

Seeing this, Guo Jia became more and more affirmative, and continued: "That being the case, when Zhang Lu left Hanzhong, the first choice should be Cao Cao, but Yan Pu's advice to him was to go north and take refuge in Ming Gong. Only in this way can it be explained why Zhang Lu and his entourage went to Ming Gong's territory and had to cover up their whereabouts, probably in order to leave a way back. ”

Gongsun Du thought about it, nodded and agreed with this statement.

"This time to the south, Ming Gong began to transfer troops a month ago, although hidden, but so many people moved, it is impossible to completely cover up, it must be Yan Pu to see the problem, and then mention it to Zhang Lu, Zhang Lu is worried that Ming Gong is not Cao Cao's opponent, to be precise, not the opponent of Cao Sun's coalition army, so he temporarily extinguished the idea of going to Zhuo County, and temporarily stayed in Mayi to wait and see."

When Gongsun Du heard this, he said: "Then, Yan Pu felt that this was not appropriate, so he exposed his whereabouts without a trace, thinking that he also knew that if he could gain a foothold in this troubled world, he must have other means. It's just to avoid Zhang Lu's suspicions, and then it dragged on for half a month. ”

"Ming Gong is discerning, and his subordinates admire!" Guo Jia exclaimed.

Gongsun Du glanced at him and said disdainfully: "If you want to be a sycophant, you have to be sincere!" ”

Guo Jia smiled and didn't explain.

Gongsun Du didn't say much, and said instead: "How long do you think it will take to win the white horse?" ”

Guo Jia frowned when he heard this, and said: "It's easy to take down the white horse, but the weirdness of Cao Jun yesterday made Jia worry that Cao Cao had other plans." ”

Gongsun Du also frowned, and said, "In this way, we have to remind all localities to strengthen their vigilance." However, Feng Xiao, where do you think Cao Cao will make a fuss? ”

Although Guo Jia still had no clue after thinking about it last night, he also had some thoughts, and even said: "After yesterday's temptation, I think Cao Cao has understood that it is completely impossible to confront us head-on. In this way, there is only another way, which is nothing more than sneak attack, lure, and so on. ”

Sneak attack?

Gongsun Du didn't care about anything else, but he was wary of these two words.

Counting it up, White Horse was the beginning of the Battle of Guandu before, and it was also the key battle between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, but now it was replaced by him and Cao Cao.

The key to the battle of Guandu, needless to say, we all know that it was the sneak attack of Wuchao, which led to the burning of grain and grass, and the discouragement of Yuan's army, which led to the later defeat and reversed the tide of the war.

"Summons the order to Fu Zhi, let him personally take charge of the supply of grain and grass."

"Ming Gong, wouldn't this be too ......" Guo Jia was shocked when he heard this.

Gongsun Du ignored him, thought about it, and said: "In addition, let Zhang He come to Liyang, let him listen to the orders of Fu Zhi, and be sure to ensure the safety of grain and grass." ”

Guo Jia didn't respond immediately, and said puzzledly: "Is Ming Gong worried that Cao Jun will attack the grain road?" ”

"That's right!"

"But Cao Cao also bought sweet potatoes and other things, so he shouldn't know that even if a batch of grain and grass is destroyed, it will not affect the battle situation, and there will still be grain and grass sent."

"You also said that it was delivered, not right away." Gongsun Du shook his head and said, "If Cao Cao cuts off our food supply at a critical moment, and then sneaks up and so on, do you think it will have no impact on the battle situation?" ”

"You must know that we have 300,000 troops on this expedition, and most of them are cavalry troops, and the consumption of grain and grass is astronomical, how can it be so easy to destroy a batch?"

Guo Jia was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Duke Ming, this is the fault of his subordinates, he almost suffered a big defeat due to a small mistake, and please punish Duke Ming!" ”

Gongsun Du helped Guo Jia up and said, "You also said that it was a small mistake, how can I punish you for this!" ”

Before Guo Jia could speak, Gongsun Du said again: "Besides, these haven't happened yet, how can you be punished because of what hasn't happened yet, so who will dare to serve someone in the future, right?" ”

Guo Jia was speechless, but he still had a guilty face.

Seeing this, Gongsun Du had no choice but to say: "If you really feel that you can't go, then serve a certain person in the future, if this still doesn't work, then why don't you just don't give you a salary in the future, and do something for nothing, how about it?" ”

"Then what's the matter, wouldn't you starve to death without Yu Lujia? No, it's a no-no. ”

Guo Jia immediately shook his head and said: "But if you don't punish Jia, you don't want to go in my heart, do you want to punish it for a year?" No, it's been too long, or ...... Half? No, three months, yes, just three months! ”

Gongsun Du looked at him talking to himself, and couldn't help but be speechless for a while, and when he heard the end, he was even more angry: "Three months? Look at the beautiful bar you can't forget every month! ”

Guo Jia couldn't respond, and kept shaking his head and said: "How is this possible, Jia is not that kind of person!" ”。

"Really? Can you give me the wine every month in the future, just a little wine, it's really not enough for me to drink! ”

Dian Wei's sudden interjection made Guo Jia jump to his feet and said: "Then how can it be done, Ming Gong said that everyone can only drink those every month, and it hurts ...... more."