For such a decisive judgment of his own, Guo Peng was slightly surprised by the reason given by Guo Jia.

Guo Jia did not analyze any major strategy, what geographical position, what personnel to dispatch, what grain, grass and military supplies, but focused on Liu Zhang.

Guo Jia said that Liu Zhang was a mediocre and incompetent man, who lacked military ability, was not strong enough in character, and did not have strong control over his subordinates and territories.

Among them, the lack of military ability is the main reason why he cannot be aggressive.

Guo Jia asked Guo Peng to think about it carefully, if the people sent by Liu Zhang to the north really captured Longyou and occupied Liangzhou, what would happen?

The national strength of Shu has soared?

The Trapped Dragon Game Solved?

Liu Zhang's soaring?

Neither.

Judging from the political skill and military ability that Liu Zhang showed after inheriting Liu Yan's position, it was impossible for Liu Zhang to let Pang Xi really attack Liangzhou.

Because in that case, Pang Xi will be 'high in merit and shock the master'!

Meritorious and shocking!

The four big characters were horizontal in front of Guo Peng's eyes, instantly relieving Guo Peng of all his doubts and worries.

He understood.

In a team, it is impossible for the leader to allow someone in his subordinates to surpass him in core competence, which is a universal truth, no matter where and what organization.

As long as it is the number one, it cannot be allowed.

And what era is it now?

The troubled times of the struggle for hegemony.

In troubled times, what is the core competence of the number one?

Military capabilities.

Does Liu Zhang have military capabilities?

The answer is no.

If it weren't for Pang Xi leading the crowd to fight to the death, he would have been killed by Zhao Wei long ago.

Liu Zhang has never embodied the slightest military ability, because he has no military ability.

Can a man without military ability tolerate a subordinate who greatly surpasses him in military ability and makes a great contribution to the expansion of territory?

The universal theorem of the high power of the Lord is about to exert its demonic power here.

Liu Zhang may have been carried away by the victory for a while and supported Pang Xi, but as long as someone next to Liu Zhang asked Liu Zhang to guard against Pang Xi, Liu Zhang would react immediately.

The ass decides the head, and he can't afford not to react.

Pang Xi defeated Zhao Wei and maintained his rule, and he had already made a great contribution, and he conquered Hanzhong and killed Zhang Lu, and made great contribution, and now he wants to attack Liangzhou, which ......

If it really succeeds, Pang Xi himself is the leader of the Dongzhou faction, so his military prestige will be greatly enhanced, and then it will be really difficult to say whether the master of this Shu Kingdom is him Liu Jiyu or Pang Xi.

Can Liu Zhang accept such a situation, or can he calmly deal with such changes?

Guo Jia boldly speculated that Liu Zhang would never tolerate Pang Xi's capture of Longyou, if Pang Xi was defeated, it would be fine, if Pang Xi's war went well, Liu Zhang would use various methods to drag him back and prevent him from succeeding.

The consequences of victory for Liu Zhang were more terrible than the consequences of defeat for Liu Zhang.

With a little weighing, Liu Zhang can easily come to a conclusion.

In the same way, Guo Jia thinks that Liu Biao is the same, don't look at Liu Biao as if he doesn't deal with Guo Peng, and takes the initiative to pull up the Tri-State Alliance, but if he really has a general who can defeat Guo Peng, you see if he panics, you see if he allows it.

Therefore, the only thing worth guarding against is that he has relatively strong military ability, and Sun Ce, who defeated Jiangdong by himself, is not afraid of this, he will definitely personally lead the Northern Expedition, because no one among his subordinates has greater credit than him.

After reading Guo Jia's letter, Guo Peng had calmed down his mentality.

Putting down the bamboo slip in his hand, Guo Peng seriously thought about what Guo Jia wanted to express, and nodded slowly.

Why did the founding emperors like to kill heroes?

It's very simple, either the military ability of the hero is much stronger than his own and is too unsafe, or the military ability of the hero greatly exceeds that of his heir, which is too unsafe.

Han Xin belongs to the first situation, the soldier immortal Han Xin, who uses soldiers like a god, has too strong military ability, and is not very good at being a person, and his emotional intelligence is not high, so that Liu Bang is jealous of him, and he wants to kill Han Xin by all means, so that he can feel at ease.

And Zhu Yuanzhang's choice includes the latter, he himself was born in the army, he has been fighting on the battlefield for many years, and he is the emperor immediately, so he naturally does not worry about these.

But his successors Zhu Biao and Zhu Yunwen are both weak scholars and have no military ability, facing a group of wolf-like veterans, is Zhu Biao and Zhu Yunwen Zhen a place to live?

No matter what the era, military capability is always one of the most important core competencies of the top leader.

A person with strong military ability, unless he is the number one, or the number one has stronger military ability, will inevitably be feared, and it is difficult to say that the end will be good.

Li Yuan and Li Shimin's two generations of emperors will not be like this, because Li Yuan and Li Shimin both have military capabilities, especially Li Shimin, who has stronger military ability, and is very confident in being the emperor's core ability, so he is not worried about being threatened by meritorious generals.

Of course, there are not no exceptions, such as Wanshijun Shi Fen, and Fenyang King Guo Ziyi, but these are all special cases, with their special background and personal ethics, compared to the vast number of killed heroes, it can only be regarded as survivor bias.

In such a situation, Guo Jia would say such a thing, Guo Peng was not surprised.

Because his foundation was brought down by himself with troops, he himself was the first general of the Guo Wei regime, in the early entrepreneurial period, the generals were not famous, and the only one who was feared by outsiders was Guo Peng himself.

Dong Zhuo was afraid of him, and Yuan Shao was also afraid of him, both of them were afraid of him, not a specific general under his command.

Starting from the Battle of the Yellow Turbans, attacking Xianbei, attacking Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun, attacking Karasuma, attacking Dong Zhuo, attacking Yuan Shao, attacking the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, attacking Lu Bu, attacking Yuan Shu, and sweeping away the Southern Xiongnu and Xianbei, all the major wars were carried out under the leadership of Guo Peng.

He is the military core of Guo Wei's camp, and no other general can replace his position, nor can he replace him at all.

Therefore, in his group, the generals of all armies can give full play to their abilities and compete to obtain military exploits in order to become rich, and they do not have to worry, because the highest one in the army is always Guo Peng himself, and he has enough prestige and ability to subdue the generals.

Liu Zhang can't, Liu Biao can't.

If the monarch himself does not have this ability, let alone use people, no matter how bad Liu Bang is, he can lead 100,000 people, and Liu Bei is Liu Ranran, and he will always be the core.

Liu Zhang and Liu Biao are not, their status is not irreplaceable.

In such a situation, it is obvious that maintaining one's own position comes first, and one's own status is not guaranteed, so no matter how strong the power is, it is not one's own.

This is what Guo Jia is trying to say.

It is not a strategy, but an analysis from a human point of view, why Liu Zhang and Liu Biao can never sit big, and they never have to be afraid and worried, because they will limit themselves.

And Sun Ce is different, Sun Ce is also like Guo Peng, relying on military prestige, the past is and the future is also.

Sun Ce is the youngest and has the shortest career, but he is the most threatening.

Guo Jia seriously suggested that Guo Peng should regard Jiangdong as the first priority that needs to be solved, as long as Jiangdong Sun Ce is solved, then Jingzhou and Yizhou will be a dish in Guo Peng's mouth.

No matter how much they unite, no matter how much they try their best, no matter how much they abandon their previous suspicions and cooperate sincerely, they will not succeed.

There is no longer a princely force to threaten Guo Peng.

Guo Jia, as a relative of the Guo family and a confidant, put forward his heartfelt words to Guo Peng, asking Guo Peng to think carefully and not to put too much energy on Kansai.

Instead, turn to the southeast.

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