Because of this battle, the princes of the Central Plains were afraid of Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu has faintly replaced Yuan Shao and became the number one prince in the world.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Guo Jia also started his own small actions. A long-standing proverb swept the world again.

"Those who represent Han, when Tu Gao!"

Tu, Tongtu, means the word Yuan Shu, highway.

Guo Jia did this to build momentum for Yuan Shu, and by the way, to hit the status of the Han family.

Don't underestimate the power of this proverb. In this ancient world, when information exchange was closed, the power of proverbs was very powerful.

And especially in the current Qin and Han dynasties, the power of proverbs is even more powerful. The academic atmosphere of this era was that "weft studies" were prevalent, and famous and effective proverbs emerged one after another.

The most famous is a proverb from the time of Qin Shi Huang.

"Hu of the Dead Qin!"

For this proverb, Qin Shi Huang has been chasing Hu Renyi and has also built the Great Wall. As a result, I didn't expect that it was his son, Hu Hai, who died in the end.

And after that, "Chu Although Three Households" and what are the proverbs such as "Da Chu Xing, Chen Shengwang", etc., the power of proverbs has been pushed to the peak.

After that, there was a proverb in Wang Mang's period, "Liu Xiu should be the Son of Heaven".

Although it is very likely that Liu Xin, the national teacher at that time (Liu Xin happened to change his name to Liu Xiu at that time), created momentum for himself, but the result happened to run into Liu Xiu, the lowly Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, who ruled the world, became the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and established the Eastern Han Dynasty.

At this point, the proverb is almost unstoppable. In particular, in the Battle of Kunyang, which laid the foundation for Liu Xiu's unification of the world, Liu Xiu led more than 10,000 people to defeat the 420,000 army of Wang Mang's new dynasty, which was known as a million army.

At that time, although Liu Xiu fought bravely, it was only during the strong wind and tiles, the torrential rain, and the surge of water that Liu Xiu won a big victory and laid the victory in one fell swoop.

The so-called Son of Heaven is the son of heaven, and he can naturally get the help of heaven and turn evil into good fortune. This is just verified by Liu Xiu.

And the phrase "those who represent the Han Dynasty should be Tu Gao" came from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and its credibility has increased greatly.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was certainly not so brainless and predicted the demise of his own Han Dynasty. His original words were, "The Han has six or seven misfortunes, and the law should be ordered again, who should be the descendants of the clan?" Six, seven, and forty-two generations of Han, when Tu Gao also. ”

It probably means that the Han Dynasty had six or seven difficulties, and someone in the Security Council was ordered to be in danger, so who among the descendants of the clan could take on this heavy responsibility? After 6742 emperors, the one who can lead the Han Dynasty should be a big man who is not afraid of danger in a dangerous environment.

As a result, as soon as these words came out, they were immediately used by some well-intentioned people and transformed them into a proverb "Han has six or seven misfortunes." Those who represent the Han Dynasty should be Tu Gao. ”

Since Liu Xiu in the Eastern Han Dynasty, there have been just six plus seven, a total of thirteen emperors.

Historically, many princes in the late Han Dynasty desperately relied on this sentence.

For example, Yuan Shu thinks that "Tu" leads to "road", which is his own word, the highway. In addition, he was strong at that time, and he had a jade seal of the country, so he was stupidly called the emperor.

Li Dao also asked a witch for divination at that time, saying that "Tu" is "way". "When the one who paints high" is "que". And "que" is synonymous with "傕", and tall people are also called "傕".

And Cao Pi also borrowed this proverb from the Han Dynasty. Xu Zhi thinks that "when the Tu Gao", "Wei" is also, Wei contemporary Han.

Because the original word "Wei" is actually written as "Wei". Later omitted the word "mountain" above. Moreover, the original meaning of "Wei" is "tall".

Anyway, in the end, it was the Wei Dynasty that replaced the Han, so naturally Xu Zhi's explanation was considered correct.

Guo Jia is now releasing these rumors, naturally to build momentum.

After this battle, Yuan Shu was exposed and secluded at the head of all the princes. In this case, it is useless to keep a low profile, it is better to show your strength and ambition to the people of the world generously.

After all, Yuan Shu at this time was not the original Yuan Shu who was based in Yuzhou and was surrounded by enemies on all sides.

Occupying Jingyang Erzhou, he has a deep foundation, and he is not worthy of anyone at all, even if he is called Emperor Yuan Shu, it is estimated that he can hold on.

After all, the generals under his command are like clouds, and the only one who can beat Yuan Shu is Cao Liu in the Central Plains. As for Tao Qian and Liu Yan, they are just dogs guarding the household. was not taken seriously by Yuan Shu at all.

With the danger of the Yangtze River, if Gan Ning and Cai Mao are put on the river, Yuan Shu, the enemy of the whole world, can hold up. Yuan Shu's current strength is not inferior to that of Wu in history, and even better in some places.

"Fengxiao, do you think it's a bit too hateful for us to do this?"

Yuan Shu can fully imagine how Yuan Shao and the others felt after learning about this rumor. It is estimated that the group of people in Chang'an have already exploded.

Guo Jia smiled slightly: "Lord, now is the time." Now that the Central Plains is a foregone conclusion, if we can't disrupt the world, how can we take Yizhou? ”

"Well, it's going to come sooner or later."

Yuan Shu said solemnly: "How is the plan prepared?" ”

When it came to that plan, even Guo Jia also looked solemn and said cautiously: "Lord, Jia has made all the arrangements. If we don't say we can succeed, even if we fail, we will never let others know that we did it. ”

Yuan Shu nodded with satisfaction, and said gloomily: "The four hundred years of the Great Han Dynasty are still too popular after all, even if they exist in name only, they are still worrying. Dong Zhuo pushed it, but he still didn't do it. ”

"If I want to achieve great things, I have to take this step. Fortunately, Gongsun Zhan is holding the jade seal, and Yuan Shao and Liu Yan are also ready to move, which just gives us the opportunity to fish in troubled waters. Bonghyo, do you think things will really go our way? ”

Guo Jia nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, the lord is sure!" ”

Yuan Shu breathed a sigh of relief, this matter was too big, even he had to be cautious. Just in case, only him, Guo Jia and some of the dead soldiers under Guo Jia's command knew about this matter, and he didn't even tell Tian Feng and others.

It's not a matter of believing it or not, the less people know, the safer. They don't need to be involved in this matter anyway, and it will only be a trouble to know about it.

"What do you think Gongjin should arrange?"

Thinking of those few children, Yuan Shu couldn't help but smile on his face.

I didn't expect these little ghosts to grow up so quickly!

"The lord has already made a decision, hasn't he?"

Guo Jia replied indifferently.

Yuan Shu's attention to these three imps Guo Jia is very clear, and it can be said that he has planned for them from beginning to end.

Let the generals who can handle it all go to teach, and send them to the battlefield for training for a year. All aspects were considered very thoroughly, Guo Jia did not believe that Yuan Shu was indecisive about the next arrangements of these three people.

Picking up the battle report sent by Zhou Yu and the heart of pleading, Yuan Shu smiled and said: "Zhou Yu, Sun Ce, and Yuan Yao, due to the carelessness of the enemy, were suspended for three months, and the army under their command was temporarily handed over to Zhao Yun to command. In addition, in this battle, Zhao Yun was not afraid of danger, turned the tide, and was promoted to General Long Xiang, commanding 10,000 iron cavalry. ”

"Yu Ban and Ling Cao's performance is acceptable, but their ability is slightly insufficient, so they will not be promoted or demoted, and they will continue to serve as captains."