"You seem to have no fear?"

On the night after Zang Ai left, Xu Shu, who was sleeping with Guo Jia but had no intention of sleeping, finally couldn't help but ask the doubt in his heart. "After all, Zang Xuangao is the real master of this place, right? You are a subordinate who annexed him, and you are a son who coerced him, and you also accused Sang of scolding Huai and humiliating him, so you are not afraid of really angering him? The 40,000 troops on the other side of the river are really here, isn't this battalion just a joke? ”

"You're right, I'm really fearless." Guo Jia, who was lying on the other side of the couch, came back to his senses from the sound of cicadas outside the tent and couldn't help laughing.

"What are you trusting of?"

"It's Zang Xuangao himself!" Guo Jia is calm.

"......" Xu Shu was silent for a long time, and finally opened his mouth with difficulty. I...... I don't understand. ”

"It's normal not to understand, unlike when I was in Qingzhou for a long time, I am really familiar with Zang Xuangao." Guo Jia didn't mean to show off, but gave a simple and direct explanation. "Actually, I won't hide it from you, I thought Zang Xuangao would not oppose before I came, and when I saw him after I came, I immediately reconfirmed that this person would not rebel!"

"Why?"

"Does it do him any good if it is the other way around?" Guo Jia was not in a hurry. "You have also seen him, he has the ability, but the pattern is here...... Although they all seek fame, fortune and power, they are not excessive; has the selfish temperament that a warlord and bandit has cultivated over the years, but he will never cross the line. Such a person has no reason and does not dare to betray Hebei at this critical time. And what's even worse is that if he is really reversed, whether the thing can be done and not mentioned will destroy his Zang Xuangao's foundation in Qingxu for many years, and he will be trustworthy and righteous, why do you say he is against it? However, with his temperament, nine times out of ten, he will cover up those who collude with Zhou Yu, and he must have some self-righteous tacit understanding with a romantic figure like Zhou Gongjin, that's all. ”

Xu Shu was silent again for a while, and then continued to ask: "In this way, is the person who hooked up with Zhou Yu really Zang Ai?" ”

"I guess there's him!" Guo Jia is honest. "This person has been a hostage with Tao Qian for many years, and he almost grew up in Tancheng and Xiapi, so it seems wishful thinking to say that he has no contact with the south...... But it doesn't matter. ”

"How?"

"It's like whether Chang Feng colludes with the Southern Army or not, we have to kill him to establish power, whether Zang Ai colludes with the Southern Army or not, we don't have to and can't kill him." Guo Jia replied slowly. "In fact, it doesn't matter who is a traitor, under the general trend, Chang Feng is not a traitor, and the threat is also the biggest one, so he must be killed; And even if Zang Ai is indeed a traitor, as long as his father will not rebel, what is the point of him colluding with whom? On the contrary, it is forcibly investigated and convicted of killing him, so that it is possible to really force Zang Ba and destroy the overall situation. ”

Xu Shu paused again: "In this way, you didn't want to investigate the mole in the first place?" ”

Guo Jia yawned in response.

"I haven't seen Zang Ai before, so you mean that you already have two doubts in your heart besides Chang Xuan...... What does that mean? Xu Yuanzhi became more and more vigilant. You're planning more than that, aren't you? ”

Guo Fengxiao's snoring gradually rose.

Needless to say, early the next morning, Guo Jia scattered 500 subordinates in the camp and controlled most of the key points, but together with Xu Shu, he calmly took those senior officers in the original Changfeng Department, that is, the so-called Dongguan people with heads and faces, and easily crossed the pontoon bridge, entered Kaiyang City, and saw Zang Ba and the rest of the generals who had been here for a long time, but only did not see Zang Ai.

The two sides greeted outside the official temple, and then sat down, Zang Ba naturally sat on the main seat, Wu Dun, Yin Li, Xiao Jian, Sun Guan, Sun Kang and other generals sat down in the Taiwei chair behind a row of tall feet on the right, but the left row was vacant, so Guo Jia and Xu Shu and a few Dongguan generals sat down directly.

After sitting down, his own armor suddenly appeared and closed the gate of the official temple, and at this point, the topic of the two sides inevitably began with the surprise attack and killing last night.

"I already know everything about yesterday, and nothing else is enough, only to ask Deputy Envoy Guo to make it clear...... What is the crime of Captain Qamdu? Zang Ba, who was sitting in the main seat of the lobby, asked in a deep voice.

"Zang Fujun asks a public question or a private question?" Guo Jia was sitting precariously, looking at each other awe-inspiringly.

"It's a public question that day!" Zang Xuan frowned.

"There is no need to ask." Guo Jia replied loudly. If Zang Fujun and his colleagues have any doubts, according to the law and rules, they can send a letter to Guan Zhendong and Qingzhou to inquire, or simply go to Shangshu Province. If you feel that I am acting wrongly, you can also report it to the Imperial History Tower, or simply give Yan Gong justice to Shuqiu...... But in any case, Zang Fujun is here to inquire today, but he asks for forgiveness for his duties, and he can't answer, and he doesn't want to answer. ”

Zang Ba took a long breath, glanced at the 'brothers and colleagues' on his right hand who were about to be unable to hold back, and had no choice but to continue to look solemn: "Then dare to ask Deputy Envoy Guo, what about asking privately?"

"If you ask privately, your brothers can call me to be filial." Guo Jia said as he smiled, and by the way, he raised his hand to take off the Jinxian crown headband on his head, which represented his status and the identity of a scholar, and threw it on the case in front of him, and then he even took off his leather shoes, and directly stepped on the Taiwei chair barefoot and fell crookedly in the seat. "You said it was a private question! If it is a private question, I will answer it privately, with our friendship of many years of working together, what can I hide from your brothers? ”

Xu Yuanzhi couldn't help but cast a disdainful gaze.

"I want to hear about it."

"This matter is simple...... Guo Fengxiao leaned on the back of the chair, supported his cheek with one hand, pointed to the sky with the other, and scratched his toes on the chair. In fact, I killed Chang Feng yesterday, and it was all my own family affair with the monarchs who were poisoned in the past! To put it bluntly, even I, Guo Jia, am also a well-known hero in the Qingxu area, but I think Chang Feng is a waste, and I have a bad heart and wants to take away his territory! Then thanks to the care of the brothers in Dongguan, now it is natural for me to be the master of Dongguan! It is considered an internal change in Dongguan, and it is none of your business...... Do you think that's the case? ”

In the end, Guo Jia simply turned his head to ask the Dongguan officers who accompanied him on his side, and several officers naturally agreed one after another, and said some nonsense one after another, which made Xu Shu's face twitch.

Zang Ba and several Langya military leaders were stunned for a long time before they came back to their senses, but they were dumbfounded.

"Deputy Envoy Guo wants to join the gang?" Yin Li couldn't help but open his mouth.

"Can't I?" Guo Jia took the case right. "Since the demise of Yuan Shao, I have been in the Qingxu Taishan area, and I can be regarded as a well-known luxury figure in Qingxu. Am I inferior to him in my skills, or am I inferior to him in fame? Or do you have no friendship? On the same day, Yu Poison was brought here by me, and his dog lost his family, didn't you also give him a foothold? I committed suicide and Chang Feng took his place, and I don't need you to divide the territory, why not?! ”

"But it's the deputy envoy of Jing'antai......" Xiao Jian sneered.

"The foot was also Langya Taishou!" Guo Jia joked. "Aren't you also in the gang?"

Xiao Jiandeng was speechless.

In other words, Xiao Jian is different from others. At that time, Tao Qian held Xuzhou, forcing the original Langya Taishou Yin De to resign and return to his hometown, and after that, Dong Zhuo appointed a serious Langya Taishou from Luoyang, which was Xiao Jian. And after this arrived, he found that Langya was divided by Zang Ba and others, and he didn't even have a foothold...... On the contrary, Zang Ba has always been unwilling to do everything, and seeing that he is pitiful, he gave Haiqu (Rizhao) County to this person. After this person settled in Haiqu, he found that the world was full of smoke, and his hometown was difficult to protect, and the center was difficult to protect, but Zang Ba had a better life here, so he simply brought his family from Qingzhou, and ate seafood in Haiqu, and ate it for six or seven years, so that he gradually became one of the heroes with the deepest roots in Langya.

This is exactly the same as Xue Li, the prime minister of Pengcheng who was driven away by Tao Qian and went to the intersection of Guangling, Wu County, and Jiujiang to live a mess! And Xue Li now also happened to surrender after being defeated by Liu Bei and became a lieutenant guarding the mouth of the river...... The so-called old society turned officials into thieves, and the new society turned thieves into officials, and it is by no means a new thing that has been turned over and over again over the years.

At this point, Guo Jia suddenly remembered something, so he took the case again and again against Zang Ba: "Zang Fujun, I remember, I have a saying for gaining a foothold in Langya!" The Nanyang Yin clan of the former Langya Taishou Yin Degong is the benefactor of our Yingchuan Guo clan! At that time, Yin Xiugong, the brother of Yin Degong, had been Yingchuan Taishou, and my brother Guo Tu was promoted by him, and I also studied in the public school run by Yin Xiugong, and I was considered a protégé of the Yin family...... On the origin, Langya should have my inheritance! ”

If it was ordinary, Zang Ba would have laughed angrily because of the other party's nonsense, but the words that Zang Ai came back yesterday were still in his ears, which couldn't help but make him laugh.

"Brothers, you don't have to be angry, and Deputy Envoy Guo doesn't have to mess around." At this moment, Sun Guan, who had always been among the Sun brothers whose prestige in Langya was second only to Zang Ba, suddenly spoke. "Let's close the door, what can't we say? In fact, Deputy Envoy Guo's meaning is already very simple...... In terms of fame, it is not our turn to put the beak in the matter of Chang Xuan; In fact, he has already killed Chang Feng and held 7,000 Dongguan soldiers, so we have nothing to do with him. ”

Guo Jia couldn't help laughing, but he put down his bare feet, and then began to arrange his hair crown.

"However, the meaning of our wait is also very simple." Sun Guan continued to speak slowly. "Please also ask Deputy Envoy Guo not to pretend to be confused anymore. You suddenly came to Langya, and you wanted Brother Zang to gather troops here, and you raided and killed Lao Chang...... It's nothing more than Hebei suspicious of us. In fact, when this big war, Hebei can't say that it's wrong to be suspicious of people like us, but you are so wanton, even people like Lao Chang say kill and kill, so that everyone is in danger, what is the reason? Do you really treat us like lambs? ”

"Then what does General Sun think I should do?" Guo Jia wrapped his hair in a bun and put it on and sat down again.

"We are considerate of Deputy Envoy Guo, and Lao Chang's self-inflicted character is not unclear." Sun Guan continued. "I understand more that with the strength of our mere county, we are not qualified to swing left and right between the two armies...... Otherwise, I wouldn't have asked you to come here to discuss. But please also give us a word today, how can Hebei trust us? Pay protons? Or let Hebei send a military Sima to supervise logistics? There has to be a clear way to draw it, right? ”

Guo Jia squinted at Sun Guan, but slowly shook his head: "None of this is needed...... I just want to ask you, have you thought about the future? After the Great War, how did you deal with yourselves? ”

Sun Guan and the others frowned at each other, even Zang Ba was a little rude.

"Do you mean that you want us to hand over our troops and horses immediately and go to Hebei to relax?" After exchanging glances for a while, Wu Dun couldn't help but speak to each other.

"That's not what I mean." Guo Jia shook his head again. "I have also known you for many years, and I am also clear about your thoughts, although you also know in your hearts that sooner or later the world will be unified, and whether it is Hebei or the Central Plains, no matter which family is powerful, you will not be able to survive for a long time, but the reckless seizure of the locality, this kind of fun, until the last resort, who is willing to let go easily?"

The generals in the hall couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"But if a man has no foresight, he must have near-term worries." Guo Fengxiao continued to speak calmly. "You are here today only to live and be happy, why should you stand in Hebei when the overall situation has been decided in the future? When that day comes, why can't we kill you as easily as you kill you? ”

The atmosphere in the hall was reversed.

However, only Sun Guan was in refreshment: "I understand the meaning of the step!" The meaning of the foot is that we should take the initiative to send troops to the East China Sea and make meritorious contributions, so that not only can Hebei relax and have this merit in the future, but also rely on military merits to base ourselves on Hebei, whether rich or expensive? ! ”

"Not bad!" Guo Jia spread his hands. "What General Sun said is exactly right! You've all arrived in Kaiyang, why don't you continue to follow Yishui south to Tancheng? Moreover, once you reach the front line and start a war with the Southern Army, our doubts in Hebei will naturally disappear, and there is no need to say much about your military exploits in the future...... You must know that when this big battle, the success of the first battle is better than the previous eight years of fighting! ”

Everyone woke up one after another, and then looked at Zang Ba Zang Xuangao, who had not spoken for a long time, with Guo Jia...... In the final analysis, no matter how chaotic the Langya warlord is, the prestige of Zang Ba's co-leader and his own military ability are all here, plus Chang Xuan, who has never been convinced by Zang Ba, is dead, but Zang Ba's position is unshakable.

But Zang Xuangao hesitated for a while.

The more Xiao Jian and the others thought about it, the more they felt right, but they urged again and again, and Sun Guan even held his knife and got up: "Brother Xuangao!" You must understand that today's situation, in general, is either from Hebei or the Central Plains, and there is no other way; Even from the perspective of the situation here in Kaiyang, Deputy Envoy Guo will not give us a chance to hesitate, last night he was able to kill Chang Feng with 500 people and 7,000 Dongguan soldiers, and tomorrow he can kill any of us...... So far, there is no place for hesitation! ”

Zang Ba's heart was shaken, and he couldn't help but look at Guo Jia again.

Guo Jia was not polite when he saw this, but directly raised his sword and got up: "Zang Fujun, I have always wanted to say a personal word to you." ”

"Please."

"You are a righteous person who keeps your promises, so you can become the co-owner of Langya, so you can gain a foothold in the troubled times so far. But righteousness is a thing that keeps changing with the overall situation of the world. "Guo Fengxiao is sincere." Today's righteousness may not be useful when it gets the past, but the righteousness of the past may be a scourge today. ”

"I want to hear about it." Zang Ba also became serious.

"For example, when the world is in turmoil, there is actually no reason in the government and the so-called serious world, at this time, you go up the mountain to be a coward, gather a crowd of security, so that those who can't survive can survive, this is the greatest righteousness in the world!" Guo Jia talked a lot. "And when Dong Zhuo is in trouble, the world is full of heroes, and there are more than 40 separatists for a while, which can be called everywhere to fight and occupy everywhere, and the thief leaders and generals with soldiers and horses in their hands are capricious, today to the left, tomorrow to the right, today to rise, tomorrow to die, at this time, with the position of tens of thousands of soldiers, to be able to keep promises, live up and down, this is the most precious thing in the troubled times, and it is also another foundation for you to stand here!"

Most of the people in the hall bowed their heads.

"However, the general trend is different today." Guo Jia turned around and left the middle of the seat, came to the hall with his sword, and continued to speak. "In other words, the situation in the world is actually very clear, that is, the momentum of my Yangong annexing the world has become unstoppable, and the princes of the Central Plains also have many intentions of integration...... In a word, in the past, people in the world thought about how to seek peace in chaos, but at this time, people in the world thought about how to go from chaos to order; In the past, the righteousness lay in the peace of one party, and today's righteousness lies in the unification of the world; In the past, if all the laws, human feelings, and principles could not be reconciled with the stable side, they would be rebellious and false. And now, too, if someone trusts himself in all kinds of human feelings, truths, and righteousness, but cannot be reconciled with the redetermination of the world, then no matter what kind of virtue and talent this person has, he is just a rebellious person! Zang Fujun, today you can help Hebei to the south, or you can help the Central Plains to the north, these are just positions, no matter what, I don't blame you, but if you pinch the key points of the north and the south, stand still, and wait and see, then no matter what the future holds, you are destined to be just a villain and a thief who rebels against the world! After working hard for half a life, do you want to lose your name in one day? ”

After that, Guo Jia turned his back directly to Zang Ba, stood with his hands in the direction of the door of the lobby, waiting for a reply, but the hall was already silent, even Xu Shu repeatedly opened his mouth, repeatedly speechless.

In this way, after waiting for an unknown amount of time, Zang Bafang slowly got up and left his seat, and bowed to Guo Jia, who had his back to him in front of him, as a courtesy: "Thanks to Deputy Envoy Guo's order today, I suddenly became enlightened!" I have made up my mind, immediately open the treasury, reward the three armies, and then join the whole army to the East China Sea to help Yan Gong redefine the world! ”

The generals on the left and right did not dare to slack off, and they all stood up solemnly and said yes, but Xu Shu was quite embarrassed, and reluctantly got up, but he didn't know who to talk to.

After all, Zang Ba is a first-class famous general in the Qingxu region, since he has made up his mind, he sent troops quickly, on August 22 was persuaded by Guo Jia, on August 23 he swore to sacrifice the flag and reward the whole army, and on August 25 the whole army had already crossed Yishui and marched south.

On the twenty-eighth day of August, the forward Sun Guan came to the only city between Tancheng and Kaiyang, that is, the mound, but he took advantage of the surprise of the soldiers and horses in Xuzhou and directly captured it, which was considered a good luck for the division.

On the first day of the ninth lunar month, the Langya army, with Danyang as the logistics base camp and Yishui as the supply line, easily came to Tancheng and surrounded Zhou Yu and the 10,000 soldiers and horses he hastily gathered in the city.

In this regard, Zhou Gongjin closed the door and strictly guarded it.

But on the third day of the first month of September, something stunned happened, the real elite in the hands of Zhou Gongjin, that is, the more than 10,000 people who had always fought at sea, and theoretically should be stationed in Quxian County (Lianyungang in later generations) to prepare for the Qingzhou Water Army, actually appeared on Yishui with an incredible attitude!

The Xuzhou Navy showed off its might, hundreds of boats and boats were connected before and after, puffing up their sails, covering the sky and the sun, ignoring the Langya camp on the shore, but directly with the assistance of the southeast wind of September Xiaoyangchun, it was easy to go upstream!

The generals of Langya, including Zang Xuangao, a recognized Qingxu famous general, were all cold in their hearts.

Of course it will be cold, because anyone knows what it means...... Their food routes are cut off! Their already empty nest Danyang, including the rest of the generals on both sides of the Yishui River, is also open in front of such a water army! I can't say that the way back behind me is not guaranteed!

It's too late to go back and save it, how can people catch up with such sailing ships?

"You expected that, too?" Xu Yuanzhi, who was standing in the camp with his sword in his hand and watching this scene, couldn't help but taunt Guo Jia beside him, who was also shocked by this scene to the point of speechlessness.

Guo Jia, who came back to his senses, sneered, but couldn't help shaking his head: "The navy crisscrosses the inland river, it is so spectacular, I really didn't expect it!" ”

"Shouldn't you admire people for their scheming and strategizing thousands of miles away? And this decision to smash into the bottom of the family? Xu Shu sneered more and more. The sea boat is slender, but the draft is extremely deep, so only the flood season after the autumn can enter the inland river, and if you want the navy to appear here at this time, it can only be that he has made a decision at the beginning of the previous flood season, and secretly transferred the navy from the Huai River, and then has been hiding behind him, and that is also the time when the Qingzhou rumors appeared...... His people are waiting for you to persuade Zang Ba to go south at this time! Oh, and there is also the southeast wind of Xiaoyang Spring after the September flood season...... After working hard for many days, thinking that you have the overall situation in your hands, in fact, you are being played with by more intelligent people, this is not pleasant, right? ”

"That's not what I mean." Guo Jia turned his head and looked at Xu Shu calmly. "I've guessed this, but I just feel the magnificence of the navy in the interior!"

Xu Shu was slightly stunned, and then laughed again: "Dead duck has a hard mouth!" You can rest assured, when the whole army collapses, although I only have one sword, I will do my best to keep you safe! ”

Guo Jia looked at the other party again for a long time, but finally nodded again and again, and sighed again: "No matter what, Yan Gong is really accurate in seeing people!" Zhou Gongjin used soldiers, the time and place were favorable, and the people were all there, but it was difficult to know that it was like yin, and it was like thunder...... Sure enough, there is a bit of style of Huaiyin Hou! ”

—————I'm such a spectacular dividing line—————

"Chen Song's case, Zhou Yu was born in the Yangtze River and Huai, knew the dangers, went in and out of Peng and Li, had been involved in the waves for a long time, was familiar with the other and me, and was elegant and elegant, and merry and wise. Taizu Yao Opera is the three heroes of Huainan, belonging to the generation of Huaiyin, Liu Bei said that this article is a martial strategy, the hero of ten thousand people, relying on the aspect, how can it be all nonsense? —The Dictionary. Yan. Pei Song's note

PS: Apologies for the daily procrastination......

I read Zang Ba's biography again last night, and found that in addition to the early division of Qingxu, the main exploits and reputation of this guy were actually brushed on the heads of Lu Fan and Han Dang...... It's funny.

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