"Lord, Yuan Shao's trick is played beautifully, and he has won a chance to survive......" Guo Jia looked at the battle report sent back from the front line, and had to sigh that Yuan Shao had capable people under his command, and completely grasped their bottom line.

Jizhou is indeed not suitable for eating, if it was before, it would have to be laid anyway, but now Jizhou has ten rooms and nine empty, and it is a pity to abandon the tasteless food, there are 50,000 empty ...... Now it is an army of 30,000, and there are direct problems with logistics.

The first time after Yuan Xi surrendered, he asked Li Ming for help, hoping to get a batch of supplies, mainly food, otherwise he would starve to death.

"They want to be caught in the middle, but it's not that easy!" Li Ming waved his hand, "Tell Yuan Xi that his army must be reorganized, and at the same time, all the troops must accept the prison army we have sent." If he doesn't agree, then I won't accept his surrender, if he wants to surrender to the court, he will surrender to the court, and I will definitely knock down these four counties this autumn!

In addition, let him open the trade routes, and no cards can be set up for all caravans going north, and of course we will not charge additional taxes for their caravans. In the end, they asked them to remove all the outposts on the Bohai County side for me, and my navy must be stationed along the coast, and the army under his command cannot be within fifty miles! ”

Speaking of this, Li Ming thought for a while, then looked up at Guo Jia and asked, "Will it be a little harsh?" ”

When Guo Jia heard this, he smiled and replied slowly: "This request is normal, at least the imperial court is estimated to make similar arrangements." If you want to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, that's impossible! How did Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan deal with it? ”

"Yuan Shang has some talents, Yuan Tan is a pure martial artist, but Yuan Shang is arrogant and has a virtue with Yuan Shao. I mean, you can consider reusing Yuan Tan and sending Yuan Shang to the imperial court at the same time, how about it? Li Ming thought for a while and said.

"The other party should think so." Guo Jia smiled and nodded, "But this is indeed the best result!" ”

The so-called yang conspiracy is like this, sometimes you know that the other party thinks like this, but you are helpless. Only on this basis, break through the so-called 'expectation value' of the other party, and finally crack it, in short, it has to be hard!

"How about instilling some strange thoughts into Yuan Shang's head, or providing him with leaves on time?" Li Ming proposed.

"Yuan Shao is estimated to be desperate with you...... Yuan Shang is said to be his favorite son. If we think differently, we don't need to worry about whether to send Yuan Shang to Guanzhong. It is true that Yuan Shang sent him to Guanzhong can allow the imperial court to better control Yuan Shao, so that he can go out and fight with us. can even drive a wedge between Yuan Shao and Yuan Tan, but the problem is here, Yuan Shao can also think of it, so why be this bad guy?

Send Yuan Shang back directly, and see if the court will ask Yuan Shao. As for Yuan Tan, in the final analysis, he is still Yuan Shao's son, the family concept is so strong, and Gongsun Chan is not the same concept at all, the meaning of the subordinates is simply sent directly to Yuan Xi, let him lead the army, and Yuan Xi is responsible for internal affairs. As for us, we just sit back and wait for the show to play out. ”

"Makes sense, that's it!" Li Ming said with a smile, there is no need to be so cheap Yuan Shao.

A few days later, Yuan Shang was directly released by Wang Yu, Yuan Tan received a private message from Yuan Shao, and finally although he was unwilling, he still obediently accepted Wang Yu's surrender, and then was sent to Qinghe County to command the army. After meeting Yuan Xi, the two brothers looked at each other and smiled, quite embarrassed, and a little sympathetic.

As a result, the relationship between the two brothers quickly warmed up, and the originally lukewarm brotherly relationship began to become intimate, which was a surprise, and it is estimated that Yuan Shao will be very pleased to see this result.

"My lord, we have hit Jizhou, and the key is that now nominally, the world is divided into two. We and the imperial court, after all, can only leave one. Under the guise of Qingjun's side, if he continues to fight now, it is inevitable that he will be a little self-deceiving. Now whether it is the Jiangdong family, or the Central Plains or other local families, they are waiting for the lord to ascend the throne and become the emperor.

If you continue to leave it alone, I'm afraid it will chill those long-awaited families, as well as the ministers of civil and military affairs! Guo Jia finally found an opportunity to persuade Li Ming to take the throne, in fact, not only Guo Jia, many people are persuading, and even Wang Yu's letter vaguely mentions this matter.

Indeed, Yuan Shao had nominally surrendered to the imperial court and him, and only the imperial court and Li Ming were left in the world. The key is that Li Ming occupies a huge territory in Wuyue, the Central Plains and the Northeast, and even nominally the territory of the four counties of Jizhou. Occupying such a large territory, he is not even called the emperor, it is not a problem for a day or two, and after a long time, it will inevitably make people wonder whether he really intends to be a loyal minister, if so, it is better to go directly to please the court, so that at least he can go further in the future.

"What else can I say? I have already instructed Li You to prepare, but you also know that I used to play the name of the Qing monarch, so I will not be crowned emperor directly, King of Chu, this is a very good transitional title! Li Ming said slowly.

"My subordinates also think that this is a good transitional title!" Guo Jia smiled, the Han Dynasty is not a royal family and cannot be crowned king, and the title of prince is actually excessive, let alone crowned king. Clear-eyed people can directly see Li Ming's determination to become emperor, but those ignorant and ignorant people can make do.

As he and Li Ming said, this is a very good transitional title.

"In the near future, I will find an opportunity to be crowned king, but unfortunately I am not the emperor, so I can't go to Mount Tai to seal Zen. After the opening of the government, many people's positions will change, including yours, so look forward to it! Li Ming said with a smile.

"Where, it's good to be able to be by the master's side, if I am asked to deal with practice, it will be depressed to death Guo!" When Guo Jia heard this, he hurriedly begged for mercy. He is now the chief of the general staff, and in fact, many times he investigates and summarizes below, and then he makes decisions, which can be said to be getting lazier and lazier.

Partiality sees everything very thoroughly, except for the only miscalculation and miscalculation of Liu Ting's strength, now nothing can escape his calculations, maybe he has become lazy, which just means that he has become smarter.

To be honest, Li Ming was a little worried, after all, Guo Jia's original time and space seemed to have died early. Although he has now become a parent, his son Guo Yi has also been born, and he himself is also healthy, so it doesn't look like he will die early.

In March 200 AD, Li Ming officially ascended the altar in Shouchun, and after the sacrifice was made to the heavens, he was officially crowned king. Coincidentally, Shouchun was originally the capital of the late Chu State, and he was crowned as the king of Chu in Shouchun, although he did not have a surname, but because of his own strength, many people regarded him as the successor of Xiang Yu.

Descendant of the Overlord, this title sounds a bit low-end, so some people say that it is better to call it the God of War of Great Chu. The king of Chu is one thing, and Li Ming has another nickname in the army, that is, the 'Great Chu God of War'.

"Chu and Han fought for hegemony, after four hundred years, I didn't expect it to happen again!" Many scribes looked at Li Ming on the high platform, and they were also full of emotion. Four hundred years ago, Chu and Han competed, Xiang Yu had an absolute advantage, and finally ended up with Wujiang killing himself.

Now Li Ming also has an advantage, and the imperial court can even only shrink into Guanzhong, but one day the dust has not yet settled, and no one can guarantee that Li Ming will not follow the old path of the overlord of Western Chu. Suddenly, many people began to worry.