After moving the capital to Chang'an, Dong Taishi began to build Yiwu, saying that Shengge, drunk life and dream of death, the power of the government and the opposition to read the talent does not go to the court to discuss matters, but where there are political matters that need him to decide, he will summon hundreds of officials in the Taishi's mansion.

Dong Zhuo, who was indulged in extravagance, moved the capital in embarrassment, but he still had a little ambition to win the world, and it was already known to passers-by that he wanted to addict the emperor, but the Kwantung princes had just retreated, and he didn't dare to make another incident, lest the Kwantung Army come to crusade against him again.

But why wouldn't he do something that is good for himself?

Lying on the main seat in the Taishi Mansion, Dong Zhuo squinted his eyes and looked like he hadn't woken up yet, and asked listlessly: "Li Ru, have all the princes of the Eighteen Roads retreated?" ”

Li Ru, who was watching his nose and nose, stood at the bottom of the hall and replied calmly: "Except for Sun Jian, who still had occasional battles with Li Dao and Guo Yan in Sizhou, the other princes have all returned to their territories. ”

The bronze bell-like eyes opened, Dong Zhuo snorted coldly, and scolded: "Luoyang is already in ruins, Sun Wentai still wants to rebuild Luoyang?" In less than ten or eight years, can it be built? Master Ben loves his talent and wants to marry him, but he dares to humiliate and slander Master Ben, he really doesn't know how to elevate him. If he wants to stay in Luoyang, stay in Luoyang, and tell Li Dao Guo Yan to leave him alone, but there is no state pastor in Jingzhou now, do you think, who is the right person to go to Jingzhou? ”

Li Ru, who was like ashes, didn't want to hit Dong Zhuo, and now the situation was that the people of the world were separated from Dong Zhuo, and it was futile to send anyone, but Li Ru still said a name.

"Liu Biao."

Dong Zhuo closed his eyes and thought for a while, although Liu Biao was a member of the royal family, but he was affected by the party in his early years, and later lifted the ban on the party, the general in order to win over the scholars, so he promoted some scholars who were degraded in the early years, Liu Biao was one of them, and after Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, the eunuch party of his relatives no longer existed, but the scholars led by the Yuan family did not join him, so he could only win over the undesirable scholars in the scholar group, Cai Yong was one, and Liu Biao was also one.

Let Liu Biao be the pastor of Jingzhou? Dong Zhuo thought about it and didn't figure it out, why did he let Liu Biao go?

How can the appointment of a senior party be child's play? Naturally, these decisions are made after careful consideration.

Knowing that Dong Zhuo was suspicious, Li Ru said lightly: "Although Liu Biao had a rough early life, he was a relative of the Han family after all, and his prestige was very comparable, Liu Jingsheng, one of the eight horses in the world, went to Jingzhou, which is now in chaos, in order to deter the situation, as long as Liu Biao has a foothold in Jingzhou, then he can contain Yizhou Guo Jia, and at the same time, if Yuan Shu, who is entrenched in Nanyang, Jingzhou, makes trouble against Liu Biao, it is equivalent to committing chaos, and the Yuan family must give people a handle, Liu Biao enters Jingzhou, controls Guo Jia in the west, and strangles the princes in the north. ”

Dong Zhuoyue's face became more and more joyful when he heard this, and as soon as Li Ru's voice fell, he applauded violently.

ordered someone to summon Liu Biao immediately, and after a short time, Liu Biao, who was gentle and elegant, arrived calmly.

After telling Liu Biao about the appointment of Liu Biao to Jingzhou as the pastor of Jingzhou, Liu Biao's expression did not fluctuate, and he couldn't nod his head to agree, because Dong Zhuo was messing around, and Liu Biao, as a member of the Han family, couldn't follow and make trouble.

Who will be the pastor of Jingzhou, it is indeed what Dong Zhuo says now, but the edict will must be made by the Son of Heaven, if Liu Biao receives the order from Dong Zhuo, isn't it equivalent to ignoring the Son of Heaven and surrendering to Dong Zhuo?

Dong Zhuo didn't care so much, and after he finished talking about the matter, he began to woo Liu Biao verbally, hoping that Liu Biao would be loyal to him......

In order to express his sincerity, Dong Zhuo also personally sent 3,000 soldiers to Jingzhou with Liu Biao to take office, but Liu Biao had just left Sizhou with these soldiers, and found that Yuan Shutun was recruiting Luyang at the northern end of Jingzhou, obviously with the intention of intercepting and killing those who went to Jingzhou to take office, so Liu Biao had to abandon the soldiers, sneaked into Jingzhou alone, and entered Yicheng.

Here, Dong Zhuo appointed Liu Biao to Jingzhou to take office, and Guo Jia, who was in Yizhou, also set his sights on Jingzhou.

Since having a heart-to-heart conversation with Qin Mi in Guanghan, Guo Jia has not been in contact with Qin Mi again, there are some things that don't need to be clarified, Guo Jia hopes that Qin Mi will work for him, not to impress Qin Mi with favors, but ambition and ambition, for the public and private, and for the sake of the country, it depends on how Qin Mi chooses, and Guo Jia can't force it.

In a month's time, Guo Jia nominally made the counties of Yizhou submit, and after collecting taxes, there was plenty of grain and grass, and the soldiers were strong.

Recently, Guo Jia, who had been discussing with his advisers about abolishing filial piety, suddenly threw out another issue.

This topic is the attack on Jingzhou.

To cut or not to fight, to fight or not to fight, the advisers did not have a unified opinion.

There are two distinct factions.

The main battle faction is Xi Zhicai and Zhen Yao.

The opposition is Xu Shu, Zhen Yan and Xiu Qi Zhiping.

Guo Jia paced in the council hall, listening to the opinions of the two factions.

"Now Jingzhou is in a turbulent period, the thieves everywhere are in turmoil, each fighting for itself, and the combat power is obviously vulnerable.

Xi Zhicai's words made Guo Jia nod, Jingzhou is borderless, who is not greedy? Nanyang Yuan Shu definitely wanted Jingzhou as well, but he lacked soldiers and horses, and Sun Jian's department, which was the most combative, was still fighting with the two generals under Dong Zhuo in Sizhou.

If you don't take Jingzhou at this time, when will you wait?

But Xu Shu was expressionless and objected: "Lord, the previous situation has been analyzed clearly, although the fourteen counties of Yizhou are nominally subject to the lord, but the Shi clan is not removed, after all, it is a hidden danger, and now Yizhou is stable on the surface, but in fact it is against the current and undercurrent, if you send troops to Jingzhou at this time, after the lord takes Jingzhou, he will not only have to face the Yizhou Shi clan, but also the Jingxiang clan, and what is more worrying is that there is still Yuan Shu in Nanyang County in the north of Jingzhou, and the lord takes Jingzhou, which seems to be expanding the territory, but in fact it is in a head-to-head confrontation with the princes of the world. At that time, there will be a joint attack by the princes outside, and there will be a chaotic response from the scholars and wang clans inside, and the enemy will be attacked on the back of the abdomen, and the situation will be out of control, and I hope that the lord will think twice. ”

This is the reason for Guo Jia's hesitation, based on Yizhou, geographical advantage is secondary, the external environment is the most fundamental reason, Dong Zhuo in the north is too busy to take care of himself, Jingzhou in the east is in turmoil, he has plenty of time to stabilize Yizhou, no need to beware of foreign enemies, at least within a few years, there will be no big war affecting Yizhou, if Jingzhou is captured, three points of the world will fall into the palm of the hand, will the princes still sit idly by? If Yuan Shu is successful, he will definitely go south to attack Jingzhou, and it will be unpredictable to win or lose at that time.

It's not that Guo Jia is afraid of Yuan Shu, but he is an out-and-out thief, Yuan Shu is against Guo Jia, the righteousness is on Yuan Shu's side, the scholar clan will definitely respond, and even if the other princes don't help Yuan Shu, they will definitely not take the opportunity to drag Yuan's legs.

But the current God-given opportunity, if you don't cut down Jingzhou, it's like a tyrannical thing.

Guo Jia didn't say anything, but Zhen Yao stood up to support Xi Zhicai's proposition.

"Lord, at this time, it is difficult to find a good opportunity to cut Jingzhou, the lord is in Yizhou and the Shi clan temporarily do not violate the river water, even if the Jingxiang clan does not submit to the lord, I am afraid it will be difficult to share the enemy, as long as the lord takes Jingzhou and the Jingxiang clan is also guilty of the snake, so that they do not know what the lord's attitude towards the Shi clan is, and then slowly Tuzhi, then Jingzhou will be able to take Jingzhou into the bag, the lord, Chang'an has announced to the world to let Liu Biao go to serve as the pastor of Jingzhou, this moment is the only chance for the lord to attack Jingzhou, take Jingzhou, The period of dominance can be shortened by at least 10 years. ”

Looking at Zhen Yao and Xi Zhicai thoughtfully, Guo Jia didn't know that after taking Jingzhou, he almost unified the south, although most of the Yangzhou scholars supported Yuan Shu, but Yuan Shu was in Nanyang, before taking Yuzhou, Yangzhou and Yuan Shu could only frown, formally, Yangzhou was not Yuan Shu's sphere of influence at all.

It is difficult to decide, Xu Shu stated the pros and cons to sound the alarm for Guo Jia, but the temptation and benefits of Jingzhou are too great.

Ten or even twenty years of struggle less, how many decades and twenty years does Guo Jia have?

Everyone saw that Guo Jia was slightly interested in attacking Jingzhou, and he must be fighting fiercely in his heart at this time.

Zhen Yan, who was worried, stepped out of the ranks and said in a deep voice: "If the lord wants to attack Jingzhou, it is not impossible, but he can't take all of Jingzhou in one go." ”

Looking at Zhen Yan in surprise, Guo Jia walked up to him and said, "Oh? Go on. ”

Zhen Yan said tepidly: "The lord has taken the fourteen counties in the north of Yizhou, if Jingzhou is in the pocket again, the princes of the world must be afraid of the lord, thinking that the alliance leader Yuan Shao is just a county too guarded, and the princes with the widest territory are just a state pastor, and the lord is not allowed by the princes, but he has two states, and it is Jingzhou and Yizhou, which have a very wide area in the world, the princes are unwilling to be one of them, worrying that the lord is strong is the second, and the Xingyi army is the third to strengthen the lord, so the lord can not hold Jingzhou in the palm of his hand. ”

Whether it is the combination of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period or the mutual checks and balances of the Three Kingdoms, we cannot sit idly by and watch the enemy be strong is the fundamental reason, is Guo Jia strong now? In the eyes of the princes, Guo Jia has more than 100,000 troops, sitting on the largest Yizhou in the world, although it is strong, even if they want to attack Guo Jia, they can only be discouraged, but if Guo Jia takes Jingzhou, the territory is wider, which means that the faster and more money and food will be accumulated, I am afraid that few princes can sit still.

Jingzhou's piece of fat, Guo Jia gnawed on the edge of his mouth, maybe he was beaten to his stomach by the princes before he could swallow it, and he vomited it out.

Zhen Yan continued: "The lord is eager to Jingzhou, just because he is worried that Jingzhou will have a hero in the lord, at this time there is no army in Jingzhou to resist the lord, as long as the lord sends generals to capture Xiangyang and Jiangxia and occupy these two strategic places, the reaction of the princes may not be too fierce, except for Yuan Shu in Nanyang, the counties of Jingzhou are at most taken by the lord Xiangyang and Jiangxia counties, with these two places, you can turn away Liu Biao who wants to enter Jingzhou. If the princes raise a large army to attack, the troops of the two counties will return to Yizhou, so that the loss of the lord will not be too great, if the princes can not attack the two counties or do not attack at all, after the lord eliminates the internal trouble in Yizhou, and then sweep Jingzhou. ”

This is a method that can be tried, capture Xiangyang and Jiangxia, and if you can't hold it, you will retreat, and if you can hold it, you will wait for Guo Jia to stabilize the rear and then take Jingzhou in one fell swoop.

All the strategists said in unison: "Good." ”

Guo Jia also made up his mind to personally lead Zhang Yan, Zhou Tai, Xu Chu, and Dian Wei to conquer Jingzhou.