After determining that Liu Biao's army did not have a trick to destroy, Guo Jiacai ordered his subordinates to lead the army out of the city, but still told the soldiers that as long as Liu Biao's army had any abnormal movements, the whole army rushed to kill, not that Guo Jia believed but Liu Biao, but Guo Jia did not believe in Liu Biao at all, the so-called soldiers are not tired of deceit, who can guarantee that Liu Biao is not using peace to make Guo Jia let down his guard?

The weather was sunny and crisp, and last night a heavy rain made the road muddy, Guo Jia led the army out of the county on the fiery red flame horse, and after the army was completely assembled outside the county, it formed a confrontation with the Jingzhou army a mile away.

On the left and right sides, there are Xu Chu Dianwei and Zhang Yan Zhou Tai guards, Guo Jiace horse out of the crowd, a hundred meters behind him is the Taiping Army, a few hundred meters in front of him, is the Jingzhou Army.

"Envoy Liu, can you come forward to meet with me? So that I can make the trip worthwhile! ”

After a big defeat, Guo Jia is about to return to Yizhou, so he has to meet Liu Jingsheng, the lord of Jingzhou, to use a joke, even if Guo Jia returns to Yizhou and curses Liu Biao at night, he must have an image of Liu Biao in his mind.

On the side of the Jingzhou army, Liu led the generals indifferently, and also rode his horse forward a hundred meters, facing Guo Jia half a mile away.

Liu Biao said to Guo Jialang with great righteousness: "Guo Jia, Liu Biao is here, today it is said that your defeat in Jingzhou is caused by the way of heaven, but the soldiers are murder weapons, and the saint has to use them, I don't want to see the people of Jingzhou suffer from the war. ”

Hearing Liu Biao's unashamed words, Guo Jia showed a chuckle, and said to himself inaudibly: "Caused by the way of heaven? Is the way of heaven causing me to be defeated or am I desperately surviving? ”

Looking at it again, Guo Jia smiled softly, although he and Liu Biao were enemies, there was no need to blush, and there was no need to blush, replacing the brave and unscrupulous Lu Bu and the impulsive and irascible Sun Ce in his current position, I am afraid that there is no possibility of peace at all.

There is a good saying, war is the continuation of politics, Liu Biaoren called the world's eight horses, a scribe, on the battlefield does not mean that he is a reckless general, political interests are still the foundation of his pursuit, Guo Jia came to invade Jingzhou, shaking the foundation of his rule in Jingzhou, this naturally has to raise the whole territory of the army to defend, but Guo Jia is now unable to cut down Jingzhou, he and Guo Jia fight to the end, there is no benefit, and there is self-harm, why bother?

Guo Jia, who has now become the ruler of Yizhou, is also a politician, weighing the gains and losses from the overall situation, so he will not fight hard with Liu Biao, and his blood and righteousness are the needs of war, not politics.

Glancing at the generals and ministers beside Liu Biao, Guo Jialang said: "Liu Yuanjun, can you introduce me to the heroes around you?" Anyway, it also made me Guo Jia understand which heroes he was defeated under today. ”

Liu Biao naturally will not let go of this opportunity to show off, although Guo Jia's radiant bearing does not look like a defeated person at this moment, but Liu Biao did calmly let Guo Jia lose more than 20,000 soldiers and horses.

After giving the left and right a look, Liu Biao raised his head slightly and looked at Guo Jia calmly.

Kuai Yue, who had already met Guo Jia, took the lead at this time, and arched his hand towards Guo Jia: "Jingzhou Kuai Yue." ”

On the other side, two high-spirited generals also came out, Cai Mao and Huang Zu casually hugged their fists with a contemptuous smile on the corner of their mouths, and reported to their homes.

"Cai Mao."

"Huang Zu."

This attitude of no one in his eyes made the four generals around Guo Jia grit their teeth, but Guo Jia smiled freely, didn't care, looked over Liu Biao, and found that in front of the army behind Liu Biao, there was a ride, and he vaguely saw a young man riding on a horse, and wondered in his heart, whose child is this? Don't want to die?

"Liu Yuanjun, who is that young man?"

Liu Biao was surprised by Guo Jia's eyesight, but still asked Kuai Yue to introduce Pang Tong to Guo Jia.

"That's the nephew of the famous man Pang Degong of Jingxiang, Pang Tong."

Why is he here?

Guo Jia was suspicious in his heart, but he also put away his contempt, who planned the defeat of the county, Guo Jia didn't know, but Pang Tong was an irrelevant figure who could appear in the Jingzhou military array, and he would more or less have made some contributions.

"Hehehehe, the phoenix spreads its wings, I, Guo Jia, also laugh at her for underestimating the heroes of the world, and I myself am arrogant."

After a self-deprecation, Guo Jia turned his head to the four generals beside him and said, "See? Heroes everywhere in the world, the defeat of Jingzhou, we returned with a feather, we must keep in mind, go back to learn from the pain, said that after the knowledge of the other must know that the other is invincible this simple truth will always be imprinted in the heart, Yizhou Liu Yan is not enough to worry about the teeth, is already the dry bones in the grave, we can not see the world people as Liu Yan first-class, enterprising the world is not a day, countless heroes will meet, if we are in the tube, the enemy is careless, you and I are clear, is yesterday's Liu Yan. ”

Zhang Yan, Zhou Tai, Xu Chu, and Dian Wei nodded solemnly, and kept Guo Jia's words in their hearts forever.

Seeking truth from facts, after the Taiping army attacked Yizhou, the army was as strict as ever, and did not dare to have a trace of slackness, but the arrogance and arrogance in the hearts of the generals had already grown, and the attack on Jingzhou, in fact, the generals thought that it was smooth sailing, and no one put Jingzhou in their eyes, and even thought that it was not impossible for Guo Jia to finish Jingzhou and take Yangzhou directly.

Jingzhou was defeated, Guo Jia, as the commander of the unified army, could not escape the blame, and the carelessness of the enemy was the fundamental reason, but none of the generals under him were alert before the crisis, which shows that the Taiping army, from the commander to the generals, has been carried away by the victory in Yizhou.

"Liu Yuanjun, thank you for teaching in Jingzhou, the green mountains do not change, the green water flows for a long time, he said that if there is a fate, he will come to consult with the envoy again. Thanking the envoy's men for showing mercy, he led the army back. ”

Although Kuai Yue said that Guo Jia would promise to never commit Jingzhou again, but that kind of hypocritical agreement Liu Biao and Guo Jia would not take it to heart, Guo Jia was not ashamed to come to Jingzhou to ask for advice, what would happen to Liu Biao after hearing it? Kill now? If he had 100,000 soldiers, Guo Jia would have died.

Strength is the strongest binding force to maintain the agreement.

Liu Biao wants Guo Jia to never come to Jingzhou, so let's accumulate strength, if the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, if they are invincible, Guo Jia wants to attack, and he must weigh it.

Looking at the back of Guo Jia leading the army to leave, Liu Biao sighed: "I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse to let go of this thief today." ”

Kuai Yue on the side smiled lightly: "Lord, Guo Jia's defeat in Jingzhou will inevitably affect his prestige in Yizhou, and the wealthy clans in Yizhou may take this opportunity to overthrow him. ”

The joy of repelling Guo Jia suddenly dissipated invisibly, and Liu Biao led the army back to Xiangyang with a heavy heart, leaving only Kuai Yue to deal with the aftermath.

The Taiping army led by Guo Jia was demoralized on the way back, and frustration and frustration were written on the faces of every soldier.

When passing by the river, Guo Jia ordered the whole army to stop and asked the soldiers to bring clean water to wash away the filth and blood stains on the armor.

Guo Jia knew that he could not return to Yizhou with a group of defeated soldiers, and he had to regain his morale.

Summoned Zhou Tai, Guo Jia washed his face by the river, took a clean cloth from Zhou Tai's hand to wipe his face, Guo Jia said: "Tell the soldiers, those who go with me this time will be rewarded with one year's salary after returning, and the dead will be rewarded with two years' salary for their families in addition to the normal pension, and those who are seriously injured and cannot serve in the army will be rewarded with another year's salary, and those who are slightly injured and need to recuperate will be rewarded with half a year's salary." ”

There are many ways to boost morale, and it is one way to inspire them by telling them big truths, but at this time, Guo Jia can only use rewards to motivate the morale of those who have fallen to the bottom, on the one hand, to appease, and on the other hand, to let the soldiers continue to serve him.

At least to put on a posture that no matter whether they win or lose, Guo Jia will not treat them badly, only such a coach can have the motivation to let the soldiers swear to follow, as for the ideal of life, the world is peaceful and such empty words, illiterate soldiers may not all understand, real money is the real benefit.

After Zhou Tai received the order, he went to convey to the soldiers of the various ministries that Guo Jia was sitting alone by the river to rest, gurgling water, blue sky and white clouds, Guo Jia was stunned.

Caused by the way of heaven?

Although Liu Biao's sentence was caused by heaven and deliberately hit Guo Jia, it was not unreasonable for Guo Jia to think about it now.

What is the Way of Heaven? Guo Jia didn't understand, but after the defeat, he deeply understood that his previous thoughts were naïve.

He is a thief who is not tolerated by the princes, and everywhere he goes is the voice of condemnation, and it is not wrong for him to want to gather people's hearts by letting the soldiers treat the people well, but he is in a hurry, even Yizhou, his base camp, the people have not really felt his favor, so how can the people in other places support him?

Liu Biao in Jingzhou has risen, and it is difficult to dominate Jingzhou compared to the sky, Liu Biao is now in his forties, but it is when he is in the prime of life, and within ten years, I am afraid it will be difficult to shake his rule in Jingzhou, as for Liu Biao in his later years, he was played by the Jingxiang clan, especially the faction led by Cai Mao, a powerful general under his command, and Liu Biao was in the air, that is, at that time, Jingzhou may have an opportunity to take advantage of, when Liu Biao was there, the princes who coveted Jingzhou did not get half a penny.

From now on, Liu Biao is jealous and wary of Yizhou, in history Yizhou is ruled by Liu Yan's son Liu Zhang, at that time Liu Zhang was weak, and he was a member of the Han family, and Liu Biao was a family, Liu Biao naturally would not guard against Yizhou, but now Yizhou is Guo Jia in charge, how could Liu Biao turn a blind eye?

Will Liu Biao attack Yizhou? Guo Jia didn't dare to judge himself, even though Liu Biao was a gentleman who kept his success, but Guo Jia's identity was special, and as soon as Dong Zhuo died, Guo Jiake became the second thief who everyone could get and be punished.

The hidden dangers within Yizhou must be quickly eliminated, and Guo Jia must become the veritable ruler of Yizhou in a short period of time.

After thinking about the pros and cons, Guo Jia stood up and called Xu Chu to his side, and ordered in a deep voice: "Send someone to Badong County day and night to report the military situation, and tell Sima Ju that I won the battle in Jingzhou!" And it's a big win! Now he is leading the army back to Yizhou, Xu Chu, you call Shang Dian Wei and Zhou Tai, and lead you and Dian Wei's soldiers and horses to return to Badong County with me first, and Zhang Yan leads him and Zhou Tai's soldiers to follow. ”