When the sky was faintly bright, Guo Jia woke up from his sleep, looked down at his little wife in the crook of his arm, and couldn't help but reach out to caress her face, his fingertips gently scraping her thin pink lips.

"Aren't you going to climb the mountain today?"

Cai Yan was still pillowed on Guo Jia's arm, his eyes closed, and asked softly.

After a long kiss, Guo Jia turned over and got up, and after turning around to fold the quilt for her, Diao Chan, who had been waiting outside the door for a long time, walked into the house with a towel.

After freshening up, Guo Jia stood in front of the bed in a daze, letting Diao Chan serve him to dress.

"Childe, the Qiao sisters asked me to ask Childe, when are you leaving here?"

Hearing Diao Chan's words, Guo Jia looked at her, the charming little girl has served him for nearly two years, and now she is also a caring little maid, but she has always bowed her head and blushed when she has served him to change her clothes recently, and it is estimated that she has reached Sichun's age.

"When? When? Guo Jia himself is also muttering, he has been nesting here at the foot of Taihang Mountain for two years, and people's hearts are inevitably impetuous.

"Waiting for news from Luoyang?" Cai Yan, who was lying on the bed with his back to Guo Jia, came out coldly.

After Guo Jia got dressed, he reflexively slapped Cai Yan's buttocks, and said a little speechlessly: "Daughter-in-law, I think it's very boring for me to communicate with you, you can think of what I'm thinking, I can guess what you're thinking, as soon as the words come out, I feel like it's a waste of lips and tongue." ”

Cai Yan, who was huddled in the quilt and began to tremble, was obviously chuckling silently.

Facing the wall, no one could see the charming smile on her face.

In terms of appearance, don't say that she is a sable cicada in the closed moon, even Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao can't compare, but nearly two years have passed, Guo Jia has always been obsessed with her in every way, even when she was unwell before and after childbirth, she never touched other women.

Ninety percent of women in the world attract men by beauty, and their appearance is innate, why should Cai Yan bother to get along with the sky?

Walking out of the door, the morning light came, Guo Jia squinted his eyes and looked at the sky, the sky was clear, the morning sun was shining, it was really a good weather for climbing.

Guo Xiu and Guo Qi, who were waiting not far away, came up together and saluted, "My lord." ”

Guo Jia waved his hand and smiled: "Let's go, don't think that you are not a military general who has made contributions on the battlefield and slack off on exercise, come with me to this Taihang Mountain to take a walk, which is beneficial to the body and mind, so as not to even have the physical strength to escape for your life in the future." ”

The average-looking two looked at each other and smiled, claiming kindness in the same way.

There is no way up the mountain, and Guo Jia and the three of them climb extremely hard, and even their clothes have been torn a lot, but when they climb a flat and open place on the mountainside with sweating profusely, they have a sense of accomplishment after overcoming hardships.

Standing on the mountainside wasteland, looking down at the mountainside, you can see more than a dozen wooden houses standing jaggedly under the mountain, looking at the south, you can vaguely see the Qinshui flowing eastward, the field sky in front of you, climb high and look far away, suddenly open up.

Wiping the sweat on his forehead, Guo Jia asked softly: "The princes of the world will ally sour dates, you all know about them." ”

Guo Xiu and Guo Qi, who were already tired and out of breath, were shocked, walked to Guo Jia's left and right sides and replied, "I already know." ”

Guo Jia saw the confident and indifferent expressions of the two, and had the intention to test them, so he asked: "Guo Xiu, if you are the commander of the Kwantung Army, what will you do?" ”

In the past, when he was in Yingchuan, he studied with Xi Zhicai, Xu Shu, and Guo Jia, and later after coming to the foot of Taihang Mountain, Xiu Qi Zhiping and the four of them discussed strategic ideas with the strategists and generals, and now they have long been able to take charge of themselves.

Guo Xiu raised his head to the sky and said calmly: "Three ways to send troops, all the way to suppress Mengjin, all the way to occupy Wuguan, all the way to stick to Chenggao, strong walls and clear the wilderness, shock Sanfu, Dong Zhuo will be defeated." ”

Hearing Guo Xiu's strategy, Guo Jia couldn't help but smile with appreciation, after these three strategic places were taken, a high wall was built, which could force Dong Zhuo into a desperate situation, occupy Wuguan to cut off Dong Zhuo's western escape route, and Linmengjin looked at Luoyang, according to Chenggao, Dong Zhuo could not go south.

Although Luoyang City is full of riches, Dong Zhuo acted perversely, frightened many wealthy families to flee Luoyang quickly, and the grain reserves have long been exhausted after years of war and army rearing. The 200,000 soldiers and horses in the city plus the people, if they are attacked by the strategy of clearing the wilderness, Dong Zhuo's military rations for the army may soon be unsustainable.

Guo Jia didn't believe that no one in the Kwantung Army thought of this strategy, but he thought of whether the alliance leader would adopt it and whether the princes would agree to it, that was another matter.

"Guo Qi, the princes will be in the alliance, known as the 500,000-strong army to crusade against Dong Zhuo, you say, who will win and who will lose?"

Guo Qi's expression was grim, and he said in a deep voice: "Dong Zhuo is undefeated, and the princes are invincible." The real beneficiary, Yuan Benchu. ”

Hehehe

In the chuckle, Guo Jia praised: "Guo Qi, the princes' alliance is monstrous, and the civil and military officials in the imperial city who endure humiliation are waiting for them, but they are not as clear as you can see." ”

Although the Kwantung Army's attack on Dong ended in a farce in the end, in addition to the intrigue between the princes, in fact, there were never a few princes who really attacked Dong at the beginning.

If Dong Zhuo held the Son of Heaven hostage and wanted to compete with the Kwantung Army, the outcome would be really unpredictable, but Dong Zhuo's heart has changed greatly since he entered Luoyang, or after the tyrannical seeds suppressed in his heart have completely sprouted, he has lost the ambition and domineering to enter the world, so Dong Zhuo will either be defeated or hijack the Son of Heaven and flee west.

And why was the Kwantung Army unwilling to hunt down Dong Zhuo? If it is to recover the holy car, it will be a great merit, why do the princes who are so happy with the great merit stop at this time?

"Guo Qi, why do you say that the real beneficiary is Yuan Benchu?"

With a cold smile, Guo Qi lowered his head and said indifferently: "The Kwantung Army is responding to Cao Mengde's request for Dong Zhuwen, Cao Ying's person is indeed loyal to the Han family, it can be seen from his assassination of Dong Zhuo, therefore, Cao Ying wants to exterminate Dong Zhuo and support the Han family." Asking Dong Yuwen to tell the world, the whole world was shaken, and the people of the world saw a hero come forward, if at this time, the other princes did not come to the alliance, what did the people of the world think? Is Dong Zhuo in the same stream or is he disobedient? Moreover, to crusade against Dong Zhuo's righteous deeds of going to difficulties for the country, I don't know how many talented people in the world can be satisfied. Half of the princes were forced, and half were scrambling to increase their prestige. ”

glanced at Guo Qi with satisfaction, he deserved to be the young man Junyan who stood out among hundreds of children!

The world's scholars! Did you see that? You control the career, you dominate the school, the children of the poor people have no chance to study and study, the self-taught people in the world have been like carp across the river, my friends and I have only taught only hundreds of children to stand out from the crowd, is it enough to make you ashamed?

"In that case, what does it have to do with Yuan Benchu? He is a Bohai Taishou, how can he be the leader of the alliance? Guo Jia stood with his hands in his hands, and his heart was happier than anything else, this kind of achievement, no one can understand.

Guo Qi said indifferently: "It is true that the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family are true, but the Yuan family is the leader of the scholar clan, and the princes of the alliance are really powerful, they are not the state pastor or the county guard, and the soldiers and horses in their hands are not weaker than Yuan Shao, and they are in the same water and fire as the scholars in various places, and Yuan Shao is elected as the leader of the alliance, and the fourth and third princes are just an excuse for the people of the world to see." The real reason is that the princes don't want Dong Zhuo to be defeated, and Yuan Shao doesn't want Dong Zhuo to be defeated the most, so it is in the interests of the princes to elect Yuan Shao as the leader of the alliance, and to convince the public with a reasonable face. ”

As soon as the words fell, Guo Xiu on the other side clapped his hands and praised: "I thought I was the only one who saw this, but I didn't expect that I was arrogant." Hehe, at this moment, the princes have only one thought in their hearts: Dong Zhuo is a national thief, if he perishes, the Han family will have to survive for a while. Yuan Shaocheng has few soldiers and is eager to expand his sphere of influence, and he will definitely raise troops first in the future and elect Yuan Shao as the leader of the alliance. Second, if this Yuan Alliance Lord turns his face and tears up the alliance agreement first and begins to expand his territory, then the princes will eliminate their worries and cut off their dominance. ”

Among the princes of the Eighteen Roads, there are many Tao Qian who holds Danyang soldiers, Gongsun Zhan, who controls the strings and is fierce and obedient to the white horse, and even Yuan Shu, who has just accepted Sun Jian's service, etc., how can these people obey Yuan Shao? If it weren't for the fact that Yuan Shao didn't want to kill Dong the most, what if there were many officials in the fourth and third princes? Can you withstand the life-and-death fight between swords and soldiers?

The leader of the Yuan family, the prestige of Shilin is extraordinary, but will Xiliang Ma Teng care about your reputation? Will Yuan Shu be willing to Yuan Shao to carry the banner of the Yuan family? There are too many reasons that are not enough for Yuan Shao to be the leader of the alliance, but with enough interests, the princes will compromise, and follow Yuan Shao to hold the banner of righteousness against Dong, collect enough fame, and do enough face, and the alliance will not be far away.

Seeing that the three poles were on the road, Guo Jia made it easy for the two to start descending the mountain, and the purpose of mountaineering was to exercise and exercise, not for the scenery on the mountain.

On the way back, Guo Xiu couldn't help but ask, "Lord, when will we start the army?" ”

Guo Jia looked at Guo Qi and teased: "You can both guess, why do you still ask?" Guo Qi, answer him. ”

Guo Xiu's face was a little embarrassed, Guo Qi also showed a little wry smile, and said: "The lord is waiting for news from Luoyang, Dong Zhuo can't sit still, enter, he is afraid that the Kwantung Army, which claims to be 500,000, will really wipe him out in one fell swoop, and retreat, so he can only flee west, retreat to Guanxi, and resist foreign enemies with the danger of Kuihan." Lord, I know that my lord wants to wait for Dong Zhuo to flee west, but I don't understand the reason, now that my Taiping Army is fully prepared, why do you have to wait for Dong Zhuo? ”

Guo Jia didn't answer his question, he just sighed in his heart that if Dong Zhuo really moved the capital to Chang'an as in history, it would really be a wrong move, and this one made a mistake and lost everything.

Heroes compete for hegemony in the world, often one step forward and one step to determine the destiny of heaven.

Guo Jia can't tell the two that Dong Zhuo will empty the wealth of Luoyang, and even the imperial tomb will be stolen and hollowed out, although he is about to take the step of competing for hegemony, but the wealth in his hands is not enough to support three months, if the army is blocked, will he rob the common people? If it really comes to that point, Guo Jia would rather unload his armor and return to the field.

Dong Zhuo, the time for you and me to meet is not far away.