After the defeat in Guanzhong, Yuan Shao returned to Hebei to settle the interior, re-recruiting new soldiers to regroup, his base camp uneasy factors are very stable, as long as he does not die, the three sons do not dare to go too far even if they fight openly and secretly.

After Cao Ying returned to Xudu, the first headache was that the Son of Heaven wanted to form a new army, and he could openly cut off Liu Xie's idea of non-division, but he used a more clever method to kill him.

proposed to Guo Jia to be crowned duke, which not only diverted the matter of organizing the army that was discussed in the imperial court, but also transferred the contradiction to Guo Jia.

Is Cao Ying a good heart? Absolutely not, never!

Just when the imperial party of the Xudu Imperial Court fiercely opposed this proposal, Cao Ying fought the surface and asked Guo Jia for a transcendent title, but secretly eliminated the negative impact caused by the previous rumors among the people.

The imperial party has no choice but to be played by Cao Ying, and they can't help it, if there are things that violate the ancestral system and things that the courtiers trespass, they will always swear to oppose it.

Especially for Guo Jia, the officials in the imperial party who saw the wind and the rudder wanted to defect to Guo Jia and didn't even have a way, why would they shout for Guo Jia? They are afraid of Cao Ying, but they are not afraid of Guo Jia, who is far away in the world.

Feng Gong has not yet reached the point of being a king, but he is not much different from a king in terms of power.

After the matter of the formation of the army by the Son of Heaven is over, Cao Ying's political goal has been achieved, at this time, he no longer fights for Guo Jia for the title of duke, anyway, this is his one-man show, Guo Jia does not participate, Cao Ying wants to use the topic to play against Guo Jia is at a loss, even if Cao Ying really wants this duke for Guo Jia, Guo Jia in Yizhou will definitely not accept it.

In Guo Jia's words when he talked about this matter to Fei Shi: Cao Apu wanted to put me on the stove to roast, old and cunning. However, Cao Apu played such a play this time, it was thunder and rain, and he didn't care about me, but actually suppressed the restless people in the court.

Indeed, Cao Ying diverted his attention, and may not really dare to use political power to oppress Guo Jia, he really forced Guo Jia to be anxious, to the point where everyone in the world rose up to fight back, and Cao Ying, who was based in the Central Plains, was not only Yuan Shao condescendingly eyeing him.

Since Cao Ying has put his strategy in the direction of the decisive battle with Yuan Shao, then he must have a very clear attitude towards Guo Jia in Guanxi, whether it is appeasement or hostility, if Cao Ying's attitude is ambiguous on this point, then it is difficult to predict whose side Guo Jia will stand on in the future decisive battle with Yuan Shao.

Feng Gong is a hypocrisy, and he retreats to the second, but Feng Hou is Cao Ying's sincere move to appease Guo Jia.

The Xudu Imperial Court issued a holy decree to the world, not only conferencing Guanzhong to Guo Jia, but also naming Guo Jia as a hussar general, Marquis of Wuyang!

Hussar general, the status is second only to Yuan Shao's general.

The Marquis of Wuyang is a county marquis, one level higher than Yuan Shao's Tinghou.

Cao Ying's edict to Guo Jia is intriguing, the official position is lower than Yuan Shao, but the title is higher than Yuan Shao!

This is to please Guo Jia, disgust Yuan Shao, and at the same time to anger Yuan Shao.

Anyway, Cao Ying wants to fight a decisive battle with Yuan Shao, and they can have no fear of resentment with each other, but Yuan Shao is conceited and arrogant, and will never look at Guo Jia squarely, so that Guo Jia's title is higher than Yuan Shao's, Cao Ying's intention is nothing more than that Yuan Shao and Guo Jia cannot form a friendly alliance.

"Cao Mengde is really an old fox."

Guo Jia looked at the letter sent by Zhou Tai in Yizhou Mansion and was quite emotional.

With the political advantage of the princes of the Son of Heaven, Cao Ying's political card has reached the point of perfection.

And this convenience may not be able to be played by Yuan Shao by hijacking the Son of Heaven, and other princes may not be able to play political games as well as Cao Ying.

"Hehe, this is Cao Ying is afraid of the lord. Yuan Shao after the defeat in Guanzhong, after learning a lesson, he must be a battalion step by step, after exterminating Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Shao will definitely fight to the death with Cao Ying, Cao Ying now gives the lord what he wants, nothing more than hoping that the lord will not interfere in the decisive battle between him and Yuan Shao at that time. ”

Zhang Song said lightly.

Qin Mi, Zhen Yan, Zhen Yao, Fei Shi, Peng Yi and others nodded frequently.

Guo Jia knocked on the table, his face was relaxed, he didn't care, a politician turned his face faster than a book, he and Yuan Shao could instantly turn enemies into friends, and Cao Ying could also show favor to Guo Jia after the first battle in Guanzhong.

Anyway, everyone is one on the surface and one in their hearts, what will they do, and each other is not a roundworm in each other's stomachs.

"Now it's faster than speed, Guanzhong is recovering fast, my soldiers and horses are expanding fast, as long as I am ready before the decisive battle between Yuan Shao and Cao Ying, no matter what they give me at that time, if they want me to stay in Guanxi, I'm afraid it will be difficult." If I can't catch up, whatever they want to give me, I'll take it for nothing. ”

Guo Jia has nothing to be proud of.

Marquis of Wuyang, Wuyang is the county seat of Qianwei County, Yizhou, what is the use of Guo Jia's economic income from his own territory? Marquis, there are princes with a little strength in the world, and even Sun Ce, who won the six counties of Jiangdong, was named Marquis of Wu by Cao Ying.

What is Guo Jia proud of?

As for the hussar general, it was completely more of a false name, and the soldiers and horses were still their own, and they did not add a single soldier.

In the final analysis, these are all given by Cao Ying, politically, Guo Jia and even Yuan Shao have to look up to people and look at Cao Ying's face.

If he was honored by Cao Ying's reward, Guo Jia would feel deeply ashamed.

However, these false names can be more, better than nothing, the higher the official position, the higher the title, the higher Guo Jia's reputation, and at the same time, there are more and more people who come to vote, and the people under the rule are more comfortable to be obedient people.

"If the lord intends to reap the benefits of the decisive battle between Yuan Shao and Cao Ying, then please prepare for the lord early, after the battle of Guanzhong, Yuan is still stronger than Cao, Yuan Shao sent 200,000 troops to attack Guanzhong, but was defeated by tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the lord, the next time, Yuan Shao wants to fight a decisive battle with Cao Ying, I am afraid that the soldiers and horses he put into the battlefield will be several times that of 200,000. In this way, he can be sure to set foot in the Central Plains, and if the lord is short of soldiers and horses, it may be difficult to control the victory or defeat of this decisive battle. ”

Fei Shi said to Guo Jia.

No matter how intriguing and planning there is in a war, the implementer is always the army, and if there are few troops, those who use them will be overstretched.

Guo Jia pondered for a long time, his relaxed expression changed slightly solemnly, and said in a deep voice: "The expansion of the army is an imminent matter, I intend that after three years, the soldiers and horses under my command will be about 400,000 to control the situation in the Central Plains. ”

Craftsmen are not jack-of-all-trades, the ship looks simple, but in fact the structure is fine, the load, speed, defense and so on are all things that a warship must take into account, and the difference between a small boat and a warship is not something that ordinary craftsmen and senior craftsmen can compare.

Yizhou's craftsmen have always been a group that Guo Jia attaches great importance to, these years he is still continuing to recruit talents, as long as there is a skill, he will treat him well, Ma Jun is a typical person of this group, the battlefield is invincible, Guo Jia's army equipment, most of them are from the Hanzhong Army workshop, and over the years, Guo Jia has been telling Ma Jun to focus on building warships, Ma Jun is from the northwest, in the past it is impossible to have in-depth research on the structure of ships, under the supervision of Guo Jia, continue to brainstorm, I don't know how effective it has been today.

Qin Mi gave Guo Jia an affirmative answer.

"Last winter, Ma Bejia had written to Chengdu, and the letter said that Hanzhong had been able to build medium-sized and large warships, and Wu Yi had also sent someone to Yangzhou quietly to investigate, according to the report, the scale of the warship built by Ma Bejia was almost the same as that of the Jiangdong warship, so I don't know what the difference would be in the actual battle in Jiangzhong."

Guo Jia nodded after hearing this, Ma Jun is not a person who can talk empty words, as long as he is an honest man, Guo Jia will never think that Ma Jun is exaggerating.

Jingzhou Liu Biao's recruitment action after the crisis was lifted, Guo Jia has already gotten the news, Guo Jia can look at this matter from Liu Biao's point of view, which is nothing more than to strengthen his sense of security, but for the sake of insurance, Guo Jia does not want Liu Biao to repeat the same mistakes again in the future and give him a salary.

People fall, and when they fall, they get up and learn their lessons.

Liu Biao's feint to attack Yizhou turned out to be a cocoon, this time he recruited troops, in case Hou Zhen and Cao Ying or Yuan Shao joined forces to deal with Guo Jia, Liu Biao would definitely not bluff again.

Therefore, Guo Jia wanted to deter Liu Biao, and at the same time, he also began to lay the foundation for Jingzhou's future strategy in Yangzhou.

To fight the Central Plains and the north, you must rely on cavalry and foot soldiers, and to fight south of the Yangtze River, you must need a naval division!

If there was no water master, Guo Jia would never have been able to get involved in Jingzhou and Yangzhou.

Because of the use of the Yangtze River basin, Jiangdong and Jingzhou can come and go freely from the Yangtze River, and the breathtaking flow of the Yangtze River will become the landing point of their soldiers and horses.

"Well, transfer Gan Ning back in Chang'an and let him go to Hanzhong, Gan Ning is in Hanzhong, Zhou Tai is in Badong, and give an order to the two of them, ordering them to start forming a water division, Gan Ning is the governor of the capital, and Zhou Tai is the deputy governor. The scale of the sailor division will be aimed at 100,000. All the soldiers and horses under his command can be turned into sailors, but if there are soldiers who cannot adapt to surface combat, then these soldiers will be transferred to Zhang Liao to lead, still as foot soldiers, Yinling Feicai will not move for the time being, and will still be led by Gan Ning. ”

After Guo Jia issued the military order, his serious expression suddenly relaxed, he wondered if Liu Biao would sleep well after learning the news?

If Jingzhou only has foot soldiers, then Guo Jia's 100,000 naval troops can go south from Badong and Hanzhong, plus foot soldiers, Guo Jia can easily send troops by land and water in three ways, and it will be easy to sweep Jingzhou.

How should Liu Biao prevent it? There is almost no other way than to form a naval army to guard the key mouths of rivers.

Moreover, Liu Biao passively formed a naval army, and his naval army could only be used for defense, but not for fighting Yizhou.

Because the terrain of Yizhou is dangerous, and the mouth of the rivers and gorges in the territory is very steep, Jingzhou's naval army must first overcome the dilemma of going upstream, and secondly, it must break through the difficult and dangerous gorges.

Guo Jia really wanted to see Liu Biao's expression after learning that Yizhou had formed a naval army, it should be very exciting.

(To be continued)