Chapter 21: A Family Reunion
With a smile on his face, he politely saluted the leaders of the Guanghan clan, and Guo Jia kindly asked Xu Chu to collect his troops and return to Chengdu.
The tense atmosphere suddenly disappeared and became invisible, and the Guanghan clan did not react, except for Qin Mi, who was standing beside Qin Ye and Qin Cheng, with a worried face.
"Hahahaha, Guo Jia Xiao'er, I know the current affairs."
Qin Cheng's unbridled ridicule did not lower his voice, and the footsteps of Guo Jia leading the crowd to leave not far away did not stop, only Xu Chu gritted his teeth and pressed the weapon in the end, but there was no movement.
This can be regarded as a peaceful ending, the Guanghan clan has kept the Guanghan County where the foundation of power is located, even if Guo Jia covers the sky with one hand in Yizhou, Guanghan can only stop at the end of the acre.
For the Guanghan clan, this was a victory, which meant that the warlords who had entered Yizhou compromised with them, so they set up a banquet in Ye County, cooked cattle and slaughtered sheep, and there was a joy of jubilation and celebration.
At the banquet, all the big families frequently toasted Qin Ye and Qin Cheng, saying that they were heroes and heroes, daring to act, and standing up to the sky and unyielding Yinwei.
Qin Mi poured himself a long sigh, and the father beside him looked at his worried appearance, and asked suspiciously: "Zi Meng, now that Guo Jia has retired, Guanghan is still the master of the Qin family, why do you look so depressed?" ”
Today's wine seemed to be extremely bitter, Qin Mi smiled boringly, looked at his father listlessly and whispered: "Could it be that no one can see that Guo Jia is showing weakness?" When thirteen of the fourteen counties in the north of Yizhou bowed their heads to Guo Jia, could it be that Guanghan was still the Qin family's decision? My father was also present today, so I couldn't see that the soldiers under Guo Jia's command were really going to fight, and now the Qin family was bleeding. ”
The confrontation outside Guanghan Ye County, there is no doubt that there is a huge disparity in strength, if Guo Jia insists on wielding the butcher knife, the Qin family can't stop it, and the entire Guanghan County can't stop it, that is, 20,000 or 50,000 private soldiers, weapons, armor, military discipline, and combat power are not as good as the regular army, even if Guo Jia's army is hit hard, it will end up defeated.
But Guo Jia didn't do it, because Qin Mi wanted it, and Guo Jia's strategists also wanted it.
That's because Guo Jia is not fully prepared, and it is easy to slaughter the Guanghan clan at this moment, but Guo Jia can't stop the counterattack of the Shi clan and the Wang clan in the whole territory of Yizhou, and there must be a premise for destroying the Qin family, that is, Guo Jia is ready how to end, after the Yizhou Shi clan is completely opposed to him, who will help him govern Yizhou, once Guo Jia has a countermeasure, the life and death of the Qin family is irrelevant.
Qin Mi's father just gave the eldest brother and second brother a boost, it was okay to wave the flag and shout on the side, but it was obviously not possible to make suggestions, Qin Mi's words made him fall into deep thought but had no clue, and Qin Cheng, who was sitting next to him, heard Qin Mi's words, leaned over and smiled a little proudly: "Zi Meng, then what do you say about the current situation, what should the Qin family do?" ”
Qin Mi quietly looked at the wine glass in his hand, and after a moment of silence, he coldly spit out a sentence.
"If the Qin family never surrenders to Guo Jia, this is the best opportunity to incite the scholars and nobles in the entire territory of Yizhou, and at the same time attack Guo Jia."
A month ago was the best time for Guo Jia to enter Chengdu with an unstable foundation, and now, although not as good as then, it is also a good opportunity to let Guo Jia rest and ease the initial chaos, at that time, the Yizhou scholars had only two paths, exile or submission.
Qin Mi feels that this is basically impossible, the reason is very simple, Guo Jia has not killed any of the scholars in vain, and he only killed Liu Yan's family and the generals of the unified army in Chengdu, and the Dongzhou scholars who followed Liu Yan into Sichuan and Shu in Chengdu, Guo Jia was only deposed, as for Guo Jia to let the generals go to the counties to recruit surrenders, those who are willing to surrender will continue to stay, and there is no out-of-the-ordinary move, and now Guo Jia only wants to submit to Yizhou in name, which is tolerated by the Yizhou scholars, can't do it with Guo Jia endlessly.
If Guo Jia is like Sun Jian who kills and kills in Jingzhou, killing people in panic and killing everyone in the Shi clan, then the possibility of the Yizhou Shi clan fighting back is very high.
Qin Mi's strategy made Qin Cheng shake his head, squinting his eyes at Qin Mi with the intention of wine, and smiled mysteriously: "Zi Meng, it's a good thing to be unyielding, but things related to life and death must always be cautious, Yingchuan Guo Jia is young but not carried away, he knows that the governance of Yizhou depends on the Yizhou Shi clan, but he will not be willing to be constrained by others, so one day he will try his best to suppress the Yizhou Shi clan, we can't sit still." ”
Hearing Qin Cheng's words, Qin Mi's dim eyes brightened a little, this second uncle is an understanding person and has seen the situation clearly, but if he doesn't oppose Guo Jia now, and then he will rebel later, the chance of winning is very small.
"What do you think of the second uncle?"
Qin Cheng stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Vertical and horizontal, divisiveness." ”
Like falling into an ice cellar, Qin Mi's body was cold, and the coldness in his heart made him tremble uncontrollably.
The laughter and laughter at the banquet continued, but Qin Mi sat alone in the banquet with an expressionless face, revealing a sad self-deprecating smile, Qin Mi sighed secretly: If Guo Jia can't even control the generals under his command, what qualifications does he have to enter Yizhou? If his subordinates were people who could easily betray the master, then Guo Jia would have been in a different place when he captured Hanzhong.
After the feast, Qin Mi followed his father and walked towards his house, before entering the house, he pulled his father back, and when his father turned his head and stared at him suspiciously, Qin Mi knelt down in front of his father with a solemn face, and said with a sad face: "Father, the child begs you not to interfere in the planning of the eldest uncle and the second uncle anymore, no matter what they want to do, success or failure, father should not intervene, in this way, at least my Qin family may still be able to leave a vein, so that the bloodline will not be cut off." ”
Qin Mi's father didn't have much idea, seeing his favorite son pleading with him so solemnly, even if he couldn't figure out the reason, he also knew that the matter was very important, so he nodded and agreed.
Qin Mi, who had weighed the pros and cons in his heart, deeply understood that if the Yizhou Shi clan counterattacked in the whole territory, Guo Jia would win even if he won, and at that time, there would definitely be other warlords who coveted the land of Yizhou and came to exterminate Guo Jia, and the Qin family would have a day of revitalization, but if the Qin family secretly planned alone, once the matter was defeated, Guo Jia's thunderous anger would be enough to make the Qin family cease to exist.
After leading the army back to Chengdu, Guo Jia's expression was always unhappy and angry, and Xu Chu, who followed him all the way, wanted to speak several times and stopped, and finally returned to the barracks with a stomach.
Two days later, the sun was shining in the early morning, Guo Jia stood at the north gate of Chengdu, a couple standing not far from him, Cai Yong never gave Guo Jia a good look, and even scolded him many times for being a traitor, Guo Jia didn't mind, people in the world scolded him for being a traitor, if he couldn't help but verbally attack, then he had to kill too many people.
It wasn't until noon that a group of chariots and horses came from the north, and hundreds of white-clothed young men guarded the front and back, led by Xiao Ren and Xiao Yi.
The team stopped in front of Guo Jia, and Xiao Ren and Xiao Yi took a hundred young guards to greet Guo Jia.
Jumping off the horse, Guo Jia helped the two of them up, patted the dust on their clothes, and said, "How are you doing all the way?" ”
Xiao Ren replied: "My fourth brother and I walked on a secluded and distant road, and the journey was safe, fortunately we sent the lord's family and the Zhen family safely." ”
"It's okay, it's okay. It's been hard along the way, Guo Xiu, take them to the arranged accommodation to rest. ”
Guo Xiu led Xiao Ren and Xiao Yi and the hundred guards behind him into the city to rest, Guo Jia slowly walked to the carriage at the head of the row, just as the carriage curtain was opened, and the beautiful woman with outstanding demeanor walked out of the carriage with a baby in her arms.
Just wanted to rush over and say a few words to his daughter-in-law and take a look at his son by the way, but a gust of wind blew around him, and Guo Jia watched Cai Yong and his wife run over faster than him.
Cai Yan had been mentally prepared to meet his parents in Chengdu, but he didn't expect to reunite with his parents just before getting off the carriage.
Tears flowed, crying silently, just like a family of three in the next world was full of emotion, the mother and daughter hugged their heads and cried, Cai Yong was also in tears, his daughter was wrong, and he died in his heart, this was like a reunion scene of goodbye in the next life, and it also made him eliminate his complaints about his daughter, just looking at the baby boy in his daughter's arms who was staring at his eyes and was not afraid of life, Cai Yong's expression became embarrassed again.
This Cai Yong's family was immersed in the joy of reunion, and the Zhen family also cried a lot, Zhen Yao kowtowed to his mother three times, and let Zhen's mother hold him and laugh and cry.
Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao all sat in the carriage and looked at Guo Jia from afar, their eyes showed warmth, and they were in public, and it was always difficult to come out to complain, Zhen Jiang in the back carriage only knew that Guo Jia was in front, but he couldn't lose his etiquette to meet Ailang, but fortunately, the third brother appeared in front of him, and finally had a place to vent, and accompanied his mother to shed tears.
There are many people who ignore etiquette, Guo Jia is in a dilemma, come forward, Cai Yong definitely doesn't want to see him disturb their family of three, go to the Zhen family's carriage, the quarrel with Zhen's mother was not faster back then, and the Zhen family was hollowed out with the takeout, and not a single copper plate was returned to others, so it would only be embarrassing to go.
Seeing that Zhen Tuo and Zhen Dao, who were already fourteen years old, didn't have so many scruples, they jumped out of the carriage and ran towards Guo Jia, and there was a Zhen Rong behind him who waved vigorously at Guo Jia and trotted over.
Zhen Tuo and Zhen Dao tacitly grabbed Guo Jia's arm left and right, Zhen Rong fell directly into Guo Jia's arms, and almost didn't knock Guo Jia on his back.
Guo Jia, who couldn't cry or laugh, didn't open his mouth yet, and once again fell into the language bombardment of the Zhen sisters.
"Brother Fengxiao, the eldest brother said that the Zhen family is so poor that they have nothing to eat."
"Yes, the Zhen family is poor, Brother Fengxiao, you are now a big official, do you want to buy the children of poor families?"
"Buy me, I'll pour tea."
"I'll pour water."
"I'll rub my shoulders."
"I'll pinch my legs."
Zhen Rong, who was in Guo Jia's arms, raised his head and grinned at Guo Jia, and said proudly: "I will warm the bed." ”
The ears were clear, Guo Jia was very surprised that Zhen Rong actually had the terrifying skill to make the two sisters shut up, and when he looked left and right, he found that Zhen Tuo and Zhen Dao both looked pretty and shy, and the autumn waves were surging.
Guo Jia thought bitterly: Can the fourteen-year-old body stop squeezing my arms.