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Chapter Eighty-Three: The Righteous Path Imperial Soldiers

Guo Ye, who went north from Hefei to Xuchang, was exactly heading to the north-west, and Guo Jia's next strategy was to sweep the south of the Yellow River before winter, that is, to destroy Liu Bei in Xuzhou, so Guo Ye, who set out from Hefei, actually marched to the northeast with 50,000 soldiers and horses, and set foot on Guangling and Xiapi, which could directly sweep Xuzhou, but Guo Jia just asked him to go near and far to join the army in Xuchang. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info//update fast//.

Since the Taiping army swept through Jiangdong, the whole army has been greatly encouraged, which can be seen from the expressions of ordinary soldiers, either full of confidence or high morale.

Obviously, for ordinary people, they also know what it means to destroy Jiangdong, and soon, an era of peace in the four seas is coming, and they, the soldiers of the Taiping Army, will definitely have gratifying gains when they are rewarded for their meritorious deeds.

Guo Jia has never treated the army badly, even if he is a dead person, he has a richer pension than the living meritorious person.

When there is hope, a goal, and a bright future within reach, people are always full of motivation, and the Taiping Army is now walking on the road of the wilderness.

Guo Ye rode on his horse and turned his head to Wei Yan beside him, and wrote lightly: "The arrogant army will be defeated, remind all the officers when you set up camp, don't get carried away." ”

Although the complacent Wei Yan also noticed the change in the mentality of the soldiers, he did not take it to heart, they swept Jiangdong and defeated Cao Wei, seeing that the domination of the world was close at hand, and this expedition to Xuzhou, Liu Bei was only 30,000 soldiers and horses, what is there to fear?

"The prince is too worried, now our army is invincible, presumably when our army arrives in Xuzhou, Uncle Liu Huang will definitely be captured."

Guo Ye didn't like Wei Yan to talk to him in such a tone that seemed to be discussed, but also seemed to be thorough, which was not a good sign.

Turning his head, Guo Ye looked at Wei Yan lightly, Wei Yan didn't notice anything at first, until he found that Guo Ye's eyes were locked on his face, and then he suddenly asked, "Shizi, is the last general wrong?" ”

Guo Ye didn't reply, still looking at him, suddenly, Wei Yan felt that the needle was on his back, and he also woke up, the young man in front of him was the son of the world, and it was very likely that he was the second generation emperor of the Guo family who was about to appear, so he put away his relaxed posture, lowered his eyes slightly, and said: "The last general understands that when it gets dark, he must tell all the officers in the army. ”

Only then did he retract his gaze, Guo Ye looked at the farmers who were busy with the harvest in the farmland beside the road, and said softly: "Wen Chang, when I was young, my father told me that Luoyang was not built in a day, but it was destroyed in one fell swoop. ”

The background of this sentence is that Guo Jia told him the history of Dong Zhuo's burning of the imperial capital, although the original words should have replaced Luoyang with Rome, but the meaning was the same.

Now Wei Yan is cautious, not daring to say whatever he wants, although he feels that Guo Ye is alarmist, with the current situation of the Taiping Army, it is really not possible for anyone to suddenly come out and reverse the overall situation of the world.

"Do you know why the lord ordered our army to go to Xuchang first and then attack Xuzhou, instead of our army directly attacking Xuzhou?"

Riding on the horse and swaying slightly, Wei Yan thought for a moment and replied, "The lord wants to reduce the casualties of the righteous path imperial soldiers?" ”

It is conceivable that Guo Ye went to Xuzhou with 50,000 soldiers and horses, faced Liu Bei's 30,000 soldiers and horses, and Guo Ye and Guo Jia joined forces with 150,000 troops to kill Xuzhou, the casualties of the Taiping army must be completely different, 50,000 against 30,000, Liu Bei still has room to fight back, and if it is not good, it will be a lose-lose situation, 150,000 against 30,000, that is one-sided.

Guo Ye smiled slightly, outsiders didn't know the implied meaning of this, and he said softly: "There is a line between self-confidence and conceit, complacency and self-error are also in a thought, the lord does not want the conquest of Xuzhou to be variable, and the division of troops to attack Xuzhou may cut off all of Liu Bei's retreats, but if I lead 50,000 troops to attack Pi Guangling, the lord's worry will give Liu Bei a chance to live, especially after my 50,000 army is wiped out." ”

Wei Yan was shocked and said in disbelief: "The lord is looking too highly at Liu Bei, right?" ”

Liu Bei has lost a lot of battles in his life, lost his home several times, and really has nothing to show off, even if it is a big victory in Chibi, it is also the main force in Jiangdong, Wei Yan actually only said half of what he said, and the other half was Guo Jia who looked down on Guo Ye.

"What is Liu Xuande afraid of? However, let me lead the army into Xuzhou and face Liu Bei's 30,000 army alone, I really have to be cautious and cautious step by step, otherwise if I am not careful, I may really go and never return. The person who is really jealous is Zhuge Kongming. ”

Guo Jia's words are a holy decree for Guo Ye, there is no need to get to the bottom of it, as long as it is accepted as the truth, Guo Jia said that Lu Xun is the leader of the younger generation, so Guo Ye does not investigate Lu Xun, so he believes that Lu Xun must be a veritable talent. Guo Jia said that Zhuge Liang is a genius in the world, and he is an all-rounder in military and political affairs, so Guo Ye naturally will not use a skeptical mentality to test Zhuge Liang, many people who think they are unwilling to listen to the warnings of the elders are ruined by luck.

Wei Yan was unconvinced, but it was difficult to get his words out, so he had to follow Guo Ye's words and echo a few words.

At this moment, a fast horse came rushing in front of him, Guo Ye looked around, and found that it was Lu Xun in green clothes, and when Lu Xun came to Guo Ye's side and was about to bow his hand, Guo Ye waved his hand and said: "Bo Yan is running all the way, no need to be polite." How's it going? ”

Lu Xun took a breath and said with a smile: "Fortunately, the Langya Wang clan agreed on the spot." ”

Decided on six family affairs in one go, Guo Ye could not go to each family to ask for relatives in person, the Wang family located in Langya County, Xuzhou, was Lu Xun who took a trip on behalf of Guo Ye.

Lu Xun, who rushed back from Langya, told Guo Ye everything he had seen and heard in his trip.

In short, there are several pieces of information that are worth paying attention to.

Lu Xun went to propose marriage on behalf of Guo Ye, which was above board, and Liu Bei did not interfere with it even if he learned about it.

The well-known scholars and wealthy families in various parts of Xuzhou were in a neutral position, neither supporting nor resisting Liu Bei.

The last news was expected, Langya Wang learned that Guo Ye wanted to marry him, and after the matter was decided, many wealthy families in Xuzhou were ready to move, and went to the Wang family to inquire about the news, wanting to have a relationship with the Guo family.

After listening to what Lu Xun had seen and heard, Guo Ye looked ahead and said lightly: "Every chess game is divided into three stages, the beginning, the middle game, and the endgame. The opening game is deployment, whether to decide the trend of the whole game, whether to take the lead or to stand on the defensive, or to make a move or hide the killing opportunity in a flat and stable. In the middle game, it is killing, and the pair is cannibalistic. The endgame is that the overall situation has been decided, and the victory or defeat is clear at a glance. ”

After hearing this, Lu Xun smiled and said: "The lord's game has ended, and although Liu Bei has won Xuzhou, he has no power to return to the sky." ”

Before the Taiping army wiped out Wu, everything was a layout, and when Jiangdong was destroyed, Cao Wei Sili and Jingzhou's soldiers and horses were greatly damaged, the world has reached the endgame, Guo Jia still has more than 300,000 soldiers and horses, Cao Wei still has less than 200,000 soldiers and horses, Xuzhou Liu Bei only has 30,000, and in terms of territory, Guo Jia has already taken the advantage.

Those officials in Xuzhou, whether they are wealthy or the original Cao Wei, will definitely not throw themselves into Liu Bei, this is no different from seeking death, knowing that it is a sinking ship, who is willing to jump on it? Even if there is no Guo Jia's devastating sweep in Jiangbei and Jiangnan, the Mi family, who used to have a family of more than 100 million diners and tens of thousands of diners in Xuzhou, gave everything to Liu Bei, in exchange for what?

Mi Zhu's experience is enough to discourage all those who want to put the treasure on Liu Bei.

Seeing that he was about to step into the boundary of Yingchuan, Guo Ye was full of emotion, this is Guo Jia's birthplace, and it is naturally the hometown of the Guo family, but Guo Ye is the first time to come to Yingchuan County.

The Central Plains is the place where Cao Wei first implemented Tuntian, and the development of various places is in good order, although the army has withdrawn from the Central Plains, but the people still have to live, harvest in autumn and hide in winter, and they are still busy with the scene.

"Those who accompany their father to fight the country will definitely get the best treatment, and those who come to support their father after the country has been decided can only get general preferential treatment, and those who want to oppose their father will definitely end up miserable."

Guo Ye suddenly said such words leisurely.

Wei Yan, who had been silent for a long time, said on the side: "It's no wonder that many people want to get in touch with the lord now. ”

Guo Ye sneered on his face and said, "There must be many people here who want a talisman to exonerate themselves. Just give them first, don't show your feet again, otherwise, hehe. ”

The reason why he decided on the six family affairs in one breath is that Guo Ye actually wants to start with the wealthy families in various places and divide the local forces, no matter who is sincerely serving the Guo family, and who is speculative about enjoying the shade under the big tree, or if he is a traitor and a heinous crime and wants to hide from the world and work hard to resist it, it doesn't matter, as long as the officialdom and the local tyrants do not have comrades in unison, it will be easy to do, and after the Taiping Army fully takes over the territory, the officialdom will be reshuffled, and those local tyrants will kill them, it is simply easy.

When Guo Jia entered Yizhou, he also temporarily bowed his head to the local tyrants in Yizhou, which was all a trick of hypocrisy and wrongdoing, and it was also a strategic trick to fight the enemy, and now Guo Ye has learned eight points to follow suit.

The army came to the wilderness of Yingchuan County in the evening, and it was expected to enter Xuchang tomorrow afternoon to join Guo Jia's 100,000-strong army.

Camping in the wilderness, the first thing is to scout the terrain, although it is very close to Xuchang, but for the sake of caution, Guo Ye still sent scouts to reconnoiter within a radius of 100 miles.

There are some mountains nearby that are not majestic, and Guo Ye is looking left and right at the foot of the mountain, as if he wants to find some sense of belonging from Yingchuan.

"Shizi, I caught a suspicious teenager on the opposite mountain."

The soldiers of the Taiping Army were building a camp with mud and stones, and Guo Ye was standing outside in a distraction, but was disturbed.

Turning his head, Zhang Yi walked over with a young man, seeing that the young man was dressed shabby and unarmed, and he didn't look like a tough guy who had practiced kung fu with Kong Wuli, Guo Ye smiled and asked, "What's your name?" ”

The young man didn't have the slightest fear, looked up at Guo Ye, and said with a straight chest: "The surname is Deng Mingai." ”