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It has been a month since Guo Jia led an army of 200,000 troops to Xuzhou, and the final result of the battle outside Xuzhou declared that Guo Jia unified the south of the Yellow River and the thirteen states of the world, but the only thing that has not yet been annexed is the poor four states of Cao Wei in Hebei.

In the battle to destroy Liu Bei, the Taiping army paid a price of nearly 10,000 to annihilate the enemy, and Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others were all buried on the battlefield.

In today's situation, Guo Jia has 190,000 troops on the south bank of the Yellow River, plus 100,000 troops of Zhang Liao in Luoyang, with the Yellow River as the boundary, and nearly 300,000 Taiping troops are eyeing Hebei.

It is already difficult for Hebei to recruit new soldiers, and the new troops recruited before were all taken to Fancheng and sent to Huangquan by Yu Ban, and the current situation, even if Cao Pi opened how generous the recruitment conditions were, I am afraid that no one would be willing to serve him, after all, no matter how you look at it, it is a dead end.

And if you want to forcibly recruit soldiers, it will provoke a popular uprising, even if Cao Pi sits on the dragon chair and is shaky, he will not be stupid enough to dig his own grave.

Heavy snow all over the city, the Taiping army in the Guo Jia plan to prepare well, warm clothes and grain and grass are ready, the whole army in Xuzhou for the time being, when the spring flowers bloom in the next year, it is the final battle of Dingding.

In the spacious study, Guo Jia casually flipped through the books from Tao Qian to Cao Wei to Liu Bei, Xuzhou has no shortage of scholarly families, and the atmosphere of literature and ink is strong, and some strange ancient scrolls can arouse Guo Jia's interest.

A figure suddenly appeared outside the door, Guo Jia turned his head to look, and said with a smile: "Yuan Zhi, it's been a long time since you were fine, eh?" Who is this kid? ”

Before the winter, the Taiping army swept Henan, and after the winter, it was necessary to attack Hebei in the north, that is, this winter, Xu Shu took out the gap and came to Xuzhou to meet Guo Jia.

Guo Jia saw at a glance the young man behind Xu Shu who was dodging half of his body.

"This child's name is Jiang Wei, and I accepted him as my son."

Xu Shu looked meticulous, as if he was full of burdens.

Although Guo Jia was surprised to hear Jiang Wei's name, he was still more concerned about Xu Shu's worried look.

Just as he was about to ask, another person appeared behind Xu Shu: Qin Mi.

Putting away the bamboo slips and putting them back on the bookshelf, Guo Jia walked to the side of the table and sat down, also put away his relaxed expression, and asked, "Seeing you like this, there must be something, come in and talk about it." ”

Xu Shu turned around and asked Jiang Wei to stay elsewhere, and then walked into the study, followed by Qin Mi, as well as Jia Xu, Fa Zheng, and Pang Tong.

can be called Guo Jia's most important right-hand man, and the six civil officials were not present.

This posture is almost exactly the same as when Guo Jia and these people formulated the strategy of exterminating Cao together.

Qin Mi took out a letter from his arms and presented it to Guo Jia, Guo Jia sighed lightly, and after opening it, he was not surprised by the writer of the letter: Xi Zhicai.

The five strategists in front of him had solemn expressions and stared at Guo Jia in unison, which made Guo Jia vaguely guess what they meant.

From Xi Zhicai's letter, Guo Jia sighed secretly: As expected.

Guo Jia showed a wry smile, and when he was about to speak, the five people in front of him bowed down in unison, led by Xu Shu, and said: "I implore the lord to think twice, after destroying Cao, establish a country and ascend the throne!" ”

These five people include Guo Jia's best friend when he was a teenager, a talented person who Guo Jia sincerely recruited, like-minded, and Guo Jiahui.

Guo Jia put down Xi Zhicai's letter, sighed lightly, and then said: "I once told you that if you repay him with a countryman, I will treat you as a countryman." I will not accept your requests. But, what I ask and think, dare to ask, can you satisfy me once? Maybe it's my surname, it's me who escapes, it's me who is cowardly, but this is me, the biggest wish in my heart, not to be lonely, but to be at ease. ”

The world is chaotic, there is nowhere to be home, and in a war-torn environment, how can there be a happy land? What's the point? But after unifying the country, it is different, Guo Jia does not want to be tied to the temple, and does not want to continue to be so physically and mentally tense and live in conscientious work all his life.

At this moment, Guo Jia still didn't change his mind, Xu Shu was struggling, very complicated, but Pang Tong was already in tears, his ugly face was full of true feelings, and he still persuaded Guo Jia bitterly.

"Lord, you are in the prime of life, why worry about your youth? When the world is first decided, you still need to coordinate all directions and prosper the country! ”

Guo Jia shook his head when he heard this, looked at Pang Tong's tearful appearance, and said: "Shi Yuan, now you are not like you who was alone in the past, but Shi Yuan was brave and outstanding." How can you cry and cry like you do now? ”

Pang Tong listened and immediately wiped his tears, but still looked at Guo Jia expectantly.

After Guo Jia puffed up his chest, he smiled: "What have I done all these years?" It is nothing more than to collect all the talents and talents, and to control them with the Tao. And it is up to you to truly benefit the common people, clear the four seas, calm the chaos, and calm the world. I have one thing to ask for now. ”

As far as the monarch is concerned, Guo Jia can't do everything himself, all he needs is a helper, and with a helper, he can get twice the result with half the effort, handle all aspects properly, and form a joint force. On the contrary, even if Guo Jia descended from heaven to earth, could he kill all the enemies by himself? Even if he really had the talent of the past and the present, could he finish everyone's work? The Venerable Master works hard and is a monarch, and even more so, knowing people and doing their duties well is the most important thing.

As soon as they heard Guo Jia's words and begging, the five of them were all thoughtful and intelligent people, and they immediately understood.

Although he had already tacitly agreed to it, Guo Jia still opened his mouth.

"Ye'er is young, although he has been calm since he was a child, and he has never been overly angry, but he still needs someone to remind him from time to time, you are all his elders, he respects him, and he will definitely not turn a deaf ear to your words, for the sake of this hard-won peace, I hope that you will continue to work hard and bother."

Xu Shu and Guo Jia have been friends for nearly 30 years, and they know Guo Jia's spleen and surname very well, since they can't make him change his mind until now, there is no need to bother with words.

Immediately, Xu Shu said: "Don't worry, my lord, we will do our best to assist the prince, protect the peace, and benefit the common people." ”

The other four also expressed their positions one by one, so that Guo Jia was relieved, and all the mainstays in his group, from literature to martial arts, could unanimously support Guo Ye, at least there would be no internal chaos.

"Alright, let's get down to business."

Guo Jia suddenly chuckled.

No one in the hall looked at each other helplessly, in their opinion, what they just talked about was the most serious thing, but Guo Jia didn't take it seriously.

"What is Cao Pi's movement in Hebei?"

Guo Jia raised a smiling face, and seemed to forget the previous thing in an instant.

Fa Zheng immediately replied: "Cao Xiu led 50,000 troops to guard Huguan in Bingzhou, and Cao Pi's 120,000 soldiers and horses in Yecheng did not move at all. It is estimated that at this time, Cao Pi is also wandering between dilemmas. ”

After pondering for a moment, Guo Jia said: "Cao Pi is probably here to see if I will repeat Yuan Shao's mistakes." ”

In the battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao raised troops to the south, crossed the Yellow River and attacked a little, and confronted Cao Ying in Guandu, although Cao Pi was still a child at that time, but there must have been many old ministers around him who had experienced that earth-shattering reversal, so he had to be outnumbered, Cao Pi could not move first, first see how Guo Jia would march and then make a decision.

Yuan Shaoguan was defeated, but in addition to his own reasons, he actually made a mistake in terms of grand strategy.

At that time, Yuan Shaobing had many generals and was fully capable of at least clamping Cao Ying from three breads, but he wanted to concentrate his forces to have a decisive battle with Cao Ying.

Guo Jia and Cao Pi are very similar to the strength comparison between Yuan Shao and Cao Ying back then.

It's just that you have to go up a few steps from the strength level.

So now Cao Pi is waiting, waiting for Guo Jia to step into Hebei.

is like Yuan Shao to smash Huanglong, and strive to succeed in a battle. Or is there another trick?

"If Cao Pi had half his father's strength, he should gather all his troops and horses to prepare for a decisive battle."

Guo Jia said with a smile.

Now the Taiping army is in Luoyang on one side and Xuzhou on the other, and Yanzhou, the hinterland of the Central Plains in the middle, is empty, but Cao Pi obviously will not send troops to cross the Yellow River, otherwise he will be surrounded by the Taiping army, not to mention that retreating to Hebei is Cao Wei who took the initiative to abandon the Central Plains.

On the one hand, Cao Pi was afraid that the Taiping army would sweep through Bingzhou and Qingzhou left and right, and he was also afraid that he would be destroyed by the Taiping army's withered momentum and directly break through Yecheng, and now he was in a dilemma, forming an embarrassing situation.

The 50,000 soldiers and horses of Cao Xiu in Bingzhou looked like a 100,000-strong army on guard against Luoyang Zhang Liao, but in fact it was more like a lead to cocoon and self-restraint.

"In the spring of the next year, from Dongjun to Jizhou in the north, after entering Jizhou, Yecheng shook, Cao Pi must have thought that the Taiping army was going to attack Yecheng directly, and naturally Cao Xiu of Huguan would lead the army back to help, at that time, Wenyuan led the army to sweep through the state, let Meng Qi, Zilong, and Xingba lead the cavalry to intercept Cao Xiu halfway, and then turn around, and then take Qingzhou, then I will take a look at it, Cao Pi is still guarding Yecheng."

Guo Jia will not be as stupid as Yuan Shao, with the advantage of two wings, Jizhou is sandwiched between Bingzhou and Qingzhou, according to Guo Jia's current strength, even if he doesn't fight hard with Cao Pi, he can be forced into a desperate situation within a year.

Next, Guo Jia and Xu Shu planned the Northern Expedition plan for the coming year in detail.

Before leaving, Jia Xu turned his head and asked Guo Jia: "In the battle of the coming year, will the lord personally lead the army?" ”

Guo Jia shook his head and said, "No, let Ye'er be in charge." ”

Jia Xu nodded thoughtfully and left.

Guo Jia's purpose in doing this has been clearly revealed.

Destroy Wu, it's Guo Ye, kill Cao, or Guo Ye.

This is Guo Jia's desire to accumulate merit and prestige for Guo Ye and pave the way for Guo Ye to ascend to the top.

Although Mi Fang was guilty of spreading rumors in Chengdu back then, Guo Jia used him as a pawn to become the soul of Ma Chao's knife, which will have an impact on Guo Jia, because the convicted person will be punished according to law, and it should not be Guo Jia's secret scheme.

Ma Chao faked a rebellion, and Gan Ning and Wu Yi were secretly manipulated by Guo Jia, plus pardoned prisoners to enter the Taiping Army to be sent to death, etc. It will also damage Guo Jia's prestige, all of which are situations that Guo Jia took the initiative to create, so that the impact of his curtain call will be minimized, and his subordinates will face the new lord with expectations.

(To be continued)