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Since Guo Jia entered Guanzhong, Han Sui and Ma Teng began to restrict the outflow of strategic materials such as salt, iron, and war horses in their respective territories, on the one hand, they needed to raise a large-scale army again after losing troops at that time, and on the other hand, they tacitly agreed that they did not want Guo Jia to become stronger and stronger. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info win phone bills,

Taking Ma Chao as an example, the population under his rule is only in the early 200,000s, and he has an army of more than 20,000, in other words, an average of less than ten people have to feed a soldier, which is a very heavy burden in the era when scientific and technological productivity is not high.

Guo Jia has been in charge of Yizhou to the end of the sixth year of Jian'an for more than ten years, in the past ten years, generally speaking, his rule is smooth, the people live and work in peace and contentment, the population of prosperous Chengdu has exceeded 500,000, and the population of his subordinate places before the battle of Guandu is close to 6 million, under such a population base, Guo Jia has 300,000 troops, in fact, it is a limit number, now to subdue the south, the future to swallow the entire northwest, after the end of another recuperation, the direct benefit of population growth is to let Guo Jia have room to expand the army.

Jingzhou Liu Biao originally only brought 100,000 armor, which is a number that Jingzhou can bear calmly, but in the face of Guo Jia's aggressiveness, Liu Biao had no choice but to expand the army and pull up an army of 200,000, which obviously exceeds the number that Jingzhou can afford, but this kind of overburdened army expenditure, the drawbacks are not immediate, and will be exposed over time.

After the disastrous defeat of Yuan Shao in Guanzhong, Hebei raised troops in a large number of troops, and behind the 700,000 troops was to make Hebei go from prosperity to decline, otherwise with Hebei's grain output, Yuan Shao would not have given his life to the situation of loss of grain and grass in the battle of Guandu.

The reason why Guo Jia did not list Jiangdong as the number one enemy for the time being is also here, the subordinates of the six counties of Jiangdong are not big, and they are not small to say, but the population base has never been able to compare with the north, since Sun Ce swept Jiangdong, the number of soldiers and horses in Jiangdong has never exceeded 100,000, the reason is that they can't afford to raise more.

As for Cao Cao, who was based in the Central Plains, he was originally a dying situation, if it weren't for the millions of yellow scarves in Qingzhou that were surrendered by him, so as to obtain labor, and the wealthy clans of the Central Plains were exiled due to the war and left countless fields, I am afraid that he would make it difficult for the princes to soar to the sky.

Guo Jia has always coveted the war horses in the northwest, but after he entered the main pass, both Han and Ma were respectful to him on the surface and secretly wary of him, so Guo Jia could not expand the cavalry troops, at most he kept the Yinling flying cavalry to make up for the shortage at 10,000 every year.

The famine in the northwest came at a timely time, which gave Guo Jia the opportunity to obtain war horses through trade.

At this time, whether it is Ma Chao or Han Sui, it is obvious that they will no longer cling to strategic materials and ignore the importance of food, they will starve to death without food, and they can't kill war horses for food or exchange food, right? The price is also too great, a horse can be exchanged for several months' rations, but how many people can eat for a few days if a horse is killed?

Maybe Ma Chao has not yet reached the edge of the cliff, so he can still not open the horse market to Guo Jia, but Han Sui has no choice.

The Yizhou caravan to the northwest was not hindered, as early as the period when Li Dao and Guo Yan caused trouble in Chang'an, Guo Jia made an agreement with the Han and Ma families, and also explained the interests to each other, business is a normal exchange, there is no forced buying and selling, you don't sell or don't buy, but if you collect the caravan's materials without a sound like Yuan Shang, then don't blame Guo Jia for meeting each other.

Guo Jia couldn't go to Hebei to reason with Yuan Shang, and it was easy to wave his army to the west.

The Yizhou caravan with grain went to the northwest and didn't want anything, so they had to exchange grain for war horses, and they had to be carefully selected, and they didn't want other northwest specialties or handmade products.

Now the business is a seller's market, not that I first fell in love with your war horse, but that you begged me to sell you grain.

How much to sell, I say, whether to collect money or barter, is also what I say.

Scattered war horses were transported back to Chang'an from the northwest, and these were directly transported into the Chang'an military camp, and the arrival of each horse was recorded in the account book to offset the taxes of the Yizhou Chamber of Commerce in Chang'an, which was at least thirty percent lower than paying money and grain, so the Yizhou Chamber of Commerce was happy to be a middleman for Guo Jia.

Before the arrival of winter, the training tasks in the Chang'an military camp were much more stringent than before.

The things that will be sent out in half a year are only known to the generals in the army, and ordinary soldiers will not know, so now step up the training and relax a little during the winter, and reintegrate in the spring of the next year, and the combat power will be significantly improved.

Fa Zheng counted the war horses in the barracks, and on average, nearly a thousand war horses were sent into the barracks every month, and he had to do a statistical work, so that he could report it to Xu Shu, so that Xu Shu could directly negotiate with the representatives of the Yizhou Chamber of Commerce.

After the work was done, the cool clothes of the autumn Fa Zheng steadily left the barracks.

At sunset, the officers and men of the army had finished their training and were preparing to eat dinner in an orderly manner, when Fa Zheng, who had just walked out of the barracks and had only taken a hundred steps, was suddenly stopped.

"Lord Fa, please stay."

Fa Zheng stopped and turned around, looked at the sturdy young man, showed a gentle smile and arched his hand, "Young Master Ye, is there something wrong?" ”

Guo Ye was shirtless, wiped the sweat on his body with the shirt he took off, and said a little embarrassedly: "Please forgive me, Lord Fa, you bear with me who is covered with stinky sweat, I have something to ask you." ”

Calculate carefully, Fa Zheng met Guo Ye on the first day of his service to Guo Jia, and after a few years, Guo Ye also grew up under the gaze of these civil and military generals, and now he can still go to the military camp to endure hardships and exercises, which is indeed commendable.

"If Gongzi Ye doesn't dislike it, why don't you go and have a light meal at Xiafu?"

Fa Zhengyi opened his hand and invited.

Guo Ye politely refused: "No, I will go back to the barracks later, in this way, I will accompany you for a while, hoping that Lord Fa can solve my doubts." ”

Fa Zheng smiled slightly, took a step, slowed down, and asked, "What is the confusion of Ye Gongzi?" ”

Guo Ye hung his sweat-soaked shirt around his neck, and after the two of them walked a few steps beside Fa Zheng, he said: "A few days ago, my father asked me how to deal with Han Sui and Ma Chao to borrow food, I replied that it was okay to borrow it or not, my father smiled and disappeared, I don't know whether my answer is right or wrong, and I hope that Lord Fa will solve my doubts." ”

Guo Ye has been thinking about this problem over and over again recently, Jia Xu is not in Chang'an, there are not many people he can ask for advice, and Fa Zheng is one.

Fa Zheng turned his head and glanced at Guo Ye gently, then looked ahead, and said softly: "I want to ask Ye Gongzi first, do you think the lord can recruit Ma Chao and Han Sui?" ”

Surrender?

It is simply impossible to annex each other without using force, or to bring these two to their knees.

Guo Ye blurted out: "Han Sui and Ma Chao will not surrender to their father." ”

Surrender or submission requires a name.

Cao Cao's recruitment and rebellion were all under the banner of the Han court, and the people were attached, so they nominally obeyed the call of the court to be a loyal minister and obedient minister.

But the princes have taken refuge in the princes for no reason, which is a bit unreasonable, even Guo Jia, who is now a hussar general and a military governor of Yizhou Pastoral Governor Guanzhong, is only a Han Chen, since he is a minister, what name does it have to let a general who is also a feudal lord of the Han court come to take refuge? Isn't this tantamount to openly supporting Guo Jia's rebellion?

Guo Jia can fabricate the matter of Han Sui and Ma Chao's disobedience as a slogan to crusade against them, ostensibly for the Han family, but in fact, he is actually conquering and expanding, but Guo Jia cannot directly order the other party to surrender, and his identity and status are not enough to justify his name.

In the context of such a position, Han Sui Ma Chao can return to Cao Cao openly, at least nominally a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao can also use the Son of Heaven to give them the title of Marquis Jinjue, in turn, Guo Jia can't give them the title, and at the same time, regardless of whether Guo Jia is loyal or traitorous, their fate is not necessarily optimistic, Guo Jia surrendered to the court, they are ministers, Guo Jia failed to compete in the Central Plains, they are a party of thieves, Guo Jia won the world, they are definitely not the group that benefits the most, and follow Cao Cao, follow the court, even if the Han family perishes in the end, At least they will not be infamous in the history books.

Guo Ye's answer made Fa Zheng feel relieved in his heart, at least Guo Ye did not blindly and arrogantly think that Guo Jia's power was a factor that Han Sui and Ma Teng had to bow their heads and submit.

"Young Master Ye, since this is the case, if the lord wants to subdue the northwest, he must meet Han Sui and Ma Chao's sword soldiers, so what is the most unfavorable situation?"

Fa Zheng walked forward slowly, his tone soft.

Guo Ye also blurted out this time: "The two families jointly resist my father." ”

"What about a little better than that?"

"The two families don't help each other, and my father breaks them one by one."

"What about a better situation?"

"The two families are infighting, and my father is reaping the profits."

Speaking of this, Guo Ye stopped and frowned in thought.

Fa Zheng didn't continue walking, turned his head and stared at Guo Ye with a faint smile.

After a while, Guo Ye suddenly arched his hand towards Fa Zheng and said, "I have benefited a lot from talking to Fa Daren. However, I want to know, if Ma Chao hadn't deducted the grain and grass, wouldn't his father's plan be miscalculated? ”

Guo Ye said to Guo Jia that it is possible to borrow food or not.

If you don't borrow, the two families will have no food to survive, and they will definitely join forces to attack Guanzhong, which is a desperate fight in a desperate situation, as long as Guo Jia blocks it, he can sit and wait for the two families to die, but this situation is precisely the most unfavorable situation for Guo Jia to subdue the northwest.

If you borrow grain, it will make the two families grateful to Dade, which is conducive to Guo Jia breaking them one by one.

This is what Guo Ye thought, and what he ignored was the best situation.

The two families killed each other, and Guo Jia reaped the profits.

Fa Zheng said meaningfully to Guo Ye: "Ye Gongzi, those who want to achieve things, especially those who want to achieve great things, can't be careful, the lord doesn't even care about the gains and losses of a city and a place, will he care about the grain and grass?" The invincible is the businessman, the lord borrows grain to set up a bureau, at least it will return a bad situation, and the best reward is now, Ma Chao and Han Sui have a gap. ”

If the upper-middle-down describes Guo Jia and Guo Ye, the father and son's views on borrowing grain, then it is obvious that Guo Jia and Guo Ye are middle-bottom.

Guo Ye nodded thoughtfully, looking like he was being taught, but he immediately asked again: "Lord Fa said that Han Sui and Ma Chao had a gap, could it be that these two families are going to war?" ”

Military matters, no one deliberately told Guo Ye, he would never know.

Fa Zheng smiled when he heard this: "Although Han Sui got 100,000 stone grain, but it is not enough to support him through the danger of famine, at most it is a delay, if Han Sui can not guarantee the abundance of grain and grass under his rule, then the people under his rule will go to other places to beg, after the loss of population, his harvest in the coming year will be less, and the army must be reduced, this series of follow-up reactions, the lord called it a chain reaction, which will affect the whole body, Han Sui does not want to sit and wait for defeat, so he must start a war." ”

Guo Ye nodded frequently, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and after saluting Fa Zheng, he turned around and ran back towards the barracks.

Fa Zheng looked at his back and gradually disappeared from view, sighing inexplicably.

"If Ye Gongzi was born ten or twenty years later, it would be great."

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