In less than ten years, there was the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and then the Eastern Army Alliance crusaded against Dong Zhuo, and the war in the Central Plains never stopped for a moment, and most of the Central Plains scholars who affected Chiyu were exiled, and Jingzhou was the place where most of the scholars went into exile.

Jingxiang clan plus exiled Beishi, they do not have an army, the political force that can be formed can not be underestimated, if they can not be properly handled, I am afraid it will set off an unpredictable storm, so Guo Jiacai personally led the army to capture Xiangyang and Jiangxia, Xi Zhicai sat in the Chengdu base camp, Xu Shu for Guo Jia to supervise the transportation of grain and grass, and dispatch logistics.

In this expedition, Guo Jia led four generals, 40,000 soldiers and horses under Zhang Yan, 15,000 soldiers and horses under Zhou Tai, and 5,000 each under Xu Chudianwei, a total of 65,000 men and horses out of Chengdu.

Guo Jia, whose strategic goal is very clear, wants to attack Xiangyang directly, so he wants to go out of Yizhou from Padang County, the gateway to the east.

When Guo Jia led the army to Badong County, he found that from the direction of Badong County, there were ordinary people dragging their families and mouths towards Chengdu one after another.

After asking Zhang Yan to inquire, Zhang Yan looked embarrassed and seemed to be unable to speak.

"Say!" Guo Jia shouted in a deep voice, his face was a little ugly, because he had already vaguely guessed the reason.

Zhang Yanwei turned his face away and told Guo Jia the reason he learned from the people.

Guo Jia, who was riding on the horse, closed his eyes and sighed softly, not as angry as Zhang Yan expected, and the large army continued to march towards Padang County.

Since he was ordered to come to Badong County to guard the eastern gate of Yizhou, Sima Ju said that he was arrogant, lazy in governing the army, and often lived in the newly built mansion without asking about political affairs.

When Guo Jia's army came to Yong'an, Padang, Sima Ju personally greeted him outside the city, with thorough etiquette and no disrespect for Guo Jia.

The army was stationed outside the city, Guo Jia only let Dian Wei lead the troops, accompanied by the generals, and Sima Ju received them into the city.

Standing in front of Sima Ju's newly built mansion, Guo Jia stopped and watched, a very magnificent mansion, the door of the mansion is wide, looking inside, the courtyard is spacious, and the main hall and big house stand faintly imposingly.

The neatly dressed subordinates on both sides of the door bowed their heads, looking like they were sent to work hard and complain.

In this situation, Guo Jia chuckled lightly, and Sima Ju's old face on the side was slightly red, but he didn't know what to say.

After a short rest in Sima Ju's mansion, Guo Jia was about to leave, and dismissed Sima Ju's good intentions to hold a banquet, and Guo Jia rested quietly in the guest room.

Late at night, Zhang Yan knocked on the door and saw Guo Jia holding a roll of bamboo slips and studying quietly.

"What has Sima Ju done to the scourge of Padang County?"

Guo Jia's face was expressionless, but he suppressed anger in his heart.

Sima Ju, it's so uncompromising!

The generals from the Taiping Dao, few of them have read the sage books and understand the truth, most of them do what they want in their hearts, at best, they are honest people, and if they don't sound good, they will give their lives to whomever they want, Zhang Jiao's small favor and small favor can not even be called a favor, they can create a great cause of Taiping Dao, and the people under his command are so easily taken over, which is enough to show how fragile their psychological defense line is.

"After Sima Ju led the army to Badong, in accordance with the instructions of the lord, he did not kill the wealthy family, but only dismissed the Badong Taishou, and then in the future, Sima Ju built this house with the donation of the Badong Hao family, and married a lot of wives and concubines one after another, every time he was looking for joy in the house, Sima Ju's soldiers did evil in Badong County, bullied the villagers, at first it was just a small fight, recently these soldiers have become more and more unscrupulous, bullying men and women, the people complained, many have chosen to leave Padang County, Migrated to the area of Shu County. ”

Guo Jia found out that he was wrong, he shouldn't have placed high hopes on Sima Ju in the first place, and let Sima Ju, Zhang Baiqi, Xu and the three of them each lead the troops to the place.

It doesn't make sense to talk to these three people, because they don't understand, no matter how much they say, they will only be regarded as a deaf ear, they are all heroes who have made great contributions to Guo Jia, Guo Jia can't treat them badly, but if you want to reuse them, you must first test whether they can be worthy of the big responsibility.

The things he was worried about in his heart became a reality, Guo Jia regretted not being at the beginning, and the limitations of the peasant uprising were vividly reflected in Sima Ju, short-sighted, indulged in extravagance after thrift and luxury, and even forgot what he had experienced, and completely transferred the oppression he was subjected to to others.

This worry was long before raising troops to attack Yizhou, Guo Jia and his advisers were afraid, Zhang Yan, Zhang Baiqi, Sima Ju, Xu and the four generals had 200,000 soldiers and horses at that time, but they had no territory, no source of money and food, and they could only survive by hiding in the mountains and forests.

What if you recognize Guo Jia as the master? If they have a city and a territory, and they are no longer worried or panicked, will they still surrender to Guo Jia?

It is precisely because of this concern that Guo Jia handed over the task of the most tragic casualties to Sima Ju and Xu He in the battle to capture Hanzhong, and handed over 50,000 soldiers and horses from Zhang Yan to Zhang Liao, and took Hanzhong.

Without these four people, Guo Jia could not have captured Yizhou within three years after deciding to compete in the world, in terms of merit, the four of them were taller than Guo Jia's strategists and generals, but they had just obtained insignificant results, and even when they were in danger of falling at any time, among these four people, only Zhang Yan satisfied Guo Jia, how Xu He and Zhang Baiqi were, he didn't know, but Sima Ju had completely made him feel painful, and he had to face a very difficult choice.

Just changed the state pastor to the Yizhou government, and led the Taiping Army general, Guo Jia's power organs are all in the initial brewing stage, and there is no supervision system, whether his subordinates can restrain themselves can only rely on their own quality, and release Zhang Baiqi, Sima Ju, Xu and the three generals, it is also Guo Jia's test for them, whether it is a dragon or a worm, it depends on the performance in this early stage.

Don't ask them to govern a county in an orderly manner, at least restrain the soldiers not to violate military discipline, just such a simple one, Sima Ju didn't do it, which really made Guo Jia feel cold.

Zhang Yan and Sima Ju's friendship is obviously deeper, and he understands Sima Ju's personality better, he frowned and stood in front of Guo Jia and said: "Sima Ju is the most affectionate person, his soldiers have been born and died with him for many years, from the Taiping Road incident to now it has been six years, he regarded the soldiers as siblings and brothers died and injured wounded, to this day, he is to protect the soldiers in every way, and therefore when his soldiers do mischief, there are indeed many people who come to him to complain, but he cares about his feelings, and he lets it go." ”

"What bullshit is this! Even if he is a relative of blood with his soldiers, he can't violate military discipline and forget the rules and regulations I set for Minqiu! Feiyan, do you also think that Sima Ju is excusable? ”

Guo Jia looked at Zhang Yan sharply, Zhang Yan suddenly had no blood on his face, knelt down and said in a deep voice: "No, the lord's order, Zhang Yan remembered it in his heart, and he also knew that what Sima Ju did in Badong County was not only intolerable, but also a crisis of destroying the lord's hegemony. ”

Syllable!

The bamboo and wood slips were scattered all over the place, Guo Jia got up angrily, his expression was slightly hideous, and asked Zhang Yan word by word: "Sima Ju dares to expand the army privately?" ”

Zhang Yan didn't raise his head and said in a deep voice: "I don't know the details, but there is indeed an edict of Sima Ju's conscription in Yong'an City. ”

At this time, the conscription system is gradually declining, and the conscription system is gradually rising, and the implementation of the conscription system requires a great premise, that is, social stability, and the rise of the conscription system is also closely related to social turmoil and the decline of national strength.

In Yizhou, which has just stabilized, if Sima Ju is conscripted, the unspeakably miserable people will have to be exploited by the Hao Tu clan on the one hand, and on the other hand, they will have to deal with the conscription of the political axe, can they still live? In such a situation, how could the people not flee with their families?

His chest rose and fell, and he was even a little dizzy with anger, Guo Jia rubbed his temples and slowly sat down again, and sneered: "Sima Ju, are you so ignorant that you are going to expand the army on your own?" Don't you know that if you change to another monarch, you will be directly punished for treason? ”

On the other hand, Sima Ju expanded the army privately, which gave Guo Jia enough reason to ask him for punishment and beheading.

On the other hand, Sima Ju oppressed the people, not only hindering, but even shaking the foundation of Guo Jia's rule over Yizhou.

Doesn't Sima Ju understand these? Guo Jia didn't know, but Zhang Yan knew in his heart that with Sima Ju's big boss, he must not know the stakes here.

The thirty-six commanders of Taiping Dao, each of them are eager to master more troops in front of Zhang Jiao to invite merit, Zhang Jiao is also happy to see the generals under his command leading the soldiers and horses, at that time there are no rules at all in Taiping Dao to govern the army, everyone is relying on a heart of blood, gathering people to rebel.

In the past, Sima Ju had 30,000 soldiers and horses, and after entering Chengdu, he had less than 10,000 soldiers under his command.

Is Guo Jia going to tell him this kind of truth by ear?

What is the use of such a general?

The killing intent in his heart has risen, Guo Jia is thinking about how to kill Sima Ju and when to kill him?

His 60,000 soldiers and horses were stationed outside the city, and there were 5,000 soldiers and horses in the city.

But after killing Sima Ju, will Zhang Baiqi and Xu He agree? At that time, the Yizhou Shi clan had not been eradicated, but there was a war within themselves.

What's more, this time Guo Jia led the army to attack Xiangyang and Jiangxia, if he missed the opportunity, Liu Biao entered Jingzhou, and the rare fighter plane in ten years would be missed in front of him.

The clenched fist slowly loosened, and Guo Jia said to Zhang Yan calmly: "Don't alarm Sima Ju, we will lead the army to leave, capture Xiangyang and Jiangxia first, and then deal with him when we come back." ”

After weighing the priorities, Guo Jia still thinks that it is the top priority to defeat Jingzhou to dominate Xiangyang and Jiangxia and maintain Jingzhou's ownerless state.