Chapter 108: Yuan Cao Breaks Up
Winter goes to spring, and the earth warms up.
The situation between the Central Plains and Hebei was just five years after Jian'an, and the long-standing calm was finally broken.
Yuan Shao's army continued to assemble, stationed troops on the north bank of the Yellow River, and a letter begging for thieves was passed to the hands of the princes of all sizes in the world.
Yuan Cao finally broke openly.
Prior to this, Yuan Shao had tested Cao Ying, under his military deterrence, Yuan Shao sent a letter to Xuchang, proposing to welcome the Son of Heaven to his base camp Yecheng, Cao Ying categorically refused, this reaction made Yuan Shao completely cut off the idea of recruiting Cao Ying.
Two males cannot stand side by side.
Yizhou, Chengdu" and "as demons, gluttony, and abuse of the people...... Okay, what a Chen Lin, one of his pens is better than 100,000 male soldiers. ”
Guo Jia held the essay written by Chen Lin, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that his heart was turbulent.
It's not that Cao Ying's grandfather and Cao Ying's own family should be scolded, but Chen Lin's scolding is amazing.
The civil and military forces on the side are not as able to express their mood as Guo Jia, their minds have already flown to the Yellow River, when Yuan Shao crosses the Yellow River, it means that the Yuan Cao War will officially begin.
"Foolish and short-sighted, easy to advance and retreat, injured and broken, and several mourning masters and apprentices...... Chen Lin is brilliant, but what he said is untrue, Cao Ying did attack Dong Zhuo lightly, and he almost lost his life in Jiuquan, but at that time, what was Yuan Shao doing? Hmph, a literati's pen, although terrifying, can't avoid the tendency to inflammatory. ”
Guo Jia walked and watched in the hall while holding the text, suddenly stopped beside Qin Mi, raised his head and asked, "Zi Xuan, you said that if Yuan Shao came to attack me today, how would Chen Lin scold me?" ”
Qin Mi said indifferently: "Ten times more ruthless than scolding Cao Ying." ”
"Hahahaha......"
Guo Jia laughed loudly.
Indeed, Guo Jia is self-aware, and what he has done in Yizhou is looked down upon by many contemporary celebrities and celebrities, because it infringes on their interests, current interests, and future interests.
After laughing, Guo Jia continued to lower his head and read this classic essay on thieves through the ages.
There are two reasons why contemporary celebrities hate Cao Ying and disdain to be with him, one is congenital, which is Cao Ying's origin, and the other is acquired, which is Cao Ying's actions.
In this article, it is very clear that Cao Ying's crimes are counted.
Kill the celebrity Bian Rang Zhao Yan, torture the Taiwei Yang Biao, excavate the imperial tomb, and put the son of heaven Liu Xie under house arrest.
These are facts, and no matter what the reasons are, no one can quibble with a fait accompli.
"The shogunate worships the Han Weiling and rushes to the universe; Millions of halberds, thousands of horses; Fenzhong Huang Yu won the people, the momentum of the good bow and crossbow...... Alas! ”
Guo Jia suddenly stopped talking, and a hint of loss appeared on his face.
Yan Yan, who had a silver beard on his sideburns, asked inexplicably, "Why is the lord sighing?" ”
Zhen Yao, who was standing on the side of the civil official, chuckled: "It's a pity that a person with outstanding literary skills like Chen Lin can't be used for himself. ”
Guo Jia raised his head and sighed: "Chen Lin's article is magnificent, sonorous and powerful, which makes people's hearts stir and unsettled. ”
Guo Jia likes pragmatic talents, but it does not mean that he denies poetry and songs, like Chen Lin, Cao Zhi, Cao Ying and other literary heroes in the Wei and Jin dynasties of the Three Kingdoms, their articles, some concise, some gorgeous, some lyrical, some realistic, etc., etc., Guo Jia reads it, and his mood will always be brightened, even if Chen Lin is a vase ornament, it is also a beautiful thing to be able to stay by his side and write poems for him to appreciate.
"Raise your might, and Kuang Sheji...... Hehe, Yuan Shao really exterminated Cao Ying, and he supported the society, I don't know if his surname is Liu. Yo, Chen Lin exalted me too much, this list of princes in the world actually put me in the first position, hehe, don't dare to be, don't dare to be. ”
Strictly speaking, this inscription is to inform the people of the world, but it is also passed to all the princes, and the princes of various places who are finally listed in the inscription, Guo Jia as a hussar general, Yizhou Mu is ranked first, and behind him is General Zuo, Liu Bei, who led the history of Yuzhou Thorn.
Guo Jia walked to the main seat and put the text on the low table, and as soon as he turned around, his eyes fell on the distant outside.
The heroic and upright Zhang Yan strode with his head held high in full armor, holding a square box in his hand, and after stepping into the hall, he saluted Guo Jia and presented the square box in his hand.
"Lord, the last general has not disgraced his mission, Zhang Baiqi has been ambushed, and the last general has not lost a single soldier."
Zhang Yan's face was indifferent, he trapped Zhang Baiqi outside Hanping County for more than two years, and finally Zhang Baicai's army was self-defeating in Hanping County, some starved to death, some died of cannibalism, half a month ago, Zhang Baiqi wanted to forcibly cross the river to break through, and only a few hundred troops around him were easily shot by Zhang Yan.
Guo Jia looked down at the box in Zhang Yan's hand, which must be the head of Zhang Baiqi's neck, but Guo Jia was no longer interested in taking a look at the head that made him grit his teeth with hatred at the beginning.
In two years, if it weren't for Zhang Yan's garrison outside Hanping County, Guo Jia would probably have forgotten Zhang Baiqi's character.
Guo Jia's heart can't fit so many little people, and getting rid of such a jumping clown also makes Guo Jia unable to rise to the slightest happiness.
Waving his hand casually, Guo Jia said: "Feiyan has worked hard, quelling the chaos and suppressing the thieves, Feiyan has worked hard, take a break for a while, and I will personally set up a banquet for you to celebrate later." ”
Zhang Yan clenched his fists loudly and said: "Lord, the last general is invited to fight, Yuan Shao and Cao Ying's decisive battle is imminent, if the lord wants to wave his army eastward, please let the last general be the vanguard." ”
On this topic, all the civil and military personnel in the hall were waiting for Guo Jia to throw it out, but it turned out that Zhang Yan provoked the conversation.
When the thief arrived, Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses were gradually assembled on the north bank of the Yellow River, and the main battlefield must be in the Central Plains, because Yuan Shao crossed the river to attack, he took the initiative, and Cao Ying was passive.
Although Zhang Yan exterminated Zhang Baiqi, in fact, it was enough to besiege Hanping County in the past two years, and the most amazing measure was nothing more than digging a canal around the city outside Hanping County, making Hanping County an "isolated island".
In the battle of Guanzhong, Zhang Yan did not participate, and he fought Jingzhou, and he was also led by Zhou Tai, and he also wanted to make meritorious contributions and win the battlefield.
However, Guo Jia really didn't plan to take Zhang Yan to the Central Plains.
"Feiyan is a little restless, and after I think about it, I will give Feiyan an answer."
It is a good thing for the generals under him to ask for battle, but it is also necessary to arrange the deployment according to the actual situation, march and fight, as the commander, the most taboo to waver and obey orders.
Zhang Yan heard Guo Jia's gentle words, and her heart was very lost.
Guo Jia didn't refuse, but it was actually very obvious.
Hitting the Central Plains, Zhang Yan will still stay in Yizhou.
Some of them walked to Yan Yan's side in disappointment, but Zhang Yan did not go down to rest, but stayed to participate in the discussion.
Guo Jia stood in front of the main throne for a long time with his back to Wenwu, and on the wall hung a map of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, just like the wooden house he had at the foot of Taihang Mountain.
Wenwu bowed their heads slightly, calmly waiting for Guo Jia's deployment.
Whether to unite with Cao Ying to fight Yuan Shao, or to help Yuan Shao exterminate Cao Shao, or to be neutral or make enemies in the world, Guo Jia's decision-making, only Jia Xu really knows, and Jia Xu must be a tight-lipped person, such as Xu Shu, Fa Zheng, and Pang Tong, who are far away in Guanzhong, can only discuss Guo Jia's next strategic move in private.
What kind of decision Guo Jia, who has always acted unexpectedly, may be understood as an accident, even if someone guesses it, they may not be able to understand all the details.
"Qin Mi, write a military order for me to Zhou Tai in Badong and Gan Ning in Hanzhong, the naval division has been established for two years, and it has begun to take shape, and the naval army is ordered to get on the boat and enter the river, and set up a position in the border between Jingzhou and Yizhou, I want to make Liu Biao so worried that he can't even sleep."
As soon as Guo Jia's voice fell, Qin Mi came out to receive the order.
No one has any objections, Guo Jia's first order is incomprehensible to outsiders, he may have set his sights on the Central Plains of Yuan Cao's battle, but at this time he took the initiative to provoke Liu Biao, which was confusing.
But the civil and military who are familiar with Guo Jia understand that this is Guo Jia tirelessly paralyzing the enemy and diverting the enemy's attention.
The war of Yuan Cao will not end overnight, and in the early days of their war, Guo Jia's naval army directed at Jingzhou, which will make outsiders think that Guo Jia is plotting against Jingzhou.
This is not unreasonable, Jingzhou is surrounded by enemies on three sides, although Liu Biao is sandwiched between Guo Jia, Cao Ying, and Sun Ce, he is actually somewhat stable.
Because it is not easy to annex Liu Biao, who has an army of 200,000, the three families of Cao, Sun and Guo, whoever fights Jingzhou, may be the result of losing both sides and cheapening others.
Cao Ying fought Jingzhou, at the end of the war, Guo Jia could go to the end, Sun Ce fought Jingzhou, Cao Ying went to pick up the cheap, Guo Jia fought Jingzhou, Cao Ying and Sun Ce came to get a piece of the pie.
This situation is thankless.
However, with the background of Yuan Cao's battle, Guo Jia had no worries about the Central Plains when he fought Jingzhou, and at most Sun Ce, the weakest of the three families.
From an outsider's point of view, no matter how fierce Sun Ce is, I am afraid that he is not Guo Jia's opponent.
What kind of opponents did Sun Ce defeat? What kind of opponent did Guo Jia defeat?
Bullying the weak, sweeping a thousand and sweeping ten thousand, is not as admirable as defeating a strong person.
Who is the strongest among the princes in the world? is undoubtedly Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao is Guo Jia's defeated general.
Because of this, as soon as Guo Jia's army entered the river, outsiders would not know Guo Jia's true intentions.
It is still difficult for Cao Ying to protect himself now, how can he take care of the situation in Jingzhou?
First, the navy army attacked Jingzhou with great fanfare, and Guo Jia's next move would not be too dazzling.
"Yan Yan, order you to lead the army north to Guanzhong within a month, and at the same time bring my password to Zhang Liao, Xu Chu, Dian Wei, Gao Shun, and Wu Yi, and order them to gradually camp the army in Hangu Pass after a month and a half, and two months later, I will personally go north to Guanzhong, and at the same time, pay strict attention to the situation in the Central Plains, the battle situation between Yuan Shao and Cao Ying, I want to get news at least three times a day."
Yan Yan came out to take the order with his fists, and Zhang Yan's last expectation beside him finally came to naught.
Turning around suddenly, Guo Jia's face was cold, and he said in a deep voice: "Everyone, listen, although I am based in Kansai, I am in the overall situation of the world, and if I stand by and watch the battle of Yuan Cao, I will regret it for the rest of my life." Yuan Shaosheng, Cao Ying lost his home, the Central Plains fell, what is Yuan Shao close to winning the world? Cao Yingsheng will not be able to touch the Central Plains again in his lifetime, but Cao Ying is a more ruthless and stronger enemy than Yuan Shao, such an enemy, if I don't seize the opportunity to kill it as soon as possible, I will definitely suffer from it. ”
(To be continued)