Guo Jia, who came to Hanzhong to inspect the naval camp, was full of pomp, but in fact, there was nothing to inspect here, the construction of the water village and the warship was in full swing, and the selection of naval personnel was also carried out in an orderly manner.

Standing by the river, Guo Jia looked at the misty scenery in the distance of the river, and behind him stood a cadre of civil and military personnel, including Wu Yi, Yan Pu, etc., while Gan Ning stood beside Guo Jia, and was affectionately held by Guo Jia's arm.

"Xingba, I think you and I first met in Linjiang back then, and now it's been more than ten years."

Guo Jia was embarrassed.

Gan Ning was also full of emotion, if someone told him more than ten years ago: You will be a famous general in the army. He never believed it, and step by step to today, he witnessed the rise of Guo Jia, and also realized his life ambitions.

The rise of status and the change of identity, Gan Ning did not want to stop the pace of progress.

"Yes, in the past ten years, the situation in the world has changed dramatically, from the collapse of the Han dynasty and the chaos of Dong Zhuo in Beijing, to the current Cao thief coercing the princes of the Son of Heaven, how the situation will develop in the future is really not daring to speculate."

Guo Jia smiled slightly, turned his head and said to Gan Ning: "The situation in the future is that there are fewer and fewer princes, and the person who survives to the end is the new son of heaven." ”

In the face of Gan Ning, Guo Jia can be open-mouthed, this is heartfelt, he doesn't need to put the slogan of Kuang Fu Han in front of Gan Ning.

From Dong Zhuo's theft of Longting, the princes of the eighteen towns of the Kwantung Coalition Army to attack Dong, to Li Dao Guo Yan's counterattack on Chang'an, and then looking at the present, the era of the rise of the heroes is about to pass, and the chaotic warlord division will soon enter a clear situation, before, there were more than 30 princes large and small entrenched in various places, and now, there are only a dozen people.

Yuan Shao of Hebei, Gongsun Zhan, Gongsun of Liaodong.

Cao Ying, Lu Bu, Liu Bei of the Central Plains.

Liu Biao of Jingzhou, Sun Ce of Jiangdong, Yuan Shu of Huainan.

Han Sui in the northwest, Ma Chao.

plus Guo Jia, who is in Kansai.

The chaotic pattern of the past gradually became clear, the princes annexed each other and conquered, the powerful princes' territories continued to expand, and the weak princes were constantly annexed and destroyed.

The pattern of Kansai has been established after Guo Jia won the battle of Guanzhong, Han Sui Ma Chao did not have the courage to provoke Guo Jia, in Kansai, Guo Jia is already the uncrowned king.

And the pattern of the Kanto region will soon usher in a battle to determine the surname.

The cold wind rose suddenly, the river was turbulent, and Guo Jia, who was standing by the river facing the wind, looked at the slightly dim sky.

"The wind is surging, and when the open fire is red, it is a God-given opportunity for me to sweep the Central Plains!"

A month later, Cao Ying's first expedition to Zhang Xiu, Zhang Xiu surrendered the city, but finally couldn't bear the humiliation of Cao Ying's subordinates and uncles and aunts, Cao Hong and Cao Ying's eldest son Cao Ang lost their surnames and escaped in exchange for Cao Ying.

In the spring of the following year, Cao Ying went out to crusade against Zhang Xiu for the second time, Cao Ying's soldiers suddenly withdrew from Wancheng, Zhang Xiu pursued, and returned in defeat, Cao Ying took the opportunity to kill a horse pistol, Zhang Xiu was forced to surrender, and Zhang Xiu withdrew from the historical stage as a warlord who seized Wancheng.

Yuan Shu said that the emperor was arrogant and extravagant, and not only the people of Huainan, but even Yuan Shu's army had to feed on bark and grass roots.

In the final analysis, Yuan Shu called the emperor because of ambition, but also because of superstition, the current folk rumor "on behalf of the Han Dynasty, when Tu Gao", Yuan Shu declared: The ancestor of the Yuan family was Yuan Tao Tu in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and responded to the word "Tu". His own name, number highway, are also connected with the word "Tu", the Han Dynasty belongs to the fire virtue, so the official uniform is still red, Yanjing Luoyang's Luo character also avoids the Luo next to the water word. And Yuan Taotu happens to be the descendant of Da Shun, Da Shun is Tude, the five elements come up to understand, fire gives birth to earth, so Yuan Shu, as a descendant of Tude, takes it for granted that he took the Han Dynasty.

Regardless of whether Yuan Shu chose to use superstition to boost his confidence because of ambition, or because of superstition to breed ambition, his short imperial career ended after Cao Ying pacified Zhang Xiu.

Cao Ying does not need to go out to deal with Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu's power is self-defeating The factor occupies the dominant factor, with Yuan Shu's talent, it is not enough to govern the country and level the world, even if it is a territory, it is difficult for him to operate for a long time, the evacuation of Nanyang is the best example, Huainan was squeezed dry by him after Nanyang, and he built a large number of buildings, set up hundreds of officials, all of which cost astronomical amounts of money and food, his army was disheartened, because the people under Yuan Shu's rule were full of complaints, and the army soldiers also had families, and their families could not survive, When they become soldiers, they naturally lose their motivation and direction.

Those who win the hearts of the people win the world sounds like just a slogan, but there is a very objective truth, the regular army is not a bandit bully, no one will join the army for the sake of precariousness, and if the people's livelihood cannot be settled, the cohesion of the army can be imagined to be pitiful.

As soon as Cao Ying's army arrived, Yuan Shu's army collapsed for thousands of miles, and once upon a time the Yuan Highway with infinite scenery, the foundation of more than ten years collapsed and ceased to exist.

Fleeing from Shouchun, Yuan Shu's army became smaller and smaller, and the soldiers who followed him were also killed and wounded.

Yuan Shu is about to withdraw from the stage of history, and in Xuzhou, the same turmoil is rising, whether it is the idea of whether the side of the couch will allow others to snore, the capricious Lu Bu pointed the finger at Liu Bei of Xiaopei, Liu Bei's strength is not good, and the soldiers and horses are pitiful, even if he is related to Zhang Xionghu General, he can't stop Lu Bu's tens of thousands of troops after all.

Xiaopei fell, Liu Bei lost his home again, and this time, he sent people to Cao Ying's place.

Yuan Shu lingered, and really didn't want to flee anymore, so he wrote to Yuan Shao, hoping that his brother would reconcile, and give him the throne of the emperor in name only to Yuan Shao, the second son of the Yuan family, there must be one person who reigns in the world, so as not to live up to the painstaking management of the fourth and third princes of the ancestors.

People are dying, their words are also good, Yuan Shu was desperate and finally asked his brother for help, Yuan Shao moved his heart of compassion, took care of the feelings of brotherhood, and agreed to Yuan Shu, and at the same time Yuan Shu had a sentence that did speak to his heart.

Yuan family, someone must win the country!

After Yuan Shu called the emperor, Yuan Shao actually had the idea of being the emperor, since there are already two emperors in the world, one more of him will only accelerate the fall of the Han family, after he returned to Hebei from the defeat in Guanzhong, he raised an army of 700,000, with the number of soldiers and horses, he is the first in the world, he is called the emperor, who dares to come to fight?

Normally, Yuan Shao is still an enlightened monarch, he wants to be the emperor, so he wants to test the reaction of his subordinates, so he asked his officials to suggest that Yuan Shao be called the emperor during the deliberations, as a result, the strategists unanimously opposed, even Xu You Guotu did not echo the proposal to be the emperor, and the public was angry, Yuan Shao had to take the official he instructed to open the knife, block the mouth of Youyou, and make a stand.

swept away Zhang Xiu, Cao Ying also had to remove the hidden danger in the east, the bureau in Xuzhou, Cao Ying has been secretly planning, whether it was the opportunity to drive the tiger and devour the wolf to Lu Buke before, or the father and son of Chen Gui who are now dark chess, all of this has Cao Ying's shadow in it.

Chen Gui father and son is one of the representatives of the Xuzhou Shi clan, the Shi clan in Xuzhou was oppressed when Tao Qian was in office, Mi Zhu chose Liu Bei as a refuge, aside from Liu Bei's heroism may make people admire and admire, in fact, Mi Zhu took refuge in Liu Bei, and the Zhen family took refuge in Guo Jia, very similar.

It is conceivable that Xuzhou fell, whether it was Cao Ying or Yuan Shu who captured Xuzhou, Mi Zhu, who had a lot of money, must not stay out of the matter, and his family business would definitely be taken away from it, so instead of being plundered, it was better to give it as a bargaining chip to other trustworthy heroes.

And Chen Gui and his son, who also have a good status in Xuzhou City, did not choose who to take refuge into.

They look down on Liu Bei, the Mi family is a family of merchants, Shinong industry and commerce, no matter how big the Mi family's business is, but its background is difficult to look at, the Chen family is a scholar family, how could they accompany Liu Bei, who lost the battle and fought a basket of death?

The father and son took advantage of the opportunity to secretly take refuge in Cao Ying, this opportunity is just the same as the reason why Jia Xu suggested that Zhang Xiu surrender to Cao Ying in history, Yuan is strong and Cao is weak, and the two families are about to fight, and taking refuge in Cao Ying at this time is by no means the icing on the cake!

Previously, the scruples of the Chen family's father and son were that Xuzhou and Cao Ying had a feud against their father, and it didn't matter who the murderer was, at that time they could only wait and see what happened, Lu Bu was a fierce general, but he was not the hero of Wenzhi and martial arts, Xuzhou was under his rule, and it was said that it was gradually declining, and the Chen family did not suffer a heavy blow, Chen Qi was old, but Chen Deng was still young, and his youth could not be wasted in this Xuzhou, so the father and son secretly voted for Cao, as Cao Ying's chess pieces in Xuzhou, on the one hand, provoking Lu Bu and Liu Bei, and on the other hand, separating Lu Bu and Chen Gong.

Before the official army to attack Xuzhou, Cao Ying once wrote to Lu Bu to persuade Lu Bu to surrender, Lu Bu was sometimes arrogant, but he did not dare to joke with his surname, not to mention that he had suffered defeat under Guo Jia, before, he was also defeated by Sun Jian, and after that, he was forced to flee by Li Dao Guo Yan, and most importantly, Lu Bu and Cao Ying had a fight, when Lu Bu attacked Yanzhou, Cao Ying's situation was even more precarious than facing Yuan Shao today, but in the end, Lu Bu did not swallow Yanzhou, but embarked on a journey of escape again.

In Lu Bu's heart, it can be imagined that he is afraid of Cao Ying.

He wanted to surrender, but Chen Gong strongly opposed, and Lü Bu had no choice but to fight with Cao Ying, and the two sides clashed several times in Xuzhou, and Lü Bu was defeated all the way, and was finally besieged in Xiapi City.

Lu Bu deserves to be the first in the world for his personal bravery, but his talents in other aspects cannot be put on the table, and when he was besieged, even his subordinates chose to betray him, which shows that Lu Bu's talent in governing the army is simply unsightly.

Downstairs in the White Gate, Lu Bu was captured alive by Cao Ying, compared to Chen Gong's righteous face to death, but Lu Bu once again said the words of begging.

Lu Bu among people? What kind of hero is he?!

Cao Ying originally wanted to accept Lu Bu, a fierce general, but Liu Bei said, "Has Duke Ming forgotten the fate of Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan?" ”

Cao Ying immediately ordered Lu Bu to be beheaded.

However, looking at Lu Bu's head.

Cao Ying didn't feel any joy at all.

He suddenly thought: Guo Jia can let Lu Bu go, why can't I accept Lu Bu?

(To be continued)