Before his death, Sun Ce hung the seal of the rebellious general and the Huiji Taishou on the neck of his younger brother Sun Quan, and said to Sun Quan: Raise the people of Jiangdong, before the decisive battle, Qing is not as good as me, be virtuous and capable, and do your best to protect Jiangdong, I am not as good as Qing. Sun Ce entrusted Sun Quan to Zhang Zhao, but Sun Ce left a rather intriguing sentence to Zhang Zhao: Zhengfu is not defeated, and he returns west slowly, and he has nothing to worry about. After Sun Ce's death, Zhang Zhao took Sun Quan to the military camp, and personally helped Sun Quan to get on the horse and inspect the three armies, and Sun Quan temporarily stabilized the situation in Jiangdong in a short time. ”

After Pang Tong finished speaking, he also fell into deep thought.

When I first heard the news, I thought it was a good thing.

However, a young man under the age of 20 can stabilize the overall situation of the six counties in Jiangdong in such a short period of time, without a coup d'état or self-defeating, this ability and courage, Sun Quan is probably not a person who can be underestimated.

"The people of the Sun family, they never know what they left to their descendants."

Guo Jia sighed inexplicably.

He also admired Sun Ce, because the foundation of Jiangdong was created by Sun Ce.

Does it have anything to do with Sun Jian? Yes, there are pros and cons on both sides.

Sun Jian did not leave an inch of land for Sun Ce, just a few old generals and thousands of soldiers and horses, this is where Sun Ce benefited Sun Jian, and the disadvantages, Sun Jian had a grudge in Jiangdong, these debts, Sun Ce could not pay off, Sun Quan was not finished, and it was not until the fall of Eastern Wu in history that it was officially dissipated.

Just as Sun Jian didn't know what he left behind to Sun Ce until he died, Sun Ce didn't know what the consequences of his words to Zhang Zhao would have until he died.

is not overcome, slowly returning westward, and there is nothing to worry about.

If you can't win the battle, you will return to the west, and you will not have to worry about it. Naturally, it is the Xuchang court.

With Sun Ce's last words, it is no wonder that Jiangdong always has a large number of surrender factions when it is in danger.

When Sun Ce died, Sun Quan was only eighteen years old, Sun Ce couldn't see that Sun Quan had the talent to fight, for fear that when the war came, the Sun family would be in danger of collapse under the leadership of Sun Quan.

But Sun Ce was wrong, Sun Quan's talent in fighting was not the courage to charge into battle, but the resourcefulness of strategizing.

Jiangdong was shocked, and Guo Jia was prepared in his heart.

"Send someone to Jiangdong to mourn Bofu, and help me bring a message to Sun Zhongmou, when Jiangdong is in trouble, if I can help, it will be my duty."

In terms of seniority, Guo Jia is on the same level as Sun Jian, and Guo Jia is more than ten years older than Sun Quan.

However, each other's status is that of princes, and at the same level, they should be equal.

Pang Tong left according to Guo Jia's orders.

The situation in the battle of Guandu took a turn for the worse this month.

Cao Ying constantly disturbed Yuan Shao's rear grain road, which gave Yuan Shao a headache, so Yuan Shao sent the general Chun Yuqiong to welcome the grain and gather the grain and grass in Wuchao Town.

The two sides of this battle duel are Yuan Shao and Cao Ying, but the person who really brought about the decisive change in surname was a literati.

Xu You's family was imprisoned, and Xu You's intercession was refused, so he defected from Yuan Shao and went to Cao Ying, and by the way, revealed the location of Yuan Shao's grain to Cao Ying.

Cao Ying was overjoyed, and personally led the tiger and leopard to attack the black nest, and Le Jin took the lead in cutting Chun Yuqiong off the horse.

The black nest was on fire, and hundreds of thousands of troops were burned with food and grass.

Cao Ying's elite was exhausted, Xiahou Yuan, Le Jin, Yu Ban, Li Dian, Cao Ren, Xu Huang and other generals all exerted immeasurable abilities under Cao Ying.

Grain and grass are burned, but they are not burned out in a moment.

After Yuan Shao learned of this, the general in front of the tent, Zhang Jaw, asked for orders to lead the army to save Wuchao.

However, Yuan Shao thought that Cao Ying had attacked Wuchao and that the Guandu camp must have neglected to take precautions, so he sent Zhang Jaw and Gao Ran to lead the army to attack Guandu.

"My lord! The fire of the black nest will not be extinguished, the grain and grass will be exhausted, and these hundreds of thousands of troops will be self-defeating! Cao Ying is like a god with soldiers, he sneaks into the black nest to win quickly, and his big camp must be guarded by heavy troops! ”

Zhang Jaw was anxious, and he advised Yuan Shao bitterly.

But Yuan Shao asked angrily: "Cao Ying has heavy troops!" Are you waiting for a sake bag and a rice bag? Can't all the soldiers under my command defeat Cao Ying's soldiers? ”

Zhang Jaw persuaded Yuan Shao to no avail, so he had to bite the bullet and lead the army with Gao Ran to attack Guandu.

Unable to attack for a long time, Zhang Jaw looked up to the sky in the face of the many barriers of Cao Yingguandu's camp and the defenders who were always on guard: "How did the Yong Lord tell me to assist!" ”

Yuan Shao, as always, made a mistake at a critical moment, the black nest caught fire, if he led the army to help, at least a few grains and grass could be saved, even if the army was withdrawn, there would be security.

But regardless of the fact that the grain and grass were burned and destroyed, he took the risk to attack Guandu, it can't be said that this can't be done, but this kind of practice, the consequences, Yuan Shao bears it? Guandu couldn't be defeated, and all the grain and grass were burned, I don't know if Yuan Shao thought of it.

Turned over and dismounted, took off his helmet, opened his jaw and unloaded his weapon, and walked towards Cao Ying's camp.

"Jun Yi!"

Gao Ran was dumbfounded, and the sky at the end of summer was suddenly a little overcast, as if a rainstorm was about to arrive.

Zhang Jaw turned to look at Gao Ran, who was still riding on the horse, and said lightly: "I have made up my mind, brother doesn't need to persuade me." Millions of heroes waved the army south, but Yuan Shao was able to come to this point, and now he still disregards the surnames of the soldiers, grain and grass are the lifeblood of the army, he doesn't care about it, such a mediocre lord, I have no intention of serving, if Cao Gong is willing to use me, I still have a place in this life, if Cao Gong kills me, then it is also my life. ”

Gao Ran gritted his teeth and hesitated for a long time, then suddenly turned over and dismounted, caught up with Zhang Jaw, and walked towards Cao Ying together.

The grain and grass were burned, the two generals in front of the battle surrendered to the enemy, Yuan Shao's army fell into a panic psychologically, swaying, no one knew whether there was a war or not, and they didn't know if there would be food for the next meal.

The news of the fire in the black nest was soon learned by Guo Jia in Hangu Pass.

He immediately ordered the three armies to prepare for action.

The gate of the city in the east of Hangu Pass was wide open, Guo Jia straddled the war horse, wearing armor, and several generals behind him were majestic.

Just as he swung his sword and was about to give the order for the whole army to march haste, a fast horse came from the city.

"Lord, Chengdu is in a hurry!"

The heavily armed army got out of the way, galloped fast, and a rush came to Guo Jia.

When he reached out to take the document, Guo Jia already had an ominous premonition.

Sure enough, when he opened it, his eyes bloomed with unprecedented violence.

Nanban Meng gathered 100,000 troops to attack Chengdu!

Yonghong responded and led a total of 50,000 private soldiers of the Hao clan in the seven southern counties!

King Gao Ding of Yue Junyi responded and waved 50,000 troops!

The three-way army of 200,000 is approaching Chengdu!

Guo Jia's hands holding the urgent report trembled slightly, not because of fear, but because of anger!

Seeing Guo Jia's abnormal expression, Jia Xu leaned over and glanced at the contents of the letter.

"Lord, these 200,000 troops are not to worry about......"

As soon as Jia Xu finished speaking, Guo Jia turned his head to look at him, cold as a knife.

Indeed, how much grain and grass does this 200,000 army have? What is the grade of weapon armor? What's more, how resourceful are the characters who command the army?

Is Guo Jia afraid of the 200,000 army?

No! Never!

However, it is impossible to destroy these 200,000 enemies in the blink of an eye.

Yizhou was able to mobilize only 40,000 soldiers and horses led by Zhang Yan.

The 100,000 sailors were supposed to deter Liu Biao, but now, Chengdu is in danger of falling, and if Liu Biao is against the guest to take advantage of the fire to rob, no one can say what kind of development the situation in Yizhou will have.

Jia Xu's words only said one head, and Guo Jia guessed what he was going to say next.

Zhang Yan can block the 200,000 army, and the attack may not be able to annihilate all the enemies, but it can be defended, and it can always ensure that Chengdu is not lost.

Do you continue to march eastward?

Guo Jia turned his head to look southeast, even though it was in the middle of the valley and there were mountains blocking the view, he still looked in that direction.

It seems that he saw the sky dyed red by the fire of the black nest, saw Yuan Shao who fled in embarrassment, and saw Cao Ying, who was high-spirited and walking to the top with blood.

"Withdraw."

Guo Jia closed his eyes and coldly spat out two words.

Yizhou is his foundation, and there can be no loss, and Chengdu is the symbol of his regime, and there can be no change.

There is an enemy in the rear, and a new enemy is set up in the front, and there has never been a war like this.

Jia Xu no longer spoke, the battle of Yuan Cao was just as Guo Jia expected, the fire of Wuchao, even if Yuan Shao was not defeated, the withdrawal of the army was inevitable, and Guo Jia went out of the Guandong Expedition at this time, and Cao Ying, who was tired and tired, could not stop it at all.

However, Yizhou suddenly faced an attack by 200,000 troops from the south, even if everyone from Guo Jia to the main general and others had confidence in Zhang Yan and could ensure that the enemy did not cross the border by half a step, but what about ordinary soldiers? Their families are all around Shu County, and the people in Chengdu may be able to sleep at ease, but what about the ordinary people in the county? Soldiers will be concerned about their families, and when they are concerned, it is conceivable that their combat power in the war will be reduced a lot.

No matter how you think about it, Guo Jia has lost the necessary conditions for the Eastern Crusade.

Ma Chao saw that Guo Jia had ordered the withdrawal of the army, and was about to step forward to question, but Pang De also came to him with a great change in expression, and said in a low voice: "Han Sui led the army eastward and has entered the lord's territory. ”

"This dog thief!"

Ma Chao was furious, in the past, he could still abandon everything to avenge his father, but he was a monarch of some words, power and territory, he was difficult to give up, followed Guo Jia to fight Cao Ying, he was confident that he would win, but now, Guo Jia is going to withdraw his army, and his territory is about to be occupied by Han Sui, where should he go?

Can you still leave your family name and fight hard with Cao Ying?

"If Meng Qi insists on crusading against Cao Thief, I will still bear the burden of grain and grass."

Guo Jia turned the horse's head and passed by the horse, and passed by after saying it lightly.

Ma Chaoji was extremely unwilling to turn the horse's head, and led the army back to the territory to discuss an explanation with Han Sui, why did this ally stab him in the back at this time?

Guandu opened his jaw and betrayed in front of Gao Ran's battle, and Cao Ying went out of the camp to receive him after learning about it, not only did he not blame the two of them for being enemies with him before, but also treated them solemnly.

At this time, Cao Ying was already confident, first pretending to be a momentum, Yuan Shao was really frightened of the six gods, desperate to flee back to Hebei, Cao Ying poured out of the nest to pursue Yuan Shao, all the way to the Yellow River ferry.

The Yuan army was defeated, or fled or surrendered, Cao Ying stopped by the Yellow River, captured 80,000 Yuan troops, and killed them all!

First, Cao Ying couldn't afford to raise these captives, and he couldn't let them go back to Hebei. Second, Cao Ying wants to use such a brutal way to deter Hebei!

"Lord, cross the river and chase Yuan Shao to exterminate them all!"

Cao Ren, whose armor was stained with blood, was excited and proposed to Cao Ying.

Cao Ying looked at Hebei from afar, but smiled lightly: "Chasing? Why chase? Withdrawal! ”

His food and grass were not enough to support him to go to Hebei, but this was not the main reason.

"Lord, this?"

Cao Ren, Xu Huang, Xiahou Yuan, Le Jin and other generals did not understand Cao Ying's intention to order the withdrawal of troops at this time.

Cao Ying, who was riding on a horse with a relaxed attitude, said lightly: "Yuan Benchu fell this time, I'm afraid I won't have the life to get up again." ”

If Yuan Shao was ten or twenty years younger, maybe Cao Shao would not be as easy as he is now, but Yuan Shao is over fifty years old after all, and the blow he can bear today is no longer something he can bear.

Returning to the south, Cao Ying was unusually calm, the road was full of corpses, stumps and broken arms could be seen everywhere, and the blood-stained earth was a hoof print under the horse's hooves.

The afterglow is shining, and the sadness of early autumn is unusual.

Cao Ying faced the light of the west with a leisurely posture, straddled the horse and shook gently and slowly recited poetry:

There are righteous people in the Kanto region, and they raise troops to fight against the murderers.

In the early days, the alliance was in Jin, and the heart was in Xianyang.

The forces of the army were uneven, and they hesitated and walked wildly.

Snobbery makes people fight, and heirs fight each other.

The title of Emperor Huainan is engraved in the north.

The armor is full of lice, and all surnames die.

The white bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles.

The people are left behind, and the thought breaks people's intestines.

Volume 3: The Tiger Eyes on the Central Plains The next volume: Vertical and Horizontal

(To be continued)