The war in the Kanto region was raging, the Kansai region was peaceful, and the calm day came to the end of the fourth year of Jian'an, and the last tranquility before the storm was also coming to an end.

Those who pay attention to the general trend of the world know that a war that will sweep the Central Plains is coming, and this signal is the fall of General Baima to Yi Jing.

From the Kwantung Army to today, Yuan Shao has always been the most dazzling military and political leader in the world, there are officials promoted by the Yuan family in various places, his soldiers, horses, money and food have always been far ahead of other princes, after solving Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Shao's next target is the Central Plains, he occupies the absolute dominance of the situation.

Cao Ying, who was in Xuchang, was sick in bed, with a head wind attack and severe pain.

Sitting on the bed wrapped in a quilt, Cao Ying resisted the pain of a splitting headache while listening to the full pampering report.

When Yang Biao was imprisoned, he was the main person of the full pet, first and second, the full pet was stained with a lot of blood of the scholars, but these increased his weight in Cao Ying's heart.

The edict incident is by no means as superficial as it seems.

The people involved in it could never be a few names on the blood show.

Cao Ying knew very well that under his rule, many officials were in Cao Ying's heart and in Yuan.

On the surface, they were in awe of Cao Ying, but in fact, they secretly communicated with Yuan Shao.

In this situation, Cao Ying understands that Yuan is strong and Cao is weak, Yuan Shao is the leader of the Shi clan, and he gives his subordinates a lot of power, and although Cao Ying is a two-pronged approach, he has been suppressing the Shi clan with the Shu clan, even if it is his Cao Xiahou clan, sometimes it is not even as good as a general, such as Xu Huang.

To solve this situation, it is not to kill all those who are dissatisfied with Cao Ying, but to defeat Yuan Shao.

Full Favor is here to report the final verdict on the edict of clothes, and the participants who have been exposed will naturally not be forgiven.

After Cao Ying listened absentmindedly, he sat on the bed with his eyes closed as if he was asleep, and said goodbye in a low voice, just about to turn around, but Cao Ying asked weakly.

"Boning, I didn't expect that in less than half a year, Yuan Shao would wave his army south, I want to make a desperate bet to deal with Yuan Shao, I can't be distracted by other things, Guo Jia in Guanxi, how can I guard against it?"

Man Pet lowered his head and pondered for a moment before arching his hand: "Guo Jia has reined in his edge since the big victory in Guanzhong, and there is no progress in defending the territory, and Han Sui and Ma Chao, who can be eliminated in the blink of an eye, are left alone, so it can be inferred that Guo Jia has a great plan, he is unwilling to lose troops in the northwest, the purpose is to let the soldiers under his command recuperate, he is afraid that what he is waiting for is the decisive battle between Yuan Shao and the lord, but it is a little unpredictable, when Guo Jia goes out of the Guandong Expedition, whether to deal with the lord first, or to deal with Yuan Shao first, to deal with the lord, his strength may not be able to stop Yuan Shao, To deal with Yuan Shao, he should discuss this matter with the lord, and the two families rejected Yuan Shao together, which is a hundred times stronger than fighting separately. ”

The situation is treacherous, and Guo Jia's silence makes it difficult to figure out his attitude.

In terms of political interests, Guo Jia and Yuan Shao had no possibility of reconciliation, but more likely to unite with Cao Ying, both of whom were committed to weakening the scholars, suppressing the powerful and powerful, and easing class contradictions.

But at this time, Guo Jia didn't take the initiative to contact Cao Ying, as if he really wanted to watch from the wall, which was very puzzling.

Guo Jia is a variable that affects the situation of the war, if he joins the battlefield, it is impossible to fight both Cao Ying and Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao and Cao Ying's combined soldiers and horses of nearly one million people are definitely not something that Guo Jia can swallow in one bite.

Yuan is strong and Cao is weak, and common sense deduces that Guo Jiaying should unite with Cao Ying to deal with Yuan Shao and divide the territories of the four states of Hebei together.

Cao Yingninja had a headache and said astringently: "Guo Jia will never fight Yuan Shao first, if he unites with me, he will at most take Si Li and the state, he will never raise the army for such a small territory, the gains and losses of one city and one place, he does not put it in his eyes, there is Hangu Pass in the pass, Guo Jia helps me, it is nothing more than to push the garrison of Hangu Pass eastward to the Tiger Prison Pass, it is completely unnecessary." There is no danger to defend the state, he has to guard against me at any time, the richest Jizhou must belong to me, then he is even more unlikely to stand on my side, I expect that he will send troops to the east and will unite with Yuan Shao to destroy me first, and he will swallow all my territories before Yuan Shao, and then drag Yuan Shao with the Yellow River as the boundary, and the water army of Yizhou will take advantage of the situation to go east along the river, and then take Jingzhou, three points in the world, he will have two points! ”

Man Pet listened to it, his brows became deeper and deeper, and the worries in his heart became more solemn.

The strategists of the Cao Ying Group unanimously believed that Guo Jia would appear on the battlefield of this battle of Yuan Cao, but they couldn't guess how Guo Jia would play his cards.

And some people in the Yuan Shao Group also think that Guo Jia will not stay in Guanxi in peace, but Yuan Shao has 700,000 troops, even if Guo Jiazhen and Cao Ying unite, the number of troops put into the battlefield will not exceed 400,000, and in terms of military advantage, Yuan Shao can be fearless of any situation, and therefore, Guo Jia's attitude, Yuan Shao Group does not care, the key is when Yuan Shao will wave his army south, and Tian Feng hopes that Yuan Shao can wait for another three years, so that he can be fully prepared, and at the same time, as long as a small cavalry team is sent to constantly harass Cao Shao and contain Cao Ying, Then the disparity in the strength of the two families will become wider and wider, and it will be easy for Yuan Shao to get the Central Plains at that time.

It's a pity that Yuan Shao can't wait.

He is over fifty years old, and he doesn't know how long the destiny will last, how can he wait for another three years?

In the past three years, if he can't afford to be ill, if Cao Ying is a little stronger after sweeping Zhang Xiu and Lu Bu Yuan, whether he can let the Yuan family win the world in his lifetime will be a question that may not be solved until death.

"Does Guo Jia really have the confidence to resist Yuan Shao's 700,000 soldiers and horses?"

Guo Jia is always an enemy, full of favor will not grow the ambition of others, think that Guo Jia is invincible, if Yuan Shao is 400,000 soldiers and horses, full of favor may not ask this, but Yuan Shao's 700,000 soldiers and horses, and even the sum of the soldiers and horses under the command of other princes in the world, such strength, can Guo Jia swallow the Central Plains and drag Yuan Shao north to the north of the Yellow River?

Cao Ying knocked on his head with a headache and let out a low roar, the feeling of headache made him feel annoyed in his heart.

"Guo Fengxiao can't be measured by common sense, what you think he can't do, he often does. In any case, I can't let him go out of the Guandong Expedition and disrupt my decisive battle with Yuan Shao. Berning, I'm going to drag Guo Jia, what should I do? ”

Cao Ying is a talent who anticipates the enemy's ambush, but he is also unpredictable to Guo Jia, who seems to have no desire and no desire, does not let people figure him out at all, and he does not have a clear idea, which makes it difficult for Cao Ying to make a judgment with certainty.

After thinking about it, Man Zhong said, "Why don't you go to marry Guo Jia again?" ”

After hearing this, Cao Ying shook his head with a disappointed expression and said, "How else can I show favor to him?" His official lord has reached the sky. Moreover, I showed favor to him, even if he accepted it on the surface, he must have other plans in his heart, this person seems to be a righteous gentleman, but in fact he is a deceitful villain! ”

Full of favor and calm, he continued: "On the surface, you can show favor to him and let him relax his vigilance, the lord can secretly provoke Ma Chao, Ma Chao wants to lead the army to avenge his father, then he must pass through Guo Jia's territory, if Guo Jia does not let go, the two will have a gap, and at the same time, the lord can also secretly instigate Han Sui and give Liangzhou to Han Sui, so that Han Sui can gradually become stronger, will Guo Jia be indifferent?" If he wants to send troops to the east, I'm afraid he will have to solve his worries first. ”

Cao Ying's eyes lit up, and the headache seemed to have been alleviated a little, and he smiled: "What Berning said is good!" However, when Guo Jia invaded Guanzhong, he left Han Sui and Ma Teng alone, presumably the situation in the northwest has always been under Guo Jia's control, and Han Sui and Ma Chao can't set off much of a storm. ”

Man Chong thought he had offered a good plan, but he didn't expect Cao Ying to happily deny it.

In that case, what is Cao Ying's joy about?

"Then why is the lord laughing?"

The mind of the master can often be touched by his subordinates, but they cannot fully understand it.

Cao Ying didn't explain, lifted the quilt around his body, and said to Man Chong: "If I'm not mistaken, Chen Changwen is from Yingchuan, right?" ”

Man Zhong nodded and replied: "That's true, Changwen was born in Yingchuan. ”

"Well, call him to me, I have something for him to do."

Cao Ying got out of bed, retired from full favor, and the maid came in to serve Cao Ying and put on her clothes.

Chen Qun came to Cao Ying's room and left three hours later.

The battle of Yuan Cao was about to break out, and Yuan Shao had already begun to mobilize troops and horses to advance to the north bank of the Yellow River, and after the autumn harvest, he had fully stocked up on the grain and grass for waging war.

Chengdu Guo Jia accompanies his family in the open courtyard of the mansion, his wife and concubine surround him, and his two sons also sit on his left and right, and on his lap is his little daughter, who has just passed two years old.

Big Qiao Cai Yan stroked the piano, Little Qiao Diao Chan danced, and Guo Jia's happy words made everyone envious.

At the end of the song and dance, Guo Jia, who was holding her daughter, suddenly turned her head to look at Guo Jin and asked, "Does Jin'er know Lu Bu?" ”

Guo Jin blurted out: "I know, Lu Bu is famous among people, but unfortunately he died in Baimen Tower." ”

Guo Jia asked again: "Then do you know who killed Lu Bu?" ”

Guo Jin didn't think about it, so he replied, "Cao Ying." ”

This answer made Guo Jia smile and remain silent, turned his head to look at Guo Ye, and asked, "What about Ye'er?" What do you think? ”

Twelve-year-old Guo Ye always gave people a tepid, unhappy and sad attitude, and he also blurted out Guo Jia's questions.

"Liu Bei."

Looking up to the sky and laughing, Guo Jia smiled and said softly to Guo Jin: "Jin'er, don't look at the surface of everything. Lu Bu's life was taken away by Cao Ying, but it was Liu Bei who made Cao Ying decide to wield the butcher's knife. ”

Guo Jin suddenly realized and asked rhetorically: "Is it difficult to achieve because of Liu Bei's words?" ”

Guo Jia nodded and sighed: "You don't use a knife to kill someone, but it's far more terrible than killing someone with a knife." ”

Guo Jin thought about it and said to Guo Jia: "The child understands, Cao Ying likes to recruit generals for his own use, he saw Lu Bu and started to surrender, Liu Bei hated Lu Bu to the core, so he deliberately said a sentence to Cao Ying." ”

Guo Jia said playfully when he heard this: "Jin'er, your words are only half right. ”

(To be continued)