Chapter Eighty-Six: Amazing Ghost Talent Guo Fengxiao
Weak strength, this is Xun Yu's evaluation of the black feather crow, and Zhang Huang himself also recognizes this.
If possible, Zhang Huang would like to include all the heroes in the world into the black feather crow, but the problem is that he takes a fancy to the other party, but the other party may not necessarily look down on his black feather crow. Take Sun Jian as an example, this world-leading fierce general who can be called the world's leading in both martial arts and soldiers, Zhang Huang dreamed of persuading Sun Jian to join the Black Feather Crow, but did Sun Jian like it?
In terms of official position, Sun Jian is a county and county leader, that is, the status of the second-in-command, and even heard Cheng Pu reveal that this tiger has been invited by the important minister of the court, Si Lixiao, and the Taiwei Zhang Wen, and is about to go to Xiliang to participate in the rebellion of the imperial court against Han Sui, Bian Zhang, and Beigong Boyu. And what about Zhang Huang? Even if he was not expelled from the Guangling Army, he was only a Dubo at best, and even if Yangzhou Assassin Zang Min had the intention to promote him to a general, it was still too far from Sun Jian's brilliant future.
As for martial arts, there is no need to say much, not to mention that tying the six Black Feather Crows together can't beat Sun Jian, even if the number of people increases several times, I'm afraid it will be difficult to pose any threat to Sun Jian. The earth-shattering confrontation between Sun Jian and the Earth Sword when he was in the Guangling Realm has made Zhang Huang and the others deeply appreciate that they are still far from the top martial artists in the world.
Of course, in addition to Sun Jian, Zhang Huang also has many candidates he admires, such as Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, etc., but the problem is that the other party will not pay attention to the nameless Black Feather Crow at all, just look at Zang Ba's attitude before. If it weren't for Zhang Huang and others helping Zang Ba rescue his father, so that Zang Ba was moved in his heart, how could this future hero from a martial arts family be willing to join the black feather crow who is poor and white and has no fame at all? Zang Ba finally joined the Black Feather Crow, just to repay Zhang Huang and others. Of course, it is not excluded that Zang Ba and Zhang Huang and others are like-minded.
Zhang Huang now has no status and no fame, and it is destined that it is difficult for him to be favored by some heroes, unless he can infect the other party with his personality charm. Just like when he invited Li Tong, Chen Dao, Zang Ba, Tai Shici, and Shan Fu to join the Black Feather Crow.
This is true of warriors, let alone scribes. As we all know, all the scribes who are truly talented and learned have a self-respecting identity, and it is far more difficult to recruit them than to recruit warriors.
Just like Xun Yu, at the first sight of this person, Zhang Huang had the idea of inviting in his heart, but in an instant, he dispelled this idea.
The reason is simple. Because Xun Yu would not agree to this invitation at all.
Thinking about it, Xun Yu is the young master of the Xun family, the successor of Yingchuan Academy, and he is full of poetry and books, so he can be called a top strategist with a lot of ideas, such a prominent identity, how can he join Zhang Huang's black feather crow? It is no exaggeration to say that the reason why Zhang Huang and others were able to come to the small house of Yingchuan Academy was nothing more than relying on the friendship between Xu Fu and Xun Yu. If there was no Xu Fu, I believe that Xun Yu would not have any intersection with Zhang Huang and others at all. Because the two are not people who live in the same circle at all.
Speaking of which, Xun Yu should be a strategist in internal affairs, and in history, he was an important minister on Cao Wei's side to decide internal affairs. The official is still the order, but the black feather crow does not have a resident city, so Zhang Huang's idea of inviting Xun Yu is not very strong. However, if Xun Yu was dizzy for a while and joined the Black Feather Crow, Zhang Huang would not be stupid to refuse. Joke. You must know that even if you put aside the rich family business of the Xun family, Xun Yu is definitely a great sage comparable to Zhuge Liang and an absolute capable minister in internal affairs.
But when it comes to Zhang Huang, he has really thought about it. Once there is a chance to invite the strategist, but it is not Xun Yu, but Xun Yu's nephew Xun Yu, who is a few years older than him, that is the real strategist who is good at using troops, I believe that if Xun You joins the Black Feather Crow, the development of the Black Feather Crow will definitely be improved by several grades. It's a pity that the difficulty of inviting Xun Yu is the same as inviting Xun Yu, Xun Yu, Xun Yu's uncle and nephew, who have the rich wealth and powerful Xun family as their backing, are destined to only be able to join powerful princes, such as Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. (The Xun family initially chose Yuan Shao, and later switched to the latter because Xun Yu and Xun Yu were more optimistic about Cao Cao, but Xun Yu's younger brother Xun Chen stayed on Yuan Shao's side until Yuan Shao perished after the Battle of Guandu, and then joined Cao Cao.) )
In addition to Xun You, in fact, Zhang Huang also thinks about many strategists who are good at using soldiers, such as Li Ru, Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, etc., but compared with Xun You, who has a good temperament, these people have more or less some problems.
Li Ru doesn't need to say it, Dong Zhuo's henchman is notoriously ruthless, not to mention that this person is loyal to Dong Zhuo, even if he intends to invest in the Black Feather Crow, I'm afraid Zhang Huang will think about it carefully.
As for Jia Xu, this guy is a rather complex character, and this person values his own life more than the world. I remember that in history, this person once defeated the alliance between Lu Bu and Wang Yun in a single plan, and even Cao Cao suffered at his hands. Except for Zhang Xiu, who treated him very well, Zhang Huang didn't remember who Jia Xu had advised him for, even after surrendering to Cao Cao, Jia Xu also 'disappeared' into Cao Cao's think tank, otherwise, it is difficult to imagine that Cao Cao would be defeated in the Battle of Chibi. All in all, this is one of the world's top strategists who is extremely difficult to gain his true allegiance.
As for Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, the status and identity of these two people are roughly similar to Xun Yu and Xun You, especially Zhuge Liang, who is still the brother-in-law of Liu Biao, the assassin of Jingzhou after Wang Rui, in history, and is not at all something that Zhang Huang can come into contact with at will. (One of his two sisters was married to Liu Biao, and the other was married to Pang Tong's cousin, the son of Pang Degong.) )
Among these people, only Guo Jia is the only one in Zhang Huang's memory who was born in a poor family, and it is relatively easy to obtain his loyalty compared to Jia Xu.
(The reason why the last sentence was added is because the author feels that Sima Yi has always 'let' Zhuge Liang in history, not that he is better than Zhuge Liang, but because the strength of Wei is stronger than that of Western Shu, so that Sima Yi can win Zhuge Liang as long as he does not make mistakes and fights casually.) However, as the so-called bird hides the bow, with Sima Yi's intelligence, of course, he also knows that if Zhuge Liang dies, he, the imperial lieutenant of the Wei State, will most likely be stripped of his military power. Gone into the wild again. Therefore, he raised the 'thief' to be self-respecting, and gradually consolidated his power in Cao Wei under the pretext of fighting Xishu and Zhuge Liang. And Zhuge Liang also knew this, and was not afraid that Sima Yi would really murder him. The so-called empty city plan does not exist in history. The one in the romance is actually just a scene played by Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi. The author's views only. )
However, such a future top strategist Guo Jia and Guo Fengxiao are laughingly interested in joining Zhang Huang's Black Feather Crow, even if it is a joke. It will inevitably make Zhang Huang's heart pound.
However, Zhang Huang and Xu Fu know Guo Jia's ability, but it does not mean that the rest of the Black Feather Crow also know Guo Jia.
Seeing what Guo Jia boasted about and said that he would only consider joining the Black Feather Crow if Zhang Huang moved him, Li Tong, Chen Dao, Zang Ba, Tai Shici and others immediately showed unhappy looks.
Although they may have chosen to join Zhang Huang for various reasons at first, as the days passed, that brotherhood made them closely associated with the name of the Black Feather Crow, the rebel army, and if anyone looked down on the Black Feather Crow, it would be tantamount to slapping them in the face.
No, Chen Zhi and Li Tong have challenged Guo Jia one after another.
"What a big breath!"
"Your Excellency thinks that my black crow can enter casually?"
[……]
Zhang Huang almost didn't catch his breath. was about to speak, but saw Zang Ba also sneered and said to Guo Jia, "I don't know what your Excellency is capable of?" Dare to speak so loudly! ”
As soon as these words came out, the room suddenly fell silent. Zhang Huang and Xu Fu were naturally full of astonishment, but Xun Yu, Guo Jia and the other Xi Zhicai in plain cloth clothes showed an inscrutable smile on their faces.
"Wonderful! Wonderful! …… Fengxiao, someone is attacking you! Xi Zhicai laughed and teased.
It can be seen that Guo Jia's mind is also open-minded. Hearing this, he was not annoyed at all, but looked at Li Tong, Chen Dao, Zang Ba, and Tai Shici with interest, after noticing Zhang Huang's embarrassed and nervous look. He smiled and said, "It's okay!" …… Even if it is self-proposed, of course, you have to show your knowledge. I don't know what you want to test next? In the next package you are satisfied! ”
Hearing this, even Tai Shici frowned unconsciously, and said in his heart: Are you satisfied? What a big breath!
Although Li Tong and the others were holding their breath in their hearts and wanted to make a fool of the madman in front of them, it was a pity that they couldn't think of any exam questions that could be used to test Guo Jia's ability.
At this moment, suddenly Xu Fu said in an unpredictable tone, "Brother Fengxiao, can Xu Fu take over the proposition?" ”
Xi Zhicai smiled and said, "Yo, Xiao Yuan is capable of going straight out once, and he plans to test his senior brother's knowledge?" ”
"Don't dare, don't dare to ......" Xu Fu said repeatedly, but the look in his eyes was not like this at all, maybe Xu Fu also wanted to test it, to see how much gap there was between himself and Guo Jia, the first talent in Yingchuan Academy.
Guo Jia glanced at Xu Fu with interest, nodded and said, "It's okay, despite the proposition!" ”
Xu Fu pondered for a moment, and said in a deep voice, "I, the Black Feather Crow, am a righteous army, and I am fortunate to join the Guangling Army, and fight against the rebel army of Xu Zhao, the rebel leader of the Huiji rebel, under the command of Lord Zang Min, the assassin of Yangzhou. The first battle was defeated in the Linjiang Plain, and then the defeat of Dongshishan, the defeat of the military camp, the defeat of Shuangshixia, the defeat of Pinqiao, and then gradually reversed the defeat, after the victory of Luzhuang, Yinqiao, Tianqiao, and Zhujiazhen, the rebel commander Shenxing was once besieged in Ren Wujuntun. After that, I, the Black Feather Crow, made a surprise attack with a general and successfully killed the leader of the rebel army, Xu Zhao. …… And please Feng Xiaobrother to elaborate on the process of this battle! As he spoke, he picked up a brush casually, dipped it in ink, and briefly listed the locations of the places on the white paper on the table beside him.
[What kind of test is this?] ]
Li Tong, Chen Dao, Zang Ba, and Tai Shici looked at each other, after all, Xu Fu's proposition was too difficult, and it was difficult to make people scratch their heads. Just by virtue of a few sentences about what war was won and what war was lost, people can use this to explain the process of the whole war? Isn't this deliberately making things difficult!
But to their surprise, after Xu Fu finished speaking, the room fell silent again, Xi Zhi stopped joking and teasing, Xun Yu also showed a look of thought, and Guo Jia, as the person concerned, also counted what with his fingers. It was as if the three were really thinking about the course of that battle.
"Really? Can you guess that? Li Tong was dumbfounded.
"Shh Zhang Huang made a silent gesture, thinking that he also wanted to see with his own eyes what kind of amazing talent the leading students of Yingchuan Academy had.
After about a stick of incense, just as the smile on Xu Fu's face became stronger and stronger, he suddenly heard Guo Jia laugh and say, "Jia Zhi! ”
[What?] ]
Rao is question, Xu Fu also changed his complexion. Stammered and asked, "You...... Brother Fengxiao, did you guess it? ”
"What's so hard about that? Let's listen to Jia's details! With a chuckle, Guo Jia said slowly, "The defeat in the Linjiang Plain, if it weren't for Yangzhou Assassin Zang Min wanting to test the strength of the rebels, or for telling the rebels that Guangling County had been prepared. …… However, Zang Min is known for his uprightness, and it is impossible for him to integrate you into the Guangling Army for personal gain, and the only explanation is that Zang Min also mobilized a group of recruits to join the army at that time. So, even if you join a few of you, it's nothing...... The little brother over there who claims to be Zang Ba may have a kinship with Zang Min, right? ”
"......" Zang Ba opened his mouth and was speechless.
"That's right!" Guo Jia glanced at Zang Ba's reaction and continued, "Zang Ba's reaction proves that Jia's inference is correct. But why did Zang Min abandon the veterans and recruit new soldiers? Iga reasoned. Zang Min most likely ordered the previous Guangling army to go to the Yangtze River to block the rebels, and temporarily requisitioned the elite of the surrounding counties...... Now that there is a group of Guangling troops who are going to die, Zang Min really doesn't have to test the strength of the rebels in the Linjiang Plain, in other words. You waited for the battle on the Linjiang Plain, but Zang Min deliberately wanted to inform the rebels: I already know about your attack on my Guangling, and I am ready to deal with it! …… Yes and no? ”
Xu Fu's face changed slightly. To know the true intention of the battle in the Linjiang Plain, it took him a long time to guess, but Guo Jia. But in an instant, he broke the true intention of Yangzhou assassin Shi Zangmin, how could he not be surprised?
Noticing Xu Fu's expression, Guo Jia chuckled lightly and continued to say in a deep voice, "Since Zang Min has been prepared for a long time, you still have experienced several defeats, which is unreasonable. The only explanation is that Zang Min deliberately lured the rebels deep into the hinterland of the Guangling River. …… Judging from the location you draw, Pinqiao, Yinqiao, and Tianqiao are all on a horizontal line, and most of these three bridges are located on tributaries of the Yangtze River...... It is possible that the rebels have divided their forces. Well, it should be said that it was your Guangling army that divided the troops first and guarded the three bridges respectively, and the rebels divided the troops later...... And since you are waiting for Pinqiao to reverse the defeat, it means that the Guangling army you are waiting for is the key to this battle......"
"......" Xu Fu was expressionless.
"But it's a little strange, you wait for four defeats in a row, it stands to reason that it is impossible to defeat the rebels with high morale, the only explanation is that you wait for reinforcements to arrive! …… Thinking about the arrival of this support army, this is the real purpose of your Guangling army to lure the rebels into the Guangling River with successive defeats! Speaking of this, Guo Jia glanced up at Xu Fu and asked with a smile, "Could it be Danyang Bing?" …… can make Zang Min lure the rebels over at such a loss, thinking that he has absolute trust in the strength of the reinforcements. Thinking about it this way, I'm afraid there will be no other explanation except for the elite Danyang soldiers. ”
"......" Xu Fu's muscles twitched slightly at the corners of his eyes.
"Danyang soldiers joined the battlefield, so you defeated the rebels at Pinqiao, and then went downstream along the river, defeated the rebels in Yinqiao and Tianqiao respectively, and then defeated the rebels again in Zhujia Town, and finally trapped the rebels in the Ren Fifth Army Tun ......" Speaking of this, Guo Jia's face showed a little narrowness, looked at Xu Fu and said with a smile, "Jia thought that the next victory should be a great victory for Ren Wujuntun, but he didn't want you to wait but traveled a long way to attack Huiji, which is unreasonable!" …… In Yijia's opinion, something more urgent must have happened at that time than the attack on Ren Wujuntun! ”
“…… What does Brother Feng Xiao think? Xu Fuqiang asked with horror in his heart.
I saw Guo Jia look at Xu Fu with a smile for a while, and suddenly said, "It was attacked by the rebels, right?" ”
Xu Fu's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he reluctantly smiled, "Brother Feng Xiao is confused, right?" The river is not broken, how can the rebels attack the rear of Guangling County? ”
"Is it Jia confused or Yuan Zhi is deliberately cheating?" Guo Jia teased a few words, and said with a smile, "The only way to reach Guangling from Wu County is to take a boat." …… Yuan Zhi thought that Jiahui would ignore the important message that 'the rebels have warships'? The rebels relied on warships to attack the rear of Guangling County! Therefore, you have no choice but to attack and kill Xu Zhao, the head of the rebels, before the battle situation is eroded, to break the morale of the rebels! ”
"......" Xu Fu opened his mouth, speechless. He knew, he lost.
"Interesting." Touching his chin, the corners of Guo Jia's mouth raised a little flirtatious smile. He said with a smile, "I didn't expect that there were also capable people in the rebel army!" …… Zang Shi's temptation plan was not ingenious but also modest, but he didn't want to be used by the rebels...... This world is really big! As he spoke, he shook his head with emotion, then turned his head to look at Xu Fu and asked, "Can you be satisfied with this Su elaboration?" ”
Xu Fu let out a long sigh and said convincingly. "Brother Fengxiao's talent is unparalleled in the world! …… I took it in! ”
On the side, Zhang Huang and Li Tong's black feather crows were already dumbfounded, you must know the secrets of that battle, Xu Fu took a long time to figure it out, not counting the rebel commander Shen Xing who said their strategic secrets after thinking that he had taken them, but this guy named Guo Jia was thousands of miles away, just a few words from Xu Fu. He guessed the process of the entire battle in just one stick of incense.
[This is the military advisor......]
[Daifuku's half-baked scheming can't be compared to ...... at all]
Li Tong and Chen Zhi stared at Guo Jia with earnest eyes, while Zang Ba and Tai Shici also changed their hostility and looked at Guo Jia with shocked and admiring eyes.
"It seems that you are all satisfied with what you are capable of...... So, try to impress! He chuckled. Guo Jiana's last sentence was said to Zhang Huang.
Zhang Huang opened his mouth, only to realize that he didn't know how to impress the terrible scribe in front of him. After thinking about it, he shook his head and said sincerely. "I don't know how to impress you, why don't you take the test below?"
"Clever!" Xi Zhicai smiled beside him.
Come to think of it, let Guo Jia test the question by himself. It's much easier than Zhang Huang blindly guessing, God knows how to impress Guo Jia?
It's a pity that Zhang Huang's cleverness did not make him increase his impression score in Guo Jia's heart, but reduced it by one point.
"It's boring!" Guo Jialuo shook his head a little disappointed, and said after thinking for a while, "That's it, then Jia will come up with the question!" …… In addition, your words have reduced your score in Jiaxin by one point. You're only left with two points. ”
[This also minus points?] ]
Zhang Huang was dumbfounded when he heard this, and asked half-loudly, "And I don't know how to calculate this score?" ”
I saw Guo Jia glance at Zhang Huang up and down, and said slowly, "Jiaguan, you seem to be a poor disciple, one point; You have a good relationship with Yuan, one point; You are a rebel, one point. …… If you can tell a joke and amuse yourself at this time, you can add another point. ”
[What is the grading criterion?] …… This guy shouldn't be common sense at all! ]
Zhang Huang was dumbfounded, thought carefully for a while, and whispered, "Once upon a time, there was a eunuch ......"
"Eunuch? What's funny? After waiting for a while, Zhang Huang didn't continue to speak, even Guo Jia was a little puzzled, and asked suspiciously, "What about next?" ”
"No ......," Zhang Huang said with a little apprehension.
"Gone?" Guo Jia was stunned, suddenly raised his eyebrows, and laughed: "Eunuch...... It's gone...... Hahaha! Interesting, interesting! …… For this joke on you, Jia will give you two points! ”
[This guy really shouldn't be reasonable......]
While secretly wiping his sweat, Zhang Huang couldn't cry or laugh in his heart.
At this moment, the door creaked open, and a middle-aged Confucian with a slightly white beard stepped into the room, this person was wearing a simple Confucian robe, but the momentum was quite amazing, and just one sentence stopped the laughter of Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai, who were amused by Zhang Huang.
"Laughing and amusing in front of the portrait of Kong Sheng, what kind of system has it become?!"
Suddenly, the middle-aged Confucian scholar's eyes saw Xu Fu, who was trembling slightly, and the look in his eyes warmed slightly after flashing a hint of sharpness, but in the end, he was still staring at Xu Fu with sharp eyes.
"There's a good show!" Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai laughed unofficially.
As soon as the words fell, the middle-aged Confucian glared at them fiercely and shouted, "Shut up! With that, he set his eyes on Xu Fu again.
And Xu Fu had obviously seen this middle-aged Confucian at this time, his head was sweating slightly, his shoulders were trembling slightly, and he could see that he was both excited and a little nervous. He stubbornly raised his head to meet the gaze of the middle-aged Confucian scholar, without any intention of flinching.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Huang suddenly realized the identity of this middle-aged Confucian scholar.
Xun's Eight Dragons, Ciming Wushuang, Xun Shuang, Xun Ciming!
Xu Fu's former mentor...... (To be continued......)