Cao Cao immediately straightened his face and said solemnly: "The matter of gold and rice is very important, and it must not stop here, and Zhude must find out what is the mystery of this golden rice seed, so as to allow the people under Cao to cultivate." ”

Cheng Yu said solemnly: "Don't worry, the lord will do his best!" ”

Guo Jia said: "My lord, I think that my lord must not take Luo Zheng lightly!" ”

Cao Cao nodded and said: "What Feng Xiao said is extremely true, I have never underestimated Luo Zheng. ”

"No, it's not enough!"

Guo Jia said solemnly: "The first Qin Dynasty looked at the Central Plains according to Guanzhong, and began to annex the Six Kingdoms and achieve immortal greatness. From the Central Plains Division out of the customs, there is only one Chang'an ancient road to go, along the way there are dangerous passes to be guarded, such geographical advantages, Guanzhong is really the foundation of the king. As long as you can occupy the pass, you can look at the Central Plains when you enter, and you can defend yourself according to the danger when you retreat. Zhang Ji, Guo Yan and others are just grass Koer, sooner or later they will be destroyed by Luo Zheng, and the Central Plains is the quagmire of the four wars, look at the neighbors around the lord, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are not easy to deal with, once Luo Zheng enters the main pass, it will become a strong Qin trend, and it is difficult to figure out! ”

Cao Cao's eyes were flat, and after a little thought, he understood, and his face suddenly turned solemn.

Cheng Yu, Chen Gong and others thought about it carefully, and they couldn't help but feel awe-inspiring.

This possibility is too great, and history has proved that Guanzhong is indeed the foundation of the king.

The pre-Qin Dynasty occupied Guanzhong and "sent out the letter valley and annexed the six countries", which became the hegemony of the Great Qin.

If Guanzhong keeps messing up, there will naturally be no problems.

But now, if you want to say that Zhang Ji, Guo Yan and others can stop Luo Zheng's family, no one will believe it. Looking at the information from all sides. At most, in three or five years, Luo Zheng will inevitably enter Guanzhong eastward. Wipe out the warlords in Guanzhong.

Once Luo Zheng unified Guanzhong, this was tantamount to the reappearance of the strong Qin.

And when that time comes. If the Central Plains is still full of princes, Guo Jia set Cao Cao's decision to first set the Central Plains, then level Hebei, and then coerce the Central Plains, Hebei and other places to go south to Jingyang, and the grand blueprint of the world will not know when it will have a chance to be realized, and it is absolutely impossible for Luo Zheng to sit back and watch the unification of the Central Plains and Hebei.

At that time, it would be impossible for Cao Cao to be in a safe corner even if he wanted to.

The Central Plains is not Guanzhong, and there are dangerous passes to be defended along the way.

Cheng Yu said in a condensed voice: "My lord, what Feng Xiao said is very true, if Luo Zheng really unifies the land of Guanliang, he will be able to attack the Central Plains at that time." The Central Plains is bound to suffer from the never-ending attacks of the Xiliang Army, and Yu thinks that we need to find a way to delay the pace of Luo Zheng's march into the military pass to gain time! ”

Cao Cao muttered: "But at present, the Central Plains and Liangzhou are still separated by several warlords such as Li Dao, Zhang Ji, Guo Yan, etc., even if we have the intention to create some trouble for Luo Zheng, I am afraid that it will be beyond the reach of the whip, and it will be difficult to do anything!" ”

Chen Gong also said: "If the division can be pacified, the lord can form an alliance with Guo Yan to reject Luo Zheng." However, at present, Li Dao has nearly 100,000 troops. Sitting on the subordinate, it is not much easier to get it than to pacify the Central Plains, and it is basically impossible in a short time. ”

Cheng Yu nodded, his face was very solemn.

Guo Jia said casually: "The situation is not so strict. Luo Zheng now has only one state under his rule, and Liangzhou is vast and sparsely populated, which is Luo Zheng's biggest flaw. If it is not something that can be solved by manpower, our army has time. As long as the lord can completely pacify Guanzhong in Luo Zheng. Before the eastward expansion, it unified the Central Plains and pacified Hebei. At that time, even if Luo Zheng pacifies the Guanzhong, he can only hide in a corner of Hangu Pass, and if he wants to look at the Central Plains, it will not be so easy. ”

Cao Cao said: "But the problem is that if you want to unify the Central Plains, I'm afraid that it will not be so easy to pacify Hebei, and you can't do it in ten years, and Guanzhong only has people like Guo Yan, Zhang Ji and other grass cobs, how can Yuan Shao and others be within their reach, they only know the tyranny and don't know how to govern and secure the people, and they will die in a few years." As long as Liangzhou is completely stabilized, then the troops will be raised to the east and the Western Liang rebellious army will be swept away with thunder, and Guanzhong will be pacified in three or five years at most. ”

Guo Jia said: "Not necessarily, even if Luo Zheng can do his best in Guanzhong, but Guanzhong has been divided by Guo Yan and others for several years, and it will inevitably be greatly damaged, and there will be no one in the people." If Luo Zheng wanted to restore Guanzhong's vitality and raise troops to march eastward, it would take longer. ”

Cao Cao thought about it for a while, and then said thoughtfully: "What Feng Xiao said is extremely true. ”

Longxian, General Pingdi's Mansion.

"Lord!"

Cheng Ying hurriedly stepped into the hall and bowed his hand to Luo Zheng: "I just received the news that Xu Rong is dead." ”

"What?"

Luo Zheng was taken aback and said in a deep voice: "Xu Rong is dead? ”

Cheng Ying nodded, and said in a condensed voice: "Exactly, Xu Rong knew that Chang'an could not be defended, and he didn't want to surrender Guo Yan, so he drew his sword and killed himself at the head of Chang'an City when his soldiers were not paying attention. ”

"This ......"

Luo Zheng was stunned for a moment, this news came too suddenly.

Xun Yu asked: "How are the people of Chang'an, Guo Yan once ordered the army to slaughter the city?" ”

Cheng Ying sighed and said: "Changshi expected it to be good, Guo Yan attacked Chang'an for more than a year, suffered heavy casualties, and the Xiliang Rebellion Army under his command was extremely resentful, and after breaking Chang'an, he wantonly burned and looted, and more than half of the more than 100,000 people in Chang'an died in the military disaster. ”

Xun Yu also sighed and said no more.

Luo Zheng's face was a little ugly, and he asked, "Since Xu Rong is dead, what about the soldiers and horses under his command?" ”

Cheng Ying said: "The lord doesn't know, when Chang'an City was broken, there were less than 2,000 soldiers and horses left under Xu Rong's command, and after Xu Rong committed suicide, these remnants of the army took Xu Rong's corpse out of the encirclement, and nearly 1,000 people fled to Liangzhou and came to take refuge!" ”

Luo Zheng's spirit perked up, and said: "These remnants can fight their way out of the encirclement and flee to Liangzhou, they are all veterans of a hundred battles, and they can be ordered to be treated favorably, with only a little training, they are an iron-blooded warrior who cannot be defeated, and they must all be left." ”

Jia Xu arched his hand and said: "Obey the order!" ”

Luo Zheng muttered again: "It's just a pity that Xu Rong, a good general, is also out of time and has not met the appreciation of the master." With Xu Rong's ability, if he wanted to separate Guanzhong and stand on his own, how could Guo Yan capture the Sanfu region. This is so long-term, never took the initiative to attack, it is estimated that it is also because of other reasons, it is a pity that he is a good general! ”

Jia Xu thought deeply and said: "What the lord said is extremely true, with Xu Rong's ability, there are more than 20,000 troops under his command, if you want to support the army and stand on your own, Guo Yan wants to capture Sanfu, and it is indeed not so easy to encircle Chang'an." This person is just a pure soldier, fortunately he has no ambitions, otherwise if he seizes Guanzhong, he may become a big trouble for the lord to go east. ”

Luo Zheng nodded, Xu Rong did not have the ambition to divide the territory, which was indeed a fortunate thing.

As for Guo Yan and Zhang Ji's generation, they are like pigs and dogs in Luo Zheng's eyes, and they are not troublesome.

Cheng Ying said again: "There is another matter, our army's spies have recently found many unknown people in Hanyang, Beidi, Anding, Jincheng and other places inquiring about Jinmi. He sent someone to secretly investigate, and found that someone had bought gold and rice from the people, and even bought some gold rice seeds at a high price, which was thought to be done by the Kwantung princes. ”

Luo Zheng's eyes froze, "Is there such a thing?" ”

Xun Yu said: "This is also expected, Jin Mi is a matter of importance, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the foundation of eternity, it has been planted for three years under the rule of the lord, and our army has a bumper harvest in the autumn, so it is impossible not to attract the attention of other princes." If the Kwantung princes don't try to figure it out, there is nothing to worry about, and the lord can sweep the world in ten years at most. ”

Luo Zheng nodded and asked: "Forget about the golden rice that has been planted, the golden rice seeds are the key, if the people sell too much, it will affect the output of the golden rice under the rule of this general, and a ban must be issued to prevent the people from selling a large number of seeds." ”

Xun Yu said: "This lord can rest assured, golden rice seeds are the foundation of survival, although the people are greedy for a small profit, they dare not sell too much to affect the harvest of the next year." Even if the Kwantung princes buy back dozens of catties of seeds, what can they do! ”

Only then did Luo Zheng put his mind at ease and said, "That's good, dozens of catties of seeds, and at most more than 1,000 catties of gold and rice." However, the princes should find a way to try the seeds, and if they want to pay attention to the seeds, they are afraid that they will be disappointed. ”

Everyone nodded, and the most important thing in cultivating gold and rice was seeds.

This thing is now only in the hands of Luo Zheng alone, and even Xun Yu doesn't know where the magical water that can make the golden rice sprout is obtained, and the Kwantung princes want to cultivate the golden rice on a large scale, and there is absolutely no possibility. (To be continued......) R1292