Tong Yuan has lived for decades, he really didn't live in vain at such an age, and his head didn't grow in vain, he knew who to eat at the critical moment, and he also knew who to count on to support the elderly at the critical moment.

It would be good if the unfilial son Tong Fei didn't make trouble for him, and at the critical moment, Tong Yuan had to put his hope on his apprentices.

Yuan Shang was a little skeptical, whether Tong Yuan's motive for accepting three apprentices back then was a bit impure, the inheritance mantle was fake, and it was true to find a few stupid men to send terminal and urine to his old age in his old age, if this was the case, Yuan Shang would have to have a lot of admiration for Tong Yuan's far-sighted gaze.

When I was young, I saw Zhang Xiu and Zhao Yun coming in under the guidance of the guards, and the two of them still had the marks on their necks that were slashed by Tong Yuan's hand knife, and the bright red showed the shape of a round of crescent moons, which was the same as the crescent moon on Bao Zheng's forehead in the legend, but the crescent moon of the two was printed on the forehead, and their crescent was printed on the back of the neck.

The tattoos are so beautiful, Yuan Shang feels that Zhang Xiu and Zhao Yun are more low-key than Bao Qingtian.

Looking at his beloved two precious apprentices, Tong Yuan stroked his white beard and said with a serious face: "I plan to live under General Yuan for a while......

"Hiss-" Before he finished speaking, he saw Zhang Xiu and Zhao Yun take a breath of cold air in unison, with a desperate and sad expression on their faces.

Yuan Shang cleared his throat and comforted the two of them: "The spear god is going back to Hebei with me, and he will not live in Guanzhong permanently, so you two can rest assured." ”

"Phew......" The two of them let out a long breath, a relieved expression on their faces.

Tong Yuan's face sank, and his rough voice revealed obvious dissatisfaction.

"Listening to what you two mean, it seems that you don't welcome the arrival of the old man?"

Zhang Xiu's face turned straight when she heard this, and she hurriedly said: "Master is as kind to me as a mountain, how can we not welcome Master?" I just wanted to stay in Chang'an for a few more days, but I never thought that the master was going back to Hebei with the lord, and I thought that the disciple and the master had just been reunited. This is to be separated immediately, and the disciple's heart is really ...... It's painful. ”

Yuan Shang and Zhao Yun shivered at the same time, goosebumps falling to the ground.

Tong Yuan snorted and said: "Filial piety is not in the length of the gathering, you can also show it in other places, for example, the old man's room and board expenses living under General Yuan's account during this time, do you as apprentices have to help the old man plan and plan?" …… Boss, you are the most filial, so you have more. Pay seven points, and when the third year is younger, just pay three points. ”

Zhang Xiu's face suddenly stiffened when she heard this.

Yuan Shang smiled slightly, and said to the two: "There is no need for cash, I will instruct Zhong Xuan to deduct it directly from your monthly salary, one does not need to pay the account and the other does not need to enter the money, how convenient." ”

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There are two flowers, one on each branch.

Yuan Shangping Guanzhong. Eliminate Yan Xing, subdue Zhuqiang, pacify Song Jian, and exterminate Cheriji. He also recruited the ethnic minorities of Zhanglu and Bazhou in Hanzhong, and the news spread rapidly, and it quickly spread to the world for a time.

On the Western Shu side, Liu Bei learned that Yuan Shang had sent the general Pang De. After Xiahou Yuan led his troops to defend Hanzhong, he couldn't help but be a little panicked, and hurriedly sent people to discuss with Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Fa Zheng and others. Mind the matter.

Regarding Yuan Shang sending troops into Hanzhong to confront his own side, Zhuge Liang and others only told Liu Bei one sentence, that is, don't act rashly for the time being.

Xichuan was initially decided, and the people's hearts were not stable, and now for Liu Bei, even if Yuan Shang was choked by the throat of Hanzhong, he could not conflict with him.

As for Jingzhou, after Sun Quan knew that Liu Bei entered Sichuan, he had deliberately attacked several times, but Zhuge Liang and others had already left the general Guan Yu before leaving.

Guan Yu shook Kyushu, famous in China, when the warm wine beheaded Huaxiong, beheaded Yan Liang and Wen Chou, passed five passes and beheaded six generals, who in the world dared to move its tiger whiskers? Although Dongwu also had elite soldiers and fierce generals, Sun Quan did not dare to move lightly because he was not sure.

In particular, Zhuge Liang also secretly contacted Lu Su, saying that the general situation of the world was unclear and that the forces of the Yangtze River should not merge with each other, and promised to be willing to cede the land of Changsha, Wuling, and Guiyang counties and form an alliance.

Zhou Yu, the governor of Eastern Wu, did not agree with this matter, he thought that the total rejection of the Yangtze River was the top priority of Eastern Wu at present, but Sun Quan agreed after thinking about it.

First of all, Huang Zu is dead, the enemies of Dongwu and Jingzhou have no, the second is that Jingzhou is strong, the population is large, on the other hand, the land of Jiangdong, although the water army is strong, but the population is insufficient, and there are mountains and mountains, when Jingzhou was originally led by Liu Biao, Dongwu has not yet been able to take it, and now Jingzhou has changed hands, Liu Beizhi can far better than Liu Biao not to say, but also about Yu is known as the tiger general of the world, powerful in the north, not easy to shake with it.

Three, Sun Quan hid a careful eye, the land of the three counties ceded by Zhuge Liang is in Jingnan, not bordering the north, as for Xiangyang, the land of the southern county is very close to the Central Plains, sooner or later it will inevitably fight against the northern army, then Sun Quan will sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and wait for Guan Yu in Jingbei and the princes of the north to fight, he is in the fisherman's profit, isn't it beautiful?

According to Sun Quan's own estimates, Cao Zhi and Yuan Shang will have a fierce battle sooner or later, now for the time being, they will not take Jingzhou, but wait for the two great heroes in the north to fight, and their own side will take advantage of the chaos in Huainan, Xuzhou and other places to seize a foothold, march into the north, and compete for the world, which is the royal road, this is an opportunity to get rid of a corner of partial security, and it is also an opportunity to actively dominate the world.

Liu Bei and Sun Quan both had their own small calculations, but the Cao family in Xuchang was facing a major test at this moment.

Yuan Shangbing sent Guanzhong, although he was not in Hebei, but Cao Zhi did not dare to act rashly, only because Tian Feng, Fu Zhu, Xiao Ji, Guo Tu, Xun Chen, Xin Ping and other northern veterans gathered, Zhang Jaw, Gao Lan, Zhang Yan, Guo Huai, Sun Li, Han Meng and other famous generals in Hebei never left, Sima Yi, Gan Ning, Pu Yuan trained the navy in the Bohai Sea, Hebei generals Jiang Yiqu, Tian Chou and others, led Zhang Baiqi, Liu Xiongming, Zhao Rui, Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang, Wang Zhao, Sun Qing, Wang Dang, Li Damumu and others stationed 80,000 troops, sitting in Liyang, deterring Henan, Gao Gan Guo Yuan in Bingzhou, Yuan Xitian Yu was in Youzhou and Liaodong, and Hebei was also impregnable after Yuan Shang left. Like steel, whoever touches it bleeds.

And now that Yuan Shangping Guanzhong is about to return, and the relocation of the Xiongnu and Xianbei is nearing the end, the Cao family expects that his next move must be aimed at the Central Plains.

In the meeting hall of Xuchang, Cao Zhi, Xun Yu, Guo Jia. Jia Xu, Xiahoudun, Cao Ren and others were thinking and discussing how to fight the enemy.

Xun Yu was once robbed to Xuchang by the Son of Heaven, but after the three families forced the palace, under pressure, Liu Xie couldn't help but take the initiative to return Xun Yu.

At this time, in the court, the atmosphere of the Cao family was unprecedentedly tense, and Yuan Shang pacified Guanzhong and was about to return to Hebei. The pressure on them was so great that it almost overwhelmed them.

Guo Jiachang sighed and said first: "In the Guanzhong Rebellion, Yang Fu is the flag we arranged. I was counting on him to be able to assist Yan Xing in his success, but he didn't want to be pacified by Yuan Shang so soon, and I heard that even Xiahou Miaocai was ...... It's not good. ”

Xiahoudun heard this. His face suddenly turned red, and he hurriedly said: "Miaocai is not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, but he is only ...... under the pressure of Juan'er in Yuan Shang's hands."

Guo Jia smiled slightly. waved his hand and said: "The general doesn't need to explain more, I understand this matter, and General Miaocai is not an enemy of us after all, he is now in Hanzhong against Liu Bei, presumably he also has the intention of avenging the ancestor in his heart, which is understandable for Guo." ”

"It's not helpful to say more." Jia Xu still half-squinted his eyes, and said slowly: "The key issue is that after Yuan Shang returns to Hebei, he will inevitably use troops in the Central Plains, and how we should deal with it is the most important thing." ”

Cao Zhi's face was dark, and he said, "According to Doctor Jia's opinion, if Yuan Shang will use troops against us, what will he do?" ”

Jia Xu thought for a while and said: "Over the years, the Yuan family has gone south from Yuan Shao to Yuan Shang, a total of three times, the first time is to send troops to Guandu, to attack Xuchang, the second time is to go south from Pingqiu, to take Chen Liu, these two times belong to the strong attack, is Yuan Shao's style, but the leader of the third southward attack is Yuan Shang, he changed the strategy of forcibly attacking, but turned to Guanzhong, to take the momentum of encirclement, its methods and means are very different from his old son Yuan Shao, as expected by the old decay, if Yuan Shang goes south again, he still will not choose to attack, And it will still take a roundabout tactic! ”

Cao Zhi frowned and said, "The Guanzhong Western Front has been taken away by Yuan Shang, if he takes a detour, where can he go back?" ”

The words were not finished yet, but Guo Jia smiled when he heard the pangs and intestines of Yuan San, and said: "Thinking about Yuan San's flowery intestines, it is not difficult to guess, the western front is gone, he is naturally fighting the eastern front, according to Guo's expectations, if there is no accident, Yuan Shang will go south this time, and eight or nine percent will fight Xuzhou for the first time!" ”

When everyone heard this, their expressions suddenly changed.

Xuzhou ......

Cao Zhi frowned and thought for a while, and said: "The land of the four wars in Xuzhou is not suitable for defense, but it is also the best pass in the world, so it cannot be lost...... I personally led the army to defend! ”

General Cao Hong hurriedly said when he heard this: "No! Although it is said that Yuan Shang may fight Xuzhou, it is not ruled out that he will directly attack the Central Plains, or the possibility of fighting on two fronts. ”

Cao Zhi sighed: "However, with the current generals in Xuzhou, I am afraid that I will not be able to deal with Yuan's army." ”

When the words fell, he saw that Guo Jia had already stood up, although his face was pale, he still had the appearance of a prodigal son, as if everything in the world was a game in his place, nothing to fear, nothing to be afraid of.

"The prime minister can't go, isn't there still Guo? I remember that nine years ago, Guo and Yuan San met for the first time, that is, in the realm of Xuzhou, and today, I have been in a panic for nine years, and some things should be settled with him in Xuzhou. ”

Everyone couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this.

Since Guo Jia followed Cao Cao, although he has repeatedly offered strange strategies, he has never commanded an army and led the troops alone, and he himself has never had the idea of this aspect, but who would have thought that he would take the initiative to ask for help today.

Jia Xu glanced at Guo Jia lightly, and if he was mistaken, a sad look suddenly popped up in his eyes, but he immediately drowned in it, closed his eyes and said nothing.

Cao Zhi thought about it carefully and sighed: "Mr. Fengxiao, your health is not good, leading the troops to Xuzhou to sit in the town, I am afraid that it will hurt the vitality, so let's think about it in the long run." ”

Guo Jia smiled and said: "Prime Minister, although Xuzhou is not my confidant, but the tax burden there also supports half of the cost of my Yanzhou Chinese army, and there is no room for loss. ”

When Cao Zhi heard this, he couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, he also knew that according to the current situation of Cao Jun, in addition to Yanzhou, Xuzhou could not afford to lose, but now he wanted Cao Zhi to send additional personnel to Xuzhou, and he really didn't know who to send over. He himself wants to stay in Xudu to suppress the battle, and Xiahou Dun, Cao Ren, Zhang Liao, Cao Zhang, Cao Xiu, Cao Hong, Xu Huang, Li Dian, Le Jin, Zang Ba, Li Tong Although these generals can fight habitually, when it comes to wisdom, they are still a little worse than Yuan Shang, Sima Yi, Tian Feng, Fu Zhu and others.

It's just that Guo Jia's health is too poor, when Cao Cao's soldiers were sent to the customs, Guo Jia did not follow because of a serious illness, and later although he recovered under Zhang Ji's conditioning, but he has been suffering from minor illnesses, since he succeeded to the throne, he has been cultivating at home every now and then because of this rotten physique, and has never made any great achievements, but has been relying on Jia Xu to help himself, today he asked for his life to go to Xuzhou, how can Cao Zhi rest assured?

Looking at Cao Zhi's hesitant expression, Guo Jia smiled slightly and said, "Prime Minister, Guo's body is already much stronger than before, you don't have to worry so much!" Guo is not talented, but he thinks that he is the only person in the world who can be with Yuan Shang, Sima Yi and others for a long time, if I don't go, if Yuan Shang really goes south, Xuzhou is afraid that it really can't be protected. ”

Cao Zhi thought for a while and said, "Mr. Fengxiao's body is not suitable for traveling far, otherwise, Mr. Guo should sit in Xudu and I will guard Xuzhou by myself, right?" ”

After listening to Cao Zhi's words, Guo Jiaha was happy, and said with a smile: "Prime Minister, you go to Xuzhou, I'm afraid that I am not suitable, when I captured Xuzhou, Guo has been following the ancestors, and has repeatedly fought with Tao Qian, Liu Bei, and Lu Bu in Xuzhou, and is very familiar with it, and now is the opportunity for our army's life and death, not to mention that Guo's body has recovered, even if he is sick, Guo is also duty-bound, or who is worthy of the deceased ancestor?" The ancestor died early, leaving you to Guo, Guo has to fight for this old life...... Hehe, it's wrong, in fact, Guo is not too old! ”

Cao Zhi's heart trembled, his eyes turned red, and he could see that Guo Jia was really working hard for the Cao family and himself now.

Cao Zhi sighed softly and said softly, "You better raise it again!"

"It's too late!" Guo Jia shook his head vigorously, and said: "Yuan Shang will return to Hebei soon, this person is insidious, he is quick to use his troops, and he may not act when he will act. Prime Minister, don't hesitate, let Guo go! ”

"This ........." Cao Zhi lowered his head and was speechless for a long time.

Let Guo Jia go, he is not at ease, and he is reluctant, but he can't let him, a top wise man, go, it is difficult to hold Xuzhou with the generals alone, Jia Xu is so old, and he is not very compatible with the generals, let alone suitable.

Guo Jia saw Cao Zhi hesitating, his eyes rolled, and he said with a smile: "Prime Minister, you can rest assured, if the situation is unfavorable, Guo will return to Xuchang immediately, I run fast, Yuan Shang can't catch me." ”

When Cao Zhi heard this, his spirit was shocked, he paused for a moment, looked up at Guo Jia, and said: "Mr. Fengxiao, this is what you said, if you are tight, don't resist, you must withdraw!" ”

"Ha Lu Ha!" Guo Jiaha smiled, nodded, and said, "So you agreed?" Yes! No problem! Once the war doesn't go well, Guo immediately flirts and runs back, and no one can stop me! ”

Guo Jia said so, but in fact he didn't do it, and the battle with Yuan Shang in Xuzhou became the most exciting and famous battle in Guo Jia's life, but at the same time, it was also the last battle he fought as Cao Chen. (To be continued......)