The king knows the minister, the minister knows the king, but the fate between the monarch and the minister is not easy, and it is also a story through the ages. It is precisely because of this that Guo Jia will not show the appearance of a courtier in front of Zhang Chao, but as a friend.

This is why after meeting Zhang Chao, Guo Jia would smile and say flattering words. This is not what kind of sycophant he must make, he knows that as an emperor, he doesn't know how many nice things he will listen to every day, and he says it just to show his closeness.

In fact, as an emperor, he doesn't want to lose the qualifications to make friends, Guo Jia's performance makes up for this shortcoming, and he himself is very happy. Now looking at this person who is also a minister and a friend, he smiled and said, "Lord Guo, where does the joy come from?" I almost didn't come back from Runan this time? ”

What Zhang Chao said can be regarded as the truth, if he hadn't been decisive and resolute, and did not take the initiative to withdraw the army, if he still wanted to capture Runan, it would be very likely that he would be surrounded by Zhuge Liang and Sun Jian.

At that time, even if the armies of the Celestial Empire will rush to rescue, no one knows if there will be any accidents under the surroundment.

The main thing is that it is really such a big war, it will be a disaster for the whole country, and under the fierce battle of the three families without remembering the consequences, if you want to say who is the winner, I am afraid that it will be exaggerated.

Zhang Chao decided to quit with the idea of great wisdom, but he avoided a scuffle, and from this point alone, it is enough to prove his wisdom.

Speaking of this matter, Guo Jia put away the laughing expression just now, but bowed to Zhang Chao very formally, this is not the ordinary etiquette of the courtiers to the king, but a sincere worship, "Jia deeply admires and agrees with the emperor's ability to perceive people's hearts and bend and stretch, please accept it." ”

This is also from the heart. In general, people like Zhang Chao are arrogant, and they often have no one in their eyes, thinking that the world is invincible, and such a human heart is still missing, and in the long run, the danger will only get bigger and bigger.

Such a comparison shows the preciousness of Zhang Chao's ability to bend and stretch his spirit, which is enough to prove that this person's mind is not confused, and he does not despise the people of the world because of repeated victories, which is also the reason why Guo Jia sincerely worships.

"Hehe, okay, don't mention the previous matter, you still have to talk to me about the matter of Hedong, do you suspect that this matter was done by Cao Apu?" Zhang Chao knew that Guo Jia was really convincing himself, and there was still a little excitement in his heart, so that such a talented person could admire him, it was not easy.

Zhang Chao, who was strong in his heart, was just happy for a while, and then pulled the matter back to reality and began to talk about Hedong.

Zhang Chao mentioned the matter of Hedong, and also asked whether Cao Cao did it, Guo Jia did not have the slightest shock after hearing it, in his opinion, maybe the emperor can't see the facts clearly It is strange.

"If you go back to the emperor, the minister also thinks about it like this, thinking about it, it should be Cao Cao who can do this. And if the minister is not wrong, this person should still be in the land east of the river, at least not far away, there are mountains there, I think when the minister first came here, that is, he has been lurking here for several years. ”

This was said by Guo Jia. Thinking that at the beginning, Zhang Chao set his sights on Bingzhou very early, and because of this, Guo Jia, Lu Bu and others came here to take the lead, so it is no wonder that he is very familiar with the terrain here.

Even if Guo Jia can say such a thing, it means that he has found something, and it also shows that Cao Cao is indeed here.

In the battle with Wei, the Celestial Empire won a great victory, but in Zhang Chao's opinion, he always had a little regret, that is, he did not find Cao Cao.

Cao Cao is gone, for Zhang Chao, it is like a knife hanging over his head, so that he can't sleep steadily, and now that he has the opportunity to know the whereabouts of this person, of course he will not let it go. "Okay, Fengxiao, you and I can talk about it in detail."

While leading the army to the palace of Luoyang City, along the way, Zhang Chao also listened to Guo Jia's analysis of the enemy in Hedong.

As Zhang Chao said, after Guo Jia guessed that it might be Cao Cao's doing, he sent a large number of scouts and members of Tianyan into the dense forest to investigate.

Not to mention, there were real results, and in the dense forest, they actually found some horse dung.

Cao Cao is also very careful in doing things, he will not stay too long everywhere, and even before leaving, he will find a way to clean up the traces of his existence. It's just that some things can be cleaned up, and some really can't, such as the feces of war horses, even if you dig a pit and bury it, you can still find it if you have a heart.

It is precisely because of these clues that Guo Jia believes that this is the work of a large cavalry, and these people are well-trained, and there are obviously not many people who can meet this condition, and Cao Cao and his tiger and leopard cavalry, who happened to escape and disappeared, meet these requirements. But the only regrettable thing is that Cao Cao is too cunning to determine their approximate location, and he can't find a specific location.

"It doesn't matter, it's good to have a general direction, come on, talk about it, is there any good way." At this moment, everyone has come to the place of Luoyang Imperial Palace, which has already been renovated, and it is only more brilliant than when Emperor Han Xian was here. If it weren't for the fact that the whole country has not been unified, Zhang Chao would not have moved in to live here, but every time he passes by here, he will live here, after all, as the emperor, there are still rules, but you can't do what you want like when you were a general before.

Everyone followed Zhang Chao into the palace hall, where everyone discussed the matter of dealing with the hidden Cao Cao.

In the main hall, there is a legion, and there is a sixth legion, plus the city defense army here and the men and horses who rushed from Bingzhou include the trapped camp, which is a large army of hundreds of thousands, and there is no problem at all to deal with Cao Cao's 30,000 tigers and leopards who are defeated.

Guo Jia's intention was to borrow these soldiers and horses to conduct an intensive search of all the mountain ranges, and he believed that as long as there were enough people, he would definitely be able to find Cao Cao's hiding place, and then deal a heavy blow.

Naturally, the other ministers had no opinion on this. They all thought that cutting grass should be eradicated, the Celestial Empire destroyed the Wei State, and killed so many people, the two sides have long been endless, and now there is a chance to uproot it to prevent future troubles.

It's just that Emperor Zhang Chao does have a different opinion on this.

Zhang Chao has never underestimated Cao Cao, even if he defeats the other party, he still won't underestimate him.

According to the method Guo Jia said, sending an army to search the mountains may be able to find Cao Cao's hiding place, and even give him a heavy blow, but there is also another possibility, that is, let the other party escape in the depths of the mountains, once he escapes into the mountains, through these mountains, and the remnants of Xianbei and the Huns on the other side, then with Cao Cao's ability, it is likely to re-strengthen, if so, if you want to destroy the other party, I am afraid I don't know how difficult it will be.

Instead of forcing the other party to die and come back to life, this is not what Zhang Chao wants, what he wants is the opportunity to destroy Cao Cao in a battle, and he is not allowed to have a little accident.

For this matter, Zhang Chao thought of a way, and mentioned it in public, that is, he wanted to use himself as bait to lead Cao Cao out of the mountain, and then annihilate him, just to lead the other party out, there must be a premise, that is, there can not be too many soldiers and horses around him, he means to take 10,000 heavy cavalry of the Zhang family, plus 5,000 people in the camp to do this.

Guo Jia has no objection to Zhang Chao taking his body as bait, after all, if he doesn't do this, no one dares to guarantee that Cao Cao will show up. But he was still very worried about only bringing 15,000 people to do it.

"Your Majesty, there are still 30,000 tigers and leopards around Cao Cao, and all of them are elite, and you only bring 15,000 people, which is really too risky." Guo Jia raised his own objections.

As soon as he said this, he was immediately echoed by the others, who apparently thought the same way. Who is Zhang Chao? That is not only the founding emperor of the Celestial Empire, but also the backbone of everyone, it is conceivable that if something happens to this person, I am afraid that the Celestial Empire is likely to fall apart and something big will happen.

"Hehe, you only know that the tiger and leopard ride is powerful, is my Zhang family's heavy cavalry weak? In other words, there are also 5,000 trapped camps led by General Gao, which are all based on one as ten, or even tens, with them, what else do you not let go? Zhang Chao smiled, a picture of an idea.

Guo Jia saw that Zhang Chao had made up his mind, and knew that there was no intention to say more, so he said: "Okay, that's the case, the minister doesn't dare to say anything, but please agree to the emperor, let the minister wait nearby with a large army, once the big war starts, we will approach as fast as possible to protect the emperor's safety." ”

"That's right. But remember, before receiving the Flying Eagle Message, you must not approach us, otherwise, with Cao Agui's caution, I am afraid that he will not show up. Zhang Chao nodded and agreed, he couldn't make this concession, otherwise, Guo Jia and the others were afraid that they would not agree to their decision.

Even if you decide to use yourself as bait, some preparations still need to be done. Under Zhang Chao's order, Wen Chou, the deputy commander of the First Legion, Yan Liang, the deputy commander of the Sixth Legion, and General Buqiu, who arrived in Los Angeles early with 20,000 Zhangjia light cavalry to wait for the military order, they were all temporarily arranged into the Zhangjia heavy cavalry, and became the same generals as Zhang Rui, Zhang Feng, and Zhang Shou.