Chapter 428: Liu Bei escaped
At this time, the Jingzhou army had just withdrawn, and Kuailiang, an important task in Jingzhou, appeared in the Yellow Turban Army, which was indeed somewhat unexpected.
"My lord was invited by Liu Xuande, the pastor of Yuzhou, to lead his troops to Yuzhou, who expected that Cai Mao did not obey my lord's orders, and actually clashed with your army, so that the two sides faced each other, and the soldiers were killed and wounded, and they were ashamed to be the commander."
Kuai Liang continued: "My lord sent me here in the hope that the two families can rebuild and reconcile, and of course, General Cai Mao has been duly punished for this incident. ”
Guo Da's heart was like a mirror, "Lord Kuai, I'm afraid it's the Jiangdong Army that makes Jingzhou anxious and has no time to take care of Yuzhou." ”
Kuai Liang smiled disapprovingly: "Guo Dashuai, I have 100,000 troops in Jingzhou, thousands of miles of fertile fields, and there are so many people who can recruit good fighters, what about the Xiliang army in Chang'an?" ”
"My lord hopes to form an alliance with Guo Dashuai, and I hope Dashuai can think about it."
"Master Kuai, go down first, this matter is very important, let me think about it."
Kuai Liang got up, arched his hand, and walked out of the big tent of the Chinese army, Guo Da has been able to dominate the world for many years, and he must have his outstanding side, choosing to form an alliance with the Jingzhou army, which has many benefits, of course, this alliance is like a child playing at home in the eyes of powerful people, and no one really trusts each other completely.
"Mr. Yu, Kuai Liang came to form an alliance with our army this time, what do you think?"
Yu Shan pondered for a moment and said: "Marshal, at this time our army seems to be stable, but in fact it is not, when the Cao army captures Peiguo, it will definitely face the threat from the Yanzhou army, then Cao Cao has a good way to govern the army, and his corporal is extremely elite and incapable of resisting, and our army must take this opportunity to develop strength, otherwise it is dangerous, and Liu Biao formed an alliance to temporarily remove the threat from Jingzhou, that Liu Biao is one of the eight horses, and it is also a royal clan, it is expected that there will be no rebellion, and our army can also divide more troops to deal with Cao Jun, as long as Cao Jun is blocked, gradually develop strength, Jingzhou will not dare to act rashly, the princes' hearts are very big, but they don't want to lose their troops, the Jingzhou army seems to be strong, but it is cheap to fight to the death with our army, but it is cheap for Sun Ce in Jiangdong and Cao Cao in Yanzhou. ”
"Mr. Yu's words are reasonable, but Liu Biao of Jingzhou is a relative of the Han Dynasty, and our army is burdened with the name of a traitor, how can it form an alliance with our army? Isn't it to paralyze our army and take the opportunity to attack the city?" Guo Da worried.
"The lord's words are not unreasonable, Liu Biao attaches great importance to his reputation, and it is expected that the alliance will only be in secret, otherwise how to face the mouth of the world." Yu Dandao.
The next day, Guo Da met with Kuai Liang again and agreed to the alliance, but the alliance between the two sides was in secret, Guo Da was always a Yellow Turban thief, and if Liu Biao openly formed an alliance, he would definitely be scolded by the world.
Kuai Liang rushed back to Jingzhou with good news, and the Yellow Turban Army was also actively preparing for battle, preparing to meet the Cao army from Peiguo.
At the same time, the first fortified city on the grassland was finally built, and the five-zhang high city wall seemed extremely steep to the grassland people.
The construction of the city wall is completely made of cement, the city wall is one zhang thick, enough to withstand the three zhang thick city wall in the Central Plains, the cement is not only solid, but also the city wall built is extremely smooth, the enemy's soldiers want to attack the city wall, it is not easy.
On the city, there are many arrow towers, and the soldiers patrolling are constantly coming and going, showing everyone the extraordinary city of this city.
This city was established in the royal court of Danhan Mountain, and Jia Rong took Danhan as the name of the city.
The city was built, there is nothing else in the city except for the simple housing of the grassland people, to build such a city, has made the Xiliang army's solid warehouse empty a lot, the city wine shop and other places, has long been contracted by merchants, the grassland is hugely profitable, even in the war period, there are merchants who take risks to the grassland.
The grassland is rich in furs, war horses, cattle and sheep, merchants seek profits, even in the war period, still go to the grassland to do business, not to mention that the situation in the grassland is stable today, except for the long distance, there is no other danger, the city of Danhan also seems prosperous, and there is an endless stream of merchants, but in Jia Rong's view, Chang'an is not just a grade.
Xianbei people have seen with their own eyes how a strong city is gradually built on the grassland, some tribes of Xianbei rely on the city of Danhan to live, Xianbei people can choose to go to the city to help build a city, get money, can also graze on the grassland, everything is under the protection of the Xiliang army, their property and life safety, there will be the Xiliang army in charge, do not worry about the horse thieves on the grassland and the bullying of the big tribe.
The Xiliang army let the Xianbei tribe on the grassland survive the difficult winter, these herdsmen on the grassland have also relieved a lot of the Xiliang army's mustard, many herdsmen are happy to go to the city to find work, and then buy a simple house in the city, the city blocks the cold, so that the herdsmen feel extremely comfortable, they repeatedly attack the Han people, how can they not envy the Han people to live in a solid city, do not worry about food and clothing, do not have to suffer from wind and sand.
The situation in the grassland gradually stabilized, the strength of the Xianbei tribes plummeted, there were no soldiers in their hands, if they didn't work hard, I am afraid that even making ends meet was a problem, as for the aristocracy to be able to produce a part of the work to support the family, it was never a long-term strategy, the nobles were used to a luxurious life, coupled with the bullet sweat gradually turned into prosperity, how could they endure it, and batches of servants were sold as slaves by them.
Jia Rong also did not refuse, these slaves, as long as they behaved well, it was possible to break away from this identity and become an ordinary person, but it also won the hearts of many herdsmen.
Peiguo, no matter how brave Zhang Fei and Guan Yu were, it was always difficult to stop the defeat of the Yuzhou army, the grain and grass in the city were soon unsustainable, the army was struggling, they couldn't eat enough, and they were panicking when they talked about fighting.
In the end, Cao's army captured Peiguo and owned the land of the Three Kingdoms of Liang, Pei, and Chen in Yuzhou, while Guo Da occupied the two counties of Yingchuan and Runan, and owned most of Yuzhou.
Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan of Jizhou fought for a long time without success, and each withdrew his army, and the world was once again stable.
Of course, the development on the grassland did not hide from the eyes of the princes, and the financial resources in Jia Rong's hands made the princes frightened, it is hard to imagine that if Jia Rong used this money to develop his troops, how many soldiers would he have, 500,000 or million?
Guo Da expressed his willingness to surrender to the imperial court, which was also a decision made under the repeated persuasion of Shan, and now the Han family exists in name only, in the hands of powerful princes, even Cao Cao of Yanzhou is afraid that he is only using the reputation of the Son of Heaven, and after surrendering, it is a serious Han official, the strength in his hands has not weakened in the slightest, and he has obtained an official position, and this yellow scarf has also gotten rid of the name of the thief army, and can walk between the states and counties openly, because their commander Guo Da is an official of the imperial court, that's all, although the Han family is weak, The appointment of the official position in the world is still in his hands, that is, Jia Rong, who is far away in Chang'an, I am afraid that under a holy decree of the Han Emperor, he will be demoted to the common people, but such a holy decree has no deterrent effect for a behemoth like the Xiliang Army.
The ministers of the court and the central government faced Guo Da's surrender, which triggered a heated discussion, from beginning to end, Cao Cao stood aside with a smile, watching the hundred officials arguing, more than a year, Cao Cao was repeatedly oppressed by officials with righteousness, and his heart was naturally a little unhappy, of course, he never thought of giving up the Han Emperor, the banner of the Han Emperor, in the righteousness is still quite open, under the holy decree, whoever disobeys, is a traitor.
At this time, Cao Cao really had the world in mind, and wanted the Han dynasty to flourish and leave his name in history, when Xu Zijiang commented on Cao Cao's "capable minister who governs the world", his own strategic talent is still good, but these officials in the court will not take out all their shili at all, which makes Cao Cao a little chilled.
Although Cao Cao, who has military power, has less influence in the court than Jia Rong Dong Zhuo, he still has a strong influence, and he has been oppressed in the hands of Jia Rong Dong Zhuo for so long, and the minister also understands the benefits of having military power in his hands, and now is not the era when the literati casually suppressed the warriors when the Han Dynasty was at its peak.
Cao Cao once disobeyed the orders of the Han Emperor, which made the courtiers a little angry, and even some officials accused Cao Cao in person, unlike Jia Rong, Cao Cao's family was ranked first in the Han Dynasty, and he naturally received a good education, not like Jia Rong Dong Zhuo, who only knew how to fight on the battlefield, and the courage of the officials was also bigger, especially Cao Cao has always been silent in the court, and there is some taste of obedience to the words of the saints, and he did not ask the Han Emperor to promote him, Let the minister gradually wake up from the shadow of Jia Rong and Dong Zhuo, they are officials of the Han Dynasty, they are talented in their chests, and their official positions are higher than Cao Cao's, and the accusations are nothing.
Consistent neglect, the officials also realized Cao Cao's terrible, unlike Jia Rong Dong Zhuo's unprovoked murder, Cao Cao will give you a charge of rebellion, even if you are in the court, there is no way to make it difficult.
The persecution of officials once made Cao Cao's methods become brutal, such as Wang Yun, Yang Biao, Huang Wan and others in the court, relying on the position of the third duke, openly and secretly did not find trouble for Cao Cao, at that time Yanzhou was facing unprecedented difficulties, and the top and bottom worked together to tide over the difficulties, and the officials did not do too much, and Cao Cao did not take it to heart.
Cao Cao's blind forbearance brought about the arrogance of the officials, and what made him unbearable was that the officials actually stretched out their hands and feet to the military camp, and the Han Emperor had reined in before, and had money in his hands, and wanted to form an army, so he naturally hoped that Cao Cao could support.
In anger, Cao Cao ignored the dissuasion of his advisers, and resolutely eradicated several officials, cut the grass and roots, and cut it first and then played, so that the courtiers could see Cao Cao's methods, as if they saw the figure of Dong Zhuo from Cao Cao's body.
If Jia Rong is a tiger, then Cao Cao can be called a poisonous snake, silent, talking and laughing one moment, and the next moment I am afraid that he will be surrounded by soldiers in the mansion.
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