Half a month later, the Xiliang civil and military forces who fought in Xuzhou reunited in Xiapi City.

With the full cooperation of Chen Gong, Hou Cheng and Wei Xu and others, the army was like a bamboo, and attacked the city one after another, and collected the garrisons under Lu Bu's tent.

At the same time, the old scholars of Xuzhou, such as Chen Qi, Cao Bao and Mi Fang, united with the major families and scholars, and unanimously supported Li Li to lead Xuzhou.

Under such a simultaneous suppression, the county guards successively submitted the table to surrender and attach, and the counties under the rule of Xuzhou were passed on to the next day.

At this point, Xuzhou, which had changed hands three times before, changed hands again, and all six counties of Xuzhou were brought under Li Li's rule.

However, although the war in Xuzhou has subsided, the Xiliang Army is still continuing to deploy troops, and there are more than 100,000 Xiliang troops who have entered the counties and counties of Xuzhou.

After the county guards and county magistrates (county magistrates) arrived at the state governor's mansion one after another, Li Li did not make a big adjustment to the officials of each county, but held a feast and feasted all the officials and subordinates of Xuzhou for three days, but did not mention anything about pacifying and restoring the people's livelihood after the war.

In addition, after the soldiers and horses under the original Lu Bu tent surrendered, they were ordered to gather in the military camp outside the north gate of Xiapi City, concentrate on resting, and reorganize into an army.

By the beginning of July, the entire fighting in Xuzhou had ended in less than 20 days from the outbreak to the end.

At present, the government affairs of Xuzhou are fully responsible for Jia Xu, the division of the Left Army, with the assistance of Chen Qi and Chen Deng; The reorganization of the army was led by the Right Army Division, assisted by Chen Gong and Xiliang generals, and all matters were being carried out in an orderly manner.

When Xuzhou gradually restored order after the war. When the original Xuzhou officials thought that Li Li was about to make a move against the Xuzhou family, Li Li left the state pastoral mansion and led the guards to the East China Sea. Personally select a site for the sailor and rebuild the sailor base.

Xiapi City, the back hall of the East Garden of the State Pastoral Mansion.

A pot of tea was placed on the table, and the two tea cups were steaming, exuding a refreshing fragrance. On both sides of the case, Jia Xu and Guo Jia sat opposite each other, drinking tea and talking.

"It's been days. Fengxiao saddle horse tired, and the foolish brother used tea instead of wine to serve filial piety. After the greetings, Jia Xu picked up the teacup and motioned for Guo Jia to drink together.

Take a sip of tea. Guo Jia smiled and said: "Brother Wenhe is polite, it's all a matter of duty, how dare you say bitterness?" In other words, the main bus stays down. How dare you and I not do our best? "Between words. Guo Jia noticed that there was an arrow cluster without an arrow beside Jia Xu, and his eyes couldn't help but stay on the straight arrow shaft for a moment, and a flash of epiphany and relief flashed in his eyes.

Jia Xu bowed his head lightly and said: "Gongtai came to me just now, mentioning that when Fengxiao reorganized the Xuzhou army, a large number of soldiers were eliminated, but generals such as Wei Xu, Cao Bao and Mi Fang were sent to Danyang to recruit additional foot soldiers. There seemed to be a lot of dissatisfaction in the words, but it was inconvenient to say it clearly, so the public station very euphemistically informed the foolish brother of this. I hope to come forward for my brother. Because of the situation, the foolish brother invited Feng Xiao to come and talk about it. ”

This is Jia Xu's cleverness. In front of Guo Jia. He didn't hide it, he made it clear to his face, and directly told the truth. In this way, he doesn't need to say much, Guo Jia can understand the whole story, and naturally knows how to deal with it.

Guo Jia smiled calmly after hearing this, and then waved his hand at Jia Xu to show his gratitude. Then he said bluntly: "In front of Brother Wen He, the younger brother does not hide it. This time, the difficulty of reorganizing the Xuzhou Army is not small, and about forty percent of the Xuzhou Army will be eliminated, which means that the 100,000 Xuzhou Army can only retain less than 60,000 foot cavalry. Brother Gongtai has lived in Xuzhou for a long time, and many generals in the army are his generals, or generals who have been raised by him, in addition to many old acquaintances, they can be regarded as his protégés.

Not only that, Brother Gongtai has close contacts with the major families and scholars in Xuzhou, and many of them have deep friendships, so many generals in the army have an intertwined and complicated relationship with him. And this is precisely a taboo thing, which makes the lord very displeased. Therefore?????? Hehehe! This wicked person will be done by me, Guo Jia, and I will cut through the mess with a quick knife, and I must not tolerate it; Otherwise, it will go against the original intention of the lord and live up to the trust of the lord. In this section, it is also necessary for Wen and his brother to help and take care of it. ”

"Feng Xiaoyan is serious." Jia Xu nodded happily, poured a cup of tea for Guo Jia with his own hands, restrained his smile, and said: "Xuzhou is an important town in the Central Plains, and the soldiers must fight for it, so we can't be careless at all." The lord handed over the military and political affairs of Xuzhou to you and me this time, and his intention was very clear, that is, to let us rectify the rule of officials, reorganize the army, and ensure that Xuzhou would not be gained and lost again. ”

Speaking of this, Jia Xu paused, took a sip of tea, and continued: "Before this, Xuzhou has changed hands three times, and this is the fourth. It has changed hands four times in just five years, which is rare and unique among the Han states. It is not difficult to see from the repeated changes of ownership of Xuzhou that it is easy to capture Xuzhou, and it can be obtained in ten days, but it is not easy to consolidate Xuzhou and make it an important defensive town. The reason for this is that the counties of Xuzhou have extremely strong clans and scholars, which is an extremely stable alliance of interests. The relationship between the major families is intricate, like the roots of an old tree, and there are many relatively strong alliances of mutual marriage, which prosper and lose each other, and advance and retreat together.

It is the lord who handed over the military administration of Xuzhou to you and me this time, just to let you and me join hands to break this situation, completely destroy the hidden alliance of interests, and fundamentally solve the problem that Xuzhou is easy to attack and difficult to defend, so as to achieve the strategic goal of long-term peace and stability, so that it can truly become the frontier town of our army based in Huainan. ”

"What Brother Wen He said coincides with me." Without waiting for Jia Xu's words to fall, Guo Jia happily agreed, and continued: "The most important thing in front of us at the moment is how to break the situation, to put it bluntly, how to break this big net hidden in the shadows, and how to break the alliance of interests that has been formed between them. In this regard, the lord once said such a sentence: 'If you have a gun, you are the king of grass', and the younger brother regards it as the most reasonable.

Therefore, the younger brother decided to start with the army, remove all the generals in the army who have direct or indirect kinship with the major families and scholars in Xuzhou, transfer them to other states or battalions for resettlement, and send our army generals to come to Xuzhou to lead the troops. It is with this idea in mind that so far, the younger brother has replaced all the guards, captains and military marquis of all counties and cities in Xuzhou, and ordered our army to take over all counties and counties and remove all city defenders.

Because of this, Brother Gongtai has a lot of prejudices against his younger brother, but it is inconvenient to speak out, so he used the mouth of Brother Wenhe to advise me to stop. It's just that this matter has been launched, and now it is a tiger's tail to stop it, not to mention the previous achievements, and it will make the major families and gentry of the noble clans hostile to us, thus laying the root of the trouble, and the future troubles will be endless. Therefore, this matter must not end here, but should strike while the iron is hot, comprehensively rectify the Xuzhou garrison, and then rectify the rule of officials to consolidate the rule of the lord over Xuzhou. I don't know if Brother Wen He thinks so? ”

Jia Xu pondered and nodded lightly, and affirmed: "Feng Xiao's words can be described as hitting the nail on the head, hitting the nail on the head, and making the foolish brother admire him to the core. The foolish brother has no objection to this, and is willing to fully cooperate with Feng Xiao, but if there is a need for the foolish brother, Feng Xiao will inform him, and the foolish brother will definitely help. ”

Speaking of this, Jia Xu couldn't help but shake his head, and said with a smile: "Previously, Brother Yu always thought that after the war in Xuzhou subsided, the lord was very likely to let Chen Gong take Xuzhou. After all, Chen Gongtai made great contributions in the Battle of Xuzhou, and he lived in Xuzhou for a long time, so letting him succeed Xuzhou Assassin Shi is conducive to stabilizing the situation, quickly restoring the post-war order, and restoring farming as much as possible. But at this moment, listening to Fengxiao's words, the foolish brother Fang knew that the lord had already seen the situation in Xuzhou, and there must be someone else who would serve as the assassin of Xuzhou in the future. ”

After Guo Jia heard this, he and Jia Xu glanced at each other, and then the two smiled heartily, and they reached a consensus without any communication.

After drinking a cup of tea again, Jia Xu casually picked up the arrow shaft placed next to him and put it on the desk, and said with a smile: "Everyone has been discussing this matter in private these days, and there are all kinds of rumors, and it is not an exaggeration to say that there are many discussions. The foolish brother is also very curious about this, can Feng Xiao explain the reason and solve the confusion for the foolish brother? ”

Looking at the arrow shaft that Jia Xu put on the desk, Guo Jia couldn't help but shake his head bitterly, and said with a wry smile: "Just now I noticed that the arrow next to Brother Wen He is very familiar, and I have a sense of déjà vu. This sentence alone gave Jia Xu the answer he wanted to know, and the slightly bitter smile on Guo Jia's face also explained why he had not made the matter public. He did it for a reason, or he didn't do it out of his own intention, but out of necessity.

Jia Xu nodded thoughtfully, and said in a rather incomprehensible question: "That day, the foolish brother heard with his own ears that the lord ordered Lu Bu to be killed, and since then I have been following the lord by his side, and I have never seen the lord give an order to release Lu Bu, I don't know where the lord on the execution ground came from?" ”

Guo Jia smiled slightly, and replied unexpectedly: "Brother Wenhe, do you know why the lord ordered me to be fully responsible for the battle of Baimenlou?" ”

"Huh?" Jia Xu was stunned when he heard this, and asked, "Could it be that there is another secret in this?" ”

"Exactly." Guo Jia nodded in response and explained: "When Lu Bu defeated Yanzhou and led the remnants to flee in a hurry, he intended to defect to the lord's command, but he switched to Liu Bei's account because he was worried that the lord would harm him. Then the lord asked about it, and the younger brother boasted that he would one day capture Lu Bu alive, and let him convince him to serve the lord, and there would be no rebellion. The lord believed it at the time, and since then he has entrusted all matters related to Xuzhou to me, including Han Xian, Yang Feng, and Chen Gong who have been lurking under Lu Bu's tent for a long time.

It is precisely because of this that after Picheng was broken by our army, the lord handed over the attack on Baimenlou to me in public, and patted me twice on the shoulder before leaving. ”

"This move has a lot of meaning!" Jia Xu interjected in surprise.

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