And Zhong and Guo Jia are the most familiar, listen to Guo Jia! Yan, strode and grabbed Guo Ye's placket, and asked loudly: "You prodigal son, tell me quickly, what's going on?" ”

Guo Jia was caught tightly by Xi Zhong, and hurriedly slapped his hand away and gasped twice. Xi Zhong saw that he was still pretending, and he rolled up his sleeves and was about to step forward, Guo Jia smiled when he saw it, and said, "Don't worry, Jia said." ”

Xi Zhong snorted lightly and said, "Say it quickly!" If you don't, all the wine in your house will be gone. ”

Guo Jia heard this, his face was green, and he was a drunkard, but he knew that Xi Zhong did what he said, and hurriedly said: "Zhicai don't!" Jia Say it now! After a pause, I only heard Guo Jia say: "Liu Bei fled to Runan that day, and Jiading planned to let Zhang Xiu deal with Liu Bei." Later, Wen Ruo came to the news that Zhang Xiu dispatched three tiger generals, plus 30,000 elite soldiers, depending on the situation, he wanted to kill Liu Bei in one fell swoop, and Jia saw that something was wrong at that time. Seeing that everyone, including Cao Cao, was looking at him, Guo Jia asked Cao Cao: "What does the lord think of Liu Bei?" ”

Cao Cao replied with a solemn expression: "Liu Bei, Xiao Xiongye!" Among the only remaining princes, Zhang Xiu is my lifelong enemy. Sun Jian, this tiger, is only lurking now. However, once pounced. It will definitely shock the world again, but Sun Jian's threat is far less than Zhang Xiu's. In the end, this Liu Bei was left, if he had gained power in the early years, it would only be another Zhang Xiu, but now the situation is different, and at most it is another Sun Jian, which has become a big trouble

Guo Jia nodded and said: "Yes, if Liu Bei gains power, it will become a big disaster, not only for the lord, but also for Zhang Xiu." Therefore, Zhang Xiucai intended to kill him in Runan and prevent him from escaping to Jingzhou. There will only be two results in this situation, one is that Liu Bei is killed. Jia calculated, if Liu Bei was killed. The situation is actually beneficial to Zhang Xiu and not beneficial to the lord, at this time the lord is already weaker than Zhang Xiu, and then the lord's power is not Zhang Xiu's opponent

Speaking of this, Xiahoudun interrupted: "Serve filial piety and live, Liu Bei is a hero in the world, and he has always been a great disaster for the lord, if he is killed." How can it be unfavorable to the lord. ”

Seeing that all the generals had the same eyes, Xun You and the others were thoughtful, Guo Jia replied with a smile: "General Yuan Rang doesn't know, if Liu Bei is still in Xuzhou and Runan, the threat is naturally the lord." But if he escapes to Jingzhou, who is most threatened by him? ”

Xun You and the others heard Guo Jia's question, and said in unison: "Zhang Xiu! ”

Guo Jia nodded and said, "Not bad!" Liu Bei is in Jingzhou, although he can attack Xuchang in the north, but the road is not close, and there is a buffer in the middle, and the lord can adapt to the situation. However, Nanyang County under Zhang Xiu's rule and Xiangyang in Jingzhou are only separated by Hanshui, and Nanyang was taken away by Zhang Xiu from Liu Biao. In addition, Jingzhou and Yizhou are connected, and now Zhang Xiu is attacking Yizhou, although it takes a lot of time to be strong, but Liu Zhang must not be able to stop it, in this case, the lord can be in the name of the Son of Heaven, and he will let Liu Bei enter Yizhou when he plays, and create trouble for Zhang Xiu. With Liu Bei's heroic capital. Guan Zhang Zhiyong is definitely a big trouble for Zhang Xiu. ”

Xiahoudun could hear it. Nodding his head, he said, "Feng Xiao and continue." If Liu Bei is killed by Zhang Xiu, what should I do? ”

Guo Jia said with a somewhat solemn expression: "If Liu Bei is killed, it will be very detrimental to the lord."

Liu Zhang of Yizhou is weak, and Liu Biao of Jingzhou is the lord of Shoucheng. Both of them are more than guarded, and they are not a threat to Zhang Xiu at all, if Liu Bei is successfully killed. Ruojia is Zhang Xiu, seeing that the lord and Yuan Shao are both defeated, they can abandon the south first, send troops to join Yuan Shao to defeat the lord first, and then turn back to destroy Yuan Shao, collect the land of Sizhou, and then calmly attack the Central Plains, and then there will be no one in the world who is Zhang Xiu's opponent

Xiahoudun heard it and asked: "Then there is Jiangdong Sun Jian, if this is the case, the lord can join Sun Xiaojian to resist Zhang Xiu." ”

Guo Jia heard this, shook his head and said, "Definitely." If Zhang Xiu succeeds in recovering the land of the four states, no, even if he only collects the three states, he can defend along the Yellow River and send troops to attack Yizhou first. And Jiangdong Sun, if it is an alliance with our army, it is nothing more than attacking Jingzhou, although Liu Biao's attack is insufficient, but it is more than enough, and the two may not be able to take Jingzhou in one fell swoop. As long as Zhang Xiu receives Yizhou, the Han Dynasty has six points, and all the dangerous passes are owned by him. First of all, it will be undefeated, and it only needs to recuperate for a few years, and press the Central Plains with strong troops, how can the lord stop it at that time. Therefore, Liu Bei must stay! ”

Although the remarks on the horse are all inferences made by Guo Jia based on Liu Bei being killed. There may be other variables in it, but there is no doubt that Liu Bei was killed, and it would be Zhang Xiu who would profit the most.

Cao Cao heard this, with a look of clarity on his face, and said: "No wonder Feng Xiao heard it before he captured Runan, so he asked him to show mercy to Liu Bei's subordinates, and also secretly protect his subordinates."

When Xi Zhong heard this, he immediately stepped forward and grabbed Guo Jia's shirt again, and said, "You prodigal son, you are calculating." Even I'm waiting for it! ”

Guo Jia hurriedly slapped Xi Zhong away, took a breath and said: "This is also a last resort, the situation was a little urgent at that time, and it was too late to discuss, so Jia Cai directly offered his plan to the lord." ”

The newly invested Zhang Jaw asked puzzledly: "Then why did Mr. Fengxiao ask General Miaocai to secretly protect Liu Bei's subordinates." ”

Guo Jia said with a smile: "Although Liu Bei is a hero, what he has always relied on is only Zhang Zhiyong, just like his arms, if his arms are broken." Even if Liu Bei has great power, no one can use it, so he wants General Miaocai to protect him secretly. ”

Xiahoudun was puzzled: "But Miaocai shot Jian Yong under Liu Bei." ”

Cao Cao heard it and said with a smile: "Miaocai has already told Cao about this, at that time, his general Liao Hua was responsible for protecting Jian Yong and Chen Zhen, and he was separated from Chen Zhen first, but this Jian Yong was protected by Liao Hua. Jian Yong didn't have much martial arts, and he couldn't rush out even if he dragged Liao Hua, so Miao Cai shot Jian Yong to death, and when Liao Hua didn't have to protect him anymore, he rushed out directly. ”

Xun You heard this and asked puzzledly: "But even so, Liu Bei may not rush out so easily." ”

Guo Jia sighed: "Liu Bei also has to be favored by God in this matter. At the last moment, there was a master who instructed the Jingzhou army to come to the rescue, and General Miaocai secretly helped. It must be known that at the ambush point at that time, there were only more than 1,000 horses, and there were more than 4,000 people in General Miaocai. Most of the archers were our army. And most of Xu Huang's troops were placed on the soldiers who ambushed Liu Bei in the previous stage, so Liu Bei escaped. And General Miaocai didn't use any force when he was pursuing, otherwise he would have led the troops with General Miaocai. It is naturally not difficult to catch up with Liu Bei before he enters Xinye. ”

Yu Ban heard it, and said clearly: "I see, remember why Liu Bei can gather in a desperate situation, it turns out that it was Guo Sai's wine and the four armies who secretly helped each other." ”

Guo Jia smiled slightly, bowed to Cao Cao and said, "This matter is still the lord's wisdom and correct judgment." ”

Cao Cao laughed when he heard this, Guo Jia specially praised him, and Cao Cao was naturally so happy not to say anything.

Everyone saw Cao Cao laughing, and Fang Cai's anger was also swept away with this laughter, and everyone was secretly relieved when they saw it, and secretly praised Guo Jia for being amazing.

Cao Cao laughed, and then asked Guo Jiadao: "Fengxiao." Then you mean to send 70,000 pawns to Zhang Xiu? ”

Guo Jia nodded and said, "Yes, but the lord wants to pick out the strong and strong, and give the rest of the old and weak to Zhang Xiu." In addition, Zhang Xiu also knew about the lack of food for the lord, and just took the opportunity to ask him for food and grass. ”

Cao Cao heard it and said curiously: "With Zhang Xiu's temperament, how can he be willing to suffer." ”

Guo Jia smiled: "The lord only needs to reply to him." If these soldiers die of hunger if they don't have enough to eat on the road, they will not do the business of the lord. And there are still a large number of Yuan family soldiers in the north and west, and I am afraid that the soldiers will be robbed by them. And it is safe to send it to Nanyang. In this way, although there is not much grain and grass to be swindled, the lord has not lost his momentum. ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he laughed and said, "What a Guo Fengxiao!" ”

In fact, Guo Jia's strategy is just as he said. In fact, there is not much grain and grass to be reached, but since ancient times, the two countries have fought each other, in addition to the real battles on the battlefield, the battle outside the field and the momentum cannot be lost. It is true that Zhang Xiu's move is to force Cao Cao to send his pawn to him, if Cao Cao sends it out so lightly, wouldn't he succumb to Zhang Xiu's momentum? Therefore, Guo Jia offered a plan to return the color.

Although Zhang Xiu really didn't give Cao Cao and couldn't help Zhang Xiu, but now the two sides have not really torn their faces, both Cao Cao and Guo Jia believe that Zhang Xiu is willing to take half a step back and save some face for both sides, which can be regarded as a tacit understanding.

Sure enough, as Cao Cao expected, Zhang Xiu provided 10,000 stone of grain for 70,000 soldiers, but at the same time, Zhang Xiu also asked Cao Cao to escort the seven sets of soldiers to the Yellow River, waiting for Huo Jun's army to be transported into Henan.

In this way, both sides made concessions and reached a consensus.

Cao Cao's side is easy to do, Zhao Yun is also easy to collect the defeated soldiers in Guandu, as long as he sees the defeated soldiers, the army is surrounded, these defeated soldiers will immediately kneel on the ground and ask for surrender, for a while, as long as there is a small large number of soldiers on the north bank of the Yellow River, it will attract Zhao Yun's army, and finally be surrendered by it.

It was so easy for Zhao Yun to collect the defeated soldiers with weapons on the one hand, and it was naturally easier for the horse to collect the unarmed people on the other. But after a day of horse migration, the people found it boring. This thing is too simple to do, Zhao Yun sometimes encounters sporadic resistance on his side, and even if there are occasional people on Ma's side who resist, he can't arouse Ma's slightest interest.

Horses were bored for a day. When I saw that the situation was like this the next day, I felt that it was like this for ten consecutive days. It was even more bitter than when he usually did not go on the expedition and practiced martial arts at home for ten days. At this time, he suddenly remembered the strategy he had offered to attack Hancheng before, and said in a muttered voice: "It's not a bad thing to go to Hancheng, if the Hancheng guards are frightened, wouldn't it be a great achievement to surrender to Kaicheng?" And even if you can't attack them, it's better to scare them than to suffocate them here. ”

Ma muttered to himself here, and Pang Rou next to him asked, "General, what's wrong?" ”

Ma was called by Pang Ji, and immediately woke up and said: "Pang Rou, you will lead five thousand soldiers to continue to migrate the people in Wei County, and I will take a trip to Handcheng with the remaining soldiers." ”

Pang Rou was shocked when she heard this, and hurriedly said: "The general can't, Jia Changshi and Mr. Gongtai both said that Yecheng can't be captured, if the general goes, I'm afraid the main guild will investigate it." Ma heard this and smiled: "Hey, don't worry." Ben General naturally knew that it was difficult for the cavalry to attack the city, and Zilong also said that there was a living water moat in Hancheng. Ben Jiang will go to see if those timid people in Hebei will open the city and surrender, if they surrender, Ben will make a great contribution. If it hadn't landed, it would have been better to go to Hancheng than to be bored here. ”

Pang Rou could only smile bitterly when he heard it, he was naturally clear about Ma's character, and asking a general like Ma to do these things to win over the people was naturally wronged him, and it was reasonable for him to have such an idea. Seeing that she couldn't stop it, Pang Rou could only advise: "The general must be careful when he goes to Handcheng." Don't be careless. ”

Ma nodded in agreement, leaving only 5,000 men and horses and Pang Rou, and he led the remaining 15,000 soldiers and horses to Hancheng in a hurry. After Pang Rou left, he immediately sent his henchmen to report the horse to the attack on Hancheng, and Zhang Xiu, who knew about it.

Since Ma and Pang Rou traveled all the way from Hanoi to move the people all the way, so the journey of only one day was not very far, and the fast horse sent by Pang Rou rushed back to Chaoge in less than an hour.

Chen Gongzai was busy with the relocation of the people. Huo Du calmed the hearts of some fluctuating people. In the past few days, the changes in Hanoi were too great, first Zhang Xiu's army swept through Hanoi, and then Zhang Xiu sentenced all the families of Hanoi in just one day, although Zhang Xiu made the crimes of these families public, which stabilized many people's hearts. But the change came so quickly, and the people were a little caught off guard. The Hanoi family died and left, and then Zhang Xiu had to move the people again, and the people's hearts were so fluctuating, Zhang Xiu naturally wanted to send people to appease the people.

In the county government of Chaoge City, only Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu were left, and when Pang Rou's henchmen sent the news of the horse to Zhang Xiu, Jia Xu smiled and said nothing.

Zhang Xiu, who was on the main seat, saw it, and said: "Wen He already knew? ”

Jia Xu said with a smile: "The two generals Meng Qi and Zilong plus so many soldiers must be sent to migrate the people and collect the soldiers, and the lord is naturally not giving up on Yecheng." ”

Zhang Xiu said with a smile: "The temptation to take down Hancheng is too great, and I can't help but be tempted." ”

Jia Xu nodded and said, "The arrangement is also appropriate, my lord." If you order Meng Qi to attack Hancheng, it will only lose your troops, but now you have a chance to Meng Qi. Let him act privately, then Meng Qi will have a lot more worries, and he will not attack. Then there is Yuan Shao, who is in Zilong's army to contain Liyang, if the defenders of Hancheng are incompetent, they should open the city and surrender. ”

Zhang Xiu nodded and said, "Not bad." Yuan Shao's subordinates were all taken by him, hoping that Meng Qi would succeed this time, so he would have to take a look at Cao Mengde's surprised appearance. After a pause, he said to himself as if he was talking to Cao Cao: "Don't think that you can take all the land of Hebei if you defeat Yuan Benchu, and there is still a general here." After speaking, the corners of his mouth curled, and he smiled and looked in the direction of Guandu in the southwest.