Chapter 83

The righteous decree

Guo Ye, who headed north from Hefei to Xuchang, is to be precisely moving towards the westward direction northward. Guo Jia's next strategy is to sweep south of the Yellow River before winter, that is, to destroy Liu Bei in Xuzhou. Therefore, Guo Ye, who set out from Hefei, actually led 50,000 troops to march northeastward, flatten Guangling and Xia Pi, and could directly sweep Xuzhou, but Guo Jia asked him to go far and wide to meet with the army in Xuchang.

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Since the Taiping Army swept across Jiangdong, the entire army has been greatly encouraged. This can be seen from the expressions of ordinary soldiers, either full of confidence or high morale.

It is obvious that for ordinary people, they also know what it means after the destruction of Jiangdong. Soon, an era of peace in all the world is coming, and these Taiping soldiers will definitely have gratifying gains when rewarding merits.

Guo Jia never treats the army unfairly. Even the fallen ones are more pensions than those who are alive.

When there is hope, goals, and a bright future that is within reach, people are always full of motivation. This is the case with the Taiping Army on the wilderness road now, with a strong and unafraid way.

Guo Ye rode on the horse and turned his head to Wei Yan beside him, and said lightly: "Arrogant soldiers will be defeated. When setting up camp, I would like to remind all the officers not to be proud."

Although Wei Yan, who was proud and satisfied, he also noticed the change in his mentality of the soldiers, he did not take it seriously. They wiped out Jiangdong and defeated Cao Wei. Seeing that the unification of the world was close, Liu Bei only had 30,000 troops in this conquest of Xuzhou. What should he be afraid of?

"The prince is worried too much. Now our army is invincible. I believe that when our army arrives in Xuzhou, Uncle Liu will definitely surrender."

Guo Ye didn't like Wei Yan talking to him in a tone that seemed to be discussed and thoroughly. This is not a good sign.

Turning his head, Guo Ye stared at Wei Yan lightly. At first, Wei Yan didn't notice anything. It was not until he found that Guo Ye's Gu Jingbubo's eyes were locked on his face that he suddenly asked, "Criminal, did the Mo Jiang say the wrong thing?"

Guo Ye still looked at him without replying. Suddenly, Wei Yan felt the needle was on his back, and he also woke up. The young man in front of him was the prince, and it was very likely that he was the second-generation emperor of the Guo family who was about to appear. So he put away his relaxed posture, lowered his eyes slightly, and said, "The last general understands that when it's dark, he will definitely remind all the officers of the army."

Then Guo Ye looked back at the farmers busy with harvest in the farmland beside the road and whispered: "Wen Chang, when I was still young, my father told me that Luoyang would not be built in one day, but it was destroyed by the fact that it was destroyed.

The background of this sentence is Guo Jia telling him the history of Dong Zhuo burning the imperial capital. Although the original words should have replaced Luoyang with Rome, the meaning is the same.

Now Wei Yan is cautious and dare not say whatever he wants. Although he thinks Guo Ye is exaggerating, with the current situation of the Taiping Army, no one can suddenly appear and turn the overall situation around the world.

"Do you know why the lord ordered our army to go to Xuchang first and then attack Xuzhou, instead of our army directly attacking Xuzhou?"

Riding on the horse, his body shook lightly. Wei Yan thought for a while and replied: "Lord, I hope to reduce casualties and the righteous defences?"

It is conceivable that Guo Ye brought 50,000 troops to Xuzhou, faced Liu Bei's 30,000 troops, and then joined Guo Ye and Guo Jia with 150,000 troops to Xuzhou. The casualties of the Taiping Army must be completely different. 50,000 to 30,000, and Liu Bei still has room to fight back. If the trouble is not good, it will be a loss-win situation. 150,000 to 30,000, that is one-sided.

Guo Ye smiled slightly, outsiders didn't know the implicit meaning of this, and he whispered: "Confidence and self-confidence are separated from each other, and complacency and self-mistakes are also in a thought. The lord does not want a variable to attack Xuzhou. The division of troops to attack Xuzhou may have cut off all the retreat routes of Liu Bei. However, if I lead 50,000 troops to attack Guangling in Xia Pi, the lord's concern will give Liu Bei a glimmer of life, especially after my 50,000 troops were wiped out."

Wei Yan was shocked and said in disbelief: "Lord, are you too arrogant to Liu Bei?"

Liu Bei lost a lot of battles in his life and lost his family several times. He really had no record of showing off. Even if he had a great victory in Chibi, he would be the main force in Jiangdong. Wei Yan actually said half of his words, and the other half was Guo Jia who looked down on Guo Ye.

"What's the fear of Liu Xuande? But if I asked me to lead my army to attack Xuzhou and face Liu Bei's 30,000 troops alone, I must be careful and cautious in doing everything step by step. Otherwise, if I am not careful, I may really go without going back. The person who is really afraid is Zhuge Kongming."

Guo Jia's words are imperial edicts to Guo Ye, and there is no need to follow the truth. As long as it is accepted as the truth, Guo Jia said that Lu Xun is the leader among the younger generation, but if Guo Ye does not investigate Lu Xun, he believes that Lu Xun must be a veritable talent. Guo Jia said that Zhuge Liang is a genius in the world, and a versatile talent in military and political aspects, so Guo Ye naturally would not test Zhuge Liang with a skeptical attitude. Many people who think they are unwilling to listen to the warnings of the elders are ruined by luck.

Wei Yan was dissatisfied, but he was not easy to say anything, so he had to follow Guo Ye's words and agree.

Just at this moment, a fast horse was running in front of him. Guo Ye looked around and found that it was Lu Xun in blue. When Lu Xun came to Guo Ye and was about to bow and salute, Guo Ye waved, "Bo Yan is running all the way, there is no need to be too polite. How is the matter done?"

Lu Xun took a breath and smiled and said, "Fortunately, Wang of Langya agreed on the spot."

After deciding on the six marriages in one go, it was impossible for Guo Ye's family to come to ask for marriage by themselves. The Wang family located in Langya County, Xuzhou was Lu Xun who took a trip to Guo Ye.

Lu Xun, who rushed back from Langya, told Guo Ye every bit of what he saw and heard in his journey.

In short, there are several pieces of information worth paying attention to.

Lu Xun represented Guo Ye to propose marriage, and was open and upright. Even if Liu Bei found out, he did not interfere.

The famous gentry and tyrants in Xuzhou were in a neutral position, neither supporting Liu Bei nor resisting Liu Bei.

The last news was expected. After the Wang family of Langya learned that Guo Ye wanted to marry him, many wealthy families in Xuzhou were ready to go to Wang family to find out the news and wanted to get in touch with the Guo family.

After hearing what Lu Xun had seen and heard about this, Guo Ye looked ahead and said lightly: "Each chess game is divided into three stages: the beginning, the middle game, and the end game. The beginning is the deployment, and it is to decide the trend of the whole game, whether to win the lead or to base yourself on defense, or to make a move in one go or hide murderous intent in the midst of the stagnation of the four sides. The middle game is the killing, and the pairs are killed. The end game is the overall situation is determined and the victory or defeat is clear at a glance."

After hearing this, Lu Xun laughed and said, "The lord's game has ended. Although Liu Bei won Xuzhou, he was unable to make up for the situation."

Before the Taiping Army commanded the army to destroy Wu, everything was a layout. When Jiangdong was destroyed and Cao Wei Sili and Jingzhou were greatly damaged, the game of chess in the world had reached the end of the game. Guo Jia still had more than 300,000 soldiers, Cao Wei still had less than 200,000 soldiers, and Liu Bei in Xuzhou only had 300,000 soldiers, and Guo Jia already had the advantage in terms of territory.

Those officials from Xuzhou, whether they are wealthy families or former Cao Wei, will definitely not surrender to Liu Bei. This is no different from seeking death. Even though they know it is a sinking ship, who would still be willing to jump on it? Even if Guo Jia did not sweep the whole country in Jiangbei and south, the Mi family, which used to have more than 100 million diners in Xuzhou, gave everything to Liu Bei, what did he get?

Mi Zhu's past lessons are enough to discourage everyone who wants to put the treasure on Liu Bei.

Seeing that he was about to enter the Yingchuan territory, Guo Ye was filled with emotion. This was Guo Jia's birthplace, and naturally the hometown of the Guo family. However, this was Guo Ye's first time to come to Yingchuan County.

The Central Plains area was the earliest place where Cao Wei implemented military farming. The development areas in various places were in order. Although the army had withdrawn from the Central Plains, the people still had to live. They harvested in autumn and kept in winter, and were still busy.

"Those who accompany my father to fight the country will definitely receive the best treatment. Those who come to support my father after the country has been decided will only receive ordinary preferential treatment, and those who want to go against my father will definitely end up in a terrible way."

Guo Ye suddenly said this casually.

Wei Yan, who had been silent for a long time, interjected: "It's no wonder that many people want to quickly get in touch with their lord."

Guo Ye sneered on his face and said, "There must be many people here who want a talisman for exemption. Just give it to them first, don't show your feet anymore, otherwise, haha."

The reason why Guo Ye decided on the six marriages in one go is that he actually wanted to start from the wealthy families in various places and divide local forces. No matter who is sincerely competing with the Guo family, who is speculative about enjoying the cool under the big tree, or who is committing crimes and wanting to conceal the truth and work hard to overcome them. It doesn’t matter. As long as the gentry and local wealthy families do not have comrades in the officialdom, it will be easy. After the Taiping Army takes over the territory and reshuffles the officialdom, it will be easy. It will be easy for those local tycoons to kill them.

When Guo Jia entered Yizhou, he temporarily bowed his head to the rich people in Yizhou. It was all a false trick of tyrannical power and a strategic trick to attack the enemy. Now Guo Ye has learned eight points to follow his example.

The army came to the wilderness of Yingchuan County at night, and was expected to enter Xuchang and join Guo Jia's 100,000 troops tomorrow afternoon.

The first thing to do when camping in the wild is to detect the terrain. Although it is very close to Xuchang, Guo Ye still sent scouts to investigate within a radius of hundreds of miles.

There are some not-magnificent mountains nearby. Guo Ye is looking around at the foot of the mountain, as if he wants to find some sense of belonging from Yingchuan.

"Criminal, I caught a suspicious boy on the opposite mountain."

The Taiping Army soldiers were building camps with soil and stones. Guo Ye stood outside in a daze, but was disturbed.

Turning his head, Zhang Yi came over with a young man. Seeing that the young man was dressed in shabby clothes and unarmed, not like Kong Wu’s tough kung fu, Guo Ye asked with a smile: “What’s your name?”

The boy was not afraid at all. He looked up at Guo Ye, and said with his chest straight: "The surname is Deng and Ai."
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