Chapter 89: Paving the Road

It was cold and the snow was flying.

It has been a month since Guo Jia led his army of 200,000 troops to Xuzhou. The final result of the war outside Xuzhou City announced that Guo Jia would unify the south of the Yellow River, and the thirteen states in the world. The only thing left that has not yet surrendered is the pitiful four states in Cao Wei, Hebei.

In the battle to destroy Liu Bei, the Taiping Army paid nearly 10,000 yuan to wipe out the enemy's army, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were all buried in the battlefield.

With the current situation, Guo Jia has 190,000 troops on the south bank of the Yellow River, plus the 100,000 troops of Zhangliao, Luoyang, with the Yellow River as the boundary, the Taiping Army is nearly 300,000 eyes on Hebei.

It is already difficult for Hebei to recruit new soldiers. The new soldiers recruited before were taken to Fancheng by Yu Jin. In the current situation, even if Cao Pi offered the favorable recruitment conditions, there would probably not be any people willing to serve him. After all, no matter how you look at it, it would be a dead end.

If you want to force the recruitment, it will incite civil unrest. Even if Cao Pi is shaking on the dragon chaise, he will not be so stupid as to dig his own grave.

The city was covered with heavy snow. The Taiping Army made a thorough preparation in Guo Jia's plan. The clothes and food for the cold are all prepared. The entire army will spend the winter in Xuzhou for the time being. When the flowers bloom next spring, it will be the final battle to determine the country.

In the spacious study, Guo Jia casually read the books from Tao Qian to Cao Wei to Liu Bei. Xuzhou has no shortage of scholarly families, and the literary and ink atmosphere is strong, and some ancient scrolls of strange literature can arouse Guo Jia's interest.

A figure suddenly appeared outside the door. Guo Jia turned his head and looked at it, laughing and said, "Yuan Zhi, I'm fine after a long time, oh? Is this child?"

Before winter, the Taiping Army swept across Henan withered and destroyed, and after winter, it was to attack Hebei north again. It was this winter that Xu Shu took the time to come to Xuzhou to meet Guo Jia.

Guo Jia saw the boy dodging half of Xu Shu.

"This child is called Jiang Wei, and I accepted him as his adopted son."

Xu Shu looked meticulous, as if he was full of burdens.

Although Guo Jia was surprised to hear Jiang Wei's name, he was even more concerned about Xu Shu's thoughtful expression.

Just as he was about to ask, another person appeared behind Xu Shu: Qin Mi.

Putting the bamboo slips in hand back on the bookshelf, Guo Jia walked to the table beside him and sat down, putting away his relaxed expression, and asked, "Looking at you like this, there must be something wrong, come in and talk."

Xu Shu turned around and asked Jiang Wei to stay somewhere else, then walked into the study, and behind Qin Mi, there were Jia Xu, Fa Zheng, and Pang Tong.

He can be called the six civil servants whom Guo Jia valued the most, but Xi Zhi was not present.

This situation is almost the same as when Guo Jia and these people formulated the strategy of destroying Cao.

Qin Mi took out a letter from her arms and presented it to Guo Jia. Guo Jia sighed lightly, and the author of the letter was not surprised after opening it: Xi Zhicai.

The five strategists in front of him had a serious expression and stared at Guo Jia, which made Guo Jia vaguely guess what they meant.

Just from Xi Zhicai's letter, Guo Jia sighed inwardly: As expected.

Guo Jia smiled bitterly. Just as he was about to speak, the five people in front of him all bowed down and bowed, and Xu Shu was the leader and said, "I beg my lord to think twice, and after destroying Cao, establish a country and ascend the throne!"

These five people include Guo Jia's close friends when he was a young man, talented people who Guo Jia was sincere in collecting, like-minded, and Guo Jia knew each other with keen eyes.

Guo Jia put down Xi Zhicai's letter, sighed softly, and then said, "I have told you that you should repay the country's heroes, and I will treat it as a country's heroes. I will accept everything you ask. But, I dare to ask, can you satisfy me once? Maybe it is because I am willful, I escaped, and I am timid, but this is my greatest wish in my heart, not to be lonely, but free and easy."

The world is chaotic and there is no place to be a home. In an environment of war, how can there be a paradise? What should I say about freedom? But after unifying the country, it is different. Guo Jia does not want to be bound to the temple, nor does he want to continue to be so nervous and physically and mentally, and live in diligence for the rest of his life.

At this moment, Guo Jia still did not change his mind. Xu Shu showed a struggle on his face, which was very complicated, but Pang Tong was already crying. His ugly face was full of true feelings. He still persuaded Guo Jia with great sincerity.

"Lord, you are in your prime, why worry about not having enough time? When the world is settled, you still need to coordinate all directions and build a strong country!"

Guo Jia shook his head when he heard this, looked at Pang Tong's tears, and said, "Shi Yuan, you are not like you who recommended yourself alone in Lishan. At that time, Shi Yuan was outstanding in courage and style. How could you cry like now?"

When Pang Tong heard this, he immediately wiped his tears, but still looked at Guo Jia with anticipation.

After all the people were raised, Guo Jia smiled and said, "What have I done over the years? It's just to recruit all the talents and wise men to control them with the Tao. To truly benefit the people, clear the world, calm the chaos, and safe the world, all depend on you. I have something to ask for."

As for the monarch, Guo Jia cannot do everything himself. All he needs is helpers. With helpers, he can get twice the result with half the effort, handle all aspects properly and form a joint force. On the contrary, even if Guo Jia descends to earth, can he kill all the enemies with one's own strength? Even if he really has the talent of the past, can he finish all his work? This is even more so for the master to work hard and serve the king. Knowing others and taking good responsibilities is the most important thing.

When he heard Guo Jia ask for advice, the five of them were meticulous and intelligent people, and they immediately understood.

Although he had already made some sense, Guo Jia spoke up.

"Ye'er is young. Although he has been calm since childhood and has never been a hot worker, someone still needs to mention it from the side that you are all his elders. He respects you very much. He will definitely not ignore your words. For this hard-earned peace, I hope you will continue to work hard in the future and worry."

Xu Shu and Guo Jia have been dating for nearly 30 years and know very well about Guo Jia's temperament. Since he can't change his mind until now, there is no need to waste his words.

Immediately, Xu Shu expressed his opinion: "Don't worry, lord, we should do our best to assist the prince, ensure peace and benefit the people."

The other four people also expressed their opinions one by one. In this way, Guo Jia felt relieved. All the mainstays in his group, from literature to martial arts, could unanimously support Guo Ye, at least there would be no chaos within.

"Okay, we should talk about the serious business."

Guo Jia suddenly chuckled.

No one in the hall looked at each other helplessly. In their opinion, what they were talking about just now was the most serious matter, but Guo Jia didn't take it seriously.

"What's the matter with Cao Pi in Hebei?"

Guo Jia raised a smile, as if he had forgotten what had happened before in an instant.

Fa Zheng immediately replied: "Cao Xiu led 50,000 troops to guard Huguan, Bingzhou, and Cao Pi's 120,000 troops in Yecheng did not move at all. It is estimated that at this time, Cao Pi was also wandering in a dilemma."

After pondering for a moment, Guo Jia said: "Cao Pi is probably to see if I will repeat Yuan Shao's mistakes."

In the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao raised his troops south, crossed the Yellow River and attacked a little, confronting Cao Cao in Guandu. Although Cao Pi was still a child at that time, many old ministers around him must have experienced that earth-shaking reversal. Therefore, they had to fight against the crowd with few, and Cao Pi could not move first. Let's see how Guo Jia would march before making a decision.

Yuan Shao was defeated by Guandu, but in addition to his own reasons, he actually made a big strategy mistake.

At that time, Yuan Shao had many soldiers and generals, and he was fully capable of basing Cao Cao from at least three sides, but he insisted on concentrating his troops to fight Cao Cao.

Guo Jia and Cao Pi are very similar to the strengths of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao back then.

It's just that the strength level needs to be increased by several levels.

So Cao Pi is waiting now, how can Guo Jia step into Hebei?

Should I go straight to Huanglong like Yuan Shao and strive to achieve success in one battle? Or is there another trick?

"If Cao Pi had half of his father's courage, he should have gathered all his troops to prepare for a decisive battle."

Guo Jia said with a smile.

Now the Taiping Army is in Luoyang and Xuzhou. Yanzhou, the hinterland of the Central Plains in the middle, is empty, but Cao Pi obviously would not send troops across the Yellow River, otherwise he would be double-teamed by the Taiping Army. Moreover, Cao Wei took the initiative to give up the Central Plains when he retreated to Hebei.

While Cao Pi was afraid that the Taiping Army would sweep Bingzhou and Qingzhou, he was also afraid that the Taiping Army would destroy the Taiping Army and directly trampled on Yecheng. Now he was in a dilemma, forming an embarrassing situation.

The 50,000 troops of Cao Xiu, Bingzhou, looked like a hundred thousand troops guarding against Zhang Liao in Luoyang, but in fact it was more like a lead that was tied up in a cocoon.

"In the spring of the next year, from the East County to Jizhou, Yecheng was shocked after entering Jizhou. Cao Pi must have thought that the Taiping Army would directly attack Yecheng, so it would naturally allow Cao Xiu from Huguan to lead his army back to rescue. At that time, Wen Yuan led his army to sweep Bingzhou, allowing Meng Qi, Zilong and Xingba to lead the cavalry to intercept Cao Xiu halfway, and then turn around and take Qingzhou down. Then I will see if Cao Pi is still defending Yecheng."

Guo Jia would not be as stupid as Yuan Shao. He would not have the advantage of having two wings double-teamed. Jizhou was sandwiched between Bingzhou and Qingzhou. With Guo Jia's current military strength, even if he didn't fight hard with Cao Pi, he could still force him into a desperate situation within a year.

Next, Guo Jia and Xu Shu and the other two carefully planned the plan for the Northern Expedition for the coming year.

Before leaving, Jia Xu turned his head and asked Guo Jia: "Will the lord personally lead the army in the next year's battle?"

Guo Jia shook his head and said, "No, let Ye'er be in charge."

Jia Xu nodded thoughtfully and left.

Guo Jia's purpose of doing this is already obvious.

To destroy Wu, is it Guo Ye, to destroy Cao, or to Guo Ye?

This is Guo Jia who wants to accumulate merit and prestige for Guo Ye and pave the way for Guo Ye to become a leader.

Even though Mi Fang spread rumors in Chengdu that year, he could be punished, Guo Jia used him as a pawn to become the dead soul under Ma Chao's sword. This incident would have an impact on Guo Jia, because the convicted person was punished according to law, and it should not be Guo Jia's secret plan.

Ma Chao's fake rebellion, as well as Gan Ning and Wu Yi being secretly mercilessly merciless by Guo Jia, and pardoning prisoners to enter the Taiping Army to die, etc., will also damage Guo Jia's prestige. All of this is a situation that Guo Jia took the initiative to create. In this way, his impact on his curtain call will be minimized and his subordinates will face the new leader with expectations.

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