After Wang Zheng and Li Ren finished chatting, it was already mid-afternoon. Xuzhou had begun to get sultry at the end of May. There was no wind. The green trees in the courtyard stood under the bright sunshine, elongating their shadows. There were no people in the courtyard.
Quietly, Wang Zheng thought for a long time and had no clue. Suddenly he heard the sound of quick footsteps, but it was the captain of the personal soldiers who came to report: "Mr. Fengxiao, please see me."
"Oh?" After hearing this, Wang Zheng put down the letter, sat upright and waved his hand: "Please come quickly."
Not long after, Guo Jia walked in and saw that although he was neatly dressed and meticulously dressed, there was just a glistening layer of sweat on his forehead and a sickly blush on his face. This scene fell in Wang Zheng's eyes and couldn't help but feel faint.
Gives rise to worry.
You must know that in history, the other party was just like Zhou Yu, a short-lived ghost who was jealous of talents. Even though Wang Zheng repeatedly warned him, according to the information reported by Mi Fang's Benming Division, Guo Jia still went his own way, and his appearance and appearance were all bad.
Drinking more and eating less for a long time is not an option if this continues.
It's just that some words are useless. He saw Guo Jia panting and saluting him briefly after entering the hall. Then he didn't have time to say anything, so he grabbed the fan on the table and shook it violently. He couldn't help but smile warmly and said: "People say.
It was the hottest month in July, and now it’s only May, is Fengxiao already too much to bear?”
"Come here, let the chef get some cold soup to relieve the heat with Mr."
Soon after, after Guo Jia rested for a while, Jiang Jiang calmed down his breathing, then he raised his hands to Wang Zheng and said with a smile: "I have a piece of good news to report to my lord."
"What's the matter?"
"General Zang has entered the Jiaodong area, and the last few cities in the north of Xuzhou, Jimo, Zhuangwu, and Tingxian have all surrendered."
"Seriously?" Wang Zheng and Jiang Mei suddenly stood up and said, "Jiaodong has also been pacified?"
"How dare I lie about the military situation in front of my lord?" Guo Jia shook his sleeves with a smile, took out two documents, handed them to Wang Zheng, and said: "The Beihai family in Jiaodong area, signed by important ministers, surrendered half an hour ago.
The letter and the victory report were sent to the Sima Mansion. I was discussing military affairs with General Xu Fang at that time. After learning about it, I reviewed it and found nothing wrong, so I immediately came to report it to the lord."
Wang Zheng started to watch, and he could not help but let out a sigh of relief as he saw the letter of surrender from Jiaodong area and the good news about Zang Ba.
Jiaodong is already the easternmost area of Beihai. These three cities mean that the entire Beihai Kingdom has completely fallen into his control. The remaining Donglai is not a concern. I am afraid that a few thousand soldiers will be enough to completely pacify it. Then
It means that some of the garrison on the Yujin side can be transferred back to Xuzhou, and the more cards they can play.
"Sir, what you brought is good news..." After reading it, Wang Zheng was only happy for a moment, and then thought of Yangzhou again. He couldn't help but glance at Guo Jia and said with a smile: "But the purpose of Yuan Shu sending the envoy this time is
, but we guessed wrong."
"guessed wrong?"
Guo Jia couldn't help but be startled. This time, he took the letter from Wang Zheng. He didn't look at it for a few times. He frowned, then smiled, and then tossed it away: "Everyone with a discerning eye knows that Sun Ce has been living under others for a long time.
Yuan Jiujiu did not know how to recognize people, and it was difficult to detect dangers in advance. When I first heard that he sent Sun Ce to attack Danyang and Wujun, Jia knew that he was letting the tiger return to the mountain and let the dragon enter the sea. Now because of one man's
It is your own fault to prevent trouble and block the hope of the world."
"But my lord, Yuan Shu came to borrow troops, didn't he also want to take the opportunity to test whether my lord is a friend or an enemy? How can this be regarded as our guessing wrong?"
"Haha." Wang Zheng laughed dumbly, waved his hand casually, and then returned to the topic: "Then Fengxiao thinks that Yuan Shu came to borrow troops, should the general borrow them?"
"If you don't take what God has given you, you will be blamed for it!" Guo Jia stared at Wang Zheng, his eyes were shining brightly, and he said seriously: "How can you miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? Of course you have to take advantage of it!"
Damn it, Fengxiao is also thinking about Jiangdong!
Seeing that Guo Jia's expression changed drastically, and he no longer looked as lazy as before, Wang Zheng guessed what he was thinking, and couldn't help but feel a headache. Just when he didn't know how to answer the call, there were footsteps again outside the hall, but
Wu Sheng, Xu Fang, Mi Heng, Zhang Zhao, Mi Fang and others also came.
"Let's all take a look."
Wang Zheng took this opportunity to change the topic and showed Yuan Shu's letter to everyone: "Yuan Shu wants to show that I am also the governor of Yuzhou, and wants to use this as an incentive to ask me to send troops to Xuzhou to help him quell Sun Ce's chaos. What do you think? What do you think?
Opinion? Speak freely, just say it."
"Borrowing troops?" Wu Sheng refused even before he opened the letter. He held his head high and walked out of the line with great momentum. He said with disdain: "Old man Yuan is really good at scheming. He just wants to think about it with just an empty title."
Let us help him fight Sun Ce? That's not a good idea, General, we can't go out and make clothes for others."
Wang Zheng couldn't laugh or cry when he heard the last sentence. He couldn't help but glare at Wu Sheng. He knew that this idiot must have forgotten how to say "marry for a man" and wanted to learn from others' quotations from scriptures, so he pieced together such a nondescript paragraph.
After Xu Fang read the letter, he pondered for a long time, then looked at Wang Zheng and said solemnly: "General, although the Beihai battle took a long time, it was mostly due to geographical reasons, not to mention that General Mo and General Yu have already
We have begun to arrange for the main force to take turns to rest. The morale, fighting spirit and even physical strength of the brothers are currently at their peak. Now that Beihai has been established, the surrender of troops on the Jin side and the exchange of garrison troops are also in progress. "
Zhang Zhao heard the elegant meaning of Xiange and immediately agreed: "What General Xu said is absolutely true. Our army will rush to Beihai first and then slow down, and plan for it slowly. Although it takes a long time, the change of political power has been basically completed, and a few days ago, Xiang County's
Gao Lan also sent back a military report, saying that after intensive construction and working day and night, the new city has been built, and some heavenly troops have been sent. Yuzhou's outer defense line can be said to be a success. With the addition of Linzi's Yuan
Tan has too much time to take care of himself, and now he has nothing to worry about in the north and west!"
"Exactly."
Mi Heng also said: "Thanks to your lord's wisdom and dedication to civil and military affairs, I, Xuzhou, now have no external dangers and no internal worries. In May, when the wheat is about to ripen, Yuan Shu suddenly came to borrow troops, so I thought I might as well take advantage of this opportunity.
Let’s discuss what Xuzhou should do next.”
I thought of it all together.
Wang Zheng was getting more and more headache. He walked around the whole place and asked: "What do you think we should do?"
Mi Heng opened his mouth and was about to speak when he saw Wang Zheng looking over with a half-smile, and his heart suddenly skipped a beat.
He suddenly remembered Wang Zheng's reaction when this topic was discussed last time. He hesitated for a while and said: "I have little knowledge and dare not speak first. I'd better ask Mr. Zibu and Fengxiao to speak first."
Guo Jialang laughed loudly and said: "What General Xu Fang just said is very reasonable, and it coincides with my opinion. Our Xuzhou now has strong troops and horses, and it threatens to destroy the country. If the lord has the intention to open up the border again, I can't believe how popular it will be."
Available!"
Hearing this, Xu Fang nodded in agreement: "The officers and men under my command have all been eager to fight in recent days!"
At this time, only Wu Sheng in the field did not understand, and asked in confusion: "Open the border? Where to open the border? Are you going to fight Cao Cao or Yuan Tan?"
Just as Guo Jiagan was about to answer, he saw Wang Zheng waving his hands impatiently and saying: "Yuan Tan is just suffering from ringworm on his skin. As for Cao Cao, it is indeed a serious problem, but it is not time to solve it now."
Where is that...
Wu Sheng blinked and looked at Wang Zheng first. Seeing that he was too lazy to pay attention, he looked at Guo Jia for help.
There was nothing I could do about it. Speaking of relationships, among the three civil servants present, this was the only one with whom he had a relatively harmonious relationship.
Guo Jia was also very considerate and said two words with a smile: "Jiangdong!"
"Jiangdong?" Wu Sheng finally understood: "Mr. Fengxiao, you mean that we are pretending to help Yuan Shu suppress the rebellion, but we are actually taking advantage of the opportunity..."
"Exactly!" Guo Jia said with a smile: "There is a legend in Zuo Zhuan that Jin Xunxi asked the emperor to use Qu Quan's chariot and the jade of Chui Jia to defeat Guo in a false way!"
Having said this, he paused, turned to look at Wang Zheng, and prostrated himself: "Although my lord has won Xuzhou, it is on the bank of the Central Plains, and there are many enemies in the north!"
"With many enemies, there are many things to do, and with many things, there are many variables. If we take advantage of this opportunity to capture Yangzhou, we will have the power to dominate the east of the Yangtze River. Then we will exterminate Yuan Shu, attack Liu Biao, seize the Yangtze River, and then establish ourselves as the emperor."
To serve the world, this is the cause of Emperor Gao!"
In ancient times, the Celestial Empire was strong in the north and weak in the south. Only from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the establishment of the Three Kingdoms, due to wars and disasters in the north and the Central Plains, both nobles and common people came to this place, allowing the south to reach the peak in a very short period of time.
After a period in which resources and wealth were almost equal to those of the North, until the middle of the Three Kingdoms period, the North once again took the lead by a large margin because of its huge population potential.
In the original history, it was precisely because of Sun Ce's early death that Sun Quan spent a long time to pacify the internal affairs after he succeeded. As a result, Soochow gained the right location but lost the right time. In the end, Soochow could only join hands with Liu Bei to resist Cao Wei's attack.
But if Wang Zheng were to obtain Jiangdong at this stage, the situation would be completely different.
When the heroes in the north are hunting, he can take advantage of the opportunity to capture Jingzhou and Jiaozhou in one fell swoop. This is equivalent to occupying all the territory south of the Yangtze River. This is a full grasp of the geographical location and timing!
If Cao Cao and Yuan Shao had not decided the winner at that time, he could even take the time to capture Yizhou as well. At that time, he would be able to use nearly 3/5 of his strength to deal with the powerful enemy in the north, which could be said to be a direct formation.
The general trend, and the popularity...
If you get all three at the right time, right place, right place, and right people, it will become an overwhelming trend that is unstoppable and can be directly crushed!
Guo Jia's analysis is very reasonable. Wang Zheng not only understands it, but also deeply agrees with it. From a certain point of view, he originally had this strategy in mind when he abandoned Linzi.
only...
Facing Guo Jia's eyes full of ambition and enthusiasm, Wang Zheng pondered for a long time, then shook his head slightly: "Since we have known each other, Yuan Gongli has never betrayed me, and Jiangdong is not an option for the time being!"
Hearing this, Guo Jia looked in disbelief and said: "How can such a woman be so benevolent when competing for hegemony?"
"My lord, are you worried about being a minister of the same dynasty as Yuan Shu, or about the alliance? What's so difficult about this? All you need to do is use words to lure him to proclaim himself emperor, and then he will be a rebellious minister and traitor that everyone in the world can punish. My lord, attack
This will lead to righteousness!"
"Sir, don't you forget that the threat from Yuan Shao and Cao Cao is still there?" Wang Zheng still disagreed: "If Yuan Shu and I have an internal fight, wouldn't this be an opportunity for this generation to take advantage of?"
"Jiayi was worried about this before." Guo Jia said: "But after thinking about it again and again, he finally figured it out. If Yuan Shu dies and the foreign enemies leave, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, who are both in the north, will form a situation where two tigers are competing for food. Instead, they will
better..."
Forehead...
Unexpectedly, Guo Jia also found a reason to refute this excuse. Wang Zheng was speechless for a moment, his thoughts were racing, he still couldn't think of a word, and his expression became cloudy.
As if he had sensed Wang Zheng's intention, Zhang Zhao suddenly coughed dryly and said, "My lord, this letter only stated the reason why Yuan Shuru wanted to borrow troops. What did Li Ren say when he came to the hall to meet him?"
"How many troops and horses are required, and other specific matters? For example, how to supply food and grass, and where to station the guest troops?"
This was a good question. After all, the relationship between Yuan Shu and Wang Zheng was not really harmonious. Zhang Zhao naturally understood the meaning of what Xu Fang and Mi Heng said before, but he also felt that Yuan Shu could not be unprepared for it.
What a Zhang Zibu!
Wang Zheng glanced at Zhang Zhao with admiration, nodded and said, "Sir, you are indeed a prudent person."
"Since it is said that it is borrowing troops, Yuan Shu will naturally give him a reward." He looked around at the crowd and said: "In addition to the false title of governor of Yuzhou, Li Ren also brought heavy gifts this time, just to fulfill his promise."
"Li Ren also spoke on behalf of Yuan Shu. If the general is willing to borrow troops, the specific number must be determined by Yangzhou. As for the supply during the war, food, wages, and even equipment and armor will also be provided by Yangzhou. In addition, I heard that
What Li Ren said means that if the Heavenly Army goes to rescue, they are not allowed to enter the territory of Jiujiang, let alone get close to Shouchun, which directly requires us to station heavy troops along the Yangtze River and only be responsible for fighting Sun Ce's army."
Everyone naturally understood the meaning of the words. Yangzhou came to clarify the number of borrowed troops, precisely to avoid too many Xuzhou troops and horses coming to help, so as not to be difficult to control. At the same time, they also restricted the entry and exit range of the troops and horses, making it clear that while they were using it, the other side was also using it.
Be on guard.
Zhang Zhao nodded, then looked at Guo Jia, who laughed loudly and said: "Such a trivial skill is expected to come from the hands of Yang Hong, how can it be said?"
"If my lord is determined to take Jiangdong, Jia Zi has a way to deal with it!"
"Still not possible." Wang Zheng sighed and shook his head again. This time he didn't even bother to make up a reason.
Guo Jia stopped talking. At this time, he could see that Wang Zheng seemed to be embarrassed to take the initiative to attack Yuan Shu because of the superficial things he had done.
Hey, my lord is young after all, and young people are thin-skinned.
Consoling himself in this way, Guo Jia no longer wants to argue with Wang Zheng. After all, he is not stupid. He knows very well that if Wang Zheng has made up his mind, it will be useless for his adviser no matter how eloquent he is!
It doesn’t matter, just put in a little more effort!
Guo Jia had already thought of another way in his mind. Isn't the lord's current concern just that he doesn't want to "fail Yuan Shu first"? Just think of a way to make Yuan Shu "fail the lord first"!
Seeing that Guo Jia finally realized what he was doing, Wang Zheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief. After thinking about it, he asked again: "If you don't want to destroy Guo for falsehood and serve as a filial piety, do you think we can borrow it?"
Then borrow a hammer!
Guo Jia glanced at Wang Zheng indifferently and said in a neutral tone: "My lord, if this is the case, I quite agree with General Wu's words of talent. You cannot marry others!"
Wang Zheng laughed dryly and nodded: "In that case, then..."
However, at this moment, Xu Fang stepped forward proudly, bowed and said: "My lord, the general thought that he was not plotting against Jiangdong for the time being, and he wanted to lend troops to help Yuan Shu this time!"