Chapter 288: Brief Peace and Fierce Wars Resurrection
Time forwards directly to 197.
An unexpected person came to Huaxia Academy.
"How are you studying?" Xie Xin walked in front and asked after a long time.
"The master said that there is nothing left to teach. In fact, I know that he thinks I am too naughty and hopes that I will graduate soon so that he can live a stable life for a few days." Guo Jia stuck out his tongue and said.
In front of Xie Xin, this 'ghost' remained restrained and awe-inspiring at this moment, no matter how wild he usually was.
"You are always joking with me. You are my enlightenment. Don't I know what is going on with you? Is it because the master has no way to teach you, so I have to let you go?" Xie Xin smiled.
"Hehe, I just can't hide it from Master." Guo Jia smiled lightly.
Master is both master and father. Guo Jia knew about the relationship between his mother and Xie Xin, and he had no intention of objecting. However, the relationship between the two of them has been unclear, so he used the word "master" to express his feelings.
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"Speaking of which, how is that boy Wei Yan?" Xie Xin asked doubtfully.
"Earlier, through the introduction of Xun Jijiu, I joined Cao Cao's general Cai Yang to learn more advanced sword skills. At the same time, General Cai also said that if Wei Yan wanted to become an official, he would strongly recommend it to Cao Cao." Guo Jia confirmed the truth.
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"King of Swordsman Cai Yang... Although he is old, he is also a master of rare swordsmanship. Wei Yan has been studying under him for a few years, which is not bad." Xie Xin muttered a few words after hearing this.
"Haha, that kid, when he just heard that Cao Cao had betrayed his alliance, he said he wanted to say goodbye to Cai Yang and come back with me. But I told him that the master would understand him, and after many persuasion, he finally let him stay.
"Guo Jia said with a bitter smile.
"Cao Cao is Cao Cao, and Cai Yang is Cai Yang. Does it mean that if you serve under Cai Yang, you will have to join Cao Cao after graduation?" Xie Xin said affirmatively.
Guo Jia did not answer, but silently followed behind Xie Xin.
Soon, Xie Xin took him into the fairyland. For this pretender, this place was open to him. And Xie Xin also believed that he knew how to keep secrets.
"So beautiful..." Guo Jia was quickly fascinated by the scene in front of him.
"My master brought this back from Penglai Island. It used to be the fairyland of Tongtian Sect!" Xie Xin said with a smile.
"Penglai Island? Tongtian Sect? Master, if the disciple remembers correctly, the Tongtian Sect should be based on Jin'ao Island above the East China Sea!" Guo Jia shouted in surprise.
"Jin'ao Island? This name sounds familiar. Where did you hear it?" Xie Xin asked with a frown.
"Disciple, I have nothing to do. I read a miscellaneous book called "Historical Records of Ancient Gods" in the Sutra Collection Pavilion of Yingchuan Academy. There is a description of the Tongtian Sect in it." Guo Jia answered truthfully.
"Jin'ao Island... Penglai Island... Tongtian's clone... Damn it, I was tricked by Tiandao!" Xie Xin was not stupid, and immediately became furious after careful analysis.
"Master, what's the problem?" Guo Jia asked worriedly.
"It's okay, I just got tricked a little and got a fake Tongtian Sect Immortal Realm back. Fortunately, this Immortal Realm is not bad, so it's not a loss for me as a teacher." Xie Xin replied casually.
But I was thinking in my heart, should I really go to Jin'ao Island and bring back the real Tongtian Sect's fairyland?
After a second thought, he extinguished the idea because he no longer had the sealing stone.
After wandering around the fairyland for a while, Xie Xin activated his magic weapon and took Guo Jia to the main peak to meet his mother.
Originally, based on Guo Jia's interest in the Immortal Realm, Xie Xin thought he was going to join the Xiaoyao Sect and become a monk.
Who knew that he was such a slut and disliked the boring life of a monk, so he proposed to seek refuge with a prince and live a good life.
At this stage, the princes who will seek refuge are not yet certain, but Xie Xin knows that there are only two candidates in Guo Jia's mind: one is Cao Cao and the other is Liu Bian.
At the same time, he also revealed that after Wei Yan graduated, he would come back to work under Huang Zhong. And before making this decision, he originally planned to inherit his father's mantle and work as a guard for Huaxia Academy.
A great general, one of the best in history, served as a guard for his academy. Hearing this, Xie Xin felt a bit dumbfounded.
During the period from 196 to 197, the Han Dynasty was relatively peaceful as a whole.
Yuan Shao and Gongsun Sheng fought hard for a long time, and probably ran out of supplies, so they signed an armistice agreement and went back to recuperate.
One of them has been working hard for several generations, and the other has a rich family with a letter of thanks for helping. As a result, after a hard fight, Yuan Shao was only injured at most, but Gongsun Sheng was a little bruised.
Fortunately, the main force of the Hu people in the grassland had been killed by Xie Xin, so Gongsun Sheng had no worries. Moreover, he made many expeditions to the grassland, plundered a large number of people and livestock, and then sold them through Qingzhou, so he was able to recover quickly.
The situation is similar everywhere, and almost everyone is recuperating.
Even Cao Cao quickly organized farming under his rule. Under the leadership of Xun Yu and others, the results were quite great. Coupled with the large amount of taxes collected from Nanyang merchants, the tired Cao army finally got some breathing room.
As long as there is a good harvest next year, we will have the strength to go out and attack again.
But when the time comes, the direction of attack will not be Nanyang, but Xuzhou.
The reason is very simple, because among all the forces in Xuzhou, it is the only place where there is still war.
Lu Bu's guy started fighting with Liu Bei.
No matter what the reason for the fight was, Lu Bu knew that he practiced cultivation against nature. Even if he conquered the territory, there would be a lot of natural and man-made disasters. As a result, his income would not be much, just enough for food and clothing.
Under such a premise, instead of just recuperating and recuperating, it is better to expand the territory and continuously plunder it, so as to obtain greater income and quickly train the soldiers.
Now Lu Bu has under his command top-notch counselors like Chen Gong, as well as fierce generals like Zhang Liao and Gao Shun. He himself is a super strong general. In addition, he also has nearly 10,000 Bingzhou wolf cavalry and more than 5,000 Liangzhou iron cavalry under his command.
More than 10,000 elite infantrymen easily defeated Liu Bei and fled.
After Liu Bei fled, seeing that he could not return to Beihai and that the power of the princes going south was not ideal, he simply came to Cao Cao and took refuge with his colleague who still had some love in the past.
Cao Cao didn't like Liu Bei, but he coveted his subordinates Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
So he didn't embarrass him, and he received him happily, and even pretended to be the shepherd of Yuzhou.
During this period, Liu Xie also met Liu Bei. After questioning, he decisively added Liu Bei to the family tree and regarded him as 'uncle of the emperor'.
For a time, Liu Bei was considered a popular figure. However, the civil and military personnel under Cao Jun were not interested in him. Those who liked to associate with him were mostly former nobles who insisted on not leaving.
For example, Dong Cheng, Wang Zifu, Yang Biao and others...
And it was precisely because of Liu Bei's appearance that Cao Cao learned that Xuzhou was now in a state of chaos under Lu Bu's rule, and the people were in dire straits. Although he secretly said that, attacking Xuzhou would not yield much, but it is worth affirming that if he wants to
It is the easiest time to attack Xuzhou now.
To be honest, when Liu Bei informed him of this, he almost wanted to raise troops. However, Xun Yu and other civil servants held him back, so in the end Cao Cao had to give up this plan.
Although the hatred for killing his father is irreconcilable, Xuzhou also has a great temptation for him.
But he also knew that with the current tiredness of Cao's army, even if he won against Lu Bu who had a large number of cavalry, he would be completely wiped out by other princes who took advantage of him in the next step.
During this period of time, Nanyang County developed the fastest.
Zhang Ji in the south had no need to worry, because Liu Biao was holding him back in terms of military rations and armaments, and he would not have been able to obtain many supplies without Nanyang merchants selling them to him.
In other words, once he loses the support of Nanyang County, he will be directly annexed by Liu Biao, which is just around the corner.
But for Huang Zhong, just like Liu Biao, he regarded Zhang Ji as a watchdog.
North of Nanyang, Li Cui and Guo Si were content with the status quo, and at the same time vigorously eliminated dissidents. So they had no time to worry about, so how could they go south?
Cao Cao, who was heading east, had just been frightened and could not attack him in a short time. Moreover, Huang Zhong's generals Li Feng and Li Tong were guarding the border to resist Cao Cao's offensive at any time.
To the south is Runan. Nowadays, Runan is in a state of neglect. There are sporadic gangsters everywhere who are causing chaos in the name of the Yellow Turban Remaining Party. Among them are Gong Du, Liu Pi, Liao Hua, Zhou Cang, Du Yuan, and Huang Shao.
Taking the lead of others, they all occupied the mountain and became the king.
At first, they occupied a few dilapidated cities, thinking that they were strong. However, when they went north to Nanyang, Huang Zhong directly beheaded a leader named Bian Xi, and after defeating tens of thousands of coalition troops, one or two were like quails.
, I was worried that Huang Zhongnan’s descent to the extreme.
Because the scale of the battle was small, it caused no ripples at all, and the impact on Nanyang was minimal, so the lives of Nanyang people were naturally very nourishing.
There is no war, abundant living resources, and high standard wages. At the same time, after the start of the third phase of transformation, the working hours and wages of workers have also improved, making the people under the rule of Nanyang County have reached the level of die-hard loyalty to Liu Bian.
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It is conceivable that once Liu Bian needs to recruit troops, in order to defend today's gains, the strong men of Nanyang County will definitely join the army. It only takes a few months to train a strong force that is not afraid of death.
Of course, I hope this day never comes.
Now, 196 has passed and 197 has arrived.
The situation in Dahan has changed again.
At the beginning of the year, Yuan Shu, who had received the imperial seal, finally lost control of his desire for power and ascended the throne as emperor in Shouchun, with the title "Zhongjia".
This move is equivalent to cutting another piece of the big man's fig leaf.
However, it was precisely because of this move that pushed Yuan Shu into a desperate situation. For a time, the voice of condemnation spread across the land of China, and all the princes seemed to have smelled the fishy smell of sharks, and began to prepare to carve up this big piece of cake.