"But fortunately this time, Liu Zhang, as before, did not want to harm the people's livelihood, so he only used a hundred thousand troops. We may not have no chance of victory. // Fastest update //"
"So, do you think Cao Zhang can stop the Sichuan army?" Cao Cao asked.
Guo Jia shook his head: "It is absolutely impossible to stop him. Not only Cao Zhang can't stop him, but even if the master sends counselors such as Xun Yu, Xun You, Cheng Yu, Sima Yi, that old fox, Zhang Liao, Yu Jin and other generals, he still can't stop him.
Cao Zhang only has 100,000 troops. If he deploys more troops, our army's defense on the Yellow River will be loosened, and the Sichuan army will definitely launch an all-out attack immediately.
Cao Zhang's soldiers and horses are all elites of our army, and they are veterans left over from the past. This is the maximum we can achieve.
But even so, Cao Zhang's troops were no match for the Sichuan army.
As far as I know, all the Sichuan troops dispatched this time are elites, including the previous heavy cavalry and Tengjia troops, Xiliang cavalry, Yumen cavalry, and the one Liu Zhang brought back from the Western Regions this time, all equipped with Dawan horses.
The army, whether mounted or infantry, is invincible.
Just relying on our 100,000 troops and Wu Jun's more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, we will definitely lose."
Cao Cao was silent, thinking that when he had the duel with Yuan Shao in Guandu, Liu Zhang had just left Sichuan. At that time, he told Liu Bei that there were only two heroes in the world: himself and Liu Bei. Liu Zhang was nothing more than a guarding dog under the jade steps. He never thought that Liu Zhang would
become a threat.
During the Battle of Guanzhong, he believed that Liu Bei had died at the hands of Liu Zhang. At that time, the strength of the two armies was about the same, but he also believed that Liu Zhang was not his opponent, and even wrote poems before the battle.
Until now, I'm afraid the hero Liu Bei's body has turned into bones. Liu Zhang has more than 700,000 troops. His army has marched westward to Dawan and defeated himself many times. Now even a hundred thousand troops plus Wu Jun can't do it.
Blocking the front of hundreds of thousands of Sichuan troops, things really are unpredictable and change so fast.
Cao Cao sighed and said to Guo Jiaqi: "Fengxiao, I remember Liu Zhang's great victory in the past few times. The other civil and military officials did not care about the Sichuan army. You are the only one who cares about the Sichuan army. From the first Liu Zhang massacre in Jiangzhou, you and other civil and military advisers thought
"It's different, why? Do people really call you a genius, so unpredictable that you don't need any basis for your predictions?"
Guo Jia didn't expect Cao Cao to suddenly ask this, so he smiled and said: "What kind of genius? If he were a genius, how could he let the lord fall into this situation?
During the Jiangzhou massacre, Liu Zhang almost did something that no one else would dare to think of. Everyone considered this matter from a political perspective and felt that doing so was tantamount to committing suicide.
They never thought about the specific causes and consequences of this matter. From the early Han Dynasty to the present, the Shi clan has already deteriorated, getting bigger and bigger but more and more decadent. Anyone with any sense knows that the Shi clan is a disaster, but no one
If you dare to touch this disaster, you are afraid of getting burned.
Liu Zhang died, so everyone felt that Liu Zhang had caused trouble, so they laughed at his overestimation of his abilities. It was like there was a big man in the village who always did evil things, and no one dared to do anything about him.
Suddenly one day, a skinny man hit this big man, and then other people in the village laughed at the skinny man, does your lord think it is right?"
Cao Cao was silent and frowned.
"Of course, the war between princes is not a village fight, so it's okay to laugh. It's just because Guo Jia comes from a poor family and has some feelings about the behavior of the family, so he thinks differently from other people.
This is the reason why I did not laugh at Liu Zhang during the massacre in Jiangzhou. It was purely a sentimental understanding without any basis. Therefore, the lord said that he was unpredictable and felt that Guo Jia already thought highly of Liu Zhang at that time. That was to praise Guo Jia.
.
At that time, Guo Jia only admired Liu Zhang a little, but he also believed that Liu Zhang had brought his own death.
But later after the Battle of Jingzhou and the massacre in Xiangyang, everyone still disagreed. At that time, Guo Jia felt that something was wrong. A thin man committed suicide and attacked a big man, but after a fight between equals, the thin man did not die. Could it be that
Doesn’t this thin guy deserve attention?
At that time, Guo Jia began to pay attention to Liu Zhang and wondered how far Liu Zhang could go.
Guo Jia had stayed under Yuan Shao's tent before and knew that Yuan Shao was not good enough, so his thoughts were not focused on Hebei at all, but all on Xichuan.
In the first year of the large-scale rebellion in Jingyi Province and Liu Zhang's successful suppression of the rebellion, Guo Jia was already sure that Liu Zhang would become his lord's biggest enemy.
Although Jingyi Prefecture was poor and poor at that time, the recovery speed exceeded my imagination. Although the family was gone, the people were not in chaos. On the contrary, they were more productive, more united, and more supportive of the Sichuan Army. What sign is this? This is a broken
The sign of cocoon rebirth is a sign of new life.
In other words, the thin man beat the big man to death, and his wounds are healing quickly. Can a thin man who can beat a strong man to death still not pose a threat to another strong man?
The effect of the land order is that the people have more land to cultivate, there is less of a group of exploiters, the number of people engaged in direct production and the amount of grain handed over to the treasury increases, while the people's tax revenue decreases. Everyone knows this benefit, but it is a pity that we
You can only do it and watch it, but not implement it.
Moreover, Guo Jia looked at the questions of Liu Zhang's four imperial examinations and was really flexible. The Lord is an open-minded person. He should know that Dong Zhongshu only respected Confucianism and had changed the original Confucianism beyond recognition. However, Liu Zhang basically deposed Confucianism and instead looked like
The original activity of Confucianism was restored.
To put it in a simple summary, the official examination in the Four Imperial Examinations allows the ruler to achieve the effect of "collecting talents from all over the world", which is much better than the recruitment order issued by the lord.
There are also other policies of the Sichuan Army and many measures in commercial agriculture, which we cannot achieve.
If such people cannot be regarded as our biggest enemies, then we are a little too arrogant."
"In the year when Liu Zhang suppressed his rebellion, I didn't regard him as a major enemy." Cao Cao said, with a bit of self-deprecation in his tone, and said to Guo Jiaqi: "Fengxiao, to be honest, do you also think Liu Zhang is the master of the Ming Dynasty?
?”
Guo Jia didn't know how to speak for a moment and didn't speak.
Cao Cao said again: "If you are given another chance, who will you choose to serve between me and Liu Zhang?"
"My lord is a British lord, and Guo Jia will never betray him in this life." Guo Jia solemnly bowed to Cao Cao.
"Get up, I already know." Cao Lao held his forehead with his hands, feeling that his headache was faintly coming on again. After a long time, Cao Lao suddenly raised his head and said to Guo Jia: "Fengxiao, I want to surrender."
"What...what." Guo Jia was stunned for a long time and looked at Cao Cao in shock. After following Cao Cao for more than ten years, Guo Jia never thought that the word "surrender" would pop out of Cao Cao's mouth.
, and it sounded very serious. Lingju, who was playing the piano at the side, also raised his head in surprise.
After a long silence, Guo Jia asked hesitantly: "Master, you, you are not serious, are you? Do you want to pretend to surrender? This will never work, Liu Zhang, Huang Yueying..."
"I'm serious." Cao Cao said with certainty. He took his hand away from his forehead and squeezed the handle of the chair tighter and tighter: "Fengxiao, I was also born into a noble family. I have been accustomed to the behavior of the noble family since I was a child, but I deeply look down on the noble family.
Behavior.
So later I took the lead and issued a merit-based order, hiring people regardless of their background. However, I was not as decisive as Liu Zhang. Although I extremely looked down on some of the behaviors of the family at that time, I also knew that the family controlled wealth, talents, and writing.
, if you want to achieve great things, you can only use them.
Therefore, even though I am from a poor family, I am very tolerant towards the aristocratic families. Even though I am from a poor family, I turn a blind eye when my subordinates from a poor family are squeezed out by the children of the aristocratic families. I occasionally get into trouble with each other, just like the conflict between you and Chen Qun.
But now, Liu Zhang's success has made me wake up. Liu Zhang, a member of the royal family, dared to trample on the aristocratic family under his feet. I, who was born in a small aristocratic family, was actually timid. Looking back at the beginning, I thought I was very domineering and I was the only hero in the world.
But what I did at that time, now I think about it, was all cowardice and compromise.
Lingju just said that I show my domineering attitude to others, but now I feel that I am fierce in appearance but weak inwardly. I try my best to show my authority on the outside, but when it comes to dealing with the internal affairs of the officials, I become a coward.
I feel deeply ashamed.
Feng Xiao, you are right. Since the defeat in Guanzhong, I have been analyzing the Sichuan Army and Liu Zhang in detail, but I just don't want to admit some things.
The four civil service examinations, land orders, the introduction of various new crops in agriculture, new planting, various measures to encourage farming, and in business, workshops, merchants, and even craftsmen in craftsmen's houses can be granted titles.
Western Qiang, Southern Barbarians, Western Regions.
Whether it was domestic affairs, military affairs, my contribution to the Han Empire, or my courage as a master, I lost. Why should I be dissatisfied?
If Liu Zhang unified the world, even I knew that it would be a new world, at least more dynamic than the world after I, Cao Cao, unified the world.
We are now the guardians of the family.
At first I laughed at Liu Zhang as a guard dog under the Jade Steps, but now I, Cao Cao, am actually the guard dog of a noble family, much lower than the guard dog under the Jade Steps.
The last time Zhang Liao was defeated, I thought a lot about these days. Lingju's words also touched me. We and Jiangdong are now struggling to survive. Isn't it too much to describe it?
In this case, you can't defeat them, but you are preventing the development of history. Why bother? It's better to surrender. Before surrendering, kill all Sima Yi, Sima Hui, Zhuge Ci, Chen Qun, and Wu Zhi. I, Cao Cao, will be worthy of it.
Big man, the shame of the past has been washed away."
"My lord." Guo Jia looked at Cao Cao and said in a deep voice: "To be honest, Guo Jia has never wanted to fight with the Sichuan army. My lord is going to surrender to Liu Zhang. Guo Jia is still looking forward to it. No matter what Liu Zhang will do to Guo after he surrenders.
Jia, but..."
Guo Jia suddenly knelt down and kowtowed to the ground: "My lord, you must not surrender. With Liu Zhang's surname, it would be unreasonable for my lord to surrender. Not only will my lord die, but also my lord's son, the Cao family, and the Xiahou family will also die."
will exist again.
Because even if Liu Zhang knew why his lord surrendered and knew that his lord was out of justice, Liu Zhang would still go on a killing spree for his own great cause and for the long-term peace of the world in the future.
How terrible would it be for a person to risk his own life for the continuation of the New Deal?
Liu Zhang is such a person. Does my lord think that such a person will let those of us who threaten him go? Guo Jia never hesitates to die, and has long been prepared to die at the hands of the Sichuan army. I believe that my lord is not a person who is afraid of death.
But my lord must think about your relatives and the civil servants and generals who have followed you for more than ten years. Not to mention Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xia Houyuan and other clans, other Xun Yu, Xun You, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang. Which of these people is not a threat to Liu Zhang? They will definitely die.
And we may not have no chance of making a comeback. Although the Sichuan Army is now the strongest in the world, as long as we successfully stop the Sichuan Army in the Battle of Hetao this time, we will have a long buffer time, and it is difficult to predict who will win or lose."
"Are we going to fight on the unjust side all the time? Fengxiao, I am not afraid to tell you, I, Cao Cao, have never felt this way before, but now I feel guilty and painful fighting against Liu Zhang. You understand this feeling
?”
"How can you not understand that Guo Jia feels the same as the lord, but even so, they have to fight hard. The lord only feels this way now. Guo Jia already felt this way before the Battle of Guanzhong, but not yet
Take the initiative to invite Ying to fight, because we are destined to be on the opposite side of Liu Zhang."
Guo Jia took a deep breath and said to Cao Cao: "My lord, since ancient times, there has been no evil and no morality, no evil and no good, no evil and no righteousness.
At that time, Shang Yang's reform was blocked by conservatives. The Qin Dynasty, with its advanced system, did not have to sweep through the six countries and build the Great Wall to benefit generations to come. However, it was not the people who complained and finally resisted.
Emperor Xiaowu's attack on Xiongnu Dayuan and sweeping across southern Xinjiang and Korea did not arouse resistance. Wang Mang introduced new laws. Who can say that he did not want to change the status quo?
Since everyone who wants to achieve great things is reborn from the ashes, and spring comes after a frosty winter, then why is Liu Zhang an exception? If the New Deal was realized without any difficulties, would it be so easy for the New Deal to gain a foothold?
We are Liu Zhang's last stumbling block. It depends on whether Liu Zhang can get through. If he can't destroy us, why should Liu Zhang change the world?
Use our blood to pave the way for Liu Zhang’s new policy, and at least all the civil servants and military officers who are loyal to the lord will die on the battlefield.”
Guo Jia stood up and said to Cao Cao: "My lord, this is the war. If we win, it means Liu Zhang has not yet reached the end of the war. If we lose, we will really be on our last legs. Then my lord can decide what to do."
Listening to Guo Jia's impassioned speech, Cao Cao slowly walked out of the shadow of decadence and slapped the armrest of the chair: "Okay, the last battle."
Guo Jia nodded, and both of them rekindled their fighting spirit. Guo Jia took out the Hetao and said to Cao Cao: "Our army of 100,000 will not be Liu Zhang's opponent this time, so we can only rely on reinforcements."
"Reinforcements? Where did the reinforcements come from?"
"There are many." Guo Jiadao: "If Liu Zhang attacks Bingzhou, it will not only border us. The Yuan brothers, Wuhuan, Xianbei, and even Liaodong Gongsun Kang and their cavalry can reach it.
I believe these forces don’t want us to perish, right? If we perish, Wuhuan Xianbei should think about the fate of the Western Qiang and Nanman. Can the Yuan brothers still separate themselves from each other?" (To be continued.