After Cao Cao meditated, he asked with a heavy heart: "Feng Xiao, what do you think we should do?"
Guo Jia said: "Now the best strategy is to abandon the attack on Jingzhou and unite with Liu Bei, while our side is dedicated to be the enemy of Yuan Shao. After acquiring the four states of Hebei, Liu Bei is estimated to have benefited the state. At that time, if you decide between the male and the male, the success or failure is unknown. Therefore, I want to win quickly, and defeat without a day!"
Cao Cao looked around everyone and asked, "What do you think?"
Cao Cao's civil and military officials divided into two factions upon hearing this, and engaged in a fierce debate. What you said and what I said was so noisy that it was naturally indispensable that those who had nowhere to vent the evil fire in their chests because of dissatisfaction in their hearts, took the opportunity to jump up and down. Cao Cao had a splitting headache. He covered his head and shouted loudly, "Don't make any noise, come here today, I'm thinking about it!"
After speaking, Cao Cao let everyone leave.
"Bongxiao stays"
When Guo Jia heard this, he stopped.
After everyone left, Cao Cao said, "Fengxiao tomorrow, you will go to Xiangyang to fix it with Liu Bei."
Guo Jia said, "Ming Gong, you finally decided?"
Cao Cao nodded and said, "Yes, you tell Liu Bei that Jingzhou will be handed over to him. After returning to Xuchang, I will play the emperor and call him Jingzhou herd."
Guo Jia nodded slowly, and Cao Cao said again: "You have another mission."
Guo Jia said, "Lord, please speak."
Cao Cao said: "Cai Hao, Zhang Yun and others have brought Liu Cong to join our army. Cai Hao and Zhang Yun have been arranged by me to run in Runan. After you have completed the repairs, go to Runan to see Cai Hao and Zhang Yun and ask them to help me. Recruiting those Jingzhou scholars who are willing to join our army, if we can recruit Jingzhou talents, Liu Bei will have nothing to do. After I capture the counties in Hebei and eliminate Yuan Shao, I will come back to my teacher to clean up Liu Bei!"
Guo Jia said: "The lord's trick to draw a salary from the bottom of the tank is very good!"
Cao Cao smiled and replied: "Haha! Still Fengxiao understands me!"
Guo Jia rolled his eyes and said, "I know how to do it!"
Cao Cao said: "Well, you should withdraw first, go back and prepare, and leave tomorrow morning."
Guo Jiaying said: "Yes!"
After the sky turned, Guo Jia rushed to Xiangyang early in the morning. He hurried his horse on his way and arrived in Xiangyang in the afternoon.
Liu Bei was worried about the war in the city of Xiangyang. Welcoming Guo Jia into the Cishi Mansion, the salute was over, Liu Bei asked: "Why is Feng Xiao here?"
Guo Jiadao: "I am here to mourn the funeral!"
When Liu Bei heard this, he was greatly surprised, and asked silently, "Could it be that Zaoyang and Fancheng have fallen?"
Guo Jia smiled and said, "That's not the case. But last month, the military strategist Zhuge Liang used the plan for Nanjun, turning his hands for the clouds and covering his hands for the rain, and took advantage of Zhou Yu's hard work to win the Nanjun. It seems that the scenery is boundless, and he has won. The land of the six counties in Jingzhou is actually extremely dangerous."
Liu Bei glanced at Guo Jia, shook his head and smiled bitterly, and asked, "Feng Xiao, please tell me what's wrong with me?"
Guo Jia said: "The Jiangdong 50,000 army attacked Nanjun, killing tens of thousands of people, and Zhuge Liang took advantage of the chaos to occupy Nanjun. However, how Jiangdong's Sun Quan and Zhou Yu could swallow this breath will inevitably retaliate. Can Uncle Liu Huang fight against our army and Jiangdong's army at the same time?"
Liu Bei was shocked when he heard the words, and hurriedly said, "Please teach me through filial piety."
Guo Jia smiled slightly and said: "Now Cao Gong is willing to abandon all previous complaints and re-seeking the goodness of forming an alliance to fight against Lu Bu in the past. The two sides have formed a good relationship. In this way, Liu Huangshu is not as peaceful as a rock."
Liu Bei suddenly understood something and said with a smile: "Cao Cao has a good calculation, he wants the four states of Hebei. I am afraid that our army will drag him back, so I send you to make noises and make peace with him. If your head of the family can get it. What benefits can we have in the four states of Hebei?"
Seeing him speechless for a while, Guo Jia smiled slightly and said: "After the reconciliation, both sides take what they need. How can you say that there is no good for you?"
Liu Bei said: "How to get what you need?"
Guo Jia said: "Why did Uncle Liu ask the question? Didn't Uncle Liu sit in Jingxiang and look at Yizhou?"
Liu Bei thought to himself, Guo Jia is so powerful that he even knows the strategy of our army, so he laughed and said, "Yizhou is the land of my emperor brother Liu Zhang, and I will not bear it."
"When Uncle Liu is attacking Yizhou, you don't have to worry about Cao Gong attacking the following. When Cao Gong attacks Hebei, you don't have to worry about the future. Wouldn't it be both ways? The lord has already played the emperor and named the emperor as Jingzhou Mu and Zuo general. Soon the edict will arrive in Xiangyang. There are some things that don’t need to be too clear."
Guo Jia smiled slightly and thought, your Uncle Liu is too fake, isn't Jingzhou from your clan Liu Biao? Don’t you still take Jingzhou
Liu Bei nodded and said, "It's so good! Since Duke Cao is so sincere, I agreed. The two sides have a good relationship, retreat to each other, and don't attack each other."
Guo Jia said happily: "Okay, that's it. Uncle Liu Huang is really the master."
"By the way, Guo Jia, does Xia Houyuan have a niece called Xia Houjuan?"
Liu Bei suddenly thought that Zhang Fei mentioned that his favorite woman was Xia Houyuan's niece Xia Houjuan on the Spring Festival.
"Yeah, Uncle Liu Huang. Xia Houjuan gave birth to a beautiful country, and he is currently waiting in his boudoir. Could it be Uncle Huang..."
Guo Jia saw Liu Bei inquiring about Xia Houjuan, thinking that Liu Bei liked Xia Houjuan and wanted to marry her.
"Fengxiao, don't get me wrong. When my third brother Zhang Fei was in Xuchang, he had a relationship with Miss Xiahoujuan.
Seeing that Guo Jia seemed to have misunderstood, Liu Bei explained again and again.
"Haha, that's the case. The two families can unite the Qin and Jin Dynasties, it's no better."
After hearing this, Guo Jia was also very happy.
"I don't know how Xuchang's Xiandi is going?"
Although he was far away in Xiangyang, Liu Bei still missed the great Han emperor who was far away in Xuchang.
"The emperor can rest assured that the emperor lives in Xuchang very well, everything is taken care of by the prime minister. The prime minister also dedicated his daughter to Emperor Xian."
Guo Jia's words are the same as they didn't say, and they said it was high-sounding. After Cao Cao killed the nobleman Xiandi, he filled in with his own daughter and used it to monitor Xiandi.
"Oh, that's good."
Liu Bei sighed deeply. He knew that Emperor Xian must have had a bad life in Xuchang, but now he has no power to rescue Emperor Xian. Moreover, due to the situation, he had to fix it with Cao thief.
"The plan is set, I'm leaving."
After speaking, Guo Jia left.
Liu Bei immediately sent people to notify Zhang Fei who defended Fancheng and Liu Xun who defended Zaoyang.
……
Fancheng’s captive general Zhang Fei has been in a fierce battle with Xiahou Dun for more than two months. With the help of General Li Wu Gan Ning, General Bingzhong Chen Dao, Joining the Army Ma Liang, and Fancheng Prefect Xiang Chong, he repelled several attacks by Xiahou Dun. . Xiahou Dun was furious and furiously attacked the city. Apart from increasing casualties, he couldn't move forward. There was nothing to do.
Seeing Cao's morale low, Zhang Fei invited everyone to discuss a strategy to break the enemy. Everyone said in a few words and agreed that Xiahou Dun only paid attention to offense, but did not pay attention to defense, which was very arrogant. You can take advantage of the night to sneak attack on Xiahou Dun's camp.
At this moment, a soldier came to report, and Liu Bei sent someone to inform that he had made peace with Cao Cao and both sides retreated. After Zhang Fei heard it, he could hardly believe his ears. He hurriedly brought Liu Bei's letter and saw that it did say that he had negotiated with Cao Cao.
"Cao Cao is a Han thief, now the two armies are fighting fiercely, why suddenly they stopped fighting."
Zhang Fei didn't understand the news of Yihe very much, and didn't know what his elder brother Liu Bei thought.
"It was heard that Yuan Shao of Hebei has issued a'discussion on Cao Cao' and declared war on Cao Cao. Cao Cao must be unwilling to fight on two fronts, so he negotiated with our army.
Ma Liang's analysis is very accurate, and he deserves to be Zhuge Liang's student.
"Then we can take the opportunity to attack Cao Cao's back. We should not negotiate with Cao Cao."
Zhang Fei said loudly, the more he listened, the more puzzled he became.
"Our army has been fighting continuously, and the soldiers have been exhausted, and the food has been almost consumed. Our enemy is more than Cao Cao. We can take this opportunity to develop production and train the army. Then, we will attack Yizhou with all our strength. In this way, we Only by greatly enhancing its strength can it be invincible."
Ma Liang explained to Zhang Fei patiently.
Zhang Fei nodded frequently after hearing it. Although Zhang Fei didn't understand it too clearly, he basically knew it, and it would be good for our army anyway.
"You kid, you're still very powerful. You can analyze everything. It is worthy of being taught by an expert. Work hard and strive to surpass your master Zhuge Liang in the future."
After two months of contact, Zhang Fei has a deep understanding of Ma Liang's talent. At first, Zhang Fei thought that Ma Liang was just a hairy boy, didn't pay much attention to him, and even despised him a little. Now Zhang Fei has no doubt about Ma Liang's words, and even heeded his words.
"The general is overwhelmed. I'm just discussing the matter. There is nothing commendable."
Ma Liang was a little embarrassed by the praise, and replied modestly.
"Report..., General, Cao Jun outside the city has retreated."
Suddenly, Feng Wei came to report Cao Jun's movements.
"It seems that Xiahou Dun is still very obedient. Now that the Cao army has withdrawn, let's go back to Xiangyang and inform the armed forces to leave tomorrow."
"promise!"
Everyone replied repeatedly.
……
Zaoyang City, after everyone got the news of Cao Jun's retreat, it was full of joy. Both the people of Zaoyang and the soldiers of the Han army were very happy. In Zaoyang's county office, Liu Xun happily shook Zhuge Liang's hand and said: "The military division has done a great job this time. They captured Nanjun in time, sent people to persuade Yuan Shao to send troops, and this time defeated Cao Jun from behind."
Zhuge Liang handed over and said: "This battle is all because of the master and prince's well-arranged arrangements, and the soldiers are desperate. This is everyone's credit."
"After discussing peace with Cao Jun this time, Cao Cao will definitely attack Yuan Shao with all his strength. We take advantage of this opportunity to expand and prepare for war and capture Yizhou. Only in this way can we implement our strategy step by step."
Liu Xun said happily.
"Yeah, we have been exhausted from continuous combat, and we just need a rest. In addition, before the outcome of Yuan Cao's battle, we must take Yizhou and expand the army to a certain number in order to deal with the future situation. "
Zhuge Liang's consideration is very long-term.
"This time after we return to Xiangyang, we should leave heavy troops to defend the southern county. After all, Zhou Yu of Jiangdong spent 30,000 soldiers to attack the southern county, but we took advantage of it. They will not give up easily."
Liu Xun was very worried about Jiang Dong. After all, Jiangdong is also full of talents. Having suffered a loss in Southern County, Zhou Yu and others will never swallow bitter fruit into their stomachs.
"I have a way to relieve Zhou Yu of Jiangdong."
Zhuge Liang said with a smile.
"Oh, what is the clever plan of the military division?"
After Zhuge Liang said this, Liu Xun was very curious.
"Zhou Yu hates me alone, Zhuge Liang. If the son gives me to Jiang Dong, Zhou Yu will light me the sky lantern, so his anger will disappear."
After Zhuge Liang finished speaking, he laughed.
"Where is the military division, even if I don't want Southern County, I can't let the military division get hurt."
Liu Xun said hurriedly.
Everyone laughed at Liu Xun's worried expression.
"The son can let Changsha's thief general, Guan Yu, lead an army of 30,000 troops into Jiangling City, the capital of the southern county, and defend the southern county and the four counties of Jingnan. Then Ma Liang can be transferred to the southern county to assist General Guan Yu, and the southern county will be worry-free!"
Zhuge Liang suggested to Liu Xun.
"Okay, General Guan will be able to take on this great task. In addition, after returning to Xiangyang this time, I will definitely play the lord and reward you all for meritorious service."
Liu Xun was naturally very happy. This time successfully resisted Cao Jun's attack. Not only won the South County and connected the occupied land into one piece, but also many Jingzhou talents and generals came to take refuge. Such as the celebrity Yiji, Xiang Lang, and the general Huo Jun and others.
Since then, the Han army has completely occupied the six counties of Jingzhou, and its strength has been further strengthened. A new journey is waiting for Liu Xun...