Chapter 585

"My lord, Yuan Shao's trick is beautiful, and it won him a chance to survive..." Looking at the battle report sent back from the front line, Guo Jia couldn't help feeling that Yuan Shao had capable people who had fully grasped their bottom line.

Jizhou is indeed not suitable for eating. If it was in the past, it would have to be captured anyway, but now Jizhou is empty, and it is a pity to throw it away. There are [-] empty... Now there is an army of [-], and there are direct logistics problems.

This is not the first time after Yuan Xi surrendered, he asked Li Ming for help, hoping to get a batch of supplies, mainly food, otherwise people would starve to death.

"They want to be caught in the middle, but it's not that easy!" Li Ming waved his hand, "Tell Yuan Xi that his army must be reorganized, and at the same time all the troops must accept the supervision army we sent out. If you don't agree, Then I don't accept his surrender. If he wants to surrender to the court, he will surrender to the court. I will definitely bring down these four counties this autumn!
In addition, let him open the trade route, and cannot set up cards for all caravans going north. Of course, we will not charge additional taxes for their caravans.In the end, I asked them to withdraw all the outposts in Bohai County. My navy had to garrison along the coast, and the army under his command could not approach within fifty miles! "

Having said that, Li Ming thought for a while, then looked up at Guo Jia and asked, "Could you be a little harsher?"

Guo Jia smiled when he heard the words, and slowly replied: "This request is normal, at least the court will probably make similar arrangements. It is impossible to sit on the mountain and watch tigers fight! How will Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan deal with it?" ?”

"Yuan Shang has some talents, but Yuan Tan is a pure martial artist, but Yuan Shang is arrogant and has the same virtue as Yuan Shao. I mean, we can consider reusing Yuan Tan and sending Yuan Shang to the court at the same time, how about it?" Li said. Ming thought about it and said.

"The other party probably thinks so." Guo Jia smiled and nodded, "But this is indeed the best result!"

The so-called Yangmou is like this, sometimes it is clear that the other party thinks so, but there is nothing to do.You can only break through the opponent's so-called 'expectation value' on this basis, and finally crack it. Simply put, it has to be tough!

"How about instilling some strange ideas into Yuan Shang's mind, or providing him with leaves on time?" Li Ming suggested.

"Yuan Shao will probably fight desperately with you, my lord... Yuan Shang is said to be his favorite son. If we change our thinking, we don't need to worry about whether to send Yuan Shang to Guanzhong. Of course, sending Yuan Shang to Guanzhong will make the court better." To control Yuan Shao, let him go all out with us. It can even drive a wedge between Yuan Shao and Yuan Tan, but the problem is here, what we can think of Yuan Shao will also think of, so why bother to be this bad guy?
Sending Yuan Shang back directly depends on whether the court will ask Yuan Shao for it.As for Yuan Tan, he was still Yuan Shao's son after all, with such strong family values ​​that he was completely different from Gongsun Zan. His subordinates wanted to send him directly to Yuan Xi to lead the army, and Yuan Xi was in charge of internal affairs.As for us, we just sit back and wait for the show to unfold. "

"It makes sense, that's it!" Li Ming laughed, there was no need to be so cheap to Yuan Shao.

A few days later, Yuan Shang was sent back directly by Wang Yu. Yuan Tan received Yuan Shao's private letter. Although he was unwilling, he obediently accepted Wang Yu's offer to surrender, and was then sent to Qinghe County to control the army.After meeting Yuan Xi, the two brothers looked at each other and smiled, quite embarrassed, and a little bit of sympathy for each other.

As a result, the relationship between the two brothers quickly heated up, and the brotherly relationship that was originally lukewarm began to become closer. It was a surprise, and Yuan Shao would probably be very pleased to see this result.

"My lord, we have already reached Jizhou. The key is that in name, the world has been divided into two. After all, we and the imperial court can only leave one. The pretense of the Qing emperor, if we continue to fight now, it will inevitably be a bit of self-deception. Now whether it is the Jiangdong family , or the aristocratic families in the Central Plains or other places, are waiting for you, the lord, to ascend the throne and become emperor.

If you continue to let it go, I'm afraid it will chill the hearts of those long-awaited aristocratic families and ministers of civil and military affairs! "Guo Jia finally found an opportunity to persuade Li Ming to take the position. In fact, not only Guo Jia, but many people were also persuading him.

Indeed, Yuan Shao had surrendered to the court and him in name, leaving only the court and Li Ming in the world.The key point is that Li Ming occupies a huge territory in Wuyue, the Central Plains and the Northeast, and even in name the territory of the four counties of Jizhou.Occupying such a large territory, he is still not proclaiming himself emperor. It will not be a problem for a day or two. After a long time, it will inevitably make people doubt whether he really intends to be a loyal minister. If so, it is better to go directly to please the court. At least to be able to go further in the future.

"What else can I say? I have already ordered Li You to prepare, but you also know that I used the name of Qing Jun before, so I will not be crowned emperor directly, King Chu, this is a very good interim title !” Li Ming said slowly.

"The subordinates also think that this is a good transitional title!" Guo Jia smiled, a big man who is not a royal family cannot be named king, and it is too much to be named a prince, let alone a king.People with a discerning eye can directly see Li Ming's determination to become emperor, but those ignorant common people can make do with it.

As he and Li Ming said, this is a very good transitional title.

"In the near future, I will look for an opportunity to become king, but it's a pity that I'm not proclaiming emperor, so I can't go to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen. After the opening of the mansion, many people's positions will change, including yours. Look forward to it!" Li Ming smiled. Said.

"Where is it, it's good if you can stay with the lord. If you let me handle the practical affairs, it will kill Guo Mou!" Hearing this, Guo Jia hurriedly begged for mercy.Now that he is the chief of staff, in fact, most of the time, the subordinates conduct investigations and summaries, and then he makes decisions. It can be said that he is getting lazy.

He saw everything very clearly. Except for the only miscalculation, which was a miscalculation of Liu Ting's strength, nothing can escape his calculations now. Maybe he has become lazy, which just means that he has become more mature. Smarter.

To be honest, Li Ming was a little worried. After all, Guo Jia seemed to have died young in his original time and space.Although they are married now, their son Guo Yi has also been born, and he himself is healthy and healthy, so it doesn't look like he will die young.

In March 200 A.D., Li Ming officially ascended the altar in Shouchun, and after praying to God, he was officially crowned king.Coincidentally, Shouchun was originally the capital of the late Chu state, and he was crowned King of Chu in Shouchun. Although his surname was not Xiang, many people regarded him as the heir of Xiang Yu because of his own strength.

The successor of the Overlord, this title sounds a bit low-end, so some people say that it is better to call it the Great Chu God of War.The king of Chu is one thing, so Li Ming got another nickname in the army, that is, "Great Chu God of War".

"The struggle for hegemony between Chu and Han, after 400 years, unexpectedly happened again!" Many scribes looked at Li Ming on the high platform, and they were filled with emotion. 400 years ago, when Chu and Han fought, Xiang Yu had an absolute advantage, but in the end he ended up committing suicide in Wujiang.

Now Li Ming also has the advantage, the court can only retreat to Guanzhong, but the dust has not yet settled, no one can guarantee whether Li Ming will follow the old path of the overlord of Western Chu.Suddenly, many people began to worry.

 Strictly speaking, being king and emperor is actually very short, but suddenly becoming emperor is inevitably a bit too fast... In fact, Liu Bei became king of Hanzhong in 219 and emperor in 221, and it took only two years before and after.

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