[Three Kingdoms] Carnival

The horse raised its hooves, and the man in black, dressed in the setting sun, galloped into the majestic city of Ye.

Xin Pi, who received the news from Xun Chen, had been waiting for a long time. As soon as Xun Chen got off his horse, he went up to him and said, "You have been away for more than half a month and there is no news. We are still worried about the news...Fortunately, there is no danger."

Xun Chen's voice is gentle, his voice is like a clear spring, and his handsome face does not show the exhaustion of thousands of miles away: "The situation in Xudu is complicated. Chen was at a loss before. It has been a long time since I sent back news. It is Chen's fault." Said At this point, he smiled at Simpi again, "However, the worst thing for Chen is that he has to live in his elder brother's house for a while, so he won't be shocked, let alone in danger."

When Xin Pi thought about it, he immediately felt that what Xun Chen said was reasonable.Although Cao Yuan is confronting each other now, and the situation is like fire and water, but those of them who used to study together in Yingchuan Academy are related to not being enemies because of different allegiances.What's more, Cao Cao's love for talents, plus Xun?

If he went to Xudu this time, with Guo Jia around, it should be the same.

Thinking of the fellow villager who abandoned his lord after leaving a sentence to his elder brother, "A wise man judges the master", Xin Pi couldn't help showing a bit of nostalgia in his eyes.After this battle, if Guo Jia had the intention of switching to the lord, he would definitely say a few good words for him.In this city of Ye, it is also beneficial for him to have many acquaintances from the countryside.

However, this is all a matter of the future, Simpiro put it aside after thinking about it, and turned to the business:

"Is it really a dead end to provoke the chaos in Xudu?"

"Dong Cheng, Wang Fu, Zhong Ji and others are from the barbarian tribes. Cao Cao took this opportunity to wipe out most of our secret work that has infiltrated Xudu in the past few years." Xun Chen said slowly, but he didn't care about what he said. It seems that success or failure has nothing to do with him, "Now, it is impossible to contain Cao Cao with the civil strife in Xudu, but fortunately, apart from this, it is not for nothing."

"Oh?" Xin Piwei was puzzled, and then suddenly remembered a piece of information that Xun Chen had seen before today, "You Ruo refers to Xiaopei and Liu Bei."

"Exactly." Xun Chen nodded.

"Liu Bei's occupation of Xiaopei is indeed strangling Cao Cao's vital points. Not to mention the loss of the southern line, which affects the whole body, so is Qingzhou and Yanzhou..." Xin Biwei paused, and then said, "But if Cao Cao personally What should I do if I lead troops to attack Xu?" Just as the words came out of his mouth, he already knew the answer.

Isn't Guo Tudian's sergeant in Liyang prepared for these variables?

Once Cao Cao leads the army to attack Xu, Xu Du will open the door to Yecheng, and the consequences will only be worse than keeping Liu Bei.Cao Cao's wisdom would not bet on such a dead end that would undoubtedly lose.

Xun Chen saw the thoughts in Xin Pi's heart revealed in Xin Pi's eyes.The so-called profit from a hundred miles must be a general.According to common sense, even if the existence of Liu Bei may put Xu Du in danger at all times, Cao Cao should still seek advantages and avoid disadvantages and choose the former compared with the inevitable.

However, thinking about it, Cao Cao was at a disadvantage because he had few troops and food.Coupled with Liu Bei's containment, his winning rate is already very small.

In the art of war, the strange is born from the bad, and the change is born from the strange. The variable depends on whether Xu Du dares to take a big gamble.

Just as Xunchen Xinpi thought, everyone in Xudu was in a state of desperation because of Liu Bei.

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But after Liu Bei rebelled against Cao, the situation became critical in an instant.

In the courtroom, among the generals, Wei Lejin, the school of captives, got up first and said: "My lord, Liu Bei of Xuzhou, but a bastard, was rebelled by chance, so he decided to put self-protection first. Gu Jin thought that he should abandon Liu Bei for the time being. , in response to Yuan Shao's army that is about to attack."

"The final general seconded the proposal." Li Dian, the general of Zhonglang, said immediately, "The one who will fight for the world with you is Yuan Shao. Once my lord conquers Liu Bei in the east, if Yuan Shao sends his troops to the south and attacks me, everyone will be in danger."

As soon as this remark came out, all the generals said yes again and again, and they all stood up and said that Liu Bei should not go east.

Seeing this scene, Cao Cao frowned slightly.When he announced his plan to conquer Liu Bei, he expected that many people would oppose him, but the fact that the generals were so unanimous was still beyond his expectations.He turned his head slightly and looked at Guo Jia who was sitting next to his lower right hand.

Guo Jia received Cao Cao's gaze, and returned a faint smile, signaling Cao Cao to be safe and not to be impatient.After the voices of the generals faded away, he got up in his clothes, walked to the center of the court without haste, and said slowly: "What you said, I think it's inappropriate. When he was captured in a quick battle, how could he wait for his foundation to be stabilized before raising troops to attack him? Isn’t raising a tiger a problem?”

Le Jin said: "When Liu Bei rebelled, there were only a thousand people, but now he has won tens of thousands of people. It can be seen that he has won the hearts of the people. Whether the people will be stable or not is unknown. If the Eastern Expedition falls into a stalemate, Xuzhou is not broken, and the rear is lost. What will happen?"

"Liu Bei gathered tens of thousands of people, and Xuzhou had a large number of refugees. The people are willing to be soldiers, but they just ask for food for a living. Once they face the enemy, if the enemy is stronger, they will disperse like birds and beasts. The city can be destroyed in a day, and the situation is stalemate. , nothing to worry about."

"The frontline defenders are no more than [-], and they are divided along the river. Yuan Shao heard that I sent troops, and after taking advantage of them, a large army will attack. If our army breaks Liu Bei, what good will it do?" Disapprove.

"Yuan Shao is cunning, he is late and suspicious, and he will not come quickly. Our army can beat Xu and return before Shao sends troops." Speaking of this, Guo Jia paused and looked at Cao Cao, "Ming Gong, Can Jiake lend you the map on the case?"

Cao Cao nodded.The attendant immediately picked up the map and hung it aside.

Guo Jia picked up a pen from Cao Cao's case, dipped in the half-dried pine ink, and strode to the map: "In the current situation, 4000 people from Guan Yu in Xiapi are defending the city, and Liu Bei takes [-] of his own to share with Zhang Fei. Xiaopei, which is closer to Xudu, shows that he and Yuan Shao have a solidarity." As he said, he marked Xiapi and Xiaopei on the map, "The snipe and clam fight, the fisherman benefits, once you ignore it , Liu Bei will definitely attack Xu when the army is at a stalemate with Yuan Shao, and Xu will also be defeated. Moreover, the safety of Xuzhou is related to the safety of Qingzhou. If Qingzhou follows Xuzhou, there will be no place for our army to defend on the east front. The real situation is like a dangerous egg, the situation of defeating the army and ruining the country.”

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Because it is a siege, you can't all bring cavalry, but most of them must be infantry.In addition to the siege equipment, ladders, and the army's rations and weapons, it is rare to be able to maintain a constant speed, and the double speed Xun You said is at least twice as fast as the usual march.And this is also the speed calculated under the best situation when Yuan Shao really hesitated for a full month, and Liu Bei really fled in one battle as Guo Jia said.It is a blessing to be able to achieve a little bit of it, but if one wants to achieve the effect Guo Jia said, one must be perfect, and all of them must be achieved.

Even if Xun You is good at planning and doing wonders, he still has hesitation.

Guo Jia had already expected that Xun You would bring up this point. In fact, he had already considered this issue when he discussed with Cao Cao about attacking Xu: "Gongda's words are correct, and soldiers are precious and fast. This attack on Xu must not be stopped. At double speed, it should be faster." Seeing that others wanted to question this, Guo Jia hurriedly said before anyone opened his mouth, "March and fight, the art of war is the root, but it is not everything. Now, if you defeat Xu, you will perish. If you don't attack Xu The latter is doomed, but the former still has a chance." He turned around and faced Cao Cao who was behind the main case again, his eyes burning.

"The survival of this line depends on whether Duke Ming dares to take a big gamble."

If ordinary people don't know how difficult it is to attack Xu, it's all just whimsical.But Guo Jia is different. He knows that such a marching speed is almost absurd. He knows that Cao Cao will be defeated if he fails to defeat Xu. He knows that everything he said is the best guess.He knew all the unimaginable consequences after the failure of this gamble, but he still insisted on making this bet, like a gambler who has gone crazy for victory.

But it doesn't matter, Guo Jia knows that he is as crazy as a gambler, and Cao Cao doesn't give way too much.

Cao Cao stood up and said loudly to everyone in the court: "What Feng Xiao said is true. If Liu Bei is not eliminated, he will be a trouble for the future, and he must not be taken lightly. Although this battle is dangerous, whoever has made great achievements in ancient times has not turned bad In order to win, it starts from a situation that must be lost. This seems to be a critical time of life and death, and Shi Nai is alone with you to make contributions and leave a name for future generations, and this is the moment! Do you still have any objections?!"

Hearing Cao Cao's impassioned words, the generals no longer had any doubts and uneasiness in their hearts, but instead aroused surging pride in their hearts.On the other hand, the counselors have already seen the pros and cons clearly. Although it is extremely dangerous, rushing to attack Xu is the only best strategy at this time.

"I have no objection, I am determined to attack Xu in the future! Li Dian!"

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"I order you to be the vanguard, lead a thousand cavalry to Peixia first, and scout for the army!"

"Dian obeys!"

"Yue Jin!"

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"Order you to Dian five thousand elite soldiers, follow Gu to defeat Xu!"

"As ordered!"

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"Is there any difficulty in getting all the rations and equipment used by the whole army within one day?"

"My lord, don't worry, one day is enough."

"As for the military division accompanying the army," Cao Cao paused.Although he had already agreed to Guo Jia's decision to use him as his military advisor, but with Guo Jia's body, he really didn't know if he could persist at such a marching speed.However, when he was about to change his mind, he saw Guo Jia's gaze shot at him like a sharp sword.Although the sharpness turned into a deeper smile in the next second, Cao Cao already knew that if he changed his words at this time, Guo Jia would use all his methods to accompany him into this gamble.

Forget it, I can only hope that Feng Xiao can recover from his illness in Xuzhou as he said after defeating Xu.

"Guo Jia."

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"I ordered you to be a military adviser, and after two days, I will go out with the army!"

Guo Jiayang folded his sleeves and leaned forward slightly, his raised hands just covered his pale eyes with pain,

"Jia takes orders."

Fighting Xu is a gamble, and everyone knows it very well.

Liu Bei didn't believe that Cao Cao would make this gamble, but after learning the news that Cao Cao led the army to attack Xu, he didn't panic, but sent someone to send a letter to Yuan Shao.After Yuan Shao attacked Cao Cao, Cao's army would retreat, and the siege of Xuzhou could be solved.However, before Yuan Shao's news arrived, Cao Cao's army had already approached the city at an incredible speed. As soon as Liu Bei picked up the station, he realized that this was nothing more than hitting a stone with an egg, and retreated while fighting. Only when he retreated to the gate of the city did he realize that Xiaopei's guards were gone For Cao Jun.

Within half a day, Xiaopei was broken.

"How's it going, did you catch Liu Bei?!" The sound of the golden drum stopped, and Guo Jia ran out of the tent as soon as he released the medicine bowl, rushing to Cao Cao and asking.Before Cao Cao could answer, Guo Jia looked over Cao Cao's shoulder and looked behind him. The soldiers' fighting spirit had not faded, but there were no prisoners.

Let him run away again!

Even though he tried his best, Guo Jia couldn't suppress the hatred in his eyes.The day when the army arrived at Xiaopei was when his addiction to Wushisan broke out, so he could only stay in the camp temporarily, unable to set up a battle.If he knew that Liu Bei was so lucky, even if he died in Xiapi, it would be worthwhile for Liu Bei to be buried with him.

Liu Xuande will surely become a serious problem for Duke Ming in the future.

"Liu Xuande can be arrested again, but Guo Fengxiao has only one person."

Hearing Cao Cao's words suddenly, Guo Jia was taken aback for a moment, never expecting that Cao Cao would see through what he was thinking just now.He replied: "Liu Xuande is such a cunning and cunning person. If he is lost today, it will be even more difficult to catch him and kill him. Minggong really doesn't plan to punish Jia for the crime of 'running away'?"

"Naturally, you must be cured. But I am a virtuous lord. Instead of punishing your crime today, it would be better to save your life and let you pay for your merits. In the future, Liu Xuande will be orphaned, wouldn't it be better?"

"Haha, Mr. Ming made a good plan, so Jia can only accept orders and be punished." Guo Jia laughed.This was a joke with Cao Cao's back and forth, and his unhappiness just now has faded a lot.Liu Bei is a bit harder to catch, but there is always a chance.In the final analysis, no matter how outstanding Liu Bei is, only relying on Zhang Fei and the second and third riders who followed him out of the siege, in this troubled world, within [-] years, there will be no signs of recovery.

After chatting and laughing, Cao Cao went to Guo Jia's tent and watched him drink up the half bowl of medicine that he had hurried out of the tent just now.

Like Xiaopei, Cao Cao's army arrived even faster than the news that Xiaopei's city was broken. Xiapi was slower than Xiaopei's approximate escape, but it took only one day before the city was broken and Guan Yu was captured alive.

Seeing Cao Cao's generous treatment of Guan Yu, Guo Jia couldn't help but think to himself that Duke Ming's love for talents was still the same as before, while sighing that for Guan Yu, Duke Ming's warm and generous treatment would be in vain.

In the old year, Pengcheng was slaughtered and Xiapi was flooded, and Xuzhou was dilapidated long ago.Coupled with Liu Bei's so-called reputation of "deceiving the world and stealing names", it is not possible to talk about attachment to the people's hearts.In the end, it is inevitable that the rebellious lands will be defeated with one blow.The only unexpected thing is the rebellion of Donghai Guochang?Cao Cao rushed to attack it again, and it took half a day to break it.So far, the whole territory of Xuzhou has been settled, and it has been less than half a month since Cao Cao sent troops.

According to what Guo Jia had promised Cao Cao, he would go back to live in Xiapi as soon as Changchun was broken.He stayed with Hua Tuo, got up late and went to bed early every day, didn't get involved in the military and only read miscellaneous books, no matter from which point of view, he seemed to be recovering from his illness.

Until he received the news from Guandu: Cao Jun had returned to Guandu, and Yuan Shao began to leave the army from Ye.

The chess pieces on the main battlefield have been set up, and he, the person outside the chess game, should also go to sweep away some enemies that shouldn't appear for the chess pieces that are fighting on the chessboard.

In the early morning of the second day, the servant opened the door and entered the house after knocking for a long time without answer.The wax was condensed on the table, the bamboo slips were thrown around randomly, and the house was as messy as before.

Only the instigator of this mess has disappeared.