[Three Kingdoms] Carnival

In the spring of the sixth year of Jian'an, in March, Ding Maoshuo, there is an eclipse every day.

The celestial phenomenon is different, the emperor gave up his plain clothes, the three princes begged for the bones to apologize, the emperor kept them, the three princes resigned again, and the emperor stayed again. After several times, the etiquette was completed.

However, when the emperor dismissed the court, all the subordinates of the government could not close the government for repairs, and the officials of the chief historian still stayed in the official office of the chief to work hard for him.The only difference is that among the people who work in the government office day after day, there is one more Guo Jia who eats his salary, is loyal to his work, and works hard every day.

Of course, this is obviously not because Guo Jia finally realized how unruly it is for him to come to Sikong Mansion for three days of fishing and two days of drying the net, and it is not because Cao Cao finally realized that it is not necessary to indulge Guo Jia even a perfunctory order. Hurt the feelings of other staff members.It was because even though there was a nanny to look after him, the child Guo Yi was still crying for three days and couldn't stop crying, even Hua Tuo couldn't help.Only when Mrs. Bian came to see the child could there be a moment of peace in the mansion.So, after confirming that Cao Cao was very willing and professional to help others raise their children, Guo Yi was simply sent to the Cao Mansion to take care of them.As for Guo Jia, the interest in becoming a father for the first time in his life has not yet subsided. In addition, the existence of the octopus is no longer a secret. Lived in Sikong Mansion.Going to tease his son in his spare time, drinking some wine secretly with Cao Cao, can be said to be fun and carefree.

"It's a pity that Chang Wen isn't here, otherwise Jia will show him how hard-working Jia is now." Guo Jia complained.Because of the death of his father, Chen Qun resigned from office and went home to observe his filial piety, so he happened to miss the present scene.Of course, with Chen Qun's upright personality, if he saw Guo Jia's state of sitting on the case, the court appeal for "death in prison" might have been written with more literary grace.

Standing up and resting his chin in one hand, Guo Jia called the octopus to present the information one by one.

"Jiangdong came to report that Li Shu, the prefect of Lujiang, rebelled. Sun Quan personally led an army to attack Shu in Wancheng, slaughtered the city, and made the leader of Shu. He also moved more than [-] people from Li Shu's tribe."

"You are not yet at the age of the crown, but you can act so decisively. No wonder the lord often praises Sun Quan. This younger brother of Sun Ce is much more interesting than we expected." After reading the war information carefully, he already had a count in his mind, and ordered, "Let other people who have stayed in Jiangdong and have not been caught by Zhou Yu continue to lobby. If Li Shu is defeated, he will be defeated. I believe that Jiangdong is about to move." Li Shu is definitely not the only one here. Anyway, I don’t ask them to do anything, just make Jiangdong’s muddy water even more chaotic, and let Jiangdong completely have no time to go north before the north is settled.”

Jiangdong intelligence has been submitted, followed by Yizhou: "Yizhou came to report, Zhao Wei committed a rebellion, led tens of thousands of troops to attack Liu Zhang based on popular grievances, and promised a generous bribe to Liu Biao in Jingzhou, hoping to join forces with Liu Biao. Liu Zhang sent Liu Yan led Dongzhou soldiers to attack them several times, but we don't know the result yet."

"Although the Dongzhou soldiers are all refugees from Nanyang and Sanfu, but Liu Yan has been training for so long, and Zhang Lu is watching over the North, Zhao Wei will probably not win this battle if he uses public grievances again." Guo Jia While thinking about it, he said, "It's Jingzhou... Is there any news from Jingzhou?"

"Mr. Hui, Jingzhou came to report that Liu Biao has defeated Zhang Yi and captured Ling and Gui. One month ago, Liu Biao violated the Chengyu uniform system and went to the suburbs to worship heaven and earth. He has not served as a tribute to Xu for many months."

"Liu Biao defeated Zhang Yi, and Jingzhou's internal troubles were solved. Now Liu Biao is a thousand miles away, with more than [-] armies, occupying the rich land of Jingzhou, and he is a descendant of the Liu family. It is reasonable to dream that he will become Guangwu. However, with Liu Biao’s courage, even if he has the upper hand, he will not dare to go north easily. As long as he wants to be the king of Shuzhong instead of the Central Plains master, let Jingzhou let it go first.” Guo Jia said, “Continue.”

"Runan came to report, Liu Bei was in Runan with..."

"Wait!" Guo Jia suddenly stopped and asked, "Liu Bei is still in Runan?"

"Mr. Hui, it is true. After Liu Bei was defeated by the general, he fled back to Yuan Ying. He also used Liu Biao as an excuse to recruit troops from Yuan Shao and went to Runan to join the bandit Gong Du. Thousands of people gathered. Ru, Yingjian."

"Jia remembers that when we were at Guandu with Yuan Jun in the past, Liu Bei was slightly inferior to Ruying. The Lord sent Cai Yang to lead the army to attack him. Since then, there has been no response from Runan..." At that time, the situation in Guandu became more and more tense. All the energy of the whole army was focused on dealing with Yuan Shao's army. Although Cai Yang sent out and never returned, there was no news of chaos in Runan, so it was only when Cai Yang had already defeated Liu Bei and the road in Runan was not smooth, that he continued No report yet.Looking at it now, this is not the case, "Has Cai Yang been killed?"

"In the Runan intelligence, it was mentioned that in August last year, Liu Bei led his troops to a battle with the general from the north, and Zhang Fei killed the general on the spot. We compared the appearance, characteristics, time and place mentioned in the intelligence. It is basically determined that this person is General Cai Yang."

"That makes sense." Guo Jia picked up his pen and circled Runan on the map placed on the case.A scourge like Liu Bei, even if he has been holding back, will always be a scourge.It just so happened that now that the snow had melted and spring began, Xu Du's army should also go out to train.

He also heard that the octopus reported information about Xiliang and Northern Qiang one by one. Guo Jia made up his mind that when Cao Cao returned to his residence, he would tell Cao Cao about leading troops to attack Liu Bei in Runan.This time, there was a huge disparity in military strength, and the army was overwhelming. He would never let Liu Bei escape again, causing harm to all directions.

It is also a coincidence.As soon as Guo Jia made a decision on this matter, Cao Cao stepped into the door.Guo Jia got up and wanted to go up to greet him, Cao Cao waved him to sit down, and said first: "The frontline defenders came to report, and Yuan Shao led an army of nearly [-] to go south to Pingqiu."

"It seems that we are not the only ones who are waiting for the spring to fight again." After hearing this, Guo Jia connected Yecheng and Pingqiu on the map, hung the pen tip for a moment, circled Chen Liu who was not far from Pingqiu, and pushed the map To Cao Cao who was sitting next to him just now, "Chen Liu. Yuan Shao crossed the river in Pingqiu, and the picture must be Chen Liu. However, if Chen Liu falls..."

Cao Cao held Guo Jia's hand holding the pen, and drew a line of ink from Chen Liu to Xu Du: "Xu Du is in danger.

"The centipede is dead but not stiff. Earlier, Duke Ming and Jia were worried that the battle at Guandu would not be enough to shake the prestige of the Yuan family in Hebei. Now, the opportunity has come directly to our door."

"Wen Ruo suggested to be isolated, that is, to lead the troops northward to meet Yuan Shao, and Gu also meant this." Cao Cao was speaking, and suddenly found that Guo Jia seemed to have something to say, so he asked, "Feng Xiao believes that it is not appropriate for Gu to take the initiative to meet Yuan Shao at this time. ?”

Guo Jia shook his head, hiding the slight regret in his eyes: "Eunuch Ming led his troops to the north, and dealt Yuan Shao with the best fatal blow. It must be like this. However, Jia just received the news that Liu Bei is still in Runan..." He sent the The bamboo slips presented by the octopus were shown to Cao Cao, "It will take at least the second half of the year to defeat Yuan Shao and go south again."

Cao Cao laughed after reading it and said, "It turns out that Feng Xiao refers to Liu Bei. The second half of the year is the second half of the year. With his ability, he will not be able to make any big waves in Runan for another three to five years."

"Jiake remembers that Duke Ming didn't say that when Liu Bei was in Xudu."

"Today is different. At that time, I saw that he was quite talented and ambitious. He started from a commoner but was able to occupy a county of his own, and he also had a great cause in mind. This is why he deserves the word 'hero' in this troubled time." Cao Cao paused After a pause, his eyes turned cold, "Who would have thought that he would be so stupid, intending to cause trouble together with Dong Cheng, and fled to Yuan Shao after being defeated by Gu, willing to be the pawn of the Yuan family's eagle dog. He refused to use him alone, On the contrary, he is willing to run for Yuan Shao. Could it be that in his eyes, he is not as good as Yuan Shao for the Han family alone? He is unpredictable, and he is really a good Uncle Liu and a Han retainer!" At the end, Cao Cao was actually angry, which can be seen Liu Bei, he was really bored to the extreme.

In fact, Guo Jia was extremely annoyed with Liu Bei, but the reason was different from Cao Cao: "Jia was not worried about what Liu Bei would do in Runan. But he was afraid that he would run away before we went to fight Runan."

"No." Cao Cao said, "He fought with Yuan Shao for many days, and then killed Cai Yang, finally gaining a firm foothold in Runan. He must be reluctant to run away." Cao Cao paused, or to increase the risk Xindu added, "If it were Gu, Gu would rather take a gamble than give up Runan."

Hearing what Cao Cao said, Guo Jia swallowed the words after thinking about it.Liu Bei is not Cao Cao. He has made a name for himself since he started as a commoner. He must be able to endure what Cao Cao cannot bear, and he has the courage not to lose to Cao Cao.And the most important thing is that his surname is Liu, and he is the emperor's uncle recognized by Emperor Han, so even if he abandons Runan, he may not be powerless to recover from then on.But even so, both Guo Jia and Cao Cao knew that Yuan Shao in the north was the main enemy. Since Liu Bei was not concerned about the current situation in Runan, he had to be ranked behind in the battle with Yuan Shao.

I'm afraid that if you don't notice it for a while, you will have endless troubles.

Flicking the pen to the case, Guo Jia sighed deeply, comforting Cao Cao and himself: "I hope so."

In the sixth year of Jian'an, in the summer and April, Cao Yang fought on the river, fought with Yuan Shao in Cangting, and broke it.

The party was a great victory, and before he could breathe, Cao Jun immediately sent his troops south, and Chen Bing was under the city of Pingyu, Runan County.

"Brother, I'm back!" Inside the Pingyu Governance, Zhang Fei hurriedly walked in and threw the spear in his hand into the hands of the guards, "Cao Cao personally brought at least tens of thousands of people here, all of them are under his command Elite soldiers. This time the menacing attack, look at this posture, will attack the city tomorrow."

"But brother, I think Cao Jun has just arrived, the army is tired, and there is no time to rest in the future, why don't we lead the troops to attack first and seize the opportunity!" Da Ma Jin Dao sat on the table, and Zhang Fei suggested to Liu Bei, "It just so happens that it's going to be dark today, so I'll take 5000 people to catch him unawares, rush to the battle and burn the camp, and I will surely kill Cao Jun's prestige!"

"Brother, what Yide said is reasonable." Guan Yu also said, "Although Yuan Shao was defeated, Liu Biao of Jingzhou, Qingxu Huangjin, and all the generals in Guanzhong are not Cao Cao's confidants. He went south to beat us because he thought Runan was good. Fight, as long as we dampen his morale and send someone to negotiate peace with Cao Cao, the current situation may not necessarily be a dead end."

Sitting behind the table, Liu Bei heard Zhang Fei and Guan Yu's words, but remained silent for a while.He rubbed the center of his brows fiercely, until red marks appeared between his brows, and finally made up his mind: "Count the people and horses in the city, and leave the city overnight!"

"Brother?!" Zhang Fei and Guan Yu were shocked,

Having said that, Liu Bei calmed down now: "We only have a few thousand people. Even if we seize the opportunity, we can only use this to force Cao Cao to back down. If he refuses to retreat, we will be useless. Moreover, this time Cao Cao's army There is only one military advisor, Guo Jia.” He raised his head, and exchanged glances with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, “With his style of conduct, he will never retreat unless he completely kills Cao Cao’s hidden dangers. Let's leave first, save our strength, and plan later."

"But brother," Zhang Fei thought more about other things, "we can go, but at least we should retreat after losing a battle with Cao Cao. If we flee without fighting, how will people in the world think of big brother in the future?" Liu Bei is now the biggest The barrier is not the army, but his status as the emperor's uncle, and his reputation in the hearts of the world as the anti-Cao Guchen of the Han Dynasty.If this is lost, Liu Bei will have no possibility of recovery.

"In the past, Bei committed himself to serving Cao, and later joined Yuan Benchu ​​and other traitors. If he really cared about what the world thinks, Bei would have died a long time ago." Liu Bei said with a smile, but he couldn't hide the bitterness in his voice.When he was young, he had great ambitions, and he wanted to help the Han Dynasty and become a career of Guangwu.I have been running around for half my life, now I am [-] years old, and I have not made any achievements. After finally having Runan, I have to give it up. I have mixed feelings in my heart.Sighing, he continued, "But what Yide said is correct. This battle still has to be fought. Tonight, the disturbance of the camp will be the main focus. Once Cao's army breaks out, we will immediately lead our troops to retreat. Runan can't stay here, Jiangdong It’s also a mess, so let’s go to...Jingzhou. Liu Jingsheng from Jingzhou will be overjoyed when he sees us going to seek refuge.”

Originally, Liu Bei hadn't decided who to turn to next.But when he was speaking just now, he suddenly remembered that under the rule of Liu Biao, Jingzhou had not suffered from war for many years, and the people were rich and the country was prosperous, which attracted countless talented people from all over the world to Jingzhou.He is short of food and soldiers now, but he still lacks a talented, virtuous, resourceful and courageous person to plan his future great career.

Jingzhou, where Guangwu started his career, and the abyss where Qianlong soars into the sky, may become his blessed land.

"Very good, very good." Hearing the soldier's report, Guo Jia took a deep breath for a long time before his voice returned to its usual calm, "So, Liu Bei ran away again?"

"Feng Xiao, let Liu Bei run away if he runs away. A dog that loses his family will never succeed..." Cao Cao resentfully stopped talking under Guo Jiali's sword-like gaze.As soon as the army arrived at Pingyu City yesterday, Guo Jia immediately suggested that Cao's army besiege the city. Cao Cao felt that the army had arrived and needed a rest.As a result, who would have thought that Liu Bei led the army to attack the camp at night, when Cao Cao and Guo Jia were overjoyed, they were planning to wipe out Liu Bei, but Liu Bei had already led the army back and was never seen again.It wasn't until dawn that day, when I went to investigate, I found that there was no one else in the huge Pingyu City except the common people and the veterans who swept the city gate.

Cao Cao really felt wronged, and Guo Jia obviously didn't expect Liu Bei to be willing to face down, so he fled with his troops after pretending like this.After fighting for so many years, such people, from the hegemony of one side to the small official in the fighting, are really unheard of and never seen by them.

"It's because of this that Liu Bei is a scary person..." Knowing that it would be useless to regret it now, Guo Jia just sighed and didn't dwell on it anymore.After all, taking Runan without any casualties, no matter what, they made a profit.

"General, a letter from Xudu!"

Fortunately, a soldier came in to break the deadlock, and Cao Cao hurriedly asked the soldier to present Jane.After sweeping it hastily, his face froze.

"Ming Gong, what's the matter with Xu Du?" Seeing that Cao Cao's expression was not right, Guo Jia asked suspiciously.

"It's not a big deal." Cao Cao put Jian together, "Sima Fang's second son, Sima Yi, is the Ganjiu who was by your side before. Gu Ben heard that the county appointed him as a planner, but Pi'er was absent when he grew up. Sir, I just want to invite him to come here, so that Pi’er will not be taught by those who are too good at reading and reading. Unfortunately, this man is not blessed. As soon as the lonely man left, he got wind arthralgia and was bedridden. It's okay to be alone."

"Duke Ming really believes that Sima Yi got Fengbi disease by such a coincidence?"

"Of course there is no such a coincidence in the world. But since he would rather pretend to be sick than come, why should Gu make things difficult for others." Cao Cao said, "Back then, Gu Luoyang's northern captain was recommended by his father Sima Fang, and Sima Lang was also there. Serving in the court. There is no need to turn against the Sima family for this."

"Where is the second son?" Guo Jia asked.He took the bamboo slips from Cao Cao's hands, read the whole text, and made up his mind, "Whether he is sick or not, when he returns to Xudu this time, Jia will take a trip to Hanoi for Duke Ming and Second Young Master."