Three Kingdoms

The night is deep.

Although it has entered midsummer, there is still a bit of coolness in the middle of the night. Even with the hustle and bustle of the day, it is still unable to resist the chill that arises leisurely in the dark night. In other words, this chill comes from the heart, not from the heart. It's on the skin.

General Hussar, well, Fei Qian, who was about to be promoted to General Hussar, put huge pressure on the political group on Cao Cao's side. Just like the boundless night in front of us, even though we can hold up candles, light lanterns, and hold torches high, the darkness still weighs on our heads and on our hearts, and cannot be removed or avoided.

The disputes between Shandong and Shanxi had actually been planted since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and then continued into the Tang Dynasty. Huge irreconcilable conflicts broke out at the Xuanwu Gate, reaching their peak, and continued throughout the Tang Dynasty. , and also influenced subsequent dynasties.

The current dispute between Fei Qian and Cao Cao is not just a duel between these two people, nor is it a personal grudge between the two people, but a duel between the political groups represented by the two people. It started from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period until now. A duel between people from Shandong and Shanxi.

After the Spring and Autumn Period, at the beginning of the Warring States Period, disputes between Shandong and Shanxi had continued, whether politically, economically, or militarily. Countries such as Qi and Lu in Shandong at that time often mocked Qin in Shanxi. He is a native, a country bumpkin stained with fishy odor, a woodchuck with no knowledge, no skills, no etiquette and no scriptures.

Not to mention the State of Lu at that time, the Academy of Qi State was world-famous, and its culture was at its peak, unparalleled in the Central Plains. .

Well, although that half month, uh, the Empress Dowager Mi Yue did openly tell the story of her and Ying Si on the bed in front of the court, and she did so in front of foreign envoys. It is true that the people of Qin did not pay much attention to these etiquette norms at that time.

But in the end it was the Qin people who were called half Qiang Rong who unified the country.

How does this make people in Shandong feel uncomfortable?

Even later, in the early Han Dynasty, some people incited King Han Xin of Qi to rebel, and then during the period of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, there were still rebellions in the vassal states of Shandong. In the end, during the Western Han Dynasty, the continuous harvesting of Shandong leeks was a kind of political correctness. Tens of thousands of large households were moved to Guanzhong, which made Chang'an prosperous and left a deep hatred.

Later, after Emperor Guangwu relied on the power of Jizhou and Yuzhou to reunify the Han Dynasty, the conflicts and gaps between Shandong and Shanxi not only failed to be alleviated, but gradually deepened.

After all, what Confucian students often talk about is that a gentleman's revenge is never too late in ten years. As the saying goes, it takes ten years to gather together, and ten years to teach lessons. Twenty years later, Wu Qi is a swamp!

The strategy Guo Jia is now offering to Boss Cao is a gentleman's revenge.

Well, it's not about killing someone with a borrowed knife, or driving a tiger to devour a wolf. At most, it means sowing discord, or killing three people with two peaches, but more importantly, it is to advise Cao Cao to be patient at the moment, to accumulate strength, to face the fundamental problems, and not to rush for success. . This is the same as in the novel, Guo Jia gave Cao Cao ten victories and ten defeats against Yuan Shao.

In the novel, after Guo Jia presented the strategy of ten victories and ten defeats, he strategically despised Yuan Shao and turned to Cao Cao and said, you see we have such a huge advantage against Yuan Shao, so let’s fight Lu Bu first.

The same is true now.

After Guo Jia presented the relevant strategies against Fei Qian, he turned to Cao Cao and said: Therefore, my lord, please take the position of general and worship the position of prime minister!

Worship the Prime Minister instead? ! Cao Cao frowned immediately, and then felt a little enlightened.

Guo Jia nodded slightly. The position of prime minister is the leader of all officials in the world and should be promoted by the public.

Well, Cao Cao pondered and thought.

Lord, you might as well recall that Guo Jia reached out and pointed outside the hall. How did Yuzhou get it? Was it achieved overnight?

Cao Cao raised his eyebrows, this

Yuzhou, six counties.

Cao Cao's occupation of Yuzhou was not like in the game. The city was captured with a bang, and then the color changed instantly. Instead, it went through a process that was neither short nor long.

The first one to belong to Cao Cao was Yingchuan. On the one hand, with the cooperation of Xun Yu and others, Cao Cao defeated the remnant Yellow Turban army near Yingchuan. After basically taking control of Yingchuan, Cao Cao launched an attack on the Yellow Turbans in Runan. , and later on, the Runan area was generally controlled.

Then Liang State was not completely occupied until Guandu after a period of time. There was an episode at that time. When Cao Cao was chasing Yuan Shu, he had no money to reward the soldiers, so he opened a package.

Tomb of King Liang.

That was the blind box of King Liang of the tenth generation of the Western Han Dynasty and the seventh or eighth generation of the Eastern Han Dynasty! It is definitely more reliable than the blind boxes sold by some heartless beasts!

Later, when the emperor heard about this, he cried with sorrow.

I don’t know what sadness is

As for Pei, Chen and Lu, they were relatively far behind. It was only after defeating Yuan Shu and Lu Bu that they had a relatively complete grasp of their territory.

Of course, overall, the process of Cao Cao's acquisition of Yuzhou was relatively easy. Because of the support of Yingchuan Xunyu and others, there were no recurrences. Many places were even captured through peaceful means, and there were no tragedies. siege warfare.

The reason why Guo Jia talked about the situation in Yuzhou was, of course, referring to Jizhou.

From a certain perspective, Cao Cao is now in an embarrassing situation because Jizhou is currently at odds with his subordinates. On the surface, he has changed his flag, but in fact it is similar to Yuan Shao's time.

The meaning of filial piety is what Cao Cao said slowly, is someone impatient?

Guo Jia was silent.

Cao Cao frowned deeply.

Are you still impatient?

So if you're not in a hurry, how much time do you need?

Will Fei Qian give me so much time?

After applying some of Fei Qian's military technological updates, Cao Cao felt more and more that time was running out, and he even felt that he was being chased by time and was about to crush his ass, and his chrysanthemum was not guaranteed.

Lord, haste makes waste, Guo Jia said, if Ji and Yu join forces, it will be like the time of Guangwu, so why fear Guanzhong? Nowadays, Jizhou seems to be very different, but there are many repetitive thoughts. If it is not sorted out in time, if there is a slight change, it will shake the foundation. Wouldn't it become more and more difficult?

Cao Cao's eyes moved slightly, as if he was weighing the pros and cons.

When Cao Cao was young, he actually had the same idea as Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. He felt that if he conquered Jizhou and Yuzhou, he would conquer the world. As the old saying goes, he who conquers the Central Plains can conquer the world. Therefore, in the early days of the war against Dong, Yuan Shu took advantage of the Yuan family and occupied the After arriving in Yuzhou, Yuan Shao was staring at Jizhou, and Cao Cao could only be sandwiched in the middle, serving as an air bed for the two Yuans, or some other buffer.

But at this moment, Cao Cao gradually began to doubt the correctness of the so-called "whoever wins the Central Plains can win the world", and re-evaluated the old road before Guangwu, whether it was suitable to drive again.

Having more people is indeed an advantage, but when there are more people, there will be more thoughts, more desires, and more contradictions. If we cannot reconcile these scattered thoughts and desires and unify them into one place, It can't be said that the combat effectiveness is stronger when there are fewer people.

One year later, Guo Jia made another point in the Qinglong Temple lecture.

Cao Cao suddenly thought of something, and opened his eyes and looked at Guo Jia, scripture annotation? !

Guo Jia nodded slowly, this is the great enemy of Shandong, just like the old red eyebrows. With this enemy on the left and mutual benefits on the right, why worry about Jizhou not following? If Jizhou follows it, Qingxu will also be settled. What worries does the lord have?

Cao Cao took a deep breath, stood up, walked around the hall twice with his hands behind his back, and finally nodded. It was true what Feng Xiao said! Just follow this strategy!

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When we came out of the General's Mansion, it was already close to dawn.

Guo Jia rubbed his hands and let out a breath. There still seemed to be some chill between his brows.

Is this still summer?

Guo Jia murmured subconsciously.

The entourage outside the mansion came forward and asked Guo Jia to get in the car, but Guo Jia waved his hand and said, "No, I want to walk to the market."

The midsummer dawn was still a bit chilly. Just like the current Cao Cao political group, it looks like flowers in bloom, but there is always a major and fatal hidden danger that is difficult to cure, which is the lack of loyalty and trust within the Cao Cao regime.

There are many factors that cause this hidden danger, including the different thoughts of the nobles' children, but also Cao Cao's own character that is suspicious of everything. Cao Cao did not trust or rely on people with foreign surnames, which led to a serious lack of loyalty and trust within the political group under Cao Cao. This situation further pushed Cao Cao to rely on his own family to conquer the world.

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Welcoming the Emperor

Guo Jia walked slowly along the street, his thoughts slowly spreading.

In history, this was true not only for the Cao Wei regime, but also for the Sima Jin Dynasty that was formed later.

Born in doubt, died in doubt.

Although it is said in the history books that Cao Cao has five good generals under his command, it seems that Cao Cao treats these generals with foreign surnames very well, but in fact, most of the time, Cao Cao and the heirs of the Cao family never fully grant general power to these generals with foreign surnames.

The situation was even better in Cao Cao's era, and various clan figures were generally reused. After Cao Pi succeeded to the throne, the trust situation within his team further deteriorated. Cao Pi also did not trust his own brothers. He could only rely on his elders in the clan while taking strict precautions against his own brothers. Prince-level figures such as Cao Zhang and Cao Zhi were almost Under house arrest. This situation led to the decline of Cao Xiu, Cao Zhen and other important officials in the clan. There was no one available for the Cao Wei center. There was really no way to hand over the power of commanding the army to Sima Yi. Moreover, because of the weak power of the clan members, the emperor of the Cao family did not have any strength to restrain the powerful ministers, so his power was therefore Soon fell into the hands of Sima Yi and his son

After Sima Yan replaced the Wei Dynasty and established the Jin Dynasty, the Sima clan's regime learned from the lessons of the fall of Cao Wei and granted various kings, and all the important powers were concentrated in the hands of the Sima clan's own family. They thought that if they continued like this and defended the center with the powerful strength of the kings, the emperor would be able to sit back and relax. However, they did not realize that the problems left by this would become more serious. Suspiciousness had become a hopeless cancer. Shortly after Sima Yan's death, Sima Yan The whole family was immediately slaughtered in chaos.

Of course Guo Jia didn't know the direction of Cao Wei's and Sima's regimes in history, but that didn't stop him from being a top strategist from being aware of the hidden dangers in this area in advance, and taking this opportunity, on the one hand, he gave advice to Cao Cao, and on the other hand, he It is to smooth things over for Xun Yu. In addition to these two aspects, it is an attempt to treat and eliminate the political atmosphere of suspicion that Cao Cao has formed among the political groups.

But, this is a bit difficult

Unknowingly, Guo Jia had already walked across the street.

The gates of the shops are opening one after another, and the small breakfast vendors who have come out to make a living early are also setting up shop in the streets and alleys. The heat rising from the pots in the stalls adds some warmth to this slightly cold midsummer dawn.

Guo Jia suddenly felt a little hungry, so he touched his sleeves and saw that he had no money. He also touched his waist and found that he had no money. So he turned back and said to the entourage following him: Which of you brought money? Lend me some first and I'll give it to you later

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The entourage following Guo Jia was stunned for a moment, and then someone responded, "Lang Jun, don't you want to buy another drink?" The money you borrowed to buy wine last time was not repaid.

Shut up! An older attendant quickly glanced at the small vendor nearby and found that it was unlikely to be selling any drinks. He smiled, took out a small money bag from his arms, and handed it to the vendor. Guo Jia, while saying, Don’t be surprised, sir. This boy is speechless. Don’t be surprised, sir.

Guo Jia took the money bag and frowned slightly.

The money bag is not heavy, which means there is not much money in it.

Of course, it’s just breakfast, and it doesn’t cost much. But in such a situation, the reaction of my followers

Guo Jia sighed deeply, suddenly no longer thinking about what to eat, and threw the money bag back to the attendant. Well, suddenly he wasn't hungry anymore. Let's get in the car! go home!

He suddenly understood.

Sometimes, more and less actually change. And this kind of change will lead to considerable differences due to different people and inconsistencies in classes. And even with Guo Jia's intelligence, he didn't know how to eliminate such differences.

Although the entourage didn't understand what was going on and didn't know what Guo Jia was thinking, he was naturally very happy to go home after staying up most of the night in the concierge of the General's Mansion. He hurriedly pulled the cart over and helped him Guo Jia got in the car and headed home.

Guo Jia sat in the car and glanced at the busy vendors. Looking at these figures in the morning light, a somewhat sad feeling suddenly emerged in his heart.

But, how did this hussar do it?

Isn't he afraid that one day these differences will surge overwhelmingly and drown him?

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Guo Jia looked up at the sky.

In the morning light, the sky gradually became brighter, and white clouds slowly floated in the sky.

At this moment, in Liaodong, there are also people looking up at the same sky, but facing different white clouds.

Just a few days ago, Gongsun's reinforcements, which were finally pulled together, were said to be one hundred thousand strong, and they were fighting with the Ding Ling people outside the city.

Big defeat.

This is really frustrating.

Nowadays, the situation in Liaodong is changing rapidly. Since the end of last year, the Ding Ling people began to invade Liaodong. In the past six months, they have fought almost consecutive battles and conquered nearly half of the counties in Liaodong.

Gongsun Du claimed to be the king of Liaodong. He once thought that as long as he showed his strength, he could directly take over the land of Youyan and bring glory to the Gongsun family. But what he didn't expect was that it would be fine if he didn't take action. In a place in Liaodong After this battle, not only the true and falsehood of the Liaodong Army was exposed, but also a moderate hatred was formed between the Ding Ling people in the end.

For the Ding Ling people, the originally powerful opponent is worthy of respect, but the dog that once became his own, but turned his back and bit his owner in the blink of an eye, must not be easily forgiven!

Fighting in Liaodong, for the Ding Ling people, is to clean up the dog that betrayed them! The beating became more and more brutal, and then

When Gongsun Kang saw the result in the city, he almost felt his eyes darken. This feeling was even more sad and helpless than when he heard about the death of his father before.

How could these people in this world, this Liaodong, be like this!

Of course, there are some things in this that are somewhat clear to him.

The so-called reinforcements this time have all aspects of Liaodong's operation, including his father's decades of management, the differences between the Han and Hu people, and the determination of the large local families who were plundered. Gongsun Kang is also in the middle. They have made the greatest efforts, made the greatest concessions, and promised the greatest benefits, but these patchwork reinforcements have inherent hidden dangers.

In other words, although the goal is the same, to drive away the Ding Ling people, the intentions of various aspects of the reinforcements are different.

Ordinary people, at most, just want to drive away the Ding Ling people as soon as possible, so no matter who leads them, as long as they can lead them to defeat the Ding Ling people, then they are willing to listen to whoever

But other people's thoughts and the benefits they want are different.

Some people want more, like Gongsun Kang's brother.

Gongsun Kang was clear about his brother's intention to pacify Liaodong and snatch him from succeeding his father as the prefect of Liaodong. But now that the city is besieged by the Ding Ling people, even if the Ding Ling people only know how to possess ants, they have also caused a lot of harm to Gongsun Kang. In order to avoid being trapped and dying in the city, he can only look at the immediate future first.

Among the powerful families in Liaodong, there are also many who want it. Although the pain of the Ding Ling people's robbery forced these powerful families to unite and send troops, many people still hold the idea of ​​​​changing their masters anyway. , maybe we can also negotiate with the Ding Ling people. If we hadn't caught one or two people who secretly communicated with the Ding Ling people to serve as a warning to others, there's no way these big business owners would have turned around and surrendered to the Ding Ling people!

As for the so-called allies in Goguryeo and Buyeo, they are even more unreliable.

But the problem is, no matter how unreliable it is, even if there are different thoughts among the reinforcements, but the number of people is there, how can they be defeated like this? !

Although one hundred thousand is an imaginary number, there are still more than ten thousand, and they were defeated so easily by the Ding Ling people!

Gongsun Kang couldn't help but recall his previous experience in the Battle of Youzhou, and then he felt more and more frustrated.

Three thousand hussars can fight against tens of thousands of soldiers, but they are running away.

And Ding Ling's thousands of people can kill more than 10,000 Gongsun's reinforcements until they lose their troops and armor.

In comparison, what is Gongsun Jun?

Third-rate?

Gongsun Kang's eyesight turned black for a while.

Why is there such a big gap between people who are both Han Chinese?