Chapter 97: Crazy and cunning

The autumn is clear and cool. In the western suburbs of Jianye, a pair of heroic men galloped on horseback, placing arrows with bows and arrows, facing the wild beasts that could not escape from the woods, shooting arrows without mercy.

"Hahaha, Gongjin, you lost again."

Sun Ce laughed and put away the bow and arrow, waved his hand to let the entourage carry the spoils back.

Zhou Yu, who rode a horse to Sun Ce, smiled bitterly. The Sun family members were all brave and had a hobby, which was hunting.

Zhou Yu, who sacrificed his life to accompany a gentleman, was not here, but in business.

A pair of ministers from brothers of different surnames returned slowly towards Jianye at sunset.

"Gongjin, you seem to have something to worry about?"

Sun Ce, who had always been cheerful, saw that Zhou Yu was absent-minded, so he spoke to him.

Zhou Yu, who is handsome and handsome, nodded slightly, with a slightly solemn expression.

"Guo Jia was founded in Yizhou, and he was afraid he wanted to visit Jiangnan."

The future Jiangnan refers to the current Jiangdong, while the contemporary Jiangnan is on the east and west sides of the river.

Upon hearing this, Sun Ce put away his mentality of playing and nodded in agreement.

Cao Cao wants to fight Yuan Shu, so who will belong to Yuan Shu after his death? This is a question.

Even if Cao Cao wiped out Yuan Shu, he might not have stationed troops in Shouchun. First, he wanted to integrate his troops to fight against Yuan Shao, and second, his location would have Cao Cao between Jingzhou and Jiangdong.

Guo Jia's intention to build a navy at this time was very intriguing.

If Guo Jia put his mind on Shouchun, he must at least conquer Jingzhou first.

The thing Zhou Yu was most worried about was that once Guo Jia took over Jingzhou, the situation in the world would undergo a huge change.

With Guo Jia from Guanzhong, he has the capital to compete for the world.

With Guanzhong and Jingzhou, Guo Jia will have at least more than 60% of the opportunity to reunify the country.

Zhou Yu understands better than anyone else that whether it is Cao Cao, Sun Ce, or Guo Jia, if you want to dominate the world, Jingzhou must be defeated.

Those who win Jingzhou will dominate the trend of the world.

Jiangdong is actually very similar to Yizhou. Yizhou has the Qinling Mountains and Dongwu has the Yangtze River, which is a natural advantage of self-protection.

But if you want to go out, it is absolutely impossible to rely on the advantages of self-protection alone.

So Guo Jia seized the opportunity to attack Guanzhong, and then took the risk of repelling Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, holding Guanzhong firmly in his hands.

Sun Ce, who is based in Jiangdong, wants to sweep the world. It is difficult to directly go north to annex the Central Plains with the territory of the six counties in Jiangdong alone. Because of the natural danger of the Yangtze River, swallowing Jingzhou is almost imperative.

But in Jiangdong, whether it is military strength, financial strength, manpower and material resources, from the foundation to the existing hoarding, it is difficult to compare with Jingzhou.

Does Sun Ce want Jingzhou? I think, but he may not be able to defeat Jingzhou. Liu Biao only consumes Sun Ce, so he can consume Sun Ce if he dies. Guo Jia has abundant food and grass in Yizhou. His army will besiege Jingzhou. Guo Jia will support the ground for a year. But if Sun Ce goes out to fight, it will be a month shorter or a month long, and the food and grass will definitely withdraw. The food and grass are unable to support it at all. This confidence and capital was exchanged for Guo Jia for five years without leaving Yizhou. Sun Ce also understood, so he began to stabilize the people's livelihood and hopes to develop and grow with rest and recuperation.

The base of military and horse population in Jiangdong is the fundamental reason that restricts them from moving troops easily. Once the troops are damaged, it will take a long time to replenish them.

In fact, Sun Ce was very grateful to Guo Jia. If Guo Jia had not ordered Zhou Tai to attack Jingzhou and accidentally killed Huang Zu, Sun Ce would probably have the most important thing at hand now to rush his army to enter Jingzhou, in the name of avenging his father.

His father's revenge is irreconcilable. Whether Sun Ce takes revenge from his family or further wins over the loyalty of Sun Jian's old subordinates, he must attack Jingzhou after he has the strength. The name of his plan to attack Jingzhou is legitimate. As long as Huang Zu is killed, Sun Ce will withdraw his troops and will never leave a soldier in Jingzhou. He will do his best to do what he says. He avenges his father and revenge. He cannot let outsiders think that he is plotting against Jingzhou. However, if Sun Ce wants to attack Jingzhou, he must first consider his strength. The feud between the Sun family and Jingzhou was not only in the Sun Quan era in history that Huang Zu was killed.

In any case, Huang Zu died and his head was also paid tribute to Sun Ce's spirit in the sky. In this way, Jiangdong was free of any loss. The troops were not damaged, and the food and grass were not consumed, and there was no need to reward the soldiers. Sun Ce had just set up his own business, and the soldiers were in short supply. Saving some of them was a help to his rapid and powerful life.

"If he attacked Jingzhou, it would be unethical. I think Guo Jia would probably plan ahead and would not launch troops against Jingzhou in a short time."

Sun Ce looked at the setting sun in the distance and sighed slightly.

As he said, Guo Jiagang and Jingzhou are in harmony. If they suddenly attack, they will indeed be known as Wuming.

However, as the person involved, Liu Biao cannot take risks, and his wealth and life cannot be entrusted to Guo Jia's moral qualities.

"Gongjin, within a few years, Jingzhou will be on fire again, and Jiangdong must also prepare early. I want to appoint you as the commander-in-chief of the Jiangdong Navy. Jiangdong cannot be without the navy. No matter whether Cao Cao is now turning his attention to the north, or whether Liu Biao is always guarding against Guo Jia, Jiangdong must first protect himself and then strive for progress."

Even if Zhou Yu is a young man with outstanding talents, he was promoted to such a height by Sun Ce just in his early twenties, which is incredible, and Zhou Yu himself was shocked.

But then I thought about it that Sun Ce himself was a young monarch, and it was understandable to promote and appoint young people. The commanders under Guo Jia were all young people.

Eight years ago, Zhang Liao was twenty years old, Gan Ning was twenty-one, Gao Shun, Xu Chu, and Dian Wei were all under thirty years old. At that time, they followed Guo Jia to conquer the world. The world was in chaos and heroes emerged. The sharpness of military generals was often enough to kill all directions when they were young.

Guo Jia's every move was focused on the world, so when he built the navy, all parties responded one after another.

Yuan Shao breathed a sigh of relief. He was about to fight for life and death with Cao Cao. Today, the hero who can control the situation in the Central Plains is only Guo Jia from the West.

Cao Cao was granted a marquis to Guo Jia, promoted him to the post, and sent Xun Yu to contact Guo Jia in person. This series of actions made Yuan Shao feel uneasy, for fear that Guo Jia would turn to Cao Cao. Even if he did not surrender to the court, if Guo Jia publicly said: "I will advance and retreat with Cao Cao." Yuan Shao would probably find it difficult to make up his mind to fight Cao Cao again.

It's just a matter of one sentence.

Guo Jia said that if he supports anyone, he would stop fighting.

It sounds like a joke, but not treating Guo Jia's attitude with caution is the real joke of making jokes about his own life.

Cao Cao was afraid that Yuan Shao and Guo Jia would join forces to attack him, and Yuan Shao was also afraid that Cao Cao and Guo Jia would siege him together. Guo Jia was no longer the Xiaoyao prince far away in Yizhou. When he went out of the Guandong, the Central Plains would fall into chaos. If he didn't leave the pass, he would just say a word, and the princes in the Central Plains would also be trembling.

The current situation is what Yuan Shao most hopes to see. Guo Jiaxing established the Navy, so the strategic focus is in the south. Guo Jia does not interfere in the situation in the Central Plains, and Yuan Shao does not have to be distracted to deal with Guo Jia.

Yuan Shao breathed a sigh of relief, but Cao Cao was suspicious.

Xun Yu returned to Xu Du and gave Cao Cao a clear reply, and Guo Jia agreed to the agreement to form an alliance.

Guanxi is unfair and Guo Jia does not enter the Central Plains.

Kanto is uncertain, and Cao Cao will never advance westward.

If Guo Jia is preparing to fight Han Sui and Ma Chao now, Cao Cao will definitely believe that Guo Jia will fulfill his promise.

But Guo Jia acted like a future plot against Jingzhou, which made Cao Cao suspicious.

This is obviously a deliberate move to make him and Yuan Shao both give up their guard.

So that he and Yuan Shao had no reservations to fight, and then unexpectedly joined the battle and plundered the fruits of victory.

Cao Cao admired Guo Jia's courage very much. He could make such a big noise to numb the enemy, but he could not hide it from his eyes.

From the beginning to the end, Guo Jia never considered Cao Cao. It didn't matter how Cao Cao looked at him and whether Cao Cao would see through his intentions.

Because the Battle of Guandu was not initiated by Cao Cao, he was a passive responder, and the choice between fighting or not fighting was in Yuan Shao's hands. As long as Yuan Shao was not guarding against Guo Jia and fought with Cao Cao wholeheartedly, Cao Cao had no other choice except to fight with all his strength.

Cao Cao's scalp was numb. After he figured it out, he found sadly and indignantly that the situation was stronger than others, and there was nothing he could do.

Guo Jia’s priority is Yuan Shao, just like when Cao Cao encouraged Yuan Shao, how to make Yuan Shao happy, how to make Yuan Shao have no worries, and how to make Yuan Shao proud is the key to the matter.

Since Guo Jia made this move, his intentions were very obvious. At least Cao Cao had already predicted that Guo Jia would definitely appear on the battlefield where he fought against Yuan Shao.

And he was simply unable to distract himself from Guo Jia.

This situation makes people feel very frustrated.

"Crazy"

Cao Cao cursed in front of Xun Yu.

Xun Yu had no expression on his face, but he wanted to laugh in his heart.

Perhaps anyone in the world can scold Guo Jia like this, but Cao Cao can't.

Isn’t this just fifty steps to laugh at a hundred steps?

If you want to ask who is the most cunning in the world, Cao Cao can ask Yuan Shao and see how Yuan Shao answers.

Since returning to Yizhou with Guo Jia, Jia Xu has not been named a high-ranking official by Guo Jia, but only has a generous salary. Now Jia Xu is just a very leisurely small official in Chengdu.

As always, he was teaching Guo Ye, and Jia Xu looked at Guo Ye thoughtfully.

This child is really ordinary in terms of talent.

Apart from hard work and calmness, it seems that he has not inherited much extraordinary mind from Guo Jia and Cai Yan.

Compared to his younger brother, Guo Jin, Guo Jin is like a piece of uncensored jade, which can become a great weapon after being carved, while Guo Ye is more like a stone on the roadside, ordinary and unpretentious.

It is easy to carve jade into a weapon, but it is difficult to turn stone into gold than to reach the sky.

Jia Xu liked this child, but in the past he did not expect Guo Ye to learn much. Now, he is actually moved by Guo Ye's attitude and never perfunctory the orders of his elders. Jia Xu asked him to memorize the art of war, and he could memorize it like a stream, and asked him to copy history books. Every rubbing he handed in neat words.

But does talent exist or not?

Jia Xu called Guo Ye in front of him, and Guo Ye stood obediently, ready to listen to the teachings.

"Young Master Ye, you should know that the lord is going to inspect the navy?"

Guo Ye was confused. Who wouldn't know about this?

After he nodded, Jia Xu continued to ask, "Do you know what the lord Xingjian Navy is going to do?"

"Fight Jingzhou"

Guo Ye blurted out, and Jia Xu closed his eyes with disappointment.

"Go home, before your lord comes back, if you can't think of why your lord wants to build a navy at this time, don't come to see me."
Chapter completed!