Chapter 29 A line of separation

Cao Pi, who had just inherited the throne, wore a pale mourning clothes. Now, most of the people in Yecheng who had something to do with the Cao family were dressed in mourning, and Yecheng was shrouded in the brewing of sadness and revenge anger.

After Cao Pi ascended the throne, the first thing he did was to send a fast horse immediately and spread the news to Zhang He, Cao Ren, Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, and Xiahou Shang.

The civil servants were led by Chen Qun, Xun You, Cui Yan and others to support Cao Pi, so the military generals should be held tightly in their hands. Fortunately, the military power was all in the hands of the Cao clan. Even Zhang He, his background had nothing to do with the imperial party of the gentry under the rule of Cao Wei. On the contrary, Cao Cao accepted his surrender during the Battle of Guandu, which was kind to him. Therefore, Cao Pi could quickly stabilize the situation on both sides of the military and political aspects.

Even if Cao Pi successfully inherited everything left by Cao Cao, there is another place that may cause changes.

Xuchang!

Xuchang was originally a puppet court, and it had already been in name only. But now that Cao Cao is dead, if Emperor Liu Xie is restless, and the imperial party loyal to the Han Dynasty wants to make trouble, Xuchang's troops may be difficult to control the overall situation. Therefore, when Sima Yi proposed to ask Xiahou Shang to lead his army to Xuchang, Cao Pi instantly understood the key points.

However, Cao Pi looked worried and asked Sima Yi: "Zhongda, if Gu transferred Xiahou Shang to Xudu, would Hefei not care? Will Sun Quan take the opportunity to go north?"

Sima Yi and Chen Qun had a serious expression, and the current situation was not optimistic. Cao Wei's strength was greatly damaged. Because of his wide territory, he could no longer fully deploy troops.

"King of Wei, what our army can do now is to defend the Central Plains. Guo Jia and Sun Quan are nominally allies, but they must be on guard against each other. In the battle of Jingzhou, Jiangdong will take time to recover. Even if Hefei is not on defense, Sun Quan wants to go north. First of all, make sure that Guo Jia will not take the opportunity to advance east and suddenly shoot cold arrows behind him. King Wei can think about it, the relationship between Liu Bei and Lu Bu in Xuzhou was like Sun Quan and Guo Jia now."

Cao Pi walked with his hands behind his back, thinking in his heart.

After Jingzhou was swallowed by Guo Jia, in terms of territory, Guo Jia and Cao Wei were incompatible. Guo Jia had just won the battle and Cao Wei was defeated, and Guo Jia was even better in terms of momentum. Therefore, Guo Jia was the largest prince in the world. Isn’t Sun Quan afraid?

The two families will not continue to be peaceful, and sooner or later there will be someone secretly interfering behind their backs.

Fancheng refused Guo Jia, and Hefei used bait to lure Sun Quan to the north. This trip was dangerous, but it was not unprofitable.

If Sun Quan went north to capture Hefei, there were too few troops and horses that could be dispatched in Jiangdong. At best, it would be difficult to capture Hefei. It would be difficult to attack Xuchang, especially after Xiahou Shang led his troops to guard.

Guo Jia would not sit idly by and watch Sun Quan become stronger. If Sun Quan really marched towards Hefei on the north bank of the Yangtze River regardless of everything, Guo Jia might take the opportunity to rush his army to enter the six counties in Jiangdong.

Compared to letting Sun Quan conquer Hefei, Xuchang will be even more deadly if there is any change, because then it will be more than just a messaging of troops to suppress it.

The two evils were taken lightly, and Cao Pi immediately wrote a military order in person, asking Xiahou Shang to lead the 30,000 troops stationed in Hefei to return to Xuchang to prevent changes in the imperial capital.

And in this military order, Cao Pi instructed that if someone in Xuchang court had ill-behavior, Xiahou Shang just wanted to kill him!

The god of the Cao family, Cao Cao, is dead. In this world, there is really no one in Cao Pi who dares not kill him!

In response to the situation after Cao Cao's death, the Cao Wei group in Yecheng did not show a trend of collapse, but instead stabilized the situation with Cao Pi at an extremely fast speed.

He took the betrothal gift and rode a large boat from Jiangdong to Jianye. Guo Jia arrived in Jianye three days later.

The Marquis of Wu led the civil and military officials from Jiangdong out of the city to welcome them, and the etiquette was grand.

The winter in the south is warmer than in the north, so Guo Jia did not wear much thicker clothes. He rode on the horse in a cloak and looked elegant. Seeing that Jiangdong's civil and military men were approaching, Guo Jia turned over and dismounted. Zhang Ren followed closely. Guo Jia waved to him, meaning that he would not have to look like a great enemy.

When everyone has arrived in Jianye, it is easy for Sun Quan to kill Guo Jia, but Zhang Ren and these thousand entourages are not enough to put a gap between them.

Sun Quan laughed generously and walked up intimately. The two of them held their hands and entered the city together.

The civil and military officials on both sides were led by Zhang Zhao and the military generals were led by Zhou Yu, all of whom were focused on Guo Jia with a faint look.

Perhaps many people were surprised and amazed in their hearts. With Guo Jia's gentle appearance, how could he have come to this day in this troubled world?

Jianye is quite large and prosperous, and Wu Hou’s mansion is even more grand, comparable to Guo Jia’s mansion in Chengdu.

He had already prepared a banquet in the mansion, and Sun Quan welcomed Guo Jia to be generous.

The minister of Jiangdong showed a completely different attitude towards Guo Jia.

Sun Quan was extremely enthusiastic and talked about everything with Guo Jia, and could talk about irrelevant topics for a long time. Most of the civil and military officials in Jiangdong had a cold expression and occasionally threw a slightly hostile look at Guo Jia. If Sun Quan hadn't suppressed him, this banquet would have really become the Hongmen Banquet.

For two consecutive days, Guo Jia came to Jianye to live a life of great success, with a lot of joy and lights and wine.

Sun Quan seemed to have become rich and powerful in an instant. He held four banquets in two days. When he was tired of eating, drinking and having fun, he would enjoy singing and dancing, or he would take Guo Jia to see his private collection, antiques and miscellaneous items, famous dogs and horses, etc.

Guo Jia was not in a hurry, but Zhang Ren was in a hurry.

Jiangdong is not a place of trouble, so it is not advisable to stay for a long time.

On the third day, Guo Jia woke up from his sleep in a drowsy manner. Zhang Ren was waiting outside the room. When he heard the movement, he entered the room to serve Guo Jia and stood up.

"Well......"

Guo Jia gasped, shook his head, and smiled bitterly: "I slept all night, but I still felt my stomach bloated."

It’s delicious and delicious, and dealing with the scene makes Guo Jia miserable. Others should drink a drink, and a plate of dishes should be served.

Zhang Ren patted Guo Jia on the back and asked, "Lord, isn't this Jianye marriage? Why does it seem like Wu Hou forgot about this?"

From his perspective, Guo Jia has been in Jianye these two days and is not doing his job properly with Sun Quan.

Guo Jia washed his face, raised his head and looked at Zhang Ren with a smile.

"It's winter now. If it's the Spring and Autumn Period, Sun Zhongmou might have brought me to hunt. It's not that he forgot the important matter, but that he was delaying the time. He wanted Cao Wei to get this news and see what Cao Wei had to plan. If Cao Wei's troops were moving, he might have made up his mind to kill me."

When Zhang Ren heard this, he was shocked and blurted out: "The lord should go back to Jiangling immediately."

Rubbing his face, Guo Jia waved his hand and said indifferently: "Sun Zhongmou wants to kill me, so he must first ensure that he is not in danger. I will be more courageous than him. Let me see who is more desperate than life if I am."

After wiping his face clean, Guo Jia was energetic and his eyes suddenly became sharp.

Even if Cao Wei can immediately stabilize the internal situation after receiving the news of Cao Cao's death.

But the situation in Jiangdong reached Yecheng, and then Yecheng issued military orders to Fancheng. This time was definitely not short. Sun Quan wanted to delay this time now.

On the third day, Guo Jia recuperated in the mansion on the grounds of being unwell and did not continue to attend Sun Quan's luxurious life party.

The scenery of this temporarily living courtyard is good. Guo Jia sat in front of the stone platform in the courtyard and savored tea and read books. If it weren't for the withering of branches and leaves in the courtyard in winter, it might be very comfortable here.

Suddenly, a noisy sound came from outside the courtyard. Zhang Ren hurried to Guo Jia and whispered: "Someone broke into the mansion and had no registration number. It seems that he was a powerful man in Jiangdong."

Guo Jia remained calm and held the bamboo slip in his hand and asked, "What is the leader?"

Zhang Ren immediately replied: "It's a young woman."

Guo Jia thoughtful when he heard the answer, and smiled lightly and said, "Oh, it turned out to be her."

"Lord knows me?"

As soon as Zhang Ren finished speaking, the outsider broke in.

The guards who followed Guo Jia outside the courtyard were all bruised and swollen. Some even had sword wounds on their bodies. Many of them were even trampled on the ground with fierce resistance.

The people who do the trick include men and women, dressed in a guard, and their appearance is arrogant.

A young woman in military uniform stepped into the courtyard. When Zhang Ren saw this scene, his soldiers were bullied by the people of Jiangdong. How could he bear it? Just as he was about to question him, Guo Jia looked at him without squinting and said softly: "Zhang Ren, take people back."

"Master!"

Zhang Ren gritted his teeth and finally refused to let his followers give up resisting and leave with him.

When passing by the woman, Zhang Ren glared, but the young woman looked disdainful and treated Zhang Ren with no false expression.

The guards of men and women rushed into the courtyard and surrounded Guo Jia in an instant.

The leading woman walked slowly and came to Guo Jia. Seeing that Guo Jia was still busy purging the bamboo slips and drinking a sip of tea, unexpectedly drawing his sword toward each other.

The tip of the sword was pointed in front of Guo Jia's neck. Guo Jia's face did not change and asked, "Miss Sun is here, what's the point of doing?"

The only one who can run rampant in Jianye is the Sun family. Since it is a young woman, it is undoubtedly Sun Shangxiang.

Sun Shangxiang is dressed in a heroic military uniform, shining with glorious face, and her beautiful face shows a youthful and beautiful feeling.

"You are Guo Jia? Did you kill Cao Cao?"

Sun Shangxiang spoke with doubts in her tone, as if she didn't believe that the gentle and elegant scholar in front of her could kill Cao Cao, who was famous all over the world.

At the same time, Sun Shangxiang didn't believe that the man in front of him would be a prince who had experienced ups and downs and dominated the country.

There is no bloody and brave side in him. Sun Shangxiang even suspects that he has seen blood for such a person?

"Miss Sun, if my neck twists, your sword will cut my throat. If I don't have a few breaths, I will die. But, I think the six counties in Jiangdong will be buried with me. A line of separation is the survival of Jiangdong. You are the most powerful woman I have ever seen, because now you are playing with the six counties in Jiangdong, so don't shake your hands."

Guo Jia calmly flipped through the bamboo slips, looking straight, and his expression was calm.

Sun Shangxiang sneered at the corner of her mouth and said proudly: "Do you think I, Jiangdong, will be afraid of you?"

"Without be afraid or not is second, and whether to fight or not is another matter. Why don't you try it? Kill me now and see if the people of the six counties in Jiangdong can see the scenery of returning to the earth next spring?"

Guo Jia is still lukewarm. Even though Sun Shangxiang's sword tip has touched his skin, he is not afraid at all.
Chapter completed!