Chapter 66: The hero's skills
Liu Bei had long been used to Zhuge Liang's words, but hearing "Before destroying Cao, you must swallow Wu first" still shocked him.
What do these eight words represent?
This means that when Guo Jia appeared at the end of the Battle of Chibi, he had already made up his mind to point his finger at Jiangdong!
"How can I see this?"
Liu Bei praised Zhuge Liang, but he was not blind.
Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan again and asked calmly: "The lord is like the Marquis of Wu. He only saw the Taiping Army attacking Fancheng in the north, which was only a short distance from success, and finally failed. Gan Xingba flooded the seven armies of Cao Wei bravely defeated Cao Wei, and even disobeyed Guo Jia's military orders to break Fancheng. People all over the world saw Gan Xingba who swears to destroy the city to death. But has anyone ever thought about Guo Jia's intention? Do he want Fancheng?"
"Of course I want it!"
Liu Bei blurted out, but after he finished speaking, he was stunned because he saw a hint of regret in Zhuge Liang's eyes.
Liu Bei, who was also known as the military service for half his life, thought about the city and the territory of Jingzhou, the most important link in the Central Plains defense line of Cao Wei. If he were Guo Jia, why not?
Zhuge Liang looked away and felt a little disappointed.
This is the difference between Guo Jia and Liu Bei and the heroes in the world.
The gains and losses of a city and a place are no longer what Guo Jia values. All heroes have focused on the local area, while Guo Jia always looks at the overall situation and always has a vision above his opponents.
Liu Bei's self-judgment has completely revealed that he and Guo Jia are not heroes of the same level.
"Lord, do you remember that after the end of the Red Cliff War last year, I once mentioned a question below: Why did Guo Jia let Cao Ren retreat from Jiangling to guard Fancheng?"
Zhuge Liang's eyes drooped slightly, and his expression unexpectedly showed a little admiration.
Liu Bei was confused and had nothing to say.
On that day, Guo, Sun, and Liu met outside Jiangling City. At that time, Fancheng was still empty. Guo Jia had the opportunity to seize Fancheng and could also trap Cao Ren's 100,000 troops to death, but Guo Jia did not do so and let Cao Ren retreat to Fancheng.
"If Guo Jia wanted Fancheng, he would have gotten what he wanted last year."
After hearing what Zhuge Liang said, Liu Bei became even more confused. According to Zhuge Liang, Guo Jia did not want Fancheng, but asked Gan Ning to lead his army to attack Fancheng and fought a beautiful battle that was famous all over the world. This was simply contradictory.
Zhuge Liang raised his chin and smiled a little. Guo Jia made a plan. Outsiders wanted to catch up with the wind and shadow to connect the fragments of things so that they could truly understand his intentions.
"Simply put, Guo Jia let Cao Ren retreat to Fancheng in order to let Gan Ning attack this year, and let Gan Ning attack Fancheng give Jiangdong a chance to attack behind the scenes. In this way, all the doubts were resolved. According to Guo Jia's previous style, after siege, he focused on management, but he did not sweep over Jingnan. Even the Jingzhou counties he obtained did not replace and rectify officials, but instead were eager to attack Cao Wei."
Liu Bei was shocked and asked in surprise: "Did Guo Jia plan to design the past year to let Wu Hou attack him behind his back? This..."
"It sounds incredible, does it sound? But lord, do you know what the fate of Wu Hou storing Nanjun with all his troops from Jiangdong to destroy the 100,000 Taiping Army?"
Zhuge Liang put away his smile and looked at Liu Bei with a serious expression.
Before Liu Bei could react for a while, Zhuge Liang immediately said word by word: "What Guo Jia wants is four words: justified! He can openly launch troops to attack Jiangdong and unify the south of the Yangtze River. However, Wu Hou brought a catastrophe to Jiangdong."
After saying that, Zhuge Liang held his head up and suddenly chuckled.
Guo Jia, who can play Jingzhou, which is salivating for the world's heroes, uses the gains and losses of a city and a place to describe his vision, still looks stingy.
Liu Bei raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead. Zhuge Liang's words made him frightened. When he turned around and understood, he understood the meaning of Zhuge Liang's plan to fight against Guo Sun in Guo Jia, which was originally planned to wipe out him together.
If he had not left Jiangxia, perhaps Liu Bei and Sun Quan would still cooperate.
But Liu Bei was still skeptical. Perhaps he could not even think of such a big-scale layout. Even Cao Cao, whom he feared the most, had never had it.
"But Ma Chao in Guanzhong rebelled, did Guo Jia ignore it?"
Zhuge Liang chuckled a few times and shook his head and said, "My lord just remember one thing, there will be no problems within the Taiping Army. No conflicts or disputes are illusions. Gan Ning and Wu Yi are hostile. Ma Chao rebelled, fake. But Ma Chao rebelled was indeed the most dangerous move in Guo Jia's layout, because if Ma Chao really rebelled, the consequences would be unimaginable. However, I expect that Guo Jia would have a place to prevent Ma Chao from doing fake roles."
If Zhuge Liang knew the detailed process of Guo Jia conquering Ma Chao, he would have guessed that Guo Jia had a chess piece next to Ma Chao as a backup: Pang De.
Liu Bei was completely shocked today. If Zhuge Liang hadn't told him, he wouldn't have understood the gap between him and Guo Jia, and he would not be able to see the turbulent situation in the world.
"Ma Chao's rebellion is also fake? Why is that?"
Zhuge Liang knocked on the table with the end of the feather fan, first knocking on the south and then north.
"Teel the enemy."
"That didn't succeed. Zhang He kept his troops in Luoyang."
Zhuge Liang smiled mysteriously and said, "The time has not come."
Liu Bei sighed in cold sweat.
"Since Guo Jia is ready and has already known Wu Hou every move, he must be sure to win Guo Sunzhi."
Zhuge Liang closed his eyes and nodded.
No matter what Guo Jia does, what problems the Taiping Army has had, and what ridiculous things are there for the generals in charge, it is an illusion.
It’s just that people in the game are hard to see these dazzling illusions clearly.
"If there is no military advisor, I'm afraid..."
Liu Bei left with sighs.
Indeed, if Zhuge Liang had not allowed Liu Bei to jump out of the whirlpool center of Jingzhou at the most critical moment and stay out of the matter, now, Liu Bei and Sun Quan were sitting on the same boat, the fate would have been predictable.
Zhuge Liang smiled bitterly.
He felt a sense of powerlessness in a daze.
Let Liu Bei move away from right and wrong, and now there is Xuzhou again. If he can be given five years, perhaps Liu Bei will have a chance.
But at this time, Zhuge Liang was sure that Guo Jia would not give it to Liu Bei.
Now I just take one step at a time, and it’s a bit like struggling.
Thinking of the ninth-grade Zhongzheng system that Cao Pi had just launched, Zhuge Liang's expression suddenly became cold.
"Cao Pi, you betray your father's lifelong struggle. What can Cao Wei do if he wins the world? If he loves his ministers too close, he will be in danger. If his ministers are too noble, he will change his master. Don't you understand this principle? Short-sighted! Isn't you crazy!"
Zhuge Liang deeply understood that the harm of the Nine-rank Zhongzheng system would not be exposed in a short time, but when those prominent gentry gradually grew up, the emperor's centralized power would inevitably be divided by his subordinates, and political disagreements would be disproportionately resolved: war.
Destroy Cao!
Zhuge Liang took a deep breath.
Perhaps the hope of the world can only be placed on Guo Jia!
Badong Camp
Outside Yong'an City, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin and Mengda were in a little mood.
This time, Guo Jia gave him the military order to hand over all the troops to Guo Ye, and the three of them stayed in Yong'an.
When the troops in Yizhou were expeditioned to the east, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin and Meng Da understood that the three of them were equivalent to being dismissed because there were no soldiers and soldiers under his command.
The weather is hot and people are restless.
When the mighty army appeared in the West, Zhou Tai patted Meng Da and Jiang Qin and signaled that they would cheer up. No matter what, no matter how dissatisfied they were in their hearts, it would be better to put them away first.
After all, the three of them obeyed Gan Ning and did throw away Nanjun and other places.
The heroic and energetic army came into view. Although Guo Ye, the prince, was young, had a good aura. He was wearing armor and hanged a sword on his waist, and his expression was meticulous and he did not feel careless at all.
When Guo Ye was half a mile away from Yong'an City, he turned over and dismounted and walked to the city gate. He saw Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin and Mengda. Before the other party wanted to salute, Guo Ye first bowed his fists and said, "The three generals fought on the front line for several months, killing the generals and killing the enemy for our Taiping Army, and they worked hard and made great contributions."
In terms of seniority, Guo Ye is low, but in terms of status, Guo Ye is high.
But now Guo Ye put his posture very low, which moved Zhou Tai and the other two very much.
The three of them immediately returned the greeting and entered the city with Guo Ye. Wei Yan, Xiao Ren, Jia Xu and others led their troops to follow closely behind.
Guo Ye did not stay in Yong'an Prefecture, but came to Yong'an Camp, intending to rest in the military camp for a few days, and then the east expedition was completed after the handover of troops was completed.
In the commander's tent, as the commander of the expedition, Guo Ye sat in the main seat, took out Guo Jia's military order, and did not read it out, and handed it directly to Zhou Tai for him to see.
Zhou Tai opened it and saw that as expected, at the last moment, Guo Jia still did not change his mind, and still asked Zhou Tai, Jiang, Qin and Mengda to stand by in Yong'an, just to be responsible for the dispatch of food and grass. His only task was to transport food and grass to the front line troops on time.
Suddenly, Zhou Tai was discouraged and bowed his hands listlessly and said a few scenes to Guo Ye, deafing Guo Ye's heartfelt comfort, and the three generals left.
Guo Ye took off his armor and opened the topographic map of Jingzhou to study it. The matter is coming, and he is about to go out to fight Sun Quan, but Guo Ye has no plan yet. This battle is in a hurry and urgent way. He takes charge at the last minute and has no time to think about these things.
"General, someone outside the tent asked for a visit."
As Guo Ye's personal guard Zhang Yi reported to the account, Guo Ye didn't raise his head and asked softly: "Who is it?"
"Prince Gan."
Guo Ye stopped, raised his head and said to Zhang Yi, "Let him in."
Zhang Yi took the order and retreated. After a while, the curtain was lifted up and Gan Gui walked in.
Guo Ye was shocked when he saw Gan Gui who had met again after a long time ago.
This handsome young boy seemed to have become a different person, with a haggard face and a listless expression. He felt guilty in his eyes when he looked at Guo Ye.
Guo Ye immediately understood.
Everything comes from Gan Ning.
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Chapter completed!