When the sky was getting dark, Guo Jia woke up from her sleep, looked down at the little wife in her arms, couldn't help but reach out to touch her face, and gently scraped her pink thin lips with her fingertips.

“Aren’t you going to climb the mountain today?”

Cai Yan still pillowed on Guo Jia's arm, closed his eyes and asked softly.

After a long kiss, Guo Jia turned over and got up, turned around and tucked her quilt. Diao Chan, who had been waiting outside the door for a long time, walked into the house with a clean water towel.

After washing up, Guo Jia stood in front of the bed in a daze, allowing Diao Chan to serve him to dress.

"Young Master, the Qiao sisters asked me to ask you when will you leave here?"

When Guo Jia heard Diao Chan's words, he looked at her. The charming and natural girl served him for nearly two years. She is now considered a caring little maid. However, when serving him to change clothes recently, she always lowered her head and blushed. It is probably the age of Sichun.

"When? When?" Guo Jia himself muttered, after staying here at Taihang Mountain for two years, people's hearts are inevitably impetuous.

"Are you waiting for news from Luoyang?" Cai Yan, who was lying on the bed with his back to Guo Jia, suddenly said something.

After putting on his clothes, Guo Jia turned around and slapped Cai Yan on the buttocks, and said speechlessly: "Wife, I think it's boring to communicate with you. You can think of what I'm thinking, and I can also guess what you are thinking in your heart. Once you say it, you feel like a waste of your lips and tongue."

Cai Yan, who was huddled in the quilt and began to tremble, was obviously chuckling silently.

Facing the wall, no one could see the charming smile on her face.

In terms of appearance, not to mention Diao Chan, she is not as good as Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao. However, nearly two years have passed, Guo Jia has always been obsessed with her. Even when she was unwell before and after giving birth, she has never touched other women.

Ninety percent of women in the world attract men to rely on beauty, and their appearance is inherent. Why can Cai Yan not be able to get along with the sky?

Walking out of the door, the morning light shone. Guo Jia squinted his eyes and looked at the sky. The sky was clear and the morning light shining. It was a good weather to climb the mountain.

Guo Xiu and Guo Qi, who were waiting not far away, came up together to salute and said, "Lord."

Guo Jia waved his hand and smiled, "Let's go, don't think you are not a general who has made contributions on the battlefield, so you slack off in training. Follow me to go to the remnants of Taihang Mountain to walk, which is beneficial to your body and mind, so as not to even have the energy to escape in the future."

The two of them looked at each other and smiled, proclaiming goodness at the same time.

There was no way up the mountain, and it was extremely difficult for Guo Jia and the other two to climb. Even their clothes were cut a lot. However, when they climbed a flat and open land on the mountain with sweat, they all felt a sense of accomplishment after overcoming the hardships.

Standing on the wasteland on the mountainside, you can see dozens of wooden houses standing at the foot of the mountain. Looking south from afar, you can vaguely see the Qinshui flowing eastward, and the sky is everywhere in front of you. When you climb up to see the distance, you will suddenly become clear.

Rubbing the sweat on his forehead, Guo Jia asked softly: "You all know the alliance between the princes of the world."

Guo Xiu and Guo Qi, who were exhausted and panting, were shocked, and walked to Guo Jia and replied, "I already know."

Seeing the two of them’s confident and indifferent expressions, Guo Jia was determined to test them, so he asked, “Guo Xiu, what would you do if you were the commander of the Kwantung Army?”

When I was in Yingchuan, I studied with Xi Zhicai, Xu Shu and Guo Jia. Later, after reaching the foot of Taihang Mountain, Xiu Qi Zhiping and the four of them had been discussing strategic ideas with their strategists and generals all day long, and now they can stand alone.

Guo Xiu looked up at the sky with his head raised and said calmly: "Three troops sent troops, one troops suppress Mengjin, one troops occupied Wuguan, and one troops defended Chenggao, strengthened the walls and cleared the fields, and shocked the three auxiliary forces, and Dong Zhuo would be defeated."

Hearing Guo Xiu's strategy, Guo Jiaqing couldn't help but smile admiringly. After taking down these three strategic areas, building high walls would force Dong Zhuo into a desperate situation, occupy Wuguan to cut off Dong Zhuo's escape route in the west, and look at Luoyang by Mengjin, and trap Dong Zhuo in Chenggao and cannot go south.

Although Luoyang City is rich and wealthy, Dong Zhuo did things against the enemy, which scared countless wealthy families quickly fled Luoyang. After years of war and military consumption, the grain storage had already been exhausted. If the 200,000 soldiers and the people in the city were subject to the strategy of clearing the fields, Dong Zhuo's military rations to support the army would probably be unsustainable soon. When the food was exhausted, the morale of the army would be in chaos and a mutiny suddenly arose. Luoyang would be defeated without attacking.

Guo Jia didn't believe that no one in the Kwantung Army had thought of this strategy, but it would be a different matter when thinking about whether the leader would adopt it and whether the princes would agree.

"Guo Qi, the princes, is an alliance, and is known as a 500,000 army to attack Dong Zhuo. Do you think, who wins and who loses?"

Guo Qi had a harsh expression and said in a deep voice: "Dong Zhuo is undefeated, and the princes are undefeated. The real benefit is Yuan Benchu."

Hoho

Guo Jia praised in a chuckle, "Guo Qi, the alliance between the princes is so powerful, and the civil and military officials who endure humiliation in the imperial city are looking forward to it, but they are not as clear as you can see it."

Although the Kwantung Army's focus on attack on Dong ended in a farce, except for the intrigue among the princes, in fact, at the beginning, few princes really attacked Dong.

If Dong Zhuo held the emperor hostage and wanted to compete with the Kwantung Army, the outcome would be unpredictable. However, after Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, his character changed drastically, or after the seeds of tyranny that had been suppressed in his heart, he had lost the ambition and domineeringness to enter the world. In this way, Dong Zhuo would either die or hijack the emperor to flee west.

Why did the Kwantung Army not want to chase Dong Zhuo? If it was a disaster to return to the saint, it would be a great contribution. Why did the princes who were very happy with the merits stop at this time?

"Guo Qi, why do you say that the real benefit is Yuan Benchu?"

With a cold smile, Guo Qi lowered his head and said indifferently: "The Kwantung Army responded to Cao Mengde's manifesto to fight against Dong. Cao Cao is indeed loyal to the Han Dynasty. It can be seen from his assassination of Dong Zhuo that, therefore, Cao Cao wanted to destroy Dong Zhuo and support the Han Dynasty. The proclamation to fight against Dong was shocked by the world. People in the world saw a hero standing up. If other princes did not come to join the alliance at this time, what do the people in the world think? Is it Dong Zhuo with the same vein or is he unsubmitted? Besides, the righteous acts of attacking Dong Zhuo for the sake of the country can be obtained to serve the people in the world. Half of the princes were forced, and half were scrambling to strengthen their prestige later."

He looked at Guo Qi with relief. He was worthy of being the young Toshiyan who stood out among hundreds of children!

The gentry in the world! Have you seen it? You control the career and dominate the school. Children of poor people have no chance to study and study. The self-taught people in the world are like crucian carp trees. My friends and I have only taught that only hundreds of children have such a handsome man. Is it enough to make you ashamed?

"Since that's the case, what does it have to do with Yuan Benchu? How can he, as the prefect of Bohai, become the leader of the alliance?" Guo Jia stood with his hands behind his back, and his heart was happier than anyone else. No one could understand this achievement.

Guo Qi said in disguisely: "It is true that the Yuan family has four generations and three kings, but the Yuan family is the leader of the gentry. Those who have the real strength in the alliance are the governors of the state or the prefect of a county. The strong generals in their hands are not weaker than Yuan Shao, and they are also in the same power as the gentry in various places. They elect Yuan Shao as the leader of the alliance. The fourth generations and three kings are just an excuse for the people of the world. The real reason is that the princes do not want Dong Zhuo to be defeated, and Yuan Shao is the one who least wants Dong Zhuo to be defeated. Therefore, it is in line with the interests of the princes to elect Yuan Shao as the leader of the alliance, which is reasonable and convincing the public.

As soon as he finished speaking, Guo Xiu clapped his hands and praised: "I thought I was the only one who saw this, but I didn't expect that I was arrogant. Haha, the princes had only one thought in their minds: Dong Zhuo is a traitor. If he perished, the Han Dynasty would have to survive for a while. Yuan Shao had few soldiers in the city and was eager to expand his sphere of influence. He would definitely start his first fight and elect Yuan Shao as the leader of the alliance. First, Yuan Shao would only focus on creating momentum and would not attack Dong with all his strength. Second, if this leader Yuan turned against him in the future and began to expand his territory, the princes would eliminate their concerns and become the leader of the separatist."

Among the eighteen princes, there are many Tao Qian who holds Danyang soldiers, Gongsun Zan who controls the strings and white horses, and even Yuan Shu who has just accepted Sun Jian's submission, etc. How could these people obey Yuan Shao? If they hadn't seen clearly that Yuan Shao was the least willing to attack Dong, what would happen if there were many old officials in the four generations and three officials? Can they withstand the life-and-death battle between swords and soldiers?

The leader of the Yuan family's gentry, the prestige of the sect is extraordinary, but will Ma Teng in Xiliang care about your fame? Will Yuan Shu be willing to Yuan Shao to carry the Yuan family's banner? There are too many reasons that are not enough to make Yuan Shao the leader, but with enough interests, the princes compromised and followed Yuan Shao with the flag of attacking Dong, gaining enough fame and doing enough face, and the alliance will be disbanded.

Seeing that the sun was noon, Guo Jia made it easier for the two of them to go down the mountain. The purpose of climbing was to exercise, not for the scenery on the mountain.

On the way back, Guo Xiu couldn't help asking: "Lord, when will we raise an army?"

Guo Jia looked at Guo Qi and teased, "You both can guess, why do you still ask? Guo Qi, answer him."

Guo Xiu's face was a little embarrassed, Guo Qi also smiled bitterly and said, "My lord is waiting for news from Luoyang. Dong Zhuo cannot sit and wait for death. If he advances, he is afraid that the Kwantung Army, which claims to be 500,000, will really wipe him out in one fell swoop. If he retreats, he can only escape west and retreat to Guanxi, and use the vicinity of Guhan to resist foreign enemies. Lord, I know that my lord wants to wait for Dong Zhuo to flee, but I don't understand the reason. Now my Taiping Army is fully prepared, why do you have to wait for Dong Zhuo?"

Guo Jia did not answer his question, and just lamented in his heart that if Dong Zhuo really moved the capital to Chang'an like in history, he would have made a mistake in one move, and if this piece was wrong, the whole game would be lost.

When heroes fight to dominate the world, they often advance and retreat in one step, which determines the destiny of heaven.

Guo Jia could not tell the two that Dong Zhuo would empty Luoyang's wealth, and even the imperial tombs would be robbed. Although he was about to take the step of fighting for hegemony, the wealth in his hands was not enough to support March. If the uprising was blocked, would he rob the common people? If it really reached that point, Guo Jia would rather take off his armor and return to the field.
Chapter completed!