In less than ten years, the Yellow Turbans first caused the rebellion, and then the Eastern Army Alliance attacked Dong Zhuo. The war in the Central Plains never stopped for a moment. Most of the Central Plains gentry who affected the fish were exiled in other places, while Jingzhou was the place where most scholars went into exile.
The Jingxiang clans and the exiled northern soldiers did not have an army, and the political power they formed should not be underestimated. If they were not properly handled, it would probably cause unpredictable storms. Therefore, Guo Jiacai personally led his army to capture Xiangyang and Jiangxia, Xi Zhicai was in charge of Chengdu base camp, and Xu Shu went to war for Guo Jia to supervise the transportation of food and grass and dispatch logistics.
This time, Guo Jia led four generals, Zhang Yan's command 40,000 troops, Zhou Tai's command 15,000, Xu Chu and Dianwei each, and a total of 65,000 troops left Chengdu in a mighty manner.
Guo Jia, who has very clear strategic goals, had to directly attack Xiangyang, so he had to leave Yizhou from Badong County to the east.
When Guo Jia led his army to Badong County, he found that civilians were leading their families to Chengdu from Badong County.
After asking Zhang Yan to ask, Zhang Yan looked embarrassed and seemed to be difficult to speak out.
"Say!" Guo Jia shouted in a deep voice, his face a little ugly because he had already guessed the reason.
Zhang Yan turned his face away and informed Guo Jia about the reason he learned from the people.
Guo Jia, who was riding on the horse, sighed softly, closing his eyes and not as furious as Zhang Yan expected, and the large army continued to travel towards Badong County.
Since receiving the order to guard the eastern gateway of Yizhou, Sima has become increasingly arrogant and lazy in the military. He often stays in the newly built mansion without asking about political affairs. He has been bachelor for most of his life, but now he has more than a dozen wives and concubines.
When Guo Jia's army came to Yong'an, Badong, Sima Ju personally greeted him outside the city, with a thorough manner and no disrespect for Guo Jia.
The army was stationed outside the city, and Guo Jia only asked Dian Wei to lead the troops. With the company of the general, Sima Jia received them and his party into the city.
Standing in front of Sima's newly built mansion, Guo Jia stopped and watched. The mansion had a grand entrance. He looked inside. The courtyard was spacious and the main hall was large and the big house stood in a magnificent manner.
Neatly dressed servants on both sides of the mansion bowed their heads, looking as if they were allowed to do their best.
However, Guo Jia chuckled lightly in this situation. Sima Ju, who was standing beside him, blushed slightly, but he didn't know what to say.
Have a rest in Sima Ju's mansion, Guo Jia will leave tomorrow. He refused Sima Ju's wish to hold a banquet, and Guo Jia rested quietly in the guest room.
It was late at night, Zhang Yan knocked in and saw Guo Jia quietly studying with a roll of bamboo slips.
"What did Sima Ju harm Badong County?"
Guo Jia had no expression on his face, but he suppressed his anger.
Sima Ju, too unsatisfactory!
Few generals from Taiping Dao have read the books of sages and understand the great principles. Most of them do whatever they think. To be nice, they are honest people, but not nice. They will be stupid. Whoever treats them on the surface will work hard. Zhang Jiao’s small favors and small favors can even be called favors. All of them can create the great cause of Taiping Dao. Their easily captured people can show how fragile their psychological defense is.
"After Sima Ju led his army to Badong, he did not kill the wealthy families according to the instructions of his lord, but only dismissed the prefect of Badong. In the following days, Sima Ju built this house with the donation of the rich families of Badong, and married many wives and concubines one after another. He spent every day in the mansion. The soldiers under Sima Ju did evil in Badong County and bullied the villagers. At first, they only made small fuss. Recently, these soldiers became more and more unscrupulous, bullying men and women, and the people complained. Many of them chose to leave Badong County and migrate to the Shu County area."
Guo Jia found out that he was wrong, so he shouldn't have high hopes for Sima Ju at the beginning, so he asked Sima Ju, Zhang Baiqi, and Xu and the other three to lead their troops to the place.
I can't explain the big truth to these three people because they don't understand. No matter how much they say, they will only treat it as a warning. They are all heroes who have made great contributions to Guo Jia. Guo Jia cannot treat them badly, but if they want to use them seriously, they must first test whether they can bear the great responsibility.
The things that were worried in my heart became reality. Guo Jia regretted not being able to do so. The limitations of the peasant uprising were fully reflected in Sima Ju. He had short-sighted eyes, and had indulged in excess from frugality to extravagance. He even forgot about his past experience, and completely transferred the oppression he suffered to others.
This worry was long before the attack on Yizhou by troops, Guo Jia and his advisers were afraid. Zhang Yan, Zhang Baiqi, Sima Ju, and Xu and the four generals held 200,000 troops at that time, but they had no territory and no source of money and food, so they could only survive in a difficult situation.
So what if they recognize Guo Jia as their main body? If they have a city and a territory, no longer worry and no longer live in panic, will they still surrender to Guo Jia?
It is precisely because of this worry that Guo Jia handed over the most tragic task of casualties to Sima Ju and Xu He in the battle to capture Hanzhong, and then divided 50,000 troops from Zhang Yan and handed them over to Zhang Liao. After taking Hanzhong, the land of foothold was established, the troops in the four people could no longer pose a threat to Guo Jia, so that Guo Jia could truly sleep and eat without worries.
Without these four people, Guo Jia would not have conquered Yizhou within three years after he decided to compete for the world. In terms of credit, the four of them were higher than the counselors and generals under Guo Jia, but they had just obtained insignificant results and were even at risk of collapse at any time. Among these four people, only Zhang Yan satisfied Guo Jia. He didn't know what Xu He and Zhang Baiqi were, but Sima Ju had completely heartbroken and had to face a very difficult choice.
The provincial governor has just been changed to Yizhou Prefecture and led the general of the Taiping Army. Guo Jia's power organization is in the initial stage of preparation, and there is no supervision system. Whether the subordinates can restrain themselves can only rely on their own qualities to release Zhang Baiqi, Sima Ju, and Xu He. It is also Guo Jia's test of them. Whether they are dragons or insects depends on their performance in the early stage.
They did not ask them to manage a county in an orderly manner, at least to restrain the soldiers from violating military discipline. It was such a simple thing that Sima Ju did not do, which really made Guo Jia feel heartbroken.
Zhang Yan's friendship with Sima Ju is obviously deeper, and he also knows Sima Ju's character better. He frowned and stood in front of Guo Jia and said, "Sima Ju is the most important thing. His soldiers are born and die for many years. It has been six years since the rebellion of Taiping Road to this day. He regards the soldiers as brothers and brothers as the soldiers who are injured. To this day, he has been protecting the soldiers in every possible way. Therefore, when his soldiers are doing something wrong, many people have indeed come to him to complain, but he is concerned about his relationship and let them go."
"What a bullshit! Even if he is a relative who is connected with his soldiers, he cannot violate military discipline and throw away the rules I have made that he has not violated the people! Feiyan, do you also think Sima is understandable?"
Guo Jia looked at Zhang Yan with a sharp look. Zhang Yan suddenly looked bloodless and knelt down and said in a deep voice: "No, Zhang Yan remembers the order of the lord, and he also knows that Sima Ju's actions in Badong County are not only difficult to tolerate, but also make the lord's hegemony a crisis. Zhang Yan did not plead for Sima Ju, but explained the facts. He hoped that the lord would understand that the lord's ten thousand soldiers under Sima Ju were loyal to him. Now, in Yong'an City, Sima Ju's enlistment orders were posted."
Bang!
The bamboo and wood slicings were scattered all over the ground. Guo Jia stood up in anger, with a slightly ferocious expression. He asked Zhang Yan word by word: "How dare Sima Ju expand his army privately?"
Zhang Yan didn't raise his head and said in a deep voice: "I don't know the details until I know, but there is indeed an edict for Sima Zu to conscript troops in Yong'an City."
This is an era when the conscription system is gradually declining and the recruitment system is gradually emerging. The implementation of the conscription system requires a great premise, that is, social stability, and the rise of the recruitment system is closely related to social turmoil and the decline of national strength.
In Yizhou, Sima Juruo recruited troops, the miserable people would be exploited by the wealthy and local tribes on the one hand, and on the other hand, they would have to deal with the government's recruitment of the corps. Can they survive? In such a situation, how could the people not escape with their families?
His chest was fluctuating and even a little dizzy. Guo Jia rubbed his temples and sat down slowly, sneering: "Sima Ju, are you so ignorant that you are self-advocating to expand your army? Don't you know that if you change to another monarch, you will directly punish you for treason?"
In the opposite direction, Sima Ju privately expanded his army, giving Guo Jia enough reasons to punish him.
In the face of the situation, Sima Jia oppressed the people not only to hinder, but also to shake the foundation of Guo Jia's rule over Yizhou.
Does Sima Ju understand these? Guo Jia doesn't know, but Zhang Yan knows it in his heart that Sima Ju must not know the interests of the stakes.
The 36 commanders of Taiping Road, each of them wanted to control more troops to seek credit in front of Zhang Jiao. Zhang Jiao was also happy to see that the generals under his command were strong. At that time, there was no rule in Taiping Road's military management. Everyone was relying on their passion and gathered people to rebel.
In the past, Sima Ju held 30,000 troops, but after attacking Chengdu, he had less than 10,000 soldiers under his command. Now he has arrived in Badong County, and Sima Ju is afraid that he has not thought about re-expanding his troops.
Does Guo Jia have to tell him this truth by holding his ear?
What is the use of Guo Jia to come to such a general?
The murderous intention in his heart has already arisen. Guo Jia is considering how to kill Sima Ju and when to kill him?
He was stationed outside the city with 60,000 soldiers and horses. There were 5,000 soldiers and horses in the city. It was easy to kill Sima.
But if Sima Ju kills, will Zhang Baiqi and Xu He agree? By then, the Yizhou gentry had not yet been eradicated, but war broke out inside them first.
What's more, Guo Jia led his army to attack Xiangyang and Jiangxia this time. If he missed the opportunity and Liu Biao entered Jingzhou, the fighter opportunity that was rare in ten years would be missed in front of him.
The clenched fists slowly relaxed, and Guo Jia said to Zhang Yan calmly: "Don't alarm Sima Ju. We will lead the army tomorrow. We will first capture Xiangyang and Jiangxia, and then deal with him when we come back."
Chapter completed!