Chapter 540 Abandoning Pengcheng
"Because of Sun Quan?"

Zhang Liao frowned and muttered something, pondered for a while but couldn't figure it out, and then asked: "What do you mean by offering wine? Please forgive me for not being clear."

Guo Jia smiled slightly and said: "General Zhang, in the first battle with Yuan Shang in Xuzhou, although we lost his vanguard army for a while, to be honest, Guo felt that this battle had a lot of luck. Ma, rushing towards Xuzhou, I am afraid that even if you and I have the means against the sky, we may not be able to resist it."

Hearing this, Zhang Liao was silent for a while, then nodded slowly.

Guo Jia stood up and said: "The vanguard army is defeated, what would happen if you were Yuan Shang?"

Zhang Liao thought for a while, and said, "Prepare the soldiers and horses, restore morale, and look for opportunities to move!"

"Wrong!" Guo Jia stretched out a finger, waved it, and said: "With Yuan Shang's style, he will inevitably gather a large army to attack Xuzhou quickly, because he wants to take the overall situation into consideration, and he doesn't want to be affected by the battle in Xuzhou's flank. The morale of Yuan's main force in Zhongzhou and the prime minister's army is also the root cause of Guo's recapture of Langya and Yangdu, but he immediately gave up."

Zhang Liao was taken aback, and asked, "Yuan Shang was lost for a while, and kept reorganizing his troops, why would he send troops immediately?"

"Absolutely."

"When?"

"I don't know! But it won't be too long, maybe tomorrow, maybe the day after tomorrow, maybe just tonight!" Guo Jia spread his hands casually and said leisurely.

Zhang Liao frowned, and said, "Just now, he suffered a loss and didn't even rest his troops. Could it be that Yuan Shang is a person with a short memory, or is he arrogant, thinking that he will win against us?"

Guo Jia said sternly: "Wrong, sending troops immediately is a good move for him. After all, our strength is weaker than him. If we replace the weak with force, Guo will do what he will do! Besides, Yuan Shang's character has always been If you have a grudge, you must avenge it, and this time will be no exception. He will definitely fight, and he will definitely do his best. Although Pengcheng is the seat of Xuzhou, it is the place of the Fourth World War, and it is not easy to defend. Fighting Yuan Shang here, Ten Guo Jia and Zhang Liao will also be wiped out by him!"

Zhang Liao took a deep breath and said, "Then where are we going?"

"Pipe down~"

"Xiapi!?"

Zhang Liao was startled when he heard the words, and hurriedly said, "That's not right, back then... back then..."

Guo Jia smiled slightly, and said, "That's right, back then Lu Bu was defending Xiapi, and in the end the city was broken, and he was captured and killed by the Former Lord and me, but today is different, Lu Bu had no foreign aid back then, and his strategy was not good, so he lost. But Guo is different. The city of Xiapi is high and deep. As long as Guo arranges it properly, not only will there be no losses, but he can also sit back and watch the success or failure, and enjoy the benefits of being a fisherman. The Prime Minister, Xiahou Dun and others who fought against the army created an opportunity."

Hearing this, Zhang Liao hurriedly said, "Sit back and watch success or failure? What do you mean? Could it be Sun Quan?"

Guo Jia nodded and said, "That's right, Sun Quan, although he doesn't have the courage and strategy of his brother Sun Ce, has a gloomy personality and is more difficult to deal with than his father and his brother. Take a share in Xuzhou, but he will not send troops until the right time... For Soochow, if the time is not enough, then we will create it for him!"

Zhang Liao thought for a while, and said, "Give up Pengcheng and retreat to Xiapi to create opportunities for Sun Quan?"

Guo Jia nodded, then shook his head again, and said, "It's not about giving up Pengcheng, but losing to Yuan Shang, let him take Pengcheng! Yuan Shang lost to us in the first battle of the vanguard army, and we lost to Yuan Shang in the first battle of Pengcheng." He was also taken from the Xuzhou government office. For Sun Quan, this was a sign that both Yuan and Cao were hurting each other. Moreover, Xuzhou government was captured, and our side retreated to Xiapi. Sun Quan never wanted to see Yuan Shang's family in Xuzhou He is unique, so he will definitely send troops. Xiapi City is high in water and deep, and it is extremely difficult to attack. Facing the competition of the three families, this place is definitely not the bone they want to gnaw first. At that time, we will take advantage of the strength of Xiapi and look at Yuan Shang Competing with Sun Quan for Xuzhou, playing by ear, is much more fun than fighting Yuan Shang head-on, and finally letting Sun Quan come to pick up the bargain, General Zhang, do you think so?"

"Hehe!" Zhang Liao smiled wryly, shook his head and said, "I don't know much about Sun Quan, but Yuan Shang has always been the one who takes advantage of the cheap and doesn't suffer. With this kind of strategy of sitting back and watching, I really don't know what to do. !"

Zhang Liao and Yuan Shang fought many times. At that time, Zhang Liao was in the rising stage of his life following Cao Cao. He had never lost any battles he fought. Yuan Shang was the first exception. , Cao Jun suffered heavy losses, and Cao Cao, who was finally regarded as the Ming Lord in Zhang Liao's heart, even took his life. Up to now, Zhang Liao still remembers those past events vividly.

"General Zhang, there is actually nothing Guo can do! To defeat Yuan Shang this time, we have too little strength in our hands. If we don't bring Sun Quan in, Guo Lu really has nothing to do." Guo Jia said with a smile .

Zhang Liao nodded when he heard the words, and said: "The words of sacrificial wine are very true, Zhang Liao will follow your orders."

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On the other side, Yuan Shang raised troops in Linzi, Qingzhou, and the [-] troops who were in charge of attacking Xuzhou were fully armed and marched towards Xuzhou.

The defense of Xuzhou's northern border was completely mobilized by Guo Jia, and Yuan Shang's troops were in full swing, aiming directly at Pengcheng, the governor of Xuzhou.

And Guo Jia's soldiers and horses also came out from Pengcheng, went north to meet the enemy, and confronted Yuan Shang head-on.

The two armies met fifty miles away in the north of Pengcheng, set up a battle, and started a battle.

On the day when the two armies met, the entire plain was flying sand and rocks, and the wind was roaring, as if God couldn't hide, he came out of the Heavenly Palace and quietly observed the battle controlled by two top wise men in the lower realm.

In the strong wind, Yuan and Cao's troops and horses were clearly separated, and the two sides drew boundaries by coincidence, and faced each other from a distance. The black crowd covered the original green appearance of the grassland, and various weapons of swords, guns, swords and halberds stood facing the sky, exuding The freezing cold, the light reflected from the weapons reflected the eyes of the soldiers on both sides. Although the tension in the air was invisible, it was palpable. A strong fighting spirit spread among the soldiers on both sides...

Guo Jia rode in a chariot and came to the front of the battle under the protection of several strong generals of Cao Jun. He ordered people to play a semaphore and invited Yuan Shang to speak at the front of the battle.

Naturally, Yuan Shang was not afraid of him, and he also led a group of troops to the front of the battle to meet the ghosts. Both of them had a hesitant and distrustful attitude towards the enemy's human nature, and the guards were all brought along. fully armed.

A stone's throw away, the two generals met in the arena. Guo Jia looked up at the situation around Yuan Shang, smiled slightly, and said, "Brother Yuan, it's been a long time. You want to scare Guo to death with such a big scene. ?”

Yuan Shang raised his eyebrows slightly, and immediately cupped his hands at Guo Jia, saying: "It's been a long time, Brother Guo, your car is pretty good, and it's very impressive."

Guo Jia smiled and patted the side rail of the chariot he was riding on, and said with a smile: "Reluctantly, this is the best chariot that Guo's army can take out. After all, it is the Yuan family who met the fifth and third princes Being the head of the family, it’s okay if you don’t put on a big show...Brother Yuan has brought so many people to Xuzhou this time, what do you want to do? Spring outing?”

Yuan Shang shook his head with a smile, and said: "What you said is interesting. Whose spring outing leads tens of thousands of people? If you have money, you have nowhere to spend it... Fourth Brother Guo, this time Yuan convened so many people, he made a special trip from Hebei came here to cut you down, can't you even see this?"

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(End of this chapter)

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