Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 252
"Guo Jia met Duke Cao!"

It was Guo Jia who came, and he was not very respectful when he saw Cao Cao, and he just bowed his hands slightly.

Cao Cao didn't take it seriously at all, and he didn't show the slightest strange color because of Guo Jia's shabby appearance and a little shabby appearance. He personally went forward to help Luo Zheng, and said repeatedly: "Sir, hurry up and forgive me!"

"Thank you, Mr. Cao!"

Guo Jia straightened up, surprise flashed across his eyes.

After Cao Cao ordered the soldiers to give Guo Jia a seat, he returned to the main seat and sat down. After persuading him for a few glasses of wine, he asked, "I heard from Zhong De that Mr. Zhongde is a great talent in this world, and his intelligence is ten times that of Zhong De. I don't know if Mr. Anything to teach me?"

Guo Jia was not modest either, and asked, "I don't know what Mr. Cao wants to ask?"

Cao Cao said: "How is the general situation today?"

Guo Jia said without hesitation: "The country collapsed, the princes divided their regimes, and the heroes competed for the throne!"

Cao Cao asked again, "Since this is the case, what should I do?"

As soon as Guo Jialue thought about it, an astonishing look appeared in his eyes, and he said: "First set the Central Plains, then flatten Hebei, and then install Sili Guanzhong, and then take the Central Plains and Hebei's millions of troops to go south to Jingyang, and finally enter Sichuan, the world can be settled!"

Cao Cao thought about it for a while, and was terrified. He immediately got up and bowed to Guo Jia, saying, "Mr.

Although there were not a few words in this short sentence, it was like a blow to the head. It pointed out a very clear path for Cao Cao's future military strategy, and it was also very feasible, which gave Cao Cao great hope.

For any vassal with troops and separatist regimes, a clear and highly feasible strategy is absolutely the core of everything and is essential.Only by formulating a clear strategy can we achieve each goal.

Without a clear strategic goal, you can only hit a wall like a blind man punching.

Cao Cao has also been thinking about it recently. Although he has some clues, he still hasn't straightened it out.

When Guo Jia said this, his heart suddenly brightened.

This alone is enough to prove the talent of this person.

Cao Cao has never been stingy about courteous corporals, but that is to be divided into objects, and Guo Jia has only a few words, and immediately occupies a place in Cao Cao's heart. This is the difference between people.

"Don't dare, Mr. Cao is too polite!"

As soon as Guo Jia put away his wild and unrestrained temper, he got up and gave a salute, saying: "You are a late student, and dare to be Cao Gong's gift. As for Mr. Cheng Yu's words, I even praise him. Mr. Cheng Yu is a great talent in the world, how can Jia and!"

"Hahaha!"

Cao Cao had a big heart, he held Guo Jia in one hand and Cheng Yu in the other, and said with a smile on his face, "Fengxiao doesn't have to be modest, Zhong De is a great talent, Feng Xiao is also a great talent. Come, come, let's have dinner with Cao first." , political affairs again."

Guo Jia and Cheng Yu looked at each other and smiled.

And Cao Cao's performance finally made Guo Jia see the difference.

Compared with Yuan Shao's indecisiveness and deep-rooted sense of superiority, Cao Cao is superior in both his magnanimity and his way of dealing with the world, and he can also hide his true inner thoughts very well, which is really a heroic character.

Guo Jia originally just planned to come and have a look. If Cao Cao was like Yuan Shao and was not good enough to succeed, he was going to find a chance to get away. He would rather not be an official for the rest of his life than work for a mediocre person who was doomed to fail.

But when I met Cao Cao, my mind changed.

As the saying goes, talented people are hard to find, and wise masters are hard to come by.

Although Cao Cao may not be the master of the Ming Dynasty, he undoubtedly has the potential to be a hero, and that is enough.

In Long County, General Pingdi's Mansion, Luo Zheng called a group of civil and military officials to discuss matters.

"My lord, the situation is not good!"

Cheng Ying said: "If Guo Si and Xu Rong continue to fight like this, Guanzhong will be completely over."

Luo Zheng made a 'hmm' sound, rubbing his eyebrows and not speaking.

Xun Yu also said: "If Guo Bang and Xu Rong are allowed to fight, within a few years, Guanzhong will be a piece of scorched earth. When Liangzhou is completely stabilized, even if the lord sends troops to take Guanzhong, he will face a situation that is worse than Liangzhou now. more serious problems."

Luo Zheng frowned and said: "Then there is no way, this general can't get in again!"

Xun Yu sighed and was speechless.

Jia Xu also said: "Guo Bang has an army of 2, and Xu Rong also has an army of [-]. With the strength of our army, it will be a thankless effort to plot Guanzhong. The only thing our army can do now is to seize the time to recuperate. "

Xun Yu sighed: "Xu Rong is better, he knows how to show compassion to the people, but Guo Si only knows how to extort and extort money. In less than a month, the people in Guanzhong began to flee in large numbers. Tens of thousands of people flocked into Long County alone. gone."

Cheng Ying said: "General Gao Shun has sent news that Beidi and Anding counties have also taken in tens of thousands of refugees!"

Luo Zheng said in a deep voice: "This matter must be done well. No matter how many refugees come, they must be resettled. Those who have no food will be given food, and those who have no land will be given land. Be sure not to let these fleeing people starve to death in the wilderness. Since Guo Si doesn't want the people, so he simply sent people to all over Guanzhong to spread the news and lure all the fleeing people to Liangzhou!"

Xun Yu said: "My lord, this is a good name. I will arrange someone to do it later!"

Jia Xu also nodded and said: "Right now the people are most lacking in Liangzhou, why don't the generals set up a few porridge farms at the border to help the fleeing people, and then let people release the news, in this way, all the fleeing people can be counted Attract it."

Luo Zhengji said: "Shan, Wen He's plan is very clever, Wen Ruo, hurry up and arrange it properly!"

Xun Yu nodded, this is his job, and Luren will not let it go.

Jia Xu looked at Xun Yu and said, "I don't know if the food and grass will be enough."

Xun Yu said: "For the time being, there is no problem. With the current grain storage in the treasury, even if hundreds of thousands of people are resettled, they can still eat until the beginning of spring next year. But if we want to wait until next year's autumn grain goes to the fields, we have to find another way!"

Luo Zheng asked: "Where is Mifang, didn't that guy run to Xichuan, did he gain anything?"

Xun Yu said: "I brought back more than a thousand dans of rice, barely enough for half a month's rations for ten thousand people!"

Luo Zheng frowned and said: "How can such a small amount of food be enough? Let that guy think about it again. As long as he can get a lot of food, General Ben will give him the planting rights of gold and jade in the spring of next year. He even handed over the salt and iron business He's not bad either."

Xun Yu immediately objected: "My lord, this won't work. Salt and iron are a national plan, how can merchants manage it!"

Luo Zhengdao: "This general just said that, give Mifang some motivation!"

Only then did Xun Yu suddenly understand, and he readily agreed.

At the end of October, the Yellow Turbans rose again in Qingzhou, and the thieves came out of Mount Tai to plunder.

A rebel army broke into Yanzhou and entered the city, besieging the city and plundering land, causing public grievances everywhere.

Cao Cao hurriedly led the [-] soldiers who had just been recruited out of Dongping to resist the enemy. However, the Yellow Turban bandits were so powerful that Cao Cao failed in the first battle and turned back some of the soldiers. The Yellow Turban bandits who looted everywhere in Qingzhou could not grab food and grass, and within a month or so, hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban bandits had no food to eat.

Cao Cao took the opportunity to send people to persuade him to surrender, and hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban bandits surrendered.

When the first winter snow came in the third year of Pingping, Qingzhou Yellow Turban Thieves finally calmed down.

Cao Cao collected all his troops, selected [-] young and strong men to form the Qingzhou Battalion, and drilled the army formation. The rest were sent back to various places to open canals and farmland. It's a song.

At the same time, the battlefield in Hebei gradually calmed down after winter.

Gongsun Zan failed to attack the Jieqiao by force, and turned back many soldiers. He had to retreat and rest, and fought again next year.

october.

Yuan Shu attacked in two ways. The land army went out of Lu'an, Hefei, and the water army attacked Wancheng from Liyang to Zongyang. In mid-December, Lujiang prefect Lu Kang was killed. All owned by Yuan Shu.

In December, after Zhang Liao pacified the three counties of Zhangye, Jiuquan, and Dunhuang, he returned to Long County.

Luo Zhengsui took the general Gao Shun as the prefect of Anding, leading the two counties of Anding and Beidi, and guarding the gate of Liangzhou; he also took Mizhu as the prefect of Jiuquan, leading the two counties of Jiuquan and Dunhuang; Zhao Yun was the prefect of Wuwei, leading the two counties of Wuwei and Zhangye; Yi was the prefect of Jincheng, Zhong Yao was the prefect of Longxi, and Shi Tao was the prefect of Wudu.He ordered Zhang Liao, Yan Xing and other generals to train their soldiers and horses in preparation for the battle.

With Xun Yu as the commander-in-chief of the general's mansion, the general ruled the government affairs.

With Jia Xu as the military adviser, he is in charge of internal and external military affairs; Cheng Ying is in the army and is responsible for collecting intelligence and so on.

There are only six prefects in Liangzhou's ten counties.

Luo Zheng really can't help it. There are too few people available under his command. It's fine to use military generals as prefects. Even Wu Yi and Mi Zhu, who have always been disliked, have to reluctantly let them go. There is really no one available.

In this way, six eunuchs were barely gathered.

The rest such as Li Meng, Wang Fang, etc., although they are quite old and loyal, they are really hard to stand up to the big task.

Yan Xing and Zhang Liao are both wise and courageous, but Zhang Liao has never dealt with a county's military and political experience, and Yan Xing is too young, and he will have to practice for a few more years before he can take on the big responsibility. The only ones who can satisfy Luo Zheng are Zhong Yao and Shi Tao.

These two are indeed rare talents, and there are more than enough guards in any county.

There is no one available under him, Luo Zheng is under great pressure, and he ordered Xun Yu to be responsible for building the academy, trying every means to collect various books, open the school, and even choose his sensitive and good scholars to provide food and clothing to study in the school.

Some scholars who were captured from the Central Plains and came to Liangzhou, and have been at home so far, have been ordered to teach in schools, but if they do not obey, they will all be arrested for three days in the dung kiln, and they have to grit their teeth and succumb to Luo Zheng's vicious methods .

There may be some literati who are not afraid of death, but none of them are not afraid of this kind of poisonous punishment.

Being immersed in a dung kiln for three days is really worse than death, more painful than death.What's more, he only went to the school to teach, and he didn't work for Luo Zhengbutcher. After someone set an example, the arrested literati immediately changed their positions.

When the first year of Jian'an came, all the princes of the world stopped their flags and drums, and stopped their troops to rest.

Liangzhou, Long County, General Pingdi's Mansion.

Luo Zheng convened a group of civil and military officials to hold an annual meeting to discuss the military and political strategy of a higher level.

"How is the academy building?"

Luo Zheng has been worrying about this matter recently, and when the military discussion was about to end, he asked again.

Cheng Ying, who was in charge of this matter, hurriedly said: "Except for the two counties of Jiuquan and Dunhuang, the construction of the Confucian Academy of Confucius and Mencius in the other eight counties is about to be completed, and students can be recruited only after the gentleman sent by the Lord is in place."

Luo Zheng made a 'hmm' sound and said: "Keep an eye on this matter, and you must not relax."

"As ordered!"

Cheng Ying surrendered.

At this moment, a small official rushed in.

First bowed his hands to Luo Zheng and everyone, then ran to Chengying's side, and whispered a few words in his ear.

Cheng Ying asked a few more words before waving his hand to let the little official back out, and said to Luo Zheng: "My lord, our army has just sent an urgent report from the West Sea, and the Brother Neighbors and the Shenlang Department have stopped their troops and returned to their respective places. .”

"Well, the Qiang people stopped fighting?"

As soon as Luo Zheng's expression moved, he immediately felt a little moved.

Jia Xu also lifted his spirits, and said: "My lord, the Gelin tribe and the Shenlang tribe have been fighting for more than a year, and there have been heavy casualties. Since the strike is over, it is no longer possible to fight. It is time for our army to go west to the Qiang Plain and completely eliminate the Qiang people. trouble."

Luo Zheng asked Chengying, "What is the current strength of the two parts?"

Cheng Ying replied: "Originally, after dividing up the most powerful Shaodang faction, the two factions each had [-] to [-] troops, but after more than a year of fighting, both factions suffered heavy casualties. Now the two factions each have more than [-] troops. .”

Luo Zhengji said: "The two armies each have more than ten thousand soldiers and horses, so it is indeed nothing to worry about. After waiting for more than a year, the time for our army to conquer the Qiang Plains is finally ripe. Take the time to reorganize the army, and we will attack the Western Qiang in the spring. Use troops."

"As ordered!"

Everyone bowed their hands in unison, and then got up and retreated one file at a time.

Luo Zheng left Jia Xu, Xun Yu and Cheng Ying alone to discuss the use of troops against the Western Qiang in the spring.

(End of this chapter)