Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 258
Cao Cao immediately straightened his face and said solemnly: "The matter of golden rice is very important, and we must not let it go. Zhude must try his best to find out what is so mysterious about these golden rice seeds, so that the people under Cao Cao can cultivate them."

Cheng Yu said solemnly: "Don't worry, my lord, I will do my best!"

Guo Jia said: "My lord, I think that my lord must not take Luo Zheng lightly!"

Cao Cao nodded and said: "What Feng Xiao said is very true, I have never underestimated Luo Zheng."

"No, it's not enough!"

Guo Jia said solemnly: "The pre-Qin ruled in Guanzhong and looked at the Central Plains with tigers, and then invaded the six countries and achieved great achievements. From the front of Sili in the Central Plains to the Guanzhong, there is only one ancient road to Chang'an, and there are dangerous passes along the way to defend. Geographical advantages, Guanzhong is indeed the foundation of the king. As long as you can occupy Guanzhong, you can look at the Central Plains as a tiger, and you can defend yourself according to the dangerous pass when you retreat. Zhang Ji, Guo Si and others are nothing but the ears of grassroots bandits. Sooner or later they will be destroyed by Luo Zheng. But the Central Plains is the quagmire of the Four Wars, look at the neighbors around the lord, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are not easy to deal with, once Luo Zheng enters the main pass, it will become a strong Qin, and the plan will be difficult!"

Cao Cao's eyes were flattened, and after a little thought, he understood, and his face suddenly turned serious.

Cheng Yu, Chen Gong and the others thought about it carefully, and they couldn't help feeling awe-inspiring.

This possibility is too great. History has proved that Guanzhong is indeed the foundation of Wangba.

The pre-Qin came out of Hangu from Guanzhong and invaded the six countries, and became the hegemony of the Great Qin.

If the chaos in Guanzhong continues, there will naturally be no problems.

But looking at it now, no one will believe that Zhang Ji, Guo Si and others can stop Luo Zheng.According to all aspects of intelligence, at most three to five years, Luo Zheng will inevitably go east to Guanzhong and wipe out all the warlords in Guanzhong.

Once Luo Zheng is allowed to unify Guanzhong, this is tantamount to the reappearance of the strong Qin.

And at that time, if the Central Plains is still full of princes, Guo Jia gave Cao Cao the grand blueprint of first setting the Central Plains, then flattening Hebei, and then bringing millions of troops from the Central Plains, Hebei and other places to Jingyang, and setting the world. Only then did the opportunity come true, and it was absolutely impossible for Luo Zheng to sit back and watch the unification of the Central Plains and Hebei.

At that time, even if Cao Cao wanted to settle down, it would be impossible.

The Central Plains is not Guanzhong, there are dangerous passes along the way to defend.

Cheng Yuning said: "My lord, what Feng Xiao said is very true. If Luo Zheng is really allowed to unify the land of Guanliang, then he can attack and plunder the Central Plains when he advances, and he can also defend according to the natural danger of Hangu when he retreats. The land of the Central Plains will definitely suffer The Xiliang army is constantly harassing, Yu thinks we need to try to delay Luo Zheng's march into Guanzhong to buy time!"

Cao Cao sighed: "But right now the Central Plains and Liangzhou are still separated by several warlords such as Li Jue, Zhang Ji, Guo Si, etc. Even if we intend to cause some troubles for Luo Zheng, I'm afraid it will be beyond our reach, and it will be difficult to do anything!"

Chen Gong also said: "If Sili can be pacified, my lord can form an alliance with Guo Si to resist Luo Zheng. But right now, Li Jue has nearly [-] troops, sitting on Sili, it is not easier to plan it than to pacify the Central Plains How much, it is basically impossible in a short time."

Cheng Yu nodded, his face very solemn.

Guo Jia said calmly: "The situation is not that serious. Luo Zheng now only has one state in Liangzhou, and Liangzhou is sparsely populated. This is Luo Zheng's biggest flaw. It cannot be solved by manpower. Our army There is plenty of time. As long as the lord can completely pacify the pass in Luo Zheng, unify the Central Plains and pacify Hebei before making a large-scale eastward advance, even if Luo Zheng pacifies the pass, he can only hide in a corner outside Hangu Pass. If you want to see the Central Plains, it will not be so Easy."

Cao Cao said: "But the problem is, if you want to unify the Central Plains, it may not be so easy to pacify Hebei, and it will be impossible to do it in less than ten years. However, there are only grassroots like Guo Si and Zhang Ji in Guanzhong. How can Yuan Shao and others As far as my generation is concerned, I only know about expropriation and expropriation, but I don't know how to manage the government and stabilize the people. I will perish within a few years. As long as Liangzhou is completely stabilized, then I will raise my troops to the east and wipe out the Xiliang rebel army with a thunderous force. It will take three to five years at most time, Guanzhong can be pacified."

Guo Jiadao: "Not necessarily, even if Luo Zheng can do everything in Guanzhong, but Guanzhong has been separated by Guo Si and others for several years, it will inevitably hurt the vitality, and the people will not survive. If Luo Zheng wants to restore the vitality of Guanzhong, he will move his troops eastward, It takes longer."

Cao Cao thought about it for a moment, and then said with deep conviction: "What Feng Xiao said is very true."

Long County, General Pingdi's Mansion.

"Lord!"

Cheng Ying hurried into the hall, bowed to Luo Zheng and said: "I just received the news that Xu Rong is dead."

"what?"

Luo Zheng was taken aback, and said in a deep voice: "Is Xu Rong dead?"

Cheng Ying nodded, and said in a concentrated voice: "Exactly, Xu Rong knew that Chang'an could not be defended, and he didn't want to surrender to Guo Bang, so he drew his sword and killed himself on the head of Chang'an city when his soldiers were not paying attention. Now Chang'an has been broken, and Guo Bang's army has already occupied Chang'an."

"This……"

Luo Zheng was stunned for a moment, the news came too suddenly.

Xun Yu asked, "How are the people of Chang'an? Did Guo Si ever order an army to massacre the city?"

Cheng Ying sighed, and said: "Chang Shi's expectations are correct. Guo Si attacked Chang'an for more than a year, and suffered heavy casualties. The Xiliang rebellion army under his command was very resentful. After they broke through Chang'an, they burned, killed and looted. surname, more than half died in military disasters."

Xun Yu also sighed and was speechless.

Luo Zheng's face was a little ugly, and he asked: "Xu Rong is dead, what about the soldiers and horses under his command?"

Cheng Ying said: "Your lord, I don't know. When Chang'an City was destroyed, there were less than [-] soldiers left under Xu Rong's command. After Xu Rong committed suicide, these remnants took Xu Rong's body and broke out from the siege. Nearly a thousand people fled. Go to Liangzhou, come and seek refuge!"

Luo Zheng cheered up and said: "These remnant soldiers can break out of the siege and escape to Liangzhou. They are all veterans of hundreds of battles. They can be ordered to give generous and preferential treatment. With a little training, they will be an unbeatable iron blood Brave soldiers, be sure to leave them all behind."

Jia Xu cupped his hands and said, "I obey!"

Luo Zheng sighed again: "It's just a pity that Xu Rong, a good general, was not at the right time and was not appreciated by the Ming Lord. With Xu Rong's ability, if he wanted to separate the Guanzhong and stand on his own, how could Guo Si take down the three assistants? Region. The reason why he kept the long-term view and never took the initiative to attack is probably due to other reasons, what a pity for a good general!"

Jia Xu took it seriously and said: "My lord's words are very true. With Xu Rong's ability, there are more than 2 troops under his command. If he wants to support himself, Guo Si wants to capture Sanfu. It is indeed not so easy to encircle Chang'an. This person is just a pure soldier, fortunately he has no ambitions, otherwise, if he separates the Guanzhong, he may become a serious problem for the lord to advance eastward."

Luo Zheng nodded, it is indeed a blessing that Xu Rong has no ambition to separate himself.

As for Guo Bang and Zhang Ji's generation, they are like pigs and dogs in Luo Zheng's eyes, not a problem.

Cheng Ying said again: "One more thing. The spies of our army have recently found many unknown people in Hanyang, Beidi, Anding, Jincheng and other places asking about Jinmi. I sent people to investigate secretly and found that someone came from Buying golden rice from the common people, and even buying some golden rice seeds at a high price, should be done by the princes of the Kanto region."

Luo Zheng's eyes are condensed, "There is such a thing?"

Xun Yu said: "This is also expected. The golden rice is of great importance. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the foundation of the world. It has been planted for three years under the Lord's rule, and our army has a good harvest in autumn. I don't want to cause other troubles. The attention of the princes is not enough. If the princes of the Guandong do not try to figure it out, there is nothing to worry about, the lord can wipe out the world in ten years at most."

Luo Zheng nodded and asked: "Forget about the golden rice that has been planted once, the golden rice seeds are the key. If the people sell too much, it will affect the production of golden rice under the general's rule. A ban should be issued to prevent the people from Lots of sales."

Xun Yu said: "My lord, you can rest assured that golden rice seeds are the foundation of survival. Even if the common people are greedy for a small profit, they dare not sell too much to affect the harvest in the coming year. What can I do!"

Only then did Luo Zheng feel relieved, and said: "That's good, dozens of catties of seeds, at most a thousand catties of golden rice. But the princes should try to find a way to try planting, and those who want to plant seeds are afraid that they will be disappointed gone."

Everyone nodded. The most important thing in farming golden rice is the seeds.

This thing is now only in the hands of Luo Zheng alone, and even Xun Yu doesn't know where the magical water that can make golden rice germinate is obtained. It is absolutely impossible for the princes of the Kanto to cultivate golden rice on a large scale.

(End of this chapter)