The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 102

Liu Biao's troops on the north, southeast and south of Bian County retreated separately, and retreated several miles together with the western army. After confirming that Liu Biao's army was not treacherous and tricky, Guo Jiacai ordered his subordinates to lead the army out of the city, but he still told the soldiers that as long as Liu Biao's army made any changes , the whole army rushed to kill, it was not that Guo Jia believed Liu Biao, but Guo Jia didn't believe Liu Biao at all. The so-called soldiers never tire of deceit, who can guarantee whether Liu Biao is using peace talks as a cover to make Guo Jia put down his guard?

The weather was clear and refreshing, and a downpour last night made the road muddy. Guo Jia straddled the flaming horse and led his army out of Bianxian County. a confrontational situation.

Xu Chu Dianwei and Zhang Yan Zhou Tai were guarding on the left and right sides, and Guo Jia rode out more and more. A hundred meters behind him was the Taiping Army, and hundreds of meters in front of him was the Jingzhou Army.

"Liu Shijun, can you come and meet me? So that I can make this trip worthwhile!"

After a big defeat, Guo Jia is about to return to Yizhou. At least he must meet Liu Jingsheng, the lord of Jingzhou. To put it in a joke, even if Guo Jia returns to Yizhou to curse Liu Biao day and night, he must have Liu Biao in his mind the image of it.

On the Jingzhou Army's side, Liu Biao led his generals out indifferently, and also rode his horse forward for a hundred meters, facing Guo Jia half a mile away.

Liu Biao said to Guo Jialang awe-inspiringly: "Guo Jia, Liu Biao is here. It is the way of heaven that you defeated Jingzhou today, but soldiers are murder weapons, and saints use them as a last resort. I don't want to see the people of Jingzhou suffer from the chaos of war." Bitter, I will let you go today, I hope you will do it yourself, you will know your way back, a dignified man with a seven-foot body, and benefiting the common people is the right way."

Hearing Liu Biao's brash words, Guo Jia smiled lightly, and said to himself in an inaudible way: "It's caused by the way of heaven? Is it caused by the way of heaven that I was defeated or am I saved from desperation?"

Looking again, Guo Jia had a gentle smile on his face. Although he and Liu Biao met as enemies, there was no need to be jealous and bared their teeth. Instead, the brave and impulsive Lu Bu and the impulsive and violent Sun Ce were in their current positions. In fact, I am afraid that there is no possibility of a peace negotiation at all.

There is a saying that war is the continuation of politics. Liu Biao is known as the Eight Talents of the age. He was born as a scholar. Being on the battlefield does not mean that he is a reckless general. Political interests are still the root of his pursuit. Guo Jia came to invade Jingzhou and shake his rule of Jingzhou. Fundamentally, it is natural to mobilize soldiers from all over the territory to defend, but Guo Jia is now powerless to attack Jingzhou. It will not benefit him to fight Guo Jia to the end, but it will also harm himself. Why bother?

Guo Jia, who is now the ruler of Yizhou, can be regarded as a politician. He weighs gains and losses based on the overall situation, so he will not fight head-on with Liu Biao. Passionate loyalty is a war demand, not a political demand.

Glancing at the generals and counselors around Liu Biao, Guo Jialang said in a loud voice, "Mr. Liu, can you introduce the heroes around you for me? Anyway, let me, Guo Jia, understand which heroes I lost to today."

Naturally, Liu Biao would not let go of this opportunity to show off. Although Guo Jia's spirit did not look like a defeated one at the moment, Liu Biao did let Guo Jia lose more than [-] troops in a leisurely manner.

After giving the left and right a look, Liu Biao raised his head slightly and looked at Guo Jia calmly.

Kuai Yue, who had already met Guo Jia, took the lead at this time, cupped his hands at Guo Jia and said, "Jingzhou Kuai Yue."

On the other side, two high-spirited generals also came out, Cai Mao and Huang Zu casually clasped their fists with contemptuous smiles, and announced their families.

"Cai Mao."

"Huang Zu."

This defiant attitude made the four generals around Guo Jia gnash their teeth, but Guo Jia smiled casually and didn't care. He looked past Liu Biao and found that there was still a rider in front of the army behind Liu Biao. He vaguely saw a young man riding on a horse. Doubt, whose child is this?Don't die?
"Liu Shijun, who is that young man?"

Liu Biao was surprised by Guo Jia's vision, but he still asked Kuai Yue to introduce Pang Tong to Guo Jia.

"That's Pang Tong, the nephew of Duke Pang De, a well-known scholar in Jingxiang."

Why is he here?
Guo Jia was suspicious in his heart, but he also put away his underestimation. Guo Jia didn't know who set up the plot to defeat Bian County, but Pang Tong, an irrelevant figure, could appear in the Jingzhou army. contribute.

"Hehehe, the young phoenix spread its wings, and I, Guo Jia, laughed at her for underestimating the heroes of the world, and I am also arrogant."

After some self-deprecation, Guo Jia turned his head and said to the four generals beside him: "Did you see that? There are heroes everywhere in the world. This time we defeated Jingzhou, and we returned home with feathers. We must remember it in our hearts. After learning from the pain, we must always imprint the simple truth of knowing ourselves and the enemy in a hundred battles forever in our hearts. Liu Yan in Yizhou is not worth mentioning. He is already a dead bone in the tomb. There are countless heroes and figures in the world, if we take a peek at the leopard and underestimate the enemy's carelessness, tomorrow's you and me will be yesterday's Liu Yan."

Generals Zhang Yan, Zhou Tai, Xu Chu, and Dian Wei nodded solemnly, keeping Guo Jia's words in their hearts forever.

Seeking truth from facts, after the Taiping army attacked Yizhou, the army was as strict as ever and did not dare to slack off, but the arrogance and arrogance in the hearts of the generals had already grown. Put Jingzhou in their eyes, and even think that it is not impossible for Guo Jia to take Yangzhou directly after defeating Jingzhou. After unifying the south and then marching northward, they really don't pay attention to those princes.

Jingzhou's defeat, Guo Jia, as the commander of the commanding army, cannot escape the blame. Underestimating the enemy's carelessness is the root cause, but none of the generals under his command was alert before the crisis. It can be seen from this that the Taiping Army, from the coach to the generals, has been defeated. Yizhou's victory went to his head.

"Liu Shijun, thank you for your teaching in Jingzhou. The green mountains will not change, and the green water will flow forever. If there is a destiny in the future, I will come to ask the envoy for advice. I would like to thank the envoy for your mercy, so I will lead the army back."

Although Kuai Yueyi and Shi said that Guo Jia promised to never commit Jingzhou again, neither Liu Biao nor Guo Jia would take that hypocritical agreement to heart.Kill now?If he had a hundred thousand soldiers, Guo Jia would be dead.

Strength is the strongest binding force to maintain the agreement.

Liu Biao wanted Guo Jia to never invade Jingzhou, so he had to build up his strength. If he was strong and invincible, Guo Jia would have to think carefully if he wanted to attack.

Looking at the back of Guo Jia leading the army away, Liu Biao sighed, "I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse to let this thief go today."

Kuai Yue on the side smiled lightly and said, "My lord, Guo Jia's defeat in Jingzhou will definitely affect his prestige in Yizhou. The gentry and powerful families in Yizhou may take this opportunity to overthrow him. Now the lord is ruling , only Nanyang Yuan Shu can be called the enemy, it is better to be on guard as soon as possible."

The joy of repelling Guo Jia disappeared immediately, and Liu Biao led the army back to Xiangyang with a heavy heart, leaving only Kuai Yue to deal with the aftermath.

The Taiping army led by Guo Jia was demoralized on the way home, and the frustration was written on the faces of every soldier.

When passing the river, Guo Jia ordered the whole army to stop, and asked the soldiers to fetch water to wash away the dirt and blood on the armor.

Guo Jia knew very well that he could not return to Yizhou with a group of defeated soldiers in disgrace, he had to boost morale again.

Calling Zhou Tai, Guo Jia washed his face by the river, took a clean cloth from Zhou Tai and wiped his face, Guo Jia said: "Tell the soldiers, those who follow me this time will be rewarded for one year after returning. In terms of food and salary, in addition to the normal pension, the dead will be rewarded with two years of food and salary to their families, those who are seriously injured and unable to join the army will be rewarded with another year of food and salary, and those who are slightly injured and need to recuperate will be rewarded with half a year of food and salary."

There are many ways to boost morale, telling them the truth is one way to inspire people, but at this time the army is defeated, Guo Jia can only use rewards to stimulate the morale that has fallen to the bottom. Stay loyal to him.

At least one must put on a posture that Guo Jia will not treat them badly regardless of victory or defeat. Only such a coach can have the motivation for the soldiers to follow to the death. As for the ideal of life, the world is peaceful and other nonsense, the illiterate soldiers may not understand all of them. , Real money is the real benefit.

After Zhou Tai took the order, he went to convey to the officers and men that Guo Jia sat alone by the river to rest, with the gurgling water, the blue sky and white clouds, Guo Jia was in a daze.

Caused by heaven?
Although Liu Biao's statement of "God's Way" was an exaggeration and deliberately attacked Guo Jia, it was not unreasonable for Guo Jia to think about it now.

What is the way of heaven?Guo Jia didn't understand, but after the defeat, he deeply understood that his previous thoughts were naive.

He is a traitor that is not tolerated by the princes, and he is full of condemnation everywhere he goes, and there is nothing wrong with him wanting to win people's hearts by letting the soldiers treat the people kindly, but it is too hasty, even Yizhou, his headquarters, the people We have not really felt his favor, so how can we talk about letting people in other places support him?
Liu Biao in Jingzhou has already risen, and it is difficult to conquer Jingzhou if he wants to dominate Jingzhou. Liu Biao is now in his forties this year, but he is in the prime of life. Within ten years, it may be difficult to shake his rule in Jingzhou. As for Liu Biao in his later years, he was The Jingxiang family played with each other, especially the faction led by his powerful general Cai Mao today who supported Liu Cong, even emptied Liu Biao. It was at that time that Jingzhou might have an opportunity to take advantage of it. , the princes who coveted Jingzhou did not get half a cent.

From now on, Liu Biao is afraid and wary of Yizhou in every possible way. In history, Yizhou was ruled by Liu Yan’s son Liu Zhang. At that time, Liu Zhang was weak and a relative of the Han Dynasty. He and Liu Biao were a family. Naturally, Liu Biao would not guard against Yizhou. , but now that Yizhou is in charge of Guo Jia, how could Liu Biao turn a blind eye?
Will Liu Biao attack Yizhou?Guo Jia didn't dare to draw conclusions. Even though Liu Biao was a successful ruler, Guo Jia had a special status. Once Dong Zhuo died, Guo Jia became the second thief that everyone could get and punish.

The hidden dangers in Yizhou must be eliminated quickly, and Guo Jia must become the veritable ruler of Yizhou in a short time.

After thinking about the pros and cons, Guo Jia stood up and called Xu Chu to his side, and said in a deep voice, "Send someone to Badong County to report the military situation around the clock, and tell Sima Ju that I won the battle in Jingzhou! And it was a big victory! Now I am leading the army back to Yizhou, Xu Chu, call Dianwei and Zhou Tai, and lead you and Dianwei's soldiers and horses back to Badong County with me, Zhang Yan leads him and Zhou Tai's soldiers closely behind. "

(End of this chapter)