The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 107

After Guo Jia changed the prefectural animal husbandry to Yizhou Prefecture, it was similar to the three princes and generals in the Han Dynasty who opened their own mansions independently and had an independent office. Xi Zhicai, Zhen Yan and others were equivalent to Guo Jia's staff, helping him with advice Handling government affairs, Xi Zhicai and others did not have formal official positions. In fact, the Yizhou government was under the control of the Taiping Army general Guo Jia, and Guo Jia had already taken full control of Yizhou's military and political affairs in name.

Only when necessary, they will be given a temporary official position. For example, when Guo Jia led the army, Xi Zhicai and Xu Shu were both appointed as military advisers to sacrifice wine. This position has no real power and cannot mobilize troops. However, when Guo Jia stabilized Yizhou, he also asked Xu Shu to lead the army alone to recruit Qianwei County. At that time, the official named Xu Shu became a military adviser, Zhonglang, and he had the power to mobilize soldiers and horses. These two positions were actually not Han. One was created by Cao Cao and the other was created by Liu Bei, but both were borrowed by Guo Jia.

Xi Zhicai, Zhen Yan, Zhen Yao, and Xiu Qi Zhiping, who deal with official business in the lobby next to the conference hall in the Grand General's Mansion, all showed expressions of shock after receiving the news of Guo Jia's defeat in Jingzhou and Sima Ju's beheading. color.

After calming down, everyone put down their political affairs, and Xi Zhicai said to Zhen Yan and Zhen Yao: "Go and inform General Gao Shun, be ready to fight at all times, the city is under martial law, and those who wander on the streets and refuse to leave can be punished for treason. Pay attention to the movements of the big households in the city, and if anyone is about to make a move, you can kill them first and play later."

Zhen Yan and Zhen Yao left with stern expressions, Xi Zhicai turned his head and said to Xiu Qi Zhiping and the others: "The four of you go to inform Xiao Ren and Xiao Yi that the lord's family must be strictly protected, and there must be no slack. In addition, the martial arts practitioners who have already moved to Chengdu can be handed over to Xiao Ren and Xiao Yi, so we must be more vigilant."

The four of them also went down together after nodding their heads, and Xi Zhicai knelt and sat on the spot alone, closing his eyes and thinking about the development and consequences of the situation.

The two who have known Guo Jia for more than ten years can be said to know each other well. Only from a short military newspaper, Xi Zhicai has an insight into Guo Jia's intentions.

The killing of Sima Ju has come to fruition, the reason does not need to be further examined, but it must be out of the needs of the ruling, Guo Jia will not make such a major decision lightly, killing people is not caused by nature, a hero general, how can he be killed whenever he wants ?

But Guo Jia just informed Chengdu to strictly guard against rebellion. The most likely reason is that the news of the killing of Sima Ju and the defeat of Jingzhou has reached the ears of hidden forces in Yizhou.

Who are these hidden forces?Yizhou gentry and prominent families were the first to bear the brunt, and then, only Zhang Baiqi and Xu He were able to set off a rebellion and let Guo Jia recruit Gan Ning back to Chengdu. Zhang Baiqi was far away in Fuling County. Since Guo Jia withdrew from Badong County, he must He will also take precautions against Zhang Baiqi, but Xu He in Jiangyang County, who can reach Chengdu in three days' march, is the immediate enemy.

If Xu He turned against him, [-] soldiers and horses in his hand were nothing to fear, but if the nobles gathered private soldiers to help Xu He, the consequences would be disastrous.

As for this situation, Xi Zhicai believed that Guo Jia must have foreseen it.

But the news was spread on the way Guo Jia's army was withdrawing. This was to give Xu and Zhang Baiqi a chance, a chance to rebel.

If Guo Jia's army withdraws to Chengdu, even if they want to rebel, they will temporarily endure in the face of the situation where nothing can be done, and this will become a future problem.

After Xi Zhicai pondered for a long time, he showed a wry smile: "My lord, you have given me a difficult problem."

Two days later, it was reported by the scouts that Xu He had led his army into Qianwei County, and received responses from the local nobles along the way. When leaving Qianwei County and entering Shu County, there were already [-] people. This is not counting Guanghan County. There were clans who raised troops to rebel, the scale was no less than [-], and the north and south marched towards Chengdu at the same time.

After getting the news, Xi Zhicai looked up to the sky and sighed: "Xu He, this knife of yours is really easy to use. I thought you would hesitate for a few days, but I didn't expect you to rebel so decisively."

Calculating the schedule, it would take Gan Ning and his Jinfan Army a day and a half to arrive in Chengdu at the earliest, and Xu He's army is likely to arrive in Chengdu tomorrow.

There are only [-] Gao Shun camps in the city, plus Xiao Ren and Xiao Yi's personal guards with less than [-] people, can they hold Chengdu?
hold fast?

Xi Zhicai's sad face suddenly turned grim, and he strode out of the General's Mansion and walked towards Cai's Mansion.

When Guo Jia entered Chengdu, many mansions in Chengdu became trophies for Guo Jia to reward his subordinates. Among them were the houses of Liu Yan’s heirs, and the houses vacated by Liu Yan’s generals after their families fled after the death of their generals. The property left by the wealthy family who fled.

Originally, a large house was prepared for Cai Yan’s family, which belonged to Liu Yan’s eldest son, Liu Fan. Guo Jia just thought that Cai Yan’s natal family should not be too shabby, but Cai Yan refused, and Cai Yong did not accept it. Unwilling to be greatly favored by Guo Jia, the Cai family chose to settle in an ordinary house, a narrow house with four or five rooms, and the courtyard is only about ten square meters. It has nothing to do with luxury, it can only be called an ordinary house.

However, many mansions in Chengdu are still vacant. It’s not that Guo Jia is stingy, but that he rewarded the generals, but some people really don’t want to live in them. Gan Ning is alone and leads the army to build and expand Jiange in Zitong County. Dao, I only know that Guo Jia rewarded him with a mansion, and Gao Shun was rewarded by Guo Jia in person, but Gao Shun trained in the camp and lived in the military camp in the city every day. Reasonable, I'm afraid the spider's web will become a hornet's nest.

Cai Yong, who was completely a stranger to Guo Jia, was in awe of Zuo Ci Yuji, the two priests. Recently, the two priests went to Emei Mountain to investigate the geographical situation, and they also brought Cai Yong and his wife, the old lady of the Zhen family, I also joined in the fun and took my two little daughters, Zhen Mi and Zhen Rong, to go out to relax.

Zuo Ci and Yu Ji have a heart of Daoism, and now they see Guo Jia's secession and rule the roost, their minds come alive, and they plan to build a Taoist temple on Mount Emei, so they start to build momentum, saying that Mount Emei has outstanding people, great blessings, etc. Cai Yong and Mrs. Zhen listened I also want to go to see and see together. If there is really a spirit of immortality, Cai Yong can pray for the big man, and Mrs. Zhen can also make a wish to let Guo Jia spit out the Zhen family's wealth...

Around the Cai Mansion, Xiao Ren had already led people to guard him, and when he saw Xi Zhicai came, he saluted and moved out of the way.

Xi Zhicai knocked on the door and entered. Cai Yan, who was dressed thickly, invited Xi Zhicai into the hall and poured a cup of tea for Xi Zhicai. Jia is officially married, but everyone knows Cai Yan's identity.

It was a bit abrupt to come here hastily, besides Cai Yan and a few maids in the Cai Mansion, but Xi Zhicai had to come.

"Mrs. Cai, I don't dare to take that." Xi Zhicai took the teacup with a wry smile, and took a sip.

Cai Yan sat across from Xi Zhicai with an elegant smile, and said: "Feng Xiao often said that in his heart, you are like his elder brother. When he was young, his parents died young. Without your meticulous help, he might not know How much hardship does it take, today, as a younger brother and sister, I toast a cup of tea to my elder brother, it's true that I'm not very polite."

Xi Zhicai waved his hand, the past was vivid in his mind, but it was a rare friendship between him and Guo Jia, if he talked about these past events all day, wouldn't it be suspected of inviting favor and credit?
Putting down the teacup, Xi Zhicai looked strangely at Guo Ye who was sitting on the floor behind Cai Yan.

He didn't pay attention to it just now, but now Xi Zhi took a closer look and found the thick-headed and tiger-headed Guo Ye sitting on a blanket, playing with some round or square wooden blocks with his two small hands, as if he was very focused on playing.

Following Xi Zhicai's gaze, Cai Yan seemed to have suddenly realized something, stood up and said with a bit of apology on his face: "Oh, the mansion is not enough, the place is not big, Ye'er is playing around here, but I forgot, Make your brother laugh."

Xi Zhicai raised his hand to stop Cai Yan and said, "It's okay, it's okay, what are you playing, young master?"

Cai Yan also couldn't laugh or cry, so he had no choice but to say: "This is Feng Xiao's idea, let Ye'er play with these small wooden blocks, put together different shapes of wooden blocks into a complete figure, and said that this will be good for Ye'er in the future, Anyway, I don't see any benefit."

In this era, Guo Jia can’t figure out any entertainment for his son. Let’s make a building block for his two-year-old son to play with. Jia looked at it and felt it was torture.

Seeing Guo Ye sitting quietly in the corner of the hall to entertain himself, Xi Zhicai didn't realize the benefits of trying to put the wood together. Looking back, Xi Zhicai was thinking about what words to use to express his heart. He mentioned the matter to Cai Yan, and at this moment of thinking, the hall fell into silence.

Picking up the teacup and taking a sip, Cai Yan saw Xi Zhicai's fascinated look, with a faint smile on his soft face, and asked, "Brother, what's the secret?"

Xi Zhicai, who came back to his senses, changed his expression. He looked seriously at Cai Yan, who had always been gentle, and said, "To tell you the truth, Mrs. Cai, Xu He of Jiangyang County and many noble families in Yizhou rebelled. I expected that after noon tomorrow, Xu He's army would arrive in Chengdu, but it would take at least the day after Gan Ning's army to rush back to Chengdu. Right now there are only [-] soldiers under Gao Shun's command in the city, and I fear that if Xu He leads his troops to attack the city tomorrow, Chengdu will be in danger of falling."

There was no change in the expression on his face, Cai Yan just nodded slightly, and then asked: "Brother, don't hesitate, you must have something important to visit at this moment, right?"

Xi Zhicai nodded heavily, and suddenly bowed his hands solemnly to Cai Yan, saying, "I dare to borrow Mrs. Cai and my lord to defeat the enemy."

Glancing thoughtfully at Guo Ye who was completely immersed in his own world not far behind, Cai Yan still kept smiling and asked, "What is it?"

Xi Zhicai said in a deep voice, "The fate of Mrs. Cai and the young master!"

"good!"

(End of this chapter)