Three Kingdoms Guo Jia's growth diary

Chapter 40

Perfectly whitewashing what this Hushou did has successfully angered Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao led the army straight to Chiqiu, built siege equipment day and night, geared up, vowed to take back Yecheng, cut off the heads of Hu Shou and others to build a Beijing temple.

It is said that after hitting the bottom, it will rebound. After Yuan Shao's bad luck passed, he also started to have good luck.First, Cao Cao quickly wiped out the poison and came to help.Immediately afterwards, good news came: the family members of the princes in Yuanying are all safe and sound.

It is said that there is a small bandit leader named Tao Sheng, who is not only kind-hearted, but also worships Yuan Shao very much, to what extent?When the city of Yecheng was broken, Tao Sheng sent people to guard the west gate of Yecheng, and sent Yuan Shao and the family members of his civil and military officials out of the city. He was polite and courteous, and escorted to a safe place.

After a while, Tao Sheng heard that Yuan Shao was reprimanding Qiuqiu, so he kindly hired a carriage and took the family members of Yuan Ying's princes to Chiqiu.

When something goes wrong, there must be a demon. Yuan Shao attaches great importance to his wife and children, especially his youngest son Yuan Shang.But Tao Sheng from Heishan showed so much affection, which was really unreasonable, which made Yuan Shao very puzzled.

Facing the doubts of the princes in Yuanying, Tao Sheng looked honest and explained: "The villain feels that there is no future for being a thief, so he wants to join Yuan Gong and find a decent way out."

When Yuan Shao heard this, he turned to the light and turned away from the dark, which meant that only by following me, Yuan Benchu, would he have a good future, and he had to agree to such a face-saving matter.

In this way, Tao Sheng, relying on the credit of returning everyone's family members, perfectly cleansed his name, and transformed into a magnificent transformation, from a black mountain thief to a general, and the official worshiped Jianyi Zhonglang general.

Yuan Shao also specially hosted a banquet to welcome Tao Sheng.

During the banquet, Xin Ping saw that Tao Sheng looked familiar. He recalled it for a long time before he remembered: many years ago, he had seen this person in Guo's old house in Yangdi, and he seemed to be Guo Jia's attendant.

However, whether it is Guo Jia or Tao Sheng, every move is very natural, and the two seem to be unfamiliar, which makes Xin Ping suspect that he has identified the wrong person.

Throughout the banquet, Xin Ping kept watching Tao Sheng out of the corner of his eye.If there is something tricky, you can only try to find the loophole from Tao Sheng.Guo Jia's face was too thick, it was a waste of time trying to see something from this prodigal son.

When the lights were on, the guests at the banquet began to leave one after another.

Guo Jia raised the wine bottle, and the clear and mellow liquid in the bottle swayed. He was a little drunk, and the movement of tilting his head up to drink was quite unrestrained. A small piece of the neckline and the green skirt soon got wet.

He didn't notice it at all, and he still stood up gracefully, and walked out amidst the interlacing of light and shadow.He went straight to Xin Ping's carriage, turned around and looked at Xin Ping who was following behind him, Tsing Yi melted into the twilight, grinning: "Zhong Zhi (Xin Ping's word) give me a ride?"

Xin Ping: Sure enough, it was discovered again.

He dragged Guo Jia into the carriage, and waited patiently for the carriage to drive a certain distance. There were no other pedestrians nearby, and Tian Feng and others were driving far away. The leader, lowered his voice: "Guo Fengxiao, you get someone to vote under my lord's tent, what are you worried about?"

Guo Jia knocked his hand away with a folding fan, and said in a low voice, "How can I feel at ease? Think about it, if Tao Sheng only escorted the family members of the Xin family, the Guo family, and the Xun family, how do you guys plan to get along with them?" Yuan Gong explained? If the family is not escorted, Yan Gang, the governor of Jizhou appointed by Gongsun Zan, will be stationed nearby, in case he is robbed..."

Xin Ping was silent for a moment, and said suspiciously: "I don't believe it, you prodigal son suddenly showed kindness, there must be nothing good, tell me quickly! Don't try to get away with it."

Guo Jia looked at him calmly, and the smile in his eyes was unobstructed: "I often do good things, if you don't believe me, you can ask the public (Guo Tu). Don't worry, from now on, Tao Sheng is Tao Sheng, and I am me. As the master, the two have nothing to do with each other."

Xin Ping was a little relieved. Feng Xiao was very unreliable when he was unreliable, but he was really sincere when he treated his friends, which made people speechless. There was no need to expose such a dark game like Tao Sheng.As for the relationship between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, no matter how good the relationship is, there will be a battle in the future. If they change places and replace him with Guo Jia, they may not be willing to let Yuan Shao's family members go.

Later, Xin Ping sent someone to follow Tao Sheng, observed secretly for several months, and found that this person was really staying in Yuanying honestly, serving as an official wholeheartedly, without any unusual behavior.

Just when Yuan Shao's army took turns to attack and Hushou was about to lose Yecheng, the military newspaper showed that Gongsun Zan regrouped and approached Jieqiao again.

Yuan Shao summoned all the people to discuss the matter.

Ju Shou suggested to send general Ju Yi to resist Gongsun Zan and buy more time for the siege.Yuan Shao was noncommittal.

Don't drive, Tian Feng came out, "My lord, General Cao is good at running the army, and can contain Gongsun Bogui (Gongsun Zan)." Ever since he knew that Guo Jia was under Cao Cao's command, Tian Feng planned to consume Cao Cao's troops.

Gongsun Zan has a lot of cavalry under his command, while Cao Cao's side is all infantry. They have no crossbows and lack bows and arrows. The Qingzhou army's equipment is completely prepared by the civilians, and they don't even have decent weapons. They may suffer a big loss against Gongsun Zan.Cao Cao was about to evade when someone behind him kicked him lightly.

Yuan Shao looked at Cao Cao, this younger brother who was good at fighting, his power was developing too fast, which already made him fearful.He hesitated for a long time, and said, "Is Meng De willing to hold Gongsun Bogui (Gongsun Zan) for Gu? I will be grateful when Gu takes it back to Yecheng."

When Cao Cao turned his head, he saw Guo Jia sitting gracefully, not looking sideways, as if he had just kicked someone.Beside him, Xi Yan made a veiled gesture, which was a private agreement between the two of them, and judging from the serious look on his face, it didn't look like he had just kicked the lord.

Cao Cao stood up and clasped his hands solemnly, "It's thanks to the help of Brother Benchu ​​that I can be here today. I can share my worries for Brother Benchu. It's what I wish for."

Leaving Yuan Shao's tent in the Chinese army, Cao Cao asked Xi Yan, "Why did Zhicai ask Gu to agree?"

Xi Yan shrugged his shoulders, his dark eyes could not see through, "If you don't resist Gongsun Zan, you will attack the city. Once Yecheng is breached, Hushou will definitely die, and he will definitely defend it. Yuan Shao is eager to take back Yecheng, I'm afraid they will not hesitate to lose their troops. The lesser of two evils, naturally it is better to deal with Gongsun Zan."

That's right, the way of fighting that consumes the most soldiers is to attack the city regardless of the cost and without skill.

Cao Cao, Xi Fan, and Guo Jia rode together. Cao Cao pointed his whip in the direction of Youzhou in the north, "Although our army is elite, our weapons are backward. They are all infantry, especially the Qingzhou Army, which is equivalent to a group of soldiers with sticks. How are Nongfu, Zhicai and Fengxiao planning to resist Gongsun Zan?"

Clouds drifted across the sky, and the light suddenly dimmed for a moment. Half of Guo Jia's face was hidden in the shadow, and his face was somewhat blurred.

"It is indeed difficult for ordinary infantry to fight against cavalry, but the Qingzhou Army is different. They are very good at farming and digging ditches, which are very effective in restraining cavalry. When we arrive at Jieqiao, the Lord will know that Jia's words are true."

Digging deep?Cao Cao could also think of this, but he didn't think it would be able to stop Gongsun Zan's iron cavalry.But Guo Jia seems to have a plan in mind, and there should be a better way, anyway, it is more reliable than going to attack the city.

Back at Cao Ying, Cao Cao ordered the whole army to withdraw from the camp.With his hands behind his back, he watched the soldiers dismantle the tents in the camp, and suddenly asked the two military advisers beside him, "Who kicked that kick just now?"