When Guo Jia proposed a plan to drive away the wolf and devour the tiger and destroy the relationship between Lu Zhi and Yuan Shao, Liu Zheng immediately agreed.

"Fengxiao, this plan is very good, it suits my heart, but what way should I think of to break their alliance?"

Hearing Liu Zheng's question again, Guo Jia seemed to be prepared, and even opened his mouth to Liu Zheng.

"Lord, in fact, this is also simple, it is August now, and it will be time to harvest in a few days, as far as I know, Yuan Shao is extremely short of food, although he brought a large number of men and horses to occupy Qingzhou this time, and captured a lot of grain, but these grains are far from enough."

"Yuan Shao, who is short of food, must ask Lu Zhi, an ally, for it, and I guess Lu Zhi is also extremely jealous of Yuan Shao, and will definitely not give Yuan Shao food and grass, and in the process of their negotiations, the two sides will definitely fight each other."

"And at the same time, if the lord can give Yuan Shao a lot of grain and grass, Yuan Shao will definitely lean towards the lord again, are you still afraid that Yuan Shao and Lu Zhi will not fight at that time?"

"Okay, very good, I don't know who Feng Xiao thinks it would be more appropriate for Yuan Shao to lobby for this matter?"

Liu Zheng agreed with Guo Jia's strategy.

"I'm not familiar with the talents under the lord's command, so I'm not good at recommending anyone to go, if the lord doesn't dislike it, go from below, after all, when I join the lord's command at the beginning, I always have to show my talent."

Guo Jia didn't know much about Liu Zheng's subordinate strategists and ministers, and he really didn't know either, so he could only recommend himself to go.

Of course, the most important thing is that Guo Jiachu joined Liu Zheng and wanted to perform well in front of Liu Zheng.

Although Liu Zheng knew Guo Jia's ability, Guo Jia didn't know how well Liu Zheng knew his ability, so only by taking some credit in front of Liu Zheng could Guo Jia become famous.

"Bonghyo, are you going in person?"

"Well, I am willing to go, but I have a small request?"

"What requirements?"

"If Fengxiao can help the lord get this matter done, can the lord reward him with more Sanliangye wine?"

Liu Zheng thought that Guo Jia would make what kind of request, but he didn't expect Guo Jia to ask him for wine.

"Hahaha, Fengxiao, you are really a drunkard, didn't I promise you three jars just now?"

"Those three jars are not enough for me to drink for a month."

Guo Jia immediately said disdainfully, but he liked Liu Zheng's wine more and more.

"Okay, okay, I promise you, as long as you can make Yuan Shao and Lu Zhi fight again, I will reward you with three more jars of wine, how about it?"

"It's only three jars?"

"Three jars are a lot, I don't have much on hand, it's a big deal, how about I change it to two years of aging for you?"

Liu Zheng's words suddenly made Guo Jia's eyes light up.

"That's good!"

Liu Zheng and Guo Jia talked all night after such a harmonious conversation.

Halfway, Cai Yao came over to watch a few times, and saw that Liu Zheng and Guo Jia were chatting happily, and she couldn't bear to disturb them, so she let Liu Zheng and Guo Jia chat all the time.

I know it's dark and it's bright again.

Liu Zheng and Guo Jia are a little sleepy.

Liu Zheng asked Guo Jia to stay in the house temporarily, and then went down to rest.

A few days later, Liu Zheng began to prepare according to what Guo Jia said.

Guo Jiaxian stayed here in Wu County for two months and became familiar with the situation on Liu Zheng's side. got to know Liu Zheng's colleagues here.

It's not that I don't know each other at all, at least Gu Yong is under Liu Zheng, and Guo Jia knows each other, and he can be regarded as an old acquaintance.

It's just that the other strategists under Liu Zheng are not very familiar to Guo Jia.

In fact, there are really not many strategists under Liu Zheng today.

In addition to the earliest Xu Yu and Yuan Zhou, that is, Zhang Zhao and Chen Deng, who were later recruited in Xuzhou.

Zhang Zhao was more inclined to manage internal affairs, while Chen Deng led his troops and horses to fight.

In fact, only Yuan Zhou can really give advice by Liu Zheng's side, and Yuan Zhou is now taking over the affairs of Jinyiwei, and he can't be busy, so Liu Zheng only has Xu Yu by his side.

But Xu Yu has always had some realms that are not enough in many things, and Liu Zheng's side still lacks a top strategist.

Then Guo Jia is almost the most suitable role.

October.

The golden autumn wind ripened the crops in the field, and because of the plague, this year was not a good harvest year.

In Qingzhou, there have been many wars, and most of the people in Qingzhou have been relocated to Yangzhou by Liu Zheng, and the population is not large, so naturally there are not many crops to harvest.

Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses, after occupying Qingzhou, did loot some grain and grass, but the two largest and richest counties, Beihai County and Donglai County, were under Lu Zhi's control.

Yuan Shao died tens of thousands of people, but he didn't get enough benefits.

Where was Yuan Shao willing, so after harvesting the grain and grass, he sent someone to contact Lu Zhi, wanting to discuss with Lu Zhi and ask Beihai County and Donglai County from Lu Zhi's hands.

After all, the whole of Qingzhou is in the hands of Yuan Shao, and it is not the same thing for Lu Zhi to occupy Beihai and Donglai.

The envoy was naturally Guo Tu, a little expert in negotiation under Yuan Shao.

Guo Tu, on behalf of Yuan Shao, went to Xuzhou, met Lu Zhi, and put forward his request, as Guo Jia expected, Yuan Shao wanted to take Beihai and Donglai, but Lu Zhi refused on the spot.

These two counties, if they are given to Yuan Shao, it will further make Yuan Shao bigger, and now Yuan Shao has occupied Youzhou and Jizhou, if Beihai and Donglai are given to Yuan Shao, Anzhi Qingzhou will also be given to Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao, who occupies three states, has further strengthened his power, and when the time comes, it will be equivalent to raising another Liu Zheng, and Lu Zhi naturally will not want to see this happen.

What's more, Jizhou and Youzhou are good places to produce horses, and after Yuan Shao occupied this place, the cavalry under his command became more and more powerful, which made Lu Zhi even more jealous.

Lu Zhi not only directly rejected Guo Tu, but also directly told Yuan Shao that Liu Zheng was their enemy, and now Liu Zheng has not been eliminated, what is the use of talking about this, let Guo Tu go back, and order Yuan Shao to send troops to Yangzhou together to deal with Liu Zheng.

Lu Zhi was like this, originally wanted to borrow Liu Zheng's main contradiction to divert Yuan Shao's attention, but this remark, in Guo Tu's eyes, became, Lu Zhi didn't want to give Beihai and Donglai, he just wanted to trick Yuan Shao into fighting Liu Zheng in Yangzhou.

Guo Tu angrily left Xuzhou, and after returning to Qingzhou, he directly told Yuan Shao the news, and Yuan Shao was furious when he heard it.

But because the two sides were still allies, Yuan Shao did not immediately tear his face with Lu Zhi.

At this time, someone outside came to report that a person claiming to be Liu Zheng's envoy asked to see him.