According to Jia Xu's suggestion, Li Guofan and the three took control of the imperial court and united Liu Biao, Liu Miao and Yu Fuluo in the name of the imperial court.

gave them the support of the righteous name, and tried to divide and disintegrate the Yuan Shu group from the inside.

The previous time he stole chickens failed to defeat rice, but this time, Jia Xu was a lot more careful and used the trick again.

Guo Peng was ordered to be the governor of the three states of Hebei, the governor of the military and political affairs of the three states of Hebei, and then Tao Qian was appointed as the governor of Qingzhou, Yanzhou and Xuzhou, and the governor of the military and political affairs of the three states of Henan, and then still did not give Yuan Shu any position in any place.

Prepare with both hands, striking from the outside and dividing from the inside, can you still withstand it?

After making the following arrangements, Jia Xu waited proudly to see what kind of situation the Yuan Shu Group would set off a war in the Kanto region.

Once the Kwantung War arises, it will inevitably give them a chance.

As long as the Kanto region is chaotic again, they will have a chance, they will be able to continue to control the government, survive the troubled times, and even become the final victors.

In order to survive, Jia Wenhe will do whatever it takes.

Although it is very 6 to play scheming, Jia Wenhe also has things that he can't do.

Agricultural production is not his specialty, all his energy is used to calculate and save his life, and he is not short of food and drink, so he does not pay attention, but it is not enough for him to eat and drink.

In the spring of the first year of Xingping, there was a great drought in Guanzhong, because of the failure of the autumn harvest and the lack of grain, the price of grain in Guanzhong soared, and the powerful people hoarded Juqi in an attempt to make a lot of money.

The powerful landlords didn't care, but the people of Li Shu couldn't get much food, so they starved all over the wilderness, and even the tragedy of cannibalism occurred.

In the face of such a situation, although Li Dao, Guo Yan and Fan Chou were not hungry and did not have anything to eat, but the soldiers under them had nothing to eat, and they themselves did not produce, they only knew how to eat and kill, and now they have nothing to eat, so they can only intensify their killing and rush to eat.

As a result, a large number of people fled from Guanzhong to Hanzhong, Yizhou and Jingzhou in order to escape the famine, and a large number of people in Guanzhong lost a large number of people, production stagnated, and people's livelihood withered.

Jia Xu noticed something very bad at this time, but the matter has come to this point, he is powerless to return to heaven alone, and his expertise is not in civil affairs.

Because hunger is not something that can be reversed by manpower, Li Dao, Guo Yan and Fan Chou's subordinates even had to rob Liu Xie's Taicang grain because they were hungry.

In order to help the victims in Chang'an City, Liu Xie released Taicang grain, but as a result, the army of Li Guofan and the three thieves even had to snatch these grains, which made Liu Xie very annoyed.

The contradiction between the Liangzhou group and the imperial court further deepened, and fierce contradictions broke out within the Liangzhou group over food.

He didn't even have time to pay attention to the effectiveness of the tactics he had used.

There is no doubt about the results.

Guo Peng learned in Puyang that the Chang'an court had appointed him as the governor of the three states of Hebei, and that the Chang'an court had appointed Tao Qian as the governor of Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and Xuzhou, and was immediately furious.

He denounced Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Fan Chou as the "three thieves", occupying Chang'an and humiliating the emperor, and blackmailing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, preparing to commit rebellion, and to replace the Emperor of Han as the emperor himself.

He absolutely couldn't stand this kind of thing.

How can he accept the edict of the three thieves?

Guo Peng expelled the messenger of the three thieves, destroyed the edict of the three thieves, and claimed to crusade against Li Guofan and the three thieves and rescue the holy driver.

Then, he set his sights on Xuzhou.

Soon, he knew that Tao Qian didn't make any moves on the surface, but in fact he had accepted the edict, and he was afraid that he had the idea of going down the mountain to pick peaches.

Hmph, the ability is not very good, but the courage is really big.

Guo Peng ordered Xiahou Yuan and Yu Ban to enter a state of first-level combat readiness, ready to launch a sabotage attack on Xuzhou at any time.

If he didn't give Tao Qian a little color, he wouldn't know why he could defeat Yuan Shao!

Tao Qian really doesn't know how to count, and he doesn't know what to do.

According to the information obtained by Guo Peng, when he went north to attack Yuan Shao, Tao Qian was ready to move, and sent his two troops and horses to guard against Xiahou Yuan and Yu Ban respectively, and also raised grain and grass in Xuzhou to prepare for war.

As a result, he had not finished raising grain and grass, and Yuan Shao, who had been forced by his side, took the initiative to die, and the three states of Hebei fell under Guo Peng's control, Guo Peng's strength and prestige increased greatly, and Tao Qian was so frightened that he didn't sleep well for several nights.

But after the fright, Tao Qian did not give up his original plan, but planned to make persistent efforts to continue to spread out his plan, after all, he had to pull out the thorn in his heart, otherwise he would be very uneasy.

Can you let others sleep soundly on the side of the couch?

Unfortunately, Guo Peng also has such thoughts.

He also felt that Tao Qian was very unpleasant.

Xuzhou is such a rich and anointed land, not only the land is fertile, but also the benefits of the sea, it can be said that a long time ago, Guo Peng planned to take Xuzhou.

However, compared to Yuan Shu's side, Guo Peng had no reason to do anything to Xuzhou.

This time, if Tao Qian took the lead, Guo Peng would definitely not give him a chance to survive.

However, Tao Qian still didn't seem to be able to see the comparison of the strength of the two sides, and after getting the edict from the Chang'an court, he was overjoyed for a while, and then asked a group of people around him to discuss this matter.

Cao Hong, a close confidant, believes that Guo Peng will not do anything to Xuzhou, and Xuzhou is safe.

There are two reasons for this.

First, Yuan Shu would not allow Guo Peng to make a move against Xuzhou.

Second, Hebei has not yet been completely pacified, and Guo Peng's energy in the next few years will be focused on Hebei, rather than the Central Plains.

Therefore, to sum up, Tao Qian can rest assured to hoard grain and grass to recruit soldiers, prepare to eliminate the Mi clan at the right time, and pull out the tumor inside Xuzhou, and then, as for whether Qingzhou and Yanzhou should be occupied, that is the question that Tao Qian should think about.

Does Tao Qian want to die in Xuzhou, or do he want to go further?

Tao Qian is old and strong, he has just been a life, and although he is old now, he doesn't seem to want to be so silent.

After the meeting, Chen Deng calmly returned to his home and found his father, Chen Qi.

"Father, Tao Gongzu still wants to be an enemy of Guo Zifeng, and he accepts it."

"Yes."

The father and son looked at each other, and the same smile appeared on their faces.

The same treacherous and cunning smile.

"Tao Gongzu is really old and confused? A sixty-two-year-old person, most of his body is in the ground, and he still has to be an enemy of Guo Zifeng, isn't this digging his own grave? ”

Chen Qi was very emotional, and said: "Yuan Benchu was born in the family of the fourth and third princes, and the protégés and former officials of the Yuan family in the entire Hebei can be used by the Yuan family, but in this way, he was defeated by Guo Zifeng neatly and ended up dead, didn't Tao Gongzu think that he was stronger than Yuan Benchu?" ”

Chen Deng laughed mockingly.

"Father, now it seems that Guo Zifeng is the strongest prince, Qingyan and Erzhou are in hand, plus the three states of Hebei, the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, and the five states are in the hands of Guo Zifeng, Guo Zifeng has become a big trend, but Tao Gongzu can't see the situation clearly, and he is bent on being the enemy of Guo Zifeng, and our family can't be sent to death with Tao Gongzu."

"That's nature."

Chen Jue nodded and smiled: "No matter what Tao Gongzu wants to do, the survival of our Chen family is the first, if Tao Gongzu is an enemy of Guo Zifeng, he is killing himself, we must not help each other, Yuanlong, you have to think of a way to let Guo Zifeng know that our hearts are with him." ”

Chen Deng thought for a while, nodded and smiled.

"What the father meant, the son understood."

Tao Qian is already an old man who can't keep up with the times, and he hasn't seen that the world is gradually going to be chaotic, in the troubled times, the strong are respected, Guo Zifeng has proved that he is an absolute strong.

In the face of an absolute strong man, what can you do if you have been an official for forty years?

It's better to say that your forty-year officialdom career is not as good as Guo Zifeng's progress in four years.

In just four years, Guo Zifeng has occupied Yanzhou and Hebei successively with Qingzhou.

I don't know where I'll go in the future.

But this did not prevent Chen from choosing Guo Peng to take refuge.

Because Chen Jue really hates Yuan Shu.

This guy who likes to use three indiscriminate methods, he uses any means, kidnapping, assassination, robbery, and a rogue style, which is not above board at all.

I really don't know how the Runan Yuan clan of the fourth and third princes cultivated such a sister-in-law!

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