Chapter 709: Battle of the White Horse
Guo Jia is definitely not the kind of person who will pay a lot for the sake of future generations, for the great cause of the family, and for the meritorious service of all generations, Guo Jia does a lot of things, to put it bluntly, it is just for himself. But because of Guo Jia's selfishness, if he didn't have children, would he wait for him to become the emperor and pass on his position to outsiders? In that case, Guo Jia will definitely not be able to figure it out. Besides, to whom? Godson Guo Huai? Although he is a godson, he is a thoughtful person when he worships his godfather, and he usually will never choose. On the contrary, it is Cao Chong, who has been raised by Cao Xi as his own son almost all the time, and emotionally speaking, it is closer to his Guo family. In addition, Cao Chong himself is smart enough and definitely has the ability to take over, but in that case, wouldn't he go around in a circle and go back?
Desperately become the emperor, and after becoming the emperor, he will be tired and tired to govern the world, and finally give the well-governed world to outsiders? Instead of making wedding dresses for others, Guo Jia might as well be a faint gentleman directly, anyway, Guo Jia never cared about that bit of fame! But if you are a faint king, you have to worry about being destroyed all the time, this is not something that Guo Jia doesn't care about. Looking at it this way, don't you feel uncomfortable for yourself! That's the real contradiction.
Therefore, if Guo Jia can be sure that he will not have a son in the future, then he will be happy to do it, and he will not fight with Cao Cao directly, and take the initiative to hand over all the real power on his body, become a big nobleman, a big landlord, go home to retire, easily finish this life, and return everything to the country after death, so that no matter who is in the position, he will not touch him Guo Jia. Anyway, Guo Jia died and there was no one to inherit anything, why would you move his interests, but if someone else wanted to move Guo Jia's interests. The state will definitely interfere and will help Guo Jia. After all, this is something to be confiscated in the future.
In short, the pressure of this uncertain future. makes Guo Jia very tired, not physically tired, but mentally tired. I wonder if everyone has such a fear before they are about to succeed, before they are about to achieve their long-term goals, and before the results are about to come out?
Battle of the White Horse,
may not be called the first battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, but. The previous ones could only be regarded as small frictions, but now this battle of the white horse can be regarded as the first battle of the official war between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao!
And it is such a special meaning, symbolizing the beginning of the conquest, and even the first battle that can determine the direction of the future war, but the final result is that Cao Cao was defeated and Yuan Shao was victorious!
It's not that Cao Cao underestimates the enemy, and of course, Cao Cao can't underestimate the enemy. It's not that Cao Cao is cheating. It's enough to determine morale, enough to affect confidence in the first battle, who doesn't want to win?! It's a pity that if you can't win, you can't win. Nothing in particular to say. That's right, this is the gap in strength, and the gap in strength is precisely the biggest factor affecting the victory or defeat on the frontal battlefield!
The enemy did not sneak attack. Their own side also failed to sneak attack, and the enemy did not rush in. Their own side also failed to ambush, that is, both sides pulled out separately. Set up a good position, play a game in a bright and bright way, whoever is strong will win, there is nothing to say. In this kind of absolute frontal battlefield, Guo Jia is absolutely useless at all.
Just kidding, do you want him to carry a chair to the middle of the battlefield between the two sides to give a speech, saying for a few hours that "people are born of people, and demons are births", and finally surrendered without a fight, and said that the other party killed themselves one by one, without effort, oh, with a little "blowing ash", he won the war without blood?
Please, if Guo Jiazhen is so powerful, then he won't be mixed up in this mortal world, and go directly to the West to learn the scriptures. I met some monsters on the way, and they were not at the same level as these soldiers now! As for why Guo Jia was able to succeed repeatedly, it was completely because the enemy was weak and I was strong, in the context of the absolute disparity between strength and weakness, under the premise that the other party was completely unknown and thought that he could not win, Guo Jia persuaded him to succeed. If it's not that the enemy is weak and I'm strong, if the opponent is not a passerby, can Guo Jia say that people are surrendered? For example, if it is replaced by Cheng Yu or something, Guo Jia estimates that even if he talks badly, the other party will not pay attention to him at all.
Therefore, at this time, no matter how powerful the Wenchen is, it is useless, and the role of the military general suddenly becomes infinite. Because in this era, there is always a habit of playing with both hands before the war. Taking advantage of this pre-war confrontation, the military generals single-handedly took the opportunity to kill the opposing generals in one fell swoop, and then took the opportunity to lead the troops to kill the past, which is estimated to be the only means to defeat the strong with the weak on the frontal battlefield.
This time, Yuan Shaojun's morale was originally very high, and Yan Liang was also the top military general in the world, although the generals on Cao Cao's side were not weak, but they couldn't take advantage of the opportunity to fight in front of the battle to win Yan Liang. Therefore, this time Cao Cao lost absolutely convinced, he couldn't find any excuses, and his strength was not as good as others!
However, this is just a frontal battlefield, the battlefield is changeable, the situation at the last moment may be different from the next moment in the blink of an eye, the first moment is still a perfect military formation, and the next moment there may be loopholes, there is no chance, you can also create your own opportunities! It's like this failure, although Cao Cao didn't mean to fail, didn't he suddenly turn the war from a frontal battlefield to a frontal chase battle!
Moreover, through this first round of confrontation, Cao Cao also found out the reality of Yuan Shao's side, this vanguard army, but he was just a general Yan Liang. Whether it is Yuan Shao's army or Liu Bei, they are still in Liyang in the rear. In other words, now Cao Cao has traces to follow, which also means that Guan Yu can be used!
So, while Cao Cao sent people back to urgently recruit Guan Yu to the front, he began to calculate how to deal with Yan Lianglai. At this moment, it was time for the Wenchen strategists to come into play.
"Fraud." Guo Jia once again snatched his right to speak first.
"Defeat and then ambush?" Cao Cao asked.
"That's right." Guo Jia nodded.
"But Yan Liang is just a pioneer, and judging from the previous situation, Yan Liang is more cautious this time, it is estimated that Yuan Shao has specially ordered it, Yan Liang should not be rash. Can deception have an effect? Xun You immediately asked a question. Of course, Xun You definitely didn't deliberately go against Guo Jia, whether Xun You or Xun Yu, they all belong to the kind of people who have something to say, if there is a problem, ask it, don't say it if there is no problem, and don't say it about things, not about people. Perhaps at the beginning, they may be enemies from many sides, but when the world has understood their behavior and determined that they are upright, they will not offend anyone, and they will be very appreciated by those in power. It can be said that this is the clever way of the Xun family, of course, only a family like them can have such a background. If you want the world to recognize that you are upright and noble, you can't do one or two things in a short period of time and succeed.
The ancients talked about their origins and inheritance, and Xun Yu's uncles and nephews were also stained with the light of their ancestors to a large extent, which was the result of the efforts of the Xun family for several generations. (To be continued......)