Chapter 301: War on All Sides
But what is Guo Jia's situation now? Have you seriously thought about it? There are only a dozen people left, and a small half of them are women. Now, Yuan Shu and Liu Biao are at war with Cao Ying. Can Guo Jia still grow wings and fly through the sky?
Anyway, now that the three parties have turned their faces directly, who cares about you Guo Jia, at this time, you Guo Jia want to go back to help Cao Ying? What are you kidding, as long as you dare to pass through their territory, or pass not far from the side, then send someone to kill you. Anyway, there are not a few people left on Guo Jia's side, and any team of left-behind people can solve it, and it will not affect the battle situation ahead at all.
Compared with rushing back to earn some credit, Guo Jia obviously cares more about the safety of his life. It's important to survive first, that little unimportant credit can be earned at any time, so Guo Jia doesn't even dare to show up now.
What the? You said that you rely on the destiny of heaven, and you won't die anyway, what are you afraid of! Not to mention this kind of thing, even Zuo Ci still has a little doubt, what if it's really all just a coincidence? Well, even if Guo Jia really has a destiny, God will not let him die so early, and when he encounters danger, he will definitely turn evil into good fortune like this time.
But Guo Jia won't die, does it mean that others won't die either? Won't something happen to the representative Diao Chan?!
If you really wait until Diao Chan dies, and Guo Jia runs to take revenge, then Guo Jia will sweep [***], even if he sweeps the world, even if he gets the whole world, then what's the point?! If you regret it at that time, it's already too late!
Therefore, it is impossible for Guo Jia to show up immediately now and run back to Yanzhou to help Cao Ying. And even if he shows up, he can only continue to go to Yangzhou according to the original plan, so that he can bypass Liu Biao and Yuan Shu, at least it is relatively safer.
Think about it, if Guo Jiazhen did that, what kind of infamy would he bear? Everyone else is like this for you, and you still continue to "travel" regardless of it? Even if you can't mediate, at least you should help. Cao Ying is trying to help you get ahead, so this is the war that started! Do you Guo Jia still have morality? Is there still a conscience?
Guo Jia's move seemed to say: "Who asked him to help me, I didn't call him to help me, he took the initiative to help me, whether he died or lived, what does it matter to me." "It's just hurtful.
Therefore, Guo Jia might as well continue to stay here to recuperate, never show up, and wait for the outcome of the war. obviously didn't do anything, but in the eyes of outsiders, Guo Jia, who has been hiding in the secret, seems very mysterious, maybe Guo Jia is doing some conspiracy at this time.
Just like Sun Ce thought, Guo Jia may be secretly investigating who is harming him at this time. Obviously, Guo Jia is completely in a gentle township, accompanied by beauties, relaxed and casual, and more comfortable than anyone else. But among other people's various ideas, Guo Jia is as busy as (I only know that Du Fu is busy, but I never know that is also busy?). In such a situation, who else would think that Guo Jia is inactive? Who else thinks Guo Jia is heartless?
After all, according to normal people's thinking habits, this time it was Guo Jia himself who was attacked, and he must want revenge more than anyone else! So Guo Jia at this time, as long as he doesn't show up, as long as he doesn't confirm that he really hasn't done anything, then others will definitely think that he must be doing something!
Cao Ying, Liu Biao, and Yuan Shu were engaged in a three-way battle near the junction, and at the same time, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan in the north were also fighting for Qingzhou.
However, not long after, the imperial court sent people to mediate the contradictions between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan, in fact, at this time, although Dong Zhuo was dead, there were still a few people who would listen to the imperial court, but Yuan Shao and Gongsun Chan were a little unbearable, and there were some internal problems in each of them.
In Jizhou, Wei County mutinied, and tens of thousands of troops from the Black Mountain Army in the Poison Department captured Yecheng, although this is not a big problem for Yuan Shao, but don't forget, including Yuan Shao, many ministers' families are in Yecheng, and later when the news of the fall of Yecheng reached the south, Guo Jia was also worried about his wife Zhen Mi who had not yet passed the door.
Fortunately, the Montenegrin army was not united, and it divided more than a dozen troops, among which there was a "traitor" named Tao Sheng, who immediately protected the families of Yuan Shao and the officials in the state after entering Yecheng, and sent them to Quqiu. Among them, of course, Zhen Mi's family (the elder brother himself is an official, and now two sisters are also married to officials), and in the end, Tao Sheng also took the throne with this, successfully got rid of the reputation of thieves, became an orthodox official, and lived a good life since then.
Not only did Yuan Shao's internal problems occur, but Gongsun Zhan's internal problems actually went wrong. As I said at the beginning, Gongsun Chan and Liu Yu have been hating each other for a long time, and now the contradiction between the two has reached its peak, if nothing else, at most within a year or two, there will inevitably be a fight between the two. This time, Gongsun Chan fought well with Yuan Shao in front, but Liu Yu cut off Gongsun Chan's military rations behind his back. Otherwise, if Gongsun Chan didn't say defeat Yuan Shao, at least he would definitely not lose to Yuan Shao.
Therefore, when they all had problems, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan also took advantage of this step to listen to the mediation of the imperial court, temporarily suspend the army and truce, go back first to solve internal problems, and settle the interior first.
At the same time, the tripartite battle on the side of Cao Ying, Liu Biao, and Yuan Shu also changed. Under the mutual containment of the three parties, in the frontal battlefield, there is no result at all for a while.
Then Yuan Shu pretended to be smart, thinking that Cao Ying was restrained by Liu Biao, and he took the opportunity to lead troops to attack Cao Ying's lair directly, so that the battle could be successful! However, in this era, the movement of large troops cannot hide from the eyes of others at all.
Yuan Shu's insidious behavior was soon discovered, so that Cao Ying hurriedly led his troops back to the defense, so as not to be taken to the base camp. At this moment, Liu Biao's performance is also a thief. Yuan Shu's behavior made Yuan Shu and Cao Ying completely opposed, and the original tripartite battle was not worthy of the name, and Liu Biao's hand was also freed.
If at this time, Liu Biao took advantage of the situation to attack and ran to pursue Cao Ying, then maybe Cao Ying was indeed hopeless, but then Liu Biao had to face the situation of competing with Yuan Shu for Yanzhou. And due to geographical reasons, Liu Biao obviously does not have an advantage in this regard.
So Liu Biao took advantage of Yuan Shu to run to attack Cao Shu's base camp, while he himself waved his troops to attack Yuan Shu's base camp Nanyang. Don't think that Liu Biao is helping Cao Ying, he is shrewd, Nanyang is too close to Xiangyang in Jingzhou after all, attacking Nanyang can first solve Liu Biao's couch worries, and at the same time, it is also adding fuel to the battlefield between Cao Ying and Yuan Shu!
Think about it, when Yuan Shu was fighting with Cao Ying, the rear was suddenly copied, if Yuan Shu brought troops back to help at this time, then Cao Shu took advantage of the situation to pursue behind him, and Yuan Shu would inevitably be difficult to care about. Therefore, Yuan Shu actually has only two ways to go: either fight against the water, fight with Cao Ying to the end, and lay Cao Ying's chassis as his base; Either surrender or go to someone else.
(To be continued)