Chapter 738: Guo Yuan Occupies Hedong
However, it was said that Guo Yuan led Yuan Shao's order, raised troops from Bingzhou to attack Hedong, and united the Xiongnu Nandan Yu Huchuquan to jointly attack Hedong, not only that, but in private, Guo Yuan also sent a messenger to discuss the joint anti-Cao with the Kwantung generals Ma Teng and other soldiers, and Ma Teng and others, because of the incident of the last edict, were originally anti-Cao, and now with such an opportunity, they naturally agreed to Guo Yuan in private.
The combination of these three lines of soldiers and horses, it can be said that the situation on the battlefield on the Western Front is absolutely not optimistic, if Cao Cao did not send Guo Jia to this side this time, he may really lose the western barrier in the end!
Hedong is very close to Luoyang, and Dong Zhuo was in front of others as the Taishou of Hedong back then, and it was only in the end that he succeeded in occupying the court. Therefore, once Guo Yuan and others take Hedong, then the next step will be Luoyang. Moreover, if Hedong is breached, then Guo Yuan will continue to break through Tongguan and Hangu Pass, then the west of Luoyang, including Chang'an and other places, will be out of Cao Cao's control in an instant. It can be seen that Guo Yuan's strategic thinking is still quite clear, take Hedong first, take Hedong as a stronghold, attack if you advance, and defend when you retreat, it is really a place where soldiers must fight.
Because Guo Yuan's soldiers and horses are too strong, and the disparity in strength between the two sides, today's Hedong Taishou Wangyi is simply unable to block Guo Yuan's attack.
However, there is still a strong city here, and Jiangyi is guarded by Jia Kui, but Guo Yuan has not been able to capture it for a long time. So, Guo Yuan called the Xiongnu Nandan Yu Huchuquan as well, and the two armies attacked Jiangyi, Guo Yuan knew. Cao Cao's army has already come from Xudu, so. He must take Hedong completely before the arrival of local reinforcements. Use this as a base. That's how you can have an advantage.
After all, Jiangyi is just a small place, under the rapid attack of Guo Yuan and Nandan Yu, Jia Kui is alone, how can he resist it. Seeing that the city was about to be breached, at this time, the father and elder of Jiangyi, in order to avoid being slaughtered by the enemy after the city was broken, had to surrender to Guo Yuan Kaicheng and recognized him as the new Taishou. But. The people only had one condition, that is, they could not kill Jia Kui. It can be seen how much Jia Kui is loved in the local area, and he is definitely a rare good official.
Guo Yuan had already heard of Jia Kui's name, and this time he couldn't attack for a long time, he was sure that this Jia Kui was really a rare talent, so Guo Yuan naturally agreed to the people's request and planned to accept Jia Kui as his subordinate.
As a result, Guo Yuan asked someone to bring Jia Kui to see him. Jia Kui not only did not bow down to Guo Yuan, but said righteously,
"I only know that Wang Fujun is the Taishou of this county, but I don't know what the origin is. How can there be a reason for a state governor to kowtow to a thief?! ”
Good boys. Who is Guo Yuan? Look at the time when he followed Guo Jiagang's "debut", it was a bandit-style old boy character who could kill and kill, and even innocent old people could do it! It is said that the country is easy to change, and its nature is difficult to change. Although so many years have passed, Guo Yuan got married and had children. has also become a lot more stable, but this character in the bones. How can it be easily changed? Guo Yuan was annoyed and ashamed, he couldn't do anything!
Jia Kui, this guy, is shameless, he kindly wants to accept him as a subordinate, take him to be promoted and make a fortune, eat fragrant and drink spicy food, as a result, this guy not only does not kneel for himself, but also scolds himself, this kind of person, since he is obsessed, it is better to drag him out and cut it directly!
As a result, when the officials and people of Jiangyi heard the news that Guo Yuan was going to kill Jia Kui, they all ran to the city and shouted,
"If you kill our virtuous Lord Jia against the agreement, then we would rather die with him!"
The people around Guo Yuan were also deeply moved by Jia Kui's integrity, and they asked for his life one after another. And the will of the people cannot be violated, when he occupied Jiangyi just now, Guo Yuan didn't want to make any trouble for this kind of thing. In desperation, he had no choice but to pardon Jia Kui.
However, although the pardon is pardoned, it does not mean that Guo Yuan will really let Jia Kui go like this. Guo Yuan is very similar to Guo Jia in some aspects, he will repay him, others are so faceless, he will never stick a hot face to a cold ass. Even if you know that the other party is a talent? Looking at Chen Qun back then, Guo Jiaxing rushed to accept someone as a junior brother, but he didn't agree with each other, and he didn't fight directly.
It's the same now, Guo Yuan rushed to accept Jia Kui as his younger brother, and he didn't agree with him, so he was going to kill someone! Since he couldn't kill him now, Guo Yuan imprisoned Jia Kui in Huguan, put him in a cellar, covered the mouth of the cellar with a wheel, and sent people to guard him, preparing to kill him again at the appropriate time.
And Jia Kui was a very dignified and hard-hearted man, so he said directly to those guards at that time,
"Isn't there a backbone here who dares to do it, do you want to let the righteous die in this cellar?"
At that time, there was a chivalrous man, who was not related to Jia Kui, and after hearing Jia Kui's words, he admired his ability to stick to the discipline even in danger, so he secretly released Jia Kui at night, and helped him remove the shackles and send him away. Jia Kui was grateful and asked his name, but the other party insisted on refusing to tell him.
It wasn't until Guo Yuan was defeated later that Jia Kui knew that the chivalrous man who saved him was originally called Lei Feng, ahh This is also a famous chivalrous story in history, but unfortunately, Guo Yuan is not the protagonist in it, but the villain.
After Jia Kui fled, he delayed Guo Yuan for seven days, successfully stabilized the dangerous terrain, and insisted on the arrival of Guo Jia's reinforcements, so that the whole county did not fall completely.
In this way, Guo Yuan led Hedong Taishou, Tunjun Hedong, Xiongnu Nandan Yu Huchuquan returned to Pingyang to guard after helping Guo Yuan lay down Jiangyi, and Ma Teng continued to stay in the west, three people and horses, standing on three legs, supporting each other, and fighting together against Guo Jia, who came with troops. It can also be seen that these people attach great importance to Guo Jia, just the name Guo Jia, they have to be cautious, obviously as the attacking party, but after Guo Jia arrived, they sat in place one by one, putting on a defensive posture, obviously shocked by Guo Jia's prestige.
As soon as Guo Jia came, he led his troops to Dayang, and Dayang was close to Hedong, and Guo Jia obviously came directly to Guo Yuan.
However, Dayang is not a big city, and it is so close to the enemy, plus Guo Yuan's side has a total of three combined forces, a large number of people, and the overall strength is definitely a strong side, Guo Jia will come to others like this, will it be too risky.
So, at that time, some generals suggested that it was better to abandon Dayang's side, cross the Yellow River directly, and retreat to Luoyang. No matter how confident you Guo Jia is, look at what happened to Yuan Shao before, if he really loses unexpectedly, there is a Yellow River blocking the way to escape, which is simply a self-defeating way out.
Anyway, Dayang is not an important place, Luoyang is the key, and Luoyang City is large, which is very suitable for town defense, no matter how you look at it, at this time, it should be to deploy troops in Luoyang first to ensure that you will not lose, and then consider other counteroffensive issues. (To be continued......)