"Because of Sun Quan?"

Zhang Liao frowned and muttered, thinking about it carefully for a while but not understanding it, and then asked, "What does the saying of priest mean? Please forgive me and I will not know much."

Guo Jia smiled slightly and said, "General Zhang, although we defeated his vanguard army in the first battle with Yuan Shang in Xuzhou, to be honest, Guo felt that this battle was quite lucky. If Yuan Shang really gathered his troops and rushed towards the fire in Xuzhou, I am afraid that even if you and I have the means to defy the will, they may not be able to resist it."

When Zhang Liao heard this, he was silent for a while before nodding slowly.

Guo Jia stood up and said, "What would happen if you were Yuan Shang?"

Zhang Liao thought for a while and said, "Preparing the troops, rebuilding morale, and looking for opportunities to move!"

"Wrong!" Guo Jia stretched out a finger, waved it, and said, "With Yuan Shang's style, he will inevitably gather a large army to fight against Xuzhou fire, because he has to take the overall situation into consideration. He does not want the morale of the main force of Yuan's army, who is currently facing the Prime Minister's army in Zhongzhou. This is also the fundamental reason why Guo regained Langya and Yangdu, but immediately gave up."

Zhang Liao was shocked and asked, "Yuan Shang lost a while and kept reorganizing his troops. Will he send troops immediately?"

“Absolutely.”

"when?"

"I don't know! But it won't be too long. Maybe it's tomorrow, maybe the day after tomorrow, maybe it's tonight!" Guo Jia casually spread his hands and said leisurely.

Zhang Liao frowned and said, "I just suffered a loss and didn't even stop me. Is Yuan Shang a person who doesn't have a good memory, or is he arrogant and thinks he will defeat us?"

Guo Jia said seriously: "If you are wrong, send troops immediately. It is a skill for him. After all, our strength is weaker than him. If you use your strength to suppress it, it will be Guo. What will you do! Besides, Yuan Shang's character has always been avenged with revenge. I think this time will be no exception. He will definitely fight and will definitely give his all. Although Pengcheng is the capital of Xuzhou, it is a place of four battles and is not easy to defend. If you fight Yuan Shang here, ten Guo Jia and Zhang Liao will be destroyed by him!"

Zhang Liao took a deep breath after hearing this and said, "Then where are we going?"

"Xia Pi~"

"Xia Pi!?"

Zhang Liao was shocked when he heard this and hurriedly said, "It's not appropriate, back then... back then..."

Guo Jia smiled slightly and said, "Yes, Lu Bu defended Xia Pi back then, and finally the city was broken, and he was captured and killed by the first lord and me alive. But now is different from the past. Lu Bu had no foreign aid back then. He made a decision and made a bad decision, so he lost, but Guo was different. Xia Pi city was high and deep. As long as Guo was arranged properly, not only would there be no losses, but he could also sit and see success or failure and enjoy the benefits of the fisherman. If that was the case, we could create opportunities for the Prime Minister and Xiahou Dun who fought against the Yuan army head-on in Zhongzhou."

Zhang Liao hurriedly said, "Sit down to see success or failure? What does it mean? Doesn't it refer to Sun Quan?"

Guo Jia nodded and said, "Yes. Although Sun Quan does not have the courage of his brother Sun Ce, he has a gloomy personality and is more difficult to deal with than his father and his brother. Yuan Shang went south, and Sun Quan had no reason not to want to get a piece of the pie in Xuzhou, but he would not send troops until the right time... For Eastern Wu, if this time is not right, let's create it for him!"

Zhang Liao thought for a while and said, "Give up Pengcheng and retreat to Xia Pi is to create opportunities for Sun Quan?"

Guo Jia nodded, shook his head again, and said, "It's not about giving up Pengcheng, but about losing to Yuan Shang, let him seize Pengcheng! In the battle of the vanguard, Yuan Shang was defeated by us, and in the battle of Pengcheng, we were defeated by him and the Xuzhou capital was seized. This was a sign of both Yuan and Cao fighting. Moreover, Xuzhou was taken away, and we retreated to Xia Pi. Sun Quan would never want to see Yuan Shang's family dominant in Xuzhou, so he would definitely send troops. Xia Pi City is high and deep, and it is extremely difficult to attack. Faced with the competition between the three families, this place must not be the first thing they want to chew. At that time, we take advantage of the strength of Xia Pi, and watch Yuan Shang and Sun Quan compete for Xuzhou, and act according to the opportunity. This is more than fighting with Yuan Shang to the death, and finally let Sun Quan come and get a bargain. General Zhang, do you think that's the case?"

"Haha!" Zhang Liao smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "I don't know much about Sun Quan, but Yuan Shang has always been a master who can get a bargain without losing money. I am really unsure of using this strategy of sitting and watching it!"

Zhang Liao had fought with Yuan Shang many times. At that time, Zhang Liao followed Cao Cao in the rising period of his life, and he never lost the battle he fought. Yuan Shang was the first exception. In various battles that followed Cao Cao to plot against Yuan Shang, Cao's army suffered heavy losses. In the end, Cao Cao, who was regarded as the wise ruler in Zhang Liao's heart, even lost his life. Until now, Zhang Liao still remembers the past.

"General Zhang, actually Guo has no choice! To defeat Yuan Shang this time, we have too little strength to rely on. If we don't bring Sun Quan in, Guo Lu will be helpless." Guo Jia said with a smile.

Zhang Liao nodded after hearing this and said, "The offering of wine is very true. Zhang Liao will follow your instructions."

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On the other hand, Yuan Shang raised an army in Linzi, Qingzhou, and the 70,000 partial divisions responsible for attacking Xuzhou were fully armed and advanced towards Xuzhou.

The defenses in the northern border of Xuzhou were mobilized by Guo Jia, and Yuan Shang's troops were unstoppable, and his target was directly aimed at Pengcheng, the capital of Xuzhou.

Guo Jia's troops also came out of Pengcheng, heading north to meet the enemy, and confronted Yuan Shang head-on.

The two armies met fifty miles away from the north of Pengcheng, set up their formations and launched a battle.

On the day when the two armies met and set up their formation, the entire plain flew sand and stones, and the wind roared, as if God could not hide his leisure. He came out of the Heavenly Palace and quietly observed the battle in the lower world manipulated by two top wise men.

In the strong wind, Yuan and Cao had clear barriers. The two sides demarcated boundaries at the same time and confronted each other. The black crowd covered the green appearance of the grass. All kinds of weapons of swords, guns, swords and halberds stood towards the sky, emitting a chill of freezing hearts and lungs. The light reflected from the weapons reflected the eyes of the soldiers on both sides. Although the tension in the air was not seen, it could be felt. The strong fighting spirit spread among the soldiers on both sides...

Guo Jia was riding a chariot and, under the protection of several powerful generals of the Cao army, he ordered people to whisper the flag and invited Yuan Shang to speak in front of the formation.

Yuan Shang was naturally not afraid of him, and he also led a group of teams to meet the genius. Both of them had a hesitant and distrustful attitude towards the enemy's human nature, and they were carrying many guards, with shield soldiers in front of them, as if fully armed.

Across an arrow, the two main generals met on the court. Guo Jia looked up at the formation beside Yuan Shang, smiled slightly, and said, "Brother Yuan, it's been a long time since he has been missing. You want to scare Guo to death with such a big pomp?"

Yuan Shang raised his eyebrows slightly, bowed to Guo Jia immediately, and said, "Brother Guo Si has been missing for a long time. Your car is good and quite generous."

Guo Jia smiled and patted the sidebar of the chariot he was riding in, and said with a smile: "Please, this is the best chariot in Guo's army. After all, he is the head of the Yuan family who meets the fifth generation and the third generation of the three men. It's not okay to be more out of the show... Brother Yuan has brought so many people to my Xuzhou this time, what do you want to do? Do you want to go out for a spring outing?"

Yuan Shang smiled and shook his head, saying, "What you said is interesting. Who has led tens of thousands of people in the spring outing? He has nowhere to spend money... Brother Guo Si, Yuan has gathered so many people this time, and he made a special trip from Hebei to come here to cut you into the ground. Can't you even see this?"
Chapter completed!