I did it all for the Han Dynasty!

Chapter 286 Eve
"Fengxiao, aren't you being a little too confident?"

"Yuan Shao hasn't lost yet, so why are we already talking about what will happen next?"

Liu Miao clearly scoffed at Guo Jia's excessively long-term vision.

"What's the point of thinking about these things now?"

"Just like the reason Mengde wanted me to enter Guanzhong. If we can't defeat Yuan Shao, then it's all nonsense! What's the point of discussing these things now, other than mutual distrust?"

Liu Miao, of course, had also thought about this question.

However, after only a moment's thought, he immediately put the question out of his mind.

If we start to be suspicious now, will Yuan Shao still be able to fight?

We'll discuss everything after we defeat Yuan Shao!
Guo Jia, who had only scratched the surface, saw Liu Miao's firm stance on cooperation and immediately stopped discussing the matter, shifting the topic elsewhere.

"Zhongshan, who do you want to send to Guanzhong?"

"..."

After a moment's thought, Liu Miao made his decision.

"Zhang Liao, Zhang Wenyuan!"

Guo Jia was somewhat surprised when he heard this name.

"Formerly a cavalry captain under Lü Bu?"

"It's him."

Seeing the suspicion in Guo Jia's eyes, Liu Miao told Guo Jia something as well—

"Zhang Liao commands the heavy cavalry I assembled."

"puff!"

Guo Jia nearly choked.

"You're handing over heavy cavalry to a stranger?"

"Who's the outsider?"

Liu Miao was clearly dissatisfied with Guo Jia's title.

“Wen Yuan and I are as close as brothers, and he was already skilled at leading cavalry under Lü Bu. What’s wrong with entrusting him with this task?”

Upon hearing this, Guo Jia's expression became complicated once again.

Such elite troops were always entrusted to trusted confidants.

It is said that among Yuan Shao's three hundred heavy cavalry, only Yan Liang and Wen Chou can command them, while generals like Zhang He and Gao Lan cannot even be touched.

But Liu Miao preferred to find the most suitable person to lead the army rather than a trusted confidant. This magnanimity left Guo Jia speechless.

At the very least, if Cao Cao had formed the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the commanders would always have been members of the Cao clan, and even generals from the Xiahou clan would not have been allowed to join.

"Zhongshan really is... tsk!"

Guo Jia sighed, but also asked, "If the heavy cavalry is transferred away, what will happen to Qingzhou?"

"It is unlikely that Yuan Shao would transfer his heavy cavalry to Qingzhou."

This is also why Liu Miao dared to send Zhang Liao to Guanzhong.

“Yuan Shao is not a fool. Although he hates me to the bone now, he must also know that the decisive battle will not be fought in Qingzhou or Guanzhong, but in the Central Plains.”

"Moreover, the Central Plains are flat and have many rivers, making them ideal for cavalry charges. In contrast, the central and southern parts of Qingzhou are all mountainous. Yuan Shao would be crazy to deploy heavy cavalry in Qingzhou."

"Therefore, with Lü Bu in the east, they are already capable of rivaling Yuan Shao in terms of cavalry."

Cao Cao ordered Liu Miao to garrison troops in Guanzhong not to guard against Yuan Shao, but to prevent the Southern Xiongnu from advancing south from Hedong, cutting off the connection between the Central Plains and Guanzhong like a sharp sword, thus allowing Yuan's army to attack the Central Plains from the west and complete a strategic encirclement.

The real battlefield can only ever be the Central Plains.

Yuan Shao and Cao Cao would undoubtedly concentrate their forces in this region to fight to the death, rather than dispersing their key forces elsewhere.

Therefore, as long as the defense line in the Central Plains is solid, Liu Miao's heavy cavalry will not have to stay at home indefinitely to defend themselves.

Guo Jia also agreed with Liu Miao's assessment.

"call--"

Guo Jia breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Liu Miao could hold off Yuan Shao's army on the two flanks of Guanzhong and Xuzhou, preventing Yuan Shao from completing the encirclement of the Central Plains, Cao Cao would be able to break free and fight Yuan Shao head-on.

However, precisely because of this, Guo Jia became even more melancholy.

“It is by no means an easy task to confront Yuan Shao head-on. I really hope that Zhongshan can lead the army to the front lines in the Central Plains.”

"Fine! But you have to get Cao Cao to give me military power! Otherwise, there's no point in discussing it!"

Guo Jia immediately fell silent.

He was just saying it casually; he didn't really want Liu Miao to go to the front lines.

However, Liu Miao also "comforted" Guo Jia by saying—

"It's alright, I have a backup plan in Xiaopei."

"If you are defeated, I will go to the Central Plains immediately. At that time, Fengxiao will surely see me on the battlefield!"

"Well, let's forget about it then."

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According to the Tongdian, there is a Meiji Township in Xicheng County.

After Emperor Wu of Han defeated the Xiongnu in the north, he established Meiji County in this area.

Later, the Southern Xiongnu established their king, Bi, as the Chanyu of Hailuoshizhudi, and submitted to Emperor Guangwu. Emperor Guangwu then moved the Southern Xiongnu to Meiji County and established their royal court there.

After Liu Qubei fled back to Hebei from Mengjin, he dared not linger for a moment and immediately returned to Meiji County. Upon seeing Luan Ti Huchuquan, the current Chanyu of the Southern Xiongnu, he immediately prostrated himself at his feet and wept bitterly.

"Chanyu! That Cao Cao has gone too far! I beg you, Chanyu, to avenge me!"

Huchuquan wore a Xiongnu golden crown on his head, and his hair was rough and messy.

With each deep breath, the mustache on his lips trembled violently.

"Cao Cao... Hmph!"

Huchuquan also gripped those rough, large hands tightly: "Don't worry! I will avenge you, the humiliation suffered by the Southern Xiongnu, but not now!"

Liu Qubei raised his head and looked at Hu Chuquan in astonishment.

What do you mean by "not now"?
"Get up first, I'll take you to see someone."

Although Liu Qubei was puzzled, he still followed Hu Chuquan out of the tent.

In another domed tent, however, lived not a Xiongnu, but a Han Chinese Confucian scholar.

Liu Qubei now felt annoyed at the sight of Han people and immediately demanded, "Who are you?"

"Guo Tu of Yingchuan, under the command of Lord Yuan."

Guo Tu, unaware of what had happened, had already arrived at the Xiongnu royal court and was waiting there for Liu Qubei.

Liu Qubei, who was beaten up by the Han officials in the imperial court, remained wary of the Han people: "What are you doing in my Xiongnu land?"

"..."

Guo Tu really wanted to explain to Liu Qubei that the Xiongnu royal court was clearly left to you Southern Xiongnu by Emperor Guangwu so that you could temporarily settle down there. How did it inexplicably become your Xiongnu territory?

However, Guo Tu clearly didn't have time to argue with Liu Qubei at this moment, and instead asked Liu Qubei: "Do you want to take revenge on Cao Cao, or even on Liu Miao?"

"nature!!!"

When Liu Qubei thought of the slap Zhang Xiu had given him in public and the humiliation of having to escape by riding in a dung cart, he wanted to cut off the limbs of Cao Cao, Liu Miao, and the others, so that they would wish for death but not live!

"Then things will be easy."

Guo Tu bluntly stated—

"Lord Yuan, the war against the Central Plains will be launched soon!"

"When that time comes, we beg the Right Wise King to lend us a hand! We will enter Guanzhong directly from Hedong, pass through Wuguan, break through Nanyang, and reach the walls of Xuchang!"

"In that case, Cao Cao will surely be terrified! And Yuan Shao will seize the Central Plains in one fell swoop!"

"As long as Cao Cao is defeated, no matter how powerful Liu Miao is, he will be no different from Gongsun Shu during the reign of Emperor Guangwu, and will be defeated sooner or later!"

(End of this chapter)