Three Kingdoms: I choose Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao, why are you crying, Diao Chan?

Chapter 498 The second Dong Zhuo?
Inside Guzang City, the soldiers were generally in a state of joy.

Although Kuai Liang died of illness, for most people, it was just a slight shock and not very sad.

After all, Kuai Liang had never even spoken to most of them and had no feelings for them, so whether he was dead or alive had no impact on them.

On the contrary, they won the battle and received rewards, which was the real gain.

At this moment, Wei Yan was outside the city gate personally welcoming the returning army of Wen Pin and Jiang Qin.

There were 28,000 people when they left, but 33,000 when they returned.

In addition to their own casualties, they captured at least five thousand people!

It’s a pity that they failed to capture alive the two heavyweight generals Zhu Jun or Han Sui.

However, it is also very good to be able to capture Mao Jie, the Shangshu Pushe.

Wei Yan looked at Mao Jie who was imprisoned in the cage and asked through the wooden fence:

"You were once a subordinate of Cao Cao, why do you want to serve Cao Cao's enemy?
"If you can surrender, you can serve my lord together with General Xiahou and others!"

Mao Jie snorted coldly:
"It is true that Jie was once loyal to Meng De, but now that Meng De has lost contact, why can't I be loyal to the court?

"I have no interest in becoming a bandit like Xiahou Dun and the others!"

Seeing that Mao Jie was so shameless, Wei Yan, who was already in a bad mood because of Kuai Liang's death, said without hesitation:

"Since you don't want to surrender, then behead him!"

Having said that, Wei Yan prepared to execute Mao Jie.

At this time, Gongcao Shi Huanjie suddenly advised:
"General, this man once proposed the strategic plan of 'obeying the emperor to command the disobedient, cultivate the land, and store military supplies'. He is quite foresighted.

“If we let General Xiahou and his men come and persuade them later, perhaps we can secure an outstanding talent for our army.

"General, you must not kill a useful person because of a momentary anger at this time when talents are scarce."

After listening to Huan Jie's persuasion, Mao Jie turned his head away, showing no intention of fighting to the death.

After a moment of silence, Wei Yan adopted Huan Jie's suggestion and waved his hand:
"Take him to jail and keep him under guard!"

If Kuai Liang were still alive, he would probably advise him not to kill Mao Jie.

This time, let’s give Kuai Liang some face!

……

As Wei Yan successfully occupied Guzang City, the remaining county towns in Wuwei County also surrendered.

Now Jincheng County and Wuwei County have been captured by Lu Bu's army, completely cutting off the connection between the five western counties and the imperial court.

If Xu Huang, the governor of Liangzhou, had not been still guarding Zhangye County, with no backbone, I believe the five counties of Xizhou would have surrendered soon.

But with Xu Huang around, the difficulty will be slightly higher.

But overall it's not a big problem.

Without support from the imperial court, the five counties of Xizhou would be nothing more than lambs to be slaughtered.

As the news spread that Wei Yan defeated Zhu Jun and occupied Wuwei County, the entire court became turbulent again.

Liu Xie quickly summoned a group of civil and military officials to discuss countermeasures.

However, faced with the strength of Lu Bu's army, the civil and military officials had no effective countermeasures.

Seeing that so many people couldn't even fart for a long time, Liu Xie threw the memorial in his hand to the ground!
"A bunch of rubbish! What's the point of the court keeping you?

"And Liu Bei, my uncle, started to shrink after he conquered the enemy Liang State.

"Do you really think I can't see what he's thinking?!"

The emperor was furious and none of his ministers dared to raise their heads.

Liu Xie's eyes swept across everyone and finally fell on Jia Xu.

He originally thought that this strategist, whose strategies had a 100% success rate in his previous life, could help him restore the Han Dynasty in this life. However, it now seems that he overestimated him.

The reason why the other party's strategies have a high success rate is that if they are not absolutely sure, they will not take the initiative to offer suggestions.

He had taken the initiative to seek advice from the other party several times, and facing a strong enemy like Lu Bu, the other party naturally did not have as many plans as he had in his previous life.

Even Zhuge Liang, who dared to challenge the heavens, could not easily defeat Lu Bu in this life.

Not to mention the Jia Xu in front of him...

However, even so, he could only look at Jia Xu for help:
"Doctor Jia, is it true that this great man can only be defeated by me?"

Looking at the helplessness in Liu Xie's eyes, he finally looked like a normal sixteen-year-old boy.

After a moment of silence, Jia Xu slowly replied:

"The strength of Lu Bu's army has overturned common sense.

"Unless something happens, it is almost impossible for us to be a match for the enemy given our national strength.

"unless……"

"Unless what?"

Liu Xie looked at Jia Xu eagerly, hoping to learn a way out of the impasse from him.

However, Jia Xu hesitated for a moment and said:
“There are two ways to alleviate the current situation.

"First, gather all the remaining troops in Liang Province to Sili.

“Only by increasing the total military strength of a single city can we more effectively resist the enemy.

“Of course, this method can only solve the immediate problem.

"In the long run, the enemy will definitely develop better after occupying Liangzhou.

"When the time comes to compete in national strength, the gap between our army and the enemy will only grow larger..."

When Liu Xie heard that he had to give Liangzhou to Lu Bu's army, he was not willing to do so and hurriedly asked the other party for another method.

Jia Xu hesitated again, then gritted his teeth and risked his life to say:
"Your Majesty can issue an edict to let Liu Bei hand over his military power, and then gather Liu Bei's troops to go to Liangzhou together, and the danger in Liangzhou can be resolved!"

After hearing this, Liu Xie was stunned.

How could he not understand, having lived his life over again, that Liu Bei in this life must have had the ambition to become emperor under the instigation of Zhuge Liang?

If I really ask Liu Bei for military power, I am afraid I will immediately lose an ally and gain a powerful enemy!
No matter how you look at it, Liu Bei would never give me the military power...

Jia Xu saw what Liu Xie was thinking, so he whispered:
"Your Majesty should also know that it is unlikely to ask Liu Bei to hand over his military power, but if... I am just saying if...

"If we give the military power to Liu Bei... wouldn't it be possible for the two forces to combine and fight against Lu Bu's army together?"

As soon as these words came out, Liu Xie's eyes widened and he looked at Jia Xu in disbelief:

"Do you want me to hand over all my soldiers to Liu Bei?
"You want Liu Bei to become the second Dong Zhuo?!"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the civil and military officials in the court looked up in astonishment.

Jia Xu shook his head slightly:

"Your Majesty, please calm down. What I just said was just a hypothesis.

"If we rely solely on our own strength to deal with Lu Bu's army, we will be devoured by Lu Bu's army sooner or later.

“But if Your Majesty gives our military forces to Liu Bei, Your Majesty will still be Your Majesty and Liu Bei will still be his subject.

"And compared to Dong Zhuo, Liu Bei is undoubtedly a million times better.

"If we can't even defeat Lu Bu's army by then, then what difference does it make who holds the military power?"

(End of this chapter)