Chapter 182: Guo Jia's Plan

And Guan Yu, after listening to Guo Jia's suggestion, immediately went to organize the army for the expedition.

The result was just as Guo Jia had expected; that evening, Xi Zhicai brought people to deliver the grain and fodder needed for the army's expedition.

And at this time, Guan Yu had also determined the personnel for the expedition; now everything was ready, just waiting for early tomorrow morning for the army to set out for Youzhou.

Five days later, Guan Yu and his party had set out from Luoyang all the way, passed through Jizhou, and arrived at the border of Zhuojun in Youzhou.

"Reporting to the General, ahead is Zhuojun in Youzhou; the current Prefect of Zhuojun is Lord Tian Yu."

Just at this time, the scout who was scouting the path ahead suddenly came to Guan Yu's side and reported respectfully.

"Have we arrived at Zhuojun?"

And at this time, Zhang Fei on the side murmured with a somewhat complicated expression.

"Third Brother, it's all in the past; stop thinking about him!"

At the same time, Guan Yu on the side also heard Zhang Fei's murmuring and immediately said to Zhang Fei with a complicated expression.

And on the side, Guo Jia, who was riding lazily on his warhorse without any image, saw the expressions of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei and couldn't help but shake his head.

The Oath of the Peach Garden—that was quite a story back then!

It's just that I didn't expect the two brothers to have met the wrong person and actually been deceived by a villain.

"Second Brother is right; it's all in the past, why think about him!"

Soon, Zhang Fei adjusted his emotions and replied to Guan Yu with a smile.

Seeing that Zhang Fei was fine, Guan Yu turned his head to look at Guo Jia and asked:

"Military Advisor, in your opinion, from where should we attack?"

At this time, Guo Jia, after hearing Guan Yu's words, was also startled, and instantly sat up straight; his previous lazy image disappeared instantly.

Guo Jia waved his hand, and a map appeared in the air, with dense light spots all over it.

Soon, these light spots changed, and what was finally displayed was the map of Youzhou.

This map was precisely the world map of the Han world that Liu Bian had exchanged for with five thousand National Fortune Points, and Liu Bian had spent ten thousand National Fortune Points to have the system implant it into the identity jade token.

As long as the official rank reached Fourth Rank or above, officials could view it.

Moreover, this map was updated automatically in real-time; it was a true military tool.

Looking at the Youzhou map at this time, with Youbeiping Commandery as the boundary, everything to the west was green, representing that these commanderies and counties were currently still in the hands of the Han Empire.

And to the east of Youbeiping Commandery, the five commanderies of Liaoxi Commandery, Liaoxi Protectorate, Liaodong Commandery, Xuantu Commandery, and Lelang Commandery had all turned red.

This also represented that these five commanderies had all been occupied by the local forces.

Guo Jia took a look at the Youzhou map and pointed at the map to Guan Yu and the others:

"General Guan, Lords, please look."

"Currently, the entire area east of Liaoxi Commandery has been occupied by Gongsun Zan's forces."

"And the Inspector of Youzhou, Shen Pei, is currently in Youbeiping Commandery with the General Who Crushes the Wuhuan, Yan Rou, leading fifty thousand troops to defend against Gongsun Zan's attack on Youbeiping Commandery."

"And according to the intelligence sent back by the Dark Guards, Gongsun Zan is currently gathering seventy thousand troops and heading toward Youbeiping."

"With Shen Pei's strength, plus the fifty thousand troops led by Yan Rou, defending Youbeiping is completely no problem."

"We only need to bypass to their rear while Gongsun Zan is attacking Youbeiping, cut off their retreat, and Gongsun Zan will certainly not be able to escape!"

And at this time, after Guan Yu and the others heard Guo Jia's words, their eyes also lit up.

Guo Jia took in everyone's expressions and continued:

"In a while, I will send a message to Shen Pei, telling him to hold off Gongsun Zan's army in Youbeiping, and we only need to bypass to the rear of their army, and we will certainly be able to annihilate them all."

"As for the ten thousand troops of Gongsun Xu who are garrisoning Liaoxi Commandery, just send General Yuan Fu to lead ten thousand troops to go there; at that time, there will be Dark Guards lurking in Liaoxi Commandery to cooperate with you."

After listening to Guo Jia's plan, Guan Yu immediately said solemnly to the crowd:

"Everyone, do as the Military Advisor says; we will directly bypass Gongsun Zan's main force and strike straight at their rear."

"As for Liaoxi Commandery and Gongsun Xu's ten thousand troops, I will leave it to you, Yuan Fu; at that time, you will lead ten thousand people to go there directly."

After hearing Guan Yu's military order, everyone's expressions tightened, and they shouted with determination:

"This end general accepts the order!"

At the same time, Shen Pei, who was waiting for Gongsun Zan's army in Youbeiping, also received the message sent by Guo Jia.

In Shangyin City, the seat of Youbeiping Commandery, inside the Prefect's Mansion, Shen Pei was currently discussing with the Youzhou defender newly conferred by Liu Bian, the General Who Crushes the Wuhuan, Yan Rou, on how to attack Gongsun Zan.

"Hahaha, General Yan Rou, Military Advisor Guo has sent a message; he and General Guan Yu of the Qinglong Legion have already arrived at Zhuojun."

"Military Advisor Guo told you and me not to leave the city to meet the enemy, but only to defend against Gongsun Zan's attack."

And at this time, Yan Rou, who was sitting below, asked with confusion after hearing Shen Pei's words:

"Inspector, are General Guan and the others not going to rendezvous with us directly?"

"With our strength, dealing with Gongsun Zan's seventy or eighty thousand people would not be troublesome at all."

Shen Pei, after listening to Yan Rou's words, smiled slightly at him and explained:

"General Yan, this time we want to annihilate Gongsun Zan and the other rebel party members; if we attack directly, Gongsun Zan might flee to the grasslands."

"In that case, it would not be easy for us to pursue him."

"Therefore, in order to prevent Gongsun Zan from escaping, Military Advisor Guo had to go to great lengths to encircle and suppress Gongsun Zan."

"Moreover, His Majesty also wants to speed up the progress of unification; otherwise, a mere Gongsun Zan would not be worth the mobilization of the Empire's six legions."

"Just the two of us would be enough to slowly clean him up!"

Shen Pei's words were not false at all; if it weren't for the fact that Yan Rou and the others had just started cultivating, Gongsun Zan would truly not be worthy of the mobilization of Guan Yu's Qinglong Army.

"So that's how it is; it is still His Majesty and Military Advisor Guo who think thoroughly; this end general was just saying!"

Yan Rou, who had listened to Shen Pei's explanation, also revealed a look of relief at this time.

One must know that when he first learned of the true strength of the Han Empire from Shen Pei's mouth, he was quite shocked.

In his cognition, a First-rate Martial General like Gongsun Zan was already a top-tier existence in the world.

And in Shen Pei's narrative, there were hundreds of people stronger than Gongsun Zan in the Han Empire, and there were also two or three hundred thousand soldiers with the strength of Third-rate Martial Generals.

When he first heard this news, his first reaction was that Shen Pei was definitely bragging to intimidate him in order to awe him.

It wasn't until Shen Pei demonstrated his strength and gave him the unified cultivation technique and identity jade token practiced by the Han Empire's army that he finally believed this shocking fact. ===== CHAPTER 183 =====