Chapter 195

During this period, having witnessed everything in Lin Yang's army!

He also understood!

Why Zhang Chao and Tao Qian had been defeated so miserably!

For a month, even without war!

Lin Yang's soldiers still had meat to eat at every meal!

What a terrifying food supply capability!

It was no wonder the soldiers, eating eggs and chicken legs at every meal, were all so burly!

"It is but a mere Huaiyincheng, not even one ten-thousandth of Fengxiao's talent!"

Lin Yang withdrew his thoughts and said with a smile to Guo Jia beside him!

This was not boasting!

But Lin Yang's true feelings!

"Prefect Lin praises me too much. I wonder what Prefect Lin plans to do next?"

Looking at Lin Yang before him, Guo Jia also restrained the playfulness on his face and turned serious!

"Next?" Muttering to himself, Lin Yang looked in the direction of Xuzhou, "Now that the great army is fully prepared, I plan to raise my troops and take Xuzhou first!"

"Tao Qian is already like the setting sun; Xuzhou is but something in the Prefect's pocket!"

Guo Jia nodded; what Lin Yang said was indeed the next goal, but it was not enough!

At least!

It was not enough to make him make a complete choice!

"Hmm?"

His expression tightening, Lin Yang looked at Guo Jia a bit more; was the other party testing him?

"After taking Xuzhou, I plan to turn my military edge to swallow Yangzhou first, gathering the two provinces of Xuzhou and Yangzhou, then swallow Qingzhou to the north, and Yuzhou to the west!"

The Great Han world had only thirteen provinces in total!

Once Xuzhou was taken, there were only a few paths before Lin Yang!

One was to go north and annex Qingzhou!

One was to go south and annex Yangzhou!

As for Yuzhou on the side, the difficulty was undoubtedly the greatest!

Because the power in Yuzhou was occupied by that fellow Yuan Gonglu!

Lin Yang felt it was quite unwise to engage with Yuan Gonglu too early with just Xuzhou, a land of four battles!

The current Yuan Gonglu had annexed half of Qingzhou, and his troops already exceeded one hundred thousand!

Furthermore!

The news from the Battle of Nanyang was that Sun Jian seemed to have been defeated and was about to lead his great army to withdraw!

This was not good news for Lin Yang!

Once Sun Jian withdrew!

The situation in Yangzhou would become complicated!

Yuan Gonglu could also free up his hands to take the entire Yuzhou into his pocket!

By then, the situation Lin Yang would face would be very dangerous!

"Why has Prefect Lin not paid attention to Yanzhou?"

Lin Yang's march route could not be considered perfect!

But it was not too bad either!

Guo Jia was even more curious that Lin Yang before him actually had no eyes for the land of Yanzhou!

Hearing about the land of Yanzhou, Lin Yang could not help but smile bitterly!

He would have liked to occupy the land of Yanzhou!

But in the land of Yanzhou, there was that fellow Boss Cao!

It was now March of the second year of Chuping!

According to reports from the scouts he sent out, he heard that there were signs of the Huang Jin uprising in Qingzhou!

That is to say!

Unless Lin Yang took Xuzhou immediately!

Otherwise!

Boss Cao would definitely gather the Qingzhou Huang Jin and successfully rise!

"I once participated in the Suanzaohui Alliance and have also seen the warlords of the world. In my view, the only person in this age who can be called a hero is Cao Mengde!"

Sighing as he spoke, Lin Yang was extremely wary of this person, Cao Mengde!

Even more so than Yuan Benchu!

Yuan Benchu had people like Shen Pei and Guo Tu around him, and he listened to the words of villains, so he was not worth worrying about!

But once Boss Cao rose!

With Xun Yu, Xun You, Chen Qun, Man Chong, and others joining him, and his subordinates including generals like Xia Hou Dun, Xia Hou Yuan, Li Dian, and Yue Jin, he could not be underestimated!

"Oh?"

Lin Yang holding Cao Mengde in such high regard made Guo Jia curious!

He had also heard of Cao Mengde!

He was but the Prefect of Dongjun, with fewer than thirty thousand troops!

"Does Fengxiao want to make a bet on whether this person, Cao Mengde, will rise within a year!"

Seeing that Guo Jia did not believe Boss Cao would rise, Lin Yang also showed a playful smile on his face!

"If Fengxiao loses, my army happens to be missing a Military Advisor and Chief of Staff. Fengxiao might as well consider it!"

Lin Yang was very confident about Boss Cao's rise!

If he could use this opportunity to have Guo Jia defect to him, that would be a steady profit!

"Hehe, no need to bet. I came today precisely because I wanted to seek a position under the lord. This Military Advisor position is indeed most suitable!"

Guo Jia laughed lightly; he had already planned to defect when he came to find Lin Yang today!

As for this one-year bet!

Guo Jia felt it was unnecessary for him!

The current Lin Yang needed to quickly occupy Xuzhou to plot for the world!

He could just happen to help the other party!

"Ah!"

Guo Jia's sudden defection caught Lin Yang off guard!

But immediately, a smile appeared on his face!

Guo Jia being willing to defect to him was truly an unexpected joy!

"Haha, Fengxiao coming to join me makes me flattered!"

Laughing loudly, Lin Yang took Guo Jia's hand and headed toward the city!

At the same time, in his heart, Lin Yang complained again about the novels he had read in his previous life!

What kind of betting could recruit talent!

Real talent joining you doesn't play that game at all!

Yanzhou, land of Dongjun

"Sigh, I didn't expect Lin Ziyuan to rise so quickly!"

In the Prefect's office of Dongjun, Cao Mengde looked at the letter in his hand and could not help but sigh!

Thinking back to when they first met at the Suanzaohui Alliance!

At that time, he had over ten thousand soldiers!

The other party was but a mere County Magistrate with fewer than two thousand soldiers!

In just over a year!

The other party already had over fifty thousand troops!

"My lord, this is our opportunity. Taking advantage of this time, we can take Langya Commandery in one fell swoop!"

Below, Xia Hou Dun spoke excitedly!

The reason why their group gathered here was because Cao Mengde had received a letter!