"Ah? Then why did the lord still punish me?"
Zhang Fei still couldn't figure out that blockhead brain of his.
Guo Jia chuckled softly and said, "Punishing you was to put on a show for Yuan Shao's former officials. At the same time, it was even more for your own good, to make you remember this lesson and learn to control your emotions. The lord heard that you often get drunk and beat up soldiers. Is that true or not?"
Zhang Fei scratched his head sheepishly and said, "It is."
Guo Jia patted his shoulder and said earnestly, "The lord values you greatly and wants to make you his pillar general. Now you can understand his well-intentioned efforts, can't you?"
Zhang Fei came to a sudden realization, burst into tears once more, knelt down facing the direction of Jiang Siming in the grand hall, knocked his head three times in a row, and without a word, turned around to go feed his horse.
As for that 'meritorious official' Xu You, he was quickly forgotten to the back of people's minds. He courted his own death, so he had no one to blame.
Originally, Jiang Siming even wanted to casually give him some official post, but now that was saved too, which was quite nice.
The great battle of Guandu shocked the warlords across the world.
Jiang Siming had even dealt with Yuan Shao, and now his territory expanded once again, making him a super warlord sitting on six provinces.
After absorbing Yuan Shao's former generals and surrendered troops, Jiang Siming's forces reached a terrifying one million troops. His troops, horses, grain, and fodder were several dozen times that of Cao Cao.
One could say that Jiang Siming already occupied more than half of this world.
Yet the problems Jiang Siming