At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

"Brother is living a good life, how can it make me live poorly? Now that I am marching and fighting, it is useless to ask for these things. I should give them all to help him recruit soldiers and horses."

Cao Chun said with a smile.

Guo Peng sighed very much, and it was rare that he hugged Cao Chun sincerely, and from then on he took Cao Chun as a member of his absolute confidant to train.

Guo Dan finally understood what Guo Peng's previous warning was about, and openly opposed Dong Zhuo, which meant implicating his family.

But the situation in the world is overwhelming, and Guo Dan also saw that the general trend of fighting against Dong's coalition army has been achieved, and Dong Zhuo has become a minority instead.

"Zifeng, because my father is getting old, I don't know how to deal with these things anymore. You can sell our real estate and land for military funds. The soldiers of Peiguo are also assigned to you. , I will ask Zhongkang to follow you to protect your safety."

Guo Dan handed over half of his savings for many years to Guo Peng, and then handed over the real estate and land to Guo Peng to sell, and entrusted everything to Guo Peng.

After that, he decided to disband the Guoxiang Mansion, and moved to Qingzhou with the Xiahou family of the Cao family, and gave up his official position directly.

Among the group of officials who originally followed Guo Dan, some chose to accept Guo Peng's solicitation to work in Qingzhou, and some chose to bid farewell to Guo Dan and his son and find another way out.

Guo Tu of the same clan was among the group of people looking for another way out. I don't know how he thought. After seeing Guo Jia by Guo Peng's side, he decided to find another way out.

Guo Peng didn't care too much about whether he left or not, but Xin Ping and Du Xi, both from Yingchuan, chose to stay and follow Guo Peng, which made Guo Peng happier.

So Guo Peng appointed two people as county magistrates to go to Qingzhou to exercise their administrative skills.

After dealing with these matters, Guo Peng got a lot of money that can be used as military resources, and his hand is even more generous. With such a joyful mood, Guo Peng set off for Suanzao.

At the same time, Sun Jian also led his army to Luyang County in Nanyang County, where Yuan Shu was stationed.

Sun Jian responded to Yuan Shu's call, so he naturally sent someone to see Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu was very happy when he learned that Sun Jian had brought tens of thousands of powerful soldiers to join him.

Although you, Sun Jian, have no culture, you still have vision!

Yuan Shu, who was unhappy because of being coldly received by the Kwantung heroes, suddenly felt that his heart was warmed and nourished, so he accepted Sun Jian's refuge, and made Sun Jian a fake Zhonglang general.

At the same time, Yuan Shu was worried that he would not be able to kill Zhang Zi and occupy Nanyang in a fair manner. Now that Sun Jian has come, he has a way.

He hoped that Sun Jian could get rid of Zhang Zi.

Yuan Shu sent his aides to guide Sun Jian, who instructed Sun Jian on the spot to present gifts to Zhang Zi, and then sent troops to surround Zhang Zi, forcing Zhang Zi to death with a grand feast.

After Zhang Zi's death, Sun Jian led his troops to Wancheng, occupied Wancheng, and welcomed Yuan Shu as the ruler.

From then on, Yuan Shu took possession of Nanyang, the largest county in the world with a population of one million, with a solid foundation and logistics base, and the strength to launch a counterattack against Dong Zhuo.

And Sun Jian, who helped him do dirty things, also got moderate benefits.

The reason why it is not big or small is because the positions Sun Jian got were all "declared" by Yuan Shu, not the official edict of the imperial court.

After the chaos in the world, the roads leading to the seat of the emperor in the capital are not smooth, even if they can reach the center, it is not certain whether the emperor and his officials can make a decision.

Then the princes from all over the world embraced their own self-respect, and it was hard to say whether they would follow the emperor's orders. They followed what was beneficial to them, and made excuses that they would not act according to the edict of the puppet emperor.

At this time, it became a process to tell the emperor about something or ask the emperor for instructions, a process in which the emperor actually made his own claim in the name of the emperor.

It is a sign of the weakening of the central power and the strengthening of local power and the beginning of fragmentation, and the irreversible sign of the beginning of troubled times.

For example, Yuan Shu represented Sun Jian as the governor of Yuzhou, Tao Qian represented Liu Bei as the governor of Yuzhou, and was the governor of Xuzhou, and Cao Cao represented Liu Bei as the governor of Yuzhou, etc. They are all "representations", which are the personal will of the princes and have nothing to do with the emperor, even the puppet emperor. There is no way to limit this behavior of you expressing me and expressing you.

Strength is the standard. If you have strength, you will naturally be able to do what you want to do. Your territory is up to you.

But if it's not your territory, if you still pretend to be an official, that's pure pretending. What's wrong with being a favor?

For example, in the later period of the Three Kingdoms, each country has its own provincial governor or state shepherd. Except for the territory that he can control, the others are all pretending.

Yuan Shu is also pretending to be a force now. After the defeat of Yuzhou governor Kong Ni, he couldn't afford to be ill. There is indeed no one to be the governor of Yuzhou.

Anyway, he also knew that things like the above table didn't need to consume energy, and he could also get Sun Jian's thanks. Although the whole of Yuzhou was not under Yuan Shu's control, why not do it?

Sun Jian was overjoyed when he got the governor of Yuzhou from Yuan Shu's performance. He immediately celebrated with his generals, and then began to prepare for the war.

At this time, Yuan Shu also knew the news that Kong Ni and Wang Kuang had been defeated one after another, and told Sun Jian that Sun Jian was very afraid of the combat effectiveness of Dong Zhuo's elite troops.

Sun Jian had worked with Dong Zhuo before, had seen Dong Zhuo's army fight with his own eyes, and had a good understanding of Dong Zhuo's fighting style. He knew that Dong Zhuo was good at fighting, so he did not dare to slack off.

So Sun Jian suggested to Yuan Shu.

"Although the general commands tens of thousands of troops, most of them are not used to fighting. Dong Zhuo's troops have followed Dong Zhuo in battle for several years. They are very elite. It is unwise to use new recruits to fight against elite soldiers. I suggest that you step up training and gathering information. , make another plan.”

Yuan Shu believed that Sun Jian was a professional and believed his words to be credible, so he followed what he said.

After training for several days, Yuan Shu was very happy when he received a letter from Guo Peng in late July.

"Zifeng said that he has arrived in Suanzao and is ready to cooperate with us in attacking Luoyang at any time, and asked about our next plan."

Yuan Shu called Sun Jian over and told Sun Jian about this matter. Sun Jian said that it would take some time to train soldiers on his side. He suggested not to rush into the army, train troops, and find out Dong Zhuo's movements.

Although Yuan Shu was in a hurry, he didn't want to lose the battle, so he wrote to Guo Peng and made an appointment to march at the latest in September.

There was no attack from Dong Zhuo's army on Yuan Shu's side, so it's okay to advance later, but Guo Peng did have Dong Zhuo's army to attack here, and the trouble was not small.

In late July, Guo Peng led [-] troops to Suanzao and learned about the crisis faced by the princes of Suanzao.

Chapter 213. 210 The one who can stabilize the world must be a general

Guo Peng felt that his arrival seemed like a life-saving straw.

As soon as he came, all the princes and princes who were full of jujubes came to meet and greet him, which made Guo Peng think that he had become the leader of the Dong Lianjun.

As a result, after inquiring, I found out that this group of people were frightened by Dong Zhuo's army's good fighting, and they didn't dare to enter the army.

This group of people originally planned to fight the soy sauce to the end, waiting for the Yuan brothers to send troops to fight, and follow behind to gain some benefits and fame.

What's more terrible is that Xu Rong's army of 2 people, who defeated Kong Ni and Wang Kuang one after another, is slowly moving in the direction of Suanzao, as if they are about to attack Suanzao.

So domestic celebrities panicked, terribly panicked.

Then Guo Peng came, and their savior came.

Guo Peng, who has been touted as "the style of a famous scholar and the appearance of a famous general", is really capable.

Born in Yingchuan, Lu Zhi's disciple, a scholar with Zhengmiaohong roots, joined the army before the age of 20, killed Zhang Liang on the first battlefield, and then followed Lu Zhi to defeat the Yellow Turban Army, accumulated military achievements, and emerged. Appointed as Lieutenant Go Karasuma.

Later, in Shanggu County in the north, he dealt with Xianbei people and Karasuma people, and dealt with Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun's rebels. They all won.

In the past few years, he has made countless contributions without any defeat. He was named a marquis and a general, and he was famous. He also exterminated tens of thousands of Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou, so he was worshiped as Qingzhou Shepherd at the age of 26.

In the entire anti-Dong Zhuo coalition army, there is no one with such a good-looking war history as Guo Peng.

Although Guo Peng is the youngest, he has been in the army for seven years. Few of the princes present can compare with Guo Peng in the number of years he has led troops to fight.

Not to mention that he has a powerful army under his command, which defeated the 5 Xianbei people and the rebels, and now he has defeated the Yellow Turban Army. He has made great achievements. The princes believed that only Guo Peng's army could compete with Dong Zhuo's army.

For this obvious flattery, Guo Peng just smiled indifferently.

"It turns out that this is just a trivial matter. Since Guo is here, he will naturally rebel and rectify the world. It's just that the army led by Guo has just wiped out a yellow scarf army in Qingzhou. He is very tired, and let Guo rest for a few minutes." Day, you can send troops to fight."

With Guo Peng's words, the celebrities immediately felt relieved, and then they bragged to Guo Peng that they entertained him with good wine and good food. A banquet was held until the middle of the night, and a group of celebrities returned to the camp to rest drunk .

Guo Peng really didn't know whether this group of people came to have a banquet for team building or to attack Dong Zhuo.

Shouldn't everyone discuss strategies and tactics?

Guo Peng completely saw through the idiot nature of this group of celebrities, and dismissed their mighty [-] army.

Crowds and elite divisions can defeat them as long as they are commanded properly.

If you really want to say who deserves attention, it is probably Bao Xin, Prime Minister of Jinbei.

The celebrities went back to rest in their respective camps drunk, only Bao Xin was not drunk, and he didn't say a word during the banquet. When they all left, Bao Xin turned back halfway to meet Guo Peng.

"When does the general plan to send troops to challenge Dong?"

As soon as Bao Xin came up, he asked Guo Peng directly about his plan.

"Is Mr. Bao very impatient?"

Guo Peng wiped his face and looked at Bao Xin with a smile.

"If the general doesn't come, Bao is very anxious. If the general comes, if he doesn't send troops, Bao is also very anxious!"

Bao Xin looked at Guo Peng heartbroken, and said, "That group of people, whether they really want to come to seek Dong, Bao really doesn't know, it's been five months, they don't enter the army, don't go to war, just get together In Suanzao, eat, drink and have fun all day long!

They don't care about the deserted army. From top to bottom, the army is uncontrolled and looting everywhere, causing the surrounding counties to suffer. Are we the rebel army who came to beg Dong or the Yellow Turban army who robbed houses? "

It seems that Bao Xin has almost seen through the essence of these domestic celebrities.

"I can also see what Mr. Bao said. They gathered troops for several months, and hundreds of thousands of people didn't dare to attack Dong Zhuo. In my opinion, they didn't have the determination to attack Dong Zhuo at all. They just got together and stood in line. Determined, they are used to standing in line in the court, and they must stand in a team in war."

Guo Peng sneered for a while.

"They... all have such a great reputation, but in the end..."

Bao Xin was so angry that he couldn't speak.

"I'm not surprised at all, Mr. Bao, I've seen this kind of people in Luoyang, if not a thousand, there are eight hundred, and all these people I've seen act like this, don't be surprised at all, I've been used to it for a long time. "

Guo Peng sneered and said: "There seems to be a thousand words in my chest, but I don't know what to do when I write. I only know about high-spirited talk all day long, advocating clear talk, but I don't do anything about practical things. I eat, drink and play, drunk and dreaming. This is the posture of a celebrity. This is a celebrity."

Bao Xin sighed deeply.

"Let's not talk about these people. Bao even thinks that the two brothers Yuan Benchu ​​and Yuan Gonglu are also harboring ulterior motives. Yuan Taifu died. The two of them have never sent troops to fight Dong Zhuo. Is this plausible? Although Bao does not agree with Yuan Taifu's behavior, but Bao Someone felt that what the Yuan brothers did was wrong."

Guo Peng shook his head.

"I'm not worried about this. Anyone can avoid fighting, but Yuan Benchu ​​and Yuan Gonglu can't. If they avoid fighting, the situation will be very serious."

"That's true."

Bao Xin looked at Guo Peng again: "Will the general avoid the battle?"

"It's impossible."

Guo Peng looked at Bao Xin.

"Sure enough, I was not wrong about the general. The day when the general sent troops was also the day when Bao sent troops."

Bao Xin held Guo Peng's hand: "The one who can stabilize the world must be a general, not Yuan Benchu ​​and Yuan Gonglu, let alone anyone else."

Will the world be stable?

This is my real goal.

Mr. Bao, you are quite right.

However, what I want to settle down may not be the world you think.

Bao Jun, what do you think of me?

Guo Peng held Bao Xin's hand with a smile, and said, "If Mr. Bao is with you, Mr. Guo will not give up."

A few days later, the team that Guo Peng sent out to search for the enemy and explore the terrain came back and reported to Guo Peng what they had learned. Guo Peng marked one of them on the strategic map to think about strategic strategies.

The battle must be fought, and it must be won, so as to maximize your reputation.

Dong Zhuo's troops were relatively elite, except for his Liangzhou soldiers, Bingzhou soldiers, and Huangfusong's elite soldiers who fought against the Liangzhou rebels. There should be no less than [-] elite soldiers.

After further expansion of the army, the number of troops that can be used is about [-] to [-], or even more.

As for the Kwantung Allied Forces, most of them are newly recruited soldiers and horses, who are not good at fighting and don't know how to fight. Moreover, these celebrities don't have any talent or ideas for commanding and training troops at all, they just have a large number of people.

The only troops capable of attacking Dong Zhuo were the Jingnan soldiers under Sun Jian, the Qingzhou Army under Guo Peng with Youzhou soldiers as the backbone, and the Youzhou cavalry brought by Gongsun Zan.

Sun Jian's army composed of soldiers and horses from the three counties of Changsha, Guiyang and Lingling as the backbone is capable of crusade against Dong Zhuo.

During this period, most of the south was a barren land, which had not yet been fully developed. Many places south of the Yangtze River were mixed with Han people and minorities. There were frequent conflicts, frequent wars, and tough folk customs. Therefore, the combat effectiveness of the Sun family's army has always been very strong. good.

Then there are the experienced frontier troops under Guo Peng and Gongsun Zan.

There are only so many troops that can fight against Dong Zhuo, and the rest are just strong men who can be used to transport food and grass. If you really want to fight, you might as well just dismiss them.

Chapter 214 .210 Four Head-to-Head Confrontation (Revised)

Fighting depends on the cooperation of the battle formation, and an army that has not been systematically trained under the banner of the military formation is useless.

Guo Peng made the calculations, this battle is going to be fought, and only Bao Xin will cooperate with him.

Bao Xin had 5000 infantry and [-] cavalry under his command, including the [-] elite of Guo Peng and Gongsun Zan, the number was about [-].