At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

There's nothing wrong with sharing a room with this non-recyclable trash for a while.

"Li Ru, you said that the Kwantung Allied Forces have their own selfish motives. They are called to fight against Dong, but they are actually trying to expand their strength and compete for territory. So, isn't that what Dong Zhuo did? They are called Han Chancellor, but they are actually Han traitors!"

Guo Peng's tone became severe: "Dong Zhuo falsely claimed to be Prime Minister of the country, and blatantly killed King Hongnong. He regarded superiors and inferiors as nothing. If Dong Zhuo can't be defeated, he will take the lead to comfort the late emperor. Guo is ashamed to be a Hanchen!"

"The general's words... the words are over..."

Li Ru wiped the sweat from his forehead: "King Hongnong died of illness, and Xiangguo was recommended by his ministers. It's not Xiangguo's selfishness. How can the general say that this is Xiangguo's selfishness?"

"If not, is Dong Zhuo a loyal minister?"

Guo Peng sneered: "Although Guo is ignorant and ignorant, he has never heard of a loyal minister who enters and leaves the palace privately and takes the maids for himself!"

"General...the general heard all the slander, and it was the slander of the Xiangguo by the people in Kanto."

Li Ru felt that rhetoric alone would not work, and he had to show real benefits.

Originally, he wanted to fool Guo Peng to see if Guo Peng's IQ was high, but now it seems that Guo Peng's IQ is indeed not low enough to betray him when he has no real benefits.

"Guo is also from Kanto."

Guo Peng sneered and said, "Li Ru, do you want me to deceive myself when you come to see me?"

"No, no, no."

Li Ru hurriedly apologized with a smile: "The general misunderstood, Xiangguo couldn't bear to see the general's secret investment, and hoped that the general's talents could be used in the right place, so he asked Ru to persuade the general. Look, general, Ru also brought His Majesty This is a reward from Xiangguo for recommending the general to His Majesty."

Then Li Ru began to read the emperor's edict.

The more I listened, the more people around Guo Peng were surprised.

Dong Zhuo's skill is really big.

But when it fell into Guo Peng's ears, it felt like there was a desire to survive.

The "Emperor" ordered that as long as Guo Peng served the court (Dong) Ting (Zhuo), then Guo Peng could be named the General of the Hussars, opened the mansion, and sealed ten thousand households.

Guo Peng's two sons were all named marquises, and his father and brothers could also be named marquises. Guo Peng could also make a list of those who could serve as governors of the county among the clan, and all of them would be appointed by the court.

Not only that, Dong Zhuo is also willing to form an in-law relationship with Guo Peng, betroth his granddaughter to Guo Peng, and serve Guo Peng.

Brother Gongsun was dumbfounded.

Bao Xin's younger brother, Bao Tao, was full of anger when he heard this—could Dong Zhuo use the official position of the imperial court to squander it wantonly?

He was about to explode on the spot, but was held back by Bao Xin.

Bao Xin shook his head at him, motioning for him to see Guo Peng's reaction.

Guo Peng stood up, walked in front of Li Ru, looked at Li Ru with a flattering smile, reached out and took the emperor's edict, and took a closer look, it was really the case, and the seal had legal effect.

"General Hushi, Kaifu, Marquis of Ten Thousand Households, son, father, brother, all enfeoffed as Marquis, members of the tribe serve as county guards and governors, hehehehe, Li Ru, the imperial court, is it Dong Zhuo's?"

"what?"

Li Ru looked confused.

"presumptuous!"

Guo Peng kicked Li Ru to the ground, and Li Ru fell to the ground with a howl.

"The public weapon of the great man was used by Dong Zhuo to play with it. The majesty of the emperor was humiliated by Dong Zhuo. The dignity of the monarch and ministers disappeared. Dong Zhuo ignored the superiority and inferiority to such an extent. Is the court a plaything in Dong Zhuo's hands? The official title of the great man , can it be used to give away to others without any scruples?!"

Guo Peng was furious: "You still say that Dong Zhuo has no selfish intentions. This edict is clearly Dong Zhuo's edict. If you want me to be loyal to the court, you are obviously asking me to be loyal to Dong Zhuo! Dong Zhuo's name is Han Chancellor, so he is clearly a Han thief!

Guo doesn't have great talent, but he still knows that as a Han official, he eats Han's salary and shares the worries of the Han Emperor, not Dong Zhuo!How can a dignified Han minister join forces with Han thieves!Dong Zhuo is a rebellious person who overthrew the royal family. Now that he does not punish his three clans and show it to the whole world, I will not die with peace in my eyes. Do I still want to make peace with him? ! "

"General...general...don't be angry, general, don't be angry, general!"

Li Ru collapsed on the ground, trembling all over, his face pale.

But Guo Peng stretched out his hand and tore the edict to pieces, then drew out his saber and pointed it at Li Ru.

"Li Ru, I heard that you used to be the doctor of King Hongnong?"

"what?"

Li Ru nodded in horror: "Yes!"

"How much do you know about Dong Zhuo killing King Hongnong?"

"........."

Li Ru's eyes widened, and then quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "I don't know anything! General! I don't know anything! Dong Zhuo did everything, Dong Zhuo did everything, and I was forced to do nothing!"

"You really can't get rid of the relationship..."

Guo Peng was silent for a while after hearing the words, and put away his saber.

"King Hongnong was killed. You, a Lang Zhongling, did not share the disaster with the king. Instead, you joined Dong Zhuo and became Dong Zhuo's lackey. How come it doesn't matter?"

Guo Peng shook his head.

"Come here, arrest this person, choose a day to kill, and pay homage to the spirit of King Hongnong in heaven."

"Yes!"

Immediately, several tall personal soldiers entered the military tent, arrested Li Ru, who was lying on the ground pale and pale, and took them away.

"General!"

After Li Ru was taken away, Bao Xin stepped forward a few steps, held Guo Peng's hand, and then bowed deeply to Guo Peng: "The general is loyal, and Bao admires him very much!"

Afterwards, Bao Tao also stepped forward and followed Bao Xin to salute Guo Peng: "The general is loyal, and Bao admires him very much!"

The Gongsun brothers also got up and saluted Guo Peng, and after that, the officers and advisers who were full of tents saluted Guo Peng together.

"Duke Ming (General) is loyal and righteous, and we all admire him!"

Guo Peng sighed deeply, looked up at the top of the tent, leaned slightly, his eyes were red, and a few tears flowed down.

"The lord suffers, and the subject is humiliated with him. It is the sin of the lord not to resist the humiliation. How can there be any loyalty? This is clearly my fault! The lords love you wrongly, and Guo is ashamed!"

Guo Peng bowed and gave it back to everyone present.

"General!"

"Ming Gong!"

The eyes of the people in the tent turned red, and Zhang Fei, Guan Yu and others who were full of emotions were moved to the point of tears.

Guo Peng condemned his crimes with tears again, and announced that he would march on a certain day to attack Dong Zhuo.

That night, Guo Peng was dealing with military affairs in the barracks, when suddenly a guard came to report that Guo Jia and Xi Zhong had come to him together.

Chapter 222 .220 Er Guo Jia had a very pleasant smile on his face

Xi Zhong and Guo Jia come together?

Guo Peng frowned and let the two come in.

"Meet Minggong (brother)."

"Well, why are you here?"

Guo Peng put down his pen.

"Duke Ming, the two of us are here for the matter of Li Ru."

Xi Zhong looked at Guo Jia and spoke first.

"Li Ru? What's wrong with him? Painfully begging for mercy? Did he commit suicide?"

"Neither, it's not about Li Ru himself, but about something else."

Xi Zhong signaled Guo Jia to speak.

Guo Jia nodded.

"It's like this, brother. During the day, brother said that he was going to kill Li Ru to comfort the old King Hongnong. I and others thought it was very correct, but after thinking about it carefully, I didn't think it was right."

"wrong?"

Guo Peng became interested and looked at the two with a smile: "What's wrong?"

"It's like this, brother, brother defeated Xu Rong and occupied the revolving door. He has great prestige. He was the one who defeated Dong Zhuo first among the Dong Lianjun. This credit and reputation are very great. If he wants to catch up with this credit later, he wants to come. It's not that easy either.

This in itself is a good thing, but elder brother, to challenge Dong Lianjun, there are so many people, it is true that there are too many people, and there are too many thoughts, it is difficult to guess, and they cannot be unified. Brother's military achievements are outstanding, and those people are not as good as those people, and they are very likely to be jealous brother. "

After Guo Jia finished speaking, Xi Zhong continued.

"The Suanzao alliance, Kong Ni suffered a disastrous defeat, Yuan Shao's Yecheng alliance, and Wang Kuang suffered a disastrous defeat. Both armies suffered disastrous defeats. Only Minggong won a complete victory. Everyone in the world knows the merits of Minggong, but they despise Suanzao and everyone in Yecheng. They must have ideas in their minds.

Duke Ming is good at fighting, but our grain road still comes from Suanzao. If the princes of Suanzao hate Minggong, secretly attack and refuse to transport grain to Minggong, then no matter how good our army is at fighting, it will be useless. "

Xi Zhong was right.

In recent days, Guo Peng found that the amount of grain shipped from the wild jujube had dropped to a certain extent, and the speed of delivery had also slowed down. He sent people to the wild jujube to urge the grain, while preparing arrangements for the follow-up.

Fortunately, the previous accumulation and the seizure of the grain from Xu Rong's troops, as well as the grain from the Xuanmen Pass, are enough to last for a while.

As for the fact that soldiers plundered food from households in surrounding counties and counties, it did not exist in Guo Peng's thinking.

It's one of his few bottom lines.

So Guo Peng nodded.

"That's right, what you said is very reasonable. After a big victory, it seems to be a good thing, but mediocre and incompetent people always hate those who can do things. They are incompetent in doing things, but they are first-class masters who make trouble secretly. It’s not that I don’t understand these things.”

"so."

Guo Jia said again: "Brother, after discussing with Xi Jun, I feel that the execution of Li Ru should not be done by Brother himself, it is best to leave it to..."

"It's better to leave it to Yuan Gonglu, right?"

Guo Peng accepted Guo Jia's words.

Xi Zhong and Guo Jia were taken aback, looked at each other, and then smiled.

"So Minggong has already thought of it."

Xi Zhong said with a smile: "It seems that I was waiting to talk too much."

"not like this."

Guo Peng shook his head: "Before, I really wanted to kill Li Ru, but after thinking about it carefully, no one can live without helpers. No matter how strong the army is, fighting alone without food is a dead end. The jujube celebrities really let me Big disappointment.

With an army of [-], if we can work together with Yuan Benchu ​​in Hebei and attack from both sides, we may not be able to defeat Dong Zhuo, but they actually stay in Suanzao and stop advancing. They are not people who can discuss major issues together, so my choice is It's clear. "

Guo Jia and Xi Zhong nodded together.

"Brother and Yuan Gonglu have known each other for a long time. This time Yuan Gonglu has not sent troops in time. If we can win over him in time, we can have Yuan Gonglu help us."

Guo Peng nodded, and then looked up and down Guo Jia with great interest.

After more than a year, Guo Jia's body and bones are much stronger than when he first saw him, his figure is more well-proportioned, he has grown taller, he speaks with full of anger, his complexion is rosy, and he is no longer sick.

When his body is healthy, he will naturally become more lively. He likes horseback riding and fencing, but Guo Peng didn't expect that he has already begun to grow up in terms of the overall situation.

"Brother, why do you look at me like that?"

Guo Jia felt a little uncomfortable being watched by Guo Peng.

"I haven't paid attention to you for a long time. I didn't expect to have such a growth. I think Laizhi has contributed a lot."

Guo Peng looked at Xi Zhong again, but Xi Zhong just smiled.

"Guo Jun is young and promising. He has made such great progress just by talking with me a little bit.

"No, no, Mr. Xi is knowledgeable enough to be my teacher, which is not something I can compare to."

The two humbled each other.

Guo Peng, on the other hand, laughed and stepped forward, held the hands of the two of them, and said, "Why do we have to distinguish between superiors and inferiors? There is a priority in learning, and there is a specialization in art. They each play their own strengths. The things that need to be done in the world are so How much can one person do?

A person's power is limited after all, cooperation, giving full play to each other's strengths, and cooperating with each other is the way to success. From now on, the two of you should get closer and work together. Zhicai, my little brother is naughty, so I ask you to support me a lot up. "

"It is the honor of being loyal to Minggong."

Xi Zhong smiled.

Afterwards, Guo Peng ordered an army to load Li Ru into a car and send it to Luyang, where Yuan Shu was stationed.