At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

"It's an official document of the imperial court. The emperor's seal is justified. No matter how you say it, the righteousness is not on our side. There is no righteousness. Qingzhou, we can't move it, otherwise the general will be extremely passive."

Yuan Shao was even more troubled.

"General, Ji has an idea."

Feng Ji suddenly opened his mouth, and Yuan Shao hurriedly asked.

"Speak quickly!"

"Qingzhou was attacked by the Yellow Turban Army. There are still many Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou. Why don't the general send troops into Qingzhou under the pretext of helping Guo Zifeng fight against the Yellow Turban Army. That would be more justifiable."

Yuan Shao looked happy and looked at Xun Chen.

Xun Chen hesitated for a while.

"This... barely makes sense, but once Guo Zifeng refuses, there is no excuse for continuing to enter Qingzhou. If we enter again, we will be bitten by Guo Zifeng, saying that we are in danger of rebellion."

"So, while he's not here, do it immediately, together with Yuzhou, do it!"

Xu You quickly said: "If the general wants to achieve great things, he must be decisive. Don't hesitate, don't miss the opportunity, and don't miss it!"

Yuan Shao immediately felt that Xu You was right. Although Xun Chen still hesitated, Yuan Shao had made up his mind.

Yuan Shao decided to immediately dispatch his generals Zhou Ang and Qu Yi to lead troops into Yuzhou and Qingzhou respectively. While Sun Jian and Guo Peng were both on the front line to challenge Dong, he would draw their salaries from the bottom of the pot and let them suffer a dumb loss!

The prelude to the great chaos in the world was played by Dong Zhuo. After entering the main topic, the first sound was played by Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou. He killed Qiao Mao and annexed Dongjun.

And it was Yuan Shao who played the strongest voice in the early stage.

Before the League of Discussing Dong was disbanded in name, Yuan Shao, the leader of the alliance, began to stab him in the back.

For his own self-interest, he ignored the righteousness of attacking Dong Zhuo, and attacked his allies directly, which made many people see Yuan Shao's true colors more clearly.

But troubled times are coming, no matter how unsightly they look, as long as they are powerful, there will be people to seek refuge, some to brag about, and some to clean up the land.

And weak people, even if they are violated, even if they have a righteous name, they are useless, and no one will stand up for the weak.

That's right, no one stands up for the weak.

Obviously, Yuan Shao regarded both Sun Jian and Guo Peng as weak.

Then, the counselors under Yuan Shao analyzed the situation in the world for him, gave him many suggestions, helped him make friends with the clan members and Liu Dai, and sent people to Bingzhou to observe the situation in Bingzhou, and then infiltrated to the south to contain Yuan Shu's faction development of.

After obtaining Jizhou, coupled with the relationship with Zong Yuan and Liu Dai, Yuan Shao instantly reversed his unfavorable situation against Yuan Shu.

Once the huge background of the four generations and three lords explodes, it can instantly reverse the situation in the world.

Yuan Shao immediately had the potential to dominate Hebei and even the world, but not long ago, he was just a dispensable Bohai prefect.

A few months later, he began to plan to conquer the world.

Counselors, generals, troops, territory, everything is missing.

Yuan's strength can be seen.

At this time, Guo Peng and Sun Jian were still on the front line of Guanzhong, crossed the Hangu Pass, which was in vain, and launched an attack on Xu Rong, who was stationed in Mianchi for defense.

At this time, Hangu Pass had already lost its role as the grand pass of the world during the Warring States Period.

The terrain of Hangu Pass in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods was very steep. The highlands on both sides were called Chousangyuan, and the gap in the middle was Hangu. The pass city was built at the mouth of the gap, and there was a Hongnong River in front of the pass.

In the pre-Qin period, when the six kingdoms of Guandong attacked Qin, they had to cross the river first, and then pass through the pass. Even if they entered the pass, they had to pass through a [-]-kilometer-long crack in the valley, and the march was extremely risky.

So Qin State relied on the natural danger of Hangu Pass to advance, attack, retreat, and defend, and constantly ravaged the six kingdoms of Shandong.

During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty moved the Hangu Pass to the east for hundreds of miles and set up the new Hangu Pass.

However, there are two roads from Luoyang to the Guanzhong Plain. The new Hangu Pass is set up on the North Road, while the South Road is not set up. As a result, the strategic value of the New Hangu Pass is far inferior to that of the old Hangu Pass.

For this reason, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the imperial court began to reuse the old Hangu Pass.

But hundreds of years have passed, the climate and environment in Guanzhong have undergone tremendous changes, and the surrounding areas of Hangu Pass have also undergone great changes.

The original wall of the old Hangu Pass was close to the Yellow River, leaving no gaps. However, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, due to the continuous cutting of the Yellow River, the water level of the Yellow River also continued to decrease, and the original wall that was close to the original wall would be exposed. Come out and form a river bank.

And this river beach can pass people, which makes the natural danger of Hangu Pass no longer exist, and the value of the old Hangu Pass almost does not exist.

That's why in the first year of Jian'an, Cao Cao ordered the construction of Tongguan.

At this time, Tongguan still did not exist. In order to defend against the Kwantung Army's attack, Dong Zhuo set up heavy troops in Mianchi, Huayin, and Anyi, and asked other generals to stay in the counties to form multiple lines of defense.

Layers of defense, continuous blocking, and logistics and supplies are far superior to the coalition forces of Guo Peng and Sun Jian.

In desperation, Guo Peng and Sun Jian could only persist in fighting, trying to defeat Dong Zhuo's defense bit by bit, but with little success.

Xu Rong was in an emergency many times and received Dong Zhuo's reinforcements many times, and was able to stabilize the front, preventing Guo Peng and Sun Jian from achieving their strategic goal of breaking through to Hongnong County.

There is no way, the logistics and troops are insufficient. Although Guo Peng has repeatedly damaged Xu Rong's army, he still cannot defeat Xu Rong and make a further step.

There is a huge gap in logistics between the two sides, which cannot be made up by the bravery of the generals.

Even so, the Bao brothers and the Gongsun brothers still supported Guo Peng, marched and retreated with him, and wanted to fight Dong Zhuo.

However, such a majestic battle ushered in a turning point in February of the second year of Chuping.

Guo Peng personally led the army to fight against Xu Rong. The two sides fought hand in hand. Xu Chu, the personal guard, shot an arrow and injured Xu Rong. Xu Rong's army was defeated and Mianchi was captured.

Guo Peng and Sun Jian immediately led their troops in pursuit, and Dong Zhuo's hard-earned first line of defense was finally breached.

And at this stall, when Mianchi was breached for three days, on February [-], the second year of Chuping, Guo Peng received an urgent report from Cheng Li, saying that at the end of the first month, Pingyuan Kingdom was invaded by Yuan Shao's general Qu Yi. .

Chapter 236 .230 Return of the six armies

According to Cheng Li, under Yuan Shao's instigation, Qu Yi led [-] soldiers and horses to forcibly enter Qingzhou under the banner of helping Qingzhou against the Yellow Turban Army.

Cao Ren, who was stationed in Pingyuan, refused. Qu Yi saw that he could not enter smoothly, so he directly attacked and forcibly broke into Pingyuan.

Cao Ren led the army to fight fiercely with him. The situation was unfavorable. Geguo County fell. Cheng Li mobilized troops to support Cao Ren. Now the situation can be stabilized. Please come back as soon as possible.

And Sun Jian also received Yuan Shu's notice.

It is said that Yuan Shao took advantage of his main force to be in Guanzhong, so despicable and shameless sent Zhou Ang to be the governor of Yuzhou.

The base camps of the two main generals who fought against Dong Zhuo were all under fire from the coalition leader Yuan Shao!

Bao Xin drew his sword and thrust it into the ground fiercely on the spot, scolding Yuan Shao with red eyes for being inferior to pigs and dogs.

Gongsun Zan gritted his teeth and cursed Yuan Shao to die.

Zhang Fei was so angry that he broke his spear directly.

Sun Jian's general Cheng Pu was about to get on his horse and rush to Hebei to fight Yuan Shao for [-] rounds.

Zhu Jun, who had just recruited soldiers and came to Luoyang, was even more astonished by this.

Zhu Jun did not follow Dong Zhuo to move west to Chang'an. He was often humiliated under Dong Zhuo's command, and he didn't want to continue to be humiliated, so he found an opportunity to leave Dong Zhuo's camp.

After Luoyang was breached, Zhu Jun recruited a team to Luoyang to join the armies of Guo Peng and Sun Jian.

Now, when they heard that the great cause was about to come true, Guo Peng and Sun Jian were being dragged out of their salaries, and they couldn't help but hate them very much.

"What the hell is Yuan Benchu ​​going to do!!"

The veteran burst into tears.

Sun Jian looked at Guo Peng in disbelief. Guo Peng looked up to the sky and sighed, closed his eyes, and burst into tears.

"The purpose of our righteous soldiers is to save the country. Now that the rebels are about to be wiped out, the leader of the Dong League is actually the first to attack us. He has done such an injustice to us. The world is so big, who should I work together with? , what about turning around?"

All of Guo Peng's generals hated it.

At this point, the battle against Dong Zhuo must not continue. Guo Peng and Sun Jian, as well as the Bao brothers and Gongsun brothers, can only negotiate with each other, lead the troops away, go back to rectify the rear, and then consider the crusade against Dong Zhuo.

Sun Jian was obsessed with beating Dong Zhuo, and felt that he could not give up all hope. He decided to bring only a small number of mobile troops back to attack Zhou Ang. After defeating Zhou Ang, he came to Luoyang to attack Dong Zhuo.

Therefore, he handed over the large army to Zhu Jun as the commander.

Zhu Jun nodded, expressing that he would live up to Sun Jian's entrustment.

Then there is Guo Peng.

Because Qingzhou was too far away, Guo Peng couldn't keep troops like Sun Jian, so Guo Peng decided to lead his headquarters back to attack Qu Yi, confront Yuan Shao, and ask him what kind of heart he had.

After making the decision, Guo Peng asked the Gongsun brothers and the Bao brothers what they thought.

Both the Gongsun brothers and the Bao brothers didn't want to stay in a place without logistical support without Guo Peng's leadership, so they decided to return east with Guo Peng.

Sun Jian felt that his mobile force was too small to fight against Zhou Ang, so he asked Guo Peng for help.

So Guo Peng discussed with Gongsun Zan and decided to keep Gongsun Zan's younger brother, Gongsun Yue, and lead a thousand cavalry to assist Sun Jian in the crusade against Zhou Ang. Gongsun Zan himself went to Qingzhou first, and then returned to Youzhou to report to the clan members.

The Bao brothers led a large army and returned eastward with Guo Peng to their base camp, Jibei Kingdom.

They are all clear about what happened in Suanzao, and they know that the existence of the League of Directors is like a joke, and they have a deep sense of distrust for Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou.

They hope to maintain a good relationship with Guo Peng and take care of each other. If something happens, they hope to get Guo Peng's protection.

Guo Peng made an assurance to them.

On February [-]th in the second year of Chuping, Dong Dajun divided his troops in Luoyang and left.

Zhu Jun led nearly 2 troops to stay behind, and continued to restrain and monitor Dong Zhuo's troops.

Sun Jian led thousands of cavalry to the south to attack Zhou Ang.

Guo Peng led his headquarters and Taishan soldiers on the road back to the east.

He wants to settle accounts with Yuan Shao properly.

After setting foot on the land of Guandong, Guo Peng came to Chenliu County, visited Zhang Miao, complained to Zhang Miao, and told about Yuan Shao's shamelessness.

Zhang Miao was a little embarrassed, but seeing that Guo Peng didn't blame him for failing to guarantee the logistics of food and grass, he was relieved, and started scolding Yuan Shao together with him.

When he learned that Wei Zi had decided to join Guo Peng, Zhang Miao was taken aback for a moment, then swallowed, looking at Guo Peng's vicious generals, he didn't dare to say anything.

But in his heart, he was already scolding together with Guo Peng and Yuan Shao.

Bunch of assholes!

Guo Peng didn't care about this, and left Chenliu County to Jiyin County. Guo Peng told the Jiyin prefect about Yuan Shao's shamelessness.

All in all, he went all the way, publicized Yuan Shao's shameless behavior, gave Yuan Shao eye drops, ruined his reputation, described himself as innocent, and told the sorrow of his inability to win Dong Daye with tears. A wave of sympathy points.

On the fifth day of March in the second year of Chuping, Guo Peng led his army to Taishan County, where he separated from the Bao brothers and held hands with Bao Xin before leaving.

"Bao Jun must protect himself. If there is any danger, send someone to notify me immediately, and I will definitely protect Bao Jun."

"Thank you General!"

Bao Xin nodded fiercely.

On the seventh day of March, Guo Peng led his army back to Qi State, entered the mansion of Zhou Mu in Linzi County, and met Cheng Li.

"Welcome back, General!"

Cheng Li and all the officials in the mansion greeted Guo Peng's return.

Guo Peng didn't have that much power when he went there, but when he came back, Guo Peng already possessed great power.

The prestige of defeating Dong Zhuo's repeated victories, the stark contrast between the poor performance of the princes against Dong and his heroic performance, all helped Guo Peng to become famous, accumulate prestige, and increase political capital.

This kind of improvement has already been initially revealed at the moment, and the respect that the subjects have for him has obviously increased by a level compared with before departure.

As soon as he came back, this feeling was particularly obvious.

"Zhongde, thank you for your hard work."

Guo Peng held Cheng Li's hand and led him into the state pastoral mansion.

At present, Guo Peng has no time to think about other things, and has no time to deal with some things that need to be dealt with after leaving for a long time. He can only understand a little bit, and then immediately lead his troops to the plain.

"What's the current situation?"

After Guo Peng entered the state pastoral mansion, he had no time to deal with other matters, so he immediately asked about the specific situation.

"Qi Yi led an army of 1 troops to invade our territory. Cao Zixiao and Du Xi, the magistrate of Liguo County, were defeated at the beginning. Geguo County fell and was occupied by Quyi. After that, Cao Hong and Yu Jin's two troops with a total of [-] troops were urgently dispatched. Resist it, and now the situation has stabilized, but Qu Yi is good at using troops, and our army has repeatedly launched attacks, but we have not been able to overcome Liguo County."

Cheng Li pointed to the map and explained to Guo Peng some of the situation on his side.