At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

As long as this channel can be maintained, Wei Jun will become one of the groups with the highest level of education and the best spiritual outlook in the Wei Empire, and even except that the level of education is not as good as that of civil servants, other indicators will surpass civil servants and become a well-deserved pillar of the country .

Although politically limited by productivity, he could not go any further, but at the military level, Guo Peng has already achieved a level that he has never achieved in all dynasties.

He did not dare to say that his government was the strongest in the history of China, but he dared to say that his army was the strongest in the history of China.

The Wei army at this moment will not be at a disadvantage even against the Ming army in the Zhu Yuanzhang era more than 1000 years later, and the Eight Banners Qing army before entering the pass.

With equal equipment, the warlord army of the Republic of China could only flee in embarrassment when facing the Wei army he created, unable to compete with it.

He has such confidence!

He ate the fried pancakes and the stewed meat in big mouthfuls, and he had such an imagination.

After eating and drinking enough, Guo Peng stuffed the last bit of biscuit into his mouth and chewed it. He half leaned on the cushion and watched with a smile as the great boys in front of him made trouble with each other.

Guo Chengzhi happily sat next to Guo Peng, and said to him excitedly: "Father, I have never seen such a lively scene. It is so lively. It feels no worse than during the New Year in Luoyang city! The atmosphere Very good!"

Guo Peng smiled and nodded.

"Of course, this is the army built by the father alone. No one knows this army better than the father. It is this kind of army that the father can build such a powerful Wei country.

Chengzhi, remember, the army is the pillar on which the father built the Wei state. Only when the army is strong and in your hands can you continue to guarantee your own power and the strength of the Wei state. There can be no sloppy things about the army. . "

Guo Chengzhi nodded excitedly, suddenly felt a little strange, and turned to look at Guo Peng.

"My hand?"

"Yes, in your hand."

Guo Peng reached out and took Guo Chengzhi's hand: "When we return to Luoyang this time, your father will make you the crown prince, and the crown prince is the future emperor. One day in the future, your father will be tired and hand over the throne to you." You, you are the emperor, the master of the army."

Guo Chengzhi blinked his eyes, as if he didn't understand what Guo Peng meant.

It's no wonder that it's actually a bit early to tell him this now.

The army is the most important part of the imperial power. The emperor who controls the military power is the real emperor. Only when the power of turning the table is in his hands can the emperor shock the officials and govern smoothly.

Only when Guo Jin took control of the military was he able to successfully set off a clean government storm to attack the opposition forces, but the opposition forces were apprehensive. The army is in the hands of the emperor.

The spectacle of Guo Peng dispatching [-] imperial troops to beat up the rioting scholar children to run around the city in Luoyang is still in their minds. They know that the Guo family emperor can lift the table, and they also know how table.

They are afraid.

Therefore, with the military power in hand, the emperor's status and basic power are absolute.

The Guo family emperor cannot do without the army, no matter when and where, he must hold on to the military power.

He is like this, Guo Jin is like this, and Guo Chengzhi must be like this.

"Father, will I be emperor?"

Guo Chengzhi suddenly asked, "Just like father and elder father?"

"Yes, if there is no accident, you will be the emperor, an emperor like your father and your father, sit on the throne in Luoyang and give orders. These soldiers will become your most loyal supporters. They They will obey your orders, and they will go through fire and water for you when you give an order."

Guo Peng smiled and measured his body and looked at Guo Chengzhi.

"I can't think of that image."

Guo Chengzhi thought for a while, scratched his head, and looked puzzled: "What's the situation?"

"How... Hahaha, it doesn't matter now, Cheng Zhi, you will know what it is after you grow up a little bit and become the crown prince."

Guo Peng smiled and pointed to the lively soldiers in the lively barracks.

"Now, you have to remember that at any time, you have to let your army do the same. As long as they can maintain this state, the state of Wei will be as stable as Mount Tai."

Guo Chengzhi looked in the direction of Guo Peng's finger, and saw a scene full of vitality.

"Keep in mind, never forget, in another 40 years, when you reach Daddy's age, if you can still see our army like this, you will be Daddy's best grandson, Daddy Father would be proud of you."

Guo Chengzhi felt a little excited after hearing this.

He looked at everything in front of him very seriously, thinking that he should remember all of this no matter what, so that he could make Guo Peng proud of him in the future.

What a joyous thing this is!

The New Year's Eve of the second year of Xingyuan was spent in such an atmosphere. When midnight approached, the second year of Xingyuan passed away, and the third year of Xingyuan officially arrived.

Early in the morning, the administrative officials of Yunzhou headed by Tian Feng and the generals of the Yunzhou garrison headed by Li Qian came together to congratulate Guo Peng on the new year. I told them all.

As for the congratulatory gifts, Guo Peng also accepted them, as a way of asking for a lottery, and didn't let them take them all back.

After a while of congratulations, only Tian Feng was left behind by Guo Peng.

At the beginning, due to some political factors, Tian Feng was transferred from his position as the second-in-command of the central government to Yunzhou as the governor. Fortunately, Yunzhou is one of the four frontier states, and the governor of the state has real power and really wants to do things. If it is like other Pingzhou in the mainland, then outsiders will really feel that Tian Feng has been exiled politically.

Because he has power in Yunzhou and really wants to do things, Tian Feng doesn't have time to complain about himself.

Yunzhou has just been established, and it is full of dangers. There are hostile forces everywhere, and there are rebel tribes who want to compete with the Wei army for sphere of influence and interests. The Wei army has just eliminated the Yongkai separatist regime.

After Tian Feng took office, he gave full play to his ability to handle affairs and divided powers with Le Jin. He was in charge of the battle, and everything else was Tian Feng's task.

He will arrange the army station, he will provide the army supplies, he will guarantee the army logistics, and he will share half of the army's combat achievements.

Since Tian Feng was in charge of the logistics work, there was nothing wrong with giving him half of the military achievements. Le Jin agreed, and after several years of fighting, Le Jin never worried about the logistics.

Tian Feng rectified the logistics of the army, and also made full use of the central bureaucratic organization to obey the orders of the Wei Empire's Tuntian villages, townships, and county-level units, gradually expanding the power base of the Wei Empire, and gradually overwhelming the power base of the local rebel tribes, reversing Yunzhou's unfavorable situation.

Coupled with Le Jin's proper command, the Wei army fought bravely, annihilating several powerful rebel tribes one after another, and the Wei Empire was able to stand firm in Yunzhou.

It is true that Tian Feng's contribution here is really great.

But despite Tian Feng's efforts, Guo Peng did not transfer Tian Feng back to the capital, and still let him sit in Yunzhou to assist the army to wipe out the rebel groups in Yunzhou step by step.

After several years of public security wars, the rebellious tribes in Yunzhou were wiped out seven or eight times, and the power of the Wei Empire became stronger and stronger.

Grass-roots organizations of the Wei Empire, represented by tuntian villages, occupied more and more land. Much of the arable land in Yunzhou was occupied by the tuntian farms of the Wei Empire, which were reclaimed as fertile land and started production.

Yunzhou got rid of the predicament of needing food subsidies from Yizhou before, and can be self-sufficient, and has further accumulated materials that can launch a strategic offensive.

With Tian Feng's efforts, after Le Jin was transferred, Li Gan led the Wei army to fight four consecutive wars, beheading the capital of more than [-] people each time, driving the rebel tribes in Yunzhou to the point of desperation, and directly promoting the Yunzhou army. The end of the state vigilante war.

Years ago, Li Gan reported to the imperial court that he would launch the final decisive battle between February and April of the third year of Xingyuan.

He plans to dispatch [-] garrisons in Yunzhou to remove the last stronghold occupied by the rebel tribes in one fell swoop, and completely end the protracted Yunzhou security war.

This long-term law and order war has consumed a large amount of funds and accumulated materials in the national treasury, that is to say, the Wei Empire has a solid foundation for its great cause. If it were any other empire, it would have been a long time ago to talk and play with it.

But Guo Peng just doesn't like confinement, he just likes taxation.

After paying so much sacrifice and price, should we give up halfway?

From the establishment of Yunzhou to the present, more than 70 soldiers have died in battle in Yunzhou, and more than [-] local officials have died on duty. The Wei Empire paid a huge price, not for the purpose of ruling.

It is to directly rule Yunzhou and own all the taxes of Yunzhou.

This plan was approved by Guo Jin, and then Guo Jin ordered the staff desk to verify Li Gan's strategic plan and give it a reply.

It just so happened that Guo Peng came here, just when Li Qian and Tian Feng decided to completely put down the rebellious tribes in Yunzhou with high ambitions.

Chapter 1605. One thousand five hundred and twenty five, this responsibility is my responsibility

Guo Peng counted the time and realized that he hadn't been on the battlefield for a long time.

The last time he was on the battlefield was the Northern Expedition to Xianbei in Yande for six years, and after that, there was no such thing as personally leading troops to the battlefield.

As a famous general in all battles, just in time for the war, he felt itchy for a moment, and his body couldn't help but want to go back to that place, so that he could recall the past years.

So Guo Peng discussed with Cao Lan and the others.

"You are the husband, you can decide, but...do you have to go?"

Cao Lan came out to speak as his wife.

Guo Peng looked at Guo Chengzhi beside him.

"Chengzhi has never been on the battlefield. I want to take him to the real battlefield to see it. This is very meaningful to him. Back then, Ah Jin came here like this, and he couldn't escape."

Cao Lan looked at Guo Chengzhi, walked up to him and stroked his face: "Poor boy, why did you become this man's grandson?"

"........."

Guo Peng is very helpless: "Since he is my grandson, he can't always think about hiding in the deep palace. He has to go out to see the world and experience it. Ah Jin was cultivated by me since he was eleven or twelve years old. He was in contact with military affairs and government affairs.

But when it was Chengzhi's turn, Ah Jin was too busy with official duties to discipline her. This is not good. Apart from formal education, how could the emperor be better than a woman in the deep palace?Since Ah Jin is busy and has no time, I will take this responsibility. "

Cao Lan sighed and said nothing more.

In the end, Cao Lan did not hinder Guo Peng from taking Guo Chengzhi to the battlefield, so Guo Chengzhi began to prepare for the battlefield with great interest.

"Father, what kind of armor do you want to wear?"

"Father, what kind of helmet do you want to wear?"

"Father, can I ride a horse?"

"Father, what kind of weapon should I wear? A spear, a ring knife, or a mace?"

"I'm very strong, I can swing a mace!"

"Father, how many enemies can I kill?"

Guo Peng sighed slightly when he saw him asking questions with great interest.

"Chengzhi, are you happy?"

"Of course! What a joy to be able to go to the battlefield!"

Guo Chengzhi was full of yearning: "Students in the Taixue said that the father and the generals fought bloody battles like this, and defeated all the enemies to establish the Wei State. The achievements of the ancestors are so dazzling, how can we not be fascinated!"

As he said that, Guo Chengzhi pulled out a ring-headed knife and danced a few times in a decent manner: "My father is the god of war in the army, and he has never lost a hundred battles. As the grandson of my father, how can I be self-sufficient and give up to others?" Daddy is ashamed?"

"I don't like fighting. After I have been on the battlefield once, I don't want to have a second time. It's just that I can't help it."

Guo Peng drew out a ring-sword knife, looked at the sharp blade, and his thoughts suddenly returned to the bloody battlefield decades ago.

"Why did the father say that?"

Guo Chengzhi was very surprised how a God of War figure like Guo Peng would say such words that he thought were very unambitious.

How fascinating was the bloody battlefield back then?

Guo Peng sheathed his knife and turned to look at Guo Chengzhi.

"Chengzhi, do you like the battlefield, do you like fighting?"

"Of course! How can a man not yearn for the battlefield?!"

Guo Chengzhi clenched his fists with a look of fighting spirit.

"Men who have been on the battlefield will no longer yearn for the battlefield. The soldiers of the Wei army you have seen dare to fight, are good at fighting, and can fight, but no one likes the battlefield. Compared with the battlefield, I think they would rather stay at home with their wives. Take your time."

Guo Peng shook his head, then froze again, and muttered to himself: "You can't say that... Maybe there is someone who really likes the battlefield and doesn't like peace, but that's the only one."

"Father... what does this mean?"

Guo Chengzhi was puzzled.

Guo Peng shook his head.

"After you see the mountains of corpses piled up on the battlefield, think about what you said now. Maybe you will feel differently. Chengzhi, the battlefield is not beautiful at all. The battlefield is the real purgatory on earth."

"Purgatory on earth?"

Guo Chengzhi couldn't imagine that kind of appearance.

"Soldiers, the place of life and death, the way of survival, must be studied. You understand the art of war, but you don't know why the person who wrote the art of war wrote it like this. It doesn't matter. When you go to the battlefield, you will know how to write it. Why did the art of war people write like this?"

Guo Peng smiled and began to help Guo Chengzhi buy equipment for the battlefield.

Thick leather armor, a sturdy helmet, a sharp ring sword, and a strong horse.

"You don't have to go anywhere when you're on the battlefield, just follow me in the Chinese army. Before that, you can watch how the generals plan their strategies, see how the civil servants prepare logistics and combat supplies, and go to the department in charge of logistics to train for a while. time."

While helping Guo Chengzhi put on the leather armor, Guo Peng told him some basic military knowledge.

"Father, these are all things I have learned. I will never be ignorant of the principle that the three armies go first before they move food and grass. War is logistics. You said this, and it is recorded in the textbook. everybody knows."

Guo Chengzhi felt that he was underestimated.

Guo Peng smiled.