At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Whether it is Guo Peng himself or his son, if they are married to a powerful landlord in Hebei now, everyone in the Guo Group will feel very strange and ask why, is it because of a little money?

Many civilian and military generals who have made great contributions are still waiting in line to get their numbers.

Who will Guo Jin and Guo Jun's wives will become the number one concern of many people, after all, Guo Peng Group's momentum is so strong.

Guo Jin, Guo Jun, and the two newborn sons, their marriages are the same, and they must contribute to Guo Peng's goal.

As Guo's child, if he doesn't have this kind of awareness, he is indeed born in the wrong birth.

Is it just for the enjoyment of being born in a family of rich clothes and fine food?

Only upstarts would want to do that.

There is no one who focuses on family heirlooms and a more lofty ideal of a family of rich clothes and fine food, but has a bright heart since childhood.

Knowing that they have no freedom of choice, only acceptance and forced acceptance, the ending is the same.

Thinking of this, Guo Peng suddenly felt that he didn't have many children, which seemed not enough.

He felt that he should indeed take in a few more concubines and have a few more children, so that he could keep up with his needs.

Whether it is for the inheritance of status or for other purposes, the number of sons and daughters must be guaranteed. Not having enough children is indeed a great disadvantage.

Guo Peng began to think about whether he should take a few concubines from one or several families, make good contact with everyone, and have more children.

No, it's not thinking, but something that must be done.

It is imminent, something that must be acted on immediately.

Cao Lan and Mi Zhen had just given birth and needed a period of recuperation. This is the time to take concubines.

Guo Peng began to think about whose families to take concubines from, there would be no problems with their status, and there would be enough benefits.

Marriage is nothing more than winning people's hearts, appeasing heroes, exchanging benefits, etc. In terms of status, of course, the main wife should not think about it, but it is still possible to give it to a concubine with status.

In name, Guo Peng has already "succeeded and received the title, and has to prepare eight concubines", and now only one quota is used, and there are still seven places waiting for destined people.

Who is the predestined person?

In May of the first year of Xingping, Guo Peng led his troops from Puyang County and headed north along the Jizhou Avenue to Shangdang County in Bingzhou. On the way, Guo Peng asked Tian Feng about the strategy of this battle.

A few days earlier, Guo Peng had received information from Zang Hong, saying that they detected that the number of allied troops of Baibo Army and Yu Fuluo Army was about [-] to [-].

After hearing this, Guo Peng didn't panic at all.

Since joining the army to fight, this is the first time Guo Peng has fought more with less.

Numerous times before, it was either to fight more with less or to fight in a tie. For Guo Peng, this time he did not panic at all.

And more importantly, neither Ufulo nor the Baibo Army had a stable logistics base or food source.

This point was brought up by Tian Feng.

"The Baibo thieves and Yu Fuluo are both rogues. They are not good at production. They are entrenched in the valley of Bingzhou and make a living by plundering. After our army occupied Hanoi, several small groups of Baibo thieves entered Hadong and Hanoi counties and entered Hanoi. The county has been destroyed several times by Lord Han, which shows that his people are short of food and clothing."

"The enemy lacks food and clothing, but our army has enough food and clothing. Before the war begins, we are already invincible."

Guo Peng smiled: "Yuan Hao, you really don't know. I have almost never fought such a dominant battle. Every time in the past, I didn't have an absolute advantage. Every time it was very dangerous, but this time , seems to be a little different."

"Duke Ming has occupied the lands of Jiqingyou and Yanwuzhou. Duke Ming is no longer the Duke Ming of the past. There are not many princes in the world who have more advantages than Duke Ming."

Tian Feng seems to have something to say.

Guo Peng turned his head to look at Tian Feng, and then laughed.

"Yuan Benchu ​​also thought so at the beginning. This kind of thinking is not good. I'm not number one in the world, am I? Yuan Hao, have you ever seen a wild beast that hunted carelessly?"

"Never."

Tian Feng shook his head.

"Beast hunting, no matter how powerful the beast is, as fierce as a liger, when hunting, no matter whether the prey on the opposite side is weak or strong, they are all focused on the same, because they know that although they are very strong, once the hunt fails, There is a risk of starvation.”

Guo Peng pointed to the north: "No matter how many soldiers and horses I have, no matter how weak the enemy is, I can't underestimate the enemy. The lion fights the rabbit and I do my best. Now I am careful every step I take, for fear that if I take a wrong step, I will be full. All lose.

Yuan Hao, I have many soldiers and horses, many civil and military personnel, and they entrust their lives and the future of their families to me. They may be able to entertain and relax, but I can't. If I entertain easily, I am not alone in danger. Therefore, I am far from the time when I can sit back and relax. "

Chapter 370 .360 Nine They developed a deep sense of distrust towards Yuan Shu

Guo Peng's words touched Tian Feng a lot.

"Duke Ming thinks so, Feng really admires him."

Tian Feng thought for a long time, but he couldn't think of any words to describe Guo Peng's awareness, so he could only admire him.

So powerful, yet so cautious, if Yuan Benchu ​​had half...no, one-third, one-fourth, or even one-fifth of Guo Peng's prudence, he wouldn't have ended up dying.

Yuan Benchu...

Before that, Tian Feng also heard that Yuan Shu abused Yuan Shao's family members in Shouchun.

Yuan Shu sent Yuan Shao's son to raise horses, and they ate and lived with the horses. He also sent Yuan Shao's wives and concubines to clean the toilets and clean the excrement buckets. They bathed once every three days.

It's worse than killing them.

When this matter was reported to Guo Peng, Guo Peng banned everyone from discussing it, but in private, civil and military officials, big and small, were quite critical of Yuan Shu's behavior. It is too much to wantonly torture for pleasure.

This is true for his own blood brothers, let alone other people?

They had a deep sense of distrust towards Yuan Shu.

However, Yuan Shu didn't care, he still went his own way.

Thinking of this matter, Tian Feng sighed secretly when he looked at Guo Peng with a dignified expression beside him.

The Yuan family has four generations and three princes, countless disciples and old officials, and unparalleled political resources in the world. It should have been the final winner.

However, the two people who have mastered this resource are more incompetent than the other, and higher than the other.

Looking at Guo Peng again, he already has the best strength in the world and controls the land of the five states, but he still cautiously professes his vassal to Yuan Shu.

Facing Yuan Shu's words, he was humble, like Yuan Shu's most loyal minions, and behaved without any overreach. He even didn't allow others to criticize Yuan Shu, and always sent Yuan Shu a lot of gold, silver, treasures, delicacies and other luxuries for Yuan Shu to enjoy.

I have simple expenses, simple food and clothing, and no bad habits.

Handling government affairs and military affairs is extremely hardworking, does not listen to music, does not watch dance music, does not keep singers and musicians, does not even drink at non-banquets, and spends time with family members and children when he is free, pays close attention to children's education issues, and personally teaches children with scriptures .

How is this different from the Zhou people who already occupied two-thirds of the world but still professed their vassals to Shang Zhou?

What is his ambition?

Tian Feng looked at Guo Peng carefully, the more he looked, the more he could see some bright spots in him that he couldn't find in other people anyway.

Before the world's worries and worries, after the world's joy and joy.

Not pleased, not to have compassion.

If you live high in a temple, you worry about the people, and if you live far away from the rivers and lakes, you worry about your ruler.

Countless people were moved by these three sentences, tears filled their eyes, and regarded them as their direction, spiritual guidance, and motto.

And Guo Peng seems to be really practicing, trying to achieve these three sentences.

And myself, can I be the one who goes back with Guo Peng?

It's really great to work on him.

But if he can really go one step further, that would be even better.

Such an insignificant little desire arose in Tian Feng's heart.

And he also believes that Guo Peng is likely to embark on that path.

He began to imagine what might happen in the future and the role he might play. As for this sudden war, he had no doubts about Guo Peng's complete victory.

Guo Peng knew exactly what the court of Chang'an was thinking, and now he is clearing all the cards he can use. This is not to attack Guo Peng, but to supplement Guo Peng. This is really to make his north side free of enemies. , there is no threat, and you can develop with peace of mind.

Originally, the Baibo bandits and Yu Fuluo were entrenched in the valley, so it was not easy for Guo Peng to attack them, but the Chang'an court's actions were equivalent to giving these people to Guo Peng.

Do you think Guo Peng doesn't have the strength to defeat these people head-on?

After observing how Guo Peng trains troops, how he organizes the army, and what kind of weapons he equips the army, Tian Feng understands the meaning of Guo Peng's so-called "I started thinking about today four years ago".

Guo Peng didn't lie, it was true, he was really doing, thinking, and preparing.

Everything is inevitable.

At the end of May in the first year of Xingping, Guo Peng led his army across Huguan and arrived at Zhangzi County, Shangdang County. Here he joined Zang Hong and Zhang Yan, joined forces, and gathered [-] troops. Facing the invasion of the coalition forces, Guo Peng Peng didn't panic at all.

Subsequently, Guo Peng held a military meeting and began to discuss with Zang Hong and others the movements of the Baibo Army and Yu Fuluo's coalition forces.

"The main force of the thieves has been concentrated in Taiyuan, ready to come to the party. According to reports from the spies, the number of thieves is almost the same as the previous estimate. It is about [-] to [-]. There are infantry, but whether it is equipment or ordnance Nothing can compare with our army."

Zang Hong told what he knew.

Guo Peng nodded.

"They came straight to Shangdang. It seems that they planned to take down Shangdang and rush directly to Hanoi County. After taking down Hanoi County, they joined forces with Li Guofan and the three thieves to fight against us. We occupied Shangdang and Hanoi. The three thieves have trouble sleeping and eating, has Chang'an sent troops to cooperate with them?"

"Have."

Zhang Yan nodded: "It is reported that Chang'an sent Yang Feng, the former general of the Baibo rebels, back to persuade the Baibo rebels to surrender to the Chang'an court, and to join forces with Yu Fuluo's army to attack Shangdang County together."

"Yang Feng?"

Guo Peng asked, "Who is this?"

"This person was originally the general of the Baibo bandit army. After the Baibo bandit leader Guo Tai and Dong Zhuo died in battle, Yang Feng surrendered to the Chang'an court, but the other leaders, Han Xian, Li Le and Hu Cai, insisted on not surrendering. This time, the Chang'an imperial court sent Yang Feng to recruit these three people, let them join the battle, and enriched the army."

Zhang Yan knew about this very well, and told the whole story.

"So that's the case, this is also good, so I don't have to go find them one by one, wipe them all out in one go, and enter Taiyuan and Xihe counties, so as not to have long nights and dreams!"

Guo Peng said: "This battle is intended to wipe out the bandits. Whether it is Yu Fuluo or Baibo bandits, our army's goal is to wipe out them all!"

"As ordered!"

Yuan's generals are gearing up, waiting for the opportunity to flex their muscles and make contributions.

They have been waiting for this day for a long, long time.

I thought I couldn't wait.

After the tactical and strategic discussions were over, Guo Peng asked everyone to arrange and prepare for the battle, while he talked with Zang Hong alone.

"Ziyuan, is it difficult for you to be the governor of Bingzhou?"

Guo Peng stroked Zang Hong's back and said to Zang Hong: "There is only one county, but you have to face many problems and enemies. It seems a bit too embarrassing?"

"That's not like what you, Guo Zifeng, would say."

Zang Hong smiled and said, "Don't you, Guo Zifeng, like to throw the most trusted people in the most dangerous places? I am very happy to be thrown here by you, because Zang Ziyuan is trusted by you, Guo Zifeng.

Chapter 371 In the future, maybe it will be interesting

Hearing what Zang Hong said, Guo Peng laughed out loud.

Then he took Zang Hong's hand and said, "Ziyuan, I knew you when I was 12 years old, and it has been 17 years since we have supported each other all the way here. Is there any reason why I don't believe you? Why do I need to say more?"

The two looked at each other and smiled, and walked slowly forward.

After a while, Zang Hong suddenly sighed.

"Zifeng, sometimes, I feel that all this is like a dream."

Zang Hong faced the south and pointed in the direction of Luoyang: "Sometimes when I wake up, I even have a feeling that we are still in Luoyang Taixue, that you are sleeping next to me, and you can turn around Seeing you, I'm still 15, you're still 12, and we're still teenagers."

"I am 29 years old, you are 32 years old, Ziyuan, we are not teenagers anymore."

Guo Peng pursed his lips and smiled: "It's been 17 years since we beat Xianbei, Zhang Ju Zhang Chun, Karasuma, Yellow Turban, and Yuan Shao all the way."

"Yeah, 17 years have passed, but I seem to feel that just yesterday, we were still chatting in Luoyang Taixue, and I was still drinking your honey water and eating your beggar chicken."

Zang Hong laughed.

"You can admit that you secretly drank my honey water and ate my chicken."