At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Guo Peng couldn't stop laughing: "You used to come to my school every day, as long as it was hot, you would come every day, drink my honey water, eat my beggar chicken, and sleep on my bed. Someone more shameless than you, Zang Ziyuan?"

"Hahahahahaha! Who told you that you were the only one with ice cubes? At that time, you were Mr. Cao's son-in-law, served with ice cubes and honey water. How could I be as rich and powerful as you? It's hot and panic every day, so I must be by your side Ah ha ha ha ha ha!"

Zang Hong also couldn't stop laughing.

The two laughed together for a long time before they stopped slowly and looked towards the south, in the direction of Luoyang.

"It's a pity that Luo Yang is gone now."

After being silent for a while, Zang Hong spoke slowly.

"Luo Yang is still there, but the Luo Yang in our memory is no longer there."

Guo Peng sighed: "Even if Luoyang can be rebuilt in the future, and Taixue can be rebuilt, we will never find the years we spent together. A big fire will not only burn Luoyang."

"Zifeng, when do you plan to attack Luo Yang?"

Zang Hong looked at Guo Peng.

"I don't know. After all, we have to finish this battle, and then let's see what Yuan Gonglu thinks."

"Zifeng, I heard many people say that a unicorn appeared in Huainan, and some people spread the prophecy that Tu Gaoye, who replaced the Han Dynasty."

Zang Hong clenched his fist: "What exactly does Yuan Gonglu want to do?"

"..."

Guo Peng was silent for a while, then looked at Zang Hong: "We are all Han officials, Ziyuan, we are all Han officials, the emperor is still there, the court is still there, the big man is still there, what dare Yuan Gonglu do?"

"But you defeated Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao is dead, Yuan Gonglu has no scruples anymore."

Zang Hong held Guo Peng's hand: "Zifeng, promise me, we are Han officials, and we will never tolerate the rampage of Han thieves. In today's world, only you can stop the rampage of Han thieves."

Guo Peng looked down at Zang Hong's hand holding him, and smiled.

"Yes, we are all Hanchens. If, I mean, if there are really Han thieves trying to do something wrong, I will not sit idly by, Ziyuan, do you believe me?"

"You are also the person I trust the most."

Zang Hong held Guo Peng's hand even harder.

Guo Peng understood.

Nodding his head, he said, "I understand, don't worry, Ziyuan."

Zang Hong nodded with a smile, expressing his trust and expectation.

"Ziyuan, tell me, why did the world of the great man become what it is now? Obviously, when we were still in Luoyang, the world of the great man was not like this."

Guo Peng suddenly asked such a question, Zang Hong blinked his eyes, and immediately didn't know how to answer this question.

"What went wrong, did Dahan Tianxia become like this?"

Guo Peng looked at Zang Hong, looked straight at Zang Hong, Zang Hong opened his mouth, but didn't know how to answer.

After a long time, Zang Hong opened his mouth slowly.

"Because there are too many ambitious people in the world, and everyone wants to be king and hegemony, causing chaos in the world. We need loyal people to wipe out these thieves, so that the world can restore stability."

Zang Hong gave an unnutritious answer.

"That's it."

Guo Peng smiled and nodded: "I see, if this is the case, Guo Zifeng vowed to wipe out all the thieves who try to dominate the world, and return the world to a bright future."

"If this is the case, Zang Ziyuan will definitely follow you through fire and water, and he will never regret it."

With a firm face, Zang Hong expressed his fiery loyalty to Guo Peng.

Guo Peng accepted this fiery beating heart of loyalty.

Of course I want to wipe out all the people in the world who are trying to be kings and hegemony. Of course, this kind of people cannot coexist with me.

but.

Guo Peng looked at Zang Hong's sincere face.

In the future, maybe it will be very interesting.

Guo Peng smiled gently, held hands with Zang Hong, and looked at each other, savoring the strong friendship.

Guo has never regarded Baibo Jun and Yu Fuluo as his real enemies. They are enemies at the tactical level, not enemies at the strategic level.

They are just a bunch of pawns, a bunch of meaningless pawns, one of the group of people who are easily eliminated when the strategic goal is achieved.

It would have been better for Chang'an to throw out the pile of chess pieces earlier, at least for Guo Peng, it would save a lot of effort, and Guo Peng would not have to take the initiative to clean them up when the time came.

There are not many chess pieces that Chang'an can use now.

After he eliminated Yuan Shao and basically stabilized the situation in the Kanto region, Chang'an was already facing a situation where it was at the end of its rope.

Except for Liu Biao of Jingzhou and Liu Yao of Yangzhou, no one will cooperate with Chang'an.

Moreover, Guo Peng recently received a report that there was a severe drought in Guanzhong and the price of grain soared. stop.

These people fled to Hanzhong, Yizhou, Jingzhou and other places, enriching the population of these three places and reducing the population potential of Guanzhong, so Guanzhong was dilapidated and depressed, with land and production abandoned.

It's okay for Jia Wenhe to play tricks, but under such circumstances, can he organize the resumption of production and restore the vitality of Guanzhong?

He can't do it, even if he has the heart and ability, he can't do it.

His allies and partners are a group of people with more muscles than brains, and a group of pure bad guys. No one will help him resume production in Guanzhong.

And without production, there will be no food, and without food, there will be no future. This principle couldn't be simpler.

The court of Chang'an has no more cards to play, and the lack of food continues, and the disintegration is imminent.

Can Liu Xie escape?

Will it happen that Liu Xie returns to Luoyang?

At that time, what kind of role should I play?

Guo Peng felt that he had something to do. If he didn't do it, all his previous plans and advantages would become his shackles.

But right now, it's better to clean up Yu Fuluo and Bai Bojun easily.

Chapter 372-Why do I feel like we've been tricked?

Zhang He, Gao Lan, Yan Liang, Zhu Ling and other Yuan Shaojiang generals are waiting for the battle.

Now that the war is finally here, and they finally have a chance to make contributions, they are so excited that they have brought their troops to prepare for the war.

At the beginning of June in the first year of Xingping, the Baibo Army and Yu Fuluo's coalition forces invaded Shangdang County, and the first target was Nie County.

Colonel Zhu Ling led an army of [-] troops here to block the Baibo Army and Yu Fuluo's coalition army under Guo Peng's order. Zhu Ling fought with the coalition vanguard for a while, lost the enemy, and retreated quickly, abandoning Nie County.

The coalition forces were overjoyed, and immediately entered Nie County, trying to grab it, only to find that Nie County was already an empty city.

Guo Peng had already ordered the evacuation of the people in Nie County, destroying roads and bridges, filling wells, taking away everything he could carry, and implementing a resolute policy of fortifying the walls and clearing the countryside.

The terrain in this area is rugged and the road traffic is inconvenient. There is only one road in many places, and it is still the only way to pass. If you want to move forward, you must pass through here, there is no other way.

Just like when he dealt with Yuan Shao, Guo Peng took advantage of the enemy's aggressive momentum and desire to fortify the wall and clear the field, lengthen the enemy's supply line and shorten his own supply line, so that he could gain an advantage in logistics and reduce his war losses.

War is an art. For Guo Peng, it is the art of command and the art of saving money. How to command and how to save money are the things he needs to think about most.

You can't fight a battle and ruin yourself, it's not worth it.

To deal with this group of rogue-like enemies, it is necessary to use various methods to drag him to death, starve him to death, make him go crazy in anxiety, take advantage of the vast land, sparsely populated area, underdeveloped and difficult roads, expand no-man's land, and strengthen the opponent's strength. Difficulty of marching.

Yang Feng and Yu Fuluo marched all the way, and there were basically no people along the way. After defeating Zhu Ling and arriving in Nie County, they were ready to plunder, but found that there was no one in Nie County.

There was no one, no livestock, no food, and even the wells for drinking water were filled up. They searched a lot, but found nothing useful except encountered many traps.

Yang Feng and Yu Fuluo were dumbfounded, and immediately realized that this was a tactic to fortify the wall and clear the field.

"It seems that Guo Zifeng has already made preparations. If this continues, we will be very passive. General Yang, what do you think we should do?"

Yu Fuluo calculated the food in everyone's hands, and felt that he had no idea, so he asked Yang Feng, the representative of the imperial court.

Yang Feng was just a yellow scarf bandit from a rogue background, and he didn't have much wisdom. He had nothing but force and bravery, so he wasn't really a ruthless character.

"Continue to go south. No matter how powerful Guo Zifeng is, can he move the entire Shangdang County away? Let's continue to go south, and we will definitely meet people!"

Yang Feng said so.

Yang Feng said it simply, but Yu Fuluo was beating his heart.

"We don't have that much food, what if we continue to go south and can't meet anyone?"

"We were ordered by the imperial court to win this battle. If I get promoted and get rich, you can go back to be Shan Yu. Wealth is always won by fighting, and it didn't fall from the sky. You don't want to back down, do you?"

Yang Feng looked at Yu Fuluo suspiciously, Yu Fuluo had nothing to say immediately.

Indeed, only by winning this battle can I go back in a legitimate way, otherwise, I really can't go back.

Now the actual controller of the Southern Huns can refuse his return.

And judging from the effect of the previous battles, Guo Peng's army is not an elite army, and retreats after a little fight. Yu Fuluo is quite confident in dealing with this kind of army.

Then we can only bite the bullet and go all the way south.

But don't say they didn't meet anyone in Nie County, they still didn't meet anyone in Xiangyuan County.

The garrison of Xiangyuan County was under Gao Lan's command. Gao Lan was ordered to guard Xiangyuan County. Yang Feng thought he had learned the art of war and played a game of siege, three and one. So a few days later, Gao Lan was defeated, broke out of the city, and fled.

Yang Feng also pretended to say that the poor should not chase after him, and then he was very excited to occupy Xiangyuan County.

The result was dumbfounded.

Xiangyuan County is also empty.

The empty city, the low and dilapidated houses, the stench of excrement and urine, there is nothing else.

The food collected and looted before departure was almost exhausted. After marching for more than ten days, I didn't meet a single enemy. Is this considered a war?

Yang Feng couldn't hold it anymore, let alone other people.

They didn't have much food reserves. They were fine before, but when they reached Xiangyuan County, they could hardly hold on. The army of tens of thousands of people couldn't find anything to eat. They could only hunt, fish, pick fruits, dig grass roots and chew bark along the way. Supplement the lack of food.

Although it is green, healthy and non-polluting, it is really difficult to fill the stomach with this little thing. Now the coalition forces are tired and hungry.

In desperation, Yang Feng and Yu Fuluo had no choice but to order the army to rest in Xiangyuan County, and send people to hunt and fish to find food, so that they could have a full meal.

The sentry cavalry searched around and said that there was still no human habitation within a radius of twenty miles, and that the enemy might not be encountered until further south.

Yang Feng and Yu Fuluo were helpless for a while, but fortunately their luck was not bad today. The hunting army encountered a herd of beasts, the fishing army also caught a lot of fish, and the fruit-picking army also picked a lot of fruit. The army had a good meal.

But tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, what to do?

The rogues who are used to supporting war with war lack the thinking of logistics supplies, and they don't care about such things very much. They think that supporting war with war is the kingly way, and they will eat at the enemy, but once they encounter problems that cannot be controlled, they will be discouraged.

"Further to the south is Huguan County, and then it is the place with the most people in Shangdang. I guess people are there. Guo Peng will not take away the entire Shangdang County. That is too abnormal. "

Yang Feng sighed.

Han Xian looked at Yang Feng.

"We don't have much food now. If there is still no one in Huguan County, what should we do?"

"Impossible, unless Guo Peng really doesn't want Shangdang County anymore, or wants to starve us to death!"

Yang Feng said viciously.

"What if we go back now...?"

Hu Cai asked without confidence.

"Of course I starved to death. Now that we have no food, how can we go back?"

Li Le rolled his eyes.

A group of people fell into a moment of silence.

"Why do I feel like we've been tricked?"

Han Xian asked suddenly: "Going south all the way, it's like being led forward by someone."

When Han Xian asked this sentence, a group of people blinked and looked at each other, as if they had noticed something was wrong.

But things have come to this, and I can't retreat even if I want to, so I can only bite the bullet and continue to move forward.