At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

So after listening to Cao Chun's report, Guo Peng felt a little melancholy inexplicably.

Then he nodded silently.

"Since I can't find it, forget it. In this world, even I don't know how long I can live, let alone them... that's all, that's all."

Cao Chun didn't know what to say for a while.

In the past 17 years, the world has been in turmoil, the situation has changed, the heroes are fighting, the mountains and rivers have been broken, too many things have been changed, and too many people have been killed.

Whether it is a high-ranking official or a commoner, the noble or the humble, in the face of troubled times, they are not even as good as a dog.

Troubled times.

After being silent for a while, looking at the quietly flowing river, Guo Peng suddenly spoke.

"Zihe, back then, this river was frozen. In the first lunar month, I cut ice here to fish for my mother. Do you know what I was thinking at that time?"

Hearing Guo Peng's question, Cao Chun didn't know how to answer.

Guo Peng's thoughts, he is more and more afraid to speculate, Guo Peng's prestige and majesty are getting more and more serious, casual words can make people around him tremble with fear, although he has never punished anyone at will, But I don't know why, Cao Chun is getting more and more afraid to talk to Guo Peng casually.

"Big Brother" could be called casually at the beginning, but now even in private, if Guo Peng didn't mention it, he wouldn't dare to call it out.

He didn't know what was going on, he just felt that with the passage of time, many things, including this one, were changing.

So his answer is three words.

"do not know."

These three words are the most reassuring, yes.

Guo Peng turned his head to look at Cao Chun, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

"If you don't know, you don't know. It's a good thing not to know. You just need to know. From that time on, I have never forgotten what I am here for. What I think now is the same, I have never been confused.”

Guo Peng stood up slowly, picked up a flat stone, and threw it with his hands. The stone floated five times on the surface of the river before sinking into the water.

"Don't forget why you followed me and why you have come to this day. If you don't remember, just ask me. I can tell you the answer, but don't think about it yourself, think about it, think about it. If you think about it, there will be problems."

Guo Peng turned around, patted Cao Chun on the shoulder again, then walked to the side of the horse, got on the horse under the service of his personal guards, rode away slowly, and never looked back.

Cao Chun looked at Guo Peng's leaving back and thought about it, but he didn't understand what Guo Peng meant.

But no matter what, as long as you listen to Guo Peng and do it, there is nothing wrong.

Cao Chun understood it this way.

He was used to listening to the obedient since he was a child, since he was right, he should keep listening, Guo Peng will not harm himself, Cao Chun is very sure of this.

Cao Chun quickly ran a few steps, got on his horse, and walked slowly with Guo Peng's back.

After Shu Shao's death, there is no longer any force that can resist Guo Peng in the entire Pei Kingdom, and there is no one who is willing to resist Guo Peng.

Guo Peng sent five armies to sweep Peiguo, but there was no enemy that could stop the army's advance, so Peiguo was quickly controlled by Guo Peng.

However, there was nothing to gain. The entire Pei Kingdom was severely damaged by wars and diseases. Shu Shao's governance of Pei Kingdom was somewhat effective, but it was much worse than before the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

Therefore, although Guo Peng's army is progressing smoothly, the logistics follow-up is somewhat difficult, so Guo Peng slows down the marching speed, cooperates with the logistics troops to open up the food road, and relieves them of pressure.

So in mid-October, several armies gathered in Qixian County, and Guo Peng hosted a banquet in Qixian County to celebrate the victory of the first stage.

Then, they got the news that Yuan Shu's army had arrived at Long Kang and set up defenses to resist his attack.

chapter 403

Yuan Shu was finally relieved in the entire Yuzhou that was about to be pierced by Guo Peng in one go, and was able to deploy troops and generals to set up a defense line to fight against Guo Peng.

At that time, Guo Peng also learned that Cao Ren and Guan Yu's army had smashed the Yellow Turban Army Liu Pi's troops in Runan County.

At the beginning of October, Cao Ren and Guan Yu joined forces near Pingyu County, and achieved a two-way joint attack on the Yellow Turban Army in Pingyu County. The [-] troops combined to attack the [-] Yellow Turban defenders in Pingyu County.

Liu Pi did his best, gathered all the troops he could mobilize, raised a large amount of food and grass, and wanted to fight Cao Ren in Pingyu County. Cao Ren was defeated near Pingyu County.

Cao Ren camped in the west of Pingyu County, discussed tactics with Chen Gong, Guan Yu and other generals, and then began a high-intensity fire attack on Pingyu County.

The trebuchet bombarded Pingyu county town indiscriminately. Huge stones fell in a beautiful arc on the city wall, on the towers, and in the city.

Although he had already experienced the power of the trebuchet before, Liu Pi, like all the generals under his command, could not find a way to deal with the trebuchet.

They tried every means to resist the catapults, and some carpenters even proposed to build a wooden ceiling, which was very thick, so they erected a wooden ceiling on the top of the city to block it, but it was still smashed by the catapult.

The roof was not working and was destroyed. The soldiers on the top of the city were still fleeing in disarray, and the defense line at the top of the city could not be effectively maintained.

Cao Ren and Chen Gong commanded the army to take advantage of this gap to destroy all the defense facilities outside the city, fill in the ravine, and then rushed towards the city wall pushing the ladder cart.

Soldiers bravely rushed to the city wall with big shields, and strong crossbowmen provided them with fire support. After they ascended the city, they could only rely on the soldiers to fight by themselves. An effective position to counteract the strong attack of Cao Ren's troops.

The two armies fought fiercely, Cao Ren's troops were elite, good at fighting, and extremely powerful, while the Yellow Turban Army had a large number of people, and the supervising team was right behind, so they had no choice but to fight hard.

So although Cao Ren's troops fought bravely, they were repulsed three times in a row. Cao Ren saw that the strong attack was not enough, and the enemy still had strength, so he changed his strategy and continued to use trebuchets, shooting rockets into the city, and even launched a shocking attack on the city. thunder.

The sudden thunder-like sound made the yellow scarf soldiers go crazy, and they all ran away to the tower desperately. Not many were willing to rush up and continue fighting, thinking they were attacked by the god of thunder.

Liu Pi and the others were also terrified by Zhentianlei. When Zhentianlei exploded on the top of the city and in the city, they were also very timid, but when the attack of Zhentianlei stopped and the army rushed to the city wall again, they still forced them to fight. The soldiers rushed forward to fight fiercely with Cao Ren's troops, defending the city wall to the death.

It has to be said that these Yellow Turban troops still had some fighting power, and they repelled Cao Ren's troops five or six times in a row. After three days, they failed to let Cao Ren succeed, which made Cao Ren quite annoyed.

However, the difference between combat effectiveness and ordnance technology makes the city of the Yellow Turban Army always very empty. Every battle is dangerous and dangerous to hold the tower, so sooner or later there will be problems.

So on the fifth day of the siege, Cao Ren invested in the [-] Tiger Guards that Guo Peng had entrusted to him as the sharp-knife troop. Yan Liang, who was eager for meritorious service, volunteered to be the commander of the sharp-knife troop, and Cao Ren agreed.

Then Cao Ren drank a bowl of Zhuangxing wine with them. Under the leadership of Yan Liang and under the cover of a large army, a thousand tiger guards rushed up the city wall, brandishing sharper weapons, and fighting with stronger bodies and more effective tactics. There was a bloodbath on the city wall.

Liu Pi still sent people to push him up as usual, but he couldn't stand it anymore, and his subordinates couldn't stand it anymore.

When He Man and He Yi saw that something was wrong, they immediately led the personal guards to kill them, facing the Tiger Guards led by Yan Liang.

The tiger guards were tall, powerful and strong, with a small shield tied to one arm and a precision-forged ring knife in the other hand. They formed a tactical formation, and each group rushed up to fight. The Yellow Turbans who fought were Unprepared and flustered, in a blink of an eye, the head was rolling on the ground, and the blood was soaring.

What He Man and He Yi led was already a relatively elite group of personal guards, so they couldn't compete with the Tiger Guards.

Especially Yan Liangyong, the leader, was unstoppable. With a finely forged ring head sword dance, every swing could take away a life. The Tiger Guards guarded him, and he was covered in blood. Whether it is your own or the enemy's.

He Yi and He Man tried their best but could not stop Yan Liang's offensive. The key is that the soldiers couldn't resist and fled one after another.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the tiger guards at the head of the city continued to expand the occupied space, and more and more soldiers rushed to the city wall, further expanding the front line.

The Yellow Turban Army at the head of the city was gradually suppressed to both sides, until they reached the entrance of the tower, unable to stop the Tiger Guard's assault at all. He Yi ran faster and ran away as soon as he turned his head.

He Man couldn't do it, she was too slow, Yan Liang caught up with him, slashed her back with a knife, fell to the ground, and died like this on the tower.

Yan Liang continued to lead his troops to attack, rushing down the stairs like a tiger descending the mountain, and the entire west city gate defense line became precarious. Liu Pi saw that it was not good, and immediately mobilized his troops to rush back, but he was completely unable to rush the fierce Yan Liang .

More and more soldiers and horses rushed in, and the situation began to get out of hand. He Yi pulled Liu Pi and was about to run away.

"I can't go! How many of our brothers bought it with their lives! How can I give up what they bought with their lives?"

Liu Pi just didn't want to go.

"If life is gone, what's the use of keeping these things?! Go! If you don't go, it's too late! This battle can't go on! We're done! Go!"

He Yi yanked Liu Pi violently.

Liu Pi watched helplessly that everything he had worked so hard to come to naught, and the pain in his heart was uncontrollable. He shed tears while running, gritted his teeth and hated Guo Peng.

Subsequently, the gate of Pingyu County was opened, and the army swarmed in. The Yellow Turban Army was completely defeated. Two to three thousand people were killed, more than 3000 were captured, and there were more than [-] family members and men and women accompanying the army.

Liu Pi escaped from Pingyu with only less than a thousand remaining troops and a group of generals, and then fled desperately in the direction of Gushi, where Huang Shao and Gong Du's troops were still there. Can still resist.

But that is impossible.

The overall situation of Runan County has been decided. Even if Liu Pi and others return to Gushi, they will not have enough troops to fight against Cao Ren. Cao Ren's army has already occupied an absolute advantage, and there is no problem with the ownership of Runan County.

Afterwards, Cao Ren dispersed his forces and went out to attack the city and capture all the surrounding counties and villages. He did not encounter any resistance, and naturally, he did not see many people.

Runan County was also severely damaged.

Cao Ren's army marched towards Gushi County while sweeping the area, intending to pull out the last stronghold of the Yellow Turban Army, completely wipe out this Yellow Turban Army, and then end the ten-year history of the Yellow Turban Army that has plagued the world.

The Yellow Turban Army in the whole world was basically wiped out by Guo Peng.

The second Yellow Turban Uprising was so vigorous that the whole world was shaken. Qingxu, Heishan, Baibo, and Runan Gebei, the four major Yellow Turban forces echoed each other, and the court was frightened.

Now, the Qingxu Yellow Turban Army and the Baibo Yellow Turban Army were defeated by Guo Peng, Zhang Yan, the leader of the Montenegro Yellow Turban Army, surrendered and was incorporated by Guo Peng, leaving only the last Runan Yellow Turban Army to be destroyed soon.

After ten years of ups and downs, the wave of yellow scarves set off by Zhang Jiao finally came to an end.

Initiated by the conspiracy of the upper class, the first Yellow Turban uprising involved all aspects of the entire Eastern Han Empire, and the second Yellow Turban Uprising was purely spontaneously initiated by the people at the bottom.

The two major turmoils dealt heavy blows to the precarious Eastern Han Empire, and indirectly pushed the Eastern Han Empire to its grave.

The majesty of the Han Dynasty ceased to exist under the repeated trampling of the Yellow Turban and Liangzhou warlords. After Yuan Shu rashly proclaimed himself emperor, the beating of ambition was further aroused. Also unable to maintain.

They are all clearing the way for the true destiny, paving the way for the true destiny.

With their blood, dyed a way to the supreme authority.

The very right path.

Thank you.

chapter 404 four hundred three Guo Peng knows Yuan Shu too well

After the army encircled Gushi County, Cao Ren sent the battle report to Guo Peng, telling Guo Peng that the battle situation in Runan had been decided, and their mission was successfully completed, only the final finishing touches.

Guo Peng received this battle report in Qixian County, and was very happy to learn that Cao Ren and Guan Yu's march was smooth. He didn't have any worries about Yuan Shu's army that was fortified in the Longkang area.

Yuzhou was basically pacified, and the former most prosperous state in the Central Plains fell into Guo Peng's control. Soon, Yangzhou on the north bank of the river would also become Guo Peng's goal and possession.

As for the prosperous Xuzhou, Guo Peng will definitely get it.

There is no rival in the land of the Central Plains, and there is no rival in the vastness of the world.

Mr. Guo is already invincible, all he needs to do now is to shed the fur of the beast on his body, and become a person who stands upright again.

Lead the times.

The number of Yuan Shu's army fortified in the Longkang area was about [-]. It was one of Yuan Shu's troops attacking Xuzhou, led by Qiao Rui and Li Feng.

After returning to Shouchun, under the command of Lu Mian, the general of the Chen Empire newly appointed by Yuan Shu, he recruited strong men and soldiers from Shouchun, gathered 3 people, and went north in advance.

Yuan Shu could have rushed back to Shouchun in time, but encountered some troubles because of Zang Ba.

In order to defend Xuzhou and fight Yuan Shu to the death, the army led by Zang Ba actually had some upper hand. Yuan Shu's mind was confused, and he lost several battles in a row, but it was difficult to retreat.

So Yuan Shu had no choice but to send troops to stay to stop Zang Ba, and he led the army back at night.

He gave up a lot of land he had taken from Tao Qian, but only maintained some captured land in Guangling County, sent troops to guard it, and all other soldiers and horses withdrew, and all the land was given up.

This made the morale of Yuan Shu's army very low, and a large number of deserters appeared for a while. Yuan Shu tried to kill 16 people to stabilize the situation, and continued to drive the army to march back to Shouchun.

Yuan Shu kept cursing Guo Peng all the way, and also kept writing letters to Guo Peng, scolding him, and then ordered him to repent immediately and return to his side, so that he can forget the past.

However, there was no reply.

Yuan Shu was getting more and more flustered, and he couldn't figure it out after hearing the battle reports that Yuzhou was constantly falling.

Obviously you supported me to proclaim myself emperor, why are you opposing me now?

Obviously you have been supporting me from the very beginning, you have been my most loyal subordinate, my minion from the very beginning, why do you oppose me?

Haven't you always listened to me the most?Why are you against me?

How can you be against me?

Panicked, full of doubts and puzzles, and with a psychological defense line that was about to collapse, Yuan Shu rushed to Shouchun panting like a wounded beast.

After confirming that there is nothing wrong with Shouchun, he will lead the army to face Guo Peng. He will ask Guo Peng himself. He will look at Guo Peng, and watch Guo Peng ask him why he betrayed himself.

How can I feel sorry for you?

Are you going to betray me?

I trusted you so much and you actually wanted to betray me!

Yuan Shu had already lost his normal judgment. Of course, he didn't have any reliable judgment anyway. Rage and ecstasy were the same.