At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Yu Jin's report to Guo Peng showed that the [-] troops could not control the situation now, and Zhang Liao mobilized troops to maintain the situation in Guangling County in the south. He hoped that Guo Peng would send another [-] troops to help maintain the situation.

Guo Peng thought for a while and felt that what Yu Jin said was right, so he immediately ordered Cao Hong and Guan Yu to lead an army of [-] to Xuzhou, first positioning Xuzhou under military control, and then slowly restoring order and starting reconstruction.

Xuzhou was indeed won, and there were no casualties. The total battle losses of the Wei army did not exceed 1000 people, but the people of Xuzhou suffered heavy losses, and the number of displaced people was unknown.

More importantly, the Chen family, as the leader of the gentry, was slaughtered. Chen Gui died, Chen Deng died, and his two brothers also died, under the butcher's knife of Ruo Rong.

This made Guo Peng's pre-selected candidates for the governor of Xuzhou disappear, and apart from Chen Deng, Guo Peng could not find a suitable candidate for the governor of Xuzhou for the time being.

This is surprising.

Guo Peng was also very surprised by Mi Fang's death and the serious damage to the Mi clan.

The Mi family has always been an important helper for him to control Xuzhou. Now that the power of the Mi family has declined greatly, and the Chen family who was willing to cooperate has also been destroyed, the political situation in Xuzhou will face a period of turmoil.

So Chen Gong wrote to Guo Peng, suggesting that Guo Peng come to Xuzhou in person to appease people's hearts, and select outstanding and trustworthy talents to serve as governors of Xuzhou, so as to gain the trust of Xuzhou people.

This is enough to get the cooperation of Xuzhou people, and Xuzhou can be stabilized as soon as possible before we can talk about development.

Chapter 515. 510 Capsizing in the five sewers

All major powers in the world are busy with their own affairs and have no time to pay attention to what happened in Xuzhou. Guo Peng sent troops to Xuzhou because he was invited by Chen Deng.

Now that Chen Deng is dead, and even Mi Fang is dead, it is unknown how Guo Peng will treat the Xuzhou people when he has lost his relatives, and the survivors in Xuzhou are very worried.

They were very worried whether Guo Peng would be very angry because of this, and then question the people of Xuzhou.

Not to mention the embarrassment between the two parties due to the incident in Tan County.

This is not something that Yu Jin, Chen Gong or Zhang Liao can solve, it needs Guo Peng to come in person.

Guo Peng thought so, and after thinking about it, he ordered the people in the mansion not to tell Mi Zhen about Mi Fang's death for the time being.

While ordering Mi Zhu to go to Xuzhou with him, he mobilized the Tiger Guards and set off for Xuzhou after Guan Yu and Cao Hong.

I thought that Guo Peng would not need to be dispatched this time, but he did not expect to be dispatched anyway.

But that's good too, if you visit Xuzhou, you may have some unexpected gains.

On the way to the south, Guo Peng gradually came to his senses and realized that by going there at this time, he could not only soothe people's hearts, but also do things that he hadn't thought of doing before.

It is different from the land that has been conquered by oneself. The land that has been conquered is the master of the land. If you want to arrange farming, you can arrange farmland, and if you want to develop villages, you can develop villages.

But for a site like the Xuzhou model, you really can't decide for yourself.

Guo Peng really wants to turn his territory into a farming system, and everyone is his tool.

But the current situation is that besides Bingzhou, even Qingzhou has not too few powerful manors.

The state of the land under Guo Peng's command is still in the state that the government and the powerful are in control of a part, but he has far more control than the previous court, and the powerful has far less than before, because the powerful themselves have lost a lot after the devastation of the war.

The size of the land and population controlled by Guo Peng occupies an absolute advantage in his own territory, so he has great power and a high degree of freedom, but Guo Peng still cannot plunder the land openly.

All the land is nominally unowned land, which was picked up by him.

If Xuzhou is taken down like this, it is estimated that his control over Xuzhou is at the level of Youzhou, but Youzhou is bitterly cold, and Xuzhou is fertile. Seeing such fertile land and such a large population cannot be occupied, how uncomfortable it is matter?

Is this situation a bad thing?

The power of the powerful clan was severely hit. The death of the scholar leader Chen family and the rampage of Danyang soldiers caused turmoil in all counties and a large number of refugees, especially in Guangling County and Xiapi County.

Zhao Yu, the prefect of Guangling, died in battle, Ruo Rong, the prefect of Xiapi, was obviously doomed, and the prefect of Donghai County died in the chaos.

Of the five counties in Xuzhou, three counties have lost their leaders and have fallen into a state of anarchy. Isn't this a good opportunity for me to reach out?

Compared with manors, Guo Peng prefers ruins. This sentence is absolutely true.

Guo Peng will adhere to this concept in stages.

until the problem is resolved.

At the beginning of October in the fourth year of Xingping, the tug-of-war in Chang'an continued, and the aftermath of the civil strife in Yizhou had not yet settled down. Sun Ce was attacked by local tyrants and Liu Biao on both sides, and his situation was dangerous.

The whole world is in chaos, and when everyone can't even take care of themselves, who cares about what happened in Xuzhou?

So Guo Peng came to Xuzhou under such a background.

When Guo Peng arrived in Xuzhou, Mi Zhu had already arrived. The two met in Quren County. Guo Peng held Mi Zhu's hand, his face full of apology and sadness.

"The Mi clan has done so much for me, but I can't save the lives of the Mi clan, Zizhong, I'm sorry."

Mi Zhu shook her head with tears in her eyes.

"This is Mi's voluntary, and it is also Mi's fate. Who would have expected such a thing? Zifang...he..."

Mi Zhu burst into tears as she spoke.

Guo Peng has read the battle damage statistics, the Mi clan lost more than 20 clan children in this battle, and the family soldiers and servants were all lost.

On the one hand, this was caused by the attacks of Cao Bao and others, but the most important thing was the backstab from Ruo Rong.

Ruo Rong, Guo Penglue has some impressions, he is a Buddhist butcher, he believes in Buddhism, but he is relentless in killing people, and he likes to kill people who take him in, which is somewhat similar to Lu Bu.

It's a pity that the stage is relatively remote, otherwise it would be a negative teaching material that can stand shoulder to shoulder with Lu Bu.

Unexpectedly, Chen Deng and Mi Fang capsized in the gutter.

"I can understand the pain in Zizhong's heart. We did have too many unexpected things this time. The Mi family has made great contributions to my control of Xuzhou, but I can't protect the Mi family members. I feel uneasy. I will make up for Mi's loss, Zizhong, and I will also hand over Ruo Rong to you, the one who killed Zifang was Ruo Rong, you can do whatever you want with him."

Guo Peng held Mi Zhu's hand, waved his hand, and asked someone to bring up Ruo Rong, who was tied up and gagged.

For this despicable villain who tried to exchange the potter's life for his own, Guo Peng had no mercy, and did not intend to continue using him, so he directly ordered him to be tied up and handed over to the Mi family.

In fact, if there were any survivors in the Chen Deng family, Guo Peng would also be willing to let the Chen Deng family join in. However, Ruo Rong was so ruthless that he wiped out the Chen family in Huaipu County.

The five classics and fourteen schools of law are no match for a steel knife, and everything is chaotic in a troubled world.

Chen's ending once again confirmed this truth.

With red eyes, Mi Zhu knelt down to thank Guo Peng for his decision, and then instructed the remaining members of the Mi clan to stuff Ruo Rong, who looked terrified, into the cloth bag.

A group of Mi's women and children who had lost their husbands, sons and fathers rushed over with hatred on their faces, holding sharp bamboo spears, and yelled at them around the cloth bag.

Hearing Ruo Rong's miserable howl, Guo Peng suddenly felt that the scene had a sense of déjà vu.

It seems that someone died like this.

Who is it?

It doesn't matter anymore.

Ruo Rong got the ending he deserved, and Guo Peng also needed to give Xuzhou the ending he deserved.

He came to Xuzhou himself and issued a notice in Xuzhou to stabilize all parts of Xuzhou.

And send troops to send notices to various places, and when they encounter bandits who try to disturb the order in Xuzhou, they will be wiped out on the spot.

At the same time, he invited the surviving people in Xuzhou to Quren County to participate in a meeting to discuss how to rebuild Xuzhou after the war, also to appease people's hearts.

Reconnect the broken contact due to Chen Deng's death, so that people in Xuzhou can maintain their trust in him.

He was invited by Chen Deng to help Xuzhou take charge of the overall situation, which was also recognized by Xuzhou people, but now that Chen Deng was dead and Xuzhou had no leader, he needed a representative who could talk directly to Guo Peng to discuss Xuzhou's post-war affairs.

Simply put, it is a spoils conference.

Chapter 516 Six Xuzhou Two Zhangs

The opposition forces in Xuzhou united together, worked together, and paid a high price to overthrow Tao Qian.

Now Guo Peng is here, but Chen Deng, the representative who could protect their interests before, has died, and Guo Peng has also lost Mi Fang, which creates a lot of uncertainty.

They need a little sense of security, a little protection.

Guo Peng is here to provide them with a sense of security and security.

He wants to adopt a stance, a tolerant and magnanimous stance that does not pursue the past, and everyone looks forward with all their strength and moves forward.

So he invited the surviving scholars and powerful families who participated in this operation to go to Tan County to discuss with them.

At the same time, they sent troops to various counties and towns to stabilize order and establish their actual dominance. Then they sent people to investigate the current situation in Xuzhou, counted the land in their hands, and took all the unowned land.

The hidden households who were unintentionally liberated, as well as a small number of self-cultivating farmers, quickly counted and registered them, creating established facts, not falling into the population, and not suffering losses.

If you want me to be Xuzhou's umbrella, you have to pay a price, right?

Guo, who is full of prestige, never does business at a loss.

The chaos in Xuzhou lasted for a while. Many bandits and bandits appeared in the area ravaged by the Danyang Group, and Guo Peng sent troops to suppress and appease them one by one.

And in mid-October, when the military repression was still going on, and when all parts of Xuzhou entered military control one after another and began to restore stability, representatives of scholars and powerful people basically came to Tan County.

Because they knew that the Chen family no longer existed and could not fight for their interests, they had to go to Tan County in person to participate in the new division of interests after the war, and try their best to fight for their own interests, not to fall behind others, so as not to suffer losses .

This great turmoil not only caused a large number of casualties, but also brought a power vacuum. In order to preserve their interests or even obtain more interests, these people cannot be treated carelessly.

What's more, what they are about to face is the world's largest warlord, the only monarch who has justified his name and been recognized by the world.

Wei Gong, Guo Peng.

At that time, most of the Xuzhou people who came here knew each other, greeted each other, made friends, exchanged losses during the turmoil, and their respective expectations, etc.

The contents of their exchanges are all related to interests, and a few people are more concerned about Xuzhou's future and Guo Peng's inner thoughts.

Coming to Xuzhou with Guo Peng's level of strength can certainly bring more security to everyone, but they also know that it is impossible to pay nothing.

Seeing those fierce Wei Jun wipe out the rampant Danyang Group with three strikes, five cuts and two cuts, there is no need to say anything else.

When they were talking, Guo Peng had already sent someone to find out the background of the people who came here. He knew that among the people who had the right to speak who came to Tan County to meet him this time, the virtues and prestige There are two tallest ones, one is from Guangling and the other is from Pengcheng.

Zhang Zhao and Zhang Zibu from Pengcheng, Xuzhou, and Zhang Hong and Zhang Zigang from Guangling, Xuzhou.

Zhang Zhao is 40 years old this year, and Zhang Hong is 43 years old this year. Both of them are well-known scholars in Xuzhou. Although they are not as famous as Chen Gui, they have become Xuzhou scholars now that Chen Gui is dead. The leader of the people.

Guo Peng sent people to investigate them, and knew that they and their families were very disgusted with Tao Qian's feudalism and occupation of Xuzhou. During this turmoil, they also followed the Chen family to express their support, but they did not expect what happened later .

It is said that they were all displaced during the war, fled with their families, and were rescued by the cavalry of the Wei army led by Gao Lan Yanliang and the Jiujiang soldiers led by Zhang Liao respectively, and sent back to their original places for resettlement. I also have a thank you to Guo Peng in it.

So after coming to Tan County, I took the initiative to find Guo Peng to thank him for sending troops to Xuzhou to stabilize the situation in time, and also saved them and their families by the way.

"Both are well-known scholars in Xuzhou. It is the luck of the lonely army to rescue the two in time. The lonely came not in time, so that Chen Gong and Yuan Long died innocently. The lonely heart was unbearable and they fought for many years. I am used to seeing life and death, and I really don't want to see more people die."

Guo Peng helped Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong who expressed his gratitude to him, and asked them to sit down.

Before the formal meeting starts, there are always some private talks. Basically, many things will be discussed in private talks, and the formal meeting is just a formality.

People with status and status will communicate well in advance and know everything clearly. Only those with little influence will need to get information in official meetings.

"Chen Gong lost his life, Yuan Long died, and his heart ached. However, Xuzhou needs to be stable and develop. Although Chen Gong and Yuan Long are lost, you are still there. You need your cooperation and help. In this way, we can Stabilize Xuzhou."

Guo Peng first set the tone.

Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong understood this very well, and nodded, expressing their willingness to help Guo Peng stabilize the situation in Xuzhou.

"The situation in the world today is chaotic. Yizhou, Jingzhou and Yangzhou are in chaos, and there are endless wars. Only Duke Wei's jurisdiction is stable and peaceful. This is all thanks to Duke Wei. We admire Duke Wei very much and are willing to help Duke Wei stabilize the situation. Xuzhou, restore Xuzhou to its past stability."

Zhang Hong was older, so Zhang Hong spoke first.

"Wei Gong's achievements are seen by everyone in the world. It is what we hope to see for Wei Gong to stabilize the situation in Xuzhou."

Zhang Zhao also sincerely expressed his thoughts.

In this way, the two famous players in Xuzhou have expressed their willingness to cooperate with Guo Peng.

So Guo Peng was overjoyed and expressed on the spot that he was willing to make Zhang Hong and Zhang Zhao two talents and work in his Duke Wei shogunate.

Zhang Hong and Zhang Zhao are both talented people, but their life trajectories are quite similar, that is, they did not become officials in their 40s, and even Zhang Zhao was not promoted as Xiaolian and Maocai.

It's not that they don't have connections and talents, but they see that the current situation is not good, and they don't want to go to the troubled waters in Luoyang back then, hoping to avoid disaster and raise their names at the same time.

Zhang Zhao refused to be promoted as Xiaolian, and offended Tao Qian for this, and was placed under house arrest by Tao Qian. This time Guo Peng came, which was tantamount to liberating Zhang Zhao unintentionally.

Zhang Hong is even more powerful. He studied in Luoyang when he was young, and Guo Peng had heard of Zhang Hong’s reputation in Luoyang. She lives in seclusion in her hometown and has not been an official for decades.

In the eyes of the people at the time, this was an act of integrity, but Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong would not doubt whether Guo Peng knew what the reason was.

After the change of times and the advent of troubled times, after experiencing the chaos in Xuzhou, these scholars who had not been in office in the past finally realized that this is not the time to raise their names, but the time to go out to protect themselves and their families.