At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Since then, Yizhou has been unified, and Liu Zhang's power has grown.

Because of this victory, the relationship between Liu Zhang and Pang Xi improved a lot, so in Hanzhong, Liu Zhang and Pang Xi discussed their views on the future strategy.

Pang Xi wanted to make the Northern Expedition as soon as possible, but Liu Zhang supported Meng Guang's opinion and persuaded Pang Xi.

Liu Zhang told Pang Xi the reason why Meng Guang persuaded him. When Pang Xi heard it, it was really the case. How many things can be saved.

Now, it is better to make some preparations for the Northern Expedition in Hanzhong.

Prepare grain, grass, ordnance and materials, reorganize Hanzhong troops, expand the number of Yizhou troops, and enhance the strength of Yizhou troops.

Opportunities are for those who are prepared.

When the time comes, the well-prepared Shu army can go out of Qishan to attack the north, and can catch the Liangzhou warlords by surprise, and by the way, catch Guo Peng by surprise.

This will not only win Liangzhou and Guanzhong, but also buy Liu Zhang valuable time to digest Guanzhong. When Ma Han or Guo Peng invades again, Liu Zhang can already gain a firm foothold in Guanzhong.

This strategy is really good.

Pang Xi agreed with Meng Guang's statement and decided to abide by this strategic plan, lead troops to farm in Hanzhong, save food and grass, train troops by the way, and speed up the digestion of Hanzhong, while Liu Zhang fully supported Pang Xi.

For a while, Yizhou actually had the feeling that some monarchs and ministers were in harmony with each other.

In the middle and late March, the news that Liu Zhang captured Hanzhong, removed the title of King of Shu in Hanzhong, and changed his name to King of Hanzhong was sent to Jingzhou. Liu Biao was surprised.

Liu Zhang seized Hanzhong and strengthened his strength. This is a good thing for the anti-Guo Peng alliance and deserves encouragement and praise. Liu Biao has no big opinion on this.

In this way, Yizhou can also directly play an active role in the united front against Guo Peng.

At the same time, Liu Biao felt a little unhappy.

King of Hanzhong, this is a very important title for all Liu's royal family members.

Starting from this title, Liu Bang entered Guanzhong to seize the land of Guanxi, and then used this as his foundation to challenge Xiang Yu, defeat Xiang Yu, and obtain the qualification to become emperor.

The first commoner emperor in the world.

This is such a remarkable thing, and the Liu family members are deeply proud of it.

Now, this title has been won again.

That person is Liu Zhang.

In fact, in the final analysis, there is nothing to object to. Anyone who takes it will take it, and it is the same if his own alliance takes it, but Liu Biao just doesn't feel very happy.

I am not the one who takes this title, I am not even allowed to call myself a king, the people under my command are not happy, and I don’t even give it to the king of Chu.

The more you think about it, the more bored you become, and the more you think about it, the more unpleasant you become.

Liu Biao was in a very bad mood, so he decided to find his son Liu Qi, talk to Liu Qi, and exchange feelings between father and son.

Liu Cong was very close to his stepwife Cai Shi, worshiped Cai Shi as his mother, and took Cai Shi as his mother, and received the support of Cai Shi and other Jingzhou locals.

But Liu Qi is not the case. Liu Qi is relatively honest and doesn't know how to play tricks. Without the backing of Jingzhou people, he just occupies the position of the eldest son.

In the early days, Liu Biao liked Liu Qi more because Liu Qi looked like him.

Afterwards, because of loving the Cai family, Ai Wu and Wu liked Liu Cong, and began to alienate Liu Qi.

Not long ago when the king of Chu was in trouble, Liu Biao was deeply aware of his own limitations and the restraint of Jingzhou people on him. He no longer liked the youngest son who was determined to join the Cai family, but hated him instead.

He started doting on Liu Qi again, and liked to take Liu Qi with him in everything.

Take Liu Qi to a banquet, take Liu Qi to review the army, take Liu Qi out hunting and so on, and leave Liu Cong aside.

Cai Mao and others naturally knew that this was Liu Biao's way of expressing dissatisfaction with them, and they would never get close to Liu Cong again, leaving Liu Cong aside who was good at standing in line, which made Liu Cong very puzzled and deeply terrified.

Cai Mao and others also felt anxious before, but they could not interfere with Liu Biao's favorite son, after all, this was Liu Biao's housework.

Later, Cai Mao and others also figured it out. Anyway, they never planned to continue to support Liu Biao's descendants. As long as Guo Peng goes south, they will definitely do their best to help Guo Peng, keep Jingzhou intact, and dedicate it to Guo Peng, Liu Qi and Liu Cong. Yes, it doesn't make sense anymore.

So they also treated it coldly, regardless of the dispute between Liu Qi and Liu Cong.

At present, there is only one Liu Pan and more than 2 troops who can be regarded as Liu Biao's direct lineage. If Guo Peng really goes south, even if Liu Qi ascends the throne, he can only rely on Liu Pan and no one else.

There is a high probability that the others will surrender along with the Jingzhou nobles, and turn their guns to beat Liu Pan to death.

What's the point?

Totally pointless.

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Liu Biao thought that what he did could punish Jingzhou's powerful family, but it didn't.

People don't care at all, they have jumped out of this framework to embrace a broader future.

Obviously, Liu Biao didn't notice this trend. Of course, he couldn't have noticed it that easily.

So in fact, for Guo Peng, Jingzhou is the best to overturn among the three states of Jing, Yi and Yang.

Compared with Jingzhou, the Sun Ce Group in Yangzhou and the Dongzhou Group in Yizhou are relatively resolute forces against Guo Peng. This resistance force is particularly weak only in Jingzhou.

When the time comes to go south, the inevitable goal is naturally Jingzhou, occupying Jingzhou, isolating Jiangdong and Yizhou, making the Jiangnan alliance a joke, and he himself will be the final winner.

Guo Peng never took Liu Biao seriously. To him, both Liu Zhang and Sun Ce were more threatening than Liu Biao.

Liu Zhang and Pang Xi, who captured Hanzhong, and Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, who fought hard in Danyang County and Wu County, are two powerful factions that can cause him some trouble.

Of course, the biggest threat right now is the land of Kansai, the long journey with poor road conditions, and Liangzhou, which cannot be swallowed in one go.

Guo Peng mobilized Qingzhou's grain and Zhuangding waterways in advance and went to Kansai to support Jizhou and Yanzhou.

Years of savings and management have played an irreplaceable role in the end. The strong mobilization force has guaranteed the motivation of Guo Peng's expedition, so there is no need to worry about the logistics not being able to keep up.

Guo Peng stayed in Hongnong for a month. On the eighth day of April, Guo Peng ordered the army to attack again and attacked Chang'an.

At this time, Guo Peng already knew that Liu Zhang of Yizhou captured Hanzhong and destroyed the Zhang Lu Group, and also knew that Liu Zhang had agreed to Liu Biao's request for an alliance, and put aside his previous suspicions and joined forces with Liu Biao to fight against himself.

It seems that the threat I pose to them is really quite big.

Guo Peng smiled, feeling that his work is still very successful, after all, his enemies are so against him, so afraid of him.

Regarding this unexpected situation, Guo Peng called the civil servants and generals under his command to discuss and told the civil and military generals under his command the money. Everyone agreed-fuck it.

The old men have been working hard for so many years and have laid such a solid foundation. Are they afraid that they will be paper tigers?

Even if they pull in Ma Teng and Han Sui and send troops from all directions, we are worthy!

It is true.

If Sun Ce really dared to attack recklessly, Zhang Liao and Yu Jin stood there, with [-] front, [-] rear, and [-] well-trained and powerful professional Wei Jun staring at you, afraid of you?

It took Guo Peng 5 people to kill Yuan Shao, and Sun Ce's son was far inferior to Yuan Shao. Could it be possible to break through his [-]-strong army?

There is no need to worry about the Kansai side. Now he is nailing the nails here himself. The [-] troops will destroy the world. Liu Zhang and Ma Teng Han Sui rushed to cooperate closely. things.

On the Yuzhou side, Li Gan took Li Dian and Li Zheng, two valiant generals, to be nailed to Yingchuan, and Guo Lie, who had made many military exploits, was nailed to Runan.

After Cao Ren led the elite troops from the Chenliu camp to leave, Guo Peng ordered Le Jin, the right general of the Wei State, to lead [-] elite troops south to the Chenliu camp. Thirty thousand troops fought against Jingzhou soldiers.

And what Guo Peng is least worried about is Liu Biao. Among other things, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun are two inhuman beings, and there are a large number of scholars with ambiguous attitudes.

If war was really going to happen, Guo Peng had reason to believe that Zhang Yun would work hard on the front line, and when he decided to go south to Jingzhou, Zhang Yun would even take the lead in defecting and dedicate the entire Nanyang defense line that Liu Biao and Nanyang had painstakingly managed to Guo Peng.

Turn the offensive.

Guo Peng was not in vain at all. The reason why he didn't fight was because he couldn't keep up with energy.

First occupy the land of Sili in Kansai, then feed it with Jizhou and Yanzhou, and slowly build it. Here, we will wait for Xuzhou and Yuzhou to accumulate more food, grass, weapons and mobilization forces before we can attack Jingzhou and Yangzhou.

Guo Peng has a detailed strategic plan, and there should be no mess.

The large granary in Yuzhou has not yet accumulated enough grain, and Guo Peng cannot use the power of Yuzhou and Xuzhou, which has just been occupied for a long time, to attack Jingzhou and Jiangdong so quickly.

Slow down and let Yuzhou and Xuzhou save more food, grass and manpower.

First destroy the strength of Ma Teng and Han Sui, and force them to return to Liangzhou to lick their wounds.

Chang'an, someone Guo is bound to win.

This army of kings, aiming to avenge the emperor, is constantly advancing westward, constantly attacking cities and lands westward, constantly occupying various main roads, occupying all places in a flat push style, and constantly collecting refugees and hidden escaped households and mountains. household.

Collect them and send them to the Luoyang area first, and start to resume production in the Luoyang area.

Needless to say, in some places, many households who fled from refugees and those who hid in hiding were actually found, and they were organized by statistics to take them to Luoyang to start a new life.

Fill it step by step, restore it step by step, and restore Luoyang, which is the closest to Guo Peng's jurisdiction, first.

After the Battle of Kansai is over, Guo Peng will soon begin to order an all-round reconstruction of Luoyang and start laying the foundation for the future of Wei.

When Guo Peng advanced step by step, he was not blocked by Ma Teng and Han Sui's army. It seemed that they were determined to think that Guo Peng would consume all his vigor and food along the way.

Guo Peng didn't think so. He would only keep propagating that the enemy retreated. Before they arrived, the enemy retreated, and they abandoned the city and fled. This is enough to prove the vigor and prestige of the Wei army.

At the same time, in the army, Guo Peng also created two competitive sports games, football and polo.

When a certain place needs to garrison troops to let the logistics troops take a breather, Guo Peng will ask the army to organize several football and polo matches to boost morale.

Football and polo, which are extremely confrontational competitive sports, are very popular with the army, and the garrisons of the three major battalions and the garrison everywhere are very fond of them.

From Qingzhou to now, each army has its own football team and polo team. They come to these games from time to time, which is a good boost for morale and a good way for the soldiers to vent their anger. channel.

At the same time, Guo Peng also asked musicians to be recruited from all over the country, so that people who knew the rhythm could compose songs.

Don't want the soft literati-style high mountains and flowing water or other melodious sounds, but high-spirited military songs with the charm of gold and iron horses, the kind that can inspire people.

On the way of the army marching, let the musicians ride in a carriage, and play military songs before and after each army, and keep playing, let the soldiers sing along, enrich the spiritual world of the army soldiers, relieve fatigue, so as to achieve the effect of motivating morale, and the effect is really good It's very good.

Music and singing and dancing are actually a means for the ancients to boost the morale of the army.

According to legend, when King Wu of Zhou attacked Yin and Shang, he ordered the army to "sing before and dance after" in order to boost morale and keep the soldiers fighting will so that they would not desert or fall behind.

Long-distance marches are afraid of falling behind and deserting.

This is a common problem of troops with poor military discipline. Even if the military discipline is good, such individuals will inevitably appear, so Ma Teng and Han Sui also thought that Guo Peng had marched eight hundred miles, and few people in the army had escaped.

Guo Peng really wanted to see what the two of them thought when they found out that they had led an army to the city of Chang'an.

Thank you for giving me so much land for nothing!

Guo looked at the west mockingly.

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At the end of April, Guo Peng led his army to Huayin County.

When the vanguard of the army attacked Zheng County, Gu Yong also completed the handover procedures in Chen Guo, came to Lujiang County, completed the handover procedures with Zaozhi, the former prefect of Lujiang, and officially became the prefect of Lujiang.

"Duke Wei appointed Yuan Tan as the prefect of Lujiang. Yuan Tan should be clear about this intention. I think that the future governor of Yangzhou must be Yuan Tan!"

Zaozhi and Gu Yong went to Shanggu County to seek refuge with Guo Peng almost at the same time. The friendship between the two was good, and the handover this time was also very pleasant.

"Zao Jun is too famous, Wei Gonggong, how can I understand it? But this time I come to Lujiang, where will Zao Jun go?"

Gu Yong asked with a smile.

Zaozhi smiled and said, "Duke Wei asked me to go to Luoyang, maybe there are some things I need to do?"

"that's for sure."

Gu Yong thought for a while: "To the west of Luoyang, there are ruins. Wei Gong should entrust Zaojun with important matters. Zaojun's promotion is just around the corner."

"Hahahaha, where is it?"

The two laughed and boasted to each other for a while, and then talked about the death of the emperor before.

"The emperor died, the imperial court collapsed, and the Han Dynasty is on the verge of collapse. Now, the only one who can save the Han Dynasty is Duke Wei. From Zao Jun's point of view, how will the Duke of Wei act?"

Gu Yong was very concerned about this issue.

Zaozhi frowned and thought for a moment.

"This is indeed a major event. I don't know exactly what the Wei Guild will do. I have corresponded with friends in Yecheng before, and I heard that Yecheng is now discussing which Liu clan will be supported by the Wei Guild to inherit the throne."

"Is that so..."