At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

"Actually, follow me, and you will be able to return to your hometown one day... Well, since you choose this way, I won't make things difficult for you, Ling Ming, so you can do it yourself."

Guo Peng chose to release Pang De and Ma Dai together, and exchanged them for Zhang Ji and his family, as well as Zhang Xiu's head.

The whole family was gagged, although Zhang Ji wriggled and struggled desperately, but Guo Peng quickly ordered the tiger guards to send his family including him back to the camp, without talking nonsense with him.

The person he wants to talk to is naturally Ma Teng, not Zhang Ji, a loser.

"I didn't expect that the first time you and I met would be on such an occasion, General Ma, long time ago."

"Duke Wei is polite. If you want to say that you have admired him for a long time, it is the last general who has admired Duke Wei's name for a long time."

Ma Teng clasped his fists with a smile on his face and saluted: "Wei Gong's reputation has long spread to Liangzhou. We don't know if we want to. Really powerful, we Liangzhou people are no match for Duke Wei."

"Why is it here?"

Guo Peng sighed: "I don't want to be an enemy of General Ma, I don't want to be an enemy of anyone, I just want the world to be stable and the people live and work in peace and contentment, that's all, but why are there always people who want to start wars, so I have to fight What the hell?"

Ma Teng really couldn't say that Guo Peng was too shameless, but his beautiful words were indeed too shameless.

But in a sense, every time Guo Peng sent troops to fight, he was a famous teacher, and he had a righteous name in his hands. No one could tell if he was wrong, so he said this, is it wrong?

Obviously not.

It's just that Ma Teng, as the party whose interests have been damaged, how can he look at this matter calmly?

This is even more so for Ma Chao. It is not easy to suppress his anger, so how can he talk about such things?

In fact, Ma Chao really wanted to fight Guo Peng and stab Guo Peng to death with a spear to vent his anger, but Ma Teng was worried that Ma Chao would be impulsive, so he confiscated all of Ma Chao's weapons to prevent him from acting recklessly.

"What Wei Gong said is also true. There are too many people in this world who are restless."

Ma Teng could only go along with the smiling face, seeing Ma Teng's embarrassed smile, Guo Peng's mood became a little bit happier, so he didn't mind sharing some more important military information with Ma Teng.

"General Ma, since we have peace talks, we should live in peace in the future. I have to tell you some things in advance."

Guo Peng smiled, and said, "General Ma, does he know that Yizhou Shepherd Liu Zhang conquered Hanzhong?"

"I also know this. Liu Jiyu conquered Hanzhong and claimed to be King of Hanzhong in Hanzhong..."

Ma Teng frowned, as if he had thought of something, and said, "Duke Wei, this Liu Jiyu, could it be that he wants to..."

"That's right, Gu also thinks so."

Guo Peng nodded: "The reason why Gu agreed to negotiate peace with you is because Gu knew about this matter. Gu thought that Liu Jiyu might have the intention of becoming emperor. If he wanted to become emperor, he would naturally go to the Northern Expedition. Let's continue If the fight continues, both sides will suffer, and in the end, Liu Jiyu will be cheaper? Maybe Liu Jiyu is waiting for us to fight and lose both."

Ma Teng was very surprised, and the sons behind him were also surprised.

"This...Liu Jiyu wants to make a northern expedition?"

"Otherwise, how could he call himself the King of Hanzhong?"

Guo Peng shook his head: "At the beginning, Emperor Taizu Gao was the king in Hanzhong. He built plank roads and crossed Chencang secretly, so as to enter Guanzhong, defeat Sanqin, occupy Guanzhong, and thus have the qualifications to compete with Xiang Yu for hegemony. Liu Jiyu probably wants to go here again. way.

As for whether he will take the Chencang Road, Gu is not sure, maybe he will also take the Qishan Road, or the Baoxie Road, or the Ziwu Valley. No matter what, he will go north, although it is very likely that he came for Gu , but it's hard to say.

General Ma, marching from the middle of Shu, the Qishan Road is the widest, and the road is relatively the best. The Ziwu Valley is the closest to Chang'an, but the road is the worst. Do you think Liu Jiyu will march through the Qishan Road or the Ziwu Valley? Woolen cloth? "

Ma Teng frowned, and the sons looked at each other, eyes full of confusion.

There are more than a dozen warlord forces large and small in Liangzhou, and the alliance between Ma Teng and Han Sui is the most powerful and famous.

If Liu Zhang marched north from Qishan Road and arrived in Liangzhou, he would inevitably conflict with Ma Teng and Han Sui's forces.

After this battle, Ma Teng and Han Sui were exhausted. If Liu Zhang chose this time to attack, wouldn't it be bad?

Moreover, it cannot be assumed that Liu Zhang will not go along the Qishan road. If he really leaves and goes out of Qishan to go directly to Hanyang County, it will be a disaster.

Chapter 563. 570 Er Guo once again united the hearts of the people to the greatest extent

In terms of strength comparison, once Liu Zhang knew that Ma Teng and Han Sui were defeated and retreated to Liangzhou, he must have known that Ma Teng and Han Sui suffered serious losses and their strength was weakened.

At that time, Liu Zhang directly raised troops to attack Liangzhou, and the situation would be quite different.

"Wei Gong, this matter, I..."

"General Ma, let's go back and prepare as soon as possible, but it's really hard to say, if Liu Jiyu just wants to get Chang'an, not occupy Liangzhou, General Ma will be safe, but it will become more troublesome alone, won't it?" ?”

Guo Peng's face was full of smiles, which made Ma Teng feel a little flustered. He didn't know what Guo Peng's real purpose was for telling him these things.

Of course, Guo Peng himself didn't know where Liu Zhang would enter Chang'an.

Where to advance is their business. What Guo Peng has to do is to guard the land of Sanfu in Guanzhong, and don't let this piece of land be lost.

Occupying the land of Chang'an and Sanfu is equivalent to having the ability to annex Liangzhou and Yizhou. Withstanding this wave of attacks, this place can develop for a while with peace of mind. When the time is right, whether it is to take Liangzhou or Yizhou , is not difficult.

Of course, there is the last and smallest possibility-Liu Zhang and Ma Teng and Han Sui joined forces to attack Chang'an in Guanzhong.

But then there will be a problem-is Chang'an owned by Ma Teng and Han Sui, or by Liu Zhang?

These two parties have ulterior motives, to whom it is tantamount to seeking skin with a tiger, can they unite?

Very unlikely.

It is impossible for the two forces to join forces without discussing the conditions for the distribution of the spoils. Even if they reach an agreement, Guo Peng will be able to save enough food and supplies during this period to deal with the upcoming battle.

After Han Sui and Ma Teng hurriedly left Chang'an full of doubts and worries, Guo Peng led his army to occupy Chang'an and confirmed the occupation of Chang'an.

Then Guo Peng escorted Zhang Ji's family to Hongnong in person, and set up an altar outside Hongnong City again. All the military officers and civil officials wore white clothes and hemp, and Chen Lin wrote a sacrificial form, which was read out in public.

A certain person from Guo comforted the emperor, saying that Zhang Ji, the head of the thief, was arrested after all, and that Ma Teng and Han Sui were not the culprit in the end. It was good to admit his mistake, and he took the initiative to hand over Zhang Ji, the head of the thief, to make up for his mistakes. Someone from Guo felt that he should give them another time. A chance to turn around.

Only Zhang Ji must be killed.

Afterwards, Guo Peng wept in front of the civil and military officials in honor of the late emperor Liu Xie, weeping bitterly, choked up several times and could not speak.

After recovering, he beheaded Zhang Ji with his own hands, and then ordered the execution of all the men in Zhang Ji's clan, beheading all men, burning their bodies, throwing away their bones and ashes, and selling all the women into slavery, as revenge for the emperor.

The last sliver of value in the emperor Liu Xie was squeezed out by someone Guo, so it turned into ashes, turned into dregs, and dispersed with the wind.

And this large-scale political performance, which Guo single-handedly set up a screenwriter and director to release and release, came to an end.

Performing political performances is what Guo is best at. As he grows older, the age of acting is also increasing.

Today's Mr. Guo is a well-deserved old actor who has been in the industry for nearly 30 years. He has excellent acting skills and has almost won all the awards he should have won.

The crying scene that Guo was unable to control accurately before, after a long period of training, now the crying scene is at his fingertips, and the tears fall as soon as they are said to fall, without any hesitation, which is already a state of mastery.

In today's world, when it comes to acting skills, there is really no one who can keep pace with Mr. Guo. Mr. Guo is a natural actor, not only talented, but also hardworking.

Hard work plus talent, can't you achieve a great career?

Guo can even say that he has overcome several crises in his life through his superb acting skills.

And the several opportunities in life are also seized through superb acting skills.

Without superb acting skills, without the quality and character of an excellent actor, he would not be able to make it to where he is today, and he would not be able to achieve a great career.

Life is not necessarily all acting, and not everyone has to be an excellent actor.

In fact, Guo Peng also felt that it was a sad thing for an actor who turned his real life into a drama, but this world, this world, cannot allow a person of his status not to act.

When will it be possible to change the human world and let everyone be themselves instead of acting?

Guo Peng smiled self-deprecatingly.

Let's let everyone be able to read and have enough to eat first. If you don't know the words, you can't eat enough. What else is there to talk about?

These two goals are what Guo is destined to strive for all his life, and he doesn't know if he can succeed.

But, he's going to do it.

After the political performance, Guo once again united the hearts of the people to the greatest extent.

He avenged the emperor, killed all the related people who caused the death of the emperor, fulfilled his promise, and won the victory of this unprecedented expedition. The hearts of the Guowei regime have never been so united.

They confirmed that they followed the right person, confirmed that they followed a person who could safeguard their interests and realize their ideals, a person who could entrust their own life and the future of their family.

Everyone is singing praises for Mr. Guo, and everyone is praising Mr. Guo's illustrious martial arts.

Chen Lin wrote five consecutive articles praising Mr. Guo's illustrious martial arts, which were widely circulated within the jurisdiction of the Guo Wei regime.

There is even a tendency to forget that the emperor Liu Xie has been killed.

With the halo of popularity and the admiration and admiration of his subordinates, Guo returned to Chang'an and announced the establishment of his fourth military camp, the Chang'an Camp.

There were [-] troops stationed in the Chang'an camp, and Cao Ren was transferred from the governor of the Chenliu camp to the governor of the Chang'an camp, and the commander-in-chief of the Chenliu camp was transferred to Le Jin.

Then, follow the series of plans planned before, step by step.

First of all, Chang'an was operated as a military fortress, and several cities around Chang'an City and at the exit of the Shu Road were operated as military fortresses, ready to deal with the threat from Liu Zhang.

Regardless of whether Liu Zhang will come or not in the end, this preparation must be carried out, and the work must also be carried out.

The army inspected the pass, inspected the pass, reported the damage in various places, searched the households hidden in the mountains and fields, gathered them all, and sent them to Chang'an City for assembly.

In Chang'an City, there were more than 1 refugee households that were coerced by Ma Teng and Han Sui. This time they fled, and these refugees were thrown to Guo Peng.

Guo Peng immediately sent people to Luoyang for resettlement. Under the current circumstances, Guo Peng did not have any extra food to support more than 1 refugee households.

Guo Peng instructed the local officials to adopt the method of work-for-relief, reorganize all the refugees and refugees who fled from their households, and introduce them as laborers. While rebuilding, they will be given rations, so that they can also solve their rations while restoring construction. question.

It can be regarded as maximizing the use of locally available resources.

Chapter 564. 570 Three Cultivate Post-[-]s (Revised)

After the initial resettlement and cleaning of the battlefield, Guo Peng began to arrange the appointment of some important local positions after the war, so as to determine the post-war ruling system as soon as possible and start restoration and reconstruction as soon as possible.

First of all, after Guo Peng made Cao Ren the governor of Chang'an Daying, he also represented Cao Ren as Jing Zhaoyin, and took over the government affairs of Chang'an area.

Biao Guanyu served as Zuo Fengyi and served as Zuo Fengyi's garrison, with [-] garrisons stationed in Zuo Fengyi, and Biao Xiahouyuan served as You Fufeng and also served as You Fufeng's garrison, with [-] troops stationed in You Fufeng.

These three people have grasped the military and political power.

Due to the special circumstances, Guo Peng did not set up additional civil servants for the time being, but dispatched a group of capable officials to assist them in handling government affairs.

He also ordered Zaoyi, who was transferred back, to serve as the general of Henan Yin and Luoyang Diannong, and comprehensively grasp the reconstruction work of the land of Yin in Henan and the land of Guanxi, and gradually start from the Luoyang area, and gradually restore Guan The vitality of the Westlands.

Han Hao was also transferred to serve as the prefect of Hongnong and the general of Hongnong Diannong Zhonglang, and Shangshutai Shangshu Dong Zhao was promoted to be the prefect of Hedong County and the general of Hedong Diannong Zhonglang, and the governance of Kansai was fully restored.

Of course, although they are all tributes, the emperor who can perform tributes has disappeared, and the official positions of these people are only agents in name.

But everyone knows that as long as Guo Peng nods, this official position is more real than real.

A large number of capable officials were ordered by Guo Peng to go from Kanto to Kansai, leave their original positions, and work hard in new positions. They began to rebuild on the dilapidated and desolate land of Kansai, trying to restore the former prosperity of Kansai. .

You must know that before Sichuan was called the Land of Abundance, the title of the Land of Abundance belonged to the Guanzhong Plain, but now this Land of Abundance is so dilapidated that it is unbelievable.

War is too terrible, and it is too capable of destroying everything.

After rectifying the backbone of Kansai's rule, Guo Peng began intensive preparations for the next war, such as arranging for the army to reclaim fields, arranging for the army to build houses and dormitories, and arranging for the army and auxiliary soldiers to repair the city, defense and roads, etc. .

With all kinds of clues on the verge of triggering, Guo Peng immediately entered an extremely busy period.

And at this time, Lu Yi came, and the day after Lu Yi arrived in Chang'an, Guo Jin also arrived.

After Zaozhi arrived in Luoyang to take up his new post, Lu Yi went to Chang'an alone under the escort of the army to meet Guo Peng.

In fact, Lu Yi was still a little uneasy.

Although Lu, one of Wu's four surnames, is currently the only person in charge, Lu Yi doesn't think he has enough weight to let Guo Peng do something for him.

In the final analysis, the Lu family has only one name and is extremely fragile. Without Guo Peng's protection, it is even difficult to survive in Jiangdong. It is in danger and has no capital at all. How can it be worth what Guo Peng can do for him?Why does Guo Peng want to see him?

Lu Yi was very puzzled and very strange, but all of this disappeared quickly, and the doubts in Lu Yi's heart quickly disappeared.

On the third day after he arrived in Chang'an, Guo Peng summoned Lu Yi, and Guo Peng's eldest son, Guo Jin, who was sixteen years old, also met Lu Yi with Guo Peng.

From Lu Yi's point of view, Guo Jin's appearance is very similar to Guo Peng's, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, a tough face, a tall and well-proportioned figure, and looks very healthy and cheerful.

Guo Peng didn’t take Guo Jin with him when he set off at the beginning of the expedition, but let Guo Jin follow Cheng Yu to study and handle government affairs at Shangshutai, and served as a small official. The blessing of authoritarian centralization.

When the Battle of Chang'an was about to end, Guo Peng ordered Guo Jin to be called to Chang'an.

For the next thing, it is necessary to let Guo Jin follow me, so that I can give Guo Jin some important knowledge.

Seeing Lu Yi is one of them.