At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

"So what if they are young? They are old. They turn around and run when they encounter thieves and bandits. How much loss does the loss of teachers and ground bring to the big man? Guo Peng is young, but he can quell the rebellion for the big man!"

Emperor Ling shook his hand irritably: "It's settled like this, if you have merit, you will be rewarded, and if you have talent, you will use it. No matter whether you are young or not, those who have talent and make great contributions should use it!"

Emperor Ling made the final decision, and granted Guo Peng the post of guarding the Wuwan school captain, and for his feat of capturing the first horn of the Yellow Turban thief, he was awarded the title of Duke of the Township, three hundred food towns, and a reward of [-] catties of gold. In addition, he was rewarded with silk cloth, money, various Treasures are different.

Not only that, but also promoted Guo Peng's father Guo Shan to be the prime minister of Pei, showing his credit.

Guo Peng was very happy when he first learned that he had become the captain of Hogaramaru, and he was also expected to be the Duke of Duxiang and the bounty, but he didn't expect that Emperor Ling would really be promoted to the official position of Guo Dan.

Since ancient times, it is not uncommon for sons to gain high positions by virtue of their father's credit, and it is rare for fathers to be promoted by virtue of their son's credit.

Guo Peng expressed his gratitude, and then started packing on the whole, and he was going to take office as soon as possible.

He had to show the attitude of a young man eager to repay the emperor's kindness for the country.

Of course, first of all, he had to deal with his friends and acquaintances in Luoyang.

Chapter 92

Yuan Shu was the first to congratulate Guo Peng in a high-profile manner after the news spread that Guo Peng was going to serve as the captain of the Hokura Maru.

Adhering to the usual arrogance of the children of the top nobles, he was very generous with his mobile phone. He brought a lot of gifts and gave Guo Peng a lot of gold, silver and money, as well as a lot of military books.

Then Yuan Shu held a banquet for Guo Peng and invited many people, including some acquaintances from Yuan Shao's side, who also came to the party relying on the relationship between Guo Peng and Cao Cao. At the banquet, Yuan Shu and Guo Peng got up and danced together, singing ancient songs together Poetry, full of joy.

Of course, Cao Cao was coming. He was appointed Prime Minister of Jinan because of his military exploits. An official of two thousand stone was due to take up his post in a few days.

In addition to Cao Cao, Guo Peng also insisted on inviting Sun Jian.

Sun Jian didn't have as hard a relationship as Guo Peng and Cao Cao. After the war, he was named Sima of the other ministries.

Sun Jian didn't expect Guo Peng to invite him to the meeting, and he introduced Sun Jian to everyone, introduced Sun Jian's bravery, and then personally toasted him to express his admiration, etc. This gave Sun Jian a lot of face and made Sun Jian a little flattered.

He, a child of the Han family in the south, can actually participate in such a grand event. Apart from thanking Guo Peng, he has no other ideas.

After the happy banquet, Guo Peng will officially make some plans of his own.

Although he really wanted to work with Sun Jian, Sun Jian was Zhu Jun's subordinate and was recommended and supported by Zhu Jun. He was Zhu Jun's old official, so he still listened to Zhu Jun in all actions.

So Guo Peng gave up the idea of ​​inviting Sun Jian to work together in northern Xinjiang.

But Zang Hong didn't let it go. He went to the north to be the captain of Ho Karasuma. He was unfamiliar with his life, and what he needed most was to have his own powerful trilogy as his basic game, to give himself some confidence, so he brought as much as he could. It is necessary to go to some trustworthy old ministries.

Zang Hong accepted Guo Peng's invitation without a word, so Guo Peng immediately appointed Zang Hong as his Sima.

Then Guo Peng caught Cheng Li's attention and wrote to Cheng Li, hoping that he could be recruited as his own long-standing history holder, and he would go to northern Xinjiang with him to do national service, and asked him if he would like it.

The basic team of one literate and one martial arts team was formed, and the next step is when Guo Peng's accumulation over the years will play a role.

Knowing that Guo Peng was going to Youzhou to serve as the guard of Karasuma Colonel, the old Changshui army who fought with Guo Peng before and the old army that Lu Zhi handed over to Guo Peng had an idea.

These old troops are mainly the cavalry of the Changshui Colonel, as well as the recruits around Luoyang, and the rangers who will follow Guo Peng at the earliest.

Guo Peng fought a series of victories and won a lot of trophies and rewards. Guo Peng was generous and generously rewarded his subordinates. Many soldiers followed Guo Peng and got money.

In addition, Guo Peng was sympathetic to his soldiers and was one of the very few generals who was willing to save their lives, so he received the heartfelt service of many soldiers who had recovered and returned to the team after being injured.

Many soldiers like this kind of boss, and they are worried that there will be no such boss to follow. So when I heard that Guo Peng was going to leave Luoyang to be the captain of Hu Karasuma, first of all, the first rangers who followed Guo Peng were Come to the door.

There were [-] rangers who came back with Guo Peng, and they brought more than [-] rangers who admired Guo Peng, hoping to go north with Guo Peng and follow him to fight.

Many people said that their parents had no family or family, so they were alone. Guo Peng would take him with him if he wanted to, and he would follow Guo Peng until he died.

Guo Peng did not object to accepting all of them, and accepted the followers of the seven rangers from 310.

Then came the Changshui cavalry. Among the Changshui cavalry who fought with Guo Peng and came back alive, three of them asked to go to the frontier with Guo Peng to serve.

Among them, there were some people from Karasuma and some people from Xianbei. They admired Guo Peng's bravery, and thanked him for his kindness. They wanted to follow him to the northern Xinjiang and continue to serve him.

This kind of thing happens a lot.

For example, Deng Xun in those days had a high prestige, so when he was the captain of the guard of Karasuma, the old subordinates of Liyang Ying were willing to follow him, and they would not hesitate to move.

This is mostly due to the personal charm of the generals, and it also reflects the intensification of the personal attachment of the soldiers to the generals in the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty and the inaction of the central government in this regard.

The central government often fails to gather troops due to financial problems, so it allows the private army to go out on expeditions to crusade unscrupulous officials, and even uses the combat-effective private army as the country's main army. Zhu Jun and Dong Zhuo are examples of this.

This is not surprising at this time.

The attributes of these armies are naturally very vague, but the central government of the Han Dynasty does not care much about this. Unless they are generals with extensive family resources, most people will choose to disband the army after the war, because it is not easy to raise troops.

Guo Peng pulled up this team thanks to the help of his friends and the help of Cao's Xiahou and Guo's own family. In this way, the money is not so abundant. If it is to be maintained for a long time, the poor military pay of the imperial court is not enough.

Therefore, Guo Peng still has to figure out how to use the power of Colonel Ho Karasuma to obtain money and use it as military capital after he has gained power in the northern Xinjiang.

In addition to them, there were also some recruits who followed Guo Peng to fight and asked to follow Guo Peng to the northern Xinjiang.

There were 270 of them, and Guo Peng also agreed, accepted them, and took them to northern Xinjiang.

In addition, after the end of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Guo Peng's more than [-] trained family soldiers in his hometown were somewhat redundant, and now he needs them more than his hometown.

So Guo Peng sent a letter to Guo Dan, asking Guo Dan to send Guo Jin and Guo Tu, plus three hundred family soldiers, to go north with him.

Cao Song said that he would write a letter to the Cao family in Qiao County, asking the Cao family and the Xiahou family to gather [-] troops north and follow Guo Peng to fight.

Lin Lin finally came to the conclusion that there were [-] soldiers who could fight to go north with Guo Peng. For this reason, some people did not hesitate to drag their families and bring their own family. Guo Peng initially had his own power team.

There are also many people who have made good friends with him who have given him some property, weapons or horses.

Lu Zhi called Guo Peng to his house, took out [-] catties of gold and handed it to Guo Peng, and also wrote a letter, asking Guo Peng to go to the station in Ning County, the ancient county, and send it to his hometown.

In this way, Lu Zhi's hometown will find a way to raise a batch of war horses and money for him to make it easier for him to do things.

Lu Zhi was very worried about Guo Peng, and asked Guo Peng to ask the clan members for more advice on the appointment of the Kasugaru school captain, to be familiar with the border situation, and not to act blindly and independently.

Colonel Go Karasuma has considerable authority over the Karasuma Xianbei and Nanxiongnu tribes, but it is difficult to exercise this authority to make them all obedient.

The clan member can do well. With him as the governor of Youzhou, Youzhou can't be in chaos, and Guo Peng can rely on him a lot.

Guo Peng was very moved, and Lu Zhi's love for him was sincere.

Yuan Shu then gave Guo Peng twenty war horses, and quietly gave him some bows and crossbows, telling him to hide them from being discovered.

Sun Jian also gave Guo Peng the twenty war horses captured by his subordinates, expressing his gratitude to Guo Peng.

Cao Song also prepared a sum of gold to give to Guo Peng, and said that he would purchase a batch of war horses in Bingzhou and send them to Shanggu County for Guo Peng to use, so Guo Peng must be careful.

Cao Cao gave Guo Peng some of his private money, and told him to be very careful.

Guo Hong took out a sum of money to give to Guo Peng, hoping that Guo Peng would make achievements and not lose the fame of his ancestors.

Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ren were about to follow Guo Peng north without a word. Xiahou Dun hesitated for a moment, then looked at Cao Cao, who smiled and patted Xiahou Dun on the shoulder.

"Men should fight in the Quartet, establish merits, and contribute to the country. I will be the prime minister of Jinan, not to fight. Yuan Rang should go north with Zifeng and establish merits!"

As he spoke, Cao Cao also held Guo Peng's hand and said solemnly, "If I make achievements, I will also apply to Your Majesty to try to be transferred to the northern county, fight side by side with Zifeng, and fight against the barbarians together!"

Guo Peng nodded.

Then, it's Cao Lan's problem.

Chapter 93 Guo Zifeng's Journey to the North (Revised)

Guo Peng didn't want Cao Lan to follow him to the dangerous land in northern Xinjiang, where it was too dangerous.

What's more, the children of the two are still young. Guo Peng hopes that Cao Lan will stay at Cao Song's home in Luoyang. With Cao Song's protection, she must be safe and able to raise little Guo Jin well.

Cao Lan was unwilling. She felt that her husband went to the north to guard the frontier, but she couldn't follow her. She put her husband in danger and hid in a safe place behind her. This was not what a wife should do.

In the end, Guo Peng still did not agree to go with Cao Lan. The reason was that if Cao Lan followed, he would be distracted, and he would not be able to concentrate on the war. Coupled with the consolation of Cao Song and Cao Cao, Cao Lan tearfully agreed not to follow Guo. Peng went north together.

Guo Peng made an agreement with her that when there was no war, he would also send someone to bring Cao Lan and his mother and son to Youzhou for reunion.

Guo Peng knew it very well, not to mention that the Xianbei Southern Xiongnu went south to attack Hanbian County every year. , to make yourself more adaptable to surviving in troubled times, instead of engaging in some kind of love.

Troubled times can't tolerate the love of children!

Then, Guo Peng wrote to Cai Yong, reporting to Cai Yong about his recent situation and his upcoming appointment to the north.

Originally, Guo Peng wanted to take the time to visit Cai Yong in Jiangdong, and see the humanities and customs of Jiangdong by the way, but now it seems that he has no hope.

Three days before departure, Guo Peng received a reply from Cheng Li. Cheng Li expressed his gratitude to Guo Peng for remembering him. He had already dealt with what he had to do, and was willing to follow Guo Peng north to make his long history.

Guo Peng breathed a sigh of relief. Cheng Li was his pre-determined master choice. With Cheng Li's help, he must have been able to do things a little easier in the position of Captain Ho Karasuma.

Two days before departure, Emperor Ling announced the change of Yuan.

This time changing Yuan is unusual. Originally, changing Yuan usually waited until the end of this year, and then changing Yuan again on the first day of next year. This time is different. Emperor Ling directly changed Guanghe Seven Years as the first year of Zhongping, and Guanghe Seventh Year is Zhongping. In the first year, the world will be amnesty.

It was the end of October.

Guo Peng then finished getting dressed, said goodbye to all his relatives, friends and acquaintances, and led more than a thousand soldiers belonging to his own family to embark on the journey north.

On November [-]th, Guo Peng arrived in Hanoi, where he joined Cheng Li and the [-] soldiers of the Xiahou clan of Cao's clan. To Guo Peng's surprise, it was Cao Hong who led this group of soldiers.

The Xiahou family of the Cao family saw that they had developed, and hoped that they would eat and drink spicy food with their children and soldiers.

Guo Peng was very happy, accepted Cao Hong, and then held hands with Cheng Li to talk.

"Zhongde is willing to follow Peng north to the frontier. Peng is very grateful. This time, he must create a career with Zhongde."

Cheng Li said gratefully: "I am not abandoned by the lord, and Cheng Li is willing to follow the lord and do the hard work of dogs and horses."

Cheng Li also thought about this matter.

There are risks in going north, which is definitely, Guo Peng's letter to him gave him a choice, in addition to following Guo Peng to the north to be his long history, there is also a way for Lu Zhi to raise filial piety to Cheng Li as an official, Cheng Li thinks I wanted to go, but I didn’t sleep all night, so I chose the former.

In his 40s, the first opportunity in his life came, and Cheng Li was very excited, but the opportunity is in front of him, and it depends on whether he can grasp it.

Choosing the latter is naturally stable, and you can be an official, get recommended by Lu Zhi, and you can be a good official. However, I am already in my 40s, starting from a small official, when will I be able to reach the official position of prefect and above? ?

Choosing the latter, Guo Peng's appreciation of himself will end here. After that, will he have more help?

He was born in a poor family, has no power, and has no way to go. Maybe he can only be a county magistrate for the rest of his life.

Cheng Li thought about this choice and rejected it.

Then there is the first choice left, to follow Guo Peng and be his long history. After experiencing the risks, with the improvement of Guo Peng's status, he has also risen and tied with Guo Peng.

In order to express his determination, Cheng Li also brought his family wealth and a batch of food to Guo Peng as military resources. Guo Peng accepted it and introduced Cheng Li to everyone.

Guo Peng appointed Cheng Li as his chief of staff.

The eldest and most stable Xiahou Dun was appointed as the left Sima, and his friend Zang Hong was appointed as the right Sima.

Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren and Cao Hong were appointed as military marquis to lead the troops.

He has more than 200 people here, and as the lieutenant of Hu Karasuma, he has the authority to command the Karasuma Battalion of the frontier defense battalion.

In addition to keeping 20 standing central troops in the central government, the Eastern Han government also set up garrison soldiers in the localities. Some counties still have county soldiers, and they can always make up more than [-].

However, there are not many standing battalions, and most of them are concentrated around the northern frontier.

For example, the battalions of the Duliao, Yuyang, Wuwan, Liyang, Yong, and Huya battalions were uneven in numbers, ranging from three to five hundred to more than a thousand.

The Karasuma Battalion was under the command of the Go Karasuma Colonel. Because it was often tasked with combat readiness, there were more than a thousand people, mostly cavalry.

In addition to the more than 2000 people brought by Guo Peng himself, Guo Peng is equivalent to mastering an army of more than [-] people. In order to meet the needs of fighting Xianbei, he will build all of these troops into cavalry. The infantry needed at the time is very simple, just conscript the county soldiers.

During the war, Colonel Gokaruma can command several county soldiers of the border counties to fight together, but it is not counted in peacetime.

Colonel Hokuramaru was stationed in Ning County, Shanggu County, Youzhou Prefecture. It was on the frontier and was a real front-line battlefield. The terrain was extremely important.

The existence of the guard of the Karasuma Colonel is also to isolate the Karasuma who surrendered to the Han Dynasty from the large number of Xianbei who have not surrendered, so that they cannot communicate with each other and become a problem in the northern Han Dynasty.

At the same time, because of the status of holding section, it has the right to govern the surrendered Karasuma and some Zahu.

During the war, these minority cavalry can be recruited into the army through the cooperation of the governor of Youzhou and act together with the Han army, which is regarded as a servant army.

The Karasuma people are still obedient. At this time, the most disobedient people are the Xianbei people. Tan Shihuai has created a unified force of the Xianbei with a territory no less than the scope of the Huns, which is the biggest threat to the northern border of the Han court.

At that time, the Xianbei leader Tan Shihuai also won the Northern Expedition Army of the Han army, and the northern border of the Han Dynasty almost shook.

However, in the fourth year of Guanghe, Tan Shihuai died, and his son Helian ascended the throne. Helian was far inferior to Tan Shihuai, and the Han Empire suffered a heart attack.

However, these people still inevitably go south to invade the Han frontier every year. The Han government is very troubled by this. The frontier warns every year, and there are wars every year.