At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

If I ask the emperor directly, can the emperor not agree to me?

After all, after so many years of cooperation, so many years of surrender, and so many years of acquaintance with the emperor, it should be no problem, right?

With such thoughts in mind, Nanlou directly made a request to Guo Peng.

Guo Peng stared at Nanlou for a while.

"Of course you can. After this battle is over and everything is almost ready, Gu will make arrangements to send some harnesses to Mr. Nanlou. In fact, this is not an important thing."

Nanlou was overjoyed upon hearing this.

If I had known it would be so easy with the emperor, why bother arguing with those people for so long!

One by one, it was faster to talk to the emperor directly.

Nanlou was very happy and thanked Guo Peng again and again, while Guo Peng said he didn't care.

After Nan Lou left, Xi Zhong, who had been by Guo Peng's side, walked forward.

"Your Majesty, do you really want to give the harness and equipment to Nanlou? I think this is inappropriate."

"Zhicai, do I look so stupid?"

Guo Peng turned his head and looked at Xi Zhong with a smile. Xi Zhong was taken aback for a moment, and quickly said: "I dare not, I don't know how Your Majesty views this matter."

"How else can I look at it? Isn't it just that Nanlou is pushing an inch?"

Guo Peng sneered: "I want more, I'm not satisfied with what I have, if I can't buy it, just ask me for it, I think I'm straightforward, I won't make me suspicious, but I don't think about it, he is under my protection The tribe of the Han Dynasty has no enemies except Xianbei.

If there is no difference, what do you want these things for?When these things are equipped, the cavalry will immediately change. In time, Karasuma will be my worry. Regarding this situation, Zhicai, what do you think we should do? "

Xi Zhong's heart shuddered.

"Your Majesty means that it's time to do something?"

"Yeah, it's time to do it. The Xianbei people are about to die. Of course, there is no need for the Karasuma people to exist. Keeping the Karasuma people was originally intended to let them contribute to this battle. Zhicai, you Arrange it, Nanlou, you've lived too long."

There is no emotional temperature in Guo Peng's words.

Xi Zhong has long been used to this.

"The minister obeys the order."

When Guo Peng's order is issued, Xi Zhong will naturally follow it.

Nanlou will not return to his tribe alive, and at that time, he can find any reason to kill Nanlou, charge Karasuma with a crime or something, and send troops directly to wipe out Karasuma.

Although the population of the Karasuma tribe is not smaller than that of Xianbei, in Xizhong's view, it is much easier to deal with Karasuma than Xianbei, after all, they have known each other for so many years.

"Unfortunately, Karasuma seems to be quite honest these years. Some people go to the Central Plains to do business and settle in the Central Plains. Some people give up grazing and change to farming and settlement. The living customs and dress are no different from those of our country.

So I once thought that Karasuma could be peacefully adapted in a more gentle way, integrated into our clan as a whole, and digested directly, so that there is no trace of Karasuma people. You see, after all these years, the Southern Huns have long since disappeared. "

Xi Zhong shook his head.

"Some people don't understand His Majesty's benevolence, and they don't want to appreciate it. It's better to treat them simply and simply, so as to save more nights and dreams."

"Zhicai is right, it will save you from long nights and dreams."

Guo Peng made up his mind.

War is cruel, but sometimes, war is also extremely convenient. Things that can't be settled no matter how much negotiation can be done, can be settled by war. Things that are a bit restrictive in normal times are especially common during wartime.

Before the expedition, Guo Peng took his personal guards to inspect the soldiers everywhere, from one barracks to another barracks, so that he could leave an impression in every soldier's heart.

Three days before dispatching troops, the food for the soldiers was improved, and changed to meat, beef, mutton, pork, chicken, duck, and all kinds of meat filled every corner of the barracks, regardless of the military class.

To put it simply, you can eat meat for breakfast. Since joining the army, the soldiers have not eaten meat so intensively and so many times, and they are quite satisfied with their mouths full of oil.

There is not only meat for the main meal, but also extra meals.

The extra meal is roasted whole sheep. A dozen or twenty soldiers ate around a roasted whole sheep, and it didn't take long for the whole sheep to be eaten into a skeleton.

Some soldiers couldn't get enough of it, and licked the bone while holding it.

There are also some more hard-core, chopping the bones with a knife and sucking the bone marrow inside, which is called delicious.

With meat, broth, and a sufficient supply of rice grains, in the three days before the expedition, the soldiers nourished their energy and replenished the oil, water and protein in their bodies, and they were all full of energy.

On June [-]th, the day before the expedition, the soldiers' dinner became an all-meat feast.

It was widely rumored in the army that His Majesty the Emperor subsidized the whole meat feast for the army with money from the internal treasury, in order to let the soldiers have a good meal and make up for it before the upcoming hard expedition.

The soldiers were extremely moved, and while eating, they were thankful for His Majesty's kindness. With such a grateful heart, they ate the last piece of meat and drank the broth. Really nothing wasted.

After nourishing their spirits and supplementing enough oil, water and protein, the soldiers of the Wei army mustered up their spirits and lined up on the morning of June [-].

Emperor Guo Peng wore the battle armor he wore when he led thousands of troops to lay down the foundation of Wei State. This set of battle armor accompanied the emperor through the glorious years.

Now, the emperor has put on this armor again, telling everyone that he is not only leading the army as the emperor, but also leading the army as the ever-victorious military god back then.

What an honor!

Fight with the emperor of the Great Wei Empire, and fight with the ever-victorious military god!

A considerable part of the current Wei army fought without accepting his command under Guo Peng's command.

So many years have passed, the big soldiers who fought with Guo Peng all became grassroots officers in the era of military expansion, and the current big soldiers all joined the Wei army later.

When they were receiving recruit training, they kept hearing about the famous achievements of His Majesty the Emperor, and how His Majesty led these officers all the way to today, expanding from a small local power to the size of an empire.

That period of magnificent war history is relatively unfamiliar to these big soldiers now.

But in the eyes of their immediate superiors, it is a real history.

chapter 1092 one thousand one hundred and two

In the memory of these veterans of the Wei Army, this period of history is real, allowing them to go down step by step.

They fought together with the general at the time and the current emperor as a big soldier, defeated countless powerful enemies, and won countless victories in a disadvantaged state.

Expand the territory little by little, and gradually become the number one prince in the world, then the number one power in the world, and finally the only emperor in the world.

It is a pity that after the conquest of Kansai and the capture of Hanzhong and Shangyong, His Majesty the Emperor did not directly lead the army again.

His Majesty the Emperor retreated to the second line and gave up the opportunity to lead the army to his former generals, thus creating the now-famous Five Tiger Generals.

When His Majesty was still personally leading troops to fight, the Five Tiger Generals were just generals who obeyed His Majesty's orders.

Your Majesty is the real and only commander of the Wei army.

This is the consensus of veterans.

But at that time, the general trend of the Guowei regime had been established, the north had been unified, and the basic situation of the Wei Empire had been stabilized.

The five tiger generals only continued this glory based on the foundation laid by Guo Peng. They wiped out the three major forces in Jiangnan at that time with absolute advantage, and basically unified the whole country.

Having said that, the greatest credit is still not theirs, because the Wei Empire had already been established at that time, and the greatest contribution to the founding of the country undoubtedly belonged to His Majesty the current emperor.

They will follow such a powerful commander and emperor to win a hearty victory together.

This is something that the current big-headed recruits have never encountered since they joined the army.

Fight with His Majesty the Emperor.

What an honor.

They embarked on the journey with His Majesty the Emperor in high spirits.

On the same day, also on June [-]th, the troops of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also set off to march as planned, and set foot on the endless prairie.

The Central Plains army's northern expedition to the grassland had a very important problem, that is, knowing the way.

There are not so many road signs on the endless prairie. Without the guidance of someone who is familiar with the road and direction, it is very difficult to avoid getting lost.

When parachutist Li Guang participated in the Northern Expedition, he was ashamed and angry because he got lost and lost his fighter plane, and finally committed suicide to apologize.

Once you get lost on the endless prairie, the blow to the life and morale of the army is really huge.

Therefore, Guo Peng began to plan the route several years before the Northern Expedition.

He constantly arranged for the merchants of Cao's caravan and Mi's caravan to go northward to find the Xianbei settlements at risk, find out the route, and then bring them back to the staff desk, which draws a map, and then submits the route to the army. used in .

This time, there are not only guides, but also precise maps drawn. The preparations are the most complete, and the fighting conditions are far better than that of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty when he attacked the Huns in the north.

So the three armies marched hand in hand, and moved towards the position of Langjuxu Mountain together.

While the Wei army was advancing aggressively, the Xianbei people had not yet received accurate information.

Before the mobilization in Hebei, Guo Peng arranged for Yan Rou to sit in Hebei, and mobilized the Linzi camp spies in Bingzhou and Youzhou to carry out indiscriminate killings of those who might have tipped off the Xianbei people, and killed a group of people who might have tipped off the Xianbei people .

Don't look at the Xianbei people fleeing into Mobei, but they have not given up their temptation to go south for many years. Although they were beaten back by Wei Jun every time, they never gave up after all.

This is also the reason why Guo Peng advocated this Northern Expedition.

Once you have tasted meat, you will never forget it in this life. You will always want to eat it, always want to enjoy it, and you will never let go easily. Once you have the opportunity, you will definitely come back.

When Zhang Fei was there, there were wars every year, and the Xianbei people were once frightened by Zhang Fei.

But every time Zhang Fei tempts them to go south, there are always Xianbei people who are willing to go south. Presumably it is the wealth of Han that makes them unwilling to give up no matter what, so they have to try no matter what.

Then he was constantly cleaned up by Zhang Fei.

After Zhang Fei went to Liangzhou, the border guards would still get some information from time to time, get some reports about the Xianbei people going south, and then keep dispatching to strangle the Xianbei people.

Think about it, too. Now that the temperature is getting colder and colder, the Xianbei people are located in Langjuxu Mountain, and they should have felt the impact of climate change earlier than the Wei people.

Their cattle, sheep and horses will decrease, their rich water and grassland will also decrease, the year will become worse, and some people will go hungry.

Faced with such worries, in addition to fighting each other to seize each other's survival resources, they will also continue to try to go south.

Once he tastes the sweetness, he will surely pounce on him like a hungry wolf tasting blood.

After all, people have to eat.

So there is no thousand days to guard against thieves. If a thief keeps staring at the house and never gives up, the best way is to kill him.

In order to better obtain information, the Xianbei people will certainly not reduce their investment in intelligence.

Everyone knows this.

But what the Xianbei people don't know and can't understand is that the Wei Empire implemented a complete household registration system, and each household has a source, a route, and records.

People without household registration who appear inexplicably should be suspected, and once suspected, they will inevitably become key monitoring targets.

The Linzi camp initially discovered many such Xianbei spies, and later received instructions from Guo Peng not to kill them as soon as they were found, but to conduct surveillance, change their coping strategies, and monitor all similar spies found.

This monitoring will naturally find out who they have contacts with, and through what channels to get the news, and then start to do it after the information network connection is completed, pull out the carrots and bring out the mud, all in one pot.

In this way, many Xianbei intelligence networks have been destroyed over the years, and many insiders have been killed.

But despite this, it is not entirely certain that the Linzi camp has completely controlled the situation. It is estimated that there are still ghosts who continue to lurk.

Before the Hebei mobilization, after Guo Peng ordered a strict blockade of news, along with the Hebei mobilization, everyone who should know knew that the Wei Empire was going to attack the Xianbei people.

Therefore, the Linzi Camp strengthened the monitoring and pulled out some very good dark lines that were usually hidden.

Even so, there was still news sent to Xianbei through numerous blockades, and was known by Suli, one of the two major divisions of Xianbei.

Su Li was a little surprised and a little scared when he heard the news of Wei Guo's mobilization in Hebei. Although he was not sure what Wei Guo was going to do, according to his judgment, he felt that it would be very dangerous for Xianbei in all likelihood.

So he decided to put aside the controversy for the time being, and while sending people south to find out the news, he also sent people to share the news with his opponent, Fu Luohan.

Su Li is not stupid, if the people of Wei really came calling, he would definitely not be able to handle it alone.

Without Fu Luohan's help, he might as well prepare a funeral dog for himself earlier.

Fu Luohan was shocked when he heard the news, and quickly sent someone to contact Su Ri.

After confirming that this incident is true, he and Suli made an appointment to meet at a mutually acceptable place.

As the only two remaining Xianbei leaders, there is a competitive relationship between Suli and Fuluohan.

After the two escaped into Mobei, they fought for survival resources all year round, but facing a common enemy, it is not difficult for them to put aside their disputes.

After all, they were all beaten to Mobei by Guo Peng at the beginning. If it weren't for Guo Peng's round of raids, they are still comfortably robbing Han people on the border of Monan to live a good life.

Why bother to blow the wind and eat sand here.

But in any case, the two are also in a competitive relationship, and they can join forces if necessary, but in such a necessary situation, mutual defense cannot be reduced.

So the two sides met at the junction of the territories, each with only a hundred guards, and no bows and arrows.