In mid-October of the second year of Chuping, Guo Peng received news that the Yellow Turban Army that had invaded Taishan County had taken Taishan County as its base and developed stronger.

In a few months, the Yellow Turban Army showed its amazing tenacious vitality, and its power spread to Jibei, Lu, and Rencheng, and it was still spreading westward, becoming a spark and a prairie fire.

Liu Dai sent troops to exterminate the Yellow Turban Army several times, but he was defeated, and was greatly disappointed, so Liu Dai decided to go out in person.

Many officials under his subordinates dissuaded Liu Dai and asked him not to go out in person, saying that it was too dangerous, the Yellow Turban Army was strong for a while, and as long as the wall was clear, it would soon be unable to hold on, so it was better to stick to the city.

Or simply ask Guo Peng to lead the army to help exterminate the Yellow Turban Army.

Liu Dai doesn't think so.

He beat Qiao Mao and Qiao Mao died, beat Guo Peng and Guo Peng confessed, and now he can't even clean up the Yellow Turban Army that lost to Guo Peng?

Are you kidding!

For Jibei Prime Minister Bao Xin, who proposed to invite Guo Peng to lead the army to help, Liu Dai gave a stern warning.

"Guo Zifeng Huangkou child, what art of war do you know? I've heard you're getting very close to him, that's not right, you have to be careful! ”

Then Liu Dai led the army to the battle.

He wants to clean up the Yellow Turban Army head-on and deal with these moths of the Han Dynasty.

And then he died.

His cronies, Dongjun Taishou Wang Qiu, also died and was killed by the Yellow Turban Army, and the Yanzhou Army was defeated.

The combat effectiveness of the Yellow Turban Army has always been a little erratic, when it is bullish, it can clean up Dong Zhuo, when it is weak, hundreds of thousands of people are forced to surrender, and in a blink of an eye, they have killed the history of Yizhou Thorn.

The assassin was killed in battle, Yanzhou was shaken, and the morale of the Yellow Turban Army was greatly boosted, sweeping half of Yanzhou.

Seeing that Yanzhou was about to be swept away, the upper echelons of Yanzhou finally couldn't bear this situation of heavy losses and sought a breakthrough one after another.

I can't find anyone who is willing to take the post internally, no one dares to stand up and turn the tide, this road will not work, so we must find a breakthrough from the outside.

Bao Xin and his brother Bao Tao saw that the time had come, and immediately recommended Guo Peng, saying that Guo Peng would soon be able to lead troops from Jibei Kingdom and Taishan County into Yanzhou, defeat the Yellow Turban Army from behind, and stabilize Yanzhou.

"Guo Qingzhou, the world's famous general, the elite under his command is undefeated in a hundred battles, and he is the one who can expel the Yellow Turban to pacify Yanzhou, what else can we doubt?"

Bao Xin insisted on his opinion and insisted on inviting Guo Peng to pacify the Yellow Turban to take charge of Yanzhou.

Then, Taishan Taishou Ying Shao, who lost his teacher and land, also supported Guo Peng, feeling that Guo Peng was the only person who could save Yanzhou.

All the people in Yanzhou also saw the signs of this troubled world, without the protection of the strong, Yanzhou would be devoured by the Yellow Turban Army, and they would also become rootless duckweed, and they had to flee in all directions.

So not to mention all the support, at least no one objected, although there were still people who thought Yuan Shao was good.

For example, Shanyang guarded Yuan Yi too much, and he was from Yuan Shao's faction, and felt that Guo Peng was from Yuan Shu's faction, and he was very hostile to him.

But Bao Xin insisted that Yuan Shao took the lead in destroying the alliance against Dong and was not someone who could entrust the future of the family.

This statement was supported by many people, so Bao Xin took the lead and wrote a letter to Guo Peng, asking Guo Peng to send troops into Yanzhou to quell the chaos and protect the safety of Yanzhou's fathers and elders.

Yuan Yi was very angry, and then thought of his identity, and felt uneasy in his heart, for fear that after Guo Peng occupied Yanzhou, he would be persecuted by Guo Peng, so he directly abandoned the official and absconded and fled to Jizhou, Hebei.

In late October, Guo Peng received the letter and was overjoyed.

On the surface, he gritted his teeth and scolded the Yellow Turban Army, feeling very sorry for Liu Dai's death.

Later, he ordered the army to be reorganized, with 30,000 troops, divided into two routes, and marched into Yanzhou openly under the banner of avenging Liu Dai and eliminating disasters for the country.

The main force took Zhang Fei as the vanguard, Guo Jia as the marching Sima, and Guo Peng personally commanded Guan Yu and Zhao Yun to lead an army of 20,000 into Taishan County.

There were 10,000 partial divisions, with Cao Ren as the main general, supplemented by Yu Ban and Lejin, and Xi Zhong as the marching Sima, and entered the Jibei country, starting from the Jibei country.

On this expedition, Guo Peng intended to cultivate the ability of Cao Ren, Yu Ban and Le Jin to command the troops, so let the three of them lead the army to fight all the way alone.

In order to ensure safety, he also let the resourceful and experienced Xi Zhong assist him as the marching Sima.

Before Yuan Shao's invasion, Guo Peng was out on the expedition, although Cao Ren and others were not defeated, but they also lost their teachers and lost their land, Guo Peng didn't care much, but he also began to think about it in his heart.

Although he is becoming more and more handy in using his own troops, and the name of famous generals is becoming more and more famous, he is the lord and often has to sit in the base camp to make overall plans, rather than going out in person.

You can't be the only one who can lead the army to fight in all directions, and the generals under your command can't just be brave generals who charge into battle.

It's okay now, the future family has a big business, and you will attack from all sides, do you still have to be alone?

After observation, Guo Peng determined that Cao Ren, Yu Ban, and Le Jin had the ability and talent to lead the army into battle, and they were very strict in commanding the troops, strict in military discipline, and showed signs of being in charge.

To this end, Guo Peng decided to focus on cultivating Cao Ren, Yu Ban and Le Jin.

Under them, it is not without people who can be trained to be the commander of the army.

Guan Yu and Zhao Yun can be cultivated, Cao Chun and Cao Xiu, who came to him from Jiangnan not long ago, are too young, and Guo Peng wants to take them with him to cultivate.

Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan also have the ability to lead troops, but they are not good at using stratagem, they are only good at rushing and fighting, and they can be used as vanguard generals, but if they face a big scene, the ability to respond to emergencies is not enough.

But it is enough to guard the place.

Especially Xiahoudun, compared to the battlefield, Guo Peng found that it seemed better to put Xiahoudun in a civilian position.

He is an upright person, does not embezzle, does not accept bribes, can lead many people to complete local government affairs very well, repair water conservancy, build villages, and reclaim wasteland, he is handy, and never misses anything.

Guo Peng felt that the reason why Cao Cao wanted Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan to come up as commanders was mainly because of trust.

In that chaotic era, trust was precious, and Cao Cao trusted them that they would not rebel, but that they were his own family, and that their role might be more equivalent to that of a prison than a commander.

So basically, it is mentioned that these two people are "governors" and generals marching into the army, and this "governor" may be more of a kind of supervision of the army.

Guo adopted the military system of the Qin Dynasty, the army was simply a professional soldier, and he also preferred to control the army from the grassroots level, and paid special attention to mastering and training the army himself from the beginning.

There are two groups of military generals who train the troops and the generals who command the troops, and the generals who fight in peacetime only have their own personal guards by their side, and they can take away the well-trained army to fight in wartime, and after the war, the army still returns to the camp and is stationed.

But in the same way, he can realize that because it is his own family, he brought it out single-handedly, and the trust and tacit understanding are incomparable to others.

Therefore, whenever I go out on an expedition, I always feel very relieved to hand over the place to my subordinates and my family for many years.

This expedition was also, Guo Peng handed over the heavy responsibility of staying behind to Cheng Li, and Xiahou Yuan Xiahoudun and Cao Hong were guarding the local town and obeying Cheng Li's dispatch, which was very reassuring.

Of course, it is necessary to train capable subordinates, and we should not always command operations on the front line, but should play more of a role in macroeconomic regulation and control.

Later, how to control these subordinates who are becoming more and more capable is also a kind of macro-control ability.

So Liu Bang became the emperor because he was good at controlling his subordinates.

The generals must study, and Guo Peng must also study, and it is very necessary to learn and grow in the midst of war.

So this time, Guo Peng asked Cao Ren Yu Ban and Le Jin to lead the troops on their own and take charge of these things.