It took a period of time to rectify the internal situation, giving the army time to recuperate, and after the internal rectification was completed, it was to open up the external development.

Guo Peng's plan for the recovery of Donglai County, Beihai State, which had been delayed for more than a year, officially began in July of the second year of Chuping, when Sun Jian officially led his troops south to crusade against Liu Biao.

At that time, after hearing the news that his younger brother Gongsun Yue was shot to death by Yuan Shao's general Zhou Ang, he was very annoyed and vowed to avenge his younger brother, so he declared war on Yuan Shao.

At the same time, Dong Zhuo left because Guo Peng and Sun Jian led the army, so he appointed Yang Yi, a Hongnong, as Henan Yin, and led the army to attack Luoyang in an attempt to recover the lost territory.

When Zhu Jun heard the news, he led the army left by Sun Jian to attack Yang Yi, but Yang Yi was defeated by Zhu Jun and had to retreat.

Zhu Jun saw that Henan was dilapidated and could not be relied on as a barrier, so he led his army to the east, stationed in Zhongmu County, and sent letters to various prefectures and counties, calling on them to learn from Guo Peng and Sun Jian, and sent troops to jointly crusade against Dong Zhuo, trying to use his reputation to launch a second alliance against Dong.

It's a pity that Guo Peng attacked the Yellow Turban Army at that time, and Sun Jian attacked Liu Biao, but they couldn't return to the alliance.

However, Xuzhou Thorn Shi Taoqian smelled the opportunity, so he sent 3,000 elite soldiers to assist, and other states and counties also sent some soldiers, thinking that he could join in a wave of excitement and earn a wave of popularity.

Guo Peng and Sun Jian broke Dong Zhuo and gained a lot of popularity, which made some people a little unable to sit still.

So Tao Qian went up to the table to serve as Zhu Jun's acting general of the chariot cavalry, and Zhu Jun jointly discussed Dong, Dong Zhuo heard about it, and let his generals Li Dao and Guo Yan lead tens of thousands of people to garrison in Henan to resist Zhu Jun.

Zhu Jun attacked and was defeated, and the great cause of seeking Dong Dong, which had just improved a little, stalled again, and the support from all over the country stopped.

Zhu Jun knew that his strength was inferior to Dong Zhuo, and he could not defeat him, so he could only retreat and no longer seek to attack Chang'an.

In the second year of the first peace, the world was bustling, wars were frequent, there were wars in Jizhou, there were wars in Youzhou, there were wars in Qingzhou, there were wars in Yuzhou, there were wars in Jingzhou, the world seemed to be at war, and the imperial court could not stop it.

Not only Li Shu was displaced by the war, but even many Haoqiang clans were forced to leave their hometowns to escape the rebellion, and the social productive forces were seriously damaged, and it was not only Li Shu whose lives were threatened.

The prestige of the Han family is as meaningless as the ruined city of Luoyang, and it cannot play any role at all, and it cannot stop the continuous local wars.

So some people began to realize, and some people began to admit that troubled times were coming.

Dahan, it's going to be gone.

On the occasion of the bumper harvest of summer grain, on July 11 of the second year of Chuping, Guo Peng went out with an army of 30,000 and broke the Yellow Turban Army of 10,000 in Dong'anping.

On the 16th, 10,000 yellow scarves were broken in Xi County.

Then the soldiers were divided into three routes, and promoted Le Jin and Xiahou Yuan to lead an army of 5,000 for the south road, and Yu Ban and Xiahou Yuan together to lead an army of 5,000 for the north road, and personally led 20,000 main forces to attack the middle road, and comprehensively attacked the Yellow Turban Army of Beihai Kingdom.

The Yellow Turban Army was defeated and retreated, not the opponent of the elite soldiers trained by Guo Peng, not to mention the hastily formed cavalry, which was not an opponent at all.

From July 16 to August 15, in a month, Guo Peng successively conquered Pingshou, Yingling, Zhuxu, Anshou and other counties, and won most of the Beihai Kingdom.

Before sending troops, Guo Peng had already appointed the county commanders of Beihai Kingdom and Donglai County, and organized an administrative team.

The administrative team followed the army forward, and after taking the local area, Guo Peng ordered the administrative team to rush to the local area in time to begin to restore order and establish rule.

In these severely damaged areas, they followed the example of the other four counties and carried out the preparatory work for Tuntian, restored order, established the townships and villages of Tuntian, stabilized order as quickly as possible, and continued to march.

The Yellow Turban Army's will to fight was greatly weakened, and in the case of successive defeats, many Yellow Turban commanders could not see the hope of victory, so they gave up the battle and surrendered to Guo Peng.

As soon as it surrenders, it is the surrender of the strong men who make up the army and their families, and the surrender of tens of thousands of families and tens of thousands of tens of thousands of people can be very large.

Guo Peng also ordered the surrendered Yellow Turbans that those who were willing to be Tuntian citizens should be incorporated into civilian households, registered, and allowed to join the army, and those who were willing to join the army should choose those who are physically strong to join the army.

None of them were killed for surrendering.

When the news came out, for a while, there were many people in the Yellow Turban Army who surrendered in despair, and Guo Peng pointed out that there were many people in the Yellow Turban Army who surrendered without a fight.

Qingzhou scholars and Li Shu both praised Guo Peng's achievements in quelling the chaos and stabilizing the place.

On 17 August, Guo Peng led his army to Gaomi County.

In the process of advancing, he killed and scattered many Yellow Turban soldiers and captured many people, and then Guo Peng ordered the army to set up camp, and personally led several advisers and some personal guards to Gaomi County.

In the Yellow Turban-infested Beihai Kingdom and Donglai County, most of the counties were attacked by the Yellow Turban Army, some could be defended and some could not be defended.

There is only one county that has not been plundered by the Yellow Turban Army, and that is Gaomi County.

And the reason why Gaomi County has not been plundered by the Yellow Turban Army is also very simple, because Gaomi County is the hometown of a world-famous Confucian master.

This master's name is Zheng Xuan.

Saying how powerful he is, 10,000 words may not be clear, but saying that he founded his own doctrine called "Zheng Xue" can roughly explain how powerful he is.

Then because of his great reputation and high learning, the Yellow Turban Army caused chaos in the entire Qingzhou, but it did not plunder Gaomi County, and Gaomi County was preserved.

When Guo Peng came to Gaomi County in person, Zheng Xuan asked his son Zheng Yi to go out to greet Guo Peng as a representative, and invited Guo Peng to his mansion, and Zheng Xuan was waiting for Guo Peng at the gate of the mansion.

Guo Peng is very respectful of the university scholars who are really capable and knowledgeable, so he does not ride a horse all the way, but walks to express his respect for Zheng Xuan, and after seeing Zheng Xuan, he will worship as a disciple.

Zheng Xuan met Guo Peng with a smile, praised Guo Peng's extraordinary ability and ability to stabilize the country, and invited him to talk to his house.

"Your teacher Lu Zigan and I are friends, back then, the reason why I was able to enter Kansai to study from Ma Gong was thanks to Zigan's matchmaking."

Zheng Xuan talked about his past with Lu Zhi, and Guo Peng knew that Zheng Xuan and Lu Zhi were still good friends.

Lu Zhi really handed Guo Peng a lot of unimaginable hidden wealth.

Guo Peng was quite emotional.

Later, Zheng Xuan asked about Lu Zhi's current situation.

"The teacher opposed the late Taifu Yuan Gong to abolish the emperor, and opposed Dong Zhuo's arbitrariness, was expelled from the Jingshi, disheartened, and lived in seclusion in Shanggu County, I once wrote to the teacher, hoping that the teacher would come to Qingzhou, but the teacher was unwilling, saying that he just wanted to spend his old age in Shanggu."

"Oh, I see."

Zheng Xuan sighed and said slowly: "The situation in the country has reached this point, the country will not be a country, what will become of the future, no one knows, the current situation in the world is chaotic, there are wars everywhere, only Zifeng is still trying his best to pacify the Yellow Turban rebellion."

I don't dare to ask for anything else, I only hope that Zifeng can pacify the yellow scarf as soon as possible, so that Qingzhou can restore stability, so that the displaced people can get shelter, can live and produce safely, and the taste of hunger is not comfortable. ”

Zheng Xuan's family used to be prosperous, but by the time he was in decline, he was a typical son of a poor family.

He had a hard life when he was young, although he wanted to study and improve his studies, but the family could not afford to support him to study, in order to make a living, Zheng Xuan had to work as a small official to earn a salary, knowing how important it is for a person to have a full stomach.

"Peng must do his best to pacify Qingzhou."

"That's very good."

Zheng Xuan was very satisfied with Guo Peng.

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