Looking at Guo Peng's back, Cao Chun hesitated for a moment, and then walked to Guo Peng's side.

Guo Peng didn't say anything, as if he was recalling the past.

So Cao Chun felt that Guo Peng might be nostalgic, so he asked.

"General, this mansion, do you want to renovate it and replace it with the Guo plaque?"

Guo Peng was silent for a while, and then said: "Zihe, do you remember that seventeen years ago, you and I, and Zixiao, we came back from fishing by the river, and we stood here together, followed by the villagers of Qian County, and in front of me was my father?" ”

Cao Chun thought hard about it.

"At that time, the last general was still young, and I don't remember it very clearly, but I can vaguely remember a few fragments, and at that time, it was indeed unforgettable."

"Hahaha."

Guo Peng smiled: "Seventeen years, when I stood here seventeen years ago, I didn't expect that I would be able to stand here again after seventeen years, still doing such things in such an capacity, Zihe, can you think of it?" ”

"No, at that time, how can you think of this time? At that time, all you will think about is eating, drinking, and having fun. ”

Cao Chun also smiled.

"You...... Hehe, I still remember the events at that time, I haven't forgotten everything that happened at that time, the appearance here has not changed, it is still the same as at that time, just in front of and behind ......"

Guo Peng said this, looked back at the countless elite tiger guards with bright armor following behind him, and then turned his head again: "It's different, everything is different, I'm different, and you're not the same." ”

Guo Peng patted Cao Chun's shoulder: "Someone will clean up here, I will live here tonight, and the army will stay here for the night and rest for a while." ”

"Yes!"

Cao Chun immediately agreed.

Guo Peng walked into this big mansion, walked all over the front yard and back yard, walked all over the outer hall and inner hall, and went to the room that once belonged to him.

The last time I slept in this room was years ago.

After the age of twelve, he returned home several times to live in his hometown, and he never left as many deep memories as when he was a child.

When he went to Qingzhou, he didn't expect to be able to return for a long time, so Guo Peng packaged and sold the land and house here to a few buyers, who thought they had taken a big advantage and thought it was a good business.

But now that it's so depressed and dilapidated, it seems that no one has managed it for a long time, and the families who bought these land and houses are either dead or have fled, and it will be difficult to come back anyway.

After that, somehow, Guo Peng suddenly had nostalgic thoughts, so he sent people to search for his former neighbors in the surrounding area to see if they still lived in Qian County and did not leave because of the war.

As a result, until the next day, before the army continued to advance south, Guo Peng did not find his former neighbors in Qiao County.

However, some people say that Qian County was once subjected to war, looting and epidemics, and those who could go were gone, and those who did not leave were all dead, and now their group of people has migrated from other places.

When Guo Peng learned about this, he was sitting on the edge of the river back then, playing with the gravel by the river in his hand, looking at the slowly flowing river, and on the avenue behind him was a long marching dragon that could not be seen at a glance.

He was thinking about the picture of himself fishing here in the ice.

At a glance, in a trance, it seems that you can still see the shadow of the young man who endured the cold and struggled to chisel the ice.

Seventeen years have passed, and many things have changed, but the only thing that has remained unchanged is the ambition to climb up at that time.

The ambition of the boy who had an insight into the rules of society and skillfully applied them to follow his own path has not changed to this day.

It's just more or less, occasionally, there is still a little bit of nostalgia.

After all, he's a human, not a machine.

So after listening to Cao Chun's report, Guo Peng's heart inexplicably had a trace of sadness.

Then he nodded silently.

"Since I can't find it, then forget it, in this world, even I don't know how long I can live, let alone them...... That's it, that's it. ”

Cao Chun didn't know what to say for a while.

In the past seventeen years, the world has been turbulent, the wind and clouds have changed color, the heroes have competed, the mountains and rivers have been broken, too many things have been changed, and too many people have been killed.

Whether it is a high-ranking official, or a Li Shu, a noble person, a lowly person, in the face of troubled times, even a dog is not as good.

Troubled times.

After being silent for a while, looking at the quietly flowing river, Guo Peng suddenly spoke.

"Zihe, back then, this river was frozen, and in the first lunar month, I was here to dig ice and fish for my mother to eat, do you know what I was thinking at the time?"

Hearing Guo Peng's question, Cao Chun didn't know how to answer.

Guo Peng's mind, he is becoming more and more afraid to speculate, Guo Peng's prestige and majesty are getting heavier and heavier, and any words can make the people around him tremble, although he has never punished anyone at will, but I don't know why, Cao Chun is becoming more and more afraid to talk to Guo Peng at will.

At the beginning, he could shout "big brother" casually, but now even in private, if Guo Peng doesn't mention it, he won't dare to shout.

He didn't know what was going on, he just felt that as time went by, many things, including this one, were changing.

So his answer was three words.

"I don't know."

Or these three words are the most reassuring, yes.

Guo Peng turned his head to look at Cao Chun, and the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked.

"If you don't know, you don't know, it's a good thing not to know, you just need to know that from that time on, I have never forgotten what I have come to this day for, and what I was thinking in my heart at that time was no different from what I was thinking and thinking now, and I was never confused."

Guo Peng slowly stood up, picked up a flat stone, threw it away, and the stone floated five times on the surface of the river before sinking into the water.

"Don't forget what you followed me for, why you got to where you are today, if you don't remember, come and ask me, I can tell you the answer, but don't think about it yourself, think about it, think about it, there will be problems."

Guo Peng turned around, patted Cao Chun's shoulder again, walked to the side of the horse, stepped on the war horse under the service of the guards, rode the horse slowly, and never looked back.

Cao Chun looked at Guo Peng's departing back, thought about it, and didn't understand what Guo Peng meant.

But no matter what, as long as you listen to Guo Peng's words and do it, there is nothing wrong.

That's how Cao Chun understands it.

Since he was a child, he has been obedient and heard big, he is used to it, since it is right, then it is good to keep listening, Guo Peng will not harm himself, Cao Chun is very sure of this.

Cao Chun ran a few steps, turned over on his horse, and slowly moved forward with Guo Peng's back.

After Shu Shao's death, there was no longer any force in the entire Peiguo that could resist Guo Peng, and there was no one willing to resist Guo Peng.

Guo Peng sent five soldiers and horses to sweep Peiguo, but did not encounter an enemy who could stop the advance of the army, and Peiguo was soon controlled by Guo Peng.

But there is nothing to gain, the entire Peiguo has been seriously damaged in the war and disease, Shu Shao's governance of Peiguo has been somewhat effective, but compared to before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, it is much worse.

Therefore, although Guo Peng's army was progressing smoothly, it was difficult for logistics to follow up, so Guo Peng slowed down the march and cooperated with the logistics troops to open up the grain route to relieve them of pressure.

So in mid-October, several armies gathered in Qi County, where Guo Peng hosted a banquet for the generals to celebrate the victory of the first stage.

Then, he got the news that Yuan Shu's army had arrived at Long Kang and set up defenses to resist his attack.

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