Guo Peng thought carefully and felt that Guo Jia was reasonable, so he accepted Guo Jia's advice, stopped the march, and did not attack immediately.

Later, Guo Jia sent spies to investigate the distribution of troops and the terrain of the Yellow Turban Army, and constantly deduced with a group of generals on the sand table, believing that this battle was not so easy to fight.

The Yellow Turban Army has reached the critical point of life and death, the so-called mourning soldiers will win, if they rush into the army, there may be a danger of defeat, even if they are defeated, it may be a tragic victory, which is not in the interests of Guo Peng.

Guo Jia suggested making peace with them, and in this extreme state, they should be pressured to surrender by exerting maximum pressure, so that their whole army would surrender to Guo Peng and surrender without a fight.

Guo Peng refused.

He remembered what kind of distress the so-called Qingzhou soldiers had brought to the ruler, and felt that it was impossible to do so.

"It is necessary to defeat and eliminate the leading Yellow Turban thieves, behead them all, and get rid of them, and then they can be spared and put into the private households to go to Tuntian, the Yellow Turban thieves can be forgiven, and the people who take the lead in the uprising must be executed, without mercy."

Guo Jia felt embarrassed.

"If you must kill the leader of the other party, the other party will definitely fight to the death, and the battle of trapped beasts is not a good thing for our army, I hope the general will see it."

Guo Peng grinned.

"Did I say I'm going to trap them?"

"Huh?"

Guo Jia's face was confused.

"I came up with a solution."

Guo Peng narrowed his eyes, and then ordered Guo Jia to investigate the distribution of the Yellow Turban Army's troops.

Despite this, Guo Jia still believes that persuasion is the best way.

You can take Yanzhou without spending a single soldier, and you can get a large number of soldiers, why not do it?

When Guo Jia went to investigate the distribution of the Yellow Turban Army, Guo Peng received a letter from Xi Zhong.

Xi Zhong of the garrison Gang County also suggested that Guo Peng persuade the Yellow Turban Army to surrender and make it Guo Peng's strength, but Guo Peng also refused.

"They can hold on to this, it can be seen that the will is firm, even if they surrender temporarily, it may not be an expedient measure, they must not be allowed to surrender as a formation, they must fight to collapse, otherwise even if their army surrenders, it will inevitably form a large and small force, let me throw a mouse into a trap, and dare not do anything."

Guo Peng wrote back to Xi Zhong, ordering Xi Zhong and Cao Ren to stand by, not to persuade him to surrender, and not to attack, and to wait for his news.

A few days later, Guo Jia's information arrived.

"At present, the Yellow Turban thief army of Dongping State and Ren Chengguo has basically concentrated in Fan County and Ningyang County, cooperating with each other, Fan County is headed by Xu He and Guan Hai, and Ningyang County is headed by Sima Juhe and Guan Cheng."

Seeing that there was no one else in the tent, Guo Jia whispered: "Brother, there are many Yellow Turban thieves at the moment, but they are in danger, if they are forced to surrender with the threat of a great victory, it is not impossible to succeed. ”

"I don't chase the poor guys, I'm just afraid of being bitten by the poor guys, and I don't even dare to chase the poor guys, can I do big things? Is there anything else to praise other than reducing casualties? If you don't kill the poor, there will be endless troubles! ”

was glared at by Guo Peng, and Guo Jia suddenly didn't know what to say.

"Fengxiao, don't stick to the art of war, go beyond the art of war, let the art of war be used by you, not that you are trapped by the art of war, remember, don't stick to the rules!"

"However, if this is the case, it is inevitable to engage head-on, the strength of the Yellow Turban Thieves is above me, and if there is a head-on battle, the losses are unpredictable."

Guo Jia still doesn't seem to agree with Guo Peng's idea.

"If we can wipe out the poor in one fell swoop and have no trouble, a little loss is not unacceptable, it is better than being uncontrollable by them, let them surrender as a formation and retain their power, it is equivalent to independence in our army, how can I allow it?

Bonghyo, you remember, once you miss an opportunity to win and destroy the enemy army in one fell swoop, the enemy can be resurrected, once the Jedi resurrects and wants to strike again, it will be difficult, and it will be too late to regret it then! ”

Guo Jia pondered for a moment, frowned and asked, "What is the brother going to do?" ”

"That's it."

Guo Peng held up a roll of bamboo slips and handed it to Guo Jia, Guo Jia unfolded it and looked at it, and was stunned.

Strictly speaking, it's a letter.

But it seems to be a very strange greeting letter to Xu He, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army.

It looks like a letter, but there are many alterations and modifications in the words and sentences, which looks nondescript.

"Is this a manuscript? Does my brother have any other genuine parts? ”

"No, this is the letter to be sent to Xu He."

Guo Peng smiled: "Fengxiao, guess what, why did I write this letter like this?" ”

Many scribbled and revised letters, the wording is just a simple greeting, and the hope that he will surrender, a meaningless letter, and it has to be altered like this, why is this?

Leaning less, with a flash of inspiration, Guo Jia's brain spun at high speed, startled, and then looked at Guo Peng with wide eyes.

"Brother, are you trying to divide the leader of the Yellow Turban Thieves with this?"

"Yes, I just want to separate them, trust is a rare thing, once there is a little, even a little suspicion, trust will be gone.

They seem to be imposing, but if there is mutual suspicion inside, the strong defenses will be broken, especially in such a high-tension situation. ”

Guo Peng stood up: "So this letter will be delivered, and we will continue to march to form an oppressive situation, but we are not allowed to attack." ”

Guo Jia looked at the letter in his hand, and countless possibilities suddenly appeared in his mind.

On the first day of December, Guo Peng led his army to Fan County, Renchengguo, where he encountered the main force of the Yellow Turban Army.

With Fan County as the center, they set up company camps around the county seat, relying on the county seat to form a relatively complete urban defense system, plus tens of thousands of soldiers and horses stationed in it, like an iron wall.

Guo Peng did not attack.

On the fourth day of December, the weather was freezing and the wind was cold.

It has been three days since Guo Peng led his army into Renchengguo and set up camp not far from the Yellow Turban Army camp for a confrontation, and for the past three days, Guan Hai has always had a confusion in his heart.

Three days ago, when Guo Peng and his army arrived, the two armies faced off for a while.

The allied forces of Xu He and Guan Hai held the camps and main roads, held the fortifications, and stood by in battle.

Xu He stayed outside the city, and Guan Hai stayed inside the city, fighting each other to resist Guo Peng's strong attack.

Guo Peng led his army to arrive but did not attack, but invited Xu He to come out to meet him.

Guo Peng had only one personal guard by his side, and he was not standing by his side, and he also untied his saber, hoping that Xu He could come over to meet him at the midpoint of the camp of the two armies.

Xu He felt strange, but he felt that he didn't need to be afraid of Guo Peng, this was originally a battlefield of life and death, so what was there to be afraid of?

And he felt that Guo Peng was to talk to him about surrender and hoped that he would surrender.

So Xu He called Guan Hai out of the city, handed over the camp to Guan Hai's commander, rode out of the camp alone, and instructed Guan Hai to take the army and go to see Guo Peng.

Guan Hai was very nervous and cautiously looked at the meeting between Xu He and Guo Peng, and looked at it from a distance, just looking at the two of them as if they were chatting, chatting and chatting, Guo Peng also laughed, as if he was very happy.

Shao leaning, Guo Peng said goodbye to Xu He and left.

Xu He came back with a puzzled face after a while.

"What did he say?"

Guan Hai immediately stepped forward to ask.

"He didn't say anything, just some very ordinary greetings, and nothing else."

Xu He frowned, and his face was full of doubts.

"Huh? In front of the two armies, he called you over just to chat with you? ”

"I also think it's strange, what does Guo Peng want to do?"

Xu He looked at Guan Hai with a strange expression on his face, and spread his hands, indicating that he was also confused.