In order to better implement the strategy of returning to the Western Regions, Guo Peng decided to let the Northwest Corps advance westward.

Take the four counties of Xiliang, which are still in a semi-independent state, and build them as a further forward base, so as to extend their tentacles to the Western Regions.

When it is close at hand, use the army to promote the prestige of the country and tell them that the king of the Central Plains has returned.

The Western Regions have been a vassal of our Central Plains Empire since ancient times!

At that time, Guo really didn't believe that those small broken countries in the Western Regions would not come to worship him.

Then, naturally, send the army to the Western Regions to establish a military base.

If something happens after that, the initiative will be in the hands of someone Guo.

Soon, Guo Peng's edict was sent to Liaodong and handed over to Pingzhou Assassin Shi Lu Su, who immediately called Yu Ban and Zhang Fei after receiving the edict to announce Guo Peng's edict.

"What? Your Majesty told me to go to Liangzhou? ”

The second monk Zhang Feizhang couldn't touch the back of his head, his face was full of doubts, and there were question marks in his head.

"Why? Isn't Buyeo still fighting? Let me go now? I...... Got a mistake? ”

Zhang Fei looked at Yu Ban, who was secretly refreshed in his heart.

"Ahem, Yide, Your Majesty's order naturally has Your Majesty's reasoning, don't think too much, didn't Your Majesty say that you can lead troops to Liangzhou to cooperate with General Cao to attack the four counties of Hexi?"

"Say so, but ......"

Zhang Fei touched his head: "Isn't the battle here still over?" It's never too late to leave after the fight? Why should I leave immediately? Can this still be played? ”

"Your Majesty's orders are orders, and you have to obey them, not think about them."

Yu Ban patted Zhang Fei on the shoulder: "Yide, get ready to prepare, since Your Majesty let you go, then you have to go, is it possible that you still have to disobey Your Majesty's orders?" ”

Of course, Zhang Fei did not dare to disobey Guo Peng's order.

So with a depressed mood, Zhang Fei lit his bowl of elite iron horses and began the journey from Liaodong to Liangzhou.

In the middle, he also had to go to Luoyang to meet Guo Peng, which was called a report on his work, but Zhang Fei always felt that every time he went to Luoyang, he would inevitably be reprimanded by Guo Peng.

Zhang Fei's anxious mood is not understandable to Cao Ren, and Cao Ren's mood during this time can be said to be quite good.

Since the elimination of Ma Teng, Han Sui, and other Liangzhou military groups, the entire Northwest Corps has entered a long grass period.

Training all day long, cultivating land, assisting in raising horses, exercising riding skills to increase cavalry, etc., although it is true that it is strengthening the strength of the army and accumulating people's strength, but there is one thing that is not a big deal.

The lives of grassroots soldiers are crammed with military training, culture, education, and other things, and naturally they will not be bored.

Practicing long-distance training every day, learning cultural knowledge, recognizing words, and then accepting the ideological edification of loyalty and patriotism, life is quite fulfilling.

Some of the generals at the top are relatively boring.

They don't have much else to do other than keep an eye on the army, and it's certainly good to recharge yourself yourself, but it's boring to recharge for a long time.

is like Cao Ren, in addition to some large-scale military training and inspections that need to be attended in person, his business life is to study and practice martial arts, or to have children.

During his stay in Liangzhou, he had one more son and two daughters.

Before, Guo Peng called Guan Yu and Cao Xiu away to attack Yizhou, and he was really envious.

I don't know when I will be able to fight again, so it's easy to wait until the battle of Liaodong is decided, and Guo Peng's order is finally delivered.

He asked him to reorganize his armaments, reported the number of various military supplies and the number of soldiers who could go to war, and conveyed to him the news that Zhang Fei was about to arrive with 10,000 elite cavalry.

He's so excited!

At the sound of an order, the Northwest Corps, which had been silent for a long time, immediately began to act.

The generals of the Northwest Corps were also very excited about this.

Xiahou Yuan, Cao Xiu, Gao Lan, Yan Liang, and the generals of the Wei army from top to bottom immediately moved, jumping up and down to reorganize their armaments, reporting the specific news to Cao Ren, and then leading the participating troops to move closer to Hanyang.

They all knew that the day of pacifying Liangzhou and heading for the Western Regions was approaching.

They had been silent for a long time, had been accumulating for a long time, waiting for the moment of eruption, and now, this moment was finally coming.

After many years of raising horses and accumulating materials, the military supplies that the Northwest Corps continued in Liangzhou were enough to support them to pacify the entire Liangzhou and further penetrate into the Western Regions, and take back the Western Regions that were lost by the Eastern Han Dynasty.

A large number of small states in the Western Regions that once belonged to the Han Empire will once again be attached to the Wei Empire under their iron hooves, and the Wei Empire will also become the central empire of all nations.

During this time, Cao Ren has basically figured out the situation in the four counties of Hexi, arranged a lot of informants, figured out the specific road, how to attack and occupy, etc., anyway, Cao Ren is very confident in himself, and a wave of operations is absolutely as fierce as a tiger.

He is waiting for Zhang Fei now.

Zhang Fei didn't let him wait long.

On April 19 of the third year of Yande, Zhang Fei rushed from Luoyang to Hanyang County with his troops, and met Cao Ren, along with Zhang Fei and Zhao Yan, an officer of the Staff Station, and his team.

Zhao Yan brought Guo Peng's marching orders and the Tiger Talisman for the transfer of troops, and will lead the team to join Cao Ren's army as a staff officer to cooperate with this battle.

Guo Peng ordered Cao Ren to serve as the general of Zhengxi, the chief general of the whole army, Zhang Fei as the general of Pingxi, and Xiahou Yuan as the general of Anxi, both of whom were Cao Ren's deputy generals, and Cao Xiu, Gao Lan, and Yan Liang participated in the battle as generals respectively and obeyed Cao Ren's orders.

Cao Ren took out half of his tiger talisman and half of the tiger talisman brought by Zhao Yan to put it together, and the order took effect immediately, and the Northwest Corps was officially dispatched.

On April 23, the third year of Yande, Cao Ren made full preparations, mobilized troops from all walks of life, and held a swearing-in meeting in Hanyang, announcing the official expedition.

Cao Ren ordered Cao Xiu to attack from Jincheng County, and led 5,000 troops to take the initiative to attack in the direction of Zhangye County, and ordered Zhang Fei to be the main vanguard and lead 10,000 troops to attack Zuli County.

Cao Ren himself led the main force of 40,000 troops to attack, and the army was to join forces in Guzang County, Wuwei County.

In this battle, the Wei army dispatched 55,000 soldiers, 85,000 civilian men and auxiliary soldiers, tens of thousands of mules, horses and tens of thousands of carts, and comprehensively supported the army's logistical needs.

The front-line grain and grass are supplied by Liangzhou, and all the officials of the four counties led by Liangzhou Thorn Shi Mao Jue are responsible for this matter, if Liangzhou is not useful, then Yongzhou Thorn Shi Chen Palace needs to be filled, and the grain and grass and manpower and material resources needed by Liangzhou will be provided at any time to fully serve the war.

This war with one Yongzhou and half of Liangzhou as the foundation began.

And the course of the war was as Cao Ren expected, and it was not hindered by anything.

Liangzhou has been very chaotic since the Qiang Rebellion in the past century, and it has been even more chaotic since the beginning of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the imperial court is powerless to control, the Han people in Liangzhou and the leaders of the Qiang tribes are rampant, all kinds of miscellaneous nonsense are everywhere, the social order is very chaotic, and it is difficult for the officials sent by the central government to gain a firm foothold.

Before Guo Peng pacified Liangzhou, the genuine Liangzhou assassin Shi Weikang had died because of the war, and his family was unfortunately killed.

However, this kind of joint control is actually still effective for whoever has the biggest fist, and everyone has expanded their armaments, arranging their own cronies to be local officials to seize resources, and the local tyrants use dock forts to protect themselves, and private armed forces are everywhere.

It is equivalent to a small warlord under the big warlord, and a small warlord under the small warlord.

The Qiang armed forces and the rest of the miscellaneous Hu armed forces who did not obey orders also widely existed in the four counties of Hexi, each of which was still nominally a county of the Han Dynasty, but in fact the officials did not know who was who, and the management was extremely chaotic.