For Cao Song's suggestion, Xiahou was shocked at first.

However, after Cao Song's analysis, Xiahou also understood.

They have already bet on Guo Peng, both glory and loss, there is really nothing to say, let's go take refuge first.

Not only that, Cao Song and Xiahou also gave Guo Peng a big gift together.

They can pack and take away, but what they can't take away, such as land and houses, etc., Guo Peng can sell them by himself, and the money from the sale will be used as military expenses, so that Guo Peng can recruit troops and expand his strength.

Cao Song's approach surprised Guo Peng.

After all, he is a person who has been an official in the court, and Cao Song should have heard his subtext.

Invest in me completely, you have no choice but me, and do everything in your power to make me stronger, so that you can have glory and wealth under my protection.

Guo Peng's words can be said to be very sincere.

The Cao family and the Xiahou family really have no better choice, the best children are all serving in Guo Peng's army, and the future of the family is in Guo Peng's hands, what else is there to say?

The Cao family and the Xiahou family fell to Guo Peng together, entrusted with the interests of the family and the future, and fought for Guo Peng wholeheartedly.

In addition, Cao Chun also gave all his share of his family property to Guo Peng as a military fund.

Cao Chi has been dead for several years, he accumulated a lot of wealth when he was an official, and after his death was inherited by Cao Ren and Cao Chun's two sons, Cao Chun, and now Cao Chun decided to give his share to Guo Peng, all to Guo Peng to use.

"Big brother has a good life, how can I have a bad life? Now that I'm marching and fighting, it's useless to ask for these things, so I'll give them to my eldest brother and help him recruit troops. ”

Cao Chun said with a smile.

Guo Peng sighed very much, and hugged Cao Chun sincerely, and since then he has cultivated Cao Chun as one of his absolute confidants.

Guo Dan's side finally understood what Guo Peng's previous warning was about, and openly opposed Dong Zhuo, which was to implicate his family.

However, the general trend of the world is vast, and Guo Dan also saw that the general trend of fighting against Dong Lianjun had been achieved, and Dong Zhuo became a minority instead.

"Zifeng, my father is old, I don't know how to deal with these things, our family's real estate, land property, you can sell it as military funds, these soldiers of Peiguo will also be handed over to you to deploy, I will let Zhongkang follow you to protect your safety."

Guo Dan took out half of his savings for many years and handed it to Guo Peng, and handed over the real estate to Guo Peng to sell, entrusting everything to Guo Peng.

After that, he decided to dissolve the Prime Minister's Mansion, and moved to Qingzhou with the Cao family and Xiahou family, and directly abandoned the official position.

Among the group of officials who originally followed Guo Dan, some chose to accept Guo Peng's solicitation and go to Qingzhou to do things, and some chose to bid farewell to Guo Dan's father and son and find another way out.

Guo Tu of the same clan is among the people who are looking for another way, I don't know what he thinks, and after seeing Guo Jia by Guo Peng's side, he decided to find another way.

Guo Peng didn't care too much about whether he could leave or not, and Xin Ping and Du Xian, who were also from Yingchuan, chose to stay and follow Guo Peng, which made Guo Peng more happy.

So Guo Peng appointed two people as county magistrates and went to Qingzhou to exercise their administrative ability.

After dealing with these things, Guo Peng got a lot of money that could be used as military funds, and he had more money on hand.

At the same time, Sun Jian also led his army to Luyang County, Nanyang County, where Yuan Shu was stationed.

Sun Jian responded to Yuan Shu's call, so he naturally sent someone to ask to see Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu was very happy when he learned that Sun Jian had brought tens of thousands of powerful soldiers and horses to join him.

Although you Sun Jian don't have much culture, you still have vision!

Yuan Shu, who was unhappy because he was coldly treated by the Kanto heroes, suddenly felt that his heart was warmed and moistened, so he accepted Sun Jian's refuge, and named Sun Jian as a fake lieutenant general.

At the same time, Yuan Shu was worried that there was no way to kill Zhang Shi and occupy Nanyang in a bright way, and now that Sun Jian is here, there is a way.

He hoped that Sun Jian could get rid of Zhang Zhi.

Yuan Shu sent his staff to give Sun Jian guidance, and instructed Sun Jian to send gifts to Zhang Zhi on the spot, and then sent troops to surround Zhang Jian and force Zhang Zhi to death in the way of Hongmen Banquet.

After Zhang Shi died, Sun Jian led his troops to Wancheng, occupied Wancheng, and welcomed Yuan Shu into the master.

Since then, Yuan Shu has possessed Nanyang, the largest county in the world with a population of one million, and has a solid foundation and logistics base, and has the strength to launch a counterattack against Dong Zhuo.

And Sun Jian, who helped him do his dirty work, also got a lot of benefits.

The reason why it is not big or small is because the positions that Sun Jian got were all "expressed" by Yuan Shu, not by the official edict of the imperial court.

After the chaos in the world, the road leading from all over the country to the seat of the emperor in the capital was not smooth, and even if it could reach the center, it was not certain whether the emperor and his ministers would be able to make a decision.

Then the princes everywhere will support their own troops, and it is difficult to say whether they will follow the emperor's orders, and those who are beneficial to themselves will follow them, and those who are unfavorable to themselves will make excuses, saying that they will not act with the edicts of the puppet emperor.

At this time, it became a process to show the emperor or ask the emperor to know about a matter on the table, a process that actually made his own claims in the name of the emperor on the table.

It is a sign that the weakening of the central power and the strengthening of local power have begun to go their own way, and it is a sign that the troubled times have begun to be irreversible.

For example, Yuan Shu cousin Sun Jian is the history of Yuzhou assassination, Tao Qian cousin Liu Bei is the history of Yuzhou assassination, Xuzhou pastor, and Cao Cao cousin Liu Bei is the history of Yuzhou assassination, etc., all of which are "tables", which are the personal will of the princes, and have nothing to do with the emperor, and the puppet emperor cannot restrict this kind of behavior of you and me.

Strength is the standard, if you have the strength, you will naturally be able to do what you want to do, and you are in charge of your territory.

But if it's not your territory, and you're still an official, it's pure pretense, and you're doing a favor, what's so bad?

For example, among the three kingdoms in the later period, each country has its own history of foreign state assassination or state pastoral, except for the territory that can be mastered, the others are pretending to be coerced.

Yuan Shu is also pretending to be forced now, after the defeat of Yuzhou Thorn Shi Kong Ling, he couldn't afford to be sick, Yuzhou Thorn History is indeed no one to do it, Yuan Shu cousin Sun Jian did Yuzhou Thorn History, that is, a casual table.

Anyway, he also knows that this kind of thing doesn't have to take energy, and he can get Sun Jian's thanks, although Yuzhou is not in Yuan Shu's grasp at all, but why not?

Sun Jian was overjoyed when he got the Yuzhou Assassin History played by Yuan Shu, and immediately celebrated with his subordinates, and then began to prepare for war.

At this time, Yuan Shu also knew the news of Kong Ling and Wang Kuang's defeats, and informed Sun Jian that Sun Jian was very jealous of the elite combat effectiveness of Dong Zhuo's troops.

Sun Jian has worked with Dong Zhuo, has seen the army under Dong Zhuo fight, and has a little understanding of Dong Zhuo's fighting style, knowing that Dong Zhuo is good at fighting, so he does not dare to slack off.

So Sun Jian suggested to Yuan Shu.

"Although the general commands tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, but most of the soldiers and horses are not accustomed to fighting, Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses have followed Dong Zhuo for several years, very elite, it is unwise to fight elite soldiers with new soldiers, I suggest stepping up the training of soldiers and horses, collecting intelligence, and then making plans."

Yuan Shu thought that Sun Jian was professional and believed that his words were credible, so he did what he said.

After a few days of military training, in late July, Yuan Shu received a letter from Guo Peng and was very happy.

"Zifeng said that he has arrived at Sujuju, and he can cooperate with us to attack Luoyang at any time, and ask us about our next step."

Yuan Shu called Sun Jian and told Sun Jian about this matter, and Sun Jian said that it would take some time for him to train soldiers here, and it was better not to rush into the army, train the troops, and find out Dong Zhuo's movements.

Although Yuan Shu was in a hurry, he didn't want to lose the battle, so he wrote to Guo Peng and made an appointment to march in September at the latest.

Yuan Shu did not have the attack of Dong Zhuo's army on his side, and it was nothing to march later, but Guo Peng did have Dong Zhuo's army here to attack, and it was not a small trouble.

In late July, Guo Peng led an army of 8,000 to Sujube and learned about the crisis faced by the princes of Sujuju.