When Liu Bang first established the Han Dynasty, the world collapsed and was miserable, and it was no better than now.

However, without a strong and monopolistic scholarship, he could establish a Western Han empire with a strong government.

His descendant Liu Che was able to mobilize the power of the whole country to launch a miraculous desperate counterattack against the Xiongnu, completely crushing the peak Xiongnu who controlled 400,000 strings.

The control of the Western Han government over the local area during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty can be seen.

Liu Xiu was not able to do this, the Eastern Han Dynasty he established was built on the basis of a large number of powerful people, and from the beginning of its establishment, it has never achieved a big government.

I can't either.

If I inherit Liu Xiu's career, what I get is a copy of the Western Jin Dynasty, and I will be a sixty-year-old man from the beginning of its establishment.

I want to make this land less powerful and less noble, and I want to use war to weaken their power as much as possible and increase my success rate.

I don't want Li Shu to continue to live like a dog, I want them to be literate, understand the truth, be able to eat a full stomach, wear warm clothes, have a future, and have a channel to rise.

I don't want blood and origin to decide everything, I don't want the ghosts of the nobility to return to the world.

So I'm going to get rid of these middlemen who make the difference and keep them firmly in control.

I can't let them continue to be middlemen, making money at both ends, and in the end it is the country and Li Shu who will suffer.

I can't help it, I don't have any other way but this one.

The imperial examinations, the printing press, the popularization of education, these things are all correct, but if I don't subdue these middlemen, they won't allow me to do this.

Because I'm swimming against the current, I'm digging their lifeblood, and I'm asking them not to be high from now on.

They will fight with me desperately, they will desperately hinder me, fight me with all kinds of methods, and spare their lives and the fate of the nation.

Do you see, such a person is widely present around me, and is my humerus's minister.

They have the wisdom I need in their heads.

I can't live without their support, I have to have their support, and I can't stand here without them.

So I can only do it secretly.

Since it is a black hand, it is inevitable to be injured by mistake and inevitably to bleed.

Don't blame me, I don't want the tragedy to happen again, I don't want the tragedy of the well-dressed Nandu again.

Don't blame me, I just want to make life better for those who survive.

Don't blame me.

Guo Peng lowered his head and closed his eyes.

Leaning less, he raised his head again, turned on his horse, rode forward, and entered the scorched and black Hongnong City.

The scene in Hongnong City is not much better than that of Luoyang, which he entered with Sun Jian.

There were no officials and generals who followed Guo Peng into Hongnong City who did not sigh about it.

"Another city has turned into scorched earth, how far will this group of Liangzhou people destroy the Han family before they will stop!"

Zhang Zhaoqi's face turned red.

"Lives are devastated, lives are devastated......"

Xun Yu sighed again and again.

"How much money does it cost to rebuild Hongnong......

Wang Cang couldn't help but sigh.

Guo Peng walked forward while listening to the sighs of the civil and military forces around him.

Why wouldn't he sigh?

But what's the point of sighing?

From Hongnong to Chang'an, there is still a long distance, during this time, the Wei army frantically covers an area of more than 300 miles, and has exhausted the sharp energy of the early army.

Next, we had to stay for a while to let the army regain its spirit, and even more so to give the logistics troops time to breathe.

The main force of the front-line operation was not tired, and in accordance with Guo Peng's order, they marched side by side along the north and south banks of the Yellow River, without encountering any resistance, and the advance was very smooth.

But the logistics troops were very tired, and in order to supply the army with food, they had to go faster, farther, and consume more energy than the army.

Many of the men and auxiliaries were so tired that they had to be sent back to the rear to rest, and then the ones in the back came up again, and the mules and horses were even exhausted to death.

So after arriving at Hongnong, Guo Peng ordered the whole army to rest and recuperate, and not to continue to advance for the time being.

To the west of Luoyang, the waterways are turbulent, and there are many places where undercurrents are surging, and it is quite inconvenient to use the waterways to transport grain, and most of the grain and grass needed by the 100,000 army and the 150,000 people's auxiliary soldiers and livestock have to be transported by land.

The land of Kansai is not as easy to walk as the large number of official roads that Guo Peng repaired in the Central Plains and Hebei, not only the roads are difficult to walk, but there are also many traps.

Since the dispatch of the troops, more than 100 people have fallen into the trap, and more than 30 have died.

This is also the reason why Guo Peng chose to temporarily stop the march after arriving in Hongnong.

It is necessary to give the army a little time to recuperate, and to prepare the route for the next march, to remove possible pitfalls, and to repair the road as much as possible.

The three armies have not moved, the grain and grass go first, and the pressure on the logistics troops is too great, and Guo Peng himself can feel that he can't ignore the life and death of the logistics troops.

Therefore, in Hongnong, Guo Peng also asked the logistics troops to use the method of rotation to let the logistics troops rest, so as not to cause a large number of non-combat attrition of the logistics troops, which is very bad.

After Hongnong was occupied, Guo Peng held a military meeting, and everyone planned the consumption in the early stage and budgeted the consumption in the later stage, to see if there were any serious problems that had been overlooked.

Guo Peng focused on handing over these data to Lu Su, wanting to exercise Lu Su's ability and discover Lu Su's talent.

In addition to bringing Xun You with him on this expedition, Guo Peng also took Lu Su with him, allowing Lu Su to follow him for internship and study, in addition, Zhang Zhao was also brought with him to deal with affairs with the army and be familiar with the high-intensity work status of Guo Peng Group.

As representatives of Xuzhou people, these two people were entrusted with important tasks by Guo Peng, indicating Guo Peng's attitude of fully accepting Xuzhou scholars to join the ruling core.

Therefore, Zhang Zhao and Lu Su attached great importance to this military operation, seeing it as a battle for whether they and the people of Xuzhou could gain a firm foothold under Guo Peng.

Zhang Zhao dealt with military affairs day and night, while Lu Su followed Guo Peng to counsel him on military aircraft and asked Xun You for advice on military issues.

Because he was optimistic about Lu Su's vision, Guo Peng summoned Lu Su alone after nightfall and asked Lu Su about his views on this war.

Before the expedition, many people raised objections, such as Lu Dai and Yan Ji, who were also scholars from Xuzhou, and Guo Peng wanted to know how Lu Su viewed the war.

Lu Su thought that the advantages outweighed the disadvantages.

Although the land of Kansai is dilapidated, the land is still there, the terrain is still there, and the geographical advantage will not disappear.

Both Qin and Han were based on the land of Kansai to develop and grow, and then unify the country, for the Qin and Han dynasties, the land of Kansai was like a place of fortune, an indispensable component.

Although Guo Peng started from the Kanto region, he has no feelings about the land of Kansai, but the shape of the land of Kansai and its importance to the whole country are self-evident.

"Kansai is ruined for a while, the land is still there, the advantages are still there, as long as it can be rebuilt, it will definitely become the granary of the world, with the land of Kansai, all according to the north, looking at the world, for the great cause of Wei Gong, the land of Kansai is really very important, and Liangzhou is the same."

Lu Su said.

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