The whole process of preparing for this Northern Expedition was still relatively long.

For most of the year, advance preparations are carried out, the news is notified in place, and then manpower is prepared.

The specific preparation of materials will continue for more than two months, calculating the materials needed, counting the materials in the local warehouses, and calculating how to transfer the materials in each warehouse.

Then the specific tasks are apportioned, and the central government directly assigns them to the warehouses, and the counties and counties near the warehouses are responsible for organizing manpower and material resources to deliver these materials to the designated places.

That is, the starting point of the army.

For the officials and subjects of the Wei Empire, this was undoubtedly a heavy burden.

However, this burden is not unrewarded.

They will be rewarded, they will enjoy peace like never before, and they will no longer be terrified by the steppe tribes of the north, and they will be terrified of the nomadic cavalry going south to raid.

They will also receive corresponding tax deductions, so they can pay less taxes and save more for themselves and have a good meal.

Guo Peng set out this time to defeat the Xianbei without even planting, to completely devour them, bring the entire prairie under the rule of the Wei Empire, and become the supply base of meat, eggs and milk for the Wei Empire.

Such a large grassland, such abundant aquatic plants, can raise a large number of livestock, so many livestock, enough to increase the intake of meat, eggs and milk of the people of the Wei Empire by an order of magnitude.

Meat, eggs and milk will no longer be out of reach, and in the near future, these non-staple foods will enter thousands of households.

The price may not be much cheaper, after all, the shipping cost is here.

However, there is absolutely no way that a person will not taste meat once from birth to death.

On the military side, it is relatively better.

With the Grassland Animal Husbandry Economic Zone, the cavalry of the Wei Empire could gallop across the grassland, and they would also be supplied with a larger amount of meat, eggs and milk.

The Wei Empire's fiscal expenditures would also be subsidized in this regard, reducing some of the pressure.

These are benefits that can benefit all.

Therefore, when it was propaganda, the entire land of Hebei knew that His Majesty the Emperor would lead them to completely sweep away the northern threat that had enveloped them for hundreds of years, and to achieve a more simple and thorough sweep than in the pre-Han Dynasty, and there was not a single one left.

And to be honest, when His Majesty the Emperor of Wei said such a thing, it was hard not to believe it.

Guo Jin also had no doubt that his father could successfully win the war, so as to achieve his strategic goal and truly expand the territory of the Wei Empire to the far north.

However, the trepidation in my heart is also indispensable.

Because this is the first time he has been truly entrusted with important responsibilities by Guo Peng.

It was really in Guo Peng's absence, and in Guo Peng's absence in Luoyang City, he was entrusted with the responsibility of governing the country.

Can you really do it yourself?

Is it really possible to be in charge of the daily administrative work of Shang Shutai or something?

Although Guo Peng left Cao Cao to assist Guo Jin, and also asked Guo Jia to stay to give advice and guidance to Guo Jin, no one knows whether it can be done or not.

Guo Jin himself didn't dare to confirm it.

"Alright, don't worry, that's it."

On the day of Guo Peng's expedition, when he was at the main gate of the palace under the crowd, Guo Peng asked Cao Lan and Guo Jin, who had been seeing each other all the way, to stop.

"You all go back, do what you have to do, Ah Jin, you have to pay more attention to daily government affairs, queen, harem, please leave it to you."

Guo Peng held Cao Lan's hand with one hand and Guo Jin's hand with the other, and said his final goodbye to them.

Then say goodbye to the other concubines and other children one by one.

hugged the youngest daughter and son, and said goodbye to the children who had grown up one by one, telling them not to fall behind in their schoolwork.

Their teaching responsibility was entrusted to Guo Jin by Guo Peng, which means that when the father is away, the eldest brother is like a father, and the brothers and sisters should respect the eldest brother Guo Jin as if they were their father.

Then Guo Peng saw Guo Jin's hesitation and uneasiness.

"Everything has a first time, you will worry, you will be afraid, your worries, I don't understand, but Ah Jin, you have to face it, you have no choice."

Guo Peng held Guo Jin's hand and took him a few steps forward: "When my father first broke away from Duke Lu to lead troops to fight, I was also panicked and worried, worried about whether I would lose the battle, worried about whether I would die.

But the situation is compelling, the father has no choice, don't kill people, people kill me, it's so cruel, the father has also come all the way, for you, the same, you will one day break away from the father and go on, this kind of attempt, sooner rather than later. ”

Guo Peng patted Guo Jin on the shoulder.

"The foundation of the Wei State was laid down for your father, if you want to inherit it, there are some things you must do, be decisive, be tenacious, and be brave."

Guo Jin nodded.

"The son will work hard and will not let the father down."

"Go, when you fight on the grassland for your father, I hope you can hear your evaluation of being steady and meticulous in handling things in the court, don't let your father worry."

"Yes."

Guo Jin bowed and saluted and sent his father off on the Northern Expedition.

Guo Peng did not stay any longer, wore battle armor, turned over his horse, and embarked on the journey surrounded by thousands of people.

When leaving the palace and heading north of Luoyang City, along the way, there will be a large number of Li people watching the emperor's expedition.

Before Guo Peng set out on the expedition, he announced this matter very early and did a good job of publicity, and the whole Luoyang people basically knew that the emperor was going to completely eliminate the Xianbei people this time.

For today's Luoyang people, the memory of the Xianbei people's panic is relatively distant.

Today, most of the people of Luoyang are from Qingyan Erzhou, and a small number are from Hebei and the south.

Ten years have passed since Xianbei's rampant brawl caused panic, and even from the original Hebei people's point of view, such memories are quite distant.

They hadn't even paid attention to the news of these Xianbei people for a long time, thinking that they no longer existed, but when the news of the emperor's large-scale northern expedition came out, they realized that the Xianbei people were still there.

The Wei army always took the initiative to attack and did not give the Xianbei people a chance to go south and knock on the pass, but the Xianbei people still maintained considerable strength and needed the emperor to lead a large number of troops to the north in person.

The emperor's northern expedition was to eliminate the Xianbei people, so that the Xianbei people would no longer exist and would no longer have the opportunity to go south.

The emperor's northern expedition was to completely wipe out the tribes on the entire grassland, and turn the grassland into the territory of the Wei Empire, so that the border people could roam freely in the grassland from now on.

That is to say, once the emperor wins this battle, from now on, there will never be a situation where the northern captives knock on the pass, and everyone can live and work in peace and contentment from now on, and there is no need to worry about being taken captive to the grassland and not coming back.

What a great and great undertaking this is, His Majesty the Emperor.

After a period of propaganda, the whole of Luoyang was hotly discussing such a thing, praising the great cause of His Majesty the Emperor.

They sang the praises of His Majesty the Emperor's great cause, just as they did when they supported His Majesty the Emperor as emperor.

The difference is that this time, it feels closer to them.

Wipe out all the northern captives, then everyone can be safer, right?

Wouldn't it be nice that there would never be a barbarian on horseback and a saber wielding a saber rushing in front of him to burn and loot?

So on the day of Guo Peng's expedition, out of this emotion, out of the mood of wanting to join in the fun, out of the mood of wanting to see what the emperor looked like, anyway, almost all the people of Luoyang were dispatched, and there were crowds of people.

Guo Peng did not sit in his own carriage, but always rode on a horse, wearing battle armor, and used the most heroic posture to let his people see who their emperor was.

Let them see up close, get in touch with, and know who is ruling them.

The people saw the emperor in battle armor and the majestic emperor surrounded by all people.

This is the emperor who never lost a battle and eventually established the Wei Empire, His Majesty the Emperor of all of them.

Guo Peng rode on the horse all the way, and with a not slow speed, he watched his people as he advanced.

The line was very long, there were many people, and although they did not talk about singing and dancing, the sound of war drums never stopped.

I don't know when it started, but suddenly, the cheers like [Wansheng] suddenly sounded.

It seemed that the people shouted out, one person and two people, and then gradually converged into a sound that could shake the heavens and the earth.

Soon, such a voice spread throughout Luoyang, and this kind of shouting could be heard inside and outside the entire Luoyang City.

This was a sense of trust that had no doubts about the Wei army's expedition, and that there was no doubt that they would be victorious.

In the midst of such shouts, the emperor still maintained a majestic look, and his expression did not change at all.

And the pace of the army has not been affected in any way by this.

They still walked out of the city with extremely firm steps, according to the norms they had always had.

When you return, you will also return to glory.

Guo Peng personally led the army that set off from Luoyang City, but it was actually only a part of the forbidden army, about 3,000 people, 5,000 elite forbidden troops, Guo Peng took 3,000 people, leaving 2,000 people to Guo Jin.

Dian Wei was taken by Guo Peng, Xu Chu was left to Guo Jin by Guo Peng, and Xu Chu led the remaining forbidden army to protect Guo Jin at close range, and Dian Wei led the other forbidden troops to follow Guo Peng on the battlefield.

The forbidden army has always been the ceiling of the quality and combat effectiveness of the Wei army.

Use the best weapons, eat the best food, and protect the emperor with the highest security level.

Their mission is to make the ghosts dare not approach the emperor, and anyone who approaches the emperor with hostile intentions will be erased by them from body to soul.

At other times, from time to time, they would make cameo appearances as messengers of justice, Gestapo, special forces, and so on, and take on different responsibilities, just to meet the needs of the emperor.

Compared with the guards, the forbidden army is more like the emperor's private army, the kind that does not listen to anyone's orders except for the emperor's own orders.

Guo Peng was guarded by the existence of such a group of people blocking and killing Buddhas.

Facing the reverent gaze of his people, he left Luoyang City, the imperial capital, the most prosperous international metropolis in the country, and rushed to the foreseeable future.