Zhang Wen sent Zhou Shen, the general of Dangkou, to lead an army of 30,000 to pursue Han Sui and Bian Zhang, and besiege Yuzhong City.

Dong Zhuo felt that it was too dangerous to pursue alone, and wanted to lead his troops to meet Zhou Shen, but Zhang Wen refused, Zhang Wen asked Dong Zhuo to attack Lingqiang first, Dong Zhuo beat the drum in his heart, and Yang Feng Yin disobeyed.

Later, the development of things turned out to be as Dong Zhuo expected, Han Sui and Bian Zhang killed a horse gun, which in turn cut off the grain route of Zhou Shen's troops.

Zhou Shenjun panicked, discarded his baggage and tried to escape, and was broken by the chaotic army, Dong Zhuo noticed the abnormality in advance, gave full play to his intelligence, and led the whole army to retreat safely without loss.

After this battle, although the Han army was defeated for a while, the Liangzhou rebels also retreated for this reason and no longer attacked the Sanfu area, so the Han army still completed its initial first strategic goal.

After Emperor Ling learned of this, he rebuked Zhang Wen a little, and then rewarded Dong Zhuo and added 600 households to him.

At the same time, because of disasters in other places, Lu Zhi resigned according to the usual practice and resigned from the position of Tai Lieutenant.

Emperor Ling took into account that Lu Zhi had practical talents and was able to do things safely, which was convenient for him to enjoy, so he added the crown prince and young master to Lu Zhi, and he was still in charge of Shangshutai, laying the foundation for him to enjoy life.

After that, Lu Zhi wrote a letter to Guo Peng, talking about what happened in the imperial court, and told him that Emperor Ling had the idea of requisitioning him to Liangzhou to quell the rebellion, but was stopped by Lu Zhi, on the grounds that the northern Xinjiang was undecided, and Guo Peng could not leave the defense area, otherwise it would be unknown if Xianbei would take advantage of the situation to enter.

Lu Zhi asked Guo Peng to stay in the defense area to prepare for defense, and if he needed help, write to him, and he would find a way.

Guo Peng is very grateful for Lu Zhi's love.

In addition, Guo Peng also received a letter from Dong Zhuo, in which Dong Zhuo complained to Guo Peng.

Dong Zhuo said that Zhang Wen looked down on him, and there was a Sun Jian around Zhang Wen who targeted him everywhere and made it difficult for him, he heard that Sun Jian was friendly with Guo Peng, and asked Guo Peng how he could fall in love with a person like Sun Jian?

Guo Peng felt speechless, do you want me to administer justice to you?

How can I do justice to you?

Sun Jian is the old official brought up by Zhu Jun, Zhu Jun and Zhang Wen have a good relationship, this time Zhu Jun was unable to act because of illness, so he sent Sun Jian to follow Zhang Wen to be his staff officer.

It stands to reason that Dong Zhuo is also a former official of the Yuan family, and Sun Jian should not have too much disagreement with Dong Zhuo in his position, there are only two reasons for the bad relationship, one is that Dong Zhuo is from Guanxi and is discriminated against by the region, and the other is that Dong Zhuo is estimated to be too arrogant, which makes Sun Jian unhappy with him.

In order to confirm his speculation, Guo Peng wrote to Sun Jian to inquire about the situation.

Sun Jian attached great importance to Guo Peng's letter, and the reply arrived more than 20 days later, sprinkled with nearly 1,000 words.

Sure enough, as Guo Peng guessed, it was not that Zhang Wen looked down on Dong Zhuo, but that Dong Zhuo didn't take Zhang Wen in his eyes at the beginning.

Sun Jian also revealed that he suggested that Zhang Wen behead Dong Zhuo with the might of the army, but Zhang Wen was not bold enough to dare to do so, for fear that Dong Zhuo's subordinates would riot and cause overall turmoil.

Sun Jian felt that Zhang Wen was not a person who could achieve great things, and he would definitely be dragged down by his character, and said that Dong Zhuo was too arrogant, and if his power was too big in the future, it would be difficult to restrict, and he hoped that Guo Peng could communicate with people who could speak in the court and limit Dong Zhuo's power.

Sun Jian did observe that Dong Zhuo's army only listened to Dong Zhuo and was quite loyal to him, and once Dong Zhuo had a different heart, he would definitely rebel with him.

Guo Peng had nothing to say about this, and felt that Sun Jian was quite far-sighted, and it would be good if Zhang Wen was a dumbfounder, he killed Dong Zhuo directly, and then fought with Dong Zhuo's subordinates, but there were no bad things in the future.

Since there is no opportunity, it doesn't matter, Dong Zhuo's existence is also an opportunity for many people.

There must always be someone who is evil, and then everyone will be killed, which is more in line with the process of troubled times.

So Guo Peng wrote back to Sun Jian, telling Sun Jian that he should not have such an idea, Dong Zhuo has merit after all, he can fight well, Liangzhou Qiang is not peaceful, the strength of the rebels has not been damaged, and sooner or later it will make a comeback, Dong Zhuo is a native of Liangzhou, familiar with the geographical and climatic environment of Liangzhou, and Dong Zhuo is indispensable for quelling the rebellion.

Moreover, Dong Zhuo's subordinates are elite and good at fighting, and they are not easy to manage, so if they really want to kill Dong Zhuo, once Dong Zhuo's subordinates riot and rebel, don't they just give the Liangzhou rebels a chance?

Do things with a clear sense of the overall situation, rather than relying on your own preferences and momentary observations.

Then Guo Peng wrote back to Dong Zhuo, saying that he wrote to Sun Jian to refute his idea, telling Sun Jian not to continue to be hostile to Dong Zhuo, and at the same time hoping that Dong Zhuo would take care of the overall situation.

After all, Zhang Wen is the commander appointed by the imperial court, commanding the whole army on behalf of the Son of Heaven, Dong Zhuo does not respect Zhang Wen, and he is also contemptuous of the imperial court and the Son of Heaven.

After Sun Jian got Guo Peng's reply, he thought about it for a while and felt that what Guo Peng said made sense.

The strength of the rebels still exists, and when the time comes, they may really make a comeback, and killing Dong Zhuo at this time will only increase the chances of the rebels' success.

Dong Zhuo got Guo Peng's reply and felt that what Guo Peng said was also reasonable.

Don't say anything else, if your own matter is stabbed to the court, those people in the court who see themselves unhappy will give themselves a platform, take their positions in minutes, and lead the army in vain?

Not to mention, the example of Huangfu Song is in front of him, the dignified county marquis was made a township marquis, lost his position as a chariot general, and lost face.

So Sun Jian began to take care of the overall situation, and Dong Zhuo also began to be cautious for his own future.

The contradictions between the two sides have gradually eased.

After March of the third year of Zhongping, the situation in the northwest was temporarily stable, and the Eastern Han Empire finally gained a period of stability.

Even if this period of stability is very short, it is still stable.

It's just that the magic box opened by the Yellow Turban Incident can't be closed, and under the smooth surface of the water, there is an undercurrent surging.

Guo Peng used a relatively large number of cattle, sheep and horses to sell a large number of cattle, sheep and horses during this period, and obtained high profits from them, and used this money to enrich Guo's strength, and also used it to recruit more high-quality soldiers.

There are a large number of high-quality soldiers in Youzhou and Bingzhou, they are tall, strong, forced, simple, brave, restrained by military discipline and discipline, and trained with high-intensity tasks, and soon, Guo Peng expanded his elite cavalry to 4,000 people during this period.

This number is already a scale, and Guo Peng began to carefully train this unit.

He spread the original rule that only the guards battalion could be literate spread to the whole army, and let the already literate guards disperse to the grassroots units to serve as captains and commanders, and then let them take their subordinates to learn literacy during the interval between daily training.

From this, he discovered a group of talented soldiers who had the ability to become middle and high-ranking officers and lead the troops into battle.

Guo Peng once again included them in his personal guard battalion and personally commanded them to increase the loyalty of the troops to him.