Guo Peng put Helian's head on the very conspicuous helmet and hung it above his flag to protect Karasuma.

Then, holding the banner together, he led the army to drive back with great force, receiving the awe-inspiring gaze of the border people and the border army along the way, and enjoying their cheers.

For many years, the Han army could be regarded as a real victory, defeating the Xianbei people on the grassland, and they were completely annihilated by Guo Peng before they even approached the defense line of the Great Wall.

What's more, Helian, the son of Tan Shihuai, the Xianbei leader who once became a nightmare in the northern Xinjiang of the Han Dynasty, was killed.

The killing of the nominal supreme leader of Xianbei was definitely a huge blow to Xianbei and a great encouragement to the Han people and the Han army.

This tells the Han army and the Han people at the border that Xianbei is nothing, and there is no need to be afraid.

If they dare to come, they must fight back bravely!

So after the news spread, the Han people in Yanbian counties were overjoyed and praised Guo Peng's unstoppable bravery, and Guo Peng officially became famous in the north.

His fame soon spread throughout the land of the five counties, eastward to Liaodong and Liaoxi County, south to northern Jizhou, and west to Bingzhou.

In addition, he sent people to spread the head of Helian in the major tribes of Youzhou, which greatly shocked the tribes of the Karasuma Xiongnu, and also let them go to see the Jingguan, from then on, the Karasuma Xiongnu tribes did not dare to despise Guo Peng, and they were afraid of him.

The leaders of the tribes sent envoys to give Guo Peng furs, horses, cattle and sheep, bone products, and other gifts that they could take out.

They finally realized that they had to befriend Guo Peng, and they would be familiar with each other in front of him, so that they could get along well in the future.

They couldn't have imagined that this kid was so brave and so capable of fighting, and even died at his hands.

The sect member immediately put on the table, informed the court of Guo Peng's merits, and asked for merit for him.

Guo Peng also followed up to ask for credit for the sect's active mobilization of troops and horses to support his actions.

Subsequently, the sect member and Guo Peng had a conversation.

About the variables that may arise after this battle.

After a short period of joy, the sect members soon had such a worry as "will the Xianbei people gather a large army to go south to retaliate".

If the Xianbei people go south to retaliate, it will definitely be a great test for the northern Xinjiang, the northern Xinjiang lacks a major general, and if the Xianbei people gather a large army to crusade at this time, it will not be good.

"I don't think so."

Guo Peng expounded his views.

Guo Peng believes that Helian does not have the prestige of Tanshi Huai, and does not win the hearts of the people without Tanshi Huai, but he only inherits the position of the leader by virtue of Tanshi Huai's status, and according to Xianbei tradition, there are many people who disobey him.

"The last general heard that after the death of Tanshi Huai, the three Xianbei have already fallen apart, but Helian is still alive and maintains the superficial unity, and if Helian dies, Xianbei will split immediately.

The Xianbei lords of the various tribes were already disobedient to Helian, and they were also dissatisfied with each other, and now they must be busy fighting for power and profit to determine their status, where do they have the heart to gather together to avenge Helian? ”

The sect member felt that what Guo Peng said was reasonable, but he was still a little uneasy, feeling that the defense force of the northern land was weak, and it was okay to make a small fight, but it would definitely not work if he really started a national war.

So Guo Peng took advantage of the situation and put forward a request to expand his cavalry team.

He said that he had lost a lot of troops and generals, and that he had to restore the combat effectiveness of the Karasuma battalion as soon as possible, otherwise it would not be good for Xianbei to go south again.

The sect member felt that it was necessary, so he agreed to help Guo Peng recruit warriors to enrich the Karasuma camp as cavalry, and the war horses captured by Guo Peng were also allowed to be used to restore the strength of the Karasuma camp.

In the eyes of the sect members, he and Guo Peng are military and political allies, and the stronger and more prestigious the army under Guo Peng, the greater the help he can provide to himself, and the more convenient it is for him to do things.

The more confident it will be to deal with those local tyrants who support the army.

In fact, the Karasuma battalion only needs to restore the establishment of 1,000 people, and Guo Peng's main expansion is his own soldiers.

The land of the Yan Dynasty has produced excellent cavalry since ancient times, and the residents here have lived together with the Hu people for a long time, and the people are fierce, and they are rich in high-quality soldiers and knights.

After recruiting into the army, you don't even need to spend much effort teaching them to ride, you can start training.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, especially after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, with the rise of local forces and the continuous weakening of central authority, the allegiance of local armies gradually changed from the central court to local powerful factions.

The personal attachment between soldiers and generals was greatly strengthened.

Just like Deng Xun's transfer at the beginning, the old subordinates were willing to follow him, rather than staying in place to accept the new commander.

The imperial court doesn't care about the process, only asks about the result.

In the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty, when the conscription system became the mainstream, the army recruited by the generals themselves would even be used by the state as the main army.

For example, Zhu Jun's family soldiers have been used several times to conquer the south and the north, and it is not surprising that he is accustomed to it.

The meaning of the personal dependence of the family soldiers gradually became the main factor, and the family lived by relying on the generals instead of relying on the state, and became the private property of the generals rather than the public weapons of the state from the economic level.

The tenant farmers in the manor, the private soldiers of the wealthy families, and the family soldiers of the generals are all such existences, and they often move with the migration of the main family, dragging their families and following the generals together.

Wherever the generals go, they will go, live and eat in the generals' territory, unless the generals take the initiative to dismiss them, they generally do not choose to leave.

In fact, those who served as officials in the central government were also powerful local factions, and they also had their own estates, tenant farmers, and family soldiers, who had to fight and raise a force every minute to fight for their own families.

Therefore, after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Emperor Ling completely compromised, gave up the restriction and suppression of the power of the scholars, and the scholars returned to power, and since then there will be no such existence against themselves at the level of national policy to limit local forces.

On the contrary, there has also been a policy of dividing the prefectures and pastors, such as a weak central government and strong localities.

The power of the central Han Dynasty collapsed because of this, until the Dong Zhuo Rebellion a few years later, when the two major groups of relatives and eunuchs who could represent the central power were finally wiped out, and the central Han government was completely unable to control the situation.

So the world is in turmoil, and it is very normal for the heroes to rise together.

Guo Peng knows this very well.

So, he gradually came up with the idea of building an army of his own.

In troubled times, the army is king, and whoever has a strong army and strong logistics ability can survive.

Moreover, before the war, the idea that suddenly appeared to him, and the thought that made him unable to sleep at night, prompted Guo Peng to have the idea of building his own army.

These things can't be done overnight, they take a long time to accumulate, don't they?

Guo Peng has not yet made up his mind in his heart, but it does not prevent him from taking action for his growing ambitions and desires.

Seeing his old subordinates' respect and obedience to him, obeying his own orders instead of obeying the emperor's orders, thousands of people following him instead of others, and stretching out his own finger to let them fight bravely to kill the enemy for themselves, Guo Peng also became a little different.

I'm starting to enjoy the feeling of being a human being.

Very pleasant.