Compared with Xi Zhong and Guo Jia, the experienced Cheng Li thinks more.

"In this situation, if the fight continues, Yuan Shao will have the advantage, and the lord will not have the advantage, if Yuan Shao is unwilling to withdraw from the army as a threat, what should the lord do?"

Cheng Li said so, and did not seem to approve of the withdrawal.

Xun Yu frowned, and just as he was about to speak, he saw Guo Peng stand up directly.

"In terms of using soldiers, Yuan Shao knows in his heart that he has a few catties and taels, compared with me, Yuan Shao is only better than the fourth and third dukes, and other than that, he has no advantage.

If I make an agreement with him to withdraw from the army, even if he is unwilling, his men will not support him to continue fighting, this battle, so be it, I write this letter.

But I will also make it clear to him that if I withdraw from the army, he will also withdraw from the army, if he is unwilling to retreat, I will lead the troops to Yecheng desperately, and recall with him the first battle between me and my teacher Lu Gong against the Yellow Turbans! ”

Guo Peng's face was fierce, and when he slammed the table, the four strategists all thought that this was correct, and no one objected.

So Guo Peng personally wrote a peace agreement agreeing to withdraw from the army, and threatened Yuan Shao at the end of the letter.

"If the general is unwilling to retreat, Guo is willing to hunt with the general and Yecheng to talk about the first battle of the Yellow Turban crusade!"

The threat is clear, the threat is overflowing, everything that was written before is like nonsense, and this last sentence is true.

If you don't agree to withdraw from the army, I will kill Yecheng desperately, and kill you until you have no way to go to heaven and no way to go down to the ground, so that you know that Guo's reputation is not for nothing, if you don't believe it, let's try.

Yuan Shao was furious, smashed the table and smashed the bench, and wanted to lead the army to fight Guo Peng to the death, but none of the strategists and generals under his command supported him.

Yan Liang, who lost the battle, and Lu Yi, who escaped with his life, no one said that they were willing to fight again.

Xu You and Feng Ji, who have always been the main battle, also strongly persuaded Yuan Shao to go down the slope and withdraw his troops for a truce.

"In this battle, our army's losses are not under 20,000 people, the two counties have been seriously damaged, and they have reached the limit, and now the people hope to calm the war and not continue to fight, if the general fights again, I am afraid that the foundation of Jizhou is unstable! General, don't forget, Han Fenwu is still in Yecheng! ”

In the end, it was Xu Yu's words that persuaded Yuan Shao.

As soon as Yuan Shao heard this, a cold sweat broke out on his back, and he immediately remembered how Han Fu was abandoned and how he got to the top.

When the foundation is not stable, if you start a war rashly, I am afraid that the status of myself and Han Fu will be changed again!

Yuan Shao was stunned, thought about it, and wrote another letter to Guo Peng.

In the letter, Yuan Shao said that all this was a misunderstanding, he was just kind, if Guo Peng was unwilling, then he would never send troops to help him sweep the yellow scarves in the future.

This time everyone should treat it as an accident, just treat it as if nothing happened, everyone go home, find their own mothers, recuperate with peace of mind, and create a better future together, so that they can meet together to discuss Dong in the future, right?

Then, Yuan Shao also wrote to Liu Dai, saying that everything was a misunderstanding, and thanks to Liu Dai's help, he could retire.

After receiving Yuan Shao's letter, Guo Peng had to sigh and say that Yuan Shao was also quite shameless.

From this point of view, Yuan Shao is also worthy of being a person who can dominate Hebei, but unfortunately, his opponent is even more shameless than him, and his shamelessness is only enough to occupy Hebei.

Guo doesn't know what a face is.

But the matter has come to this point, the war is over, Guo Peng first retreated, Yuan Shao found out that Guo Peng retreated, then arranged for a large army to retreat, a small number of troops slowly entered the Qinghe country, and counted the losses, so that he could have a number in his heart.

Guo Peng was not polite at all, and he didn't say that he would return the things he had robbed, anyway, everything that could be taken away was taken away, everything that could not be taken away was smashed, and all the people who could be plundered were plundered.

The army soon returned to the plains, rested its troops and horses, and put the war-torn land in order, and then arranged for these captive Jizhou people to go to Tuntian in Le'an on the south bank of the Yellow River.

You can't let them stay in Hebei, they will escape.

After that, Guo Peng got the news that Liu Dai had withdrawn his troops.

As for how to retaliate against this person who took advantage of the fire to rob, Guo Peng thought about it, did not move troops, but wrote a letter to Liu Dai.

In the letter, Guo Peng said that all this was a misunderstanding, and Yuan Shao's attack on him and his attack on Yuan Shao were both misunderstandings, so everything before could be regarded as if nothing had happened.

Including Liu Dai's attack on Gaotang County.

Liu Dai quickly replied.

took the identity of the clan relatives and elders of the Han family, educated Guo Peng, and let Guo Peng learn to respect and be careful with him, otherwise he will suffer in the future.

Then he said a lot of big words, and the attitude of an elder taught Guo Peng precious life experience.

Guo Peng can imagine Liu Dai's smug face.

With a sneer, Guo Peng threw Liu Dai's letter into the fire and burned it.

"Liu Dai took advantage of the fire to rob, his heart was clearly revealed, if he didn't get rid of him, if the lord wanted to use troops against Yuan Shao in the future, Liu Dai would also contain the lord, and the lord did this to make him relax his vigilance, so that he could have a plan in the future?"

Cheng Li discussed this matter with Guo Peng in private.

"Let him be proud, make him happy, let him rest assured, if he is not happy and not at ease, how can I safely rectify Qingzhou? The most important thing at the moment is to crusade against Beihai Kingdom and Donglai County, take these two places, put Qingzhou in order, and then clean up Liu Dai. ”

Guo Peng's eyes were full of strong desire.

"Yanzhou is mine."

Guo made such a declaration.

Cheng Li bowed and bowed: "I will make Yanzhou obedient to the lord!" ”

Cheng Li's loyalty, Guo Peng felt that even if he was appointed as a high-ranking official and held a certain amount of power, Cheng Li still treated himself as the lord and never changed.

Cheng Li has already decided that Guo Peng is the main one, does not change his position, and does things for Guo Peng wholeheartedly.

Therefore, Cheng Li is the only one who knows the darkest and deepest desires in Guo Peng's heart, and thinks that Guo Peng's desire to satisfy his desires is different from others.

Afterwards, Guo Peng commended Gaotang County Ling Xinping, and several people who made contributions to this battle were also rewarded.

For example, Guan Yu, who blocked Wen Chou, as the captain of Dangkou, and praised him as the Marquis of Duting, which satisfied his long-cherished wish.

After that, he rewarded Du Xi with a batch of money and silk cloth, praised him for his dedication to his duties in the war, and still asked him to be the county order, rectify the county, rescue the fields as much as possible, and collect as much summer grain as he could.

All in all, the next most important task is to harvest the summer grain.

Last year's grain was collected in the treasury of more than 1.8 million stones, enough for a year-and-a-half-year ration for an army of 100,000.

He fought with Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shao, and the number of soldiers killed in the battle was about 3,000.

Most of the wounded soldiers can be treated, so after the war, it took a few days to count the soldiers, and the number of registered soldiers in the four counties of Qingzhou that he currently has in his hands is about 53,000, and his vitality is well preserved.

After this year's bumper summer grain harvest, the grain in the treasury will be enough for his army of 50,000 to fight for three or four years.

This will become the confidence for Guo Peng to mobilize troops to conquer Beihai Kingdom and Donglai County.