Guo Peng traveled his promise, arranged for the convoy and the army to escort the wounded soldiers and their families to Guo's manor to arrange livelihood, and wrote a letter to Guo Dan, asking Guo Shan to make proper arrangements.

The soldiers who were not injured were touched, trained harder, cohesive, and more resolute in the execution of orders, and this army gradually developed in the direction of the iron army in Guo Peng's impression.

And Guo Peng treated the soldiers as well as ever, and when he had time, he ate a simple war meal with them, sat on the ground and laughed and talked with them, and exchanged some interesting stories about military life and his hometown.

Liu Bei, who had witnessed such a situation, was quite impressed by this.

"Zifeng treats the soldiers well, and the soldiers are willing to serve him to death, so he can defeat the Yellow Turban Thief and defeat the Xianbei people, the Karasuma battalion is high-spirited, even if there are more Xianbei people going south at this time, as long as Zifeng gives an order, the whole battalion will be willing to die with him."

Guan Yu asked on the side: "Lord, so when you lead the soldiers, you have to treat the soldiers well, so that the soldiers will be grateful for their kindness?" ”

Liu Bei shook his head.

"It's not enough to blindly let the soldiers feel their kindness, Yun Chang, you see the military rules set by Zifeng, all of them are iron laws, and all of them must be strictly observed, and the punishment for a slight exceedance is extremely severe, so the military regulations and military laws must be strict, and then they will be gracious, so that they can dominate the army."

Guan Yu nodded thoughtfully.

Zhang Fei touched his head on the side.

"My lord, what kind of spell can Shi En cast to make the soldiers feel for their kindness? Isn't it possible to command the army as long as there are strict military regulations compared to grace? ”

Liu Bei continued to shake his head.

"Yide, what you said is not right, it's just that the military regulations are strict, and you don't show grace to the soldiers, so the soldiers are afraid, but they are also resentful, such an army can't exist for a long time, and for a long time, there will be problems."

"But it's too hard to do the matter of showing grace to the soldiers."

Zhang Fei's face was puzzled: "How much do you want to reward money and things?" How much reward do these soldiers have to receive to serve us as well as General Guo? ”

"Yide, it depends on the situation."

Guan Yu opened his mouth and said: "All in all, you must treat the soldiers well, strict punishment is needed, but it is equally important to treat the soldiers well, if you can't treat the soldiers well, the soldiers will not really work for you." ”

Guan Yu's statement made Liu Bei very satisfied, Liu Bei patted Guan Yu's back and said, "Yun Chang's words have won my heart. ”

Zhang Fei lowered his head and didn't speak, thinking about it, he still felt that this was not something he could do.

Or is it just that the strict punishment and the law drive the soldiers, and the treatment of the soldiers is not to treat the soldiers harshly and let them fight?

Is there any other meaning than that?

Zhang Fei couldn't imagine it.

Similarly, these days watching Liu Bei and Guan Yu chatting and laughing with their subordinates and getting along happily, he also tried, but he couldn't do it well, but it was self-defeating, which made the soldiers even more afraid, so Zhang Fei simply gave up.

Zhang Fei really can't do it.

He decided to lead the army according to his own style, what Liu Bei and Guan Yu can do, he doesn't have to do it, can't he do it with them?

Time flies quickly, and in a blink of an eye, the second year of Zhongping is over.

At the end of the second year of Zhongping, Guo Peng learned that the Qiang rebellion in the northwest was becoming more and more serious, and Han Sui and Bian Zhang had the upper hand and pressed the Han government army at a disadvantage.

Originally, Emperor Ling sent Huangfu Song to go on the expedition, Huangfu Song was alone, Lu Zhi, as a lieutenant, recommended Dong Zhuo to lead the troops to help, and Emperor Ling worshiped Dong Zhuo as the general of the prisoner, and fought under the banner of Huangfu Song with Zhou Shen, the general of Dangkou.

In May and June, the situation of the battle improved, Huangfu Song defeated the troops of Han Sui and Bian Zhang several times, achieved some victories, and gradually turned the tide of the war, as a result, the eunuch group did some tricky things.

Huangfu Song made the same mistake as Lu Zhi and was unwilling to pay bribes.

So the new generation of ten permanent servants Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong joined hands to impeach Huangfu Song, who could obviously march but did not move forward, and had bad intentions and so on, and asked Emperor Ling to punish Huangfu Song.

Emperor Ling pondered that this matter was not quite right, but considering that Huangfu Song had already made a great contribution, if he made a great contribution this time, how should he reward him?

He rewarded 6,000 households of food in a county marquis, and he was still the highest rank among the marquis, and then he wanted to be crowned king?

Liu Bang swore an oath on a white horse, and if he was not surnamed Liu, he could not be crowned king, everyone was abiding by this regulation, how could he make an exception for Huangfu Song?

Emperor Ling was naturally not smart, and he heard Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong say that the Han army had an advantage, and as long as they fought a battle, they could break the enemy, so they thought about it.

After thinking about it, Emperor Ling took down Huangfu Song on the grounds of "fear of war", cut off the position of general of the left chariot cavalry, cut off the title of Marquis of Huaili, and demoted him to the same as Guo Peng.

Of course, it is still necessary to cut the closure of households more vigorously, cutting out 4,000 of the 6,000 households, leaving only 2,000.

Huangfu Song suffered a disaster inexplicably, was taken away from the barracks, and lost face, which greatly shook the military morale of the Han army.

And the one who replaced Huangfu Song and led the troops was a civil official, Zhang Wen, who once said good things for Zhu Jun, and was an official who was promoted by Cao Cao's grandfather Cao Teng, and belonged to the eunuchs' own people, so he was recommended.

Zhang Wen doesn't know how to lead troops, he usually talks about the art of war or something, and he also knows that he is only talking about soldiers on paper, but he is good because he is self-aware of himself and is willing to follow the advice of Dong Zhuo and Sun Jian, who know military affairs.

However, Rao was like this, losing the commander of Huangfu Song, the Han army was still hit.

Bian Zhang and Han Sui were afraid of Huangfu Song, but they were not afraid of Zhang Wen, they were very happy to hear that Huangfu Song was replaced, so they were relieved to attack the Han army, Zhang Wen misresponded, the Han army was not effectively commanded, was defeated, and was frustrated.

However, in November, one night, a meteor suddenly crossed over the battlefield where the Han army and the chaotic army were fighting, popular like fire, more than ten zhang long, and the light emitted illuminated the military camp of Han Sui and Bian Zhang, Han Sui and Bian Zhang and others felt that this was a bad omen, and the army was moved and wanted to withdraw the troops.

At this time, Dong Zhuo noticed this and was overjoyed, so he ignored Zhang Wen, joined forces with Bao Hong, attacked the chaotic army in the panic, won a complete victory, and beheaded more than 10,000.

As a result, at this stall, something happened again.

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Pengzi Zifeng, small character Xiaoyi, Yingchuan Yang Zhai people are also, less stubborn, courageous, good flying eagle lackey. The father was a commander, and Peng Sui intersected with the sons of the Cao family and the Xiahou family in Qian County, and learned horses and knives from the sons, and was quite brave. He once chased and attacked his fellow villagers with his sons, won them, injured several people, had a brave name, and was the handsome of his sons. ——"The Biography of Guo Yi" (the author cannot be examined, suspected to be an anonymous person in the late Han Dynasty)