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

Dong Zhuo felt that it was too dangerous to pursue the troops alone, so he wanted to lead his troops to meet Zhou Shen, but was rejected by Zhang Wen. Zhang Wen asked Dong Zhuo to attack Xianling Qiang, and Dong Zhuo was heartbroken and disobeyed him.

Later, the development of things was indeed as Dong Zhuo expected. Han Sui and Bian Zhang killed a shot and intercepted the food route of Zhou Shen's troops.

Zhou Shenjun panicked and threw away his baggage and wanted to escape. He was defeated by the rioters. Dong Zhuo noticed the abnormality in advance and used his talents to lead the entire army to retreat safely without any losses.

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

After learning about this, Emperor Ling blamed Zhang Wen a little, then rewarded Dong Zhuo, and added him a fief of 600 households.

At the same time, because of disasters in other places, Lu Zhi resigned as usual and resigned from his position as the Grand Marshal. Emperor Ling expressed his resolute resignation, and Emperor Ling accepted it.

Emperor Ling considered that Lu Zhi had practical skills and was able to do things safely and facilitated his enjoyment, so he added Lu Zhi to the Prince's Young Tutor, and still took charge of the Shangshutai, laying the foundation for him to enjoy his life.

Afterwards, Lu Zhi wrote a letter to Guo Peng, telling him what happened in the court, and told him that Emperor Ling had the idea of ​​summoning him to Liangzhou to quell the rebellion, but was stopped by Lu Zhi because the northern border was not settled and Guo Peng could not leave the defense zone, otherwise it would be unknown if the Xianbei took advantage of the situation.

Lu Zhi asked Guo Peng to stay in the defense zone to prepare for defense. If you need any help, write to him and he will 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 Sun Jian beside Zhang Wen targeting him everywhere and making things difficult for him. He heard that Sun Jian had a good relationship with Guo Peng and asked Guo Peng why he fell in love with someone like Sun Jian?

Guo Peng felt speechless. Do you want me to uphold justice for you?

How can I give you justice?

Sun Jian was an old official led by Zhu Ye. Zhu Ye and Zhang Wen had a good relationship. In this battle, Zhu Ye was sick and could not act, so he sent Sun Jian to follow Zhang Wen to serve as a counselor for him.

Logically speaking, Dong Zhuo is also an old official of the Yuan family. 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 Guansai and is discriminated against by the region, and the other is that Dong Zhuo is probably too arrogant, which makes Sun Jian unhappy with him.

In order to confirm his guess, Guo Peng wrote to Sun Jian to ask about the situation.

Sun Jian attached great importance to Guo Peng's letter. He replied to it more than 20 days later, with nearly a thousand words.

As Guo Peng guessed, it was not that Zhang Wen looked down on Dong Zhuo, but that Dong Zhuo did not take Zhang Wen seriously from the beginning.

Sun Jian also revealed that he suggested that Zhang Wen kill Dong Zhuo with the power of the army. Zhang Wen was not brave enough and did not 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 someone who could achieve great things and would definitely be dragged down by his personality. He also said that Dong Zhuo was too arrogant and if he became powerful in the future, it would be difficult to restrict it. I hope Guo Peng could communicate with those 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. Once Dong Zhuo had a strange intention, he would definitely make trouble with him.

Guo Peng had nothing to say about this, thinking that Sun Jian was quite visionary. It would be great if Zhang Wen was a fool. He killed Dong Zhuo directly and then fought with Dong Zhuo's subordinates, but there would be no future failures.

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

There will always be someone who is evil and then killed by everyone, 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. After all, Dong Zhuo has made contributions and is good at fighting. The Qiang Rebellion in Liangzhou has not been put down and the strength of the rebels has not been damaged. Sooner or later, Dong Zhuo will make a comeback. Dong Zhuo is from Liangzhou and is familiar with the geographical and climate environment of Liangzhou. Dong Zhuo is indispensable to quelling the rebellion.

Moreover, Dong Zhuo's subordinates are good at fighting and are not easy to manage. If they really want to kill Dong Zhuo, will Dong Zhuo's subordinates rebel in a riot and rebellion, will they give Liangzhou rebels a chance?

When doing things, you must be able to distinguish the overall situation, rather than relying on your own preferences and temporary observations.

Then Guo Peng wrote back to Dong Zhuo, saying that he wrote to Sun Jian to refute his idea and told Sun Jian not to continue to be hostile to Dong Zhuo, and also hoped that Dong Zhuo would take into account the overall situation.

After all, Zhang Wen is the commander appointed by the court and represents the emperor to command the entire army. Dong Zhuo disrespects Zhang Wen and is also despising the court and the emperor. If someone uses this reason to exaggerate Dong Zhuo, it will probably have an impact on Dong Zhuo's future.

After getting Guo Peng's reply, Sun Jian thought about it and felt that what Guo Peng said made sense.

The rebels still have strength, and they might really make a comeback at that time. Killing Dong Zhuo at this time will only increase the chances of the rebels' success.

Dong Zhuo received a reply from Guo Peng and felt that what Guo Peng said made sense.

Not to mention anything else, if this matter is exposed to the court, those people in the court who think they are unhappy will exaggerate themselves and take their positions in minutes. Will they lead the army in vain?

Not to mention the distant past, Huangfu Song's example is right in front of him. The marquis of the county was beaten to the marquis of Duxiang, and lost his position as a general of the chariot and cavalry, and his face was ruined.

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

The conflicts between the two sides 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 some stability.

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

The magic box opened by the Yellow Turbans was not closed. Under the surface of the stable water, undercurrents surged.

Guo Peng used the help of a large amount of selling cattle, sheep and horses during this period to obtain high profits, and used this money to enrich Guo's strength and also used it to recruit more soldiers of excellent quality.

There are a large number of high-quality soldiers in Jizhou Youzhou and Bingzhou. They are tall, strong, powerful, simple and brave. They are restrained by military rules and regulations and trained with high-intensity tasks. Soon, Guo Peng expanded his elite cavalry to 4,000 during this period.

This number has already been considered a scale, and Guo Peng began to carefully train this army.

He spread the original rules that only the personal guard camp could read and the entire army, and let the literate guards scattered them into the grassroots troops to be corps chiefs and village chiefs, and then asked them to lead their subordinates to learn to read and learn to read during the intervals of daily training.

From this he discovered a group of soldiers with talent and ability to become middle and senior officers to lead troops to fight.
Chapter completed!