When Liu Bang first established the Han Dynasty, the world collapsed and was miserable and miserable, and it was no better than now.

However, without a powerful and monopoly academic, he could establish a Western Han Empire with a strong government.

His descendant Liu Che could mobilize the power of the whole country to launch a miraculous death-death counterattack against the Huns, completely destroying the peak of the Huns who had controlled 400,000 yuan.

The Western Han government's control over local areas during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han can be seen.

But Liu Xiu couldn't do it. The Eastern Han Dynasty he established was based on the strong and powerful gentry. From the beginning of its establishment, he never achieved a large government.

Not even me.

If I inherited Liu Xiu's career, all I got was a copy of the Western Jin Dynasty, and since its establishment, I was a sixty-year-old man.

I want to make this land less powerful and less powerful people. I want to use war as much as possible to weaken their strength and increase my success rate.

I don’t want the people who continue to live are even worse than dogs. I want them to read, understand the truth, be able to eat, wear warm clothes, have a future, and have a channel for growth.

I don’t want my bloodline and background to decide everything, I don’t want the noble soul to return to the world.

So I must kill these middlemen who make the difference and keep them firmly in control.

I cannot let them continue to be middlemen, make money from both ends, and the country and the common people will suffer in the end.

I have no choice, but this trick, I have no other way.

The imperial examinations, printing techniques, popularization and education are all correct, but if these middlemen are not suppressed, they will not allow me to do so.

Because I am going upstream, I am digging their lifeline, and I am asking them not to be above them from now on.

They will fight with me, they will fight to the death, fight against me in all kinds of ways, regardless of their lives and the fate of their nation.

Have you seen this? Such people are widely present by my side and are my humeral minister.

They have the wisdom I need in their minds.

I cannot do without their support, I must get their support, and without them, I cannot stand here.

So I can only secretly attack.

Since you are a bad move, you will inevitably be injured by accident and bleeding.

Don’t blame me, I don’t want the tragedy to happen again, I don’t want the tragedy of moving south again.

Don't blame me, I just want those who survive to live a better life.

Don't blame me.

Guo Peng lowered his head and closed his eyes.

Shaoqing, he raised his head again, turned over the horse, rode his horse forward, and entered the charred and chaotic Hongnong City.

The scene in Hongnong City is no less than Luoyang, which he entered with Sun Jian.

The officials and generals who followed Guo Peng into Hongnong City were not disappointed.

"Another city turned into scorched earth. How much does this group of Liangzhou people have to destroy the Han Dynasty before they will give up!"

Zhang Zhao's face turned red with anger.

"The creatures are suffering, the creatures are suffering..."

Xun You sighed repeatedly.

"How much money does it cost to rebuild Hongnong..."

Wang Can couldn't help but sigh.

Guo Peng walked forward while listening to the sighs of the civil and military officials around him.

Why doesn't he sigh?

But what is the point of sighing?

There was still a long distance from Hongnong to Chang'an. During this period, the Wei army had crazily occupied more than 300 miles, and had exhausted the early military dispatch.

Next, we have to stay for a while to let the army regain its strength and give the logistics troops some time to breathe.

The main force of the front-line combat was not tired. According to Guo Peng's order, he advanced side by side along the north and south sides of the Yellow River without any resistance and advanced very smoothly.

But the logistics forces are very tired. In order to supply the army with food, they must go faster and farther than the army, and consume more energy.

Many civilians and auxiliary soldiers were exhausted and had to be sent back to the rear to rest, and then the ones behind were pushed up, and many mules and horses were even exhausted to death.

So after arriving at Hongnong, Guo Peng ordered the entire army to rest and not continue to move forward for the time being.

Going west to Luoyang, the waterways are turbulent and there are many undercurrents. It is quite inconvenient to use the waterway to transport grain. Most of the food and grass of the 100,000 troops, the food and grass of the 150,000 civilians and the food and grass needed by livestock must be transported by land.

The land of Guanxi is not as easy to walk as the large number of official roads that Guo Peng repaired in the Central Plains and Hebei. Not only are the roads difficult to walk, but there are also many traps.

Since sending troops, more than 100 people have fallen into the trap, and more than 30 people have died.

This is also the reason why Guo Peng chose to temporarily stop marching after arriving in Hongnong.

We must give the army some rest time, and prepare the next route of march for this, eliminate possible traps, and repair more roads.

Before the three armies moved, food and grass were ahead. The pressure on the logistics troops was too great. Guo Peng himself could feel that he could not ignore the life or death of the logistics troops.

So in Hongnong, Guo Peng also asked the logistics troops to use rotation to allow the logistics troops to rest, so as not to cause a large number of non-combat reductions in the logistics troops, which would be very bad.

After Hongnong was occupied, Guo Peng held a military meeting. Everyone coordinated the early consumption and budgeted the later consumption to see if there were any serious problems that were ignored.

Guo Peng focused on handing over these data to Lu Su, hoping to train Lu Su's abilities and explore Lu Su's talents.

During this expedition, in addition to bringing Xun You, Guo Peng also brought Lu Su with him and asked Lu Su to intern and study. In addition, Zhang Zhao was also taken with him to handle affairs with the army and become familiar with the high-intensity working status of the Guo Peng Group.

As representatives of Xuzhou people, these two people were entrusted with important tasks by Guo Peng, indicating that Guo Peng fully accepted Xuzhou scholars' attitude to join the core of the rule.

Therefore, Zhang Zhao and Lu Su both attached great importance to this military operation and regarded it as a battle to establish themselves and Xuzhou people in their positions under Guo Peng's command.

Zhang Zhao handled military affairs day and night, while Lu Su followed Guo Peng to counsel military aircraft for him and asked Xun You for advice on military issues.

Because he was optimistic about Lu Su's vision, Guo Peng summoned Lu Su alone after nightfall and asked Lu Su's opinion on the war.

Before going to the war, many people raised objections. Lu Dai and Yan Yan, who were also scholars in Xuzhou, raised objections, and Guo Peng even wanted to know how Lu Su viewed this war.

Lu Su thought that the benefits outweighed the disadvantages.

Although the land in Kansai is already in ruins, the land is still there and the terrain is still there, and the geographical advantage will not disappear.

Both the Qin and Han dynasties developed and expanded according to the land of Guanxi and then unified the country. For the Qin and Han dynasties, the land of Guanxi was like a place where they made their fortune and was an indispensable part.

Although Guo Peng started his career in Kanto and had no feelings for Kansai, the beauty of Kansai and its importance to the entire country are self-evident.

"Guanxi was destroyed for a while, the land was still there, and the advantage was still there. As long as it could be rebuilt, it would definitely become a granary in the world. It has the land of Guanxi, and it is entirely occupied by the north and the tiger is watching the world. For the great cause of Wei Duke, the land of Guanxi is really very important, and the same is true for Liangzhou."

Lu Su said so.
Chapter completed!