The difference between realists and idealists is not as huge as imagined, and every realist is an idealist once.

Of course, there are differences in people. Some people become realists easily, while others are striving for their ideals all their lives, even if they are using realistic means to do things.

Guo Peng felt that Cao Cao was a person who had never changed his deepest hopes and used realistic means to perform idealistic deeds.

Killing ministers, killing queens, underestimating the emperor, calling him a prince, and becoming kings, step by step, as if he was always walking towards usurping the throne.

However, is there anyone in the world who has been thinking about being the emperor and the supreme world from the very beginning?

Didn’t they all follow the trend step by step to that point?

Cao Cao wanted to use his method to save the Han Dynasty and maintain the dignity of the Han Dynasty, but under countless realistic blows, he gradually realized some things.

He became more and more cruel, more ruthless, more tyrannical, more arbitrary.

But all this was not achieved overnight, but Cao Cao, who was forged after countless political storms and military disputes.

The despicable saint may be the best explanation for describing Cao Cao.

The closer he got to him, the more he felt that Cao Cao was a living, flesh and blood man, with advantages and disadvantages, sometimes broad and generous, sometimes petty, rather than a facial emperor and general.

The closer we get to this era, the more we integrate into this society, and the more we get used to all this, Guo Peng will understand Cao Cao more and more, understand the pain and despair in his heart and the persistence that he never wants to give up until his death but has to watch it gradually collapse.

But, Cao Mengde, you were wrong.

Guo Peng could tell Cao Cao with certainty.

You are wrong.

I will be despicable, but I will never be a saint. The word despicable should not be used together with a saint. If you try it and fail, that is enough. This world no longer needs a second despicable saint.

I am just a despicable villain, I will follow it to the end.

This is how Guo Peng decided.

Being despicable and being a saint was the reason why Cao Cao could not unify the world until his death.

The only stable year in the Zhongping period, Zhongping, passed quickly.

In early February of the fourth year of Zhongping, Guo Peng received a recruitment order from the court, ordering Guo Peng to recruit three thousand Wuwan cavalry and hand them over to Zhuo County Magistrate Gongsun Zan, and lead the army to Guanzhong.

The reason is that the rebels in Liangzhou have resurrected.

In the first month, Han Sui killed Beigong Boyu and Bian Zhang, who were accomplices with him, annexed their army, gathered more than 100,000 troops, and once again came to the land of the Three Auxiliary, threatening the tombs of the former emperors of the Han Dynasty.

Emperor Ling was shocked and immediately ordered the current Grand Marshal Zhang Wen to take charge of the war again, and commanded Dong Zhuo and other old subordinates to quell the rebellion again.

At the same time, Emperor Ling thought of the small military force of the court, remembered Guo Peng, who had made great contributions in the northern border, and wanted to transfer Guo Peng to lead his troops that defeated the Xianbei people to help Zhang Wen quell the rebellion.

After Lu Zhi learned about it, he expressed his strength.

Lu Zhi said that Guo Peng was the captain of Huwuwan and had his own job. Although the Xianbei leader was killed, the Xianbei power was still huge.

Guo Peng is the leader of the military general of Youzhou. He can stimulate the barbarians in the northern border, and the Xianbei people dare not make any changes. If Guo Peng is transferred to quell the rebellion, once Han then finds out and sends people to contact the Xianbei to attack the northern border, the situation will be gone.

Emperor Ling felt that what Lu Zhi said made sense, so he asked Lu Zhi to propose a solution. Lu Zhi said that Guo Peng could recruit three thousand Wuhuan cavalry and hand it over to another brave Youzhou general commander to help Zhang Wen. Emperor Ling felt that it was OK and then asked the court officials to recommend the right candidate.

So the court officials elected Gongsun Zan, the current county magistrate of Zhuo County who was also a disciple of Lu Zhi, saying that Gongsun Zan had fought bravely when he was a minor official in the vassal state of Liaodong. He was very famous among the Hu people in Youzhou. Although he was not as good as Guo Peng, he was also a brave general.

Emperor Ling asked Lu Zhi this way, and Lu Zhi claimed that Gongsun Zan was indeed brave, but he was worried that Gongsun Zan hated the Hu people deeply and treated the Hu people extremely fiercely and mean and ruthlessly. It would be not good to let him command the Wuwan Hu Qi.

However, the situation was urgent. Although Lu Zhi raised his concerns, Emperor Ling still appointed Gongsun Zan as the commander, and then ordered Guo Peng to recruit three thousand Wuwan Jingqin to hand it over to Gongsun Zan, and asked Gongsun Zan to lead his army to support Zhang Wen and attack Han Sui.

After receiving the order, Guo Peng immediately got up and went to Qiu Liju's tribe. After seeing Qiu Liju, he proposed a recruitment order to him. Qiu Liju did not dare to disobey and acted immediately and ordered that three thousand cavalry be mobilized from his tribe and handed it to Guo Peng.

Afterwards, Qiu Liju invited Guo Peng to drink and eat meat.

"Will the general not participate in this march?"

Qiu Liju was a little surprised to learn that it was not Guo Peng who led the troops to fight this time, but Gongsun Zan.

"Yes, I want to stay and guard the northern border to prevent Han Sui and Xianbei from conspiring to attack the Han Han in two directions, that would be bad."

Guo Peng drank a glass of wine and said, "Gongsun Zan is also famous in Liaodong. You may not be unfamiliar with it, right?"

“That’s not.”

Qiu Liju had a little hesitation on his face: "It's just that General Gongsun has always been very unfriendly to our tribe members. If he is led by the army, I don't know..."

Qiu Liju raised his own doubts, and Guo Peng also understood what Qiu Liju meant.

Gongsun Zan is famous for treating the Hu people fiercely in Liaodong. He did not advocate tolerance and friendship like Liu Yu, who had been the governor of Youzhou before, nor did he act like Guo Peng as a result of his military merits and ruled with justice and strictness. He was simply fierce.

No matter what, just kill.

This can certainly make the Hu people afraid, but when cooperation is needed, there will naturally be a factor of distrust. This is a big taboo in marching and fighting. Once it occurs, it will inevitably be defeated.

In today's terms, Gongsun Zan can be said to be a hardcore and radical nationalist.

This has something to do with his background.

Gongsun Zan's hometown, Liaoxi County, has always been a must-pass for the Hu people living in the northeast to go south to the mainland. Whenever the Hu people invade the south, Liaoxi County is always easily poisoned by war.

Gongsun Zan grew up in such an area with extremely intense ethnic conflicts and conflicts. He had seen countless relatives and friends die at the hands of the Hu people, so he naturally developed a deep hatred for the Hu people.

This is something that people like Liu Yu who grew up in a peaceful mainland cannot feel.

Therefore, it is not unimaginable that the conflict between Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan will intensify to the point where it will be later.

This is equivalent to the conflict between the pacifist Virgin and the radical nationalists, which will start in modern times, not to mention the ancient times.

Liu Yu could not understand such a thing, so Gongsun Zan naturally hated Liu Yu's pedanticity. Gongsun Zan naturally could not tolerate Liu Yu's weak behavior of ignoring the blood and tears of the people in Youzhou and giving the people's wealth to foreign tribes to obtain peace, such a generous act of others.

So he killed Liu Yu.

In Liu Yu's view, Gongsun Zan's endless behavior of killing and stopping killing cannot solve the problem at all. This is just that Gongsun Zan is using public power to vent his personal anger.

The more ruthless the killing, the more it will intensify everyone's conflicts, cause mutual distrust, and killing endlessly. Only when one side is completely killed can it be terminated.

But can millions of people be killed?

When killing others, will your own people die?

Liu Yu knew that Gongsun Zan's method was not a solution to the problem, so he opposed it. He wanted to stop Gongsun Zan, but unfortunately he had no military talent and was attacked and killed by Gongsun Zan.

These two people represent two extremes, which are completely incompatible and are not advisable.
Chapter completed!