Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were veteran generals who followed Guo Peng since the time of Huwuwan's lieutenant, and have served the Wei Empire for thirty years.

They have a high military rank, profound qualifications, outstanding military achievements, and have some prestige in the army. For some new recruits who have just entered the army, their existence is no different from idols.

However, because of their respective personality problems, they were not used as the commander of the first army by Guo Peng. If they could not be promoted, they could only become leaders of the small military region, and could not become chief commander of the army like Zhao Yun.

Such a personality veteran is the most embarrassing to everyone.

On the one hand, it is not suitable to be the commander of the first army and integrate a large group of soldiers and generals from different places.

On the one hand, he is very experienced and is probably not so easy to obey the command of a young man with low qualifications.

Cao Ren was able to rule Guan Yu and Zhang Fei because Cao Ren had a deeper qualification than them and had higher military achievements than them. These two people had nothing to say and could only obey the orders. It would be different if Cao Xiu changed.

In fact, Guo Jin is still optimistic about Cao Xiu. He thinks that Cao Xiu was brought out by Guo Peng. His ability is enough to command an army to eliminate Kangju Kingdom, establish more prestige, and become the leader of the second generation of military generals of the Wei army.

However, the war in the Western Regions must not avoid Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, otherwise they could make trouble.

Then Cao Xiu can't be the head coach.

There are very few veterans in the court with more qualifications than these two.

After Cao Ren retired, there were really few veteran generals who could compete with these two people for their qualifications and become the commander of the first army.

These two people are indeed having many problems and are difficult to control.

Guan Yu treated his subordinates well and received great support from his subordinates, but he was not very good at dealing with his colleagues and had poor interpersonal relationships.

Zhang Fei is also very bad.

Zhang Fei was a headache for Guo Peng back then. The general said that Lao Zhang would die if he had no war. He liked war more than anyone else and was an absolute war madman.

Four years ago, the Beiting Protectorate had just been established, and many people with shallow eyes tried to fight against the Wei State and launch a campaign to restore the country, and to challenge the Wei Empire's rule over the Western Regions openly and secretly.

Zhang Fei was so happy that a wave of fishing law enforcement had cleaned them up, and they were doing the same as when dealing with the Xianbei people back then.

In more than two years, he cut more than 3,000 heads, attacked dozens of big and small, and fought every month, completely putting down all the forces of the remaining small countries in the Western Regions who were trying to restore the country.

When the remnants of the small Western countries were almost restored by him, the Beiting Protectorate was completely stable, and the Beiting Protector Zhuge Liang began to vigorously promote economic development, so Zhang Fei could not stay idle.

There is no war to fight, and I put it in the military camp every day to bask in the sun, so I was so idle that I was almost in trouble.

Training is boring, and war exercises are also quite boring. It feels strange when fighting, and it is not right when fighting.

There is no such pleasure of killing, no such stimulation.

Zhang Fei cannot be satisfied.

So he reported to Guo Peng one after another, requesting to be transferred to Pingzhou and Mozhou where there is a war. If he doesn't want to go to Yunzhou and Jiaozhou, there will always be a war to fight. If he continues to stay in these places, he will go crazy.

How dare Guo Peng let him go?

The Beiting Protectorate needs prestigious generals to intimidate the unscrupulous officials to ensure that the local construction results will not be destroyed by people with ill intentions. Therefore, Zhang Fei, a person with great reputation, should be placed there.

But Zhang Fei didn't want to do it. He wanted to fight, he wanted to see blood, and he wanted to stimulate.

Wherever he went, he was the battlefield overlord. He was still old and even the Five Tiger Generals in the army dared to grin at him.

Once he left, Guo Peng's policy of training and maintaining the combat effectiveness of the army in the peace era was about to be wasted.

He stood there and took over all the wars and took over the big things. Where do young new officers have the opportunity to stand on the battlefield and experience it alone?

The situation is different now.

At that time, the Xianbei regime was strong, with at least 100,000 cavalry. At the beginning of the founding of the Wei Empire, there were only about 70,000 cavalry, so the Xianbei at that time was still threatening the Wei Empire.

Guo Peng chose to let Zhang Fei, a very lethal disaster star, blocked it, let him play freely and make trouble everywhere, and delayed Guo Peng, so he asked Guo Peng to unify the country as soon as possible, establish the Central Plains, and accumulate strength to fight against the Xianbei.

There is no force on the grassland that can threaten the Wei Empire. Zhang Fei continues to be there, just to squeeze the space for newcomers to grow and disrupt Guo Peng's military training policy. Of course, it is not possible.

New generals cannot be educated by military academy alone, but they still need more battlefield experience. Fighting in battle formations, only fighting, and only a real battlefield can cultivate excellent soldiers.

So Guo Peng put him in the Beiting Protectorate's Mansion for more than two years, almost driving him crazy.

Until Guo Peng abdicated, Zhang Fei seemed to see hope again.

Three months after Guo Jin ascended the throne, Zhang Fei made six confessions, hoping that Guo Jin would transfer him to Pingzhou and Mozhou and let him participate in the grand strategy of plowing the skull.

He said he was familiar with the grassland, and the Xianbei grandsons on the grassland were obedient by him.

When Guo Jin saw Zhang Fei's old expression, he was very troubled and asked Guo Peng. Guo Peng looked like he saw the expression of the plague god, so he quickly asked him to take Zhang Fei's old expression away.

Then Guo Peng asked the people from the inner court to take Guo Jin to see the 72 confessions that Zhang Fei gave him in the past two years, which made Guo Jin's mouth twitch.

Is there really such a war madman who doesn’t like anything but war?

In view of this, Guo Jin felt that if Zhang Fei was not brought with him in this military operation, Zhang Fei would probably have the intention to commit suicide.

So after thinking about it, Guo Jin felt that the candidate for the head coach must have deep qualifications, prestige to command the entire army, and sufficient military capabilities to at least deal with a Kangju country without failing.

This battle was his first battle since he ascended the throne. If he was not good at fighting, the international deterrence of the Wei Empire would be in danger, and Guo Jin's own prestige would also be affected.

Therefore, we must be very cautious.

To be honest, if Guo Peng hadn't been alive, it would have been inconvenient for Guo Jin to do it, so he would have wanted to re-activate Cao Ren to fight this battle.

Guo Jia saw Guo Jin's worries, turned his eyes and came to Guo Jin's side, and whispered: "Your Majesty, the old minister has a suitable candidate, I don't know if Your Majesty can consider it."

"Please tell me if you are a man of Duke Xiao."

Guo Jin hurriedly looked at Guo Jia.

Guo Jia smiled with a pursed lips and turned his eyes to someone present.

Guo Jin followed his gaze and saw a big Zhao Yun standing there.

Hey! Why didn't I expect it?

In terms of qualifications, Zhao Yun joined Guo Peng's army a little earlier than Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and he was a personal soldier as soon as he joined. In terms of qualifications, his deepest ones can almost be compared with the relatives of the Cao Xiahou family.

In terms of prestige, Zhao Yun followed Guo Peng for many years to fight, and then served as the commander-in-chief of the Central Guard. He was in charge of the world for thirteen years. His military affairs were never out of reach and he was like a figure like a magic needle for the sea.

In terms of military achievements, Zhao Yun's military achievements were no lower than any general before Guo Peng became emperor. After Guo Peng became emperor, he had to put Zhao Yun beside him to rule the Central Army, so that Zhao Yun was far away from the battlefield.

In terms of closeness and alienation, not to mention Zhao Yun’s personal soldiers, his legitimate daughter was a nobleman around Guo Jin. Because of her kinship, she has entered a small blood circle in the highest decision-making circle of the empire.

So no matter how you look at it, Zhao Yun is the best candidate to become the head coach of this war.

So Guo Jin looked at Zhao Yun with anticipation.

"General Zhao, are you willing to lead the army to the Western Regions to attack the Kangju traitors?"

“…”

Zhao Yun was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted, kneeling down on one knee and holding his fists with his hands.

"Your Majesty has a decree, I should obey it!"

"good!"

Guo Jin was very happy and personally stepped forward to help Zhao Yun up: "General Zhao was also a powerful general under the command of the Supreme Emperor in his early years. Later, in order to guard the capital, he had to retreat to the second line. Gu has always felt sorry for this. Now General Zhao can return to the battlefield, Gu is also relieved."

Zhao Yun smiled.

"It is my wish and my duty to be able to fight for Your Majesty. I will definitely attack the Kangju traitor for Your Majesty. I will ask the Kangju traitor to tie his hands and go to Luoyang to apologize to Your Majesty."

"How might it be!"

Guo Jin laughed for a while and was very happy. He immediately issued an order to ask the staff to issue a document to grant Zhao Yun the position of General Zhao Yun to lead the army to attack Kangju Kingdom.

After making a decision, Guo Jin discussed some other details with everyone.

For example, Cao Chun, the right general of the Guard, and Li Dian, the former general of the Guard, attacked together as Zhao Yun's deputy general.

Xiahou Yuan, the left general of the Guard, and Guo Dong, the rear general of the Wei army, also wanted to attack, but because they wanted to keep people to guard the capital, they could not attack all of them. In order to ensure fairness, Guo Jin personally presided over the lottery ceremony.

In the end, Cao Chun and Li Dian won the lottery and attacked with Zhao Yun. Xiahou Yuan and Guo Dong were so angry that they broke the lottery in their hands.

Guo Jin had no choice but to say that staying in the capital was as important as attacking and fighting. As long as Zhao Yun wins the battle, everyone will make a contribution.

Only in this way can we slightly appease the two veteran generals, Xiahou Yuan and Guo Dong.

Afterwards, Guo Jin began to send people to all the way to the counties and counties on the marching road, so that they could prepare the army's food and fodder, and ordered the strategic reserves of the Western Regions and the four counties of Hexi to be transported to Zhenxi Protectorate immediately without any mistakes.

After the matter was completed, Guo Jin went to Taishan Palace to communicate with Guo Peng about this matter.

Guo Jin felt that Guo Peng, who has a deep understanding of Zhao Yun, should be able to give him some proper advice. If Zhao Yun has any problems, he can still make up for it now and send him some right-hand assistants.

"Zilong?"

Guo Peng looked at Guo Jin with some surprise: "Do you ask Zilong to lead his troops to attack?"

"Well, my son thinks that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have a deep experience. If Cao Xiu is the head coach, the two generals Guan and Zhang may be dissatisfied. Cao Xiu has little experience and is difficult to control the two generals. At that time, disputes will happen on the battlefield, which will be a bad thing."
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