To the soldiers, blindly giving kindness is weak and unable to control people. Once something happens, the army will collapse immediately.

To the soldiers, being harsh is despair. They will resent and will not last long. Zhang Fei will end up.

It works very well with kindness and power.

The three heads and blood on the ground shocked everyone, and they realized that nothing the young officer said was false.

He did what he said, saying that he would live and die together, and saying that he would kill people.

They had the initial understanding of Guo Peng.

In the following days, all the training and running-in were carried out step by step. When Lu Zhi came to inspect, he saw that the cavalry of Guo Peng's troops were neat and meticulous, and very satisfied.

"I heard you killed someone?"

"Yes, three people couldn't stand the military diet and wanted to leave. The students had already set rules before. Those who wanted to leave could leave at that time. If they stayed, they would never leave again. Rules were rules. Those who violated military rules would be killed."

"Okay, this is the way to be the general."

Lu Zhi looked at his disciple with great satisfaction, nodded repeatedly, and said, "In a few days, it will be the latest 20 days. We will arrive in the Yecheng area of ​​Weijun County in early April. There are fewer than 100,000 Yellow Turbans there, are you afraid?"

"Afraid."

Guo Peng did not hide anything.

Lu Zhi laughed silently: "I think you will be stubborn and say you are not afraid."

"It's fear that you are afraid. There's nothing to be stubborn, but students also have the determination to completely polish their fear on the battlefield."

Lu Zhi's face became serious.

"Okay, this is the student I, Lu Zi, is afraid of not being embarrassed, everyone is afraid, but whether you can overcome fear is the time to truly see a person's character. Zifeng, the teacher has expectations for you, don't let him down."

"Abide by the order!"

Lu Zhi nodded with a smile, gave Guo Peng a few words, and left.

Later, Guo Peng learned the final order to start the battle on March 20th.

Emperor Ling of Han ordered the army to take a little preparation and go on a war, suppressing the rebellion of the Yellow Turban thieves of Taiping Road as quickly as possible and restoring the peace of the world.

At this time, the Hanting had learned that the rebellious Taiping Dao people were wrapped in yellow turbans, so they called them Yellow Turban thieves, ant thieves, etc., and announced that Zhang Jiao, Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao and other Taiping Dao leaders were rebellious and called on the people of the world to attack them together.

On March 19, Lu Zhi issued an order to Guo Peng, asking Guo Peng to lead the Changshui cavalry to follow his central army and obey his direct command.

The entire army was divided into three parts: the front army and the rear army. Lu Zhi asked two deputy generals to lead the front army and the rear army and personally led the central army.

On March 20, the entire army set out.

Guo Peng did not say goodbye to anyone, nor did he need to say goodbye. He had said everything he should say, and continued to say it was just a matter of increasing his worries.

He just hopes that he can return to Luoyang alive, return home alive, meet his wife and son alive, and live, and walk to the end of the family alive.

This is not simple.

The oath-taking ceremony ended, the auspicious time has come, and the entire army will go on the expedition.

Lu Zhi led his army north to attack the main force of the Yellow Turban Army, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, led his army south to attack the Yellow Turban Army's troops in Qingzhou and Yanzhou, Yuzhou.

At this time, the Yellow Turban Army seemed to echo north and south, like two fists, attacking left and right fists at the same time, and using powerful boxing towards Luoyang.

The Han government army had to go forward, with fists against fists, and faced the Yellow Turban Army head-on.

It seems difficult, because the number of the Yellow Turban Army's 300,000 to 400,000 is far more than the number of the 60,000 to quell the Han army, but the 60,000 to quell the Han army is only the Central Army and the temporary expanded Central Army, while the number of the Yellow Turban Army's 300,000 to 400,000 to quell the family together.

After more than two months of expansion and attracting civilians to join, the real count is that there are absolutely no more than 150,000 soldiers who can fight.

In addition to the Central Army, the Han government also had the cooperation of local rebels.

After the initial panic, the local tyrants spontaneously organized themselves to fight the Yellow Turban Army for the sake of protecting their own industries.

After the initial progress was smooth, the Yellow Turban Army actually fell into the vast ocean of "People's War".

The so-called people in ancient times were definitely not people in the modern sense, but people with local industries.

Big landlords and small landlords or self-cultivated farmers with land are the "people", and they are often the most staunch supporters of the regime. They have their own property and hope for peace in the world the most.

Those who have no industry to exile are often the main force of rebellion, all of whom are abandoned. If they do not rebel and cause chaos, they will starve to death, so they do not even have the qualifications to be "civilians".

The Yellow Turban Army united these people who lost their industries and were about to starve to death and rebel, and naturally they would be strongly resisted by the "people".

The interests of the "people" and the Han government are consistent.

So overall, the number of troops in the Han government was much higher than that of the Yellow Turban Army.

However, we cannot just determine this and relax our vigilance. The Yellow Turban Army will plunder powerful and wealthy households to open warehouses and release grain to attract more people to join, and the number may increase at any time.

Everything remains to be tested by time.

But there is only one thing that will not change.

The Yellow Turban Army, which was abandoned by the power of the gentry, has become an abandoned son. It is just a matter of unnecessary struggle and will sooner or later perish.

Guo Peng led his 514 cavalrymen in the central army to follow Lu Zhi's footsteps and wanted to help Lu Zhi convey military orders. Guo Peng followed Lu Zhi's side, and as Lu Zhi's direct confidant, he was directly responsible for protecting his safety.

Lu Zhi has many cavalry under his command, with a number of about 3,000 people. He will be the main force in the rushing army to break through the formation. It should not be difficult to deal with the Yellow Turban infantry that lacks such as cavalry.

In fact, after fully understanding the activities of the Yellow Turban Army, Guo Peng has made a judgment that this battle is not difficult to fight.

It seems difficult to fight because the court was frightened by the news of hundreds of thousands of people in the eight states of the Yellow Turban Army. After careful analysis, you can find that it is not the case.

The government has an advantage in fighting the rebel army, and the resources that the government can mobilize cannot be mobilized.

The government has a great reputation, but the rebel army does not.

After the Party and the Forbidden City were lifted, local gentry and powerful people generally chose to cooperate with the government rather than rebels.

Besides, the rebellious Yellow Turban Army has no basic foundation and cannot produce it. It depends entirely on destruction. Food is obtained by looting. If you don’t plant it yourself, it will be unsustainable.

Military supplies such as ring-headed knives, bows, arrows, spears, halberds, tents, etc. must be produced. The Han government can do it, but the Yellow Turban Army cannot.

Moreover, at this time, the Yellow Turban Army had lost the help of a unified planning group. After the aristocrats withdrew their investment in the middle, the existing leadership was not reliable.

Guo Peng believes that Zhang Jiao does not have that strong ability to command so many Yellow Turban Army to cooperate in combat.

Since the Yellow Turban Army operated, they have fought everywhere in the areas where they broke out. It seems to be encircling Luoyang, but in fact there is no progress.

As the leader of the uprising, Zhang Jiao should have coordinated the Yellow Turban Army to cooperate with each other, but he did not.

He fought in Jizhou from beginning to end, and did not command and mobilize the Yellow Turban Army south of the Yellow River, and was completely different from a qualified rebel leader.

I don’t know if I don’t have the intention to mobilize, or if I want to mobilize but I’m powerless.

After all, some people may not listen to him.
Chapter completed!