Guo Peng didn't want Cao Lan to follow him to the dangerous land in the northern border, which was too dangerous.

What's more, the children of the two are still young. Guo Peng hopes that Cao Lan will stay at Cao Song's home in Luoyang. With Cao Song's protection, she will definitely be safe and can raise Xiao Guo Jin well.

Cao Lan didn't want to do it. She felt that her husband went to the north to guard the border, but she could not follow her. She hid in a safe place in the back, but she was not what a wife should do.

In the end, Guo Peng still did not agree to Cao Lan go with him, because if Cao Lan follows him, he would be distracted and would not be able to do his wholeheartedly during the war. Coupled with Cao Song and Cao Cao's consolation, Cao Lan agreed to not go north with Guo Peng.

Guo Peng made an agreement with her that when there was no war, he would send someone to bring Cao Lan and his son to Youzhou to reunite.

Guo Peng knew it clearly. Not to mention that the Xianbei and Southern Xiongnu went south to attack the Han border counties every year, but Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun's rebellion were still unknown. He had to be careful of too many things. He went to the north to polish himself and make himself more adapted to the troubled times, rather than to have a love affair with children.

In troubled times, children cannot accommodate their long love!

Then, Guo Peng wrote a letter to Cai Yong and reported to Cai Yong about his recent situation and his upcoming job in the north.

Originally, Guo Peng wanted to take the time to visit Cai Yong in Jiangdong and see the cultural customs of Jiangdong. Now it seems that there is no hope.

Three days before departure, Guo Peng received a reply from Cheng Li. Cheng Li expressed his gratitude to Guo Peng for still remembering him. He had already handled what he should do and was willing to follow Guo Peng north and be his chief historian.

Guo Peng breathed a sigh of relief. Cheng Li was his chosen candidate for the master. With Cheng Li's help, I believe that it would be easier to do the position of Captain Huwuwan.

Two days before departure, Emperor Ling announced the change of the era.

This time, the change of the Yuan Dynasty was unusual. Originally, the change of the Yuan Dynasty was usually done until this year was over, and then the Yuan Dynasty was changed again on the first day of the first lunar month next year. This time, the Ling Emperor directly changed the seventh year of Guanghe to the first year of Zhongping, and the seventh year of Guanghe was the first year of Zhongping, and the whole world was amnesty.

It was the end of October.

Guo Peng then finished his dressing up, bid farewell to all his relatives, friends and acquaintances, and led more than a thousand family soldiers of his own to embark on the journey north.

On November 5, Guo Peng arrived in Hanoi and met with Cheng Li and the 200 Cao Xiahou soldiers in Hanoi. What surprised Guo Peng was that the person who led this group of soldiers was Cao Hong.

The relationship between the Cao family and the Xiahou family saw that they had developed and hoped that they would bring their soldiers to enjoy the delicious food and drink.

Guo Peng was very happy, accepted Cao Hong, and then held hands with Cheng Li to talk.

"Zhongde is willing to follow Peng north to the border. Peng is very grateful. This time, he will definitely create achievements with Zhongde."

Cheng Li said gratefully: "Meng Gong will not abandon him, but Cheng Li is willing to follow his lord and serve his work."

Cheng Li also considered this matter after some consideration.

There are risks in going north, so it is certain that Guo Peng gave him a choice in his letter. In addition to following Guo Peng to go north as his chief secretary, there is also a path of Lu Zhi as an official for Cheng Li. Cheng Li thought about it and did not sleep for a night and chose the former.

Cheng Li was very excited when he was in his forties, but the opportunity was right in front of him, and it depends on whether he could seize it.

It is natural and stable to choose the latter. You can be an official, get the recommendation of Lu Zhi, and you can also become a good official. However, I am already over forty years old. Starting from a small official, when will I have to be able to become a prefect and above official position?

If you choose the latter, Guo Peng’s appreciation for himself ends here. Will he have more help in the future?

If you come from a poor family, you have no power or a way, you may have to be a county magistrate for the rest of your life.

Cheng Lisi thought about this choice and abandoned it.

Then the first choice is left, to follow Guo Peng and be his chief secretary. After experiencing risks, as Guo Peng's status improves, he also rises and is bound to Guo Peng.

In order to show his determination, Cheng Li also brought his family wealth and a batch of grain to Guo Peng as military funds. Guo Peng accepted it and introduced Cheng Li to everyone.

Guo Peng appointed Cheng Li as his chief of staff, that is, the chief of staff.

The oldest and most stable Xiahou Dun was appointed as the left Sima, and his good friend Zang Hong was appointed as the right Sima.

Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren and Cao Hong were appointed as military marquises who led their troops respectively.

He had more than 1,200 people here, and as the Captain of Huwuwan, he had the power to command the border guards, the Wuwan camp.

In addition to retaining 15,000 standing Central Army in the central government, the Eastern Han government also set up camp soldiers in the local area. Some counties still have county soldiers, and all kinds of people were able to make up more than 200,000.

However, there are not many regular battalions, most of which are concentrated around the northern border line.

For example, the number of soldiers in Duliaoying, Yuyangying, Wuhuanying, Liyangying, Yongying and Huyaying was uneven, with a small number of soldiers ranging from three to five hundred, and more than one thousand.

Wuhuan Camp is under the Huwuwan Camp. Because it often has combat readiness tasks, the number of people is large, with more than a thousand people, most of which are cavalry.

With more than 1,200 people brought by Guo Peng himself, Guo Peng controlled an army of more than 2,000 people. In order to adapt to the needs of fighting against the Xianbei, he would build all of them into cavalry. As for the infantry needed during marching and conquest, it is very simple, just recruit troops from counties and states.

During wartime, the Huwuwan Captain could command the county soldiers of several border counties to fight together, but it was not counted in peacetime. The county soldiers were under the jurisdiction of the prefect and the governor, and were not the same command system as the battalion soldiers.

The Huwuwan Captain's garrison is located in Ning County, Shanggu County, the governor of Youzhou. It is located in the border area and is a real front-line battlefield with extremely important terrain.

The existence of the Huwuwan Captain was also to isolate the Wuwan people who surrendered to the Han Dynasty from a large number of Xianbei people who had not surrendered, so that they could not communicate with each other, which was a danger to the northern border of Han.

At the same time, because of his identity as a priest, he has the right to govern the surrendered Wuhuan people and some miscellaneous people.

During the war, these ethnic minority cavalry could also be recruited through the cooperation of the Youzhou Governor to enter the army and operate together with the Han army, which was considered a servant army.

The Wuhuan people were still obedient. At this time, the Xianbei people were the most disobedient. Tan Shihuai built a vast Xianbei unified force that was no less than the scope of the activities of the Huns, which was the biggest threat to the northern border of Hanting.

At that time, the leader of the Xianbei Dynasty, Tan Shihuai defeated the Northern Expedition Army of the Han army, which almost shocked the northern border of the Han Dynasty.

However, in the fourth year of Guanghe, Tan Shihuai passed away, and his son Helian ascended the throne. Helian was far inferior to Tan Shihuai. The Han Empire suffered from a heart attack.

However, this group of people still inevitably went south to invade the Han border every year. The Han government was very troubled by this. The frontier was warned every year and warned every year.

After Guo Peng took office as the Captain of Huwuwan, it is conceivable that the war will be about to be fought soon.

So there is actually not much time left for Guo Peng at all, and it can even be said to be very little.

Guo Peng needed to rectify his two thousand cavalry in the shortest time so that he could deal with the Xianbei who might encounter the southward movement.
Chapter completed!