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

What's more, the children of the two are still young, Guo Peng hopes that Cao Lan will stay in Cao Song's house in Luoyang, and with Cao Song's protection, she must be very safe and can raise little Guo Jin well.

Cao Lan was unwilling, she felt that her husband went to the north to guard the frontier, but she couldn't follow her, and she put her husband in danger, but she hid in a safe place in the rear, which is not what a wife should do.

In the end, Guo Peng still didn't agree to go with Cao Lan, on the grounds that if Cao Lan followed, he would be distracted, and he would not be able to devote himself wholeheartedly to the war, coupled with the persuasion of Cao Song and Cao Cao, Cao Lan tearfully agreed not to go north with Guo Peng.

Guo Peng agreed with her that when there was no war in peacetime, he would also send someone to take Cao Lan and their mother and son to Youzhou for a reunion.

Guo Peng knows it clearly, not to mention that the Xianbei Southern Xiongnu go south to attack Hanbian County every year, Zhang Ju Zhang Chun's rebellion doesn't know what is going on, there are too many things he has to guard against, he went to the north to polish himself, so that he can better adapt to the troubled times to survive, rather than to engage in any children's affection.

Troubled times can't tolerate children's love!

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

Originally, Guo Peng also wanted to take the time to visit Cai Yong in Jiangdong and see the humanities and customs of Jiangdong by the way, but now it seems that there is no hope.

Three days before departure, Guo Peng received a reply from Cheng Li, Cheng Li said that he was very grateful to Guo Peng for remembering him, he had already dealt with what he had to do, and was willing to follow Guo Peng to the north and do his long history.

Guo Peng breathed a sigh of relief, Cheng Li was his internal choice, and with Cheng Li's help, he must be able to do it more easily in the position of captain of the Karasuma Guard.

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

This change is not ordinary, the original change of the yuan is generally to wait until the end of this year, and then change the yuan again at the beginning of the first month of next year, this time it is different, Emperor Ling directly changed the light and seven years for the first year of Zhongping, and the seventh year of light and seven years is the first year of Zhongping, amnesty for the world.

It was the end of October.

Guo Peng then finished dressing, said goodbye to all relatives, friends and acquaintances, and led more than 1,000 soldiers of his own family to embark on the journey north.

On November 5, Guo Peng arrived in Hanoi and joined Cheng Li and 200 soldiers of the Cao family and Xiahou clan in Hanoi.

The relationship between the Cao family and the Xiahou family is that they see that they are developed, and they hope that they will take their children to eat and drink spicy food together.

Guo Peng was very happy, accepted Cao Hong, and then talked with Cheng Li.

"Zhongde is willing to go to the frontier with Pengbei, Peng is grateful, this time, he will definitely create a meritorious career with Zhongde."

Cheng Li said gratefully: "The lord will not give up, Cheng Li is willing to follow the lord and work with filial piety." ”

Regarding this matter, Cheng Li also thought about it.

There is a risk in the north, this is certain, Guo Peng's letter to him gave him a choice, in addition to following Guo Peng to the north to do his long history, there is also a road where Lu Zhi is Cheng Liju filial piety and honesty as an official, Cheng Li thought about it, didn't sleep all night, and chose the former.

Cheng Li is very excited to usher in the first opportunity in his life in his forties, but the opportunity is in front of him, and it depends on whether people can grasp it.

Choosing the latter is naturally stable, you can be an official, you can get Lu Zhi's recommendation, and you can be a good official, but you are already in your forties, starting from a small official, how long will it take to achieve the official position of Taishou and above?

Choosing the latter, Guo Peng's appreciation of himself will end here, and after that, will he have more help?

Born in a poor family, he has no power and no way, and he may only be a county magistrate for the rest of his life.

Cheng Li thought about this choice and abandoned it.

Then the first choice remains, follow Guo Peng, do his long history, after experiencing risks, with the improvement of Guo Peng's status, he also rises and is tied to Guo Peng.

In order to express his determination, Cheng Li also brought his own family wealth and a batch of food 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.

The eldest and most stable Xiahoudun was appointed as the left Sima, and his friend Zang Hong was appointed as the right Sima.

Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren and Cao Hong were appointed as military marquis with troops.

He has more than 1,200 people here, and as a captain of the guard Karasuma, he has the authority to command the Karasuma battalion, a border battalion.

In addition to retaining 15,000 standing central troops in the central government, the Eastern Han government also set up cantonment battalions in local areas, and some counties still had county soldiers, and they could always make up more than 200,000 troops.

But there were not many standing battalions, most of them concentrated around the northern border line.

For example, the Duliao Battalion, the Yuyang Battalion, the Karasuma Battalion, the Liyang Battalion, the Yongying Battalion, the Huya Battalion, and so on, the number of soldiers is unequal, ranging from 3,500 to more than 1,000.

The Karasuma battalion is under the command of Captain Karasuma, and because there are often combat readiness tasks, there are more than 1,000 people, most of whom are cavalry.

Coupled with the more than 1,200 people brought by Guo Peng himself, Guo Peng is equal to mastering an army of more than 2,000 people, and this batch of troops, in order to meet the needs of fighting with Xianbei, he will all build them into cavalry.

Captain Gokarasuma can command the county soldiers of several border counties to fight together in wartime, not counting in peacetime, the county soldiers are under the jurisdiction of Taishou and Thorn Shi, and the battalion soldiers are not the same command system.

Captain Gokarasuma is stationed in Ning County, Shanggu County, Youzhou Thorn History Department, which is located on the border, and it is a real front-line battlefield, and the terrain is extremely important.

The existence of the captain of the guard Karasuma was also to isolate the Karasuma who had surrendered to the Han Dynasty from the large number of Xianbei people who had not surrendered, so that they could not communicate with each other and became a disaster in the northern Han Dynasty.

At the same time, because of his status as a knot, he has the right to govern the surrendered Karasuma people and some miscellaneous people.

In wartime, these minority cavalry can also be recruited into the army through the cooperation of Youzhou Thorn History, and they can be regarded as a servant army.

The Karasuma people are still obedient, at this time, the most disobedient are the Xianbei people, Tanshi Huai has created a vast territory of Xianbei unified forces no less than the range of activities of the Xiongnu, and is the biggest threat to the northern Xinjiang of the Han court.

At that time, the Xianbei leader Tan Shihuai also won the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Han Army, and the northern frontier of the Han Dynasty almost shook.

However, in the fourth year of Guanghe, Tanshi Huai died, and his son Helian ascended the throne, and Helian was far inferior to Tanshihuai, and the Han Empire went to a heart disease.

However, these people still inevitably went south every year to invade the Han frontier, and the Han government had a headache for this.

After Guo Peng took up the post of captain of the Karasuma school, it is conceivable that there will be a war soon.

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

Guo Peng needs to put his 2,000 cavalry out in the shortest possible time, so that he can cope with the possible Xianbei southward movement.

How difficult the road to the north was.