The analysis of the strategists was reasonable and completely in line with the actual situation, so Yuan Shao was convinced.

With the analysis of the strategists, Yuan Shao was a little relieved.

So while sending people to contact Zhang Yang to strengthen bilateral relations and coordinate against Guo Peng, he sent people south to contact Liu Biao, hoping to get Liu Biao's help.

Then add food and grass to the 20,000 garrisons in Fanyang County, so that they can defend more dedicatedly.

It is not surprising that Guo Peng is preparing now, which is normal.

However, Guo Peng was busy with Tuntian's affairs and did not plan to send troops for the time being.

He only sent troops to guard Yuan Shao and Zhang Yang, continued to build forward bases, built marching roads and military stations, and improved his transportation and mobilization capabilities, but did not make more obvious offensive moves.

As a result, there was a short period of tranquility in the war-torn Yellow River.

Of course, this is not peace, and this tranquility is only because everyone is unable to continue waging war, and the objective conditions do not allow it, so no one fights.

There are soldiers and ordnance but no food, and this battle just can't be fought, so everyone has a tacit understanding to strike the army together and recuperate.

However, although the real battlefield has ceased for the time being, the political battlefield has never stopped.

After Li Yu occupied Chang'an, he tried to reconcile with the Kwantung region, dissolve the previous state of war, and re-establish the prestige of the imperial court in order to obtain more resources.

As a result, Li Wei sent the highly respected celebrity Ma Riyan as the main envoy and Zhao Qi as the deputy envoy to pacify the Kanto pacification envoys.

They arrived first in Luoyang, and announced the policies of the imperial court in the vicinity of Luoyang, reassuring the people, and making the last remaining households in the Luoyang area rejoice, feeling that better days were coming.

Then they saw that Guo Peng was fighting with Lu Bu, and Yuan Shao was fighting with Gongsun Zhan, and felt that the situation was not good, and they might die from the chaos at this time, so they were very aware of the current affairs and stayed in Luoyang.

After hearing the news that Guo Peng had killed Lu Bu and Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan had confronted each other, the troops advanced separately in two ways.

Zhao Qi went north to Hebei to appease Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zhan and the Youzhou United Army, Ma Riyan set off to Yanzhou to find Guo Peng, and then went south to find Tao Qian, and then went to Shouchun to find Yuan Shu.

All in all, all kinds of appeasements, all kinds of promises, so that they all obeyed the instructions of the Chang'an court, called ministers and tribute, repaired relations, and restored the prestige of the Han central government.

This time period was chosen very cleverly, everyone had gone through a big war and needed to recuperate, and they were all afraid that the other party would take advantage of the situation, so the intervention of the imperial court envoy was undoubtedly the best choice.

Yuan Shaogong, Sun Zan and the Youzhou United Army withdrew, and under the mediation of Zhao Qi, Hebei restored a brief period of peace, although it was short, but it was also peace.

After Yuan Shao chose to reconcile with the Chang'an court for his own interests, and finally recognized Liu Xie's legal status, Zhao Qi talked to Yuan Shao about the situation in the court, revealing that their group of scholars was very dissatisfied with the Li Dao group.

and also agreed with Yuan Shao, saying that they wanted to make an appointment to help Liu Xie escape from Chang'an and return to Luoyang, and hoped that Yuan Shao would go to Luoyang to welcome the emperor's chariot to help the emperor stabilize the situation and reshape the rule of the Han Dynasty.

At that time, the high-ranking officials Houlu will let Yuan Shao choose.

"Your Majesty wants to return to the East?"

Yuan Shao felt a little strange.

"Yes, Chang'an is not a place to stay for a long time, and we must not let Your Majesty be held hostage by thieves like Li Dao, because Li Dao plundered Guanzhong, and the people in Guanzhong were boiling and angry.

We have secretly appeased the rebels of Ma Teng and Han Sui, so that they can return to the imperial court, and unite with Ma Teng and Han Sui's troops to attack Li Dao together. ”

Zhao Qi explained their idea of preparing to rescue the emperor from the clutches of the devil, and hoped to get Yuan Shao's cooperation.

Yuan Shao thought for a while.

"Okay, I understand this matter, I can make an appointment later, and I will definitely go to greet Your Majesty."

"It is really a blessing for a great man to have a loyal and good general like General Yuan!"

Zhao Qi was very pleased.

After sending Zhao Qi back to rest, Yuan Shao did not call anyone, but silently thought about the problem by himself, thinking about the impact this matter might have on himself.

There is no doubt that Yuan Shao's thinking is different from that of a year ago or two years ago.

Now Yuan Shaoke absolutely does not want the emperor to get out of the clutches and stand on his own, that is completely asking for trouble for himself and making himself unhappy.

Everyone is happily competing for hegemony, but you guys don't eat and wait for death in Chang'an, you guys still want to save the emperor?

What should we do if you rescue the emperor?

Have you ever considered what we rebels think?

No! You only think about yourselves!

Yuan Shao now thinks that this pacification envoy group is purely a-stirring stick, if they really let them succeed, then what is it?

No, it can't go on like this.

With his position and goal, he was absolutely unwilling to let the emperor regain his freedom, so Yuan Shao decided that he would never help the emperor gain freedom, as for welcoming the emperor or something......

Doesn't it feel good to have a boss for yourself?

When the time comes, won't he become a thief like Dong Zhuo and Li Dao?

Yuan Shao couldn't accept that kind of future.

Maintaining the status quo is best.

Li Dao! You bastard, try hard for me and be your thief! Not professional at all!

Yuan Benchu was very annoyed.

At the same time, Ma Riyan also arrived in Yanzhou, where he met Chen Liutaishou Cao Ren, and was escorted by Cao Ren to Dingtao County in Jiyin County.

Now Guo Peng is dealing with the affairs of Tuntian with Ying Shao, who is still serving as the Taishou of Jiyin, in Dingtao County.

Knowing that Ma Riyan was visiting as an envoy of the imperial court, Guo Peng immediately led the civil and military forces around him to go out of the city for hundreds of miles to greet him, and sent someone to Linzi County to invite Cai Yong to come over, so that Cai Yong could meet his old friends.

After Ma Riyan arrived, the first thing he had to do was naturally to show the reward given to Guo Peng by the Chang'an Imperial Court.

Prior to this, after killing Lu Bu, Guo Peng ordered someone to send Lu Bu's head to the Chang'an Imperial Court to explain Lu Bu's crime to the imperial court, as well as to show merit.

Guo Peng knew that Li Dao and others, who hated Lu Bu to the core, would definitely give him a satisfactory answer.

Sure enough, a satisfactory reply came.

The position of Qingzhou pastor remained unchanged, and the imperial court named Guo Peng as the general of Zhendong, opened the mansion, took charge of the military and political affairs of Qingyan and the two states, and increased Guo Peng's food and yi by 500 households, and sealed 2,000 households in the front.

This kind of reward is not insignificant.

If you don't want to come to your own home, you don't feel distressed when you seal it.

But for someone Guo, it makes a lot of sense.

Therefore, Guo immediately received the decree of thanksgiving and announced the decision to resume paying taxes to the central court.

Originally, Guo Peng was only the general of Qingzhou Muzuo, and he was regarded by the people of Yanzhou as the military governor of Qingyan Erzhou, strictly speaking, he was just arrogant, but now Li Dao waved his hand and made a favor, and gave himself the power to oversee the military and political power of Qingyan Erzhou.

Since then, Qingyan Erzhou has really been Guo Peng's final say, and it is justifiable.

General Zhendong is also a heavy general, Guo Peng originally had the right to open the government, and the fake festival was very important, which means that Guo Peng has the right to arbitrarily decide on the spot.

That's a great thing.

Coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes is very obedient in this regard, and in the name of the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty, how can it not be a good thing to seal the world?

The princes who have benefited naturally have to weigh whether they will continue to be enemies of the Chang'an court, at least for the time being, Guo Peng will not be an enemy of Li Dao and Guo Yan for the time being.

There are no civil and military officials around Guo Peng who are not happy about this.

Because they're all right.

As Guo Peng's status and power grow, the tide rises, and they will also get the opportunity to strengthen together.

After receiving the emperor's edict, this edict officially took effect, and Guo Peng could change the Zuo General's Mansion to the Zhendong General's Mansion, and rule the Qingyan Prefecture openly.

It feels really good to be right.

After that, Guo Peng set up a banquet to entertain Ma Riyan and others.

Speaking of which, Guo Peng and Ma Riyan still have a relationship in the past.