At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Soon, Li Dian was also killed, and Li Gan's son Li Zheng was also killed. The three men joined forces to fight against Yan Liang, which made it very difficult for Yan Liang to cope.

The soldiers of the Zhendong Army had already broken through the formation of Yan Liang and Gao Lan, and even separated and surrounded them.

Looking at the soldiers who came up with red eyes, Yan Liang and Gao Lan were both terrified. Looking at the current situation, they felt a sense of despair.

Is there really a way out in this way?

Yan Liang struggled to resist the attack of the three generals of the Li family, but in the end, Li Dian found a gap, split Yan Liang's knife, stepped forward, and slammed into Yan Liang's body fiercely. Standing firm, he fell back straight and was crushed by Li Dian.

"Catch Yan Liang alive!!"

Li Dian yelled, Li Qian and Li Zheng reacted immediately, roared and rushed forward, pressing hard on Yan Liang.

"what!!!"

Being restrained by three big men, Yan Liang yelled loudly and tried to break free, but failed, and was still restrained with all his strength. More and more Zhendong soldiers rushed to suppress Yan Liang who was struggling desperately, and took him to the ground. Tightly tied up.

On the other side, Gao Lan met Cao Chun and Cao Xiu, who were leading the army to attack. The two cooperated to fight Gao Lan, and the guards around him fought fiercely.

It was like this until Gao Lan's soldiers were too weak to support them. Cao Chun and Cao Xiu's soldiers protected them and defeated Gao Lan's soldiers, and then they all stepped forward to surround Gao Lan.

Cao Chun and Cao Xiu fought with two knives, which made Gao Lan overwhelmed. When he didn't pay attention, his right arm was cut with a big cut, and the saber was thrown out of his hand in pain.

Cao Xiu seized the opportunity, stepped forward and kicked Gao Lan hard in the chest, which made Gao Lan's chest feel tight, his eyes turned black, and he fell to the ground so hard that he couldn't get up.

Cao Chun and Cao Ren's soldiers immediately rushed forward to suppress Gao Lan, tied them up, and captured Gao Lan alive.

The battle ended here, and it was basically over. Yuan Jun in Fanyang County, who was in a mess, was no match for Zhendong Army at all. He was defeated head-on and ended miserably.

About 1000 people were annihilated, more than [-] people surrendered, and less than [-] people escaped to the north of the city in the chaos to survive.

What surprised Guo Peng was that Gao Lan and Yan Liang, the guards of Fanyang County, were captured alive. Among them, Gao Lan was captured alive by Cao Chun and Cao Xiu, and Yan Liang was captured alive by the three generals of the Li family.

So be rewarded.

Guo Peng decided to present Cao Chun as Marquis of Duting, promoted Cao Xiu to be Duwei, Duwei Li Gan to Jianwei Xiaowei, and Li Dian and Li Zheng to Duwei.

In addition, Cheng Lian, Hao Meng, Hou Cheng and Cao Xing who made great contributions also received many rewards.

Then, Guo Peng smiled when he saw Gao Lan and Yan Liang who were tied up.

"The two of you set up defenses here more than a year ago to prevent me from leading my troops to the north, but why is the defense of this city so weak and vulnerable to a single blow?"

Seeing the smug smile on Guo Peng's face, Yan Liang and Gao Lan were full of grief and indignation, not knowing what to say.

So Guo Peng shook his head.

"Forget it, it's meaningless to say these things now. Let me ask you, are you willing to surrender to me and work for me?"

Gao Lan and Yan Liang looked at each other, then at Guo Peng, then lowered their heads and remained silent.

"You have seen the strength of our army. You defended the city with [-] troops. I attacked with [-] troops and took the city in just two days. Do you think there is any city in Jizhou that can stop me? Can Yuan Benchu ​​stop me? As far as I know, Yuan Benchu ​​is still in the north of Jizhou, dealing with Gongsun Bogui, right?"

Guo Peng asked again.

The two remained silent, their heads bowed.

"If you don't object, that means you've acquiesced. Let me think about it. Your family members are all in Ye City, right?"

Yan Liang and Gao Lan lowered their heads a little more.

"You guys go down first and watch how I took Yecheng. Yuan Benchu ​​can't stop me, and no one can stop me. If you can't work for me, you will be killed by me!"

Guo Peng drank in a low voice, and asked people to take Gao Lan and Yan Liang down and throw them into the prison cart, and carried them with the army, so that they could see with their own eyes how Guo's elite army ravaged Yuan Shao.

With this kind of army, can it fight against my army?

Yuan Benchu, this time, I will win.

Fanyang County was breached in two days, and Guo Peng was very satisfied with the speed, so Guo Peng immediately ordered Zhao Yun to command [-] troops to attack Yin'an County. He led the army to Neihuang County, and Zhao Yun followed up later.

Neihuang County was alerted and fortified in advance, but Fanyang County fell too quickly, and Neihuang County was not prepared enough.

The county magistrate of Neihuang was not a brave character either. When he suddenly heard that Guo Peng's army was attacking, he was frightened out of his wits and hurriedly abandoned the city to flee for his life. The whole county was in chaos.

Guo Peng obtained Neihuang County without any effort, and then led troops to sweep the surrounding manors, taking advantage of the chaos to sweep up the manors and looting war supplies, without encountering any strong obstacles.

On June 22, after Guo Peng occupied Neihuang County, he continued to lead his troops northward. This time, the goal was very simple, which was Yecheng.

After the capture of Neihuang County, there was no fortress that could hinder Guo Peng's advance, and there was no fortress that could hinder Guo Peng's advance.

Those who stayed in Yecheng were engaged in the governance under Yuan Shao's command, and the representatives of local scholars in Jizhou were assigned to examine Zhengnan.

On June [-], before Guo Peng led his army to attack Fanyang County, Gao Lan and Yan Liang sent people back to report the incident to Yecheng and asked for reinforcements.

On the [-]th, the day before Guo Peng occupied Neihuang County, the judge who stayed behind in Yecheng was shocked when he learned about it.

Chapter 321 Guo Zifeng is not a benevolent master

Although Tian Feng always thought that Guo Peng would go north to attack, but the judge did not think so.

He believed that Guo Peng encountered Lu Bu's surprise attack not long ago, and suffered a lot of losses. He would not have the energy to start a war for at least a year.

As a result, I never expected that Guo Peng would actually start the war in advance.

Where is his confidence?

Trial does not understand.

However, the judge quickly calmed down, and immediately sent people to act in two ways.

On the way, more than a thousand cavalry escorted the family members of Yuan Shao and other important figures and immediately went north to Gaoyang County Council and Yuan Shao.

The judge thinks that Yecheng is no longer safe, even if it is not captured temporarily, once it is surrounded, Yuan Shao will be unable to move.

Drawing on past experience, it is now necessary to send all family members of important officials to Yuan Shao, so as not to be exploited by Guo Peng.

It has to be said that the judge's head is indeed very clear.

The second way is to send troops to the south to investigate the intelligence of Guo Peng's advance to the north.

The information he knows now is very little, only the news of the invasion of about [-] to [-] troops sent by Gao Lan and Yan Liang, which is not enough.

Two groups of troops were sent out. On the 23rd, the judge learned that Fanyang County's rout had been found south of Yecheng.

The examiner was so shocked that he almost passed out.

Ten thousand troops are finished like this?

Isn't Guo Peng's speed too fast?

What do Yan Liang and Gao Lan do to eat?

One by one, they are known as the famous generals of Hebei, but it turns out that this is the famous general method?

Even [-] troops can't stop Guo Peng's progress. It seems that things are going to be serious this time.

The trial and allocation did not think too much, and made a decisive decision. Immediately issued an order to fortify the walls and clear the fields and a mobilization order, and used the army in the city to forcibly move the Li people around Yecheng into Yecheng for resettlement.

Then mobilize all the strong men in the city to join in the defense of the city, and seize the time to wantonly destroy houses outside the city, destroy fields, destroy bridges, block and pollute wells, dig ditches and set traps everywhere.

The city wall is full of defensive weapons, and the forced conscripts are organized into teams, responsible for delivering ordnance and supplies to the defenders on the city wall, and announcing a curfew order.

Then, the judges negotiated with various powerful families in the city, hoping to recruit their family soldiers to join the city defense army.

At this time, people are not very happy with the words of some families.

They feel that Guo Peng is coming in menacingly, Fanyang County is gone, and the [-] troops are wiped out. The famous Hebei generals Yan Liang and Gao Lan can't stop Guo Peng's troops. Seeing that the city of Ye is about to die, isn't Yuan Shao a rabbit? Tail can't grow?

Then sending troops to help Yuan Shao at this time is tantamount to being bound to Yuan Shao. If Yuan Shao falls and Guo Peng occupies Hebei, what should they do if they are settled by Guo Pengqiu?

The judge had insight into the minds of these people, and while throwing all his family's private soldiers into the battle of defending the city, and letting his two sons go to the city to fight as an example, he reasoned with them.

"Yuan Gong is lenient in government and benevolent, and he treats you with the utmost benevolence. How many people in the world can treat you so leniently like Yuan Gong? If it is Guo Zifeng, can you guarantee that Guo Zifeng can treat you like Yuan Gong?" ?”

When the judge said this, people began to think about the family's words.

The reviewer was right.

Yuan Shao's governance of Jizhou was indeed very lenient and the laws were loose, enough for these powerful families to gallop freely in the middle of the laws without any damage.

As a leader of the gentry, with power and knowledge in his hands, Yuan Shao was relatively tolerant towards these powerful and powerful landlords, unlike the Han government that always suppressed powerful landlords.

What's more important is that the tax is extremely low, there is no competition between cruel officials and tyrants for the tax population, and it is only necessary to provide some food when Yuan Shao needs it.

Such a good condition is simply a paradise for the powerful gentry.

It is not very clear how Guo Zifeng governs, but as a nobleman, there is no saying that he treats the people generously under Guo Zifeng's rule. This is enough for them to think about who to help.

Who to help depends mainly on which ruler can better protect their interests.

Compared now, it is indeed Yuan Shao who can better protect everyone's interests.

They are thinking.

At this time, the judge said another sentence, which completely helped them make up their minds.

"Guo Zifeng was born in the Guo family of Yingchuan, the Guo family of Yingchuan, and the family biography "Xiao Dulu". Is it better for a benevolent Lord or for the rule of law, don’t you all have your own opinions?”

The powerful landlords suddenly realized.

Guo Zifeng likes to use the law, while Yuan Shao was born in the Runan Yuan family of "Meng Shi Yi", a standard Confucian family with lenient governance.

You can figure out how to choose with your toes.

So they all decided to help Yuan Shao and protect their own interests.

A group of powerful landlords dispatched private soldiers from their families one after another to join in the battle of defending the city under the command of the powerful tribe.

Shenpei got more than 5000 private soldiers from the aristocratic family, plus the 1 elite soldiers left by Yuan Shao, the total number is [-], and there are [-] to [-] strong men organized in the city, enough to defend the city. up.

The defeat of Gao Lan and Yan Liang, in the opinion of the judge, was more likely to be caught off guard. Guo Peng's attack was too sudden, and they were not prepared in time, so they lost the battle.

Now that he has enough time to deploy his defenses in Yecheng, he will definitely not make it easier for Guo Peng.

With such preparations, the judges felt much more at ease. When Cao Chun, Guo Peng's vanguard, arrived to inspect the surrounding areas of Yecheng on the 25th, the judges decisively ordered the defenders in the city to prepare for war, beat drums to cheer, and deter Cao Chun.

Cao Chun looked from a distance and saw that Yecheng was heavily guarded. He knew that this battle was not easy to fight, so he sent someone back to inform Guo Peng.

"Judgment, Judgment, Zhengnan, General Yuan's subordinates are engaged in governance. He is very solemn and rigorous. He has won the trust of General Yuan. He will never surrender."

Gao Lan explained honestly.

Guo Peng nodded, feeling that his idea of ​​killing all of Yuan Shao's family members here would not succeed.

Being able to be left by Yuan Shao to guard the lair must be someone who is especially trusted, and his status is just like that of Guo Peng's Cheng Li.

As for the audition, this person, Guo Peng, has heard of it and has a deep memory.

This man defended Yecheng for half a year, and Cao Cao's superior force had no way to take him, and it was useless to attack Flooded City. In the end, his nephew Kaicheng surrendered, and Cao Cao took Yecheng. Otherwise, he might still be able to survive. One or two months.

At that time, his two sons were captured by Cao Cao on the front line of Wuchao. Cao Cao threatened his son to open the city, but he was unmoved.

To put it simply, Judgment is not a very talented person, but a stubborn one, like Gao Shun, is not the kind of person who can be subdued, and belongs to the type that must be killed.

Although Guo Peng has no prejudice against him, if he stops in front of Guo Peng, Guo Peng will definitely not give him good fruit to eat.

Chapter 322

On June 27th in the fourth year of Chuping, Guo Peng led a large army to Yecheng, set up camp and surrounded the city.

After observing the city defenses, I feel that the review and allocation is really a dead-brain. All the city defenses are done strictly according to the standard configuration in the art of war.

Of course, this is nothing new, but it won't make a big mistake, and it will be more troublesome to attack.

A man in a rut can be really hard to deal with sometimes because he is so rigid and has very few loopholes.

Guo Peng was thinking that he sent people across the sea to Liaodong to disseminate the Yuan Xiwen, but Yecheng did not receive the Yuan Xiwen, so he sent people to put five copies of the Yuan Xiwen in bags and shot them into the city with a strong crossbow.

The judge got these five papers to discuss Yuan, picked up one, unfolded it to look at it, and was immediately furious.

Guo Peng told all the scandals that Yuan Shao did before, and then he also carried out his own artistic processing on it, slandering Yuan Shao as a person who deceived the world and stealing his name, and secretly cooperated with Dong Zhuo to harm the Kwantung righteous men. In the past, he was plotting against the law, being unfaithful and unfilial.

It's almost able to revive the dead from the grave. If Yuan Shao sees this, why don't you die of anger on the spot and then resurrect?

Although the judge admitted that he knew the inside story of many things, and he also knew that Yuan Shao's doing this matter was indeed unkind.