At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

With this skill, Mr. Guo can do many, many things.

For example, someone in Guo instigated Zhang Yan, the leader of the Yellow Turban in Montenegro, to attack Yuan Shao and restrain part of Yuan Shao's army.

Guo Peng has been in contact with Zhang Yan of the Black Mountain Army through the spies of the Linzi Camp for several years.

As for Zhang Yan, because Guo made great contributions in the war against the Yellow Turban Army, and the deaths of several leaders of the Yellow Turban Army were inseparable from Guo, it was difficult to contact him.

But Zhang Yan is not a person living in the past, he is a very smart person.

In the gap between the spheres of influence of the Yuan family, Dong Zhuo, and the Huns, they used the Taihang Mountains in Hebei to develop a base of their own, gathered millions of people, and could train tens of thousands of troops. .

In the endless Taihang Mountains, Zhang Yan used her keen sense of smell to gradually change her background as a yellow scarf thief through several political speculations. In the end, she was able to worship the general and become a marquis, died of old age, and passed on the title to her descendants offspring.

His great-grandson even participated in the Eight Kings Rebellion in the Western Jin Dynasty, served as a subordinate of Zhao Wang Sima Lun, and even became a high-ranking official.

During the massive Yellow Turban Rebellion that lasted for decades, countless famous thieves, big and small, emerged. Among these people, only Zhang Yan had the last laugh.

Such a person will definitely not stick to the petty hatred of the past. Compared with the hatred of ten years ago, he will definitely care more about the life and death in front of him.

Zhang Yan is an excellent trader.

In his political speculation career, the only failure was when he invested in Gongsun Zan. Of course, there was no way for him to do so, as he had an enmity with Yuan Shao very early on.

At that time, the only one who could confront Yuan Shao was Gongsun Zan. An enemy of an enemy is a friend. Regardless of whether the enemy of the enemy can succeed or not, we must help.

Facing the coming Yuan Shao's revenge, Zhang Yan, whose strength is far inferior to Yuan Shao's, must be very afraid. He needs a new backer.

Guo Peng chose to contact Zhang Yan after he became the shepherd of Qingzhou and fought with Yuan Shao, because Zhang Yan voluntarily announced that he would join the alliance to clean up his crimes when the princes were asking for Dong, although no one paid attention to him.

At that time, it was just greeting each other, and there was not much communication. Zhang Yan did not reject Guo Peng's friendship, and kept in touch with him.

Later, Guo Peng asked Zhang Yan to buy some things symbolically, and also gave him some things, and the relationship between them was relatively relaxed.

Before sending troops to the Northern Expedition this time, Guo Peng secretly contacted Zhang Yan through the spies of the Linzi Camp.

The content of contacting Zhang Yan is very simple, just say that he is about to go to the Northern Expedition, so he hopes that Zhang Yan can support his Northern Expedition and send troops to attack Yuan Shao's rear, such as Changshan Kingdom, to relieve Guo Peng's pressure.

Then, in the name of Zhendong General and Qingzhou Mu, Zhang Yan was appointed as General Fenwei and Shangdang Prefect.

After Guo Peng eliminated Yuan Shao, he would give his outstanding clan children the opportunity to study.

Zhang Yan was very happy after reading Guo Peng's letter.

Gongsun Zan is dying, so it is necessary to embrace new thighs and carry out brand-new political speculation.

Guo Peng, who repeatedly thwarted Yuan Shao's plots and won the title of General Zhendong, is obviously a powerful potential stock. If you don't take refuge in him at this time, when will you wait to take refuge in him?

Guo Peng believes that Zhang Yan will make the right choice.

Zhang Yan must not have the possibility of going to university, relying on himself, taking refuge in Yingchuan Guo's Vocational Law College is the only chance to change his destiny, the opportunity is in front of him, how to choose is entirely up to oneself.

Now that Zhang Yan really made the right choice, his future must be bright.

Guo can guarantee it, because he likes subordinates with humble backgrounds the most.

The more humble, unsupported, and lonely, the more he likes him, and the more he will let this kind of person take on important responsibilities.

As long as the ability passes the test, everything is not a problem.

In addition, because Guo Peng ordered Cao Hong and Chen Gong to march into Bohai County to share the offensive pressure, Yuan Shao allocated another 1 troops to attack Bohai County in an attempt to retake Bohai County. The [-] troops depended on how Cao Hong and Chen Gong operated.

There was Zang Hong behind them. Guo Peng had sent orders to Zang Hong earlier to let Zang Hong lead the reserve army and provide necessary help to Cao Hong and Chen Gong when necessary to withstand the onslaught of Yuan Shao's troops.

After dispersing 6 troops, Yuan Shao, with the help of the "people", had a main force of [-], including [-] Karasuma cavalry, and came towards Guo Peng aggressively.

At this time, Guo Peng claimed to have an army of [-] to attack Jizhou, but in fact he had [-] elite soldiers at his disposal, and he had to divide [-] to encircle Yecheng.

The rest are all auxiliary soldiers and civilian husbands.

After learning that Yuan Shao had unleashed the peerless skill of "Four Generations and Three Dukes", Guo, who is as stable as an old dog, also felt that it would be better to have more soldiers and horses, at least not to lose in momentum.

So someone Guo ordered [-] soldiers and horses to be recruited from Yanzhou. When Yuan Shao's army is about to arrive, he can use [-] soldiers and horses to fight against it.

Sixty thousand versus thirty thousand, regardless of the quality and combat effectiveness of the army, it is a hellish situation no matter how you look at it.

It is obvious that Guo is the aggressor who plotted and calculated, why does it seem that the aggressor is even weaker now?

Four generations and three males, that's great, that's great!

As long as Yuan Shi doesn't kill himself, it's really hard to die.

Yes, as long as Yuan doesn't commit suicide himself.

Then as a licking dog, Mr. Guo will never recover.

Unless Yuan Shi really killed himself.

Only someone from Guo could seize the fleeting opportunity to reveal his true colors.

Huskies and wolves look alike, right?

After calculating the comparison of the strength of the enemy and ourselves, Guo Peng called his advisers and generals to discuss it. In order to be more stable, he decided to temporarily stop the march.

Use the currently occupied Handan as the main defensive city of the army, and face Yuan Shao's main army near here.

There is no danger to defend on the Great Plains of Hebei. The army fights face to face. There is no terrain to use. The battle is the combat effectiveness of the army and the commanding ability of the generals. Guo Peng will concentrate his elite troops to fight Yuan Shao's army to the death.

The patchwork army under Yuan Shao's command does not have weak individual combat effectiveness, which can be seen from their backgrounds.

Karasuma people and wealthy private soldiers.

Needless to say, the people of Karasuma are very good cavalrymen since they were very good at arching horses since they were young.

Needless to say, the wealthy private soldiers.

Equipped with their own armor, weapons, and war horses, the Zhendong Army is not inferior to Guo Peng in terms of equipment, and the level of training may not be low. In order to protect themselves, the wealthy will not be stingy with training private soldiers.

Of course, on the battlefield, the combat effectiveness of individual soldiers is nothing at all. What really matters is their cooperation. This is where Guo Peng's strength lies, and it is also where Yuan Shao's army's greatest weakness lies.

The formation time is short, the running-in between each other is not enough, they come from various households, it is difficult to cooperate, and it is easy to go their own way, let alone cooperate in combat.

Perhaps Yuan Shao didn't care too much about this, because he really had a lot of people.

Yuan Shao's army is not like an army. For Guo Peng, this is one of the biggest opportunities for victory.

Another opportunity for victory is also hidden in the camp of Yuan Shao's army. If it can be effective, it will definitely drive Yuan Shao into the abyss in one breath, making him never recover, and let the half of Youzhou and Jizhou invest in Yuan Shao's power The landlords suffered a blood loss together.

Chapter 332 .330-Yuan Shao gritted his teeth and hated Guo Peng

On July 27, several wealthy families from Youzhou, headed by the Xianyu family, came to Handan to seek refuge with Guo Peng.

Guo Peng was not surprised by this, because he knew that these people did not come to take refuge in him, but came to take refuge in Yuan's banner behind him.

"Yuan Benchu's army is overwhelming, and the wealthy families in Youzhou and Jizhou support Yuan Benchu ​​one after another. Now I am the most dangerous one. Why did you abandon your ancestral business and join me?"

Guo Peng immediately met the spokespersons of these families in person and chatted with them.

As a representative, Xian Yufu said to Guo Peng: "The general is brave and good at fighting. This is something that everyone in Youzhou knows. Although Yuan Benchu ​​has four generations and three generations, I never thought that Yuan Benchu ​​was such a deceitful person. How can you work under the command of a bully?"

"I see."

Of course Guo Peng would not take such words seriously, but he was curious about the vision of these families.

Do they really think they can defeat Yuan Shao?

"But now that Yuan Benchu's army is going south, there are many soldiers and many generals. I can't compete with him. Does Mr. Xianyu really think that I can defeat Yuan Benchu?"

Guo Peng took Xian Yufu's hand and asked him to sit down, and sat down with him face to face to discuss the matter.

"Although Yuan Benchu ​​seems to be powerful, but Yuan Benchu ​​is a fierce and indifferent person. He has never won a battle with a general, not to mention that the general who fought this time has great righteousness, and Yuan Benchu ​​is a person who deceives the world and steals his name. In this way, who can win the result? Isn't that clear enough?"

Guo Peng was very interested in Xian Yufu's remarks.

"What does Mr. Xianyu think is the biggest weakness of Yuan Benchu's army?"

Xianyu Fulue thought for a while, and then replied: "The biggest weakness of Yuan Benchu's army is that the people are not united. His army is all improvised, and they are not familiar with each other. It is hard to say that they can cooperate in battle. hidden dangers, but Yuan Benchu ​​doesn't seem to care."

Guo Peng nodded.

"Above the battle formation, the cooperation between the army formations is very important. Yuan Benchu ​​thought too much to defeat me immediately, so he didn't pay much attention to it. Since this is the case, I have confidence. Choose to rely on me, and when I win, I will definitely not treat you badly."

Mr. Guo is also very used to saying this kind of words, which is very clichéd.

Anyway, they came to join Yuan Shu's subordinate Guo Peng, not Guo Peng himself.

But right now, Guo Peng doesn't care much about this matter.

Someone came to seek refuge, or came from the enemy's camp. For Guo, it was already a big victory. This was enough to prove the troubles Yuan Shao encountered after he activated the skill of fighting against others.

In the final analysis, it was still Yuan Shu, and it was still Yuan Shu.

It was because Yuan Shu beat Yuan Shao that Yuan Shao lost half of his support in the home game. Otherwise, the whole of Hebei would go crazy under the condition that Yuan Shao opened up the learning qualifications of "Meng Shi Yi".

But because of Yuan Shu, half of the tyrannical landlords stepped on the brakes, swallowed, touched his neck, and felt that life was more important.

If it wasn't for Yuan Shu, would it be like this?

Thinking about it like this, Guo was really troubled.

He began to think, if this battle was won beautifully, what should he do next?

What should I do to make myself a real winner instead of making Yuan Shu a real winner?

Mr. Guo thought carefully and thought of some meaningful solutions.

But before that, someone Guo had to overturn Yuan Shao and get Yuan Shao's head.

On the seventh day of August, Yuan Shao's army set off from Changtao County, the seat of Julu County, and arrived at Ren County, Julu County, but found that the county seat was empty.

Pioneer reported to Yuan Shao that there were no people around the county town, roads, bridges and buildings were destroyed, and all the summer grains that could be harvested in the fields were harvested first.

Yuan Shao was very surprised when he heard the report, and ordered the vanguard to continue southward to Nanhe County. The vanguard repaired roads and bridges with difficulty, and advanced with difficulty, and found that the situation in Nanhe County was exactly the same as that in Ren County.

There are no people, the roads are destroyed, the bridges are damaged, and the buildings are also destroyed. All the things that can be used in the county are looted, leaving only an empty shell.

The vanguard continued to go south, and the same was true for Guangnian County, and then went south into Zhao State, and found that the same was true for Yiyang County in Zhao State.

Departing from Yiyang County to Handan, on the way, they encountered an interception by Guo Peng's general Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao led cavalry to attack Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang's vanguard army. Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang had to retreat. in conclusion.

After getting the report, Yuan Shao frowned, very annoyed.

The five advisers under his command immediately pointed out that this was Guo Peng's strategy of fortifying the walls and clearing the fields to block the enemy's advance. I am afraid that many counties south of the line of Changtao County have been looted by Guo Peng, leaving only an empty shell.

All the population was plundered by Guo Peng forcefully and forced to go to Wei County in the south. Except for a very small number of people who escaped, it was basically a no-man's land.

"Guo Zifeng knew that he was invincible, so he must have transferred all the population and materials in this area to Wei County, and even to Yanzhou. This beast is insidious and cunning, and he has already prepared a retreat for himself. It seems that he may not plan to continue going north. gone."

Xu You made a judgment based on this.

It took Guo Peng a while to create a vacuum of population resources before Yuan Shao went south.

Originally, Yuan Shao was playing at home and Guo Peng was playing away, so Yuan Shao had an absolute advantage.

As a result, Guo Peng dispatched a large army, mobilized auxiliary soldiers and civilian husbands, and forcibly looted all the population and materials in this large area with weapons.

No man's land appeared.

Guo Peng's doing so is equivalent to directly pulling Yuan Shao's home game advantage to the same level as his own, and using his rich experience to gain the advantage.

Yuan Shao couldn't obtain local supplies in this area, so he had to build new granaries, store grain and grass, and repair roads to ensure timely supplies before he could go south to fight Guo Peng.

Yuan Shao scolded Guo Peng for this, but he had no choice but to work hard on the journey from Changtao County to Yiyang County.

It took a lot of time to set up granaries, repair roads and bridges to facilitate the advance of the [-] troops.

And Guo Peng has been fully prepared, and may even be ready to withdraw his troops, plundering a large number of the population of his Wei County, Qinghe State, and Bohai County to Yanzhou, which has dealt a heavy blow to his strength.

Yuan Shao suddenly felt a punch on the cotton.

I came here aggressively, but you actually wanted to run away?

don't run!Stop for me!

So sick of me, now you want to run?

How easy!Pay me!

Yuan Shao wants to chase.

But the food roads must be arranged first, and the roads for the army to march must be prepared, because Guo Peng destroyed them all.

The [-] army is huge and has high requirements for roads and bridges, but Guo Peng destroys roads very well.