At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Xu You righteously accused the two of them: "At this time, are you going to reveal your true colors?"

"This……"

Zhang He and Zhao Rui looked anxious and wanted to say something else. Xu You waved his hand and said, "If you stick to it and buy time for the general to retreat to Ji County, then the general can still protect your family. If not, your family And how to keep it safe?"

Xu You's words caught the lifeblood of Zhang Yun and Zhao Rui, and the two were speechless immediately.

The family members are all in Ji County, and they have become hostages. If they are not guarded here, what will the family members do?

The two looked at each other with sad faces, and finally could only bear back their grief and dissatisfaction, and accepted the order.

So Xu You, Feng Ji, Gao Gan and others immediately rectified their troops and horses. They gathered two thousand cavalry, brought enough rations, and rushed away to protect Yuan Shao.

Escape to also.

Zhang He and Zhao Rui were left behind with [-] solitary troops to guard the isolated city, and the food in the city was only three or four days at most.

This is the rhythm of death.

"what should we do?"

Zhao Rui looked at Zhang Yun with a lifeless face.

"I don't know. Can the war continue to be fought at this point? In this battle, General Yuan lost everything he could lose. Guo Zifeng's momentum was like a rainbow, and Jizhou collapsed. General Yuan will give up Jizhou and flee. After going to Youzhou, can we regain our momentum?"

Zhang He shook his head and said, "I guess, even if General Yuan returns to Ji County, he won't be able to get the support of the nobles in Youzhou. He can only continue to flee north or east, or even to the grassland. Once Guo Zifeng chases after him Don't give up, the thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty will not have a foothold for General Yuan."

The more Zhao Rui heard it, the more chilling he became.

"Then what about me waiting? If I wait, I will become a meaningless abandoned child? What will happen to my family?"

"do not know."

Zhang He sighed deeply: "Man is a knife and I am a fish. What else can we do?"

"I……"

Zhao Rui frowned, clenched his teeth, and his breathing became short of breath.

After a while, Zhao Rui opened his mouth.

"Jun Yi, why don't we just surrender."

Zhang He was stunned.

"Are you crazy? If we surrender, our family will die without a place to die!"

"I'm not crazy!"

Zhao Rui roared: "Yuan Benchu ​​didn't treat us as human beings, he left us here to die, but even if we die, will our family members survive? Will we not be abandoned by Yuan Benchu? Or after we die, Yuan Benchu ​​was chased by Guo Zifeng, how can our family survive?"

Zhang He froze on the spot, opened his mouth, unable to utter a word.

What he said did make sense.

Could it be that if they died in battle here, could their family members live?

"Junyi, you don't think we're the only ones who think this way, do you? The soldiers below are all thinking this way! If we persist, it may even lead to a mutiny. Once the food is gone, we will die without a place to die! Yuan Benchu ​​took We are abandoned, and we don't care about our life or death!"

Zhao Rui lowered his throat and roared: "Since this is the case, why should we care about his life?! If the whole city surrenders, we can still fight for wealth! There is also the possibility of saving our family members! As long as we are alive, it is possible! If we If you die, everything will be over!"

Zhao Rui's betrayal had already begun, and Zhang Yun was very shaken.

The next day, in the early morning of September 5000, Guo Peng's pursuers Zhao Yun, Cao Chun and [-] cavalry from Nanlou's troops pursued to Zhending County and returned to Zhao Yun's hometown.

Afterwards, they took Guo Peng's warrant and joined Zhang Yan's unit in the Changshan Army, joining forces with Zhang Yan.

When Zhang Yan learned that Guo Peng had defeated Yuan Shao's army, Yuan Shao broke up and fled. He was very pleasantly surprised, and immediately joined forces with Zhao Yun and others to attack Zhending County.

Then, Kaesong, the county seat of Zhending, surrendered.

The guards Zhang He and Zhao Rui surrendered together with more than [-] soldiers. They put down their weapons and knelt on the ground with their heads in their hands, begging for surrender.

Cao Chun accepted Zhang He and Zhao Rui's surrender on behalf of Guo Peng, and then asked them why.

"Yuan Benchu ​​didn't regard us as human beings, he only regarded us as abandoned sons, and fled to Ji County with his own people. He only gave us food for three or four days. If we fought to the death, we would definitely die here. He is not kind, so why should we treat him? Loyal?"

Zhao Rui said so.

Zhang Yun sighed, and said, "This is the end of the matter, I'm exhausted waiting for the day to come back, Hebei must belong to General Guo, why bother to bring these soldiers to die together? Why don't we find a way out for everyone."

Cao Chun nodded, took note of the two men's answers, then incorporated the surrendered soldiers into the army, and also Zhang He and Zhao Rui, and immediately went north with them, letting them lead the way to Ji County.

They didn't stop Guo Peng's pursuers for even a day, so Guo Peng's pursuers continued to chase Yuan Shao's remnants, still eyeing Yuan Shao tightly, and still biting Yuan Shao tightly.

Yuan Shao no longer had the strength to fight back, he had to keep running away, keep running away, otherwise, there would be no chance at all.

On the way to escape, Xu You also discussed with Feng Ji, and felt that the rich family in Youzhou would not continue to support Yuan Shao, and Youzhou became dangerous instead. After arriving in Jixian County, all family members must be taken away immediately, and then continue to escape to the east.

"If you go east, where else can you go? Or stand on your own? The farther east you go, the more people are mixed with Hu and Han. It is impossible to resist Guo Zifeng. If you want to go to Liaodong, only Gongsun Du's subordinate Liaodong can go. "

Xu You said so.

But Feng Ji was full of embarrassment.

"Gongsun Du separatized Liaodong and claimed to be Liaodong Hou Pingzhou Mu. His disobedience is obvious. Let's go to him. Is there any way out?"

"If you don't go to him, do you want to wait to be caught and beheaded by Guo Zifeng? Or flee north to the grassland and become a barbarian who drinks blood?"

Xu You gritted his teeth: "The most important thing now is to survive! It is to keep Minggong alive, so that we have a chance to regain momentum!"

All the way to flee, all the way to die.

Compared with Yuan Shao's miserable situation, Guo Peng is much happier.

The current Jizhou is a world of ice and fire, with ice on one side and fire on the other, destroying the powerful landlords who helped Yuan Shao on the one hand, and appeasing the powerful landlords who did not help Yuan Shao at the same time.

Throughout Guo Peng's journey, the army has never been short of food, and even its own food reserves have not been consumed much.

It was all contributed by the powerful landlords in Jizhou.

Not only food, but also money to help the army, as well as chariots, horses and livestock, to help Guo Peng advance with all his strength.

The counties along the way were basically taken easily, and no stubborn cities were encountered.

All the way forward, he controlled the counties and counties of Jizhou all the way. By the time Yuan Shao fled back to Jixian, Guo Peng had controlled more than half of Jizhou.

Most of Jizhou is also actively cooperating with Guo Peng to control themselves, even helping Guo Peng to attack and eliminate the families that helped Yuan Shao, for fear of encountering what happened to those defeated.

Burning, looting, and then confiscating property, everything was seized by the victors. They are no strangers to such a tragedy, but they don't want to encounter such a thing.

Everyone has a desire to survive, but some people have a stronger desire to survive.

Chapter 346 .340 Five in Xia Yuyang Tianyu

Some of the eliminated landlords chose to resist, some chose to escape, and some chose to kneel down and beg for mercy, but none of them made sense.

The fate of following Yuan Shao to attack General Yuan Gonglu is like this, everyone must be clear about how to stand in line in the future!

Someone Guo said so.

While Guo Peng controls the counties and counties in Jizhou, he registers the land that can be controlled, which is the most critical.

Relying on Yuan Shu's prestige this time is beneficial, because half of the tyrants in Jizhou did not help Yuan Shao, but there are also disadvantages. The remaining half of the tyrants survived and need to be appeased.

Guo Peng is equivalent to controlling half of Jizhou, and the remaining half is just a symbolic control.

This is also a very normal thing. When he decided to use Yuan Shu's banner to attack Yuan Shao in the north, Guo Peng knew about such a thing, so he hoped that Jizhou would have more loyal ministers.

Half is not bad.

The remaining half can be discussed later. Now, first take this half, occupy it, and make it your own, and then clean up Yuan Shao, plot part of Youzhou, and even Bingzhou.

That means turning what Yuan Shao originally owned into his own.

At its peak, Yuan Shao claimed to own the four prefectures of Ji, Qing, You and Bing, but in fact, Jizhou was the core, and Youzhou was less than half. Bingzhou also occupied one Shangdang County, and Qingzhou occupied half.

Known as the four prefectures, it actually only has a little more land than the two prefectures, and Guo Peng completely occupied the Qingyan prefecture, and obtained the entire Ji prefecture and part of the Youbing prefecture, which is stronger than Yuan Shao in various senses.

The status of the world's number one vassal has actually been obtained, although he himself cannot claim himself in this way.

Great opportunities come with great challenges, and if we want to keep the fruits of victory, we need something, something very important.

Now is not the time to be happy.

The further north he went, the more people took refuge in him, and the more territory he occupied, the more nervous Guo Peng became.

No, not yet to relax, not to enjoy, not even to celebrate victory.

Absolutely, absolutely must capture Yuan Shao and his family members.

If he didn't get Yuan Shao and his family, his situation would be a bit delicate.

Yuan Shao is an important pawn for Guo Peng's crucial move.

He now has unlimited hopes for Zhao Yun, Cao Chun and Nanlou, hoping that they can catch up with Yuan Shao and wrap them up in one go.

Of course, he also knows that this is difficult, at least in terms of speed.

If Yuan Shao fled all the way to the east of Youzhou, it would really not be a good thing for Guo Peng. The east of Youzhou was mixed with fish and dragons, and there was a Gongsundu separatist side, so Guo Peng couldn't reach that far.

If you really want to do that, it will be troublesome.

Therefore, if Zhao Yun and the others can't catch up, they can only rely on Yan Rou.

With both approaches, there is always a way to catch Yuan Shao, right?

If destiny is my destiny, let me capture Yuan Shao.

Whether it's Zhao Yun or Yan Rou, you must, must capture Yuan Shao!

Guo Peng prayed silently in his heart.

On September 23rd in the fourth year of Chuping, Yuan Shao fled back to the county seat of Jixian County. After placing the disabled soldiers outside the county seat of Jixian County, Yuan Shao was also left outside the city. Xu You, Feng Ji and a group of soldiers entered the city.

Their plan is very simple. They confirm that no one in Youzhou knows the news of Yuan Shao's defeat. The news has not been delivered yet. They must take advantage of this opportunity to get their family members and some of the food stored in Jixian County, and then they can escape victoriously.

Yuan Shao was too conspicuous to appear, and had to stay outside the city to hide his presence.

Xu You and Feng Ji chose to bring only a small number of soldiers into the city, pretending that everything was normal.

Sure enough, the people of Youzhou didn't know that the front line had been defeated and Yuan Shao was about to die. The county magistrate of Ji County brought people to greet him and asked Xu You and Feng Ji why they came back.

"General Yuan is still on the front line. Now the front line is short of food, horses, and soldiers. I hope to recruit another batch of soldiers, horses, food, and grass when I come back. How many soldiers, horses, food, and grass are there in Jixian County?"

The county magistrate of Ji County nodded when he heard the words, and said, "There is still some food and grass for soldiers and horses. I wonder how much General Yuan needs?"

"Take me to the granary to have a look, and then make a decision."

Xu You said so.

The county magistrate of Ji County nodded and took Xu You to the granary.

Feng Ji went to the family members of Yuan Jun's officials and generals alone under the pretext of doing business.

The county magistrate of Ji County took Xu You to the location of the granary and asked Xu You to go in and check.

After Xu You entered the granary, he was very happy to see the piles of grain sacks. He felt that there was enough grain for his escape, so he planned to ask the county magistrate of Ji County to load the grain and grass into a car and transport it out of the city.

As a result, the door of the granary was closed suddenly, and the inside of the granary was suddenly dark, only a ray of light shone down from the top. Immediately afterwards, a large number of people with steel knives surrounded Xu You.

"Who are you guys? What's going on? County Magistrate Zhao! County Magistrate Zhao!"

Xu You didn't react at all, and shouted at Magistrate Zhao.

But no one responded to him.

Only a few big men rushed forward, pressed Xu You to the ground, and then directly tied him up. No matter how much Xu You struggled, it was useless.

Several of his soldiers were also killed outside the warehouse. Xu You shouted in panic, but no one came to rescue him.

On the other hand, Fengji wanted to secretly take away Yuan Shao's family members and the family members of Yuan's high-ranking officials together under the pretext of doing business. He first notified them to make preparations, and then left Jixian county in disguise.

Fengji thinks this is the safest way.

As a result, Fengji let the gatekeeper open the gate and entered Yuan's mansion, but the gate was closed behind him, and then dozens of strong men holding steel knives appeared in front of Fengji.

Feng Ji was so shocked that he couldn't even resist, so he was suppressed by the big guys and tied up.

The guards who stayed outside the door were naturally hacked to death by the big men who had ambushed in advance.

"I'm Fengji! I'm Fengji! Why are you arresting me!!!"