At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

"Now it's not four generations and three princes. Yuan Gonglu is now the emperor who usurped the Han and established himself. Isn't the Yuan family a fake royal family?"

"Yuan Gonglu really dares to really ignore the emperor."

"It's no wonder if you want me to say this. The dignified emperor was defeated and captured. Isn't this the image of a subjugated country?"

The civil servants gathered together to whisper, and the generals also gathered together to whisper, and a few of them closed their eyes and meditated in silence.

They were all sure that Guo Peng was going to make a big move, but no one knew what kind of big move it was, and no one dared to make a final decision on who it was aimed at.

With the opening of the inner door, everyone lined up in a neat queue to enter the meeting hall of the General's Mansion, standing in line according to their respective status and positions, while the scholars headed by Cai Yong lined up in the side seats, waiting for Guo Peng coming.

Soon, Guo Peng, dressed in the uniform of Han Wuchen, took the main seat, scanned the arriving civil and military personnel, and then sat down slowly.

Seeing Guo Peng attending an important meeting in Han Wuchen's uniform, many people were inexplicably relieved, and the whole person suddenly relaxed.

Xun Yu is the representative.

When he saw Guo Peng wearing the crown uniform of Han Wuchen, he heaved a sigh of relief, with a sincere smile on his face.

And Cai Yong never doubted Guo Peng's intentions from the beginning to the end, so he kept smiling and nodding, feeling sincerely grateful for his choice.

"Meet the general."

Civil and military people bowed and saluted.

"Excuse me, everyone, please sit down."

Guo Peng said slowly: "Today, I gathered all of you in the general's mansion, and you should know what it is for, yes, it is for Yuan Gonglu to usurp the Han and establish a false statement. I need to say more, everyone is very clear, this is an act of usurping!"

Guo Pengyi stood up with a face full of righteousness and righteousness: "The 400-year-old man has been in the world, can he end it if he says it is over? The emperor was defeated and trapped in the enemy camp. Isn't it time for me and my servants to try to rescue them?

Not only did Yuan Gonglu not try every means to rescue the emperor, but he even took advantage of the situation to proclaim himself emperor, established a false Chen and exterminated himself from the world. Isn't this a long-planned conspiracy to rebel?The Yuan family in Runan, four generations and three princes, has been favored by the country for more than a hundred years, but in the end they don't want to repay the country's favor, and they actually rebel against the Han and stand on their own!

Guo Zifeng is ashamed to be with such an ungrateful move, such a behavior that deviates from the correct truth!Guo Zifeng is the great general of the Han Dynasty, not his fake general of Hussars!Yuan Gonglu usurped the Han Dynasty to stand on his own, disregarding the hearts of the world, and he will surely perish himself! "

Saying this, Guo Peng pulled out his saber, swung it at a corner of the case table, and chopped off a corner.

"Guo Zifeng swears not to collude with Han thieves, and Guo Zifeng will not allow anyone to collude with Han thieves! Rebels have such cases!"

After the declaration of righteousness, Xun Yu took the lead and knelt down on the ground, and said excitedly: "The general understands righteousness, and I bow to you!"

With Xun Yu taking the lead, the civil and military men under Guo Peng also bowed to Guo Peng, and swore allegiance to Guo Peng, and vowed not to collude with the Han thief Yuan Shu.

Cai Yong and other scholars followed suit, supporting Guo Peng's just act of safeguarding the Han Dynasty and condemning Yuan Shu's rebellious act.

This meeting laid the ideological foundation for the Guo Peng Group to collectively turn their backs on Yuan Shu and turn their backs on water, and it has been widely recognized.

So Ji Qingyou and Yan Wuzhou officially abandoned their nominal suzerain Yuan Shu under the leadership of Guo Peng, and embarked on the road of independence.

Congrats, congratulations.

Subsequently, in terms of military, political and economical aspects, Guo Peng simply and neatly carried out a comprehensive attack and blockade on the areas directly under Yuan Shu's jurisdiction, laying the foundation for victory in the crusade against Yuan Shu.

In terms of military affairs, Guo Peng found out that Yuan Shu was using troops against Jiangdong and Xuzhou. He felt that this was a great opportunity, so he immediately issued an order to go to war.

The three prefectures of Hebei did not move. This battle was dominated by the strength of the Qing and Yan prefectures. Guo Peng ordered the counties and states of the Qing and Yan prefectures to start emergency mobilization immediately.

During this period, the summer grain had been harvested and sent to the warehouses. The granaries in Qingyan and Yanzhou were well stocked, which was just right for launching a war. This battle was mainly a blow to the entire Yuzhou. The distance was short and the logistical pressure was small. Guo Peng is very favorable.

So Guo Peng ordered two marches, the first from Chenliu County, and the second from Jiyin County.

Attack all the way to the southwest, attack Yingchuan County, march all the way to the southeast, take Liang Guo and Pei Guo, capture the entire Yuzhou, and then attack Yangzhou, Yuan Shu's lair.

The specific plan was to use Chenliu County as the partial division, and Guo Peng ordered Cao Ren to be the main general, Guan Yu to be the deputy general, and Chen Gong to be the marching commander, leading [-] troops to march.

As for Jiyin County, Guo Peng personally led the troops to the south, rectified [-] soldiers and horses, went all the way south to attack Yuzhou, and then entered Yangzhou to fight Yuan Shu.

In this battle, Guo Peng planned to mobilize 20 soldiers, claiming to be [-], all elites, good generals and counselors. He would definitely kill Yuan Shu in one go, and never give him any chance to breathe.

Therefore, Guo Peng used more soldiers and horses than Yuan Shao.

Then, with no less than 15 auxiliary soldiers and civilian husbands, as well as tens of thousands of carts, livestock and other transport capacity to support logistics, we vowed to capture Yuzhou as quickly as lightning.

After the Yellow Turban, Liangzhou Iron Cavalry, Yuan Shu and many other forces raged in Yuzhou, the golden age of Yuzhou has passed, and Yuzhou, the most populous and most culturally prosperous city, is now beyond recognition.

When the war broke out, Yuzhou people fled north to Jizhou, south to Jingzhou, and east to Qingyanzhou. The rest either died or formed Wubao to defend themselves and dare not go out.

The majestic Central Plains State is now in disarray.

However, this is quite in line with Guo Peng's needs. Guo Peng just prefers ruins to beautiful manors.

So the plan to attack Yuzhou was finalized. With Guo Peng's order, the war machine turned violently, and everyone turned into a part of the war machine, and began to run at full power.

Chapter 391 Yuan Shu's Royal Conquest

In terms of politics, Yuan Shu set up the False Chen to completely cut off from the big Han without leaving any room for it. He has already stood on the opposite side of all those who still think that the Han Dynasty can protect their interests.

It's not difficult to imagine that Yuan Shu was digging his own grave by doing so, and he dug it very deep.

Anyone who holds the banner of the Han Dynasty will be an enemy of Yuan Shu, can attack Yuan Shu, and occupy the righteous name.

Guo Peng ordered his propaganda agency to go full steam ahead and tell Chen Lin all the black material about Yuan Shu that he knew.

For example, when Yuan Shu was in Luoyang, he secretly hid ordnance and had evil intentions.

For example, when Yuan Shu uttered disobedient words when he was in Nanyang, it seemed that he wanted to replace the Han emperor and stand on his own.

For example, Yuan Shu didn't take the imperial court's orders seriously. He used conspiracy and tricks to put the famous scholar Kong Rong under house arrest and seized Runan.

For example, Yuan Shu was very rude to the court envoys. He used tricks to defraud Ma Rixun of his talisman, and put Ma Rixun under house arrest, causing Ma Rixun to die of anger, which shocked people.

For example, Yuan Shu never made offerings to the court and was rude to the emperor.

Then Chen Lin wrote several editions of Yuan Xiwen day and night, and Guo Peng chose his favorite one.

That is to say, there are various indications that Yuan Shu didn't want to become emperor on a whim, but planned for a long time, but Guo didn't realize it.

It wasn't until Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor that he realized that Yuan Shu's previous actions had been premeditated. Guo felt deeply distressed and couldn't restrain his grief.

However, in order to accuse the emperor of crimes, someone from Guo will raise righteous teachers to attack the puppet Chen, in order to atone for his past crimes of not being able to distinguish loyalty from traitors and helping the tyrant to abuse.

Chen Lin's pen is still so sharp, and Guo Peng was very satisfied with this appeal to Yuan Xiwen, and then ordered to spread it to all directions.

Proclaim to the people of the world his firm stance as the general of the Great Han Conquering the Peking University, and call on the world's masters of the Han to crusade against the false Chen Emperor Yuan Shu.

At first, the careerists were still waiting and watching, but when they saw that Guo Peng first jumped out to announce a break with Yuan Shu, and then used the power of the five states to attack Yuan Shu, they immediately felt relieved, and immediately felt that they would not become cannon fodder.

As a result, the careerists no longer hibernate, but take advantage of the trend, gather on the stage called Tianxia, ​​and a group of demons dance wildly.

So in politics, Yuan Shu lost any room for maneuver, was completely isolated, and became the enemy of the world.

The title of Four Generations and Three Dukes was completely destroyed by Yuan Shu's title of emperor, and since then it no longer has the appeal to the scholars. The Yuan family in Runan either became the royal family as the victor, or was buried with Yuan Shu.

Obviously, the possibility of sacrificial burial is greater.

Economically, Guo Peng can also block Yuan Shu to a certain extent.

The first is the war horse, which is a very important strategic material.

The Mi's caravan under the control of Guo Peng transported war horses from the north to the south for sale. The south did not produce horses, and without the supplement of war horses from the north, it was impossible to build a strong and durable cavalry team.

Although the role of cavalry on the current battlefield is not as great as it will be in the future, it is still an indispensable and important military force.

Therefore, whether it is Xuzhou Tao Qian, Yuan Shu, Jiang Dong, Liu Biao, or even the owners of the major docks, they all need the Northland war horses transported by the Mi family.

The reason why Yuan Shu was able to build an organized cavalry team was mainly because of the horses he bought from the Mi family. Because of this relationship, Guo Peng specially gave Yuan Shu a discount to make Yuan Shu happy.

Now the direct horse blockade prevents Yuan Shu's army from being supplemented by war horses. After a long time, Yuan Shu's army will not be able to establish an organized cavalry team.

This principle also applies to Xuzhou and Jiangdong.

Then for Yuan Shu, there is another big problem that is about ordnance.

Guo Peng established a mature arsenal system in the two states of Qingyan and Yanzhou, which accommodated all kinds of skilled craftsmen, institutionalized the production of weapons, streamlined them, and divided labor, thereby greatly improving production efficiency.

Therefore, the quality of weapons produced in Guo Peng's arsenal was very good. Guo Peng sent people to sell them to Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu thought they were very good after using them, so he finalized the order.

Orders were placed with Guo Peng every quarter to purchase weapons. After that, Yuan Shu's army all used the weapons produced by Guo Peng's arsenal, and the purchase price was very cheap.

Guo Peng also sent Yuan Shu a large amount of money and food every quarter, as well as various luxury goods to meet Yuan Shu's needs, but Yuan Shu's financial problems were not clear, so he simply took the money and luxury goods that Guo Peng gave him. To subsidize the insufficient part of the cost of ordering weapons and war horses.

Every aspect of the Yuan Shu Group has a deep connection with the Guo Peng Group.

The main reason is that Guo Peng used his own advantages in production to sell Yuan Shu's surplus products, constantly hitting Yuan Shu's own productivity.

What fights is money, productivity, and logistical capabilities. Over time, what else does Yuan Shu have?

Yuan Shu has nothing but the title of emperor, a useless imperial seal, and the miserable tool people under his rule.

With the three methods together, Guo Peng has already stood on the invincible ground, and Yuzhou has become his pocket. A part of Yangzhou on the north bank of the river, as well as Xuzhou, obviously cannot escape his palm.

After destroying Yuan Shu, Tao Qian will be completely surrounded by Guo Peng, how long can he last?

You don't need to wait for Tao Qian to come to trouble Guo Peng, Guo Peng will take the initiative to solve Tao Qian's trouble, the side of the couch can't tolerate the sound sleep of you, an old bureaucrat, Xuzhou is mine.

Before Yuzhou was defeated, Guo Peng began to imagine how to occupy Xuzhou after Yuan Shu was eliminated.

Guo Peng's actions are not unpleasant, and Yuan Shu's actions are also quite fast.

He quickly chose two cronies to take office in Qingyan Erzhou, wanting to directly take Qingyan Erzhou, which is rich in products and rich in households.

Then these two cronies were arrested by Guo Peng, chopped off their heads, and returned them to Yuan Shu.

Also attached is Guo Peng's call for yuan.

When the two were beheaded, Yuan Shu didn't know about it. He thought that Guo Peng would not disobey him, just like every time before, this time is also the same.

So Yuan Shu went to conquer Tao Qian himself.

Tao Qian asked Tao Qian for food before, but Tao Qian refused to give it. This time he was asked to support him in proclaiming himself emperor, but Tao Qian still babbled and disagreed, which completely annoyed Yuan Shu.

After sending his generals to attack Sun Ce, he personally led an army of [-] to attack Tao Qian.

In late July of the second year of Xingping, Yuan Shu led an army of [-] troops to attack Xuzhou in two ways, one to attack Xiapi State, and the other to attack Guangling County.

Xiang Ruo Rong of Xiapi Kingdom and Zhao Yu, Governor of Guangling County were unprepared, and Yuan Shu's army successively attacked many cities.

The strategic depth of Guangling, the seat of Guangling County, is not deep enough, and it is very close to Yuan Shu's military front.

The army was defeated like a mountain, and Zhao Yu saw that something was wrong, so he abandoned the government and fled northward, first to Sheyang, and then to Donghai County, seeking protection from Tao Qian.

Ruo Rong still put up some resistance, but after losing Huai Ling County and Xu County in a row, Ruo Rong also lost the courage to resist, so he led his subordinates to run quickly to Donghai County to find Tao Qian.

Chapter 392 One Yan Rou enters Hongnong

Guangling County and Xiapi Kingdom could not stop Yuan Shu's advance at all. Yuan Shu was overjoyed when he heard the news of the army's successive victories.

On the same day as Yuan Shu, the [-] troops led by Liu Xun to attack Sun Ce were also advancing steadily, crossed the Yangtze River, and went straight to Qu'e County, intending to destroy Sun Ce's lair and kill Sun Ce's power in the cradle.

The two advances have achieved great victories, which made Yuan Shu very happy. He never expected that Guo Peng was sharpening his sword and preparing to attack him.

Besides Guo Peng, when Liu Biao heard the news that Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, he couldn't help but want to send troops.

He tried to send troops from Nanyang County into Runan County to attack the city and expand his territory and power.

At the same time, he used the group of frustrated people he got from Yizhou, thinking that although they failed to bring him the land of Yizhou, at least they were not from Jingzhou.

Liu Biao wanted to appoint Gan Ning and others as generals and let them lead the troops, so as to somewhat check and balance the power of the Jingzhou locals around him, but his intention was seen through by Cai Mao and others.

When Liu Biao proposed the idea of ​​appointing Gan Ning and others to lead troops from Nanyang County to Runan County to open up a new situation, he was dissuaded by Cai Mao and Kuai Yue Kuai Liang.

They pretended to persuade Liu Biao not to do so.

Cai Mao persuaded Liu Biao to say that Gan Ning and others were rebel generals in Yizhou, and they were useless. They seemed to be obedient, but in fact they secretly harbored disobedience. Let them lead the army. Wouldn't it be possible to lure wolves into the house?

Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang cited many examples, saying that Liu Biao could not go his own way like this, otherwise the whole Jingzhou would be harmed by him.

In this way, Liu Biao realized how much he was being restrained, and realized that even if he wanted to go his own way, he probably didn't have the conditions, and he probably would have suffered a disastrous defeat.

Thinking about it left and right, Liu Biao secretly hated him, but there was nothing he could do.

After a while, Liu Biao felt somewhat disheartened, and finally decided to give up this great opportunity, simply become a spectator, and save Jingzhou to death.

In this troubled world, it may be good to be able to keep a piece of pure land, to keep your own life and your family.

Liu Biao's decision has little impact, at least not as much as it seems, but the impact of Yuan Shu's proclaiming emperor is indeed great, and most of the big men will be caught in the flames of war and cannot extricate themselves.