At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

"Don't worry, it's okay. No matter what happens, I will keep our family safe and alive, and there will be no one missing."

Chapter 396 .390 Five Xuzhou's united front against Yuan Shu

Guo Peng slowly began to show his sharp fangs to the world.

Jia Xu was the first to experience it, and Yuan Shu was the second.

Of course, Yuan Shu was very excited at the beginning.

Before this news was known to Guo Peng, before Guo Peng mobilized his troops to go south, Yuan Shu was very excited.

After being proclaimed emperor, sealing this and that, all kinds of extravagant rewards, the civilians under his command knelt on the ground gratefully and shouted long live my emperor, that feeling.

what……

So cool.

Of course, he also gave his wives and concubines titles and titles, named Feng as the queen, and one of the concubines counted as a nobleman, and then rewarded them generously.

The nobles were overjoyed, thinking that all the luck they had cultivated in eight lifetimes had come true in this one.

Only Queen Feng felt a little worried about this.

"Gaolu, you just became emperor, shouldn't you give more things to the civil, military and soldiers? We women don't need so many things."

Yuan Shu felt unhappy.

"The reward is yours. Take it and use it as you want. I know how to reward other places. You can be your queen and enjoy the glory and wealth. Isn't that good?"

Feng Shi was still worried.

"Is this too fast? I always feel that this is too fast, too sudden, like a dream."

"Hahahaha, is it coming soon?"

Yuan Shu laughed: "Not at all, not at all, do you know how long I have been preparing for this matter? Do you know what I have prepared for this matter? I have waited long enough since the unicorn came into the world. Today Besides Yuan Gonglu, who else can be the emperor?"

"But……"

"Not so many but!"

Yuan Shu waved his hand: "I'm going to send troops to crusade against the disobedient ministers soon! Defeat Tao Gongzu! Defeat Sun Bofu! These two rebellious ministers dare to disobey my orders! I must punish them and let them know who is the ruler of the world! "

Yuan Shu's domineering air leaked out.

But looking at this scene, Feng couldn't calm down for a long time.

Soon, Yuan Shu sent troops to crusade against Tao Qian and Sun Ce, and sent someone to find Guo Peng, asking Guo Peng to send troops together to help crusade against Tao Qian and Sun Ce, and to pacify the world together.

But on the third day after Yuan Shu left, Yan Xiang died of illness.

As Yuan Shu's former first staff member, because he did not support Yuan Shu's proclaiming the emperor, Yan Xiang did not get any position in the Chen Empire, and he was always sick. Finally, on the third day after Yuan Shu dispatched troops, he died.

Before dying, Yan Xiang asked his son to leave Shouchun immediately with the whole family, and move the clan to Jiangnan and Jingzhou to avoid disaster.

He said that a catastrophe is coming, if you don't leave now, you won't be able to leave.

When Feng, as the empress, sent people to condolences, the Yan family had already supported the coffin and was about to leave Shouchun. After hearing Yan Xiang's last words, Feng felt uneasy about it.

Even so, she couldn't change Yuan Shu's thoughts.

Yuan Shu didn't care about these, he divided his troops into two groups to attack Sun Ce and Tao Qian, and he personally led the troops to attack Tao Qian. He marched quickly and easily occupied Guangling County and Xiapi Country, and quickly attacked Donghai County.

Tao Qian was caught off guard.

All the elite troops under his command were deployed in the north to defend against Guo Peng, but instead of Guo Peng calling, Yuan Shu did.

Both Guangling County and Xiapi Kingdom were in dire straits, and their troops were defeated like a mountain. The counties and cities could not resist Yuan Shu's large number of troops.

Under tension, Tao Qian immediately tried to send someone to rush Cao Bao's Danyang soldiers and Zang Ba's Taishan soldiers southward, but was stopped by Cao Hong.

"Guo Peng's attitude is not clear. If he supports Yuan Gonglu as emperor, he will definitely go south to invade Xuzhou. The army cannot be recruited and sent south, otherwise Guo Peng will attack from behind, and the event will be over!"

Tao Qian suddenly realized that what Cao Hong said was right, and then urgently asked Cao Hong what to do.

Cao Hong thought for a moment, and proposed to mobilize Zang Ba's Taishan soldiers to go south to fight Yuan Shu, while leaving Cao Bao's Danyang soldiers to continue to garrison the north.

"Zang Ba is from Yanzhou Taishan. Yanzhou is under the control of Guo Zifeng. Zang Ba is not very reliable, but he has no problem facing Yuan Shu. Therefore, Zang Ba's troops should be sent south to fight against Yuan Shu, and Cao Bao's Danyang soldiers should be retained. Stay by Duke Ming's side in case of emergencies, and then Duke Ming will take this opportunity to immediately expand the army and prepare for war!"

Tao Qian immediately obeyed Cao Hong's suggestion, and immediately ordered to go down without even listening to Chen Deng's suggestion.

So Xuzhou, which had been stable for several years, immediately mobilized.

These people are more or less grateful for the stable and peaceful life that Tao Qian has brought to them for many years in power, so they still contribute to some extent.

Because compared to Tao Qian, the gentry who have the right to speak and the powerful families who control the economic land and population dislike Yuan Shu even more, although they don't like Tao Qian that much.

Yuan Shu's reckless rebellion against the Han Dynasty and proclaiming himself emperor offended the gentry who were interested in the Han Dynasty or were not ready for the demise of the Han Dynasty politically.

The downfall of a dynasty is a process, and the centipede is dead but not stiff. This process is left to the people of the world to change their moods, so that the people of the world can better accept the reality and usher in the rule of the new dynasty.

However, Yuan Shu didn't consider this process, and wanted to jump directly from one era to another without a mass or economic base, which would naturally lead to strong resistance.

The gentry didn't like him because he was too rude, and the powerful landlords hated him even more because he was too rude.

Yuan Shu attacked local tyrants and destroyed Wubao in Huainan and Huaibei areas, wantonly plundered the wealth and population of powerful families, destroyed countless powerful families, plundered countless people and supplies, plundered all the accumulation of generations of hard work, and even killed them when they died. set fire.

You can't see the softness and compromise policy that a politician should have. It doesn't look like an emperor at all.

Just before proclaiming himself emperor, Yuan Shu was still expanding his territory and beating local tyrants. It would be strange if powerful landlords liked him.

Against such a background, the Xuzhou gentry headed by the Chen family temporarily abandoned their grievances and resentments with Tao Qian in the past, and temporarily stood on the united front.

They mobilized their political appeal and publicized that Yuan Shu would burn, kill, loot and destroy his family after he arrived in Xuzhou.

With such a propaganda, people from the bottom class to the powerful landlords in the middle class would naturally be extremely disgusted with Yuan Shu, and the gentry called for it, so the entire Xuzhou society was against Yuan Shu.

So, they all gathered around Tao Qian, responding to Tao Qian's call, donating money and strength, and those who have a strong man in the family will also send a strong man to join the army, so as to defend their homeland.

After Ruo Rong and Zhao Yu escaped and returned, Tao Qian didn't bother to pursue their responsibilities, and immediately instructed them to join the war against Yuan and fight against Yuan Shu, so as to pay off their merits.

Even the Mi family had to conform to the people's will and the situation and donated a large amount of food, grass and money to help the army and cooperate with Tao Qian's resistance.

Obviously, it is absolutely impossible for Xuzhou people to accept Yuan Shu, and they seem to be forming a united front.

Yuan Shu will definitely pay the price for what he did.

Chapter 397 .390 Six Guo Zifeng!How dare you betray me!

Yuan Shu didn't notice at all how much shock and resentment his proclaiming himself emperor brought to the people of the world.

He just blindly sieges and loots places, very happy.

He was very happy to see his territory expanding and his wealth increasing.

As a result, Xiapi Kingdom and Guangling County were massacred, and the localities were in a mess. The gentry, powerful landlords, etc. were the most important targets of Yuan Shu's looting and killing. Since he did not support him, he would be killed by him.

Yuan Shu's thinking is so simple and rude.

In another time and space, what Cao Cao did to Xuzhou was intensified by Yuan Shu and put on Xuzhou's head.

But Cao Cao is from north to south, while Yuan Shu is from south to north.

Xuzhou, the land of the Four World Wars, seems to be unable to escape this doom.

The only difference is that Tao Qian is still alive, and Xuzhou still has a generally recognized orthodox ruler who is united in people's hearts, and Yuan Shu's army is not as good at fighting as Cao Cao's army.

Zhang Xun, Ji Ling, Qiao Rui, Li Feng and other generals led the army to gallop on the land of Xuzhou under his leadership. The originally stable land of Xiapi Kingdom and Guangling County was tossed by Yuan Shu.

Under Yuan Shu's atrocities, some people stood up and resisted.

Some powerful families in Guangling County and Xiapi State who were unwilling to be plundered by Yuan Shu organized a rebel army with their wealth and relied on Wubao to fight against Yuan Shu, causing considerable losses to Yuan Shu's army.

It is said to be an army, but it is not stronger than these rebels. The rebels defend and Yuan Jun attacks, and the effect is not good.

Yuan Jun was repeatedly repulsed by these rebels, which made Yuan Shu unable to truly pacify Guangling County and Xiapi Kingdom, and Tao Qian had the opportunity to calmly recruit troops to prepare for war.

Yuan Shu launched the Battle of Xuzhou in late July, and by the time Guo Peng finished reorganizing his troops and started marching in late August, Tao Qian had sent troops into Xiapi and Guangling County to start a counterattack.

The army that entered Xiapi was led by Zang Ba, and the army that entered Guangling County was led by Chen Deng. The two armies advanced side by side and counterattacked southward.

Yuan Shu failed to gain a firm foothold in Xuzhou before Tao Qian's rectification was completed, and in late August, Xuzhou's counterattack began.

The Xuzhou Army, which was united in fighting the aggression, did give Yuan Shu a different feeling.

At least, at the beginning of the battle, Yuan Shu's vanguard of 2000 people was defeated by Zang Ba's general Sun Guan near Xiapi City, hundreds of people died in the battle, and they fled.

Yuan Shu was furious about this, and immediately led his troops northward to attack Zang Ba's Xuzhou army.

At the same time, also in late August, the battle between Sun Ce and Liu Xun, the general who conquered the south appointed by Yuan Shu, was also in full swing.

Liu Xun led an army of [-] troops to attack Sun Ce in the south, while Sun Ce, who had just occupied Danyang County and Wu County, also gathered [-] troops to meet Liu Xun.

After Liu Xun led his army across the river, he went directly to Qu'e County. Sun Ce also led his army from Wu County to Qu'e County, and ordered Danyang prefect Wu Jing to lead his army to cut off the retreat of Liu Xun's army. department.

On August 24, Liu Xun and Sun Ce launched an encounter more than ten miles south of Qu'e County.

Xu Kun, Sun Ce's elder brother and general of the military governor Zhonglang, led his army to challenge Liu Xun's vanguard and defeated them, which lowered the morale of Liu Xun's troops. Seeing that the situation was not good, Liu Xun immediately retreated to Jurong County. Unable to give up, the two armies fought fiercely near Jurong County for more than ten days.

Sun Ce's generals Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang and others fought bravely to take the lead, and each led their troops to defeat Liu Xun's generals. Feeling bad, he immediately sent people across the river to ask Yuan Shu for reinforcements, while he supported himself in Jurong County.

On the fourth day of September, Wu Jing, the prefect of Danyang, led his army to the north, conquering the three counties of Shicheng, Moling and Hushu, directly cutting off Liu Xun's logistics supplies, and realizing the strategy of closing the door and beating dogs.

Only then did Liu Xun feel that something was wrong, and immediately led people to attack westward, trying to re-open the supply line, but Wu Jing's troops insisted on defense, and it was difficult for Liu Xun to break through the situation. So Liu Xun continued to lead the army to fight fiercely, and Sun Ce and Wu Jing couldn't eat Liu Xun for a while.

Therefore, Yuan Shu's army encountered strong resistance on the northern and southern fronts, and the battle situation was not optimistic. Even so, Yuan Shu's family background was somewhat stronger than Tao Qian and Sun Ce's, and a single fight was not enough to break him.

So Yuan Shu has nothing to fear.

And in Yuan Shu's heart, the most important help has not come yet, as long as he comes, everything will be solved easily.

Then Guo Peng came.

On the fourth day of September, the messenger sent by Yuan Shu who was killed by Guo Peng and the heads of the governors of the two states were sent to Shouchun by Guo Peng. Shocked and confused, Shang Shu ordered Han Yin to immediately notify Yuan Shu who was on the front line.

On the ninth day of September, the news was sent to the front line. At that time, Yuan Shu was leading an army to fight Zang Ba's army near Xiapi County.

After learning about this, I couldn't believe it at first, but after watching it for a while, I suddenly became violent and killed the messenger who sent the news.

"Nonsense words mess with our army's morale! Death is not a pity! How could Zifeng betray me?!"

Yuan Shu didn't believe what he saw at all, and continued to command the army to attack Zang Ba.

Zhang Xun, Ji Ling, Qiao Rui and other generals were all very surprised when they heard about this, and they all asked Yuan Shu whether it was true or not, but they were all repelled by Yuan Shu and asked them to prepare for the battle seriously. Yuan Shu even went to the frontline battlefield to inspire morale and command the battle .

On the contrary, Yuan Jun's combat effectiveness was improved, and Zang Ba was slightly defeated for a while, forcing Zang Ba to retreat for a while before stabilizing his position.

However, the messengers came to the front line one after another, telling Yuan Shu that the counties and counties in Yuzhou were attacked by Guo Peng's army quickly, and the army was defeated like a mountain, and the losses were serious. Yuan Shu was asked to return to the army immediately to rescue, otherwise Guo Peng swept Yuzhou, and things would be bad. .

So far Yuan Shu still didn't believe it, and went to Xin Shouchun to ask them why they framed Guo Peng. Even the subordinates and generals couldn't stand it anymore, and kept trying to persuade Yuan Shu to understand that Guo Peng had really betrayed him.

Guo Peng really broke with him!

"Impossible! Zifeng will not betray me! No! Absolutely not! Zifeng will not betray me even if the world falls!"

Yuan Shu roared madly.

Afterwards, Yuan Shu watched the military newspaper in silence for a long time, and then erupted like a volcano under the worried gaze of the generals.

"Guo Zifeng! How dare you betray me!"

He drew his sword and chopped up the general newspaper, scolding Guo Peng for being ungrateful, scolding Guo Peng for mistaking his great career, and scolding Guo Peng for being the world's most treacherous.

Then Yuan Shu suddenly frowned, vomited a mouthful of blood, his face was pale, and he fell to the ground straight and unconscious.

There was chaos in the military tent.

Chapter 398. Chapter 390

On August 29, the mobilization of the war in Qingyan and Yanzhou was completed at an unimaginable speed. After Guo Peng finished his army, he held an oath meeting and ordered to march.