Yuan Shu was indeed not beyond Guo Peng's expectations, and he exploded the soldiers.

He was in a state of war, plundering food and supplies everywhere, and preparing military supplies.

Of course, he was also worried about his relatives and led his army back to Shouchun. When he learned that Guo Peng's troops were not going south in Qi County, Peiguo, he breathed a little relieved. Seeing that his family had no problems, he nodded with confidence and then began to prepare to go north.

Mobilize all resources in Shouchun, take out some of his gold, silver and treasures to win people's hearts, and use all his strength to organize the army, so that Guo Peng can have a good experience of the might and power of Emperor Chen.

In order to support Yuan Shu, the Yuan family and Yuan Shu's wives and concubines also put a lot of effort into it.

They were all tied to Yuan Shu, and they couldn't do anything without effort. If Yuan Shu was gone, they would be gone. For the sake of his own glory and wealth, they took out a lot of things.

Empress Feng took the lead in donating money for gold, silver and jewelry and makeup, and Prince Yuan Yin also took out his own private money to help his father. If his father is gone, what else would he be the emperor?

Yuan Shu's power is quite poor, and the army is also poor. He often doesn't have enough food to eat. It is common for him to go up the mountain to pick fruits and go fishing in the water, but Yuan Shu himself is still very rich.

Now he took out a lot of wealth and rewarded his subordinates in one breath, demonstrating his financial resources, which can barely stabilize Shouchun's people's hearts and the morale of the army.

Then Yuan Shu convened a military meeting and knew that his power in Yuzhou was defeated in all directions. The counties and states had basically been taken down by Guo Peng, leaving only a small number of Runan County and Pei State.

Most of the Yellow Turban Army in Runan were also annihilated by Guo Peng, and they came to ask for help a few days ago.

Yuan Shu ignored this and just sent someone to pass on a message to Liu Pi and the others, asking him to persevere as much as possible until he defeated Guo Peng. When he defeated Guo Peng, he would save him.

This is just nonsense, but Yuan Shu is willing to say it.

Yuan Shu really had no way to support Liu Pi. The huge pressure from Guo Peng to the south had already made him unbearable. At this time, he was committing suicide by dividing his troops to fight.

Liu Pi could only ask for more blessings.

Guo Peng claimed that there were 200,000 troops going south, which must be an imaginary number, but the enemies of Runan County were about 30,000 to 40,000, and Guo Peng himself led the army no less than 60,000 to 70,000, which is enough to show that Guo Peng's army does not have 200,000, but also 100,000.

That's a terrifying enough force.

At that time, Guo Peng attacked Yuan Shao in the north and only dispatched 50,000 troops. Now, in order to attack him, he actually doubled the number of troops to send 100,000 troops.

Only then did Yuan Shu know his strong financial and military strength, and Yuan Shu realized that the problem that he had never cared about was now fully erupting.

Guo Peng's strength may be far beyond his imagination and far beyond his estimate. The entire Yuanshu Group underestimated Guo Peng's actual strength.

Guo Peng really has the ability to annex Yuan Shu.

"Have he been lying to me all the time?"

Yuan Shu suddenly had such a guess.

In fact, I can't say that. Yuan Shu himself has never paid attention to these issues.

There is no affiliation between them, and Yuan Shu has no way to investigate Guo Peng's books. Naturally, he doesn't know how much things Guo Peng has accumulated.

Now that it is outbreak, Yuan Shu is stunned, it is not a problem that cannot be understood.

However, these issues are not the most important at the moment. The most important thing is to defeat or repel Guo Peng's troops so that the situation can be stabilized.

Otherwise, the new Chen Empire would be strangled in the cradle simply and neatly.

Yuan Shu has been looking forward to it for many years, and after so many years of waiting, he finally became the emperor. As a result, he has not been playing with his might for a few months and is facing the result of the overturn of the regime. How can he accept this?

Can't be decisive.

"Xuzhou Tao Qian suffered a heavy blow, and it will take time to recover the lost land in a short period of time. It is impossible to support Guo Peng's attack. Sun Ce from Jiangdong is fighting with Liu Xun. Liu Xun sent someone to report the situation of the war and ask for support. Your Majesty, do you think we should support?"

An official asked Yuan Shu.

"Where are Gu's troops to support him? Liu Xun is a long-time general and has been on the battlefield for a long time. If he can't even deal with a yellow-mouthed child, don't come back to see Gu!"

Yuan Shu waved his hand to refute Liu Xun's request for help and announced that he would go north to attack Guo Peng, defeat Guo Peng, and kill Guo Peng.

"Guo thief deceives Gu, and Gu is irreconcilable with him! This time, Gu wants to lead the army to attack Guo thief! He owes his head to tell the world!"

Yuan Shu announced so.

The Secretary of State ordered Han Yin to dissuade him.

"The large army's northern expedition requires a large amount of logistics food and grass, but our army is in a hurry to lack food and grass and has a large number of soldiers. With such great pressure, I'm afraid the existing food and grass and people's strength will be difficult to support. Please think twice."

Yuan Shu was furious.

"The emperor is in charge of the army, how dare you stop it?"

"Your Majesty, it is not for me to stop it. It is really difficult to sustain food and grass. If you go to Longkang or even go north to Qi County, our army will have too much logistics pressure, and a large number of strong men will be exiled. Now the people are all elderly, weak, women, children and children. With their capacity, they can't bear the food and grass of a hundred thousand troops."

Han Yin continued to persuade him.

"That's your problem! Gu will hand over the important logistics task to you. If you can't complete it, come and see Gu!"

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Han Yin looked full of grief and sighed and slowly retreated.

Seeing this, Yang Hong couldn't help but leave and advise Yuan Shu.

"Your Majesty, it's already late October, the weather is getting colder, our army lacks military supplies, insufficient clothes to protect against cold, and insufficient transportation capacity. If a hundred thousand troops stay away from Shouchun to fight, I'm afraid there will be no supply. Why not shrink the troops and set up defenses in Huainan to wait for work?"

Yuan Shu's eyes widened when he heard this.

"The emperor's soldiers are trying to fight against the rebels, and they are waiting for their leisure to work. They actually have to wait for the thief army to attack the emperor's capital before counterattacking? If something goes wrong, will you surrender to the enemy? What are you feeling for?!"

Yuan Shu angrily scolded Yang Hong so much that his face turned pale and he did not dare to say anything more.

"The intention of the Lord has been decided, and the Emperor personally attacked the Guo bandits in the Northern Expedition, and it will not be changed! The logistics must be done, otherwise, you will all come to see the Lord!"

Yuan Shu gave the death order, and the atmosphere in the entire Shouchun court was very bad.

From late October to early November, the situation in the whole world is not very clear.

On the one hand, Guo Peng's main garrison stopped advancing in Qi County, while Yuan Shu's main garrison hurriedly rectified from Shouchun and rushed northward to Longkang area. The pseudo-Chen Emperor Yuan Shu personally led the army, and the momentum was very strong.

On the other hand, the other two forces against Yuan Shu, Tao Qian and Sun Ce, were all still fighting against Yuan Shu's army.

Tao Qian's main force was fighting against Yuan Shu's army near Guangling County, and Sun Ce was still fighting against Liu Xun, and the situation was not clear.

It seems that Yuan Shu still has the power to fight, and the three aspects of the crusade army, which supported the Han Dynasty's banner of fighting against the Han thieves, seemed to have not achieved decisive victory.

Although Guo Peng conquered most of Yuzhou, Yuan Shu still had strength, and the final result of the war could not be said to be absolute.

Indeed, from late October to early November, Yuan Shu's army stayed near Guangling County resisted the attack of Zang Ba and Chen Deng, dragging Tao Qian's main force near Guangling County, making Tao Qian unable to join Guo Peng to attack Yuan Shu.

Sun Ce's side was similar. Although the retreat route of Liu Xun's troops was cut off, Liu Xun's troops relied on the spot to plunder and cautiously preserve grain, and repeatedly repelled the food obtained by Sun Ce's army, but they still persisted. Sun Ce had no choice but to deal with them for a while.

Moreover, Wujun and Lujiang County, which had just been pacified, also had forces against Sun Ce, trying to take advantage of this battle to defeat Sun Ce.

Therefore, Sun Ce's situation is not good.

So the only one who faced Yuan Shu was facing Guo Peng.

Guo Peng had nearly 70,000 combat soldiers around him, and Yuan Shu was even more ruthless. When the army was completed and headed north, he claimed to be 300,000. Such a large scale really scared many people.

However, according to Guo Peng's analysis, plus there are already 30,000 Yuan troops in Longkang area, Yuan Shu can only gather up to 100,000 people at most.
Chapter completed!