Yuan Shu didn't notice at all how much shock and disgust his title of emperor had brought to the people of the world.

He just blindly raided the city and looted the place, which was very pleasant.

He was very happy to see his territory continue to expand, to see his wealth growing more and more.

So Xiapi and Guangling County were slaughtered, and the place was in a mess, and the scholars and powerful landlords were the key targets of Yuan Shu's looting and killing, and since they did not support him, they were to 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 pressed to Xuzhou's head by Yuan Shu.

However, Cao Cao was from north to south, while Yuan Shu was from south to north.

Xuzhou, the land of four wars, seems to be unable to escape this catastrophe.

The only difference is that Tao Qian is still alive, Xuzhou also has an orthodox ruler who is universally recognized, the hearts of the people are united, and Yuan Shu's army is not as warlike as Cao Cao's.

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

And under Yuan Shu's atrocities, there were also people who stood up and resisted.

Some powerful clans in Guangling County and Xiapi Kingdom who were unwilling to be plundered by Yuan Shu organized a righteous army and relied on Wubao to fight against Yuan Shu, causing a lot of 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 the Yuan army attacked, and the effect was not good.

Yuan's army was repeatedly repelled by these rebels, which made Yuan Shu unable to really pacify Guangling County and Xiapi State, giving Tao Qian the opportunity to calmly recruit troops and prepare for war.

Yuan Shu launched the Battle of Xuzhou in late July, and by the time Guo Peng had finished his army and began to march in late August, Tao Qian had already sent troops into Xiapi and Guangling County to begin a counterattack.

The army that entered Xiapi was led by Zang Ba, and the army that entered Guangling County was led by Chen Deng, and the two armies marched together to counterattack southward.

Yuan Shu failed to gain a 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 resisting the invasion, did give Yuan Shu a different feeling.

At least, at the beginning of the battle, Yuan Shu's vanguard of 2,000 people was defeated by Zang Ba's subordinate Sun Guan near Xiapi City, killing hundreds of people and fleeing.

Yuan Shu was furious about this, and immediately personally led troops north to conquer Zang Ba's Xuzhou army.

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

Liu Xun led 20,000 troops south to attack Sun Ce, and Sun Ce, who had just occupied the two counties of Danyang and Wu at this time, also gathered 20,000 troops and horses to meet Liu Xun.

After Liu Xun led the army to cross the river, he drove directly to Qu'a County, and Sun Ce also led the army from Wu County to Qu'a County, and ordered Danyang Taishou Wu Jing to lead the army to cut off the retreat of Liu Xun's army, and prepare to catch turtles in an urn and gather and annihilate Liu Xun's department.

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

Sun Ce's brother and overseer Zhonglang general Xu Kun led the army to challenge Liu Xun's vanguard, which broke it, which made Liu Xun's morale low, Liu Xun saw that the situation was not good, and immediately retreated to Jurong County, but Sun Ce was full of vigor and chased after him, so the two armies fought near Jurong County for more than ten days.

Sun Ce's generals Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang and others fought bravely, each led the army to defeat Liu Xun's generals, and won victory after victory, beating Liu Xun's army almost without fighting back, Liu Xun felt deeply bad about this, and immediately sent people to cross the river to ask Yuan Shu for reinforcements, and he was struggling to support in Jurong County.

On the fourth day of the ninth month, Wu Jing, the Taishou of Danyang, led his army north, and overcame the three counties of Shicheng, Moling and Hushu in succession, directly cutting off Liu Xun's logistics and supply, and realizing the strategy of closing the door and fighting dogs.

Liu Xun felt that something was wrong, and immediately led people to attack in the west, trying to reopen the supply line, but Wu Jing's department insisted on defense, and Liu Xun was difficult to open the situation, fortunately, there were many people, and the grain stock obtained from the previous plunder could still be supported, so Liu Xun continued to lead the army to fight, and Sun Ce and Wu Jing couldn't eat Liu Xun for a while.

So on the north and south fronts, Yuan Shu's army encountered strong resistance, and the battle situation was not optimistic, despite this, Yuan Shu's family foundation was somewhat thicker than Tao Qian and Sun Ce, and a fight was not enough to make him break his muscles and bones.

So Yuan Shu has no fear.

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

Then Guo Peng came.

On the fourth day of the ninth month, the messenger sent by Yuan Shu, who was killed by Guo Peng, and the head of the Liangzhou Assassin were sent to Shouchun by Guo Peng, and at the same time arrived with a declaration of war and a letter to ask Yuan Yuan, Shouchun Pseudo-Chen Imperial Court was shocked and in chaos, and Shang Shu ordered Han Yin to immediately inform Yuan Shu of the matter to Yuan Shu, who was on the front line.

On the ninth day of the ninth month of September, the news was delivered to the front, and at that time, Yuan Shu was leading his 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 broke out and killed the messenger who delivered the news.

"Nonsense confuses the hearts of our army! It's not a pity to die! 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 very surprised when they learned of this, and asked Yuan Shu about the authenticity of the matter, but they were all repelled by Yuan Shu and asked them to prepare for the war seriously, and Yuan Shu even went to the front-line battlefield to stimulate morale and command the battle.

On the contrary, it improved the combat effectiveness of Yuan Jun, slightly frustrated Zang Ba for a while, and forced Zang Ba to retreat for a while before stabilizing his position.

However, messengers came to the front line one after another, telling Yuan Shu that the counties and counties of Yuzhou were attacked by Guo Peng's army, and the troops were defeated like a mountain, and the losses were serious, and Yuan Shu was asked to return to the division immediately to rescue, otherwise Guo Peng swept Yuzhou, and the big thing was not good.

At this point, Yuan Shu still didn't believe it, and went to Shouchun to ask them why they framed Guo Peng, even the subordinate generals couldn't stand it, and persuaded Yuan Shu to understand that Guo Peng really betrayed him.

Guo Peng really broke with him!

"No way! Zifeng won't betray me! No! Absolutely not! The sky is falling, Zifeng will not turn his back on me! ”

Yuan Shu yelled a little crazy.

After that, Yuan Shu looked at the military report and was silent for a long time, and then under the worried gaze of his generals, it erupted like a volcano.

"Guo Zifeng! How dare you betray me! ”

He drew his sword and smashed the general's report, scolded Guo Peng for being ungrateful as a pig and dog, scolded Guo Peng for misleading his great cause, and scolded Guo Peng for being the first traitor in the world.

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

There was chaos in the tent.