Liu Pi concentrated the main force of 30,000 people to fortify the extreme periphery of Pingyu County, captured tens of thousands of strong men to build fortifications, and concentrated all efforts to defend Runan.

At this time, he also learned that in addition to Cao Ren's army coming from Shangcai County, there was also an army coming from north to south, breaking through Ruyang County and Nandun County along the way, and coming towards Pingyu County with great momentum.

It was Guan Yu's army, Guan Yu led the army to break through two counties in a row, and was rushing to Pingyu County to aid Cao Ren.

A decisive battle of 60,000 men is about to begin.

Just when Cao Ren and Guan Yu were besieging Liu Pi towards Pingyu County, the 70,000 army led by Guo Peng himself also successfully captured the Liang State.

Because Liang Guo was relatively close to Jiyin County, he had already been infiltrated by Guo Peng up and down, and the army went south, and the troops came to Suiyang County in an instant.

Yuan Shu placed Liang Guoxiang to flee in a hurry, and was killed by his own subordinates in the process of escaping, and came to Guo Peng to ask for a reward.

By the end of September, the entire territory of Liang was taken by Guo Peng neatly, and the bureaucrats placed by Yuan Shu either fled or surrendered, and none of them chose to fight to the death for Yuan Shu.

It can be seen that Yuan Shu's rash claim to be the emperor is really unpopular.

In the next step, Guo Peng is going to attack Peiguo, the place where he grew up.

This time in the southern expedition, Guo Peng brought Cao Chun, Cao Xiu, Xiahou Yuan, and Cao Hong, who was lifted by Guo Peng after admitting his mistake and started again from the captain, these friends who grew up with him in Qian County.

probably knew that Guo Peng would definitely come to attack Qian County, so Yuan Shu placed 10,000 soldiers from Shu Shao Chen to resist Guo Peng's attack in Qian County.

Guo Peng didn't know what reason Shu Shao was for resisting him in Chen Bing in Qian County, just saying that the 70,000 army was against 10,000 militiamen, Shu Shao's courage was really not small.

However, Guo Peng also knows some information about this person.

When this person served as the prime minister of Pei, Yuan Shu once allocated him 100,000 stone of grain as military food, but he distributed the military grain to the local people to help the hungry people.

Shu Shao said that he couldn't bear to see the people starve to death, so he used military rations to help the people, and if Yuan Shu thought that he had committed a crime, he could kill himself, and he would definitely not resist.

Yuan Shu was moved, got off the horse and shook Shu Shao's hand, and said Do you want to get such a good reputation for yourself, regardless of my reputation?

So Yuan Shu pardoned Shu Shao and continued to make him the prime minister of Pei Guo.

Therefore, Shu Shao is still quite popular in Peiguo, even in the context of Yuan Shu's proclamation as emperor, he can raise 10,000 troops to resist him, although for Guo Peng, this is a little unbearable.

Although his hometown is Yingchuan County, Guo Peng lived in Peiguo County at the age of three, and lived until he went to Luoyang at the age of twelve.

Therefore, for his real hometown, Guo Peng was unwilling to lead troops to attack, so he wrote to Shu Shao to recruit him.

Guo Peng said that Qian County is where I grew up, which is equivalent to my hometown, I don't want to make a big move in my hometown, I heard that Shu Jun once used military food in order to keep the people from starving, and was almost beheaded by Yuan Shu, so why don't you surrender to me for the people today?

Shu Shao's reply was very simple, saying that Yuan Shu had a great kindness to him, and he wanted to repay Yuan Shu's kindness with his life, and he would not turn his back on Yuan Shu like some shameless people who accepted kindness but bit back.

Guo Peng wrote to him again to persuade him not to make a mistake about the most important thing-

Yuan Shu has already been called the emperor, he betrayed the Han Dynasty, he is a Han thief, everyone in the world thinks that Yuan Shu is a Han thief, and the person who helps the Han thief at this time is also a Han thief, and he is isolated from the world.

Shu Shao was very unhappy, and wrote a reply to scold Guo Peng bluntly.

"Deeply affected by Yuan's kindness, I don't want to repay the favor, but I raise troops to face each other, such a cheeky person is the general of the Northern Expedition of the Dynasty, I am deeply ashamed of it! Once he rebelled and the power was overwhelming, what did Guo Zifeng want?"

Understand people?

Guo Peng grinned and continued to write to Shu Shao to persuade him to surrender, persuading him to see the general trend of the world clearly, and not to ignore the general interests of the country because of personal feelings, this is for the Han, not for personal friendship, Guo Peng felt pain in his heart, but he had to do it.

Shu Shao seemed to see through what Guo Peng was thinking, and scolded Guo Peng for being a hypocrite, under the banner of eliminating Han thieves, but in fact, it was for his own selfish desires, and he was like a traitor!

Guo Peng's murderous heart suddenly rose.

This tug-of-war lasted for several days, and in early October, Guo Peng received a military report from Xiahou Yuan.

Xiahou Yuan reported to him, saying that he had led the cavalry to successfully attack Jianping County, Taiqiu County and Linsui County in accordance with Guo Peng's orders, cut off the retreat route of Shu Shao's army of Qian County, and had already contacted Guo Lie's department to conquer Pei Guozhi Xiang County, so Guo Peng could rest assured.

Guo Peng was very satisfied.

At the beginning of the march into Qian County, Guo Peng sent Xiahou Yuan, who was good at long-distance raids, to lead 5,000 cavalry to run long-distance and take Jianping County, Taiqiu County and Linsui County all the way, cutting off Shu Shao's retreat.

Previously, he ordered Guo Lie to march alone from Lu State and directly attack Pei Guozhi Xiangxian County, so as to block Shu Shao and make him have no way to retreat.

Then Guo Peng himself kept writing to Shu Shao in Qian County, fighting with him, sending troops to the city of Qian County, attracting his attention, and giving Xiahou Yuan time to cut off Shu Shao's retreat, and now that Xiahou Yuan has successfully completed the task, Shu Shao's side should also be aware of it.

That's right, Shu Shao's side did notice it, and the food and reinforcements ordered did not arrive in time, Shu Shao felt that the situation was wrong, and immediately sent someone back to see the situation, but there was no news.

Shu Shao realized that something was wrong, and as a result, Guo Peng sent people to spread rumors, saying that the entire territory of Peiguo had been attacked by Guo Peng's other troops, and now they only have a lonely city, and there is no food, either starve to death, or surrender, and choose for themselves.

As soon as the news came out, the defenders of Qian County were greatly panicked, and Shu Shao was also shocked, and he knew that this was very likely to be true...... No, that's true.

Guo Peng had cut off his retreat and food routes, and his resistance here had become meaningless, a rhythm of death in vain.

Shu Shao was stunned for a long time, and then gritted his teeth and scolded Guo Peng for being the number one hypocrite in the world, and scolded Guo Peng for being a person who brought disaster to the country and the people, and then ordered the whole army to defend it.

Seeing that this was the case, Guo Peng was not impatient, and directly ordered the army to surround the city on all sides, and then ordered Yu Ban, Le Jin and Zhang Liao to lead 10,000 people each to the south to attack other counties under the jurisdiction of Peiguo and open the way for the army, and he himself was here waiting for Shu Shao's head to be sent to him.

Besieged the city on all sides, there was no food, Guo Peng sent people to shout every day to shake the hearts of the soldiers in the city, and as a result, the literacy of these temporarily recruited troops was even worse than Guo Peng imagined, and a mutiny broke out on the third day of the siege.

Guo Peng took the opportunity to order the army to launch a fierce attack, fought fiercely until dusk, and took the county town of Qian with minimal losses, while Shu Shao was captured by the rebels in the city and dedicated to Guo Peng.

Upon learning of this, Guo Peng directly ordered the execution of Shu Shao, and ordered all Shu Shao's family members in Xiangxian County to be killed on the political charges of Han thieves, and raze his clan.

Qian County was acquired by Guo Peng at a very small price, and Guo Peng entered the city on the same day and restored order in the city.

After entering the city, Guo Peng did not go anywhere else, but stood at the door of the mansion where he had lived for ten years, staring at the mansion that had changed the courtyard, and was silent for a long time.