Yuan Shu really did not surprise Guo Peng, and exploded the army.

He was reckless, scavenging for grain and grass everywhere, and preparing military supplies.

Of course, he was also very worried about his relatives, and led the army back to Shouchun, knowing the news that Guo Peng's garrison did not continue to go south in Peiguoqi County, he breathed a sigh of relief, and saw that there was nothing wrong with his family, so he nodded reassuringly, and then began to prepare to go north.

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

In order to support Yuan Shu, the Yuan family and Yuan Shu's wives and concubines also made great efforts.

are all tied to Yuan Shu, they can't do it if they don't make a effort, they will be gone if Yuan Shu is gone, and they have taken out a lot of things for their own glory and wealth.

Empress Feng took the lead in donating gold, silver, jewelry, and fat powder money, and the crown prince Yuan Yin also took out his own private money to help his father - if his father is gone, what else will he be the emperor?

Yuan Shu's power is quite poor, the army is also poor, and he often can't eat enough, and it is common to go up the mountain to pick fruits and go into the water to fish, but Yuan Shu himself is still very rich.

Now he has taken out a lot of wealth and rewarded his subordinates in one go, showing his financial strength, which can be regarded as barely stabilizing the hearts of Shouchun's people and stabilizing the morale of the army.

Then Yuan Shu held a military meeting and knew that his forces in Yuzhou had been defeated in all directions, and the counties had been basically taken by Guo Peng, leaving only a small part of Runan County and Peiguo.

Most of the Yellow Turban Army in Runan was 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 send a message to Liu Pi and them, asking him to hold on as much as possible until he defeated Guo Peng, and when he defeated Guo Peng, he would save him.

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

Yuan Shu really had no way to support Liu Pi, and the huge pressure of Guo Peng's southward movement had made it difficult for him to resist, and at this time, dividing troops to fight was committing suicide.

Liu Pi can only ask for more blessings.

Guo Peng claimed to have 200,000 troops heading south, which must be an imaginary number, but the number of enemies in Runan County was about 30,000 or 40,000, and Guo Peng himself commanded no less than 60,000 or 70,000 troops, which was enough to show that Guo Peng's army did not have 200,000, but also 100,000.

That's terrifying enough troops.

At that time, Guo Peng only dispatched 50,000 soldiers to the north of Yuan Shao, but now in order to attack him, he directly doubled the number of troops sent 100,000.

Its abundant financial resources, troops, and productivity were only known to Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu realized that the problem he had never cared about was now in full swing.

Guo Peng's strength may be far beyond his imagination, far beyond his estimates, and the entire Yuan Shu Group underestimated Guo Peng's actual strength.

Guo Peng really has the ability to annex Yuan Shu.

"Did he lie to me all along?"

Yuan Shu suddenly had such a guess.

In fact, it can't be said that Yuan Shu has never paid attention to these problems.

There is no affiliation between them, and Yuan Shu has no way to investigate Guo Peng's accounts, so naturally he doesn't know how many things Guo Peng has accumulated.

Now that it has exploded, Yuan Shu is dumbfounded, and it is not a problem that cannot be understood.

However, these problems are not the most important at the moment, the most important thing is to defeat or repel Guo Peng's soldiers and horses, so as to stabilize the situation.

Otherwise, the newborn Chen Empire will definitely be strangled in the cradle neatly.

Yuan Shu has been looking forward to it for many years, so many years of waiting, and finally becoming an emperor, but the prestige has not been played for a few months, and he is about to face the result of the overthrow of the regime, how can this be accepted?

Decisive can't.

"Xuzhou Tao Qian suffered a heavy blow, it takes time to regain the lost territory in a short time, it is impossible to respond to Guo Peng's attack, Sun Ce of Jiangdong is fighting with Liu Xun, Liu Xun sent someone to report that the battle situation is unfavorable, ask for support, Your Majesty, do you think we should support?"

An official asked Yuan Shu.

"Where is Lonely's soldiers and horses to support him? Liu Xun is a general, he has been on the battlefield for a long time, if he can't even clean up a yellow-mouthed child, don't come back to see Lonely! ”

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

"Guo thief deceived Lonely, Lone and he don't share the sky! This time, Lone wants to drive in person! Lead the army to defeat the Guo thief! The head of the owl to announce the world! ”

Yuan Shu announced.

Shang Shu ordered Han Yin to speak out to dissuade him.

"The Northern Expedition of the Great Army needs a large amount of logistical grain and grass, but our army is currently in urgent need of grain and grass, and there are many soldiers, so much pressure, I am afraid that the existing grain and grass and civilian power are difficult to support, please think twice."

Yuan Shu was furious.

"The Son of Heaven is driving a personal expedition, do you dare to stop it?"

"Your Majesty, if it is not for the ministers to stop it, it is really difficult to continue the grain and grass, if you go to Longkang, or even go north to Qi County, the logistical pressure of our army is too great, and a large number of strong men are filling the army, and now the people are some old and weak women and children and children, with their transportation capacity, they really can't bear the grain and grass of the 100,000 army."

Han Yin continued to persuade bitterly.

"That's your problem! Lone hands over the logistics to you, if you can't complete it, come to see Lone! ”

“……”

Han Yin's face was full of grief, he sighed and slowly retreated.

Seeing this, Yang Hong couldn't help but come out to speak to Yuan Shu.

"Your Majesty, it is already late October, the weather is getting colder, our army is short of military materials, insufficient warm clothing, and insufficient transportation capacity, if the 100,000 army is far away from the Shouchun campaign, I am afraid it is really not available, why not shrink the troops, deploy in Huainan, and wait for work?"

Yuan Shu's eyes widened when he heard this.

"The soldiers of the Son of Heaven crusade against the traitors, and they actually have to wait for work? Actually have to wait for the thief army to hit the capital of the Son of Heaven before counterattacking? If something goes wrong, will it be easier for you to join the enemy? What kind of heart are you safe?! ”

Yuan Shu's angry reprimand frightened Yang Hong's face pale, and he didn't dare to say anything more.

"The determination has been made, and the royal driver personally conquers the Northern Expedition Guo Thief, and it must not be changed! The logistics must be done, otherwise, you will all come to see Lonely! ”

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 was not very clear.

On the one hand, Guo Peng's main garrison stopped marching in Qi County, and Yuan Shu's main force hurriedly rectified from Shouchun and hurriedly marched north to the Longkang area.

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

Tao Qian's main force was fighting Yuan Shu's army near Guangling County, and Sun Ce was still fighting Liu Xun, and the battle situation was uncertain.

It seems that Yuan Shu still has the strength to fight, and the crusading army under the banner of supporting the Han family to defeat the Han thieves does not seem to have achieved a decisive victory on all three sides.

Although Guo Peng captured most of Yuzhou, Yuan Shu's strength still existed, and the final result of the war could not be said to be absolute.

Indeed, from late October to early November, Yuan Shu's troops left near Guangling County resisted the attacks of Zang Ba and Chen Deng, dragging Tao Qian's main force near Guangling County, leaving Tao Qian with no time to join forces with Guo Peng to attack Yuan Shu.

Sun Ce's side was similar, although it cut off the retreat of Liu Xun's troops, but Liu Xun's troops relied on local looting and cautious grain stocks, as well as the food obtained by repelling Sun Ce's army many times, and still persevered, and Sun Ce had no way to take them for a while.

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

Therefore, Sun Ce's situation is not good.

So only Guo Peng faced Yuan Shu.

Guo Peng has a strong force of nearly 70,000 soldiers around him, and Yuan Shu is even more ruthless, claiming to be 300,000 when he completes the army and goes north, such a large scale really bluffs many people.

However, according to Guo Peng's analysis, plus the 30,000 Yuan troops that already existed in the Longkang region, Yuan Shu could only gather a maximum of 100,000 people at most.

This scale is not intimidating, but for Yuan Shu, it is not a good thing.