Yuan Shu has always been human, so he feels that he can control his own destiny, however, he is wrong.

Such a mistake would cost him dearly.

Although he kept attacking and attacking, and kept launching attack after attack, it seemed that Guo Peng was pressed and beaten, and Guo Peng had no power to fight back, but did he really gain anything?

In the nearly ten days of the war, he did not capture a single camp or climb the city wall once, but continued to lose his troops, from low-level soldiers to middle and high-ranking officers.

Despite this, because Guo Peng did not attack and did not try to counterattack, for Yuan Shu, Guo Peng was being "pressed and beaten" by him.

"You all say that the lone army is dangerous, but haven't you noticed that the Guo thief didn't even fight back? If Guo Thief still has the strength to fight, will he not launch a single counterattack? The fact is that Guo Thief has reached his limit, and he can no longer continue to go south! ”

Yuan Shu pointed in the direction of the county seat of Qixian and said loudly: "As long as you persevere, victory belongs to Lonely!" Belong to me Chen Guo! All the soldiers must work hard! After defeating the Guo thief, every household will be exempt from taxes for five years! This is the promise of Lonely! ”

Yuan Shu thought that the final decisive moment had come, and as long as he continued to press Guo Peng, he would definitely be defeated.

So stick to it no matter what.

The five-year tax exemption gave the cold, hungry and tired Chen Jun the last dose of strength, and they mustered up the last courage and physical strength to launch the most ferocious and fearless blow to the county seat of Qixian.

On November 26, Chen's army launched a general attack, and Guo Peng climbed the city wall to watch the battle.

He saw Chen's army charging with high morale, and was repulsed again and again by the rain of arrows and trebuchets of his own army, and rushed forward repeatedly.

"Didn't they take any medicine? Why else is it so crazy? ”

Xi Zhong looked at Guo Jia strangely.

Guo Jia shook his head.

"Probably Yuan Shu promised some generous conditions, right? Otherwise, how can it boost morale? In such a cold weather, they actually chose to attack the city, making it clear that they were desperate. ”

"Yes, they're just desperate."

Guo Peng suddenly said: "This is probably the last time, at the end of the crossbow, Yuan Highway has no other way, if this attack fails, the morale of the Yuan army will be greatly reduced, and its combat power will be reduced to the minimum, and when the time comes, it will be time for us to counterattack." ”

Guo Jia and Xi Zhong looked at Guo Peng and nodded involuntarily.

Maximizing one's own advantages, magnifying the enemy's disadvantages to the maximum, and then killing with one blow, this is Guo Peng's favorite tactic.

No matter how advantageous he is, Guo Peng will never choose to use brute force to destroy his opponent, because he feels that in that case, his own losses will be great, and on the premise of surplus, make full use of his own advantages to infinitely magnify the enemy's disadvantages, and then choose to defeat the enemy at the lowest cost.

The smaller the loss, the greater the gain, the faster you can recover after the war, and the sooner you can start the next war.

That's how Guo Peng's thinking is.

Let Yuan Shu attack the city, exhaust the morale and combat effectiveness of the Chen army, drain their spirit, and finally, kill with one blow.

The time has come, so there's no need to wait.

From November 26 to 28, for three consecutive days, Chen's army attacked the city fiercely, and it was quite a posture to capture Qi County and eliminate Guo Peng at all costs.

Yuan Shu even personally went to the front line to supervise the battle, personally beat drums to boost morale, and vowed to defeat Guo Peng.

However, the defense line of Qi County is still impregnable and stable, as if it will not be broken no matter how it is attacked, no matter how much sacrifice Chen Jun pays, how fierce the impact is, how fearless the impact is, it is useless.

Rain of arrows, flying stones, hot water, etc., will still come as scheduled.

All kinds of means were exhausted, and the armies took turns to fight, and Yuan Shu's arm beating the drum was sore and useless.

Chen Jun's last madness gradually dissipated, and the last courage gradually wore out.

From the first day to the third day, the intensity of Chen's attack decreased at a speed visible to the naked eye, and in the end it was simply soft, giving people the feeling that they could be pushed back without much effort.

So, here comes the opportunity.

On November 29, Guo Peng ordered the whole army to counterattack.

During this period of time, the temperature continued to drop, although it never snowed again, but the temperature never rose, for Yuan Jun, this is even more ruthless than poison.

Yuan Shu lived in a warm tent very comfortably, and the other soldiers couldn't stand it.

Those who died in battle, those who died of disease, those who froze to death, abounded, and there were a large number of combat and non-combat attrition every day.

Lu Mian persuaded Yuan Shu several times to retreat to Longkang County to deploy defenses, not to put too much pressure on logistics, Yuan Shu just didn't listen, he must crush Guo Peng to death, but Guo Peng was not crushed to death, but took the initiative to attack.

Qiao Rui, the general of the Chen army on the front line, immediately informed Yuan Shu of the matter.

"What? Guo thief dares to take the initiative to attack Lone?! ”

Yuan Shu was greatly surprised and annoyed, and then his face turned red, and he waved his hand: "Array!" Prepare for battle! Lone wants to personally lead the army to defeat the Guo thief! ”

Yuan Shu gave an order, and the Chen army was fully armed, although after ten days of attack, the Chen army suffered heavy losses, and there were many sick and weak people, but seventy or eighty thousand people could still make up it.

The seventy or eighty thousand troops were reorganized for battle under the orders of Yuan Shu, and in the face of Guo Peng's personal attack with a large army, they were not weak at all.

If you don't look at the ragged soldiers.

On the other hand, Guo Peng's side has neat military uniforms, distinctive armor, and strict military appearance, and he is a well-trained division at first glance.

Lu Mian looked at Guo Peng's military appearance, and then looked at the military appearance on his side, worried, and went to persuade Yuan Shu to collect his troops and return to the camp, relying on the large camp to fight a defensive counterattack, instead of going out of the camp to fight a field battle.

"Guo Thief's army is neat and tidy, the armor is distinct, our army has been fighting for days, the soldiers are tired, and the combat power has declined.

Yuan Shu flatly refused.

"The soldiers of the Son of Heaven, how can they trade and retreat? Retreat here, Guo Thief will definitely think that he is afraid of him! Absurd! Heralds, drums! Enter! Give Lone a face to the army of Guo thieves! ”

Yuan Shu gave an order, the war drums sounded, and Chen Jun began to advance slowly, and Lu Mian saw that there was nothing to do, so he could only move forward helplessly.

He always felt that he couldn't win this battle, but he desperately hoped that a miracle would happen.

Guo Peng led the army to the battlefield surrounded by personal guards, and erected the handsome flag in the safest place, indicating that the commander and commander of this battle was himself, and Yuan Shu quickly observed Guo Peng's handsome flag, and ordered the whole army to attack on the spot.

Obviously, it was Guo Peng's side who led the troops to attack, but it was Yuan Shu who launched the attack first.

Guo Peng thought it was funny, so he waved his hand.

"Beat the drums!"

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