Although Tian Feng always thought that Guo Peng would go north to attack, the trial did not think so.

He believed that Guo Peng had only been attacked by Lu Bu not long ago, and his losses were so great that he would not have the strength to start a war for at least a year.

As a result, Wan Wan didn't expect Guo Peng to really start the war in advance.

Where is his confidence?

I don't understand.

However, the trial quickly calmed down and immediately sent people to act in two ways.

All the way, more than 1,000 cavalry escorted the families of Yuan Shao and other important figures, and immediately went north to Gaoyang County Capital and Yuan Shao.

The trial believes that Yecheng is no longer safe, even if it is not taken for the time being, once it is surrounded, Yuan Shao will be unable to move.

Learning from the experience of the past, it is now necessary to send all the families of important officials to Yuan Shao, so as not to be exploited by Guo Peng.

I have to say that the head of the trial is indeed very clear.

The second way is to send troops south to investigate the intelligence of Guo Peng's invasion of the north.

He now knew very little information, only the news of the invasion of about 20,000 to 30,000 troops sent by Gao Ran and Yan Liang, which was not enough.

On the 23rd, the trial learned that Fanyang County was defeated south of Yecheng, and the defeated soldiers said that Fanyang County was lost, and the guards Gao Ran and Yan Liang did not know their life and death.

The judge's heart was so shocked that he almost fainted.

10,000 troops are just like that?

Guo Peng's speed is too fast, right?

What do Yan Liang and Gao Ran do to eat?

One by one, they are known as famous generals in Hebei, and the result is such a famous general?

10,000 troops can't stop Guo Peng's advance, and it seems that this time things are big.

Without thinking too much about it, the trial made a decision immediately, and immediately issued an order to clear the field and a mobilization order, and forcibly moved the Li Shu around Yecheng into Yecheng with knives by the army in the city.

Then he mobilized all the strong men in the city to join the defense of the city, and seized the time to wantonly destroy the houses outside the city, destroy the fields, destroy the bridges, block and pollute the wells, dig ditches everywhere, and set traps.

The city wall is full of garrison weapons, and the forcibly recruited strong men are organized into a team, which is responsible for transporting ordnance and materials to the garrison soldiers on the city wall, and announcing curfew orders.

Then, the trial negotiated with the powerful families in the city, hoping to recruit their family soldiers to join the city defense army.

At this time, people in some families are not very happy.

They felt that Guo Peng was menacing, Fanyang County was gone, 10,000 troops were wiped out, Hebei famous generals Yan Liang and Gao Ran couldn't stop Guo Peng's soldiers, and seeing that Yecheng was about to end, wouldn't Yuan Shao have a rabbit's tail that couldn't grow?

At this time, sending troops to help Yuan Shao is equivalent to being bound to Yuan Shao, in case Yuan Shao falls, Guo Peng occupies Hebei, and they are settled by Guo Peng?

The judge had insight into the minds of these people, and while throwing all his own private soldiers into the battle to defend the city, and letting his two sons take the lead in fighting in the city, he reasoned with them.

"Yuan Gongli is lenient and benevolent, and he treats you as benevolent and righteous, how many people in the world can treat you so leniently like Yuan Gong? If Guo Zifeng is replaced, do you dare to guarantee that Guo Zifeng can also treat you like Yuan Gong? ”

As soon as the judge said this, the people of those families began to think about it.

The judge is right.

Yuan Shao's governance of Jizhou is indeed very lenient, and the law is lax, which is enough for these powerful clans to gallop in the middle of the law, and they will not be harmed at all.

As the leader of the scholar clan, with power and knowledge, Yuan Shao was relatively tolerant of these powerful landlords from poor families, unlike the Han and Han governments that had always suppressed powerful landlords.

What's more, the tax is extremely low, there is no cool officials competing with Haoqiang for tax population, and only need to provide some food when Yuan Shao needs it.

With such good conditions, it is simply a paradise for the noble and powerful.

Everyone is not very clear about how Guo Zifeng governs, but as a scholar, there is no rumor of generosity towards the people under Guo Zifeng's rule, which is enough for them to think about who to help.

Who to help, the main thing is to see which ruler can better protect their interests.

Now in comparison, it is indeed Yuan Shao who is more able to protect everyone's interests.

They are thinking.

At this time, the judge said another sentence, which completely helped them make up their minds.

"Guo Zifeng was born in Yingchuan Guo's family, Yingchuan Guo's family, the family biography "Xiao Du Lu", generations of legal officials, I heard that his military management is mostly based on the rule of law, not benevolence, Guo Zifeng is not benevolent, everyone, is it better to be benevolent, or the rule of law is better, don't you have your own opinion?"

The powerful landlords suddenly realized.

Guo Zifeng likes to use the law, while Yuan Shao was born in the Runan Yuan family, which passed down the "Meng's Yi", and is a standard Confucian scholar who is lenient and benevolent.

How to choose, you can figure it out with your toes.

So they all decided to help Yuan Shao and protect their interests.

A group of powerful landlords sent their private soldiers to let the powerful troops take charge and join the defense of the city.

The trial obtained more than 5,000 private soldiers from the hands of the family, plus the 5,000 elite soldiers left by Yuan Shao, adding up to 10,000 people, and there were still 50,000 or 60,000 strong men in the city who were organized, which was enough to defend the city.

The defeat of Gao Ran and Yan Liang was more likely to be caught off guard in the eyes of the trial, Guo Peng's attack was too sudden, and they were not prepared in time, so they were defeated.

Now that he has enough time to deploy in Yecheng, he will definitely not let Guo Peng have a good time.

With such preparations, the trial was much more relieved, and when Guo Peng's vanguard Cao Chun arrived around Yecheng on the 25th to inspect the periphery, the trial and match decisively ordered the city to defend the army for battle, beat the drum and cheer, and deter Cao Chun.

Cao Chun looked from afar, saw that Yecheng was heavily guarded, and knew that this battle was not easy to fight, so he sent someone back to inform Guo Peng, Guo Peng heard about this, and found Gao Ran and Yan Liang to ask who the people guarding the city were.

"Trial, trial of the south, General Yuan is engaged in governance, he is very solemn and rigorous, and he has won the trust of General Yuan, and he will never surrender."

Gao Ran honestly explained.

Guo Peng nodded, feeling that his idea of trying to wipe out Yuan Shao's family here would not succeed.

can be left by Yuan Shao to guard the nest, he must be a particularly trusted person, and his status is like Guo Peng's Cheng Li.

Trial, this person Guo Peng still has heard of it, and his memory is relatively deep.

This person guarded Yecheng for half a year, so that Cao Cao's superior forces had no way to take him, it was useless to attack flooding, and in the end it was his nephew who opened the city and surrendered, so that Cao Cao could take Yecheng, otherwise, it is estimated that it can last for a month or two.

At that time, his two sons were captured by Cao Cao on the Wuchao front, and Cao Cao used his sons as a threat to make him open the city, but he was unmoved.

To put it simply, the judge is not a very talented person, but he is stubborn and hard, just like Gao Shun, he is not the kind of person who can be surrendered, and he belongs to the type of nirvana.

Although Guo Peng has no prejudice against him, if he stops in front of Guo Peng, Guo Peng will definitely not give him good fruits to eat.