After learning that the surrounding four counties were very dissatisfied with him and began to recruit and expand the army, even if he looked down on these people, Yuan Shu began to feel that there were some things that needed to be paid attention to.

Yan Xiang and Yang Hong kept suggesting that he should immediately break through the encirclement of the surrounding four counties and open up a broader living space, otherwise he would be besieged and killed sooner or later, Yuan Shu also looked at this problem in this way, and his original goal was to attack Luoyang and overthrow Liu Bei's tyranny.

So he convened a military council to discuss how to attack.

At the meeting, everyone reached a consensus that the attack on Yingchuan County should be put last, otherwise it would immediately arouse Liu Bei's vigilance, and Yuan Shu should not directly clash with Liu Bei head-on at present.

In this regard, Yuan Shu was a little unhappy, but thinking about the arrogant soldiers and fierce generals under Liu Bei, he also had to agree with this opinion.

So they decided to attack Chenguo, Peiguo, and Nanyang County.

Yuan Shu coveted Nanyang County, because Nanyang County was the richest, but Yan Xiang did not suggest so.

"Nanyang County is the land of the Great Han Dynasty, although it is rich, it is of great significance, there are many wealthy families, once it is attacked, it will definitely cause a reaction from the Luoyang court."

This reason was recognized, and Nanyang County was temporarily excluded.

Then only Pei Guo and Chen Guo remained.

These two don't matter, Yuan Shu and others made an assessment and thought that Chen Guo was richer than Pei Guo, but it is said that Chen Guoguo's prime minister Luo Jun is very capable, and Chen Wang Liu Pet is good at riding and shooting, and he is a guy with some combat effectiveness.

During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Chen Guo also faced many dangers, and they were all saved with the cooperation of these two people, so Yan Xiang and Yang Hong both thought that Chen Guo was not easy to attack, and they should choose Peiguo, a soft persimmon, to pinch it.

Yuan Shu recognized Pei Guo as a soft persimmon, but he also thought that Chen Guo should be his meal, because he was really short of money now, and it was not easy to raise an army of 30,000 people, and he needed to expand his territory and get more resources.

Capturing these two counties, he can increase his troops by at least 20,000 more, and then he can launch an attack on Yingchuan County and Nanyang County, swallow these two counties, and then directly attack Luoyang to challenge Liu Bei.

Yuan Shu planned it this way.

Yan Xiang and Yang Hong didn't know Yuan Shu's psychological expectations, so they began to help Yuan Shu plan how to annex Peiguo, but at the same time, these two people also repeatedly warned Yuan Shu that they could not harm the king of Zong, at most they could only capture it, and then treat him politely.

Peiguo Xiang Fan Pi is not a very talented person, and his official reputation in Peiguo is not good, as a Confucian student, he has no experience in warfare, and he belongs to the kind of soft persimmon that is easy to pinch.

Although he was allowed to recruit 5,000 troops for defense, he did not have many skilled men to carry out this somewhat difficult task, and Yuan Shu planned to settle down on a surprise attack tactic.

Fan Pi also lacked a sense of crisis, and felt that with the permission and deterrence of the imperial court, coupled with an army of 5,000 people, it was enough to make Yuan Shu dare not mess around.

But the question is, is he Yuan Highway a rule-oriented person who is afraid of things?

The second and third in the world, Yuan Highway has only suffered losses at the hands of Liu Bei, so he has never been afraid of other people, let alone a county guard, he is planning to turn his face with the Luoyang Imperial Court, and will he care about other people?

So Yuan Shu's army, under the leadership of Zhonglang General Zhang Xun and Captain Ji Ling, directly attacked Xiangxian, easily broke through the defenseless Xiangxian, defeated Fan Pi's army, captured Fan Pi, and then killed him.

The hapless Fan Pi didn't hold out even a day.

Peiguo was unable to resist Yuan Shu's army and was occupied by Yuan Shu, and Liu Cong, the king of Pei, was not in good health, so he was frightened and was directly scared to death.

Yuan Shu ransacked Peiguo's warehouse arsenal and occupied Peiguo, winning the raid.

On the other side, Yuan Shu also sent an army to attack the state of Chen, and this army was led by the general Sun Jian, who was responsible for attacking the more well-guarded state of Chen.

Because Chen Guo was more vigilant and had experience in dealing with the Yellow Turban Army, when Sun Jian led his army to break into Chen State and approach Chen County, he was discovered in advance, and then met with strong resistance from Chen Wang Liu Chong and Luo Jun.

They guarded Chen County, did not go out to fight, and sent people to ask for help from the Luoyang court, trying to hold out until Liu Bei came to help.

Sun Jian led troops to surround Chen County, cut off the traffic inside and outside Chen County, and cut off the Qiao Cai Road, so that the county town could not be replenished.

Before the war, although Chen Guo was prepared, he did not think that Yuan Shu had the courage to really start a war, they thought that under the deterrence of the Luoyang court, Yuan Shu did not dare to act recklessly, so they did not carry out the highest level of war preparation.

So when I learned about Yuan Shu's raid, it was already too late.

At this time, there was not enough food and material reserves in the city, and it was full of people, and the consumption was very large, but in three or five days, there was already a shortage of materials in the city.

Chen Wang Liu was like a fire, he couldn't bear the humiliation, he went to the city gate to scold Yuan Shu for his wolf ambition, and asked him if he really wanted to make a rebellion against the Han Dynasty, but he didn't get an answer, but was ridiculed by Sun Jian as a coward, so he was even more angry.

After that, Liu Pet decided to go out of the city to fight and fight to the death with Sun Jian.

Luo Jun resolutely stopped and asked Liu Pet to wait for Liu Bei's reinforcements, but Liu Pet also had his own opinions.

"There is not much food in the city, or in a few days, we will gnaw the bark and eat grass, then the people will be panicked, the army will also lose its combat effectiveness, once the reinforcements are slow, we will be trapped here, it is better to take advantage of the soldiers' physical strength now, fight to the death, maybe there is still a way to live."

Luo Jun thought about it, and had to think that what Liu Pet said was reasonable, so he decided that Liu Pet would lead the troops out of the city to die, and he and the county would live and die together.

If Liu Chong is defeated, it will be good, if Liu Chong dies in battle, he will never live alone.

Liu Pet did a pre-war mobilization, let the soldiers eat and drink enough water, equip everything that could be equipped, and then go out of the city and Sun resolutely died, Sun Jian was overjoyed, he was most afraid of death, the most afraid of the turtle shell, he was also worried that the future would change, who would have thought that the other party would take the initiative to go out of the city.

The results speak for themselves.

Liu Chong was indeed brave, and personally led the cavalry to assault Sun Jian's position, rushing left and right, bending the bow and arrows without missing shots, several guards around Sun Jian were shot to death by him, and Sun Jian was asked by the guards to retreat a little to avoid the edge.

But Sun Jian was unwilling.

Liu Pet is brave, isn't he brave Jiangdong Tiger?

So Sun Jian led his guards to launch a counter-charge, head-on attack Liu Chong, Liu Chong was finally defeated, besieged by Sun Jian's subordinates, and finally killed by Sun Jian himself.

When Liu Pet died in battle, Chen Guo's army could not support it, their number was still small, although there was the cooperation of the army at the head of the city, they still could not resist, and finally the whole army was annihilated.

Seeing that the army was defeated and Liu Chong was killed, Luo Jun's heart was like ashes, and in Sun Jian's ultimatum, he decided to open the city and surrender, in exchange for Sun Jian not to harm the people in the city.

Sun Jian agreed.

So Luo Jun ordered the city gate to be opened, and after Sun Jian's army entered the city, Luo Jun stood at the head of the city and killed himself with a horizontal sword, and then fell to the bottom of the city, fulfilling his promise.

This happened on August 21, the sixth year of Zhongping.

In fact, Liu Chong and Luo Jun were still too anxious and not calm enough, as long as they held on for a few more days, they would be able to see reinforcements from Chenliujun.

The people they sent out had already arrived in Chenliu County and met Zhang Miao, the Taishou of Chenliu County.

At this time, Zhang Miao also asked Liu Bei for reinforcements, and after Liu Bei considered it, he sent Ma Teng, who had been promoted to lieutenant, to lead a battalion of elite troops who had completed the reorganization and training to arrive in Chenliu County to cheer for Zhang Miao.

At that time, Chen Liujun was able to come up with at least 6,000 people, and after learning the news of Yuan Shu's attack on Chen Guo, he was indeed ready to send troops to support Chen Guo - he still understood the truth of his lips and teeth.

So he handed over the army to Ma Teng, and Ma Teng led the troops to Chen State to support Liu Chong and Luo Jun, but after Ma Teng marched for three days, he got the news that Chen State was broken.

Liu Zhong died in battle, Luo Jun committed suicide, Chen Guo was invaded by Yuan Shu, and it was Sun Jian who carried out this task.

After learning the news, Ma Teng was a little surprised, he immediately sent someone back to Luoyang to inform Liu Bei of the matter, and then stationed troops in Fugou County to prevent Yuan Shu's army from attacking Chenliu County.

After Yuan Shu's side swallowed Chen Guo and Pei Guo one after another, he had no enterprising strength for the time being, and he needed enough time and energy to digest these two counties and expand his troops.

It was during this period of time that the news that Yuan Shu attacked Chen Guo and Pei Guo and killed two sect kings in a row spread, and everyone who learned the news was very shocked.

On the one hand, they realized that Yuan Shu still had some ability, and on the other hand, they noticed that Yuan Shu was completely unruly.

Kill the Han clan relatives, do you want to set aside the chaos and crusade against Liu Bei, or do you want to destroy the Han and become the emperor yourself?

Yuan Shu's ambitions were gradually exposed with his atrocities, and caused unanimous panic and hostility in the surrounding states.

And after this matter was learned by the think tank under Yuan Shu, they were frightened.

They had agreed in advance that they could not harm the king of the sect, they could only catch them, and they must save their lives and ensure their safety, otherwise it would be a bad thing.

Yuan Shu agreed.

The result?

Two kings die at your hands!

What are you going to do?