On July 12, the fourth year of Chuping, before sending troops, Yuan Shao received relatively complete information and learned that Guo Peng's attack on Jizhou was already quite serious.

Qinghe Kingdom and Bohai County have been declared to fall, and Wei County and Zhao Kingdom are also shaking under Guo Peng's military attack.

The core of his rule, Wei County, was only one Ye city, still under the perseverance of Shen Pei, and all other cities fell and were occupied by Guo Peng.

Guo Peng took off these cities very easily, holding Yuan Shu's flag, and basically did not encounter strong resistance. There were very few people willing to resist.

Yuan Shao suffered heavy losses.

Yuan Shao was extremely annoyed and immediately arranged for the strategists to make strategic plans. The strategists put forward many suggestions, which made Yuan Shao a little unresponsive, but in the end Yuan Shao still came up with his own decision.

The confidant captain Chunyu Qiong, the commander Jiang Qi and Han Juzi were appointed to lead 10,000 infantry cavalry south to Bohai County, defeat Guo Peng's army to attack Bohai County, recover Bohai County, and recover Qinghe Kingdom or go south to attack Pingyuan Kingdom.

Yuan Shao himself commanded the 50,000 main army from Jixian to the south, followed the way he came to fight back to the south, and sent orders to counties that were still under his control to make them ready for defense.

At the same time, Yuan Shao also sent Xu You and Xun Chen as lobbyists and went to various counties and counties in Jizhou to find famous and powerful people to lobby.

Xu You and Xun Chen explained the current situation to them, called on them to learn from the powerful Youzhou clan and put out their savings to support Yuan Shao in defeating Guo Peng.

He also revealed to them that Yuan Shao gave him the qualifications to study "Mengshi Yi" and his plan to defeat Guo Peng and go directly to Yanzhou.

Promising that as long as they can take out part of their family savings to support Yuan Shao and make contributions, they may have the opportunity to study "Mengshi Yi" and the absolute qualification to divide the interests of Yanzhou.

"Guo Zifeng is popular among the two prefectures of Qingyan. Those who support Guo Zifeng in attacking General Yuan will definitely not forgive them. After taking Yanzhou, General Yuan will inevitably execute them. Don't you want the empty land?"

Xu You and Xun Chen used this method to persuade the rich families in Jizhou. Just like in Youzhou, after a short period of debate, the powerful landlords in Youzhou also split.

They also split into two factions, one of which decided to support Yuan Shao and sent his children north to Jixian County to study "Mengshi Yi".

The faction decided not to move, waiting for Guo Peng to come, defect to Guo Peng, Yuan Shu, and continue his daily life.

This choice is very normal. Some people like to fight for the future, while others care more about their own lives than the future.

A dilemma will inevitably lead to two different opinions and two different paths.

In their view, this Yuan family civil war is an opportunity and a challenge.

So Yuan Shao was still supported by some powerful and powerful landlords. With these well-known figures, they opened their family savings to Yuan Shao, and with amazing family accumulation as the confidence, they showed Guo Peng his fierce and greedy fangs.

On July 24, Yuan Shao, who had completed the war preparations, issued an order to advance.

Chunyu Qiong, Jiang Qi and Han Juzi first led 10,000 cavalry to pounce on Bohai County, intending to annihilate Guo Peng's army that led to the Bohai County in one fell swoop.

On July 25, before the main army of Yuan Shao had officially set out, he suddenly received news that 10,000 elite troops from the Black Mountain bandit Zhang Yan invaded Changshan Kingdom and plundered.

Yuan Shao was very angry and immediately ordered his nephew Gao Gan to take Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan, two generals, to lead an army of 10,000 to Changshan Kingdom to attack Zhang Yan.

So on July 26, Yuan Shao was finally able to lead 40,000 main troops to march southward. The 40,000 army marched south in a mighty way, with great reputation, as if he had won before the war began.

They had to do this and had to create momentum like this.

This is obvious because Yuan Shu is stronger, has a wider base area, and is more supported by local princes.

Guo Peng is both Yuan Shu’s licking dogs. Isn’t this enough to reflect the seriousness of the problem?

So although Yuan Shao is the governor of Jizhou and the class brother and relative they admire, facing Guo Peng, who came under the banner of Yuan Shu, is a person, and if you have a little knowledge, you will feel entangled.

Then split into two factions.

Those who supported Yuan Shao naturally decided to give up the future, not to mention that Yuan Shao also gave them the right to divide the fertile soil of Qingyan and Yanzhou.

As long as you can defeat Guo Peng and defeat Yuan Shu's attack, you can not only get the opportunity to learn and transform into a gentry, but also expand your entire industry and expand your family's power to Qingyan and Yanzhou, becoming stronger.

What else is more important than transforming into aristocratic families and expanding the industry?

Because Yuan Shao opened up the opportunity to learn and gave them a batch of places to fight for them, they, who had originally ignored Yuan Shao's love, instantly turned into Yuan Shao's cornerstone and his biggest supporter.

So Yuan Shao advanced all the way, and the "fathers and fellow villagers looked forward to it" in various counties along the way, very eager for Yuan Shao's arrival, and "fooded and slurry" to welcome Yuan's army.

It created a huge momentum for Yuan Shao.

It seemed as if Yuan Shao, who had not even won a battle, had already won a complete victory.

This half of the powerful landlords provided Yuan Shao with a large amount of food, weapons, war horses, cloth, food transporters, and private soldiers with certain combat effectiveness.

Your family will pay 500, my family will pay 300, and his family will pay 600. As soon as everyone has planned, an army of more than 20,000 people will be formed and joined Yuan Shao's army. Yuan Shao sent them to the commanders of each famous general.

The 40,000 army was advancing all the way, and it turned into a 60,000 army.

Yuan Shao's general situation has come true, and it seems that the situation has been reversed. He has gained stronger troops than Guo Peng on the front battlefield, gained the confidence and strength to fight the Yuan Shu group to the death, and has hope of turning the tables.

The landlords and powerful people who supported Yuan Shao did their best to support Yuan Shao, and they just couldn't just ride on horseback in armor and help Yuan Shao fight.

Yuan Shao is now really surging like a giant, with a fierce momentum, as if he could crush Guo Peng in the next second.

Guo Peng has always paid great attention to Yuan Shao's entire strategic preparation process in Handan.

Basically, Guo Peng knew about Yuan Shao's every move, and also received news of Yuan Shao's army's dispatch and specific tactical direction.

Guo Peng learned that Yuan Shao's army was divided into three groups, heading to Changshan Kingdom, attacking Zhang Yan, and advancing all the way to Bohai County, as if to retake Bohai County.

Under Yuan Shao's personal leadership, the main force has gone south and is heading towards Guo Peng.

Seeing that Yuan Shao had an army of 80,000 in minutes, of which 60,000 were not recruited by him, but sent by others. So Guo instantly understood what it means to be more angry than others.

Guo Peng now understands.

Faced with Yuan Shao like this, if Cao Cao did not hold the emperor, did not rely on the emperor's name to control the great power, and control the management of the Imperial Academy, he could arrange his children of officials to enter the Imperial Academy, and he would never be able to hold on to the formal war.

Even though the emperor was in hand, Cao Cao still found a large box of letters from the enemy after the war.

Mr. Guo did not have the emperor in his hands, but fortunately there was a college guarantee and Yuan Shu's banner as a deterrent. Yuan Shao was not as strong as he later and had such a stable foothold.

So after all, Guo forcibly took away the other half of the help that Yuan Shao should have received, and successfully split the powerful landlords in Hebei, making it impossible for Yuan Shao to do his best.

This is the power of the three ministers of the four generations.

Although he was not from the Three Dukes of the Four Generations, as the most powerful dog of the Three Dukes of the Four Generations, Guo still used the power of the Three Dukes of the Four Generations like a tiger, and achieved good results.
Chapter completed!