Yuan Shu didn't notice how shock and disgust his proclaimed emperor brought to the people of the world.

He just blindly conquered the city and plundered the place, which was very pleasant.

He was very happy to see his territory expanding and his wealth growing.

As a result, Xia Pi State and Guangling County were slaughtered, and the local area was in chaos. The gentry, powerful landlords, etc. were even more targets of Yuan Shu's focus on looting and killing. Since he did not support him, he would be killed.

Yuan Shu’s thinking is so simple and crude.

In another time and space, what Cao Cao did to Xuzhou was even more severely pressed on Xuzhou.

However, Cao Cao went from north to south, while Yuan Shu went from south to north.

Xuzhou, a four-war land, seemed to be unable to escape this disaster.

The only difference is that Tao Qian is still alive, and Xuzhou has a generally recognized orthodox ruler. People are in harmony, and Yuan Shu's army is not as good as Cao Cao's army.

Under his leadership, generals such as Zhang Xun, Ji Ling, Qiao Rui, and Li Feng led their troops to marches on the land of Xuzhou. The originally stable land of Xia Pi State and Guangling County was not decent because of Yuan Shu.

And under Yuan Shu's atrocities, some people stood up to resist.

Some powerful clans in Guangling County and Xia Pi Kingdom who were unwilling to be plundered by Yuan Shu became monks and organized rebel troops to rely on the fort to fight against Yuan Shu, causing considerable losses to Yuan Shu's army.

It is said to be an army, but it is not more powerful than these rebels. The rebels defend and Yuan's attack are not effective.

The Yuan army was repeatedly repelled by these rebels, which made Yuan Shu unable to truly pacify Guangling County and Xia Pi Kingdom, giving Tao Qian the opportunity to calmly recruit troops and prepare for war.

Yuan Shu launched the Xuzhou Battle in late July. By the time Guo Peng completed his troops and began to march in late August, Tao Qian had already sent troops into Xiapi Kingdom and Guangling County to start counterattack.

The army entering Xia Pi was mainly Zang Ba, and the army entering Guangling County was mainly Chen Deng. The two armies advanced together and fought back to the south.

Yuan Shu failed to gain a foothold in Xuzhou before Tao Qian finished rectifying, and in late August, Xuzhou's counterattack began.

The Xuzhou army, which was united in fighting the invasion, did give Yuan Shu a different feeling.

At least, at the beginning of the battle, Yuan Shu's vanguards were defeated by Zang Ba's general Sun Guan near Xia Pi City, hundreds of people died in battle and fled.

Yuan Shu was furious about this and immediately led his troops north to fight against Zang Ba's Xuzhou army.

At the same time, in late August, the battle between Sun Ce and Liu Xun, the general appointed by Yuan Shu, was in full swing.

Liu Xun led 20,000 troops to attack Sun Ce, and Sun Ce, who had just occupied the two counties of Danyang County and Wu County, also integrated 20,000 troops to face Liu Xun.

After Liu Xun led his army across the river, he drove straight to Qua County. Sun Ce also led his army from Wu County to Qua County. He ordered Danyang Prefect Wu Jing to lead his army to cut off the retreat of Liu Xun's army and prepare to catch turtles in a jar and annihilate Liu Xun's troops.

On August 24, an encounter started more than ten miles south of Liu Xun, Sun Ce and Qu'a County.

Sun Ce's subordinate, General Xu Kun, the general of the Army, led his army to challenge Liu Xun's vanguard and defeated him, which made Liu Xun's troops have a low morale. When Liu Xun saw that the situation was not good, he immediately retreated to Jurong County. However, Sun Ce was full of spirit and pursued him closely, so the two armies fought fiercely near Jurong County for more than ten days.

Sun Ce's generals Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang and others fought bravely, and each led their troops to defeat Liu Xun's generals. They won victory after victory, and they almost had no power to fight back. Liu Xun felt bad about this and immediately sent someone to cross the river to ask Yuan Shu for reinforcements, while he struggled to support him in Jurong County.

On the fourth day of September, Danyang Prefect Wu Jing led his army north, overcame Shicheng, Moling and Hushu counties, and directly cut off Liu Xun's logistics supplies, realizing the strategy of closing the door and beating dogs.

Liu Xun then felt that something was wrong, so he immediately led people to attack the west and tried to reopen the supply line. However, Wu Jing's troops insisted on defense, so Liu Xun could not open up the situation. Fortunately, there were many people, and the food stored in the previous plunder could still be supported. So Liu Xun continued to lead the army to fight fiercely, and Sun Ce and Wu Jing could not eat Liu Xun for a while.

As a result, Yuan Shu's army was strongly resisted on the fronts of the north and south, and the battle situation was not optimistic. Despite this, Yuan Shu's family background was somewhat stronger than Tao Qian and Sun Ce. It was not enough to hurt him once to fight.

So Yuan Shu was confident and fearless.

Moreover, in Yuan Shu's heart, the most important help has not come yet. As long as he comes, everything will be solved.

Then Guo Peng came.

On the fourth day of the September 19th, the messenger sent by Yuan Shu and the heads of the governors of the two states were sent by Guo Peng to Shouchun. At the same time, there were also announcements of war and proclamations against Yuan. Shouchun's pseudo-Chen court was shocked and in chaos. The Secretary of the Shangshu ordered Han Yin to immediately notify Yuan Shu on the front line.

On the ninth day of the ninth month, the news was sent to the front line. At that time, Yuan Shuzheng led his army to fight with Zang Ba's army near Xiapi County.

After learning about this, I couldn't believe it at first. After reading it for a while, I suddenly suddenly started to kill the messenger who sent the message.

"Nonsense and slander our morale! It's not a pity to die! How could Zifeng betray me?!"

Yuan Shu didn't believe what he saw at all and continued to command the army to attack Zang Ba.

Zhang Xun, Ji Ling and Qiao Rui were all surprised to learn about this and asked about the authenticity of Yuan Shu's incident. They were all reprimanded by Yuan Shu, asking them to prepare for the war seriously. Yuan Shu even went to the front-line battlefield to inspire morale to command the battle.

Instead, Yuan Jun's combat effectiveness improved, slightly defeating Zang Ba, forcing Zang Ba to retreat for a while before stabilizing his position.

However, messengers came to the front line one after another, telling Yuan Shu that the counties and counties in Yuzhou were attacked by Guo Peng's army, and were defeated like a mountain and suffered serious losses. They asked Yuan Shu to return to the army to rescue immediately, otherwise Guo Peng would sweep over Yuzhou, and something would be wrong.

At this point, Yuan Shu still didn't believe it. He went to Shouchun to ask them why they had falsely accused Guo Peng. Even their subordinates could not bear it anymore. He kept persuading Yuan Shu to see clearly that Guo Peng had really betrayed him.

Guo Peng really broke up with him!

"Absolutely impossible! Zifeng will not betray me! No! Absolutely not! Zifeng will not betray me even if the sky falls and the earth falls!"

Yuan Shu yelled a little crazy.

Afterwards, Yuan Shu was silent for a long time when he looked at the military newspaper, and then, under the worry of his generals, he erupted like a volcano.

"Guo Zifeng! You dare to betray me!"

He drew his sword and chopped the newspaper to pieces, scolding Guo Peng as well as being ungrateful than being pigs and dogs, scolding Guo Peng as the most treacherous slander in the world.

Then Yuan Shu suddenly frowned, vomited blood, his face turned pale, and he fell to the ground unconscious.
Chapter completed!