After the army surrounded Gushi County, Cao Ren reported the battle to Guo Peng and told Guo Peng that the situation of the battle in Runan was decided and that their mission was successfully completed, with only the final conclusion.

Guo Peng received this battle report in Qi County. He was very happy to learn that Cao Ren and Guan Yu's march were successful and he had no worries about the Yuan Shu army that was fortified in Longkang area.

Yuzhou was basically pacified, and the most prosperous Central Plains state in the past fell into Guo Peng's control. Soon, Yangzhou on the north bank of the river will also become Guo Peng's target and object.

As for the prosperous Xuzhou, Guo Peng will definitely get it.

The Central Plains is no longer invincible, and the world is no longer invincible.

Mr. Guo has become invincible. What he needs to do now is to take off the fur of the beast on his body and become a person who stands upright.

Lead the times.

Yuan Shu's army was fortified in the Longkang area at about 30,000, and was one of Yuan Shu's troops attacking Xuzhou, led by Qiao Rui and Li Feng.

After returning to Shouchun, Lu Mian, the general of the Chen Empire appointed by Yuan Shuxin, recruited strong men and soldiers from Shouchun, gathered 30,000 people and headed north in advance.

Yuan Shu could have returned to Shouchun in time, but he encountered some trouble because of Zang Ba.

In order to defend Xuzhou, the army led by Zang Ba actually gained some advantage. Yuan Shu was in a state of chaos and lost several battles in a row. It was difficult to retreat. Zang Ba attacked Yuan Shu's military camp like he was furious.

So Yuan Shu had to send troops to stop Zang Ba, and he rushed back with the army at night.

He gave up a lot of the land he seized from Tao Qian, but only maintained some of the land he captured in Guangling County, sent troops to guard it, and all other troops were withdrawn, and all the land was abandoned.

This made Yuan Shu's army's morale very low. A large number of deserters appeared for a while. Yuan Shu killed 16 people to stabilize the situation and continued to drive the army to force the army to rush back to Shouchun.

Yuan Shu kept cursing Guo Peng along the way, and kept writing letters to Guo Peng, scolding him, and then ordered him to immediately repent and return to his side, so that he could not blame him.

However, there was no reply.

Yuan Shu was getting more and more panicked. He could not figure it out no matter what the war reports were falling in various parts of Yuzhou.

It was you who supported me to proclaim me, so why do you oppose me now?

You have been supporting me from the beginning, and have been my most loyal subordinate from the beginning, my minions, why do you oppose me?

Haven’t you always listened to me the most? Why do you object to me?

How can you object to me?

Panic, accompanied by deep doubts and confusion, and a psychological defense that was almost collapsed, Yuan Shu rushed to Shouchun panting like a wounded beast.

After confirming that Shouchun is no problem, he will lead his army to face Guo Peng. He wants to ask Guo Peng in person. He wants to look at Guo Peng and ask why he betrayed him.

What am I sorry for you?

Are you going to betray me?

I believe you so much that you actually betray me!

Yuan Shu has lost his normal judgment. Of course, he has no reliable judgment anyway, and anger and ecstasy are the same.

Before rushing back, he appointed his confidant general Lu Mian as the general. Qiao Rui and Li Feng, who were leading the way back, led 30,000 troops north to Long Kang to defend, and gave him the main force north to gain time.

Then, while Yuan Shu tried to get the troops of Liu Xun, who were bound by Sun Ce, to return north, he ordered the Shouchun court to mobilize urgently, recruit men and enlist in the army, expand the army, and then prepare military rations.

All the food obtained from Xuzhou was transported back to Shouchun, and Yuan Shu didn't want some gold, silver, treasures, etc., and took it out to help the army to calm the dissatisfaction.

After receiving Yuan Shu's "Sacred Order", the Shouchun court began to mobilize in a comprehensive manner.

People who were doing business scattered everywhere to plunder the strong men. The wealth and lives of these guys were counting on Yuan Shu. They dared not not do anything well, so they arrested the strong men everywhere.

Of course, you can also do something for yourself while performing tasks, such as robbing or robbing women, just like robbing a family, and the surrounding area of ​​Shouchun is in chaos.

Not only that, they also had to extend to other places and recruit more troops. The farthest one actually entered Lujiang County to capture the strong men and force the food.

Huainan Yin Yang Hong submitted a letter to advise Yuan Shu that disturbing the people too much will only have a counterproductive effect. The more troops the better. If there are too many troops, the less military food will be supplied.

Yuan Shu angrily scolded Yang Hong, saying that if the supply of military rations was not enough, he would have to use his meat to make up for it. Yang Hong was so scared that he had to bite the bullet and raise military rations everywhere.

Because he was really not anxious to collect the military rations that Yuan Shu needed, the Shouchun court had to attack some powerful families who had been more cooperative in the past, detaining charges and destroying them, plundering population and food.

Before the decisive battle began, Yuan Shu had already made his territory messy, every household was wailing, and every household was crying.

Of course, Yuan Shu didn't care at all. He just wanted to lead his army north to fight Guo Peng.

Guo Peng was not in a hurry. He knew that according to Yuan Shu's character, Yuan Shu would definitely explode soldiers and then come to cause trouble for himself fiercely. So instead of continuing to go south to lengthen his supply line, it would be better to stay in Qi County to set up defenses to reduce logistics pressure.

In late October, the weather will turn colder and winter will begin in less than a month. At that time, the logistics pressure of the 100,000 troops will be very high. If the front line continues to be accelerated and lengthened, it will be detrimental to you.

So Guo Peng decided to set up defenses on the spot, consolidate the current logistics transportation route, and then lengthen Yuan Shu's logistics supply line, aggravate his logistics consumption, and promote his all-round collapse as soon as possible.

People are iron rice and steel, and they are hungry even if they don’t eat for a meal.

If you want to march and fight, you have to let the soldiers have their meals. The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers. Should you bring the army here to fight or beg for food?

Guo Peng felt that at this time, Yuan Shu was causing trouble for the troops to go north. The extremely fragile and unstable logistics itself stretched the supply line. Isn’t this just a gift for the head?

Guo Peng felt that there was no need to fight this battle. He would collapse by himself after delaying it for a while.

Guo Peng knows Yuan Shu so well.

For Yuan Shu, the best way to do this is to shrink his troops, give up Long Kang, give up Yuzhou, withdraw troops to the south of the Huai River, deploy defenses in Huainan, reduce logistical pressure, and operate the rear area, and always prepare to give up Shouchun and migrate southward.

With the help of your own strategic depth, you don’t care about the gains and losses of a city and a place, and you can also lengthen Guo Peng’s logistics supply line and increase Guo Peng’s logistics pressure.

The logistics pressure of a 100,000 army is very high. If one is not good, it will be overturned. Guo Peng is likely to be unable to continue chasing and can only wait for the spring to bloom before fighting. In that case, Yuan Shu's Chen Empire can still prolong his life.
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