On July 27, several Youzhou wealthy families led by the Xianyu family came to Handan to seek refuge with Guo Peng.

Guo Peng was not surprised by this, because he knew that these people were not here to take refuge in him, but to take refuge in the Yuan clan banner behind him.

"Yuan Benchu's army is pressing, and the wealthy families in Youzhou and Jizhou have supported Yuan Benchu, and now the most dangerous thing is me, why did you abandon your ancestral business to join me?"

Guo Peng immediately personally met with the people of these families and chatted with them.

Xian Yufu, as a representative, said to Guo Peng: "The general is brave and good at fighting, this is something that everyone in Youzhou knows, although Yuan Benchu is the fourth and third dukes, but I never thought that Yuan Benchu was such a person who deceived the world and stole his name, how can we do things under the command of a person who deceives the world and steals fame?" ”

"I see."

Of course, Guo Peng would not take this kind of thing seriously, but he was curious about the eyes of these families.

Do they really think they can defeat Yuan Shao?

"But right now, Yuan Benchu's army is going south, and there are many generals, it's not something I can compete with, does Xian Yujun really think that I can defeat Yuan Benchu?"

Guo Peng took Xian Yufu's hand and asked him to sit down, and he sat down face to face with him to discuss the matter.

"Although Yuan Benchu seems to be powerful, but Yuan Benchu is a person who is very strong and inward-looking, and he has never won a battle with a general, not to mention that this time the general has a great deal of righteousness, and Yuan Benchu is a person who deceives the world and steals his name, so who can win the result is not clear enough?"

Xian Yufu's rhetoric made Guo Peng very interested.

"Xian Yujun thinks that what is the biggest weakness of Yuan Benchu's army?"

Xian Yu Fu thought for a while, and then replied: "The biggest weakness of Yuan Benchu's army is that the people's hearts are not aligned, his army is all improvised patchwork, and they are not familiar with each other, it is difficult to say that they can cooperate and cooperate in combat, which is a great hidden danger, but Yuan Benchu doesn't seem to care. ”

Guo Peng nodded.

"On top of the battle array, the cooperation between the military formations is very important, Yuan Benchu thought that he wanted to defeat me immediately, and he didn't pay much attention to it, even so, I have confidence, Xian Yujun and you choose to take refuge in me at this time, and when I win, I will definitely not treat you badly."

Guo is also very accustomed to saying this kind of thing, and it is very cliché.

Anyway, they came to seek refuge with Yuan Shu's subordinate Guo Peng, not Guo Peng himself.

But at the moment, Guo Peng doesn't care much about this matter.

Someone came to take refuge, or from the enemy camp, for Guo someone, it was already a big victory, which was enough to prove the trouble that Yuan Shao encountered after he launched his skill in dog fighting.

In the final analysis, it's still Yuan Shu, or Yuan Shu.

Because Yuan Shu beat Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao can lose half of his arm help in the case of fighting at home, otherwise with Yuan Shao's condition of opening the "Meng Shiyi" learning qualification, the whole Hebei will go crazy.

But because of Yuan Shu, he forced half of the powerful landlords to step on the brakes, swallowed their saliva, touched their necks, and felt that their lives were more important.

If it weren't for Yuan Shu, would this be the case?

Thinking like this, Guo is really entangled.

He began to wonder if he had won this battle beautifully, what would he do next?

What can be done to make yourself a real victor instead of making Yuan Shu a real winner?

Guo thought carefully and thought of some very meaningful methods.

But before that, Guo had to overturn Yuan Shao first and get Yuan Shao's head.

On the seventh day of the eighth month, Yuan Shao's army set off from Xiaotao County, the administrative office of Julu County, and arrived at Ren County, Julu County, but found that the county seat was empty.

Pioneer reported that Yuan Shao said that there were no people around the county, roads were damaged, bridges were damaged, buildings were damaged, and all the summer grain that could be harvested in the fields was harvested first.

When Yuan Shao heard the report, he was very surprised, and ordered the vanguard army to continue south, heading to Nanhe County, where the vanguard army repaired roads and bridges with difficulty, advanced with difficulty, and found that the situation in Nanhe County was exactly the same as that of Ren County.

There were no people, roads were destroyed, bridges were destroyed, buildings were destroyed, and everything that could be used in the county was looted, leaving only an empty shell.

The vanguard army continued to the south, and so did Guangnian County, and further south into the Zhao State, and found that the same was true of Yiyang County of the Zhao State.

Starting from Yiyang County to Handan, on the way he encountered an interception by Guo Peng's general Zhang Liao, who led the cavalry to attack the vanguard of Lü Kuang and Lü Xiang, and Lü Kuang and Lü Xiang had to retreat, thus drawing the conclusion that Guo Peng was fortified in Handan.

After getting the report, Yuan Shao frowned, very annoyed.

The five strategists under his command immediately pointed out that this was Guo Peng's strategy to block the enemy's advance, and I am afraid that many counties south of the first line of Xiatao County have been plundered by Guo Peng, and only an empty shell remains.

All the population was robbed by Guo Peng, and they were forced to go to Wei County in the south, except for a very small number of escapes, it was basically a no-man's land.

"Guo Zifeng knows that he is invincible, he must have transferred all the population and materials in this area to Wei County, and even to Yanzhou, this fang is insidious and cunning, and has prepared a way for himself to retreat, it seems that he may not plan to continue to go north."

Xu You made a judgment based on this.

Guo Peng spent some time preemptively creating a vacuum of population resources before Yuan Shao went south.

Originally, Yuan Shao was fighting at home, Guo Peng was fighting away, and Yuan Shao had an absolute advantage.

As a result, Guo Peng dispatched a large army, mobilized auxiliaries and civilian soldiers, and forcibly plundered the population and materials in this large area with weapons.

No man's land appeared.

Guo Peng's doing so is equivalent to directly pulling Yuan Shao's home combat advantage to the same level as himself, and using rich experience to occupy the advantage.

Yuan Shao could not obtain on-the-spot supplies of materials in this area, so he had to build new granaries, store grain and grass, repair roads, and ensure timely supply of materials before he could go south to fight Guo Peng.

Yuan Shao scolded Guo Peng for this, but there was no way out, so he had to work the journey from Xiatao County to Yiyang County.

It took a lot of time to set up granaries, repair roads and bridges, and facilitate the advance of the 60,000-strong army.

And Guo Peng was already very well prepared, and may even have been ready to withdraw his troops, plundering the population of his Wei County, Qinghe State, and Bohai County to Yanzhou in large numbers, dealing a heavy blow to his strength.

Yuan Shao suddenly had a feeling of punching the cotton.

I'm coming here aggressively, but you actually want to run?

Don't run! Stop me!

So disgusting to me, now to run?

Which is so easy! Pay me!

Yuan Shao wants to chase.

But first the grain routes must be arranged, and the roads for the army to march are ready, because Guo Peng has destroyed them all.

The 60,000-strong army is huge, and the requirements for roads and bridges are very high.

The roads that could be used by the army were limited in those years, as they were not well developed, and large areas were still dense with virgin jungle and bush, which would have taken more time to divert the route.

Yuan Shao could only bite the bullet and build roads.

As a result, there is a pit here and a mound there, and I don't know where to set a trap, and many of the roads that must be passed are full of traps, and a few steps away is a trap, and many people have died.

In this way, Yuan Shao's army was like a frightened bird, and its advance was as slow as a snail crawling forward.

Yuan Shao was anxious in his eyes, but he was helpless, he didn't have wings, he couldn't fly, and there were no people around, so he couldn't get help.

Guo Peng, you can, you really can!

Yuan Shao gritted his teeth and hated Guo Peng.

PS: It's been rewritten from chapter 325 to chapter 328, and then three new chapters have been added, OK, I'm going to sleep, good night everyone.