In May.

When the sun is scorching and the sun is shining, the thick heat feeds the earth, absorbing layers of nutrients and releasing a large amount of heat to reflect in the fields.

The Northern Expedition initiated by Liu Bei, the son of the Han Dynasty, also lasted from March to May in the spring, lasted more than 60 days and came to an end.

Cao Zhen, who had been demoted to the third level but was still the governor of the defense of the western front, couldn't swallow this breath, and also gathered people to send Chen Cang and Jingshui to the west again to see if they could choose the opportunity to break through the Han army's defense line.

But even if the Han army was expelled from Guanzhong, the elite was still there, and Wei Yan, a talented general, was personally in charge, how could he give the Wei army a chance?

More than 100,000 Wei troops wandered around the border of Guanlong for many days, but they did not find any flaws, so Cao Zhen had no choice but to order all the troops to retreat, and to recuperate in the Guanzhong with Chen soldiers, in order to wait for the opportunity.

On the other hand, the two sides of the battle in the Jingxiang Theater were also separated by the Hanshui defense line for more than a month, and although Xiahou Shang planned several attacks, he still returned under Deng Ai's defense.

Didn't get any bargains.

Due to the fact that the enemy was outnumbered, Deng Ai had no intention of attacking, but only used Wudang as a stronghold to arrange a solid defensive line along the Han River, and only needed to wait for the Wei army to attack it halfway!

His strategy is also very simple, that is, procrastination......

As long as it is dragged to the direction of Guanzhong or the southeast to decide the victory, Xiahou Shang will naturally be self-defeating along the way.

If you want to take the land lightly, how can it be so simple?

Runan-gun.

Since receiving the reply from the sentinel cavalry, Cao Ren, the general of the chariot cavalry, had dispatched Xuzhou Assassin Shi Lu Qian to lead more than 10,000 people south to conquer his own side, Guan Ping thought about it and made a careful decision, immediately sent the people back to the front line of Runan, and then began to deploy the army.

Guan Ping set up camps along the Chongshan Mountains and Mountains backed by the Rushui Line to resist the invasion of the Wei army with the mountain.

Lü Qian led his troops to arrive, first Chen Bing in Biyang City, where the transportation hub was located, and firmly controlled the transportation and supply depot of Bishui to avoid being cut off by the Han army.

In the following days, Lu Qian repeatedly came up with strange strategies to attract Guan Ping to lead his troops out of the mountain for a decisive battle, but all of them failed!

For today's Guan Ping, he does not want to directly clash with the Wei army, he only needs to take root in Runan County, and then threaten the major water systems such as Bishui, Huaishui and Rushui, and then radiate Yanyu and Yangshuzhou.

As long as this is done, the value of his solitary in-depth experience is revealed.

And because he had repeatedly robbed the money and grain of the surrounding powerful clans before, he had already replenished the military funds, and now the grain and grass in the army were also extremely sufficient, so he naturally had the capital to consume.

Moreover, Guan Ping did not just rely on the mountains to defend in a regular way, but repeatedly sent small groups of soldiers along Rushui to use the power of warships to transport them to any weak point outside of Lü Qiantun's army, and then continued to carry out the strategy of attacking the town.

If the town can be breached, the treasury will be raided to open a warehouse to release grain and collect the hearts of the people.

If they could not attack the city, they plundered the surrounding powerful clans, and then plundered the money and food and other military supplies, liberated the tenants, and distributed the fields.

Then, after Lü Qian led his troops to support, the Han army immediately withdrew to Chongshan to hold on.

Because of the organization of the secret guard, Guan Ping knew almost everything about the movements of the Wei army, and had the advantage of naval warships, but the "guerrilla tactics" he planned made the Wei army helpless.

Unable to remove Guan Ping, a thorn that penetrated deep into the hinterland, the grain route transported by the Wei army to Jiangxia had an extremely serious impact.

Merely.

For the feat of breaking the treasury to open warehouses to release grain, and cracking down on the powerful to liberate tenants and distribute fields, the people around him can be said to have incomparable trust in the Han army.

When the Han army raided any place, the local people not only did not report what they saw to the officials, but helped to hide it.

Because they knew that whenever the Han army broke through the treasury or broke the Haoqiang Wu Fort, they would have extremely rich rewards.

Gradually...... The surrounding people gradually had a sense of attachment to the Han army, which made Lu Qian fall into a sense of powerlessness and could not organize a large army to encircle and suppress Guan Ping again.

Only a few days later, after the general of the Che Cai recruited the main force of the seventh battalion headed by Zang Ba and others, he went south to recruit in person, and the troops went straight to Guanping.

After joining forces with Lu Qian, when he heard about the general measures of the people, Cao Ren suddenly felt a chill in his heart, and then shouted with a fierce face: "The so-called matter of eating the king's Lu and being loyal to the king, this group of Diao people is not loyal to my Great Wei, but instead seduces Jingzhou thieves to plot against our county. ”

"Damn it!"

With an angry scolding, Cao Ren was still angry, and in anger he gave the order to slaughter.

If the people of the counties and counties still dare to respond to the Jingzhou army, or learn of the enemy's clues but conceal them, once it is found out, they will use thunderous means to destroy their entire families.

Here's a command.

In the next few days, the line from Runan to Biyang, but wherever the Han army was active, almost the heads were rolling, and the countryside could be described as full of corpses and rivers of blood.

Countless Wei soldiers held sharp blades in their hands and pointed the finger at the innocent people.

Patches of wailing, bursts of corpses......

The screams are endless!

At night, the wails that seemed to be all over the sky were as unyielding as a lonely soul that had turned into a burst of grievances, and it was extremely gloomy.

A brutal massacre is taking place here.

Although the thunder method was too cruel, it was indeed effective, and when the people of the Quartet saw the bones rolling from their heads, they were also extremely frightened.

In such a situation, how dare they continue to conceal it and not report it?

Feared by the intimidation of the Wei army, as the Han army moved along the country again, they either closed their doors or immediately rushed to the town to inform the local officials.

In short, the cases of concealment or fornication with the Han army as before have gradually decreased.

A tent in the middle of the mountain.

At this moment, the scouts of the Han army hidden under the mountain are also coming and going to report the atrocities committed by the Wei army in recent days, and will report the truth one by one.

When the words fell, Liu Feng, the strategist on the side, couldn't help but stroke his beard, his face was calm, and he couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect that Cao Ren to be so bold, the people are just grateful for our army's fight against the local powerful clans and petition for the people, so they are spontaneously willing to help our army." ”

"In order to annihilate our army, Cao Ren did not hesitate to attack the defenseless people, it was really cruel!"

"This is Cao Wei's consistent style."

Hearing this, the main general Guan Ping did not have the slightest wave, and said calmly, looking as if he had already made up his mind, and then said in a deep voice: "When Wancheng waited for the sound and Wei Kai raised troops before, didn't Cao Ren also slaughter Chengwandi?" ”

"In the past, when the thief had not died, he slaughtered the city many times."

Speaking of these, Guan Ping's voice was indifferent.

He actually expected that the Wei army would attack such ruthless people.

After all, the people helped the Han army, which had already hindered the Wei army from exterminating them, and at this moment, all the generals knew that they had to use thunderous means to quell the fornication incident.

Merely.

Guan Ping was not worried but happy.

The more the Wei army used thunderous means, the more cruel it was in front of the people, and the more it could bring out the benevolence and righteousness of its own army.

The people's heart!

This has an extremely important impact on the subsequent Northern Expedition of your main force.

The most important thing is that if this matter is well designed and spread to the counties of the Central Plains such as Yan and Henan, it will also be the most fatal blow to Cao Wei's dominance.

After groaning for a while, Liu Feng was overjoyed, but he still pretended to have a distressed look on his face, and said with tears in the corners of his eyes: "Alas! Wei thieves are really not as good as beasts, the people are defenseless and unable to resist, what is their fault for killing so much? ”

"I can't bear it!"

Liu Fengyue said that his heart was becoming more and more sad and his emotions fluctuated.

Seeing this, Guan Ping on the side immediately understood, and suddenly burst into tears, and shouted with tears in his eyes: "Fellow soldiers, the Wei thieves are brutal and unkind, and they are murderous, and they even slaughter innocent people, regardless of age or young, what is the difference between such a tyrannical country and the tyrannical Qin in the past, and how can it exist in heaven and earth." ”

"Overthrow the tyrannical Wei, establish a benevolent and righteous Han, and protect the people of the Han family."

A word shouted loudly, Guan Ping even raised it with one hand, and shouted angrily: "Long live the big man!" ”

"Hooray, hooray!"

The burst of encouragement also suddenly made the sergeants under his command roar and roar angrily.

The tyranny of the Wei army also angered them.

Shouldn't such a state be overthrown long ago?

……

The matter came to an end.

Liu Feng couldn't help but hurriedly find Guan Ping, and arched his hand: "Major General, at present, the people are already frightened, and I am afraid that they will not dare to continue to conceal and not report the whereabouts of our army in the future." ”

"In this case, once our army is conquered by Cao Ren, the disadvantage of being outnumbered will be revealed in an instant, and the situation will be unfavorable to our army."

"What are the plans of the Major General?"

"Haha." Hearing this, Guan Ping glanced at him, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Sir, it seems that you and I are heroes who see the same thing." ”

"Ben will now have the intention of retiring from the army."

After that, he came back to his senses and said: "Now that Cao Ren has requisitioned Yan and Henan, and the power of Xu Prefecture has encircled and suppressed our army, and now the local people dare not hide our whereabouts, so it is not meaningful to continue to garrison the mountains and mountains. ”

"The strategic significance of this northward movement has been achieved, on the one hand, it is to attract the attention of the Wei army, on the other hand, it is also to obstruct the enemy's grain route, and this time I will crack down on the local heroes, liberate the tenants, and distribute the people's measures, and will slowly add a lot of trouble to the Wei army again in the future."

"It's time to take it!"

The plan has been decided.

Guan Ping was also a resolute person, and almost two or three days he took a car and boat and other boats along the Bishui and returned to Xiangyang.

When Cao Ren was sharpening his sword and dispatching troops to prepare to encircle and suppress the Han army, the Han army had already disappeared.

After this battle, the Wei army suffered heavy losses, and after the Jingzhou army left, the heroes who were exterminated jumped out one after another and began to organize their strength to grab the land that originally belonged to them.

The contradictions between the common people and the powerful clans became more and more intense.