Although the Battle of Kangzhou was the last victory of the soldiers and horses led by Han Jian, in the eyes of outsiders, the Wei Dynasty was a complete failure in this war. The loss of grain and grass will mean that the situation in the entire north will be greatly passive.

With the withdrawal of troops from Connecticut, the situation in the north tended to ease. The Xianbei people knew that the Wei Dynasty was now short of food, so they naturally wanted to drag the war down, so that the Wei Dynasty's soldiers and horses could retreat without a fight. From the initial Xianbei people who stopped confronting Su Tingxia's troops head-on and chose to withdraw their troops, to the defense area of the western line of Beiguan to stop the strong offensive against some key passes in Beiguan, it also made Lin Zhan's troops finally breathe a sigh of relief after being tense for nearly two months.

Since mid-to-late May, Beiguan has also fallen into a buffer period of nearly a month. During the buffer period, the two sides basically did not start a major war, but carried out an offensive and defensive war around the North Pass, and some passes originally occupied by the Xianbei people, the Xianbei people not only did not destroy, but withdrew, and returned the occupied passes to the Wei Dynasty army. The wishful thinking of the Xianbei people is that anyway, the soldiers and horses of the Wei Dynasty are about to withdraw because of lack of food, so they will not have big losses on the frontal battlefield first, after all, the terrain of the Central Plains is complex and not as empty as the grassland, and the cavalry can compete with the victory, and after the Wei Dynasty soldiers and horses are withdrawn, they will pursue with cavalry and start a big battle in the wilderness in the hinterland of the Central Plains. The Xianbei people also wanted to make full use of their advantages and strengths, so they did not start a war along the Beiguan line.

The situation in Beiguan eased, and Han Jian, who was the brain of the whole army, also led his soldiers and horses to withdraw to Shangzhou and stationed in Shangzhou. Then Han Jian reorganized the army in Shangzhou, and there was no movement to go north, which in the eyes of the Xianbei people was also because the Wei Dynasty soldiers and horses were short of food, and even Han Jian's men and horses could not gallop north to help, which confirmed their thoughts even a lot, so even the harassment was reduced a lot. As a meritorious figure in the attack on Connecticut. The Right Khan King has also become a big hero of the Xianbei people, and even the territory of the Right Khan King has also expanded, and the Xianbei people obviously want the Right Khan King to establish greater merits in this battle.

But what followed was a steady stream of grain and grass from the south to the north, and there were not a few grain and grass stationed in Han Jian in Shangzhou. Han Jian in order to ensure the combat motivation of the soldiers. Not only did they have a basic supply of rice and grain, but they also sent vegetables and meat to the north with special local requisition, as well as new military uniforms and even linings, which were sent from Jiangdu and other parts of the Central Plains. The Wei Dynasty was already fighting for the whole country, up to the imperial court, to the Beiguan soldiers in the north, and down to the ordinary people, all of whom were mobilized by the imperial court. When the Xianbei people thought that the soldiers of the Wei Dynasty were suffering, the northern soldiers were not only not hungry at this time. On the contrary, they eat well and sleep well, and even the money and food are paid in full, so that they have no worries.

The second day of the first month of June was an unusual day for the soldiers of Beiguan. On this day, Beiding Pass will be lost for three months to recapture the Beiding Pass, although the Beiding Pass was seriously damaged by the Xianbei people, but with the Beiding Pass returned to the Wei Dynasty soldiers and horses, the Xianbei people in this more than half a month of the war can be said to be fighting and retreating, from the frontal battlefield to gain an advantage. It was also in vain because of Xianbei's procrastination. The Xianbei people felt bad at this time, but they still didn't think that the First World War in Connecticut was just a game. The Xianbei soldiers and horses who basically withdrew from Guannan are still waiting and watching, but the Central Plains soldiers and horses did not kill out of Beidingguan, because the Central Plains Dynasty lacked decent cavalry, and even the heavy cavalry that had established prestige in Beichuan before did not show up on the battlefield.

On the fourth day of the first month of June, it had been 10 days since Han Jian returned to Shangzhou. In the past ten days, Han Jian can be regarded as a simple house. What he is concerned about now is not the movements of the Xianbei people in the north. The Xianbei people were mistaken by their own cleverness, thinking that the soldiers and horses of the Wei Dynasty would inevitably withdraw if they survived, and even if they did not withdraw the army, there would be civil strife due to lack of food, so the current Xianbei soldiers and horses were not a big trouble for him. The first thing he had to deal with was the local soldiers and horses, such as Han Qi'er and some other local armed forces that competed with the imperial court but fought against the Xianbei soldiers and horses. These people are clearly fighting against the Xianbei people. But in fact, it is only used to win people's hearts, and even the regular army of the imperial court is basically unable to compete with the Xianbei soldiers and horses, not to mention the local armed forces that lack weapons and horses? After Han Jian's return to Shangzhou, perhaps these local bandit people felt that there was an opportunity, and even replaced the original Xianbei people to attack the logistics supply line of the Wei Dynasty, although they were killed by Han Jian's men and horses every time, but the imperial court still lost a lot of grain, grass and weapons in this more than a month.

"Your Majesty, if the local thieves are not eliminated, it will be difficult for the soldiers in the north to feel at ease. If Your Majesty personally leads his troops and horses to fight these thieves, the officers and men of the three armies will surely be inspired! "Not all of the strategists in the army are talented and capable people, and some like to figure out their intentions to blow the wind in front of Han Jian. Knowing that Han Jian returned to Shangzhou, in fact, the morale of the soldiers and horses in Shangzhou was not high, compared with the northern soldiers, Han Jian tried to save the expenses in the rear, and transported all the useful materials to the first line of Beiguan as much as possible, but the men and horses led by him in Shangzhou had to be deducted, so that the soldiers in the city also thought that the battle of Kangzhou that day was worth the loss, and the grain and grass were burned.

At this time, Han Jian has been asking people to investigate the situation of the local armed forces for the past few days, which also makes the people below aware that Han Jian wants to remove these local armed forces before the big withdrawal, so as not to raise the banner again in the future, while fighting with the Xianbei people, and at the same time establishing their own names and becoming a hidden danger to the Wei Dynasty's court.

Han Jian was still looking at the topographic map with his head down, but when he heard this, he glanced up at the person who spoke, and at this time, the generals and strategists present, including several magistrates who came over, were also looking at Han Jian, wanting to get Han Jian's personal instructions. Han Jian said coldly: "Then according to the meaning of Vice General Song, if you want to quell the disasters in the place, you also want me to personally drive the expedition?" ”

The deputy general surnamed Song hurriedly confessed, after all, this is a matter of the emperor's face. Originally, Han Jian had led his troops to Kangzhou, and the first line of the Xianbei people was less than a hundred miles away, but now he was forced to withdraw to Shangzhou because of the setback in the first battle of Kangzhou.

Han Jian didn't think much about it, he dropped the topographic map and looked at the people present: "In the past half a month, the situation in Beiguan has tended to improve, and General Lin has sent two groups of men and horses to take the initiative to tentatively engage Di Yi's cavalry, which is a good start." From now on, we must also change from passive defense to all-out attack, so that Di Yi's soldiers and horses will lose sight of one or the other. I was still stationed in Shangzhou for another five days, and after five days, the soldiers and horses went north to fight to the death with Di Yi! ”

Han Jian's words made the people present feel a chill in their backs. Han Jian didn't hit the south wall and didn't look back, originally they thought that Han Jian was going to take advantage of the withdrawal of troops to retreat to Beichuan City to make some moves and wipe out the local rogues. Now Han Jian is not only not ready to withdraw his troops, but also ready to continue to go north, which is not equivalent to asking for his own death in the case of lack of troops and food? But in front of Han Jian, no one dared to raise objections, but they still had a lot of slander, and some were already thinking about how they could not follow Han Jian's personal expedition to the north to send them to death, whether to be deserters or find a way to stay in Connecticut.

Han Jian didn't say anything else on the account promotion agenda, and he didn't even say a word about quelling the local bandits. After the discussion was over, Han Jian immediately ordered the three armies to inform him of his decision. After hearing the news, the soldiers reacted quite well. In order to prevent incidents in the army, Han Jian is also keeping an eye on the defense at all times, you must know that now his people and horses are unstable, if the soldiers really feel that going north is to send them to death, someone will provoke a military mutiny or someone will accompany him. Subsequently, Han Jian even continued to publicize the matter, as if to let the world know that he was not a bad seed, and was ready to continue to go north with men and horses who had no food and grass supplies.

The account upgrade meeting is over. Han Jian continued to stay in the big tent of the Chinese army. In the past few days, Han Jian has been thinking about how to remove the local disasters at one time, and he has also thought of many ways. Local armed forces like Han Qi'er knew that they could not be compared with the regular army of the imperial court, and they did not dare to fight head-on except for coming out to sneak attack. Even if they send soldiers and horses to encircle and suppress, these people will find a way to escape, after all, these soldiers and horses are the head snakes of the land. They should be more aware of the local environment, and even these people have the support of the local people, and they are better than the imperial court in winning the hearts and minds of the people. What Han Jian has to do now is to lure the enemy and make these horses think that the main soldiers and horses of the imperial court are heading north. To create a situation where the collapse of the imperial court is quite serious, to attract local armed forces to fight, of course, we cannot use the main force of the Chinese army as bait, but to use some weapons and horses stationed in Shangzhou to attract local armed forces, you must know that this is what the local armed forces are eager to get. In the past month or so, more than half of the people who followed Han Jian's personal expedition had fled, and many of these deserters were either voluntarily or coerced to join the local armed forces, and with the expansion of Han Qi'er and other armed men, they were also eager to get more weapons and horses, which were necessary to become a big force.

Han Jian was in the big tent of the Chinese army until late at night, because he didn't see Han Jian go back to rest, so he came to inquire in person, and only when he went outside did he know that Han Jian was still busy with business inside. The recent war reports in the north are frequent, compared with the previous defeats, the recent battle reports are also gratifying, even the North Dingguan was recaptured by Lin Zhan's troops and horses, and it is not far from completely driving out the Xianbei people, Han Jian is even planning how to fight a decisive battle with the Xianbei people. Although it is not possible to fight with the Xianbei people, at least it is necessary to take advantage of the contradictions between the ethnic groups and forces within the Xianbei people to seize power, so that they can cause internal chaos first, and it is best to have a melee within Xianbei as soon as possible, so that the Central Plains Dynasty can get long-term peace and stability and do not have to worry about the Xianbei people raising troops to the south again in a short period of time.

Han Jian held the battle report in his hand, but he was a little distracted, and Han Jian reacted when the law also entered the big tent. Without a timer, Han Jian simply forgot the hour, he basically had a normal schedule these days, and it was also a time when he could hardly take a breath since he sent troops from Beichuan. But that night he forgot to rest because he was planning how to calm the local armament.

"Yi'er, two batches of grain and grass will be transferred from Yuzhou tomorrow, and the soldiers and horses attacking Yuzhou will also go north. This time, there is no major internal trouble in the north of Yuzhou's pacification, and you can concentrate on fighting with the Xianbei people. Alas! Tomorrow you will help me receive this batch of grain and grass, right? Han Jian said in a consultative tone.

Fa Yi was stunned, she followed the army and did not follow the military at all, because after all, she was a woman, and as Han Jian's "concubine", she was not qualified to interfere in the military. Now Han Jian actually asked her to receive two batches of grain and grass on her behalf, which also surprised her.

"Your Majesty, is there no one else to do?" Fa also asked, in fact, with some blame, she didn't want to come out and show her face, since she married into the Dongwang Mansion, not only in her own heart, but also in the confession of Han Song and others on weekdays, she can no longer investigate intelligence as high as before. She wants to be a woman on the side of Han Fitness with peace of mind, and she is also psychologically prepared.

Han Jian smiled: "It's always uneasy to let others go." Yi'er, you don't have to worry, I've arranged everything, the grain and grass will stop at a distance of sixty miles south of Shangzhou City, Yi'er, you can help me receive it. At that time, I still have some arrangements, and I will talk to you about it later. ”

Fa Yi looked at Han Jian curiously, and Han Jian's face showed that he had a "conspiracy". The significance of this batch of grain and grass is not simple, recently there are grain and grass transported from Beichuan to Shangzhou almost every day, and then transported north through Shangzhou, but because of the lack of grain and grass transportation recently, it will make people feel that the Wei Dynasty court has been short of food and unable to fight again. Now it is worth wondering what the situation of this batch of grain and grass is.

Fa Yi is still used to obeying orders after marrying into the East Prince's Mansion, and Han Jian also loves her on weekdays, so he won't dig a pit for her to jump at all. Since Han Jian asked her to help receive grain and grass, there was still a certain intention.

Han Jian didn't explain much, but went back to the sleeping tent with Fa Yi to rest.

When he woke up the next day, Han Jian first arranged the deployment and transportation of grain and grass in the city in the morning, and only then announced to people that such a batch of grain and grass was transported north. And the meaning of Han Jian's words is that this batch of grain and grass is very important, and there can be no mistakes. In the opinion of the generals and strategists, it is because of the shortage of grain in the north now, and this batch of grain may be a huge base in quantity, and there can be no difference. But in fact, this batch of grain and grass is simply a pretense to attract local armed forces to sneak attack and rob, and this time Han Jian did not receive it with the soldiers and horses of the regular army, but let Fa Yi personally lead the troops, which will make the local armed forces despise, after all, Fa Ye is a female streamer, and people in this era still have a great prejudice against women. The key is that Fa Yi is still the daughter of the army, which will make people feel that she is a cronie sent by Han Jian without any real material.

Only Han Jian knew the horror of Fa Yi's strength, and it was very difficult to besiege and destroy all the local armed forces if he changed to someone else. Fa is also the best choice. (To be continued......)