By the time the light wrapped around Lan Haolin's body gradually dissipated, he was already three hundred miles away. Although he escaped from danger and temporarily saved his life, Lan Haolin's current appearance was quite embarrassed, his face was pale, and there was still a trace of blood on the corner of his mouth, far less than the spirit he had when he had made an appointment with Xia Fan on Yunhuan Lake before.

When he fled before, Lan Haolin was anxious, for fear that he would be caught by Xia Fan, so he just wanted to leave as soon as possible, but now that he has calmed down, he realized that he shouldn't be in a hurry to escape at that time, because he has the spiritual jade given by his master, even if it is not too late to escape when danger is imminent, then he can stay and lead the water army of Yunhuanhu Lake to resist Xia Fan to the end, even if it is the same defeat in the end, it can also make Xia Fan's side lose some more soldiers and horses.

Thinking of this, Lan Haolin couldn't help but regret it a little, but he immediately cheered up and was ready to implement what he had just thought of.

After the previous head-to-head confrontation with Xia Fan and the loss of the blue jade national seal that he had worked so hard to refine, Lan Haolin no longer had the courage to fight Xia Fan head-on, after all, he no longer had the spirit jade in his hand that could be used to save his life, so in line with the principle that the son of a daughter could not sit down, Lan Haolin decided that it was better to stay away from Xia Fan, but what should be done still had to be done.

Although Lan Haolin is located 300 miles away from Yunhuan Lake, it is still located in the Yunhuan Lake basin, and there happens to be a river connected to Yunhuan Lake passing through it, which is convenient for water transportation and also has many troops stationed. And because Lan Haolin's defeat was too sudden, the news hadn't had time to come yet, so the market here was relatively quiet.

Lan Haolin first found the garrison and revealed his identity, he ordered the garrison to gather soldiers and horses, load all kinds of military supplies and retreat with him to the north, and at the same time burn all those things that could not be taken away, such as rice, ordnance and other things, in addition, Lan Haolin also ordered the army to spread the news of the enemy's imminent attack, and at the same time met with some influential local gentry, telling them that the enemy was coming, so that they would not give in, and wait for themselves to regroup, gather soldiers and horses, and soon kill back to save them.

Lan Haolin did this in order to create an atmosphere of panic and disrupt the market, so that even if Xia Fan led his troops to occupy this place, it would be impossible to quickly gather the hearts of the people, and he would inevitably consume a lot of energy in order to rectify the market, so that he would have the opportunity to accumulate strength and fight him to the end.

After that, Lan Haolin retreated to the north, and at the same time concocted the same method, not only transferring the defenders from all over the country, but also ordering the local squires and people to clear the walls and fields, and be sure to deal with the enemy to the end.

Lan Haolin actually knew in his heart that not everyone would obey his orders, but as long as thirty percent of them did what he said, then it would be enough to bring a lot of trouble to Xia Fan, if fifty percent or even more people could fight with Xia Fan with iron heart, then Xia Fan would inevitably be unable to move an inch. As for whether doing this would cause Xia Fan to slaughter the people who resisted in a fit of anger, Lan Haolin didn't care at all.

Lan Haolin now seems to be a gambler who has lost miserably, although he still has some chips in his hand, but he has no chance to sit in the bank, so he simply broke the jar and broke it, and had the idea of making a desperate bet, and even he considered that if he lost again, he would simply flip the table when he had nothing to return and was unable to turn the table.

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The battle on the Yunhuan Lake did not end because of Lan Haolin's escape, but it became no longer tragic because of his escape, as if the two sides were just going through a formality, and then one side laid down its arms and surrendered, kneeling aside and waiting for the collection, while the other side was marching forward, forcing more and more places to abandon their weapons and surrender.

This kind of attack was naturally smooth and easy, and the forward troops went from one victory to another almost while marching, which made the forward battalion headed by Ge Changhe extremely happy, and there was a feeling that they had picked up a big bargain, because it was all a credit. However, when they entered the river connected to the lake and entered the towns along the river, they found that the local defenders had left, and they were left with a mess.

There is no military rations, no ordnance, this is not a problem, what really makes Ge Changhe feel a headache is that the local people and gentry are full of hatred for their side, and there are even cases where someone has poisoned the well where they are stationed, although they caught the murderer afterwards, but they provoked the siege of the local people, and strongly demanded that they release the murderer.

Ge Changhe had been in the army for many years before cultivating, and after his cultivation was successful, he even joined the army in order to accumulate bloody qi, so naturally he had never encountered similar things, and he had already had a way to deal with this kind of thing. It's just that he has just taken refuge in Xia Fan now, and he doesn't know how Xia Fan handled this matter, and he doesn't know whether he should be lenient or strict, so he didn't dare to make decisions without permission, and ordered someone to send a letter to Xia Fan to ask him for an idea.

Not long after, the soldiers who had been ordered to deliver the message returned, along with Xia Fan and Uncle Seven.

"What are you going to do?" Xia Fan didn't talk to Ge Changhe about anything else, and directly asked him what he thought.

"The murderer and motive for poisoning have been investigated very clearly, the prisoner Xu Ermao was bewitched by others and wanted to poison our soldiers, the evidence is conclusive, it stands to reason that he should be killed to set an example, but in this way, it will inevitably anger the locals, maybe it will cause greater public anger, and leave many hidden dangers for the future rule......" Ge Changhe frowned and expressed his worries.

"Don't worry about this, since there are people behind this matter, it must be accurate that we will be jealous, and we are intent on fighting us to the end, so why should we be soft-hearted. Xia Fan said while looking around, and said: "Some people want to encourage the people, that is, to incite public opinion to force us to comply, the more this is the case, the more we can't let the people behind them be satisfied, some people poison and kill them, some people bewitch and kill them, those people who are willing to live under our rule with peace of mind, I promise them a good life, and those who want to follow Lan Haolin and fight us to the end wholeheartedly, I will never be soft, kill and kill, no mercy." ”

"Yes. Ge Changhe was waiting for Xia Fan's words, and immediately ordered the murderer to be severely punished, track down the mastermind behind the scenes, and kill them together.

"Little young master, isn't this a bit too much? The killing is too ruthless, I'm afraid it will not be conducive to ruling in the future. Uncle Seven asked with some concern.

"In troubled times, we should use heavy canons, since someone jumped out, of course I can't be soft, let it go lightly this time, what should I do next time? In the long run, continuous appeasement will cause a big disaster, but it is better to kill a hundred people, so that those who have bad intentions can sober up. Xia Fan's eyes were calm, but his words were murderous.

If there is a way, of course he doesn't want to be so simple and rude, but the current situation doesn't allow him to deal with such a thing slowly, so he simply does it ruthlessly, puts on a posture of Shunchang's rebellion, and shocks everyone. As for how to win over the people's hearts in the future, it is not too late to think about it when everything is stable.

Ge Changhe quickly implemented Xia Fan's will to the letter, and the person who poisoned was punished by the Ming Dynasty, and the person who was bewitched behind him was also pulled out and directly destroyed, and at the same time, the whole family was also affected, and some people were instigated to obstruct it, and they were also suppressed cleanly, and the person who secretly fanned the flames was quickly found out, and he was first killed after announcing his crime.

Generally, most of these people are green-skinned gangsters on the market, and they are more or less implicated with each other, since Ge Changhe caught a person, he pulled out a large string after a little torture, and then one was counted as one, and all of them were pushed out and beheaded.

In normal times, of course, these people are not guilty to death, but as Xia Fan said, in troubled times, heavy punishments are not surprising. Besides, Xia Fan's army is an outsider, and he came here as a conqueror, so he will inevitably be more hostile, since he can't subdue the people in a short time, then he simply uses ruthless means to make the people awe, which is better than a painless and muddy, so for Ge Changhe sent troops to search the green-skinned scoundrels on the market and kill people's heads, Xia Fan did not object at all, but felt that he was using waste, and those gangsters were also dead.

In the next few days, Xia Fan's army was still steadily capturing the Yunhuanhu Lake Basin, but the speed slowed down after all, on the one hand, the territory under control was larger, there were more people in charge, and there were more complicated things, which would inevitably slow down the speed of the march, and on the other hand, it was also related to the poisonous plan adopted by Lan Haolin to clear the wilderness.

In the face of such a place, the army first had to conquer the city guarded by the local people, and then it had to start to solve the problems of people's livelihood, after all, the strong wall Qingye itself was a poisonous plan to hurt the enemy by one thousand and lose eight hundred, and the common people also suffered heavy losses, Xia Fan's army naturally could not sit idly by.

Although it should be managed, but Xia Fan is not the kind of rotten good person who blindly tolerates, after capturing the city, the first thing to do is to liquidate, those who take the lead in fighting against the army needless to say that they should be caught and killed directly, and will not be tolerated, and although the people who were instigated to confront the army are innocent, Xia Fan will not give them the same precious military rations in vain, so he implemented the policy of cash-for-work, if he wants to eat, he has to work, and what they need to do is to clean up the wells and various water conservancy facilities that were polluted or blocked by them before。

I have to say that under Lan Haolin's call, the local people carried out the fortification and clearing the wilderness quite well, and then they suffered enough. You must know that construction is always much more difficult than destruction, so these people have to go out early and return late every day in order to eat, and they are all tired and half dead, and they really have no leisure to think about rebellion.

Especially after doing a lot of work, I slowly got in touch with the people on Xia Fan's side, and found that many of the soldiers were locals at all, and I heard them say that Xia Fan treated them very well, and now the hatred that was not much was gone. This cannot be blamed on the short-sightedness of the common people, after all, the people live on food, and who rules is far less important to them than to have a full stomach.

(End of chapter)