To be honest, it was a very dangerous thing for Guan Ping to completely hand over the retreat behind him to Lu Yi.

But Guan Ping is confident that Lu Yi will not miss the contract, and Lu Yi is also determined to confirm this with actions.

He left a hundred men to prepare boats and food to meet Guan Ping, and prepared to go around to the front to try to challenge Cao Jun's sailors, which would minimize Guan Ping's pressure.

If it really doesn't work, Guan Ping at least has the hope of escaping by boat.

If it really doesn't work, then it can only be providence.

The place where Guanpyeong landed was called Da Hyeonsan.

This is a natural barrier that completely covers the southern part of Xiangyang, there is no good harbor nearby, and there are few decent roads on the mountain.

Historically, the only way to attack Xiangyang was from the river to the north, because the terrain here was too complicated - of course, it was not without great gods who tried to attack Xiangyang from here.

When Sun Jian crossed the river to attack Liu Biao, he defeated Huang Zu in a row, and pursued all the way to the Daxian Mountain, where he was ambushed, and a generation of heroes died.

When Guan Ping was young, he followed Liu Bei to Xiangyang many times to meet Liu Biao, and also visited Da Xian Mountain many times.

Hey, Xiangyang is so strong, Liu Cong is so pustug, he handed it over directly.

Well, but with Cai Mao and Kuai Yue, this is also a helpless thing.

Without time to think about it, Guan Ping advanced along the mountain road and began to search for the surrounding villages in his memory.

Most of Guan Ping's men were veterans of Jingzhou, many of whom had been to Da Xian Mountain and were familiar with the roads here, and everyone spent a whole day marching against the cold mountain wind, and finally found a small village in the vast mountains when it was almost dark.

Before entering the village, Guan Ping first reiterated military discipline and told everyone not to loot, even if they replenished food, they must discuss it with the people and try their best to win their support. The soldiers under his command all sang in unison, and said with a grin:

"Don't worry, little general, we are all locals, how can we kill and injure our own villagers?"

"Yes, after a day of walking and being sleepy and tired, I am waiting to find a place to rest, of course, I have to plead with the master's family."

The group hurried into the village, but immediately felt that something was wrong.

There are still candles in the village that have not been extinguished, but it is unusually quiet, and there are scattered footprints everywhere on the ground, and it is clear that the people here have just moved away.

Guan Ping sent his men to search everywhere, and found that these people were in a hurry, and there were still a lot of precious food scattered on the ground, and there were even many signs of struggle and bloodshed.

"General, it's only been a long time since we left, let's ......"

Looking at the messy footprints and blood stains on the ground, Guan Ping had already roughly guessed what was happening.

It was winter, and Cao's army was not going well in the south, and they needed a lot of supplies and conscription - but then again, there were many villages near Xiangyang, so they didn't have to go to the depths of Da Hyeon Mountain to arrest people, right?

"Chase!" Guan Ping hesitated slightly, and had already made a decision immediately.

Although they had already worked very hard for a day's trek, Guan Ping knew that the enemy's physical strength to search for the mountains must not be small, and in order to realize his strategic plan, he must first win the support of the people, if he allowed these people to be captured, half of the battle would be lost without fighting.

"Sons, Cao Jun is tyrannical and abducts the villagers, I won't save it today, and the Cao army will attack in the future, who will save my family.

Whoever dares to take revenge and kill the enemy with me, please step forward! ”

The Jingzhou warriors suffered greatly during the battle of Cao's army to the south, and it is said that Cao's army had carried out a large-scale migration in Xinye and other places, moving a large number of people to the north to live - this is not a literal move.

The Great Migration is about saying goodbye to the land where our ancestors have lived for generations, and making the long journey in despair and pain to a completely unfamiliar land, overcoming the dangers and obstacles there to survive.

This is a tragic disaster that is absolutely unacceptable to most people in this era.

These Jingzhou men remembered such a tragic consequence when they saw the captive villagers, and if they could not defeat Cao's army, they and their families should soon face such a situation.

Guan Ping originally wanted to leave a few people in the village to wait for news, but everyone expressed their willingness to fight with Guan Ping, and no one wanted to fall behind, so Guan Ping simply gritted his teeth hard:

"Okay, then let's go together and get the folks back."

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Even if it is not from a strategic point of view, it is quite a simple feeling not to let the villagers be bullied.

Guan Ping clenched the steel knife at his waist, and his soldiers fought with open fire, following the messy footprints on the mountain road.

As expected, the people of the village were gathered and moved out of the village, and the soldiers who were responsible for escorting them trudged through the night mountain road, and when they saw the fire in the distance, they seemed to be a group of people hurrying after them, and they couldn't help but get nervous.

The leader took out the ring head knife and held it in his hand, and shouted:

"We are the heavenly soldiers under Prime Minister Cao Cheng, who are you waiting for, report your name quickly!"

There were many barbarians in the mountains near Jingzhou, and they also had their own arms, and these Cao troops had already prepared, and they stopped to prepare to meet the enemy.

Guan Ping saw the enemy from a distance, and there were only more than 100 people in a rough look, but they occupied the mountain road and were dangerous, and they still had bows and crossbows in their hands.

Guan Ping remembered that after killing that devil that day, Yun Shanshan had an idea to pull him to pretend, he didn't have time to hesitate, and immediately said in a loud voice:

"You and other bandits dare to pretend to be heavenly soldiers! General Le sent me to get your Fa-rectification, and I won't be arrested before I can tie my hands! ”

Liu Guanzhang and others are all northerners, and even if they go to Jingzhou, their hometown pronunciation is difficult to change.

Guan Ping speaks fluent Jingchu dialect and speaks Mandarin with a strong accent.

He shouted and boldly stepped forward, and the escort's face suddenly froze.

The barbarians in the mountains don't have such an accent, and this group of people is not afraid of the open fire, afraid that it is really their own people who are coming.

"I'm really under the command of General Le!" The man hurriedly argued, "I don't know who my name is?" ”

"I am General Naile's other subordinate Sima Yunshan, who is you!"

Sima of the other department is a very wonderful official position, just like the miscellaneous army of later generations, as long as it can be raised, one or two thousand people can be called other departments, and three or five hundred people can also be called other departments, it completely depends on the mood of the main general, and there is no need to inform the imperial court.

Lejin commanded nearly 10,000 people, and it was too easy to arrange individual subordinates casually.

When the escort heard that some of the subordinates were coming, they hurriedly walked forward and ran directly in front of Guan Ping.

He just wanted to bow down, and suddenly felt that something was wrong - in the firelight, this person who claimed to be Sima Yunshan from other departments was full of delicate and immature faces, how could there be such a young general under Cao Jun's account?

"You...... Who the hell are you? ”

The swaying cold wind blew on Guan Ping's face, and he slowly raised the steel knife in his hand across his chest, and said calmly:

"I am the Han general Guan Ping, and my father is Guan Yunchang, who beheaded Yan Liang."

"I'm a little tired today, I don't want to kill people, let these folks go, and spare you from dying."