It sounds very simple to make a detour and divide the troops to attack, but in practice it is not an easy task, especially to maintain a certain degree of concealment while ensuring the speed of the march, otherwise it will be easy to be detected by the enemy and lead to a lack of success.

In addition, in this era when radio and telephones were not yet born, the lack of information between the army and the divisions, and between the army and the army, was also an extremely thorny problem.

Fortunately, Han Min is a battlefield general, and he has been in the border of Youzhou for a long time, and he has a deeper understanding of the geography of mountains and rivers, hydrology and landforms than others, and has a careful plan with Li Sheng before departure.

There are detailed arrangements for how many miles to walk each day, how many mountains to cross, where to set up camp, how to avoid enemy sentinels, and when to set out.

Although Han Min is arrogant and domineering, his ability to fight is indeed undoubted, under his dispatch and command, Guo Ying's 4,000-strong army successfully passed through Meizhou and Jiazhou, and the non-combat attrition is less than 100 people.

"There is a barbarian town ahead, do you want the soldiers to sharpen their knives in advance?"

Dadu Henan, on the border between Jiazhou and Lizhou is more than 10 prefectures set up by the imperial court, inhabited by dozens of barbarian tribes of all sizes, the army has been over the mountains and mountains for days, sleeping in the open air, suddenly seeing a prosperous small settlement, inevitably some generals have bad thoughts.

No, a military general ran to Han Min and asked tentatively.

"There is only a barbarian settlement on the left and right, ask me what to do, but you have to do things cleanly, in addition, remember to pick two barbarian girls who are out of the country later, and send them to Guo Shijiang's tent."

Han Min squinted at the general and commanded lightly.

When Guo Ying heard this, he knew that Han Min's group was going to wash the barbarian village in front of him with blood, so he couldn't help frowning and said, "Don't!" ”

Even though he knew that most of today's martial artists were like this, and even more so in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, Guo Ying still found it difficult to accept the practice of soldiers wantonly slaughtering innocent people for their own selfish desires.

If the army is like this, what is the difference between it and Qianghu and Tubo.

However, his persuasion did not change the minds of Han Min and the others, not only that, but Han Min also glared at him viciously.

"Why not?"

"Naturally, we are the king's master, and we are here to fight the chaos and quell the violence, how can we do this act that hurts the heavens and the peace."

Guo Ying's attitude was very resolute, he felt that the army should not be like this, and he could not condone them just because most of the army in the whole world was in this situation, and it must be corrected.

"Huh? What did you say? As if he had heard the biggest joke in the world, Han Min suddenly raised his head and laughed, and after a while, he reined in his demeanor and snorted coldly: "Master Wang, Master Wang!" Wang Shi doesn't eat and doesn't talk about morale? ”

"Is the morale of the army bought by plundering the people?" Guo Ying met Han Min's gaze without fear, and said loudly.

"Otherwise, do you think that your empty promises will boost your morale, or do you think that the soldiers are saints who do not eat grains and read through the classics?"

Han Min sneered, his face full of sarcasm.

Frankly speaking, he didn't feel that he was wrong in doing so, but felt that Guo Ying was too pedantic and made a big fuss.

Isn't it just the slaughter of a barbarian settlement in a state of restraint, which is worth the rage?

As for the snatching of people's daughters, it is just a matter of the sergeants having some fun in their spare time when they are tired on the road, so what's the matter?

"Slaughtering cities and plundering land, killing innocents, and despicable women, this is the act of beasts."

Guo Ying shook his head and sighed, he was powerless to complain about the concepts of Han Min and others.

He didn't understand why Han Min and the others could take robbing places for granted, could it be that they had long since lost their minds about right and wrong, good and evil, and only animal desires remained?

"Barbarians are beasts, they live in my Tang Dynasty, but they don't apply for royalties or pay tribute, I just kill them, what will I do?"

Han Min's answer shocked Guo Ying even more.

But he couldn't think like Han Min, so he still patiently persuaded: "This place is under the jurisdiction of the Lizhou Governor's Office, and it is a state within the state, not a foreign state, and the tribute and conscription are all to be borne by me, just like my Tiantang people."

General, if you really slaughter the prefectures and counties, I am afraid that you will inevitably be impeached by the Lizhou Prefecture and the Governor's Mansion.

This is just a trivial matter related to the future of the general alone, if tens of thousands of barbarians really rebel because of this, then the general, your sin will be great, even if Zhu Sikong comes forward, he will not be able to protect you. ”

What Guo Ying is most worried about is that Han Min and his gang don't know how to measure, which really provokes a civil uprising.

Just like the old Yunnan Taishou forced the wife of the king of Nanzhao, Ge Luofeng, to ask for bribes and secretly played his crimes, forcing him to rebel against Nanzhao, no one can predict how serious this consequence will be.

Now that the country is in an eventful season, there is really no need to make extraneous branches in the border areas and add unnecessary trouble.

Han Min didn't think so, he even raised a hideous smile after hearing Guo Ying's worries, squinted his eyes and said coldly: "If they dare to rebel, Lao Tzu will dare to kill, and they will not dare to rebel and have no power to rebel." ”

Looking at Han Min's appearance, Guo Ying knew that no matter what he said, it would be useless, so he could only sigh and leave silently.

He can't control others, but his soldiers always have to take care of it.

"General, this Guo Shi General is too domineering, why did he order me to wait like this?"

As soon as Guo Ying left, Han Min's generals immediately made a noise, and listening to his words, it was obvious that he had a lot of criticism for Guo Ying, after all, Guo Ying's attitude just now seemed to them to be completely nosy, and it was really annoying to force everyone's behavior.

"Heh......" Han Min smiled contemptuously, glanced at the man, and sneered, "Why, you also think that robbing places is a matter of course?" ”

All of a sudden, all the generals were dumbfounded, didn't you still swear to argue with General Guo Shi just now, why did you do it in a blink of an eye

Changed your mind?

Seeing that the generals were silent, Han Min sneered, looked up into the distance, and said slowly: "I argued with him because most of the army in the world is like this, not me Han alone, he Guo Yingxiu wants to stand on a high place and pretend to be a saint to accuse me."

But right and wrong are still distinguished. ”

"That ......"

Han Min waved his hand, interrupted the words of the person beside him, and said in a deep voice: "Although the barbarians here in Lizhou are quite obedient, they will definitely not be slaughtered by others, this time our task is to attack the back road of the Southern Zhao army, so let them go for the time being, don't make any more trouble." ”

Han Min finally stopped the impulse of his soldiers to loot, which surprised Guo Ying.

According to Han Min's temperament, it is really rare to be able to restrain it.

At the same time, the forward scouts sent by Han Min also detected the traces of Nanzhao's main army, and sent people to the camp in the starry night to report to Li Sheng.