Xiaoguangong

Chapter 47 Cao Jun General Guan Ping
To be honest, it is very dangerous 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 appointment, and Lu Yi is determined to prove this with actions.

He left 100 people to prepare boats and food to meet Guan Ping, and he was going to go around to the front to try to challenge Cao Jun's water army, which could minimize Guan Ping's pressure.

If it really fails, Guan Ping at least has the hope of escaping by boat.

If it doesn't work, it can only be God's will.

The place where Guan Ping landed is called Mount Xian.

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

Historically, attacking Xiangyang can only be done from the river in the north, because the terrain here is too complicated-of course, it is not that there are no great gods who have tried to attack Xiangyang from here.

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

Guan Ping followed Liu Bei to Xiangyang to meet Liu Biao many times when he was young, and he also visited Xianshan many times.

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

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

With no time to think, Guan Ping advanced along the mountain road and began to search for the surrounding villages in his memory.

Most of Guan Ping's subordinates are veterans of Jingzhou. Many of them have been to Xianshan Mountain and are familiar with the roads here. They spent a whole day marching against the cold mountain wind, and finally found the road in the vast mountain when it was almost dark. a small village.

Before entering the village, Guan Ping reiterated the military discipline, telling everyone not to loot, even if they need to replenish food, they must discuss it with the people and try to win their support.All the soldiers under him sang in unison, and said with a smile:

"Don't worry, little general, we are all locals, how could we kill our own folks?"

"Yeah, I'm tired after walking for a day, so I'm waiting to find a place to rest. Of course, I have to plead with the host."

A group of people hurried into the village, but immediately felt something was wrong.

There are still candles in this village, but it is very quiet here. There are scattered footprints everywhere on the ground. It is obvious that the people here have just moved out.

Guan Ping sent his soldiers to search around, and found that these people left in a particularly hasty manner, there were still a lot of precious grain scattered on the ground, and there were even many signs of struggling and bleeding.

"General, we've only left for a while, let's..."

Looking at the messy footprints and bloodstains on the ground, Guan Ping already roughly guessed what happened.

It was winter, and Cao Jun's southward battle was not going well. They needed a lot of supplies and corvee—but then again, there are many villages near Xiangyang, so they didn't have to go deep into the mountains to arrest people, right?

"Chasing!" Guan Ping hesitated a little, but immediately made a decision.

Although they had already had a hard day's trek, Guan Ping knew that the enemy must have spent a lot of energy in searching the mountains. To realize his strategic plan, he first had to win the support of the people. If these people were allowed to be taken away, it would be difficult Half the battle is lost without fighting.

"My sons and daughters, Cao's army is tyrannical and kidnaps the villagers' children. If we don't save them today, if Cao's troops attack in the future, who will rescue our family's children.

Who dares to follow me to avenge and kill the enemy, please step forward! "

The soldiers of Jingzhou suffered a lot during the battle of Cao Jun going south. It is said that Cao Jun has already carried out large-scale migration in Xinye and other places, moving a large number of people to live in the north-this is not as simple as moving in the literal sense.

The Great Migration is to bid farewell to the land where our ancestors lived for generations, to travel long distances to a completely unfamiliar land in despair and pain, and to overcome the dangers and obstacles there to survive.

This is an absolutely unacceptable tragic disaster for most people in this era.

When these Jingzhou men saw the kidnapped villagers, they all thought of such tragic consequences. If they could not defeat Cao Jun, they and their families would 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. Guan Ping simply gritted his teeth:
"Okay, then let's go together and rescue the folks."

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

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

As expected, the people in this village were gathered and moved out of the village. The soldiers who were in charge of escorting them trekked hard on the night mountain road. Seeing the lights of fire in the distance, it seemed that a group of people were chasing them quickly, and they couldn't help getting nervous.

The leader took out the ring sword and held it in his hand, and shouted sharply:
"We are the heavenly soldiers under Prime Minister Cao's command. Who are you waiting for? Please report your name quickly!"

There are many barbarians in the mountains near Jingzhou, and they also have their own armed forces. These Cao troops have been prepared for a long time, and they stopped and prepared to meet the enemy.

Guan Ping saw the enemy from a distance, and at a rough glance, there were no more than a hundred people, but they occupied a dangerous mountain road, and they still had bows and crossbows in their hands. If they approached hastily, they might have to pay a certain loss.

Guan Ping remembered that after killing the devil that day, Yun Shanshan had an idea and pulled him to impersonate. He didn't have time to hesitate, and immediately said loudly:

"You bandits still dare to pretend to be heavenly soldiers! General Le sent me to take your Fa-rectification, and I will arrest you before I put my hands up!"

Liu Guanzhang and others are all from the north, so even if they arrive in Jingzhou, they cannot change their accents.

Guan Ping can speak fluent Jingchu dialect and Luoyang Mandarin with a strong accent.

He stepped forward boldly while yelling and cursing, the face of the escort suddenly froze.

The barbarians in the mountains did not have such an accent, and this group of people was not afraid to fight openly, fearing that it was really their own people coming.

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

"I am General Le's subordinate Sima Yunshan, who is Er!"

Biebu Sima is a very wonderful official position, just like the miscellaneous army of later generations, as long as you can afford it, one to 2000 people can be called Biebu, and three to 500 people can also be called Biebu, it depends entirely on the mood of the general, no need to report imperial court.

Le Jin has nearly [-] people in command, and it is too easy to arrange individual Sima at random.

When the escort heard that some Sima was coming, he hurried forward and ran directly to Guan Ping.

Just as he was about to bow down and salute, he suddenly felt something was wrong—in the flames, this man who called himself Sima Yunshan from another department had a delicate and immature look on his face. How could there be such a young general in Cao Jun's tent?
"You... who the hell are you?"

The swaying cold wind blew on Guan Ping's face, 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 killed Yan Liang."

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

(End of this chapter)