Three Kingdoms: Prosper Han from the beginning of brushing favorability

Chapter 67 Yu Jin's One Small Step
Chai Rong and others were able to take root here and have the power they have today, but they have also experienced a lot of twists and turns.

After parting with Liu Chan, about 1000 of them, together with the old and weak women and children in Chai Rongzhai, came to the place Liu Chan pointed out.

This place is indeed, as Liu Chan said, a good place to build a cottage.

But this good location is naturally not a land of no man.

There had been three groups of men and horses here before, but fortunately there were not many of them, and the number of young and strong men in the battle was basically around 200.

Since there was no place to stay, and because they were prepared and unprepared, the subordinates who had no way of turning back were slightly instigated by Chai Rong, and took advantage of the previous victory to quickly take down a group of them.

Although there were casualties, more people surrendered, which gave them more confidence.

Afterwards, local people familiar with the situation joined in, and it didn't take much effort to clean up the other two groups.

The problem comes after this.

In fact, they are not familiar with the life of so many people gathering together, and the food problem is the first to bear the brunt.

The previous fire did bring some supplies, but if you want to avoid sitting still, you need to plan ahead.

On the one hand, he reclaimed the arable wasteland in the mountains in his spare time to make long-term plans, and on the other hand, of course, he planned new looting targets.

In the beginning, Chai Rong and the other village owners strictly followed the policy set by Liu Chan, specializing in robbing large caravans, and at the same time waiting for opportunities to rob treasuries of some small counties.

However, there were many problems in the process of implementation. These people under Chai Rong's hands were not soldiers brought out by Liu Chan.

When the county government was attacked for the first time, a lot of looting of local ordinary people happened.

It was simply that Chai Rong personally led the team at that time, beheaded many people on the spot, and temporarily deterred other bandits who were about to make a move by means of thunder.

Then he followed Liu Chan's order and distributed part of the looting proceeds to the local poor, especially those affected.

The thieves felt resentful and dissatisfied for a while. The benefits of doing so were not seen for the time being, but the disadvantages were obvious-they could get less money and food.

After returning, a village owner was also shaken, and persuaded Chai Rong not to do such a stupid thing, but was refuted by him and returned.

Not long after, the first rebellion in the village happened, and it was the village owner who led his subordinates and some other people who were dissatisfied with Chai Rong launched a sneak attack at night.

Fortunately, Chai Rong stepped up his vigilance after that and found out in time that the sneak attack failed, and the two sides turned into a frontal offense and defense.

The other four village chiefs stood still for the time being and chose to wait and see.

The rebellion lasted for three days, and was extinguished by Chai Rong. He picked the head of the village owner on a spear and stood at the gate of the village.

On the afternoon of the first day, the bearded man resolutely led his men to join Chai Rong's side to suppress the rebellion.

The next day, other village masters who were watching also joined the battle group.

This battle has completely established Chai Rong's prestige and leadership position, which is tantamount to strengthening the development plan Liu Chan made for them.

And over time, the benefits of doing so start to show up.

The further they went, the more they acted like ghosts, and it was difficult for the government to get news in advance.

And they seemed to have clairvoyance, knowing the movements of the officials and troops in the target county, which big fish and meat towns in the city, and where there were large caravans passing by.

Now, finally no one questioned this decision, Chai Rong took advantage of the situation to merge the several villages, and after being elected as the commander-in-chief, he named the other four village owners as "Sifang Generals".

But Chai Rong, who seems to be in full swing, often feels anxious in his heart.

The temporary calm still cannot change the current situation of internal and external troubles.

He spends the most time alone with Liu Chan, and his knowledge at this time is already higher than that of other village owners.

He knew in his heart that it wasn't that Soochow was incapable of destroying himself, but that he couldn't spare a shot for the time being and didn't pay enough attention to it.

The bigger his momentum, the worse his death may be in the end.

Chai Rong desperately hoped that General Gongming would tell him, how should he go in the future?
So when he finished listening to the letter written by Liu Chan alone in the house, he only thought for a few moments before agreeing.

The stakes are high and the rewards are high, but that doesn't matter.

The important thing is that through this incident, he was in touch with the seemingly omnipotent General Gongming again!
Chai Rong, who was worried about his future every day, took on a high-risk mission, but fell asleep for the first time since his subordinates rebelled.

……

Jingzhou.

General Yu Jin led the Taishan soldiers in his headquarters and led the Seventh Army, including the general Pang De's headquarters, with a total of more than [-] people, including many cavalry, and finally marched into Xiangfan in mighty form.

The north and west of Fancheng is a plain area, which is the favorite combat terrain for northern soldiers and generals.

The total number of Guan Yu's army in this battle was only more than [-], and they were still besieging Xiangyang and Fancheng. The troops capable of mobile combat could not compete with them at all.

What's more, if you insist on not retreating in the Xiduo Plain in the north of Fancheng, you will definitely be defeated.

So he voluntarily gave up the siege of Fancheng, decisively pulled the line of defense back to the front line of Mianshui, and continued to besiege Xiangyang south of Mianshui.

He had already prepared sufficient ships before he set off, but the Cao army from the north had nothing to do with the Guan Yu water army on the Mian River.

General Yu Jin, who temporarily relieved the siege of Fancheng, finally chose Pinglu City, west of Fancheng, as the place to station his army after full investigation, careful analysis, and precise calculations.

An army of [-] was in Pinglu City, watching each other with Fancheng of Cao Ren, an old comrade-in-arms in the east.

Guan Yu, who retreated temporarily, was sitting in the tent of the Chinese army, holding the Chunqiu Zuo family biography in his hand, quietly waiting for the news ahead.

Guan Ping on the side was a little anxious.

Cao Cao sent a famous general to ban and lead an elite army. Judging from the current situation, he really couldn't think of how to win.

This is the advantage of a large land and a large number of people. Cao Wei can lose, and he has the capital to lose.

But their more than 3 people are basically the soldiers of Jingzhou. Once they are defeated, there is no room for recovery.

Guan Ping looked at Guan Yu who was still calm, and felt a little more at ease in his heart.

Maybe my father can find a way to defeat the enemy.

"Report—!"

At this time, a soldier came to report.

Guan Yu put down the letter: "But have you found out where the forbidden people are stationed?"

"Report to the general, the front has been found out, and the forbidden people are stationed in Pinglu City."

Guan Yu opened his eyes slightly, got up and went to the map in the tent to examine it carefully.

Due to the need for flood control, dykes have been built for a long section on both sides of the Mianshui River.

As for Pinglu City, it is located in the west of Fancheng and not too far from the Mianshui River. The Mianshui flowing through it draws an arc like a checkmark on the west and south of Pinglu City, as if it is about to gently turn this ancient city in my arms.

Pinglu City also used rammed earth walls.

Rammed earth walls have many advantages, saving time and effort and being strong enough.

But the disadvantage is that once it gets older, it will be difficult to maintain the original firmness, and it will become more and more afraid of water.

When was Pinglu City built?
Around 800 BC...

"Hahaha……"

Guan Yu, who has lived in Jingzhou for a long time and prepared for the Northern Expedition for many years, how can he not know the geography and annual climate of this place?
"Why is father laughing?"

Guan Yu stroked his long beard and said with a smile: "I just need to stay here with peace of mind and prepare more warships and arrows to wait for the right time. It is really a wonderful move to garrison troops to Pinglu City, hahaha..."

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　　This chapter is supplementary.

　　
　
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