There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

"Qi Lala!"

The light from the lightning shone on Xu Rong's face, making the scars on half of his face and the one eye very clear. With the cooperation of the rain, it looked extremely terrifying.

Although Guan Ping and Guan Yu have practiced martial arts and studied the art of war for many years, but the number of times they have been on the battlefield is really limited. Suddenly seeing Xu Rong's true face, he couldn't help but feel his legs go weak and his tongue gape.

"you you"

Xu Rong didn't give him the slightest chance, taking advantage of Guan Ping's distraction and surprise because of his appearance, he swung his knife and slashed directly on his neck.

Guan Ping opened his eyes wide in horror, looking at the ugly monster in front of him in disbelief.

It never occurred to him that he would die under such circumstances.

Xu Rong slashed hard, completely cut off his neck, and drew a patter of blood in the air.

Guan Ping's body tilted and fell into the rolling Han River.

Xu Rong looked at Guan Ping's body submerged in the river, and let out a heavy snort.

Then, he stretched out his hand and touched his cheek, muttering to himself: "I never thought that this face would have such an effect."

Guan Ping died, and the soldiers around him naturally stopped fighting for the embankment and fled in all directions.

The soldiers around Xu Rongling stood on the embankment and shouted loudly.

"Guan Ping is dead, Guan Yu surrendered early!"

"Guan Ping is dead, Guan Yu surrendered early!"

Along with the sound of the rain, the voice faintly reached Guan Yu's ears.

Upon hearing the news, Guan Yu's heart ached inexplicably, his internal organs seemed to be burning, as if his liver and gallbladder were torn apart.

"Ping'er!" Guan Yu roared angrily, his figure was tilted, and he almost fell down.

He swung the Azure Dragon Saber vigorously, and threw it at Zhao Yun's gun with all his might.

The force from the Azure Dragon Saber passed through the silver spear to Zhao Yun's arm, causing his arms to be numb and almost fall backwards.

Good Guan Yu!

Zhao Yun gritted his teeth, roared suddenly, and suddenly moved to the side, stabbing directly at Guan Yu's face.

Guan Yu raised his saber to deflect Zhao Yun's spear, but the spear still stuck in Guan Yu's shoulder after all.

"Hiss!" Guan Yu gasped in pain, his eyes flashed, he kicked out suddenly, and hit Zhao Yun's abdomen directly, but kicked him flying out with a gun.

Zhao Yun fell to the ground, but immediately got up quickly.

He rubbed the ribs on the side of his abdomen, cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

It seems that the kick just now broke the ribs.

Guan Yu covered the blood hole on his shoulder, fell backwards, and was supported by his lieutenant general.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

Guan Yu covered his shoulders, gritted his teeth, and looked angrily at Zhao Yun in the distance.

The deputy general of the Jingzhou Army didn't dare to hold on any longer. While protecting Guan Yu, he said loudly: "Withdraw! Quickly withdraw!"

Chapter 833 Cao Jun's New Target

Guanzhong, Chang'an City.

It has been some time since Cao Cao's soldiers retreated to Guanzhong. Under Cao Cao's arrangement, the soldiers of the three armies stationed in various fortresses in Guanzhong.

According to Cao Cao's request, the generals of Cao Jun's various departments stabilized the hearts of the people in the counties around Chang'an and recruited troops.

There are more than ten princes in Guanzhong. Under Luoyang Zhongyou's communication and comfort, they had already taken refuge in Cao Cao, but that was when Cao Cao was established as the central plains.

But now that Cao Cao has lost the Central Plains, he instead led his elite soldiers to Guanzhong to occupy the two capitals. To a certain extent, it can be regarded as infringing on the self-interested interests of the princes of Guanzhong, so they are now wary of Cao Cao in their hearts.

However, although Cao Cao lost the Central Plains, his main army and horses still remained, and there were still [-] elite soldiers under his command. There was nothing he could do but to accept this fact silently.

The reason why Guanzhong is called Guanzhong is because it is within the four passes, with Qinchuan as the southern barrier for [-] miles, and it has a warm temperate continental monsoon climate. The temperature rises quickly in spring and the temperature is relatively high; The water and heat are abundant, and the Guanzhong Plain is formed by alluvial flow and loess accumulation. The terrain is flat and the soil is fertile, so it is very restful.

It is also for this reason that the capitals of the Han Dynasty have always been located inside and outside Guanzhong.

Although Cao Cao lost the Central Plains, with the help of the Guanzhong land, he can slowly recover his vitality and compete with the potters.

Even if the overall strength is not as good as that of potters, they can still settle down and become kings on their own.

But this approach depends on who is divided.

If it were someone else, he might be able to bear it, but as far as Cao Cao is concerned, it is not in his character to live such a life.

He must still want to seek development.

But Cao Cao wants to develop, he first needs customer service for two factors.

The first is the morale of the [-] generals under him.

Most of the generals under Cao Cao are soldiers from the Central Plains. Many of them are from Yuzhou and Yanzhou counties, and their family members are also there. Now they follow Cao Cao to go to other places, and all the soldiers miss their hometown and relatives in their hearts. In terms of overall morale, it has been unable to improve.

The second point is the problem of the source of troops.

Since Emperor Xiaoling, Guanzhong has been in a period of turmoil, especially after Dong Zhuo was in power, so a large number of people outflowed, almost half of the population before the Yellow Turban Uprising, and many of these people were there Under the rule of more than ten princes in Guanzhong, it is not easy for Cao Cao to recruit new sources of troops.

Governance in Guanzhong requires people, but if you want to fight pottery, you need people even more.

Regarding the problem of the source of soldiers, Cao Cao now feels a very headache, but there is no way to solve it.

This question weighed on his heart like a mountain, making his head flutter again and again, and every time he got angry, he immediately got a headache, and he was on time, without any deviation.

On this day, Cao Cao's head hurt so much that he fell asleep after tossing for most of the night.

The next day, Cao Cao immediately sent someone to find Jia Xu after his headache eased.

During the Battle of the Central Plains, Jia Xu stayed in Chang'an, and together with Zhong Yao of Luoyang, was responsible for appeasing the princes in Guanzhong. However, after Cao Cao returned to Chang'an, Jia Xu handed over his responsibility.

Sitting beside Cao Cao's bed, Jia Xu bowed his hands to Cao Cao: "Sikong."

Cao Cao reached out and took the kerchief from his forehead, and said with a wry smile: "Recently, this wind has really been committed more and more frequently."

Jia Xu said: "Sikong take care of his health, the soldiers of the three armies have just set foot in Guanzhong, there are many things that cannot be separated from Sikong's judgment."

Cao Cao raised his hand and rubbed his temples, and after a while he said, "He, you were born in Liangzhou, and you also traveled to Guanzhong back then. Now we don't have enough soldiers, but there are not enough people in Guanzhong, so it's hard to expand our troops. Ma Teng, Han Sui and others Soldiers and horses may not be completely driven by me, so what should I do?"