Han counter current

However, for the Central Plains, the impact of last year's disaster has not been completely eliminated. It is really hard to say whether there will be another locust plague this year.

Especially the place of Xuzhou, which was plagued by Cao Cao in the early years, and because of Cao Cao, Lu Bu, Liu Bei and others fought for many times, most of the local infrastructure was destroyed, and many places became man-made flood areas.

Cao Jun is now occupying Xuzhou, and in fact he controls a part of the economy that is better. Most of the rest of the place, Cao Jun basically ignores it.

But there are also many people in those places. They are hard to leave their homeland, and they live on the poverty line almost every day. Originally, they should have received relief from Cao Cao, but unfortunately, these reliefs will never come.

"Yuan Cao has been feuding for more than ten years. During these years, Cao Cao killed Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao, Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi and others, and seized so many lands of the Yuan family.

The former Yuan Clan in Qingzhou still has the heart of revenge. Back then, I was also deeply favored by the Yuan Clan and hated by the Yuan Clan. Although I am not qualified to participate, I should not stand by and watch.

Today, there are [-] Qingzhou Army and [-] Jizhou Army soldiers asking for orders to go south for revenge. I, Chen Feng, should support it, and this can be regarded as my repayment of Yuan's kindness. "

In the living room, Chen Feng was dictating while thinking about what to say next.Lu Xun next to him was in charge of recording.After half an hour, Chen Feng finished dictating, and Lu Xun quickly modified Chen Feng's words.

"Please look, my lord, the revenge document has been written, and it's time for revenge. I don't know when the lord plans to send troops south."

"As soon as possible, Cao Cao has sent people to farm in Yuzhou and Xuzhou, and we cannot give them any chance. This war must be fought on Cao Cao's territory.

However, it is impossible for our army to dispatch too many troops, [-] is already the limit, and we can dispatch another [-] slave troops at most. However, the slave troops are not easy to control and will cause considerable damage to Yuzhou and Xuzhou. "

"Your Majesty, you are too worried. Have the Cao family committed too many crimes in Hebei? People in Jizhou and Qingzhou hate Cao Jun, and even the local people in Xuzhou complain about Cao Jun.

This time our army goes south in the name of revenge, and it will definitely win the support of the people in Jizhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou.This is a just battle, and our army will surely win. "

Chapter 705

Hearing what Lu Xun said so confidently, Chen Feng couldn't help but smile.There are some things that can be said to fool the common people, but for him, Chen Feng, the general principles are useless.

"Bo Yan, you have to know that victory or failure in a war often has little to do with justice, but has an absolute relationship with the combat effectiveness, logistics, equipment, etc. of the army."

"Master Mingjian, the facts are indeed so, but what ordinary people need is justice and hope. Our army going south can bring hope to the local people."

"Hehehe, Boyan, you are very cunning..."

During the relaxed conversation between the two, a plan to go south to harass the enemy was finalized.Soon, there was an upsurge in Jizhou and Qingzhou, and many people cried about Cao Cao's atrocities and Cao Jun's brutality.

In recent years, Cao Jun has caused a lot of harm to the people and families in Hebei. How many Hebei children died at the hands of Cao Jun, and how many Hebei people were looted by Cao Jun.

In the past, because of Yuan's incompetence, they could only endure these grievances and hatred.But the situation is different now. The new Lord of Hebei supports their revenge and is even willing to provide help. This has allowed many people to find a vent.

In April, when all parts of the Central Plains were busy farming, an army from Qingzhou took the lead in attacking the border of Xuzhou.Looted a lot of food, grass, luggage and livestock, and even provoked Xiahou Dun.

When Xiahou Dun wanted to fight back, the Qingzhou army immediately retreated.What surprised Xiahou Dun was that more than half of this Qingzhou army were cavalry, coming and going like the wind, and moving swiftly.

Then, before Cao Cao's order was conveyed, another large army appeared from the direction of Jizhou and attacked the farmland of Cao Zhang's department in Yanzhou, looted and set fire to it, and fled away.

For so many years, after the Battle of Guandu, Hebei soldiers never had the opportunity to go south to fight.Most of the time, they were trying to find ways to defend and prevent Cao Jun from going north.

To a certain extent, Cao Jun's soldiers have beaten them without the slightest temper these years.But now it is different. Hebei has a new owner, and the soldiers of Hebei have regained their confidence and courage. They even dared to go south to attack Cao Jun's garrison.

"Damn it, Chen Feng personally guarded Jizhou. This series of actions must have been planned and directed by him. This guy is really hypocritical. He even used the name of revenge for the Yuan family. Are the big families all over the place fools?"

In the big camp, Cao Zhang was beating the table angrily. The Jizhou army repeatedly went south, which made him unable to farm in Yanzhou with peace of mind. Many cities were attacked, and the properties of many aristocratic families were also plundered.

This was a great blow to Cao Jun's reputation and morale. You must know that the key to Cao Jun's foothold in Yanzhou is the support of the Yanzhou family.

If they can't protect the interests of the local families in Yanzhou, then the foundation of Cao Jun will be shaken, and this will definitely bring disaster to Cao Jun.

"The general must not be impulsive. The prime minister has not sent back an order, and our army can only stop quietly. Besides, at present, the enemy army is just making small troubles, so it doesn't matter.

Viewed from the side, Chen Feng was anxious to harass our army's farmland because he was afraid of our army's strength. This could also prove Chen Feng's inner fear and the weakness of Hebei's strength. "

Man Chong on the side seemed very confident. As one of the few generals in the Cao army who had fought against Chen Feng for many years and was still alive, he had been active on the front line of confronting Chen Feng.

Two months ago, Cao Cao specially transferred him from Wancheng to Yanzhou to assist Cao Zhang in defense, in order to prevent Chen Feng from coming.Judging from the current situation, Cao Cao's transfer is wise.

However, this time, Chen Feng deliberately incited the revenge feelings of the people in Qingzhou and Jizhou, and intensified their hatred for Cao Jun.In addition, there are still many spies sneaking into Xuzhou to spread rumors and stir up public anger.

Xuzhou used to be very rich, but now it is very poor.When Tao Qian was in charge of Xuzhou, although the local people dared not say that they were rich, they still had no problem eating and clothing.

It is a pity that after Cao Jun's devastation and these years of wars, coupled with Cao Jun's violent expropriation after stationing on the spot, the lives of the local people have long been miserable.

Last year, many people in Xuzhou also heard about the situation in Qingzhou, and even knew that Qingzhou was worse than Xuzhou.But now, less than half a year has passed, and there is news that the quality of life of the people in Qingzhou has skyrocketed.

All of this was caused by Chen Feng occupying Qingzhou and ruling Qingzhou.Many Xuzhou people are very envious. In many people's minds, if Chen Feng is also in charge of Xuzhou, will it also bring them a better life?

In addition, the local aristocratic families also have this idea, because among the current princes, only Chen Feng attaches importance to business, and encourages the aristocratic families under his rule to do business, which can also guarantee the interests of the aristocratic families under his rule in doing business.

There are many aristocratic families in Xuzhou that have done business with Chen Feng, and it must be the Mi family. In his early years, Chen Feng had just moved into Liaoxi, and he had done several big business with the Mi family.

Later, thanks to Chen Feng's suggestion, the Mi family was not fooled by Liu Bei. Although Liu Bei still extorted a lot of money in the end, the foundation was finally preserved.

The third miss of the Mi family has not yet married, because Liu Bei wanted to marry by force back then, and the head of the Mi family did not dare to disagree explicitly, so he could only assume that his sister was seriously ill.

As a result, Liu Bei, who was furious, sent people to block other people who came to ask for marriage, and also spread rumors to slander the third miss of the Mi family, so that the world thought that the third miss of the Mi family was a disaster.

But when Qingzhou's army attacked Xiahoudun's farming land again and again, the local people and aristocratic families were watching and looking forward to it.

"Report, general, the enemy army attacked our army's field in Langya again, trampled all the young crops of our army, killed and wounded more than a thousand soldiers of our army, and looted a large number of civilians."

When the messenger reported the news to Xiahou Dun, the guy's face darkened even more.This is already the third report today. The Qingzhou army frequently attacks, and various methods emerge in endlessly.

The seedlings just planted by General Cao Jun are growing very well. Maybe there will be a good harvest in summer.As a result, a small unit of the Qingzhou Army came to sneak attack, looted the luggage, burned the seedlings, and captured the peasants.

So again and again, although each time the impact is not great, but the number of times is too many, Xiahou Dun can't bear it.In particular, the consequences of such things have a great impact on the morale of the army and the direction of the people.

"If you look again, I don't believe it. Are the Qingzhou army crazy? Don't they need to farm? Pass my general order, the army is assembled, I have to teach those Qingzhou native dogs a lesson."

Xiahou Dun was very angry, and the consequences might be serious.

Chapter 706 Enemy Weary Tactics 1

At the beginning of May, General Xia Houdun of the Cao Army couldn't stand the repeated provocations of the Qingzhou Army, so he took the initiative to mobilize [-] soldiers and horses to fight back north. In his opinion, Xuzhou can only be the prime minister's Xuzhou.

The two armies fought several times in Langya, and Xiahou Dun won big victories.There are no famous generals in the Qingzhou Army. Although they are elites in all battles, they lack command.

In particular, Xiahoudun and his soldiers were holding their breath, and they all wanted to seek revenge from the Qingzhou Army.After several battles, the Qingzhou army retreated into the territory of Langya, and Xiahou Dun led the troops to continue the pursuit.

As a result, in late May, something happened that forced Xiahou Dun to stop going north.In Xuzhou, which has been in chaos for many years, bandits and rioters appeared all over the place.

These bandits live in the mountains and forests, and they don't obey Cao Jun's discipline at ordinary times. In addition, most of them have enmity with Cao Jun, and some of them are from Xuzhou's local family. After being persecuted by Cao Jun, they fled to the mountains to seek refuge.

Although Cao Jun occupied Xuzhou in recent years, he failed to integrate the strength in the territory, let alone spared time to destroy these bandits.When Liu Bei was in charge of Xuzhou, he only focused on recruiting surrender and appeasement.

Nowadays, it seems that everyone has seen the weakness of Cao Jun, coupled with the instigation and instigation of those with good intentions, these bandits are also ready to move. Taking advantage of Xiahou Dun's opportunity to lead the troops to the north, they walked out of the mountains and began to plunder and attack Cao Jun's important towns and villages. place.

To be honest, the combat effectiveness of these bandits is actually not strong, at least not as strong as Cao Jun's elite.But these people are familiar with Xuzhou's topography, and have an inexplicable relationship with the local aristocratic family.