Although the Huainan Army has not had any large-scale military operations in the past few years, Shen Mu and other presiding generals are not idle. Compared with Jiangdong, the Central Plains is a completely different operational environment.

The so-called land of four wars means that battles can break out at any time and in any place. There is almost no danger in all directions, and it is an area that is very suitable for rogues to commit crimes. Moreover, the degree of development of the Central Plains is much higher than that of Jiangdong, and often a rebel who ignores it a little may quickly grow stronger, plunder, and gain all the resources.

Shen Mu sat in Qian County earlier, and his main opponent was Chen Guang's chaotic army entrenched in the western border of Yanzhou. Because there is no danger to defend, there is no need to stick to one place, the rebel army is scattered and fostered in the countryside, and eats everywhere, unless there is any big target that can be coordinated to fight, it will not be assembled most of the time, and it is not even clear where the main force of the rebel army is.

For example, if a bird lies in a thorn bush, it is difficult to catch it if it does not fly, and if it wants to grab it in the bush, it is blocked by miscellaneous thorns. As for the so-called miscellaneous wattles, it is the intricate relationship between the townships. This network of relationships is not very harmful in itself, but once it is formed, it can play a huge role.

Those small people in the countryside will only choose relatives and neighbors to help each other when they explain to them what is right or righteous, or the rise and fall of the royal industry. Even if Chen Guang himself is a traitor who is subordinate to the Xianghu, he is a friendly face in front of the villagers, even if he plunders, he will not disturb the villagers in his sphere of influence, and even help them protect the local family business, so he is supported by the villagers, and even takes the initiative to donate goods and goods to the thieves.

When Shen Mu first arrived in Qian County, he sent people to roam the countryside and announce that Wang Shi had recovered this realm. However, there are villagers who directly robbed the Huainan army of cattle, horses and livestock and heavy military rations, and after being caught, they also had a heartbeat, saying that when the ancestor ruled Yuzhou in the early years, he mostly used cattle and horses to fund the villagers, and since the Huainan army regarded itself as a king, it was natural to benefit the locality, otherwise it would be no different from those who were rampant and tyrannical in the country thief army.

Shen Mu also knew that it was those thieves who incited the people to dismount the Huainan army, when he was still young and vigorous, and he caught the thieves and beheaded them for public display. On the day of the execution, thousands of villagers even surrounded the execution ground, and some villager leaders were elected to negotiate conditions with Shen Mu.

Shen Mu was originally from the Jiangdong Great Sect Thief Portal, how could he not be clear about these township sect tricks. At that time, the Huainan Army also carried the power of the Great Destruction of Hu, and simply beheaded all these township leaders with thieves.

At that time, he was happy, but the situation in the county collapsed because of this, and those township sects trumpeted the tyranny of the Huainan army and Shen Mu's indiscriminate killing of innocents among the villagers, encouraging the villagers to flee in groups. Fortunately, there was no strong enemy around at that time, which gave Shen Mu room to suppress separately, and at that time, the cold winter was full of wind and snow, and the situation stabilized after killing a group of villagers who had jumped too much.

But as a result, the relationship between the Huainan Army and the local villagers also fell to the freezing point. When the cold was at its peak and the Huainan garrison all shrank to Qiaocheng, there was actually a rebellious army of Xiangzong who seduced Chen Guang and marched directly to the city of Qiaojun! If it weren't for the brave and fierce Huainan Army, Shen Mu would also be a fierce general of the Young Congrong Brigade, he would almost die in Qian County, at the hands of these township sects!

After the beginning of spring, Huainan increased the army again, giving Shen Mu more strength to clean up the countryside. Investigating the attack on Qian County, it turned out that as many as 27 township families were involved, and hundreds of people were killed just by directly participating in it. As for the other villagers involved, there are thousands.

In the end, it was the Huainan Internal History Office that gave Shen Mu great support at that time, and thousands of households were all convicted and conscripted into Huainan hard labor. If the Huainan Inner History Mansion was a little timid about the hometown at that time, even if Shen Mu was not judged for crime, he would have been transferred back from his post and sent a moderate person to the county to guard. The consequence of such persistence is that a large number of households have fled north, as if Chen Guang's entrenchment in the north is a paradise of benevolent governance.

Later, the Huainan Governor's Office issued an order that all those who had tyranny, disorderly and abused the people in the township would be killed if they were verified. This also caused an uproar in the entire southern part of Henan, and for a time a large number of township sects fled, and even simply supported the people to keep their own doors, refusing to accept the orders of the Huainan army.

The reason why southern Henan has stabilized is also due to the rise of the market trade in Runan. Although the Huainan Prefecture did not grant political privileges to these clan gates, it did allow them to profit greatly through trade. At the same time as the inducement of interests, it also took nearly two years to digest this area of southern Henan by force to uproot those who are not willing to fight evil, and at the same time to recruit and reclaim food on a large scale.

After guarding the county for several years, although he did not gain any major military achievements, Shen Mu's personal ability and vision have been greatly expanded, especially when he realized that everything should not be relied on by soldiers, and he must be a little gentle while being tough. Just as the Huainan Governor's Mansion operates in southern Henan, strong soldiers are not only deterred, but also supplemented by huge profits.

A few years earlier, the Huainan army fought against the Shihu army, and the Qianhu army was not strong, while the Huainan army was at an absolute disadvantage. At that time, a large number of displaced people fled in southern Henan, and they could not be stopped by the strength of the army. So even if there are strong soldiers in hand, you really can't be proud of it.

The truth can be explained clearly in three or two sentences, and it may not be possible to do it, and with the experience of guarding the county for several years, and almost paying the price of his life, Shen Mu is really unforgettable about this.

He also knew the significance of his trip to Pengcheng this time, even with the premise of communicating between Xi Jian and Shen Zhezi, the Xuzhou army might not be happy to see him cross the border. Therefore, whether he can successfully intercept and annihilate Liu Zheng is related to whether he can successfully gain a foothold in Pengcheng in the future.

Fighting as a guest army, although it was Xuzhou's own problems to solve, because Shen Mu was about to enter Pengcheng in the future, he didn't have to hope to get much help from the Xuzhou army. At least in terms of message communication, the Xuzhou Army should not be overly cooperative.

Therefore, when Shen Mu arrived in Pengcheng a few days ago, although a small number of Xuzhou troops stationed here happily handed over the city defense, the news of Liu Zheng's rebellion was unassuming. As for how true or false this statement is, there is not much point in discussion, Shen Mu believes that the Xuzhou Army does not dare to deliberately conceal it to harm himself, and at the same time, he can guess that the Xuzhou Army probably wants to complete the final chaos by himself.

After all, Liu Zheng's rebellious army had been entrenched in Xuzhou for several years, but it was finally wiped out by the Huainan army, which was really unacceptable to the Xuzhou army. They were probably happier to see that they were so stupid to stay in Pengcheng, even if they stayed in the future, but because they could not complete the first half of the agreement between the two towns, they would definitely not dare to speak out loud in the future.

Shen Mu especially knew that his departure from Pengcheng was related to whether his cousin could take over Xuzhou smoothly in the future, so he naturally would not sit back and wait for battle. The Huainan Army's guest army is new, and even the terrain around Pengcheng is blurred, let alone deployed and intercepted in advance without the announcement of the Xuzhou Army.

Therefore, as soon as he entered the town, he invited the villagers around Pengcheng to directly promise to reward Liu Zheng for the movements of the rebellion, which can be regarded as a full attention to the strength of these township sects. Therefore, when Liu Zheng's rebellious army was transferred to Peijun, Shen Mu probably grasped the movements of his army. Although the trajectory of the follow-up rebellion has become unpredictable, Shen Mu does not need to grasp the specific movements of the rebel army in real time, but directly leads the army to fortify around Dangshan.

The Xuzhou army may still be worried about not knowing where the rebellious army is going, so there is no way to fortify and intercept it, but Shen Mu does not have this kind of trouble. After the rebel army entered Pei County, it either turned into Pei Ze through Dangshan, that is, the direction of his fortification, or continued to flow northwest to Suiyang, Liang County, in short, it was impossible to return the same way and rush into the arms of the pursuing soldiers in Xuzhou.

If his army chooses the former, then there is nothing to say, Shen Mu has already prepared troops in this position. If his army chooses the latter, then it will completely enter the range of Yuzhou, and it is very likely that it has already made contact with Chen Guang of Chen Liu.

After Shen Mu settled in Pengcheng, he was replaced by the general Han Huang and 5,000 Huainan cavalry, hoping to use Liu Zheng as a bait to hook out a part of Chen Guang's troops to be swept away! Therefore, if Liu Zheng chooses the latter, he will only die faster, and by the way, he will bring a part of Chen Guang's people to accompany him to the funeral.

After the scattered rangers discovered the traces of Liu Zheng's rebellious army, Shen Mu was still a little lost. He really hoped that Liu Zheng could collude with Chen Guang and provide Han Huang with a fighter. After all, he has guarded Qian Liang for several years, and the existence of Chen Guang's chaotic army has become a grudge in his heart. If he could use this to eliminate some of them, even if he didn't do it himself, Shen Mu would be very pleased.

"It's clear that the road is ahead, but the old thief wants to die, it's really disgusting!"

After the rangers reported the enemy's whereabouts, Shen Mu immediately led the army to arrive. This Liu Zheng is lucky, the range of Dangshan is also hundreds of miles wide, as long as there is a blank area of more than ten miles, Liu Zheng's rebellious army can be allowed to pass quietly. If Shen Mu hadn't been widely distributed in the area, maybe he might have been quietly passed by Liu Zheng.

Liu Zheng's choice of Xiangxian as the meeting place was not arbitrary, and there were some lush Nozawa reed ponds in the east and north of Xiangxian as shelter, which was not conducive to the large-scale build-up of troops. Moreover, although the city was ruined, the high hill to the north was able to effectively stop the cavalry charge. Even if you are unfortunate enough to be surrounded here, you can rely on the terrain to see a little, and then find a way out.

But unfortunately, he met the Huainan army. In particular, the front-line combat units of the Huainan Army have been the main content of training in the past few years in the face of special terrain and extreme environments. When the Huainan Army's frontline battle formation was prepared, a full 2,000 sword and shield armor soldiers slowly pushed forward to the high post, and several huge arrow towers were erected from the ground in the army formation, and the soldiers climbed one after another.

It was only at this time that the five hundred knights on the left flank, who were used to deter the rebels from attacking, withdrew from the front line, and rushed out of a path in the reeds with their horses, wielding more than a long lance, and detoured to the flank of the rebels.

"Hold your hands away from death, and there will be no forgiveness for recklessness!"

The loud snare drum was beaten, and the shouts of the Huainan army also resounded in the sky here.

"Xiang Nian Jilong is brutal and trapped in a desperate situation. If it weren't for the struggle, the bones would have sunk into the river back then, and the flesh and blood would have fed the fish. If you meet again today, are you willing to fight with me to survive? As long as you kill the blockade here, the advection can reach Hebei, and the husband is strong, and it is decided at this moment, kill! ”

fled all the way to the present, thinking that life was in sight, but I didn't expect that death would come. At this moment, Liu Zheng no longer dared to think of luck, surrounded by hundreds of descendants, he looked back at the ragged soldiers in the ruined city, and cheered up to cheer up and boost morale.

However, although his voice was high-pitched, and his voice resounded throughout the small ruined city, there was no response. It was really Nozawa who had been trapped for several years, and suddenly left Nozawa and fled for a few days, thinking that he would escape from it, but he didn't expect to rush directly into the encirclement of such a strong army, whether it was strength or ambition, it had already been exhausted.

Seeing that the soldiers were so depressed, Liu Zheng's subordinates rushed into the crowd and kicked and beaten, but those people would rather hold their heads and wail or simply fall to the ground, and they refused to respond. What's more, he directly threw the rusty and chipped blade in his hand far beyond the broken wall, and howled in his mouth: "Survive, survive......"

Seeing this scene, Liu Zheng was even more heartbroken, staggered to the high post, threw off the hood above his head, scattered gray hair swayed in the wind, facing the Huainan army formation that had advanced to more than ten zhang away, holding the knife on his neck, and his tone was full of sadness: "Huainan Liang Gong, the table of benevolence and righteousness!" Begging for a mere body, all these innocent people! ”

With that, he turned the blade of his knife, and blood rushed like an arrow on his neck in an instant.

"Lord ......"

Liu Zheng's troops saw that his people had killed themselves, and many of them were already blinded, and even more than a dozen people rushed forward to pick up his corpse, while several others also drew their sabers and followed after them.

Seeing this scene in the battle, Shen Mu's eyes flashed with a hint of color, and then he laughed, causing people to step forward and shout: "Although Liu Zheng is a traitor and a thief, and he has been chaotic for a long time, he can live with his life as a beggar and live up to his spirit. If there are hundreds of soldiers, all their bones will be buried with ceremonies! ”

Similar shouts continued several times, and Liu Zheng's subordinates all looked angry when they heard the words, but when they saw the corpses of the lord and his comrades, they didn't have the courage to resist for a while, and then some people picked up the knives one after another, and yelled before they died: "Thank you for your condolences!" And then he also killed himself.

Within half an hour, nearly 30 people died by suicide. And then the rhythm came down, after all, not everyone can see death as home. And more of the tribes, including their children, knelt on the ground, hid their faces and wept.

The Huainan army ascended the high post one after another, and Shen Mu finally arrived at the bloody self-killing scene on the top of the high post, seeing the more than 30 corpses lying on the ground, there was no lack of emotion for a while, it can be seen that so many people can follow and die, it can be seen that this Liu Zheng also has his advantages, otherwise he would not have insisted on such a long time in such a sinister environment. If it weren't for the Huainan Army joining the encirclement and suppression, this person might really have fled Xuzhou.

"Collect these bones and bury them all."

After sighing, Shen Mu commanded, and then turned to look at the rebel soldiers who were not lacking in sadness, and their expressions were quite playful. The reason why he had caused people to shout out the number of hundreds was only to destroy the morale of these people.

In the future, even if there are rebellious people who want to gather people to make trouble in the name of Liu Zheng again, people must recall that this person is greedy for life and afraid of death, and would rather have the body of the lord be divided than kill himself and follow, and his person will naturally be uncomfortable and supportive, and he will not be able to make any waves. At the very least, Liu Zheng's chaotic army will not leave any hidden dangers in Xuzhou after this battle.

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