The prince is very cruel

Bang!

One man threw away the knife, knelt on the ground, and trembled.

Suddenly, surrender became like a plague, with the sound of weapons falling to the ground one after another.

Seeing this situation, everyone in the Shu Mansion smiled.

"Surrender, they surrender!"

"Great!"

Wu Zhu heard the sounds of joy and cheers. He wanted to die. He was defeated like this!

He could defeat the imperial court in the north, but here he became a coward.

……

After the Battle of Sanjiang River, only more than 300 out of 4,000 soldiers escaped, and the main general was captured. The top leaders of the Western Liang army were furious. Seven days later, they selected 15,000 troops and led them personally by Helan Shan to attack Shu.

This time, Helan Mountain no longer mentioned the issue of labor, but decided to massacre Shu and then seize everything in Bashan.

Thus, a protracted local war broke out.

Helan Mountain learned from previous lessons and did not launch a rash attack. Instead, it advanced step by step, abandoning the water route and attacking the Stone Forest Trail.

The militia commanded by Guan Ning became braver and more mature as the battles went on, and they waged guerrilla warfare in the dangerous mountains.

When the enemy advances, I retreat; when the enemy retreats, I pursue; when the enemy stays, I harass... The nine-word mantra made the once invincible Helan Mountain miserable. After a month in the mountains, they didn't even know where Bashan was.

In this way, the two sides fought back and forth in the mountains and ridges of Shu for more than a month.

In the end, because the main force of Xiliang was blocked in Tongguan, Helan Mountain was urgently transferred to Tongguan, and the incident ended with the retreat of the Xiliang army.

But the matter was far from over. The relationship between Shu and Xiliang had completely broken down. Not only did each side set up troops to be on guard, but the Xiliang rebel leader Ashina Yuanlie even listed Shu as the first place to be dealt with after entering the capital.

Naturally, this information could not escape Guan Ning's huge intelligence network, so he became more eager to develop Shu.

It took him two months to use black powder to blast out the official road that ran through the north and south, using a total of more than 100,000 kilograms of black powder.

Once this road was opened, transportation within Shu, including military supplies and cavalry, made a qualitative leap. Within two days, the iron hooves of the Dragon Riders could appear in any direction within Shu, and could even be used as chariots to charge to any place at any time.

At the same time, Guan Ning established a complete military affairs workshop.

Zhuge Crossbow, tens of thousands of them were made.

Various types of grain carts, chariots, and catapults were also being built in full swing. In Shu, wood seemed to be inexhaustible, so there was no need to worry.

As for black gunpowder, few people knew how much Guan Ning had stockpiled, and no one knew that Guan Ning had such a terrifying weapon in his hands.

As for grain, after the autumn harvest, the Agricultural Bureau led by Xiahou Qingyi began intensive work.

She worked from sunrise to sunset every day, and took thousands of fellow villagers to visit the world and reclaim wasteland. She used the experience, knowledge, and some fertilizers she brought from Shennongjia to carefully improve the entire Shu area.

Because she was Madam Guan Ning, everyone listened to her.

The result was naturally immediate. In just one month, more than 200,000 people were mobilized, and the usable land in Shu was increased tenfold!

Moreover, every acre of land grows very well. As long as it is taken care of by Xiahou Qingyi, there will be no pests, and the rice ears grow much more luxuriantly than in previous years.

In July, the sun was scorching and the wheat in the fields was golden and stretched as far as the eye could see.

All the elders and villagers in Shu were so excited that they couldn't sleep and regarded Xiahou Qingyi as their breadwinner.

Her appearance and her great support greatly helped Guan Ning's career and restored his status in Shu.

It was also this summer that Xiahou Qingyi completed the most important thing in her life. She officially married Guan Ning and became pregnant in a very short time.