Although he successfully captured Huaizhou, Liu Ling didn't feel any joy in his heart. Shi Rui's death touched him a little, and there was always a touch of sadness lingering in his heart. Shi Rui's mother hanged herself, which gave Liu Ling a lot of joy.
A strong shock. Liu Ling was not a filial son in this life, but he was the most filial person in his previous life. The reason why he has always been quite cold towards his cheap father is because he deeply knows that the so-called father,
In fact, I have no feelings for him at all. But my parents in the previous life were different. They devoted their whole life to Liu Ling. Therefore, they always had special respect for the old man Liu Ling.
Liu Ling personally attended the funeral of Shi Rui's mother. Shi Rui's mother was buried according to the standards of a first-class wife of the Han Dynasty. There is a hill in the north of Huaizhou City, with a small river at the foot of the mountain and beautiful scenery. Liu Ling chose a place with the best Feng Shui.
The graves of the mother and son were built next to each other. Although this does not mean anything, there is probably only so much Liu Ling can do. The world is in a cold world, and people are cold and warm. The people of Huaizhou have all said and admired Liu Ling for doing this.
There are some who are sad, and there are also those who are angry. The most speechless thing is that they gritted their teeth and said that Liu Ling was just showing off and trying to win people's hearts. Regarding such public opinion, Liu Ling didn't even have the desire to be angry.
Although Huaizhou is not a small town, it cannot be said to be big. The purpose of the Han army's attack on Huaizhou was not to occupy this place for a long time, but to disrupt the morale of Pei's Zhan Ding'an army by capturing Huaizhou. Huaizhou was too close to Zhengzhou, and the Han army
Once the Northern Army is in the north, it will immediately counterattack. Although the strategic significance here is not meaningless, it is not yet crucial. The Han army will leave sooner or later, unless it is heavily garrisoned, but in this way the Han army will
The power will be weakened.
After leaving Shi Rui's grave, Liu Ling sent someone to erect a stone tablet in front of Shi Rui's grave, with a line of murderous words engraved on it, which shocked people's hearts.
"Liu Ling, the king of the Han Dynasty, built a tombstone here for General Shi Rui and his loving mother. Anyone who dares to destroy the tomb will be killed even though they are thousands of miles away!"
Liu Ling erected this stone tablet because he was afraid that after he led the Han army to leave, the Zhou army would counterattack and find that the graves of Shi Rui's mother and son would be destroyed here. Shi Rui was a pure soldier, a noble soldier, and his mother was the greatest
As his mother, Liu Ling didn't want those disgusting young people to destroy her grave after she left. Although Shi Rui was a hero of the Great Zhou Dynasty, because of Liu Ling, there was no guarantee that some villains wouldn't take advantage of the situation. Liu Ling didn't want those young people to destroy her grave.
People have insulted Shi Rui and defiled this tomb.
Liu Ling's prediction was correct. Soon after the Han army departed, Wu Zilai, the governor of Zhengzhou, sent three thousand county soldiers to recapture the city. But since Liu Ling expected that the Zhou army would come, how could he let them take Huaizhou back easily?
It is true that Liu Ling's army set out, but five thousand soldiers were hidden in the residences of Huaizhou City. As soon as the three thousand county soldiers from Zhengzhou entered the city, they were caught off guard by the Han army hiding in the residences.
Wu Zilai sent a scout to watch the Han army leave, and quietly followed the Han army to the north for fifty or sixty miles before rushing back to Zhengzhou to report the news. In this way, when this team of scouts returned to Zhengzhou on a starry night journey, Liu Ling's
The army had marched two hundred miles away. Wu Zilai also knew that the Han army attacked Huaizhou not to occupy it, but to plunder the Huaizhou treasury to replenish supplies and disrupt Pei Zhan's sight. That's why he dared to send three thousand county soldiers.
After all, it was considered a great achievement to recapture Huaizhou, to recapture a state capital occupied by the Han army. If he reported to Kaifeng, the little Emperor Xianyuan would give him a reward no matter what. Of course, Wu Zilai didn't know that the little Emperor Xianyuan had been lost.
Already.
Falsifying a tragic battle, falsely reporting the number of enemies killed, and recapturing Huaizhou from the invincible Han King Liu Ling was an exciting event. Wu Zilai was loyal to the emperor, but those who are loyal to the emperor may not always be loyal to the emperor.
If you don't have a good reputation, you may not dare to deceive the emperor. Besides, in the current Zhou Dynasty, deceiving the emperor is nothing. In this civil and military dynasty, who would not deceive the emperor? What's more, the Zhou Dynasty really needs a victory to inspire people.
Well, since Liu Ling went south, he has won many battles, destroyed cities and strongholds, and the Zhou army has been retreating steadily. The people of the Zhou Dynasty have long been completely lost.
Wu Zilai was not careless, but what he didn't expect was that Liu Ling would lurk an army in a civilian residence. Before the Zhou army entered the city, they also carefully sent a team of troops to check the city first. But what they didn't expect was that the people of Huaizhou didn't
The people warned. All the houses had their doors closed. Although this seemed quite strange, it made sense that the people were afraid of the war and kept their doors closed. And the people did not want to be involved. Who would be stupid enough to warn the Zhou army?
Offended the Han army? Who knows if the Han army really left?
When three thousand county soldiers from Zhengzhou entered the city cautiously, they first occupied the south gate, and then sent troops to occupy the Huaizhou County Sheriff's Yamen. After finding nothing unusual, all the troops entered the city. Then, they suffered a tragedy. They occupied Huaizhou County
When Zhou Jun, the governor of the prefecture and county government office, saw the heads of Ouyang Hui and Ji Fei hanging in front of the door, they had an ominous premonition in their hearts, which was so strong that it made them very uneasy.
The premonition quickly became a reality. Shortly after all the Zhou troops entered the city, a large number of Han soldiers rushed out of the houses. The Han troops rushed directly along the city wall from the west gate and east gate to the south gate, and soon captured the south gate.
After seizing the south gate, the next thing the Han army had to do was relatively simple. Beat the dog with the door closed. As long as you have a scary big stick in your hand, it is actually not easy to beat the dog.
It's not difficult. If you have a sharp horizontal knife in your hand, cutting off the dog's head is also a piece of cake.
The combat effectiveness of the county soldiers was not as good as that of regular soldiers. As soon as they saw that they were ambushed, the Zhou army panicked. When the Han troops swarmed out under banners with Liu characters, the Zhengzhou County soldiers
The courage to resist is gone. In their eyes, Liu Ling is invincible. In their eyes, Liu Ling is still a murderous demon king. If a person has no soul, he will be crazy and foolish. If an army has no soul,
, the outcome has already been determined.
The soldiers of Zhengzhou County soon began to be defeated. When they found that they were blocked in the city, the first thing they thought of was not to fight to the death, but to survive first. A general is the courage of a soldier. If a general is timid before fighting, he will
Even if the soldiers tried to fight, they would just rush into each other like headless flies. Under the continuous squeeze of the well-trained and fighting Han army, these small groups of resistance troops were quickly wiped out.
More than 1,600 of the 3,000 Zhengzhou County soldiers died in the battle, and the rest all surrendered. What they didn't expect was that the Han generals just ordered to strip off their armor and equipment, and then let them go. Outside Laihe County,
Nine thousand prisoners of war from the cavalry of Kaifeng Jizi Camp were beheaded on the order of Han King Liu Ling. What kind of kindness did Liu Ling show this time?
Naturally, Liu Ling would not show random kindness. The reason why he ordered Xu Sheng, who led the ambush of the Han army, to release the Zhou army prisoners was simply because he wanted these defeated soldiers to bring back a message when they returned to Zhengzhou. In one sentence, the message was,
The Han army left heavy troops to guard Huaizhou. In one sentence, if they dared to attack again, they would be killed. Although such smoke bombs may not have deceived Wu Zilai, there is no doubt that it will have a psychological impact on the defenders of Zhengzhou.
A deterrent effect. With more than a thousand mouths, after returning to Zhengzhou and preaching it in the Zhou army's camp, it would at least mess up their military morale.
More than a thousand Zhengzhou County soldiers who were stripped down to their singlet clothes fled back in embarrassment, and then reported the complete story of their defeat to Wu Zilai. Sure enough, Wu Zilai, who was suspicious by nature, heard the threat from the Han army.
, he immediately inferred that the Han army must have left! If the Han army really had heavy troops guarding Huaizhou, there would be no need to send back the surrendered troops and deliberately make that threat. However, he did not dare to send troops to attack again.
The army can set up an ambush once, but it cannot set up an ambush twice? The so-called paranoia is just like this. He is thinking that the Han army has already left, but he is also afraid of being ambushed again. The entanglement in his heart can be seen.
Xu Sheng followed Liu Ling's instructions and left 300 soldiers to plant Han army flags at all four gates of Huaizhou. Then he closed the four gates tightly and arranged many straw men wearing Han army uniforms on the city walls.
Xu Sheng told the three hundred soldiers that if the Zhou army attacked in large numbers, they would immediately evacuate from the north gate. They could run as fast as they could without fighting. There was no need to go looking for the army and they could just return to Luoyang to resume their duties. The reason why Liu Ling arranged this
It was also for the sake of these three hundred Han troops. There were many wars north of the Yellow River, and there were rebels and bandits everywhere. When these three hundred people arrived north of the Yellow River, they were afraid that they would be killed by the bandits if they could not find the main army.
After the arrangements were made, Xu Sheng led more than 4,000 troops and set off immediately to pursue Liu Ling's army to the north. The remaining 300 Han troops arranged straw men on the city walls and drank and ate on the city gate tower.
In order to confirm whether the Han army had really left, Wu Zilai sent scouts to spy on the situation in Huaizhou from a distance. As a result, the scouts lay outside Huaizhou for a day. Seeing that Huaizhou was heavily guarded, they did not dare to approach, so they had to retreat to Zhengzhou.
Report to Wu Zilai. Hearing that the Han army actually deployed heavy troops to guard Huaizhou, Wu Zilai was really confused about Liu Ling's strange use of troops. But he also gave up and no longer wanted to have Huaizhou. A military exploit is important,
But losing an army and losing a general doesn't appeal to anyone.
So, the most amazing thing happened on the battlefield of the Great Zhou Dynasty. From May of the third year of Datong of the Han Dynasty until Liu Ling pacified the north of the Yellow River two years later, he defeated the Ding'an army Pei Zhan and the German army Zhu Sanqi, and won the victory
After returning, Huaizhou, which was only garrisoned by 300 Han troops, was safe and sound! With 300 Han troops and thousands of straw men, they were able to defend a state capital for two years. This is an incredible thing.
For such an isolated city, neither Wu Zilai from Zhengzhou nor Li Tianfang from Kaifeng sent troops to attack again!
These three hundred Han troops lived in fear and comfort for two years. They were well fed and clothed, and their daily task was to play with straw men on the city wall. Although there were no scouts from the Zhou army outside the city, they
They are still carrying out their tasks meticulously. The people of Huaizhou are fortunate to have become witnesses of this miracle. In the past two years, the people of Huaizhou have been happy and at ease. (To be continued)
