Both the Han army and the Kaixiao army chose to break into pieces. One side broke into pieces and headed south, while the other side broke into pieces to pursue and intercept them. The situation on the battlefield also became complicated.
In the past few days, scattered Han troops rushed to the Han Army camp outside Longguan almost every day, and the number of troops in the Han Army camp was also increasing rapidly.
Correspondingly, the number of Kaixiao's troops stationed at Longguan was gradually decreasing. Under this situation, the Han army already had an advantage over Longguan.
On this day, many generals came to the Chinese military tent to meet Liu Xiu. All the generals said that now was a good time for their side to capture Longguan in one fell swoop.
After hearing what the generals said, Liu Xiu stood up, turned around, looked at the map hanging on the tent wall, and said, "Why do you think the Longguan garrison retreated on its own initiative?"
The generals looked at each other and said one after another: "Your Majesty, our army is getting stronger and stronger. The enemy defenders are afraid of the strength of our army, so they took the initiative to retreat to temporarily avoid the enemy!"
Liu Xiu raised his eyebrows and asked: "Our army is getting stronger and stronger, won't the enemy army increase its troops at Longguan?"
"Uh..." The generals were stunned by Liu Xiuwen, and they all frowned. One of the generals whispered: "Your Majesty, maybe... the enemy's reinforcements cannot arrive at Longguan in time."
Liu Xiu smiled and said: "Our soldiers were able to reach Longguan despite being pursued and intercepted by the enemy. Will they be unable to reach Longguan in time when the enemy has the upper hand?"
The general who spoke was stunned, lowered his head, and said no more. Liu Xiu clicked Long Pass on the map and said: "This is a trap dug by the enemy for our army! Once our army rashly captures Long Pass,
Pass is equivalent to jumping into a trap dug by the enemy. At that time, the enemy's main force will gather over and block the east and west sides of Long Pass, and our army will be trapped alive in Long Pass!"
After hearing this, all the generals present took a deep breath, looked at each other, bowed their hands to Liu Xiu, and said in unison: "Your Majesty is wise!"
Liu Xiu said seriously: "No matter what changes occur in Longguan, even if there is only an empty city left, our army can just sit back and ignore it."
"Here!" All the generals responded with their hands raised. "I'll leave you!"
Seeing Liu Xiu nodding, people filed out of the Chinese military tent. After they left, Fu Jun walked in from outside, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty!"
Liu Xiu smiled at Fu Jun, waved to him, and motioned for him to take a seat. Fu Jun said helplessly: "The officers and men of the army still think that our army is strong and the enemy's army is weak. Regarding Long Pass, they all hold
With the mentality of winning, in the past few days, I have repeatedly urged the ministers to send troops, but the ministers refused, so they came to your majesty to ask for a battle."
"Wang Yuan is full of tricks, but he is a good handsome man!" Liu Xiu said with a smile: "Wang Yuan's first target is me. Knowing that I am in Longguan, he dug a hole in Longguan and hoped that I could jump into it.
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At this point, Liu Xiu shook his head and smiled, and said: "Ziwei, tomorrow we can send twenty soldiers to the north to meet our retreating soldiers!"
One song is worth five hundred soldiers and horses, and twenty songs is worth ten thousand soldiers and horses.
Fu Jun's face straightened, he bowed to Liu Xiu and said, "Yes! Your Majesty!"
Liu Xiu said worriedly: "Our army has been reduced to pieces, and the enemy's army has also been reduced to pieces. Now the battle situation is in chaos, with the enemy and ourselves intertwined. I am worried that many soldiers will not be able to withdraw!"
Fu Jun said: "Weichen came here just for this matter! Early tomorrow morning, Weichen will send troops out of the camp immediately!"
"Yeah!" Liu Xiu nodded.
The next day, the Han army left the camp and headed north. In addition to the twenty soldiers sent by Fu Jun, Liu Xiu also left the camp in disguise.
With him were one hundred Yulin troops, two hundred Huben troops, and two hundred elite Han troops. Taken together, there were exactly five hundred people.
Liu Xiu wore the military uniform and armor of a captain, and beside him were Luo You, Long Yuan, Xu Ying and others. After leaving the camp and walking ten miles north, Liu Xiu stopped and asked Long Yuan to get a map and spread it on the
On the ground, lower your head to check.
He pointed at the map and said: "This place, called Geyang Village, is one of the only routes our army must take when retreating from north to south. We can wait here to meet our soldiers!"
Everyone nodded in agreement. Then, Liu Xiu put away the map and took his five hundred soldiers straight to Geyang Village. Geyang Village is fifty miles away from Longguan. It is a large village with hundreds of households.
Hundreds of people.
Longguan is located near the junction of Hanyang and Sanfu, and Geyang Village is closer to the junction. Businessmen traveling to and from Hanyang and Sanfu will use this place as a foothold and resting place. Therefore, Geyang Village is more expensive than ordinary villages.
It is more prosperous and lively. There are many guest houses, tea houses, and wine houses opened in the village. People used to come and go, but now because of the war between the two armies, the village seems much deserted.
The spies of the Han army first explored the village to confirm that there was no enemy situation, and then came back to report to Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu nodded, knowing what he knew, and then ordered all the soldiers to camp outside the village to rest.
Geyang Village is located at the junction of Hanyang and Sanfu, and the villagers are well-informed. They are neither afraid of the Kaixiao Army nor the Han Army. When they heard that a Han Army was stationed outside the village, the villagers immediately realized the business opportunities.
After arriving, many villagers carried water and dry food and came outside the Han army camp to sell water or dry food.
Geyang Village, as far as the eye can see, is all dry loess land. It is really hard to find water sources. In addition, the weather is hot, and the water brought by the Han army soldiers has almost been drunk. Now I see some people coming to sell water.
The price was not expensive, and the soldiers went to buy water one after another.
As soon as they saw that the Han army was willing to spend money to buy water, the villagers in Geyang Village were all excited. Several wells in the village were surrounded by villagers who came to fetch water for three floors inside and three floors outside.
Children as young as five or six years old were carrying jars to fetch water to sell to the Han army camp.
Cunzheng led several villagers to the Han army camp, raised his hands to a soldier and said: "This little brother, I am the village Zheng of Geyang Village. I wonder who is your leading general?"
The soldier looked Muramasa up and down and asked, "You want to see our general?"
"Exactly! Exactly!"
The soldier pondered for a moment and said: "You wait here for a while, I will go back and report!"
"Thank you, thank you!"
The soldiers first reported to Long Yuan, and Long Yuan reported to Liu Xiu. The Chinese military tent where Liu Xiu was now couldn't be simpler. It didn't even have a shed. It was just surrounded by a circle of tents and a few soft pieces on the ground.
couch.
Liu Xiu was sitting on the soft couch, looking at the map, when Long Yuan walked in, bowed his hands and saluted, and said: "Your Majesty, everyone in Geyang Village is asking for an audience!"
"Yeah!" Liu Xiu responded first and said without raising his head: "It's very noisy outside."
Long Yuan smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, there were only a dozen or so villagers who came to sell water and dry food just now. Now there are more than a hundred villagers selling water and dry food." Long Yuan had to admire him. The villagers' sense of business opportunities is keener than the last, and even the elderly and children are rushing to make money.
Liu Xiu shrugged and said: "In the future, when the imperial court takes over Liangzhou, villages like this will need to be renovated."
He used the word "wormwood" to describe Geyang Village, which is a typical Legalist thought. In "Five Woodworms" written by Han Feizi, it is written: Those who write books and make arguments, argue skillfully and disrupt the laws; politicians, they cheat. , cheating and cheating; rangers and assassins, gathering party members and disturbing social laws; retainers of princes and nobles, evading military service and giving bribes wantonly; workers and businessmen, making crude goods, hoarding goods, squeezing and exploiting the property of farmers.
These five kinds of people are the five poisonous insects in the world, so they are collectively called the five beetles.
It can also be seen from this that Legalists hate businessmen extremely and list businessmen as one of the five poisonous insects.
Liu Xiu admired Confucianism and Taoism, but he also strongly agreed with some of the ideas of Legalism. And his identification with Legalism also showed that he was extremely repulsive to businessmen and people in the world.
Because the Green Forest Army had such great influence in history, later generations of Jianghu people boldly called themselves Green Forest people, but they didn't know that Liu Xiu, one of the leaders of the Green Forest Army, hated Jianghu people the most.
The villagers of Geyang Village flocked to the village when they sensed business opportunities. In Liu Xiu's view, this was very bad and needed to be rectified and educated.
Long Yuan asked: "Your Majesty, that Muramasa..."
"Bring him here!"
"Yes! Your Majesty!" Long Yuan bowed and saluted, and then walked out of the central military tent.
Not long after, an elderly man was brought in by him. Liu Xiu looked at the old man and saw that he had an unattractive appearance, short height, and gray beard and hair. He looked to be over sixty years old.
Liu Xiu slowly asked: "I am the commander of the army. I don't know if Muramasa is here. What do you do?"
Muramasa hurriedly bowed and saluted, introduced himself first, and then asked in a low voice: "I don't know, General..."
"Colonel Lieutenant."
"Ah, I wonder why the captain led so many soldiers to my Geyang Village?"
Liu Xiu said: "The village leader does not need to worry, we are only stationed outside the village and will not harass the villagers."
"Is... is there going to be a war in Geyang Village?" Muramasa asked in a low voice.
Liu Xiu was silent for a moment and said: "If there is an enemy approaching, we will fight outside the village and not affect the village!"
Muramasa breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile on his face: "That's so good! That's so good! Our villagers in Geyang Village are very law-abiding and we only do small business on weekdays."
Liu Xiu said with a smile: "The whole village is doing business, but the three elders here are really unflattering!"
The three elders are local officials at the lower level than the county magistrate, similar to the township head or town mayor. In addition to managing local administration, the three elders also have a very important responsibility, which is discipline.
In Liu Xiu's eyes, the education in Geyang Village was a complete failure.
Muramasa's face turned red when he heard Liu Xiu's words, and he quickly bowed and saluted. Liu Xiu waved his hand and said, "Step back!"
"Lord Captain, I'm resigning!"
As long as the war breaks out and does not affect the village, Muramasa will feel relieved.
Liu Xiu stood up, walked out of the Chinese military tent, and looked up. Wow! It was really lively! There was almost a vegetable market outside the military camp. There were not only food and drink, but also food.
There were people selling needlework and various knick-knacks, shouting and shouting one after another, and the soldiers on our side also cheered and donated their money one after another for shopping.
While he was watching, Luo You came over with a pot of water, his face flushed, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I just bought a pot of water for only one yuan! Now I can make tea for Your Majesty."
"..." Liu Xiu was speechless for a while. He waved his hand and said, "Okay, no need to make tea, let's go to the village." As he spoke, Liu Xiu walked out of the camp.
