The first thousand and nine chapters go to the rescue
That night, Liu Xiu led 5,000 Han troops and quietly left the military camp and headed north to return to Fuxiang.
Now that the various units of Kaixiao's army have not yet reached the Longguan area, it is possible that the five thousand Han troops led by Liu Xiu can pass through the gaps between the various units of Kaixiao's army without anyone noticing.
However, the spies of Wei Xiao's army were scattered all around the Han army's camp. With the movements of five thousand soldiers and horses, it was almost impossible to avoid the spies of Wei Xiao's army.
Therefore, Liu Xiucai chose to operate at night, and he told the soldiers that all the soldiers in the army were not allowed to talk or light torches. The soldiers behind him pulled the belts of the soldiers in front and moved forward.
You must know that such a march was extremely dangerous at that time. There were no street lights, and visibility was extremely low. As long as a dark cloud came over and blocked the moon, it would be impossible to see. There were no roads, and no landmarks could be seen. It was completely two-dimensional.
I walked forward with my eyes darkened, unable to discern the direction at all.
At this time, Liu Xiu's night eyes played a great role. He had taken gold liquid, and even at night, when the visibility was extremely low, his vision was far better than that of ordinary people.
Liu Xiu walked in the front to lead the way. After traveling for more than twenty miles, he stopped, turned his head and said, "Send the lantern!"
Following his words, Xu Ying, Xu Ting, and Xu Fei immediately pulled over a large piece of tent to cover Liu Xiu's head. Long Yuan got in, took out the fire folding piece, and blew it. Luo You took out the map.
, spread on the ground.
Liu Xiu lowered his head to look at the map, pointed on the map, and said: "We are here now! There are two roads ahead, one to the left and one to the right. If you go left, you can go directly to Fuxiang. If you go to the right, you need to make a detour.
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Long Yuan lowered his head, and with the faint light of Huozhezi, his eyes were almost glued to the map. He looked at it carefully for a while, then raised his head and said: "Your Majesty, I think that although the road on the left is close, it is not close to Kuai Xiao.
The army must have set up layers of blockades on this road. It is almost impossible for our army to pass through quietly. Although the road on the right is far away, Weixiao's army will not focus on setting up defenses on this road, and our army's actions will be more difficult.
secret!"
What he said coincided with Liu Xiu's thoughts, and he said: "Okay! Let's take the long road on the right!"
After deciding on the route, Luo You put away the map, Long Yuan also blew out the fire seals, and Xu Ying, Xu Ting, and Xu Fei worked together to put away the tent.
The group of them took the route on the right and continued heading north. At Yin hour, that is, three o'clock in the morning, Liu Xiu saw a large forest in front of him on the left.
In Liangzhou, the woods are not easy to find, and it is already Yinshi. In more than half an hour, it will be dawn, and they must find a hiding place first.
Liu Xiu stopped and said to Long Yuan and others: "There is a forest ahead. I think our army can be hidden. Xuying, Xuting, Xufei, you lead your army and wait here. Longyuan, Longzhun, Longbo
, you follow me to the forest to explore."
Woodland is a scarce resource in Liangzhou. When marching or camping in Liangzhou, people like to camp in the woods. Firstly, they can hide their whereabouts well. Secondly, and most importantly, they are cool.
Camping in the forest, with trees providing shade, is much cooler than being exposed to the sun.
Of course, there are dangers in camping in the forest, that is, you are afraid of fire attack. When Liu Bei devoted his entire country to attack Wu, he had a brain cramp and ran to camp in the forest. As a result, Lu Xun burned the camp for 700 miles. He was completely defeated and died after escaping to Baidi City.
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Now, Liu Xiu was worried that there was an army of Wei Xiao stationed in the forest, so he took Long Yuan, Long Zhun, and Long Bu to investigate first. Seeing that Liu Xiu didn't take him with him, Luo You became anxious, grabbed Liu Xiu's sleeve, and asked:
"Your Majesty, where is the maid?"
"You stay here!"
"My maid is going too!"
Liu Xiu glanced at her and saw Luo You looking at him eagerly with his big wet eyes. He hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Let's go!"
The five of them headed straight for the woods ahead. When they were about to approach the woods, Liu Xiu stopped and waved to Luo You and Long Yuan, signaling them to stop first.
He squatted down, squinted his eyes, and watched carefully. After observing for a long time, he slowly pulled out the Chixiao Sword that was accompanying him. Seeing this, Luo You, Long Yuan and others also tensed up their nerves and grasped the sword in unison.
Hold the hilt of the sword.
Liu Xiu turned his head and looked at the four people. He first stretched out two fingers, then pointed up with one finger, and then pointed down with one finger. This meant that there were two people on the other side, one was on the tree and the other was under the tree.
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Luo You looked at Liu Xiu in disbelief. From such a long distance, how could His Majesty still see the woods in front of him clearly? He even saw the people hiding in the trees? This is incredible. Luo You followed Liu Xiu after all.
The time was too short, and she didn't know many incredible things about Liu Xiu.
Realizing that there was an enemy in the forest, everyone was extra cautious. Liu Xiu and others crouched and moved forward bit by bit.
At the edge of the woods, there were indeed two soldiers of the Kaixiao Army on sentry duty. One was holding a spear and sitting under several branches, taking a nap, while the other was squatting on his head at the root of a tree branch.
Neither of them had a torch, they sat and squatted, motionless. In the dark night, with the shade of the trees as cover, it was impossible to see the two people here unless they came closer.
The man sitting under the tree was closing his eyes and concentrating. The tip of a sword slowly came out from behind him and lay silently in front of his neck. Without any warning, the half-sharp blade suddenly scratched his neck.
Pass.
The soldier of Wei Xiao's army was shaken, and he opened his mouth wide, as if he wanted to shout, but he couldn't shout a word. The moment he fell, a black shadow rose from the ground, and he was in the air, using his toes hard.
A little tree trunk made a soft snapping sound, and the black figure bounced up two meters, volleyed to the back of the man squatting on the treetop, thrust forward with a sword, and hit the back of the man's neck.
, the man also didn’t make a cry, he threw himself forward and fell headfirst from the treetop.
Another black shadow jumped out from under the tree, stretched out its arms, caught the fallen body, and then slowly lowered it to the ground.
Almost no sound was made, and both sentries were killed. Liu Xiu walked in front, followed by Luo You and Long Yuan, walking deep into the woods.
During this period, they got rid of two sentries, one light and one dark, and walked to the center of the woods. There was actually a camp here with dozens of large and small tents. It was conservatively estimated that there were about a thousand people.
After inquiring about the enemy's situation, Liu Xiu and the others retreated far away. Returning to their own camp, Liu Xiu discussed in low voices with Long Yuan, Xu Ying and others.
Liu Xiu first described the situation in the forest, and then he said: "Now, we have two choices, either to go directly through it, or to annihilate all the enemy forces in the forest!"
Xuying raised his eyes to look at the sky, frowned and said: "It is almost half Yinshi, and it will be dawn soon. If we, the five thousand people, cannot find a hiding place, our whereabouts may be exposed at any time!"
Liu Xiu nodded and said: "Yes, we only have five thousand people. It is very important to go deep into the enemy's hinterland and hide our whereabouts. The forest in front of us is an excellent hiding place."
Long Yuan answered: "The enemy army only has a thousand people, our army can annihilate them!"
Liu Xiu said: "If we want to take action, we must not leave anyone alive, and we must not let any news spread!"
Long Yuan, Xu Ying and others nodded in agreement. Liu Xiu said: "I will take a thousand people and go around to the north. Long Yuan, you take a thousand people and go around to the west. Xu Ying, you take
One thousand people, go around to the east side, Long Zhun, Long Bu, you two lead a thousand people, stay on the south side, Xu Ting, Xu Fei, you two lead a thousand people, patrol outside the forest, intercept and kill
deserter!"
After hearing Liu Xiu's arrangement, everyone had no objections and said in unison: "Here!"
Under Liu Xiu's arrangement, the 5,000 Han troops were divided into five parts. When the 1,000 Han troops led by Liu Xiu detoured to the north side of the woods, the sky was already turning white.
Two-quarters of an hour later, when the agreed time for the attack came, Liu Xiu stood up from the grass outside the woods and ran towards the woods first. Luo You and a thousand Han troops followed closely behind, like a tide, towards the forest.
Flowing through the forest.
There were also sentry posts on the north side of the forest. It was already dawning and there was enough light. They saw many Han troops suddenly rushing towards them. The sentry posts were so frightened that their faces changed. But before they could shout a warning, dozens of crossbow arrows were fired.
Fly over first.
The two sentries were both hit by several arrows and fell to the ground. Liu Xiu rushed into the forest with flying steps, and went more than ten meters deep. Three patrols from the Kui Xiao Army came towards him. The patrols did not even see Liu Xiu's identity clearly.
Just like that, the latter jumped out from behind the tree and was in front of the three of them in an instant. He stabbed out the Red Sky Sword continuously. The three patrolmen were all stabbed through the neck. They stumbled to the ground, twitched a few times on the ground, and then stopped moving.
When Liu Xiu led his troops to the camp of Kaixiao Army in the middle of the forest, the Longyuan, Xuying, and Longzhun Longbu tribes also arrived. The Kaixiao army, which was still sleeping, was beaten by the sudden arrival of the Han army.
caught off guard.
Many soldiers of Kaixiao's army did not have time to escape from the camp. The tent was torn down by the surging Han army. The soldiers were covered by the tent and unable to escape even if they wanted to.
The soldiers of the Han army were holding spears and stabbing at the people under the tent.
Some of Wei Xiao's troops who reacted quickly ran out of the camp without armor or weapons in their hands, and were killed by the Han troops outside with spears.
The scene in the camp of the Kaixiao Army cannot be considered a battle, it is completely a one-sided massacre. The leader of the Kaixiao Army is a school captain, holding a halberd.
As soon as he ran out of the sleeping tent, before he could get on his horse, Luo You suddenly rushed over and slashed his abdomen with his sword.
Lieutenant Kaixiao screamed in pain and wanted to kill Luo You with his halberd. However, he felt his feet were getting hot. When he lowered his head, he saw that Bai Huahua's intestines had flowed out from his lower abdomen and hit him in the chest.
On the feet.
"Ah——" The captain screamed in shock and fear. Luo You's swords came one after another and cut off his throat cleanly. Poor captain, he didn't even have a chance to mount his horse and fight.
He was unexpectedly assassinated by Luo You.
Without its commander, Wei Xiao's army was even more chaotic and no longer a match for the Han army.
The soldiers of Kaixiao's army who were lucky enough to escape from the camp were all shirtless, wearing obscene trousers, and fled in all directions with their bare hands. Most of them were killed by the Han army before they had time to escape into the forest.
The few soldiers of Kaixiao's army who were lucky enough to escape into the forest were surrounded and killed by the soldiers arranged by the Han army in the forest. Even if a few soldiers ran out of the forest, they were intercepted and killed by the Han army patrolling outside the forest.
Liu Xiu's judgment was correct. There were indeed a thousand Kaixiao troops in the forest. Under Liu Xiu's command, the Han army did not allow any of the thousands of Weixiao troops to escape, and they all died tragically in the forest.
This group of Kaixiao troops brought a lot of supplies to Liu Xiu's tribe, including food, grass, water, armor, weapons, etc. In addition, they also seized a thousand sets of almost undamaged military uniforms.
In this way, Liu Xiu could have a thousand Han troops disguised as Wei Xiao's troops to explore the road ahead, and his own safety would be more secure in the subsequent march.
After resting in the forest for a day, at night, the Han army, led by Liu Xiu, continued to march towards Fuxiang. To make a long story short, at dawn the next day, the five thousand Han army led by Liu Xiu finally arrived near Fuxiang.
The scouts who had gone to the front to investigate quickly came back and reported to Liu Xiu that Fuxiang had been surrounded by Kaixiao's army. Judging from the strength of Kaixiao's army, it should be no less than 30,000 or 40,000.
The encirclement of Wei Xiao's army was a large semicircle, and the opening was the Fushan Mountain. It was a dead end and the Han army could not escape even if they wanted to.
After hearing the news brought back by the scouts, Liu Xiu made a decisive decision and ordered all the soldiers to attack the enemy, break through the enemy's encirclement, enter the countryside, and join up with his own soldiers.
