Hua Feiyan shook his head and said, "The Lian brothers and sisters said that Jin Dan has returned to Longdi."
Liu Xiu laughed out loud and said: "These people are really loyal to Jin Dan. Even though Jin Dan has left, they still stay, bent on killing me."
Hua Feiyan said: "These Jianghu people are all from Longdi. They are in awe and fear of Jindan. They stay and refuse to leave because they want to please Jindan. Of course, they also want to please Weixiao and serve themselves.
Find a good future."
Liu Xiu shrugged and said, "But the Lian brothers switched to my side."
Hua Feiyan said: "So, the two siblings, Lian Zheng and Lian Zixuan, are the smart ones. They realized that Your Majesty is the destined emperor, so they did not follow Jin Dan and bet on Kai Xiao."
Liu Xiu nodded and said, "Feiyan, let's go!"
Hua Feiyan stood up, bowed to Liu Xiufu, and then walked out of the tent.
After a short time, Geng Yan, Yao Qi, Gai Yan, Liu Zhang and others walked in one after another, Xu Ying, Xu Ting, Xu Fei and Luo You were also among them.
When everyone arrived, Liu Xiu told everyone about the surrender of brothers Lian Zheng and Lian Zixuan, as well as the information they had been given.
Finally, Liu Xiu said: "Now, the thieves have gathered in Xitou Mountain and plan to use falling rocks to attack me while I am out of the mountain. I think this is a good opportunity to catch all these thieves."
Everyone looked at each other, and Yao Qi furrowed his brows and asked, "Your Majesty, are Lian Zheng and Lian Zixuan really reliable?" These two people should not fake a surrender for their own side and deliberately lead them to take the bait.
Liu Xiu thought for a while and said: "Reliable! When the thieves besieged me, the two brothers and sisters were among them, but they kept watching and never took action. In addition, the false surrender of his brother and sister is of little significance. The information they provided us
I will also conduct an investigation to find out if it is true or not."
Yao Qi nodded and said no more. Geng Yan said: "The other party must have spies ambushing near our army camp. As soon as our army moves, the thieves will notice it immediately. I'm afraid our army hasn't reached the west yet."
Once you reach the top of the mountain, the thieves will be able to escape completely."
Liu Xiu said: "I have also considered this. Therefore, our army cannot go to Xitou Mountain in a proactive manner, but must go to Xitou Mountain in a normal march. When our army is about to arrive at Xitou Mountain,
At that time, it should be dark and stationed nearby. This way, it will be much easier for our army to encircle and suppress Xitou Mountain."
Gai Yan counted on his fingers: "The journey from our army camp to Xitou Mountain is only two hours at most. It is not easy to walk from dawn to dusk during these two hours!"
Geng Yan said: "Our army can gather the soldiers and horses of each battalion first, and then move out together after the soldiers and horses of each battalion have arrived. In this way, our army can control the time and walk to the west end just when it gets dark.
Near the mountains.”
When Liu Xiu heard this, he nodded repeatedly and said with a smile: "What Bo Zhao said is very good."
Geng Yan said: "It's just that, according to the Lian brothers and sisters, Xitou Mountain is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If our army makes a large-scale attack, I'm afraid there will be huge casualties!"
Liu Xiu said: "I have also considered this issue. I plan to lead five hundred elites to attack Xitou Mountain at night. As for the rest of the troops, they can surround and set up an ambush at the foot of the mountain to prevent any fish from slipping through the net."
When they heard that Liu Xiu was going to participate in the battle in person, everyone's expressions changed and they all said: "Your Majesty is still injured, so it is not appropriate to participate in the battle in person!" "Yes, Your Majesty, just leave this battle to me and wait for me to fight!"
Liu Xiu waved his hand and said: "I was besieged by these thieves and suffered minor injuries and countless serious injuries. I must personally seek revenge for this!"
Although Liu Xiu looked calm and calm on the outside, she was still holding her breath in her heart.
Ever since he rose up with his elder brother, when had he been so seriously injured? Even in the dangerous battle of Kunyang, he had never suffered so many injuries. This time, he almost died at the hands of these gangsters.
inside.
Liu Xiu hated these people so much that he would never miss the opportunity to personally participate in the war.
After listening to Liu Xiu's words, everyone looked at each other, and no one could try to persuade anyone. The camp fell into silence. After a while, Liu Zhang loudly said: "Uncle, my nephew will join the battle with you!"
"No, you stay in the army and you are not allowed to go anywhere!" Liu Xiu refused without thinking. Liu Zhang had scared him enough before, and he didn't want another accident to happen to Liu Zhang.
Liu Zhang said seriously: "Uncle... Your Majesty was injured by a group of thieves, and he wants to find it with his own hands. This time, my nephew... I have suffered a great shame and humiliation, and I want to find it with my own hands. I hope your majesty will do it!"
As he spoke, Liu Zhang tossed his robe, knelt down, and kowtowed forward.
Seeing this, Liu Xiu leaned forward, frowned, waved his hand and said, "Zhang'er, get up and talk!"
"If your Majesty refuses, I will continue to kneel here!" Liu Zhang dared to say this. If it were another minister, this move would be suspected of forcing the palace.
Liu Xiu looked helpless, thought for a long time, and said: "Okay, Zhang'er, get up, I promise you!"
Liu Zhang beamed with joy and said excitedly: "Nephew, thank you uncle for helping me!"
Liu Xiu looked at the generals present and asked, "Do you still have any objections?"
Gai Yan said: "Your Majesty only led five hundred men to attack the mountain. I thought that these five hundred elites could be taken over by Ben Ming!"
Geng Yan and Yao Qi nodded, and the latter added: "One hundred of them can be Yu Linlang!"
One hundred Yulinlang and four hundred Benminglang. Although there were only five hundred people, the combat effectiveness of these five hundred people was enough to be worth thousands of soldiers and horses. Liu Xiu had no objection to this, nodded and said: "Okay, that's it.
Do it like this!"
Geng Yan said: "There happens to be a batch of repeating crossbows in the army, which can be carried by five hundred elites."
Yulinlang was already equipped with a repeating crossbow, while Benminglang used ordinary crossbow arrows. Liu Xiu still had no objection and nodded in agreement.
After the attack plan was formulated, people immediately followed the agreed steps.
Liu Xiu has returned safely, and there is no point in continuing to station the soldiers and horses stationed in various places in the Zhongling Mountain. The soldiers and horses from all walks of life have withdrawn towards the base camp.
In the camp, Liu Xiu had nothing to do, so he walked out of the tent and walked around the military camp to inspect. Xin Lingling was curious about everything in the military camp, so she followed Liu Xiu and walked side by side.
Walking in the camp, all the soldiers he met respectfully saluted and called "Your Majesty". Xin Lingling asked in a low voice: "Brother Liu, do I have to call you Your Majesty too?"
Liu Xiu didn't care and said with a smile: "Call me whatever you feel comfortable with."
"I still feel comfortable calling you Brother Liu."
Liu Xiu laughed loudly and said, "Then just call me Brother Liu!"
"Won't they blame me?" Xin Lingling asked worriedly.
Liu Xiu knew that the people she was talking about were actually referring to Luo You. He said: "Luo You is young and very sensitive by nature. It is inevitable that she will have some petty tempers. Ling Lu is more modest than her."
Xin Linglu smiled and said, "I'm not angry with her." She just felt that the pretty girl was quite hostile to her.
As he was walking, a stench suddenly wafted in front of him. Xin Linglu looked up and saw a dung bucket full of dung in front of him, with bundles of arrows piled next to it.
Soldiers covered with sweat towels picked up bundles of arrows, pointing downwards, and dipped them into the dung bucket. After looking at them, she asked curiously: "Brother Liu, what are they doing?"
"Poison arrows."
"Ah?!" Xin Linglu's eyes widened involuntarily.
The poisonous arrows in the army are not tempered with heart-breaking poison or crane crown red. The poison is not easy to preserve. If exposed to the air for a long time, the toxicity will slowly weaken.
Moreover, the cost of these poisons is too high, and arrows, which are the largest consumables in the army, are really unaffordable.
Dip it in feces, and the effect is almost the same. If injected into a person, it will cause wound infection. According to the medical technology at that time, once the wound is infected, the person is almost dead.
Seeing the poisonous arrows being produced in batches, Xin Linglu's eyes darkened and he hesitated to speak. Liu Xiu knew what she was thinking. He pulled Xin Linglu aside and said at the same time: "Sometimes
, killing is also to maintain health.”
Seeing Xin Lingling looking at him in confusion, Liu Xiu said faintly: "Back then, the Qin Dynasty unified the six kingdoms and killed countless people. However, it did end the disputes within the seven kingdoms, and countless people died in the world. Like this
Killing is actually nourishing one’s health.”
Xin Lingling seemed to understand, and asked: "Is Brother Liu doing the right thing?"
Liu Xiu said: "I think so."
"That's it." Xin Lingling said seriously.
Liu Xiu was amused by her words and asked, "Ling Lu trusts me so much?" "Brother Liu is a good person."
Looking at her bright and trusting eyes, Liu Xiu suddenly felt a little embarrassed. The two walked forward for a while, and Liu Xiufang said quietly: "I also think I am a good person."
From the third year of Emperor Dihuang's reign (AD 22) to the sixth year of Jianwu (AD 30) when he conquered Weixiao, for nearly ten years, he had been fighting in the north and south, and he had already
I don’t know how many people’s blood it has been stained with.
But he did not fight for the sake of war, but for the peace of the world. Only by unifying the world can war be stopped and a prosperous age be achieved. Only by recovering the Han Dynasty can the people of the world live a stable and comfortable life in peace.
He is not warlike and even hates fighting, but the overlords who separate themselves from one side will not automatically surrender to him. They will only accumulate strength and prepare for greater wars in the future.
He had no other choice but to continuously launch wars to eliminate these local overlords and complete the great cause of unifying the world.
Seeking unification was Liu Xiu's political demand, but this demand could not be solved through diplomacy and could only be achieved through the iron hoofs of the soldiers.
The next day, soldiers and horses from each battalion returned one after another. The Han army's camp began to be overcrowded, and many soldiers could no longer live in the camp. In the afternoon, when the Han army's camp was extremely saturated, the Han army had no choice but to set off and go to the camp.
Heading outside the mountains.
The army numbered tens of thousands and was huge in scale. The team stretched out for more than ten miles in the mountain road.
When the Han army arrived near Xitou Mountain, the sky had already darkened. In the mountains, marching in the dark was very dangerous. Some part of the army might go astray, leading the soldiers and horses behind them astray.
.
As the sky darkened, the Han soldiers naturally set up camp about three miles away from Xitou Mountain.
Just as Liu Xiu expected, there were indeed spies from the other side around them. Seeing the Han army stationed near Xitou Mountain, the spies immediately ran back to Xitou Mountain and reported the situation to everyone on the mountain.
After hearing the spies' report, people gathered together and sat in a circle. The few people sitting in the innermost were all elderly people in their forties and fifties. Their martial arts might not be the best, but their seniority among the people was the highest.
Highest.
A middle-aged man with droopy eyes said solemnly: "The bandit army suddenly stationed near Xitou Mountain and stopped moving forward. Did you find any clues?"
"It's very possible, maybe, that the bandit army has noticed our ambush on Xitou Mountain!" "If this is the case, we should move immediately!"
Listening to their words, Lian Zheng and Lian Zixuan in the crowd looked at each other, and the former said: "Seniors, I thought that we have made such thorough preparations in Xitou Mountain, and now we give up.
, it’s such a pity. Moreover, it’s already dark now, so it’s normal for the bandits to stop and set up camp. There’s nothing to worry about!”
After hearing what Lian Zheng said, many people in the world nodded in agreement.
A dark-faced man raised his head and said: "This is the last chance to kill Liu Xiu. If we accomplish this, not only will Mr. Jin be grateful to us, but the king will also reward us generously, with promotions and promotions.
Just around the corner.”
Hearing this, the eyes of many Jianghu people flashed with greed.
As the saying goes, to learn civil and martial arts, to bring goods to the emperor's family, what are these Jianghu people practicing martial arts desperately for? In the final analysis, they just want to live a better life, and there is no better life than serving as an official in the government.