Liu Xiu said: "Cen Peng will not take the initiative to go out of the city to fight, but you must know that the person who calls the shots on the battlefield now is not Cen Peng, but Liang Qiuci!"
Li Yi was startled and didn't quite understand what Liu Xiu meant. Liu Yan's mind moved and he asked: "Axiu, what do you mean?"
Liu Xiu said: "Spread rumors to Huoyang, saying that Cen Peng is afraid of our army and does not dare to fight with our army, resulting in missed many opportunities to win!"
Li Yi burst out laughing when he heard this, and asked: "General Liu thinks that by spreading such rumors in Tuoyang, we can ask Liangqiu to give Cen Peng an order to go out of the city to fight?"
Liu Xiu said seriously: "If it is just spreading rumors, it is not enough. We have to do another thing, which is to block the county army on the west bank of Feishui River and prevent it from crossing Feishui River. In this way, the county army will be blocked." The army will not be able to reach Xinye, and Liang Qiuci will definitely vent his anger on Cen Peng and order him to go out of the city to fight to contain the main force of our army and create opportunities for the county army to cross the Feishui River."
When Liu Xiu finished speaking, everyone present frowned in unison. Li Yi said quietly: "Our army has no ships, let alone water warfare, so how can we block the county army on the west bank of the Feishui River?" This is not whimsical. ?
Deng Yu then said: "If we want to block the Junjun on the west bank of the Feishui River, we don't necessarily have to fight a water battle with the Junjun. We only need to prevent the Junjun on the ship from landing and establishing a foothold on the east bank. That’s it.”
Liu Yan's eyes lit up and he said: "What Axiu and Zhonghua mean is that our army can set up an ambush on the other side of Tuoyang, wait for the county army to cross the river by boat, and then suddenly attack, and then a group of county troops will land ashore." , we will kill a group of county soldiers!"
Liu Xiu and Deng Yu both nodded, that was what they meant.
Li Yi took a deep breath and said: "We are in Huyang, and the county army is in Tuoyang. If the main force of our army wants to rush to the other side of Tuoyang, it will take at least three days. In such a long time, the county army may have already crossed the Tuoyang River. , has established a foothold on the east coast."
Liu Xiu responded: "I have a way to reach the east coast of Tuoyang within one day!"
Li Yi looked at Liu Xiu in disbelief. It took three days to travel and arrive in one day. How could this be possible? Liu Yan also felt that Liu Xiu's words were too far-fetched. He deliberately said with a sullen face: "Axiu, be careful, the army There’s no joke in it!”
Liu Xiu said: "General, I am not joking! I can lead a thousand cavalry troops to the east coast of Juiyang in one day!"
"Xiaoqijun?"
Liu Xiu explained: "Zizhang and Ci Kuang have named the two thousand cavalry under their command the Xiaoqi Army."
Liu Yan yelled and asked: "Axiu, since there are two thousand cavalry, why did you only lead one thousand cavalry?"
Liu Xiu said: "The road is far away. If one person rides on a horse, he cannot reach the east coast of Juiyang in one day."
Even if people can bear it, war horses cannot. He continued: "It takes one person to ride a horse and prepare another horse, so that we can reach the east bank of Tuoyang within one day."
Liu Yan pondered for a moment, slowly shook his head, and said: "Axiu only led a thousand cavalry to travel a long distance to the east bank of Juiyang to prevent eight thousand county troops from crossing the river. It is too risky."
The Liu clan members present also looked at each other in shock, wondering if Liu Xiu was crazy. There are eight thousand soldiers in the county, and you lead a thousand cavalry to stop them. Isn't it just an egg against a stone?
Liu Yong rolled his eyes, stood up, and said with cupped hands: "General, I thought that the partial general would lead a thousand cavalry to sneak attack the county army crossing the river, and it would definitely have the effect of taking them by surprise and catching them off guard. This plan will catch them off guard. It’s doable!”
After hearing this, people all looked at Liu Yong strangely, including Li Yi.
Liu Xiu's strategy is almost like going to die. Anyone who supports Liu Xiu's strategy at this time is tantamount to pushing Liu Xiu to die. Although Li Yi doesn't like Liu Xiu, he can't be as vicious as Liu Yong. .
Liu Jia cleared his throat and said to Liu Yan: "General, Axiu's plan is too risky. This matter... I think this matter should be discussed in the long term."
Liu Yan nodded and said in a deep voice: "A thousand cavalry are hard-earned, so how can we just watch them die? Axiu's plan is definitely not feasible!"
He did not say that he was reluctant to let his brother take the risk, but he was reluctant to bear the sacrifice of a thousand cavalrymen. From this point, it can be seen that Liu Yan has changed a lot after the uprising compared with before.
Liu Xiu said: "General, we are facing a powerful enemy. This opportunity cannot be missed. Once it is lost, it will never come back. Once you miss the opportunity, it will be too late to regret it!"
Liu Yan waved his hand and said decisively: "This matter does not need to be discussed further."
He took a deep breath and said: "Tomorrow, our army will march towards Xinye with their families and attack Xinye! If this battle fails, we will be benevolent. Our soldiers will either stand at the head of Xinye City or have their bones buried under Xinye City!"
"General..." Liu Xiu wanted to speak, but Liu Yan waved his sleeves and said, "Okay, everyone, go back and prepare. Our army will set off early tomorrow morning!"
"Yes! General!" Everyone present stood up, stepped in and saluted Liu Yan, and then turned and walked out one after another.
Liu Xiu walked up to Liu Yan and said urgently: "Brother, it is really a bad idea to attack Xinye..."
Before he finished speaking, Liu Yan interrupted impatiently: "In my opinion, just leading a thousand cavalry to sneak attack the county army is the next best thing! Okay, Axiu, you don't have to say anymore, go down Come on, big brother is tired too!"
Seeing that Liu Yan looked poor and tired, Liu Xiu couldn't say anything more, so he bowed to his elder brother, turned around and walked out of the hall. Once outside, he sighed helplessly.
Deng Yu and others gathered around and stepped forward. Yao Qi frowned and said, "My lord, attack Xinye by force. Our entire army is in danger of being annihilated!"
Ma Wu was also unwilling to fight a siege. After all, the role of cavalry in a siege was minimal, close to zero.
He said: "I think your lord's plan is good. Attacking the east coast of Tuoyang is risky, but the hope of victory is still high!"
Listening to everyone's discussion, Liu Xiu felt upset. He walked out. Everyone followed him and asked, "Where are you going, my lord?"
"Let's go to the military camp for a walk. I'm staying in the military camp tonight." When the eldest brother came to Huyang, he should give up his residence in the county government to his eldest brother. Furthermore, he was also sulking at his eldest brother and didn't want to be with him. The eldest brother lives together.
When Liu Xiu and others walked to the gate of the county government, Liu Boji chased after them and asked: "Third brother, where are you going?"
He stopped and signaled to the people around him, asking them to go out and wait for him. He turned back and said to Liu Boji, who was running over, "I'm going to the military camp to have a look."
Liu Boji came to Liu Xiu and asked mysteriously: "When you were discussing, I eavesdropped outside. Third brother, are you angry with the eldest brother? The eldest brother is doing it for your own good!"
Liu Xiu was happy and said: "Of course I know that big brother is doing it for my own good!" Because of this, even if he had a lot of anger, he couldn't vent it out and had nowhere to vent it.
"You're not angry with eldest brother, are you?" Liu Boji looked at him with wide eyes.
"No." Liu Xiu shook his head and smiled.
"That's good." Liu Boji said with a smile: "Third brother, we are leaving for Xinye tomorrow. Today I want to take a walk around Huyang City."
Liu Xiu said: "Huyang has just been captured by our army, and there are still many hidden dangers in the city. You stay in the county government and are not allowed to go anywhere!"
"Third brother..." Liu Boji looked disappointed. Upon seeing this, Li Tong walked over quickly, cupped his hands and said, "Master, let me accompany Miss Boji to walk around the city!"
When Liu Boji heard this, her eyes suddenly shone with light and she looked at Li Tong excitedly.
Under Liu Boji's "affectionate" gaze, Li Tong felt even more elated and added: "Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will definitely protect Miss Boji!"
Liu Xiu thought for a while and finally nodded. Before leaving, he reminded them that they were only allowed to walk around the county government office and were not allowed to leave too far. They were not allowed to leave Liu Xiu, Deng Yu and others.
People go to the military camp of the Xiaoqi Army.
The military camp of the Qiaoqi Army is located in the north of the city, which is the same camp where prisoners of the county soldiers were detained.
Walking into the tent of the military camp, Liu Xiu sat down. Deng Yu walked up to him, frowned, and said: "My lord, the general brought his family to attack Xinye. He was obviously determined to capture Xinye City."
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It is exactly this that makes people more worried. Once the war goes unfavorably and reaches a stalemate, our situation will be in danger.
Liu Xiu held her forehead and remained silent.
Just at this moment, Jiu'er hurried in from outside, came to Liu Xiu, and said: "My lord, Chuoyang is reporting!" As she spoke, she handed a small and slender piece of cloth to Liu Xiu.
Liu Xiu hurriedly took it, unfolded the cloth, and took a closer look. There were only a few words written inside: The county army has now begun to cross the river!
After reading the contents of the cloth, Liu Xiu took a breath and said to himself: The county army is so fast! He handed the small cloth to Deng Yu, looked at Jiu'er, and asked: "Jiu'er, what is this?"
When did you receive it?”
"just!"
"Who sent it?"
"Flying pigeons delivering messages."
"In other words, the county army is crossing the river now..." Liu Xiu murmured.
Deng Yu then said: "My lord, it will take at least two or three days for the 8,000 county troops to cross the Jishui River."
Yao Qi nodded and responded: "That's right! The county army will first ferry a group of people to the other side of the Feishui River, and then transport grain, grass, materials, war horses and other baggage!"
In other words, the county army will not transport all the main forces to the other side at once. If we implement the long-distance attack plan now, it will still be too late.
Ma Wu curled his lips and said: "The key problem is that the general does not allow us to conduct long-distance attacks."
As he spoke, he rolled his eyes and said urgently: "My lord, otherwise, Ci Kuang and I will go to the general and ask for orders to lead a thousand cavalry to the east bank of Tuoyang!"
Everyone can see that Liu Yan is protecting Liu Xiu. If Liu Xiu doesn't go and Ma Wu and Yao Qi lead the army, Liu Yan might agree.
Liu Xiu thought for a moment and said, "It's too late! Zizhang, what's more, you two will immediately send out a thousand elite soldiers to accompany me on the expedition!"
"Ah?" Everyone present was shocked and looked at Liu Xiu with dumbfounded eyes.
The person who calls the shots in Huyang now is not Liu Xiu, but Liu Yan. What's more, Liu Yan has made it clear at the meeting that he rejected Liu Xiu's proposal. If he still wants to do it now, he is blatantly disobeying military orders.
