Yan Guang shook his head. There were too many possibilities. In Yiqimen, anyone of the Xuan generation could be the one who issued this order.
He said: "Lord, I have brought the three assassins back to the house. Their master will not ignore them and will definitely come to rescue them. By then, we may be able to find out more information."
Liu Xiu said feebly: "I don't know anything about Yiqimen, so I can't help but bother Ziling to help me with this matter."
Yan Guang bowed and said, "My lord, your words are serious. This is what I should do." After a pause, he added, "My lord, I still have to go to the county government to meet with the general to discuss military affairs."
Liu Xiu looked at Yan Guang and asked, "Ziling, what military affairs do you want to discuss with my elder brother?"
Yan Guang said seriously: "Our merger with the Green Forest Army!"
Liu Xiu frowned secretly when he heard this.
Ziling has always disapproved of fighting alone with the county government, and always advocated merging with the Green Forest Army. In the past, Liu Xiu also thought that merging with the Green Forest Army was a good choice, but now, he felt that it was no longer necessary.
Since the uprising, our own side has been unstoppable and has captured Caiyang, Xiangxiang, Tongling, Deng County, Chaoyang, Huyang, and Shandu counties. Now it has defeated Cen Peng and captured Xinye.
If the current momentum continues, it will take at most two or three months to break through the county and occupy the entire Nanyang.
It is no longer appropriate to talk about merging with the Green Forest Army now. It would be equivalent to giving the fruits of one's victory to the Green Forest Army for free.
He sighed softly and said, "Ziling, I'm afraid my eldest brother won't agree to this."
"It's a matter of life and death. Even if the general doesn't agree, my subordinates must do their best!" Yan Guang said firmly.
Just now, she had been waiting for news about Yan Guang and Xu Xiling. Now that the matter has been settled, Liu Xiu's tense nerves have relaxed and she is a little tired. She feels that her head has become less clear. She doesn't understand what Yan Guang is doing.
so.
The current situation on our side is obviously very good, so why is it a matter of life and death?
Liu Xiu's eyelids became heavier and heavier, and he said incomprehensively: "If you want to discuss this matter, there is no need to rush. When I recover a little, we can go to my elder brother to discuss it together..." Before he finished speaking, others already knew what was going on.
Fell asleep.
Yan Guang and Xu Xiling looked at each other, and neither of them spoke again. They quietly exited Liu Xiu's room as quietly as possible without making any noise.
After coming out, seeing Yan Guang turning around to leave, Xu Xiling couldn't help but stop him and asked: "Mr. Yan still wants to go to the general to discuss matters?"
Yan Guang turned back and looked at her in confusion. Xu Xiling said meaningfully: "My lord has already said that we can wait until lord recovers a little bit before we go to the general to discuss this matter."
"This matter is of great importance and cannot be delayed." Yan Guang said seriously.
"My lord doesn't want you to go, it's actually for your own sake." Xu Xiling reminded kindly.
Yan Guang is good at everything, but he is too stubborn and insistent on his own opinions.
He went to Liu Yan to discuss military affairs. If the two of them could chat together, that would be fine. If they couldn't chat, then they would have to argue with each other. If Liu Xiu was present, it would at least ease the atmosphere.
Effect. Liu Xiutai knew Yan Guang's personality, so he said that after he recovered, they would go to his elder brother to discuss the matter together.
Yan Guang naturally knew Liu Xiu's thoughts. Liu Xiu took great care of him, and Yan Guang knew it even more clearly. He said: "Because of this, I will never let my lord's efforts go to waste! "After speaking, he left without looking back.
Looking at Yan Guang's back, Xu Xiling shrugged. She had already said everything she needed to say, but if Yan Guang didn't listen, there was nothing she could do. Besides, she didn't have to be too concerned about a person who couldn't be used by her.
Yan Guang left Liu Xiu's residence and went directly to the county government office. He came at the right time. At this time, Liu Yan was discussing military affairs with his generals in the county government office. When he heard that Yan Guang was coming, Liu Yan was quite happy He happily said: "Please!"
Entering the county government hall, Yan Guang looked around, okay, there are quite a lot of people here, Liu Ji, Liu Jia, Deng Chen, Deng Feng, Zhu Yun, Zhang Ping, Deng Yu, Ma Wu, Yao Qi, Feng Yi, Gai Yan and others are also here.
"Subordinate Yan Guang, please see the general!" Yan Guang walked to the center of the hall and bowed his hands to Liu Yan in a polite manner.
Liu Yan smiled, waved his hand, and said, "Zi Ling doesn't need to be polite. I'll give you a seat."
A soldier quickly came forward and moved a seat for Yan Guang. After Yan Guang sat down, the meeting continued.
Liu Yan said: "Now that the situation in Xinye has gradually stabilized, our army has strong soldiers and horses, and the morale of the whole army is high. It is time to continue heading north and take advantage of the good opportunity to pursue the victory. I plan to divide the troops into two groups, one to capture Cuoyang and the other to capture Chu. Positive!"
After he finished speaking, everyone in the hall was whispering to each other.
Liu Jia was the first to speak: "General, if we want to take Juoyang, we must first cross the Juishui River, but... none of our soldiers know how to fight on the water, and we don't have any warships that can be used for water fighting!"
Liu Yan smiled and said disapprovingly: "Our army does not know how to fight on the water and has no warships. How can it be that the defenders of Juoyang know how to fight on the water and have warships? The county army has already withdrawn from Juoyang and retreated to the county town. There are only less than a thousand county soldiers left to guard it. Even if our soldiers only take merchant ships and fishing boats, they can capture Juiyang in one go!"
Deng Feng raised his eyebrows, stood up, stepped in and saluted, and said loudly: "General, I would like to lead two thousand soldiers to attack Juiyang!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Ji stood up, stepped in to salute, and said loudly: "General, I would like to lead two thousand soldiers to attack Jiyang!"
Seeing Deng Feng and Liu Ji enlisting to fight one after another, Liu Yan looked up and smiled. When it comes to leading troops in battle, Liu Ji and Deng Feng are both the best generals in a million.
Before he could speak, Yan Guang, who was sitting at the end, suddenly said: "General, even if our army stays in Xinye, it will be difficult for us to protect ourselves. If we continue to go north, we will undoubtedly destroy ourselves!"
His words caused a change in the expressions of everyone present, especially Deng Yu and others. They all grinned secretly and winked at Yan Guang, signaling him to stop talking.
At this time, by saying such depressing words that might disturb the morale of the army, wouldn't it be to deliberately make Liu Yan unhappy?
As expected, Liu Yan's face suddenly darkened, he glanced at Yan Guang coldly, forced out a smile, and asked in a sinister tone: "Why did Zi Ling say that?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Ji took over: "Yan Guang, our army rose up in Chongling and marched all the way north. The thieves were beaten and scurryed like dogs in mourning. The current situation was like a broken bamboo. No one could stop it, whether it was the county army or the county soldiers. Everyone is in danger, so how come you have made it difficult for our army to protect ourselves, and are even in danger?! What are your intentions?"
His words made many people present nod their heads, including Liu Yan.
Yan Guang said: "It is precisely because our army's current momentum is too strong and the county army is in a hurry that our army's situation becomes more and more dangerous..."
"I heard you farting here!" Before Yan Guang could finish his words, Liu Ji sneered and turned to Liu Yan and said: "General, I see that Yan Guang came to Xinye from Chaoyang to deliberately bring bad luck to our army. , the general should expel him from the county government and Xinye immediately!"
Liu Yan tilted his head, looked at Yan Guang from the corner of his eye, was silent for a moment, and said expressionlessly: "Ziling, if you have anything else to say, please tell me!"
Yan Guang took a deep breath and said: "Now in the capital, in the east and north are the henchmen Red Eyebrow and Bronze Horse, in the southwest is Gongsun Shu, and in the southeast is Nanyang where we are. Gongsun Shu's disobedience is clearly revealed, and the only one in the capital is What we can count on is Nanyang in the southeast. How can the imperial court ignore such an important place? The more critical the situation of the Nanyang County Army is, the more determined the imperial court will be to aid Nanyang. Once the capital army How should we respond to the aid coming to Nanyang with more than 10,000 troops in our army? Isn't the current situation of our army not critical enough?"
In fact, Yan Guang had seen it clearly a long time ago.
If the Zhu Tiandu Department only makes small fuss in Nanyang and does not shake the imperial court's dominance in Nanyang, the imperial court will definitely not have the intention to take care of this. The main energy will still be on dealing with the Red Eyebrow Army.
But once the Zhu Tiandu tribe grew in Nanyang and directly threatened the imperial court's dominance in Nanyang, then the Xinmang imperial court had no other choice. It had to send troops to fully assist Nanyang.
Because if Nanyang falls again, the capital will really be besieged on all sides.
If the national situation is compared to a chess game, then Nanyang is undoubtedly the winner.
If the imperial court wins here, it may be able to survive for a while. If it loses, the Xinmang imperial court will be completely at an end.
Although Yan Guang can see clearly, it does not mean that everyone can see clearly.
Liu Ji sneered and said: "The imperial court is still dedicating troops to assist Nanyang? Now that the capital has been overwhelmed by the Red Eyebrow Army, how can there be any extra troops to assist Nanyang? This is nonsense!"
Yan Guang shook his head and said: "As the saying goes, a centipede is dead but not stiff! General Liu, don't forget that the imperial court still controls most of the country!"
The imperial court still held abundant war resources in its hands. These war resources included both people and materials.
Liu Ji couldn't listen to Yan Guang's words now. He looked up and laughed and said: "Don't say that the imperial court can no longer send troops to assist Nanyang. Even if it does send troops to support Nanyang, I, Liu Ji, will not be afraid of them! Even Chimei Even if I can defeat a hundred thousand capital troops with tens of thousands of people, am I, Zhu Tiandu, inferior to the red-browed thieves?"
He sincerely looked down on the peasant uprising armies such as the Red Eyebrow Army, the Bronze Horse Army, and the Green Forest Army. In his opinion, these people were just a ragtag group of refugees, bandits, and the like. Even these ragtag groups could defeat Wang Mang's capital army. , it can only show that Wang Mang has exhausted his strength. Even if his capital army comes to Nanyang, they will only be slaughtered wantonly by their own soldiers.
Liu Ji's bold words deeply impressed Liu Yan.
Anyone can shout the slogan "Be neither arrogant nor impetuous", but few can actually practice it.
Since the rebellion, all the battles of Zhu Tiandu's tribe have been going smoothly. In the hearts of Liu Yan and his generals, it seems that it is normal to win the battle as long as they send troops. When it comes to losing a battle, even if the war does not go well, it is an abnormal thing.
With such an arrogant mentality, how could they listen to Yan Guang's persuasion?
Liu Yan spoke slowly and said: "Zi Ling, don't make any more alarmist remarks! The only one who can achieve the goal of 'When the whole world is turbid, I am alone pure, when everyone is drunk, I am alone awake' is Dr. Qu. Those who followed suit later on are mostly sensationalists." !”
His words were harsh enough without even pointing at Yan Guang's nose and swearing.
After a pause, Liu Yan said slowly: "If Zi Ling has time, why not spend more time with my third brother, talk to him, relieve his boredom, it can make my third brother happy, and let him recover as soon as possible. You have done a great job."
As soon as these words came out, Liu Ji and others laughed, while Deng Yu and others frowned secretly.
No matter how absurd and unconvincing Zi Ling's words were, he was after all one of the first batch of veterans to join the Zhu Tiandu tribe and follow Liu Yan in the uprising. Liu Yan should not be humiliated like this in public.
Yan Guang didn't care what others thought of him or what they said about him. He said: "General, for the present plan, our army should join forces with the Green Forest Army. Only in this way can our army continue to move north and be equipped with the upcoming weapons." The coming capital army will compete with each other in strength!"
Bang! With a loud noise, cracks appeared on the table in front of Liu Yan. He pressed his palms on the table, his face was as heavy as water, and shouted sternly: "Drag Yan Guang out!"