The guard staggered back after being beaten. As soon as he took two steps back, Jia Fu's square halberd with a painting pole was slapped down. Bang! With a crisp sound, the guard's head was like a watermelon that fell to the ground and was slapped by the halberd's face.
A crumbly one.
Such a scene frightened the clerks in the lobby to the point where they almost fainted on the spot, screaming and running outside. Jia Fu ignored them and grabbed the clothes of the county magistrate Li Jin, like dragging a dog to death.
Drag him out of the lobby.
When he got outside, he lifted Li Jin, who was already in a semi-conscious state, high up and shouted: "Li Jin is here, why don't you just tie up your hands?!"
At this time, in the front yard, county soldiers and government officials were already fighting with Liu Xiu and others who rushed in. Following Jia Fu's voice, people stopped fighting one after another and saw Li Jin being captured by Jia Fu.
, the county soldiers and government officials were dumbfounded.
It was so fast. It probably didn't even take five minutes from the time Jia Fu opened the gate of the county government to the time he rushed into the lobby and captured Li Jin.
Now that the county magistrate has fallen into the hands of the enemy, neither the county soldiers nor the government officials are interested in fighting. To be more precise, they cannot win even if they want to fight.
Li Jin's capture gave them a legitimate reason to surrender.
People threw away their weapons and knelt on the ground.
Liu Xiu raised his eyes and looked at Jia Fu, who was standing in front of the lobby door, holding a halberd in one hand and Li Jin in the other, as if he were a god descending from heaven. Not only his face but also his eyes were filled with joy, and even his eyelashes seemed to be blooming with laughter.
Jia Fu's bravery really reached the level of decapitating an enemy general among thousands of troops. How could Liu Xiu not like such a subordinate from the bottom of his heart?
He glanced left and right, looked at the county soldiers and government officials who had surrendered, and shouted: "Tie them all up!"
As he spoke, he quickly walked through the vestibule and came to Jia Fu. Jia Fu threw Li Jin to the ground and said, "My lord, this person is the magistrate of Kunyang County, Li Jin! As for Kunyang County,
Lieutenant, my subordinates didn’t notice it!”
A surrendered county soldier nearby said cautiously: "Little man... I saw the county captain went to Xicheng."
Liu Xiu blinked, nodded and smiled: "I guess Zi Zhang will bring the county captain's head soon!"
as expected.
Liu Xiu had just taken control of the county government and was cleaning the battlefield. The battles in the west city, north city, and south city of Kunyang also ended one after another. Ma Wu, who was covered in blood, walked in from the outside, holding a bloody broken sword in his hand.
head.
The person he beheaded was the Kunyang County Lieutenant. Ma Wu carried the County Lieutenant’s head and entered the lobby. When he saw Liu Xiu, he threw the head to the ground, stepped in and saluted, and said: "My lord, Xicheng
All the county soldiers have been wiped out by their subordinates!"
Liu Xiu, who was checking documents in the lobby, raised his head and asked with bright eyes: "How many people are there in the enemy army? What are the casualties of our army?"
"The enemy's army was less than 2,000, and they suffered between five and six hundred casualties. The rest were all surrendered. Our brothers suffered fifty-two casualties."
As he spoke, Ma Wu glanced at the head on the ground and said: "Kunyang County Lieutenant is a tough guy, and he was chopped off by his subordinate's sword!"
Liu Xiu was happy, waved his hand and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Zizhang. Sit down and have a rest."
Not long after Ma Wu had just sat down, Feng Yi and Gai Yan both walked in and returned to Liu Xiu.
The Kunyang County soldiers have quite a lot of troops. The total number is over 3,000. Among them, the troops in the west city are the largest at 2,000. The troops in the south city, north city and east city combined have more than 1,000 troops.
In this battle, the cavalry led by Liu Xiu caught the Kunyang defenders by surprise and attacked them unprepared.
When a large number of cavalry entered Kunyang City, most of the defenders were still sleeping. The people were caught off guard by these cavalry that seemed to fall from the sky. They were disoriented and did not put up much strong resistance, so they surrendered to the Han army one after another.
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After a battle, Kunyang County soldiers suffered hundreds of casualties, and more than 2,000 were captured. However, the total casualties of Liu Xiu's 3,000 cavalry were less than 100, which can be said to be a great victory.
Ma Wu took the handkerchief handed over by the soldier, wiped the blood on his face, and said with a smile: "Unexpectedly, this small Kunyang City can actually support more than 3,000 county soldiers!"
Under normal circumstances, there are about a thousand county soldiers in large counties, and there are no more than five or six hundred county soldiers in small counties. It is quite incredible that a small county like Kunyang has more than 3,000 county soldiers.
thing.
Gai Yan said: "I guess Kunyang is too close to Nanyang. I am worried that our army will attack at any time, so I have prepared for the battle in advance!"
Liu Xiu picked up a letter from the desk, handed it to Gai Yan, and said, "Ju Qing is half right."
Gai Yan took the bamboo slips, unfolded them, and suddenly realized, "It turns out that the county troops from Yingchuan have been transferred to Luoyang. Now the county troops are empty. County troops have to be recruited from various counties. No wonder there are so many counties in Kunyang City."
Soldiers, more than half of them are going to be sent to the county government!"
Jia Fu frowned and said: "Looking at it from this, all counties in Yingchuan are recruiting troops now, so we must act faster!"
"Yes! Otherwise, when all counties recruit large numbers of troops, we will be unable to move forward in Yingchuan," Liu Xiu said.
Gai Yan read the slip and handed it back to Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu handed it to Yao Qi and said, "Next time, send someone to give it to Generals Wang Feng and Wang Chang immediately!"
"Yes! Lord!" Yao Qi agreed, took the bamboo slip and walked out quickly.
As soon as Yao Qi left, Zhu You hurried in from outside, followed by several soldiers carrying several large boxes.
When the soldiers put the box on the ground, they all made a muffled sound, and they knew it was heavy.
Zhu You smiled so hard that he couldn't close his mouth and said: "My lord, this Kunyang County government is rich enough. These are all collected from the county government!"
As he spoke, he opened the lids of several boxes. People around him gathered around and looked down. Well, the boxes were all filled with coins.
One of the smaller boxes also contained half a box of gold sand, which was yellow and orange, so golden that it burned people's eyes.
Ma Wu swallowed, stretched out his hand, and grabbed a handful of gold sand. The gold sand flowed down through the gaps between his fingers. He exclaimed: "How much gold is this?"
He didn't like money, but he was shocked at this time. This was the first time he saw so much gold.
Zhu You's eyes also shone. After a while, he raised his gaze, looked at Liu Xiu, and asked: "My lord, should we put these gold back or not?"
There is something in his words.
If they put it back, the gold will be regarded as captured loot. It will definitely be handed over to Wang Feng in the end, and it will never fall into their own hands again. Not putting it back means that they secretly took the gold as their own.
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Liu Xiu stepped forward, looked down, and said, "Fill your purses and put the rest back!"
Zhu You glanced at Liu Xiu and murmured in dissatisfaction: "We only filled a few of our purses, how much can we hold? In the end, everything fell into the hands of Wang Feng and those people! We fought hard in front, Why should they take the spoils they obtained in vain?!"
The situation now is different from before. In the past, Liu Yan made the decision, and even if all the loot captured by Liu Xiu was handed over, Liu Yan would reward him in the end.
And the person who is in charge now is Liu Xuan. To put it bluntly, it is the Green Forest Department who is in charge. If the captured loot is handed in, it is really gone and cannot be rewarded again.
Liu Xiu smiled disapprovingly and said, "It's just half a box of gold, it's nothing."
Zhu You looked at the soldiers around him, approached Liu Xiu, and whispered: "My lord, these brothers are all our own. No one knows about this gold!"
"You can't hide it!" Liu Xiu happily patted Zhu You on the shoulder and said, "Even if you can seal the mouths of our brothers, can you seal the mouths of Li Jin, as well as so many county soldiers and government officials? These are extraordinary times, and we are faced with a powerful enemy. Be careful not to have any grudges and unite with the outside world. Don’t ruin our major events just because of this mere piece of gold!”
The people around looked at each other and were silent. They each took out a small cloth bag, filled it with gold sand, and then put it into their arms. Even Long Yuan, Xu Ying and others also filled it. Quite a few.
They live and eat with Liu Xiu, but they don't need the money. The gold dust they are packing now was actually obtained for Liu Xiu.
The great victory in Kunyang made Wang Feng and Wang Chang overjoyed. The Battle of Kunyang was the first battle for our side to enter Yingchuan. A victory in the first battle was certainly a good sign.
When Wang Feng and Wang Chang received the good news from the front, they also received the document sent by Liu Xiu.
Knowing that all the counties in Yingchuan were recruiting troops and knowing that time was running out, the two men did not dare to delay. They immediately marched eastward and led the main Han army to Kunyang in Yingchuan.
Wang Feng was not polite to Kunyang County Magistrate Li Jin at all. On the day he entered Kunyang, he ordered Li Jin to be executed.
Li Jin didn't do many good things in Kunyang, but he plundered a lot of people's wealth and wealth. The money that Zhu You kept in the county government was basically Li Jin's private property.
After the Han army entered Kunyang, they killed Li Jin in public, which greatly won the favor of the people of Kunyang.
Within the county government.
Wang Feng, Wang Chang, Liu Xiu and other Han generals began to discuss the next combat deployment.
Liu Xiu believes that the Mang army may attack Nanyang at any time. Before the Mang army launches the attack, we need to capture as many cities and counties in Yingchuan as possible.
First, it is possible to attract the main force of the Mang Army to Yingchuan. Second, it does not matter even if the main force of the Mang Army is not attracted. At least we have laid a foundation here in Yingchuan, which is equivalent to leaving a retreat for Nanyang and letting Nanyang have it. Room to deal with the reckless army.
Wang Feng and Wang Chang both supported Liu Xiu's opinion, but Wang Feng also pointed out that Kunyang is an important place connecting Nanyang and Yingchuan, and must be heavily guarded.
Wang Chang and Liu Xiu also agreed with this point. So the question is, who will stay in Kunyang?
The opinion was put forward by Wang Feng, so the person who stayed in Kunyang was naturally Wang Feng.
It's okay to let Wang Feng lead a group of brothers to have a small fight, but he is really not good at leading troops to fight. Wang Feng himself is also very self-aware, so he took the initiative to stay in Kunyang.
Wang Chang and Liu Xiu had no objections to this.
In fact, the two of them were not willing to go to war with Wang Feng. Wang Feng himself did not have much ability, but he had the highest official position. With a person like Wang Feng at his head, not only was he in the way, but he also had to be implicated, and he could not use his skills.
open.
Now that Wang Feng offered to stay in Kunyang, Wang Chang and Liu Xiu were very happy.
Although Wang Feng and Wang Chang both came from the Green Forest Department, Wang Chang was more willing to fight with Liu Xiu. In modern terms, professionals are more willing to cooperate with professionals than with laymen.
Wang Chang and Liu Xiu were both good at fighting and commanding troops.
