Wang Lian and Dou Rong knew each other very well. They both worked under Wang Kuang in the past. They were old enemies with the Red Eyebrow Army and had fought side by side many times.
Dou Rong's background was very ordinary. His father passed away when he was very young, and his family was not in a good situation. However, he got lucky and his sister married Wang Yi inexplicably.
When one person achieves enlightenment, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven. Dou Rong also went to Chang'an because of his sister's relationship, and made friends with many dignitaries and heroes in the market, and he was able to prosper in Chang'an.
Later, the Red Eyebrow Army rebelled, and Dou Rong had connections with Wang Yi and went to Wang Kuang's tent to serve as an assistant to the army (at the level of a school captain).
This time Wang Yi personally commanded an army of 430,000 men and sent troops to annihilate the Han army in Nanyang. As his elder brother-in-law, Dou Rong naturally received support from Wang Yi and was summoned to his account by Wang Yi. His military rank was also promoted from army assistant to partial general.
Dou Rong was able to rise step by step, but he really did not rely entirely on Wang Yi. He himself was also very capable. He was not only talented in literature, but also proficient in the art of war, and his martial arts were also very strong.
In addition, his ancestor is very famous. He is Dou Guangguo, Marquis of Zhangwu, who is also the biological brother of Empress Dowager Xiaowen Dou.
After hearing Wang Lian introduce Dou Rong, Liu Xiu rubbed his chin, pondered for a moment, and murmured: "This person has some connections with me."
Wang Lian was startled at first, but after thinking about it, he understood what Liu Xiu meant by origin.
Liu Xiu is the queen of Emperor Jing, Empress Xiaowen Dou is the biological mother of Emperor Jing, Dou Rong is the queen of Dou Guangguo, and Empress Xiaowen Dou is the biological sister of Dou Guangguo.
Although they have been separated by many generations, strictly speaking, Liu Xiu and Dou Rong are somewhat related.
At this time, Zhu You was still fighting fiercely with Dou Rong on the battlefield. The two had fought for thirty rounds, but there was still no winner.
While Liu Xiu admired Dou Rong's martial arts, he was also worried about Zhu You's failure. He said to the soldiers on the side: "Ming Jin."
As the gong sounded, Zhu You, who was locked in an inextricable fight with Dou Rong, made a feint and turned his horse to retreat to his own formation.
Dou Rong was not willing to let him go. He picked up a spear and chased after Zhu You. Seeing that Dou Rong was pursuing Zhu You, Fu Jun said nothing, twisted his bow and arrow, aimed at Dou Rong, and shot at Dou Rong.
The latter reacted quickly and swung his hand outwards. With a clang, the arrow that flew towards him was spinning in the air and flying far away. However, Fu Jun's arrow also made Dou Rong stop his horse.
He glanced around to the opposite side. When he saw Liu Xiu in the crowd, his eyes visibly flickered, and his eyes paused on him for a few seconds. Then, he turned his horse's head and retreated to the main camp of the Mang Army.
He didn't know Liu Xiu, nor the generals of the Han army, but among the Han army, the only one who could attract his attention was Liu Xiu.
Liu Xiu is young and handsome, so he easily attracts attention. The most important thing is that he has a unique temperament. He is elegant yet majestic, gentle yet generous. He is obviously among the crowd, but he feels like he stands out from the crowd.
Dou Rong returned to the main camp of the Mang army with his spear in hand. When he approached Wang Yi's carriage, he stepped in and saluted with a somewhat unnatural expression, and said: "General, the last general is incompetent and failed to take off the thief's head!"
At this time, Wang Yi's expression in the carriage had softened a lot, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, revealing a bit of a smile.
He waved his hand to Dou Rong and said cheerfully: "If Shuzi hadn't run so fast, how would he still be alive now? Thank you for your hard work, Duke Zhou. Come down and have a rest!" While speaking, Wang Yi couldn't hide his face.
The look of pride.
Few of the generals recruited through the Recruitment Order can be of great use, like Hu Ren, Yan Lang and others. If you go into battle, you will lose your life. At the critical moment, it is your own people who can turn the tide and stabilize the morale of the army. .
After Dou Rong retreated to the side, Wang Yi puffed out his chest and said loudly: "A mere rebel bandit is nothing more than this. Send my order to the whole army to attack!"
Dou Rong's defeat of Zhu You indeed improved the morale of the Mang army a lot. Following Wang Yi's order, the sound of drums was immediately heard from the Mang army's camp. Hundreds of large drums were fired together. Knock, the sound is really deafening.
With the sound of drums, the soldiers in the front battle formation shouted in unison: "Hoo——"
Then, the Mang army, numbering 150,000, advanced overwhelmingly towards Yangguan. In addition, the cavalry of the Mang army also rushed out from the camps of the left front army and the right front army, and went straight to Liu Xiu and others on the opposite side. .
Seeing that the Mang army had given up the duel and launched a full-scale attack, Liu Xiu simply said: "Withdraw!"
Liu Xiu led the Han army of 500 people and all retreated to Yangguan City. After entering the city, the soldiers immediately dismounted, closed the city gates, and fixed the bolts.
After that, Liu Xiu's troops did not stay in Yangguan for a moment, but passed through the city, ran out from the south gate of Yangguan, and headed south.
The 150,000 reckless troops commanded by Wang Yi personally captured Yangguan without a single blow. In Yangguan City, they did not find a single Han soldier, but they found many wounded and captured reckless soldiers. .
Wang Yi was not polite at all to these captured soldiers and ordered them all to be executed.
Both Yan You and Chen Mao came to dissuade him, but it was useless. Wang Yi simply refused to listen to them. In the end, none of the more than 100 wounded soldiers escaped, and they all died under their own swords.
After Dou Rong and Ju Wuba entered the city, they asked Wang Yi for help almost at the same time. Now that the Han army has not gone far, it is a good opportunity for our own side to pursue them!
Wang Yi heard this and thought it was reasonable, so he immediately sent two thousand cavalry to Dou Rong and Ju Guuba, and asked them to each lead a cavalry to fight together to pursue Liu Xiu's tribe.
After leaving the south gate of Yangguan, Ju Wuba turned to look at Dou Rong, grinned, and said with a smile: "General Dou, let's compete to see who can unscrew Liu Xiu's son first. head!"
Dou Rong was riding a horse, but Ju Guuba was not riding a horse. With his weight, no matter how good a war horse was, he could not carry him. With his height, even without a horse, he was a head taller than the rider.
Turning his head and looking at Ju Wuba who wanted to compete with him, Dou Rong smiled lightly and said softly: "Before the formation of the two armies, the most important thing is to avoid being impetuous. General Ju Wu, I take my leave!"
He cupped his hands on the horse, waved to the cavalry under his command, and shouted: "Let's go!"
Dou Rong led two thousand cavalry and galloped out.
Looking at Dou Rong's back, Ju Guoba chuckled twice and said loudly to the two thousand cavalry behind him: "If you can keep up with me, you will have meat to eat tonight!" After speaking, he threw away his legs and walked away. Seemed to run out.
Even though Jumbo can run on two legs, compared with the four legs of a war horse, its speed is not slower at all, but actually faster.
Looking at Ju Wu Ba in front of him, the cavalrymen below him were a little dumbfounded. They looked at each other and murmured in their hearts, is this still a human being?
After being stunned for a while, people realized what they were doing, and they all swung their whips and chased the giant in the direction he was running.
The destination of Liu Xiu's First Division was Yangzhai, the county town. He would first meet up with Ma Wu's First Division, and then go south to Kunyang together.
To make a long story short, Liu Xiu and his troops rushed to the Han army camp outside the south city of Yangzhai.
During this period, Ma Wu was in Yangzhai and fought several battles with the county soldiers who came to reinforce Yangzhai. These battles all ended with the Han army's great victory, killing the county soldiers who came to reinforce Yangzhai.
Falling flowers and running water, returning in defeat.
However, the Han army itself also suffered a lot of casualties. Originally there were 2,000 soldiers, but now there are about 1,500 capable soldiers.
After Liu Xiu saw Ma Wu and others, he said: "Zizhang, the 150,000 troops commanded by Wang Yi have arrived at Yangguan and are heading south towards the county. We must evacuate this place quickly!"
It is no problem for them to encircle here for reinforcements and stop the local county soldiers, but if they want to stop the 150,000-strong army, they will undoubtedly destroy themselves by throwing eggs at rocks.
Ma Wu and others nodded in unison, without any unnecessary nonsense, and immediately ordered the entire army to pack up supplies, set up camp and march south.
When the Han army was packing up things in the camp, a scout ran into the camp. When Liu Xiu, Ma Wu and others approached, the scout got off his horse and intervened, saying: "General, something bad has happened. There are two cavalrymen of the reckless army.
It is quickly attacking our army camp!"
Liu Xiu asked: "How many enemies are there?"
"Two cavalry teams, no less than two thousand each!"
"Do you know who the commander is?"
"One cavalry carries the flag with the word 'Dou', and one cavalry carries the flag with the word 'Ju Guan'."
Dou! Ju Wu! Liu Xiu knew who the leader of the Mang Army’s cavalry was after just a brief thought. Dou must be Dou Rong, Ju Wu, and must be the famous ‘Changren’, Ju Wuba.
Ju Guuba was more than 2.30 meters tall. I don't know if he could be considered the tallest person at that time. Anyway, there was no one taller than him in Chang'an and Luoyang, so he also had a "long"
The nickname 'man'.
Liu Xiu pondered for a moment and said: "Dou Rong and Ju Guuba are not ordinary people. We must evacuate quickly!"
Ma Wu frowned and said, "Lord, we still have a lot of supplies that we haven't packed up yet!"
"No! Leave quickly!" Liu Xiu made a decisive decision. If you don't have supplies or anything like that, you can look for them again. You only have one life. If you die, you can never get them back!
Ma Wu was still a little unwilling, and he didn't take Dou Rong and Ju Wuba too seriously. He said: "My lord, there are only four thousand enemy troops, so we are not incapable of fighting!"
Perhaps he was used to fighting battles with less and more, but now he had to fight with two thousand against four thousand. In Ma Wu's view, such a gap was nothing at all.
Liu Xiu glared at him and said firmly: "Withdraw!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier hurried over and said loudly: "General, there are reckless cavalry attacking outside the camp!"
When Ma Wu heard this, his eyebrows stood up and he said: "My lord, it seems that it is too late, my subordinates should go and block the enemy first!"
Liu Xiu frowned, pondered for a moment, and said to Feng Yi: "Gongsun, lead your brothers and evacuate south quickly!" Then, he shook his head at Ma Wu and others, got on his horse, and headed straight for the camp gate.
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When Liu Xiu, Ma Wu, Yao Qi, Jia Fu, Zhu You and others arrived at the camp gate, they saw dust flying outside and two cavalrymen rushing towards them.
The two cavalrymen were almost abreast, heading straight for their own camp like a whirlwind.
After Ma Wu saw it, he said to Liu Xiu: "My lord, please allow me to leave the camp and fight the enemy!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Ba came out and said: "My lord, my subordinates are also willing to go out to fight!"
Ma Wu glanced at Wang Ba contemptuously and said, "Go wherever you are!"
Just as Wang Ba was about to retaliate, Liu Xiu looked at the people around him and said in a deep voice: "No one is allowed to go out to fight. Anyone who disobeys military orders will be killed!"
With his words, both Ma Wu and Wang Ba stopped. Liu Xiu ordered the five hundred cavalry he brought to stand by on the wall of the stronghold. As soon as the enemy came into range, they would shoot out as many arrows as they could.