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Chapter three hundred and sixty-five

That night, Liu Xiu's troops held a banquet in the military camp. Before the banquet started, Wang Chang came in high spirits. Although Wang Chang was also from the Green Forest Department, the generals on Liu Xiu's side all had a good impression of Wang Chang.

Seeing Wang Chang coming, everyone welcomed him warmly. After a few glasses of wine, Wang Chang's face turned red. He turned to Liu Xiu and asked, "Uncle Wen, I heard that you are going to lead an army into Runan?"

Liu Xiu nodded and said with a smile: "If nothing happens, we will set off in the next few days."

Wang Changxiao asked: "Uncle Wen, how about I go with you to Runan to fight?"

When Liu Xiu heard this, he was a little surprised and looked at Wang Chang in confusion. The latter smiled bitterly and said: "It's not interesting for me to stay in Yingchuan. There are many things that I don't like, and there are even more people who don't like me."

In the Battle of Kunyang, the Han army won a great victory, but Wang Chang was also extremely disappointed with Wang Feng's performance.

Liu Xiu thought for a moment and said, "I'm afraid Duke Cheng Guo won't agree."

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Liu Xiu said: "Gong Cheng is about to return to Nanyang to return his orders to His Majesty. After Duke Cheng leaves, there must be no one in Yingchuan to take charge of the overall situation. I think the only person who Duke Cheng can entrust with important responsibilities is brother Yan Qing."

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Wang Chang blinked his eyes, burst out laughing, and smiled bitterly. He picked up the wine glass, took a sip of wine, shook his head and said: "Instead of staying in Yingchuan, I really want to go to the front with Uncle Wen to fight!"

Liu Xiu smiled calmly and said, "There will be many opportunities for us to fight side by side in the future."

Wang Chang asked curiously: "Uncle Wen doesn't plan to go back to Nanyang first?"

Liu Xiu said: "Time is urgent, and recovering Runan is the top priority right now."

He didn't want to trouble his eldest brother, and was willing to go to Xinye in person to propose marriage to the Yin family. This would be more sincere, but this trip would take more than half a month at least, and the current situation couldn't afford to delay.

After the Battle of Kunyang, Runan has become a big piece of meat. If we don't seize it, it will fall into Liu Sheng's hands soon.

Once Liu Sheng's power rises rapidly, he will inevitably lose his ambition, and he may not know what kind of trouble will happen in the future!

Wang Chang thought about it carefully and said sternly: "Liu Sheng is a tolerant and ambitious person. He is definitely not willing to succumb to others. Uncle Wen will be on guard against this person when he goes to Runan this time. Facing the Runan County Army and County Soldiers

Sometimes, you will inevitably have to cooperate with Liu Sheng, but you have to be careful about him stabbing you in the back."

Liu Xiu nodded while listening. Even if Wang Chang didn't remind him, he would be careful about Liu Sheng. But after Wang Chang finished speaking, he still raised the cup in his hand and said cheerfully: "Thank you Yan Qing."

Brother reminds me, I will be more careful with Liu Sheng!"

Wang Chang knew Liu Xiu quite well, so after hearing what he said, he felt relieved, picked up the cup, and said: "Uncle Wen, I wish you success in advance, and you can regain Runan in one fell swoop and make great achievements again."

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"Borrow Brother Yanqing's good words! Do it!" "Do it!"

The two of them drank the wine in one gulp.

The next day, Liu Xiu made preparations for a day. On the third day, Liu Xiu led his seven thousand soldiers and set off southward, heading straight for Runan. The route they took was to cross Tanshui first and go to Wuyang at the junction of Yingchuan and Runan.

Wuyang is located in Yingchuan, very close to Kunyang, separated by a pond.

After the Battle of Kunyang, the Wuyang County Magistrate was the first to submit a letter of surrender to the Han army. Now Liu Xiu led his troops to pass by Wuyang. After hearing the news, the Wuyang County Magistrate and the county lieutenant took the county officials and hundreds of people in the city.

The county soldiers came out of the city to greet him.

In order to show respect and sincerity in surrendering to the Han army, everyone from the county magistrate and county captain to ordinary government officials and soldiers did not wear weapons and left the city empty-handed.

Naturally, the Han army was very satisfied with this. After meeting with the Wuyang County Magistrate and the County Lieutenant, Liu Xiu also praised them for their willingness to abandon the secrets and turn to the bright side.

In fact, everyone knew it, because the Mang army was defeated in Kunyang, so Wuyang wisely protected itself and surrendered to the Han army. If the Mang army had won in Kunyang, Wuyang County government would not be able to defect to the Han army.

Although everyone was aware of the twists and turns, no one was able to point it out. After all, the Han army now has a slight foundation and is in urgent need of expansion. At this stage, it is far from time to eliminate dissidents.

Liu Xiu's troops rested in Wuyang for a day. The next day, the entire army left Wuyang, went south into Runan, and headed straight for Xiping in Runan.

The magistrate of Xiping County is named Han Lang, and the county captain is named Wu Fang. These two people belong to Wang Mang's die-hard faction.

After learning that the Han army had entered Runan and was heading straight for Xiping, Wu Fang led the soldiers from Xiping County and went to Boting to set up an ambush, hoping to catch the Han army by surprise.

Boting is located in the north of Xiping, a village with a few hundred people. Wu Fang believed that the ambush in Boting must have been unexpected by the Han army, and that it could take the Han army by surprise and severely damage it.

But he never expected that Yao Qi's spies had already sneaked into Xiping and knew the movements of Xiping County soldiers.

Wu Fanggang led the troops from Xiping County to ambush Boting, and the news reached Liu Xiu's ears.

After reading the intelligence report sent by Yao Qi, Liu Xiu hummed and laughed and said: "You are stubborn and don't know whether to live or die! Now Wang Mang is already in danger, and Wu Fang and others still want to severely damage our army with their own efforts? Even a small fly shaking a tree can do nothing.

Dig a grave."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ma Wu stepped out of the queue and intervened: "My lord, my subordinate is willing to be the vanguard and behead the Wu thief!"

Before Liu Xiu could speak, Wang Ba quickly stepped out of the queue and said loudly: "My lord, my subordinates are also willing to be the vanguard to conquer Boting and wipe out all the reckless thieves!"

Ma Wu turned around and glared at Wang Ba angrily, his two big ring eyes almost bursting with fire, and said in a solemn voice: "Wang Ba, you sincerely can't get along with me, right?"

"You are willing to be a pioneer, and I am also willing to be a pioneer. Could it be that only you, Ma Wu, can be a pioneer, and no one else can?"

"You are using strong words to make sense!" "I think you are being arrogant and unreasonable!"

"..." Here it comes again! Everyone present, including Liu Xiu, raised their eyebrows.

When they are not fighting, the relationship between Ma Wu and Wang Ba is still stronger. Even if they don't like each other, they won't have endless quarrels. As long as there is a war, these two will make a fortune in everything.

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Liu Xiu looked at the two of them and said slowly: "I can give each of you a thousand soldiers and horses, one to fight Boting and the other to fight Xiping. Who of the two of you plans to fight Boting and who?"

Going to fight Xiping?"

Hearing this, Ma Wu and Wang Ba suddenly became speechless. While looking at each other warily, they secretly wondered in their hearts whether the victory over Boting or Xiping was more important.

Boting is just a village, so its weight is naturally far less important than the county seat of Xiping. However, Boting has the main force of the county soldiers from Wu Fang, while there are no county soldiers in Xiping City. At most, there are some government officials and temporarily recruited strong men.

Ma Wu and Wang Ba couldn't tell which side was lighter and which was heavier, so neither of them spoke immediately, just waiting for the other to express their stance first, and then make their own decision.

Wang Ba rolled his eyes and suddenly said: "My lord, my subordinate is willing to lead his troops to defeat Boting..."

Before he could finish his words, Ma Wu reacted instinctively and said urgently: "My lord, this subordinate is willing to fight Bo Ting!"

Wang Ba immediately changed his mind and said, "That's good! I'll leave Boting to brother Zi Zhang, and I'll go fight against Xiping."

Ma Wu blinked and looked at Wang Ba blankly. He didn't expect that he would suddenly change his mind. After being stunned for a while, he finally realized that he had been fooled. Wang Ba originally wanted to fight Xiping, but just now he just deliberately said that he wanted to fight.

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But the words had already been spoken, and it was too late for Ma Wu to go back on his words. He gritted his teeth angrily at Wang Ba, but there was nothing he could do about him.

Ma Wu's strength and prestige are higher than Wang Ba's, but every time they have a disagreement, Wang Ba has the last laugh. I have to say that this is also a case of one thing defeating another!

Seeing that they finally stopped arguing, Liu Xiu made the final decision and said: "Zizhang will attack Boting, and Yuanbo will attack Xiping. This time to seize the two places, we must fight quickly and don't waste time."

"I obey!" Ma Wu and Wang Ba both raised their hands and saluted, then glanced at each other, and both walked out of the tent with their heads held high. After leaving the tent, the two of them didn't look at each other again. One turned to the left, the other to the left.

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After the two of them left, everyone present felt dumbfounded. Liu Xiu looked at Yao Qi and asked, "Secondly, what happened to Pingyu and Chengyang?"

Yao Qi said: "It's okay for Pingyu. The army of Runan County has been taken away by the imperial court. The county government now has almost no soldiers available. As for Chengyang..." He hesitated and did not finish his words.

Liu Xiu looked at Yao Qi in confusion and asked, "Is there any problem with Liu Sheng?"

Yao Qi frowned and said, "The brothers who sneaked into Chengyang got a piece of news, but I don't know whether it is true or false."

"Oh? What news?"

"After the Mang army was defeated in Kunyang, both Yan You and Chen Mao took advantage of the chaos to escape. They fled to Chengyang and took refuge under Liu Sheng's command," Yao Qi replied.

Hearing this, everyone present was shocked. Yan You and Chen Mao were old enemies of their own. They had defeated Wang Chang's troops in Nanjun, apparently wiping out Wang Chang's troops. Later, they led their troops to Nanyang for reinforcements.

After Wancheng was defeated by our side, he ran to Luoyang, followed Wang Yi, entered Yingchuan, and continued to be our enemy. These two sworn enemies of our side have now joined Liu Sheng's command?

Liu Xiu pondered for a moment and asked, "Is this news accurate?"

Yao Qi said: "The brother who inquired about Cheng Yang only heard about this news. As for whether it is true or false, it has not been confirmed."

Feng Yi said seriously: "Lord, as the saying goes, there is no storm without fire. There is such news in Chengyang. According to my subordinates, it is nine out of ten true!" After a pause, he said again: "Yan You, Chen Mao,

Wang Mang was not reused under Wang Mang and was quite jealous. This time Mang's army suffered such a big defeat in Kunyang. Wang Mang was reluctant to punish Wang Yi severely, but he would never let Yan You and Chen Mao go.

It is reasonable to dare to return to Chang'an."

Zhu You twisted his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "What does Liu Sheng want to do? Doesn't he know that Yan You and Chen Mao are the mortal enemies of our Han army?"

Feng Yi sneered and said: "Yan You, although Chen Mao is the sworn enemy of our army, he has to admit that both of them are talented soldiers and commanders. If Liu Shengzhen takes them as his own

His disobedient heart has been clearly revealed."

When Kunyang was in such a critical situation, Liu Sheng refused to send troops to help, which made Liu Xiu suspicious of him. Now, he has accepted Yan You and Chen Mao. Liu Sheng's intention is obvious.

I just want to accumulate strength here in Runan, become bigger and stronger, and become the king on my own.

Liu Xiu narrowed his eyes and said faintly: "Our department needs to capture Pingyu first, and we must not give Liu Sheng a chance to become big in Runan. Otherwise, Liu Sheng will rebel!"

Everyone present looked at each other with solemn expressions. They thought that after their side won a great victory in Kunyang, the situation would be greatly improved. Unexpectedly, another trouble occurred on Liu Sheng's side.


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