Chapter four hundred and forty fourth sudden change
The central army of Wang Lang's army was defeated and the general Chen Yi was captured. There was no suspense in the ensuing battle. Some county soldiers fled, and other county soldiers who had no time to escape also threw away their weapons and surrendered to the Han army.
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In this battle, the 7,000 Han troops led by Liu Xiu defeated Chen Yi's army of more than 10,000 troops. Since the battle took place outside Xindu City, news of Wang Lang's army's defeat soon spread to Xindu City.
When Liu Xiu's troops finished cleaning the battlefield and escorted more than 3,000 prisoners to Xindu City, they saw the city's drawbridge lowered, the city gates opened, and a large number of people wearing Han-style official uniforms came out of the city.
Then, more than a thousand soldiers followed.
Just as Liu Xiu was about to urge his horse forward, Zhu beside him reminded him urgently: "My lord, be careful of fraud!"
"It doesn't matter." Liu Xiu smiled calmly and continued to urge the horse forward.
As soon as he arrived in front of the crowd, he saw an extraordinary middle-aged man walking out of the crowd, kneeling on his knees, kowtowing forward, and choked with sobs and said: "I'm going to send you Ren Guang, the governor of Xindu County, to pay my respects to Da Sima!"
Ren Guang's image is excellent. Although he is already middle-aged, he has a dignified appearance, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a tall and straight figure. He exudes the majesty of an elder when he raises his hands and feet.
At the beginning, Ren Guang followed Cen Peng and defended Wancheng, which brought huge trouble and threats to the Han army and made the Han army hate him to the bone.
When Cen Peng surrendered, many people advocated killing the officials in Wancheng. At that time, Ren Guang relied on his good image and was spotted by Liu Ci who was passing by, so he was saved in time.
Liu Xiu, like Liu Ci, also particularly loves people with good image.
He turned over and dismounted, walked up to Ren Guang, and was about to help him up. The officials behind Ren Guang also knelt down and said, "I pay my respects to Da Sima!"
When he spoke, many people had red eyes, knelt on the ground, and kept choking. Wang Lang proclaimed himself emperor in Handan, and all the counties in Xindu County chose to join the Handan court, except the county headed by Ren Guang.
, would rather die than surrender.
Li Zhong, the captain of Xindu, Wan, the magistrate of Xindu, Ruan Kuang, the meritorious officer of the county, Guo Tang, the commander of the five officials of the county, all, like Ren Guang, would rather die than surrender to the prince.
But when everyone around you has chosen to surrender, and you are the only one who refuses to surrender, you can imagine the great pressure on Ren Guang and others.
Ren Guang, Li Zhong, Wan and others were completely guarding an isolated city like Xindu City, resisting Wang Lang's pressure.
Chen Yi was not the first person to come to attack Xindu City. Following Wang Lang's orders, there were already several groups of people who attacked Xindu City one after another.
It's just that Ren Guang is indeed good at defense. When he followed Cen Peng to defend Wancheng, he showed his ability to defend the city. The Xindu County government headed by Ren Guang just forced one group after another to attack the city.
The enemy retreated.
It's not that it's not easy, but it's too difficult. Isolated and helpless, surrounded by enemies, almost everyone in the county saw no hope. From Ren Guang to the ordinary soldiers, they were all determined to die.
This time Chen Yi raised a large army to attack Xindu City. The city was completely out of ammunition and food. Not to mention the rolling logs and rocks, all the stones were used up, and not even an arrow was left.
Just when Ren Guang and others were determined to keep the city alive and the people alive, Liu Xiu arrived with his army and defeated the powerful Chen Yijun in one fell swoop. Can Ren Guang and others not be moved? Those who shed tears
All the officials were crying with joy.
Liu Xiu stretched out his hand to help Ren Guang up, and at the same time waved to the others and said: "You are all loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty, please get up quickly!"
"Thank you, Chief Sima... Wuwu..." Many officials stood up tremblingly and couldn't bear it any longer, covering their faces with their sleeves and bursting into tears.
Liu Xiu comforted him for a while before entering Xindu City surrounded by Ren Guang and others.
After entering the city, I looked around and saw that everything was devastated. All the buildings in the city that could be demolished had been demolished and used to make rolling logs and rocks and other city defense weapons. When I looked closely at the people standing on the street, I saw that all of them were sallow and thin, with earth-colored faces.
Xindu City has been trapped for so long, and no food or materials from outside can be transported in. It is completely an isolated city.
Even the county soldiers guarding the city couldn't have enough to eat, and the people in the city had no food to eat. After supporting it alone for so long, there were no riots in the city, and there were no large-scale starvation deaths, which shows that Ren Guang, Li Zhong, and Wan
Ability to wait for others.
As Liu Xiu rode forward, he waved his hand to call Zhu to his side and said: "Give all the excess food and grass in our army, as well as the food and grass captured by Chen Yijun, to the prefect Ren to help the people in the city!"
Zhu didn't say anything, and immediately stepped in to salute and said: "I will obey your orders!"
Ren Guang, Li Zhong, Wan and others who were following also heard Liu Xiu's words. All the officials were deeply moved, and they all bowed their hands to Liu Xiu and said, "I'm here to represent the 80,000 people in the city. Thank you very much."
Sima!"
Liu Xiu waved his hand and said: "During this period, Prefect Ren and all of you, as well as the people in the city, have suffered."
Hearing this, Ren Guang's eyes were red, and the others shed tears.
When they arrived at the county government, everyone sat down one after another. As the Grand Sima, Liu Xiu naturally sat in the middle. To his left were the generals under his command. To his right were Ren Guang and other county and county officials.
Liu Xiu asked Ren Guang about the situation in Xindu City and even Xindu County in detail. Currently, everything is lacking in Xindu City, including food, medicine, and weapons, and probably the most important thing is people.
As for Xindu County, except for Xindu City, all other cities and counties have surrendered to Wang Lang, and the situation is not optimistic.
After Ren Guang finished speaking, he glanced at Liu Xiu and couldn't help but sigh: "If General Cen could be in Xindu, the situation in Xindu would never have become so unbearable. This is all because of Ren Guang's incompetence!"
After speaking, Ren Guang left the table, kowtowed to Liu Xiu, and said, "Please punish me, Grand Sima!"
Seeing this, Li Zhong, Wan and others also left the table and knelt down, saying in unison: "Please punish me, Grand Sima!"
Liu Xiu sighed, waved to Ren Guang and others, and said sincerely: "You don't have to blame yourself! The chaos in Xindu County is only because of Wang Lang's treason and arrogance of claiming the emperor. If you can strictly guard the capital, you will not be
Wang Lang is the pillar of the Han Dynasty, so how can such a meritorious official be punished?"
Ren Guang and others kowtowed forward again and then stood up and returned to their seats.
Ren Guang mentioned Cen Peng just now, which made Liu Xiu filled with emotion. It can be said that Cen Peng was the number one enemy he and his eldest brother encountered in Nanyang.
Later, Cen Peng was forced to surrender and submit to his eldest brother. Later, his eldest brother was killed and Cen Peng was transferred to Zhu Kun's command.
He asked: "Prefect Ren still has contact with General Cen?"
Ren Guang's face straightened and he said: "There were letters before, but recently I have heard that the capital is trapped and that we have been cut off from General Cen for a long time."
Liu Xiu said thoughtfully: "General Cen was originally under the command of my eldest brother. After my eldest brother was killed, he was recruited by Zhu Tuna. If General Cen can come to Hebei and help me, Xiu will be even more powerful than a tiger!"
He said this, firstly, to express his appreciation and love for the general Cen Peng, and secondly, to test the reaction of Ren Guang and others.
You must know that Liu was killed. The official statement was that he was killed for planning a rebellion. However, at this time, Liu Xiu was judged as being killed. This was tantamount to openly defying the reforming court.
In addition, he called Zhu Tuna by his first name, which was also an obvious transgression.
Zhu Kun was a genuine Great Sima, but Liu Xiu could only perform the duties of a Great Sima within a specific scope. There was a big difference in official rank between him and Zhu Kun!
Liu Xiu deliberately exposed these two flaws just to see how Ren Guang, Li Zhong, Wan and others would react.
After hearing her words, Ren Guang, Li Zhong, Wan and others all looked a bit unnatural. They all looked at each other, and finally Ren Guang leaned over and said: "When the official and General Cen exchanged letters, General Cen was taking office in Yingchuan.
Lieutenant, I am not sure whether General Cen is still in Yingchuan, so I can write another letter to inquire."
Ren Guang neither corrected the mistakes in Liu Xiu's words nor echoed his words, but instead brought the topic to Cen Peng.
Hearing this, Liu Xiu raised the corner of his mouth and showed a smile. Ren Guang was indeed a veteran in official circles. His words were impeccable, making it difficult to understand his thoughts.
He nodded calmly and said, "In that case, I'll leave you to the governor."
"You're welcome, Sir." Ren Guang hurriedly bowed and saluted.
Liu Xiu relieved the siege of Xindu City, but he only stayed in Xindu City for two days.
On the third day, he left his troops behind. The Zhongshan Army was commanded by Ma Wu, the Shanggu Army was commanded by Jing Dan, and the Yuyang Army was commanded by Wang Liang. He himself took Wu Han, Jia Fu, Zhu and others.
, leave Xindu and go to Zhending.
If it weren't for the emergency in Xindu City, Liu Xiu would have gone to Zhending long ago and wouldn't have been delayed for so long.
At this time, Liu Yang, who was in Zhending, was also at a loss. He had three daughters who had not left the court. Regardless of their appearance or talents, none of these three women was willing to marry Liu Xiu.
It's very simple, they are princesses, and what is Liu Xiu's identity? A Marquis! Just a Marquis of Wu Xin!
What is Liu Xiu's official position? He performs the duties of the Grand Sima! To put it bluntly, he is here in Hebei, temporarily serving as the Grand Sima. When the situation in Hebei stabilizes, he will be reinstated. What is his original position? Sili Xiaowei!
Speaking of which, Sili Xiaowei, who has a salary of two thousand dan, is no longer a minor official, but who cares about the score. For the princesses, the official position of Sili Xiaowei is really unattainable.
Furthermore, they did not think that Liu Xiu could fight against Wang Lang in Hebei. Liu Xiu only had a few soldiers at his disposal. How many counties did he occupy? How many soldiers and horses did Wang Lang have? How many counties and counties had surrendered?
Even if Liu Xiu wins in the end, what can he do? Isn't he still not favored by the emperor of Chang'an? His eldest brother was executed for treason, how could the emperor trust him? xdw8
Also, what is Liu Xiu’s background? A farmer from Nanyang! What are their backgrounds? A princess! Is it appropriate for a princess to match a farmer?
These are real problems. Now they are choosing a husband, which affects their whole life. No matter from any aspect, Liu Xiu is not a good choice, and they also look down on Liu Xiu, who was born in a village.
Although Liu Yang judged that Liu Xiuding was not a creature of the pond, it did not mean that his daughters would make the same judgment as him.
He asked his eldest daughter to get married, but the eldest daughter forced him to die. He asked his second daughter to get married, but the second daughter still forced her to die.
He asked his third daughter to get married. As the youngest daughter with the most unruly temperament, she bluntly said in front of Liu Yang that marrying from the same clan and with a difference in seniority was incest. As a princess, she really could not afford to embarrass this person.
Such a big king, Liu Yang, was made red-faced and speechless by his little daughter. In fact, although Liu Yang and Liu Xiu are relatives, they have been in the fifth server for a long time, and there are no close relatives between them.
The problem.
Moreover, this is a political marriage. Even if they are close, it is normal for them to marry each other driven by huge political interests. However, the three girls seemed to have agreed upon it and would rather die than marry Liu Xiu, which left Liu Yang at a loss.
