Chen Xi did not stay any longer. After saying goodbye to Liu Xiu, he hurriedly walked out. After he left, Deng Yu came in from the outside and asked, "My lord, do you want to accept Chen Gongcao's calligraphy and painting?"
Seeing Deng Yu come in and asking questions like this, he must have heard the conversation between himself and Chen Xi.
Liu Xiu rubbed his hands with some embarrassment, laughed dryly, and said: "Chen Gongcao has the original work of Mr. Shi You in his home, and I also want to see it."
Deng Yu laughed and asked: "If Chen Gongcao wants to give these two authentic paintings of Shiyou to the lord, will the lord accept them?"
Liu Xiu said happily: "Since it was given to me, how can I not accept it?"
Deng Yu continued to ask: "Then after my lord received Chen Gongcao's calligraphy and paintings, how should he repay them?"
"Well……"
Before Liu Xiu could speak, Deng Yu continued: "Chen Gongcao came to report Yao Pei to the lord. He obviously wanted to replace Yao Pei and become the prefect of Guangping. The lord really planned to let Chen Gongcao succeed Yao Pei and be promoted to the post of prefect of Guangping.
Job?"
Liu Xiu said seriously: "I didn't mean that."
"But if my lord accepts other people's things and doesn't do things for them, he will be criticized and his reputation will be damaged. If he really does things for others, he will be suspected of selling his official position, and his reputation will be even more damaged. My lord... what do you want?
Why?"
Deng Yu asked slowly and calmly, but his words already made Liu Xiu blush and look embarrassed.
Liu Xiu is a human being, not a god. He also has the greedy and selfish side of human nature, but he has one good thing: he can correct his mistakes after he realizes them.
After Deng Yu finished speaking in front of Liu Xiu, he didn't say anything more. He sat aside and asked Long Yuan to make him a pot of tea, and then he drank the tea slowly.
Not long after, Chen Xi came back from home and brought two paintings of Shi You's calligraphy.
Liu Xiu appreciated it, liked it, and loved it. After reading it, he returned it to Chen Xi. As expected by Deng Yu, Chen Xi immediately offered to give these two paintings to Liu Xiu.
Liu Xiu turned his head and secretly glanced at Deng Yu, who was drinking tea nearby. Deng Yu was sitting there, drinking tea leisurely, not even glancing at Liu Xiu from the corner of his eye.
Liu Xiu sighed secretly and said to Chen Xi with a smile: "A gentleman will not take away people's love. I can't accept these two words!"
"Da Sima made a serious statement. As the saying goes, BMWs are given to heroes. This authentic work of Mr. Shi You should also be collected by people who know how to appreciate it!"
Chen Xi was eloquent and insisted on giving the two paintings to Liu Xiu, but the latter was very resolute and refused to accept them life or death.
In the end, Chen Xi had no choice but to take back his two words and leave angrily.
As soon as Chen Xi left, Deng Yu looked up and smiled, put down the tea cup in his hand, stood up, bowed his hands to Liu Xiu, and said: "My lord, the general is busy with affairs, so he must go to the camp to inspect the camp immediately!"
Looking at Deng Yu who looked eager to go to the camp, Liu Xiu raised his eyebrows and said with a half-smile: "Zhonghua Zhonghua is here not to drink tea, but to supervise me!"
"I don't dare!" Deng Yu bowed again, then turned and walked out.
Liu Xiu shook his head, and thinking about it carefully, he still felt that Shi You's calligraphy was really beautiful!
After resting for a day in Guangping City, the next day, the army led by Liu Xiu left Guangping City and continued southward towards Handan.
Wang Lang's army set up heavy defenses in Julu City, which posed a difficult problem for Liu Xiu. Let's see how he solves it.
Liu Xiu chose to bypass Julu City and attack Handan regardless of the risk of having his logistics supplies cut off. In this way, Liu Xiu was throwing the problem back to Wang Lang.
Now Wang Langjun faces a dilemma.
There is no point in continuing to garrison Julu City. After all, Liu Xiujun has already circled the city and entered Guangping County. But if he does not garrison Julu City and returns to Handan, he will inevitably meet Liu Xiujun halfway.
Li Yu and Zhang Shen prepared a good defense and used 200,000 to defeat Liu Xiu's 120,000. They were still very confident.
But if they were to face Liu Xiu in a head-on confrontation, neither of them had much confidence. So now Wang Lang's army, led by Li Yu and Zhang Shen, was in a dilemma. It was neither possible to leave Julu City nor to stay in Julu City.
The two of them were hesitant and undecided, but Liu Xiujun didn't give them time to make a decision.
The 120,000-strong army marched southward like a broken bamboo, passed the curved beams, and approached Yiyang. Yiyang is located in Zhaoguo County, close to Handan. If Liu Xiujun captured Yiyang, it would be equivalent to an army approaching the city.
At this time, Wang Lang became anxious and sent people one after another to issue transfer orders to Li Yu and Zhang Shen, asking them to quickly lead their armies and retreat to Handan to stop Liu Xiujun.
Within one day, Li Yu and Zhang Shen received three edicts from Wang Lang in succession, which showed how anxious Wang Lang was now. Li Yu and Zhang Shen discussed that they could no longer stay in Julu City and had to rush back to Handan to resolve the issue.
The Crisis of Handan.xdw8
An army of 200,000 Wang Lang led by Li Yu and Zhang Shen hurriedly left Julu City and headed towards Handan, hoping to catch up with Liu Xiujun who was approaching Handan.
In fact, they don't need to chase them, Liu Xiu is waiting for them near Yiyang!
This 200,000-strong Wang Lang army was undoubtedly a serious concern for Liu Xiu. Before launching a large-scale attack on Handan, the main force of Wang Lang's army must be wiped out first.
Otherwise, our side would not be able to attack the city with peace of mind. If the war fails, it will become a tug-of-war. Liu Xiu does not have so much food and grass in his hands and Wang Lang's army will fight for a long time.
One side was determined to wait, and the other was determined to pursue. The Han army led by Liu Xiu, and Wang Lang's army led by Li Yu and Zhang Shen finally met in the plain area twenty miles south of Yiyang City.
The scale of this upcoming decisive battle is not small. One side has an army of 120,000, and the other has an army of 200,000. The combined strength of both sides has reached more than 300,000.
More than 300,000 troops faced each other in front of the battle array, which was a huge scale.
On the eve of the battle, Liu Xiu specially sent Liu Zhi to Handan on a fast horse, asking Xie Gong to send troops to help his side.
Liu Zhi successfully met Xie Gong in the camp of Xie Gong's army outside Handan City. He explained Liu Xiu's strategic intentions to Xie Gong in detail.
Liu Xiu was in front of Wang Lang's army, who was outnumbered. He hoped that Xie Gong could quietly leave Handan at night and go around to the back or flank of Wang Lang's army. When the battle between the two armies was in full swing, Xie Gong suddenly led his army.
Fight out. In this way, we will be able to defeat the main force of Wang Lang's army.
After listening to what Liu Zhi conveyed, Xie Gong could not help but nod his head, thinking that Liu Xiu's strategy was excellent.
With 120,000 fighting against 200,000, the disadvantage is still huge. It’s really hard to say who will win in the end. If our own side suddenly appears and attacks the back of Wang Lang’s army, causing it to fall into a dilemma of being attacked from two sides, Wang Lang’s army will
Must be defeated.
Xie Gong only thought about it briefly, and then immediately expressed his position, asking Liu Zhi to go back and tell Liu Xiu that he would leave quietly tonight and arrive in the Yiyang area tomorrow. As long as Liu Xiu starts the war tomorrow, he will definitely be able to lead his army there to fight with Liu Xiu.
Xiu joins forces to annihilate the enemy.
Liu Zhi was overjoyed when he heard this, thanked Xie Gong, and then rushed back to the Han army camp outside Yiyang to return his orders to Liu Xiu. Not long after Liu Zhi left, Xie Gong was found by his wife.
Xie Gong's wife's surname is Qin, and her given name is Zi. Xu Xiling's evaluation of her did not praise her. Qin Zi is indeed a strange woman. She knows nothing about female celebrities, but she is so good at playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting.
So proficient.
Moreover, Qin Zi is also proficient in the art of war, and she is actually above Xie Gong in terms of talent, learning, and ability to lead troops in battle. Qin Zi is not very old, only in her early twenties. She has a slender figure, a beautiful appearance, and is cool and refined.
"Madam!" Xie Gong showed great respect for his wife. He entered the tent and greeted her proactively.
"I heard that General Liu Zhi Liu just came to visit."
"Exactly!"
"What happened?"
Xie Gong immediately explained Liu Xiu's strategy to Qin Zi. After listening to the latter, he immediately frowned. Seeing this, Xie Gong asked in confusion: "Madam, do you think Marquis Wu Xin's tactics are inappropriate?"
Qin Zi did not answer Xie Gong's question directly, but asked: "What do you think, my husband, of Marquis Wu Xin?"
"He has a big heart, a great talent and a great strategy, he is capable of bending and stretching, he is not an ordinary person!" Liu Xiu could bear the hatred of his brother's murder and bowed his head to His Majesty. Based on this alone, Xie Gong was full of fear towards Liu Xiu.
Qin Zi nodded, smiled slightly, and said: "My husband has a thorough understanding of Marquis Wu Xin! A man with great talents and broad plans also happens to have a heavy army in his hands. Do you think he will have any evil thoughts?"
Xie bowed and took a breath. Qin Zi continued: "Now Wu Xinhou has an army of 120,000, and he has the support of Shanggu, Yuyang, Zhongshan, Zhending, and Xindu. In time, Wu Xinhou's troops will be
More, if he is allowed to defeat the main force of Wang Lang's army and accept the surrender of Wang Lang's army, Liu Xiu's troops and horses, I am afraid that even 200,000 troops will not be able to stop him!"
After hearing this, Xie Gong's face changed drastically, and he subconsciously asked: "What do you mean, madam?"
"Instead of assisting Marquis Wu Xin, I would rather you sit back and let Marquis Wu Xin and Wang Lang's army fight to the death. In this way, my husband can truly eliminate the troubles that are in your majesty's heart!"
In Qin Zi's mind, Wang Lang is just a clown. It can be said that the threat posed by ten Wang Lang bundled together is not as great as the threat of Liu Xiu.
What's more, the real intention of Liu Xuan sending Xie Gong to Hebei this time was not to quell Wang Lang's rebellion. If Liu Xuan really wanted to deal with Wang Lang, how could he send only 30,000 troops?
His truest intention was to let Xie Gong restrain Liu Xiu and prevent Liu Xiu from becoming big in Hebei.
Qin Zi's words gave Xie Gong a sense of enlightenment. He was stunned for a long time, and then he took out a long breath, nodded to Qin Zi, and said, "My dearest Madam! The talent of a wife is far better than that of a husband!"
Now Xie Gong also realized that he had been too hasty in agreeing to Liu Xiu's request for help.
This opportunity is so rare. It can consume Wang Lang's army and Liu Xiujun at the same time. You can just sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, so why bother to participate?
Helping Liu Xiu defeat the main force of Wang Lang's army is tantamount to helping Liu Xiu grow bigger in Hebei and further strengthen his prestige and power. This is actually raising a tiger's risk.
Xie Gong thought about it over and over and said with a wry smile: "However, my husband has just promised to Marquis Wu Xin that he will lead his army to Yiyang tonight and help him during the decisive battle tomorrow!"
Qin Zi smiled and said: "Wait until tonight, my husband can send someone to Yiyang to tell Marquis Wu Xin that our army has discovered the enemy's situation near Handan. We dare not act rashly and can only hold on to the camp."
Xie Gong smiled bitterly and said: "How can Marquis Wu Xin believe what he said?"
Qin Zi sighed secretly, took a deep look at Xie Bow, and said seriously: "My husband is loyal to the emperor, not to Marquis Wu Xin."
So, if Liu Xiu doesn't believe you, what does it matter? As long as you can do what His Majesty wants to do well, you will naturally gain His Majesty's favor and reward. As for Liu Xiu, His Majesty will attack him sooner or later.
