When Liu Xiu rode his horse to the front of the crowd, the Han soldiers knelt on the ground and said in unison: "I see you here, the king!"
Liu Xiu quickly dismounted his horse, walked up to the crowd, helped up the soldier closest to him, then waved his hand and said: "You are excused, please get up quickly!"
Looking carefully at these Han soldiers, none of them were dishonored. Their faces were stained with blood, and their bodies were covered in blood. They looked like gourds of blood. Liu Xiu asked, "Where is General Yao now?"
As soon as he finished speaking, someone from behind the crowd said: "Your Majesty, the general is here!"
Following the words, the Han soldiers moved aside to make way for a passage. With the support of two soldiers, Yao Qi slowly walked out from behind the crowd.
Yao Qi's whole body was covered in scars, and his physical strength was severely exhausted. His whole body was exhausted, and his arms and even legs were shaking non-stop.
Seeing Yao Qi in such a miserable state, Liu Xiu felt aching and sore in his heart. He quickly stepped forward, held Yao Qi's arm, and asked, "Secondly, how are you injured?"
"The general is incompetent. Not only did he fail to annihilate the Bronze Horse Bandit Army, but almost all of the 20,000 brothers under his command were killed or injured. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
As he spoke, Yao Qi knelt down to beg for punishment. Liu Xiu, who had a weak hand, immediately supported Yao Qi's body and said with emotion: "Twenty thousand enemies against two hundred thousand, what if Yanzhou is so powerful?"
Is this a crime?!"
"Your Majesty..." Yao Qi wanted to speak, but Liu Xiu waved his hand to him, turned around and said, "Long Yuan, call for a medical officer quickly!"
The Tongma Army and the Yaoqi tribe fought fiercely for a whole day in Boping County, East County, Yanzhou.
Although the Bronze Horse soldiers were outnumbered in this battle and they were the attackers, so they had every advantage, but they could not completely annihilate the Choqi tribe after a day of fierce fighting, and the battle dragged on from morning to night.
I thought I could give Yao Qi the final blow at this time, but Liu Xiu led Youzhou's sudden cavalry and suddenly rushed to Yanzhou. At the critical moment, I rescued Yao Qi and defeated the Bronze Horse Army.
This battle can be said to have made Yaoqi famous in Hebei and even Henan.
With 20,000 soldiers and horses, it was incredible to withstand the 200,000 bronze horse army, which was famous for its ferocity and toughness. Its military management ability, on-the-spot command, and even its own strategy and force were all outstanding and rare in the world.
The Bronze Horse Army retreated from Boping County in the East County of Yanzhou to Guan County. Guan County is located on the east bank of the Yellow River, and the ships used by the Bronze Horse Army were hidden here.
When they arrived at Guanxian County, Dongshan Huangtu and Shanghuai Kuang regrouped, gathered their troops and horses, and once again formed an army of more than 100,000, and opened up a posture with the shore to meet Liu Xiu's Youzhou cavalry.
This battle did not last long, lasting less than two hours, and ended with the complete defeat of the Bronze Horse Army.
The Bronze Horse Army fought fiercely for a day and ran all night. They were exhausted. How could they have any energy left to fight again? It was completely reasonable that they lost this battle.
The defeated Bronze Horse Army took boats and hurriedly crossed the river and fled from Yanzhou back to Jizhou. After crossing the Yellow River, the remnants of the Bronze Horse Army fled westward and entered Guantao, Wei County.
Guantao is located on the west bank of the Yellow River, in the north of Wei County. Because the boundaries of the counties often change, Guantao is sometimes divided into Qinghe County and sometimes into Wei County.
As soon as the Bronze Horse Army arrived in Guantao, Liu Xiu personally led the army and rushed over. This time, Liu Xiu commanded not only the Youzhou assault cavalry, but also the main infantry.
Liu Xiujun and the Bronze Horse Army once again had a head-on battle outside Guantao City.
If the morale of the Bronze Horse Army was high in the past, they might still have the strength to fight the Han army, but now, they have been defeated all the way from Yanzhou back to Jizhou, their morale has dropped to the bottom, and the soldiers are not fighting as hard as before.
In the Battle of Guantao, no surprise, the Bronze Horse Army was defeated again. Even Dongshan Huangtu was hit by an arrow among the rebels and injured his arm. The defeated Bronze Horse Army was forced to continue to defeat the north. Liu Xiu personally commanded the Han Army and continued to pursue it.
Bronze Horse Army.
It can be seen at this time that Liu Xiu has made up his mind to take advantage of this opportunity to completely annihilate the Bronze Horse Army and leave no further trouble.
It seemed that there was no suspense in this battle. The Bronze Horse Army, which had been defeated successively, was in danger when intelligence from Yunxi Pavilion came again.
After receiving the information from Yunxi Pavilion, Liu Xiu frowned immediately. The generals around him looked at each other in confusion. Wu Han asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, what's wrong?"
Liu Xiu handed the news from Yunxi Pavilion to Wu Han. The latter hurriedly took the cloth, unfolded it, and his expression changed. Then he silently passed the cloth to Geng beside him.
The banner clearly stated that the Gaohu Army, the Chonglian Army, and the Tongma Army, totaling 200,000 troops, had arrived in Qingyuan County.
Qingyuan County is located in the north of Guantao County, which is the direction in which the remnants of the Bronze Horse Army fled. It can be seen that the Gaohu Army, the Chonglian Army and the Bronze Horse Army rushed to Qingyuan together, with the purpose of reinforcing Tongma Army.
Ma Jun.
The rebel armies here in Hebei are not one, two, ten, or twenty, but dozens of them, spread across various states and counties. Some of the rebel armies have average relationships and even compete for power.
However, some rebel armies have very good relations with each other and are inextricably linked. For example, the Bronze Horse Army and the Red Eyebrow Army have a very good relationship. The Gaohu Army and the Heavy Company Army have a very good relationship with the Bronze Horse Army.
The relationship with the military is also very good.
This time, the Bronze Horse Army was beaten like a lost dog by Liu Xiu's army. It was hiding in places and scurrying around. Seeing that the situation was over, other branches of the Bronze Horse Army urgently asked Gaohu and Chonglian's second army for reinforcements.
Neither the Gaohu Army nor the Chonglian Army thought much about it. The leaders of the two armies personally led their respective main armies to rush to the aid of the Bronze Horse Army.
The reason why these two rebel armies are willing to go all out to rescue the Bronze Horse Army is that, firstly, the relationship between them is very good, and the leaders have a life-long friendship. Secondly, and most importantly, they are separated from each other.
Of course they can hide and be indifferent to the life and death of the Bronze Horse Army, but when the Bronze Horse Army is really wiped out by the Han army, who will be unlucky next? Who will the Han army point the finger at?
Therefore, the leaders of the Gaohu Army and the Chonglian Army were very clear-minded and had a thorough understanding of the current situation, knowing that sooner or later there would be a life-and-death battle between them and Liu Xiu.
Instead of waiting until later and fighting this battle alone, it is better to join forces with the Bronze Horse Army now and work together to fight this battle. Either live together or die together!
Geng walked up to Liu Xiu, squatted down, picked up a branch, sketched it on the ground, and said: "Your Majesty, Guantao is here and Qingyuan is here. The two are less than a hundred miles apart. Now, the remnants of the Bronze Horse Army
He is escaping towards Qingyuan. Once he is allowed to escape to Qingyuan and join the 200,000 bandits, it will be really difficult for us to win this battle!"
Seeing Liu Xiu nodding while listening, Geng took a branch, drew a cutting line between Guantao and Qingyuan, and said: "Your Majesty, our army must intercept the remnants of the Bronze Horse Army halfway, and we must not allow them to escape to the Qing Dynasty smoothly.
Yuan, join forces with the Qingyuan bandit army."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Han raised his hands and said, "Your Majesty, the last general can lead 10,000 sudden cavalry to intercept the remnants of the Bronze Horse halfway!"
Liu Xiu fell into deep thought. Now that he was behind the remnants of the Bronze Horses, if he wanted to catch up with the rebels, he could only send out cavalry. However, this cavalry was likely to be attacked from both sides by the remnants of the Bronze Horses and the Qingyuan rebels.
Extremely dangerous.
"Your Majesty, the last general is willing to lead the troops into battle!" Yao Qi, who was covered in bandages, took a step forward and bowed his hands to Liu Xiu.
Liu Xiu frowned, waved his hand to Yao Qi with a look of displeasure, and said: "Secondly, we have already agreed that if you want to go out with the army, you can, but you must sit in the carriage to recover from your injuries."
After defeating the Bronze Horse Army in Guantao, Liu Xiu originally planned to leave Yao Qi in Guantao to recuperate, but Yao Qi refused because his injuries were not serious. Liu Xiu had no choice but to agree that Yao Qi would continue to accompany the army on the expedition. However, he
He gave up all the carriages he was riding in to Yao Qi.
Now that he heard that Yao Qi was going to fight, Liu Xiu would certainly not agree. Wu Han and others also laughed, smiled bitterly, and said meaningfully: "General Yao has already shocked the two rivers in the battle of Boping. The next war will still be fought.
Give it to us!”
The implication is that you, Yao Qi, can’t have all the credit for killing thieves alone?!
Yao Qi looked around at everyone, lowered his head, and stopped talking. Yao Qi was not indifferent to fame and wealth, but he was not willing to compete with others. Now that he saw that his colleagues had some complaints about him, he stopped taking the initiative to ask for help.
Liu Xiu pondered for a moment and said: "Zi Yan, Bo Zhao, you two each lead 6,000 elite cavalry to stop the remnants of the Bronze Horse from heading north."
Wu Han and Geng looked happy, and both stepped in to accept the order, saying: "I will obey the order!"
Liu Xiu said again: "Junran, Zhongxian, Juqing, Ziwei, Disun!" wavv
Zhu, Gai Yan, Fu Jun, and Ji Zun all stepped in and said, "The general is here!"
Cen Peng was stunned for a moment before he reacted, and then he hurriedly stepped out of the queue, stepped in and saluted Liu Xiu, and said, "The general is here!"
"Jun Ran, I will give you 50,000 troops and horses. Zhongxian, Juqing, Ziwei, and Di Sun will be the assistants. They will lead their troops to bypass the remnants of the Bronze Horses and go straight into Qingyuan. If the Qingyuan bandits come out in full force to rescue the remnants of the Bronze Horses,
, you can avoid its sharp edge, take the opportunity to capture Qingyuan, and block the rebel army's return route. If the rebel army does not send out the main reinforcements, you can lead your troops to block the rebel army's reinforcements!"
Liu Xiu's tactics are two-pronged preparation. If the rebel army gathered in Qingyuan dispatches the main force, Cen Peng's troops can take the opportunity to attack Qingyuan and draw out the firepower. If the rebel army does not dispatch the main force to rescue, then Cen Peng's mission can become a besiege.
Call for aid.
When it comes to the ability to lead troops in battle, Liu Xiu is indeed very powerful. He has a quick mind and a strong adaptability. After receiving the information from Yunxi Pavilion, he just thought of how to deal with it.
strategy, and all the reactions that the enemy will make are also calculated.
The only surprising thing about his deployment of troops and generals was that Liu Xiu appointed Cen Peng as the main general.
You must know that Cen Peng has just joined his side and is a "newcomer" who has not made any achievements yet. The king actually asked him to command an army of 50,000 people? This is too much trust in Cen Peng, right?!
This trust includes both trust in Cen Peng's ability and trust in Cen Peng's loyalty.
Not to mention that others were surprised, even Cen Peng himself was very surprised. He blinked his eyes, hurriedly raised his hands and saluted: "The king ordered the last general to be the main general, but I am afraid... the last general does not have enough prestige!"
Cen Peng is a very arrogant person. Of course, he also has the ability to be arrogant.
At this time, Cen Peng did not pretend to be humble and said that his ability was not enough, but very frankly stated that his merits and prestige in the army were insufficient, and he was worried that he would have difficulty convincing the public after becoming a general.
Liu Xiu pondered for a moment and whispered a few words to Long Yuan who was standing beside him. Long Yuan's eyes flashed, and finally he responded, turned around and walked away quickly.
He went to a nearby carriage, took out a long wooden box, and walked back.
Liu Xiu took off his sword, put the Red Sky Sword in the wooden box, handed it to Cen Peng, and said word by word: "This time Jun Ran leads the troops to fight, and he will do the king's business on my behalf. If you have any objections,