Yao Qi said with a worried look on his face: "Your Majesty, General Feng is really determined now and is working with General Jia to fight against the Fifth Academy Army. I'm afraid it's not appropriate to transfer General Feng to Mengjin right now?!"
Mengjin is either a city, or a settlement next to a ferry on the Yellow River. Its location can be said to be unique and of great strategic value.
Liu Xiu frowned and said: "Gongsun is old and stable. Only Gongsun is stationed in Mengjin, so I feel most at ease."
Yao Qi naturally knew Feng Yi's ability very well, and it was indeed a good choice to let Feng Yi garrison Mengjin. What Yao Qi was really worried about was Jia Fu.
Now Jia Fu was assisted by Feng Yi, who fought in Zhending and defeated the army of the five schools many times. But once Feng Yi went to Mengjin in Hanoi, Jia Fu had no one to assist him. He was alone in Zhending, and he seemed to be alone.
It always makes people feel uneasy.
Liu Xiu also considered the issues he was concerned about. Relatively speaking, the threat posed by the Fifth Academy Army to his own side was far less than that of Luoyang, and Zhending was no other place. With Liu Yang, the king of Zhending, helping Jia Fu,
I don't think there will be any big changes.
But what Liu Xiu never expected was that something bad would happen to Liu Yang.
Currently, there are already a lot of soldiers and horses gathered in Luoyang. The 200,000 Yunxi Pavilion reported to Liu Xiu is actually just a conservative estimate. The actual number of soldiers and horses is close to 300,000.
This large army that reformed the imperial court was led by the Grand Sima Zhu Kun, the Wuyin King Li Yi, the Linqiu King Tian Li, the White Tiger Duke Chen Qiao, the Henan Prefect Wu Bo, the general in trouble Su Mao, etc.
Not long ago, Su Maogang and Li Song pacified Ru Ziying, who proclaimed himself emperor. After Banshi returned to the court, Li Song and Su Mao were sent to Hongnong County by Liu Xuan to fight with the Red Eyebrow Army in an attempt to prevent the Red Eyebrow Army from advancing westward.
Li Song and Su Mao led their troops from Chang'an, marched eastward, and entered Hongnong. At the same time, Zhu Jun and Li Yi led their troops from Luoyang, marched westward, and approached Hongnong.
The two armies in the east and west formed a double-team on the Red Eyebrow Army in Hongnong.
At this time, Li Song and Su Mao had just killed Ru Ziying, who had proclaimed themselves emperor, and their morale was at a high level. They did not take the Red Eyebrow Army seriously at all. Li Song and Su Mao's tribe, together with Zhu Jun and Li Yi's tribe, fought with the Red Eyebrow Army in Hong Kong.
The peasants launched a great battle.
In this battle, the two sides fought fiercely. Li Song and Sum Mao's tribe who easily defeated Ru Ziying, and even Zhu Tun and Li Yi's tribe who came from Luoyang for reinforcements were severely defeated by the Red Eyebrow Army. Countless soldiers were killed or injured.
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Su Mao was worried that he would be punished by Liu Xuan if he returned to Chang'an. After the defeat, he did not return to Chang'an. Instead, he followed Zhu Tuna and Li Yi and fled to Luoyang.
Li Song had an excellent relationship with Liu Xuan and was one of Liu Xuan's most trusted ministers. He had no worries in this regard. After the defeat, Li Song fled back to Chang'an in a hurry with thousands of remaining soldiers.
After this battle, Zhu Tuna, Li Yi and others in Luoyang had no idea about the Red Eyebrow Army, and they did not dare to take the initiative to fight against the Red Eyebrow Army. In addition, Liu Xiu suddenly captured Hanoi at this time, so the two of them
He began to gather troops and horses in Luoyang, and then focused his attention on Hanoi County in the north.
Liu Xiu's transfer order quickly reached the hands of Feng Yi and Wang Liang. Feng Yi was ordered to leave Zhending, go south to Hanoi, and stationed at Mengjin.
At the same time, Feng Yi was also named General Mengjin by Liu Xiu, and had the power to mobilize the troops and horses of Hanoi and Wei Commandery.
Wang Liang also followed Liu Xiu's order and went to Yewang County to serve as the Yewang Order.
The arrival of Feng Yi and Wang Liang finally relieved the pressure on Kou Xun. However, Kou Xun had just breathed a sigh of relief when Luoyang's troops suddenly crossed the Yellow River and entered Hanoi, approaching Wen County.
Let’s talk about Liu Xiubu.
Zhao Gui took the initiative to ask Liu Xiu to persuade the Bronze Horse Army and the Heavy Company Army to surrender, and Liu Xiu agreed. Zhao Gui didn't bring any followers, so he rode his horse to the place where the Bronze Horse Army and the Heavy Company Army were.
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Now the Bronze Horse Army and the Heavy Company Army were like frightened birds. When they saw someone approaching them from a long distance, the patrolling soldiers shouted loudly: "Stop whoever is coming! Tell me your name!"
"I am Zhao Gui!" Zhao Gui stopped his horse and replied loudly.
Hearing that the person coming was actually Zhao Gui, the patrolling soldiers were stunned. Isn't General Zhao in Qingyuan? Why are he here? Could it be that Qingyuan's reinforcements have arrived? But looking behind Zhao Gui, there was nothing.
There are no pawns.
This patrol team quickly ran towards Zhao Gui. When they got closer, they took a closer look and saw that the person coming was really Zhao Gui.
The Bronze Horse Army and the Gaohu Army often communicated with each other. Naturally, the soldiers of the Bronze Horse Army all knew Zhao Gui. The captain stepped in and saluted Zhao Gui and said, "I don't know if you are General Zhao. I offended you just now. I hope General Zhao will forgive you."
crime!"
Zhao Gui now had no time to argue with the soldiers. He asked, "Can the general and Shanghuai general be in the camp?"
All the soldiers looked at each other and lowered their heads. Zhao Gui asked in confusion: "What's wrong? What happened?"
The captain of the soldiers whispered: "The general was wounded by an arrow. It was only a minor injury at first, but there was no time to receive treatment. Now the injury has worsened, and the general is in danger."
Zhao Gui took a breath. He didn't expect that even Dongshan Huangtu was seriously injured and his life was in danger. He said: "Take me into the camp quickly!"
To the Bronze Horse Army, Zhao Gui was not an outsider. The captain of the patrol led the way and asked cautiously: "General Zhao, how did you get in? Aren't the outside areas blocked by officers and soldiers?"
Zhao Gui didn't answer his question, but kept urging him to walk faster. He didn't say anything, and the captain didn't dare to ask more questions, so he led Zhao Gui outside the Chinese army's tent.
The central tent of the Bronze Horse Army was just a small temporary shack. The captain went in to report. It didn't take long for him to go to Huai, and all of a sudden, Zhang Huai and others came out one after another.
When they looked up, they saw that the person coming outside was really Zhao Gui. Everyone was surprised and asked: "General Zhao, you... why are you here?"
Zhao Gui glanced at everyone, sighed, raised his head and said, "Let's go in and talk!" As he spoke, he took the lead in walking into the Zhongjun tent. The rest of the people looked at each other in confusion for a moment, and then followed in.
It was stuffy and hot in the small shack, and there was an unpleasant smell of sweat in the air.
Zhao Gui frowned and looked inside, only to see Dongshan Huangtu lying inside with a layer of hay under his body. His face was pale, his eyes were closed, his upper body was unclothed and wrapped in a thick strip of cloth.
Zhao Gui stepped forward, bent down, looked at Dongshan Barren with concern, and called in a low voice: "General Dongshan? General Dongshan?"
He called several times in succession, and Dongshan Huangtu, who was lying there, finally responded. He slowly raised his eyes, looked up blankly, and asked in a hoarse voice weakly: "Who is it... who is calling?
I……"
Zhao Gui opened his mouth but said nothing. Dongshan Huangtu was injured so badly that he could not even recognize him when he was standing in front of him. wavv
He turned back and looked at Shang Huai Kuang and others. Shang Huai Kuang smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying that the current situation of the barren mountain in Dongshan was not optimistic.
Qi Suan and Zhang Huai both stepped forward and asked urgently: "General Zhao, you are not stationed in Qingyuan, why are you here? How did you get in? Did you lead the army to fight in? How is Qingyuan now?"
The two of them were full of questions now, and they wanted to ask questions like a barrage. Zhao Gui glanced at the two of them, lowered his head, sighed, and said: "Qingyuan... has been occupied by the Han army!"
"What?" As soon as he said these words, everyone present was shocked. Qingyuan was lost? Then wouldn't our side be completely trapped here with no way out?
"Qingyuan...how could Qingyuan be occupied by the Han army?"
"It was I... who surrendered the city to the Han army!" Zhao Gui said.
People couldn't believe their ears.
Zhao Gui surrendered to Liu Xiuxian, and now he came to his camp again. Isn't he crazy? Zhang Huai said with a gloomy face: "General Zhao, your joke is not funny!"
"I'm not kidding!" Zhao Gui said: "Otherwise, how do you think I could get here through the Han army's blockade by myself?"
"You..." For a moment, Zhang Huai's eyes turned red due to congestion. He raised his hand to hold the hilt of his sword, making a gesture to draw the sword. Zhao Gui held down his arm and said: "General Zhang,
Just listen to what I have to say first!"
Shang Huaikuang stared at Zhao Gui with squinted eyes, and waved his hand to Zhang Huai, indicating that he should not act rashly. He asked in a solemn voice: "General Zhao, what do you want to say?"
"Surrender!"
"Say it again!" Shang Huaikuang's eyes flashed with horror and he said every word.
"Even if General Shanghuai wants to ask me a hundred or a thousand times, even if he wants to kill me, I still want to say surrender!" Zhao Gui met Shanghuai Kuang's fierce eyes without flinching.
"You think I really don't dare to kill you?!" Shang Huaikuang stepped forward, grabbed Zhao Gui's collar, gritted his teeth and said: "Dongshan and I really misjudged the wrong person, and we actually killed you, a shameless person who is greedy for life and afraid of death.
The villains are treated as brothers!”
Zhao Gui said categorically: "It is precisely because I regard General Dongshan, General Shanghuai, General Qi, and General Zhang as brothers that I came here alone to advise you to surrender!"
The fierce light in Shang Huai Kuang's eyes grew stronger, and the flesh on his cheeks jumped out, as if he wanted to eat Zhao Gui alive. Zhao Gui was also afraid in his heart, but he understood that it was useless to be afraid now, he must be taken away
Finish what you want to say.
He said: "Bronze Horse, the Second Army of the Renewal Company, although there are 200,000 people, more than half are exhausted and defeated generals. Now they are trapped here, with no men and horses, no food and grass, and no help. How can they resist such a situation?"
The wolf-like Han army? If you continue to resist, there is only one way to die! General Shanghuai, these are 200,000 people. They are our 200,000 brothers. Can you really have the heart to watch 200,000 brothers die?
In front of you?"
Zhang Huai stepped forward, pushed Zhao Gui hard, and shouted sternly: "Zhao Gui! Do you think we are all like you, greedy for life and afraid of death? Will we be like you, begging for mercy and bowing to that little Liu Xiu child?"
Zhao Gui asked back: "Otherwise, what else can we do? You said it yourself, now that we are trapped here, what else can we do except surrender? Force a breakout? Even if we get out, where can we go?"
Zhang Huai was so angry that he was trembling all over, but he couldn't answer Zhao Gui's question.
Qi suddenly lowered his head, with a look of despair in his eyes unconsciously. If Zhao Gui does not surrender to Liu Xiu, and if Qingyuan is still in our hands, we really still have a glimmer of hope. At least we should work hard to break through to Qingyuan.
It can also temporarily save your life.
But now that Zhao Gui has surrendered and Qingyuan has fallen into Liu Xiu's hands, for our own side, this battle really cannot go on.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Zhao Gui took a few breaths and said meaningfully: "King Xiao is kind, generous to others, and he is a noble prince. He is also a rebellious hero known to the world. It is not shameful for us to surrender to King Xiao."
, and I will definitely be treated well and put to good use by Prince Xiao in the future, so why not?!"
Zhang Huai was happy and angry. He raised his finger and pointed at Zhao Gui's nose and cursed angrily: "Shameless! What a shameless Zhao Gui! I will kill you today..." As he spoke, he drew his sword again.
But at this moment, Dongshan Huangtu, who was lying on the meadow, suddenly said: "Zhang Huai... don't hurt Zhao Gui..."
"General!" When people saw Dongshan Huangtu stretching his neck forward with great effort, as if he was about to sit up, everyone exclaimed, gathered around and said, "The general is still injured, lie down quickly.