Zhuojun in Youzhou, in modern times, includes Beijing, Baoding and other places. After the remnants of the Youlai Army, the Great Spear Army, and the Five Banners Army fled into Zhuojun, they did not dare to stop and continued to flee all the way to the northeast.
Liu Xiujun pursued them relentlessly. The rebel army was forced to pass through Guangyang from Zhuojun and enter Youbeiping County.
Right Beiping County is a large area stretching from Tangshan in the south to Chifeng in the north. It already includes part of the Northeast. If the rebel army continues to run northeast, they will have to enter western Liaoning and eastern Liaoning.
I have to admit that these three rebel armies are really good at running. They ran from the west of Jizhou to the north of Youzhou.
I have to admire that Liu Xiu is really good at chasing. He seems to have made up his mind to completely annihilate the three main forces of the rebel army, You Lai, Da Qiang and Wu Ban.
When they arrived at Youbeiping County, the rebels could no longer run, so they took up their positions and engaged in a decisive battle with Liu Xiu's army. At this time, Liu Xiu commanded only 10,000 light cavalry. Since the pursuit was too far, the large army could not keep up.
The 10,000 light cavalry led by Liu Xiu once again defeated the rebel army in Youbeiping County. The rebel army suffered more than 10,000 casualties and began to rout to the north. Liu Xiu was still unyielding and continued to lead his troops in pursuit.
The rebel army fled to the north bank of Shunshui. Liu Xiu led his cavalry and followed them.
When the battle reached this point, the three rebel armies were already on the verge of collapse. Liu Xiu knew very well that as long as his side worked harder, they would be able to annihilate You Lai's army, Daqiang army and Wufan army in one go.
But at this critical moment, what Liu Xiu never expected was that another unit of the large gun army suddenly appeared on the north bank of the river.
This large spear army is not large in number, only seven to eight thousand people, but it is an energetic new force.
On Liu Xiu's side, the light cavalry under his command numbered less than 10,000, and after such a long journey, they were already exhausted.
After receiving reinforcements from other units of the Gun Army, the morale of the rebel army greatly increased, and they immediately turned back and launched a counterattack against Liu Xiujun.
The exhausted cavalry could no longer launch cavalry charges against the enemy and could only engage in head-on close combat with the enemy. As a result, the advantage of the cavalry was gone.
Tens of thousands of rebels were surrounded by thousands of cavalry led by Liu Xiu.
At this time, Liu Xiu also realized that due to his consecutive battles and victories, he underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly, and the situation was critical.
He hurriedly ordered his troops to move back and break out of the encirclement.
But now it is not easy for the Han army to break out of the encirclement. The rebels who were chased and beaten by the Han army all the way were all holding back their anger. Now they have finally gained the upper hand. How can people miss this opportunity?
The rebel soldiers, pulling horse ropes, swarmed towards the Han army. One after another, the war horses fell to the ground. The cavalry on the war horses rolled to the ground, and were then stabbed by numerous rebel soldiers.
Stabbed to death.
Liu Xiu grabbed a spear from the guard beside him and urged his horse to rush out. Two oncoming rebel soldiers pulled the horse ropes and ran to his left and right.
When the rope was dragged in front of the horse, Liu Xiu squeezed the horse's belly with both legs and raised the reins at the same time. The horse jumped up and jumped over the rope.
After landing, following the inertia of the war horse, Liu Xiu thrust out a spear, knocking an enemy soldier who was approaching him to the ground.
One soldier fell, and a large group of soldiers rushed up. People shouted: "Liu Xiu is here! Liu Xiu is here! Kill Liu Xiu! Revenge for the brothers! Kill Liu Xiu."
Listening to the shouts of the rebels, Liu Xiu's eyes flashed with coldness. He held a spear and urged his horse forward to charge. When he came to the crowd, he thrust the spear forward with all his strength. The rebel soldiers on the opposite side subconsciously raised their shields to block.
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There was a crisp crack in the helix of the ear, and the wooden shield shattered. At the same time, the spear in Liu Xiu's hand was broken into two pieces. He waved his arm outward, threw half of the spear out, and hit a
On the head of a rebel soldier.
With two whooshing screams, Liu Xiu pulled out his sword and swung it outwards. Ding ding, two balls of sparks suddenly appeared in the air, and two crossbow arrows swirled in the air and flew out diagonally.
However, Liu Xiu blocked the crossbow arrow from the side, but failed to block the arrow from behind.
The arrow hit Liu Xiu's horse in the buttocks. The horse was in pain and galloped forward with a neighing sound.
Seeing another enemy soldier running ahead pulling the tripping rope, Liu Xiu tried to control the horse again and crossed the tripping rope, but the horse no longer obeyed his command.
Plop!
The two front hooves of the war horse were firmly caught by the tripping rope. The war horse, together with Liu Xiu on its back, fell forward.
Due to inertia, Liu Xiufei jumped three meters away. After landing, he rolled forward another three or four meters before his body came to a stop.
The helmet on Liu Xiu's head fell to nowhere, and a few strands of hair fell from the top of his head.
The surrounding rebel soldiers thought they had an opportunity and swarmed forward. Liu Xiu grabbed the Red Sky Sword from the ground, swayed and rushed towards the crowd, and the Red Sky Sword swept out.
The sword edge cut open the chests of the three soldiers, and with three screams, the three of them fell on their backs. Liu Xiu stepped over their corpses, and stabbed forward with the Chixiao Sword, hitting one of the soldiers in the face.
The tip of the sword poked out from behind his head.
Liu Xiu killed several people in succession and temporarily retreated the attacking enemies.
At this time, Long Yuan, Long Zhun, Long Bo and others all ran to Liu Xiu. Long Zhun and Long Bo led the guards and attacked the enemy with swords. Long Yuan took Liu Xiu's arm and asked with concern.
: "Your Majesty, how are you?"
"I'm fine!" Liu Xiu got a chance to breathe, gasping for air, and looked around. His cavalry had been completely overwhelmed by the enemy. Some of them, including men and horses, were tripped by the enemy.
In some cases, the cavalrymen were pulled off their horses by the swarming enemies.
Liu Xiu took a deep breath and said: "Our army has been defeated in this battle, retreat quickly!" As he spoke, he looked at Long Yuan and said: "Long Yuan, follow me, I will take you to break out!"
Before he finished speaking, Liu Xiu raised the Chixiao Sword and charged towards the enemy in front.
The cavalry below also gathered towards Liu Xiu. However, most of the cavalry had lost their horses and could only protect Liu Xiu on foot and break out.
At the critical moment, Liu Xiu used all his skills. With the Chixiao Sword in his hand, he flew up and down. The rebel soldiers around him would die if they stuck to him, and they would die if they touched him.
Since Liu Xiu arrived in Hebei, he has rarely gone into battle to kill enemies in person. This may make people gradually forget that Liu Xiu himself is also a very tough and skilled general.
Back then in Kunyang, Liu Xiu was the one who led the charge. He charged into the enemy's army and killed dozens of enemies in a row. He was unstoppable.
Now Liu Xiu once again showed his ability to rush into battle, and led the Han soldiers under his command to fight his way through the enemy's encirclement and successfully broke out.
But it was rare for the rebels to seize such an opportunity to kill Liu Xiu, so how could they let him go so easily?
Liu Xiu took the remnants of his troops and fled southward, with tens of thousands of rebel troops in hot pursuit.
The two sides started a chase and escape mode again, but this time the roles of the two sides were reversed, with Liu Xiu running in front and the rebels chasing behind.
Seeing that the distance between the two sides could not be widened, a group of cavalry rushed towards Liu Xiu directly in front of him. The leader of this group of cavalry was none other than Geng, and behind him were Generals Wang Feng. wavv
Geng led a small number of cavalry, only a few hundred cavalry. Facing tens of thousands of rebels, it was difficult for these hundreds of cavalry to resist.
Wang Feng urged his horse to come to Liu Xiu, dismounted, handed the reins to Liu Xiu, and said urgently: "Your Majesty, hurry up, I will come to the rear!"
At this time, Liu Xiu's face was covered with blood, and he couldn't tell whether it was his own or the enemy's. Even he himself didn't know how many wounds he had.
He took the reins, mounted his horse, and looked back, only to see a huge crowd of rebels still chasing him, still shouting the slogan "Kill Liu Xiu."
He burst out laughing and said to Geng, Wang Feng and others nearby: "This time, I almost made the bandits laugh at me." (Original words: I almost made you laugh!)
There may be various factors in losers, but winners always have common traits.
Every time Cao Cao lost a battle, he would always laugh, laughing at his own shortcomings and at the enemy's failure to kill him, to boost his own morale.
The same was true for Liu Xiu, who was nearly two hundred years older than Cao Cao. Although he was defeated, even though he was chased by the rebel army and almost died, he was not dejected or disheartened. Instead, he could still say with a smile.
, almost letting the bandit army see his joke.
Hearing this, Geng and others were all dumbfounded. Geng said: "Your Majesty, leave quickly! I will escort your Majesty!" As he spoke, Geng took off the long bow on his back and sat on his horse. While protecting Liu Xiu, he continued to ask
Then shoot the arrow.
At this time, Geng was really like a divine help, his arrows were all fired. Every time an arrow was shot, an enemy soldier fell to the ground. He shot dozens of arrows in a row, killing a dozen enemies in total.
However, the enemy's troops were too powerful and could not be resisted by Geng's dozen or dozens of arrows. Numerous rebels surrounded them in a fan shape, intending to besiege Liu Xiu and others again.
Just at this moment, several arrows were shot from the crowd of rebels and headed straight for Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu blocked several arrows with his sword, but one arrow still scratched the belly of the war horse and tore it open.
A long bloody gash.
The war horse was in pain and frightened. The horse, which could not run fast at first, suddenly ran forward like crazy. Liu Xiu on the horse pulled the reins quickly, but it was of no use. The frightened war horse ran forward with all its strength.
The frightened horse was moving too fast, and Liu Xiu had no choice but to put away the Chixiao Sword, hug the horse's neck tightly with both hands, and lie down on the horse's back.
The war horse ran along the bank of the river and ran up a hillside.
Geng, Wang Feng and other Han soldiers saw clearly and were all shocked. Liu Xiu was lying on his horse and could not see clearly, but they could see clearly that the top of the hillside was a cliff.
"King, be careful"
"Your Majesty, get off your horse quickly"
People kept shouting, but it was useless. The distance was too far and Liu Xiu couldn't hear clearly. At this time, his ears were filled with the whistling of the wind.
The war horse ran along the hillside to the top of the mountain. When it reached the platform at the top of the mountain, it did not pause at all. It ran directly across the platform and ran to the cliff. Then, the horse jumped up and jumped from the edge of the cliff.
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The posture of the war horse leaping over the cliff is very graceful. The sunlight pours down, forming a halo around the body of the man and the horse.
At that moment, the horse seemed to be carrying Liu Xiu and soar into the sky. At this moment, the Han soldiers at the foot of the mountain were stunned, and the pursuing rebel soldiers were also stunned.
People stared at the man and the horse flying high in the sky with wide eyes, almost forgetting to breathe. They watched helplessly as the man and the horse jumped to the limit, stagnated in the air for a moment, and then fell from the high altitude again.
Boom!
With a muffled sound, the man and the horse fell into the river. In the fast river, only a huge wave splashed up, and then there was nothing. The man and the horse disappeared into the river.