"The King" saw the scene of Liu Xiu falling from the cliff into Shunshui. All the Han soldiers present screamed in surprise. When they came to Shunshui, they tried to find Liu Xiu, but where could they find Liu Xiu?
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The rebel army did not give them a chance to carefully search for Liu Xiu, and pursued him from behind. Geng and others were forced to fight and retreat. Liu Xiu, who fell into the river, also became missing.
From the time Liu Xiu followed his elder brother in the rebellion in Nanyang Chongling, until now, strictly speaking, as long as Liu Xiu leads the army alone, he has never lost a single battle.
When there is a huge disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves, the most he can do is to lead his army to retreat to avoid its sharp edge and preserve his strength. This time the Han army pursued the Youlai Army, the Great Spear Army, and the Five Banners Army, which was regarded as Liu Xiu's first defeat.
A lost battle.
Moreover, this defeat was really frustrating. When the You Lai Army, the Great Spear Army, and the Wu Ban Army were at their strongest, Liu Xiu fought in succession and killed the rebels until they fled from Changshan County in Jizhou.
Arrive at Youbeiping in Youzhou.
As a result, he defeated 200,000 enemy troops. When only tens of thousands of enemy troops remained, he was dazzled by a series of victories and led his light cavalry to rush in. As a result, he was defeated by an enemy army several times his own.
Surrounded, capsized in the gutter.
The defeated Han army retreated from Youbeiping to Fanyang in Zhuojun, Youzhou.
In fact, although the Han army was defeated in the battle on the north bank of the river, the casualties were not large. The main reason was that Liu Xiu commanded too few soldiers and horses. Only a few thousand people were lost in total. However, Liu Xiu's disappearance greatly dealt a blow to the Han army.
morale.
Now, the main army under Liu Xiu's command has arrived at Fan Yang and joined Geng and other defeated troops. At this time, the generals of the Han army finally learned that the king fell into the river, and his life and death were unknown, and his whereabouts were unknown.
After learning about this, all the generals of the Han army were shocked. The generals above were as anxious as ants on a hot pot, and the soldiers of the Han army below were even more worried. The morale of the whole army was turbulent.
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You must know that Liu Xiu is the core of the entire army and the backbone of all the soldiers. Now that Liu Xiu's whereabouts are unknown, whether he is alive or dead, the entire army seems to have lost its direction for an instant and does not know what to do.
In the central military tent, all the generals of the Han army gathered together, but the atmosphere in the entire tent was extremely solemn. Some people shook their heads and sighed, some people's eyes were red and wet, and they choked in a low voice, and some people were confused and their eyes were dull.
The whereabouts of the king are obviously unknown, but everyone was crying and looking like a disaster was imminent. When Wu Han saw this, he felt depressed, slammed the table, stood up, and shouted: "Whether the king is here or not,
We all should continue to work hard to annihilate the traitor army! Besides, the king now has an heir!"
The implication is that even if the king is unfortunately killed, there will still be an heir who can inherit the throne.
The generals glanced at Wu Han one after another. Instead of being inspired by his words to fight, they became even more desperate.
The reason is very simple. Guo Shengtong is pregnant, but has not given birth yet. Who knows whether the child is a son or a daughter? If it is a daughter, how will he inherit the throne?
Even if a baby is born, how can a newborn baby lead the Han army?
Looking around at the expressions of everyone present, Wu Han also realized that his hope for the king's heir was now a bit fanciful and had gone too far.
He then changed his words and said: "The king's brother has an heir in Nanyang. At worst, we can take the king's brother's heir to Hebei!"
His words moved the hearts of everyone present, and they nodded secretly, thinking that this was a good idea.
If the king is really gone, someone must step forward and reunite the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the army.
Deng Yu is not good enough for this person, nor are Jia Fu, Wu Han, and Geng generals. It is very good for the king's nephew to take over the position of King Xiao, and then for the king's heir to proclaim himself emperor in Hebei and King Xiao to supervise the country.
feasible.
Seeing that the expressions on people's faces were no longer as desperate as before, and their eyes had regained some brilliance, Wu Han slowed down his tone and said meaningfully: "What I just said is just the worst case scenario! I believe it
, Your Majesty will definitely be able to survive the disaster. From Nanyang to Hebei, Your Majesty has experienced so many hardships and experienced so many hardships and obstacles, but Your Majesty has survived safely. This time, only Youlai, Daqiang, Wufan and so on.
How can the bandit army kill the king?!"
Everyone nodded, indicating that Wu Han was right.
Geng stood up and said: "I will return to Shunshui immediately to search for the king! If you are alive, you will see the person, and if you are dead, you will see the body. In this way, we can only give an explanation to Mrs. Wang when we return to Jizhou!"
Everyone present nodded and looked at Wu Han. Wu Han had no objection and said categorically: "Early tomorrow morning, our army will set off to march north!"
Liu Xiu was on the north bank of Shunshui, and was carried off a cliff by a frightened horse. Speaking of which, Liu Xiu was quite unlucky. He fell into Shunshui for no apparent reason.
After the war horse fell into the water, it kept sinking to the bottom of the water. Liu Xiu was also shocked and dizzy. He wanted to leave the war horse quickly, but when he wanted to get rid of the war horse, he suddenly discovered that one of his feet was tightly bound.
Stuck in the stirrups.
Liu Xiu was dragged by the horse and kept sinking to the bottom of the water. He kicked his legs continuously, trying to get rid of the stirrups, but it was no use. Instead, the stirrups became tighter and tighter.
What's even worse is that there is an undercurrent hidden under the current. Liu Xiu and his horse were swept up by the undercurrent and sank faster. wavv
Knowing that if he continued like this, he would be drowned alive, Liu Xiu used all his strength, drew out his sword, curled up into a ball, and fiercely used the Red Xiao Sword to break the stirrup belt.
Then, he kicked his legs and finally floated up from the bottom of the water.
After his head came out of the water, he looked up to the sky and took a long breath. After a while, he looked around and found that he was floating rapidly downstream along with the turbulent water.
Liu Xiu also wanted to grab the rocks on the shore, but some of the rocks were smooth and slippery and he couldn't grasp them at all, while some of the rocks had sharp edges. If he grabbed them, a gash would be cut in his palm.
He felt that his physical strength was rapidly draining away, and he did not dare to struggle violently anymore. He allowed the current to roll him up and drift downward.
I don't know how long it took to drift. When Liu Xiu regained consciousness, he found that he had been washed ashore by the river.
This place is located at the corner of the river. It is a shoal. He slowly raised his head and looked around. There was the river behind him and the woods in front of him. As for the specific place here, Liu Xiu didn't know.
He climbed up to the shore and came to a place where there was no water. He lay on his back on the ground, panting and feeling as if his whole body was about to be torn apart.
He calmed down for a full two-quarters of an hour, feeling that some strength had returned to his body, and then he slowly took off his armor and clothes.
There were wounds on his palms and wounds on his body. Due to being soaked in the river water for a long time, the wounds were not scabbed, but were soaked until they turned white, and the skin and flesh were turned out.
He endured the pain, took out the golden sore medicine from his clothes, bit off the lid, and poured the medicine foam inside on the wound.
The wound covered with medicine foam felt like it was being burned. The severe pain made Liu Xiu's eyes black and he almost fainted on the spot.
Liu Xiu casually grabbed a thin wooden stick and bit it firmly in his mouth to prevent himself from cracking his gums.
After the first severe pain, Liu Xiu became almost numb and continued to pour the golden sore medicine on various wounds on his body.
Liu Xiu bit the wooden stick, beads of sweat dripping down his cheeks. When he finished applying medicine to all the wounds that he could apply, his whole body seemed to have collapsed, and he collapsed on the ground, leaving only
The strength to breathe.
I don't know how long it took, but the sky gradually darkened. Liu Xiu slowly opened his eyes and first looked at the wounds on his body. Some of the small wounds had begun to scab.
Because Liu Xiu drank gold liquid, his wounds have always healed much faster than ordinary people. If he hadn't been soaked in the river water for too long, the scabs wouldn't have formed until now.
He applied medicine to his wounds again, then tore off several strips of his robe and bandaged the wounds one by one.
He was wrapping his wounds when he suddenly heard a rustling sound in the woods. Liu Xiu was shaken and immediately picked up his Chixiao Sword, unsheathed it, and stared at the woods without blinking.
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When he saw clearly what was coming out of the woods, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. It was raining all night! It turned out that what came out of the woods was a blind black bear more than two meters long.
This is Youbeiping County. In modern times, it already includes part of Liaoning. It is not an exaggeration to say that this is the Northeast. When this big black bear came out of the woods, it looked like a black hill.
Seeing this beast, Liu Xiu could only sigh in his heart, he was really unlucky!
The bear's sense of smell is very keen, almost seven times that of a hunting dog. It can smell the smell of blood within a radius of one mile. The bear's hearing is even sharper and can hear the sound of footsteps three hundred paces away.
It can be said that bears are natural jungle killers.
The blind black bear Liu Xiu encountered at this time was obviously attracted by the smell of blood on Liu Xiu's body.
As the bear walked towards him, a pair of round black eyes stared at him. At the same time, transparent liquid dripped down the corners of the bear's mouth.
Liu Xiu took a deep breath, steeled herself, supported the ground with the Chixiao Sword, and slowly stood up.
He bent over, stared at the black bear walking step by step, and said: "If you don't eat me, we can still cooperate with each other and catch prey together in the mountains. But if you want to eat me, I will have to fight with you. This way
, it’s not good for you or me!”
If the person coming across from him was a person, he might still feel that Liu Xiu's words had some truth. Unfortunately, what he was facing now was a bear, a beast that didn't understand human language. The black bear didn't slow down, and still walked toward Liu Xiu step by step.
Show is approaching.
When the distance between the man and the bear was only seven or eight steps, the black bear roared, clawed the ground with its four paws, and rushed towards Liu Xiu.
Liu Xiu endured the pain in his body and dodged to the side.
Phew! A fishy wind whizzed past him. At the same time, he felt a burning pain in his shoulder. When he turned around, he saw that the flesh of his shoulder had been cut open by a black bear's sharp claws.
The wound was not deep, but it hurt terribly. The beast's claws were full of bacteria, and being scratched by the beast's claws definitely felt unpleasant.
It is not credible to say that bears do not eat dead prey. When a bear is very hungry, it can eat all the prey, let alone dead prey, even rotten prey.
One blow failed to kill the prey. The black bear roared angrily, turned around, and charged towards Liu Xiu again. After suffering a loss just now, Liu Xiu dodged faster this time, sticking his body to the ground and rolling sideways.
The black bear attacked him several times in a row, but Liu Xiu dodged it. This aroused the black bear's animal nature. It stood up in front of Liu Xiu, and its body of more than two meters long stood there, really like an iron tower.
This time, before the black bear could launch an attack, Liu Xiu took the initiative and rushed towards the black bear. The black bear reacted instinctively and swiped its claws at him. Liu Xiu leaned down, but the black bear's sharp claws did not hit his head, but pressed against his head.
Scalp brushing.
Liu Xiu dodged the black bear's attack, and he also approached the black bear's body. Using the inertia of the sword in his hand, he stabbed forward fiercely.