Five hundred and ninetieth chapters soldiers never tire of deceit
When Liu Xiu arrived at Xiuwu, he immediately sent people to Zhuolu City to summon the magistrate of Zhuolu County.
In counties with a population of over 10,000, the highest administrative official is the county magistrate; in counties with a population of less than 10,000, the highest administrative official is the county magistrate.
The county magistrate's salary and the county magistrate's salary are also different. The county magistrate's salary can range from six hundred dan to one thousand dan, while the county magistrate's salary can be cut in half, ranging from three hundred to five hundred.
After the magistrate of Zhuolu County arrived at Xiuwu, he immediately came to see Liu Xiu, and then told Liu Xiu everything about the attack on Zhuolu some time ago.
The number of thieves who attacked Zhuolu this time totaled more than 10,000, and the attack was at night. Zhuolu City was poorly prepared. The thieves were caught off guard by the sneak attack, and they barely put up much resistance.
Break through.
After the Red Eyebrow Army entered the city, they carried out a massive looting of the city. The granaries and bank vaults of Zhuolu City, as well as the large households and people in the city, were basically all destroyed. Countless amounts of money and food were lost.
Before dawn, all the red eyebrow troops who had invaded the city withdrew. It was obvious that their purpose was either to occupy Zhuolu City or to rob. It was precisely because the red eyebrow troops did not want to occupy Zhuolu City that the county magistrate
Get a life back.
After hearing this, Liu Xiu pondered for a while and asked, "Do you know which direction the bandits came from? And which direction they ran to?"
The magistrate of Zhuolu County said anxiously: "North! After the rebels withdrew, Wei Chen sent people to investigate and found that the rebels eventually retreated into the Taihang Mountains."
Liu Xiu nodded, that's right! The bandit army that attacked Zhuolu City was the branch of the Red Eyebrow Army hiding in the Taihang Mountains. "Do you know who the leader of the bandit army is?"
County Magistrate Zhuolu lowered his head and whispered: "Wei Chen... I don't know..."
"What is the equipment of the thief army? What is their combat strength?" Liu Xiu asked.
County Magistrate Zhuolu swallowed his saliva and said cautiously: "This bandit army is brave and good at fighting, and its movements are secretive. How did they touch the city wall, how did they kill the guards at the top of the city, and how did they open the city gate? Inside the city
Didn't hear the slightest sound."
Hearing this, Liu Xiu, Jia Fu, Li Tong, Fu An, and Zong Guang all frowned secretly.
According to the information they learned, this bandit army is a branch of the Bronze Horse Army. It is just a branch of the Bronze Horse Army, not the main force of Red Eyebrows. How can it be so powerful that it can sneak into Zhuolu City without anyone noticing?
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Not much information could be obtained from Magistrate Zhuolu, so Liu Xiu waved to him and motioned for him to step back.
After County Magistrate Zhuolu left, Zong Guang frowned and said, "Your Majesty, it seems that this branch of the Bronze Horse Army is not simple!"
"Yeah!" Liu Xiu also had the same feeling. He looked at the magistrate of Xiuwu County and said, "Magistrate Gao!"
"We are here!" The magistrate of Xiuwu County is named Gao Bo, a middle-aged man in his early forties. Hearing Liu Xiu's call, he hurriedly bowed and saluted. Liu Xiu asked: "How many troops are there in Xiuwu County?"
Gao Bo said seriously: "Your Majesty, there are 1,500 people."
Liu Xiu said: "During this period, we must strengthen our vigilance and consolidate the city's defenses in preparation for the bandit army's attack."
Gao Bo took a breath and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, do you think the bandits hiding in the Taihang Mountains can defeat Xiu Wu?"
Zhuolu City was far enough away from the Taihang Mountains, and Xiuwu was still to the south of Zhuolu and even further away from the Taihang Mountains in the north. He had never thought that the rebel army would be so bold as to attack Xiuwu.
Liu Xiu said: "Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst. Now that the bandit army is rampant, it is always right to be careful and guard against it."
"I obey my orders!" Gao Bo bowed and responded.
The day after Liu Xiu arrived to practice martial arts, a memorial was passed to Liu Xiu. The content of this memorial was that Xian Yuji, the governor of Qinghe County, died of illness, and Fu Zhan, who was serving as a great minister, recommended Zhao Gao as the new governor of Qinghe.
After reading this memorial, Liu Xiu was both surprised and shocked. Not long ago, when he went to Pingyuan to invite brothers Fu Zhan and Fu An to Luoyang to serve as officials, Xian Yuji was still alive and well.
Only a few days later, Xian Yuji suddenly died of illness. Life is so unpredictable!
Liu Xiu approved Fu Zhan's memorial and allowed Zhao Gao to be the new governor of Qinghe County.
A few days later, a battle report came from Wang Liang. Wang Liang's tribe and another branch of the Red Eyebrow Army encountered each other at Taihang Xing, the eighth branch of Taihang. The two sides started a battle, which ended with the Red Eyebrow Army's active retreat.
In this battle, the casualties suffered by Wang Liangjun and the Red Eyebrow Army were not large. The casualties on Wang Liangjun's side were several hundred, and the casualties on the Red Eyebrow Army were around a thousand at best.
After reading the battle report from Wang Liang, Liu Xiu was quite satisfied and praised Wang Liang in his reply letter.
Three days later, Wang Liang sent another battle report. It was still at Taihangxing. The soldiers and horses of both sides met again, and a battle started. In the end, it still ended with the active retreat of the Red Eyebrow Army.
For two consecutive times, the Red Eyebrow Army hiding in the Taihang Mountains took the Taihangxing Road. Wang Liang then strengthened the guard of the Taihangxing Road and set up many stone barriers along the way to strengthen prevention.
In the evening of that day, the Red Eyebrow Army appeared again at Taihangxing. Wang Liang, who received the news, couldn't help shaking his head and laughing. He felt that the people of the Red Eyebrow Army were all stubborn. Once they identified the Taihangxing Road, they kept going.
Take this path, even if they have failed twice before, they are going to take this path.
Wang Liang led his soldiers to attack the Red Eyebrow Army. The third battle broke out between the two sides at Taihangxing. In this battle, the Red Eyebrow Army obviously used all its strength, and its offensive was much more ferocious than the previous two.
However, Wang Liangjun had already deployed many stone barriers on the road to Taihangxing. These stone barriers not only provided protection for the Han army, but also caused great damage and resistance to the Red Eyebrow Army.
While the two sides were engaged in a fierce battle at Taihang Xing, another group of red eyebrow troops quietly walked to Feihu Xing. This red eyebrow army, which probably numbered more than 10,000 people, headed south along Feihu Xing and headed straight out of the mountain pass.
On the road to Feihuxing, the Han army was not unprepared. There were many checkpoints along the way, with numerous open posts and hidden posts.
However, this time the Red Eyebrow Army came prepared. In the past few days, they had quietly found out all the locations of Feihuxing's sentry posts.
A group of Han soldiers were patrolling Feihuxing as usual. Dozens of arrows suddenly shot out from the woods on both sides of the road. A small group of ten Han soldiers had no time to react, and they all fell to the ground after being hit by arrows.
Not far away, there were two secret sentries of the Han army hiding there. The two secret sentries of the Han army saw that their patrol was attacked by the enemy and the entire army was wiped out. They realized that something was not good, so they took advantage of the grass to do something.
He took cover and quietly retreated, planning to leave Feihuxing to report the news to Wang Liang.
The two of them retreated five or six meters away when they suddenly heard rustling footsteps behind them. They subconsciously turned around and looked around. They didn't even see clearly what the person looked like. Two sharp knives had penetrated him deeply.
The necks of the two of them.
The two secret whistlers fell to the ground without saying a word, and died on the spot.
It was two men in black who attacked the two secret sentries. At the same time, dozens of men in black also came out of the nearby woods. They looked at each other, then quickly flew away, broke into pieces, and continued to attack.
Sneak ahead.
These men in black were not only agile, but also extremely powerful. In one move, they wiped out all the sentries set up by the Han army on Feihuxing. The tens of thousands of red eyebrow troops were quite numerous, but
With the help of these men in black, the Red Eyebrow Army passed Feihuxing without anyone noticing, and Wang Liang, who was fighting the main force of the Red Eyebrow Army at Taihang County, did not even hear a sound. wavv
After leaving Feihuxing, this red-browed army of tens of thousands of people did not hesitate for a moment, heading south all the way to Xiuwu.
To make a long story short, the Red Eyebrow Army bypassed Zhuolu City to the north of Xiuwu, and took advantage of the cover of night to keep approaching Xiuwu.
Since the emperor was practicing martial arts, the city defense for practicing martial arts was very tight.
On top of the city, you can often see groups of county soldiers patrolling with torches held high.
After the Red Eyebrow Army quietly approached within a hundred steps of Xiuwu City, they did not immediately launch an attack. More than 10,000 people lay motionless on the ground.
Standing at the top of the city and looking out of the city, everywhere you looked was pitch black. No one could have imagined that there were more than 10,000 enemy troops hidden in this darkness.
The men in black in the Red Eyebrow Army crawled forward quickly on the ground.
These dozens of men in black moved extremely fast. They were less than a hundred steps away. They didn't even need a cup of tea before they had climbed to the city wall.
At this point, most of the men in black stopped crawling, squinted their eyes, and stared at the city head.
Several other men in black slowed down and crawled forward slowly, trying not to make any noise. When they reached the base of the city wall, they stood up one after another and took off the ropes they were carrying.
One end is connected to the iron claw.
Several men in black swung the rope, raised the iron claw, winked at each other, and threw the iron claw upward almost at the same time.
Several iron claws were thrown from the bottom of the city wall to the top of the city. When they landed on the ground, they made a few soft cracking sounds. However, these few soft sounds still startled the two nearby sentries.
Two county soldiers carrying spears came over after hearing the sound. At first, they couldn't see clearly. When they got closer, they looked around and one of the soldiers suddenly said: "
What's this?"
What he was looking at was an iron claw hanging on the wall. Another soldier's eyes suddenly widened, he opened his mouth, and just as he was about to shout, he heard a whoosh, and a crossbow arrow flew up from the top of the city, hitting him in the middle.
his jaw.
Without making a sound, the soldier took two steps back and fell on his back. A short length of arrow tail was shockingly exposed under his chin.
Another soldier was shocked and wanted to call his comrades on the top of the city, but with two pops, two crossbow arrows hit him in the jaw and the other in his neck. Both arrows were fatal.
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Poor these two county soldiers, they were both killed by crossbow arrows fired from the city before they even had time to shout a warning.
After getting rid of the sentries on the top of the city, the people in black below the city wall followed the ropes and began to climb to the top of the city. There were more and more people in black climbing up, and at this time, a patrol came over.
Seeing a large group of men in black appearing on the wall in front of them, the patrols were startled at first, and then they reacted. The captain pointed at the men in black and asked sternly: "Who are they..."
Before he finished speaking, a crossbow arrow came towards him and hit him in the forehead.
The captain groaned and fell on his back. Seeing this, the other soldiers roared and charged forward with their spears. These men in black were all masters. How could it be them who were nine county soldiers?
opponent?
In the blink of an eye, all nine soldiers fell to the ground. They were all seriously wounded and died. However, their fight also aroused the vigilance of the county soldiers on top of the city and inside the city. A large number of county soldiers began to pour in towards the men in black.
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A man in black picked up a torch from the top of the city and shook it repeatedly outside the city. Seeing the dancing fire on the top of the city, the red-browed troops lying outside the city jumped up one after another, and people used all their strength.
, dashed forward and headed straight for Xiuwu City.
