Ren Guan had outstanding abilities and had a large number of cronies under his command, which was the main reason why Deng Feng and Deng Zhong attracted him.
However, Ren Guan's passive attitude towards the Han army also caused Deng Feng to leave him on the secondary battlefield of Wancheng instead of taking him to the main battlefield against Wu Han.
At this time, Ren Guan couldn't help but take a breath when he found out that the spy who had sneaked into his camp was Liu Xiu. He jumped off his horse, glared at Liu Xiu, roared angrily, and stood with Liu Xiu with a knife in his hand.
Liu Xiu knew somewhat about Ren Guan's strength. Now when the fight started, he immediately felt that Ren Guan was not using his full strength. Liu Xiu's heart moved and he restrained most of his own strength and pretended to fight with Ren Guan.
On the surface, the two of them fought fiercely, with swords and swords flashing, which was called fierce, but in fact, neither of them used their true strength.
During the fierce battle, Ren Guan suddenly whispered: "Your Majesty, Deng Zhong is in the North Camp, you have to run to the South Camp!"
Liu Xiu fired several swords in a row, forcing Ren Guan to retreat repeatedly, and asked at the same time: "How to run?"
Ren Guanduan shouted, interrupted Liu Xiu's attack, then brandished his sword, launched a counterattack against Liu Xiu, and whispered: "Capture me!" After a pause, he added: "Most of my subordinates here are!
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Liu Xiu was smart and understood immediately. Ren Guan deliberately showed off a flaw and was kicked in the chest by Liu Xiu. He grunted, flew backwards more than two meters away, and fell to the ground with a thud.
He struggled and wanted to get up from the ground and fight Liu Xiu again, but the latter took the lead, rushed forward, and forced his throat with the Red Sky Sword.
Liu Xiu bent down and pulled Ren Guan up from the ground. He placed the Chixiao Sword across his neck and shouted, "Stop! If you don't stop, I'll kill him first!"
Just as Ren Guan said, most of the people left behind in the camp were his subordinates. At this time, when people saw Ren Guan being captured by spies, they were all shocked and said in a hurry: "Don't hurt our general -"
These soldiers are all veterans who followed Ren Guan back to Nanyang. They can be said to be loyal to Ren Guan and will never abandon him. Now that Ren Guan has fallen into the hands of spies, the soldiers are all very anxious, but no one dares to step forward easily.
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Liu Xiu winked at Long Yuan and others, and everyone gathered around him.
Then, Liu Xiu forced Ren Guan with his sword and quickly walked towards the south camp. Because Ren Guan was in his hands, the soldiers around him did not dare to stop him and were forced to retreat one after another.
Liu Xiu escorted Ren Guan through the South Camp and arrived at the camp gate of the South Camp. At this time, the camp gate was closed. Liu Xiu glanced at it and shouted sternly: "Open the camp gate! Open the camp gate immediately!"
Ren Guan's head and face were covered with sweat, and he pretended to be panicked and said: "What are you still doing? Go and open the camp door!"
The soldiers below did not dare to delay, and ran to the camp gate one after another, working together to remove the bolt above, and then working together to slowly open the heavy camp door.
Seeing that the camp door had been opened, Liu Xiu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. While pulling Ren Guan toward the outside of the camp, he said to the soldiers present: "Bring in ten war horses!"
Ren Guan swallowed, nodded feebly to his soldiers, and said, "Just do what he said!"
After hearing Ren Guan's order, some soldiers ran back to the camp. It didn't take long and they brought over ten war horses. Long Yuan and others came forward, took the reins of the horses, checked them, confirmed that there were no problems, and pointed to Liu Xiu.
Lower your head.
Liu Xiu pulled Ren Guan back some distance and whispered in his ear: "General Ren, come to Luoyang to find me as soon as possible!"
Ren Guan replied in a low voice: "Your Majesty, it will be most beneficial to Your Majesty if the humble minister remains in Deng Fengjun!"
"But it's too dangerous!"
"Wei Chen is a subordinate of the King of Hanzhong. The King of Hanzhong and His Majesty are brothers and sisters. Wei Chen is willing to treat His Majesty as a subordinate, and even more willing to help His Majesty!" Ren Guan said seriously.
In order to show off, Liu Xiu still used the Red Sky Sword to force Ren Guan's neck. With his other hand, he patted Ren Guan's back and said, "General Ren is loyal and loyal. I will keep this feeling in mind."
"His Majesty's words will make me feel ashamed, and I won't hesitate to do so!"
The relationship between Liu Jia, Liu Yan and Liu Xiu is indeed good. They are not just relatives of the same clan.
Liu Jia's father died early at that time, and it was Liu Xiu's father Liu Qin who adopted him. Liu Jia can be regarded as Liu Qin's adopted son. He is both Liu Xiu's clan brother and Liu Xiu's adopted brother.
Time was running out, and Liu Xiu did not have much time to delay here. He said to Ren Guan: "General Ren, you are in the tiger's den, be careful!"
"Your Majesty is a body of ten thousand gold, so you need to take more care of yourself!"
Liu Xiu took a deep look at him and said no more. He first put Yin Lihua and Xu Xiling on the horse, then he jumped on the horse and slapped the horse's buttocks with his sword. The horse felt pain, threw away its hooves, and galloped away.
Ren Guan turned around and looked at the retreating figures of Liu Xiu and others gradually disappearing into the night. He first sighed softly, then raised the corners of his mouth, revealing a smile on his face.
Liu Xiu is still very courageous! And after so many years, he has not changed at all.
Back then, with only 3,000 death squads, he dared to fight head-on with more than 400,000 reckless troops.
Now, with only a few people, he dared to sneak into Deng Zhongjun's camp and successfully rescued Yin Lihua and Xu Xiling. Not only did Liu Xiu's courage not diminish because he became emperor, but it was even better than before. .
From Ren's point of view, no matter in terms of temperament, virtue or ability, Deng Feng and Deng Zhi were far behind Liu Xiu. Only people like Liu Xiu were worthy of his dedicated assistance.
Just as he was thinking about it, the soldiers below rushed over and came to Ren Guan. They surrounded him and asked with concern: "General, are you okay?" "Is the general injured?"
Ren Guan's expression changed very quickly, and immediately turned into a look of dejection. He shook his head repeatedly and said, "It's okay, but it's really a shame!"
"General, they haven't run far yet, let's chase them now!" All the soldiers shouted indignantly. Ren Guan waved his hands to them, looked around and said: "Now where can we chase these fools? What if we get hit? If you fall into someone's ambush, don't you have to pay for it? Forget it! You will learn a lesson from the pain, just be more careful next time!"
He spoke lightly, but he successfully stopped the soldiers who tried to hunt Liu Xiu.
When they returned to the camp, they heard a rumbling sound in front of them. Running at the front was a cavalry team of several hundred people. The leader was none other than Deng Zhong.
Deng Zhong galloped up to Ren Guan, looked him up and down, then looked around and asked, "Where are the people? Where are they?"
Ren Guan stepped in and saluted Deng Zhong, saying: "General Deng is the last general to be incompetent. He failed to stop the spies from breaking out, and was...ran away by them!"
"Ah!" Hearing this, Deng Zhong's blood surged and he almost spit out a mouthful of old blood. He ran away? All of them ran away? He asked with a trembling voice: "Yin Lihua, Xu Xiling, also... also ran away?"
Ren Guan lowered his head and said in a weak voice: "The general is incompetent!"
Deng Zhong was so angry that he whipped Ren Guan back with a whip. Bang! The crack of the whip was extremely clear. Ren Guan was shocked, knelt down and said, "This is the last general who is incompetent. Please punish General Deng."
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Ren Guan is now wearing a helmet and armor, and the leather whip is hitting the armor leaves without pain or itching, but at the moment, he must show a posture of being willing to accept the punishment.
Even though Ren Guan looks like he is sincerely apologizing on the surface, he is actually laughing secretly in his heart. He just ran away from Yin Lihua and Xu Xiling and made you so angry. If you knew that Liu Xiu was among those detailed works, wouldn't you be angry?
crazy?
Seeing Ren Guan kneeling, the surrounding soldiers also knelt down one after another, saying in unison: "We are incompetent, let the spy go, and ask General Deng to punish him!"
Deng finally looked at Ren Guan kneeling in front of him, and then at the people kneeling around him. His teeth were itching with hatred, but he really couldn't do anything to Ren Guan.
Most of the soldiers present were Ren Guan's subordinates. If he punished Ren Guan severely, he might force them to rebel, and the matter would become a big mess and not end well.
After thinking about it, Deng Zhong asked in a deep voice: "Where did they run to?"
"Over there!" Ren Guan immediately raised his hand and pointed outside the south camp.
Deng Zhong gritted his teeth and shouted loudly to the cavalry behind him: "Follow me and chase!" After saying that, he led a large group of cavalry and ran rumbled outside the south camp.
Liu Xiu and others had been away for some time, and it was late at night, with visibility only about seven or eight meters. Deng finally wanted to catch up with Liu Xiu and others, unless a miracle happened.
But the miracle did not happen. Liu Xiu and his party took a detour outside Nanying and headed straight for Wancheng.
Tonight, it is Jiantan who leads the Han army in Wancheng to attack Deng Zhongjun's camp.
Jiantan was worshiped by General Yanghua, and was granted the title of Yinqianghou. He was one of the backbone ministers of the Luoyang court. Others may not recognize Hua Feiyan, but how could a core official like Jiantan not recognize her?
Hearing that Hua Feiyan appeared outside Wancheng, Jiandan was shocked and hurriedly asked someone to open the city gate. He personally went out of the city and welcomed Hua Feiyan into the city.
No matter what the relationship between Hua Feiyan and Liu Xiu is, at least on the surface, Hua Feiyan has the title of beauty and is a concubine of the emperor. He stands in front of her and treats each other with respect and courtesy.
Without any unnecessary nonsense, Hua Feiyan directly handed the edict written by Liu Xiu to Jiantan and told him the specific situation.
When he learned that the noble Yin Lihua and the beautiful Xu Xiling were now at Deng Zhongjun's camp, and that His Majesty only took Long Yuan, Long Zhun, and Long Bo to sneak into the enemy camp to rescue them, Jian Tan couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
Following Liu Xiu's instructions, he quietly left Wancheng with more than a thousand elite Han troops at the agreed time and went straight to Deng Zhongjun's camp. Liu Xiu had made it very clear in the edict that he only needed to
Feint attack, no need to fight.
However, for Liu Xiu's safety, Jiantan led a thousand death squads and launched an all-out attack on Deng Zhongjun's camp.
Deng Zhong's army was caught off guard, and the whole battalion was in chaos. This also disrupted Deng Zhong's "good deeds" and allowed Deng Zhong to take the main force of the battalion to the North Camp for reinforcements.
After a fierce fight, Jiantan's army was outnumbered and was eventually repulsed. Among the thousand elites who followed Jiantan back to Wancheng, only about two hundred were left, and all of them were covered with honors. Even Jiantan was burdened with
Three arrow wounds.
When it was dawn, Liu Xiu and his party finally arrived outside Wancheng City after a long detour. They had been guarding the top of the city for the whole night, but they did not recognize Liu Xiu, but they recognized Yin Lihua and Xu Xiling.
As well as Long Yuan and others.
He hurriedly asked people to open the city gate, and then ran down the city wall with Hua Feiyan and greeted him from the city gate.
Jiantan looked around at everyone, but did not see Liu Xiu. His heart trembled, his body trembled, and he asked in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty... where is your Majesty now?"
Before he finished speaking, Hua Feiyan walked up to Liu Xiu, with a relieved smile on his face, saluted and said, "I have met your Majesty!"
Jiantan couldn't help but widen his eyes and looked at the man Xu Xiling was meeting. He was a yellow-faced man with a full beard. How could he be your Majesty?
Before Jiantan could react, Liu Xiupiao got off his horse, waved his hand to Hua Feiyan, and said, "If you don't smoke, no courtesy!"
Then, he walked up to Jian Tan, patted his shoulder, and sighed: "Ziji has worked hard these days!"