Chapter six hundred and seventy third army pressure
Deng Yu lost to the Red Eyebrow Army in Chang'an, firstly because of the huge disparity in strength between the enemy and ours, and secondly because of the internal strife of Deng Yu's army. While Deng Yu was stationed in Chang'an, Liu Jia came to defect to him.
Liu Jia is Liu Xiu's clan brother. Because his father passed away early, he was adopted by Liu Xiu's father Liu Qin. Therefore, he is Liu Xiu's clan brother and Liu Xiu's adopted brother. He is as close as brothers to Liu and Liu Xiu.
After Liu Xuan proclaimed himself emperor, he named Liu Jia the King of Hanzhong and established the kingdom in Hanzhong County. Later, the Red Eyebrow Army attacked Chang'an, killed Liu Xuan, and the Gengshi court was destroyed. At this time, Yancen suddenly made a rebellion in Hanzhong, leading his troops to attack
Liu Jia launched an attack.
Liu Jia was caught off guard by Yancen and was defeated. He led his remaining troops to flee, and Hanzhong was captured by Yancen.
Yancen successfully occupied Hanzhong County, his ambitions grew, and he sent troops to attack Wudu County. However, he was ambushed by Li Bao, an old minister of Gengshi, and was severely defeated by Li Bao's troops.
Liu Jia led the remaining troops and joined Li Bao's troops.
At this time, the Gengshi court had been destroyed, and both Liu Jia and Li Bao became masterless ministers. Li Bao thought that he might as well not go it alone, and immediately joined Liu Jia. Liu Jia was so happy that he named Li Bao his county.
The Prime Minister of the country.
With the defection of Li Bao and his men, Liu Jia's strength greatly increased. He gathered his remaining troops and launched a counterattack against Yancen.
Yancen was defeated again and again, and retreated again and again. Liu Jia and Li Bao pursued them all the way, and finally forced Yancen to a corner and had no choice but to surrender with his troops.
Yancen was successfully forced to surrender, but before Liu Jia had time to breathe a sigh of relief, who knew that the mantis was stalking the cicada, but the sparrow was behind.
At this time, Gongsun Shu, who had already proclaimed himself emperor in Shu, suddenly sent troops to Hanzhong. Liu Jia's tribe was defeated, and Gongsun Shu occupied Hanzhong County in one fell swoop.
Misfortunes never come singly. At this time, the Red Eyebrow Army sent troops to attack Liu Jia's tribe again.
With no way to retreat, Liu Jia led his troops to fight desperately against the Red Eyebrow Army and repelled several attacks by the Red Eyebrow Army. After winning several victories against the Red Eyebrow Army, Liu Jia became famous and came to seek refuge.
There are more and more people, and we are gradually recovering our strength.yyls
But it was at this time that Yancen, who had surrendered, suddenly rebelled and led his troops to rebel against Liu Jia.
Afterwards, the Yancen tribe tossed and turned and ran to Nanyang, where they colluded with Deng Feng.
Liu Jia and Li Bao led their troops and were stationed in the Yunyang area. At this time, Deng Yu captured Chang'an, and Liu Jia proposed to join Deng Yu.
Li Bao did not agree with Liu Jia's idea. Since he can be the king himself, why should he serve as ministers to others? Now they have many soldiers and horses, and their reputation is not small. No matter where they go, they can become the overlord of one party.
After much thought, Liu Jiasi insisted on his opinion and decided to lead his troops to seek refuge with Deng Yu.
Of course, the person Liu Jia really wanted to join was not Deng Yu, but Liu Xiu, the man behind Deng Yu.
He and Liu Xiu were as close as brothers. Now that Liu Xiu had become emperor in Luoyang, he should go and join him. But Luoyang was too far away and Chang'an was very close, so he went to join Deng Yu nearby.
When he learned that Liu Jia and his troops had come to surrender, Deng Yu was naturally very happy and treated Liu Jia as a distinguished guest.
Liu Jia came willingly, but Li Bao was not. After meeting Deng Yu, Li Bao had an arrogant attitude. Not only did he speak rudely to Deng Yu, but he also said bad words to Liu Xiu.
He believed that Liu Xiu's proclaiming himself emperor in Hebei was an act of rebellion against the Han Dynasty. It was really shameless to still use the banner of the Han Dynasty now.
This Li Bao is also an ignorant person, or he is used to being arrogant. In other people's fields, he is picky and picky. In front of Deng Yu, he even accuses Liu Xiu and criticizes Liu Xiu.
How could Deng Yu endure the unorthodox throne?
Deng Yu was furious, and immediately ordered Li Bao to be captured, dragged out and chopped. Li Bao, an old official of the Reform Movement, died on his own mouth in the end. The consequence of Deng Yu's killing of Li Bao was that he directly forced him to rebel.
Li Bao’s younger brother, Li Yu.
Li Yu took over Li Bao's men and suddenly launched an attack on Deng Yu. Although Li Yu's rebellion was eventually suppressed by Deng Yu's army, Deng Yu's general Geng Xin died in the battle, and his troops also suffered numerous casualties.
This rebellion launched by Li Yu damaged the vitality of Deng Yu's troops. Not long after, the Red Eyebrow Army, which was defeated by Kai Xiao, retreated to Chang'an and approached the city. Deng Yu and his troops were defeated and had to evacuate Chang'an.
The Red Eyebrow Army reoccupied Chang'an, but the problem of the Red Eyebrow Army has not been solved. Chang'an is an empty city with no people, no food, no money, and no money. The hungry Red Eyebrow Army has no way to survive in Chang'an City.
Can't stay any longer.
Going west, there is Wei Xiao. The Red Eyebrow Army tried it, but was defeated by Wei Xiao's subordinates. Going south, there is Gongsun Shu, who is the local overlord of Shu. Moreover, Shu is very dangerous and difficult to defend.
Difficult to attack.
The Red Eyebrow Army had no other way out but to go east. But to the east of Chang'an was Hongnong County, which was already under Liu Xiu's control. The Red Eyebrow Army naturally set its sights on Hongnong.
Before the Mei army could raise its troops to attack Hongnong, the prefect of Hongnong was assassinated first. It is self-evident who did it.
The current situation in Hongnong County is that the prefect was assassinated and died, leaving the group without a leader. The Red Eyebrow Army is coming again with menacing force, and the army is pressing down on the border. The situation in Hongnong County has become a mess.
When the battle report between Chang'an and Hongnong reached Luoyang, it was already late at night and Liu Xiu was sleeping soundly.
Fu An took two battle reports and hurried to the West Palace where Liu Xiu was staying.
He walked to the door of the main hall. Zhang Kun heard the movement and immediately came up to him. Seeing that the person coming was Fu An, Zhang Kun bowed and saluted, and asked cautiously: "Guang Luxun came into the palace late at night, but something happened?"
Fu An whispered: "I have urgent military information and I want to report it to Your Majesty."
Zhang Kun grinned secretly and whispered: "But His Majesty has already fallen asleep."
Fu An didn't say much, he just said: "It's urgent."
"This..." Zhang Kun hesitated again and again, but finally nodded and said, "Guang Luxun, wait here for a moment, I will go in and report to His Majesty."
"It's time to thank Zhang Ye!"
"Guang Luxun is welcome."
Zhang Kun bowed to Fu An, turned around and walked to the main entrance of the hall. He grinned secretly. It was really inappropriate to wake up His Majesty at this time, but there was nothing he could do.
Fu An has been working as Guang Luxun for a long time, and Zhang Kun knows him somewhat. If he hadn't encountered something urgent, Fu An would never have entered the palace to see His Majesty at this time.
He took a deep breath, carefully opened the door of the main hall, and then stepped in. He did not dare to enter the inner room of the main hall directly, so he stood at the door of the inner room, bowed, and whispered softly: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty.
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Liu Xiu opened his eyes on the bed, first looked at Yin Lihua beside him, and then slowly sat up. He tried to be gentle with his movements so as not to wake Yin Lihua, then got out of bed, put on a coat, and came from the inner room.
Come out.
Seeing Liu Xiu coming out, Zhang Kun hurriedly knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, Guang Luxun asked to see you, saying that he had urgent military information to report to your Majesty."
Liu Xiu's eyes flashed, and then he turned around and closed the door to the inner room. He asked, "Where is Fu An?"
"Just outside the main hall."
"Let him in!"
"Yes! Your Majesty!"
Zhang Kun agreed and walked out of the hall quickly. Not long after, Fu An walked in from the outside. He came to Liu Xiu, knelt down and saluted, and said: "I am here to see you, Your Majesty!"
Liu Xiu waved his hand and said, "Please get up."
After Fu An got up, he immediately handed the battle reports from Chang'an and Hongnong to Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu took them and read them one by one. The more he read, the deeper his frown deepened.
Chang'an, which we finally captured with great difficulty, was lost again and was captured by the Red Eyebrow Army.
Now the Red Eyebrow Army has made its move on Hongnong and will use troops directly against Hongnong. Once Hongnong is captured by the Red Eyebrow Army again, will the Red Eyebrow Army take the next step directly to Luoyang?
After reading these two battle reports, Liu Xiu frowned and was somewhat dissatisfied with Deng Yu's battle in Chang'an. But after thinking about it, he couldn't help but sigh.
Deng Yu's expedition has been going on for too long. Before he could proclaim himself emperor, Zhong Hua led his troops to the west and has been fighting until now. It is not easy to persevere.
He raised his head to Fu An and said, "Let's go to Qingliang Hall to discuss matters."
"yes!"
Liu Xiu took Fu An to Qingliang Hall.
After arriving at the Qingliang Palace, Liu Xiu asked Zhang Kun to prepare pen and ink and silk edicts. Liu Xiu sat on the couch and murmured to himself: "It has been nearly two years since Zhonghua led his troops on the Western Expedition. He has conquered cities and territories along the way and made great achievements. It is not easy!"
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When Deng Yu was unfavorable to the Red Eyebrow Army, Liu Xiu not only did not blame Deng Yu, but also helped him to excuse himself. Liu Xiu could be said to be magnanimous both as a person and as an emperor.
Fu An glanced at Liu Xiu and said, "Your Majesty, the great Situ has led his troops to retreat to Gaoling. There is no food available in the army. According to the messenger, the soldiers can only survive on wild vegetables."
Liu Xiu's eyes dimmed and he said quietly: "Zhonghua has always been considerate of his subordinates. The soldiers below still have to eat wild vegetables, so Zhonghua will suffer even more?"
Fu An was silent. He was not in Gaoling, so he didn't know the specific situation on Deng Yu's side, but he knew one thing: the army had no food, and it was on the verge of collapse.
At this time, Zhang Kun placed the prepared pen, ink, and silk edicts on the table one by one. Liu Xiu picked up the pen, pondered for a moment, and wrote an edict to Deng Yu.
In this edict, Liu Xiu's words were relatively humorous, as if he was chatting with Deng Yu about daily life.
He pointed out that the Red Eyebrow Army could not stay in Chang'an for long. The routes to the west, south and north were all blocked. The Red Eyebrow Army had no other choice but to march eastward.
The Red Eyebrow Army is short of horses, money, and food. It is at the end of its war effort. You only need to use a horse whip to defeat the Red Eyebrow Army.
Liu Xiuluo said so much, but the core idea was to tell Deng Yu to stop fighting and immediately lead his troops to withdraw to Luoyang.
After writing the edict, Liu Xiu folded it, handed it to Fu An, and said, "Send someone immediately to give it to Zhonghua."
"I obey!" Fu An took the edict and carefully put it into his arms.
Liu Xiu tapped his fingers lightly on the table and said: "The assassination of the Hongnong Prefect must have been done by the Red Eyebrow Army. If nothing else happens, it should have been done by the Si'a assassins under Mo Yan."
Fu An bowed and said: "Wei Chen feels the same way." After a pause, he added: "The Red Eyebrow Army assassinated the Hongnong Prefect. Their purpose was to first make Hongnong leaderless, and then conquer Hongnong in one fell swoop. Wait for them to take it.
Once you get down to Hongnong, you can rest and recuperate in Hongnong. When the Red Eyebrow Army’s soldiers and horses are strong, I’m afraid the spearhead will be directed at Luoyang!”
Liu Xiu nodded thoughtfully and said: "The most urgent task is to send a capable minister to take over the position of Hongnong's governor and stabilize the situation in Hongnong."
Fu An nodded repeatedly, agreeing with Liu Xiu's words.
Liu Xiu asked: "Who does Guang Luxun think is the most appropriate person to send?"
He bowed his head and fell into deep thought.
Currently, all of our generals who are capable of fighting are fighting abroad. Counting the ministers who stayed in Luoyang, Fu An thought for a while, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said: "Your Majesty, I think that the hussar general is the most suitable.
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General Hussar, that is Jing Dan. After hearing Fu An's recommendation of Jing Dan, Liu Xiu's heart suddenly moved, and then he shook his head and said: "That's not appropriate! Recently, Sun Qing has been ill and is not suitable.
A long trip away from home!"
What's more, the newly appointed governor of Hongnong will lead troops to fight the main force of the Red Eyebrow Army after arriving in Hongnong, and Jing Dan's current physical condition does not seem to be good.
