Fan Chong also hoped to find Mo Yan back, but the men he sent searched all over the camp and could not find Mo Yan. Even Mo Yan's men disappeared.
It was only then that Fan Chong was certain that Mo Yan had indeed run away, abandoning him and abandoning Chi Mei.
Fan Chong had no time to worry about Mo Yan's affairs, because a greater crisis had arrived. The Han army led by Feng Yi and the Han army led by Hou Jin approached the Red Eyebrow Army camp from the west and south.
Liu Xiu, Feng Yi, Hou Jin, and the three Han armies have completed the encirclement of the Red Eyebrow Army.
In this situation, the Red Eyebrow Army faced the situation that it could neither fight nor defend.
The Red Eyebrow Army does not have much food and grass at all. Once they are trapped for ten days and a half, they will not need the Han army to attack. They will starve to death first. However, if they forcefully break out, it will be tantamount to seeking death.
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Faced with such a predicament, both Fan Chong, Xu Xuan, Feng An, Xie Lu and others were helpless.
On the first day after the Battle of Yiyang, the Red Eyebrow Army closed its camp and stopped fighting. On the second day, the Han Army began to press forward. The main force of the Han Army, led by Liu Xiu, camped outside the east camp of the Red Eyebrow Army.
The Han army led by Feng Yi camped outside the west camp of the Red Eyebrow Army, and the Han army headed by Hou Jin camped outside the south camp of the Red Eyebrow Army.
As for the northern camp of the Red Eyebrow Army, it is Yiyang City, and it is a dead end.
Now, the Han army's tactics against the Red Eyebrow Army is to encircle the Red Eyebrow Army without attacking, and wait for the Red Eyebrow Army to sit back and wait for death.
At this time, the Red Eyebrow Army was already panicked and the morale of the army was in chaos. The officers and men were both timid and tired of fighting, and their morale dropped to the bottom.
Fan Chong summoned the generals to discuss countermeasures. This time, he rarely invited Liu Penzi.
Liu Penzi is not yet seventeen years old, just a half-grown child. Although the Red Eyebrow Army recommends him to be the emperor, no one in the Red Eyebrow Army treats him as an emperor at all. Let alone the generals who look down on him, even if they are
Ordinary soldiers can also scold them when they feel unhappy.
When Liu Penzi and other generals gathered in the central military tent, Fan Chong said solemnly: "Right now, the enemy army is approaching with great force and has formed an encirclement around our camp. Do you have any good strategies to defeat the enemy?"
Xu Xuan sighed and shook his head.
In the Red Eyebrow Army, Xu Xuan is number one in terms of resourcefulness, but Xu Xuan is already helpless in dealing with the current situation. Even if Xu Xuan is like this, the others are even less able to do anything. People lower their heads one after another and remain silent.
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Fan Chong was so confused that he turned to look at Liu Penzi and asked, "Does your Majesty have any good ideas?"
"Ah?" Liu Penzi looked at Fan Chong with a blank expression. He did not expect that Fan Chong would suddenly ask him a question.
Of course, this is enough to prove that Fan Chong is now so sick that he seeks medical treatment and even wants to ask Liu Penzi, a half-year-old child, for his opinion.
Liu Penzi swallowed his saliva and stammered: "I...I obey Doctor Fan in everything!"
"Haha!" Fan Chong couldn't help laughing, both angrily and bitterly. He turned to look at Xu Xuan and asked, "Xu Xiang, how many days will our army have enough food and grass?"
Xu Xuan said: "Three days at most. If we kill all the horses in the army, maybe we can maintain it for one more day."
Hearing this, everyone present had sore noses and almost shed tears. For cavalry and generals, war horses are their lifeblood. If the war reaches the point where they have to kill war horses to satisfy their hunger, there will be no way to continue fighting.
Is it necessary?
Surrender! These two words appeared in everyone's minds almost at the same time, but no one dared to say these two words. In the huge Chinese army tent, silence fell again, deathly silence.
Xu Xuan looked at Fan Chong, then at the crowd, and suddenly said: "Surrender!"
His sudden words caused the eyes of everyone present to fall on Xu Xuan's face. In people's eyes, there was a mix of shock, relief, and even relief.
Fan Chong subconsciously raised his hand, grasped the hilt of his sword, and said in a solemn voice: "Xu Xiang, do you know what you are talking about now?"
He could intimidate others, but he could not intimidate the old brother who formed the Red Eyebrow Army with him. Xu Xuan turned to look at Fan Chong, with a calm expression and calm eyes, and asked word by word: "Is it possible?
,Do you have any good ideas, Dr. Yushi?"
"I..." Fan Chong was speechless. If he had a plan to defeat the enemy, why would he call everyone together to discuss countermeasures?
Xu Xuan looked up to the sky and lamented, and said quietly: "There is no other way out. If one hundred thousand brothers want to survive, they have no other choice but to surrender to Liu Xiu."
The generals present lowered their heads again. Although it was difficult to accept it, they had to admit that Xu Xuan was right. If they wanted to survive now, they had no choice but to surrender.
However, these people have also crawled out from the pile of dead people. They have experienced so many thrilling battles and can survive to this day. They also have their own pride. Now let them surrender to Liu Xiu, and you can imagine how they feel.
Fan Chong slowly loosened his grip on the hilt of the sword and said with a wry smile: "It's Chong's incompetence that has brought trouble to all the brothers!" As he spoke, he suddenly raised his hand and bowed deeply to everyone present.
Seeing this, everyone was startled, stood up one after another, and said anxiously: "General——"
Fan Chong waved his hands to everyone, turned to look at Liu Penzi again, and asked, "What do you mean, Your Majesty?"
"I..." Liu Penzi said with a pale face, "I...I still listen to Dr. Fan!"
Fan Chong took a deep look at Liu Penzi and said nothing more. He seemed to have aged by more than ten years. He slowly walked back to his seat and sat down slowly.
Xu Xuan looked at Fan Chong and then at everyone present. Finally, he took a deep breath and said in a solemn voice: "We can ask Liu Gong to go forward when discussing surrender."
The Liu Gong he was talking about was Liu Penzi's eldest brother.
When Xie Lu killed Liu Xuan, it was Liu Gong who collected Liu Xuan's body, preventing Liu Xuan from dying without a burial place.
Later Liu Gong also tried to avenge Liu Xuan and assassinate Xie Lu, but failed. Fortunately, his younger brother Liu Penzi still held the title of emperor, and Xie Lu did not kill him.
Fan Chong asked Liu Gong to discuss surrender with Liu Xiu. Firstly, Liu Gong had enough weight. After all, he was the emperor's eldest brother. Secondly, Liu Gong was more inclined to reform the imperial court and Liu Xuan. Thirdly,
Liu Gong is a clan relative of the Liu family, and he and Liu Xiu are related by clan, making it easier for them to talk to each other.
Out of these considerations, Xu Xuancai recommended Liu Gong to discuss surrender with Liu Xiu. After speaking, he looked at Fan Chong and asked, "What do you think, Doctor Fan?"
Fan Chong was now like a deflated rubber ball, his whole body was wilted. He nodded feebly, and in a low voice that he could hardly hear clearly, he said: "Just... just follow Xiang Xu's arrangement."
The Red Eyebrow Army, with no choice but to run out of ammunition and food, and on the verge of annihilation, finally chose to surrender to Liu Xiu. The envoy they sent was Liu Penzi's eldest brother, Liu Gong.
Liu Gong was much better than Liu Penzi, who was born as a cowherd boy. At least he was a man of culture, well versed in Shangshu, and well versed in political principles. He had never liked the Red Eyebrow Army.
Liu Gong stood up and expressed his dissatisfaction with the viciousness of the Red Eyebrow Army in the Sanfu area many times. Fan Chong always accepted the teachings with an open mind, but after receiving the teachings, he still went his own way. It was the same as it was before, and it is still the same now.
Liu Gong was also very dissatisfied with his younger brother, believing that he should not be a puppet emperor controlled by the Red Eyebrow Army, and repeatedly proposed to let Liu Penzi abdicate.
It doesn't matter who can be the emperor. Anyway, the Liu family doesn't want to be the puppet emperor.
Liu Penzi was just a child and timid, so he proposed to the Red Eyebrow Army to abdicate the throne. As soon as he spoke, Fan Chong and Xu Xuan stared at him, and he immediately suppressed what he said next.
It is estimated that the most aggrieved emperor in history was Liu Penzi. He couldn't get the Zen throne even if he wanted to, and he couldn't even stop being the emperor even if he wanted to.
Under the instruction of Fan Chong, Xu Xuan and others, Liu Gong, as the envoy of the Red Eyebrow Army, went to Liu Xiujun's camp.
When Liu Gong appeared outside the camp gate of the Han army, gave his name and stated his purpose of coming, the officers and soldiers guarding the camp asked him to wait here. When soldiers returned to the camp to report, it took him an hour to leave.
In the scorching sun, Liu Gong stood alone outside the camp gate of the Han camp. His condition was quite miserable.
More than an hour later, the soldiers who reported the news came out of the camp, walked up to Liu Gong, looked at him sideways, and said proudly: "Liu Gong, right? Go in! His Majesty has given you permission to enter the camp!"
Liu Gong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, bowed his hands to the soldier, and said, "Thank you so much for your help!"
"Humph!" The soldier snorted coldly, without even looking at him, he turned around and walked towards the camp.
Liu Gong hurriedly followed and followed the soldiers into the Han army's camp.
Compared with the atmosphere in the camp of the Red Eyebrow Army, the atmosphere in the camp of the Red Eyebrow Army was completely different. The camp of the Red Eyebrow Army was lifeless. A large number of soldiers were sitting inside and outside the camp, in a daze, with dull eyes.
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There was no life or hope on their faces. There were a large number of wounded soldiers with no medical treatment, and the sounds of painful groans came and went, making people feel like they were scratching their intestines.
Looking back at the Han army camp, the soldiers were full of energy. Groups of patrols passed by from time to time, each with their heads high and their chests held high, and there was a sense of murderous aura all over their bodies.
Almost none of the school grounds in the military camp are empty. Whether it is the large or small school grounds, there are soldiers practicing inside. The sound of neat shouts and shouts can be heard even from a distance.
Clearly.
Just through the atmosphere of the two armies, it is not difficult to judge who is the superior side and who is the inferior side.
Liu Gong followed the Han soldiers, walking and watching all the way. Unknowingly, he had arrived at the Han army's central tent.
There are obviously more guards here. Take a closer look at the guards' dress. They have iron helmets on their heads, iron armor on their heads, red cloaks on their backs, swords under their ribs, crossbows on their backs, and halberds in their hands.
Yulin Guards! Liu Gong could tell the identities of these guards at a glance.
When he got here, the soldier turned around and said, "Wait here!" As he spoke, he walked up to a senior official of the Yulin Guards, bowed and saluted, and said respectfully: "Sir, this is Liu
Congratulations!"
The Lang officer looked at Liu Gong, nodded to the soldiers, then turned and walked into the central army tent. Not long after, he came out and said to Liu Gong: "Liu Gong, Your Majesty invites you!"
Liu Gong took a deep breath, bowed his hands in salute to Lang Guan, then straightened his clothes and stepped into the central military tent.
There were not many people in the Chinese military tent, or in other words, Liu Xiu didn't think highly of Liu Gong and didn't meet him seriously.
Liu Gong raised his eyes and looked forward, and saw sitting in the middle was a young man in his twenties, wearing casual clothes. Looking at his face, he looked very handsome, with long eyebrows and phoenix eyes, a high nose bridge, and a gentle and elegant temperament.
Give off an air of elegance.
Beside him, sitting on his knees was a woman who was extremely beautiful and had a captivating appearance.
Looking to the left and right, there was a young man in his early twenties sitting on one side, with a handsome appearance, but a little thin. The young man sitting on the other side was not very old, about thirty years old, handsome and handsome.
Liu Gong glanced quickly and secretly guessed the identities of these people. The young man sitting in the middle, no need to ask, must be Emperor Jianwu Liu Xiu. The beautiful woman next to him is naturally his favorite concubine.
The noble Yin Lihua.
As for the two people sitting on both sides, it is estimated that one is the former Grand Situ Deng Yu, and the other is the Grand Sima Wu Han.
