Chapter seven hundred and ninety second east expedition good news
Liu Xiu appointed Zhao Xi as the Marquis of Jianyang and ordered him to lead an army to attack Jianyang. This actually created a problem for Zhao Xi.
If Zhao Xi can really capture Jianyang, it will naturally be a good thing to expand his territory. If Zhao Xi fails to capture Jianyang, it will just give Liu Xiu a high-sounding reason to abandon him, so no matter what, Liu Xiu will not suffer.
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Everyone present looked at each other and smiled bitterly. Jianyang is located in the south of Nanjun in Jingzhou. It used to belong to Qin Feng's territory. Now Qin Feng is still resisting in Liqiu. His Majesty asked Zhao Xi to lead only two thousand troops to go south to conquer Jianyang.
Isn’t this forcing others to do something difficult?
It seems that His Majesty has no intention of using Zhao Xi at all! All the clan members looked at each other with helpless expressions on their faces.
Different from the thoughts of his clan members, Zhao Xi was very happy after hearing this. He knew that he had officially entered the official career this time.
In the eyes of others, it would be difficult to recapture Jianyang with only two thousand soldiers and horses, but in Zhao Xi's view, it was not that difficult.
Not long after, Liu Xiu's appointment edict was officially passed to Zhao Xi. Liu Qi found Zhao Xi and said with a long sigh: "With only two thousand soldiers and horses, I want to capture Jianyang City..." At this point, he paused.
, just shook his head repeatedly.
Zhao Xi bowed to Liu Qishen and said, "Marquis Jianyang, don't worry, I will leave for Jianyang tomorrow."
Liu Qi looked at Zhao Xi in surprise and said in surprise: "Leaving tomorrow?" Even if he only led two thousand troops, he would have to choose carefully.
Furthermore, two thousand troops and horses may not be too much, but they may not be too much. So many people need to eat and drink. Don’t they all take time to prepare food, supplies, and military pay?
"This... this is too hasty, isn't it?!"
Zhao Xi waved his hand and said with a smile: "There is enough time."
Liu Qi raised his eyebrows and asked: "Boyang thinks that in just one day, he can gather all the two thousand soldiers and horses, and also collect the food, grass and supplies for the two thousand soldiers and horses?"
Zhao Xi smiled calmly and said, "I can leave alone tomorrow."
"What?" After listening to Zhao Xi's words, Liu Qi stood up involuntarily and looked at Zhao Xi in disbelief, his eyes as wide as bells.
Zhao Xi said cheerfully: "Now, Qin Feng has become a turtle in the urn in Liqiu, and the entire Nanjun County has surrendered to the imperial court, which is the general trend. If Jianyang wants to fight against the imperial court with his own power, he will undoubtedly kill himself with an egg against a stone. Your Majesty's fate is small.
I led two thousand soldiers and horses to conquer Jianyang. I really love my humble minister so much."
Liu Qi was stunned for a while after hearing this, and couldn't help but wonder if Zhao Xi was crazy.
Zhao Xi said: "Tomorrow I will leave for Jianyang alone to persuade Jianyang to surrender and submit to the imperial court. At that time, I will respectfully welcome the Marquis of Jianyang into the city!"
Liu Qi looked at Zhao Xi for a long time, then he exhaled a breath and said with a bitter smile: "Boyang (Zhao Xi's word Boyang), you... you are throwing yourself into a trap!"
Zhao Xi smiled and said: "Don't worry, Marquis Jianyang. If I can't regain Jianyang during this trip, I should raise my head to see Marquis Jianyang!"
Liu Qi smiled bitterly, going to recover Jianyang by yourself is like beating a dog with a meat bun. Do you think you still have a chance to come back alive? He said meaningfully: "Boyang should think twice!"
"Xiaguan has his own sense of proportion!"
Zhao Xi really did what he said. Early the next morning, he didn't bring any soldiers, not even a servant. He set out alone, left Wancheng, and headed south to Jianyang.
When Liu Xiu heard the news, he was also surprised. He secretly exclaimed that Zhao Xi was too courageous. He clearly gave him two thousand soldiers and horses, but he went to Jianyang alone. Now even Liu Xiu is
Some people are confused about whether Zhao Xi is too shrewd and already knows everything, or he is too stupid and does not know whether to live or die.
But now Liu Xiu has no time to pay attention to Zhao Xi. Although he finally released Liu She, the king of Sishui, this incident did have the effect of knocking the mountain and shaking the tiger. The Liu clan members have restrained themselves a lot in Nanyang. The chaotic situation in Nanyang,
It has also gradually become stable.
After settling the affairs in Nanyang, Liu Xiu continued to go south. When passing through Xinye, he made a special trip to visit Yan Guang. Unfortunately, Yan Guang was not at home, and Liu Xiu did not have time to wait for Yan Guang to return from his travels. He stayed in Xinye for one day.
The next day, we set off.
In silence all the way, Liu Xiu's honor guard passed through Deng County, entered Nanjun, and came to Liqiu. The current city of Liqiu has been completely surrounded by the Han army. The Han army, led by Cen Peng, encircled the city and formed a stronghold.
A circle of iron barrels.
It is not that Qin Feng has never tried to break out of encirclement, but it was useless. The several attempts to break out were all repulsed by the Han army, but he also suffered huge losses in troops and generals. In recent times, Qin Feng did not break out of encirclement anymore. He just fought with Han troops outside the city.
The army is exhausted.
Cen Peng, the chief general of the Southern Expedition Army, led a full battalion of generals out of the camp to greet Liu Xiu. After seeing Liu Xiu, all the Cen Peng generals knelt down on one knee, stepped in and saluted, and said in unison: "Your Majesty, the minister general!"
Liu Xiu stepped forward, held Cen Peng's arm, and helped him up. Then he waved his hands to the other generals and said, "Gentlemen, please get up!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After everyone stood up, Cen Peng saluted Liu Xiu again and said, "I have been fighting in Nanjun for many days and failed to capture Qin Feng, the leader of the thief. Please forgive me!"
Liu Xiu said with a smile: "I have carefully read the battle reports of the Southern Expedition. Jun Ran's battle command in Nanjun was very effective. He led our Han army soldiers to severely inflict Qin Feng and Tian Rong on the two thieves. Their military exploits were brilliant, so how could they be forgiven?"
Guiyi said?!"
He was very satisfied with Cen Peng's battle in Nanjun. To say he was dissatisfied was that in the early stage, when Cen Peng attacked Deng County, Qin Feng actually delayed it for several months. This made Liu Xiu very angry and even
He specially issued an edict and severely reprimanded Cen Peng.
Cen Peng realized his shame and then became brave. The ensuing battle was so exciting that Qin Feng was scheming to the core.
They walked into the camp while talking. When they entered the central military tent, Liu Xiu sat in the middle, Cen Peng sat beside his subordinates, and below them were the generals of the Han army.
Liu Xiu asked: "How long has Qin Feng been trapped in Liqiu?"
"It has been several months since I reported back to Your Majesty!"
Liu Xiu pondered for a moment and asked, "Is there sufficient food and grass in Liqiu City?"
All the generals looked at each other. Finally, Cen Peng said: "There is a lot of food and grass in Liqiu City. Although Tian Rong's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses fled into Liqiu, judging from the food stored in Liqiu, Qin Feng can at least hold on.
Months.”
Liu Xiu groaned, squinted his eyes, pondered for a while, and said, "Tomorrow, I will go to the city in person to persuade Qin Feng to surrender!"
At this point in the battle, Qin Feng has no chance of winning. It can be said that surrender is Qin Feng's only way out. If he can surrender Qin Feng without fighting and without losing a single soldier, Liu Xiu is willing to give him life.
Chance.
Zhu You frowned and said, "Your Majesty, the old traitor Qin Feng is stubborn and stubborn. I'm afraid he won't listen to your Majesty's advice."
Liu Xiu smiled and said in a brisk tone: "As long as Qin Feng is not old and foolish, he will choose to surrender."
That night, Liu Xiu was resting in his sleeping tent when Xuying's call came from outside: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"
Liu Xiu sat up from the bed and looked at Yin Lihua beside him. She was still sleeping soundly. He put on some clothes and walked out of the bed tent. When he got outside, he looked at Xuying who couldn't hide his joy and asked: " What's up?"
Xuying handed the bamboo slips in his hand to Liu Xiu and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, good news for the Eastern Expedition!"
Liu Xiu's eyes flashed, and he hurriedly took the bamboo slips and looked at them carefully. After reading, Liu Xiu slowly put down the bamboo slips, couldn't help but look up to the sky and sighed, and said: "God bless the Han Dynasty, God bless me, the Han Dynasty!"
This memorial was passed down from Suiyang and written by Wu Han himself. The content is very simple. The Eastern Expedition Army has conquered Suiyang and Liu Yongye has been killed.
Wu Han and Gai Yan led the Eastern Expedition Army to attack Suiyang, but Liu Yong could not hold on and resisted desperately.
It was difficult for the Han army to conquer Suiyang, and the war was delayed. Recently, it was the autumn harvest season, and at Gai Yan's suggestion, the Han army harvested all the crops around Suiyang.
You must know that Suiyang has been trapped for several months, and there is not much food and grass left in the city. They rely on harvesting wheat around Suiyang to survive. Now the Han army has taken the lead and robbed all the wheat. Now Liu Yongjun was trapped in Suiyang City. I was completely dumbfounded and my morale plummeted.
Liu Yong also knew that if he continued to stay in Suiyang, there would be only death.
Forced to have no choice, Liu Yong chose to lead his army to break out of the encirclement. As a result, Wu Han had already taken advantage of Liu Yong's move. Liu Yong's army, who left the city at night to break out of the encirclement, was ambushed by the Han army, and tens of thousands of troops were trapped in a tight siege.
Under the desperate charge of his generals, Liu Yong finally escaped from the siege, but the Han army pursued him, especially the two generals Wu Han and Gai Yan, who personally went into battle, each leading cavalry, carrying Liu Yong's ass Chase him up.
Liu Yong's men were already dead, wounded, and fleeing. Not many of them were left. Seeing the Han cavalry chasing them, their entire army was about to be annihilated. Liu Yong's subordinate Qingwu persuaded him to surrender. Liu Yong became furious and scolded Qingwu while whipping him with a horse whip.
Qingwu was beaten so disheartened that he and his brothers fought bloody battles with the Han army for Liu Yong, but in the end, Liu Yong did not regard them as human beings at all.
Qingwu, who was beaten and scolded by Liu Yong, was so angry that he waved the sword in his hand, and then the whole world fell silent.
Looking at Liu Yong again, he was still sitting on the horse, but the head on his neck had fallen to the ground. A blood arrow shot out from the broken neck, forming a blood fountain in the air.
Everyone around looked at Liu Yong with his head missing, and Qingwu holding a big sword. They were all stunned and frightened, and could not recover for a long time.
Qingwu was stunned for a moment, and then he shouted: "Today, we are at the end of our rope. If we want to survive, we can only take Liu Yongzhi's head and surrender to the Han army!"
Everyone present finally reacted, looked at each other, and put down their weapons.
Now that Liu Yong was dead, it was pointless for them to continue to resist. In this way, Qingwu took Liu Yong's head and took the remaining soldiers to surrender to the chasing Han army.
In this battle, the Han army won a complete victory. Not only did they conquer Suiyang, they also obtained Liu Yong's head. The only pity was that Su Mao and Zhou Jian took advantage of the chaos to escape. After this battle, Wu Han
Immediately go to the army and report the victory to Liu Xiu.
Liu Yong can be said to be Liu Xiu's biggest confidant. Liu Xiu was more afraid of Liu Yong than Gongsun Shu who occupied Shu.
It's very simple. Liu Yong and Liu Xiu are both descendants of the Liu family. They are both qualified to inherit the Han Dynasty and call themselves orthodox to the Han Dynasty.
When Liu Xiu defeated Wang Lang, he could hold high the banner of the Han Dynasty. When he fought against Chimei, he could hold high the banner of the Han Dynasty. He could defeat Deng Feng, Peng Chong, and even wipe out many local rebels.
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Only when fighting Liu Yong, the banner of the Han Dynasty carried by Liu Xiu is not useful. Both of them are descendants of the Han Dynasty. Why is it that you, Liu Xiu, are the orthodox, but he, Liu Yong, is not? This is logically correct.
It doesn't make sense.
Therefore, in the battle against Liu Yong, Liu Xiu could not stand on the moral high ground and could only fight hard. Now that Liu Yong is dead, it is like moving a mountain that is weighing on Liu Xiu's heart. How can he
