The long winter is gradually passing, and spring is coming, and it is another beautiful season. In the fields, the heavy snow has not completely melted away, and there are still traces of it. The breeze is bleak, and in the cold wind, a young man is walking alone.
It was Liu Xiu.
Following the traces, Liu Xiu found the Chongling Army about ten days later.
At this moment, the Chongling Army camped in Jiyang and established a simple camp, gradually recovering a glimmer of vitality from the haze of defeat.
As soon as he approached the Chongling Army camp, he was discovered by patrolling soldiers. After the initial panic and alertness, Liu Xiu was ushered in.
Walking in the camp, the familiar faces of the past disappeared, the friends of the past, and the villagers of the past all disappeared.
A rough count of the number of soldiers showed that they were mainly new recruits, numbering in the tens of thousands, while veterans were less than 3,000, their muscles and bones were exhausted, and their vitality was severely damaged.
"Uncle Wen, you are still alive!" Liu Yan saw tears in his eyes when he saw Liu Xiu again.
In these days, I have said goodbye to too many friends and fellow countrymen, and the relatives and friends of the past are no longer there. Even Liu Xiu has not been seen for some time. I thought Liu Xiu had been killed in the army. I did not expect that Liu Xiu is still alive. As long as he is alive,
Everything is easy to say.
"The strong wind came, but I was lucky to escape with my life!"
Liu Xiu talked about all the things that happened these days, and also talked about all the things that happened in the Yin family.
"Uncle Wen, it's good to be alive. You're still alive...but the second brother has been killed!" Liu Yan said.
Liu Xiu's heart skipped a beat.
In the back mountain, I encountered a tomb with only a simple stone tablet on it. On the stone tablet was engraved: Tomb of the second brother Liu Zhong.
Second brother, he’s dead!
Thinking back to his second brother, Liu Xiu couldn't help but be fascinated.
This is war, and anyone can die.
It is the second brother now, and it may be him in the future.
The so-called "law of immortality of the protagonist" is just that later generations look at history and draw conclusions from God's perspective. But in this era and in the midst of history, there is no such thing as immortality.
Suddenly, I thought of Yue Jiajun.
With his help, the Yue Family Army made a northern expedition to the Central Plains and defeated the Jin Kingdom, but at the cost of more than 40,000 Yue Family Army being buried underground forever;
I also thought about King Wu's attack on Zhou and his blitzkrieg attack. Although King Zhou was caught off guard, Emperor Xin was not useless, nor was the Yin and Shang army. In the bloody battle, they suffered heavy losses and serious battle damage.
For example, if King Wen of Zhou attacked King Zhou and was defeated by Emperor Xin, he would be captured and taken to the Ancestral Temple, where he would be killed and sacrificed to his ancestors. That would be a great tragedy.
People always die in wars!
It takes more than ten years for a life to grow from an infant to a child to adulthood; but the moment of death only takes a few seconds.
After leaving the cemetery of his second brother, Liu Xiu walked around at will. Graves stood one after another in the back hill. They were the graves of those who died in the battle of Chung Ling Army. Most of them were empty graves and cenotaphs, with no corpses in them.
White bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles!
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A few days later, the remaining dozen or so generals of the Chongling Army gathered together to discuss future strategies.
"In this battle, the Chongling Army was severely injured and its vitality was severely damaged. Once the Nanyang Army attacks, it will be like thunder!" Li Tong was the first to speak, talking about the general situation, "The situation is very critical, and we cannot afford to lose again.
Defeat is destruction!”
Liu Yandao: "If you have any ideas, please tell me!"
Li Yi opened his mouth and said: "In this battle, the Chung Ling Army has lost its vitality and has limited retreat. The best strategy is to leave the vicinity of Nanyang and fight in other areas; the middle strategy is to unite with other rebels to fight against the Nanyang Army; the worst strategy is to stay in place
Stay still and continue recruiting troops!"
As he said that, everyone looked at Liu Yan.
As the boss, Liu Yan has to make a choice.
Liu Xiu fell silent and said nothing.
In terms of seniority, Liu Xiu is not ranked in the top five, but is mostly ranked sixth or seventh, mostly relying on his brother's reputation.
In the Chung Ling Army, he had no record of action, and his prestige was not obvious. At this moment, his position was very embarrassing, just like Han Xin, the halberd commander under Xiang Yu.
The halberd bearer is equivalent to a senior security guard.
Throughout the ages, those who can become guards are the confidants of the generals. They value them extremely and focus on training. In the future, they may be decentralized and stand alone. From this perspective, it is wrong to say that Xiang Yu does not value Han Xin. It can be seen that Xiang Yu still values Han Xin.
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At the military meeting, a group of generals were discussing, but Han Xin, as a guard, intervened in the military deployment, and even quarreled with General Long Qie. Regardless of that era, the consequences were to be kicked out. Sure enough, Han Xin was kicked out
tent.
At this moment, silence is the best policy.
If you were like Han Xin, pretending to be cool and getting slapped in the face, it would be extremely satisfying, but you would also offend others and die miserably.
Liu Yan was silent: "The best strategy is to leave Nanyang, which is not advisable. Nanyang is the foundation. If you leave Nanyang, you will be like a duckweed without roots. It will dissipate instantly. As for the bottom strategy, it is too conservative and is not advisable! The middle strategy is to unite with other people.
The rebel army is preferable!"
"But then, who has the final say?"
Alliance is not difficult, but when it comes to command power, it is a big problem.
Li Tong said: "I heard a story. Two brothers saw a wild goose flying in the sky. The elder brother said he wanted to shoot the wild goose and cook it and eat it; the younger brother said he wanted to shoot the wild goose and roast it and eat it! The two brothers,
They were all arguing over how to eat the wild geese, but by then the wild geese had already flown away!"
"The world is like a deer, and all the heroes are chasing each other. At this moment, the world is undecided, and the imperial court is powerful. Not to mention other things, it is just a place in Nanyang, which makes us anxious, exhausted, and almost destroyed. As for the future, we will talk about it later...
…The key now is whether we can survive!”
Liu Yan nodded, the alliance was driven by the general trend.
"At this moment, the Nanyang Rebel Army mainly consists of two groups, one is the Green Forest Army, and the other is our Chungling Army." Liu Yan said: "The Green Forest Army came out of the mountain, and one group was led by Wang Chang, Cheng Dan, etc., and entered Nanjun in the west (to govern).
Today's Jiangling, Hubei), they were called Xiajiang soldiers; the other group was led by Wang Kuang, Wang Feng, Ma Wu, etc., and went north to Nanyang, called Xinshi soldiers. When the Xinshi soldiers attacked Sui County, Pinglin natives Chen Mu and Liao Zhan led the troops
In response, another Pinglin soldier was added to the Green Forest Army. I will personally go to the Xiajiang Soldier to discuss cooperation!"
As he spoke, he looked at everyone, and everyone nodded.
This meeting is not a discussion, but a final decision.
Before this, there had been the idea of joining forces with various rebel armies. We had many contacts with the Green Forest Army, and they had roughly decided on a joint decision. However, there were some issues that had not yet been determined.
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"Third brother, let's go to the Green Forest Army together tomorrow!" Liu Yan said after the meeting.
"Yes, brother!" Liu Xiu nodded and said: "The Green Forest Army is mostly composed of refugees; the Chung Ling Army is mainly composed of powerful men. The Green Forest Army has been in force for six years. It was attacked continuously by the imperial court and was forced to hide in the mountains.
Gou Quan's name. It wasn't until Emperor Zhou lost his virtue that the Green Forest Army came out of the mountains and expanded its power everywhere!"
"Today, the Green Forest Army claims to have 100,000 people. Excluding the exaggeration and untrue elements, there are still 50,000 people. It is so powerful that it far exceeds the Chung Ling Army! This alliance must be dominated by the Green Forest Army. We, the Chung Ling Army
Assistant! I have to be prepared to stay down and be small!"
Liu Yan said: "That's right, that's wrong! The battle between armies is never about who has more people, but about who can win the battle. Even though the Chung Ling Army has a small number of people, it will definitely be able to overwhelm the Green Forest Army if it wins on the battlefield!
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"At that time, the Chu army led by Xiang Yu was less than 70,000, and the six-nation coalition army had as many as 300,000, but Xiang Yu defeated the Qin army. After all, the coalition army was led by Xiang Yu!"
Liu Xiudao: "If the Chu army from top to bottom works together, they will be invincible. However, the Chu army is still divided. Xiang Yu is one, Ying Bu is another, and Xiong Xin is another. The divided Chu army will definitely be defeated!"