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That night, Liu Xiu summoned Deng Yu and others and held a meeting.

He circulated the eldest brother's reply to everyone, and after a circle of people read it, Liu Xiu asked with a smile: "For such a big matter, the eldest brother actually let me decide on my own, what do you think?" ”

While everyone was pondering, Jiu'er opened his mouth and said, "Lord, now in Caiyang, many people are dissatisfied with the lord. ”

Liu Xiu looked at Jiu'er in confusion and asked curiously, "Why are you dissatisfied with me?" ”

Jiu'er frowned and whispered: "Now some people are spreading that the lord has the intention of setting up his own door in Chaoyang and opening another mountain!" ”

When Liu Xiu heard this, he slapped the table and said in a deep voice: "How can this be true! Deng Yu rolled his eyes and said: "Some people will spread it like this, it is understandable, we are in Chaoyang, our strength has expanded too quickly, when we first came, there were only three hundred people, and after an offensive and defensive battle, there were less than fifty people left in the three hundred brothers, but our soldiers."

The number of horses has increased to more than 1,000, and in the next few days, we have changed from more than 1,000 to more than 3,000 now. Yan Guang continued: "And our troops are obviously so many, but we neither ask Cai Yang for food, nor do we ask Cai Yang for money and materials, and similarly, the money, food, and materials we seized have not been transported back to Cai Yang, so some ulterior motives."

Naturally, they will add fuel to the vinegar and slander the lord. ”

Liu Xiu sighed and said, "If I don't ask Cai Yang for money, food, and materials, I don't want to draw a line with my eldest brother, but I don't want to create trouble and pressure on my eldest brother." ”

Cai Yang's food and materials are also stretched. He continued: "The failure to transport the money, grain, and materials seized in Chaoyang back to Caiyang is that our own needs are too great, and Chaoyang's money, food, and materials are barely self-sufficient. ”

Deng Yu shrugged his shoulders and said: "People with ulterior motives will not take these aspects into account, and even if they do, they will not say it, they will only intensify their efforts to spread rumors that are unfavorable to the lord." ”

Yan Guang nodded and said, "I'm afraid it's because of this that the general sent such a reply letter, asking the lord to make his own decision." The Great General is not angry with the lord, but angry with those who spread rumors. ”

Ma Wu took the case and asked loudly: "Who is it who is having trouble with the lord and spreading such rumors behind his back, disturbing the morale of the army, and his heart can be punished!" ”

Deng Yu waved his hand to Ma Wu and motioned for him to sit down and not be impulsive. He explained: "The internal situation on our side is quite complicated, and we can't shout and kill at every turn. ”

The high-level of the Zhutiandu Department, in addition to the two brothers Liu Xuan and Liu Xiu, also has a large group of Liu clansmen such as Liu Jia, Liu Ji, Liu Yong, Liu Gong, Liu Jin, etc.

Although they are all grasshoppers on a rope, there are still miscellaneous contradictions and problems between them. On the issue of treating clan relatives, it really can't be solved by shouting and shouting and killing.

Yan Guang rubbed his chin and said quietly: "Originally, I thought that we could take Shandu County first, and then turn around and take Xinye, but now it seems that this is not appropriate." ”

Liu Xiu asked, "What does Ziling mean, take Xinye first?" ”

Yan Guang asked rhetorically: "How sure is the lord taking Xinye?" "Don't look at the strength of more than 3,000 people now, but more than 1,000 of them are cavalry, which does not play much role in siege warfare, and the other 2,000 people, basically all of them are new soldiers, who have no combat experience and are not trained enough, pulling him

If we go to fight the most difficult siege warfare, we will let them die in vain.

What's more, a fierce general like Liu Ji can't beat Xinye, even if they pass, I'm afraid it won't help. Liu Xiu pondered for a while and asked, "Ziling, what do you think?" ”

Yan Guang said: "We may not be able to beat Xinye, but I believe that we will definitely be able to beat Huyang." helped Li Yi defeat Huyang, and Cai Yang's gossip about the lord was self-defeating. ”

Liu Xiu pondered for a moment, turned his head to look at Deng Yu, and asked, "Zhonghua, what do you mean?" Deng Yu nodded and said: "Ziling is reasonable, our army can take Huyang first!" After a pause, he said with a straight face: "Taking Huyang is not only to break those rumors that are unfavorable to the lord, but more importantly, Huyang and Chaoyang echo each other."

, both places are occupied by our army, you can be a flanking attack on Xinye, Huyang is lost, Xinye County soldiers will inevitably be in turmoil, and the next step of our army's enterprising Xinye will be very beneficial. His words won Liu Xiu's thoughts. Liu Xiu doesn't care about rumors or not, the relationship between him and his eldest brother will not be damaged because of those rumors, Deng Yu is right about one thing, Chaoyang and Huyang can form a trap for Xinye

momentum, Chaoyang and Huyang were all lost, which dealt a great psychological blow to the Xinye defenders. In terms of current strategic value, Huyang is far superior to the remote Shandu County.

Liu Xiu looked around at everyone present and said categorically: "I have made up my mind, take Huyang first!" ”

With Liu Xiu's decision, Liu Xiu finally had a new combat intention, which was to march into Huyang.

Although he wants to attack Huyang, Chaoyang can't be left behind, and someone must stay and guard.

After thinking about it, Liu Xiusi decided to leave Yan Guang and Zhao Ying, in Chaoyang's government affairs, Yan Guang can handle it, and in military affairs, Zhao Ying can handle it.

As for the troops, Liu Xiu left a thousand recruits after careful consideration. These thousand recruits can not only be used to defend the city, but on weekdays, Zhao Ying can also train them to enhance their own combat power.

If the army wants to go on an expedition, it must make preliminary preparations, such as the preparation and delivery of food and materials. In addition, Liu Xiu planned to distribute uniform uniforms to his brothers before setting out on the expedition.

There are many county soldiers in Chaoyang County who have spare military uniforms, but they are all earthy yellow, and Liu Xiu has been taken to dye them, and all of them are dyed the traditional red of the Han army. Liu Xiu arranged for Zhu You to supervise these things.

After two days, the dyed military uniforms were finally distributed, and Liu Xiu led the army out of Chaoyang, all the way to the east, and went straight to Huyang.

Of the more than 2,000 Chungling troops led by Liu Xiu, nearly half of them were horse cavalry and the other half were infantry. Different from the previous expeditions, this time the Chungling army carried a lot of siege equipment, such as ladders, rams, etc.

There are no large and advanced siege equipment such as stone throwers, rushing cars, towers, and wooden donkey carts, and if they are built temporarily, Liu Xiu does not have so much time.

Chaoyang, Huyang, one west and one east, Xinye is located in the north between the two, and the three places are triangular.

Liu Xiu marched for two days and entered the boundary of Huyang. Because of the siege weapons they carried, the pace of the march was slower than usual.

Not long after they entered the Huyang realm, they ran into a messenger sent by Li Yi.

If it weren't for Liu Xiu's banner, the messenger wouldn't have dared to believe that the majestic army in front of him was his own army.

At present, the other troops of the Chungling Army are still wearing miscellaneous clothes, while Liu Xiuyi has already put on the uniform of the unified Han army, and the people's armor is also complete.

The cavalry was dressed in silver helmets and silver armor, and the infantry was covered with iron armor.

Looking at it coldly, this does not look like a rebel army at all, but more like a regular army from the imperial court.

After the messenger saw Liu Xiu, he immediately knelt on his knees, intervened in the salute, and said, "Subordinate Huang Yuan, see General Liu!" ”

"Did Ji Wen send you?"

"Exactly! General Liu, this is a letter from the captain! As he spoke, Huang Yuan opened the cloth bag wrapped around his waist, took out the bamboo slip from it, and handed it to Liu Xiu. Jiu'er stepped forward, took the bamboo slip, and handed it to Liu Xiu.

Now Jiu'er is dressed in green clothes, dressed in men's clothes, and looks like a little scholar.

Liu Xiu took the bamboo slip and unfolded it, the content inside was indeed written by Li Yi himself.

At the beginning of the letter, Li Yi welcomed and thanked Liu Xiu for the arrival of the first department, and most of the content behind it was his account of the battle in Huyang. talked about how he led 2,000 homeless people to contain the Huyang County soldiers, how to fight psychological warfare with the other party, etc., anyway, to sum it up, Li Yi was able to contain the Huyang County soldiers in Huyang for so long, and did not let the Huyang County soldiers go north to increase

Aiding Xinye is all the work of Li Yi alone.

In this letter, Liu Xiu only read the beginning and the end, and basically ignored the content in the middle. After reading it, he rolled up the bamboo slips and handed them to Jiu'er for her to put away. He looked at Huang Yuan and asked, "Mr. Huang." ”

Huang Yuan hurriedly bowed and saluted.

"How many county soldiers are there in Huyang City at present?"

Huang Yuan Zhengse said: "Back to General Liu, according to our department's investigation, there are no less than 2,000 soldiers in Huyang County!" ”

"All in the city?"

"Yes!"

"Can you go out of the city to fight during this period?"

"This ...... Since our unit entered Huyang, the soldiers of Huyang County have been huddled in the city and closed their doors. Therefore, what Li Yi said about fighting psychological warfare with the county soldiers is nonsense, and the soldiers of Huyang County did not dare to take a step out of the city at all.

Liu Xiu rubbed her chin and fell into deep thought. For such a long time, the Huyang County soldiers only watched Li Yi stationed outside Huyang City, and they had not even made a tentative attack, and the Huyang County soldiers were brave enough.

He asked, "Mr. Huang, do you know what kind of people the county commander and county lieutenant of Huyang are?" ”

Huang Yuan said cautiously: "Huyang County Commander Lian Feng and County Lieutenant Guo Deng are both natives of Nanyang, Lian Feng's family is in Danshui, and Guo Deng's family is in Wuyin......

Without waiting for Huang Yuan to finish speaking, Liu Xiu interrupted: "Mr. Huang, I want to know how Lian Feng and Guo Deng behave?" ”

"This ...... This...... The subordinates don't know. "Huang Yuan, Lian Feng and Guo Deng have never been in contact with each other at all, so naturally they don't know what their temperament is.

Liu Xiu sighed secretly, knowing himself and knowing the other can he survive a hundred battles, he doesn't know anyone else, he is completely fighting a confused battle! He raised his head and said, "Mr. Huang, please lead the way ahead and lead our army to your camp." ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Huang Yuan agreed again and again, and at the same time secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Regarding the situation in Huyang City, Huang Yuan really didn't know anything, even if there were more than 2,000 county soldiers in Huyang City, he still heard about it, as for whether the real situation was like this, he didn't dare to confirm it at all.