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The cavalry army is already less than 600 people, and now that Liu Xiu has added these conditions, there are even fewer people who can take it away.

Liu Xiu didn't want to say anything more about this matter, waved his hand to Ma Wu and Feng Yi, and said, "Do it according to my wishes!" ”

Ma Wu and Feng Yi glanced at each other, bowed to Liu Xiu in both directions, and then walked down the city wall.

In the third year of the emperor (22 AD), on the evening of December 30, Liu Xiu led the Xiao cavalry of the Zhutian Army, and used the night as a cover to quietly go out of the thorny sun and go straight to Lanxiang.

The reason why he chose the time to sneak attack Lanxiang on the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve was that Liu Xiu was taking advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness during the New Year.

The Xiao cavalry army was originally less than 600 people, and after Liu Xiu listed three conditions, he followed him to attack the soldiers of Lanxiang, a total of 550 people.

In addition, in addition to the three Xuying brothers, there were Ma Wu, Cho Qi, Feng Yi, Zhu You, Gai Yan, Zang Gong, Fu Jun and others who followed Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu and his entourage hurried overnight, quickly whipped up, and went straight to Lanxiang.

When he was about to approach Lanxiang, Choshi suddenly saw a fire flickering in front of him, sometimes bright and sometimes dark. His heart moved, and he turned his head and said, "Lord! ”

Liu Xiu also reacted quickly, pulling the reins back with one hand, and raising one hand high, signaling the people behind him to stop.

The speed of their cavalry slowed down. At this moment, a dark shadow appeared from the side of the road ahead and ran straight towards them.

Fu Jun didn't think about it, quickly took off the iron bow and put the arrow on the bowstring.

Choshi said, "Ziwei! At the same time, he waved his hand at him.

It didn't take long for the dark shadow to run close to the group.

Everyone looked at it, and this man was dressed as a night walker, with a thin figure, looking at his face, not very old, about twenty years old, with dark skin and a pair of big eyes.

The young man in black first bowed to Liu Xiu and said, "Lord! Then he saluted Choshi and said, "My lord! ”

Choshi looked at the young man and asked, "Peng Zhi, is there a change in Lanxiang?" ”

This young man's name is Peng Zhi, and he is one of the spies under Choshi, and he is also a small leader among the spies.

Peng Zhi hurriedly said: "Today, two grain transportation teams of the Mangjun army have arrived in Lanxiang one after another, and they are now living in Lanxiang and have not left yet. ”

Hearing this, Liu Xiu and the others also frowned secretly. Choshi asked, "How many people are there in these two grain transport teams?" ”

Peng Zhi said: "There are no less than 1,000 people in one team, and about 500 people in the other team. ”

In other words, at present, the reckless army in Lanxiang is at least more than 2,000, and it is more than 3,000 people. Choshi lowered his eyes and was silent in thought.

Liu Quan immediately stepped forward, leaned to Liu Xiu's side, and said with an ugly face and a solemn expression: "Childe......"

Liu Xiu waved his hand and glared at Liu Quan sideways, who was so frightened that he shrank his neck, didn't dare to say anything more, and took a few steps back.

Feng Yi said: "My lord, the Mang army now stationed in Lanxiang is very likely to have three thousand people, which is much more than the information we have in advance. ”

The cavalry is good at long-distance running, but not good at street fighting, if the reckless army in Lanxiang only has a thousand people, they can still force a battle, and have a chance to win.

But now the number of the Mang army has increased to more than 3,000 people, which is far beyond their control.

Ma Wu asked with a dark face: "The grain transportation team of the Mang army didn't come early or late, why did they come just in time when we were going to attack Lanxiang?" And it's two! Could it be that our plan has been detected by the reckless army? ”

Liu Xiu shook his head slowly thoughtfully, if the Mang army was really aware of his plan, then it would not be two grain transportation teams sent to Lanxiang, but an elite brigade.

Peng Zhi whispered: "Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, tomorrow is the first day of the first lunar month, Zhen Fu and Liang Qiuci will reward the three armies, so ......"

"Therefore, Zhen Fu and Liang Qiu Cicai each sent a grain transport team today to transport the New Year's food back to the army." Liu Xiu answered.

Peng Zhi bowed down and said, "The lord is wise! ”

Liu Xiu narrowed his eyes and silently calculated in his heart, five hundred against three thousand, whether his side had a chance of winning this battle.

No one spoke at the scene, and people's eyes fell on Liu Xiu, just waiting for him to make a decision.

After a long time, seeing that Liu Xiu was still silent, Cho Qi said: "Lord, since there are sudden variables, why don't you choose another day?" ”

Liu Xiu shook his head slowly and muttered: "Don't miss the opportunity, if you lose it, it won't come again, and if it's too late, it will change!" "Zhen Fu and Liang Qiuci are not idle people, Lanxiang's weakness, the two of them temporarily because of the relationship of infighting, no one took it into account, but one day, a flash of inspiration flashed in their minds, and they suddenly thought of Lanxiang, strengthen the defense of this place, their own side

There will be no more sneak attacks.

Moreover, the grain transport team of the Mang army has already arrived in Lanxiang, so they can't be allowed to go back alive, otherwise, let the Mang army transport a large amount of grain back to the army, even if they can successfully attack Lanxiang in the future, it will not have the effect of disturbing the morale of the Mang army.

Liu Xiu's eyes flashed, and he said: "Today's battle, we must fight!" As he spoke, he looked at Peng Zhi and asked, "How many of you are near Lanxiang?" ”

"Back to the lord, there are sixteen people in total!"

"You all have civilian clothes, right?"

Peng Zhi was stunned for a moment, didn't understand what Liu Xiu meant, nodded subconsciously, and said, "During the day, we are all wearing civilian clothes and moving around Lanxiang. ”

Liu Xiu nodded and said, "You go and get all the clothes immediately!" ”

Although he didn't know what Liu Xiu was going to do, Peng Zhi didn't dare to disobey the order, bowed to Liu Xiu, and then turned around and ran away quickly.

Liu Xiu dismounted, and at the same time let the soldiers under his command rest in place.

Ma Wu, Cho Period, Feng Yi and others gathered around Liu Xiu slightly. Liu Xiu glanced at the people around him and said, "Wait a minute, I will take a dozen brothers, dressed in civilian clothes, and sneak into Lanxiang first......"

It's also three o'clock in the morning.

Liu Xiu, who changed into civilian clothes, took Xuying, Xufei, Xuting, as well as Zhu You, Fu Jun and less than ten Xiaocai soldiers, crawled forward on the ground, and slowly approached Lanxiang.

In the Han Dynasty, the institutions below the county level were township, li, and pavilion. Ten miles for a pavilion, set up a pavilion chief, Liu Xiu's ancestor Liu Bang, was the pavilion chief. Ten pavilions are a township, with a township official, and the name of the township official is 'three elders'.

To be appointed as a third elder, a person usually needs to be at least 50 years old, and is the most virtuous among the people.

Don't think that the three elders have no real power, in addition to the three elders of the township, there are also the three elders of the county and the three elders of the county, they can supervise the performance of local officials, and if the performance is not good, they can directly report to the imperial court.

Even some of the three elders who are highly respected are qualified to participate in the government. To put it bluntly, the three elders are the representatives of the common people and are used to supervise government officials. As early as the Han Dynasty, there was already a system of private regulation in Chinese officialdom.

Lanxiang is not a city, the size is equivalent to a small town, and there are hundreds of families in it.

At present, the grain, grass and materials of the 100,000 reckless army are hoarded in Lanxiang, and almost the entire Lanxiang has become a large military camp.

Several entrances and exits to the town are guarded by soldiers.

The place where Liu Xiu and the others approached was the west gate of Lanxiang. Because today is the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the number of soldiers guarding the gate is not large, only four people, and at three o'clock in the morning, it is the most sleepy and tired time of the day, and these few soldiers are holding spears, leaning against the wall, hunching

Pulling his head and dozing off.

Liu Xiu and the others crouched near the West Gate, quietly observing, counting the number of soldiers was four, yes, Liu Xiu nodded to Xuying, Xufei, and Xuting.

Then the four of them continued to crawl forward, and separated into four dozing soldiers.

When Liu Xiu was still three steps away from the soldier in front of him, he heard a whoosh, and an arrow flew over his head, hitting the soldier's throat. The soldiers didn't say a word, and fell forward.

Liu Xiu jumped up from the ground and immediately held the corpse of the fallen soldier without making a sound.

He turned his head to look at the three of them again, and all three of them had simply killed the target soldier.

As soon as they slowly lowered the four soldiers to the ground, they heard the sound of rattling footsteps from inside the West Gate.

Liu Xiu took a look and saw a team of patrols coming over, there were not many of them, only six people.

Normally, the patrol should be a team of ten, but tonight is the Chinese New Year's Eve, and I think many patrol soldiers are lazy.

Liu Xiu signaled to the three of them, and they all hid on the left and right sides of the West Gate.

After a short time, the six patrolling soldiers had already walked out of the west gate, and when they got outside, they raised their eyes and looked up, but they didn't see their own guards standing guard, and several of them muttered indignantly: "These boys, they dare to be lazy when they stand guard!" ”

Just as a few soldiers turned around and wanted to go back, Liu Xiu and Xu Ying suddenly jumped out of the shadows on both sides of the west gate.

The four of them, like four cheetahs, arrived with the sword in their hands. The four patrolmen opened their mouths wide and before they could shout, four swords slashed through their necks.

The other two soldiers looked horrified, and before they could react, they heard a whoosh.

With a snap, an arrow was nailed to the center of one of the soldiers' eyebrows, piercing his head, and the last soldier finally reacted, screamed, and turned to run.

He was fast, a red light was faster, drawing a strange red line in the air, and it didn't enter the back of his heart.

Burst! The screaming that had just come to an abrupt end.

The Chixiao sword pierced into the back of his heart, and the soldier staggered and ran forward two more steps, falling to the ground.

The six patrol soldiers, in the blink of an eye, all lay on the spot, and then, the scene returned to a deathly tranquility.

After waiting for a while, seeing that there were no other soldiers coming out, Liu Xiu and the others appeared from the shadows, and when the corpses of the soldiers on the side of the road came, he waved his hand and pulled out the Chixiao Sword that was inserted behind the soldiers. Then, he put his sword into the sheath, and after Zhu You, Fu Jun and others came over, everyone untied their weapons and hid them in the corner of the west gate. Hiding their weapons, a dozen of them walked into the town with their bare hands.