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In the carriage, Yin Lihua said softly: "Like now, it should be the life that Mr. Yan wants to live." ”

Liu Xiu said: "Yes, Ziling has always disliked being restrained, it was like this when he was in Chang'an, and it is still like this now. ”

Yin Lihua took the initiative to hold Liu Xiu's hand and said, "Mr. Yan's reluctance to enter the court as an official is not because of Zijun's relationship. ”

Liu Xiu smiled bitterly: "If Deng Zijun is still alive, Ziling will at least be the Nanyang Taishou for a while." ”

"But he won't be happy." Yin Lihua said: "Your Majesty is Mr. Yan's best friend, doesn't Your Majesty also hope that Mr. Yan can live happily?" ”

Liu Xiu was stunned, thought about it carefully, and felt that Yin Lihua's words were not unreasonable. He grabbed Yin Lihua's hand and asked, "Lihua is no longer angry with me?" ”

Yin Lihua shook her head, lowered her head and said, "I'm not angry with Your Majesty, maybe, I'm just angry with myself, I can't do anything......"

Liu Xiu pulled Yin Lihua into her arms and lowered her head to kiss her on the lips.

On this trip to Nanyang, Liu Xiu's purpose was to invite Yan Guang back to Luoyang, but it was in vain. Fortunately, this trip greatly repaired the relationship between him and Yin Lihua.

Yan Guang, Liu Xiu's classmate and best friend, contributed a lot in the early days of Liu Xiu's rebellion.

Later, Liu Xiu was proclaimed emperor and invited Yan Guang to join the court as an official several times, but Yan Guang refused. Yan Guang has never married in his life, has never entered the court in his life, and has always lived a life of seclusion in the mountains and forests, idle clouds and wild cranes.

Because of Yan Guang's medical skills, he also often healed patients, and the people at that time and even in later generations respected him as Yan Ziye, and set up a statue for Yan Guang for future generations to worship and remember.

Liu Xiu, who returned in vain, took Yin Lihua and returned to Luoyang. A few days after arriving in Luoyang, Xu Xiling gave birth to a daughter and Liu Xiu named her Liu Yiwang, who was also the eldest princess under Liu Xiu's knees.

Xu Xiling gave birth to a daughter, which made Guo Shengtong feel a lot more at ease, after all, a princess does not pose any threat to Liu Qiang's status as a prince.

The battle in the west of Luoyang, with the annihilation of the Red Mei Army, basically ended, and the war in the south of Luoyang, with the killing of Deng Feng and Deng Zhong, also tended to be calm, and then, Liu Xiu's eyes fell on the war in the east.

The Han army, led by Gai Yan, surrounded Liu Yong's Suiyang regiment.

But Suiyang is indeed not easy to fight, the Han army besieged Suiyang for several months, and countless small battles were fought, but it was impossible to break through Suiyang's city defense.

In this battle, the Han army was fighting a lot on this side, and it was also not easy in Suiyang City.

Suiyang is not a small city, the soldiers defending the city, plus the people in the city, there are a total of two or three hundred thousand people, so many mouths, they have to eat and drink every day, and the food consumed is not a small amount.

Even though there was a lot of food hoarded in Suiyang City, after several months of consumption, the food was almost consumed.

In addition, the Han army also organized manpower to cut off the river flowing into Suiyang and cut off the water source of Suiyang, so that the situation in the city became even more difficult.

In order to drink water, the soldiers and civilians in the city could only dig the well continuously, but even so, the little water in the well alone was far from enough for two or three hundred thousand people to drink.

In desperation, many soldiers defending the city could only take the liberty of quietly descending from the city head and taking advantage of the night to follow the rope ladder and get water from the moat.

At the beginning, there were only a few sporadic people taking water, but the Han army did not find it, and as more and more people took water, the Han army gradually found clues.

A spy reported the matter to Gaiyan. After hearing this, Ma Wu, who was the captain of the horse at the time, snorted coldly and said, "The thief army still dares to go out of the city to steal water? ”

He turned his head to look at Gaiyan and said, "Juqing, I think, we can ambush a group of archers on the shore and shoot all those thieves who went out of the city to steal water!" ”

Gai Yan rubbed his chin, nodded slowly, and said thoughtfully: "Zizhang is reasonable!" ”

Ma Wu said: "I'll go and arrange the archers!" ”

"Wait!" Gai Yan hurriedly stopped Ma Wu, and then asked Ma Chengdao, the commander of the guards: "Jun Qian, there should be a lot of thief uniforms and armor in our army, right?" ”

Ma Cheng nodded and said, "There are indeed a lot!" Why did General Gai suddenly ask about this? ”

The corners of Gai Yan's mouth hooked, smiled leisurely, and said: "I see that the thief army went out of the city to steal water, and our army can make good use of it!" ”

The generals looked at each other, not quite understanding Gaiyan's intentions.

Gaiyan leaned forward, and then carefully explained the plan he had in mind to the others.

Knowing that the Suiyang defenders would go out of the city at night to steal water, the Han army did not take any action, as if they hadn't found it, and it seemed that they didn't take it seriously.

The deliberate connivance of the Han army made the number of defenders who went out of the city at night to steal water even more. You must know that there is a shortage of food and water in the city, and people will not eat for a day or two and starve to death, but if they do not drink water for a day or two, then no one can stand it.

Some of the soldiers stole water from outside the city and couldn't drink it themselves, so they sold it in the city. Originally, I just planned to make a little money, but I didn't expect that a bucket of water could be sold for a high price of 500 yuan when it was mentioned in the city.

After hearing the news that water could be sold for money, the number of defenders who went out of the city to steal water at night was even higher, and even many soldiers were organized by school officers and generals to steal water outside the city.

Over the course of several days, the number of soldiers stealing water increased, thousands, and many soldiers made a lot of money and smiled from ear to ear.

That night, the defenders threw down the rope ladder from the top of the city as usual, and then a large number of soldiers climbed down the top of the city along the rope ladder with wooden barrels in their hands, and walked quickly to the moat to fill the water.

Just when the city walls were full of defenders, all of a sudden, countless torches lit up on the other side of the moat, and immediately after, torches were thrown across the moat and landed under the city walls.

In an instant, the darkness under the walls was as bright as day.

As far as the eye can see, this large area is crowded with people, and it is densely packed with people.

The soldiers of the Han army hidden on the opposite bank appeared one after another, some twisted bows and arrows, some held crossbow machines, and with the order of the main general, people shot arrows one after another.

A large rain of arrows smashed into the crowd on the opposite bank, and in an instant, under the city wall, there were screams and wails. The defenders did not carry shields, so they could only raise the barrels in their hands to block the arrows, but where could they stop them.

Doo, doo, do! Arrows kept nailing the barrels in their hands, and they also nailed them to the people's bodies. The defenders did not fall to the ground one by one, but in groups fell to the ground, covered with arrows.

At the same time that the Han army on the opposite bank was killing and wounding the enemy with an arrow array, a group of Han army death squads led by Ma Wu quietly went into the water and swam silently to the other side of the moat.

These death squads led by Ma Wu, including himself, were all dressed in Liu Yongjun's military uniform and armor.

A group of 500 of them swam to the opposite shore in the chaos, and when they were about to reach the shore, the Han army finally stopped the terrifying arrow array.

Look at the city wall of Suiyang again, the corpses are stacked on top of each other, and they are all built up high.

Feeling that the arrow array of the Han army had passed, those soldiers who were not dead and were buried under the corpses of their companions pushed away the corpses pressed on their bodies one after another, and slowly sat up from the ground tentatively.

At the same time, Ma Wu and others, who were wearing Liu Yongjun's military uniform, also came out of the water one after another.

Seeing so many people suddenly coming out of the water, the remaining Liu Yongjun soldiers on the shore did not dare to be surprised at all, they were hiding under the corpses to avoid the arrow array, and it was normal for someone to hide in the river to avoid the arrow array.

The scene was like a death-like opportunity, and the survivors, not to mention that they didn't dare to make any sound, didn't even dare to breathe in the atmosphere, for fear of alarming the Han army on the opposite side again, and shooting a terrifying arrow array again.

But even in such a critical situation, many people quietly picked up the barrel, climbed to the moat, fetched a small half bucket of water, and then turned around and climbed back.

Ma Wu and the others also pretended to pick up a bucket each, symbolically filled some water, mixed with the remnants of Liu Yongjun's soldiers, and climbed along the rope ladder to the top of the city.

At the head of the city, there were quite a few defenders to respond. The people leaned out, first took the buckets, and then dragged the soldiers who climbed up to the top of the city.

Ma Wu and others were the same, and they were dragged to the city by Liu Yongjun at the head of the city one after another.

After the Han army death squad reached the top of the city, they all gathered around Ma Wu silently and without leaving a trace, and then sat on the ground pretending to be tired, panting wildly.

When everyone had almost come up, a general came over, glanced at the soldiers who were sitting on the ground, panting, and asked in a deep voice, "Only come back to you people?" ”

There were nearly 3,000 soldiers who had just left the city to steal water, and now only about 1,000 people remained, and among these 1,000 or so, there were 500 impostors. The general stared coldly at everyone, and his eyes fell on the wooden barrels one by one, and saw that most of the water in them was only the bottom of the barrel, and the water was still red and stained with blood, and he asked angrily, "This is what you called."

Water? ”

A lieutenant stood up, saluted the general, and said, "General Li, there is an ambush of the Han army on the other side of the moat, and the brothers have suffered countless casualties and can ...... I can hit the water and come back, and it's already ...... It's not easy. ”

The general was furious, kicked a wooden barrel, and kicked the barrel out for a long time, and he scolded angrily: "Can you drink this water?" ”

The bucket that he kicked out just landed near Ma Wu, and the blood in it also splashed Ma Wu's body. The latter blurted out, "Fuck! ”

Hearing the scolding, the general's body stiffened, his face was gloomy, and he asked angrily, "Who scolded him?" ”

The scene was silent, and people all hung their heads and said nothing. Seeing this, the general was even more annoyed, and shouted: "I'm asking you, who scolded just now!" ”

Ma Wu stood up and said, "It's me!" ”

The general's angry eyes immediately fell on Ma Wu. Ma Wu said loudly: "I waited for my brothers, went out of the city to steal water, died nine lives, finally picked up a life, came back alive, and was so insulted by the general, the general is too much!" ”

"You are bold! Licentious! "A small soldier dared to teach himself a lesson in public, and the general's nose was almost crooked. He grasped the hilt of his saber and strode towards Ma Wu. The lieutenant was not bad, although he didn't know Ma Wu, but what he said was also the truth, this time they encountered a large number of Han army ambushes, killed and wounded so many brothers, the general not only did not appease the words, but came to blame, angry scolding, yes

It's chilling.

He hurriedly took a step forward, blocked the general, and said urgently: "General Li, this brother is rude, please don't blame the general......

Before he finished speaking, the general waved his hand violently and shouted, "Get out of here!" The lieutenant was pushed by him and staggered out several steps, almost falling to the ground. The general was angry, strode up to Ma Wu, looked him up and down, and asked, "What's your name?" Which song, which soldier? ”