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Xie Sheng did plan to attack the city in a different direction.

When the county soldiers attacked the city, he had already seen that the number of defenders on the head of the city was not large, and it was impossible to defend such a large Chaoyang City in all aspects.

What Xie Sheng thought of, Feng Yi also thought of, and he responded as soon as possible, letting his own personnel move with the county soldiers in the city.

Feng Yi shouted as he ran: "The archers let go of their arrows and forced the county soldiers to stay away from the city wall!" ”

Hearing Feng Yi's words, Fu Jun and other archers twisted their bows and arrows one after another, shooting arrows out of the city.

As the county soldiers fell to the ground one after another, people did not dare to get too close to the city wall.

In this way, the county soldiers went around in a big circle outside the city, and the Chung Ling army went around a small circle on the head of the city.

Seeing that he really couldn't find a loophole to exploit, after holding on to the Chungling army for half an hour, Xie Sheng could only reluctantly choose to retreat. After this confrontation, the county soldiers suffered more than 100 casualties, and the Chungling army suffered more than 30 casualties, it seems that the losses of the Chungling army are much smaller than the county soldiers, but the actual situation is not optimistic, Liu Xiu's original 300 Chungling army

At this time, there were only more than 200 people left.

There is an even more fatal point, the Chungling army is isolated and helpless, and the people are one less dead or wounded, and the county soldiers have only returned to the vanguard led by Xie Sheng, and the main force of the county soldiers has not returned!

Taking advantage of the gap between the retreat of the county soldiers, Liu Xiu and others sat on the head of the city to rest. Yan Guang has not stopped, constantly giving medicine to his injured brother and bandaging his wounds. Deng Yu and Feng Yi both walked to Liu Xiu's side and sat on the ground, and the former whispered: "Lord, it's not okay to fight like this!" There are less than 210 brothers on our side who can continue to fight, but the main force of the county soldiers has not yet arrived!

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Once the main force of more than 2,000 county soldiers withdrew to Chaoyang, this battle would be completely useless for their own side. Liu Xiu looked at Deng Yu and asked, "Zhonghua, what do you think?" ”

"Two ways, first, we abandon the city and break through."

Liu Xiu shook his head slowly, now abandoning the city to break through, there is almost no chance of success, the key is that the county soldiers outside the city have a horse team of two hundred horses, which is too much of a threat to their own side.

He said: "When attacking the city just now, you also saw that the county cavalry is not an idle person, especially good at riding and shooting, and against it, our side has no chance of winning!" ”

If they encounter such a cavalry outside the city, their result can only be slaughtered.

When the two armies faced each other, the other side didn't even need to launch a cavalry charge, just rely on high machine power, circle around them, and shoot arrows at the same time, which was enough to make them helpless.

Liu Xiu asked, "Zhonghua, what about another way?" ”

Deng Yu pondered for a moment and said: "Under the heavy reward, there will be brave men!" Open the silver vault and granary in the city, and give money and food to all the strong men who are willing to assist our army in defending the city, I think that many strong men in the city will be willing to help us defend the city! ”

When Liu Xiu heard this, she fell into deep thought and didn't speak for a long time. Deng Yu's proposal is also a solution, but there are also problems. First of all, gather the strong men in the city, how much role they can play in the battle against the county soldiers attacking the city, whether they will cause chaos to their own side, or even whether they will fall in battle

Ge, I don't know, the hidden danger is too big, secondly, Liu Xiu has no bottom in his heart about whether he can defend Chaoyang City, recruiting these strong men, the final result is likely to harm them and their families.

Feng Yi said worriedly: "As soon as the conscription comes up, we will immediately fight such a cruel battle, but I am afraid that before the battle starts, people will be scared and weak." ”

In his opinion, it is difficult for a temporarily conscripted strong man to form combat effectiveness on the battlefield.

"Therefore, we must recruit, and we must recruit those outlaws who have seen blood!" Jiu'er came out of nowhere, stood beside Liu Xiu, and said with a straight face.

Liu Xiu glanced at her and asked with a smile, "What does Jiu'er mean?" Jiu'er said: "Lord, there are a lot of death row prisoners in the big prison in the city, why don't you go and requisition these death row prisoners?" They had already committed a capital crime, and with us, although it was dangerous, at least there was a chance to live, and they were in prison

There is no chance at all, only a dead end! ”

Liu Xiu's heart moved, and secretly said that this idea is good! He turned his mind, looked at Deng Yu and Feng Yi, and asked, "Zhonghua and Gongsun, what do you mean?" ”

Deng Yu and Feng Yi both laughed, nodded and said, "Miss Jiu'er's idea is very good!" ”

Liu Xiu stood up and said, "That's it!" I'm going to the prison! ”

In the prison of Chaoyang City, there are hundreds of prisoners, of which more than half are death row prisoners, and most of these death row prisoners are suspected of rebellion.

During Wang Mang's reign, amnesty decrees were issued from time to time, but there was one point, those who committed the crime of treason were never within the scope of amnesty.

Therefore, death row prisoners for murder, robbery, rape and other crimes are often imprisoned in the prison for several months, and before the execution period is reached, they are released by the amnesty frequently issued by the Xinmang court, and the death row prisoners who remain are basically linked to rebellion.

The guards of the prison had long since run out, and only a few hundred prisoners were left in cell rooms.

Walking into the prison, it was dim inside, the air smelled damp and rancid, and even the temperature seemed to be several degrees lower than outside.

Jiu'er held a torch and walked in front, she was also the first time to enter the prison, seeing everything fresh, while walking, looking around.

The bars of the cages on both sides were dark and dark, and it was impossible to see the situation inside. Jiu'er walked to a wooden fence and leaned the torch forward, trying to see what was going on inside.

Suddenly, a hand reached out from the bottom of the fence and grabbed her ankle. Jiu'er screamed in fright, pulled out her ankle desperately, and then retreated again and again with a pale face. Liu Xiu stepped forward quickly, shining a torch, only to see a person lying on the ground in the cage, with a cloak scattered, his face covered with dirt, and he couldn't see his appearance clearly, but his two legs had festered, and the black and yellow pus soaked through his trouser legs, exuding thorns

Foul smell of the nose. Seeing clearly this prisoner who is not a human or a ghost, Liu Xiu also frowned and took a step back. Jiu'er's scream just now seemed to wake up the groggy prisoners in the cage, and one by one pale hands stretched out from the wooden fence with a pleading voice

And so on.

The scene of the whole corridor is like a netherworld. Liu Xiu turned around and asked Zhu You, who was accompanying him, to light all the torches on the wall. As the torches on the walls lit up, there was finally some light in the prison.

Liu Xiu glanced around, took a deep breath, and shouted loudly: "Be quiet!" ”

The echo of his voice lingered in the prison for a long time. The original cries gradually faded away. Liu Xiu said loudly as he walked inside: "I am the partial general of the Pillar Tiandu Department, Liu Xiu!" ”

The prison was silent, and there was not even a response. Liu Xiu continued: "You may not know what the Zhutian Capital Department is, we also have another name, Han Jun!" ”

This sentence made the prison explode instantly. Now it is a new reckless court, and those who dare to call themselves the Han army are anti-army. How could the rebels suddenly appear in Chaoyang's prison, could it be that Chaoyang City was occupied by the rebels?

"General help! General save us......" For a while, people's voices for help became one.

Liu Xiu did not speak. Zhu You pulled his neck and yelled: "Be quiet!" Listen to the general! When the cry for help disappeared, Liu Xiu continued: "The current situation is that we and the Zhutiandu Division, a total of more than 200 brothers, have captured Chaoyang City, and outside the city, there are more than 2,000 Chaoyang County soldiers, eyeing each other and trying to storm it. There are those who are bold, who are not afraid of death, and who are willing to fight to the death with the county soldiers, can now stand up and go to the city with us to resist the county soldiers. If you are cowardly and afraid of death, it is safer for you to stay in the prison, even if the county soldiers enter the city

Won't be implicated! ”

"General, I'm not afraid of death!"

"General, take me out! I'm willing to fight to the death with the county soldiers! ”

Liu Xiu did not have any concealment, and laid out the current situation clearly, and the most positive response was naturally those death row prisoners.

Staying in the prison, their final result is also death, and they have to suffer a lot of living crimes, rather than this, it is better to follow the Zhutian Capital Department to resist the county soldiers, fight desperately, in case this battle is won, they don't have to die! What do people think in their hearts, Liu Xiu knows very well, he said in a loud voice: "I have just said, we only have 200 people, and the county soldiers outside the city, more than 2,000 people, the difference between the enemy and me is huge, this battle is also nine deaths, I ask again, who will."

Gambling with me? ”

"General, I do!"

"I'm also willing to ......" Liu Xiu has already said this, and there are still people who are willing to join them and fight against the county soldiers, which shows that their willpower is very firm. Liu Xiu nodded, no longer delayed time, waved his hand to the subordinates he brought, and shouted, "Smash."

Open the prison door, all! ”

With his order, more than a dozen Chung Ling soldiers stepped forward one after another and smashed the locks on the cell door one after another.

As the cell door opened, the death row inmates rushed out immediately, while those who had received less severe punishments shrank in their cells, trembling and not daring to step out of their cells.

They have not committed capital crimes in the first place, and they can be released after a few months or years in a prison cell, and there is no need to have anything to do with the rebels.

For these people, Liu Xiu will never be reluctant, and those who are not strong in fighting will, even if they are forced to go to the battlefield, they will only add chaos to their own side and hit their own morale.

There are more than 200 people who expressed their willingness to fight with Liu Xiu, and without exception, all of them are death row prisoners. What made Liu Xiu feel that something was wrong was that of the more than 200 death row prisoners, at least 150 or 60 were in a group.

Although they didn't show it obviously, Liu Xiu was still keenly aware of it.

When they came out of the prison, most of the death row inmates couldn't open their eyes, and people raised their hands to block the sun overhead, and tears flowed uncontrollably. Liu Xiu understands that this is the reason why he has not seen the sun for a long time.

It took a long time for people's eyes to get used to it.

At this time, a big man came out of the crowd, he came to Liu Xiu's approach, and said angrily: "General Liu's life-saving grace, I will never forget it!" As he spoke, he respectfully saluted Liu Xiushen. With his salute, more than 100 death row prisoners behind him also bowed to Liu Xiu in unison, and said in unison: "Thank you General Liu for saving your life!" ”