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No matter how nice Liu Shang said, it couldn't change the fact that the enemy army was allowed to come to Suiyang. Zhou Jian frowned tightly and said, "Your Majesty, the soldiers of Ningling can't move!" ”

Liu Yong looked at Liu Shang, and then at Zhou Jian, falling into deep thought. The hall also fell silent, and people lowered their heads, waiting for Liu Yong to make a decision.

Now there are two ways to go on Suiyang's side, either transfer the 100,000 defenders of Ningling to Liyang, and if you are lucky, you can successfully kill Liu Xiu, and at the last time, you can also take the entire Wei County; Either they ordered Zhang Yi and Sun Cheng to abandon Liyang and immediately lead the army to retreat.

After a long time, Liu Yong finally made a decision in his heart, and he said faintly: "I think that Situ is very good!" ”

Hearing this, Zhou Jian's face changed suddenly, and he said urgently: "Your Majesty, no!" Liu Yong waved his hand to Zhou Jian, and said expressionlessly: "I have made up my mind!" The reason why Liu Yong supports Liu Shang's opinion is due to two considerations, first, he really doesn't want to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and second, he is also intentional

Suppressed Zhou Jian.

Zhou Jian's merits are too great, and his prestige in the court is too high, many ministers take Zhou Jian's horse as the head, and only Zhou Jian is in their eyes, but not him, the son of heaven, this is a thorn in Liu Yong's heart.

Out of such a mentality, in some important matters, Liu Yong will more or less suppress Zhou Jian.

Liu Yong looked at Liu Fang and said in a solemn tone: "Zishan, I will hand over Ningling's 100,000 troops to you, in this battle, if you can capture Liu Xiu, it is naturally the best, if you fail to capture Liu Xiu, at least you must defeat Wei County!" ”

The 100,000 troops stationed in Ningling are the last line of defense in Suiyang, and if these 100,000 soldiers and horses are withdrawn, Liu Xiujun, led by Gai Yan, can drive straight into Suiyang and take Suiyang directly.

But as Liu Shang said, Suiyang is easy to defend and difficult to attack, even though Gaiyan is menacing, but it is too difficult to break through Suiyang's city defense.

Not to mention that there are less than 100,000 soldiers and horses under Gai Yan's command, even if there are 200,000 or 300,000, with the strength of the Jingshi army in Suiyang City, it is enough to resist the incoming enemy.

This is Liu Yong's confidence to dare to withdraw the Ningling garrison. In doing so, he was also making a big bet with Liu Xiu, betting on whether Gai Yan could break through Suiyang first, or Liu Fang could attack Luoyang first.

Liu Fang knew what Ningling's 100,000-strong army meant to his side, and he also knew how determined his eldest brother was to make such a decision and how much he had high hopes for himself.

He stepped out of the ranks, bowed to Liu Yong, and said in a loud voice: "Brother Huang, rest assured, the younger brother should do his best to capture and kill Liu Xiu, first take Wei County, and then take Luoyang!" ”

Liu Yong nodded, and reminded meaningfully: "Zishan, be careful!" ”

"Thank you Brother Huang for reminding me!"

Liu Yong turned his head to look at the east fence and said, "General Dong! ”

"Wechen is here!"

"You appointed you as a deputy general, and you must assist Haozishan!"

"Wechen obeys!" Dongli looked happy, and hurriedly knelt down to the ground to knock on the leader's order.

An army of 100,000 went straight to Wei County, and there were Zhang Yi and Sun Cheng of Liyang as internal responses, this battle was completely nine out of ten, and it was enough to level Wei County in one go.

Liu Yong pondered for a moment and then asked, "How many ships does Baimajin have?" ”

Dong Li said cautiously: "There are less than 100 large and small warships, but when Weichen returns to Baimajin, he can requisition civilian ships nearby and gather two or three hundred, which is not a difficult task. ”

When Liu Yong heard this, he felt a little relieved. Zhou Jian shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, when an army of 100,000 crosses the river, it is necessary to use warships, how can ships requisitioned from the people come in handy?" Dong Li immediately answered: "General Zhou, although there are only dozens of large and small warships in our army, Liu Xiu's side does not even have a single warship. Moreover, this time our army is not going to fight a water battle with Liu Xiujun, but only needs to transport the soldiers to the opposite bank in batches

What is the use of warships? ”

Zhou Jian was about to speak, but Liu Yongzheng said: "General Dong is reasonable, this matter is decided!" ”

Liu Yong finally made a decision and finalized the tactics.

On the Suiyang side, he supported the Five School Army in Wei County, disrupted Wei County, and secretly sent troops to Liyang in an attempt to capture Liyang and open the door to Wei County. Liu Xiu pacified the army of the five schools, passed by Liyang on the way back to Beijing, and noticed the tricks of the Suiyang court, so he came up with a plan, planning to attract more Liu Yongjun to Liyang, and then annihilate it in one fell swoop, Liu Xiu's tactics seemed

It's just a little trick.

However, it was these little tricks that were combined together that ultimately determined the entire trend of the dispute between the Luoyang court and the Suiyang court.

Liu Yong's transfer of 100,000 garrisons from Ningling had the most direct consequence that the Gaiyan Division, which was advancing in the direction of Suiyang, had no resistance, and the army was almost all the way to Suiyang. Of course, Liu Shang is right about one thing, Suiyang's city defense is indeed strong enough, outside the city, there is a moat drawn from Suishui, Suiyang's city wall, three feet higher than the water surface of the moat, if you count the water depth, the city wall of Suiyang

It has to be as high as four or five zhang, and the regular ladder is not so long, and a special ladder is required.

However, Liu Shang ignored one point, Suiyang is the national capital of Liu Yong's forces, and the national capital is under the city, even if it can't be defeated for a while, the impact on the morale of Liu Yong's forces is fatal.

Suiyang will not show it for the time being, and say that Liu Fang and Dongli, the two of them took away Ningling's 100,000 troops, went all the way north, and went straight to Baimajin.

In order to hide the whereabouts of his own army and catch Liu Xiu and Wei Jun off guard, Liu Fang specially ordered the soldiers to find a hidden place to rest during the day and wait until the evening to do the march.

During the march, Liu Fang kept sending spies to find out the movements of Liyang.

If Liu Xiujun suddenly stopped attacking Liyang, it means that Liu Xiujun must have noticed the abnormal movement of his own army, and if Liu Xiujun continued to attack Liyang, it means that his army's northward movement was not discovered by Liu Xiujun. The spies sent by Liu Fang kept turning back like a marquee, and the news they brought back was the same, Liu Xiujun was still storming Liyang, but Liu Xiujun, who attacked Liyang every day, had greatly reduced his troops, which can be judged by this

In order to recapture Liyang, Liu Xiujun paid huge casualties every day.

The spies brought back the news, which made Liu Fang and the generals of Dongli all overjoyed.

Originally, they thought that they were going to deal with 20,000 Liu Xiu's army, but now it seems that when their army crosses the river to Liyang, Liu Xiu's subordinates may only have a few thousand left.

Dong Li said to Liu Fang with a smile: "Liu Xiu Xiaoer, I don't know whether he is dead or alive, and now he is still attacking Liyang with all his strength, but I don't know that he is already standing at the door of the Ghost Gate!" Liu Fang smiled indifferently and said proudly: "People say that Liu Xiu is good at using soldiers, and this king really wants to fight against Mai Mang's and Liu Xiu to see what he is good at?" Now that there is such a huge disparity in the strength of our enemy, even if we win, we will win

It is not worth boasting about! ”

Dong Li raised his thumb and said: "King Ning is majestic and strategic, and Weichen is ashamed of himself!" ”

Liu Yong's two brothers were both crowned kings, Liu Fang was the king of Ning, and Liu Shaogong was the king of Lu.

Listening to Dongli's praise, Liu Fang felt comfortable, and on the surface he still looked disapproving, waved his hand, and said: "This king only hopes that Zhang Yi and Sun Cheng can hold on and drag Liu Xiu for this king!" ”

Dong Liang smiled: "King Ning doesn't have to worry! Liyang's city defense, although not as strong as Suiyang, but also far better than ordinary cities, Liu Xiu now only has this little bit of soldiers and horses left, if you want to break through Liyang, it is as difficult as climbing to the sky! ”

Liu Fang nodded with a smile and said, "I hope so!" ”

Liu Fang and Dongli led an army of 100,000 people, day and night, quietly entered Dongjun and arrived at Baimajin. Baimajin is an important ferry port on the south bank of the Yellow River, which is equivalent to a military port until now. Liu Yongjun set up warships in Baimajin, but there were no more than five large warships, and no more than ten medium-sized warships, most of which were small warships, all of them

Together, there are sixty or seventy of them. If 100,000 soldiers and horses want to cross the Yellow River by 60 or 70 warships, it is conservatively estimated that it will take at least 10 days and half a month.

Now they don't have that much time. Dongli dispatched the garrison of Baimajin to the banks of the Yellow River to collect ships.

Liu Yong still has a lot of prestige here in Dongjun, and he will not respond to all calls, but Liu Yongjun is willing to lend money to borrow boats, and most of the people are willing to lend them boats.

In just three days, Dongli even requisitioned the leased belt, and really got more than 300 large and small ships.

Dongli was not stupid enough to put all these more than 300 ships at the Baimajin Ferry, but placed them in the lower reaches of Baimajin, a place called Huangzigou.

The terrain here is like a water scoop, the entrance is narrow, but the belly inside is large, and the name Scoop Ditch is also derived from the topography here. The East Fence hides the ship here, and it is really not easy to be discovered.

Liu Fang and Dong Li were stationed near Baimajin for five days in preparation for the crossing of the river by the army, and at the same time, they made more frequent inquiries to Liyang. Now, Liu Xiujun has attacked Liyang, it has been close to a month, and he still failed to break through Liyang, during this period, Liu Xiu continued to mobilize county soldiers from various counties of Wei County, this month, Liu Xiujun's reinforcements have not been broken, today to a thousand, tomorrow to a thousand,

It may be that the casualties are too large, and Liu Xiujun's strength has never exceeded 10,000.

After confirming that Liu Xiujun was still being dragged outside Liyang City, Liu Fang was overjoyed and ordered his command to cross the river overnight tonight.

At night, Dongli quietly transferred out the ships hidden in the scoop ditch, and all sailed to Baimajin, and then the 100,000-strong army began to board the ships in batches and times.

In order to transport the troops to the other side as soon as possible, all horses and baggage were put in the back row, and the first to board the ship were people.

Even in order to reduce the weight and let each ship carry as many people as possible, Liu Fang ordered the soldiers to take off their armor and load all of them lightly.

More than 300 civilian ships, plus more than 70 warships, all loaded with men, began to sail towards the opposite shore.

The Liyang ferry on the opposite side originally had a garrison, but in order to attack Liyang, Liu Xiuye had already transferred all the soldiers at the ferry. The barracks at Liyang Ferry are now completely empty.

Nearly 400 boats, without any attack, crossed the Yellow River smoothly and reached the opposite bank. After the ship docked, Liu Yongjun's officers and soldiers on the boat jumped down one after another, and the sound of falling into the water was one after another.

People waded through the river, ran ashore quickly, and immediately set up a defense on the shore.

More than 400 ships transported nearly 20,000 soldiers at once. After sending all 20,000 people, the ships turned around and went back, and then transported the second group of soldiers across the river. In this way, more than 400 boats shuttled back and forth on the river, and by the halfway point, that is, at about 4 o'clock in the morning, Liu Yongjun, who had 80,000 people, had landed on the north bank of the Yellow River, including Liu Fang and Dongli.