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Not to mention that the soldiers below couldn't hold on, even Liu Xiu himself couldn't hold on. He got down from his war horse and said loudly to Wang Ba: "Uncle Yuan, go and bring the situation over!" ”

"Yes!" Wang Ba agreed, turned around and ran away. After a while, Choshi and Wang Ba came to Liu Xiu together. Liu Xiu asked, "In the second case, is there a place to hide from the wind and snow nearby?" ”

Choshi stretched out his hand and pointed forward, and shouted loudly: "My lord, seven or eight miles ahead, there is a mountain col ahead, which can shelter from the wind and snow!" ”

Liu Xiu tilted his ears sideways, heard Choshi's words clearly, nodded, and shouted to Wang Ba: "Uncle Yuan, let the brothers hold on a little longer!" ”

Wang Ba nodded, bowed to Liu Xiu, and ran to the rear. Liu Xiu pondered for a moment, laboriously mounted the horse, turned the horse's head, and walked backwards.

Although the Zhongshan army is all natives in the north and has long been accustomed to the cold weather in the north, but under such a big wind and snow, and at night when the temperature plummets, people can't stand it, and they shiver in the wind and snow one by one.

Liu Xiu rode on a horse, walked for a while, and saw Wang Ba helping up a fallen soldier. The soldier was not yet twenty years old, his face was pale, his lips were purple, and he was already delirious from the cold.

Wang Ba called him loudly a few times, and seeing that he didn't react, he directly untied his big hat and wrapped it tightly around the soldiers. Seeing this, the surrounding soldiers were all moved.

If you want to say that the generals under Liu Xiu's command, the best for the soldiers is Wang Ba. On weekdays in the barracks, Wang Ba usually eats and lodging with the soldiers at the bottom, and when he gets a reward, he will also distribute it to the brothers below.

Every time the battle is over, the battlefield is cleaned up, and Wang Ba will also personally participate.

When he saw the corpses of his own soldiers who were disheveled, he would tidy up his clothes and armor in an orderly manner, in the words of Wang Ba, people came cleanly, and if they wanted to leave, they should also be dressed neatly.

Therefore, in the minds of the low-level soldiers, Wang Ba's prestige has always been very high, and people also like and admire this man who looks rough but is actually as fine as silk.

Seeing that Wang Ba wrapped his big coat around the stunned soldier, Liu Xiu turned over and dismounted, led the horse over, and motioned to Wang Ba to put the soldier on the horse.

Wang Ba exclaimed: "This ...... Isn't that right, my lord......"

Liu Xiu shook his head and motioned for the soldiers around him to come over and help. Then, he untied the mink from his body and draped it over Wang Ba's shoulders.

"Lord-" Wang Ba's eyes were hot, and he looked at Liu Xiu with a blank eye.

Liu Xiu patted Wang Ba's arm, shook his head and said, "Let's go, let's continue to hurry!" ”

Wang Ba wanted to take the big dan off his shoulder and return it to Liu Xiu, who grabbed his wrist and muttered: "Those who follow me from Yingchuan, everyone!" And now, it's just you and the second situation and Gongsun! ”

At the beginning, Liu Xiu won a great victory in Kunyang in Yingchuan, and his reputation was so great that the people who came to defect were like carp crossing the river.

But now, the Yingchuan people who followed him were only Choshi, Feng Yi and Wang Ba, and Choshi and Feng Yi still took refuge in him earlier.

The 2,000 Zhongshan army marched another seven or eight miles with difficulty, and finally reached the small mountain pass mentioned in the Choshi period. This small col is gourd-shaped, and the recess in the middle does provide shelter from the wind and snow.

After entering the small mountain pass, the soldiers from top to bottom sat on the ground as if they had collapsed, gasping for breath. Rushing on a snowy day is not only cold, but also extremely physically demanding.

Now everyone is cold and tired, hungry and tired. People chopped firewood in and around the col and on the nearby hills, and a circle of bonfires was built in the col.

Liu Xiu sat by the bonfire, pulled out the saber under his ribs, inserted a piece of dry food, and put it on the fire to roast. It's not that Liu Xiu doesn't cherish his sword, but the dry food has frozen like ice, and he can't string it on the branches even if he wants to.

The others also followed Liu Xiu's example, picked up their respective weapons, inserted the dry food they carried with them, roasted them on the fire, and swallowed them into their stomachs with snow water.

The conditions were very difficult, but there were so many soldiers, and none of them cried bitterly, because even Liu Xiu was like them, gnawing on hard dry food and swallowing snow water as cold as a knife.

People rested in the col for more than an hour, and when the wind and snow outside were a little lighter, Liu Xiu ordered the whole army to continue on the road. The troops fighting with Yan Fengbu this time are not their one, but four arrows at once, and the time for the attack has been agreed, no matter which way there is a problem, and the task is not completed at the agreed time, it may affect the entire battle situation.

It can even lead to the naughtness of the entire battle plan.

No matter how hard and tired he was during the march, Liu Xiu had to grit his teeth and push through, not daring to delay any longer.

Winter days in the north are short days and long nights, and when you walk in the dark night, the snow in front of you seems to never end.

Liu Xiubu passed through Quyang and walked for three more days before finally arriving near Zhenxian.

That afternoon, Liu Xiu was resting in a temporary tent in the woods, when Choshi's voice came from outside: "Lord! ”

Liu Xiu opened his eyes, immediately sat up from the ground, and said, "Come in!" ”

Choshi bent over, walked into the camp tent, intervened in Liu Xiu's salute, and said, "Lord, the scout who went to Zhen County to inquire is back!" ”

Liu Xiu hurriedly asked, "What is the situation in Zhen County?" How many defenders were there in the city? ”

Choshi frowned and said, "According to the report, there are about four thousand defenders in Zhencheng. ”

Liu Xiu raised her eyebrows and said, "How is this possible?" Could it be that the spies have detected the wrong news? ”

Zhencheng is not on the front line, but in the rear, just a county seat, how can it be possible to hoard 4,000 county soldiers? You must know that Lunu, as a county town, originally only had 2,000 county troops.

Choshi Masase said: "Lord, Yan Feng has hoarded grain and grass in Zhencheng!" Most of the 4,000 defenders of Zhencheng were left behind by Yan Fengbu. ”

After Liu Xiu heard this, he couldn't help but stroke his forehead, before the war, he had calculated everything, but he couldn't calculate that Yan Feng actually chose Zhencheng as a place to hoard grain and grass, which is too coincidental!

At present, there are 4,000 Wang Lang's troops stationed in Zhencheng, and there are only 2,000 soldiers on their own side, and 2,000 people to fight 4,000 people, and it is still a siege battle, which is too difficult.

Choshi asked cautiously, "Lord, the situation has changed, we ...... this battle."

"This battle, we must fight, and we must defeat Zhencheng!" If their side fails to capture Zhencheng, it will directly affect the offensive deployment of the other three soldiers.

"However, there are 4,000 Wang Lang troops in Zhencheng, which is twice as many as the strength of our army!" There is a cloud in the art of war, three times before the siege of the city, and now the number of defenders is twice as many as the attackers, how can this battle be fought?

Liu Xiu frowned, pondered for a moment, and asked, "Are there villages and towns near Zhencheng?" ”

Choshi said, "In the southwest of Zhencheng, there is a village called Yang Village. ”

Liu Xiu asked, "How far is it from my department?" ”

"Twenty miles."

Liu Xiu's eyes rolled and said, "Wait until nightfall, our army will go to Yang Village." ”

"What do you mean?" Choshi's face was full of doubts. The occupation of Yang Village by his own side has no impact on Zhencheng at all, but it is a move to startle the snake.

Liu Xiu took a deep breath and said, "It is really difficult to succeed in attacking the city garrisoned by 4,000 enemy troops with 2,000, we must lure the enemy out of the city, and we must engage him outside the city!" ”

Yang Village, a large village, has dozens of families and more than 200 villagers. It is located in the southwest of Zhencheng, which is more than ten miles away.

That night, when it was dark, Liu Xiu took the two thousand soldiers under his command and quietly marched in the direction of Yangcun.

Twenty miles away, they walked for an hour, halfway through the hour, that is, at more than eight o'clock in the evening, the military gods of Zhongshan County led by Liu Xiu arrived at Yang Village unconsciously.

Yang Village is a large village with no military garrison, but there are night watchmen organized by the local villagers. Two middle-aged villagers huddled in a thatched hut at the entrance of the village, and they didn't say a word.

Just as the two of them were drowsy, the door suddenly opened, and the cold wind outside suddenly poured into the thatched hut.

The two middle-aged villagers shivered excitedly and said dissatisfiedly, "Who? Close, close......"

Halfway through his conversation, he suddenly paused, only to see a young man in armor who walked in from the outside, followed by a number of big men. The two middle-aged villagers subconsciously grabbed the spears that were erected on the side, pointed directly at the young man who walked in, and asked in a trembling voice, "You...... Who are you? This is Yang Village, there are ...... There are hundreds of strong men, and you want them

Evil, can ...... But I'm in the wrong place! After he entered the thatched house, he first glanced around, and then his eyes fell on the two middle-aged villagers, bowed his hand, and said: "Under Liu Xiu, passing through Yang Village, I came to ask the people of Yang Village for help

！ ”

Liu Xiu? The two villagers' eyes widened in surprise as they stared blankly at the young man in front of them. He is tall, handsome, well-mannered, and gentle when he speaks, which makes it easy for people to have a good impression of him.

One of the villagers put down the spear in his hand and asked uncertainly, "...... you Are you Liu Xiu from Nanyang? The Liu Xiu who defeated the million-dollar Wang Mang's army in Kunyang? ”

"It's down there!" Liu Xiu said with a smile.

The faces of the two villagers changed again, they glanced at each other, knelt on their knees, kowtowed forward, and said: "The villain doesn't know that it is the arrival of Marquis Wuxin, how much he has offended, and asks Marquis Wuxin to forgive his sins!" ”

Liu Xiu has a good reputation, which makes Liu Xiu useful all his life.

At that time, people attached great importance to virtue, and the quality of a person's virtue directly affected his reputation, which in turn directly determined the attitude of the people of the world towards him. Take Wang Mang back then, before Wang Mang usurped the throne, he really could be called a model of virtue in the world, his son was forced to death by Wang Mang because he killed a slave, and he insisted that his son pay for the life of the dead slave

。 At that time, when people mentioned Wang Mang, they all gave a thumbs up and praised the high morality and respect of the people of Li and the princes and nobles.

It is precisely because of such a foundation that Wang Mang dared to usurp the throne and successfully usurped the throne.

It's just that after Wang Mang sat on the throne of the emperor, his original form was revealed, not only his noble virtue was gone, but his governance was also a mess, which made the people miserable.

Liu Xiu himself is highly educated, too student, and knowledgeable, and because of this, he attaches more and more importance to his own moral cultivation, which makes Liu Xiu extremely prestigious among the people.

A big reason why heroes like Geng Yi, Wu Han, Kou Sui, and Jing Dan are willing to take refuge in Liu Xiu is precisely because of Liu Xiu's virtue.

Even the villagers who were far away in Hebei, as soon as they heard that the person standing in front of them was Liu Xiu, their attitude also took a 18-degree turn, and they knelt on the ground to give a big salute. Some times are based on faces, some times are about money, and in this era, it is about virtue.