Chapter 417: The Matter of Persuasion

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Liu Xiu shook his head and said: "As long as the battle between the two sides is not over, the victory or defeat of the two sides will never be decided!" ”

As long as the war continues, anything can happen. This is Liu Xiu's experience.

On the eve of the Battle of Kunyang, 400,000 Mang troops fought against less than 20,000 Han troops, and no one thought that the Han army could win this battle, and everyone thought that the Mang army was a sure winner and could win easily.

But what was the result, the 400,000 reckless army was defeated, collapsed, and wiped out, and Wang Yi and Wang Xun fled in the wilderness.

This time, with 2,000 soldiers and horses, he fought against Wang Lang's army of 20,000 or 30,000 people, and in the end, his side won or lost, and Liu Xiu didn't know, so he could only watch while fighting.

Geng Yi arched his hand and said: "My lord, the last general will return to the upper valley immediately and ask for reinforcements from the family!" ”

Liu Xiu nodded and said to Geng Yi Zhengse: "Without further ado, Bo Zhao needs to leave as soon as possible!" ”

"The last general obeys!"

Liu Xuan's official to Liu Xiufeng is to do the big Sima thing, and now, Liu Xiu has removed the 'line' in front and the 'thing' in the back, and he calls himself the big Sima.

As the Great Sima, Liu Xiu can openly divide the official positions of his subordinates, and Geng Yi is currently named a partial general by Liu Xiu.

Among Liu Xiu's subordinates, the official function is already very high, and above him, only Deng Yu was named a former general.

Zhu You, Feng Yi, and Gai Yan were all partial generals, and they were named thieves Cao Peng during the Cho period, and Wang Ba was the meritorious Cao Ling. It is worth mentioning that Cao Peng, a thief in the Cho period, is a completely false position.

The thief Cao Peng, as the name suggests, is an official in charge of thieves and bandits, but Liu Xiu doesn't even have a territory now, so where can he go to catch thieves and bandits?

Choshi is called the thief Cao Peng, and his job is actually to gather intelligence. Liu Xiu gave Choshi a secret order, asking him to send all his spies to carefully investigate all the officials and scholars in Jizhou and Youzhou who were inclined to Wang Lang.

Liu Xiu did this, whether he was preparing to settle accounts after the autumn, not to mention for the time being, now he must grasp who is on Wang Lang's side, who is the centrist, and who is inclined to himself and the first court.

Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one not be defeated. At the moment of the great enemy, he must at least be able to distinguish between the enemy and the enemy.

Liu Xiu was in Lunu and began to actively prepare for the war. At the same time, Yu Zhuojun invaded Zhongshan's Pengning Division, which was like a bamboo, and successively captured Anguo, Lucheng, and Anxian counties, and the army approached Lunu.

Safety is on the north bank of the lower reaches of the river, and Lunu is on the south bank of the upper reaches of the river, less than 100 miles apart.

Liu Xiu judged that Peng Ning's army would definitely cross the river from An'an, reach the south bank, and then advance towards Lunu, so he decided to lead Lunu's 2,000 soldiers and horses to the south bank of An'an, where he blocked Pengning's crossing of the river.

Before leading the army to leave Lunu, Liu Xiu repeatedly told Liu Jun that during his absence, he must strictly guard the city and block the whole city, and whoever comes to Lunu must not put it in the city, and wait for him to come back.

Liu Jun agreed again and again, patted his chest and promised: "Uncle Wen, although you can rest assured, even if the Heavenly King Laozi comes, I will not put it in the city!" ”

Liu Xiu nodded, and after explaining everything that should be explained, he led Lu Nu's 2,000 county troops out of the city and went straight to the opposite bank of the safe river.

These days, Liu Xiu is no longer hiding in Lunu, and he and Liu Jun go to the market almost every day to recruit new soldiers. In just a few days, the two of them recruited hundreds of strong men, and when Liu Xiu left Lunu, he did not bring these hundreds of strong men, but left them to Liu Jun, plus the officials in the city, and the soldiers who could fight, there were also six or seven hundred people

Many, in Liu Xiu's opinion, defending the city is enough.

Let's say Liu Xiu, leading 2,000 soldiers and horses, all the way to the east, the next day, Liu Xiu's troops arrived at the south bank of safety.

The soldiers and horses led by Liu Xiu lined up on the south bank of the river, while the soldiers and horses led by Peng Ning lined up on the north bank, and the soldiers on both sides faced each other across the river.

During the day, the temperature rises and the water is choppy, but at night, the temperature plummets and the river begins to freeze.

Liu Xiu speculated that there was no water army in the Pengning Division, and he did not dare to cross the river during the day, and most likely, the Pengning Department would take advantage of the freezing of the river at night to secretly cross the river. In the evening, Liu Xiu sent a large number of scouts to keep an eye on the movement of the river.

To Liu Xiu's surprise, even though the surface of the Hushui River had frozen at night, the Peng Ning Department still did not move, and the soldiers of the whole army retreated in the safe city, unprepared to cross the river.

At dawn the next day, Liu Xiu summoned Deng Yu and others in the Chinese military tent to speculate on what kind of medicine was sold in Pengning's gourd.

Liu Xiu said: "Peng Ning's troops, several times that of our army, are now stopped at safety and stopped, what does it mean?" ”

Zhu You scratched his head and said, "Maybe Peng Ning is not sure of winning a battle now!" ”

Deng Yu nodded, agreed with Zhu You's words, and continued: "Peng Ning may be looking for the weakness of our army. ”

Liu Xiu asked: "What does Zhonghua think is the weakness of our army?" ”

Deng Yu was silent for a while, frowned and said, "Lu Nu! ”

When Liu Xiu heard this, his mind suddenly moved, and after thinking about it carefully, Liu Xiu thought that Deng Yu was right, and his weakness was indeed in Lunu.

The 2,000 soldiers they are now leading are all county troops, and most of the county army are the locals of Lunu. Zhu You muttered: "But the main force of the Pengning Department is on the opposite side, if there is a large army transfer in the Pengning Department, our army scouts will definitely be aware of it, but if you want to hide from our eyes and ears, and only send a small force to attack Lunu, it will be difficult to break through."

Lunu's city defense! ”

Everyone present nodded one after another, feeling that Zhu You's analysis was not unreasonable, if Peng Ning wanted to sneak attack Lunu, if he sent fewer troops, it would be useless to go, and if he sent more troops, he would be discovered by his own side, and Peng Ning wanted to successfully attack Lunu, it was too difficult.

Deng Yu also understands the truth of this, but the only weakness he can think of at present is Lu Nu.

Liu Xiu pondered for a moment, turned his head to look at Choshi, and asked, "Second situation, what's going on over there?" ”

Choshi Zhengse said: "My lord, Peng Ning has now recruited county soldiers from Anwei, Lucheng, and Anguo, and at present, the soldiers and horses under Peng Ning's command have expanded to nearly 7,000 people. ”

Liu Xiu muttered: "Several times more than me, but he didn't move, this Peng Ning is calm!" Zhu You said: "My lord, according to the opinion of the last general, Peng Ning may also be waiting for the arrival of the Yan Feng Ministry. After a pause, he looked around at the people present, and said with a solemn face: "There are 20,000 people in the Yan Feng Department, and now the Peng Ning Department has expanded to 7,000, and the two armies are once there

Combined, the total strength of the army can reach 30,000 people, if our army forms a two-sided flank attack, our army officers and men, it is really difficult to deal with! "The Lunu County Army is different from the Han Army under Liu Xiu's previous command, the Han Army finished fighting in Nanyang and went to Yingchuan to fight, there are many veterans in the army, extremely rich combat experience, and strong combat power, but the Lunu County Army has never fought before, and it is all on the battlefield

Considered a new soldier, fighting 2,000 to 30,000 is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.

Liu Xiu rubbed his chin and said: "Peng Ning is a person, he is anxious for quick success, and he is so happy about his achievements, and now he has a great advantage in our army, so he should strive to annihilate our army before the arrival of Yan Fengbu, so as to take the great merit alone." ”

But the problem is that Peng Ning is too stable now, and it doesn't match his personality at all, either he has a master around him to help, or he must be secretly plotting something.

Liu Xiu thought for a while, and couldn't figure out what the hell Peng Ning was doing, so he said to Choshi: "In the second case, continue to send spies to the other side, and I will know if there is any disturbance in safety." ”

"Yes! Lord! Choshi said nowhere neatly.

After the meeting, everyone withdrew from the Chinese military tent one after another, and in the end, only Zhu You was still sitting in the camp tent and did not move.

Liu Xiu didn't pay attention to Zhu You, who was staying, he knelt down in front of the table, looking intently at the map spread on the table, and his fingers swiped a few times on the map from time to time.

Zhu You glanced at Liu Xiu, got up, walked to the stove on the side, lifted the kettle on it, made a cup of tea for Liu Xiu, and then put it on the edge of the table, and said softly: "The lord drinks tea." ”

Liu Xiu thanked him, picked up the teacup, his eyes still fell on the map, and he slowly took a sip of tea absentmindedly.

Zhu You cleared his throat, and then coughed a few more times. Liu Xiu reluctantly put down the teacup, raised his eyebrows and looked at Zhu You, and asked, "Ayou, is there something?" ”

"Hey, hey!" Zhu You grinned, rubbed his hands, knelt down at the table, and asked, "How did the lord think about it?" ”

Liu Xiu was inexplicably asked by his brainless words, and asked rhetorically: "What are you thinking about?" ”

"That's it...... That's what Liu Taishou said. ”

"What's the matter?"

"Tsk!" Zhu You winked at Liu Xiu and whispered, "It's about the lord being the emperor!" ”

Hearing this, Liu Xiu's face suddenly sank, and he said unhappily: "This matter, don't mention it again in the future!" ”

Zhu You said unwillingly: "He Wang Lang can be called the emperor here in Hebei, the lord is thousands of times stronger than Wang Lang, why can't he be called the emperor in Hebei?" ”

Liu Xiu's brows tightened, the displeasure on his face became even stronger, he glared at Zhu You angrily, and shouted in a deep voice: "You still say? ”

Zhu You shrunk his neck, waved his hand again and again, and said, "The lord is not angry, I won't say it!" As he spoke, he stood up, shook his head and sighed as he turned and walked out. Liu Xiu was almost amused by his sad face, when Zhu You was about to walk out, Liu Xiu raised his hand to stop him, Zhu You looked back at him puzzled, Liu Xiu pulled out a large piece of sheepskin from behind him, handed it to Zhu You, and said, "The weather is cold."

Now, when you're out on the outside, wrap this around your body! ”

At that time, the cotton clothes for the winter were made of linen cloth or kudzu cloth, and the cotton clothes were not stuffed with cotton, but stuffed with broken linen, old silk cotton, etc., the effect of keeping out the cold was not good, and the best cotton clothes had to be leather.

Zhu You took the leather handed over by Liu Xiu, looked at it, grinned, and said, "It's lambskin!" ”

Liu Xiu said: "Boyu gave me a few pieces of skin, you can use this piece!" ”

"Thank you, my lord!" Zhu You draped the leather directly over his shoulders and walked out beautifully.

Outside the tent, Deng Yu, Cho Qi, Feng Yi and others did not leave, and when they saw Zhu You coming out, everyone gathered around and asked, "Zhong Xian, have you mentioned it to the lord?" ”

Zhu You pursed his lips and said, "I mentioned it, it's okay not to mention it, after mentioning it, I was reprimanded by the lord in vain!" ”

Liu Xiu is their lord, whether Liu Xiu has the heart to be the emperor or not, this is directly related to their future, and everyone is of course very concerned about this matter. After listening to Zhu You's words, everyone looked at each other, and finally shook their heads in disappointment.

Deng Yu looked at the leather that Zhu You draped on his shoulders and asked, "Zhong Xian, your skin is good!" ”

"Right? It's lambskin! Zhu You took off the leather draped on his shoulders, and deliberately showed it to everyone around him, and said triumphantly: "It was sent to me by the lord!" Deng Yu also smiled and asked curiously: "Did Zhong Xian ask the lord for it, or did the lord take the initiative to give it to Zhong Xian?" ”