Chapter 361: The Battle of Kunyang

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Wang Yi and Wang Xun commanded their subordinates to massacre the soldiers of the Mang army around the boat, until they were all floating corpses by the river, and no one could hold the hull of the boat, so Wang Yi and Wang Xun ordered to cross the river.

The two of them ran away by boat, leaving more than 100,000 reckless troops by the river. Some of them are good at water, take off their armor, jump into the river, and swim to the opposite bank, while others who can't swim run along the shore.

When Liu Xiu led the Han army to chase and kill, he saw such a chaotic scene. There was no extra nonsense, Liu Xiuyi waved the sword in his hand and shouted: "Attack!" Defeat the reckless army once and for all! ”

With Liu Xiu's order, the cavalry and infantry of the Han army advanced together.

More than 100,000 reckless troops, there is no way to go to the sky, there is no way to go down, most of them are forced into the river, among them really have the physical strength to swim to the other side, in fact, only a handful, most of them were drowned alive in the water.

This is the battle of Kunyang that shocked the world.

In this battle, the Han army, led by Liu Xiu and Wang Feng, with less than 20,000, was unbelievably defeated by more than 400,000 Mang troops.

In history, it is not uncommon to win more with less, like the famous Battle of Julu, Xiang Yu also commanded 50,000 Chu troops to defeat 400,000 Qin troops.

In the battle of Kunyang, the Han army was less than 20,000 people, and the 430,000-strong Mang army was completely defeated, and the corpses were all over the field, I have to say that this is a great miracle in the history of Chinese warfare.

More than 400,000 reckless troops, from Kunyang to Junshui, ran all the way to death, and the corpses spread out for twenty or thirty miles, especially when they arrived in Junshui, the river was almost full of corpses of reckless soldiers.

In fact, most of the reckless soldiers did not die in the hands of the Han army, the total Han army was less than 20,000 people, even if they were allowed to use their strength to kill, how many people could they kill? Most of the soldiers of the reckless army who died in battle died at the feet of their own people, and they were trampled to death by their own people in the chaos, and as for the reckless soldiers who were drowned in the water, a considerable part of them were forced into the water, and for those who surrendered

Army, the Han army did not kill indiscriminately.

The battle of Kunyang shocked all states, counties and counties across the country.

No matter who it seems, the situation of this battle is very clear, the Mang army has hundreds of thousands of soldiers, known as a million army, and the Nanyang Han army is less than 100,000 people, the difference between the two sides is too great, this battle does not seem to have much suspense.

But who would have thought that this reckless army, known as a million people, failed to enter Nanyang, but when passing through Yingchuan, it was completely annihilated by the Han army that flowed into Yingchuan. This battle is really unbelievable and incredible!

After the Battle of Kunyang, Liu Xiu became famous in one fell swoop, and really became a famous general of the Han army.

In fact, the battle of Kunyang, as Liu Xiu, who organized the counterattack, was indeed indispensable, but otherwise, Wang Feng's merits were not lower than Liu Xiu's.

If Wang Feng had not firmly held on to Kunyang and had more than 400,000 Mang troops outside Kunyang City, it would have been impossible to have this final victory.

It's just that Wang Feng wrote a letter of surrender to Wang Yi and handed over a letter of surrender to Wang Yi, and it was really embarrassing to surrender to the Mang army, which not only made Wang Feng lose face, but also greatly offset his achievements.

You must know that Wang Feng's official position is much higher than Liu Xiu's, and in the Battle of Kunyang, he should have been the leader, and he should have made great contributions.

But it was because he took the initiative to surrender to the Mang army that in the Kunyang victory, Wang Feng's exploits were greatly erased, even in the history books of later generations, the blatant leader of the Han army was Liu Xiu, not him Wang Feng.

The Han army's great victory in the Battle of Kunyang was not only a great victory, but also the return of all states and counties, and also sounded the death knell of the Xinmang court. The more than 400,000 Mang army, it can be said that Wang Mang's entire family background, after the battle of Kunyang, was beaten to a fine light, and in the end, only Wang Yi and Wang Xun with one or two hundred people, escaped the water and returned to Chang'an

The root of the imperial court.

Hearing the news of the defeat of the imperial army in Kunyang, the Chang'an Imperial Court was shocked, like a mourner, and Wang Mang turned white overnight. At this time, Wang Mang could actually foresee that he was about to die of great disaster.

The battle of Kunyang had just ended, and the Han army had not even finished cleaning the battlefield outside Kunyang City, when they received good news from Nanyang, and Wancheng was broken.

The news of the fall of Wancheng that Liu Xiu spread here in Kunyang was actually made up by him on the spot, using it to boost his own morale and at the same time to demoralize the reckless army.

But Liu Xiu never expected that the news he made up happened to be right, and Wancheng was really captured by Liu Xiu's army.

The Han army was besieging Wancheng in January, and it was now the end of May, and the siege had been around for five months.

In Wancheng City, the grain and grass have long been exhausted, whether it is the soldiers or the people, there is no grain to eat, and there is even a tragedy of cannibalism in the city.

If Cen Peng continued to defend to the death, his soldiers, along with the people of the city, would have to starve to death.

ran out of ammunition and food, and insisted on reaching this point, Cen Peng really had no choice, so in the end he could only send people to the Han army camp outside the city to ask Liu Xuan to surrender.

Seeing the surrender letter sent by Cen Peng, Liu Xuan couldn't tell what it was like in his heart.

Since his incident in Chungling, Cen Peng has been his great enemy in Nanyang, even if he is dreaming, he doesn't know how many times he has dreamed, and he personally beheaded Cen Peng under the sword.

And now, this great enemy, who has been bothering him, actually wrote a letter of surrender to himself in person, and Liu Xuan's heart is also mixed.

Many of his generals advised Liu Xuan not to accept Cen Peng's surrender, and to capture the thief alive and break him into pieces.

I don't know how many of my brothers died at the hands of Cen Peng, and it was too cheap for him to accept his surrender and spare his life.

Liu Xuan also felt that his subordinates were reasonable, and they refused to surrender, at this time, Deng Yu, who was sent by Liu Xiu to assist him, stood up and analyzed the pros and cons to Liu Xiu.

If Cen Peng's surrender is not accepted, it will not only be Cen Peng and the county army in the city who will die, but also more than 100,000 people in the city, which is too great a price and too much damage to the reputation of the Han army.

Secondly, if you want to achieve great things, you must have a big mind and be tolerant.

Cen Peng does not surrender, it is indeed his own mortal enemy, but Cen Peng surrenders, there is no reason for his side to refuse the door, if the Han family wants to revivenation, it must recruit talents from all over the world, and among these talents, it should also include former enemies. What's more, Cen Peng is brave and strategic, he is a rare handsome talent, shouldn't he be included in his command and used for his own use? Moreover, now more than 400,000 Mang troops are fighting in Kunyang, and the situation in Kunyang is in crisis and the main army of their own side is urgently needed

At such a critical moment, it is really not appropriate to delay any longer, and we must quickly end the battle of Wancheng, so that our main army can pull out and rush to help Kunyang.

Deng Yu's analysis successfully moved Liu Xuan, and it was under Deng Yu's persuasion that Liu Xuan finally accepted Cen Peng's surrender.

Liu Xuan was willing to accept his surrender, which surprised Cen Pengdu. Cen Peng sent someone to send the book, just to test Liu Xuan's reaction. He was like a mirror in his heart, there were too many Han troops who died in his hands, and even the defeat of the Han army in Xiaochang'anju and the death of Liu Yuan, Liu Xuan's sister, were more or less related to him, and the Han army should not accept his surrender. can

Unexpectedly, Liu Xuan accepted it, and also made a promise that he would not indiscriminately kill a single soldier who surrendered, and the previous grievances and entanglements could be written off.

Liu Xuan was able to have such a mind, which surprised Cen Peng, and Cen Peng's heart was full of emotion and gratitude for Liu Xuan's surrender.

One side was willing to surrender, the other side was willing to surrender, and the rest went well.

Cen Peng personally took the soldiers of the city out of Wancheng and pleaded guilty to Liu Xuan. Liu Xuan also stepped forward very generously and untied the rope on Cen Peng's body with his own hands.

The battle of Wancheng took several months, and it was only now that it was over, and the Nanyang army led by Cen Peng surrendered to the Han army. The most direct consequence of the surrender of Cen Peng was that the entire territory of Nanyang completely fell into the hands of the Han army, and at the same time, the Han army won a great victory in Kunyang, defeating more than 400,000 Mang troops, and many towns in Yingchuan were almost the first time

Occasionally, he sent a letter of surrender to Liu Xiu, expressing his willingness to return to the imperial court.

The great victories in Kunyang and Wancheng completely strengthened the power of the Han army.

All of a sudden, the counties and counties across the country were full of heroes, killing the state pastor, killing the Taishou, killing the county order, and sending people to submit the Shun table to Liu Xuan in Nanyang, willing to accept the dispatch of the first imperial court.

In the past few days, Liu Xuan has been so happy that he can't keep his mouth shut, and the happy events are one after another, it is the victory of Kunyang, and it is the return of Wancheng to Shun.

Now, even as far away as Hebei, many counties and counties have sent people to send Shun Biao, expressing their willingness to bow down to their own Han emperor.

However, there are also things that annoy Liu Xuan, that is, the two brothers Liu Xuan and Liu Xiu are becoming more and more famous, and their prestige is too great, and they even overpower him as an emperor. Liu Xiu became famous all over the world because of the capture of Wancheng and the recovery of Cen Peng, and Liu Xiu was even more in Kunyang, defeating 430,000 Mang's army with less than 20,000 troops, and his reputation was almost surpassing that of Liu Xuan

During the war, Liu Xuan felt that his throne was obviously threatened.

There are Liu Xuan and Liu Xiu, the brothers below, who are highly meritorious, Liu Xuan's heart is already up and down, and there are people around him who keep fueling the troubles, Zhu Kun.

On this day, Zhu Kun met Liu Xuan and handed Liu Xuan a roll of bamboo slips at the same time. Liu Xuan didn't know why, so he took the bamboo slip and unfolded it to take a look, and there were paragraphs of words in it.

Seeing Liu Xuan's blank expression, Zhu Kun explained slowly: "This is that since Your Majesty ascended the throne, all Liu Ji's words and deeds have been recorded by the ministers, please take a look at it." ”

Liu Ji is the general of the three armies in the Han army, and he is also one of Liu Ji's closest brothers, and his status in Liu Ji's heart, I am afraid that in addition to Liu Xiu and Liu Jia, he is Liu Ji.

When Liu Xuan heard this, he was taken aback, and hurriedly read the contents of the book.

These records of what Liu Ji said are all related to Liu Xuan, and they are recorded in great detail, such as a certain year, a certain month, a certain day, what time, what occasion, who he talked to, etc.

One of them is what Liu Ji said to the Liu clan not long after Liu Xuangang became emperor. "Since I started the army, all the great things I have done are the work of my eldest brother, and what kind of thing is Liu Xuan, he is also worthy of being the Son of Heaven?"

In addition, during the siege of Wancheng, Liu Ji also told his soldiers from time to time that when Wancheng was captured, they turned around, pulled Liu Xuan off the throne, and pushed his eldest brother Liu Xuan to the throne. After reading the words recorded by these records, a layer of white sweat broke out of Liu Xuan's brain, and he stammered: "Liu Ji...... Liu Ji wants to kill me? ”