Chapter 682: The Battle of Hongnong

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Youzhou's Shangshu was written by Zhu Fu, mainly talking about Peng Pet's movements.

During this time, Peng Pet was not idle, what he did was to collude with the Huns.

Peng Pet knows very well that now that he is rampant in Youzhou, Liu Xiu seems to have no way to deal with him, in fact, Liu Xiu has no time to clean him up.

Now Liu Xiu sent troops to fight against the Red Mei Army on the one hand, Deng Feng on the other, and Liu Yong on the other, fighting on three fronts, and had no extra energy and troops to deal with him.

But there will always be a day when the battle is over, and when Liu Xiu's third-line battle is over, the next person to deal with must be himself. He had to find a good helper for himself in advance.

The first object he thought of was his neighbor, the Taishou of Shanggu County next to Yuyang County.

Shanggu County is a large county in Youzhou, with strong soldiers and strong horses, and Geng Kuang's prestige in Shanggu is extremely high, and he responds to every call, if he can win Geng Kuang to his side, his capital to deal with Liu Xiu will increase a lot.

Peng Pet repeatedly sent envoys to Shanggu to persuade Geng Guo to support him and stand on the same front as him.

But without exception, Peng Pet sent a messenger in the past, Geng Guo killed one, sent a pair, Geng Gu killed a pair, it can be said that he did not hesitate, and his attitude of supporting Liu Xiu was also very resolute.

Geng Guo admired Liu Xiu very much, was loyal to Liu Xiu, and his son Geng Yi, but the general of Jianwei in the court, was named a good marquis, and he had two counties in Shiyi, and he was in a high position.

Whether it is public or private, it is impossible for Geng to betray Liu Xiu and get together with Peng Pet.

Seeing that it didn't work out here in Geng Condition, Peng Pet moved the object of his wooing to another place.

On the one hand, he actively flattered the Huns in the north, gold, silver, jewelry, silk and satin, and even beauties, all sent to the Huns, and they were bought with money, and they were married to beautiful women, and they really moved the Huns Shan Yu.

Xiongnu Shan Yu sent General Zuo Nan, leading tens of thousands of Xiongnu cavalry, into Yuyang to assist Peng Chong. While successfully winning the support of the Huns, Peng Chong actively befriended Zhang Bu in the south.

Zhang Bu was one of the leaders of the rebel army, and when the Green Forest Army and the Red Mei Army rebelled, he rose up in his hometown of Langya County and pulled up a rebel army.

The rebel army, led by Zhang Bu, soon took control of the entire Langya County.

Later, Liu Xuan became the emperor and sent an envoy to appease Zhang Bu, but Zhang Bu did not obey, and Liu Xuan sent people to attack instead, but was defeated by Zhang Bu.

Since then, Zhang Bu's power in Langya has become more entrenched. Later, Liu Yong took the initiative to win over Zhang Bu, gave him the title of general, the title of marquis, and handed over the two state capitals of Qingzhou and Xuzhou to him to govern.

Liu Yong's conditions were too generous, Zhang Bu compromised, submitted to Liu Yong, and accepted Liu Yong's reward. After that, Zhang Bu used the banner of Liu Yong, recruited troops, and became the strongest separatist force in Qingzhou and Xuzhou in one fell swoop.

Peng Pet's fornication with Zhang Bu is no different from his fornication with Liu Yong. It can be said that in order to deal with Liu Xiu, Peng Pet has done everything.

At present, Liu Xiuzheng is at war with Liu Yong, and Peng Pet has an affair with Zhang Bu, a general under Liu Yong, which is a collaborator.

The Xiongnu have always been a great harm to the north of the Central Plains, and Peng Pet colluded with the Huns to lead the Hun cavalry into the country, which was a traitorous move.

collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, Peng Pet has already occupied all of them. Liu Xiu read Zhu Fu's letter, can he be in a good mood?

"Rats! Shameless! Liu Xiu threw the music in his hand directly to the ground.

The surrounding chamberlains and palace maids were all frightened and knelt on their knees. Yin Lihua picked up the song, looked down, and then rolled it up and handed it to Zhang Kun on the side.

She came to Liu Xiu's side and said, "Your Majesty, don't be angry. Liu Xiu said word by word: "The Huns have repeatedly invaded my frontier, killed and plundered my border people, guarded the border soldiers, in order to protect my Han territory, I don't know how many heroic blood is spilled in the north every year, and Peng Pet actually colluded with the Huns to lead the Huns into Youzhou, Zhennai."

What a shame for my Han people! ”

Yin Lihua's eyes rolled, and she said softly: "As long as Geng Taishou is there in Youzhou, even if the Huns enter, it will not cause too much chaos." ”

"Oh?" Liu Xiu looked at Yin Lihua puzzled.

"Have you forgotten that Geng Shu, the second son of Geng Taishou, has a record of defeating the Hun cavalry!" Yin Lihua reminded.

When Liu Xiu pacified Hebei, although Yin Lihua was not by Liu Xiu's side, after arriving in Luoyang, she took the time to read all the previous battle reports.

Zhang Ye, the first county commander of Dai County, colluded with the Xiongnu and led the Xiongnu army into Dai County, and Shanggu County sent Geng Shu to lead the Youzhou Assault Cavalry against the Xiongnu cavalry.

In this battle, Geng Shu showed a strong command ability and confrontation ability, led the Youzhou Assault Cavalry, and defeated the Hun cavalry.

As mentioned in the previous article, Geng Yi's younger brother Geng Shu, looking at his achievements in this life, as long as he fought against the Huns, it was like fighting chicken blood, and his combat power doubled instantly. This may also be because Shanggu County belongs to the frontier, Geng Shu has been dealing with the Huns for many years, and is very proficient in the tactics and tactics of the Huns, so when he fought against the Huns, he won many battles and did not taste defeat, just died in Geng Shu's hands of the Huns

There are no less than two slave kings. Hearing Yin Lihua mention Geng Shu, Liu Xiu also suddenly remembered Geng Kuang, the second son who was used to fighting. He nodded slowly, and said quietly: "With Geng Shu in Shanggu, you can ensure that Shanggu is not lost, Shanggu is not lost, and Youzhou will not happen in a short time."

Big mess. ”

As long as he is given a little more time, whether it is against the Red Mei Army, Deng Feng, or Liu Yong, as long as there is a front where the war is over, he can draw troops to crusade against Peng Pet and solve the scourge of this Youzhou.

Theater of the Western Front.

The Red Eyebrow Army had advanced close to Hongnong, and Deng Yu's army was powerless to stop the advance of the Red Eyebrow Army. At this time, Deng Yu's army was stationed in Hu County, Hongnong County, and the second Western Expeditionary Army led by Feng Yi had entered Hongnong and was stationed in Yiyang.

Hu County is located in the west of Hongnong County, the capital of Hongnong County, and Yiyang is located in the east of Hongnong County.

The Red Mei Army was menacing, and Deng Yu knew that his soldiers and horses were unable to resist alone, so he invited Feng Yi to march into Huxian County and join forces with his own side to resist the advance of the Red Mei Army.

Feng Yi rejected Deng Yu's request, in Feng Yi's opinion, because Deng Yu's successive defeats in the previous battles had led to the morale of the Red Eyebrow Army, it would be unwise for his side to resist its edge now.

He advised Deng Yu not to block the Red Mei Army in Hu County, but to let it pass through Hu County, and then one of his own side was in Yiyang and one in Hu County, so that he could attack the Red Mei Army from the east and west, so that it would be difficult for him to finish, so that he could win a big victory.

Deng Yu read the reply letter from Feng Yi, thought about it seriously, and felt that Feng Yi's tactics were also feasible. However, the generals under Deng Yu did not agree with Feng Yi's tactics, and the strongest opposition was the cavalry general Deng Hong. Deng Hong is Deng Yu's cousin, brave and good at fighting, and has a high prestige in the army. Deng Hong believes that now he has 70,000 or 80,000 soldiers and horses, Feng Yi has 780,000 soldiers and horses, and in addition, Hongnong is too guarded by Jingdan, and he can also make up 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers and horses and merge them into one

Since then, there are almost 200,000 soldiers and horses, and they are fully equipped with the strength to confront the Red Eyebrow Army.

In that case, why should we back down and avoid war? Now is obviously the best time for your side to fight back against the Red Eyebrow Army.

After thinking about it, Deng Yu felt that Deng Hong's tactics were still too risky, and thought that Feng Yi's strategy was the most feasible.

Seeing that Deng Yu refused to listen to his own proposal, Deng Hong was disappointed.

Perhaps in order to prove that Deng Yu and Feng Yi were wrong, and he was right, Deng Hong did an unexpected thing, taking a part of the soldiers and horses, and went to meet the Red Eyebrow Army privately.

Under Deng Yu, Deng Hong is one of the best generals, and he can mobilize a lot of soldiers and horses. This time, Deng Hong took more than 30,000 soldiers with him.

Deng Hong led his troops to leave Huxian County to meet the Red Eyebrow Army, and when Deng Yu learned about this, Deng Hong had already led his troops to walk all night.

Deng Yu was shocked, and hurriedly sent a message to Feng Yi, inviting Feng Yi to immediately lead his troops and go with himself to reinforce Deng Hong.

It was a matter of life and death for 30,000 soldiers, Feng Yi did not dare to slack off, after receiving Deng Yu's urgent letter, he immediately led his 80,000 soldiers to march in the direction of Huxian.

Let's say that Deng Hong led his troops to meet the Red Mei Army that was advancing eastward, and the two sides met on a narrow road and started a short handover. Deng Hong is indeed very good at fighting, and the 30,000 soldiers and horses he commanded are against the 50,000 Red Mei army led by Xu Xuan, the prime minister of the Red Mei Army. In terms of troops, the Red Eyebrow Army has the absolute upper hand, but in terms of the situation on the battlefield, the two sides are completely fighting

It's evenly matched.

You must know that the morale of the Western Expeditionary Army is not high now, but the war-weariness is very serious, in this case, Deng Hong can fight more with less, and he can still fight a draw with the Red Mei Army, which also shows his strong ability to lead the army.

The battle between the two sides was a stalemate, and after three consecutive days of fighting, neither side could distinguish the winner.

At this time, even Xu Xuan was beaten to a pulp, and his superior forces could not win, which was really a big loss.

Just when Xu Xuan was at a loss, the military advisor Mo Yan arrived at Xu Xuan's place. Seeing the handsome and unparalleled, breezy Mo Yan, Xu Xuan was angry and asked in a deep voice: "Mo Yan, are you here to see the joke?" ”

Mo Yan smiled indifferently and said, "Xu Xiang misunderstood, Yan is here to help Xu Xiang break the enemy!" ”

Xu Xuan first raised his eyebrows, then sneered, and said, "Do you have a way to break the enemy?" The prime minister and the thief have been fighting fiercely for three days in a row, and they still can't win, what can you do? ”

Mo Yan is Fan Chong's person, and now Xu Xuan and Fan Chong are in their own series, and the contradictions between them are more and more, and they are getting bigger and bigger. For Mo Yan, Xu Xuan is both disdainful and jealous.

"Could it be that Xu Xiang has to defeat the enemy army on the frontal battlefield?" Mo Yan asked with a smile.

Xu Xuan's face was surprised, and he asked incomprehensibly: "Mo Yan, what do you mean by this?" ”

Mo Yan smiled and said, "Since the enemy can't be defeated, why doesn't Xu Xiang pretend to be defeated and retreat first, and wait for the enemy army to chase and kill, and then kill the enemy's return rifle when the formation is in chaos?" Xu Xuandu was almost angry, pointed at the Han army opposite, and asked: "Mo Yan, you will be like a fool when everyone else, can you be played with between applause?" Who is the commander of the enemy army on the opposite side? Deng Hong! We've played Deng Hong too much

Less often, his strength, you don't know? Pretending to be defeated, do you think Deng Hong is blind, can't he see it? ”

Mo Yan was not angry, and asked happily: "Xu Xiang thinks that after three days of fierce fighting, what is the enemy army lacking most now?" ”

Xu Xuan was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked, "What is most lacking?" "Grain!" Mo Yan said: "The logistics supply of our army is endless, but as far as I know, the logistics supply of the enemy army has not been able to keep up, and the rations brought by Deng Hongjun are only enough for two days, and the most can last for three days, that is to say, today, the enemy."

The army has already begun to run out of food. ”

"That'...... So what? Xu Xuan rolled his eyes and said, "Since the enemy army has run out of food, as long as it drags on any longer, the enemy army will be defeated!" ”

"Or rather, the enemy will retreat on their own initiative! has been fighting hard for so many days, is Xu Xiang really willing to let go of these 30,000 enemies? Mo Yan asked with a smile. Xu Xuan said angrily: "Don't go around the bend with me again!" Mo Yan, tell me, what the hell do you have in mind! ”