Chapter 444: Sudden Change
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Wang Lang's army was defeated, the main general Chen Yi was captured, and the next battle was no longer suspenseful, some of the county soldiers fled, and the other part of the county soldiers who had no time to escape also lost their weapons and surrendered to the Han army.
In this battle, the 7,000 Han army led by Liu Xiu defeated Chen Yi's troops of more than 10,000 people. Since the battle took place outside the city of Xindu, the news of the defeat of Wang Lang's army soon spread into the city of Xindu.
When Liu Xiubu finished cleaning the battlefield and escorted more than 3,000 captives to Xindu City, he saw the drawbridge of the city falling, the city gate opened, and a large number of people dressed in Han government came out of the city.
Then, more than 1,000 soldiers followed.
Liu Xiu was about to rush forward, but Zhu You, who was beside him, reminded urgently: "The lord is careful of deception!" ”
"It doesn't matter." Liu Xiu smiled indifferently and continued to urge the horse to step forward.
As soon as he arrived in front of everyone, he saw a middle-aged man with extraordinary bearing walking out of the crowd, kneeling on his knees, kowtowing forward, choking and saying: "Xiaguan Xindu County is too guarded by Ren Guang, meet Da Sima!" ”
Ren Guang's image is excellent, although he is middle-aged, he is born with a dignified appearance, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a tall figure, and between his hands and feet, he exudes the majesty of an elder.
At the beginning, Ren Guang followed Cen Peng and defended Wancheng, which brought huge trouble and threat to the Han army and made the Han army hate it to the core.
When Cen Peng surrendered, many people advocated killing the officials of Wancheng. At that time, Ren Guang relied on his good image, and was caught by Liu Ci who was passing by and saved him in time.
And Liu Xiu, like Liu Ci, also loves people with a good image.
He turned over and dismounted, walked to Ren Guang approached, and was about to help him up, and the officials behind Ren Guang also knelt on the ground one after another, and said, "Go down and meet Da Sima!" ”
When speaking, many people have red circles under their eyes, kneel on the ground, and choke incessantly. Wang Lang proclaimed himself emperor in Handan, and all the county governments of Xindu County chose to take refuge in the Handan court, but the county headed by Ren Guang would rather die than surrender.
Li Zhong, the commander of Xindu, Wan Xuan of Xindu County, Cao Ruan, the county gong, and Guo Tang, the five officials of the county, are all the same as Ren Guang, and would rather die than surrender to Wang Lang.
But when the people around you have chosen to surrender, but a group of people like you refuse to surrender, the pressure on Ren Guang and others can be imagined.
Ren Guang, Li Zhong, Wan Yu and others completely guarded such a lonely city as Xindu City, resisting Wang Lang's pressure to the death.
Chen Yi was not the first person to come to attack Xindu City, at the behest of Wang Lang, there were already several groups of people who attacked Xindu City before and after.
It's just that Ren Guang is indeed a good defender, and when he followed Cen Peng to defend Wancheng, he showed his talent for defending the city. The Xindu Prefecture headed by Ren Guang simply repelled the enemy troops who came to attack the city one after another.
It's not that it's not easy, it's that it's not easy. Isolated and helpless, surrounded by a group of enemies, there is almost no hope in the county government, from Ren Guang to ordinary soldiers, all with the determination to die.
This time, Chen Yi raised a large army to attack the capital of Xin, and the city was already exhausted of ammunition and food, not to mention that the rolling wood and stones had been used up, and even the arrows were not left.
Just when Ren Guang and the others were determined that the city was in the city and the city was dead, Liu Xiu led the army to arrive and defeated the powerful Chen Yijun in one fell swoop. Those officials who wept wept with joy.
Liu Xiu stretched out his hand to help Ren Guang up, and at the same time waved his hand to the others, and said, "You are all loyal ministers of the Han family, please get up quickly!" ”
"Xie Da Sima...... Woo woo......" Many officials stood up tremblingly, couldn't hold back any longer, covered their faces with their sleeves, and cried loudly.
Liu Xiu appeased him for a while before entering Xindu City surrounded by Ren Guang and others.
After entering the city, look around, full of devastation, the buildings in the city, can be demolished have all been demolished, used to make rolling wood and stone and other city defense weapons, look closely at the people who stop on the street, all of them are yellow and thin, the face is like the color of the earth.
Xindu City has been trapped for so long, and all the food and materials from the outside cannot be transported in, and it is completely an isolated city.
Even the county army defending the city could not have enough to eat, and the people in the city had no food to eat. has supported itself for so long, there have been no riots in the city, and there have been no large-scale starvation deaths, which also shows the ability of Ren Guang, Li Zhong, Wan Xuan and others.
Liu Xiu rode forward, waved Zhu You to his side, and said: "Give the surplus grain and grass in our army, as well as the grain and grass captured by Chen Yijun, to Ren Taishou and help the people in the city!" ”
Zhu You didn't say a word, and immediately intervened to give a salute and said, "The last general will obey the order!" ”
Ren Guang, Li Zhong, Wan Yu and others who were following also heard Liu Xiu's words. All the officials were greatly moved, and they all bowed their hands to Liu Xiu and said: "Xiaguan Dai 80,000 people in the city, thank you Da Sima!" ”
Liu Xiu waved his hand and said, "During this time, Ren Taishou and all the adults, and even the people in the city, have suffered. ”
Hearing this, even Ren Guang's eyes turned red, and the others burst into tears.
When he arrived at the county government, everyone sat down one after another, Liu Xiu, as the big Sima, naturally sat in the center, on his left hand, were the generals under his command, and on his right hand, Ren Guang and other county government and county government officials.
Liu Xiu learned from Ren Guang in detail about the situation in Xindu City and even Xindu County. At present, there is a shortage of everything in the city, lack of food, lack of medicine, lack of weapons, and I am afraid that the most people are people.
As for Xindu County, except for Xindu City, other cities and counties have all been attached to Wang Lang, and the situation is not optimistic.
After Ren Guang finished speaking, he glanced at Liu Xiu and couldn't help but sigh: "If General Cen could be in Xindu, the situation in Xindu would never have become so unbearable, all because of Ren Guang's incompetence!" ”
As he spoke, Ren Guang left the table, kowtowed to Liu Xiu, and said, "Please Da Sima to condemn the lower officials!" ”
Seeing this, Li Zhong, Wan Xuan and others also left the table and knelt on the ground, and said in unison: "Please Da Sima to surrender!" Liu Xiu sighed, waved his hand to Ren Guang and the others, and said sincerely: "You don't have to blame yourself!" The rebellion of Xindu County was only because of Wang Lang's great rebellion and vain respect of the emperor, and you can strictly guard the Xindu City and not be invaded by Wang Lang, which can be called the Han family
How can such a meritorious man be punished? ”
Ren Guang and the others bowed forward again to thank them, and then they got up one after another and returned to their seats.
Ren Guang mentioned Cen Peng just now, which made Liu Xiu feel a lot of emotion in his heart, it can be said that Cen Peng is the number one rival he and his eldest brother met in Nanyang.
Later, Cen Peng was forced to surrender and surrender to the eldest brother, and later, the eldest brother was killed, and Cen Peng was requisitioned to Zhu Kun.
He asked, "Ren Taishou still has dealings with General Cen now?" ”
Ren Guang's face was straight, and he said: "There were letters before, but recently I have believed that the capital is trapped, and I have cut off contact with General Cen for a long time. ”
Liu Xiu said thoughtfully: "General Cen was originally under the command of the eldest brother, and after the eldest brother was killed, he was requisitioned by Zhu Kun. ”
He said this, firstly, to express his appreciation and love for Cen Peng, a general, and secondly, to test the reaction of Ren Guang and others.
You must know that Liu Xiu's killing, the official version is that he was killed for premeditated rebellion, but at this time, Liu Xiu used his murder to characterize Liu Xiu's killing, which is tantamount to openly confronting the first imperial court.
In addition, he called Zhu Kun by his name, which was also an obvious transgression.
Zhu Kun is a genuine big Sima, and Liu Xiu is only doing big Sima things, which belongs to a specific scope, so he can carry out the duties and powers of the big Sima, and his official rank with Zhu Kun is a big difference!
Liu Xiu deliberately exposed these two flaws, just to see how Ren Guang, Li Zhong, Wan Yu and others reacted. After hearing her words, the faces of Ren Guang, Li Zhong, Wan Xuan and others were a little unnatural, everyone looked at each other, and finally Ren Guang bowed and said: "When Xia Guan and General Cen were in correspondence, General Cen was serving as a lieutenant in Yingchuan, and now General Cen is."
Whether it is still in Yingchuan, the lower official is not sure, and the lower official can repair the letter to ask. ”
Ren Guang neither corrected the mistakes in Liu Xiu's words, nor echoed his words, but led the topic to Cen Peng.
When Liu Xiu heard this, the corners of his mouth raised, revealing a hint of a smile. Ren Guangzhen is worthy of being an old fritter in the officialdom, and when he speaks, he doesn't leak, which makes it elusive to his mind.
He nodded quietly and said, "In this way, it will be too annoying." ”
"Da Sima is polite." Ren Guang hurriedly bowed and bowed.
Liu Xiu relieved the siege of Xindu City, but he only stayed in Xindu City for two days.
On the third day, he left his own soldiers and horses, the Zhongshan army was under the command of Ma Wu, the Shanggu army was commanded by Jing Dan, the Yuyang army was commanded by Wang Liang, and he himself took Wu Han, Jia Fu, Zhu You and others to leave Xindu and go to Zhending.
If it weren't for the urgency of Xindu City, Liu Xiu would have gone to Zhending a long time ago, and he would not have been delayed for so long.
At this time, Liu Yang, who was in Zhending, was also at a loss. He has three daughters who have not yet come out of the cabinet, no matter how they look and what their talents are, none of these three women are willing to marry Liu Xiu.
It's very simple, they are princesses, and what is Liu Xiu's identity? Marquis! Just a martial letter marquis!
What is Liu Xiu's official position? Do great things! To put it bluntly, it is here in Hebei that he temporarily acts as a big Sima, and when the situation in Hebei is stable, he has to be reinstated. What is his original position? Lieutenant Sili!
Speaking of which, the captain of Si Li, who is more than 2,000 stones, is no longer a petty official, but who is this score for. For the royal daughters, the official position of Sili Lieutenant is really unreachable.
Moreover, they don't think that Liu Xiu can fight against Wang Lang in Hebei, Liu Xiu only has a few soldiers under his command now, how many counties and counties do he occupy? How many soldiers and horses did Wang Lang have, and how many counties and counties surrendered?
Even if Liu Xiu wins in the end, what can he do, he is not unfavored in front of the Son of Heaven in Chang'an? His eldest brother was sentenced for rebellion, how could the Son of Heaven trust him?
Also, what is Liu Xiu's background? Nanyang a farmer! What are their origins? The Princess! Is it appropriate for a princess to match a farmer?
These are real problems. Now they are choosing a husband, which is related to their whole life, no matter from which point of view, Liu Xiu is not a good choice, and they also look down on Liu Xiu, who was born as a village husband.
Although Liu Yang judged that Liu Xiuding was not a thing in the pool, it did not mean that his daughters would make the same judgment as him.
He asked his eldest daughter to marry, and the eldest daughter was forced to die, and he asked his second daughter to marry, but the second daughter was still forced to die.
He let his third daughter marry, as the youngest daughter with the most brutal temperament, he said bluntly in front of Liu Yang, married to the same clan, and there is a difference in generation, this is incest, as a princess, she really can't afford to lose this person.
Liu Yang, the king of Zhending, who is so big, was blushing and speechless by his youngest daughter. In fact, although Liu Yang and Liu Xiu are clan relatives, they have already been out of the five suits, and there is no problem of close relatives between them. Moreover, this is a political marriage, even if it is close, driven by huge political interests, it is normal to combine with each other. But the three daughters, as if they had discussed it, would rather die than marry Liu Xiu, which made Liu Yang at a loss.