Liu Xuan smiled bitterly and said: "But Gongsun has no real evidence, everything he said is a guess, and Du Wei doesn't believe his words." ”

Liu Xiu asked, "What about the eldest brother?" Didn't the eldest brother believe his words either? ”

Liu Xuan was silent for a moment, and said: "Eight thousand county troops, plus one thousand, nearly ten thousand people in our department, even if there are as many as two or three thousand barbarians in Qianyou Mountain, our advantage in this battle is also very great. Could it be that the strength of the barbarian soldiers can exceed two or three thousand? ”

Liu Xiu frowned and said meaningfully: "According to Brother Gongsun's speculation, even two or three thousand is at best, and it may even reach twenty or thirty thousand. ”

"Impossible! If so many people were hiding in the mountains, what would they eat? And what to drink? ”

"Naturally, there is a stream of water to drink in the mountains, and as for food, haven't the barbarians been harassing the people around the county? Even if they don't have enough food to eat, they will rob people to eat. ”

For the ferocity of the barbarian soldiers, the scene of roasting people and sharing food, Liu Xiu still remembers it vividly.

Liu Xuan was silent for a moment and said, "Now that the military order has been issued, I can't wait!" After a pause, he said: "Tomorrow's battle, Ah Xiu, you don't want to go, let me stay in the barracks honestly!" ”

"If the eldest brother doesn't go, I naturally won't go, if the eldest brother wants to go, even if I discount my legs, I will climb over!" Liu Xiu Zhengse said.

His words made Liu Xuan very helpless since he was heartwarming.

He sighed and was about to speak, Liu Xiu preemptively said: "Brothers in the war, father and son soldiers in battle, I came to Yizhou with my eldest brother, I can't let my eldest brother be alone on the battlefield, but I am hiding in the barracks!" ”

After a pause, he whispered again: "In the past, my eldest brother took care of me, but now that I have grown up, I should share it for my eldest brother!" ”

A soft light flashed in Liu Xiu's eyes, stroked Liu Xiu's shoulder, and said with emotion: "My little brother has grown up!" Okay, tomorrow Ah Xiu will accompany his eldest brother into battle! ”

Looking at the two brothers Liu Xuan and Liu Xiu, Zhu Yun was also full of envy, brothers, friends and brothers, it is nothing more than this.

On the morning of the next day, the county army led by the commander Tang Heng, the Xiangyang rebel army led by Liu Xuan, and the 2,000 local rebels in Hanzhong, totaling more than 10,000 people, marched towards Qianyou Mountain.

This battle of Qianyou also kicked off.

Liu Xuan remembered Feng Yi's warning, he did not lead his troops to the front, but followed behind the county army, and it was the Hanzhong Righteous Army that took the lead.

The leader of the Hanzhong Righteous Army was named Du You, who was a soldier of the county government.

There are six Caos under the county government, which are Gong Cao, Cang Cao, Hu Cao, Bing Cao, Fa Cao, and Shi Cao. The official in charge of each Cao is named Cao Peng, and the deputy is Cao Shi.

To put it bluntly, Du You is the second-in-command of Hanzhong County Bing Cao.

Du You led 2,000 Hanzhong rebels to march all the way, and finally arrived at Qianyou Mountain at five o'clock in the afternoon.

Qianyou Mountain is not a lonely mountain, but a large mountain range, as far as the eye can see, mountains are connected with mountains, forests are linked to forests, green and hurried, and you can't see the edge at a glance.

Walking near the mountain forest, Du You ordered to stop the march.

He sat on his horse and looked around, and everywhere he looked, there were mountains and forests, dense and dense. In such a large mountain forest, let alone more than 500 people, even if more than 50,000 people are hidden, they can't be found!

On the one hand, he sent spies to enter the forest first to investigate, and at the same time sent people to the back to ask the commander Tang Heng's opinion on whether his army should enter the mountains and forests.

Before the messenger had returned, several spies who had entered the forest ran out first, shouting as they ran: "My lord, there are brute soldiers!" There's brute soldiers in the woods--"

As soon as the spies ran out of the woods on their front feet, a dozen brute soldiers dressed in animal skins, armed with scimitars, and spears came out from behind.

Seeing this, Du You didn't say a word, swung his sword forward, and shouted: "Meet the enemy!" ”

With his order, two thousand rebels rushed forward like a tide. The dozen or so brute soldiers who chased out of the forest obviously didn't expect that there were so many enemies outside, and they were all stunned and stupid for a while.

When they came to their senses, it was too late to run. A group of cavalry from the rebels came close to them in the blink of an eye, and as they walked, their spears pierced out, their heads piercing through the chests of the brutes and poking out from their backs.

The combat power of the Hanzhong Righteous Army is really strong, since it was formed, it has been stationed in the county town, accepted the training of the county army, and even has cavalry in the Hanzhong Righteous Army.

None of the dozen brute soldiers ran away, and they were killed by the cavalry team that rushed up, this was not a battle at all, it was a completely one-sided slaughter.

The dozens of horsemen who rushed over turned their horses' heads and ran back to the corpse of the brute, and one by one they scrambled to jump off their horses, drew their sabers from their ribs, cut off the barbarians' heads, and tied them to the saddles.

The head is a military merit, and you can go to the county government to receive a reward, of course, people will not let it go, and even in order to compete for the head of a brute, there are people who push and scold each other.

Seeing this, Du You couldn't help but sneer, thinking that the barbarians hiding in Qianyou Mountain were so powerful, but now that they look at it, it is nothing more than that, it is just a group of stragglers who were scattered by the Jingshi Army and fled to Qianyou Mountain in a panic.

Without waiting for Tang Heng's order to be conveyed, Du You waved his hand and shouted: "The whole army enters the forest and pursues and kills the remnants of the barbarians!" ”

After a confrontation, the morale of the Hanzhong rebels was also raised, and people rushed into the forest with shouts.

There are still some barbarians in the forest, and it can be seen that at this time period, the barbarians are preparing to eat, and even the bonfire has been lit, but at this time, the Hanzhong rebels suddenly killed them.

The number of the rebels was too large, the strength of the two sides was completely disproportionate, most of the brutes did not dare to fight at all, threw down their food, turned around and ran, only sporadic brutes still took up arms to resist the attack of the rebels, but in the case of the enemy and my outnumber, they were quickly killed and fell in a pool of blood.

Du You led the army into the mountains and forests, and the news soon spread back to Tang Heng.

After listening to the report, Tang Heng couldn't help frowning secretly, now that the unitary time had passed, the sky was about to get dark, and it was very unfavorable for him to enter the mountains and forests to fight at this time.

However, soon, news came that Du You led the righteous army into Qianyou Mountain, fought successively, and defeated the barbarians hiding in the forest, and was already defeated.

The battle report sent back by Du You was too watery, in fact, the number of barbarians encountered by the Hanzhong Righteous Army was less than 100 people, and the barbarians killed by them were at best more than 20 people, how could this number of barbarians be called an army?

However, after hearing the battle report from the front, Tang Heng was overjoyed, and he said that the main force of the barbarian army could not be in Qianyou Mountain, and the barbarian soldiers hidden here were only a few hundred at best.

Tang Heng ordered to march at full speed, and be sure to kill all the barbarians hiding in the territory of Qianyou Mountain, and not a single one was left.

During this time, he hated the elusive barbarians near the county town, and around the county town, he was disturbed by this group of barbarians, and there were countless casualties and missing people, and he was also reprimanded by Taishou several times for this.

This time, he finally found the lair of this group of brutes, and if he didn't kill the other party, it would be difficult to eliminate the hatred in his heart.

The Hanzhong rebels came first, and the county army followed, and they entered the mountains and forests one after another to encircle and suppress the barbarians. The Xiangyang Rebels, who were walking at the rear, stopped near the mountains and forests.

Liu Xiu raised his eyes to look at the sky, the sun was setting, and the sky was full of red burning clouds.

He said to Liu Xuan: "Big brother, it's going to be dark soon, and it's too hasty to chase into the forest at this time, right?" Although Liu Xiu has never read the art of war, he also knows the truth of poor and unchasing.

What's more, the barbarians have lived in the mountains and forests for a long time and live by hunting, they are too familiar with the jungle tactics, but on their own side, they are not good at fighting in the jungle, especially the cavalry in the county army, and they can't give full play to the power of the cavalry.

Liu Xuan nodded, he also felt that Tang Heng was too hasty, the barbarians didn't know how many days they had been hiding in Qianyou Mountain, they were already familiar with every grass and tree here, and they had the courage to enter, and it was about to get dark, it was too dangerous.

When he was hesitating whether to lead the army to follow, a cavalryman of the county army ran out of the woods in front of him, and this person urged the horse to come to Liu Xuan, arched his hand casually, and said loudly: "Liu Xuan, Lord Du Wei ordered you to lead the army to follow up immediately." ”

After passing the word, the cavalryman didn't even look at Liu Xuan, turned his horse's head, and hurried back into the woods, as if he was afraid that if he went back too late, his military achievements would be snatched away by others.

Liu Xuan narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "It seems that the war is going very well, Ah Xiu, if we don't go in again, I'm afraid we won't even be able to grab some leftovers!" ”

Liu Xiu frowned and was silent. His intuition told him that Feng Yi's speculation was by no means untargeted, but the current war was indeed going well, and now Liu Xiu was a little undecided.

Liu Xuan no longer hesitated, and shouted to the left and right: "Order the brothers, enter the mountains and forests, cooperate with the county army, and encircle and suppress the barbarians!" ”

With the entry of Liu Xuan's first department, the army of 11,000 people dispatched by the county town has all entered the mountains and forests of Qianyou Mountain.

Now the sky is still bright, the battle is indeed going smoothly, Liu Xiu followed Liu Xiu and the others forward, from time to time you can see the corpses of the barbarians left on the ground, without exception, the heads of the barbarians have all been cut off, only a headless corpse remains.

Liu Jiu's face showed excitement, and gradually he also quickened his pace and caught up with the county army.

They had been deep in the forest for more than an hour, and it was getting dark, but there were still many fleeing brutes ahead.

Tang Heng ordered the whole army to rest in the forest for a while, and by the way, make torches, and prepare to search the mountains overnight, so as to find out all the fleeing barbarians.

Liu Xiu cut off a wrist-thick branch, wrapped a strip of cloth sticky with oil around it, and set it on fire.

He walked up to Liu Xuan and said, "Big brother, searching the mountains overnight has little effect, can you suggest that the captain temporarily withdraw to camp outside the forest, and it is not too late to search the mountains at dawn tomorrow?" ”

Liu Xuan sneered and said, "Now this Lord Tang is obviously on the rise, at this time, if he wants to withdraw from Qianyou Mountain, it is strange that he is willing to listen to me!" ”

Liu Xiu said quietly: "I always think that Brother Gongsun's speculation is reasonable......