The institutions that Liu Xiu relied on to govern the country were ranked second even by the imperial court, mainly through two institutions, one was Shangshutai and the other was Yushitai.

The imperial envoy is the same as Shangshu, the rank is not high, but he is a close confidant of the Son of Heaven, and the imperial envoy has the right to report and impeach local officials. When the imperial envoy has the greatest power, he can directly impeach the county governor and the county governor.

Even if the power of the imperial envoy is not so great now, and after the impeachment is proposed, it needs to be tried by the three governments, but at the local level, whether it is the state governor or the Taishou, they are all afraid of the imperial envoy.

As soon as Du Lin took refuge, Liu Xiu named him the imperial envoy, which shows that Liu Xiu attaches great importance to Du Lin.

Because Du Lin was going back to his hometown for the funeral, he only stayed in the camp for one night, and the next morning, Du Lin came early to say goodbye to Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu didn't keep it, but only repeatedly reminded Du Lin that he needed to pay attention to rest and take care of his body on the road.

In addition, Liu Xiu sent him another 500 Han soldiers to protect the Du Lin family. Du Lin was grateful in his heart, thanked Liu Xiu for his kindness, and then said goodbye to Liu Xiu and continued on his way.

On the morning of the second day after Du Lin left, Wu Han and Cen Peng, as usual, led the main force of the Han army and continued to storm Xicheng.

The main direction of attack of the Han army was the south city of Xicheng, and on the other side, the north gate of Xicheng was quietly opened, the drawbridge was lowered, and groups of cavalry rushed out of the city.

This cavalry assembled outside the north city of Xicheng, with a total of tens of thousands of cavalry, and one of the generals led by it was the general Yang Guang.

After Yang Guang led 10,000 people of Xiliang Tie to ride out of Xicheng, he did not bypass the city and go directly to the south, but went all the way north, it seems that this cavalry is planning to go to Jicheng.

After walking about five miles to the north, the cavalry changed the direction of their march and made a big circle before they began to march south.

The cavalry led by Yang Guang went all the way south, bypassing Xicheng and the Han army attacking Xicheng, and ran to the east of the Han army's camp.

Yang Guang held the painting of the dragon in his hand, raised his eyes and looked ahead, and could vaguely see the outline of the Han army camp.

He squinted his eyes, turned his horse's head, and shouted loudly to the cavalry behind him: "Today's battle is not only about the life and death of us, but also about the success or failure of the king. ”

"Kill Liu Xiu!" "Kill Liu Xiu—" The cavalry soldiers shouted in unison.

Yang Guang raised the halberd in his hand, and the people stopped shouting, and then, everyone's eyes fell on the Han army camp in front.

Time passed minute by minute, and the Han army camp was quiet, and the cavalry led by Yang Guang was also waiting patiently.

They were waiting for Jindan's action. According to the agreement between Yang Guang and Jin Dan, Jin Dan would lead a group of Jianghu people to attack the Han army camp first, in order to attract the attention of the Han army, and then they would use arson as a sign.

As long as he saw the smoke rising from the Han army camp, Yang Guangke led his troops to attack, if he did not see the smoke, he must not rashly rush to kill the Han army camp.

Let's talk about Jin Dan, he gathered nearly 100 Jianghu people and quietly sneaked to the west of the Han army camp.

When they were still more than 300 steps away from the Han camp, the people fell to the ground in unison. At such a distance, it was completely impossible to see the guards of the large battalion.

Jin Dan turned around, ordered two Jianghu people, and asked them to investigate first.

The two Jianghu people each put on a white and yellow cloak, lay on the ground, and crawled forward. The ground was covered with withered grass and snow, the color of which was almost exactly the same as the cloak they were wearing. The two of them crawled from 300 steps away from the Han camp to within 100 steps of the Han camp, raised their eyes and looked forward, at this time they could clearly see that there were more than a dozen guards at the west camp gate of the Han camp, and there were more than a dozen people on the nearby wall

There were patrols walking back and forth outside the camp.

After seeing the situation of the Han army's guards clearly, the two Jianghu people turned around and went back to report to Jindan.

After listening to the report of the two of them, Jin Dan made an analysis, and felt that the defense of the Han army was not strong, and these people on his own side rushed forward, which should be enough to break through the defense of the Han camp.

Thinking of this, Jin Dan said: "We try to get as close as possible to the enemy camp, and once we are discovered by the enemy, we will rush up and kill the camp gate!" ”

"Yes! Mr. Kim! These people in the rivers and lakes all looked at Jin Dan as the head, and nodded in response.

Then, Jin Dan and everyone took out yellow and white cloaks and put them on themselves, and after finishing the work, everyone crawled forward in the direction of the Han camp.

On the side of the Han army in Xiying, the defense is indeed very loose, the troops invested are not many, and the people's vigilance is not very strong.

Until Jin Dan and the others were less than fifty steps away from the Han camp, it was the Han soldiers on the wall who first discovered that something was wrong.

People shouted and shouted on the wall, pointed to the ground outside the camp, and asked, "Is there a person lying on his stomach outside?" ”

The Han soldiers guarding the camp gate raised their eyes, and everywhere they looked, there was dry grass and snow, where was the shadow of a person? A Han soldier raised his head and asked loudly, "Hey, are you mistaken, where is there anyone outside the camp?" ”

The Han soldiers on the walled wall stretched out their heads one by one and watched intently. At this time, in the barren grassland outside the camp, dozens of crossbow arrows suddenly flew out.

Most of the more than a dozen Han soldiers standing on the wall were shot by crossbow arrows, or fell on their backs screaming, or fell off the wall.

There was silence for a moment, and then, as if a frying pan had been blown up, people shouted one after another: "Enemy attack! There's an enemy attack—"

Before the shouts of the people fell, the second round of arrows came again. The remaining Han soldiers under the wall were also shot and fell to the ground. The Han soldiers standing in front of the camp gate suddenly changed their faces, and they all picked up their spears and looked around.

Until this time, they did not see the enemy. Jin Dan and the others, who were originally lying on the ground, jumped up from the ground in unison, and people threw off their legs and rushed forward with all their might.

At this time, the Han army saw it clearly, and the Han soldiers in front of the camp gate greeted them with spears, and a chief picked up a whistle, put it in his mouth, and whistled again and again.

But he only blew twice, and an oncoming arrow hit him in the throat.

The Han soldier's eyes widened, and the whistle in his mouth could no longer make a whistle, and he fell to the ground on his back.

Jin Dan took the lead in coming to the Han soldiers, he first lowered his body, several spears pierced his body, and before the Han soldiers retracted their spears, he raised his sword outward, clicked, and several spears were cut off.

He straightened up, and in the middle of a walk, several Han soldiers all fell to the ground with swords. A large number of Jianghu people followed, killing all the Han soldiers who rushed towards them, and then they rushed directly into the open camp gate.

As Jin Dan and the others entered the camp, the Han camp was like a fried pot, people shouted and neighed, and dozens or hundreds of soldiers rushed out of the camp tents and went straight to Jin Dan and the others.

Jin Dan flashed a spear from the side of the oncoming man, and at the same time as he got close, he kicked out, hitting the chest of the Han soldier opposite, and the Han soldier flew out upside down, collided with his companions behind, and both fell to the ground.

He crossed the two of them, swung his sword, and cut off two spears that had stabbed him, and the sword stabbed to the left and right, and the two Han soldiers were stabbed in the chest and fell on their backs. Jin Dan took three steps into two steps, came to a tent, and kicked on the curtain of the door.

I heard a muffled grunt from behind the curtain, followed by the muffled sound of a man falling to the ground. Jin Dan lifted the curtain with his saber and jumped in. There were also several Han soldiers in the camp, and when they saw Jindan, people rushed up together.

Jin Dan swung his sword outward, and the sand and sword blades slashed across several shields, and a series of sparks appeared. He turned sideways and kicked out continuously, and he heard the knock knock, and there were three muffled sounds in a row, and the three Han soldiers with shields flew out upside down together.

Even if Jin Dan's heavy kicks were kicked on the shield, his strength was not something that ordinary soldiers could afford.

People fell on their backs, humming and babbling for a long time. Jin Dan untied a clay pot from his waist and threw it into the corner of the tent, popping, the clay pot shattered, and black fire oil flowed from it.

Jin Dan stepped forward, took out the fire fold, and ignited the fire oil.

Soon the oil on the ground burned the canvas of the tent, and in a matter of moments a fire was burning on one side of the tent. Jin Dan swung his sword to the side, and the sand and canvas of the camp tent were cut open by him, and he jumped out.

As soon as he came out, several Han soldiers rushed over around him, Jin Dan broke off with a shout, and his sword came out.

Two Han soldiers were stabbed to the ground, and three Han soldiers blocked Jin Dan's edge with shield soldiers, and they were shocked and retreated, and they all sat on the ground.

Jin Dan did not pursue the situation, and when he looked back, the camp behind him had completely burned, and the thick black smoke went straight into the sky.

On the other side, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, led by Yang Guang, also saw the smoke rising from the Han army camp.

A partial general under Yang Guang hurriedly urged his horse forward, pointed in the direction of the Han camp, and said urgently: "General, look, the Han camp is on fire!" That must be Mr. King's signal to us! ”

Yang Guang naturally saw the smoke of the Han camp, he nodded, took a deep breath, raised the painting dragon Qingtian halberd in his hand, pointed forward, and shouted: "Brothers, follow me to kill the enemy camp!" ”

"Kill-" Yang Guang responded, and all the cavalry soldiers shouted one after another, followed Yang Guang, and rushed straight to the Han army camp in front.

In this battle, their primary target was Liu Xiu, and the second target was the granary in the camp, whether it was to kill Liu Xiu or destroy the granary, the blow to the Han army would be fatal.

The 10,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry launched an all-out charge against the Han army camp, and its momentum was really like overwhelming.

I don't know if the defenders on the east camp side have been attracted to the west camp, now Yang Guang has launched a cavalry charge, but the reaction of the defenders of the east camp is extremely slow.

It wasn't until the Xiliang cavalry had rushed to the front of the Han camp that the defenders thought of closing the camp gate.

If the number of Han troops who closed the camp gate could be larger, it would be fine, at least the speed could be fast, but the terrible thing was that the Han army that closed the camp gate was only four or five people in total, and people pushed the heavy camp gate and could not close it for a long time.

Just when the Han soldiers were still trying their best to close the camp gate, Yang Guang and the others had already rushed to the camp gate. When he arrived at the camp gate, Yang Guang snorted, picked up the painted dragon and heavenly halberd in his hand, and split Huashan with a heavy split.

A loud click was heard in the ear chakra, and most of the halberd heads were cut into the camp gate, and several Han soldiers who were still pushing the door with all their might behind the door screamed one after another, and they were shocked and flew out upside down.

The rest of the cavalry also rushed to the camp gate, and put their spears against the camp gate, completely opening the half-closed camp gate. After that, there was no obstacle in front of the cavalry, and they rushed directly into the camp.

After coming in, Yang Guang raised his eyes and looked around, okay, the camp was empty, and there was almost no Han army.

It seems that, as Jin Dan said, during the day, there are really not many soldiers and horses in the Han camp, and the few remaining soldiers and horses are now attracted by Jin Dan and others.

This is really a godsend for stealing camps! Yang Guang was overjoyed in his heart, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, follow me into the Zhongjun tent and cut off Liu Xiu'er's head!" ”

"Kill Liu Xiu!" The Xiliang Iron Cavalry followed Yang Guang and charged towards the hinterland of the Han camp. Along the way, they passed by a lot of Han army camp tents, but the camp tents were empty, and there was no one.

The cavalry, led by Yang Guang, penetrated three or four hundred meters into the Han army's camp, and did not encounter a single Han soldier who came up to stop them. They advanced so smoothly that they went far beyond what they had envisioned before the war.

Yang Guang's eyes lit up excitedly, urging the war horse to rush forward one by one. When the Xiliang Iron Cavalry had penetrated five or six hundred meters deep into the Han camp, the Han army was finally seen in front. In the distance, I saw a long row of Han troops in front of me. The specific number of people, because of the distance, I can't see clearly, but standing in the front row, the shield array composed of heavy shield soldiers can be seen clearly.