Chapter 31: Finding the Main Force
It had been almost a month since Liu Chang's army entered Yingchuan, and at this time, an army with white stains on its head and black armor was coiled in a valley, which was Liu Chang's army from Chenliu. Although the whole army rushed to the territory of Yingchuan after three days of rapid march, it remained still. In fact, it's not that Liu Chang doesn't want to move, but he really can't get a chance.
When he first entered Yingchuan, Liu Chang sent scouts to look for the main force of the Han army, but unfortunately he could not find it for a long time. Later, Liu Chang did not hesitate to send Li Cunxiao, Qin Qiong, Li Siyuan, Cheng Yanjin and others to look for it, but the main force of the Han army was not found, but he ran into the main force of the Yellow Turban. And Li Cunxiao saw the Yellow Turban, and couldn't resist the desire for revenge, so he rode alone to break into the battle, which directly disrupted Liu Chang's tail Yellow Turban main force, waiting for the opportunity to cooperate with the Han army's main force sneak attack plan, and what is even worse is that the Yellow Turban Army thought that it was the main force of the Han army, and the whole army pursued it. This made Liu Chang helpless, so he had to take his soldiers and horses to the junction of Chenliu and Yingchuan to hide, and sent reconnaissance cavalry to search for the main force of the Han army in stages.
At this moment, it was noon, Liu Chang's head was wrapped in white stains, sitting cross-legged in the tent, and a map was placed on the bookcase, which was the topographic map of Yingchuan drawn by Liu Chang in recent days. On the map, Liu Chang marked the place of Changshe in a circle, and was looking at it blankly at the moment. Suddenly, the tent door was opened, Liu Chang raised his eyes slightly, and saw a charming girl carrying a food box and moving in lightly.
"Big brother, it's time for lunch!" Diao Xiu'er said as she carried the food box to the bookcase.
"Oh, Xiu'er, put that food box there, I'll eat it later!" When Liu Chang saw it, he hurriedly moved the food box to the edge of the bookcase, and then didn't look up, so he said casually.
Diao Xiu'er saw that Liu Chang didn't even look at herself, her little heart was slightly frustrated, and she pouted: "No, I'm going to watch you eat today." You've been looking at this map for almost two days and two nights, and every time you send something, you only eat a little bit, and you feel that you eat less than Yu'er! ”
"Uh......", Liu Chang was speechless for a while, and he didn't know what to say. I had to pack up the map on my desk and get ready for dinner.
At this time, a shout sounded outside the tent: "Big brother, I found it!" Got it! With a shout, a rude-looking man entered the tent.
When Liu Chang saw it, it was Cheng Yanjin, who was sent to find the main force of the Han army today. Hurriedly got up, grabbed Cheng Biting Jin's arm with one hand, and asked eagerly: "Biting Jin, say it quickly, what's going on?" ”
"Big brother, I've found the main force of the imperial court!" Cheng Yanjin replied excitedly.
"Oh! Where did you find it? Who is in the lead? How many people are there? Liu Chang asked as he reopened the map.
After Cheng Yanjin stepped forward to look at the map for a while, he pointed to a field not far from Changshe and said, "Here, the leader is a general surnamed Zhu. According to a certain observation, the number of troops is about 10,000. ”
As soon as Liu Chang heard that it was a general surnamed Zhu, he immediately thought that this was Zhu Jun's army. Zhu Jun's troops appeared near Changshe, and it seemed that the day of the Battle of Changsha was not far away. However, he also knew that Zhu Jun's army would soon be defeated by the Yellow Turbans, and then retreated to Changshe to join Huangfu Song. After that, Huangfu Song held on for more than a month, and then used fire to destroy this group of yellow turbans. And now, since I'm here, what do I do?
For a while, Liu Chang fell into deep thought. It has been a long time since I entered Yingchuan, and I have already found out that the Yellow Turban Army cruising in Changshe and the surrounding area is the Bocai Division. From all previous indications, Bocai was the culprit of the ambush. Since that day, Liu Chang ordered all the soldiers to wrap white stains on their heads, change the red Han armor to black, and then step up training. With the efforts of Qin Qiong and others, although there are not many people in the headquarters, their combat effectiveness is already very strong. Now he had 1,500 regular foot soldiers, 300 cavalry, 500 crossbowmen, 200 Mo swordmen, 300 guards, and the special 18 cavalry of the Li family, for a total strength of 3,0018 men. However, although he is already a fierce soldier under his command, if he only relies on Zhu Jun's soldiers and horses, it is still difficult to win this battle, and even if he wins, he will not be able to completely annihilate it. It seems that he will still wait for Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song to converge before finding a way, and there will be a new force to join at that time, and it is his goal to completely annihilate Bocai's department.
Thinking of this, Liu Chang raised his eyes and looked at Cheng Yanjin, who was standing beside him, and said: "Biting Jin, you arrange to let the scouts and scouts keep an eye on this main force, and you go to Changshe to see if there are other main forces to enter." ”
"Whoa!" Although Cheng Yanjin didn't quite understand Liu Chang's intentions, he still came out and arranged it. Due to Cheng Yanjin's outstanding stunts, Liu Chang arranged for him to be responsible for the management of scouts and scouts, and at the same time, he also received some tasks to spy on intelligence alone. Maybe it's really because of the stunts, Cheng Biting Jin can often bring unexpected things, of course, sometimes good, sometimes bad, but overall he is very suitable for this.
It has been a few days since Liu Chang received the information that Zhu Jun's army appeared in Yingchuan, and in the past few days, due to the arrival of Zhu Jun's army, Bo has relaxed his search for Liu Chang's army, which made Liu Chang increase the intensity of scouting, and for a time all kinds of information flew into Liu Chang's book like snowflakes. He has gradually analyzed from the intelligence of the past few days that Zhu Jun will have a head-on confrontation with Bo Cai. But he really didn't know what Zhu Jun thought, he dared to hold only seven or eight thousand people in his hands, and he dared to fight head-on with the Bocai Department, which was known as 100,000. I really don't know if I should admire his courage? Or should it be said that Zhu Jun overestimated the capabilities of his legion?
However, Liu Chang was not worried about Zhu Jun's army, after all, judging from the records of this battle in later generations, although Zhu Jun was defeated, he also retained a certain strength, which retained a strength for future counterattacks.
At this moment, Liu Chang is in the tent, teasing his son Liu Yu with Diao Xiuer and Li Cunxiao. At this time, Liu Yu, who was more than a year old, didn't know if he was talented or how, he was already able to walk happily, and he could even call people.
"Come, good son, call Daddy!"
I saw that little Liu Yu came to Liu Chang with a slight stagger, looked at it with flashing eyes, and then said in a baby-like immature voice: "Lie down."
Although Liu Chang heard that his son's father was still a little wrong, he still picked him up ecstatically, and said with a little pride to Li Cunxiao and Diao Xiu'er: "Look at how smart my Yu'er is, she can call her father!" ”
When Li Cunxiao heard this, he hurried over, and said with some disdain: "Our family Yu'er is smart, but she will not only call her party, but also call her uncle!" Come, Xiao Yu'er, see who I am! Li Cunxiao snatched Liu Yu from his father's hand as he spoke, and lured him with a voice like a gray wolf seducing Little Red Riding Hood.
The little guy looked at Li Cunxiao, who was in front of him, grinned, and said with a smile: "Qiuqiu!" ”
"Hahaha......" This time it was completely amused by Liu Chang and Diao Xiu'er, but our initiator Li Cunxiao was flushed and embarrassed.
Suddenly, Xiao Liu Yu turned her head to Diao Xiu'er and gently called: "Mom, Mom!" ”
When he boarded, the air in the entire tent froze. Li Cunxiao looked at Diao Xiu'er, and then looked at Xiao Liu Yu in his hand, pointed at Diao Xiu'er with some incredulity, and asked Liu Yu: "Xiao Yu'er, what did you just call her?" ”
Xiao Liu Yu looked at Li Cunxiao, then at Diao Xiu'er, turned back to Li Cunxiao and said cutely: "Mom, Yu'er wants a mother!" As he spoke, he stretched out his pink hands and greeted Diao Xiu'er.
Li Cunxiao looked at this scene with a blank face, raised his eyes to look at Liu Chang, who was looking surprised, and said blankly: "Brother-in-law, this ......"
When Liu Chang heard Li Cunxiao's question, he came back from his surprised state, turned his head to look at Diao Xiu'er, who was in an embarrassed state at the moment, and asked softly, "When did this happen?" ”
Diao Xiu'er looked like a little girl who had done something wrong for a while, lowered her head, and replied weakly: "Yu'er was able to say it more than ten days ago." As soon as I woke up that morning, I saw Yu'er looking at me, I smiled at him, and then he called me Mom! ”
As soon as Liu Chang heard it, he knew that this might be when the baby just spoke, he would only make a "mother"-like sound, and Diao Xiuer didn't stop him from calling it that, so that little Liu Yu called Diao Xiuer her mother. After figuring out this section, Liu Chang was not annoyed, looking at Diao Xiu'er in front of him, Liu Chang was a little happy, Liu Yu could call her mother, perhaps in addition to physiological evolutionary reasons, it may also be that Diao Xiu'er's maternal aura was magnified during her care of Liu Yu, so that Xiao Liu Yu recognized her.
Thinking of this, Liu Chang reached out and stroked Diao Xiu'er's hair, and said gently: "Okay, Xiu'er didn't do anything wrong, don't do this!" In the future, let Xiao Yu'er call you Mom! ”
"Wait, brother-in-law, isn't that right?" Li Cunxiao was a little puzzled when he heard this.
Liu Chang knew what Li Cunxiao meant, waved his hand and said: "Cunxiao, I know what you mean, there are some things, let's wait for the child to grow up and then sue him!" Don't you think it's good right now? How can you say that you are also his uncle, do you want Yu'er to live in pain and sorrow since she was a child? ”
When Li Cunxiao heard this, he didn't know what to say, and felt that what his brother-in-law said did make some sense, so he turned around and handed over little Liu Yu to Diao Xiu'er, and the little guy giggled when he saw that it was Diao Xiu'er who was holding him. When Liu Chang and Li Cunxiao saw each other, they couldn't help but look at each other and laughed. But what Li Cunxiao didn't know was that Liu Chang still had some selfishness in his heart, that is, Liu Chang felt that he could let Liu and Diao Xiuer get along as mother and son, so that he could marry Diao Xiuer in the future and avoid the embarrassment of discord between his son and stepmother. From later generations, he has seen a lot of tragedies in divorced families or remarried families, which made him have been a little concerned about things after Liu Li's death, and now it seems that he has nothing to worry about at all.
Just as Liu Chang's family was amusing and educating Liu Yu in the camp, a loud shout came from far and near, "The fight is up, the fight is up!" ”