Chapter 191: (Grim Situation)

August 24 of the first year of Fengtian, Luoyang, Weiyang Palace

At this time, the atmosphere of the Great Han Palace was solemn, in the main hall, Liu Xuan had already pushed the case in front of him, the Chinese martial arts officials in the hall stood on both sides, and they did not dare to speak, and what Minister Zhao Meng held in his hand was a battle report sent by Kou Xian from Hebei. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Prime Minister Zhao Meng is Liu Xuan's father-in-law, Liu Xuan did his best when the Zhao family raised troops in the state, so Zhao Meng married his children Zhao to Liu Xuan, Liu Xuan named Zhao as the queen, this Zhao Meng relied on the relationship of his daughter, ascended to the emperor's throne, and trusted the Zhao family, and now Liu Xuan lost his temper, only this prime minister dared to stand up and speak: "The emperor is angry, now the sacrifice general has died, the thieves are powerful, in order to avoid a long night, or ask the emperor to order the increase of troops as soon as possible." ”

Liu Xuan took a deep breath, the chamberlain next to him had already rearranged the toppled case under Zhao Meng's color, Liu Xuan sat on the dragon throne, and said: "Sacrifice is a rare military talent in my Han Dynasty, and now that I am dead, I must not be lucky, I am a righteous person, I must not let the people of the world laugh, pass the order, and posthumously seal the sacrifice to be the general of the conquest, the Marquis of Yingyang, and his son will be knighted." ”

"Back to the emperor, the general has no heirs under his knees, and there are two brothers, Wu Wu and two cousins." Zhao Meng said.

Liu Xuan's face was embarrassed, he had no heirs, if he made an order, he could also let his brother inherit the title, but the brother of the priest was mediocre, and it was difficult to be a big responsibility, and the cousin was naturally not close to his brother compared to his brother, thinking about it, Liu Xuan decided: "Since this is the case, then I will give up, and let his cousin sacrifice to Xingyang Order, and go to the post." ”

"The emperor Shengming..."All the ministers in the hall said in unison, this is also because Liu Xuan reuses the sacrifice to obey his family, and it also shows that Liu Xuan attaches great importance to his subordinates.

"Your Majesty, now our army has completed the encirclement of Ruyang, the Emperor of the Cheng Dynasty heard that he has retreated to the territory of Changsha, and now Nanyang is left behind only Huangfu Nan, Nanyang has only 50,000 troops, our army is huge, if Ruyang is broken, Nanyang is just around the corner." Zhao Meng arched his hand and said.

A few days ago, he received news from Liu Jing's side, after Dai Juncheng got reinforcements, he attacked Xixia County defended by Han Chu with a military strength of 50,000, and the two sides launched a bloody contest, it may be that Liu Jing's army has not fought all year round, and the Han Chu army that has just returned from the battle in Huaibei has come into contact, the strength of the two sides is obvious, although Dai Juncheng led the Han army to be numerous, but every time he attacked the city wall of Xixia County, he was easily repelled by Han Chu's army, and the casualties gradually increased, so that Dai Juncheng had to give up the attack, Waiting for Xiong Chenghu to arrive.

Ruyang, Ren Guang and Su Tong, who defended the city, had to fight with the Han army led by Yan Cen for several hours every day, the north and west walls of Ruyang had been stained with blood, the defenders in the city were less than 20,000, and the grain and grass were not maintained for less than a month, and now Ruyang was surrounded by the Han army, including Yuan Rui, who was captured in Hebei before, due to the haste of Huangfunan's retreat from Luoyang at that time, Yuan Rui and Yuan Shihu, the captured Hebei generals, were rescued by the Han army, so that Yuan Rui took refuge in the Han army and became a Han army general, of course, Liu Xuan also values Yuan Rui's reputation in Hebei, otherwise he would never use a defeated general.

As for Yuan Shihu, he is still being software in Luoyang City, originally Yuan Shihu and Yuan Rui were going to die, but they had to wait until Shangguan Yin Feng triumphed before they were killed.

"Okay, pass on my will, order Anping Hou to take Ruyang as soon as possible, I will also have a decisive battle with Shangguan Yin Feng in Hebei, if I can take Nanyang, maybe there will be more benefits." Liu Xuan said, this is not empty words, Nanyang is the base camp of Shangguan Yin Feng, if it can be easily taken, it is not so easy, and there are still a thousand musket teams in the city, which is really not good, and the instructors in the martial arts hall will use the Shenwu cannon and set the cannon on the city tower, and the power can be imagined: "Also, I ordered Liu Zhi to lead an army of 50,000 to Ruyang to support, and told Pi Tong that at all costs, Ruyang must be taken." ”

"Whoa..."

Liu Xuan's last sentence has already shown that the commander of the Han army on the Nanyang battlefield is Pi Tong, although Yan Cen is the Marquis of Anping, but after all, he is a general, a person persuaded by the sacrifice, and now the sacrifice is dead, Yan Cen has lost the most powerful backer in the court, and Liu Xuan is not a fool, pacifying and suppressing coexist, so that Yan Cen must listen to Pi Tong's dispatch.

Under the rule of Nanyang, in the city of Ruyang

The blood stains on the city wall reveal the fierceness of the fighting, the wounded soldiers in the city are wailing, half of these soldiers are transferred from the Sichuan Dusi, and the other half is the old subordinates of Ren Guang when he rebelled in Hebei, and now with the former forbidden army of Su Tong, there are less than 20,000 people left who can fight in Ruyang City, and the people in the city are also mobilized to help treat the wounded, half of the houses in the city have been demolished, and the wood is thrown outside the city wall as a sassa, to fight the Han army, in order to prevent the outside of the city wall from being piled up by the sassa wood to cause the Han army to attack the city, After the battle every day, Ren Guang would have people set fire to burn all the wood outside the city wall, which also caused a large area of the city wall to be blackened.

At this moment, in the Yamen of the Ruyang Wei Command Envoy, Ren Guang, Su Tong and several generals were discussing the military, and the most important thing in front of them at the moment was the problem of food and grass and wounded soldiers.

"General Ren, our army is now less than 20,000 people, and now the Han army has surrounded us on all sides, the number is enough 100,000 people, if we attack on a large scale, Ruyang City will not be able to keep it..."

Ren Guang is the commander of Ruyang Wei, and his qualifications are older than Su Tong, so now the commander of Ruyang is still Ren Guang, Su Tong wants to obey Ren Guang's command, Ren Guang's face is dignified, Su Tong's words he knows better than anyone else, once the Han army attacks the city from all sides, his 20,000 people can't hold it at all: "If the reinforcements don't arrive, they can only live and die with Ruyang." ”

"Don't be so frustrated, if Ruyang can't hold us, lead our troops to break through, just call to the south and withdraw, now the prince is still in Hebei, we must guard one city and one place, keep one soldier and one horse, and only then can we hold on until the prince returns." Su Tong said firmly, Shangguan Yin Feng is his idol, and his belief is to leave a living force and slowly deal with the Han army.

"In that case, it's better to leave a way back, what does General Su think?" Ren Guang looked at Su Tong and asked.

Su Tong looked at the map, and then pointed to the sand table and said: "After Ruyang goes out of the city, the road to Nanzhao is a horse Pingchuan, if the Han army encircles three and lacks one, then there must be a heavy ambush at the south gate, if the four gates attack together, then there is still a trace of vitality." Su Tong said cautiously, his words were based on what was said in the art of war, so he was also praying that the Han army would attack together, so that they would have a chance of survival.