The more than 6,000 Pinglin soldiers in Dingling became the subordinates of Liu Xiu and Liu Xuan in such a strange way.

Although I don't know what kind of factional struggle his brother will face when he returns to Wancheng City without any order, he killed Chen Mu without any orders and seized the military power of the Pinglin soldiers...... But Liu Xiu has no time to think about these things at the moment.

Rescuing Kunyang and blocking Wang Yi and Wang Xun's 400,000 army is the most important thing at the moment.

Although it was only a flash in the air and he left, Liu Xuan's coercion had completely subdued the five partial generals. After Liu Xiu left, they still swore allegiance to Liu Xiu and became the commander of the Lingling Army.

And Liu Xiu's first order was to pull the whole army out of the city, completely abandon Dingling, and march towards Kunyang.

The reason is very simple - if Kunyang can't be defended, the entire Nanyang County will be wide open and unobstructed. At that time, no matter which city it is, there will be no possibility of holding it.

Since this is the case, then why divide the troops to stay in Dingling?

So more than 6,000 people left Dingling, leaving only an empty city behind them.

The problem now is that at this moment, Liu Xiu is leading more than 6,000 people, and he is bound to no longer sneak into Kunyang City from the direction of the woods like when he broke through the siege before. Not to mention the fact that such a number of people would not be able to move quickly in the woods and hide their whereabouts, and the current defense in the woods alone must be countless times greater than before.

In the afternoon of the next day, when the troops marched ten miles from Kunyang, they could already see the endless camp in the distance. The mighty 400,000 troops in front still surrounded Kunyang like an iron bucket, and the camp was set up five miles away from the city.

Liu Xiu didn't set up camp here, because the scouts on the other side had obviously detected the arrival of his support army, and he needed to keep his troops mobile enough at all times. With the existing 6,000 people, if they were stuck by the new army or even besieged, it would not take even an hour to destroy this plain, which had no danger to defend.

He only ordered the troops to stop, half of the men and horses were on guard, and the other half were on the spot to make a fire and cook.

Among the troops of more than 6,000 people brought out from Dingling, the number of cavalry is quite large, more than 1,000 horsemen, although the equipment is not very sophisticated, but at least it has enough mobility. Liu Xiu divided half of the more than 1,000 cavalry and spread it far away, scouting the intelligence of the new army in front and using it as a guard at the same time. The other half of the people are assembled and ready to deal with the unexpected.

After settling in, Liu Xiu pulled Li Tong and Ren Guang and walked far away to a secluded corner.

"What's next?" Liu Xiu stretched out his hand and pointed to the new army camp in the distance: "What should I do to bring these more than 6,000 reinforcements into the city?" ”

"This, I'm afraid it's hard to ......" Ren Guang looked at the endless New Army camp, thought for a long time, and sighed: "With such a number of people, naturally it is impossible to sneak in." But if it is a strong attack, it will not be possible. If more than 6,000 of us can break out of the gap and hit the city of Kunyang, wouldn't the 400,000 people that Wang Mang had painstakingly gathered be all paper-paste? ”

"What's more......" Ren Guang thought for a while and said, "Even if we can forcibly break through the camp and kill under Kunyang City, how many of these more than 6,000 people will be left?" And at that time, it is still unknown whether the defenders in Kunyang City will dare to risk being rushed into the city by the enemy army taking advantage of the chaos and open the door to let us in......"

"Li Tong, what about you?" Liu Xiu nodded, knowing that what Ren Guang said was indeed the truth, and turned to Li Tong and asked.

"I ...... Agree with Ren Guang's statement. Li Tong thought for a while: "The blockade in front of us at this moment is indeed impossible to break through. But ......"

"But what?" Liu Xiu saw that there was no frustrated look on Li Tong's face, but he smiled slightly, his eyes lit up suddenly, and he asked.

"However, we don't necessarily have to go to the city." Li Tong smiled: "I think now that we stay outside the city, maybe it will be more beneficial to the situation." ”

"Oh?" Liu Xiu suddenly became interested, pulled the ground twice, pushed the gravel away, and sat cross-legged on the ground: "Come, tell me in detail!" ”

Li Tong pulled Ren Guang to sit in front of Liu Xiu with a confident smile: "The new army has surrounded more than ten floors around Kunyang and established more than a hundred camps, although it is impossible for us to break through into the city, but at the same time, as long as we always maintain our wandering around the outer line of Kunyang, it is difficult for Wang Yi and Wang Xun to flexibly capture our traces." After all, it is not so easy to get this behemoth moving. ”

Liu Xiu touched his chin and slowly nodded in agreement.

"Therefore, if we can ensure our mobility and never give Wang Yi Wang Xun a chance to mobilize a large number of troops to encircle and annihilate us, then we will always be a threat to the periphery, a sharp knife." Li Tongyue said, the more high-pitched his voice became: "After besieging the small city of Kunyang for more than 20 days, it still cannot be successfully captured, and the enemy's morale is already greatly low. And as long as we can find an opportunity to crush one or two small groups of the enemy, the morale of the entire New Army on the opposite side will also be greatly damaged! ”

"And before we broke through the siege, there were still more than 6,000 soldiers and horses in the city. If you can take advantage of the defeat of the new army and fight together, then let alone defend, even if it is ...... It is not impossible to defeat the opponent in one fell swoop! ”

Liu Xiu hurriedly stretched out his hand and stopped in front of Li Tong, who was talking more and more excitedly, and said with a smile: "This ...... It's an exaggeration. Wang Yi and Wang Xun brought with them were all elite soldiers who had experienced a hundred battles. Our goal is nothing more than to hold Kunyang and wait for Wancheng to be captured. want to defeat the 400,000 army before the reinforcements from Wancheng arrive...... Forget about it. ”

"Who knows......" Li Tong lowered his head and smiled slightly, but secretly muttered to himself in an imperceptible voice.

A general ran over, and it was one of the five people who had been attending the banquet in Dingling City before: "General, our scouts in front have sent back the news that the enemy army has dispatched a camp and is coming towards us, and the number is about five thousand. Are we fighting or retreating? ”

"Of course...... It's the first to retreat. Liu Xiu stood up from the ground without hesitation: "Lead them out of the camp, observe slowly for a while, and then ...... Find another opportunity to defeat! ”