Chapter 69: The Dust Settles
When the northern war situation settled, Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing's troops who were deeply trapped in Xiangyang fought hard for more than a month and did not take Xiangyang, thinking of giving up the attack on Xiangyang and retreating to Xuchang and then making a detour to attack Wuhan, but when they retreated, they were stopped in Xuchang City by Shi Kefa's army who went north to support, and even Xinyang City that detoured was also broken by Liu Zhaoji. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
"What do you say? There is news from the north that the army led by His Royal Highness has now been wiped out by the imperial court, and His Royal Highness himself has been captured by the imperial court, and he does not know whether he is alive or dead. Liu Liangzuo sighed.
"Now these three sides are surrounded to death, and now there is only one way to go, return to Luoyang! His Royal Highness is defeated, and we can still support King Fu! Liu Zeqing said.
"This imperial army has surrounded us, but it still leaves us a way, will it be γγγγγγ?" Liu Liangzuo was skeptical.
"Humph! They are also afraid that we will fight the trapped beasts, after all, we still have an army of nearly 100,000! Liu Zeqing said.
"I don't think it's going to go too well, or we surrender! What if we return to Luoyang? Now that the war in the north has been decided, the army of the imperial court is heading south! When the time comes, we will really have no way back! Liu Liangzuo sighed.
"Do you think it's better to surrender now?" Liu Zeqi said helplessly.
"Alasγγγγγγ" Liu Liangzuo was helpless, "Then let's prepare for the withdrawal of the army, while the imperial court has not yet moved south, we will retreat to Luoyang and make plans!" β
On the other side of Xiangyang City, in a room, several people were sitting around, it was He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang, and the governor of Hubei, Du Yinxi and Qin Liangyu. After more than a month of fighting, now our army has formed an encirclement of the rebels, and the news from the imperial court that the war in the north has been decided, then the last general thinks that the imperial court will soon transfer a large army to the south, if the rebels do not return to Henan at this time, then they Henan will quickly collapse and be pacified by the imperial court, and secondly, the rebels outside Xiangyang City will also have no way to retreat, and will be surrounded and eliminated by us, so if the last general is now the leader of the rebels, there are only two ways to choose, first, quickly return to Luoyang; Second, surrender, then the generals think that they are most likely to choose the first option, because they think that even if they surrender, they will not escape death! β
He Tengjiao and Du Yinxi nodded, and Qin Liangyu continued: "Therefore, we can give them a heavy blow when they retreat to Luoyang, or even annihilate them all!" β
He Tengjiao and Du Yinxi were stunned, and He Tengjiao said: "What does General Qin think we should do?" β
Qin Liangyu pointed to the map and said: "The rebels retreat to Luoyang, that is, retreat from this road, then they have to go to the west of Nanyang, they have to pass through Funiu Mountain and Tongbai Mountain, and then Pingding Mountain, and there is a Fangcheng passage here, and the army of nearly 100,000 people passes through, so γγγγγγ β
He Tengjiao and Du Yinxi's eyes lit up at the same time, and Qin Liangyu continued: "We can inform the defenders of Xuchang and Xinyang in advance, and when the time comes, we will be one after the other, and the rebels will have no way to escape!" β
He Tengjiao thought for a while and said, "That's so feasible!" I'll go and inform them, and the rest will be arranged by General Qin! Be careful, believe that the rebels also know what is going on in that area, and we must hide it from them! β
"The last general commands!" Qin Liangyu said.
Immediately after that, they prepared to goγγγγγγγ
Late at night, the rebels outside Xiangyang City gradually began to act, Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo made a division of labor, Liu Zeqing led half of the troops to retreat first, Liu Liangzuo to cover the retreat, such a division of labor was also discussed by the two, in case the imperial army attack was ended, Liu Liangzuo looked at the gradually disappearing Liu Zeqing, the corner of his mouth showed a sinister smile, and then called the guards, and then the guards took his handwritten letter and went to Xiangyang City.
"Your Excellency! We caught a spy who said that he was sent by the thief leader Liu Liangzuo to ask for surrender, and he also brought a letter from the thief leader! A sergeant suddenly came to the governor's palace to give a report.
"Oh?! Bring it to Ben and see! He Tengjiao said curiously.
Soon, a person who was tied up by five flowers was escorted up, and seeing that the pretending was indeed a rebel, I saw that the man knelt down and said: "The villain Li Hao see the Governor!" β
"No excuses! Are you here to surrender on behalf of the rebels? What's going on now? He Tengjiao said.
"To the Governor! At present, only our general army Liu Liangzuo is left outside the city, and Liu Zeqing is leading another army back to Luoyang! The villain came this time to ask for surrender on behalf of the general soldier of my family, this is the handwritten letter of the general soldier of our family, please see it! As he spoke, he presented a letter.
The guards beside He Tengjiao took the letter and handed it to He Tengjiao, He Tengjiao looked at it, and asked him to go to the side hall to wait for the news, and then he instructed the guards to call the plug Yinxi, He Tengjiao said: "This Liu Liangzuo wants to surrender to us, I hope the court can accept them, in order to show sincerity, he can lead the army to attack the thief leader Liu Zeqing's troops from behind, and present Liu Zeqing's head, and in return is to hope that the court can spare him from dying!" β
Du Yinxi thought for a while and said: "Regardless of whether what the thief leader said is true or not, we can agree to him first, but we explain in advance that his life and death are decided by the imperial court, and the two of us can try our best to help him intercede, as for how to do it, Brother He, you should understand, right?" β
After listening to this, He Tengjiao said with an expression that you know me: "Haha! Good! That's it! If it's true, then General Qin's side should be smoother! After saying that, he summoned the soldier in and told them of their decision, and then Li Hao happily went back to report, Liu Liangzuo listened, thought about it, no matter what, there are two bigwigs' pleas or a glimmer of life, and it is better to fight than to die, and immediately decided to surrender to the court, immediately wrote a handwritten letter and handed it to Li Hao, Li Hao took the letter and went to Xiangyang City, and then in order to show that he was decisive, he immediately ordered the army to open the camp and chased in the direction where Liu Zeqing's army left,
As soon as they left, an army quietly followed, followed by a submersion into the darkness.
Liu Liangzuo led the troops to chase all the way, chased for two hours and still didn't see the shadow of Liu Zeqing's troops, looking at the mountains on both sides, Liu Liangzuo was a little curious, it doesn't make sense, we are running, even if it is half an hour slower, we should catch up in this way, why didn't we see anyone?
Continue to chase forward, and after two more hours, the army entered a passage, Liu Liangzuo looked, it seems that the army has entered the vicinity of Funiu Mountain and Tongbai Mountain, he ordered the army to march carefully, that is, at this time, suddenly the torch illuminated the surroundings, bright, so that Liu Liangzuo's army soldiers' eyes could not react at once, and then Liu Liangzuo saw Liu Zeqing, Liu Zeqing rode a horse, walked to the army, and sneered at Liu Liangzuo: "What? Brother, this send-off has been delivered here? β
"Where! I don't think the imperial army will come out to attack at all, and it doesn't make sense for me to guard after being broken, so I retreated in advance, and if I leave this place early, I have more hope of survival, right? Liu Liangzuo said embarrassedly.
"Oh? Is it? Look at you panting, you're in a hurry! Liu Zeqing still sneered.
"Isn't it? Can you not be in a hurry? We can't take advantage of the fact that the imperial army has not reacted, and we will withdraw to Luoyang as soon as possible, right? Liu Liangzuo said with a smile.
"That's it! Don't give me a sloppy look! Say! Have you surrendered to the court? Liu Zeqing drank it.
"How is that possible? You think too much, bro! Liu Liangzuo said with a smile.
"Really? That's fine! You command all of you to lay down your arms! Leave it to us! Liu Zeqing said.
"How's that going to work? In case the imperial army appears, we have no weapons, won't we become lambs to the slaughter? Liu Liangzuo said.
"It's okay! There are brothers on top! What are you afraid of? Could it be that you have a ghost in your heart? Liu Zeqing sneered.
Liu Liangzuo broke out in a cold sweat, but he immediately had an idea, and then sneered: "I think you surrendered to the imperial court, right?" As soon as we put down this weapon, what if you turn against us? β
Liu Zeqing was furious: "What nonsense are you talking about? How could I surrender to the imperial court? It's you who are most likely! Although he shouted like this, Liu Zeqing was still a little weak-hearted, because he really surrendered, but he asked Shi Kefa to surrender, on the condition that he ambushed and attacked Liu Liangzuo, who was retreating behind, and after he succeeded, he gave Shi Kefa all the credit for killing the enemy, and Shi Kefa helped him disguise himself as Shi Kefa's personal guard, waiting for an opportunity to escape! Shi Kefa was stunned when he received this letter, but after thinking about it, he pretended to agree to his request, and then wrote down the details before and after and sent it to the capital, and sent someone to the ambush place of Qin Liangyu in this emergency.
The two kept arguing, no one trusted anyone, and they were so anxious that the imperial army lying in ambush around them was all anxious, what's the use of the arguing? What else do we need to do if a quarrel solves the problem? Hurry up? Suffocate Lao Tzu!
Finally, the hard work paid off, Liu Zeqing first ordered the attack, because Liu Liangzuo was in a hurry, or at night, the soldiers were tired, and they couldn't give them too much time to rest, they arrived early at this meeting, and they had some advantages in physical strength, and the two sides quickly fought together, each other was shouting that the other party was a traitor, and the two sides were inseparable, and the court army on the other side was that everyone took out some godmothers and ate them, and they estimated that they should be almost there when they finished eating.
Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing, the good brothers in the past, are now slashing wildly with a war knife in their hands, both wanting to kill each other, looking at them at the moment as if their daughter-in-law was sleeping with each other, that deep hatred and blood-devouring appearance It is difficult for people to imagine that they are good comrades-in-arms and good comrades in the past.
An hour later, the shouting and killing gradually decreased, the sky gradually brightened, and the ambushed imperial army saw that they were almost killed, so they began to shine on the stage, shouting and rushing to kill, looking at the army surging from all directions, Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing were shocked, and soon both of them broke away from the battle, shouting: "My own people!" Own! Then the two pointed at each other and shouted, "Traitor! Then I seemed to understand something, and I was embarrassed.
A farce came to an end, and the most speechless was Qin Liangyu, the encirclement she had quietly arranged had no effect at all, at most she was here to clean up the battlefield, the battlefield was really changing rapidly, she sighed.
After the war, a magical scene appeared, although the battle was slashed for an hour, but no one was killed, hundreds of people were injured, or slightly injured, it turned out that the soldiers of this army were basically acquainted, acquaintances met acquaintances, and saw a lot of soldiers release water to act, so they did so, and in the end, a big battle was actually two traitors in desperate efforts and others were waving their flags and shouting. Qin Liangyu, Shi Kefa and others shook their heads again and again, although it was a farce, but the surrender of the last rebel army finally settled the country, everything finally settled, everyone cleaned up the battlefield, took prisoners of war, and prepared to escort them into Beijingγγγγγγ