Liu Xiu saw very clearly that since Kui Huan was in this state, if he wanted to fight Bashu, he must be taken down first. If he doesn't get rid of the hustle and bustle, he will directly use troops against Bashu, once he plays any tricks, the Han army will be attacked on both sides, and this battle will be very awkward.

However, Liu Xiu grabbed Kui Huan, and did not want to use long fists and cannon fists, such actions were too direct, his figure was exposed too clearly, and he would have a reputation for being aggressive and provoking trouble first.

He wanted to use a set of combination punches to stir up the hustle and bustle first, let the hustle and bustle strike first, and let everyone in the world see it.

As a result, Liu Xiu and his apprentices formulated and began to implement a high-profile combat plan of "borrowing Longdao to attack Shu".

The crux of this plan is that if Kui Huan does what Liu Xiu will do and agrees to borrow the road and borrow troops, then it means that he is still his comrade, which is the best result; If Kui Huan refuses, it is a protest, that is, he wants to publicly tear his face and do it, then he will have to bear the responsibility of causing a provocation, and Liu Xiu can immediately use this as an excuse to beat him.

We won't say much about the conventional things of this plan, such as the deployment of troops, the supply of grain and grass, the division of labor among generals, etc., and Liu Xiu will naturally arrange it without leakage.

What we want to emphasize is that Liu Xiu's combination of punches is used together, as one of the important moves, how he used a throat lock move against Kui Huan.

The main actor responsible for the implementation of this trick is Nakalang Future.

Lai She was ordered to come to Tianshui to see Kui Huan, and still carried with him the appointment documents and seals issued by Liu Xiuci to Kui Huan, intending to do the final work on him.

Of course, Lai She also knows very well in his heart that the difference between himself and the last time he came here is that last time he was appeased, and this time he prepared with both hands.

In fact, at this time, Kui Huan had already made up his mind that he wanted to go it alone, and he didn't plan to obey Liu Xiu's dispatch at all.

He accepted the suggestion of the subordinate general Wang Yuan, no matter what you say, I just don't send troops and don't borrow the way.

Therefore, when Lai She's repeated persuasion, Lao Kui made a lot of excuses and raised a lot of questions, that is, he didn't express his position on the matter of sending troops to Bashu.

Lai Xi has always been resolute and strong, but when he saw that Lao Kui was still like this at this time, he couldn't bear it anymore!

He was furious and questioned Kui:

"The imperial court originally thought that you understood the good and bad of being a man, and understood the truth of the rise and fall of the dynasty, so the emperor wrote a handwritten letter to express his holy will to you. You also showed a certain amount of sincerity, and you also sent Kui Sui to Beijing, and a relationship of trust was established between the monarch and the ministers. Now, if you don't think about the past and listen to the words of the traitor, do you plan to take the risk of exterminating the clan, not only to the emperor but also to harm your son? You say, what should I do, the choice of good luck and evil is today! ”

Lai Xi was extremely violent, and the more he spoke, the more angry he became, he jumped up and rushed forward, drawing his sword to stab Lao Kui.

Lao Kui has always been very frightened, very afraid of coming, and has always been on guard, seeing this, he quickly got up to avoid it and hid in the inner room.

He was annoyed and angry: You have been too bullying all the time, and in my family, you have no one in your eyes, and you are too much of a bully!

So, he immediately called his guards and hunted down Laixi!

The guards quickly gathered around.

We have to say that Lai Xi is not only a general with excellent strategy and brave champions of the three armies, but also a master of secret warfare with great intelligence and courage and courage.

From what he just said, we can see that he not only understands the ideological trends of Kui Huan and Liu Xiu's strategy and tactics from a macro perspective, but is also very clear about the latest specific developments in the Kui Huan camp.

We can also speculate that he even knows the thoughts and actions of the core figures around Kui Huan.

To do this, he had to resort to the technique of intermittent use, and he could not use the means of secret warfare.

At the moment, Lai Shu swept his surroundings with contempt, dressed up, and boarded the car with a cane in a hurry.

(If you want to stab forward, you will get in, the troops will be killed, and you will go away on the Xu Cane Festival.) ）

Seeing this, Kui Huan was even more ashamed.

General Wang Yuan took the opportunity to persuade Kui to hurry up and kill Laishe, otherwise there would be endless troubles.

Kui Huan sent his troops to Niu Han and led his troops to surround Lai She's party.

At this critical juncture, Wang Zun, another general of Lao Kui, stepped forward and tried his best to dissuade him, and he said to Lao Kui very earnestly:

"I have heard that the rule of the country should pay attention to honor, and the management of the family should avoid disasters. Now, the general has sent his son to Luoyang and has different ambitions, and his reputation has been lost; Listening to the words of others and harming the envoys of the Han Dynasty will inevitably lead to disaster. In ancient times, the two countries exchanged troops, and they still allowed the envoy to come and go safely to protect his safety and prevent people from harming him, not to mention that the general's son is still a hostage in the Han Dynasty?! What's more, Uncle Lai Jun came on the orders of the emperor, how could he hurt him?! The general must know that although Uncle Lai Jun is a messenger, he is the emperor's cousin. Killing him may not be able to cause substantial damage to the Han Dynasty, but the general will inevitably incur the disaster of extermination immediately! ”

You may have noticed that Wang Zun called Kui Huan a general and Liu Xiu an emperor in his speech, and his political position was very clear.

It should be said that on the hustle and bustle of Xizhou, Liu Xiu's regime has been recognized by the majority of the people, and Ma Yuan, Zheng Xing, Du Lin, Shen Tugang and other brothers rushed to Luoyang to join him, which has fully demonstrated the desire of the people. Recently, he has been ordered to travel between Luoyang and Xizhou many times, and he is dignified in words and deeds, outstanding in faithfulness, and is very respected by the senior cadres in Xizhou, and has established a certain friendship with them.

Now, as soon as Wang Zun said this, many people at the scene echoed and sincerely pleaded for Laixi.

Kui Huan weighed it again and again, and felt that Lai Xi really couldn't be killed, so he finally didn't dare to do it.

Lai Hui calmly returned to Chang'an.

Although Lai Xi escaped, Kui Huan was also equivalent to tearing his face, and his banner of rebellion had been openly raised.

In May 30 A.D., it was already late spring and early summer, the weather was moist, and the trees were prosperous, which was a good time to fight and use soldiers.

Liu Xiu had urgent official business and returned to Luoyang from Chang'an.

As soon as he left, Kui Huan started to move.

Lao Kui ordered his subordinates to guard Wang Yuan at Longdi (now the junction of Longxian County, Shaanxi and Qingshui, Gansu), cut down trees, blocked roads, and blocked the Han army.

According to the battle plan formulated by Liu Xiu, the general of the conquest sacrificed to attack the enemy and attack the enemy.

Although he is a Confucian general, he likes fast movements, and he has always wanted to be invincible in the territory.

A few days ago, when Liu Xiu was presiding over the formulation of the battle plan in Chang'an, he proposed that our army should make a fuss about the word "fast" in the use of troops in Bashu and Xizhou, and strive to achieve a quick victory.

Liu Xiu agreed with him and arranged for him to play as a striker this time.

Now, Saizun commanded a large army and quickly attacked the enemy in Longdi.

The offensive of the priest was indeed too fierce, and Wang Yuan could not hold it up, so he fled in defeat.

Sai Zun did not let go, chased and slammed it, and chased it until Xinguan.

In Xinguan, there are heavy troops in Kui Huantun.

Liu Xiu's other generals also arrived quickly, and the army pressed the border, as if they were going to have a battle here.

The sacrificial general is right, a quick battle, just have a battle, and the clamor is bitter!

Kui Huan, this kid is too rampant, and the emperor is too soft on him!

However, arrogant soldiers will be defeated, this is the law of the battlefield, and Liu Xiu's subordinates are not exempt.

The Han army brought a small victory to Yu Wei, and it was necessary to fight quickly; Kui Huan is to take advantage of the location and wait for work.

I don't know if I am not familiar with the geography, unaccustomed to the water and soil, or the action is too hasty, as soon as the two sides clashed, the Han army was defeated and hurriedly retreated.

No, it's actually running away.

However, after all, these generals of Liu Xiu are not worldly talents, they usually manage the army well, the team is well-trained, and the formation is not too chaotic when they escape.

Kui Huan resisted Liu Xiu, and it was not a plan for a day.

He knew very well that Liu Xiu's apprentices must not be allowed to breathe this time, otherwise, once these fierce men succeeded, the consequences would be unimaginable.

He immediately ordered an all-out pursuit!

No matter who you are, you are always passive and uncomfortable when you are beaten by others, and you have to find a way, but you are also afraid of being stabbed, and you are still weak in heart when you lose a battle.

Kui Jun saw that the legendary Liu Xiuhan army was like this, and the more he fought, the more brave he became, and the more he chased, the more anxious he became.

No, it's dangerous to run like this!

In a hurry, the captive general Ma Wu made a decision and decided to fight!

At the critical juncture, he fully demonstrated the quality and image of Liu Xiu's military genius.

Originally, General Ma was the chief vanguard officer in Liu Xiuhan's army, and his regular role was to lead the army as a vanguard and take the lead, often fighting without stopping.

In the martial arts drama directed by Liu Xiu and starring his apprentices, the common plot is that Ma Wu fights the vanguard, opens mountains and splits roads, builds bridges and crosses rivers, sees who is flattened, and other generals lead the army, what should they do.

This time, although it is a sacrifice to fight the vanguard, because it is a positional war and a general battle, it doesn't matter whether the vanguard is the vanguard or not.

Everyone is running, and it's very dangerous to be chased by the enemy like this.

Ma Wu quickly selected a group of strong and strong cavalry in the retreat, and turned back to take on the task of breaking off.

Under the strong command of Ma Wu, these buddies were all dressed in armor and wielded halberds across horses, and soon became a steel fence to block the chasing soldiers.

No, they are not passive defense, but take the initiative to attack and become the sword forest that ends the chasing soldiers!

In the face of the overwhelming Kui army, Ma Wu and the others wielded their halberds and raised their swords, and killed thousands of people in a row when they saw who cut whom.

The pursuing Kui army saw the buddies in front of them fall in pieces, so they knew that they couldn't fight anymore and hurriedly retreated.

In this way, the battalions of the Han army suffered little loss and smoothly withdrew to Chang'an.

Here, Lao Kui made a fatal mistake, that is, he did not plan well, and of course did not implement a defensive counterattack against Liu Xiu.

This is like in the boxing ring, Liu Xiu is already very mature and very sophisticated, and it is extremely difficult to knock him down, and he can't expect too much to make many mistakes and be at a disadvantage many times.

Therefore, if you want to fight Liu Xiu, in addition to the usual regular training, you must also focus on preparing defensive counterattacks, and if you find that he has a chance, you can immediately chase him until he dies.

Otherwise, once Liu Xiu takes a breath, summarizes the gains and losses, and poses well, he will not give you any more chance!

For Lao Kui's small victory in the first battle and then a big defeat, Liu Xiu felt that he really couldn't take Lao Kui lightly.

However, Liu Xiu has never taken Lao Kui lightly, otherwise he would not have played Tai Chi with Lao Kui for so many years.

Liu Xiu was a little surprised by the current loss, but it was also in the emergency plan. Fortunately, the generals led the troops very carefully, and the losses of the troops were not large.

Just returned from Chang'an, although Liu Xiu is in Luoyang, he is also well aware of the situation ahead.

In light of changes in the situation and the established plan, he quickly adjusted his military deployment:

Ordered Geng Yi to move the army to Qiyi (now Bin County, Shaanxi), Feng Yi to march to Suiyi (now Xunyi North, Shaanxi), and Zun to garrison Huangcheng (now Longxian, Shaanxi), Wu Han and other generals to Tun Chang'an, forming a strategic situation in which they could attack Xizhou and Bashu, and retreat to defend Chang'an and defend Luoyang.

The situation is the situation, and in the real political and military struggle, in addition to building momentum and layout, the key is to take substantive action.

At this time, Liu Xiu's military thinking underwent some subtle changes, that is, compared with the first choice in the early years to destroy the enemy in battle, there are more feminine techniques, that is: the first choice is to win without a fight, and if you can't destroy the opponent again.

This is manifested in specific work, that is, the first to write, or always pay attention to outwitting, killing the strategy is a conservative option.

I think that everyone's change in him can be seen in the work of the hustle and bustle.

Now, Liu Xiu's combination of punches with Kui Huan has begun to appear in the typical style of this change in military thinking: the combination of Qi and Zheng, both soft and hard, and both civil and military.

For a grappling master like Liu Xiu, the military deployment he just adjusted was just a figure and a posture, and his specific movements were mainly completed by two people: one was Feng Yi, and the other was Ma Yuan.

Come on, let's put the spotlight on the social life drama again on these two brothers.

Let's take a look at Feng Yi, the general of the expedition to the west.

In the early spring of 27 AD, Feng Yi was appointed to his current position by Liu Xiu, and it has been more than 3 years, and he has made great achievements in his work, and has also won Liu Xiu's absolute trust.

Over the past three years, he has given full play to his character and ability advantages that have won Liu Xiuzhen's inheritance, attacked the separatist forces, cracked down on local tyrants, rectified the lawsuits and prisons, developed the local economy, improved the people's livelihood and civil rights, and made the Guanzhong counties, a barren land and a place of turmoil that had long suffered from military disasters and natural disasters, into a rich and prosperous state where cadres are diligent and honest, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the bad guys dare not come to China.

In Guanzhong, Feng Yi's contribution to the nascent Liu Xiu Later Han regime was huge and multifaceted.

First, Guanzhong has always been the political, economic, cultural and military center of the country, with an important location, convenient transportation, fertile soil, and if no one spoils it, the resource conditions can well support the soldiers and the people.

The second is that the west of Guanzhong is connected to the hustle and bustle of Xizhou, and the south is connected to the Bashu of Gongsun Shu, and the attack can flatten them, and the defense can be used as a barrier, and the strategic value is very important.

The third is that Liu Xiu said that the emperor was attacked from all sides at the beginning of the establishment of the capital, and he successively won major victories in the Northern Expedition, the Eastern Expedition, and the Southern Tour, which was directly related to Feng Yi's resistance in the west. Liu Xiu not only did not have to worry about the west when he settled these places, but he was also able to get a steady stream of soldiers and grain and grass from Guanzhong, how rare do you say this is!

Fourth, Feng Yi vigorously publicized the line, principles, policies, and image of the cadre team of the Liu Xiu Dynasty with his words and deeds, and achieved excellent political results. Through what he did, he told the world that Liu Xiu's regime was peace-loving and concerned about people's livelihood, and it was also jealous and hateful, and not easy to bully; Liu Xiu's cadres can not only conquer cities and conquer land, but also develop one side, enrich one side, and stabilize one side.

Therefore, history said that General Feng had been "fighting hard in the pond and mightily in Guanzhong" in recent years, and some historians said that he "made great contributions that are self-evident".

However, as the saying goes: if the embankment is higher than the shore, the current will be turbulent; The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it.

A person, especially a cadre, is too good to be easily envied, hated, and even plotted, which is already the norm in Chinese officialdom, and the new Liu Xiu regime has not been able to completely avoid this curse.

As a result, someone wrote to Liu Xiu, reporting that Feng Yi was arbitrary in Guanzhong, enveloped the people, and had bad intentions, and his prestige is getting higher and higher, and he is known as the "King of Xianyang".

Because, Feng Yi is indeed of high character, outstanding talent, and remarkable political achievements, not only can he be called a perfect person, but his work is also impeccable.

I really can't find a scar on his body, so sue him for embracing the soil and trying to do wrong!

Reporting who wants to calculate the superior, the reason is easy to find, it is difficult to verify, and it seems that the whistleblower is loyal, which is the most lethal.

Liu Xiu didn't believe this kind of report, but she wanted to see how Feng Yi treated it.

So, Liu Xiu remained silent, and just sent someone to show Feng Yi these report letters.

(The emperor's envoy showed the difference in the chapter.) ）