Wang Mang was extremely frightened when he learned that Zhen Fu and Liang Qiuci were killed in battle in Nanyang, Liu Xuan was proclaimed emperor, and Liu Xiuke Kunyang, Bading Tomb, and Xiayuncheng were killed.

In the midst of his busy indulgence, he decided to take a desperate gamble and mobilize the country's most elite troops to march south to suppress the coalition forces.

We say that he is desperate, because these troops are his last protective knife, once thrown out, he will get rid of it, and he will succeed, not only if he does not

Waiting to be flattened.

Wang Mang's knife is bright and heavy, but whether it is sharp or not, we will talk later.

Wang Mang sent his henchmen and cousins Dasikong Wangyi and Dasitu Wangxun as the main commanders, and the specifications were so high that they had reached the top.

He himself had just dyed his hair and got married, and he might not be able to leave.

He used all his strength, asked the heads of various states and counties to put down other work, and led the local army to the capital, gathering a total of 430,000 soldiers from all over the country, known as one million

The army, the old foundation has been taken out.

In order to improve the intelligence level of the army, he selected and formed a large think tank as military advisers, including experts with expertise in the art of war of various schools.

The number of people is in the hundreds.

(Hundreds of people from 60 families who can conquer the world for the art of war, and think they are military officials.) ）

At this time, Han Bo, the Taishou of a certain county (Wang Mang changed his name to Lian Rate), recommended it, saying that he found that a person with a long body and a thick waist could still be called

All kinds of beasts, calling themselves "Big Macs".

Wang Mang was overjoyed, and immediately appointed Jumac as the lieutenant of the army to guard the barracks, and transferred the tigers, leopards, rhinos, and elephants in the upper forest garden to him for use.

The official army marched south from the capital, and the forward arrived at Yingchuan, where they fled with Yan You and Chen, who were beaten by Liu Xuan in Yuyang and fled and retreated to this place

Mao rendezvous, and then march to Kunyang.

For a time, such an army, on the thousands of miles of transportation lines from the capital to Kunyang, there were people, beasts, shouts, banners, baggage, and baggage

The smoke and dust are spectacular.

Historians say that such a grand formation of troops has never been seen before.

(The prosperity of chariots and armor has never been seen since ancient times.) ）

The first target of the official army was Kunyang.

Kunyang is on the bank of the Hui River (named North Kunshui) in Yexian County, Henan Province, so it is named. This is the military key point in the northeast of Nanyang, and the must of the coalition army and the official army

The place of contention.

It can be said that if the coalition forces go north from Nanyang to seize or hold Kunyang, it is equivalent to opening the area leading to the capital to the north and seizing the Huanghuai Plain to the east

the gateway of the granary; If the official army goes south to capture Kunyang, it is equivalent to grasping the key to the granary of the Nanyang Basin and even the Jianghan Plain.

Although these two granaries are currently empty due to natural disasters, as long as God helps and there are no bad people doing evil, the granaries are still granaries.

When the official army approached Kunyang, the soldiers of the coalition army defending the city were terrified.

Although Kunyang is an important location, it is a small county town after all. In the land of projectiles, hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers have also stepped on a trip from here.

What's even worse is that the balance of forces is too great: compared to the outnumbered people of the official army, the main force of the coalition army is besieging Wancheng under the command of Liu Xuan and defending the county seat of Kunyang

There are only eight or nine thousand people, and many of them still have wives and children.

In other words, Wang Feng, Wang Chang, and Liu Xiu took these people to guard Kunyang, which was not like a war at all, but a bit like a tour group tired and resting here

Stopping.

As soon as they saw that the officers and soldiers who were dozens of times their size and were overwhelming, the officers and men of the coalition forces outside the city panicked, turned around and ran, and shrank their defenses one after another

Guard, run back to the city.

Everyone called their wives and children, and discussed that they should disperse quickly, planning to flee for their lives.

(They were all terrified, worried about their wives and children, and wanted to be scattered back to the cities.) ）

There were a few unproductive, I don't know if they were scared or not, so they simply slipped out of the city quietly and surrendered Yan You, the vanguard of the official army.

These guys completely betrayed the defense information of Kunyang City, and helped Yan You analyze the situation of the coalition generals.

As the saying goes, a thousand troops are easy to get, but one will be hard to find.

It is also said that one soldier will be a nest of bears.

Especially in the era of cold weapons, when the two armies are facing each other and are about to be cut down, it is very important to understand who is the leader of the other side.

These traitors said to Yan You that among the cadres of the imperial court and the coalition army in the city, the highest-ranking ones were Wang Feng, the prince of Chengguo, and Wang Chang, the court captain, and the general.

But the most capable and terrifying is a deputy general named Liu Xiu, the third brother of the fierce man Liu Xiu. His position is not high, his prestige is high, he is brave and strategic, and he is also impressive

Grind through. Especially since the beginning of the partnership, he is not greedy for money at all, which is really incomprehensible. After he hit Kunyang, he didn't reach out to catch things, and he threw himself in

At work, he is always dispatching troops and planning defense (not taking money, but planning military strategies).

As we said earlier, Yan You is also a rare talent in Wang Mang's cadre team and a general who can fight habitually, but he met Liu Xuan in Yuyang not long ago

, he only curled the blade of the steel knife.

After listening to the introduction of the traitors, Yan You was quite unimpressed, and said with a smile:

"Are you talking about that handsome guy with beautiful eyebrows? How can you be so promising! ”

(Is it the evil of the beautiful beard and eyebrows?) What is so! ）

A few months ago, Lao Yan was beaten by Liu Jiu in Yuyang and fled, and he was extremely embarrassed. Now it's different, the balance of power between the official army and the coalition army is so far,

There seems to be no suspense about destroying the coalition forces this time.

The first battle of Yuyang, although it was hand-to-hand combat, he did not directly meet with Liu Xuan and Liu Xiu brothers. Otherwise, with the efforts of both sides, there must be one side

Fall down.

For the two brothers of the Liu family, he also began to pay close attention.

He is no stranger to this Liu Xiu, and they once had a relationship with each other.

A few years ago, Yan You was still in the post of Da Sima, and Liu Xiu was still studying in Taixue in the capital. In order to recover the land rent for his uncle Liu Chang, the Marquis of Chungling, Liu Xiu directly petitioned

to the Great Sima Mansion.

In the face of this dignified and eloquent student, Yan You was deeply impressed and appreciated. So, when the traitors said Liu Xiu's name,

That's what he said.

However, Kunyang is not the capital, and the roles of the two now are completely different from the last time they met.

Yan You, as the vanguard of the official army this time, is not here to bring the case to petition, but to kill people, and Liu Xiu is one of the targets.

Liu Xiu, as a partial general of the coalition army, took it as his mission to kill Wang Mang and overthrow the Xinmang regime, and he had no intention of petitioning at all, nor did he come to Kunyang for tourism, such as

If you meet Yan You, it is impossible to ask him to help solve specific problems, and you will definitely roll up your sleeves and fight.

In other words, if Yan and Liu meet this time, they will not just move their mouths like last time, but will directly use the knife.

We don't know if Yan You has seriously thought about why a young student who asked the government to help solve the problem a few years ago quickly became an official

A formidable opponent who is at odds with each other?!

It should be said that for Wang Mang's army to move south, the reaction of the imperial court and the coalition army was generally very slow and numb.

Let's take a simple example.

A few days ago, Liu Xiu led his troops to conquer Kunyang, Dingling, and Yuncheng, which were easterly in the north of Wancheng, and were lined up in an east-west direction, which was the only way for the official army to go south through Yingchuan

Earth.

At this time, although Wancheng could be held under the deployment of the county magistrate Cen Peng to resist the onslaught of the coalition army, he had to open the city gate and take the initiative to attack him

Ben didn't have that power.

Then, with more than 100,000 people, the coalition army can take out 10,000 people to continue to besiege Wancheng, and the main force will go north and deploy defenses in Kunyang and other three cities

The Horn Array fights against the officers and soldiers.

In this way, Wang Mang's army opened a long snake formation thousands of miles long and came south, and it would be very awkward to want to fight any of the three cities.

Throughout the ages, no matter how ever-changing warfare is, there is one basic principle and common sense of attack and defense, which everyone must respect: save yourself and destroy the enemy.

Even fools know that when someone else's fist hits, he will quickly protect where he hits first.

However, the general decision-makers of the coalition did not prove themselves to be fools.

Judging from Liu Xiu's active work, he must have said a lot and put forward a lot of suggestions to resist the officers and soldiers, but it was useless.

Wang Mang mobilized troops from all over the country, which took a lot of time, made such a big move, and the "thousands of miles" transportation line was so lively, and even the first coalition army was unexpectedly

indifferent, without any strategic deployment, it is all up to the peerless talents of Liu Xuan and Liu Xiu to be busy there:

Liu Xiu stormed Wancheng to find a nest for the first court, and Liu Xiu attacked the city in Kunyang to expand the sphere of influence for the first court.

Not only that, the brothers and sons are playing with their lives on the battlefield, and the senior cadres of the first imperial court are squeezing them out everywhere to prevent them from entering the core leadership, and they are still there

Behind the scenes, they are calculated everywhere.

Fortunately, the brothers are not ordinary excellent, but extremely excellent, so that they can turn things around.

The brothers always take into account the overall situation, endure humiliation, do not care about personal gains and losses, and do not give the villain general knowledge.

When Wang Mang's army arrived in Kunyang, Liu Xiuzheng led thousands of soldiers to patrol in Yangguanju (now northwest of Yuzhou, Henan), and hurriedly rushed back when he heard the news

Kunyang City.

He understands the strategic value of Kunyang better than anyone else, and believes that the city's gains and losses are not trivial and must be preserved.

However, if he wants to keep Kunyang, he still needs to start from scratch, because many coalition soldiers in the city are already planning to disperse.

When Liu Xiu hurried back to Kunyang City, the coalition generals were clamoring and shouting, discussing how to break up the gang and get away, but how to break up the gang

Opinions are not yet in agreement.

Liu Xiu knew that once everyone broke up at this time, the consequences would be unimaginable.

He was anxious, and hurriedly stood up to dissuade and persuade everyone:

"Now we have few soldiers and little food, and the enemy is strong, if we unite to fight the enemy together, there is still hope for victory; If everyone spreads out,

Let the family beat it, and no one can save their lives. Besides, Wancheng hasn't been beaten down yet, and there are no rescuers over there to help us. If Kunyang is breached, within a day

, all the units of our coalition army will be destroyed. Now that the situation is clearly in front of us, we don't want to work together, fight the enemy together, and build a meritorious cause, but only want to protect it

My wife, children, and those little things, do you want to die with them? ”

("Now there are few soldiers in the valley, but the foreign army is strong, and the strength is strong, and the merit can be established; If you want to disperse, there is no limit. And Wancheng has not been pulled out, and it cannot be saved. elder brother

The sun is broken, and in one day, all parts can be destroyed. Now don't you have the courage to make a name for yourself, but you want to guard your wife's property and evil? ”）

It should be said that although Liu Xiu's words were concise, they were very clear, his judgment of the battle situation was completely accurate, and the way out for the coalition forces in the city pointed out was completely correct

True.

However, Liu Xiu is just a partial general, and his rank is too low, so his words sound a little harsh.

How could the generals of the coalition army look so far away, and felt that Liu Xiu was a mirror at this time, reflecting that everyone was simply not like a man, almost in unison,

Angrily scolded him:

"How dare General Liu say such a thing?!"

("How dare General Liu do that!") ”）

Seeing that everyone didn't buy it, Liu Xiu was helpless, so he had to get up and leave with a smile (Guangwu laughed).

As the saying goes, the wind knows the grass, and the board knows the loyal ministers.

We say that at critical times, it is best to see a person's loyalty, treachery, wisdom and foolishness.

We often say that a good cadre must be able to see it at ordinary times and stand up at critical times.

Liu Xiu is an outstanding talent, and his performance at a critical time should be clearly explained and seen clearly.

When these high-ranking cadres of the Imperial Court and the coalition army were in a hurry and at a loss, they were sent out to reconnoiter the enemy's situation and came back to report the enemy's situation

, scared everyone so much that they immediately blew up the nest:

The officers and soldiers have arrived in the north of the city, and the queue stretches for hundreds of miles, and there is no tail in sight!

(The soldiers went to the north of the city, and the army was arrayed for hundreds of miles, but they were not seen behind.) ）

Run, whoever wants to run!

When the generals of the coalition army heard the news, they were all stunned, looking at each other, feeling that the trouble was too great, and they couldn't come up with a good way, so they had to quickly invite Liu Xiu over to drive

Yes.

We have no intention of belittling the generals of the coalition forces, on the contrary, we believe that they risked their lives to rebel against the trend of historical development.

However, we should look at the problem objectively and fairly, and proceed from the facts as they are, rather than from a predetermined viewpoint. Otherwise, we

The discussion of historical issues and the appreciation of the beauty of history will become a commentary on a predetermined point of view, which is really not interesting.

How to be objective and fair is very simple, that is, to uphold the materialist view of history and the dialectical view of history, and to use the ideological method and work method of seeking truth from facts

Say one, there are two say two; The expression of opinions and the exposition of propositions are completely based on facts, and the laws of social development are used as the yardstick; Express feelings and respect for the compassion of the public,

No personal likes and dislikes.

We should look at the generals of the coalition forces in this way, fully affirm the positive significance of their rebellion, and not exaggerate or belittle their level of understanding and work

Capacity.

In all fairness, compared to Liu Xiu and his eldest brother Liu Xuan, they are indeed slightly inferior.

At the same time, we should also see that the generals of the coalition forces also have a noteworthy advantage, that is, they are very self-aware and know how to engage in conspiracies and do their own thing.

The Liu brothers can't do it, but the Liu brothers can't do it, but they can't do it themselves. Therefore, they felt that they had to let the Liu brothers do the rough work as much as possible.

In this way, everyone will understand why when Liu Xuan ascended the throne and distributed the fat, he left the Liu family brothers aside, and let Liu Xuan go to Wancheng and guard Kunyang

Liu Xiu is on it.

At the moment of the great enemy, where have all the people gone?

What about the first emperor Liu Xuan, who obscenely ascended to the position of the first brother?

What about Wang Kuang and Wang Feng, who have made so many small moves behind the scenes?

What about Zhang Wei, who drew his sword and struck the ground and shouted "It's so decided, Liu Xuan will be the emperor"?

Well, since Brother Liu Xiu is an immortal talent, we will no longer fight for him, they are too good, even if they encounter great difficulties and injustice,

It is also up to them to find a way to overcome and solve it.

Heroes should be lonely because you are heroes.

At the moment, the hero Liu Xiu was in charge, and he didn't care about the rudeness of the coalition generals just now, and immediately came over to plan a strategy to defend the city with everyone.

(Guangwu Fu is a picture of success or failure.) ）

Fortunately, everyone has self-knowledge, and when the enemy is in front of him and the rough work is in front of him, it depends on Liu Xiu.

So, Liu Xiu told his arrangement like this, everyone thought that the danger was imminent, and there was no other way to listen to him, so they had to agree with him

opinions.

(All the generals are worried, and they all say "promise.") ）

According to Liu Xiu's plan, most of the soldiers held on and sent a small detachment to rush out to rescue the troops, and they should join forces to break the enemy inside and outside. Don't worry about it, little Kunyang City,

can't withstand so many fights from the army and the army.

This is the only way for the coalition to go.

The implementation of this plan was a bit difficult, because many coalition soldiers wanted to run when they had the opportunity. It's kind of like two people fighting each other, one of whom is old

If you want to slip away, it's not good to continue the game.

However, Liu Xiu is Liu Xiu after all, always showing his skills in dangerous places, and creating miracles by the way.

Liu Xiu's implementation of his plan was difficult from the beginning: he asked everyone who would like to stay and defend the city, and who would go out to move troops, but no one said anything.

Maybe because the officials and troops outside are deploying a siege of the city, whether to die first or die first when they go out, everyone is not able to judge for a while.

Don't speak? Then I'm sorry, since I'm in charge, you're welcome.

Liu Xiu directly arranged that he would pick dangerous work to do first: Wang Feng and Wang Chang led the crowd to defend the city, and rushed out to move troops by themselves.

Next, the implementation of the plan is still difficult: no one wants to rush out with him.

Because the matter is also clearly there, not to mention going out with a small detachment, even if these eight or nine thousand people go out and fall into the official army, the snow will also fall on the river

, sheep into the wolf's mouth.

After doing a lot of ideological work, Liu Xiu finally persuaded 12 people to be willing to fight with him.

That's enough!