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Liu Xiu listened to them one by one and made corresponding arrangements. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info The latter thing is easy to do, just let the scout battalion watch it closely, but the former one is difficult to do, tens of thousands of soldiers, it is not enough to be appeased by their respective superiors, those officers are okay to fight, but they have no experience in psychological work, except for scolding and beating, they can do something about nothing, let alone this extraordinary period.

"Labor Army!" Yan Zhong proposed a method, in the name of reward, let the soldiers eat something good, brag together, sing songs, dance, release the accumulated pressure, build up their fighting spirit for meritorious service and reward, and turn the pressure into motivation.

Liu Xiu was overjoyed and acted according to the plan. Duan Cheng had also told him about these methods, but he had never encountered such a harsh situation, and he couldn't react for a while, thanks to a cold-blooded wise man like Yan Zhong to remind him.

"In addition, if you fight again tomorrow, you can let people shout and interfere with Zhong Dian's morale." Yan Zhong reminded again: "The Qiang people are united by various tribes, and Beigong Boyu is Yiconghu, and he gets along very well with Li Wenhou, Zhong Dian may not believe them. ”

Liu Xiu had an idea: "Why tomorrow, can't you do it tonight?" ”

"Tonight?" Yan Zhong didn't quite understand.

Liu Xiu smiled: "Han Xinyu played a song of Chu and blew away the 100,000 soldiers of the overlord, why don't we follow suit and use a song of Qiang flute to soften the fighting spirit of the Qiang people?" ”

Yan Zhong's eyes lit up, and he exchanged a look of surprise with Xun Youjiāo, and shouted in unison: "General, what a clever plan." ”

Liu Xiu immediately asked people to cross the river to find Li Wenhou, and gathered the Han and Qiang soldiers in the camp who knew the songs of the Qiang people, and selected a few songs aimed at xing. There are lyrics for xing in the special score, so that they can practice well. Most of the Qiang people's tunes are relatively simple and easy to learn. Liu Xiu then divided them into several groups and sneaked to the vicinity of the Qiang camp under the protection of warriors who were familiar with the terrain.

Li Wenhou had been cruising on the north bank of Huangshui today, and he also knew that Liu Xiu was worried about their loyalty, and would rather fight against the water. Let Huangshui protect his back, and refuse to let them participate in the big array. To be honest, he was not willing to fight with Zhong Dian or Beigong Boyu face-to-face, although he surrendered to Liu Xiu, it did not mean that he was willing to die for Liu Xiu.

At this point. There is a clear difference between him and the Celestial Wolf.

Now Liu Xiu asked him to take people to sing and sing songs to interfere with the military spirit of the Qiang people, but he couldn't ask for it, if he could sing the Qiang people in a hurry, he didn't have to kill people. There is no need to pile up countless Kyoto temples like during the day. It's not a good thing.

He thought so, Liu Xiu didn't think so, he wanted to use a Qiang flute to blow up the 100,000 Qiang army, but he didn't want Zhong Dian to escape like the overlord of Chu, after arranging Li Wenhou's task, he immediately found Lu Bu and others. Let all the cavalrymen not unarmour, and the horses not unsadd. Be prepared for pursuit.

The Qiang people camped, and Zhong Dian crossed two máo fluffy tui. Sitting on the ground, two twelve or thirteen-year-old Qiang nv poured him wine, and the other pinched a pair of small fists to thrash him. A féi sheep is roasted over the fire, and drops of mutton fat are dripping onto the fire and squeaking.

Wang Kingdom sat quietly opposite Zhong Dian, sven drinking. During the day, he gave Zhong Dian a poisonous plan, which successfully hit the morale of the Han army, although the Han army used such a ruthless means as Zhujingguan to fight back, but only a few of them knew, and the others were still in the dark.

"Dahao, the Han army is more ferocious than we imagined, Liu Xiu is more vicious than Duan Cheng, and now he still has a talented person like Yan Zhong by his side, and Jing Rui like the Bingzhou army to help, even if we win, it will be a tragic victory." The kingdom said unhurriedly, reiterating the suggestion to retreat.

Zhong Dian nibbled on the rou, his eyes flickering. He was very satisfied with the strategy of the kingdom, which could not only break the morale of the Han army, but also consume all the tribes with him, which was simply wonderful for him. His strength is strong, and it is no problem to kill another 2,000 people, but as soon as the two rounds are over, I am afraid that many small tribes will disappear without a trace, and even Zhong Wu will be greatly injured.

How could he be willing to leave at this time.

"Sir, the Han people are not afraid of death, are we Qiang people afraid of death?" Zhong Dian tiǎn the grease on his fingers, and said slowly: "It's dead, but it's the kingdom of heaven, there's nothing to be afraid of." We Qiang people are not afraid of death, as long as it is worth it. ”

Wang Guo sighed secretly and patiently explained: "Dahao, I know that the Qiang people are heroic and not afraid of death, but is it really worth dying like this?" And there is no condor here, the soldiers throw their corpses here, and there is no condor pecking at it, how can they ascend to heaven? ”

Zhong Qiang for a long time in the west slope of the mountains and the plateau in the south, developed the habit of burial, after death, the body was pecked by the eagle on the plateau, and then buried into a skeleton, thinking that in this way can ascend to the kingdom of heaven. This is not a plateau, and there will be no eagles who dare to come to the battlefield to peck at corpses, and there are indeed some differences with their beliefs.

Hearing this, Zhong Dian also hesitated. He knew that his actions during the day had aroused the disgust of the tribes, and if the soldiers felt that those warriors died bravely but could not ascend to the kingdom of heaven, it would be a big blow to the morale of the army, and it was likely that they would not be able to control it. Although he is strong, if everyone works against him, he will be in trouble.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Wang Guo knew that he had hit Zhong Dian's weakness, so he added another handful of firewood. "Even if we win Liu Xiu, it is impossible to occupy this place for a long time, sooner or later we will have to retreat to Yugu, what are the soldiers fighting for? Back in the mountains is different, if they don't fight hard, they will lose their land, and at that time, there is no need for Dahao to say, they will also fight hard with the Han army. ”

The kingdom counted the benefits of retreating one by one, and Zhong Dian was also a little moved, but when he thought of Zhen Yan's promise to him, he was a little reluctant to give up. "If we withdraw, will Liu Xiu return to Shandong? We can't complete the task that the great sage and good teacher Jiāo has to give us. ”

"Not really." Wang Kingdom shook his head again and again, vetoing Zhong Dian's excuse. "The Qiang people have never given the Han people a headache because of their strong strength, and the Qiang people have an unyielding fighting spirit that makes the Han people tired. Dahao, the Huns were majestic and repeatedly invaded the Han realm, but where are they now? Xianbei people think that they are heroes. But where is he now? The great sage and good teacher believe in Lao Jun, and Lao Jun said that the weak can defeat the strong, and the brave and ruthless cannot last. There has never been a unified hero in the history of the Qiang people, but the Huns died. The Xianbei people were defeated, but the Qiang people were still there. ”

Zhong Dian listened attentively, but he was a little frustrated, he was a brave and ruthless person, and he just wanted to be a big hero who unified the Qiang tribe. But in the Kingdom's mouth, none of this seems right. This made him a little subconsciously repulsive when he lamented the extraordinary wisdom of the kingdom.

The kingdom spat and spitted, not noticing the trace of disgust hidden in Zhong Dian in his eyes at all, on the contrary. He said it for a long time. Zhong Dian never let go, which made him a little frustrated, a little unhappy, and gradually became a little impatient.

Zhong Dian was also a little impatient, and he interrupted the kingdom: "I'll think about it again and give Mr. an answer tomorrow." How is it? ”

The kingdom had no choice but to keep its mouth shut. I secretly scolded in my heart that this Qiang dog is really rotten wood that cannot be carved, and the dung is not on the wall. The old man said it so clearly, he still doesn't open his mind, it's really depressing.

When the kingdom returned to his big tent, Beigong Boyu was drinking stuffy wine, thinking about it, and when he saw the kingdom's face, he couldn't help but be stunned, and hurriedly got up to greet him. "Sir...... What's going on? ”

Wang Guolong sighed and repeated what he had just said to Zhong Dian. Beigong Boyu smiled bitterly, but he was not as depressed as the kingdom, he was a Qiang person, and he understood the psychology of the Qiang people best. Unlike the Han people, the Qiang people have a unified order, and even if they are disobedient, they must obey the order. The Qiang people are united by various tribes, if Zhong Dian can't show enough strength, they may change the court, such as to Zhong Dian's brother Zhong Wu, Zhong Dian has to guard against this situation, not to mention that now according to the kingdom's plan, he can justifiably borrow the sword of the Han army to weaken other opponents, how can he easily let go.

"How many opportunities in the world are lost in the internal friction of their own people and their own people." The kingdom is a smart person, and what Beigong Boyu thinks of, of course he also wants to get, and he can't help but be a little gloomy. Recalling this uprising, the vigorous beginning, but now I can only send people under the fence, to give bitter advice to a Qiang person, I really can't get up, I drank two sips of wine, and went to sleep.

The kingdom had a nightmare, he dreamed that Liu Xiu defeated Zhong Qiang, and piled up a very tall Jingguan, full of Qiang heads scattered from the head, and the highest point of the Jingguan was not Zhong Dian, but a Han man wearing a Confucian sheng, the Han man was elegant in appearance and graceful, although he was dead, his eyebrows and eyes could move, and his tongue could speak. Right here, Han Sui and Bian Zhang walked over and saluted the Han man, and then he suddenly realized that the head was himself, and he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and sat up.

"Sir?" Beigong Boyu had already sat up and looked at him with a strange expression.

"What's wrong?" The kingdom smiled in disguise.

"Listen, there's someone singing outside." Beigong Boyu motioned for him to be silenced.

The kingdom frowned unhappily and listened intently. The night wind sent an ethereal singing, and if there was nothing, the kingdom listened to it for a long time, but did not hear anything sung, only the tune that seemed to be the Qiang people. The tune of the Qiang people, ziyou, has no fixed score, it is nothing more than the result of excitement, so he shouted a few words at the top of his voice, but there is still that kind of conventional taste.

"This is an elegy, sung when a loved one dies, please take care of the condor, peck clean, so that you can go to heaven as soon as possible."

"It's chun's day, come out of the winter field, find a piece of beautiful valley and plant wheat, hoping for a good harvest."

"This is ......the family looking forward to the soldiers returning with meritorious service," Beigong Boyu's face suddenly changed: "But what I waited for was the news that the soldiers threw their bodies on the battlefield and their heads were in different places." ”

Before he could finish speaking, the kingdom had already jumped: "It's embattled. ”

"Chu Ge?" Beigong Boyu looked at him blankly. This is clearly a ballad of the Qiang people, how can it be a Chu song? The kingdom was so angry that he didn't think much about it, so he hurriedly put on his clothes and ran out. When Beigong Boyu saw it, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly followed.

The kingdom was dressed as he walked, but he had just had a nightmare, and before he could come back to his senses, he heard the Qiang song of the heart of these soldiers, and saw that the soldiers on duty along the way were holding weapons, and listened attentively, with a sad look on his face, his morale was low, and his heart was in a hurry, and he fell without taking two steps. Beigong Boyu rushed over, hurriedly helped him up, and asked with concern: "Sir, ...... are you?"

Wang Guo's heart was burning, and he secretly scolded these Qiang people for being uneducated, and he didn't even know the story of Han Xin's embattlement. "Quick. Help me to see Zhong Dian, disaster, great disaster, these songs are hunluàn military hearts, you can't listen to them, you can't listen to them. ”

Beigong Boyu looked at the soldiers who came out of the tent in twos and threes. Only then did he suddenly realize that he had taken two steps with the kingdom in his arms, and seeing that he really couldn't move his feet, he simply carried the kingdom on his back and took a big stride and ran all the way.

Zhong Dian was draped. Sitting on the mattress, he was quietly listening to the singing outside, and suddenly saw Beigong Boyu rushing towards the kingdom on his back, he was startled, and hurriedly got up to greet him. The kingdom gasped twice. The embattled story was told again. Then he said eagerly: "Please Dahao immediately send someone to arrest those who sing the music, rectify the morale of the army, and don't fall for Liu Xiu, otherwise, there will be no soldiers to fight tomorrow." ”

Zhong Dian's face suddenly turned pale, and he immediately gathered together. The rapid sound of drums broke the silence of the camp. It also overshadowed the sound of the Qiang flute in the distance, and the leaders of the tribes rushed in twos and threes. Their expressions were a little sad, as they heard the Kingdom's reminder. They were also frightened, recalling the emotions of the soldiers they had seen all the way, and they didn't dare to slack off, so they immediately returned to the camp and gathered to give lectures.

After arranging the countermeasures, the kingdom once again proposed to Zhong Dian to withdraw his troops. Zhong Dian jumped like thunder and yelled at the kingdom: "Can you withdraw now?" Withdraw now, and in less than half the way, the centaurs will be scattered. I have to fight a battle, win a battle, defeat Liu Xiu, and withdraw safely. ”

The kingdom is desperate.

Seeing the commotion in the Qiang camp, and another group of soldiers rushed out of the camp with torches, Li Wenhou did not dare to stop any longer, and quietly withdrew to the camp with his subordinates who were already a little hoarse. Liu Xiu didn't sleep, he was sitting in his clothes, listening to the reports of the scouts. Seeing Li Wenhou, he laughed and called Li Wenhou to sit down.

"Thank you for your hard work, take a sip of wine and moisten your throat." He beckoned again: "Ling Ming, give wine to the brothers on the mission and record their merits." ”

Pound answered and went to make arrangements. Liu Xiu said to Li Wenhou with a smile: "After a hard night's work, you don't want to participate in the war tomorrow, you are still on the north bank of Huangshui, just help me take care of my back." ”

Li Wenhou nodded in thanks.

"Wenhou, do you say that Beigong Boyu can go together with Zhong Dian?"

Li Wenhou knew the meaning of the song when he heard it, shook his head and said: "Boyu, like me, is used to being with Han people, Zhong Diansheng is arrogant, he has always despised us, saying that we are the dogs of Han people. This time, if we hadn't kidnapped Bian Zhang, the kingdom, and the kingdom again, and the people of Taiping Dao also found him through us, Zhong Dian would not have taken us seriously. Now that Bian Zhang and I have descended, only Boyu and the kingdom are left, but I am afraid that Zhong Dian will not take them seriously. ”

"Oh, look, can you send someone to contact him and get him to mend his ways?"

Li Wenhou hesitated, held the hot wine glass in his hand, and looked at Liu Xiu's tired but sincere eyes, "I can try it." ”

"Then there's Lao Wenhou." Liu Xiu leaned over and patted the back of Li Wenhou's hand, "Tell him that as long as he is willing to come back, I will not treat him badly." He paused, then smiled and said, "You can go to the camp and inquire about the style of my friend." ”

Li Wenhou smiled, bowed down and said, "At the beginning, Mr. Gongxiao told me that those who follow the general have never suffered losses. In order to give the soldiers a pension, the general used his own money to fill the pit of the imperial court, and the soldiers were willing to follow the general. ”

"Hahaha......" Liu Xiu smiled. He also asked Li Wenhou if there were any other leaders under Zhong Dian who were familiar with him, and whether it was possible to persuade him to surrender, and Li Wenhou replied one by one. Although he has this heart, he doesn't have much contact with Zhong Dian's subordinates, and he is really powerless and can't help too much. Although Liu Xiu was a little regretful, he didn't say anything, just appeased Li Wenhou, and sent someone to send him across the Huangshui by boat.

In fact, Liu Xiu thought too much, and he didn't need to do much more than that, Zhong Dian was already in trouble. He obviously felt that the atmosphere in the camp was not right, and there were some problems with the faces of the tribal leaders, and some people squeaked and reminded him that it was time to go back, and if he continued to fight, he was afraid that he would delay the agricultural time; Some people are absent-minded and their eyes wander; Some people expressed doubts about whether they could defeat the Han people, five or six thousand people died yesterday, and they had not been able to break through the Han army's formation.

Zhong Dian is in a dilemma, he wants to fight, he is afraid that the people's hearts are not aligned, and if they are tight, it will cause a mutiny, and if they want to retreat, he is afraid that as soon as this breath is relaxed, everyone will disperse in a hurry. No one took him seriously anymore. In desperation, he found his brother Zhongwu.

Zhong Wu is the strongest in the entire Qiang army except Zhong Dian, he has about 40,000 people, and Jing Rui is nearly 10,000. If you can get his support, even if those small tribes are all gone. In the face of Liu Xiu, he will not be without the strength to fight.

In order to convince Zhong Wu, Zhong Dian invited this famous man from the kingdom. Unlike him, Chungo has always been more respectful of learned people, and usually asks the kingdom for some stories when he has time. It is relatively different among the Qiang people.

The kingdom spoke bitterly, and talked about the principle that cooperation is beneficial to both sides, and division is two injuries, Zhong Wu listened quietly, and then said. Resolutely support all of Zhong Dian's decisions. Of course, it's best to listen to Mr. Wang's advice and withdraw. By withdrawing to the Great and Small Elm Valleys, we can not only catch up with the wheat planting, but also lead Liu Xiu to the battlefield that we are more familiar with.

Zhong Dian had no choice but to reluctantly respond. It was decided to withdraw troops.

As soon as the Qiang people moved, Liu Xiu received a report from the scouts. He immediately gave the order to pursue. Several generals took turns to attack, constantly harassing the Qiang people. Once the Qiang people retreated, they followed again, from time to time some cavalry rushed up, put a round of arrows, turned around and ran, and scolded in a dry mouth, nothing more than saying that Zhong Dian was incompetent, with an army of more than 100,000 people still being chased by people. The little song that built a miracle is sung day and night, when it is the most arrogant, the Han army is a mile away from the Qiang army to the camp, and the song at night floats along the wind to the Qiang camp, and it does not stop all night.

Zhong Dian was about to go crazy, and shouted several times to turn back and fight with Liu Xiu, but he was stopped by the kingdom. The kingdom said, this is Liu Xiu deliberately angry with you, what he is most afraid of is that you withdraw to Yugu, he has to transport grain for thousands of miles, and his cavalry is not suitable for mountain combat, once he reaches the mountain, his strength is greatly reduced, so he probably does not dare to chase after him at all. As long as your troops are still there, he will not dare to leave Liangzhou, otherwise he will have to come back thousands of miles after you finish planting wheat in the last month, and then come out to shake it and grab it.

As for now, you don't have to worry, the further we retreat, the more the initiative is in our hands. We are about to go to Taoshui, and we will fight a battle in Taoshui to ensure that we will save all face.

When Zhong Dian heard this, he suddenly became stunned, and even asked how to fight.

Wang Guoxiong said with confidence, we cross the water, no one is blocking us, we just need to hold the rear and not be attacked by Liu Xiu. When we cross the Taoshui, we will send a team of men and horses to guard the edge of the Taoshui, as long as Liu Xiu crosses the water, we will attack half-crossing, to ensure that he will not return. At that point, he could only watch us walk away.

Zhong Dian was overjoyed, and even called Mr. Gao Ming.

Just when the kingdom was offering a plan, Liu Xiu was also discussing with Yan Zhong and others, the plan that the kingdom could think of, Yan Zhong and Xun You could think of, the problem was that it was useless to think of it, and it had to be seen how to crack it, how to turn the passive into the active, regain the initiative in his hands, and hit Zhong Dian's department as hard as possible, and then it was easy to divide it and realize the plan of using Qiang to control Qiang.

After discussing the map for a long time, Yan Zhong thought of a good solution. When Liu Xiu and Xun You heard this, they all stroked their palms and laughed in unison, and immediately summoned everyone to discuss the details and arrange the tasks in the future.

Five days later, Zhong Dian rushed to the place where the Xia Chuan water flowed into Taoshui, fifty miles north of Di Dao. Crossing this water, they will reach the city of Great Xia and Caohan, where they will return to the west after the last replenishment.

Zhong Dian decided to fight Liu Xiu here, in order to save the face of the defeat, he wanted to personally leave the palace, and wait for everyone to cross the water. If Liu Xiu wants to pursue, he will lead the main force to fight with Liu Xiu, if Liu Xiu does not pursue, after he crosses the Taoshui, he will still be the queen of the palace of the army, in order to ensure the safety of others to rush to Daxia City.

Hearing this, the leaders of the Qiang people expressed their admiration for Zhong Dian's bravery. Zhong Dian was in high spirits, patted his mouth and said that as long as there was a Qiang person who had not crossed Taoshui, he would never be able to cross Taoshui, and swore to fight Liu Xiu to the death.

After listening to the kingdom's explanation of the tactical arrangement of the half-crossing attack, they were full of hope for the prospects, and felt that they could finally get rid of the pursuit of the Han people, and maybe they could turn defeat into victory and defeat Liu Xiu in Taoshui and regain the initiative.

The Qiang people crossed the river in turn, and in order to cross the river as soon as possible, they opened a long formation up and down the river, which was three or four miles wide, and in less than an hour, they crossed half of the men and horses. The joy of safety in sight diluted their nervousness and low morale, and they laughed and laughed easily, some took off their kuko and waded bare, some rode on horseback, carefully controlling their horses so as not to slip and fall in the river. After they came ashore, they talked and laughed, some sat on the ground and dressed, and some wiped the water for the horses. Although it was already Chun Tian, the water was still very cold, and if it was not dried in time, it was easy to get cold.

The kingdom stood at the edge of the water, looking at the Qiang people wading across the river, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't think of anything wrong. He turned his head and was about to discuss it with Beigong Boyu, but he saw Beigong Boyu's mouth open wide, his eyes wide, and he was terrified. (To be continued)