On July 21 of the second year of Jianning, Liu Hong led a large army to march in person, and rushed to Jiujiang County on the 30th, and ordered 30,000 Liangzhou troops to guard the Qiang people and dig a canal.

Then he led the Tiger Ben Army, and the Wushuang Army headed towards Danyang.

In the palace of Wanling County, Danyang, Yangzhou, Zang Min sat on the main seat and said, "Chen Taishou, I don't know where Your Majesty has been?" ”

Danyang Taishou Chen Kun heard the words and said, "Assassin Shi, Your Majesty can arrive in three days, but there are barbarians along the way, I'm afraid it will take a little time." ”

When Zang Min heard this, he was immediately shocked and said, "Chen Taishou, haven't you opened the passage for Your Majesty to come yet?" ”

Hearing this, Chen Kun said with a look of shame, "Assassin Shi is angry, it is really that there are not many soldiers and horses in the hands of the lower officials, so it is said that the passage of His Majesty has not been opened to this day." ”

Seeing this, Zang Min couldn't say anything, after all, only 3,000 soldiers could block 20,000 barbarians in the field, and this kind of combat power was extraordinary.

If Zang Min's state soldiers were still there at this time, I'm afraid the barbarians would have been wiped out long ago.

At this time, Liu Hong had already entered the territory of Danyang, and at this time, a scout quickly came to Liu Hong's carriage and said, "Your Majesty, twenty miles ahead, I found barbarian soldiers and horses. ”

"How many soldiers?" Liu Hong asked when he heard this, this can be said to be Liu Hong's first battle in person, and Liu Hong needs a victory to prove himself and enhance his prestige.

When the scout heard this, he said, "About five thousand soldiers and horses. ”

Liu Hong thought for a while, and then said: "Fate, Tiger Ben Zhonglang will lead the army to break it." ”

"No"

Immediately, Liu Hong said to Jia Xu, who was riding a horse on the side, "Wenhe, there are mostly county towns near this place, why are there only 5,000 soldiers and horses?" ”

Jia Xu thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, I think this barbarian is here to attack the nearby county town. ”

"Harassment?" Liu Hong asked puzzled.

When Jia Xu heard this, he said, "Your Majesty, I think that his attack on Wanling and other counties is not going well, so he wants to take the rest of the county seats, after all, although Xu Zhao colluded with the barbarians, he couldn't order them." ”

Liu Hong thought about it for a while, and then stopped talking.

Half an hour later, the army arrived at the place of battle, and the tiger ben Zhonglang came to Liu Hong's car and said, "Your Majesty, the tiger army has killed more than 3,000 enemies and lost more than 800 people. ”

"Hmm" Liu Hong hummed lightly, indicating that he knew, and then stopped talking, after all, this kind of battle of thousands of people is just an appetizer of a big war.

Then the army went on.

At this time, the battlefield in Jingzhou was already in the final battle.

After more than half a month of bloody fighting, the Han army defeated nearly 40,000 barbarians out of the mountain, and the remaining more than 10,000 people were also surrounded by the Han army under the Xiling City of Jiangxia.

In the camp of the Han army, Dong Zhuo looked at the battle damage of the army brought from Yangzhou in the past half a month, and couldn't help but feel distressed, the 20,000 army when he brought it was brought is now only 11,000 people left.

Of course, the soldiers and horses of Jingzhou Prefecture also suffered a lot of losses, and after Wang Rui saw that the barbarians had almost no soldiers to fight, he transferred all the county soldiers from each county.

Today, however, there are only 2,000 state soldiers and 5,000 county soldiers.

This shows the intensity of the war, there are battles almost every day, and night attacks on both sides are commonplace.

This time, Wang Rui, the assassin of Jingzhou, summoned all the generals to the big tent, and after a period of greetings.

Wang Rui said, "Ladies and gentlemen, Your Majesty has sent a decree ordering our army to quickly defeat the barbarians, and not to delay the autumn harvest of the people of Jiangxia." ”

The generals in the tent were helpless for a while when they heard this, and they also wanted to end the battle quickly, but the soldiers were already a tired army, and if the battle started quickly, I am afraid that the losses would be not small.

On the other hand, if the barbarians are trapped here, they can be easily annihilated.

That's why everyone is really helpless about this holy decree.

Wang Rui saw the faces of the generals in the tent, and knew what everyone thought, so he smiled and said, "You don't have to worry, Your Majesty's holy decree finally said that in the battle on the front line, you can be flexible, and you have reduced your own casualties, and it is fundamental to capture the barbarians." ”

"Long live Your Majesty."

When the generals in the tent heard this, they all shouted, and their faces changed from their previous helplessness, and their faces were full of joy.

How could everyone be unhappy to have such a wise emperor?

Wang Rui waved his hand, ordered everyone to be quiet, and then continued: "Everyone knows, Your Majesty has dug the canal, if the canal is opened, the soldiers of Luoyang will not need ten days to arrive, but digging the canal requires manpower. Your Majesty loves the people and cannot bear to be conscripted. Therefore, if we can capture this barbarian in one fell swoop, it will be a great achievement! ”

When everyone in the tent heard this, they were overjoyed, and immediately began to think hard about how to capture these more than 10,000 barbarians.

Dong Zhuo, the general of the barbarian Yue, thought for a while and said, "Assassin Shi, I think that at this time, we should let the barbarians know that attacking us will not succeed, and then it will be easier to capture." ”

Wang Rui said with interest when he heard this: "Zhong Ying, please speak clearly!" ”

"A certain person thinks that the barbarians' grain and grass should still be able to support for a while, so during this time, they will not attack. If we take advantage of this time to garrison the camp, even if they come to attack, it will be in vain, and then it will be the time for us to capture it. ”

When the generals in the tent heard this, they discussed it in a whisper, and then they all agreed.

So in the following days, the Han army continued to cut down trees to strengthen the camp, trapping the barbarians outside Xiling City.

At this time, the leader of the barbarians was facing a man in black and scolded, "You Han, didn't you say that if you listen to you, we can sit on Jiangxia?" Now that our people are trapped here, you tell this leader to let someone attack? What are your intentions? ”

Hearing this, the man in black snorted coldly, "Hmph, I have reminded you several times, don't underestimate the Han army, but you are deaf to you." Now that the army has been defeated, it is ridiculous to remember that so-and-so is coming, and to blame so-and-so. ”

"I told you a few days ago that if you don't take the initiative to attack, then you will wait to be captured alive! Now you still want to attack it, but can't you? ”

The barbarian leader was furious when he heard this, pulled out the war knife in his hand and said, "You, the Han people, think that this leader will not dare to kill you?" ”

"Haha," the man in black laughed and said, "Kill so-and-so?" Tell you that a certain is the son of Emperor Yangming, and if you kill a certain person, you will have no life at all. ”

The barbarian leader was stunned when he heard this, and then hesitated.

At this time, a barbarian general in the tent stood up and directly cut off the head of the man in black with a knife.

Seeing this, the barbarian leader stepped forward and grabbed the barbarian's clothes and said, "You bastard, what are you doing?" Are you rebelling? ”

The barbarian pushed the barbarian leader away and said, "What else can you do if you don't kill him?" Now that the Emperor of the Han Dynasty has led an army of 100,000 to conquer in person, the Yangming Emperor himself is difficult to protect, where can he take care of us? It's better for me to rush out and fight to the death. ”

The barbarian leader was stunned for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, kill it and go home." ”

"Go home."

On August 3 of the second year of Jianning, the barbarians desperately counterattacked and were easily repelled by the Han army. On the 5th of August, the barbarians ran out of food and grass and had no choice but to surrender. The barbaric chaos in Jingzhou lasted more than a month.

ps: Wait a few days to make up the arrears, there are a lot of things at home these days.