Chapter 138: Please enter the urn
Huo Guang has been standing still in Huai County, and these days are to train the newly recruited soldiers, but on the second day after Huo Guang returned to Huai County, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's will to Wang Wenshu finally came down. "Ya * Wen * Yan * Love * First * Hair"
Judging from the will, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty really hated Wang Wenshu. Because Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty clearly told Huo Guang that he would destroy the five clans of Wang Wenshu. You must know that in the history before this, there were at most three tribes, but there has never been a situation of exterminating the five tribes, in the words of later generations, how much hatred this must be
However, in Huo Guang's opinion, the five clans are the five clans, and those who are related to Wang Wenshu are all locked up by him. On the day when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty arrived, Huo Guang sent hundreds of people from Wang Wenshu's five clans to the Huai County Execution Ground, and told the whole county to announce Wang Wenshu's crime.
The announcement of Wang Wenshu's crime and the extermination of the five ethnic groups caused a great repercussion among the ordinary people of Hanoi County, which was not limited to the counties under Huo Guang's control, but even in those counties controlled by the bandits, some of the rebels felt very happy, and some of them were even less inclined to confront the imperial court.
Huo Guang spent another five days in Huaixian peacefully. Five days later, outside the east gate of Huaixian County, there were two thousand soldiers standing in line, of which 1,000 cavalry were the Qimen army, and the other 1,000 were infantry, these infantry were newly recruited county soldiers, after a few days of short training, although these soldiers were still far from the elite soldiers, but they could barely make up the number. ( Pingnan Romance)
Today, the strength of the Hanoi army has been restored to 2,000 people, and a large part of them are officials, slaves and prisoners. In the Han Dynasty and before, it was almost a common practice to form an army with slaves and prisoners during wartime, and in the troubled times of the late Qin Dynasty, 200,000 Lishan prisoners could become the main force of the Qin army. When Huo Guang had no soldiers to recruit, he had no choice but to pull out prisoners and slaves to form an army.
Li Ling left 1,000 county soldiers to guard Huai County, and the 2,000 people outside the city were Huo Guang's soldiers and horses to attack Xiuwu County. Don't look at the only 2,000 people, in fact, this number is quite a lot, because this is only a battle to suppress the rebellion, not a large battle, and there is an elite cavalry force of 1,000 people in it.
"All the troops are leaving!" With a wave of Huo Guang's arm, the two thousand troops immediately moved, with the cavalry in front and the infantry behind.
On the tower of Huaixian County, Dongfang Shuo, Li Ling, and a group of Hanoi officials all watched Huo Guang's army leave. When Huo Guang's army left everyone's sight, Dongfang Shuo whispered worriedly: "I hope your guess is right, if our army can win a big victory in this battle, the situation in Hanoi will completely fall in favor of our army." ”
"Then Mr. Yi is wise, do you think there is a chance that your lord's move will be successful?" Li Ling asked in a low voice, but his eyes were staring into the distance and he didn't know what he was looking at.
"Since the king has done this, there must be at least seven points of certainty, but people's hearts are the most difficult to grasp, and if the thief is not on us, there is nothing to be done!" Dongfang Shuo also trusts Huo Guang now, but everything Huo Guang said to him is just speculation, and since it is speculation, it is impossible to be completely sure.
Xiuwu County is nearly two hundred miles away from Huai County, and Huo Guang's marching speed on this road is not fast, but a little slow. Although there was an infantry factor, it was also obvious that Huo Lizard had slowed down the march. It was not until the afternoon of the second day that the team under the banner of Anyang Jun came to Xiuwu County.
Occupying Xiuwu County is a person named Xu Bo, who was originally a heroic person in Xiuwu County, and seeing the uprisings in various counties, Xu Bo also took advantage of his usual prestige to occupy Xiuwu County. However, Xu Bo is not bad, he occupied Xiuwu, but did not slaughter the county officials, but just imprisoned all the Xiuwu officials, and then opened a warehouse to release grain, and killed several large households in the township on weekdays, and distributed the property of these families to everyone, so Xu Bo's prestige in Xiuwu County is extremely high.
At this moment, Xu Bo stood on the tower of Xiuwu City, and also saw the army under the city, his eyes fell on a banner in the formation, which was written the three words Anyangjun, and then Xu Bo looked at the person with a cloak on his back under the banner, this person was about sixteen years old, which was consistent with the rumored image of Huo Guang, but Xu Bo looked at the army under the city, and gradually showed a puzzled look.
"Strange, how come it's all infantry? Isn't Huo Guang's main force a thousand-phase gate army? Xu Bo also discovered that what appeared under Xiuwu County was an army composed entirely of infantry, and the number was far less than two, at most about a thousand. In other words, Huo Guang came all the way, and the 1,000 elite period gate army was gone.
"The thieves in the city listen, this king is coming with an army today, and you will quickly open the city gate and surrender. Benjun knows that many of you have not killed innocents indiscriminately, many people are just forced to be helpless, Wang Wenshu has been corrected by Benjun, as long as you open the city and surrender, Benjun promises that major crimes will be avoided from minor crimes. A loud voice came from the military array under the city, and this voice came from the mouth of the person Xu Bo was watching, and they all thought that this was Huo Guang. However, only those who know Huo Guang know that although this person is about the same age and dressed as Huo Guang, he is not the real Huo Guang, but Du Yannian next to Huo Guang.
At this moment, Du Yannian regarded himself as Huo Guang, and said that he would pardon the crimes of the rebellious people in Xiuwu County to the greatest extent. These words fell in the ears of the chaotic people in Xiuwu County, and many people were really swaying in their hearts, and even Xu Bo seriously considered the credibility of these words. The situation in Xiuwu County is very special in the whole of Hanoi, Xu Bo is not a heinous person, and most of these people who followed him are not evildoers, the reason why Xu Bo did not kill a Xiuwu County official is also to leave a way out for himself.
"Why should I trust you? The capture of the county seat is already a blatant rebellion, this is a heinous crime, I'm afraid Anyangjun, you don't dare to guarantee that we won't die, right? Xu Bo was silent for a long time and finally responded, and at this time, the rebels in the city also held their breath and waited for 'Huo Guang' to answer.
On the other hand, there was also a large number of troops outside the city of Benhuai, this army numbered tens of thousands, but the tens of thousands of troops looked chaotic, and even the clothes were not uniform, some of these people were holding iron or bronze weapons, and some were also holding weapons made of wood and bamboo, but some simple construction machinery could also be seen.
And behind the tens of thousands of troops, a huge banner was embroidered with the three words King Wuyang with gilt colored threads, indicating that this chaotic army was the largest army of the rebellious bandit Chen Da Leper in Hanoi today.
I don't know how Chen Dalai knew the news that Huo Guang led his troops to Xiuwu, in terms of time, Chen Dale's attack on Huai County at this time made Huai County unable to be rescued at least one day, because even if it was the fastest speed to return to Huai County from Xiuwu, it would take a day.
"Pass the order, attack the city for this king at all costs, as long as Huai County is taken, the whole of Hanoi will be the king's! In addition, the word went down, and the first one to break through the gate of Huaixian County, this king named him a general. Chen Daleo sat in the rear of the chaotic army, it has only been half a month, he completely regards himself as a king, and he is the king when he opens his mouth and closes his mouth.
Huaixian County, Li Ling calmly commanded the soldiers to defend the city, at this moment Dongfang Shuo also went up to the city tower, in this era there is no strict division between civil and military, plus Dongfang Shuo is not a powerless person, in this era a county is also a general, Dongfang Shuo wants to really become a county guard, it is also one of his responsibilities to go to the city to defend against the enemy.
"Hehe, I didn't expect it to be Chen Dale. Look at that driving, he really thinks of himself as the king of Wuyang! Dongfang Shuo held a long sword in his hand, stood beside Li Ling and looked at the banner of King Wuyang in the distance and said.
Chen Dale's army is tens of thousands, but he has no combat effectiveness, although Li Ling's subordinates only have 1,000 county soldiers, but with the advantage of the city, it is not a problem to defend for a while and a half. And in the process of defending the city, Chen Dale's side has begun to have a lot of casualties.
However, Chen Dalein didn't care about the deaths and injuries of these cannon fodder, as long as Huaixian County was captured, even if these chaotic people died, Chen Dalein would not feel distressed. And there has always been a team of more than 1,000 people around him who has not moved, thinking that this is Chen Dale's most elite team, of course, this elite is only relative to the chaotic people, and it cannot be compared with the Qimen army.
"Your Majesty, Chen Dalein has begun to attack the city? Are we going to kill him now, now that Chen Dale's attention is focused on attacking the city, I will raid from behind, and I will definitely be able to kill him. In a valley ten miles away from Huai County, Huo Guang and the 1,000 Period Gate cavalry were quietly lurking in the valley, and at this time, Gao Buzhi had just checked the battle situation from outside Huai County.
"I didn't expect that it was Chen Dalein who invited you into the urn, could it be that she is Chen Dale's person? But it's not like it......" Huo Guang lowered his head in contemplation and muttered to himself. Although Chen Dale's attack on Huai County was Huo Guang's plan, it was still beyond Huo Guang's expectations, because it was not Chen Dalein who came to attack Huai County in anticipation.
"Wait...... Wait a little longer...... Continuing to observe the movements, Chen Daxi will definitely start to send some chaotic people with low combat effectiveness to consume the equipment and energy of defending the city, and when he sends his main force, our army will suddenly kill. Since he came, he couldn't let him leave Huaixian alive, hehe, King Wuyang...... Kill him enough to deter other bandits. Huo Guang squinted his eyes, and the tips of his right fingers were regularly tapping on the back joint of his left hand. Although Chen Dalein was a little surprised, this did not prevent Huo Guangquan's intention to annihilate the enemy.