Chapter 1 Ears of rice taller than people! Tragic encounters
In the third year of the emperor (22 AD), there was a great famine in many places in Nanyang that was rare for decades.
Only Chungling has a bumper grain harvest!
Chungling Township, located in Caiyang County, Nanyang County, a branch of the Han clan lives and works here in peace and contentment, so it is called Chungling Liu.
In October, the wind blows the rice waves and the sun is shining.
As far as the eye can see, the endless fields are full of gold, and a smell of rice hits people, which makes people intoxicated.
Among the mature rice crops, there is a piece of rice that is like "standing out from the crowd", which is very conspicuous. Ordinary people's rice is only up to people's knees, but this piece of rice is enough tall for people to hide in the rice crops to enjoy the coolness.
It is not easy for the owner to grow rice of this quality!
"Uncle Wen, your rice is taller than people, how did you plant it? Rice taller than all people, I have never heard of it when I live to this age. A farmer walked by on the ridge and said to the figure who was busy in the rice field.
The young man named Uncle Wen was quite handsome, and I saw him barefoot, wearing a short jacket on his upper body, a strip of cloth tied around his waist, and a hat on his head, constantly wielding a sickle in the rice fields, and he was so tired that he was sweating.
"I said uncle, what's all the fuss about, that's what I'm doing."
Liu Xiu, the word Uncle Wen, has a good temperament, and the one in front of him is Liu Xiu.
"You're good, young man, but I'm going to have bad news for you." The farmer continued: "Your eldest brother Liu Xuan went to war with the whole family. ”
"What?" Liu Xiuru was struck by lightning, so shocked that none of the sickles were held steady, and he didn't notice when he fell to the ground.
"When?" Liu Xiu's heart is terrible, sooner or later, disaster will happen!
Originally, it was agreed to start the army in October, but I didn't want to advance it to September, but now I want to attack Wancheng with a hot brain, Wancheng is a strong city, easy to defend and difficult to attack.
What's more, what if the enemy sets up an ambush in the middle of the way?
But the eldest brother Liu Xuan couldn't listen to the advice, and reprimanded him, saying that he was as timid and afraid as a woman.
"I ran into it before I went down to the ground."
Liu Xiu didn't wait for the farmer to elaborate, quickly drove out the green cow, took the guys, and rushed to the rescue.
Woe to the heavens!
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In the early morning of this day, I don't know why the heavens are not beautiful, the fog is as thick as water covering the sky and the sun, reaching out and not seeing the five fingers, and looking up and not seeing the sun and the moon.
A rebel army of three or four thousand men was moving slowly through the fog at the moment, and now the leaves of the trees were beginning to wither, and a thin layer was laid on the path ahead, and there was a "rustle" sound when they stepped on it.
Crossing the Huang Chunshui, into a small jungle, the forest grass is wet with dew, and the birds on the branches are even more cheerful.
Straight ahead of a village, the army stopped to rest, a distance of 7 or 8 kilometers, a long walk for half a day.
"Guide, where is this?" A burly man pointed to the nearby village and asked a man beside him.
"The name of this place is Xiao Chang'anju, which belongs to Huaiyang County, and it is the only way to attack Wancheng." The guide said.
The so-called gathering refers to the village, and the small Chang'an gathering is a village called the small Chang'an.
The terrain is flat, and there is no danger of mountains and jungles.
"Babble"! The loud cry of the baby echoed like a thunderclap in a quiet village, followed by the whining of the women and the wheezing of the elderly.
It is hard to imagine that such a righteous army actually dragged families with their families, and women, children, and children all accompanied the army.
"I said Bosheng, are we guilty of a taboo in the army, how can we take our relatives with us in a war!" Patriarch Liu Liang said to the burly man.
The Bosheng in Liu Liang's mouth is Liu Xuan, the word Bosheng, who is resolute and generous, and marries heroes.
"Don't worry, uncle, with a nephew here, which thief dares to attack?" Liu Xuan relied on his strong martial arts and said disapprovingly.
Liu Liang sighed deeply and stopped talking.
"Sons, listen to me, this attack on Wancheng can only be won and not defeated! This battle will be a complete victory, and he will be caught off guard. Liu Xuan stood up, raised his arms and shouted.
"I want to listen to the general's orders!" The children of Chung Ling were excited.
Liu Xuan led his troops to raise righteousness in Chungling Township, Caiyang County, called the Chungling Army, and called himself "Zhutiandu Department".
The rebels successively captured Changju and Tangzi Township, killed the commander of Huyang, and Kejianyang.
Several successive victories made Liu Xuan feel fluttering, and the Xinmang army was about to collapse at the touch of a button, and at this time, it was just time to capture Wancheng, the seat of Nanyang County, while the iron was hot, and then the troops pointed directly at Chang'an.
This has just boosted morale, and I don't want to change dramatically.
Liu Zhuo's ears were bright and clear, and when he heard the sound of small footsteps, he suddenly became alert.
"Who?"
All that answered him were arrows that burst through the sky!
"Whoosh"! Countless arrows rained suddenly, and before the children of Chungling could react, they were pierced through the heart by sharp arrows.
"Enemy attack!" The front team shouted, facing the fog, because their parents, wives and children were in the camp, and they had no choice.
"Kill!"
"Those who capture Liu Xuan's brothers alive will be rewarded with 500 catties!"
"Whoever kills this thief will be rewarded with a thousand catties!"
The first one rode a tall horse, and the heavily armed new reckless army shouted to kill the heavens under his leadership.
Cen Peng, who came, was a general with superb martial arts.
It's Zhen Fu's army!
It turned out that Nanyang County guarded Zhenfu, and Cen Peng led the army to ambush here. Cen Peng had already heard the movement outside the village, and he heard the reality of the Chungling soldiers, and at this moment, he suddenly attacked, which really caused the Chungling disciples to suffer heavy casualties.
Liu Xuan was furious, rushed straight to the front, and in a blink of an eye, he met the enemy in a short fight.
"It's you!" The so-called enemies were very red when they saw each other, and Cen Peng was seeing Liu Xuan, who was killing in all directions, covered in blood, with angry eyes, and slashed with a long knife.
Cen Peng was originally the magistrate of Jianyang County, but he lost the city, which angered the county guard Zhen Fu, so he used his wife and children as a threat to ambush Liu Xuan's army in Xiaochang'an.
The emperor lives up to his wishes! Liu Xuan really dared to invade Wancheng, which gave him a chance to take revenge.
The hatred of the country and the family are not shared!
"Thief, you hurt my clansmen, and now you are ambushing me, I will kill you!" Liu Xuan was furious, and strode towards Cen Peng, a spear dancing smoothly.
Not to be outdone, Cen Peng waved a long knife to block Liu Xuan's spear.
Needlepoint to Maimang, what a fight!
Thirty or fifty rounds of battle, no matter whether you win or lose!
"I can't see it, you have some skills!" Liu Jiu laughed angrily.
"Hmph, you're not bad either." Cen Peng sneered.
"Bosheng, save me!"
Liu Xuan only cared about fighting with Na Cen Peng, and didn't want anyone to scream, and when he looked back, Liu Yuan and Liu Zhong had died in the chaos of the army, under the sword soldiers.
"Second brother, second sister!" Liu Xuan was in a hurry, and the spear was swung like a dragon, and his marksmanship became more aggressive, causing death.
I don't want Cen Peng to surround him to the death, and he can't get out of trouble after a long battle.
This encounter was almost one-sided, and the Zhen Fu army had the upper hand regardless of the number of people or the time and profit, and the Chung Ling rebel army had no chance of winning.
"It's all my fault for going my own way and bringing you into danger, and I, Liu Xuan, am the only one to die and apologize!" The enemy soldiers gathered more and more, and Liu Jiu saw that there was no possibility of survival, so he wanted to draw his sword and kill himself.
"Big brother, I'll do it too!" At the moment of life and death, I saw a person riding a green ox to come quickly, he held a fire gun in his hand, and shot within 30 steps, killing and wounding more than a dozen people, and shocked everyone present with his own strength.
The fire of that long gun is fierce, and every time it fires, it must drink blood and rampage, as if entering a no-man's land!
What a god!
"It turned out to be Uncle Wen. Heaven will not die my Liu family! "The children of the clan shed tears of excitement like a great drought and a rain.
The person who came was none other than Liu Xiu, the Guangwu Emperor who was known as the son of the plane in history, Uncle Wen, and Liu Xuan's younger brother.
Cen Peng was dumbfounded, he had never seen such a thing as a firecracker, and the three or five guns under the command of Liu Xiu actually changed the situation on the battlefield immediately. The Zhen Fu army gradually lost its battlefield advantage, and the Lingling soldiers quickly launched a counterattack under the leadership of Liu Xiu!
People have an inexplicable fear of the unknown, especially the guns, the projectiles that shoot out, hurt when they rub it, and die if they knock it.
It freaks the hell out of these people!
The army was defeated like a mountain, and the soldiers began to scatter.
Can't fight anymore, it's not an opponent at all!
Cen Peng decisively ordered: retreat!
The brothers Liu Xuan and Liu Xiu pursued the victory and vowed to annihilate them in one fell swoop.
didn't want Zhen Fu and Liang Qiuci to lead the main force of 100,000 to help, so the Liu Xuan brothers had no choice but to pack up the remnants of the army and retire to Jianyang City.
After this battle, dozens of Liu clansmen were lost, and more than 1,000 people were killed and wounded by the children of Chungling, including Liu Xiu's second brother, second sister and the three daughters of the second sister.
There was silence among the rebels, and the wails came and went.
"It's me Liu Xuan, I'm sorry for you!" Liu Xuan, such a strong man with iron blood, is crying like a tearful man at the moment. This is not only the endless grief of losing a loved one, but also the infinite remorse.
"Bosheng, you have disappointed me so much!" Uncle Liu Liang hated that iron could not be made of steel, and his wife and two sons also died.
"Uncle, I..." Liu Xuan was even more uncomfortable.
"You can beat me, if you don't get rid of your hatred, you can kill me."
"You bastard, how can you say such a rebellious thing." Liu Liang saw that he was covered in blood, and he must have been injured a lot, so he hurriedly invited a doctor to treat him.
"Uncle, don't blame the eldest brother, it's my fault." Liu Xiu said with red eyes.
"It's the fault of the eldest brother, I regret not listening to you at the beginning! This attack on Wancheng, I made a good claim, and I didn't consult you beforehand, so I suffered a big defeat. Liu Xiu remembered that Liu Xiu had persuaded him more than once, telling him not to attack Wancheng, and to avoid bringing his family members during the march, but Liu Xiu, who was stubborn and self-serving, couldn't listen to it at all.
"Big brother, Uncle Wen, now is not the time to be held accountable, you should think about the next step." Liu Jia lost his wife and children, although he was sad, he was still very rational.
How can there be immortals in war?
Once the success is done, the bones are withered, and the victory is made of white bones!
"I think Jia'er is a person who understands." Liu Liang admired Liu Jia very much.
"Let's talk about what to do." Liu Xuan waved his big hand, making the clan's brothers and sisters quiet down.