Two soldiers and horses were stationed in the land of Mengjin, among which the rebels had a very large number of troops, as many as nearly 700,000.

They were stationed in the wilderness not far south of Liu Jian's army, which not only formed a confrontation with Liu Jian, but also allowed their own soldiers and horses to block Liu Jian's road to Luoyang.

After Liu Jian crossed the Yellow River, he did not rush into Luoyang, but built an earthen city here with soldiers and horses.

He placed a large number of thunderbolts and well railings in the earthen city, turning the temporary earthen city into a strong defensive position.

At this moment, Liu Jian stood on top of his earthen city, looking at the large thief army in the distance, with a solemn look on his face.

Xun Yu followed Liu Jian's side, his expression was not as dignified as Liu Jian, and he was relatively relaxed.

He also looked at the camp in the distance and didn't say much.

I saw that the tents of the thief army on the opposite side were vast and dense, but they were disorganized.

Vaguely, although the rebel camp was full of people and people came and went, there were few horses and few banners, as if it was a chaotic army.

This is not so much an army as a refugee camp.

"That's too much."

Liu Jian sighed with emotion, his expression was quite lonely.

Seeing this, Xun Yu hurriedly and patiently persuaded: "Don't be worried, although the army is numerous, it is all a rabble, even if there are more than 700,000, there is no need to be afraid!" ”

"The generals can look at their camps, scattered and disorganized, and look at their soldiers, almost all of them are unarmoured, and the blades in their hands are not regular ordnance, and there are even many people who make hoes and wooden sticks, this kind of army, don't say 700,000, even another 700,000, what can it do with our army?"

Liu Jian shook his head and said, "Do you think I'm scared because of their numbers?" I'm not afraid of their large number and strong combat power, I just sigh that these nearly a million people are now all thieves under Li Xiang's hands! ”

"These millions of Li people should all be the low-level goodness of my Han Dynasty! If it can be managed well, how much labor value will these millions of people bring to the country? And how much will they harvest each year? How much wealth will these laborers create for the Han Dynasty each year? But now they can't contribute to the country! On the contrary, it has become an obstacle to the progress of the country, but this is no wonder for them! ”

"If all these nearly a million rebels are killed, there is no doubt that it will be a big damage to the Han Dynasty!"

"The maladministration of the imperial court has led them to this path, and now I have the heart to help the imperial court's mistakes, and return Sizhou to Qingping, so I still hope that these displaced people can come back, and they can become the subjects of the Han Dynasty again, live and work in peace and contentment, and jointly make the Han Dynasty peaceful!"

Xun Yu's face showed respect, and he said: "In this case, the first thing that the general thinks of is not the victory of the war, but the future of this dynasty and the nation, which really moves the last official. ”

Liu Jian casually pointed to the huge camp set up by the rebels in the distance.

"Speaking from the heart, it is not difficult for me to repel them or annihilate them, when Huangfu Song became famous and established Jingguan, it can be said that the reputation shocked the world, but what is the use? The war is still not subsided, the rebellion is still continuing, Li Min is still constantly rebelling, and then dying, what did he get besides the name of a butcher? ”

"These six or seven hundred thousand rebels, if I want to annihilate them, it can be said that it is effortless."

"But that's not what I wanted."

"It's just that the slaughter is not the purpose of the war, of course, if you don't want any casualties, it's impossible, you just need to find a way to minimize the casualties."

When Xun Yu heard this, he hurriedly expressed his position.

"The last official must think about this for the general."

Just when Liu Jian and Xun Yu were studying this matter carefully, Yan Liang, who was standing next to him, suddenly said: "General, the enemy's camp seems to have moved!" ”

Liu Jian and Xun Yu immediately looked up.

But seeing that the camp of the rebels did begin to change, I saw that the soldiers of the Han army began to pile up towards the gate of the camp one by one in the form of long dragons, and they began to gradually line up in the distance, one phalanx after another.

It appears that the rebel commander is trying to form a formation of a certain size, but his movements are very loose and slow.

It can be seen that these soldiers are going to spontaneously form a large attack array.

As for who they want to attack, it goes without saying.

"These thieves actually want to gather heavy troops to attack my earthen city?"

Liu Jian's face showed a strange expression: "Didn't Li Xiang see clearly the Tucheng Defense Array we had laid out?" ”

"He has a lot of soldiers and horses, but does he know the art of war? With the earthen city I am building, as well as the equipment and preparations of our army, although the number of soldiers is far inferior to his, but he came to fight me like this, isn't it asking for hardship? ”

Xun Yu also shook his head helplessly.

"It seems that this Li Xiang is not afraid, although his people can take advantage of the situation to bewitch the hearts of the people at the bottom, but their attainments in military strategy are really rough, you only need to know through the speed of his formation, as well as the state of their formations, that these soldiers and horses are a rabble."

"With such a formation, how can it pose a threat to our army? I think Li Xiang also knows, but he still acts like this, which shows that now that the soldiers are distracted, Li Xiang can no longer control the low-level soldiers...... There must be many people in the rebels who want to be good citizens again, and they don't want to be enemies of the lord! ”

"In order to stabilize this mood and regain people's hearts, Li Xiang wants to win a battle to restore the morale of the rebels and the sluggish morale of the army."

When Liu Jian heard this, he couldn't help laughing.

"What an ignorant rat is really an ignorant rat, although his idea is not wrong, but using this method to improve himself is tantamount to self-inflicted humiliation! Ordered the generals and colonels of all ministries to prepare to defend Tucheng, let's give each other a good return gift, and let that Li Xiang know that he wants to use my Hebei army to boost their morale, what a ridiculous and naïve thing! ”

"Whoa!"

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……

Then, the prepared rebels began to stride towards the Mengjin Tucheng where Liu Jian was located.

As many as more than 100,000 rebel vanguard troops, stepping on the chaotic array and square circle, holding all kinds of weapons, with incomplete armor, slowly advanced towards Liu Jian's Tucheng.

The generals of the Hebei army stood on top of the earth city, looking at the armor on the soldiers below, and felt some pity for them in their hearts, and at the same time a little funny.

Although the number of enemy troops was large, the armor was too incomplete, and most of them were dressed in cloth.

The problem is that some people still have to put on armor on themselves, but they are not fully clothed.

Some people only wear a helmet, some only wear the upper body breastplate, and some only wear shoulder or arm armor.

It's all pieced together from east to west.

This kind of thing hangs on the body, although it can be said to be armor, but to be honest, it is like nothing.

On the contrary, many people dress up because of this, and they are not good-looking, nondescript.

Soon, the front of more than 100,000 rebel troops came to the bottom of Tucheng like a swarm of ants.

In the Chinese army formation in the rear, Li Xiang, the leader of the rebels, sat down with his whole body armor and bodyguard, and a horse galloped back and forth in the formation.

Li Xiang shouted loudly while galloping on his horse.

"Soldiers, Liu Deran of Hebei is a relative of the Han family, and he is also the first minion of the faint monarch of the Han Dynasty!"

"He fought on behalf of the Han Emperor in the south and the north, suppressed our colleagues everywhere, oppressed our good people, seized our land, harmed our lives, and caused us all to lose our homes."

"Today, we are waiting for millions of people to gather here, just to eliminate this evil thief, eradicate the minions of the faint king, and return the world to peace."

"Soldiers, for the sake of our future, for everyone to live a peaceful and prosperous world, and for the sake of being able to make up for the peace of the heavens, and in order to be able to enjoy the prosperous era of the Yellow Sky, we must break the earth city in front of us no matter what, capture Liu Deran alive, and let the current dynasty and the other minions know that the anger of the people cannot be violated."

"Soldiers, kill!"

Li Xiang's rhetoric to encourage the soldiers was still inflammatory.

Under normal circumstances, his words would have boosted the morale of these soldiers with his shouts and greatly increased their combat effectiveness.

But the problem is that now he is facing the Hebei Army!

The leader of the Hebei Army was Liu Jian.

Who is Liu Jian?

It is the saint who has been in Hebei, has been carrying out reforms for the sake of all the people in the world, and has always allowed all the Li people under his jurisdiction to have fields and food!

No matter how hard Li Xiang blows, he can't shake Liu Jian's reputation and what he has done.

Ordinary people actually have a good sense of Liu Jian, and it can even be said to be very good.

Many middle-level generals in the rebel army also proposed to Li Xiang that Li Xiang lead all the soldiers to surrender to Liu Jian.

It was precisely because of the fluctuating morale of the army that Li Xiang was unable to do anything, so he overrode public opinion and organized this attack.

But for ordinary middle-level generals and low-level generals. The attack was reluctant.

Although what Li Xiang said just now boosted morale, his words could not contradict the facts.

Liu Jian is dedicated to the people, he said that Liu Jian is the emperor's minions of maladministration, an accomplice in the persecution of Li Min, and it is purely a fart.

Many rebels were unconvinced by what he said.

However, even if many people are not convinced by Li Xiang's decision, he is the leader of the rebels after all, and there are many people who still support him, so it is not advisable to openly disobey Li Xiang's orders.

Especially those ordinary Li Shu, they still don't have any choice, if you want them to sacrifice their lives to attack Liu Jian's Tucheng, they have to fight.

"Kill!"

As the middle-level generals of the rebel armies of each department gave orders, they saw tens of thousands of rebel death squads rushing towards Tucheng.

The Hebei army on Tucheng has long been prepared for defense!

As Gao Lan, who was in charge of the defense of the castle, gave the order, he saw that the well fences and thunderbolts that had been placed in the earthen castle began to activate their power!

Flying rocks and arrows can almost cover the sky.

"What's that?" Many of the rebels asked for some reason.

But it's no wonder that for ordinary Li Shu who went to the battlefield for the first time, he didn't even know a few big characters, how could he have seen a thunderbolt car that is only available on the battlefield?

Soon, the cries of the city were heard.

From time to time, there were screams, and huge stones smashed directly into the formation, breaking through its ranks, scattering the rebels like straw, and being suppressed by it, the rebels could barely raise their heads and could not organize an effective attack.

"No! This will not work! Our army must rush to kill, and there must be people who dare to die to come forward, otherwise it will seriously damage the morale of our army! Li Xiang shouted desperately.

The problem is that now no one wants to conflict at all.

In other armies, there may be many people who are willing to charge into battle and raise morale at the cost of their lives.

But the other party is the Hebei Army.

It's that Liu Jian's army!

A deafening drum beat sounded, and above the city, countless crossbowmen began to fire at the soldiers below.

Crossbow bolts and stone cannons rained down.

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This tearing lasted until the afternoon, and under the earth city, there was blood flowing everywhere, and the corpses of the thief army were layered everywhere. The soldiers at Tucheng were also wounded or killed by the attack of the other army, but the number was limited.

Everywhere the catapult can bombard, there are stumps and broken flesh everywhere, and the corpses of people are red everywhere, their own people are red, the enemy is red, the standing ones are red, and the fallen ones are red......

Xun Yu has been in Youzhou for a long time, and he has seen a lot of wars.

He smiled sarcastically: "I thought that the moth thief's full strength would be able to break through our city gate, but I didn't expect that in the end, it was still such a result, which is very disappointing." ”

Liu Jian shook his head: "What the rebels rely on most is not the number of people, but the desire for survival of those low-level refugees and the hatred of the officials and soldiers, but now the ordinary soldiers of the rebels do not feel this way towards me, so their combat power cannot be brought into play, and it is understandable that there is such a result." ”

Xun Yu said suddenly: "Lord, after today's battle, we can know that the rebels are unstable, in my opinion, you might as well make people spread rumors among the rebels." ”

"What rumors?"

"Very simply, it is rumored that Li Xiang intends to establish himself as the emperor and replace the Han family, not to ask for Li Shu's life, so he refused to return in the face of the general's call to appease the people, just to realize his ambitions......"

When Liu Jian heard this, he immediately smiled.

"I used to see that Jia Wenhe and his plot were all poisonous strategies, and now I look at Wen Ruo, and it is not too much."

……

A few days later, unrest began throughout the rebel camp.

Li Xiang wanted to divide the land of Sizhou, establish himself as the king, and replace the Han dynasty with the world, and the rumors of refusing to submit began to go crazy in the entire rebel camp, and this rumor spread faster and wider.

All the rebels, from the middle-level generals to the low-level non-commissioned officers, are now beginning to have suspicion and deep distrust of their commanders.

In addition, there are still nine middle-level generals, secretly calculating, preparing to lead people to secretly surrender Liu Jian, in order to seek a life for themselves.

(End of chapter)