At this time, He Miao's army outside the West City was encamping, He Miao was comfortably resting in the big village, and suddenly a deputy general hurriedly ran in.

He Miao saw that someone came to disturb his rest, and couldn't help scolding: "Why is it so panicked, could it be that the thief army in the city has come out?"

The adjutant general took a breath and replied, "Tell the general, there was a sudden shout of killing in Xingyang City just now, and I suspect that Li Mu and Zhao Li were at odds and there was infighting. ”

"What? infighting!"

He Miao stood up suddenly, if there was infighting among the enemy army, it would be the best time to attack the city, and he didn't care about resting at the moment, so he hurriedly put on his armor and put on his helmet and walked out of the camp gate to inspect.

Under the cover of a group of soldiers, He He Miao walked fifty steps away from Xingyang City, and saw that the soldiers on the city wall were gone, and he felt that there was chaos in the city, and there was indeed a possibility of internal strife.

The adjutant general beside He Miao asked, "General He, should we immediately organize soldiers to attack the city?"

"No hurry, no hurry. ”

He Miao shook his head and replied, "This is very likely to be a trick by the enemy army to lure the enemy, deliberately pretending to be civil strife in front of us, in fact, we have already ambushed the soldiers and horses inside, if we rashly attack the city, it is very likely that we will be ambushed by them." ”

He Miao felt more and more smart, and couldn't help but feel a little complacent. After a while, the west gate was opened, and everyone couldn't help but be stunned, which meant that they were invited into the urn.

"You see, the general said that this was a trick of the enemy to lure the enemy, and they saw that we were not going to attack the city, so they opened the gates of the city and lured us into the city, and we must not fall into the plan. ”

As soon as He Miao finished speaking, a team of people and horses walked out inside, and when they saw the people who came, He Miao and the others couldn't help but be dumbfounded, because they found that it was not the enemy but the friendly army that came out!

"Hahahaha, General He didn't expect us to meet again so soon, and I am really grateful that I was able to attack Xingyang City so quickly thanks to General He's assistance on the side. ”

Liu Zhong sat on horseback and walked out with his fists and smiled, as if he saw an old friend who had not seen him for many years.

"Liu Zhong?"

He Miao wiped his eyes to make sure that he was not mistaken, and then looked at the soldiers beside Liu Zhong, who were indeed wearing the clothes of their Luoyang army, and couldn't help but be stupid.

"Liu Zhong, why did you come out of it?"

"Haha, General He, I have already said just now, it is thanks to your assistance that I can capture Xingyang, if it were not for your soldiers and horses to contain half of the strength of the thief army, I would not have been able to break the city so quickly. ”

Liu Zhong repeated the words again, as if he was afraid that He Miao would not hear it.

Hearing Liu Zhong's words, He Miao suddenly felt that the whole person was not good, especially the hot face. But he didn't believe that Liu Zhong could take the city in such a short time.

"You have already broken through Xingyang? Liu Zhong, you are not a general in Katamoto, how can you break through Xingyang in just one hour with your 3,000 men. ”

He Miao didn't believe it, in his opinion, Liu Zhong's 3,000 people were all lost, and they might not be able to capture Xingyang.

Liu Zhong smiled slightly, did not explain, and waved his hand to Xu Zhu, who immediately understood and threw the two heads in his hand on the ground.

He Miao and the others looked down, and the two heads were not the heads of the traitors Zhao Li and Li Mu.

He Miao was completely shocked, but he still didn't give up, and said to the deputy general beside him: "Go and see, whose head is this?"

The deputy general dismounted and personally picked up the head to inspect it, looked at it over and over again, and then said very firmly: "Report to the general, these two people are indeed the heads of the traitors Li Mu and Zhao Li. ”

"How do you know it must be their head, can't it be impersonated?!"

He Miao was unwilling, this honor should have belonged to him, this battle should have been his fame, but it ended before he could play, how could he be willing.

"General, Zhao Li and Li Mu went up to the city wall of the West City Gate when they were patrolling the city just now, and you also shouted to them in person, how could you admit your mistake?

The deputy general naturally didn't know what He Miao was thinking, and honestly told what he had just done.

He Miao can't wait to give this general two slaps, Zhen Nima has a lot of mouths, and he can say everything that can be said and can't be said, why don't you know how to be a man like that, you are so old-fashioned.

Liu Zhong felt extremely funny in his heart, so he didn't point it out, and said:

"General He, I see that it is not early, we are running for a long time, people and horses are tired, it is better for us to enter the city as soon as possible, settle the soldiers and horses, make a fire and cook, and let the soldiers have a good rest. ”

He Miao knew that no matter how unwilling he was, he couldn't change the facts, so he had to nod and agree to let the soldiers and horses enter the city to rest, thinking that this time the credit would be snatched away by Li Yuan, and he felt very unhappy.

He Miao led the soldiers and horses into the city, and saw that the ground was scattered with weapons and armor, and nearly two thousand captives were guarded by soldiers, he really did not understand how the young Liu Zhong captured Xingyang in just one hour.

"General He, we have already counted just now, this time we attacked Xingyang from the West City Gate, 3,000 people died, 150 seriously injured, 300 lightly injured, and no deaths."

"Five hundred and forty rebels died, the rebel generals Zhao Li and Li Mu were both beheaded, more than 800 fled, and as many as 3,600 surrendered. ”

Liu Zhong reported the results of the battle to He Miao, if it weren't for the lack of troops, there would definitely be more prisoners captured.

He Miao just nodded symbolically, although he knew that this was a big victory, but it had nothing to do with him, and he was not happy at all.

Liu Zhong was still sleeping in the tent when he was attacking the city, so he was not in the mood to listen to Liu Zhong's report. I was just thinking if I could make some gains.

That night, Liu Zhong returned all the 3,000 soldiers to He Miao, because these soldiers were all brought out of Luoyang, and the rest of the people could not be easily mobilized except for the general He Jin.

If He Jin did not approve it, it would be unrealistic even if he wanted to use the military power for his own use, so he simply returned the military power to He Miao and asked him to bring the soldiers and horses back to Luoyang, and he returned to Luoyang with Xu Zhu and Wang Wu that night.

Luoyang is very close to Xingyang, and it can be reached in less than a day by fast horse.

A day later, Luoyang was facing up, and the hundred officials were deliberating, and the guards walked in and said that there was good news from Xingyang.

Liu Zhong had already returned to Luoyang, and everyone was very surprised when they heard it, it had only been a few days, and it was too quick to have results so quickly.

Emperor Ling ordered Liu Zhong to be seen quickly.

"The minister has not disgraced his mission, the anti-thief rebels have been successfully suppressed, and the thieves have awarded Li Mu and Zhao Li the heads! . ”

Liu Zhong knelt down on one knee and saluted and said, in fact, he was worried that He Miao would tamper with the credit, so he returned to Luoyang early to deliver good news after the war.

"Say it quickly. "Not only Emperor Ling, but also He Jin, Zhang Rang, Cai Yong and others are very concerned about this matter.

So Liu Zhong told the situation at that time completely, and when it came to using the strategy of luring the enemy out of the city to kill Li Mu and Zhao Li to break through Xingyang, Lu Zhi and Huangfu Song and other battlefield generals all showed a look of appreciation.

Of course, Liu Zhong is not stupid, on the contrary, he is a very smart person, after all, there are many deceitful things in the real world.

Although He Miao did not contribute any strength on the battlefield, he could not take all the credit and give He Miao a credit, so as not to cause the dissatisfaction of the general He Jin.

After hearing this, Emperor Ling was very happy.

"Liu Zhong is worthy of being a good general in my court, although he is young, he has been able to solve problems for my Han Dynasty, and this time he can capture Xingyang should be your first credit!"

"Your Majesty is right, in this battle, Liu Zhong should be the first to take the lead. ”

Zhang Rang accepted Liu Zhong's benefits and helped him say a few good words, and Liu Zhong's performance was quite powerful, and he also wanted to take advantage of this to win over Liu Zhong.

Cai Yong was naturally very happy when he heard that Liu Zhong performed so well, and Wang Yun and the others also showed a relieved expression on their faces, and the opportunity they had worked so hard for Liu Zhong was finally not in vain.

"By the way, what about He Miao and the others, why didn't you see him come back?"

The general He Jin didn't see He Miao, and couldn't help asking.

"General Qiyu, Xingyang is just settled and not yet stable, so General He Miao led the soldiers and horses to guard Xingyang, and I believe that he will personally lead the army back soon. ”

After listening to this, He Jin nodded and said to Emperor Ling: "Your Majesty, the officials of Xingyang have all been killed by the thieves, and now they need to send someone to take over again." ”

"Leave these things to the father. ”

Emperor Ling simply handed over all the things to Zhang Rang, Zhang Rang was very familiar with it, and it didn't take long to arrange the manpower, which shows that he was able to make Emperor Ling call him his father, and he still had a certain ability.

"Liu Zhong, this time you have made great achievements in quelling the rebellion and rebels, and you will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold, but Liangzhou sent 800 miles to expedite, and the Hu people rebelled, and I named you the general of Anbei Zhonglang, and gave you 5,000 troops and horses to gallop to Liangzhou. ”

Emperor Ling has Zhang Rang's help by his side, and this aid to Liangzhou is also what Liu Zhong wants most, although Liangzhou is not a peaceful place, it is almost a place where birds don't.

But Liu Zhong knew that if nothing happened, there would not be a few days of good life in Luoyang, and the real troubled times were coming soon.

It is wise to leave this place of right and wrong.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Liu Zhongxing bowed and thanked.