Liu Ziyu withdrew his troops to Qindu Town and established a stronghold. Accompanied by his trusted officers, Liu Ziyu inspected the military camp. What he saw was the low morale of the soldiers, and he couldn't help but feel worried. Returning to the main tent, Liu Ziyu convened a meeting of all trusted generals.
Liu Ziyu said worriedly: "The enemy has sinister intentions and is deceiving the public with his lies. The morale of our army is low. If the enemy takes the opportunity to attack, our army will be in a very bad situation! Generals, do you have any good strategies?"
A general on the left who looked more like a scribe than a general came out and said: "Sir, I think the current situation is very unfavorable to our army. It is better to retreat to Hanzhong first, and then ask for help from the imperial court before making plans!" Many generals agreed.
A young general with a sharp temperament on the right came out and said: "No! Wouldn't this increase the ambition of the rebels and destroy the majesty of the king's army! What's more serious is that if we withdraw, Liu Xi and others will immediately defect to us.
Yan Yun, when Weinan was captured by Yan Yun, things would be in trouble!"
Liu Ziyu nodded in agreement, "Qi Yong is right!" After thinking for a moment, "Sun Bo, the prefect of Shangzhou, is in charge of Guan Shigu. He has always been loyal and will not rebel. I will send someone to invite them immediately.
Come to help the battle, the two armies merge into one to defend Qindu Town, and at the same time send people to western Sichuan urgently to ask for help from the imperial court! As long as the imperial army arrives, it should not be difficult to wipe out the rebels!" He glanced at the generals and saw that there was no objection, so he
He immediately revised three letters and handed two of them to two heralds, ordering them to send them to Xichuan and the imperial court respectively. Then he picked up the third letter and said to the general who had just proposed to retreat: "Zimou, please go there.
Let’s go to Shangzhou to express our righteousness to Sun Bo and Guanshi Gu Xiao. We must ask them to come and help!” He said and handed the letter in his hand to him.
Zhao Zimou took the letter, clasped his fists in agreement, and turned around to go down. Liu Ziyu turned to Xue Qiyong and other generals and ordered: "Generals, be careful and be on guard, and must not slack off in the slightest!" All the generals agreed in unison.
That night, Liu Ziyu left the tent and patrolled the military camp. The military camp was very quiet. Suddenly, Liu Ziyu heard low voices from the front left, which seemed to be a few soldiers chatting. Liu Ziyu was an aboveboard person and would never do anything sneaky.
But now that the morale was turbulent and the military was serious, he couldn't help but eavesdrop on what the soldiers were saying. Liu Ziyu quietly walked to a nearby military tent and stood behind it, listening attentively.
I only heard a soldier with a younger voice say: "Hey! My hometown is in Shanxi. I heard that Shanxi has been recaptured by Yanyun. I really want to go back!" Another soldier with a younger voice said: "To be honest, I do.
I think Yanyun is much more useful than the imperial court! The imperial court can lose the entire Central Plains and doesn’t care about the life and death of our fellow villagers. Thanks to the King of Yan, he has recovered the mountains and rivers of the Central Plains. We should go to Yanyun!"
The soldier who spoke before said hesitantly: "But, shouldn't we be loyal to the emperor?"
At this time, an old voice that had been silent came in and said: "Bullshit! The emperor can't protect our fathers and fellow villagers. Before the Khitan invasion, they imposed excessive taxes on us common people. They treat us common people as pigs, dogs, cattle and sheep. Why should we do this?"
Is he working hard? I think Mr. Liu Xi is right. How many emperors have been loyal to the emperor in the past and present? It’s not certain who should end up! The world belongs to the people of the world. Zhao and Song can’t protect us. What should we do?
Serve him as Lord!”
The soldier who spoke earlier asked: "Brother, do you also want to defect to Yanyun?" The veteran sighed, "I do! We also want to taste the taste of serving a hero in this life, haha! However, although Zhao Song does not
It's worth our lives, but we have to feel sorry for Mr. Liu! Mr. Liu is not kind to us. Several of you have received great kindness from Mr. Liu, right?" Several soldiers spoke one after another, and they all said gratefully to Mr. Liu.
It is difficult for the adults to repay them for their great kindness.
The old soldier said: "This man knows how to repay his kindness. Mr. Liu is as kind to us soldiers as his parents, so we must repay him! No matter what, we must help Mr. Liu overcome the difficulties at hand! Then the kindness has been repaid, and we can
Plan for yourself!" Everyone agreed.
Liu Ziyu, who was hiding in the dark, was filled with emotion. He listened again and heard that they were chatting about random things. There was nothing more to listen to, so he left quietly. Back in the tent, Liu Ziyu was still thinking about what those soldiers had just said.
, those soldiers' words were very direct and made no sense, but they made Liu Ziyu confused. Confucius and Mencius said loyalty, and as a minister, he must be loyal to the emperor, but what those soldiers said seemed to be right. The emperor was loyal to their families.
Exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes could not protect them, so why should they be loyal to the emperor? Did loyalty arise out of thin air?
Liu Ziyu thought so hard that he couldn't think of a reason. He simply put the matter behind him and thought to himself: "In any case, as a minister, I have to bear the emperor's salary and worry about him, so I must
Be loyal to the emperor!' However, deep down in my heart, I felt that the phrase 'eating the emperor's salary and worrying about the emperor' was not very noble.
In order to divert his thoughts, Liu Ziyu walked to sit down behind the desk and read a book. After about half an hour, he felt tired, so he put down the book, walked to the camp couch nearby, and fell asleep.
Just when he was half awake but not asleep, he heard the sound of rapid footsteps coming from the door of the tent. Liu Ziyu woke up with a start, and Gulu sat up immediately. Xue Qiyong came in and walked quickly to Liu Ziyu and handed a piece of paper to Liu Ziyu.
He handed the note to Liu Ziyu and said angrily: "Liu Xi is really despicable. He actually shot many of these arrow letters at night to shake our military morale!" Liu Ziyu took the note from his hand and read it, only to see that it said "Song Army"
Brothers, Zhao Song doesn't care about the life or death of you, your wives, children, and children. It was Yanyun who saved your relatives and regained your homeland. Come here and join us in joining Yanyun!'
Liu Ziyu cursed angrily: "Damn it! This bastard Liu Xi actually used psychological tactics with me. I really underestimated him before!" Xue Qiyong said: "These arrow books are scattered everywhere, and there is no way to stop the soldiers from picking them up.
Go, sir, what should we do?"
Liu Ziyu thought for a while and ordered: "Immediately dispatch reliable soldiers to guard the gates, and at the same time send people to inspect the military camps. If anyone dares to escape, arrest him immediately!" Xue Qiyong responded and ran down. Liu Ziyu thought for a moment.
, really worried, got up and walked to the weapons rack, picked up his sword and went out of the tent.
After patrolling outside, he put the sword on the weapon rack, walked to the bookcase and stood there, frowning. Then he walked behind the bookcase and sat down, picked up the "Spring and Autumn" that he had read before and read it.
When I got up, I was actually absent-minded, as I was in the military camp outside.
It was a sleepless night, and when it was almost early in the morning, Xue Qiyong ran in, cupping his fists and saying: "Sir, we have captured more than two hundred soldiers trying to escape! But..."
"But what?" Xue Qi said angrily: "My subordinates sent General Li Shigui to lead his people to guard the east village gate, but he actually opened the gate and led five to six hundred of his men to rebel and surrender to the enemy!" Liu Ziyu's expression changed slightly, "Li Shigui
He actually rebelled! He is an old man who has been following me for many years!"
Xue Qiyong clasped his fists and asked: "Sir, how should we deal with those soldiers who tried to escape?" Liu Ziyu didn't hate those soldiers at all, only a kind of bitter helplessness. He was silent for a moment and said to Xue Qiyong: "Lock them up first, let me think about it.
How to deal with it." Xue Qiyong promised and prepared for you to go. Liu Ziyu quickly shouted: "Wait a minute!" Xue Qiyong turned around, cupped his fists and asked, "What else do you have to say?" Liu Ziyu stood up and walked to Xue Qiyong, frowning.
Asked: "Qi Yong, is Zhao Song really not worthy of our service?"
Xue Qiyong looked hesitant, but did not speak. Liu Ziyu said: "Speak directly if you have something to say, and don't hesitate in front of me!" Xue Qiyong responded, and then said: "Sir, if you want to compare Yanyun and the imperial court,
The final general is more willing to be loyal to Yan Yun..."
"Oh? Why?" Xue Qiyong thought for a while, "I can't tell you the specific reason. I just feel that following Yan Yun will be very comfortable and not aggrieved! Maybe, maybe it's because King Yan is more like a hero!"
Liu Ziyu sighed, "I didn't expect you to see it this way!"
Nonsense, I am very happy that you can tell me your heartfelt words without reservation!" Xue Qiyong clasped his fists and said: "My lord, although the general does not like the court and is more willing to be loyal to Yan Yun, as long as my lord wants to confront Yan Yun,
The general will not hesitate at all and will fight Yan Yun to the death!" Liu Ziyu was very moved and patted Xue Qiyong's arm heavily, "Okay! You are very good! Okay, it's okay, you go and do your business.
Come on!" Xue Qiyong bowed to Liu Ziyu with fists in his hands and left.
The next morning, while Liu Ziyu and the generals were discussing matters, the scout hurried in to report: "Sir, the rebels have come out in full force and have approached our stronghold!" Liu Ziyu frowned, stood up and faced outside.
They walked forward, followed by the generals. The group climbed up to the watchtower near the camp gate and looked into the distance. Sure enough, they saw an army of 40,000 to 50,000 people heading this way. Liu Ziyu turned around and glanced at the gathering behind him.
When the army got up, they saw that the soldiers were uncertain and had very low morale. They secretly wondered: How can we defeat the rebels like this? I'm afraid they won't be able to withstand even the first wave of the opponent's offensive! We have to find a way to improve the situation.
Boost the morale of the army!
Liu Ziyu was silent for a moment, then led the generals down from the watchtower and came to the front of the troops. He looked at the troops, and the troops also looked at him. The atmosphere was a bit strange. Suddenly, Liu Ziyu knelt down towards the soldiers.
The soldiers did not expect such a situation at all, and they were all shocked.
Liu Ziyu knelt on the ground, clasped his fists towards the soldiers and said: "Brothers, I know what you think, and I don't blame you, but I, Liu Ziyu, am here to ask everyone to help me this time!" All the soldiers knelt down one after another, one after another.
The old soldier kowtowed and said: "We have all received favors from you, how dare you be so generous to us? This really offends the little people! Sir, please stand up, I will help you to defeat the rebels!" All the soldiers also said one after another: "Sir Dingshu"
Defeat the rebels!" Liu Ziyu was deeply moved, seeing his sluggish morale revive again.
Liu Xi and Guo Hao personally commanded 45,000 troops and horses to approach the Song army's stronghold and take up battle positions. Liu Xi proudly said to Guo Hao: "My men shot countless arrows at Liu Ziyu's camp last night."
Book, I think Liu Ziyu's military morale has collapsed, so today's battle will be very easy!" Guo Hao smiled and said nothing.
Liu Xi was about to ask people to challenge him. At this moment, the gate of the village in front suddenly opened wide, and he saw the Song army pouring out. Liu Xi laughed and said: "Look, you are coming to die!" Only 50,000 Song troops were seen.
The horses quickly left the camp and formed a large formation with their backs to the camp. Liu Ziyu immediately put the flag under his command, and the momentum of the army turned out to be very strong!
Liu Xi was stunned and felt very incredible. Guo Hao on the side smiled and said: "It seems that Master Liu's plan did not work!" Liu Xi snorted, "Liu Ziyu is just pretending to be calm! The war will start later.
, they will definitely collapse at the first touch!" Guo Hao said: "I hope so!"
Liu Ziyu did not talk nonsense to Liu Xiguo Hao, and immediately ordered Xue Qiyong to lead an elite assault. Xue Qiyong accepted the order and led 5,000 elites to attack first. Liu Xiguo Hao was completely unprepared, and because he underestimated the enemy, he was actually encouraged by Xue Qiyong.
After breaking through the frontal defense line, the entire formation immediately shook. Liu Xi and Guo Hao were shocked and hurriedly commanded their troops to counterattack. They finally withstood Xue Qiyong's offensive, but at this moment, Liu Ziyu had already divided his troops to attack from both wings.
At that time, the troops of Liu Xi and Guo Hao had already entered the battle. They were unable to divide their troops to fight. As a result, the left and right wings of the Song army were smashed into the formation. The army was instantly unable to withstand it. As the first wave of sergeants turned around and ran away, the situation immediately changed.
It became uncontrollable and the army began to collapse completely.
Seeing that there was nothing they could do, Liu Xi and Guo Hao hurriedly turned their horses around and fled for their lives. Liu Xi and Guo Hao's army was defeated like a mountain. Liu Ziyu sent his troops to pursue them. In order to escape, Liu Xi and Guo Hao's army abandoned their helmets and armor in order to escape.
Faster. The soldiers and horses on both sides are infantry, and it is difficult to catch up. In addition, the rebels abandoned their armor and weapons and fled lightly. The Song army could not abandon their armor and armor to chase the enemy. Therefore, the relationship between the two sides
The distance quickly widened, and most of the rebels actually ran away!
Seeing that he could not catch up, Liu Ziyu ordered to stop the pursuit and collect the armor and ordnance materials discarded by the rebels. Liu Xi, Guo Hao and the defeated army rushed back to Jingzhao Mansion in one breath. Liu Xi and Guo Hao looked at each other with a wry smile. Liu Xi sighed with emotion.
Said: "Liu Ziyu is indeed well-deserved. It seems that neither you nor I are his opponent!" Guo Haoshen nodded in agreement, frowned and said: "I'm afraid I have to ask Yan Yunjun for help, otherwise once the imperial reinforcements arrive, things will be difficult to deal with.
Yes!" Liu Xi nodded.
At this moment, an officer ran over and reported: "Sir, almost 40,000 troops have escaped. The loss of troops and horses is not much, but almost all the armor and weapons are lost!"
Liu Xi breathed a sigh of relief, "It's good that we're back! The loss of armor or weapons is nothing. Jingzhao Mansion has plenty in its arsenal. You should immediately lead the troops over and re-arm." The officer responded and ran down.
At this moment, an officer on the city wall stuck his head out and shouted loudly: "Sir, the Song Army is coming!" Liu Xiguo Hao was shocked when he heard this and hurriedly ran up the city wall. Looking outside, he saw Liu Ziyu leading an army approaching the city wall.
Guo Hao frowned and said, "He is threatening a great victory and attacking the city! We must deal with it carefully!" Liu Xi nodded.
The sound of war drums came from outside the city, and the Song army approached until they were only more than 500 steps away from the city wall before stopping. Then a general was seen galloping out, came to the city wall, and shouted: "People in the city, listen,
For the sake of sharing the same origin, my lords cannot bear to see you lose your lives in vain! As long as Kaicheng surrenders, my lords will guarantee your life safety!" When the soldiers in the city heard this, they couldn't help but shake. After all, they
It was originally the Song Army. There was no psychological burden on the other side for surrendering, so why should they risk their lives in vain? Liu Xi and Guo Hao were shocked when they saw this scene. Guo Hao whispered: "If you surrender, the others will be pardoned, but you and I
But people are bound to die!"
Liu Xishen nodded with the same feeling and said loudly: "Don't be afraid, everyone! We still have many reinforcements on the way. In addition, the Yanyun Army is also our backing. The Song people are just empty words to threaten, don't be afraid, everyone!" He was originally shaken!
After these words, his military morale calmed down.
The officers outside the city shouted several times in succession. Seeing that there was no movement at the top of the city, they turned their horses and went back. Then they heard only the rumble of war drums, and the Song army began to attack the city. Liu Xi and Guo Hao did not dare to slack off at all.
, personally supervised the battle on the top of the city, and the battle was quite fierce! For several days in a row, although there were dangers everywhere, Liu Xiguo Hao was able to defend the city after all.
The sight turned to Xianyang. At this time, King Yan Yang Peng had secretly arrived in Xianyang and was paying close attention to the development of the situation. Although Yang Peng had made many speculations about the development of the situation in Weinan before, the development of the situation in Weinan still exceeded his expectations.
, now the armies led by Liu Xi and Guo Hao are fighting against Liu Ziyu's Song army. It is really hard to predict the final direction of the situation in Weinan! If he sends the Yanyun army to attack, he can defeat Liu Ziyu and annex the entire Weinan in one go, but he has some problems
Scruples! He is unwilling to completely break up with Zhao and Song, at least not yet, so it is difficult for him to dispatch the Yanyun Army to enter Weinan with great fanfare. The two thousand Xuanjia Army occupying the Jin Kingdom is already the limit of what he can do! Weinan
Whether they can finally be merged into Yanyun depends on Liu Xi and Guo Hao, but these two people seem to be no match for Liu Ziyu! This Liu Ziyu had previously resisted the Khitan army with very few troops, and was both wise and brave. Even if he was
There are only a handful of Yanyun soldiers who can compare with him!
Yang Peng leaned back on the chair, closed his eyes, and thought about the situation in Weinan. At this moment, soft footsteps came, and a fresh fragrance entered his nose. Yang Peng knew who was coming.
Smiling slightly, he opened his eyes and saw Yang Erya, who was stunningly beautiful in military uniform, standing in front of him with a bowl of tea, smiling sweetly: "Brother!"
Yang Peng chuckled, "I knew it was my sister Erya before I opened my eyes. Do you know why?" Yang Erya showed curiosity and shook his head. Yang Peng closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
With a breath, he said intoxicatedly: "Such a wonderful fragrance can only be found on sister Erya." She opened her eyes and looked at the blushing Yang Erya with a smile and said: "Brother, this nose is so far away.
If you can smell this fragrance, you will naturally know that Sister Yang Erya is here!"
Yang Erya put the tea in front of Yang Peng and said angrily: "You know how to talk nonsense!" Yang Peng picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, sighing: "The tea brewed by sister Erya is fragrant!" Erya was very happy.
She looks like she just feels that being able to make tea and deliver tea to her eldest brother every day is the happiest thing! During these days, she has been following her eldest brother, talking to him, and taking care of his daily life. In her opinion, this is the best thing in her life.
It was the happiest day. She didn’t ask for much, she just hoped that it would be like this in the future!
Looking at Yang Peng dreamingly, he was very happy to see that he was drinking comfortably. Wang Kai walked in, cupped his fists and said: "Master, there is another news!" Then he stepped forward and presented a letter to Yang.
Erya turned around, took the letter, and handed it to Yang Peng. Yang Peng put down the tea bowl, took the letter, opened it, took out the letter paper, unfolded it, read it over, frowned slightly, and murmured: "Liu Ziyu, Liu Ziyu, it's really not that simple.
!”
Yang Erya asked curiously: "What happened?" Yang Peng said: "Liu Xi sent people to various places in Weinan in the name of recruiting envoys. Liu Ziyu obviously expected this move and sent people to various places to lobby. As a result,
Half of the troops were pulled away by Liu Ziyu; in addition, Sun Bo, the prefect of Shangzhou, and Guan Shigu, the governor of the capital, led 20,000 Shangzhou troops to join Liu Ziyu at the gate of Jingzhaofu City. Now Liu Ziyu was gaining momentum, and Liu Xi and Guo Hao
I’m afraid I won’t be able to resist it!”
Yang Erya frowned and said, "How about we send troops ourselves!" Yang Peng shook his head, "No! In this case, we Yanyun will go to war with Zhao Song, and a war will be inevitable! But I don't want to fight with Zhao Song yet.
Let the war begin!”
Yang Erya said worriedly: "If we don't take action, I'm afraid Weinan won't be able to save it!" Yang Peng thought for a while, "If it really can't be saved, then why be afraid of losing it if you have never got it! Besides, this thing
It can also show our goodwill towards Zhao Song, and it will help stabilize Zhao Song!" Yang Erya smiled and said: "In other words, whether Weinan can be merged in, it will be beneficial to us?"
Yang Peng smiled and nodded, "That's it." After a pause, he raised his head and looked at the top of the tent, "We don't force this matter, let's see what God wants!" Sun Xie led more than ten thousand of his men.
The soldiers and horses retreated into Jingzhao Mansion, and troops transferred from various places also entered Jingzhao Mansion one after another, but only half of them came. The other soldiers and horses were pulled over by Liu Ziyu.
Liu Xi and several others were patrolling the city wall, and Sun He said: "Now we have less than 70,000 troops in total, while Liu Ziyu has 90,000 troops. This battle will not be easy to fight! The most troublesome thing is
, if the imperial reinforcements come, we will be doomed! We must quickly ask King Yan to send troops for rescue, otherwise we will all die miserably!"
What happened after all? Let’s look at the breakdown next time.