Chapter 18 Section 2 Breaking Bamboo Journey

Liu Xiu's soldiers and horses did not move, and the heart attack went first.The so-called treating others in the same way, since you, Wang Lang, can lie to the outside world that you are Liu Ziyu, then I can also lie to the outside world that you have a million troops. Almost overnight, many proclamations were suddenly posted in Julu County.The proclamation said: "Great Sima Liu Gong led Chengtouzilu and Lizidu with millions of soldiers, coming from the east, and attacking the rebels!" A piece of paper is so heavy that it is not difficult to imagine the reaction of those simple officials and people.

At the beginning, some people asked in wonder, "Who is this Great Sima, Mr. Liu?" The answer was: "Liu Xiu." "Who is Liu Xiu?" The respondent curled his lips in disdain: "Do you know about the Battle of Kunyang?" The questioner nodded repeatedly: "I know, of course I know." Liu Xiu is General Liu of Kunyang! The questioner panicked: "Ah, last time he killed a million people with 3,000 people, how many people can he kill this time with an army of one million?" After finishing speaking, he counted on his fingers for a while and almost cried Come out, "My darling, I can kill more than 300 million people! Where can I find so many people? We have sons and sons, sons and grandchildren, and there are infinite shortages of children and grandchildren, and there are not enough people to kill them!"

They looked sadly at the call to action on the wall (the call to arms indicated a lot of pressure). People's hearts are scattered. Tangyang, which is adjacent to Xindu, became Liu Xiu's first target.At nightfall, Liu Xiu led the crowd into Tangyang County, ordered everyone to carry a torch, and deliberately lengthened the queue, making a lot of noise.The guards in the city looked from a distance, but saw that the flames outside the city were soaring into the sky, boundless, and the voices of people were noisy, endlessly. As expected, there was an incoming army of one million. And down.

After Tang Yang went down, it was Changcheng's turn.Liu Zhi, a native of Changcheng, gathered thousands of troops and actually controlled Changcheng. Before Liu Xiu could attack, he sent envoys to meet him.Liu Xiu was overjoyed. He worshiped Liu Zhi as the general of Xiaoqi, and his younger brother Liu Xi and his brother Liu Xin as partial generals. Then attack Kuang County and take it easily again.At this time, it happened that Geng Chun gathered more than 2,000 clan guests to join him, and among them, the old, weak, sick and disabled even brought coffins to the battle.Liu Xiu was even more pleased. He worshiped Geng Chun as a former general and named Geng Xianghou. His younger brothers Geng Shi, Geng Su, and Geng Zhi all worshiped as partial generals, so that Geng Chun led the army as the vanguard, and then attacked Song Zi.Song Zi was Geng Chun's hometown. Hearing that Geng Chun had come, he surrendered without a fight.

Take Quyang again, and drop it again.Liu Xiu ordered to continue northward and attack Zhongshan. The subordinates were all confused, the master Wang Lang was clearly in Handan in the south, why did the army go north instead? Liu Xiu replied: "The north has not been attached to Wanglang for a long time, and while its foundation is not deep, one blow can make meritorious deeds. If you don't pacify the north first, and directly attack Handan in the south, you will be in a desperate situation. I have heard from the imperial court for a long time. On the day when I pacify the north, I think there will be a lot of reinforcements from the imperial court, and when the two sides attack, Wang Lang will die without a place, it is a surefire plan." The subordinates sighed in admiration.

So go north and attack Zhongshan again.Geng Chun ordered his younger brothers Geng Shi and Geng Su to return to his hometown Songzi, and burned the family house down.Liu Xiu was shocked when he heard that, and asked Geng Chun, "Why did you do this?" Geng Chun replied: "I saw that Ming Gong's bicycle was coming to Hebei. He didn't have the savings of the mansion. He rewarded him with sweet bait and was able to gather people. He only cherished it with kindness and virtue. That's why the scholars are happy to join him. Now Handan is self-reliant, and North Zhou is puzzled, even though the whole family belongs to the fate, the old and the weak are good at it, and he is afraid that the guests of the clan may disagree, so he burns the house and refuses to look back."

Liu Xiu sighed for a long time, held Geng Chun's hand tightly, and said emotionally, "I owe you." To warm a person's heart, there are not many words, such a sentence is enough. The Master said: "Names and utensils are the only ones, and you can't fake people." That is to say, if you want to win people's hearts, it's okay to reward money and seal land, but officials and titles must not be granted indiscriminately.Generally speaking, Zi is always right.In other words, the son is sometimes wrong. At this moment, Liu Xiu, just as Geng Chun analyzed, wants money but has no money, and land has no land. All he has in his hands to win people's hearts is fame and utensils.Liu Xiu also figured it out, instead of keeping the name and utensils in his hands to grow maggots in vain, it is better to take them out for investment transactions.Therefore, since the counterattack against Wang Lang began, Liu Xiu changed his previous cautiousness about famous weapons, generals sealed them up casually, and Liehou opened his mouth to give them. Anyway, it was a business without capital, just a false title.I give it freely, and you take it happily. Besides, I will not take away your soldiers. What is mine is yours, and what is yours is still yours.Such a good deed of fame and fortune is naturally full of attraction to Hebei heroes, so they brought their guests to surrender one after another.

By the time Liu Xiu entered to pull out Lunu and set up Zhongshan in the north, the size of the army had expanded to tens of thousands, and the momentum was booming.