Chapter 24 The fourth quarter Guang-A join forces

The sun broke through the clouds and rose from the eastern horizon.The sun that had just woken up caressed Guang'acheng lazily, seemingly carelessly and affectionately.Outside the city of Guang'a, horses neighed and people shouted, gathering and forming formations.In the city of Guang'a, above the city towers, they are waiting in full battle, with swords in hand, bows and arrows in hand, and hearts in their throats. During the confrontation, the formation outside the city was completed, and more and more people rode out, galloping towards the city gate.Above the city tower, the generals were about to shoot arrows, but Liu Xiu stretched out his hand to stop him, not in a hurry.Come and ride ten feet to the front of the city, the face is already clearly recognizable, it is Geng Yan who was lost in Jicheng!

Although acquaintances came, the generals did not dare to relax their vigilance and still aimed their arrows at Geng Yan.In this world, acquaintances are by no means good people.Geng Yan is the son of Shanggu prefect Geng Kuang, and the army behind him must be soldiers from Shanggu and Yuyang counties.It is rumored that the two counties of Shanggu and Yuyang have already surrendered to Wang Lang.When Geng Yan came, was he Wang Lang?For Liu Xiuhu? Geng Yan reined in his horse, looked at the tower and asked, "Is Grand Sima Liu Gong in the city?" Liu Xiu moved forward with his sword, and said with a smile, "Liu Xiu is here. Why is it too late, my son?"

When Geng Yan saw Liu Xiu, he got off his horse and bowed down to the city, saying: "Geng Yan led the soldiers and horses from Shanggu and Yuyang counties to help Minggong." Liu Xiu was overjoyed and ordered the city gate to be opened to welcome the soldiers and horses of the second county.The generals tried to persuade them: "Geng Yan's purpose is unclear, and it is difficult to distinguish between friends and foes. If something happens, it will be too late to regret. It is better to let Geng Yan enter the city alone, and first find out what is true." Liu Xiu then asked Geng Yan. "Qingcheng came for me, dare to enter the city alone to see me?" Geng Yan bowed his head and said, "No."

At the beginning Liu Xiu was fleeing from Jicheng, Geng Yan was separated from everyone in the chaos.When Geng Yan sneaked out of the city gate and chased for several miles, Liu Xiu was still nowhere to be seen. It would be useless to think about it. It would be better to go north to Shanggu, send Shanggu's elite soldiers, and it would not be too late to find Liu Xiu again.So he returned to Changping in the north and asked his father Geng Kuang for troops to help Liu Xiu. At this time, Geng Kuang had received Wang Lang's letter of surrender.Geng Kuang couldn't decide on his own whether to join Liu Xiu or surrender to Wang Lang, so he had to call a meeting.Gong Cao Kou Xun said: "Handan is uprooted, and it is difficult to trust. When Wang Mang used to be afraid, Liu Bosheng was the only one who feared. Now I heard that Liu Xiu, the great Sima, is Liu Bosheng's younger brother. The battle in Kunyang shocked the world, and he respected the virtuous. Corporal, many scholars return to him, and he can be attached to him."

Kou Xun's meaning can be explained in terms of stocks.Wang Lang is a new stock listing, and the rise is fierce, but it is mainly conceptual hype (Wang Lang pretends to be Liu Ziyu, the son of Emperor Cheng), without strong performance support, so it is hard to say how much he can do.As for Liu Xiu's stock, it seems that it has fallen all the way to the limit, and may even be forcibly delisted. However, behind Liu Xiu, there is strong support from the big dealer, the Reform Court.It is impossible for the reforming court to sit back and watch the Hebei branch close down, and it will inevitably take action to save the market.Liu Xiu is the younger brother of Liu Yan, and he has a great victory in Kunyang, and his subordinates are all heroes at the moment, and a rebound is just around the corner.Comparing the two, there is no doubt that Liu Xiu has more room for appreciation and more investment value.

The reasoning is correct, but once you take refuge in Liu Xiu, it means you have to become an enemy of Wang Lang.Geng Kuang asked Kou Xun, "Handan is in full swing, and we can't resist it alone. What can we do?" Kou Xun replied, "Now the Shanggu is complete, and we can control thousands of horses. With the capital of the big county, we can choose where to go. Xun please make an appointment with Yuyang in the east. With one heart and one mind, Handan is nothing to worry about." Geng Kuang praised him, so he sent Kou Xun to Yuyang to conspire with Peng Chong. Besides, Yuyang also received a letter of persuasion from Wang Lang at the same time.Among the officials in Yuyang, the surrender faction was in the majority, and they urged the prefect Peng Chong to surrender to Wang Lang, but Peng Chong refused to express his opinion: You only know that Wang Lang is not easy to mess with, but you don't know that Liu Xiu is even more difficult to mess with!

Peng Chong was the Grand Sikong under Wang Yi's tent at the beginning, followed Wang Yi to participate in the battle of Kunyang, and personally experienced Liu Xiu's prowess, thinking about it until now, he still has lingering fears. An Le Ling Wu Han had heard of Liu Xiuwei's reputation, and he wanted to return to his heart alone. He went to remonstrate with Peng Chong and said: "Yuyang, Shanggu Tuqi, the world has heard of it. Why don't you join the elites of the two counties and attach Liu Gong to attack Handan? This is a momentary achievement. "Peng Chong sighed: "What the king said is also what I think in my heart. But all the officials and subordinates want to belong to Wang Lang, what can I do?"

Although Peng Chong is the prefect of Yuyang, he has only been in office for more than half a year, and his foundation in Yuyang County is not stable. It is impossible for him to disregard the opposition of officials and resist all opinions.Wu Han and Peng Chong are township party members, they were both appointed by Han Hong, and they took office on the same day. Naturally, they knew Peng Chong's difficulties, so they had to resign in dismay.Wu Han was born in poverty and was unable to study, but he respected scholars. He immediately called the Confucian scholars to drink with him, and asked him what he had seen along the way.After drinking, the Confucian scholars uttered words, mud and sand, and endless talk, but in the ears of Wu Han, they could eliminate gold from the sand, and summed up the two most important points: 1. Where Liu Xiu went, there was no crime in autumn, and the counties and counties returned to their hearts; 2. Wang Lang, who proclaimed himself emperor in Handan, was actually just a liar who set up a fortune-telling stall, not Liu Ziyu, the so-called son of Emperor Cheng.

Wu Han was overjoyed, so he made up his mind and quickly forged a letter from Liu Xiu, ordering Confucian scholars to pretend to be Liu Xiu's envoys, to meet Peng Chong with the book, and to tell what he had heard.After hearing what the Confucian scholar said, Peng Chong became more and more determined to take refuge in Liu Xiu, and all the officials were skeptical, and their attitudes began to waver. It happened that Kou Xun was ordered by Geng Kuang to come to Yuyang to lobby, hoping to help Liu Xiu and fight against Wang Lang.With Shanggu's strong support, Peng Chong's confidence increased greatly, and all the officials had nothing to say, so the two counties formed an alliance, and finally agreed to go south to assist Liu Xiu with six thousand horses.Yuyang set out to ride 3,000 men, taking Wu Han as the long history, and commanding together with the guard Gai Yan and the fox slave Ling Wang Liang.Shanggu also dispatched 2,000 cavalry and 1,000 infantry, led by Chang Shi Jingdan, Gongcao Kou Xun, and Geng Yan.

The troops of the two counties joined forces and marched southward all the way. They killed General Wanglang, Jiuqing, and more than 400 people under the school lieutenant. They got 125 seals and ribbons, and two envoys. Twenty-two counties including Zhuojun, Zhongshan, Julu, Qinghe, and Hejian.When I was about to Guang'a, I heard that there were many horses and chariots in the city. When I asked, it was where Liu Xiu's garrison was. Liu Xiu was overjoyed when he heard the situation of Geng Yan's sending troops. He learned that Jingdan and Wu Han generals were called into the city to give him some condolences. He, Gai Yan, Wu Han, and Wang Liang were all partial generals, and each led his soldiers as before; he added Geng Kuang and Peng Chong as major generals;

After Liu Xiu joined forces with Geng Yan Guang'a Cheng, the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai, who were the heroes of ZTE in the Eastern Han Dynasty, almost gathered together and planted cornel everywhere, only three of them were missing.Here, it may be advisable to list the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai according to their faction origins as follows, and the numbers in brackets indicate the ranking of their heroes. Liu Xiu's old subordinates, direct descendants: Deng Yu (1), Feng Yi (7), Zhu You (8), Ji Zun (9), Yao Qi (12), Zang Gong (14), Wang Ba (23). Xindu and Herong counties: Ren Guang (24), Li Zhong (25), Wan Xiu (26), Pi Tong (27). Yuyang and Shanggu counties: Wu Han (2), Geng Yan (4), Kou Xun (5), Jing Dan (10), Gai Yan (11), Wang Liang (18). Miscellaneous brands without factions: Jia Fu (3), Geng Chun (13), Ma Cheng (17), Chen Jun (19), Du Mao (20), Fu Jun (21), Jian Tan (22), Liu Zhi ( 28). Those who had not defected at the time of Guang'a: Cen Peng (6), Ma Wu (15), Liu Long (16).