Chapter 66 Section 8 Capture the Flag

In addition, Deng Feng was hindered by Yin consciousness and could not cross Kunyang half a step. He had a whole body of martial arts, but in the end he could only defend Nanyang.But Cen Peng and others broke up into pieces, and launched a guerrilla war with Deng Feng in Nanyang, dragging Deng Feng to exhaustion. Cen Peng's tactics are almost rogue, similar to the game in military chess, when he sees the enemy's threatening pieces approaching, he will immediately set up camp, making the opponent's teeth itch with hatred, but he can only look forward to the camp and sigh, unable to attack.The same is true for Cen Peng. As soon as he saw Deng Feng coming, he immediately entered the city, defended against the city, and died with Deng Feng.Deng Feng was invincible because of his cavalry and force, which was good for field battles. Once he attacked a city, he would be like an eagle losing its wings and a tiger losing its claws. It was not much different from other troops.And Deng Feng is like a son, and he doesn't have much patience. The siege of the city is the most protracted. When Deng Feng sees the enemy entering the city, he often loses his enthusiasm and abandons it instead of attacking. He just orders the young people to curse at the city. Sound solution hate.

In March of the third year of Jianwu (the twenty-seventh year of AD), Liu Xiuye ​​had made an emergency landing on the Red Eyebrow Army, and there was no worry in Guanzhong, so he transferred back to the army and personally conquered Deng Feng. Liu Xiu's personal conquest this time, the generals no longer objected.Among the top ten heroes, Wu Han ranked second, Jia Fu ranked third, Geng Yan ranked fourth, and Cen Peng ranked sixth had all been beaten to death by Deng Feng; Zhu You ranked eighth. He was even captured by Deng Fengsheng; as for Deng Yu, who ranked first, after the fiasco in Guanzhong, his prestige was greatly reduced, and he had lost his qualifications to be a commander; Kou Xun, who ranked fifth, was mainly a civil servant; Ji Zun, ranked ninth, is trying his best to reject Peng Chong in Hebei; Jing Dan, ranked tenth, passed away last year.Therefore, if you want to attack Deng Feng, you really have no other choice but Liu Xiu to go out in person.

Knowing that Liu Xiu will personally conquer Deng Feng, Yin Lihua asked to accompany him, and Liu Xiu agreed. Liu Xiu's soldiers set off from Luoyang and marched into Nanyang in mighty strength.In the old days, when Liu Xiu's soldiers came under pressure, those with poorer psychological quality would have fled without a fight, while those with better psychological quality would at most have to fortify the walls and clear the fields, defending the city to the core.However, since Dong Feng followed Deng Feng, nothing else has increased, except his courage. With the support of Deng Feng, the god of war, he will not be afraid of anyone.

As soon as Liu Xiu entered Nanyang and just arrived in Ye County, Director Dong led thousands of people to take the initiative to challenge and meet Liu Xiu's tens of thousands of troops. The spiritual power of a person should not be underestimated. The thousands of people Dong Shi seemed to have been infected by Deng Feng's courage, and they actually won consecutive battles, blocking Liu Xiu's tens of thousands of troops on the road, unable to move forward. Liu Xiu was shocked and said: "Dong Zhen is so capable of fighting, let alone Deng Feng! The defeat of the generals is so strange!"

When all the generals heard this, they were all bloody, how could they stand such a provocative general!In addition, the emperor personally supervised the battle, who would dare to die!So each urges each part to strike forward bravely. The tens of thousands of troops, like mourning soldiers, launched round after round of charges against Dong Dong's thousands of people.After all, there are a lot of people, and brazen gang fights, the director is gradually lost, and led the disabled to flee back to Xiaochang'anju. After defeating the director, Liu Xiu took advantage of the victory.Liu Xiu paid special attention to military discipline in this personal conquest, repeated orders and repeated orders, not to disturb the people, and killed a few soldiers every now and then to show his credibility.Seeing Liu Xiu's performance, the people began to become like countless people in later generations, naively thinking that the main reason is that the general is bad, and the emperor will always be a good person.So one after another condolences to the labor force, a school of military and civilian fish and water.

Alas, innocent and poor people will never have a long memory. Liu Xiu did not commit any crimes all the way in the autumn. He arrived in Fuyang in a few days.The defenders in the city saw the overwhelming army outside the city, and heard that the emperor's personal conquest was coming. They were all timid before the battle, and felt that they had no chance of winning.From a superstitious point of view, they also felt that the city of Fuyang was unlucky. Fuyang was the birthplace of Liu Xuan's Gengshi regime, but he died short-lived. ? Deng Feng saw that the people in the city were panicked, timid and depressed, so he gathered the people together and said, "Why should the elders be afraid! Although Liu Xiu's army is numerous, it can't do anything." Inside, watch me capture the flag and return."

The gate of the city was opened wide, and Deng Feng led three hundred young men to rush out, directly hitting Liu Xiu's army, invincible, killing hundreds of people in a row.Before the Han army could react, Deng Feng had already killed the flag, and with a halberd he overturned the general of the banner, and with the flag in his hand, he did not love to fight, so he quickly retreated. The Han army woke up like a dream, and the cavalry was everywhere, chasing frantically.Jia Fu hurried on his horse and caught up with Deng Feng. Deng Feng turned his head, glared at Jia Fu, and shouted, "Go."

When Deng Feng entered the city, the people cheered thunderously and chanted in unison: "Deng Hou is really a god!" Deng Feng's surprise attack out of the city this time not only took away a large banner of the Chinese army, but also took away the momentum and confidence of the Han army.Although the Han army has an absolute advantage in numbers, as long as you think that Deng Feng can rush into the formation at any time and easily kill back and forth, whoever loses will be unlucky. not afraid. Thus, the most peculiar scene in the history of siege was staged.Instead of ordering to attack the city, Liu Xiu asked the troops to help Deng Feng strengthen the city gate, as if he was afraid that the city gate of Fuyang was not strong enough.It seems to be a good intention to help Deng Feng defend the city, but in fact it is saying-I admit that I can't get in, but you don't want to get out, let's just spend time, don't fight for force, just fight for strength.

Facing Liu Xiu's rogue tactics, Deng Feng was helpless.After a month of siege, the food in the city of Fuyang was gradually exhausted, and if we persisted, we might have to eat people.Deng Feng was determined to break through the siege, and the people in the city cried as if the sky had collapsed and said, "Deng Hou, don't abandon me." Deng Feng comforted the crowd and said: "If it is other generals who come, I will defend the city with you. Die. It is Liu Xiu who came here this time, and he wants me, so he won’t embarrass you. After I break out of the siege, all the lords will come down from the city and live a good life.”

The night was as deep as ink, and the sky was full of dark clouds. Deng Feng led eight hundred young men to rush out of the city, like sharp knives on cloth, he insisted on cutting a path in the encirclement of the Han army, and walked away. Board meeting. When Liu Xiu saw that Deng Feng had left, he was furious, chased him all night, and gathered around Xiaochang'an again.