Chapter 84 Section 17 Decisive Battle

June 2, early morning.The mist has not yet cleared, and the Han army embarked on the journey.More than 8,000 men lined up more than two miles long, like a group of black ghosts, quietly walking through the mist, no one spoke, only dignified silence.The morning wind howled, sweeping across the desolate trees and field ridges, and the surrounding fields were as quiet as ancient times, just like the desolation of winter.Gradually, the sun rises from the horizon, giving the world a ray of light and warmth.The Han army stepped on their elongated shadows and continued to walk towards the dark camp of officers and soldiers. After a while, they would be like skilled workers, creating corpses one after another, including theirs. Own.

The Han army hadn't traveled for several miles, and they met Deng Feng and his knights, who were standing guard under the tree. On the tree hung the head of a giant, with a ferocious face and wide-open eyes, with an expression of disbelief.Liu Xiuyuan dismounted from his horse, and the rest of the generals of the Han army also dismounted, and led the horse past in front of Deng Feng, not daring to gallop.Such etiquette is not only a gratitude to Deng Feng, but also a respect to Deng Feng. Deng Feng watched the group of people going to death, and his expression became solemn, without the usual contempt and teasing.When Liu Xiu walked up to him, Deng Feng asked, "Is the decisive battle today?" Liu Xiu nodded, "It's today." Deng Feng said, "I broke into the enemy's camp last night just to kill the Big Mac. You can accept it when you see it. Today you enter The enemy's camp is determined to win, so they can only keep on dying. What you do is more difficult than mine." For a while, Liu Xiu felt sorry for each other, and promised: "You should work hard." Deng Fengdao: " Regardless of life or death, I will wait for your news."

When Liu Xiu and others went far away, the young man asked Deng Fengdao: "Don't you dislike Liu Xiu, my lord? Why are you so polite to him today?" Deng Feng looked at Liu Xiuyuan's back and replied: "One thing is one thing. In any case, just Leading 8,000 scattered soldiers, he dared to fight to the death with millions of officers and soldiers. Knowing the raging fire, he threw himself into it, knowing the huge abyss, but he threw himself into it. Fighting together, but I have to pay a little respect.” The Han army marched westward along the Kunshui River until the middle camp of officers and soldiers was in sight across the water. Then they stopped the queue, and 8,000 people with 16,000 pupils all looked at Liu Xiu.Liu Xiu leaped forward, facing the eight thousand soldiers, and said loudly: "Yesterday, all the lords and I crossed the Kunshui River four times, and the people who fought were soldiers from the prefectures and counties. Although they won all four battles, it is not a joy." The horsewhip pointed to the opposite bank of Kunshui, and said again: "The front is the camp of the officers and soldiers, and it is the place where the most elite officers and soldiers are. Only by defeating the Chinese army can you be truly brave! You have seen it with your own eyes last night. Deng Feng led dozens of youths, and he has already killed the officers and soldiers and caused chaos in the army. With my master of hundreds of battles, is it not as good as these youths?"

When the Han army heard this, blood gushed out.Liu Xiu said again: "As long as the Chinese army is defeated, the officers and soldiers will naturally disintegrate. I will choose three thousand dead soldiers to wade with me and fight. Once they cross this water, don't even think about returning." , Three thousand dead men were recruited.With the remaining 5,000 people, Liu Xiu ordered Li Yi to lead 3,000 people to rush towards Kunyang City and join the Han army in the city.The remaining 2,000 people were led by Zongyi and stayed where they were. Liu Xiu said to Zongyu: "Once I and the 3,000 dead men cross this water, there will be those who cross the water from the other side, whether officers or soldiers or the Han army." , kill all of them." Zong Yi, as a Hussar general, was more than three ranks higher than Liu Xiu, so he obeyed orders respectfully at this time.

The distribution is established, everyone gets their own place, but the cook didn't give any orders, so he asked Liu Xiu, "Dare to ask General Liu, how many people are you cooking for?" Liu Xiu ordered the cook to come forward and ask the question again to the whole army .The cook was shy and unable to speak.Liu Xiu said to everyone: "Just now the cook asked me how many people should cook. What do you think?" The Han army was silent, not knowing how to answer.Liu Xiu roared: "Officers and soldiers are not destroyed, why do they eat food!" Everyone shouted in unison with enthusiasm.The cook said: "Since I don't need to cook, I'm going to fight the enemy." Liu Xiu looked at the cook, and sure enough, he had a big face and a thick neck. He was either rich or a cook, so he smiled and said, "Okay, take a knife."

The cook said with a simple smile, "I have a knife." "Where's the knife?" "The knife is here!" After the cook finished speaking, he raised the kitchen knife at his waist.Seeing this, the Han army burst out laughing. A scout had reported to Wang Yi that the Han army had arrived on the other side of the Kunshui River, and it seemed that they were heading for the camp of the Chinese army.Wang Yi came to Kunshui in person and looked around, but there were only three thousand Han troops.Wang Yi was furious, Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu, I'm waiting for your elder brother Liu Yan, he should be the protagonist of this Kunyang war, why do you always come to grab the show without knowing what to do?I've already endured you, why do you insist on forcing me to take action!So Wang Yi reapplied the previous order, ordering all the battalions to stand by and stand by, not to move rashly, and to use the Chinese army to fight.

Yan You remonstrated: "Liu Xiu's attack this time has the intention of taking the example of Han Xin and destroying Zhao. He made the Han army forcefully cross the Kunshui River and put himself on the back of the water. It is unstoppable to make everyone fight on their own. Therefore, we must not let Liu Xiu Xiu easily crossed the Kunshui River. When it is halfway across, break it in one fell swoop." Wang Yi snorted coldly and said, "I lead a majestic division of the emperor, how can I use such a small plan! The Chinese army is the best in the world, and it is invincible. , if you can’t even deal with the three thousand Han army, I’ll write Wang’s characters backwards for you.” Although Wang’s characters are still written in Wang’s characters upside down, Wang Yi’s confidence can also be seen from this.Wang Yi did have reason to be full of confidence. The Chinese army is directly related to the imperial court, far from being comparable to the state and county militias. The soldiers are carefully selected, well-trained on weekdays, and the weapons and equipment are the most sophisticated.More importantly, the number of the Chinese army is also 18,000, compared with the 3,000 Han army, it is a disparity of six to one.Wang Yi became murderous, and simply ordered the Chinese army to retreat for a mile, leaving room for the Han army to land calmly, and then launched a bloody attack after the Han army landed.

Liu Xiu never dreamed that the officers and men in the Chinese army would take the initiative to retreat, and she felt ecstatic in her heart. It seems that fighting is like making love, a game that requires the cooperation of both parties. The decisive battle is imminent.Liu Xiuzhi is restoring the Han Dynasty, so he can be called the restoration school; Wang Yi wants to defend the new dynasty, so he can be called the reformer school.However, Chinese history has repeatedly shown that reformers are usually inferior to retro-stylers.However, will this time be an exception? The wind is blowing and the water in Kunming is cold. Once the strong men go, they will never return.Liu Xiu drew his sword and roared, and towards the officers and soldiers on the other side and the unknown fate, he urged his horse to run wildly. Three thousand dead soldiers followed like hungry wolves.The decisive battle is today, horses, let's gallop, let us get drunk in Kunyang, use people as wine, drink blood or wounds, and the sword's edge is cold, and we will win a cup of life and death.Soldiers, charge, we have only one reason to be afraid of death, that is, before you die, your sword is still clean, and you haven't even killed a single enemy.Tomorrow the sun will rise as usual, and those who can see it will be destined to be happy.Yin Lihua, please pray for me, I will fight for you, please clear the way, wait for me under the tree, I will return, full of vicissitudes and vicissitudes.

Wang Yi's famous general was full of demeanor, calmly ordered the barbarians to beat the drums, and leisurely directed the Chinese army to deploy.Liu Xiu waded through the Kunshui River, and as soon as he landed, he rushed forward.Behind him, the Han army unfurled the golden dragon flag imitated by Deng Feng, roaring and swaggering all the way.The officers and soldiers in the Chinese army were still determined to fight, but when they saw Deng Feng's Golden Dragon Banner, their livers were torn apart. The Big Mac lost its head in full view last night, which had already dealt a devastating blow to their psychology. Now seeing Deng Feng The golden dragon flag that was presented, thought it was that white-robed demon from last night, who had no courage to resist, so it rotted like dry grass and fell against the wind.Liu Xiu led the crowd to drive straight in, invincible, and killed him in front of the tent of the Chinese army. Just in time for the great Situ Wang Xun, Liu Xiu slapped his horse to meet him, and severed his head with a knife.

Da Situ Wang Xun, equivalent to the prime minister, was also the deputy commander of this expedition, but he died so easily, and the Chinese army was in chaos.Wang Yi fought hard to command, re-arranged the defense line, and fought hard with Liu Xiu and others.The rest of the officers and soldiers, frightened by Wang Yi's repeated strict orders, could only watch the Chinese army being beaten, thinking that Wang Yi was playing a trick of arrogant soldiers again, pretending to be defeated to lure the enemy, so they dared not come to rescue without authorization. Besides, Li Yi led 3,000 people to march towards Kunyang City, spreading rumors along the way. First, he said that the 100,000 main force of the Han army was launching an attack; Outrageous and presumptuous, and said that Luoyang has been captured, and Chang'an is also in danger.Later, it was simply said that Wang Mang had passed away, and the new dynasty no longer existed.In the panic, how could the officers and soldiers distinguish between true and false? First they were confused, then they became chaotic, then they became chaotic, and finally they became chaotic.

Wang Feng, Wang Chang and others in Kunyang City saw that the Han army was as powerful as a broken bamboo, so they also made a noise. Wang Yi suffered from the bitter fruit and regretted it, but he did not panic.He still has a clear understanding of the war situation.It doesn't matter if the rest of the troops don't come to the rescue, as long as they can stand still, the situation can be dealt with.An army of millions, as long as it doesn't mess up its position, it is impossible to be defeated.As for Liu Xiu, although the offensive was very fierce, as long as the Chinese army can hold off for a while, when the Han army's energy is exhausted, they can rely on their superiority in numbers to counterattack.Liu Xiu and others were deeply surrounded by the crowd, and they dared not love to fight. If they were unable to attack for a long time, they would inevitably retreat. Once they retreated, there would be Kunshui behind them, so they would surely die. Wang Yi's idea was wonderful, but he didn't know that chaos among officers and soldiers was inevitable, both in theory and in fact.