Chapter 28 2. Bloody funeral

As mentioned earlier, when Kaixiao surrounded Laishe in Lueyang City, he sent people to guard the four major passes of Longshan.Liu Xiu had to break through at least one of the gaps in order to pass Longshan smoothly before he could march.However, someone soon solved this technical problem for Liu Xiu. We know that when Laishe swung his sword to stab Kaihuo and was about to be hacked to death, it was Kaihuo's general Wang Zun who rescued him.What's more, Kaixiao didn't expect that after Laishe returned, he actually instigated Wang Zun to vote for Liu Xiu.After Wang Zun surrendered, Liu Xiu assigned him a task to persuade the generals stationed in Longshan to surrender.

Kai Xiao sent his four gatekeepers to guard the four passes of Longshan Mountain.One of them, Niu Han, was in charge of guarding Wating (now southeast of Xiji County, Ningxia).Niu Han and Wang Zun used to be old colleagues in Kaixiao's army, and the target of Wang Zun's rebellion was this former comrade in arms. Wang Zun wrote a letter to Niu Han.Soon there was a reply that Niu Han was willing to surrender.Then, Liu Xiu effortlessly, only relying on lobbying work, all thirteen generals, sixteen counties, and more than 100,000 troops in Kaihuo surrendered to Liu Xiu. There is eating and climbing every year, but this year there are especially many.Kai Xiao heard outside the city of Lueyang that the generals had been instigated to rebel, and his heart was completely chilled.So he gave up attacking Lueyang, gave up the troops he led, and ran away with only his family and a few guards.

The troops sent by Gongsun Shu saw that Kai Xiao had run away, and they didn't want to play any more, so they had to withdraw.As a result, Lueyang City was released from the siege, and Laishe, who had been under siege for many months, seemed to have climbed out of hell and saw the incomparably bright sun above his head. Liu Xiu's staged victory was based on Lai She's incomparably tenacious and desperate efforts.After Liu Xiu held a celebration banquet for Laishe, he continued to move forward.However, Liu Xiu did not chase madly, but issued an edict to Kai Xiao. He told Kai Xiao, you put down your weapon now, there is still time to meet your son, and I also guarantee you a safe retirement.If you insist on learning English cloth, that's up to you.

Yingbu, who was a reform-through-labour prisoner in his early years, was sent to the foot of Mount Li to reform through labor and repaired the tomb of Qin Shihuang. His face was tattooed and engraved, and later generations also called him Yingbu.After his face was engraved, he was not sad but happy. He said to everyone that the fortune teller said that after tattooing, he must be king. Later, he led all the reform-through-labour prisoners to escape and defected to Xiang Yu.Xiang Yu was able to break the boat and become famous in the first battle, thanks to the fierce striker of Yingbo.Later, when Chu and Han were in conflict, Liu Bang sent people to lobby, and Yingbo switched to Liu Bang and was named King of Jiujiang.However, after the world was pacified, Liu Bang liquidated the princes and kings with different surnames, and Yingbu acted preemptively when he saw this, and turned against Liu Bang.But later he was defeated and fled, and was assassinated.

At that time, Yingbo dared to rebel against Liu Bang because he saw that Liu Bang was in his sixties and was sick, so there was nothing he could do.And Liu Xiu compared Kai Xiao to Yingbo, as if he was going to tell Kai Xiao that Yingbo was so fierce back then, and Liu Bang was old and sick, so he was still dealt with.Today I, Liu Xiu, am in my late forties and full of energy. It would be a piece of cake to flatten you, who is not even as good as Yingbo. Liu Xiu is not bragging, nor is she trying to scare her, but she wants to be serious.Liu Xiu waited for a long time, but Kai Xiao still did not come to surrender.Liu Xiu did what he said, and sent someone to behead Kai Xun, who was sent by Kai Xiao as a hostage.At the same time, Wu Han and Cen Peng were sent to lead the army to surround Kaihuo and prepare to annihilate them.

However, just as Liu Xiu was sharpening his sword and preparing to kill Kai Xiao, a bad news suddenly came from Luoyang-someone rebelled in the backyard.Rebellion is not terrible, what is frightening is that rebellion spreads rapidly like an infectious disease, and is rushing towards Luoyang City. It turned out to be like this. First, the rebels in Yingchuan County rebelled and captured several counties; then the rebellion sentiment expanded, and Liu Xiu's troops stationed in Hedong County also rebelled.Yingchuan County is only 110 kilometers away from Luoyang City by air, and Hedong County is the same distance from Luoyang City.Liu Xiu's elite troops were all sent to the front line. If two rebel troops swept Luoyang City, the consequences would be disastrous.

At this time, Liu Xiu remembered Guang Luxun and Guo Xian blocking the road and cutting the reins before the Western Expedition.It seems that Guo Xian is not a showman at all, he is very accurate in judging people and making things happen, Luoyang City cannot do without him at all. Liu Xiu decided to return to Luoyang.Before returning, he sent a letter to Cen Peng, telling him that after he had dealt with Kai Xiao, he would quickly go south and attack Gongsun Shulao to suppress Chengdu. It is a mission to get rid of Kui Xiao, and it is also a difficult technical job.Both Cen Peng and Wu Han were thinking hard.However, before long, heaven gave them a great opportunity.When the two saw it, they were overjoyed.Well, they know how to deal with Kai Xiao.

After Kaixiao abandoned Lueyang City, he went straight to Xixian County (northeast of Lixian County, Gansu Province).The reason why he ran to Xixian County was not because the city of Xixian County was so strong, but because the generals stationed in Xixian County were absolutely reliable.His name was Yang Guang, and he was an old general under Kai Xiao.Ma Yuan once wrote a letter to this old general Yang, trying to instigate him to surrender, but there was no reply. It can be seen that no matter how rotten the watermelon garden is, there are still one or two watermelons that are of medium use.

For Kai Xiao, General Yang Guang was not only reliable, but also able to fight bravely.Therefore, after Wu Han and Cen Peng surrounded Xi County, they did not dare to act rashly.However, when the sky is about to perish, ghosts and gods cannot stop it.Soon, General Yang Guang died of illness, and he abandoned Kaihuo and left. The lonely Kai Xiao looked at Liu Xiubing who was staring at him outside Xixian City, feeling a sense of despair that he had never felt before.How absurd life is, in a blink of an eye, the hero turns into a bear, chasing after him at the end of the road.If there is no accident, Xi County will be his burial place.

Xi County is indeed a good place to bury Kai Xiao.Wu Han thought so too, and Cen Peng even more so. Both of them believed that after Yang Guang died, Kai Xiao was an outcast, so let all grievances and grievances come to an end here.So the two immediately divided the work, Wu Han attacked the city, and Cen Peng, the general who conquered the south, led his men up the mountain to block the irrigation of the city with valley water. This is called repaying the person in the same way as the person.I believe that when Laishe saw this scene, he must have felt particularly relieved.However, Lai She may not have expected that, just like Kai Xiao's siege of Lueyang City, the seemingly stable annihilation battle turned out to be a big accident.

There is a saying in official circles: the problem lies in the first three rows, and the root cause is all on the rostrum.Liu Xiu is going to call his generals to a meeting. He is sitting on the rostrum, and Wu Han and Cen Peng must be in the first three rows.If you put it this way, the root cause of this big accident is not the rostrum, the problem is all in the first three rows.The root cause lies in Wu Han. At the beginning, Liu Xiu wanted to personally lead the army to conquer Kuihuo because of many factors.One of the main reasons is that no one believes it.Guang Luxun Guo Xian said that the East is unstable, and Luoyang City cannot do without Liu Xiu.But he didn't know that Kai Xiao was cunning and tough, and the front line couldn't do without him.If he doesn't go to the front line, his group of generals may lose the battle. Since Liu Xiu started his army, Liu Xiu has never listened to the opinions of the generals and has never suffered a disadvantage.But if the generals don't listen to him, most of them will suffer.At the beginning, Deng Yu was eager to make contributions, Liu Xiu advised him not to worry, not to become a fat man, but Deng Yu refused to listen, committed aggressiveness, attacked Chimei, and was defeated repeatedly. Now, Wu Han has become the second general who suffered a big loss for not listening to the leader. Luoyang City was in a hurry. Before Liu Xiu returned, he repeatedly warned the chief minister, Wu Han, that the troops under his command were all militias temporarily organized by various counties. A lot of precious military rations have to be eaten on the front line.However, there is not much military rations in the front line, and the road to Longshan is far away, rugged and difficult to walk, and the military rations are not lucky.Too many people is not necessarily easy to do things, on the contrary, it is a burden. It is better to send some people home and leave the elite to attack Kaihuo.In this way, the quality of the war can be guaranteed. However, after Liu Xiu left, Wu Han ignored these words.Wu Han believed that Liu Xiu was worried that Xi County would not be able to attack for a long time, and the army would lack food, the soldiers would flee, and the morale of the army would be unstable.At that time, Xi County will not only be unable to win, but will drag itself down. This statement may have been true when Yang Guang was alive.But now, definitely not established. It's very simple, Kai Xiao is alone and helpless, as long as he works hard, he will win Xi County in a short time, and there will definitely be no food shortage crisis. Wu Han is very confident.But the problem was precisely that he was too confident. In fact, Wu Han just wanted to speak for himself.Unfortunately, this tone was wrong.He didn't know that although kaixiao was rotten, it was not a rotten bone, and could be eaten with one gnaw.He failed to attack Laishe, but he succeeded in learning the spirit of defending the city of Laishe.Day by day, Wu Han pressed on and on, but couldn't take him down. The crisis is approaching Wu Han.The troops of Wu and Han were unable to attack the city, and the military rations began to be in short supply. Some soldiers who could not get enough to eat became deserters.Then, there were more and more deserters, and the morale of the army fluctuated, which seriously affected the combat effectiveness of the siege. At this time, Wu Han can only pin his hopes on Cen Peng. In fact, Cen Peng was also very anxious.It doesn't take a day to freeze three feet, and if he wants to submerge Xi County, it will definitely not work in a day or two.As the saying goes, good bones need to be chewed slowly.After eating for so many days, it's almost the same.Roughly estimated, the water level is only one zhang away from the city head.Wait a minute, Kai Xiao will become a water ghost. At the beginning, when Kai Xiao was besieging and attacking Yangcheng, he might have said the same to himself, wait a little longer, and he will become a water ghost in Lueyang City when he comes to She.But the bad thing was waiting, Liu Xiuce rebelled against his generals and surrendered, which made him nervous and ran away quickly. How strikingly similar history is.Just when Cen Peng said to wait, Kai Xiao's reinforcements arrived. At this time, Kaixiao's general Wang Yuan and others led five thousand soldiers to rescue him.Kui Xiao is very Jianghu, but his general Wang Yuan is a soldier.Seeing that there were many troops in Wu Han, he beat gongs and drums, and told the soldiers to swindle and yell that a million troops rushed to them.For a moment, Wu Han's troops didn't know how to respond, and they were all panicked. When Wu Han's army was in a hurry, Wang Yuan led his troops into Wu Han's army.Wu Hanjun was very tired at first, and he didn't have enough food.Wang Yuan's five thousand soldiers were like wolves entering a flock of sheep, their murderous aura was soaring, they forcibly tore a bloody path, and charged into Xi County.Then, Wang Yuan protected Kai Xiao, rushed out of the city, and went to another place. The big fish was obviously about to be steamed, but it was still caught by the cat.Looking at the back of Kaixiao leaving in the dust, Wu Han was so depressed that he couldn't say a word. At this time, Wu Han's army had run out of rations and had to withdraw to return east.Another force led by Geng Yan and Gai Yan also followed Wu Han and retreated along Longshan. However, when Kai Xiao heard that Wu Han was going to withdraw his troops, he quit.Wu Han and Cen Peng almost boiled themselves and ate them.If this unforgettable hatred is not avenged, when will it be left.So Kai Xiao decided to fight back and pursue Wu Han. Wu Han and Cen Peng divided the work, and Wu Han led the army to continue to withdraw, and Cen Peng cut off the rear.Under Cen Peng's arduous blocking, Kai Xiao still failed to bite Wu Han, and Wu Han and others safely retreated to Chang'an.However, the Eastern Han Dynasty's expedition this time was in vain.After the troops of the Eastern Han Dynasty withdrew, Tianshui County and many other counties fell into the hands of Kaixiao again. In fact, Liu Xiu's expedition to the west was not in vain.After the gamble in this battle, Kai Xiao seemed to have drawn a tie with Liu Xiu, but in fact he almost lost.Kai Xiao was seriously injured and was bedridden.Soon, with infinite grief and indignation, he finally kicked his legs into heaven. There is no playing music, only singing.White clouds surround Longshan Mountain, water and sky are boundless, even grief is so powerless, it can't penetrate the mist of that glance.