Chapter 29 3. Comeback

In fact, half of Kai Xiao died of anger and half of starvation.People are doing it, and the sky is watching. After the Kaixiao rebellion, Tianshui County and other places encountered a famine.As a feudal lord, Kaixiao's escape was not much better than when Liu Xiu was hunted down by Wang Lang, and he could barely eat a little porridge. After Kai Xiao's death, general Wang Yuan and others supported Kai Xiao's youngest son, Kai Chun, to inherit the throne.Gongsun Shu's ghost persisted, and he sent troops to support Kai Chun.They were all like wolves guarding against Liu Xiu's attack again.

At the same time, Da Sima Wu Han and others retreated to Chang'an in despair, preparing to be criticized.However, Liu Xiu didn't say anything. Saying nothing doesn't mean doing nothing.People with long eyes can tell at a glance that the biggest winners of this Western Expedition to Kaixiao are not Liu Xiu, not Kaixiao, nor Wu Han, Feng Yi and others.It was the cousin who was afraid of everyone and worried about ghosts. Recall that Cousin Laishe withstood the attack of tens of thousands of troops from Kaihuo for several months with only 5,000 soldiers.From spring to autumn, it can be said that it has reached the realm of weeping ghosts and gods.This unique way of defending the city made all the generals gain insight.

Now, what Liu Xiu has to do is to readjust the leadership and command of the army.Lai She was appointed to command the troops and generals stationed in Chang'an with full authority, and Ma Yuan, a doctor of the Taizhong, was his deputy. After Cousin Laishe got the military power, he immediately wrote a letter to Liu Xiu, suggesting to go west again.He told Liu Xiu like this: There is a famine in Tianshui County and other Longxi areas. The Kaixiao Army has been tortured by us, and there are very few remnants left.I know that the country is currently very difficult, and you have a lot to do.However, no matter what, you must allocate enough rations to me, lead the army to march westward, wipe out Kui Chun in one fell swoop, and consolidate our victory.

After coming to She to write the letter, Liu Xiu quickly approved it.He agreed to come to She to lead the army to the west, and at the same time prepared 60,000 hu of military rations for the west. In August of 33 A.D., Laishe led five generals including Feng Yi, the general who conquered the west, to attack Tianshui County again. In the blink of an eye, a year has passed.This year, the Zhengxi generals including Lai She and others fought fiercely and bitterly.Among the generals, the one who fought the hardest may be General Feng Yi, a model worker in the war.Feng Yi's task was to stop the troops sent by Gongsun Shu to support Kai Chun.After struggling for a year, he finally eliminated the opponent.

After defeating the reinforcements, Feng Yi attacked Kai Chun non-stop.In life, there are endless meals and endless battles.After fighting for more than a year, the soldiers were so tired that their skeletons were about to fall apart. The current battle was not urgent. The soldiers asked Feng Yi if they could let them recuperate for a while before fighting again. But Feng Yi said, no, fight now, must fight, fight quickly, no bargaining. At this time, Kai Chun and others were hiding in Luomen, Ji County (now Luomen Township, northeast of Wushan County, Gansu Province).Thinking about it, I felt quite sad for this kid.Only a few days after taking over the throne from his father, he was targeted by a war lunatic like Feng Yi and a real model worker on the battlefield. Is there any way to survive?

With a desperate heart, the desperate Kai Chun decided to fight a desperate battle with Feng Yi.The two sides fought fiercely for several days, and Feng Yi, who was full of energy, failed to win the door.This is not the most serious thing. The most unfortunate thing is that he has been fighting for many years, his body is seriously overdrawn, and he finally fell ill. Soon, Feng Yijun spread the news that Liu Xiu was extremely sad, but Kai Chun shouted that the heavens had eyes—Feng Yi died of illness. Feng Yi, a famous founding general of the Eastern Han Dynasty, styled Gongsun, was born in Fucheng, Yingchuan (now east of Baofeng, Henan).Nicknamed General Dashu.Cause of death, karoshi.Died in the summer of 34 A.D., posthumously titled Jiehou.

The dead are dead, and the living are endless.On August 25, Liu Xiu came to Chang'an. Liu Xiu didn't come out for sightseeing, but came to supervise the battle.Although after the first storm, the second westward expedition was not easy.Feng Yi was exhausted, and the other generals were not idle, everyone was very tired.Gaoping County, which Liu Xiu once captured, was taken back after the last withdrawal of troops. The fierce man Geng Yan besieged Gaoping for more than a year, but he still couldn't eat it. So as soon as Liu Xiu arrived in Chang'an, he said, I want to go to the front line in person, but I want to see how difficult it is to fight in Gaoping County.However, as soon as he said this, someone jumped out and stopped him.

The man told Liu Xiu: "Our troops have been fighting for more than a year, and they are exhausted. Your Majesty wants to go to the front line in the mountains. That place is not safe." Liu Xiu understood that what they were implying was that the soldiers of the army could not protect themselves now, and it would be good if they could hold on to the fight. If something happened to him, the emperor, it would be difficult to react quickly. Then, the man told Liu Xiu: "Did you forget Guang Luxun and Guo Xian's warning during the last personal conquest? Luoyang really cannot do without you. Your Majesty had better keep a hand to prevent the rioters in the rear from rioting again. Withdraw To put it another way, Chang'an is located between Gaoping City and Luoyang City, if Your Majesty wants to command a battle, it is as easy as sitting in Chang'an, and you don't need to personally conscript."

The person who wanted to dissuade Liu Xiu was Kou Xun, the Xiao He type figure in Liu Xiu's eyes.But Liu Xiu ignored Kou Xun, and just asked him to follow him to the front line of Qian County (now Long County, Shaanxi Province). As mentioned earlier, Deng Yu, Wu Han and others suffered great losses for not listening to Liu Xiu's advice, but I have never heard of Liu Xiu not listening to the generals and suffering a defeat.Liu Xiu still said the same thing—Luoyang couldn't live without him, but the generals on the front line couldn't live without him either. At this time, the person stationed in Gaoping City was Gao Jun, a subordinate of Kaixiao.Liu Xiu seems to have figured out one more thing. There is another factor that Kai Xiao dared to challenge him on the knife edge before, that is, many of his subordinates will be able to fight.Except for Wang Yuan, this Gao Jun in front of him can't even deal with the fierce Geng Yan, he can be said to be the fiercest of the fierce.

Liu Xiu called Kou Xun over and said, "I have a task for you, please go to Gaoping City." Kou Xun asked: "What task?" Liu Xiu smiled: "Persuade Gao Jun to surrender." Persuade surrender?Yes, surrender.Kou Xun was taken aback, thought for a long time, and suddenly realized, oh, so it can be like this. All things are born, and one thing descends one thing.Fire begets earth, earth begets metal, metal restrains wood, wood restrains earth, no matter how fierce a man is, there must be a prescription to subdue him.Kou Xun could see that since Gaoping County could not be attacked for a long time, Liu Xiu wanted them to change their thinking and persuade them to surrender.

These words sound really unbelievable, Geng Yan couldn't enter the city after killing for a year.How could everything be settled by sending someone to play tricks?I don't believe it, I really don't believe it. If you don't believe me, just wait for the good show.Liu Xiu wrote an edict to persuade him to surrender, handed it to Kou Xun and took it outside Gaoping City.Kou Xun led his troops to the city, and sent someone to enter the city, saying that he wanted to have a good talk.Then, Gao Jun sent people out of the city. Kou Xun looked at it and smiled secretly.Gao Jun fell for it. The envoy sent by Gao Jun is called Huangfu Wen, who is Gao Jun's senior adviser, and Gao Jun's military affairs are all decided by him.This guy is very arrogant, talking like a shotgun, with a strong smell of gunpowder, Kou Xun said three sentences to him, but none of the sentences were discussed together. Kou Xun couldn't help sneering in his heart.Give you some sunshine, and you will be brilliant; give you some color, and you will want to open a dyeing workshop.It's really toasting and not eating fine wine.Then, the impatient Kou Xun suddenly shouted: "Come on, take him down, push him out and behead him." Kou Xun's angry roar frightened Huangfuwen, and even more frightened his generals.All the generals persuaded Kou Xun: "Gao Jun still has more than 10,000 elite soldiers in the city, and most of them are strong shooters. We have fought for several years but have not taken him down. If we kill his envoy, wouldn't it make things worse? " Kou Xun ignored him, and shouted again: "If I say cut it, I will kill it, don't talk nonsense." Huangfuwen also came with the deputy envoy.After Kou Xun beheaded Huangfuwen, he released the deputy envoy.Kou Xun asked the deputy envoy to go back and tell Gao Jun: If you want to surrender, you should open the city early; if you don't surrender, you can just defend the city. Kou Xun's words are truly provocative of death.He seemed to want to tell Gao Jun, early rebirth, early happiness, early death and early reincarnation, just wait and see if you don't believe me. Kou Xun's words are simply a clone of Liu Xiu's frightening Kai Xiao back then.Gao Jun was terrified when he heard it, he was really terrified.On the day the deputy envoy returned to the city, Gao Jun surrendered the city. Gao Jun surrendered, of course it was a very exciting thing.However, Kou Xun's generals were very confused, Gao Jun was besieged for several years, and he would not surrender even if he died. How could Kou Xun surrender after beheading the envoy? So they all came to ask Kou Xun for advice, and Kou Xun said with a smile: "The emissary Gao Jun has a tough attitude. If he is sent back, Gao Jun really thinks that we can't do anything to him. Kill him to show his attitude of fighting hard. Also, Gao Jun's strategy It almost came from Huangfuwen alone, if he beheaded, Gao Jun has nothing to rely on, if he doesn't surrender, is there any way to survive?" High, really high.All the generals sighed that they were inferior, and they all praised Kou Xun. In fact, Kou Xun only spoke half of what he had said, but did not finish the remaining half.In my opinion, Gao Jun surrendered not because Kou Xun frightened him with a few words.What Gao Jun is really afraid of is Liu Xiu, the boss behind Kou Xun. We know that before Liu Xiu taught Kai Xiao a lesson, he wrote an imperial edict and sent it to She to send it over.Kai Xiao didn't respond, Liu Xiu didn't say anything, and swung his troops to kill the general.This time, Gao Jun once again saw the edict written by Liu Xiu himself to persuade him to surrender, and Liu Xiu has already personally run to the front line, which shows Liu Xiu's determination to fight hard. Since Liu Xiu's rebellion, anyone who dared to provoke him will end badly.Wang Lang can't be provoked, Peng Chong can't be provoked, Zhang Bu can't be provoked, Kai Xiao can't be provoked, Gongsun Shu can't be provoked, how many dares Gao Jun can provoke?This is destined to be a gamble without any suspense, and Gao Jun has no choice but to surrender. Facts have proved that the courage to lead by example is quite exciting.Two months later, Cousin Laishe led various generals to gather under the gate city and defeated Kai Chunjun in one fell swoop.Kaichun led Wang Yuan to flee, and Kuichun followed suit, but was stopped on the way and beheaded. At this point, Kai Xiao's rebel forces were finally wiped out.When Kai Xiao is finished, the day when Gongsun Shu is finished is not far away.