On May 24th, on the day the Fifth Reun was in Hongmen, Xiu'er was in Kunyang City.

All the counties of Yingchuan County that had been successively acquired in the past two months have now been lost! But Liu Xiu took the initiative to give up. After learning that Wang Mang sent the Grand Senator Wang Yi to the south from Luoyang, he immediately reduced the troops of each county to the south. For this reason, the soldiers from Yingchuan fled one after another. Fortunately, Liu Xiu recruited a lot of talents from Yingchuan, from Feng Yi to Fu Jun, Wang Ba, and still followed him.

But Wang Feng, the Shanggong of the Gengshi regime, made a misjudgment: because the Luyang Pass in the west was first attacked by the Xin Dynasty's Grand Situ Wang Xun, who led 100,000 people to support him, and when he found out that the new army was divided into two groups and there was a larger army approaching Kunyang, the army in the city was only 10,000.

Every message sent back from the front line shocked the coaches of Green Forest.

"The new army has captured the father city, Xiangcheng, and slaughtered it, regardless of gender, age and age. We are inquiring nearby. When the new recruits are rushing far away, looking at the generals, it looks like ants gathering, with no limits, flags, and baggage for thousands of miles, and it is known as one million."

The few Qu soldiers who were ordered to inquire were in a panic, saying how powerful the new army was, causing Wang Feng, Wang Chang, Li Yi to look at each other in a panic.

If I had known this, I should have listened to the words of the Liu Xiu brothers at the beginning and should not be rushing to become emperor. This angered Wang Mang and attacked him with the strength of the whole country. They even divided the troops and the soldiers were only tens of thousands. What should I do?

Although Wang Feng is the leader of the Green Forest Army, he only takes the lead in the process of taking office and has no strategy. He can't help but say: "The Mang soldiers are so powerful, come to force my city. Xiao Kunyang, and you can't stand it. Why not retreat first?"

Everyone who was frightened by the number of new troops responded with a sound.

Only Liu Xiu, who had been looking at the map, suddenly said: "Duke Shang of Dingguo said he wanted to retreat. How dare you ask where he will retreat?"

Wang Feng took it for granted: "Of course, we went to Wancheng to join the emperor, Liu Bosheng, and our army had 100,000 people in the south before we could fight."

Liu Xiu shook his head and said, "Since ancient times, Wanye has been one, like lips and teeth. Without Kunyang, there will be no Nanyang. When a strong enemy suddenly encountered a powerful enemy, Kunyang was broken, and the enemy rushed forward. Within a few days, he arrived at Wanxia."

"Yan You and Cen Peng have been holding on to Wancheng for nearly half a year, but they are still fighting to the death, and the siege has been ineffective. Once we retreat south, we will be depressed and we will definitely be even more in a fight. I am afraid that someone will propose like the above official, saying that it is better to retreat and protect our wealth together."

He sneered, "So he retreated again and again. In my opinion, Wangfeng will be disbanded, and I'm afraid he will retreat to Green Forest Mountain!"

So Liu Xiuli said: "Since you entered Nanyang, your wife's property has not been preserved. You have given up all the beautiful houses you live in and continue to go back to the mountains and forests to eat wild vegetables. Is it better to work together to achieve fame and fame together!"

Wang Chang, the court magistrate of the Gengshi regime, nodded to agree with Liu Xiu's proposal. The south was wet and hot and often plague Lao Linzi, who was beaten to death and didn't want to go back, but he was still hesitant.

However, Li Yi spoke out everyone's thoughts: "General Niu is such a big talk! Now we are fighting against the crowd with few people. You say that you can only achieve success by relying on the soldiers and forces to resist, but the enemy is so disparate, what is the chance of victory?"

Everyone looked at Liu Xiu. They were in awe of Liu Bosheng and had always despised the low-key Liu Xiu. They believed that it was because of his brother's concealment that he had become a general who held the Jinwu side.

Liu Xiu said: "In terms of military tactics, I have never said that there will be a victory for a large number of people."

"In the battle of Jimo, Qi general Tian Dan resisted Le Yi's army with a long-standing city. After persisting for several years, he took the initiative to attack and defeated tens of thousands of cavalrymen. This is to defeat the strong with the weak."

He even took out the dark history of his ancestor Liu Bang: "In the Battle of Pengcheng, Emperor Gao promoted the coalition forces to the east, claiming to be 560,000. Xiang Yu had only 30,000 elite troops to return to the rescue. In just half a day, he defeated the Han army and killed more than 100,000 soldiers. This is to defeat the many with a few."

"Why is this happening? Because it is because it is invincible, but it is because of the enemy! The new army just went in Nanyang last year, and tens of thousands of soldiers were killed in Yanzhou. Now, hundreds of thousands of people have been recruited. Most of them must be strong men. They have insufficient training and unclear standards. They have traveled thousands of miles and are tired. Although the momentum is strong, those who can actually fight are only eleven!"

This is the conclusion that Liu Xiu came to from the front line. The discipline of the new army was worse than that of the Green Forest and the Han army. He broke through Yingchuan counties along the way, and actually used the massacre of the city to inspire morale, but instead forced the Yingchuan people to their side. And wherever they went, there were countless deserters and fewer troops.

"Our army has always known that the new army is cruel and knows that it will be dead if it is defeated. Although the number of people is small, it can be united! It may not be defeated but not succeed!"

Liu Xiu's analysis failed to convince everyone. They were still eager to leave, but Wang Yi did not give everyone time. Suddenly, a horse was probing to report to the city, saying that the new army's vanguard had reached the north of the city, and had not seen the rear team for several miles, and there were about tens of thousands of people.

In this way, the enemy is too late to leave, so we can only do good plans and make a fuss. No one can propose an effective solution, only Liu Xiuyu is slow, Wang Feng and others can only discuss with Liu Xiu again.

Liu Xiu had already thought about it: "Today there are only a thousand people in the city, and it is difficult to fight. Fortunately, Kunyang is in a dangerous terrain, and the city is strong and vast. I have been transporting grain to Kunyang in the past month, and I can still fight each other. But there are no reinforcements outside. Wancheng is unknown when to decide the victory or defeat, but Luyang is unable to take care of himself. There are only soldiers asking for help in front of me, going to Yancheng and Dingling counties more than a hundred miles east, asking General Ma Wu and my sister-in-law to help."

When he retreated south, he kept his mind and handed over three thousand old subordinates to his brother-in-law Deng Chen and took them to the east to stand by, which was just in handy now.

"At that time, the defenders will follow Jimo Tiandan and fight against the city, while the reinforcements will follow Xiang Yu's elite troops, and cooperate with the inside and outside to solve the problem. Please accept whoever guards and who will come out!"

As the main general, Wang Feng certainly wanted to stay behind, and the new army vanguard had already reached the outside of the city and surrounded a corner. It was very dangerous to go out for help at this time, and everyone was unwilling to go out. For many times, he did not hear any sound. Liu Xiu then smiled and said, "Since all the dukes are willing to defend the city, so Xiu will go there!"

Everyone strengthened their courage and wisdom, but Li Yi felt that Liu Xiu was not in the past today, and was quite active, but he was a bit like Liu Bosheng. So he doubted: "General Niu, you always meet enemies and are afraid before you come. Why are you so brave today? Could it be that you want to take the opportunity to escape from the city?"

Liu Xiu glanced at Li Yi. Although this person was a member of the Li family in Wancheng, since the establishment of Emperor Gengshi, he had been circling around Liu Xuan and the powerful Green Forest Coach, and then smiled and said, "If it were before the Battle of Little Chang'an, I would indeed be as Ji Wen said."

His voice became a little deeper: "But the battle in Xiao Chang'an made me know that if we raise our troops, we will win but not lose."

The elder sister Liu Yuan committed suicide, the tragic death of her second brother Liu Zhong, and dozens of relatives died one after another, not to mention the eternal pain in Liu Xiu's heart: his fiancée Yin Lihua was also kidnapped by the new army and sent to Chang'an, but now she is in vain.

From the moment he followed his elder brother to raise the Han flag, he had no way out. If he failed, he would be successful!

Liu Xiu raised his head: "You guys in Green Forest can still retreat to the places, but the entire Liu clan of my Chongling has been arrested by Wang Mang. If you sue, no one will be spared. I would rather die in battle than escape. If Ji Wen is suspicious, it would be better to go out of the city with me for help!"

Li Yi hesitated for a moment and agreed. So Wang Feng, Wang Changju, Liu Xiu, Li Yi broke through, Feng Yi, Wang Ba, Fu Jun, Chen Jun and others saw that Liu Xiu was commendable and were willing to follow the action, with a total of thirteen cavalry.

Riding on the dark sky and the moon, I rode my horse with a leash, sneaked open the south gate, and walked out.

The new army vanguards first approached the city and all stationed in the north of the city. With the terrain of Kunyang, they did not care about the south of the city. They only sent a small number of scouts to patrol the city. When they found someone fled, they immediately chased them!

Fortunately, they were not many, and Liu Xiu's team was all brave and elite. Chen Jun held a crossbow and Fu Jun fired his bow and killed several pursuers. When the other party saw that this group of people was difficult to deal with, he did not pursue them deeply, so the thirteen cavalry could escape.

However, Dou Rong, Duke Dou Zhou, who was a guide in the new military camp, had no command power due to repeated defeats, looked at the dangerous city block in the night and could not help but think of the letter from the fifth reunion, and the person he focused on.

"Liu Xiu...Is Liu Xiu in this city too?"

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Although the new army was numerous, as Liu Xiu analyzed, most of them were low-spirited Ding Zhuang, and the elite troops were just Hu Ben and Hu Qi, and the old subordinates of Dasikong Wang Yi. Those who could really fight were only one-tenth of the total: 30,000 people.

But Dasikong Wang Yi didn't know if he hadn't fought for more than ten years and was not able to adapt to the latest version, or if the last victory left him too deep and was confused and confident. After 300,000 people drove one after another, he looked disdainful when facing the cricket Guan Kunyang.

Dou Rong, thinking of the reminder of the fifth reunion, carefully proposed to Wang Yi: "Da Sikong, although Kunyang is small, it has been a famous pass since the Spring and Autumn Period, and the city walls are very strong. Now Liu Xuan steals the title, and Liu Bosheng and the main force of the thieves are also in Wancheng. Why not keep 100,000 people staring at Kunyang and guarding the retreat, and send 200,000 troops straight towards Wancheng. The green forest thieves will inevitably be scared away. Wancheng will win, why worry about Kunyang not accepting?"

"Du Zhou Gong was defeated repeatedly and he could not listen to his plan."

The partial generals in Wangyi's army whispered to each other, because Dou Rong was a relative of Wangyi, so he dared not speak directly, and said tactfully: "General, although our army has 300,000 people, most of them are just temporary recruitment. It was too smooth to destroy several counties in Yingchuan. Many people have never seen blood. If they go directly to Wancheng and fight with Liu Bosheng, who had defeated Zhou Gong several times, it would be difficult."

They were secretly pointing out that the Han soldiers could have the power to fight from a group of bandits to hundreds of battles because of the incompetent Yan You and Dou Rong, who were accompanying each other to train troops and send armor and equipment!

Wang Yi was inclined to Dou Rong's proposal because he wanted to take the lead among the three military lines, but the proposals of the generals were not unreasonable. He knew what soldiers he was leading, so he adopted the two strategies at the same time.

"After more than 10,000 people were divided, crossed Fangcheng Mountain with light clothes, bypassed Kunyang Pass, and went to Wanxia to find out the news. It would be best for Wancheng to know that our army had arrived and ask them to hold on for another ten days."

"The rest of the people will follow me to siege Kunyang!"

Dou Rong endured humiliation in front of all the generals and did not dare to say much. He only wanted to persuade Wang Yi when he was alone, but Wang Yi shook his head and sighed: "Duke Zhou, although those who are generals should focus on military struggles, they must not think further."

"More than ten years ago, I was General Huya and besieged Zhai Yi. I was not allowed to capture Zhai Yi alive and brought back to Chang'an. I was questioned by the emperor and had no heavy responsibilities for more than ten years. Now I am commanding hundreds of thousands of troops and not taking out the city. How to demonstrate? This is indeed a good place to train troops and pluck this city first and then go in with blood!"

Dou Rong could only advise again: "The Grand Sikong was right, but the military strategy was said, and a corner of the besieged city should be missing. It is better to let the guards run away to avoid a death fight. Moreover, if the soldiers escape, the fake lord in the Wanxia could also make the vow to lose his courage. Wouldn't it be better?"

Wang Yi adopted this strategy. The next day, on May 26, he commanded the troops around Kunyang City for about dozens of turns, and arranged hundreds of camps, with the sound of drums for dozens of miles.

On one hand, he raised the building cart several meters high, overlooking the city, and built a mountain of earth. He used a powerful crossbow to shoot randomly, and arrows were like locusts. The defenders in the city were mostly injured by arrows. Even the soldiers were drawing water, but they all carried door panels on their backs and did not dare to raise their heads. Wang Yi sent someone to hit the city with a rushing cart, and the soil fell like rain.

For a moment, the city was worried and restless. For several days, on May 30, Liu Xiu had already left the city to seek help from two counties in the east for six days. Seeing that there was still no news, Wang Feng, the Duke of Dingguo, felt that he could not hold on.

However, the new army's royal army had a bad reputation. Several counties in Yingchuan that had surrendered before were slaughtered by Wang Yi. How could they survive? Several generals and schools saw that there was a shortage of encirclement in the south of the city and wanted to escape, but were surrounded by the impatient new army and killed. At this point, they could only grit their teeth and persevere.

Fortunately, although Wang Yi had a strong reputation, his soldiers were indeed not of high quality. As cannon fodder, he was rushed to die in batches, but his morale was getting lower and lower, and he was unable to succeed.

So Dou Rong felt more and more uneasy. Late on the night of the thirty, he couldn't sleep in the camp for a long time, walking in the chaotic camp, and climbing up the tower.

From east, south, north, no matter where you look, only campfires and stoves can be seen, surrounding the small Kunyang.

The flames are like falling stars, even if the rising sun rises, they are endless.

Like every night stationed in Kunyang, Dou Rong looked up again and looked at the stars in the sky. He rubbed his neck until his neck was sore, and smiled and said in a secret smile: "The fifth letter is almost Zuo Zhuan's prophecy, and I don't know what the idea is. How can I believe it easily?"

However, just as time entered the first day of June, the first day of the lunar calendar, Dou Rong was about to leave the building, but suddenly he saw that there was really a light in the sky passing through the night sky!

Dou Rong thought it was dazzled by himself, and after rubbing it, the light had not disappeared.

The light was a burning flying stone and a falling meteor, which was actually not rare, but today's one was different. At first, the light was as bright as an ordinary star, but then it became bigger and bigger. The light was more than ten feet long, just like a bright moon! It was also as enthusiastic as a pheasant, alarming half of the military camp and Kunyang City!

The new army, Han soldiers, countless soldiers raised their heads and looked at the scene in a daze, but saw that the light began to dim, and the place where it finally disappeared was the south of Kunyang City!

Although the 300,000 army surrounded the city in a large circle, Dou Rong's proposal to "surround three and one missing one" made a corner of the city vacant.

It was this open space that became the place where the meteors fell, but the earth did not shake, as if nothing had happened.

But Xinjun and Kunyang were in an uproar, and Dou Rong could not calm down. He stared at the tower in a daze, his mouth could not be closed for a long time.

"There are really meteors falling in Kunyang!"

"The prophecy of the fifth relationship has come true!"

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The soldiers on the night whispered to this rare wonder. The one who was awakened by sleeping soundly in the camp, rubbed his eyes. He didn't know what happened. He only heard from the person he saw with his own eyes: "Just just now, a star fell in Kunyang City!"

This is actually a matter of perspective. The new army in the north of the city only thought that the meteor was in the city, and many people thought it was a rebel who was punished by heaven.

"I don't know how many thieves can kill this time."

Excited, fear, confusion, and all kinds of emotions were entangled. Dou Rong walked through the noise and chaos, and walked into the tent of the Grand Sikong Wangyi with trepidation.

A group of side generals had gathered here, their faces full of excitement, thinking that this matter could be taken advantage of.

Wang Mang sent dozens of people who knew the military strategy to follow the army, including those who were yin and yang. At this moment, they were praying for stars and divination. After pretending to be gods and ghosts for a long time, they all said to Wang Yi: "This is the star of the Pojun, which indicates that our army will be victorious and the thieves will be defeated!"

“Great kindness!”

Wang Yi laughed: "If you spread this matter, you will say that the Descendant Star fell into the city and killed thousands of thieves. This god will help me. I will attack the city at dawn and take it all at once. I will kill you and praise you for your reputation!"

I'm afraid even the fifth reunion did not expect that it was a meteorite, and the slightest difference in details actually led to the morale of Wang Yi's army +1.

All the generals kept saying chanting, thinking that they would win, but Dou Rong was shocked. If he really wanted him to believe in prophecy, he would rather believe in the fifth relationship!

After a while, the generals dispersed one after another, but Dou Rong was still there. Wang Yi looked at him: "What else does Duke Zhou have to do?"

If he was an ordinary general, Dou Rong would not care about his life or death, nor would he disclose the matter. But Wang Yi was different. He was his sister's husband, who was the benefactor who supported him. Dou Rong gritted his teeth, or took out the silk book that he had turned over countless times in his arms and presented it to both hands.

"The lower official has a letter from the fifth uncle Yu. The words above are shocking and dare not hide them. I dare to ask the Grand Secretary to take a look!"

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Chapter completed!