Hua Feiyan shook his head and said, "The brothers and sisters of the Lian family said that Jin Dan has returned to Longdi. ”

Liu Xiu laughed out loud and said: "These people are really loyal to Jin Dan, Jin Dan is gone, they still stay, and they are bent on killing me." ”

Hua Feiyan said: "These Jianghu people are all from Longdi, they are both in awe and jealous of Jindan, and they stay and refuse to leave in order to please Jindan."

Of course, they also want to curry favor with Kui Huan and seek a good future for themselves. ”

Liu Xiu shrugged his shoulders and said, "But the brothers of the Lian family switched to my side." ”

Hua Feiyan said: "Therefore, the two brothers and sisters Lian Zheng and Lian Zixuan are smart people, they see that Your Majesty is the true son of heaven, and they did not follow Jin Dan, and bet on Kui Huan." ”

Liu Xiu nodded and said, "Feiyan, go ahead!" ”

Hua Feiyan got up, saluted Liu Xiufu, and then walked out of the camp.

It didn't take long for Geng Yi, Cho Period, Gai Yan, Liu Zhang and others to walk in, and Xuying, Xuting, Xufei, and Luo You were also among them.

When everyone arrived, Liu Xiu told everyone about the refuge of Lian Zheng and Lian Zixuan's brothers, as well as the information they confessed.

Finally, Liu Xiu said: "Now, the thieves are gathered in Xitou Mountain, planning to take advantage of my departure from the mountain, to attack with falling rocks, I think this is a good opportunity, a good opportunity to catch this group of thieves." ”

Everyone looked at each other, and Cho Qi asked with a frown: "Your Majesty, are these Lian Zheng and Lian Zixuan really reliable?" ”

These two people don't give themselves a trick and deliberately lure themselves into the bait.

Liu Xiu thought for a while and said, "Reliable!" When the thieves besieged me, the two brothers and sisters were among them, but they kept watching and never made a move.

In addition, there is little significance in his brother and sister's deception, and we will also investigate the information they provide, whether it is true or false, and we will know it when we check it. ”

Choshi nodded and said no more.

Geng Yi said: "The other party must have an eyeliner ambush near our army's camp, as soon as our army moves, the thieves will notice it at the first time, but I am afraid that before our army reaches Xitou Mountain, the thieves will flee completely." ”

Liu Xiu said: "I have also considered this, so our army cannot go to Xitou Mountain with the posture of taking the initiative, but must go to Xitou Mountain in the normal way of marching."

When our army was about to arrive at Xitou Mountain, it was necessary to camp nearby when it was dark, so that it would be much easier for our army to encircle and suppress Xitou Mountain. ”

Gai Yan pinched his fingers and calculated: "From our army's camp to Xitou Mountain, it is only two hours at most, and the journey of these two hours is not easy to walk from dawn to dark!" ”

Geng Yi said: "Our army can first gather the soldiers and horses of each battalion, and then march together after the soldiers and horses of each battalion are all together, so that our army can control the time and walk to the vicinity of Xitou Mountain just when it is dark." ”

When Liu Xiu heard this, he nodded again and again, and said with a smile: "Bo Zhao is very kind. ”

Geng Yi said: "It's just that, according to the Lian family brothers and sisters, Xitou Mountain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and if our army attacks on a large scale, I am afraid that there will be huge casualties!" ”

Liu Xiu said: "I have also thought about this problem, I plan to lead five hundred elites to attack Xitou Mountain at night, as for the rest of the soldiers and horses, they can set up an ambush with the mountain to prevent any fish from slipping through the net." ”

Hearing that Liu Xiu was going to participate in the battle in person, everyone's faces changed at the same time, and they all said: "Your Majesty's injury has not healed, so it is not appropriate to participate in the war in person!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, it's good to leave this battle to the ministers and others!"

Liu Xiu waved his hand and said: "I was besieged by this group of thieves, and I was slightly injured and seriously injured. ”

Don't look at Liu Xiu's calm appearance on the surface, but she has been holding her breath in her heart.

Since he followed his eldest brother to uncover the rod, when has he ever been so seriously injured?

Even in such a dangerous battle of Kunyang, he had never suffered so many injuries, and this time, he almost died in the hands of this group of people in the rivers and lakes.

For these people, Liu Xiu hates them so much that the roots of his teeth itch, and he will never miss the opportunity to participate in the war in person.

After listening to Liu Xiu's words, everyone looked at each other, and no one could persuade them anymore.

There was silence in the camp, and after a while, Liu Zhang said loudly: "Uncle, nephew will join you in the battle!" ”

"No, you give me a good stay in the army, and I'm not allowed to go anywhere!"

Liu Xiu refused without thinking about it.

Liu Zhang had already scared him enough before, and he didn't want Liu Zhang to have another accident.

Liu Zhang Zhengse said: "Uncle...... His Majesty was injured by a group of thieves and wanted to find it back with his own hands, this time the nephew ...... Weichen has suffered a great humiliation, and he has to find it back with his own hands, and I hope that His Majesty will fulfill it! ”

As he spoke, Liu Zhang threw off his robe, knelt on his knees, and kowtowed forward.

Seeing this, Liu Xiu's body leaned forward, frowned, waved his hand and said, "Zhang'er get up and speak!" ”

"If Your Majesty doesn't allow it, the minister will always kneel here!"

Liu Zhang dared to say this, if other ministers were replaced, this move would already be suspected of forcing the palace.

Liu Xiu looked helpless, pondered for a long time, and said: "Okay, Zhang'er get up, I promise you!" ”

Liu Zhang's face was overjoyed, and he said excitedly: "Nephew, thank you uncle for your success!" ”

Liu Xiu looked at the generals present and asked, "Do you still have any objections?" ”

Gai Yan said: "Your Majesty only led 500 people to attack the mountain, and Weichen thought that these 500 elites could be served by Ben Ming!" ”

Geng Yi and Cho Qi nodded one after another, and the latter added, "One hundred of them can be Yu Lin Lang!" ”

One hundred Lin Lang, four hundred Ben Ming Lang, although there are only five hundred people, the combat effectiveness of these five hundred people is enough to be worth thousands of soldiers and horses.

In this regard, Liu Xiu had no objection, nodded and said, "Okay, just do it!" ”

Geng Yi said: "It just so happens that there is a batch of crossbows in the army, which can be carried by five hundred elites. ”

Yu Lin Lang has long been equipped with a crossbow, but Ben Ming Lang uses ordinary crossbow arrows.

Liu Xiu still had no objection and nodded in agreement.

As soon as the plan for the attack was drawn up, the people proceeded according to the agreed steps.

Liu Xiu has returned safely, and the soldiers and horses stationed in various places in Zunling Mountain have no point in continuing to be stationed, and all the soldiers and horses have retreated to the base camp.

In the camp tent, Liu Xiu had nothing to do, walked out of the camp tent, and walked around the barracks to inspect.

Xin Linglu was very curious about everything in the barracks, so she followed Liu Xiu and walked side by side.

Walking in the camp, the soldiers I met all respectfully intervened and saluted, calling 'Your Majesty'.

Xin Linglu asked in a low voice, "Brother Liu, do I have to call you Your Majesty too?" ”

Liu Xiu didn't care, and said with a smile: "You can call it whatever you think is comfortable." ”

"I still think it's comfortable to call you Brother Liu."

Liu Xiu laughed and said, "Then call Brother Liu!" ”

"Won't they blame me?"

Xin Linglu asked a little uneasily.

Liu Xiu knew that when she said them, she was actually referring to Luo You.

He said: "Luo You is young, and she is very sensitive by nature, and she is a little petty, which is inevitable. ”

Xin Linglu smiled: "I'm not angry with her. ”

I just think that the beautiful little girl is quite hostile to herself.

As he walked, a stench suddenly wafted in front of him, and Xin Linglu raised his eyes to see a dung bucket full of dung in front of him, and bundles of arrows were piled up next to him.

The soldiers, masked with sweat towels, picked up bundles of arrows, pointed them downward, and dipped them into the dung buckets.

After looking at it, she asked curiously, "Brother Liu, what are they doing?" ”

"Poison Arrows."

"Huh?"

Xin Linglu's eyes widened involuntarily.

The poisonous arrows in the army are not quenched with any gut-breaking poison or crane top red or the like, and the poison is not easy to preserve, and the toxicity will slowly weaken after being exposed to the air for a long time.

Moreover, these poisons are too costly, and arrows, which are the largest consumables in the army, are really unaffordable.

Dipping it in feces, in fact, the effect is similar, shooting on a person, it will cause wound infection, according to the medical technology of the time, once the wound is infected, the person is almost from death.

Seeing that the poisoned arrows were made in batches, Xin Linglu's eyes darkened, and he stopped talking.

Liu Xiu knew what she was thinking, he pulled Xin Linglu and walked to the side, and said at the same time: "Sometimes, killing is also for health. ”

Seeing Xin Linglu looking at himself in puzzlement, Liu Xiu said quietly: "Back then, the violent Qin, unified the six countries, and killed countless people, but it did end the disputes within the seven countries, so that the world does not know how many people died.

Such killing is actually health preservation. ”

Xin Linglu didn't seem to understand what she heard, and asked, "Is Brother Liu doing the right thing?" ”

Liu Xiu said: "I think so. ”

"That is."

Xin Linglu said seriously.

Liu Xiu was amused by her words and asked, "Zero Lu trusts me so much?" ”

"Brother Liu is a good person."

Looking at her sparkling and trusting eyes, Liu Xiu suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

The two walked forward for a while, and Liu Xiufang said quietly: "I also think I'm a good person." ”

From the third year of the emperor (22 AD) to the sixth year of Jianwu (30 AD) when he conquered Kui, this nearly ten years, he has been fighting in the south and the north, and his hands have been stained with the blood of many people.

But he did not fight for war, but for the peace of the world.

Only the unification of the world can stop the war, and only when the Han family is restored can the people of the world live a stable and comfortable peaceful life.

He is not warlike, and even tired of fighting, but the overlords of the divided side will not automatically surrender to him, they will only accumulate strength and prepare for a bigger war in the future.

He had no choice but to continue to wage wars to eliminate these local overlords and complete the great cause of unifying the world.

Seeking reunification is Liu Xiu's political demand, but this demand cannot be solved by diplomacy, so it can only be achieved through the iron hooves of the soldiers.

The next day, the soldiers and horses of the various battalions returned one after another, and the Han army camp began to be overcrowded, and many soldiers could no longer live in the camp.

In the afternoon, when the Han army camp was extremely saturated, the Han army had no choice but to set off and march out of the mountain.

The army of tens of thousands, the scale is huge, and the team is in the mountain road, extending for more than ten miles.

By the time the Han army reached the vicinity of Xitou Mountain, it was already dark.

In the mountains, it is very dangerous to march in the dark, and it is possible that any part of the army will go in the wrong direction and lead the soldiers and horses behind it astray.

As the sky got dark, the soldiers of the Han army naturally set up camp in a place about three miles away from Xitou Mountain.

As Liu Xiu expected, around them, there was indeed each other's eyeliner.

Seeing that the Han army was stationed near Xitou Mountain, the eyeliner immediately ran back to Xitou Mountain and reported the situation to the people on the mountain.

Hearing the news from the spies, people gathered together and sat in a circle.

The few people sitting in the innermost part are all forty or fifty years old, and their martial arts may not be the most refined, but the Jianghu seniority is the highest among everyone.

A middle-aged man with drooping eyes said with a solemn face: "The thief army suddenly stationed near Xitou Mountain and stopped moving forward, did you find any clues?" ”

"Chances are, perhaps, the thieves have already detected our ambush on Xitou Mountain!"

"If that's the case, we should move immediately!"

Listening to their words, Lian Zheng and Lian Zixuan in the crowd glanced at each other, and the former spoke: "Seniors, I thought that we had made such thorough preparations in Xitou Mountain, and it would be a pity to give up now."

Moreover, it is now dark and the thief army has stopped and set up camp, which is normal, and there is nothing to worry about! ”

After listening to Lian Zheng's words, many people in the rivers and lakes nodded their heads again and again in agreement.

A black-faced man raised his head and said: "Kill Liu Xiu, now is the last chance, let's get this done, not only Mr. Jin will be grateful to us, but the king will also reward us and others, and the addition of officials to the knighthood is just around the corner." ”

Hearing this, the eyes of many people in the rivers and lakes flashed with greed.

is the so-called learning of literature and martial arts, goods and the emperor's family, these Jianghu people are desperately practicing martial arts, what is it for, in the final analysis, they just want to live a better life, and there is no life better than being an official in the court.