Chapter 688: The decisive battle is imminent

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In this confrontation, Feng Yi defeated the more than 200,000 Red Mei Army with 80,000 Han troops, and there were 80,000 Red Mei Army prisoners captured alone, and countless Red Mei soldiers were killed in battle.

Since this battle took place in the valley of Kundi, this is the famous battle of Kundi in history.

The Battle of Kundi can be described as a battle that changed the course of history, and this battle also became a watershed in the dispute between Liu Xiu and the Red Mei Army.

Before the battle of Kundi, the Red Mei Army won consecutive victories, with an army of nearly 300,000, singing triumphant songs, with momentum like a rainbow and a broken bamboo, approaching Luoyang.

After the Battle of Kundi, the vitality of the Red Mei Army was greatly damaged, and more than 100,000 soldiers were defeated, from the original nearly 300,000 troops to more than 100,000.

Fan Chong, Xu Xuan and other generals of the Red Mei Army, with the puppet emperor Liu Penzi, fled to the southeast in a hurry.

The good news of the battle of Kundi reached Luoyang, and the government and the opposition all breathed a sigh of relief. The more than 200,000 Red Eyebrow troops are menacing, and they have already posed the biggest and most direct threat to Luoyang.

As long as the Red Eyebrow Army breaks through Yiyang again, it can drive straight into Luoyang and take Luoyang.

Fortunately, there is Feng Yi, the general of the expedition to the west, who hit the red eyebrows hard, and won a great victory in Kunshan, after this battle, the vitality of the red eyebrows army was greatly damaged, and the remaining remnants will no longer have much threat to Luoyang.

Liu Xiu was overjoyed when he read the war report, and in the court, he joked: "The talent of General Dashu is no less than that of the Marquis of Huaiyin (Han Xin)!" ”

General Dashu was Liu Xiu who gave Feng Yi a nickname, and every time he finished a battle, all the generals would discuss how many enemy soldiers they had killed on the battlefield to show their merits.

Only Feng Yi never participated in such discussions, and when other generals were chatting enthusiastically, he went to the shade under the big tree by himself. Over time, Liu Xiu gave Feng Yi the nickname General Dashu.

Liu Xiu has some ridiculous little problems, and love to give people nicknames is one of them. When Dong Xuan killed Liu Huang's house slave, Liu Xiu asked Dong Xuan to kowtow to Liu Huang to admit his mistake, Dong Xuan just didn't kneel, and several people pressed him, but they couldn't press his head to the ground, and then Liu Xiu gave Dong Xuan the nickname of 'Strong Order', which means

Dong Xuan's neck is really hard.

Liu Xiu's nicknames for Feng Yi and Dong Xuan are all kind, of course, he also has malicious intentions, which will be mentioned later.

Feng Yi won a big victory, and in the court, Liu Xiu's mood seemed to be particularly good, and he asked: "This time, the Red Eyebrow Army suffered a defeat, where do you think the Red Eyebrow Army should flee?" ”

The ministers present looked at each other, which is really not easy to judge.

Fu Zhan raised the wat board in his hand and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the Red Eyebrow Army is likely to flee to Yiyang. ”

"Oh?" Liu Xiuxiao asked, "How do you say this?" Fu Zhan Zhengse said: "To the west, that is the way back, and it is also a dead end, and the Red Eyebrow Army will definitely not go west." To the north, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and there is a shortage of soldiers and food, as if they are seeking a dead end, and to the south, the rebels in the south are all old ministers who hate the red eyebrows

bones, only to the east, the red eyebrows military have a glimmer of life! ”

Liu Xiu nodded, then raised his eyes to look at the others, and asked, "What do you think of what Situ said?" ”

The civil officials didn't speak, and Geng Yi arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that what Situ said is extremely true, and the red-eyed thief will go to Yiyang!" ”

At present, the weakest point of our side is precisely Yiyang. Although Deng Yu's troops are currently stationed in Yiyang, after the battle of Huxian, the main force of Deng Yu's army has been exhausted, and the soldiers and horses led by Deng Yu are less than 20,000 people.

In addition, Yiyang is the core of the logistics supply of the battlefield on the western front, and has hoarded a large amount of grain, grass and armaments, which are exactly what the Red Mei Army urgently needs at present.

Song Hong frowned, and said meaningfully: "Your Majesty, what if the Red Eyebrow Army does not go east, but south?" Your Majesty also has to guard against it! ”

Although most of Deng Feng's troops are former ministers, the enemy of the enemy is a friend, and no one dares to guarantee that Deng Fengjun will definitely not join forces with the Red Eyebrow Army. If these two forces collude, it will be too bad for their own side.

Liu Xiu seriously thought about Song Hong's words, pondered for a moment, he raised his head and said, "Geng Yi obeys orders!" ”

Geng Yi immediately stood up, strode out of the ranks, knelt on his knees, and said, "Weichen is here!" ”

Liu Xiu Zhengse said: "I will give you 30,000 soldiers and horses, gallop to aid Yiyang, and together with General You, you must resist the Red Mei Army outside Yiyang City!" ”

"Wechen obeys!"

"Hou Jin obeys orders!"

The traitorous general Hou Jin got up and went out of the ranks, kowtowed forward, and said, "Weichen is here!" ”

"I'll give you 30,000 soldiers and horses, garrison Xin'an, and cut off the road to the south with red eyebrows!"

"Wechen obeys!"

Liu Xiu sent Geng Yi and Hou Jin, two generals, one to lead the troops to Yiyang to consolidate Yiyang's city defense, and the other to lead the troops to Xin'an to decide the road to the south of the red eyebrows. Liu Xiu sat in Luoyang and waited to see what happened.

The movements of the Red Eyebrow Army were really expected by Fu Zhan. The remnants of the Red Eyebrow Army bypassed the Kunshan Mountains and fled all the way to the east, looking at its direction, it was coming towards Yiyang.

More than 100,000 remnants of the Red Eyebrows fled to Yiyang in a hurry, and the Red Eyebrows were waiting for the Red Eyebrow Army here in Yiyang, Deng Yu, Geng Yi and the 50,000 Han troops under their command.

At present, the situation of the Red Eyebrow Army is already precarious, and the only hope is to defeat Yiyang, so that their soldiers can have a stable foothold.

But Yiyang, where Deng Yu and Geng Yi are stationed, is so easy to fight? The Red Eyebrow Army launched a fierce attack on Yiyang, and the Han Army was at the head of Yiyang City, desperately resisting the offensive of the Red Eyebrow Army.

At the time of life and death, the Red Eyebrow Army can be regarded as using all its skills. The red-eyed other departments in various places have been recalled, and in addition, even the four dead soldiers under the command of Mo Yan are directly involved in the siege battle.

As a result, after three days of fierce fighting, the Red Mei Army failed to tear apart the city defense of the Han army, and Deng Yu and Geng Yi guarded Yiyang tightly, just like an iron bucket array.

Just when the Red Eyebrow Army was attacking Yiyang with all its might, Liu Xiu, who was sitting in Luoyang, finally set off. Liu Xiu personally commanded 100,000 Han troops, left Luoyang and went straight to Yiyang.

At the same time, Feng Yijun and Hou Jinjun were also moving closer to Yiyang. At this time, the Han army had already formed a situation of encirclement and encirclement of the Red Mei army outside Yiyang City.

Luoyang was too close to Yiyang, Liu Xiu led the army, and it only took three days for the troops to arrive in Yiyang.

The Han army, led by Liu Xiu, was stationed in the east of Yiyang, and the Red Mei army, led by Fan Chong, was stationed in the west of Yiyang.

The final decisive battle between Liu Xiu and the Red Eyebrow Army has quietly kicked off.

Upon learning of Liu Xiu's arrival, Deng Yu and Geng Yi both left Yiyang City and went to the Han army camp in the east of the city.

Hearing that Deng Yu and Geng Yi were coming, Liu Xiu personally greeted the Chinese military tent, and the moment he saw Deng Yu, he couldn't help but have hot eyes.

Deng Yu is the first year of Jianwu's western expedition, and now it is the third year of Jianwu, this western expedition has been fought for more than two years, and Liu Xiu and Deng Yu have not met for more than two years.

When he first went west, Deng Yu was in his early twenties, proud of the spring breeze, and full of spirit, but now, the whole person has lost a lot of weight, and his face is full of stubble, if he is not armoured, he looks like a hungry person in distress.

Seeing Deng Yu's appearance, Liu Xiu's heart was even more sour. He called softly, "Zhonghua! ”

Liu Xiu was sad when he saw Deng Yu, and Deng Yu saw Liu Xiu, more like a wanderer who had been away from home for many years and finally met his relatives. Deng Yu lifted his skirt, knelt down in front of Liu Xiu with a puff, and said in a choked voice: "Weichen meets Your Majesty!" ”

His voice made Liu Xiu's tears roll in his eyes. He hurriedly stretched out his hand, helped Deng Yu up, looked at him carefully from top to bottom, and said in a trembling voice: "In the past three years of the Western Expedition, Zhonghua has suffered!" ”

Deng Yu lowered his head, tears dripped down, and said with a crying voice: "It's useless for Weichen, and the defeat of the Western Expedition is all the fault of Weichen!" ”

Liu Xiu waved his hand, took Deng Yu's hand, and said, "Let's talk in the tent first!" He pulled Deng Yu and walked into the Chinese military tent.

In the camp tent, there are many generals, led by the great Sima Wu Han. Seeing Liu Xiu, Deng Yu, and Geng Yi coming in, Wu Han and others got up one after another.

People who don't know Deng Yu don't feel anything when they see him, but Wu Han and Deng Yu are too familiar, the former Deng Yu was a young man, and now Deng Yu has no image of a son at all, just like a middle-aged uncle.

Wu Han was stunned for a moment, cleared his throat unnaturally, and said with a dry smile: "Zhonghua...... It's a lot stronger! He really couldn't think of a better greeting, so he could only praise Deng Yu for being stronger than before.

Deng Yu smiled bitterly and said to Wu Han: "Ziyan's demeanor is the same as back then!" ”

When Wu Han heard this, he smiled even more bitterly, sighed, and said: "Zhonghua's expedition to the west has made quite achievements, while the Hannan expedition has ......."

Speaking of which, even he himself was embarrassed to continue. The southern expedition under his leadership was a mess. It can be said that Deng Feng's rebellion is directly related to his massacre in Xinye.

Fortunately, Wu Han has always stayed by Liu Xiu's side, and his prestige in the army is extremely high. And Deng Yu is different, he has been on the western expedition, never appeared in the court, and has no deep friendship with the ministers of civil and military affairs, and even many ministers, like Song Hong and Fu Zhan, he didn't know them at all, so when Deng Yu was impeached, he was in the court

There wasn't even anyone to speak for him.

Looking at Deng Yu and Wu Han, the two difficult brothers, Liu Xiu, who was sour in his heart, couldn't help but burst out laughing. He waved his hand to the crowd and said, "Sit, sit, sit!" Let's all sit down! ”

After all the generals sat down, Liu Xiu explained to Long Yuan and served some wine and food. After saying goodbye to Deng Yu for more than two years, it was not easy to see each other, and Liu Xiu naturally wanted to have two drinks with Deng Yu.

It didn't take long for some soldiers to bring up the wine and food one by one. The dish is very simple sauce beef, and the wine is golden syrup, which is made from sugar cane, which is sweet and delicious to drink, and is not easy to intoxicate.

Liu Xiu took the lead in picking up the wine glass and said to everyone: "Since the capital of Luoyang, it is rare to have the opportunity to drink with all the gentlemen, today, let's have a toast first!" ”

"To Your Majesty!" Everyone raised their glasses together, saluted Liu Xiu, and then drank all the wine in the cup.

After Liu Xiu put down the cup, Deng Yu asked, "Your Majesty, I heard that Zhong Xian was captured by Deng Feng, I don't know what Zhong Xian's current situation is?" ”

After knowing the news that Zhu You was captured by Deng Feng, Deng Yu has always been worried. Liu Xiu sighed lightly and said, "There is no danger to my life for the time being!" Now Ziling is in Xinye, there is Ziling, Zhongxian will be much safer. ”

"Oh!" Deng Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Then he changed his words and said: "Weichen also heard the news of Peng Pet's rebellion in Yuyang!" ”

Before Liu Xiu could speak, Geng Yi suddenly slapped the table and said angrily: "Peng Pet is an insatiable and brazen villain!" Liu Yong inside, Huns outside, the crime is unforgivable! As he spoke, he arched his hand to Liu Xiu and said: "Your Majesty, when the Red Eyebrow Thief Army is pacified, the last general is willing to lead the troops and horses, first set Peng Pet and Xiongnu, to consolidate the northern frontier, and then set Zhang Bu to consolidate the land!" ”