Everyone can imagine that the reinforcements that Dong Xian said are Zhang Bu.

Zhang Bu sat on an army of 200,000 people, huddled in Qidi, only guarding his own one-third of an acre, and would not easily send troops out.

At the beginning, Liu Yong was besieged in Suiyang, and successively issued an edict to Zhang Bu, asking Zhang Bu to send troops for reinforcements, but Zhang Bu did not send a single soldier.

For Liu Yong, Zhang Bu is still like this, for himself, can Zhang Bu be kind?

Su Mao and Jiaoqiang both shook their heads and smiled bitterly, and said: "Zhang Bu is a selfish person, expecting Zhang Bu to send troops to help?"

It's a joke! ”

Zhang Bu is a selfish person, some time ago, he lost the battle in Taishan County, not to mention the loss of the entire Taishan County, and also lost a lot of soldiers and horses, and now Zhang Bu will not send a single soldier to the outside world.

Dong Xian looked around at everyone and said, "The reinforcements I'm talking about are not Zhang Bu. ”

When everyone heard this, they all looked surprised, looked at Dong Xian puzzled, and asked, "What are the reinforcements that King Haixi said?" ”

"Five Colonels!"

Dong Xian narrowed his eyes and said word by word.

Does the Five Colonels still exist?

That's right, it's still breathing! The Fifth School Army was originally a rebel army in Hebei, but was beaten by Liu Xiu in Hebei, and finally had no place in Hebei, and finally had to cross the Yellow River, run to Yuzhou, and take refuge with Liu Yong.

Liu Yong also used the army of the five schools to attack Jizhou, but was defeated by Liu Xiu again.

After this battle, the Fifth School Army had been completely wiped out, and only scattered remnants had escaped.

In fact, at this time, the Fifth School Army was already in name only, and Liu Yong also gave up the Fifth School Army.

The remnants of the Fifth School Army wandered around Yuzhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou, gathering the rebel armies from all over the country.

It can be said that the current Fifth School Army is no longer the Fifth School Army of the year, but a miscellaneous army composed of many remnants of the rebel army, but in name, they are still under the banner of the Fifth School Army.

At present, the strength of the Fifth School Army is really quite large, as many as tens of thousands of people, and its combat strength should not be underestimated.

It is now the fourth year of Jianwu, the twenty-eighth year of AD, and the rebel army that can survive this period, and the rebel army that survived under the noses of the separatist warlords in Liu Yong, Zhang Bu, Dong Xian, etc., are not idle people, one is counted as one, and they are all outlaws who do not want to die in battle.

This five-school army does not recognize people, only money, whoever can give them enough money, they will help whom, in today's words, these five-school army has gradually evolved into a mercenary army.

Dong Xian had some contact with the Fifth School Army, but there was no friendship between them, if it wasn't for the last resort, he would not have thought of spending money to hire the Fifth School Army.

Invite the five school army to help him, go and fight the Han army, the money thrown out will not be as small as 100,000 or 200,000, even if it is 1 million or 2 million money, the five school army may not be moved.

Dong Xian sent one of his confidants to Jianyang to negotiate with the people of the Fifth School Army.

Jianyang is not far from Changxi, only thirty miles away, but Jianyang is an area where the five school armies are often active.

After Dong Xian's staff arrived in Jianyang, they easily found the contact point of the Fifth School Army and conveyed Dong Xian's meaning to the people in the contact point.

That night, a leader of the Fifth School Army entered Jianyang and met with Dong Xian's henchmen.

After bargaining between the two sides, the final price was that Dong Xian contributed 30,000 gold, and the five school troops sent 50,000 troops to Jianyang, and Dong Xian's army in Changxi formed a horn to resist the Han army.

30,000 gold, no matter who it is, is not a small amount, if Dong Xian really takes out 30,000 gold, it must be a sale of iron.

After thinking about it, Dong Xian finally accepted the price offered by the Fifth School Army, and he first paid 10,000 gold to the Fifth School Army, and the other 20,000 gold was given to the Fifth School Army after the Han Army was repulsed.

Things have come to an end, and the various departments of the Fifth School Army began to gather in Jianyang.

Don't look at the Fifth School Army as a ragtag army, but the speed of mobilization and assembly is still very fast, in just two days, the 50,000-strong Fifth School Army has been assembled in Jianyang.

The current situation is that the Han army in Xinyang, Dong Xianjun in Changxi, and the five school army in Jianyang, the three sides have formed a subtle three-legged situation.

If the Han army wants to attack Changxi, it will inevitably be attacked by Changxi's Dong Xianjun and Jianyang's Five Schools.

And if the Han army wants to attack Jianyang, it will also be attacked by the two armies.

This situation is naturally very unfavorable to the Han army.

Xinyang, the camp of the Han army.

Knowing that the five school armies gathered in Jianyang and formed horns with Chang Xi, all the generals of the Han army were sad.

In the tent of the Chinese army, there was a lot of discussion, some advocated a strong attack on Changxi, some advocated fighting the five colonels first, and some suggested dividing troops to fight.

Listening to the discussions of the generals, Liu Xiuqing cleared his throat.

The discussion in the tent of the Chinese army gradually became quieter, and finally it was silent.

Liu Xiu looked at Da Sima Wu Han and asked, "What is Da Sima's opinion of the current situation?" ”

Wu Han pondered for a moment and said, "The minister thinks that whether it is the main attack on Changxi or the main attack on Jianyang, it is not a feasible strategy.

In addition, it is even more infeasible to divide the troops to fight! ”

At present, the strength of its own side is 150,000, the strength of Dong Xianjun is also close to 150,000, and the strength of the Fifth School Army is 50,000, for a total of 200,000.

If you divide your forces to fight again, it will be even more disadvantageous to your side.

In Wu Han's view, none of these three suggestions are advisable.

Liu Xiu pondered for a moment, then looked at Wang Liang on the other side, and asked, "What about the former general's opinion?" ”

Wang Liang owes a debt and says: "In the opinion of Wei Chen, Da Sima is reasonable, if our army fights Chang Xuan, the five school armies will definitely attack from behind our army, and if our army hits Jianyang, Dong Xianjun will attack from behind our army, as for the division of troops, our army's disadvantage will be greater." ”

Liu Xiu looked at Gai Yan and asked for Gai Yan's opinion.

Gai Yan frowned and said: "Our army is divided, the main force feints to attack Changxi, and the five school armies are invited to help, and the other force can be ambushed in the middle of the road, ambushing the five school troops who reinforce Changxi, I don't know if it is feasible." ”

Wu Han shook his head and said: "This is the East China Sea, it is Dong Xian's territory, Dong Xian's power has long been deep-rooted, every move of our army is under Dong Xian's control, our army wants to hide from Dong Xian and the eyes of the five colonels, and set up an ambush halfway, and there is almost no possibility of success." ”

Gaiyan's lips moved, and he didn't speak.

Indeed, Donghai County is Dong Xian's deep sphere of influence, especially in the area of Jianyang, and it is also an area where the five schools have frequent military activities.

The tent of the Chinese army was quiet again, and people were full of sadness, not knowing how to fight the next battle.

Liu Xiu looked around at everyone, the corners of his mouth rose, smiled slightly, and said: "Our army has fought continuously, from Dongping to the East China Sea, along the way, the soldiers are also very hard, take advantage of the free opportunity now, let the soldiers of the whole army take a good rest, and take a good rest in Xinyang." ”

Hearing this, people looked at Liu Xiu one after another.

Rest?

Can you still have the heart to rest now?

Xinyang is caught between Chang Xi and Jianyang, and his own forces have no advantage over Dong Xian and the five schools, and if they don't get it right, Dong Xian and the five schools will join forces to attack it! "Your Majesty-" Liu Xiu waved his hand to everyone and said with a smile: "Don't be impatient, let the officers and men in the army rest in Xinyang, and within a month, the enemy army will show signs of defeat!" ”

People blinked, looked at each other, their own soldiers did nothing, just stayed in Xinyang City to rest, and then the enemy army itself showed its defeat?

How is this possible?

The generals all wondered if His Majesty was in a hurry, but looking at Liu Xiu's expression carefully, he was completely relaxed, and he didn't look like he was in a hurry.

Wu Han couldn't help but sigh: "The five school thieves are really hundred-legged insects!" ”

The hundred-legged insect dies but does not stiffen! How many times have the five school armies been defeated by their own side, and how many times have the whole army been wiped out, but now they have come out again, they are really killed once, and they are alive once, in the eyes of Wu Han, these five school armies are simply more difficult to deal with than the Bronze Horse Army and the Red Eyebrow Army, and their vitality is stronger.

Liu Xiu smiled disapprovingly and said, "Young people, don't worry.

Let's think about how to break through Changshu when we go back! ”

Everyone looked at each other, stood up one after another, bowed down and said, "Weichen retires!" ”

People came out of the Chinese military tent and gathered together in groups of three or five.

Wuhan is the most lively here, and the most people gathered.

Wang Chang asked suspiciously, "Da Sima, what did Your Majesty mean just now?"

Will the enemy itself show its defeat? ”

Wu Han also looked inexplicable, he spread his hands, and said helplessly: "General Wang knew His Majesty much earlier than me, General Wang doesn't understand what His Majesty means, how can I understand?" ”

Wang Chang muttered: "It sounds like Your Majesty doesn't take the Fifth School Army in his eyes at all!" ”

Gai Yan Zhengse said: "The current Fifth School Army, the strength is not as large as when it was in Hebei, but the combat power is definitely not weak, even with the strength of Dong Xian and Zhang Bu, if you want to exterminate this Fifth School Army, you don't dare to try it easily." ”

The Fifth School Army does not have its own territory, they go wherever they go, grab wherever they go, and eat whatever they grab.

For Dong Xian and Zhang Bu, who are of the local separatist forces, they are also disgusted with the five school army.

They are the local emperors of the soil, can they not be disgusted by the bandits who wander into their sphere of influence?

If the army of the five schools was so easy to exterminate, Zhang Bu and Dong Xian would have already taken action, how could they still tolerate them living until now?

It is precisely because of the extremely strong combat power of the Fifth School Army that although Zhang Bu and Dong Xian are disgusted by the Fifth School Army all the time, they can only endure it with one eye closed.

After listening to Gaiyan's analysis, everyone's hearts sank again, in this way, the 50,000-strong Fifth School Army is by no means so easy to deal with, but in this way, Your Majesty's reaction is even more bizarre, Your Majesty is by no means an arrogant person, leading the troops to fight, extremely cautious, but why would the Fifth School Army be so contemptuous?

Everyone couldn't understand the reason, and they shook their heads and left.

Liu Xiu sat in the Chinese military tent for a while and returned to his sleeping tent.

Xi Cheying stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty! ”

Liu Xiu waved his hand to her, and then the two sat down together, Liu Xiu asked, "Che Ying, is there any movement over there?" ”

Xi Cheying shook his head and said, "Zhang Bu didn't gather troops and horses, and he didn't mean to send troops to reinforce Dong Xian!" ”

This was completely expected by Liu Xiu.

Although Zhang Bu and Dong Xian are in an alliance, the alliance between them is not strong.

Zhang Bu lost Taishan County, and it stands to reason that Dong Xian should unite with Zhang Bu and help Zhang Bu take Taishan County back.

But Dong Xian didn't do this, but attacked Taishan County privately, obviously, he wanted to grab Taishan County and then monopolize it by himself.

Zhang Bu is such a selfish person, can he still not see Dong Xian's ghostly thoughts?

Now if Zhang Bu wants to send troops to reinforce Dong Xian, it is simply impossible.

Liu Xiu accentuated his tone and asked again: "Did Zhang Bu raise materials to reinforce Dong Xian?" ”

Xi Cheying was stunned, subconsciously shook his head, and said, "The concubine hasn't heard of this either. ”

According to the information sent back by Zhang Bu, Zhang Bu neither reinforced Dong Xian's soldiers nor soldiers, nor did he reinforce Dong Xian with any materials, grain and grass, and Zhang Bu completely sat back and ignored Dong Xian.

Liu Xiu looked at Xi Cheying with deep eyes, and asked again: "Cheying is sure that Zhang Bu did not reinforce Dong Xian's supplies and grain and grass?" ”

Xi Cheying nodded heavily and said, "As far as the concubine knows, there is indeed none. ”

Liu Xiu narrowed his eyes, then burst out laughing, and said in a brisk tone: "In this way, Dong Xian will be defeated!" ”