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Cen Pengzhen didn't expect Liu Xiu to trust himself so much, not only let himself command an army of 50,000, but even lent him the Chixiao Sword that never left him, so that he could do royal things in the army.

Liu Xiu's trust moved Cen Peng, he knelt on one knee, caught the wooden box handed over by Liu Xiu with both hands, and said in a trembling voice: "The king has high hopes, so that the last general is afraid!" The last general will not fail in the king's mission! ”

Hearing Cen Peng's words, Liu Xiu only smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to help Cen Peng up, and said meaningfully: "In this battle, whether our army can completely annihilate the thief army is all in Junran's response!" ”

Cen Peng Zhengse said: "Don't worry, the king will go all out!" ”

Due to the new changes in the situation, Liu Xiu could only divide his troops to fight.

He sent Wu Han and Geng Yi to command 12,000 cavalry to block the northward escape of the remnants of the bronze horse halfway.

He also sent Cen Peng, commanding an army of 50,000, to Qingyuan, waiting for an opportunity to move. Liu Xiu himself led the remaining soldiers and horses and continued to go north to pursue the remnants of the bronze horse.

When Wu Han, Geng Yi, and Cen Peng led their troops to leave one after another, Geng Chun and Liu Zhi walked in front of Liu Xiu, and the two frowned tightly and said, "The king asked General Cen to command 50,000 soldiers and horses to go to Qingyuan, I'm afraid, it's not appropriate, right?" ”

Liu Xiu smiled and said: "In Nanyang, I have fought with Junran many times, and I have suffered a big loss in the hands of Junran, and I also admire Junran's ability to govern the army." ”

Geng Chun and Liu Zhi looked at each other and smiled bitterly, they did not question Cen Peng's ability to lead the army to fight, but they were not at ease with him. Liu Zhi said: "Cen Peng has just taken refuge under the king, and his loyalty to the king will take time!" ”

Liu Xiu waved his hand and said with a smile: "The so-called employment is not suspicious, and the suspicious person is not needed." Since I have enabled Jun Ran, I naturally trust Jun Ran's loyalty, just as I trust Boshan and Boxian! When Geng Chun and Liu Zhi heard this, they didn't want to say anything more, but they still didn't know the bottom of their hearts. At this time, Ma Wu and Cho Qi came over, and the former laughed and said, "General Geng and General Liu don't worry, Cen Peng is a little arrogant on weekdays."

, but it's a dead brain, once he is loyal to anyone, nine cows can't pull it back! ”

In the past, Cen Peng was loyal to Wang Mang, but he could not give a lot of hardships to the Zhutian capital, if he didn't run out of ammunition and food in the end, and he was worried about the more than 100,000 people in Wancheng City, Cen Peng would not surrender to Liu Xuan.

Hearing Ma Wu's words, Liu Xiu also laughed on his back and agreed: "What Zizhang said is extremely true. ”

Compared with his ancestor Liu Bang, the biggest difference between Liu Xiu and his ancestor Liu Bang should be the difference in self-confidence.

Liu Bang can win the world, Han Xin's contribution is indispensable, it can be said that his prestige in the army, Han Xin is above Liu Bang, and his merits are high, which makes Liu Bang feel jealous, and finally chooses to kill Han Xin.

And Liu Xiu is different, since I am willing to use you, I will choose to trust you, and I am willing to rest assured and boldly hand over the military power to you, even if you have two hearts for me and want to oppose me, I am not afraid, because I am confident that I can clean you up.

It is precisely because of this self-confidence that in Liu Xiu's place, there has never been a situation where the bird is hidden and the rabbit is dead and the dog is cooked.

There are so many capable people under Liu Xiu's command, plus the continuous battles, there are more people with high merit, like Deng Yu, Wu Han, Jia Fu, Geng Yi and others, pick out one at random, all have their own lineage in the army, and they respond to every call.

And Liu Xiu has never been wary of them, and has always given them reuse and trust.

It is also because of this lack of suspicion between monarchs and ministers, such as Deng Yu and Wu Han, who have been famous through the ages, have always been loyal to Liu Xiu and are desperate. In terms of controlling people, Liu Xiu is far better than Liu Bang.

Of course, Liu Xiu also has times when he looks away, but this situation is very rare, and it will be mentioned later.

Wu Han and Geng Yi led more than 10,000 cavalry, and quickly stepped up their horses to stop the remnants of the Bronze Horse Army that were fleeing in the direction of Qingyuan County.

The top and bottom of the Bronze Horse Army knew that only by escaping to Qingyuan and joining up with the brothers of the Gaohu Army, the Chonglian Army, and even other divisions could they have a chance of survival.

At this time, in the face of the interception of the Han cavalry, the Bronze Horse Army took out the strength of the desperate San Lang and launched a fierce attack on the Wu Han Department and the Geng Yi Department.

However, the infantry against cavalry is completely different from the infantry against infantry, and the bronze horse army just lacks experience against cavalry, and when it launched an attack, it collided head-on with the cavalry's counter-charge.

The first thing infantry needs to be in a neat formation against cavalry, and this aspect is precisely the Achilles' heel that the Bronze Horse Army lacks.

A plate of scattered bronze horse army, with only one momentum and one strength, but when it collided with the cavalry and rushed into the formation, it was like a clenched fist hitting the tip of a knife.

Under the command of Wu Han and Geng Yi, more than 10,000 Youzhou Raiders cooperated tacitly and fought skillfully, and the 100,000-strong Bronze Horse Army was swept to pieces, and the whole army was in chaos.

The barren Dongshan and Shanghuai hurriedly gathered their troops, and the whole army shrank into a ball, strictly defended to the death, and did not dare to launch an active attack.

The Bronze Horse Army no longer attacked, and Wu Han and Geng Yi also did not move, and did not lead their troops to rush the iron bucket formation of the Copper Horse Army. The war between the two sides has reached a stalemate.

Wu Han and Geng Yi didn't care that the war dragged on like this, their task was to stop the remnants of the Copper Horse from going north, and now the Bronze Horse Army was so frightened that they didn't move, which was exactly what the two of them wanted.

The two of them can afford to drag it, but the Bronze Horse Army can't afford it, and the spies in the rear are like marquees, passing Liu Xiujun's movements to the Dongshan Barren Mountains in a steady stream.

Seeing that Liu Xiubu was getting closer and closer to his side, and his side was suppressed by Wu Han and Geng Yi's cavalry, he would have to be trapped here alive if he continued like this.

Dongshan Barren sent more than 100 elite soldiers, scattered, broke through to the north separately, and went to Qingyuan for help.

Most of these more than 100 elite soldiers were robbed and killed by the cavalry under Wu Han and Geng Yi, and only a few of them escaped the pursuit of the cavalry and ran all the way to Qingyuan.

At present, the Gaohu Army, the Chonglian Army and the other parts of the Bronze Horse Army, a total of 200,000 troops, are gathered in Qingyuan.

After receiving an urgent letter for help from Dongshan Barren, Zhao Gui, the leader of the Gaohu Army, Qi Bei, the leader of the Chonglian Army, and Zhang Huai, the chief general of the Tongma Army, gathered together to discuss how to deal with it.

Zhang Huai's opinion is very simple, now the general is trapped, 100,000 brothers, in danger, he must do his best to rescue.

However, Zhao Gui and Qi Bei both have concerns. They are now in Qingyuan, surrounded by counties and counties attached to Liu Xiu, once they go all out to rescue the Bronze Horse Army, what if Qingyuan is broken by the officers and soldiers of the surrounding counties?

The supply of their 200,000 army is all in Qingyuan, once Qingyuan is lost, there is no need for Liu Xiu to encircle and suppress them, they themselves will collapse first.

Zhang Huai thought about it carefully, thinking that Zhao Gui and Qi Bei's concerns were not unreasonable, and he asked with a frown: "So, what do General Zhao and General Qi think our side should do now?" Do you sit idly by and ignore the general's pleas for help? ”

"Of course you can't sit idly by? Otherwise, we wouldn't be in Qingyuan now! Hearing this, Zhang Huai's face softened a little.

Zhao Gui continued: "We need to divide two soldiers and horses to rescue General Dongshan, leave one army and horses, and guard Qingyuan, so that we can be foolproof!" ”

Zhang Huai nodded and agreed: "According to General Zhao's opinion!" ”

After the three of them discussed the result, they immediately began to act. Zhao Gui led the main force of the headquarters, stayed behind in Qingyuan, Qi Bei and Zhang Huai, and led their respective subordinates to relieve the danger of the Bronze Horse Army being trapped.

Liu Xiu sent Wu Han and Geng Yi to intercept the remnants of the copper horse, which was tantamount to throwing a difficult problem to the rebel army, and the rebel army responded with a division of troops, which was equivalent to throwing this problem to Cen Peng again.

At present, Cen Peng is faced with two choices. First, he led his army to attack the Chonglian Army led by Qi Hui and the other parts of the Bronze Horse Army led by Zhang Huai.

However, the strength of these two troops and horses should be above 100,000 people, and their own side will fight more than 100,000 with 50,000, which is not easy to fight, even if they win, it is a miserable victory, and the casualties are too great. The second choice is naturally to attack Qingyuan. However, it is the main force of the Gaohu Army that stays in Qingyuan, and there are tens of thousands of people, they have Qingyuan's city defense as a support, and they have a geographical advantage

It seems that attacking Zhao Gui is also a good strategy.

Whether it is to fight Qi Bei, Zhang Huai, or Zhao Gui, it is not a good strategy, but his own army of 50,000 cannot not move, and Cen Peng is quite embarrassed at this time.

Now the 50,000 Han troops led by Cen Peng are hiding in a small mountain col near Qingyuan, and the outside of the col is the official road, and the distance between the two places is less than five miles.

The rebel army, led by Qi Bei and Zhang Huai, was marching rapidly on the official road outside the mountain pass.

Seeing that Cen Peng had not given the order to attack for a long time, Zhu You, Gai Yan, Fu Jun, Sai Zun and other generals walked to Cen Peng's approach one after another.

Sai Zun was the first to speak: "General Cen, the thief army is less than five miles away from our department, and now is a good opportunity to take the initiative!" ”

Zhu You nodded and answered: "Our army suddenly kills, and we will definitely be able to kill the thief army by surprise!" ”

Cen Peng glanced at everyone and was silent. Even Fu Jun, who was taciturn, couldn't help but ask at this time, "General Cen wants to capture Qingyuan?" ”

If Cen Peng's goal is Qingyuan City, then it is normal for his side to let this thief army go. But after listening to Fu Jun's words, Cen Peng was still silent.

Seeing this, everyone present was stunned, Cen Peng didn't want to fight the reinforcement thief army, nor did he want to fight the thief army left behind in Qingyuan, so what did he want to do?

Zhu You frowned and said, "General Cen, the fighter plane is fleeting, what are your plans?" ”

Cen Peng said quietly: "The thief army that reinforces the remnants of the copper horse is no less than 100,000 people, and our army is fighting with it, and the casualties are bound to be not small; There are tens of thousands of thieves left behind in Qingyuan, and with the support of city defense, our army is not easy to fight. ”

So? The reinforcements of the thief army are overwhelming, it is not easy to fight, their own side does not fight, the thief army left behind in Qingyuan has the city defense to rely on, and it is not easy to fight, and they still do not fight, so they will sit in this mountain col and wait for pie to fall from the sky?

Zhu You took a deep breath and said angrily: "General Cen is cowardly, then wait here, I, Zhu You, am not greedy for life and afraid of death!" As he spoke, he shouted to the generals on the left and right: "There are brothers who are not afraid of death, go with me to fight!" ”

When many of the Han generals present heard this, they didn't say a word, picked up the guy, and planned to follow Zhu You out of the mountain pass. Cen Peng suddenly said: "Wait! ”

Zhu You turned his head and glared at him. Cen Peng said with a cold face: "I am the chief general of the whole army, whether this battle will be fought or not is up to me to decide, but General Zhu will not be able to resist the order?" ”

"What about the rebellion?" Zhu You said angrily: "Cen Peng, you don't use chicken feathers as arrows!" You have only followed the king for a few days, and how many years have I known him? What kind of score do you have in front of me? ”

After speaking, he stepped out of the stride.

Cen Peng shouted: "No matter who dares to disobey the military order, rashly go to war, and kill him!" ”

Zhu You was almost angry, and asked loudly: "Which one dare to kill me Zhu You?" ”

"The king dares!" As he spoke, Cen Peng suddenly lifted the wooden box that Liu Xiu had given him with his own hands. In this wooden box, it is Liu Xiu's Chixiao Sword. In the Han army, the weight of the Chixiao Sword was no less than that of the Shang Fang Sword. Seeing Cen Peng take out the king's Chixiao Sword to suppress himself, Zhu You's face turned iron blue, and his eyes were almost spewing fire when he stared at Cen Peng.