Both the Han army and the Kui Huan army chose to break the whole into parts, one side was to turn the whole into parts to go south, and the other side was to encircle, chase and intercept the whole into parts, and the situation on the battlefield also became complicated.

In the past few days, scattered Han troops have rushed to the Han army camp outside Longguan almost every day, and the strength of the Han army camp is also increasing rapidly.

Correspondingly, the Kui Huan army stationed in Longguan is gradually decreasing.

Under the advantages of the other, the Han army has an advantage over Longguan.

On this day, many generals came to the Chinese military tent together to meet Liu Xiu.

All the generals said that now is a good time for their side to capture Longguan in one fell swoop.

Hearing the words of the generals, Liu Xiu stood up, turned around, looked at the map hanging on the tent wall, and said, "Do you think the defenders of Longguan will take the initiative to retreat?" ”

The generals looked at each other and said: "Your Majesty, our army is growing more and more, and the enemy defenders are afraid of the strength of our army, so they take the initiative to retreat to avoid the edge for the time being!" ”

Liu Xiu raised his eyebrows and asked: "Our army has more and more troops, won't the enemy army increase its troops in Longguan?" ”

"Uh......" Everyone was asked by Liu Xiu, and they all frowned.

One of the generals whispered, "Your Majesty, maybe it's ...... The enemy's reinforcements could not reach Longguan in time. ”

Liu Xiu smiled and said: "Our soldiers, under the encirclement and interception of the enemy, can still rush to Longguan, will the enemy army be able to reach Longguan in time if they have the advantage?" ”

The general who spoke was stunned, hung his head, and said no more.

Liu Xiu clicked on the map and said, "This is a trap dug by the enemy for our army!" Once our army rashly captures Longguan, it is equivalent to jumping into the trap dug by the enemy, at that time, the main force of the enemy army gathers over, blocking the east and west sides of Longguan, and our army will have to be trapped alive in Longguan! ”

Hearing this, all the generals present gasped, looked at each other, bowed to Liu Xiu together, and said in unison: "Your Majesty Shengming!" ”

Liu Xiu Zhengse said: "No matter what kind of variables appear in Longguan, even if there is only an empty city left, our army can sit idly by. ”

"Whoa!"

All the generals bowed their hands in unison.

"Wait for the resignation!"

Seeing Liu Xiu nodded, people withdrew from the Chinese military tent.

When they left, Fu Jun walked in from outside and said, "Your Majesty! ”

Liu Xiu smiled at Fu Jun, waved his hand at him, and motioned for him to sit down.

Fu Jun said helplessly: "The generals and soldiers in the army, now they all think that our side is strong, and the enemy army is weak, for Longguan, they all have the mentality that they are bound to win, and in the past few days, they have repeatedly persuaded Weichen to send troops, but Weichen did not agree, so they came to Your Majesty to ask for war." ”

"Wang Yuan is scheming, but he is a good handsome talent!"

Liu Xiu said with a smile: "Wang Yuan's first target is me, knowing that I am in Longguan, he is convenient for digging a pit here in Longguan, hoping that I can jump in." ”

Speaking of this, Liu Xiu shook his head and smiled, and said: "Ziwei, you can send twenty songs tomorrow to meet the soldiers of our army's retreat!" ”

One song is 500 soldiers and horses, and 20 songs are 10,000 soldiers and horses.

Fu Jun's face was straight, and he bowed to Liu Xiu and said, "Yes!" Your Majesty! ”

Liu Xiu said worriedly: "Our army has been reduced to zero, and the enemy army has also been reduced to zero, and now the battle situation is chaotic, the enemy and us are staggered, I am worried that many soldiers will not be able to withdraw back!" ”

Fu Jun said: "Weichen came here for this reason!" Early tomorrow morning, Weichen will immediately send troops out of the camp! ”

"Hmm!"

Liu Xiu nodded.

The next day, the Han army that went north from the camp, in addition to the twenty soldiers sent by Fu Jun, Liu Xiu also left the camp in disguise.

With him, there were one hundred Yulin Army, two hundred Tiger Army, and two hundred elite Han Army, which together were exactly five hundred.

Liu Xiu was wearing the military uniform and armor of a school captain, and there were Luo You, Long Yuan, Xu Ying and others by his side.

After leaving the camp and walking ten miles to the north, Liu Xiu stopped, asked Long Yuan to take the map, spread it on the ground, and looked down.

He pointed to the map and said: "Here, called Geyang Village, is one of the necessary routes for our army to retreat from north to south, and we can wait here to meet our soldiers!" ”

Everyone nodded in unison.

Then, Liu Xiu put away the map, took his five hundred soldiers, and went straight to Geyang Village.

Geyang Village is 50 miles away from Longguan and is a large village with hundreds of people in the village.

Longguan is located near the junction of Hanyang and Sanfu, Geyang Village is closer to the junction, and businessmen who travel back and forth between Hanyang and Sanfu will use this place as a foothold and resting place, so Geyang Village is more prosperous and lively than ordinary villages.

There are a lot of guest houses, tea houses, and wine houses in the village, which used to be full of people, but now because of the war between the two armies, the village seems to be much more deserted.

The spies of the Han army first inquired in the village and confirmed that there was no hostile situation, and then they came back to report to Liu Xiuyu.

Liu Xiu nodded, knew it in his heart, and then ordered the whole army to be stationed outside the village to rest.

Geyang Village is located at the junction of Hanyang and Sanfu, the villagers are also well-informed, they are neither afraid of the Kui army, nor afraid of the Han army, heard that there is a Han army stationed outside the village, the villagers immediately realized that the business opportunity is coming, many villagers are carrying water, with dry food, to the Han army camp, or to sell water, or sell dry food.

This place in Geyang Village, as far as the eye can see, is all dry loess, the water source is really hard to find, plus the weather is hot, the water brought by the soldiers of the Han army is almost drunk, and now I see someone to sell water, the price is not expensive, and the soldiers have gone to buy water to drink.

As soon as they saw that the Han army was willing to spend money to buy water, the villagers of Geyang Village were excited, and several wells in the village were surrounded by the villagers who came to fetch water, and even the five or six-year-old dolls carried jars to fetch water, and wanted to sell them at the Han army camp.

The village is taking a few villagers to the Han army camp, and he bowed his hand to a soldier and said: "This little brother, Lao Er is the village leader of Geyang Village, I don't know who your leading general is?" ”

The soldiers looked Muramasa up and down and asked, "You want to see our general?" ”

"Exactly! Precisely! ”

The soldier pondered for a moment and said, "You wait here, I'll go back and report it!" ”

"Thank you, thank you!"

The soldiers first reported to Long Yuan, and Long Yuan reported to Liu Xiu.

Now Liu Xiu's Chinese military tent is so simple that it can't be simpler, there is not even a shed, but a circle of tents around it, and a few soft couches on the ground.

Liu Xiu was sitting on the soft couch, looking at the map, Long Yuan walked in, bowed his hand, and said, "Your Majesty, Geyang Village is asking to see you!" ”

"Hmm!"

Liu Xiu first responded, and said without raising his head: "It's very noisy outside." ”

Long Yuan smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, there were only about a dozen villagers who came to sell water and dry food just now, and now there are more than 100 villagers who sell water and dry food. ”

Long Yuan had to admire, the villagers in Geyang Village had a keener sense of smell for business opportunities, and even the elderly and children rushed to make money.

Liu Xiu shrugged his shoulders and said, "In the future, when the imperial court subdues Liangzhou, such beetle (du) villages need to be rectified." ”

He used the term beetle village to describe Geyang Village, which is a typical Legalist thought.

In Han Feizi's "Five Worms", it is written: Those who write books and speak are skillful in arguing and disrupting laws and regulations; Columnists, deceitful, swaggering; Rangers, assassins, gathering henchmen, and disturbing social laws; The protégés of the princes and nobles, evading military service and offering bribes; Workers and merchants, shoddy, hoarding, squeezing and exploiting the property of the peasants.

These five types of people are the five poisonous insects in the world, so they are collectively called the five beetles.

It can also be seen from this that the Legalists are extremely disgusted with businessmen and list them as one of the five poisonous insects.

Liu Xiu advocates Confucianism and Taoism, but he also agrees with some of the ideas of Legalism.

And his identification with Legalism also shows that he is extremely repulsive to businessmen and people in the rivers and lakes.

Because the influence of the Green Forest Army is too great in history, the Jianghu people of later generations are very heroic and call themselves Green Forest people, and they don't know that Liu Xiu, as one of the leaders of the Green Forest Army, is the most disgusted with the Jianghu people.

The villagers of Geyang Village flocked to the village when they smelled business opportunities, which in Liu Xiu's view, was very bad, and it also needed to be rectified and educated.

Long Yuan asked, "Your Majesty, that village is ......" "Bring him over!" ”

"Yes! Your Majesty! ”

Long Yuan bowed and saluted, and then walked out of the Chinese military tent.

After a short time, an elderly man was led in by him.

Liu Xiu raised his eyes to look at the old man, his appearance was not good, he was not tall, his beard was gray, and he looked like he was sixty miles away.

Liu Xiu slowly asked: "I am the captain of the army, I don't know if the village is coming, what are you doing?" ”

Muramasa hurriedly bowed down, first introduced himself, and then asked in a low voice: "I don't know ...... general" "Captain." ”

"Ah, I don't know why Lord Lieutenant led so many soldiers to come to my Geyang Village?"

Liu Xiu said: "The village is not worried, we are only stationed outside the village and will not harass the villagers. ”

"This ...... Is there going to be a war in Geyang Village? ”

Muramasa asked in a whisper.

Liu Xiu was silent for a moment and said, "If there is really an enemy approaching, we will fight outside the village and not affect the village!" ”

Muramasa breathed a sigh of relief and said with a happy face: "That's very good! So much better! The villagers of our Geyang Village are very peaceful and self-contained, and on weekdays, they just do a little business. ”

Liu Xiu said with a smile: "The whole village is doing business, and the three elders here are really flattering!" ”

The three elders are local officials at the next level of the county order, similar to the township chief and town head, in addition to managing the local administration, the three elders also have a very important responsibility, which is to discipline and educate.

In Liu Xiu's eyes, the indoctrination of this Geyang Village is simply a complete failure.

When Mura Zheng heard Liu Xiu's words, his old face turned red and he hurriedly bowed down.

Liu Xiu waved his hand and said, "Stand down!" ”

"Lord Captain, my old man retires!"

As long as there is a war and it does not affect the village, the village will be relieved.

Liu Xiu stood up, walked out of the tent of the Chinese army, and raised his eyes to look.

Ho! It's really hilarious! The outside of this barracks is almost in time for the vegetable market, not only selling food and drink, but also selling needlework and thread, selling all kinds of gadgets, shouting one after another, and their own soldiers are also very popular, one after another.

He was watching, Luo You came over with a pot of water, his little face was flushed, and he smiled: "Your Majesty, the maid just bought a pot of water, only one penny!" Now the maid can make tea for His Majesty. ”

"......" Liu Xiu was speechless for a while.

He waved his hand and said, "Okay, no need to make tea, let's go around the village." ”

As he spoke, Liu Xiu walked towards the outside of the camp.