Mingyue of the Great Song Dynasty http://www./0_1/Chapter 78 How people in the world are not husbands (I)

The more than 6,000 Pinglin soldiers in Dingling became the subordinate of Liu Xiu and Liu Yan in this strange way.

Although he didn't know what kind of factional struggle he would face when his brother killed Chen Mu without any orders... Liu Xiu had no time to consider these things at this moment.

Rescuing Kunyang and blocking Wang Yi and Wang Xun's 400,000 troops is the most important thing at the moment.

Although they left as soon as they appeared, Liu Yan's pressure had completely overwhelmed the five generals. After Liu Yan left, they still swore allegiance to Liu Xiu and became the leader of the Chongling Army.

Liu Xiu's first order was to drive out of the city, give up Dingling completely, and advance towards Kunyang.

The reason is very simple - if you cannot defend Kunyang, the entire Nanyang County will be open and you will see it at a glance. No matter which city it is, there will be no possibility of defending it.

Since that's the case, why bother to separate the troops to stay in Dingling?

So more than 6,000 people left Dingling, leaving only an empty city behind him.

The problem now is that Liu Xiu led more than 6,000 people at this moment, and he would not be able to sneak into Kunyang City from the direction of the forest as he broke through. Not to mention the number of people, he could not move quickly in the forest and hide his whereabouts. The current defense in the forest alone would be countless times farther than before.

The next afternoon, when the troops marched ten miles from Kunyang, they could see the endless camp in the distance. The vast army of 400,000 in front still surrounded Kunyang like an iron barrel, and the camp was staggered from the bottom of the city to five miles away.

Liu Xiu did not set up camp here because the opponent's scout had obviously detected the arrival of his reinforcements. He needed to keep his troops mobility at all times. With the existing more than 6,000 people, if they were stuck or even surrounded by the new army, they would be wiped out in less than an hour on this plain that was not at all dangerously.

He only ordered the troops to stop, half of them were on the spot to be alert, and the other half were setting fires to cook.

Among the more than 6,000 troops brought out by Dingling, there were quite a large number of cavalry, with more than 1,000 cavalry. Although the equipment was not very good, it had at least enough mobility. Liu Xiu divided half of the more than 1,000 cavalry and spread them from afar, reconnaissed the intelligence of the new army in front, and used it as a warning at the same time. The other half gathered to deal with sudden situations at any time.

After the resettlement was completed, Liu Xiu pulled Li Tong and Ren Guang and walked far away to a secluded corner.

"What are your plans next?" Liu Xiu stretched out his hand and pointed to the new military camp that could not be seen in the distance: "How can we bring these more than 6,000 reinforcements into the city?"

"This is probably difficult..." Ren Guang looked at the endless new military camp carefully, thought for a long time, but sighed: "There is naturally no way to sneak in with such a number of people. But if it is a strong attack, it will not be possible. If we can be driven out of the gap by more than 6,000 of us and hit the city of Kunyang, wouldn't the 400,000 people gathered by Wang Mang for all his efforts?

"What's more..." Ren Guang thought for a while and said, "Even if we can forcibly break through the camp and kill to Kunyang City, how many more than 6,000 people will be left? At that time, will the defenders in Kunyang City dare to risk being rushed into the city by the enemy taking advantage of the chaos and open the door and let us in. It is still unknown at this moment..."

"Li Tong, where are you?" Liu Xiu nodded, knowing that what Ren Guang said was indeed the truth, so he turned to Li Tong and asked.

"I... agree with Ren Guang's statement." Li Tong thought for a while: "The blockade in front of us is indeed impossible to break through at this moment. But..."

"But what?" Liu Xiu saw that there was no depressed expression on Li Tong's face, but instead smiled slightly, his eyes lit up and he asked.

"But we may not have to go to the city." Li Tong smiled and said, "I think now that staying outside the city may be more beneficial to the situation."

"Oh?" Liu Xiu suddenly became interested. He pulled the ground twice, pushed the gravel apart, and sat cross-legged on the ground: "Come on, let's talk about it in detail!"

Li Tong pulled Ren Guang and sat in front of Liu Xiu with a confident smile: "The new army surrounded Kunyang, surrounded more than ten floors and built more than 100 camps. Although it is impossible for us to break into the city, at the same time, as long as we always keep wandering outside Kunyang, it will be difficult for Wang Yi and Wang Xun to flexibly capture our traces. After all, it is definitely not that easy to make this giant move."

Liu Xiu touched his chin and nodded slowly to agree.

"So, if we can guarantee our mobility and never give Wang Yiwang a chance to mobilize a large number of troops to encircle and annihilate us, then we will always be a threat to the periphery, a sharp knife." The more Li Tong said, the louder the voice became: "The small town of Kunyang was besieged for more than 20 days, but it still could not be captured smoothly. The morale of the enemy was already greatly depressed. As long as we can find an opportunity and defeat the enemy's small troops once or twice, the morale of the entire New Army on the opposite side will be greatly damaged!"

"There are more than 6,000 troops in the city before we break through. If we can take advantage of the defeat of the new army and fight together, then let alone defend it, even if... we defeat the other party in one fell swoop, it would not be impossible!"

Liu Xiu quickly stretched out his hand and stopped Li Tong who was talking more and more excitedly, and laughed: "This... is a bit too exaggerated. Wang Yi and Wang Xun brought all the elite soldiers who have experienced many battles. Our goal is to defend Kunyang and wait for Wancheng to be captured. We want to defeat the 400,000 army before the reinforcements in Wancheng arrive... Let's forget about this idea."

"Who knows..." Li Tong lowered his head, smiled slightly, but secretly said to himself at an undetectable volume.

A general led the way, one of the five people who had attended the banquet in Dingling City before: "General, our scouts in front have sent back the news. The enemy dispatched a camp and drove towards us, with a number of about 5,000. Are we fighting or retreating?"
Chapter completed!