Rebel

"Wu Yu" once said: "Thousands of people think of a square formation, all of which are white clothes, white flags, plain armor, and white feathers. The left army is the same, all are red clothes, red armor, red feathers. , look like fire."

Today, the war at Yingshui is raging like a raging fire, just as it is said in "Wu Yu".That night, the left army of the Jiangqu Army sneaked across from the shallow water upstream to the opposite bank, and marched towards the Huben garrison in the dark to attack the camp.

Unexpectedly, Yongchi had been on guard for a long time, and ambushed 3 horses along the way, annihilating the front of the Jiangqu Zuo army who attacked the camp, and breaking up the rear.The Zuo Army led the remnants to the edge of Yingshui, Liao Quji ordered the Chinese Army to beat drums to support, Huben retreated, and the Jiangqu Zuo Army merged into the Central Army.

In the early morning of the second day, the tigers lined up and waited.At this time, there was a heavy fog on the river, and Liao Quji led the Jiangqu army to take advantage of the fog that filled the river to attack Yongchi's tiger by water.Huben came from the north, he was not good at water, he only felt the arrow feathers flying, but no enemy was rushing, there were all shouts and killing sounds, Yong Chi saw that the formation was disordered, so he hurriedly led his troops back.

Therefore, Jianghu and Huben won one victory and one loss.

Battle reports flew into the Yuyang County mansion in the north like snowflakes, but Gu Ao always summoned the secret song of the Yu family in Shangjing, asking about the location of the capital and how to transport food for the army going south.

It is also said that Huben not only received military rations, but also collected food from around the garrison. The aristocratic families raised food to pay for it, but many people with their own land were ruined because they could not pay the military rations.The same is true for the Jiangqu army's grain collection, which is self-provided and raised.Since then, when the two armies crossed, many farmers had no surplus food, so they had to mortgage their land to borrow food from the aristocratic family. As a result, there were hundreds of thousands of bankrupt farmers and farmers who sold themselves into slavery along the front line.

The nursery rhyme "The Great Han is prosperous, the world is solid" also burned all over the land of China like a raging fire of war.The King of Han, who was far away in Yuyang, issued three "Letters to the World" in a row, blaming the Jiangqu and Huben armies for disregarding people's livelihood, causing corpses everywhere, people mourning and ghosts crying, and issued an order to let the refugees be accommodated in the north.

For a time, you can see everywhere, there is a huge team of refugees heading north, they are full of hope, but only a few of them can make it to the destination Yuyang alive.

For a time, all the scholars from all over the world looked north, and the word "King of Han" in their hearts was no longer just a king who resisted the army.They began to pay attention to every order of the King of Han.The King of Han said that everything is caused by the separation of the common people; the King of Han said that once the common people are equalized and everyone has land, the world will no longer have these sufferings.

The scholars watched the grain and grass transported from the post road one by one and thrown into the war, but the people were displaced and starved of food, so they lamented one after another.The drought has long consumed the people's surplus food, and the war has driven them to a dead end.Unless you serve as a soldier, or go north, there will be no way out.

Some people spontaneously launched poetry meetings to support the King of Han, while others satirized the current affairs and never forgot to praise the King of Han.Some people even said: "When the horses come, there is rice, and the people sing like this, which shows that it is the hearts of the people."

Another caring person found out the rumors of "Mr. Junlian" who said that "the one who wins the secret wins the world", and said quietly: "It seems that the one who will win the world in the future will be..." He pointed to the north with his finger.

In Guao in the north, every day, the two armies will still be asked about the amount of food and grass consumed by the stalemate.Yu Junfan once said to Gu Ao: "The Liao family may not be able to defeat the tigers. After all, there are no good horses in the south of the Yangtze River, but there are Shanglinyuan in Gyeonggi, and they can also be purchased from the north. The Liao family wants to win by water, but there are many horses. Deception, I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with."

Gu Ao said: "I heard from my father that the father of King Jiangqu first voted to become king and fought against King Qin. He had the idea of ​​a tripartite confrontation. Later, both father and brother of King Jiangqu died in battle. On the day of returning to the spirit, My father was also there. Seeing King Jiangqu caressing the corpse and crying loudly, he untied the family heirloom bag from the body, fearing that there would be a legacy letter. Soon after King Jiangqu saw that King Cheng was defeated, he took his younger brother and turned to King Qin. Very thick. My father once said to me that King Jiangqu’s ambition to win the throne probably started at that time. Judging from this time, it is almost obsessive.”

Yu Junfan said: "Go up to the army to attack the plan. The king of Jiangqu has not won the plan, so he is still a little impatient."

Gu Ao said: "He has the vengeance of killing his father, and he has the intention of aspiring to the top; he thought that I also had the vengeance of killing his father, and he would never let go of this opportunity for Yongchi to go south. In fact, he expected it well, but Yu Hanjun came Say, the time has not come."

Yu Junfan gently squeezed Gu Ao's shoulder.

"Report—battle report from the south!"

Yu Junfan stepped forward to take it, handed it to Gu Ao, Gu Ao opened the lacquer seal, lowered his eyes and read silently, Gu Ao waved his hand slowly, Yu Junfan said to the messenger: "Go down."

Gu Ao's gaze was still fixed on the letter, Yu Junfan walked up to Gu Ao and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

Gu Ao raised his eyes with burning eyes: "Yongchi traveled thousands of miles with a force of tiger and cardinal cavalry, went around to the rear of Liao Quji, and conquered all his strongholds along the river. If the waterways are blocked, the rivers will run out of food. Yongchi let people scatter There were rumors that Jiangqu was short of food. Liao Quji sent several groups of soldiers to rescue them but failed. He had to fight with his back. He personally captured Liao Quji, the son of King Jiangqu. Afterwards, Huben forced his way across the river, and the cavalry army overwhelmed him, breaking through the line of the Jiangqu Central Army. Under the cover of the enemy, let's lose and go."

Yu Junfan took a breath: "...Yong Chi won like this?"

Gu Ao stood up and said with a smile: "...Victory? This is the beginning of his defeat, and Jiang Qu has also fallen into a slump because of this. Now the time has come."

Yujun Fan said solemnly: "The King of Han wants to call Liao Qinghui?"

Gu Ao curled his lips: "You guessed right, prepare my horse and armor, but there is no need to call Liao Qinghui, I will go to see him in person."

Yu Junfan nodded: "Okay."

Gu Ao shook Yu Junfan's hand: "Yuyang City, I will leave it to you."

Yu Junfan looked into Gu Ao's eyes and nodded: "Don't worry."

When they came to the camp where Liao Qinghui was the general, many lieutenants saw Gu Ao, and they all surrounded him and shouted, "King of Han!" "King of Han!" "King of Han! You are here!" "King of Han, when are we going to march?" ?”

Gu Ao smiled: "I'm going to go out immediately."

There was a burst of cheers, Gu Ao walked out of the crowd, and entered the handsome tent through the curtain. He saw Liao Qinghui sitting alone in front of the case, his eyes were a little dull, with a bottle of wine in his hand, he raised his head and took a sip, took a drink belch.At his feet, three or four empty jugs rolled down.There was not a single guard around Liao Qinghui, perhaps they were driven away by himself.

Liao Qinghui was in a daze, but did not hear footsteps.Suddenly, the curtain was lifted, and a burst of strong light shone in, it was the brilliance of the sun.The oppressive and gloomy atmosphere in the tent was swept away in an instant.Liao Qinghui quickly covered his face with his hands and looked at the person coming.

He rubbed his eyes: "The King of Han?..." Liao Qinghui said inarticulately, "Don't use the King of Han to persuade me...I...I understand...you think my uncle is ravaging the common people...Yuyang wants to save the army rations to help the refugees ...I'm afraid...I'm afraid they won't send troops..."

Gu Ao stepped forward, picked up the jug on the ground, put it on the table, and said slowly: "Seeing that you are so drunk, how do you ride a horse? We are going to Jiangqu now."

Liao Qinghui grabbed Gu Ao's sleeve, raised his face, and stabilized his figure: "King of Han...you are King of Han, I'm not dreaming?"

Gu Ao patted Liao Qinghui on the shoulder: "It was difficult for you before. The Northern Army has no foundation in the south of the Yangtze River, and I don't want to plunder food along the way to replenish military supplies, but the Northland needs to rescue the refugees. If they want to go south, there is really not enough food and grass. I didn't expect this The new defeat in Fanjiangqu is already in critical condition. At this point, I can't just ignore death. I've already asked people to transfer food and grass... Let's go now, without further delay, we must not let the tigers invade the Jiangqu and Hejian counties .”

Hearing this, Liao Qinghui knelt down with a plop, tears streaming down his face: "King of Han, isn't the military ration we are going to use originally used to help the refugees?"

Gu Ao nodded.

Liao Qinghui grabbed the hem of Gu Ao's robe and burst into tears. Suddenly he kowtowed to the ground and said, "...Thank you King Han, thank you King Han."

Gu Ao said: "If you want to thank, kill the enemy as a thank you. Let's go."

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[-] iron riders, all riding fast horses imported from the Western Regions, and carrying the latest batch of forged scimitars, poured out from Yuyang County, pointing directly at the world.

The horses galloped across the fields, crossed countless rapids, and crossed countless mountains.

On the first day of the raid, I heard that Xun Yusheng stabilized the defeated Jiangqu army, and formed a second line of defense after retreating a hundred miles.Yong Chi led his troops, unable to attack for a long time, threatened not to surrender again, and cut Liao Quji before the battle.

On the second day of the raid, it was heard that King Jiangqu wanted to surrender to the imperial court, and Yongchi sent someone to report that if he wanted to surrender, he would have to take the son of King Jiangqu in Shangjing as a pledge.King Jiangqu hesitated.

On the third day of the raid, I heard that Yongchi was worried that Liao Yong, the king of Jiangqu, would relapse in the future, and added a condition that Xun Yusheng must be killed before he could accept Jiangqu's surrender.

On the fourth day of the raid, it was heard that the two factions in Jiangqu were at a stalemate.Some people say that the second line of defense is impenetrable and do not support King Jiangqu's surrender;

On the fifth day of the raid, Gu Ao and Liao Qinghui finally led their army to Jiangqu County, with [-] cavalry, the battle flag fluttering, looking at the battlefield in the distance.

"Report—Hu Ben bypassed the Jiangqu defense line, but turned around and attacked Yingchuan County, and the city of Yingchuan County was destroyed!"

"Xun Juncheng has been beheaded! The head has been sent to the tent of Commander Huben!"

As the news came one by one, Gu Ao discussed with Liao Qinghui: "The reason why King Jiangqu was tied up is because the son of Jiangqu was captured. I think it is best to save the son first."

Liao Qinghui said anxiously: "I also want to save my cousin, does the King of Han have a good way?"

Gu Ao said: "Yongchi is afraid of long nights and dreams, so he has sent people to escort the son back to Shangjing. Along the way, we have to pass through a valley. Behind the valley is a plain. We can lay an ambush in the valley and shoot arrows to drive them away. Once they leave the valley, they will meet Our cavalry is expected to be invincible."

Liao Qinghui nodded and said, "Everything is up to the King of Han."