A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 263 Kunyang, a miracle

Kunyang is located at the junction of Nanyang County and Yingchuan County. Kunshui River and Shuishui River flow in parallel from west to east, and finally merge into Ru River. Kunyang is located between the Kun and Shui rivers.

Kunyang faces the water to the north, and leans on the Kunshui to the north. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Wang Yi had long known that Kunyang was difficult to attack, but he also knew that the defenders of Kunyang had less than ten thousand people. In order to prevent the rebels from other places from supporting Kunyang, and to prevent the defenders of Kunyang from defending against the Shuanshui River.

Therefore, a vanguard cavalry of 5,000 people was sent to cross the Shuishui River day and night to prevent the Kunyang defenders from taking advantage of the Shuishui River and to prevent the Kunyang defenders from escaping and running into the mountains and forests where they would be difficult to exterminate.

Then two thousand men from the vanguard cavalry were sent to quietly cross the Kunshui River and cruise on the south bank of the Kunshui River to prevent the Kunyang defenders from crossing the Kunshui River.

May

One hundred thousand people from the front of the New Army crossed the Shuishui River and surrounded Kunyang. The war was about to break out.

The front army consisted of 100,000 men, led by General Wang Xun.

After Wang Xun arrived at Kunyang City, he did not immediately order the siege. Instead, he cut down trees to build camps and made siege equipment. He also sent 50,000 people to cross the Kunshui River from both sides of Kunyang and formed an array on the south bank of Kunyang River to attack Kunyang. Complete siege, Kunyang became a dead city.

May 23
"Millions of troops" gathered in the north of Kunyang City in a mighty and mighty manner, with flags covering the sky, and the end could not be seen at a glance.

Yan You, who had fought against the Green Forest Army before, knew that Kunyang was easy to defend but difficult to attack and the Green Forest Army was difficult to defeat, so he suggested to Wang Yidao: "Sikong, according to the opinion of my subordinates,

Kunyang City is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and the main force of the Gengshi Peasant Army is in the area of ​​Wancheng. Our army should bypass Kunyang and quickly rush to Wancheng to defeat the main force of the Gengshi Army there first. Then Kunyang City can be taken without a fight. . "

Wang Yi sneered: "But a group of bandits in the mountains took advantage of the imperial court's opportunity to wipe out the Shandong bandits and occupied some cities. What kind of combat power do they have?
My million-strong army is so vast that any enemy that passes through it must be destroyed. Now I am slaughtering this city, marching in with blood, singing in front and dancing in front of me, don’t worry about it!
Besides, the thieves are good at running and escaping into the mountains and forests. When the time comes, they will have to spend a lot of time strangulating them, which I don't want to do. "

Then he ordered the army to capture Kunyang first, and then attack the main force of the bandit army.

So that day, relying on the empty city equipment Wang Xun made two days ago, he wanted to take advantage of the Kunyang defenders not paying attention and start attacking the city directly.

In Kunyang, Wang Feng and Wang Chang knew that they could no longer escape. According to the nature of the new dynasty, surrender would definitely result in death, so they had no choice but to hold on.

Fortunately, after capturing Kunyang, Liu Xiu followed Liu Xiu's advice and not only did not harm the city of Kunyang, but also opened the grain depot and distributed food to win the hearts of the people of Kunyang.

He also heard from the Green Forest Army that the new dynasty's army had arrived and was rumored to massacre the city. After weighing the pros and cons, the people sent people to help the Green Forest Army defend the city.

Fortunately, Kunyang is a fortified city, and the Green Forest Army did not use much force when capturing Kunyang. The city defense equipment inside was sufficient and not damaged at all, which gave Wang Feng and the others some confidence.

Wang Feng and Wang Chang decided to alternate command with each other to prevent the new army from attacking in turn.

As expected, under the general momentum of the new army, more than 400,000 troops took turns to attack Kunyang. Fortunately, Kunyang was not big, and the 400,000 troops could not spread out, allowing the Kunyang defenders to completely defend.

May 26
The 400,000-strong army has been attacking day and night for three days, but Kunyang is still in the hands of the Green Forest Army. During this period, they dug tunnels, built cloud chariots, and used all the methods that should be used, but they were all repulsed by the Green Forest Army.

Although Kunyang suffered very heavy losses, it successfully blocked the new army, which also made the new army very tired.

"drive!"

Liu Xiu quickly rushed to the south bank of Kunshui ten miles away with more than 10,000 cavalry collected from Yancheng and Dingling.

Fearing that Kunyang would fall, Liu Xiu first arrived with 2,000 cavalry, followed by the remaining 7,000 infantry.

"Report! General, the new army has surrounded Kunyang. We can't get a trace of news from Kunyang City."

Liu Xiu breathed a sigh of relief. No news is the best news.

"What is the distribution of enemy forces?"

As early as last night, Liu Xiu sent out five hundred scouts.

"The enemy troops centered on Kunyang and surrounded it tightly. Except for the south of Kunyang, which was close to Kunshui River and where the enemy troops were monitoring from across the bank, there were shouts of killing from the east, north and west of the city.

Looking at the banners, there are about 50,000 cavalry in the south of Kunshui, more than 100,000 in the west of Kunyang, and more than 100,000 in the east. As for the north, the camps are connected in a stretch, stretching for three to five miles, and it is estimated that there are more than 300,000. . "

"So, the enemy's main attack direction is in the north?"

The military commander in charge of the investigation said: "General, my brothers have been staying around Kunyang all night. The shouts of killing are the loudest in the north of the city, but the east and west sides are not weak, and the enemy troops attack the city day and night. Every time they attack the city, The interval is half an hour at most.”

Liu Xiu was thinking about countermeasures and kept pacing. The generals around him did not dare to speak for fear of disturbing him.

"How long is the infantry away from us?" Liu Xiu asked.

"According to the latest report, we are still two days away."

Liu Xiu kept tapping the riding whip in the palm of his hand and thought: "The enemy has been delayed in Kunyang for four or five days. They must not be particularly clear about the direction of Wancheng. Maybe they know the battle situation in Wancheng and identify our army in Wancheng." The main force will not support Kunyang, so they are delayed here.

In this case, let's take him off guard. "

He turned his head and looked at the generals and said: "Pass my general order, the whole army will start to rest. There is still an hour before dark, follow me to the new army camp to find out what's going on."

Time passes slowly. There was only an hour until dark.

Liu Xiu led his men to the south bank of Kunshui River and formed a formation two or three miles south of the New Army camp. He also ordered people to place suspicious soldiers in the woods behind him to create the illusion that the Green Forest Army had arrived. "Report, Da Sikong, a small group of cavalry appeared on the south bank of Kunshui River, numbering about two thousand people. Afterwards, there were also figures flashing through the woods. I don't know how many there are."

Yan You on the side saw that Kunyang City could not be attacked repeatedly and his army was becoming increasingly passive, so he once again suggested to Wang Yi:
"Da Sikong, perhaps reinforcements from Wancheng are coming, and Kunyang is not going down for many days, which may delay the Wancheng battle. The art of war states: The siege of the city must be open to one side.

It is better to encircle three towers. First, it can prevent the defenders in the city from fighting against the trapped beasts. Second, it can allow the defenders in the city to escape part of the city and go to Wanyang City to spread terror, shake the enemy's morale, and disintegrate the enemy's morale. "

However, Wang Yi believed that he was undefeated and had a large number of troops. How could he listen to Yan You's words? When he heard that a small group of enemy troops appeared on the south bank, he only sent thousands of people to fight.

He is still supervising the siege in the north of the city.

Liu Xiu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw thousands of cavalry coming out of the camp opposite. Fortunately, they didn't all rush out.

Then he raised the gun in his hand and shouted: "Whether you can have enough to eat from now on depends on this battle. Brothers, follow me and kill!"

After saying that, he patted his horse and rode towards thousands of enemies, followed by two thousand cavalry.

The cavalry of the new army was cavalry that could ride horses and was recruited from various counties and counties. It could not be compared with the cavalry in the North, so its combat effectiveness was limited.

Soon, the two armies engaged in battle. Liu Xiu led his personal guards to attack bravely, charging repeatedly and beheading dozens of new troops on the spot, which greatly inspired the knights under his command.

Liu Xiu's father was Liu Qin, the same Liu County Cheng whom Bai Guan met when he was practicing in Nanyang and serving as the magistrate of Caiyang County. Later, Bai Guan recommended him to Xiaolian and served successively as the magistrate of Nanton County.

Therefore, Liu Xiu and his brother Liu Yan were deeply taught by their father Liu Qin. When Bai Guan was training troops to suppress bandits in Nanyang County, his clan members had participated in cavalry training. Therefore, the Liu clan in Caiyang has always had cavalry training methods.

However, Liu Qin died in office. Liu Xiu practiced his skills hard since he was a child and wanted to gain wealth. Therefore, he could be said to be both civil and military. His literary aspect was good, but his martial aspect was inferior to that of his brother Liu Yan. point.

Looking at the cavalry of the New Army, they were originally temporarily recruited county cavalry. When they encountered a fierce man like Liu Xiu, and several cavalry generals under Liu Xiu's command, they were killed and defeated.

The New Army's cavalry was killed and dispersed. Liu Xiu led the team and followed the enemy's cavalry into the New Army's camp on the south bank of Kunshui. Just as it was getting dark, Liu Xiu ordered the knights to light the torches that had been prepared long ago.

For a time, a fire dragon was killing randomly in the New Army camp. Tens of thousands of New Army soldiers were killed by Liu Xiujun in their own camp and were routed.

By the time it dawned the next day, the entire camp was devoid of enemy troops. They had either been killed or had run away, but the vast majority of them had run away.

Not caring about rest, in order to boost the morale of the entire army and strengthen the morale of the Kunyang defenders, Liu Xiu had people prepare a battle report for the capture of Wancheng, shoot an arrow at Kunyang across the Kunshui River, and shoot it into Kunyang City.

He also asked someone to deliberately lose the battle report, and then led the army to leave.

Once this news spread, the morale of the defenders in Kunyang City was even higher and the defense of the city became more resolute. After Wang Yi's army reoccupied the camp at noon, they could not attack Kunyang City for a long time due to the sudden attack. When they heard that Wancheng had fallen, they Morale is even more depressing.

"Bang!" Wang Yi kicked over several cases in front of him.

The generals saw Wang Yi angry and did not dare to say anything.

"Send an order to divide another 100,000 troops and station troops on the south bank of Kunshui River. Dig deep trenches and build wide forts to prevent the enemy's main force from raiding. Wait until I take Kunyang and have a showdown with the bandit army."

Although Wang Yi, who held "millions of soldiers", was angry that the new army on the south bank was wiped out, he did not feel that he would lose.

As for why the whole army was wiped out, it was because the new army on the south bank were originally soldiers from counties and counties forcibly recruited around Yingchuan County. They had objections to Daxin. It was okay to have officers in charge. But now the order is in chaos and they have fled into the mountains and forests. Anyway, Not far from my hometown, I want to wait until the war is over and find an opportunity to return to my hometown.

Wang Yi sent 100,000 people from the north of the city to the south bank, and transferred tens of thousands from the east and west sides to the north of the city, leaving 100,000 people in the north and only tens of thousands left in the east and west.

May 28
Kunyang was still holding on, and Liu Xiu also waited for thousands of infantry to follow.

At this time, Liu Xiu had already obtained the location of Wang Yi's army and also knew that the enemy general was arrogant and underestimated the enemy.

So he gave up the cavalry, selected 3,000 brave men from the whole army, and ordered the deputy general to take the remaining soldiers to camp not far from the new army to confuse the other party.

He personally led a small group of 3,000 elite men, who detoured to the enemy's flank at night, secretly waded across Kunshui, and launched an extremely violent attack on Wang Yi's base camp.

Liu Xiu's offensive was very fierce, but Wang Yi still despised Liu Xiu's troops who attacked at night, and did not take Liu Xiu seriously. Instead, he was worried that the state and county soldiers under his command would lose control at night and all escape, so he ordered each battalion to rein in their troops and not allow unauthorized access. Send out troops and kill those who disobey orders.

And he and Wang Xun led ten thousand people to fight against Liu Xiu's charge.

However, Liu Xiu had been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and the elite soldiers he led were also warriors who had fought many battles for many years. They were indomitable in the rebellion, and there were almost no enemies under them. Wang Yi's more than 10,000 troops were actually trapped in the dilemma of being passively beaten, and the battle was in chaos. .

However, the other generals in the camp did not dare to rescue Wang Yi because Wang Yi had orders in advance. As a result, Wang Yi's army was defeated. Even the general Wang Xun became the victim of Liu Xiu's sword.

At this time, the sky was bright and the battle in the distance could be seen. Wang, who was located in Kunyang City, saw that the enemy's commander had left the army. Later, he saw that the enemy's mid-level army had fallen and the formation was in chaos.

Immediately ordered to take advantage of the situation to attack in time, so under the attack from both inside and outside, the sound of killing in the north of the city was shaking, and the entire Wang Yi army in the north of the city was completely defeated.

The generals of Wang Yi's army on the east, west, and south sides learned that their commander was missing and their deputy commander was beheaded. Seeing that the situation was over, they fled north one after another, trampling on each other and leaving corpses everywhere.

Coincidentally, at this time, there was another strong wind, flying tiles, heavy rain, and the Nian River rose sharply. The soldiers of Wang Yi's army waded into the water to escape, and countless people were drowned.

So out of the entire Wang Yi army, only a few people including Wang Yi and Yan You escaped in embarrassment and fled into Luoyang. Most of the people were either washed away by the Kunshui and Nian rivers or fled back to their hometowns.

(End of this chapter)