In Xiayang County, the temporary residence of former Han general Deng Yu, a small military conference is underway.

The meeting was hosted by the young former general Deng Yu. He was only twenty-four years old this year, but he was appointed as the Grand Tu. He was named the Marquis of the King of Hedong and had a fief of ten thousand households. He was the most meritorious official in the Bronze Horse Emperor Liu Xiu.

The title of "Qingmaster" was the title of Xiao He, the famous prime minister in the early Han Dynasty. Since Xiao He, "Qingmaster" has become almost the highest honor and lifelong pursuit of all civil officials in the Han Dynasty. From this title, we can see that Deng Yu was not a military general in the traditional sense, and his achievements were not mainly about conquering cities and territories.

Deng Yu is a new savage from Nanyang and is considered a fellow villager of Liu Xiu. He was known as a child prodigy at a young age and was known for his literature at the age of thirteen. Deng Yu was classmates with Liu Xiu when he was studying in Chang'an. When he saw Liu Xiu, he believed that he was not an ordinary person and was in love with him. The two not only had close friends, but also had a marriage relationship. Deng Yu's uncle Deng Chen was Liu Xiu's brother-in-law. Because of this multiple relationship, and because of the similar temperaments of the two, Liu Xiu and Deng Yu have always been very close.

After Emperor Gengshi ascended the throne, Deng Yu was hiding in the village and refused to come out of the mountain until Liu Xiu was patrolling Hebei with integrity. He ran to follow him alone without saying a word. Liu Xiu was overjoyed when he saw Deng Yu and asked him what official he wanted to be. Deng Yu replied that he did not want to be an official, but was willing to make achievements with him. Since then, he has been following Liu Xiu.

Deng Yu was wise and not only knew Liu Xiu, but also often recommended talents and made suggestions for employment. The people he recommended were competent for their duties. Liu Xiu trusted Deng Yu very much, not only his loyalty, but also his abilities.

Deng Yu made military achievements in pacifying Hebei. Liu Xiu thought that he had the talent to lead the army, so he divided his 20,000 elite soldiers to give him, allowing Deng Yu to enter Tu Hedong. Although the 20,000 people did not seem to be a large number, they were real elite soldiers, almost half of Liu Xiu's elite soldiers.

Deng Yu defeated Wang Kuang, Cheng Dan and other Gengshi generals, and narrowed down Hedong. He recruited tens of thousands of troops in the local area, leading 50,000 people across the river and advanced westward to plan for Chang'an.

This time, being the general of the front and being the only one is a rare opportunity for Deng Yu. The emperor had no more trust in him, and he was allowed to choose his generals on his own. Deng Yu chose all the unknown people and almost abandoned all famous generals. This shows his pride and conceit.

He achieved success and fame at the age of more than 20 and was in a high position. Deng Yu was full of energy and wanted to go further and build immortal achievements and become famous in history. The generals under his command also cherished this rare opportunity and wanted to make achievements with the general. In short, this is an ambitious and enterprising team.

Wang Kuang, Chengdan was defeated and retreated to Chang'an. Deng Yu's main opponent after crossing the river was the Gengshi Zhonglang General Zuo Fu Duwei Gongcheng She. Gong Chengshe was stationed in Yaxian County at this time, with a total of 100,000 troops under his command. Although there were a large number of people, most of them were county soldiers and their combat effectiveness was not very strong. However, Deng Yu was still worried that Chang'an would send troops to support him, and that another armed force in Guanzhong, the Red Eyebrow Army, would come to disrupt the situation.

All the things he was worried about became reality. There was indeed an elite army to support Gong Chengshe, and the Red Eyebrow Army did come to disrupt the situation. However, after the combination of these two conditions, it created a situation that was extremely favorable to him. The Gengshi reinforcements from Chang'an encountered the Red Eyebrow Army. The two sides fought a melee, and the Gengshi Army was wiped out.

Deng Yu was mixed with joy and sorrow. He was happy that he was sitting in the mountains and watching the tiger fight. Seeing more than 20,000 reinforcements were destroyed, the opponent's strength was greatly weakened. He was worried that the Red Eyebrow Army was so strong that the Red Eyebrow Army, which had no sense of existence, suddenly became important.

"Haha, the puppet Han army and the Red Eyebrow thieves will fight first! The dog bites the dog's hair, and they will fight more lively!" General Zuo Yu, a military advisor, was a little excited.

The priest Cheng Lu said, "From the combat power of the Red Eyebrow thief, the bandits in Linjin should not be underestimated."

"That's different!" Zuo Yu waved his hand, "This battle was made by the cattle-herding boy himself. He must be surrounded by elite bandit soldiers, but the bandit soldiers in Linjin were temporarily recruited, so it is not certain whether they can go into battle!"

"The pseudo-emperor has already brought his troops to Linjin, why did he hurried south again?" Cheng Lu said: "Da Situ, the pseudo-emperor left Zheng County and left the bandits' lair to Linjin alone. This matter is somewhat strange. It is said that the pseudo-emperor only wants to herd cattle but is not willing to be the emperor. After ascending the throne, he escaped several times, but he did not succeed. This time he went north, perhaps he escaped... But now he is back, which is a bit puzzling."

"Maybe he is not unwilling to be the emperor, but unwilling to be the fake emperor without power." Deng Yu sneered and said, "I have never seen anyone who is not greedy for power and wealth. An unknown cowherd girl who suddenly stands in a high position will inevitably be afraid and will escape at the beginning, but if it takes a long time... a person's mind will change. Although Liu Penzi was unwilling to be the emperor at the beginning, it will be difficult for him to turn back to herd cows until he tastes the taste of being an emperor!"

Although Deng Yu was young, he could look at people and understood people's hearts very well. This was his natural ability. Although he was only twenty-four years old, his vision was as old as an old man who had experienced the world.

Cheng Lu said: "What the Grand Situ said is that if the little emperor had no ambition, he would not have stationed heavy troops in Linjin. He must have been sitting in the mountains and watching the tiger fight. He would have made a profit from it when we both sides fought fiercely. But unexpectedly, he fought with Gong Chengshe first, which made us watch the fun. Now there are enemy troops in Yaxian County and Linjin and Rui Township. How should our army do it?"

Deng Yu said: "The Red Eyebrows and Liu Xuan fought fiercely in Chang'an, and neither side could make any moves. Our army must take this opportunity to defeat all the enemies in front of us!"

He stood up and ordered: "Military General Zuo Yu led 5,000 troops to guard against enemy troops to attack the ferry and protect our food route. General Jianwei Deng Xun led 5,000 troops to advance southwest to monitor the enemy in Jin. If necessary, there is no need to take the initiative to fight with the enemy. Military advisor Han Xin led 8,000 Hedong Army to station in Xiayang and support him in the middle. I will personally lead the elite troops out of the city and fight to the death with Gong Chengshe!"

General Zuo Yu, the military advisor, led his army to the expedition in a depressed manner, transporting food and grass, and ensuring the logistics of the army, and not willing to do anything with ambitious generals. Not to mention the hard work, no matter how much credit is made in front of him, he will not have his share, but if he is not careful, he may commit a serious crime.

Although his friend Cheng Lu comforted him, "I don't ask for merit, but I want no mistakes. If I make a comeback, Da Situ will remember you for one of my achievements. If there is a mistake, the entire army's retreat will be in your hands. Whether you can get away with it depends on the general, which shows how much Situ respects you."

Zuo Yu thought this was simply nonsense, and of course the general had to go to the battlefield and fight on the front line. Especially now, the entire army defeated Wang Kuang, and the army in Dinghedong was powerful and morale was in full swing. Gengshi army and the Red Eyebrow thieves were both furious and vulnerable. It was obvious who was stronger and who was weak. These obvious military achievements were all from others, which made people angry when they thought of it.

But the military orders were as good as a mountain and had to follow them, so he went on the road in a suffocation.

The journey was endless, and all the people from the ferry crossed the river. The money and grain from Hedong passed through Fenyin and Pubian crossed the river westward, and were continuously transported to Xiayang for use by the army.

Halfway through the journey, a team of defeated soldiers suddenly came to him. Seeing his flag, he quickly came to see him and said, "We are the soldiers of Hedong County who are escorting grains and grass. We are responsible for transporting grains from the ferry to Xiayang. Today, we are escorting 1,500 stones of grain. After about half a day away from the ferry, we suddenly encountered a team of cavalrymen. There were thousands of people. They all shot outstandingly. With a scramble of arrows, they shot many soldiers and burned most of the military food. We fought back and finally repelled the enemy."

When Zuo Yu heard this, the grain team was robbed, and the number of people in front was basically unreliable. Thousands of cavalry with outstanding cavalry shooting were not enough for the entire Western Expedition Army. If you kill the enemy behind, you might be gilding on your face. You can tell if you look at their embarrassing appearance.

"A bunch of waste!" he said angrily: "Where has the enemy gone?"

The general did not dare to look up and pointed to Nan and said, "Over there!"

It was Zuo Yu's duty to protect the food road. He encountered such a bad thing on the first day of his tenure, and his mood was even worse. Zuo Yu looked at his army, most of which were infantry and few cavalry.

In fact, there were quite a few cavalry in Liu Xiu's army, and the world-famous Youzhou cavalry was in his hands. However, most of these cavalry were concentrated under the command of Hebei generals such as Wu Han, and Deng Yu belonged to the relatively weak Nanyang group in the court, and could not touch the edge of Youzhou cavalry.

It is impossible to pursue cavalry with infantry, but it is impossible to think about it, but more than a thousand stone military rations are too much, and less is too little. Being burned by a fire is not a trivial matter. Deng Yu may turn a blind eye or use this to cure his sins. The more Zuo Yu thought about it, the more he became, the more he felt depressed, and he had nowhere to vent his fire, so he pointed the whip south and shouted: "Chase!"

Five thousand men marched south and chased for an hour, but they didn't even see anyone. Zuo Yu was furious and was helpless, so he had to order his troops to return and continue to march towards the ferry.

The next day, Zuo Yu led his army to the ferry and set up a camp. Just as he was about to take a break, someone came to report that another grain team had just been robbed, and more than a dozen soldiers and hundreds of stones of food were lost. The ones who robbed the food were still a team of cavalry with outstanding cavalry.

Zuo Yu drew his knife, cut off the desk in front of him, and cursed: "A little girl, I will kill him!"

The young man he mentioned, Wu Mi, the leader of the Wu family Yicong, was on his way back to Ruixiang at this time.

Tian Kuang ordered him to station in Rui Township and support each other with Linjin. He did not have to worry about killing and injuring many enemy troops. He just had to lead the Wushiyi to continue to harass and attack Deng Yu's army's food route, which was a great achievement.

"Old Tian's move is really good. He burned two grain teams in a row, which is enough for them. If the little emperor knows, he will definitely praise me for being able to do it!" Wumi thought proudly.
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