Chapter 750: Bai Qi VS Yuntai Twenty-Eight Generals
Chapter 750 Bai Qi VS Yuntai Twenty-Eight Generals
Chapter 748: Bai Qi VS Yuntai Twenty-Eight Generals
Why is the reputation of Twenty-Eight Generals of Yuntai so low?
Compared with the "Three Heroes of the Early Han Dynasty" and the "Twenty-Four Heroes of Lingyan Pavilion", the combat and literary achievements of the twenty-eight Yuntai generals are still far behind. Of course, this is not because they are not capable, but because they have not performed well. Chance.
In the process of unifying the world, the opponents of the "Three Heroes of the Early Han Dynasty" were famous generals like Xiang Yu, while the opponents of the "Heroes of Lingyan Pavilion" were heroes such as Li Mi, Wang Shichong, and Dou Jiande.
The opponents of "Twenty-eight Generals of Yuntai" are characters with insufficient abilities such as Zhang Bu, Gongsun Shu, Chi Mei, and Lu Lin. The victory is already destined, so it is difficult to fully demonstrate the abilities of "Twenty-Eight Generals". And later generations don't like such a story that lacks suspense.
After unifying the world, Liu Xiu "retired from being a hero and became a civil servant", Confucian scholars took power, and the "twenty-eight generals" also withdrew from the stage of history. For example, Feng Yi, Kou Xun, etc. all had the talents of prime ministers, but there was no room for them to develop.
And heroes like Liu Bang, Li Shimin, Zhu Yuanzhang and other subordinates can continue to participate in government affairs after the world is unified, which increases the opportunity to increase their popularity.
After the unification of the world, Li Shimin, Zhu Yuanzhang and others sent generals to conquer foreign nations. For example, Li Jing destroyed the Turks, which also increased the fame of the heroes.
After Liu Xiu unified the world, he practiced martial arts and cultivated literature, and did not engage in fighting. The heroes had no chance to fight, and there was no way to improve their reputation.
"Twenty-eight Generals of Yuntai" also lacks "explosive" events.
There are many incidents in history where heroes rebelled. Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang also killed heroes, but the "Twenty-eight Generals of Yuntai" were all loyal and did not rebel.
Liu Xiu was also very benevolent and did not kill any of his heroes. In this way, there will be a lot less topicality.
In fact, throughout the Eastern Han Dynasty, except for the Three Kingdoms period, there was a lack of famous figures.
The Eastern Han Dynasty was the most prosperous era of Confucianism in history. The ideas were unified and conservative, and there was a lack of contention among a hundred schools of thought, so it was not easy for interesting figures to emerge.
Of course, although the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai are not famous, their abilities are no worse than the elites of any period.
Take Zhu You, who has died in battle, for example. If he hadn't been unlucky enough to fall into the hands of Li Cunxiao, with his strength close to the peak of super-class, he would not have been able to enter the general list in the future.
Last time the balance was balanced, Liu Xiu alone brought 15 people into the world. Except for Yin Lihua, the other 14 people were all among the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai.
Among these 14 people, except for Jia Fu who was under Dong Zhuo's command and Zhu You who died in the battle, the other 12 people are now under Liu Xiu's command.
They are: Deng Yu, Wu Han, Geng Yan, Kou Xun, Cen Peng, Feng Yi, Ji Zun, Jing Dan, Gai Yan, Jian Tan, Geng Chun, Zang Gong
Liu Xiu was well aware of the power of Qin Hao's generals, but he still dared to fight Bai Qi. This confidence came from the abilities of his generals. However, Zhu You was instantly killed by Li Cunxiao, which made Liu Xiu also shaken.
Although Zhu You was not the strongest general under Liu Xiu, he was still one of the strongest. However, in the hands of Li Cunxiao, he could not hold out for even one round. This made Liu Xiu have to admit that he was indeed inferior to the Qin army in terms of generals. .
"The Qin army has peerless generals like Li Cunxiao, so they must not fight generals in the decisive battle." Liu Xiu thought to himself.
In the battle involving more than 100,000 people, apart from a pervert like Li Yuanba, even Xiang Yu's personal role was not obvious.
Liu Xiu did not prepare to fight the generals. This was the wisest decision for the coalition forces, which directly blocked the Qin army's advantage of generals' bravery.
"As long as they don't fight against the generals, the Qin army will not be able to damage the morale of our army. By then, with the numerical advantage of our army, we will be able to drag the Qin army to death."
With this thought, Liu Xiu couldn't help but look forward to Bai Qi's arrival. He was full of confidence in the victory of this battle.
"Bai Qi said that he would decide the time and place of the decisive battle. Our coalition has agreed to his request, but why haven't they come yet?" Huang Zu said impatiently. Liu Xiu was also afraid that Bai Qi would deceive him, so he surveyed the battlefield several times and only agreed to it after making sure that there were no problems.
The place for the decisive battle is twenty miles away from Yicheng. It is a flat place and it is impossible to set up an ambush. It is indeed a fair place for both sides to fight.
When the time came for the decisive battle, Liu Xiu ordered Wei Wentong to lead an army of 5,000 to continue the siege of Yicheng, while he led an army of 80,000 to come in advance to wait for a decisive battle with Bai Qi's army of 30,000.
Liu Xiu looked at the sun above his eyes, frowned and said, "Just wait a little longer, it should be here soon. There is no need for Bai Qi to cheat in this regard."
"Report...Bai Qi's army has left the camp and is rushing towards our army."
When the princes heard this, their expressions became a little better. After all, they were the ones who asked to come in advance. But who knew that it had been cloudy for several days in a row, but today it turned out to be sunny. Just standing in the bright sun, what a change. I'm afraid no one will be happy.
"Report...Bai Qi's army is less than ten miles away from our army."
"Report...Bai Qi's army is less than five miles away from our army."
"Report...Bai Qi's army is less than two miles away from our army."
When Bai Qi led his army to the battlefield, it was already Shenshi (three o'clock in the afternoon). It took Bai Qi a few hours to walk such a small distance. The 80,000 coalition troops in Jingzhou also "waited" for Bai Qi's army under the bright sun. hour.
On such a hot day, it is impossible for anyone to be exposed to the sun for several hours without sweating, but the coalition forces were not as sweaty as expected.
Seeing this, Li Cunxiao asked with a puzzled look on his face: "General Bai, don't the enemy troops seem as tired as expected?"
A hint of understanding flashed in Bai Qi's eyes, and he said calmly: "Liu Xiu should have divided the army into three groups, and one group would warn the other two groups to rest, so as to preserve as much physical strength as possible."
“Then our plan to weaken our troops has failed?” Ran Min asked.
"No."
Bai Qi shook his head and sneered: "It still has an effect. In addition, although Liu Xiu saw through the general's strategy of exhausting the troops, he did not see through the other layer of intentions. The real intention of the general's choice to fight decisively here. You will know when you meet.”
At this moment, a rider quickly rushed to the front of the formation and shouted: "My general has invited General Bai Qi to meet in front of the formation."
Everyone’s eyes were focused on Bai Qi, and Zhou Yu asked, “General, are you going?”
"Go, of course. If I don't go, I won't be inferior to Liu Xiu in terms of momentum." Bai Qi sneered.
“Li Cunxiao and Ran Min, you two will go with me, while the others will perform their respective duties.”
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When Bai Qi arrived at the formation with Li Cunxiao and Ran Min, Liu Xiu was already waiting here with the Twelve Generals of Yuntai, but Liu Xiu's face was not good, and he kept looking at Bai Qi with a gloomy face.
(End of this chapter)
