The battle of Kunyang was a relatively successful one. How did Liu Xiu lead the army to win more with less?

The second is the ability to boost morale.

It is said that in 23 AD, in order to suppress the regime, Wang Mang sent troops to Kunyang to suppress it. On this trip, Wang Mang sent Wang Yi to lead an army of more than 200,000 people, including powerful "warriors" and many fearsome animals such as lions and tigers. Wang Yi's army came to Kunyang triumphantly. 200,000 troops completely surrounded Kunyang, and they are sure to let all the people in Kunyang go out. In the face of an endless stream of troops outside the city gate, the Han army changed from being at a loss at first to being terrified. When they didn't know what to do, they remembered Liu Xiu who had been forgotten by them before.

So, Liu Xiu, who was forgotten by them, was respectfully invited by them. Then, under everyone's expectation, Liu Xiu spoke of the plan he thought of from the beginning. This plan is referred to as "surprise victory" for short, and "surprise attack" means that Liu Xiu sent Wang Feng and Wang Chang to lead the rest of the soldiers to defend the city gate to ensure that "people are in the city and people die in the city". And he himself will lead thirteen death squads to break through from the front, then ask for help from the Han army elsewhere, and finally come back from the rear, outflank Wang Yijun from the rear, and cooperate with the Kunyang army from the inside to achieve "victory". As soon as the plan was put forward, it was widely recognized by everyone.

So Wang Feng and Wang Changbian stayed to guard the gate. On the other hand, after Liu Xiu led thirteen death squads to break through successfully, he came to Dingling and Yancheng to move reinforcements. It is conceivable that the life of the soldiers who are attacked by 200,000 troops every day and are left to defend the city is not easy. They fight Wang Yi's army every day. Soon, the soldiers guarding the city felt that this was a losing war, so many of them gradually began to give up and wanted to surrender to Wang Yi. But Wang Yi rejected the surrender of the soldiers guarding the city. Therefore, the soldiers guarding the city can only defend the city gate when no way back fails to surrender.

Liu Xiu has applied for reinforcements. He led a great army to Kunyang day and night. In order to inspire the soldiers' fighting spirit, Liu Xiu deliberately left a forged letter "Wancheng has been broken, reinforcements are coming" to let the soldiers see that Wancheng has been broken, so they are all very excited. Liu Xiu seized the opportunity to make an inspiring speech, and the morale of the soldiers has risen to the highest point. After that, Liu Xiu selected 1000 fighters to explore the enemy with him first, followed by others as support.

So Liu Xiu led a group of one thousand people to stay near Kunyang day and night. In the face of Liu Xiu's thousand-man regiment, Wang Yi also sent a thousand-man regiment to fight. As a result, it goes without saying that Wang Yi lost despondently. Later, Wang Yi was very angry and wanted to personally "chop Liu Xiu to pieces". At this time, however, the morale of the Han army was high, and Wang Yijun couldn't resist it at all. The soldiers guarding the gate soon found that reinforcements were coming, so they jointly killed Wang Yibing with Liu Xiu. Wang Yi found that he was going to fail, so he used his strength to release the special forces. Just after he released the tigers and lions, a celestial phenomenon appeared, and suddenly a strong wind blew away all the tigers and lions without any fighting capacity. As a result, the war was finally won by the Han army with fewer victories. The timing, geographical location, people and harmony are all in the hands of the Han army, which has long planned. As a result, it is conceivable that the Han army will win.