In 24 A.D., in winter, Liu Xiu, the king of Xuanhan **Xiao, planned to completely pacify the Yan and Zhao regions. At this time, the Red Mei Army was marching towards Chang'an, the capital of the Xuanhan Dynasty, and the battle index of the Red Eyebrows was not low, and it was only a matter of time before Liu Xiu** Chang'an fell, so he pondered the opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity for the Xuanhan and the Red Eyebrows to fight each other, and find a way to capture Guanzhong (central Shaanxi Province). So, Liu Xiu appointed Deng Yu as the current general, divided 20,000 elite soldiers under his command, and sent him west into Hangu Pass.
Hanoi County (Wuzhi County, Henan Province) has just been pocketed, in the northeast of Luoyang, an important town in Xuanhan, across the Yellow River. Emperor Liu Xuan of the Xuanhan Dynasty attached great importance to Luoyang, and sent Li Yi, the king of Wuyin, Tian Li, the king of Liaoqiu, Zhu Kun (reading Ruwei), and Chen Qiao, the prince of the White Tiger, to lead 300,000 soldiers and horses, and Henan (east of the East White Horse Temple in Luoyang City, Henan Province) Taishou Wubo guarded together, and the other two generals Bao Yong and Tian Yi were stationed in the state (Shanxi Province).
Luoyang has a heavy army, and the safety of Hanoi is not trivial, Liu Xiusi thought about it, and at the suggestion of Deng Yu, he appointed Kou Sui as the Taishou of Hanoi and the military of the general (** general position). In particular, he told Kou Sui that in the past, Gaozu handed over the pass to Xiao He, and now I will hand over Hanoi to you, you must ensure that the army is fed, train soldiers and horses, block other armies, and don't let them cross the Yellow River north. Liu Xiu also appointed Feng Yi as the general of Mengjin (Mengjin, that is, the crossing of the East Yellow River in present-day Mengjin County, Henan Province, Feng Yi was named the general of Mengjin, the purpose of which was to hold the Yellow River), and commanded the armies of Wei County (southwest Ye Town, Linzhang County, Hebei Province) and Hanoi County on the banks of the Yellow River to guard against the attack of Luoyang. After Deng Yu set off westward, Liu Xiucai led his army north. Kou Sui really lived up to his high expectations, collecting grain and grass, manufacturing **, military supplies, although Liu Xiu's army went on an expedition, there was never a shortage of materials.
At the beginning of 25 AD, the former general Deng Yu arrived at Jiguan (west of Jiyuan City, Henan Province), defeated the army of the commander of Xuanhan Hedong County (Xia County, Shanxi Province), and besieged Anyi (the county where Hedong County ** is located).
Liu Xiu went north and attacked Youlai, Dagun, Wuman and other mutinous groups in Yuanshi (the capital of Yuanshi County, Hebei Province), and pursued them to Beiping (Mancheng County, Hebei Province), winning consecutive battles. Blowing a breath to blow the people group to the side, this battle was too smooth, so that Liu Xiu floated up directly, but I didn't expect that on the north bank of Shunshui (Xushui), it was defeated by the people group, Liu Xiu himself was almost captured alive, in a hurry, jumped off the cliff to escape, fortunately met the cavalry assault (assault) soldier Wang Feng, gave him the war horse, and escaped with his life.
Liu Xiujun retreated to Fanyang (Dingxing County, Hebei Province), and everyone suddenly found that the boss was gone! There were even rumors that Liu Xiu had been killed by the rebels, and everyone panicked. Wu Han said, calm down, the son of the king's brother Liu Xuan is in Nanyang, if the king really suffers misfortune, we don't have to worry about not having a lord! Everyone was still panicking, and it was not until Liu Xiu returned to the camp a few days later that he settled down.
Although the group won, they were still afraid of Liu Xiu, and they couldn't figure out Liu Xiu's strength, so they decided to withdraw by night. Liu Xiu continued to pursue and won one after another. The group fled to Yuyang County (Miyun County, Beijing) and looted everywhere they went. Crossbow General Chen Jun suggested:
The thieves have no logistical supplies, they hit **grab**, they have food if they grab it, and they have to go hungry if they can't grab it. We can send light cavalry to go around in front of the thieves, so that the people along the way can clear the walls and fields, and cut off the food and grass of the thieves, so that they will not attack themselves.
When Liu Xiu accepted, he sent Chen Jun to lead a cavalry to gallop to the front of the Bianmin group, and ordered the local officials and people to hold on to those towns with strong walls; For those villages and towns that are scattered in the suburbs and have no way to hold onBefore the mutant group robbed, Chen Jun robbed them all first。In this way, after the group arrived, Mao couldn't grab one, and he even beat an eggplant if he didn't eat it, so he scattered with a bang.
Liu Xiu praised Chen Jun.
During the same period, Feng Yi, the general of Mengjin, wrote a letter to Li Yi, the king of Wuyang, the general of the Xuanhan Dynasty, to persuade him to surrender, and the two sides exchanged letters. Liu Xiu ordered Li Yi's letter to be made public, and when Xuanhan Zuo Sima Zhu Kun learned about it, he was furious and sent someone to assassinate Li Yi. Since then, there has been an endless stream of people in Luoyang City who have left Germany and surrendered to Liu Xiu (see the humble article "Liu Xiu: Deleting a batch of posts to earn people's hearts; Turn a post to borrow a knife for revenge").
When Zhu Kun learned that Liu Xiu's army was marching northward and Hanoi County was alone, he sent his generals Su Mao and Jia Qiang to lead 30,000 troops, cross the Yellow River from Gongxian (Gongyi City, Henan Province), and attack Wen County (west of Wen County, Henan Province), and Zhu Kun personally led tens of thousands of troops to attack Pingyin (Mengjin County, Henan Province) in order to contain Feng Yi's army.
After receiving the information, Hanoi Taishou Kou immediately gathered his army and set off quickly, and ordered his subordinate counties to send troops, and all troops to join forces in Wen County. The staff officers dissuaded that the Luoyang army was crossing the Yellow River with great momentum, and we should wait until all the armies of the counties had gathered before we could go to war.
Kou Sui said that Wen County is the barrier of Hanoi County, and if Wen County falls, the county town will still guard an eggplant!
Kou Sui, both civil and military].
So he led the army straight to Wen County. The next day, Kou Sui was about to meet the enemy, and the rescuers sent by Feng Yi and the troops from various counties also arrivedThe army of Liu Gong (Liu Xiu) is coming！When Su Mao's troops heard this, they began to commotion. Kou Sui took advantage of the momentum to attack, and Su Mao's army was defeated.
Feng Yi's side was also very smooth, the army crossed the Yellow River, defeated Zhu Kun's troops in one fell swoop, and Zhu Kun fled back to Luoyang. Feng Yi and Kou Sui led their troops to Luoyang, and did not attack the city, but marched around Luoyang City with their troops for a week before withdrawing. Since then, the whole city of Luoyang has been terrified, and they dare not open the city gate during the day.
Feng Yi and Kou Sui sent documents to report the results of the battle, and the generals congratulated them together, and took the opportunity to ask Liu Xiu to be the emperor. General Ma Wu first said, "Boss, although you are humble and retreating, who is the National Jongmiao Society entrusted to?" You should first take the throne, and then discuss the matter of conquest, like now, we have a bad name, and we are killing people everywhere, who is the official army and who is the thief?
Liu Xiu seemed to be taken aback and said, "Old Ma, how can you say such a thing?" This is the sin of killing the head!
Liu Xiu returned to Jixian County, and sent Wu Han to lead Geng Yi (read Ruyan), Jing Dan and other thirteen generals to pursue the Youlai Bianmin group, beheading more than 13,000 people, and chasing them to the northern border of Junmi (northwest of Zunhua City, Hebei Province), where they could no longer be pursued. The remnants of the people were scattered into Liaoxi (west of Yixian County, Liaoning Province) and Liaodong (Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province), and were looted and killed by the Wuhuan tribe (the upper reaches of the western Liaohe River in Inner Mongolia) and the Qian tribe (the northeast of the Korean Peninsula, and almost died.
Liu Xiu returned to Zhongshan (Dingzhou City, Hebei Province), and the generals again asked him to be emperor, heAgain refused
The army went to Nanpingjian (south of Zhao County, Hebei Province), and the generals again resolutely pleaded with himStill not agreed。Everyone had no choice, and was about to quit the big tent, Geng Chun spoke:
Boss, the world's scholars and doctors gave up their homes and abandoned their careers, and followed you to make a revolution in the rain of bullets, what are you trying to do? Don't you just want you to be the emperor, everyone will be promoted to make a fortune, and glorify the ancestors? If you drag around now and refuse to ascend to the throne, I'm afraid that the doctor will find that there is no hope of following you, you can endure it for a while, you have to endure it all the time, and the big guy will go home with the baby with a bang!
Geng Chun's words were so sincere that Liu Xiu felt that the time might be almost up, so he said, let me think about it.
Arrive at Yan County (north of Baixiang County, Hebei Province. Liu Xiu summoned Feng Yi to inquire about the military situation of all parties. Feng Yi said, Liu Xuan is about to be finished, and the Han Dynasty will definitely fall on you, so you will be the emperor from everyone!
At this time, when Liu Xiu was studying in Chang'an (Chang'an), Qianghua, a Confucian student in the same dormitory, traveled thousands of miles from Guanzhong (central Shaanxi Province) to meet Jin with the "Chifu Fu" (a mysterious prophecy book). It says:
Liu Xiu's troops couldn't catch him, and the four Yi gathered in Longdouye, and the fire was the main thing on the occasion of April and Seven.
Everyone took the opportunity to speak again
Accept the Mandate of Heaven Fu Rui, in order to obey the people, now thousands of miles away from the Fu Order, and the king's situation is closely linked, even if King Wu of Zhou's white fish should (King Wu cut the Yellow River, in Mengjin crossed the Yellow River, there was a white fish jumped onto the boat, three feet long, with red characters on the body, telling the legitimacy of the war, it is considered auspicious), how can it be compared with this? Now that there is no Son of Heaven in the heavens, there is chaos in the sea, and the fulfillment of Fu Rui is clear, and we should hurry up to respond to the heavens to meet everyone's wishes.
On June 20, Liu Xiu took the throne of the emperor in the southern suburbs of Shanxi County, changed the name of the year to Jianwu, and granted amnesty to the world. Liu Xiuben is Chinese New Year's Eve.
At this time, there were three emperors in the world. Two of them are known as the emperors of the Han Dynasty, one is the Xuanhan Emperor Liu Xuan, and the other is the Eastern Han Emperor Liu Xiu; The third is the first emperor with a compound surname in Chinese history, called Gongsun Shu, who was called the emperor in April this year, established a family, and was named Longxing. In addition, in the first month of this year, Liu Ying, the widow, was made the emperor, and before his ass was hot, he was killed by Liu Xuan; Later this year, the Red Mei Army set up another emperor named Liu Penzi as the emperor of the Han Dynasty, which we call the Emperor of the Red Han Dynasty; In December of this year, Liu Yong, the king of Liang, was also known as the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and after a while, we called him the Yonghan Emperor.
First of all, we have to figure out, does Liu Xiu want to be the emperor?
Of course I do! Then why did everyone persuade him to be emperor five times and three times, but he just refused?
Because, he thinksThe time is not ripe yet
Let's first put who persuaded him to be called Diha.
The first time was the persuasion of the generals led by Ma Wu. Liu Xiu saidGeneral Ho is what he said? Can be chopped!
The second time was after arriving in Zhongshan, the generals persuaded again. Liu Xiu againDenied
The third time was when he arrived at Nanping Thorn, and the generals persuaded him again, and Liu Xiu againDenied, and then Geng Chun came out and said a lot, Liu Xiu said, then meThink about it
All three times were rejected by Liu Xiu. So, has anyone persuaded him to be emperor before?
Yes. Did Liu Xiu refuse?
It depends on who persuaded it
Last year (24 AD), after the destruction of the Lang Han Emperor Wang Lang, the protector Zhu Hu (read Ruhu) suggested that Liu Xuan would be finished sooner or later, boss, you have the appearance of "Sun Angle", which is the will of God (if the forehead horn is raised, physiognomy calls it Sun Angle, which is the appearance of the emperor. Indeed, I looked in the mirror for a long time and found that there was really no "sun angle", hehe). Liu Xiu said, someone came to arrest Zhu Hu for me.
In fact, of course, he didn't catch it, just to scare Zhu Hu.
But there was a person who talked about becoming an emperor as soon as he met him, and Liu Xiu not only did not refuse, but often talked all night. Who is this man?
It is the head of the twenty-eight generals of YuntaiDeng Yu
Deng Yu, Liu Xiu's first heart].
Deng Yu is not only Liu Xiu's fellow countryman, but also when Liu Xiu was studying in Chang'an (Chang'an), Deng Yu was also there, and since then he has followed Liu Xiu, and the relationship is not ordinarily good. Therefore, after Liu Xiu went north, Deng Yu chased him all the way to Ye County (the county where Wei County ** is located, Ye Town, southwest of Linzhang County, Hebei Province), and the two had a conversation.
Liu Xiu said, brother, you came so far away, do you want to get a half-official position?
Deng Yu said, I don't want to.
Liu Xiu said, then what do you think?
Deng Yu said that the prestige and kindness of Ming Gong (an honorific title for people) can benefit the four seas, and I, I can follow you to do some dog and horse work, and I can only make a note in the history books in the future.
Doesn't that mean that? You are the emperor, I am the minister, and we will go down in history together
What is Liu Xiu's reaction? The history of "Guangwu laughs, because of the stay of gossip". Look, Liu Xiu not only didn't say that Deng Yu said that he should kill his head, but he was very happy, and the two of them slept in the same room and talked all night. What was discussed? Deng Yu advised Liu Xiu to "establish the cause of the ancestors and save the lives of all the people". And then,".Guangwu DayueLet his subordinates call Deng Yu General Deng, and often "make plans" with Deng Yu all night.
Look, it's not that Liu Xiu doesn't want to be an emperor, nor does he pretend to be in front of everyone, in front of Deng Yu, he is very real.
After Liu Xiu killed Wang Lang, he arrived at Guang'a (east of Longyao County, Hebei Province), opened the map, and said to Deng Yu, there are so many counties in the world, and now, I only have one, you used to say that my virtue is enough to calm the world, why?
Deng Yu said that there is chaos in the sea, and people miss Mingjun, just like a baby wants his mother. The prosperity of the world lies in the thickness of virtue, not the size of the land.
History,Guangwu Yue
You see, as long as he talks to Deng Yu about being the emperor, Liu Xiu doesn't hide it at all.
But Liu Xiu officially became the emperor, and the ministers all came to persuade him, why didn't he see Deng Yu?
The ostensible reason is that Deng Yu is now leading troops outside and is not by Liu Xiu's side. In fact, in such a big matter, how could Deng Yu, as Liu Xiu's first staff member and a cronie among his cronies, not participate? !
I speculate that Deng Yu not only participated,And very critical work was done
When Liu Xiu planned to become emperor, the territory was very small, only the area around Hebei and Beijing, and part of Henan, and he had no advantage in territory. At the same time, there were more than a dozen emperors and warlords who were powerful enough to wait and see, and those who were called emperors before and after this were Liu Xuan, Gongsun Shu, Liu Penzi, Liu Yong, Li Xian and others, and the princes who dominated one side were Kui Huan and Dou Rong in the northwest, Yancen in the southwest, Zhang Bu and others in Shandong now, and there were countless people groups.
Liu Xiu's only advantage as emperor isHis surname is Liu。But this advantage is not obvious. Why? Liu Xuan, Liu YongAlso surnamed Liu; Son-in-lawLiu YingHe is the last emperor of the Western Han Dynasty and is more qualified; Wang Lang claimed to be the illegitimate son of Emperor Cheng of HanLiu ZiyuLater, the Xiongnu raised an emperor Lu Fang, claiming that he was also a relative of the Han family, calledLiu Wenbo。You see, although at the end of Wang Mang, the world thought that the Liu family was the destiny of heaven, but so many careerists were surnamed Liu, so looking at it, this only advantage is not dominant.
So what to do? How to make Liu Xiu more competitive than other surnamed Liu? More recognized by everyone?
Right! Mystical prophecies are needed"Proverbs" that represent the Mandate of Heaven are needed
Back then, Wang Mang relied on this thing to take over the world of the Han family, this thing, it's good! Use it well,can withstand millions of heroes
Let's take a look at how Liu Xiu ascended to the throne:
Liu Xiu summoned Feng Yi to Shanxian County to inquire about the movements of the Quartet.
Feng Yi said that there are already three kings in Xuanhan who have rebelled, Liu Xuan is defeated, there is no owner in the world, and the worries of the society are all on the king. We should listen to the opinions of the people, and the society at the top and the people at the bottom.
Liu Xiu said, I dreamed last night that I was flying into the sky on a red dragon, and when I woke up in the morning, my little heart was pounding.
Feng Yi hurriedly kowtowed and congratulated, saying, this is the destiny of heaven! It is God who believes that you are a true dragon and a strong heartbeat, because of your cautious personality.
Feng Yi agreed with the generals on the issue of the honorific title.
And at this time, an old classmate of Liu Xiu came from Chang'an, Confucian Qianghua, and brought the famous proverb:Liu Xiu's troops couldn't catch him, and the four Yi gathered in Longdouye, and the fire was the main thing on the occasion of April and Seven.
This proverb, we have mentioned it many times, from the history books, it was produced in the Wang Mang period, it is precisely because of this proverb that Wang Mang's national teacher Liu Xin changed his name to Liu Xiu, thinking about this scene. After that, Liu Xiu and his brother-in-law Deng Chen went to visit a god Cai Shaogong, and Cai Shaogong said that Liu Xiu should be the son of heaven. Some people say that it is Liu Xiu, the national teacher, right? Liu Xiu said, how do you know that it's not me (see the humble article "Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu's branch originated from an accidental bed incident")?
It can be seen that this proverb has been widely circulated, and Liu Xiu knows it clearly. So why didn't he use it? Because he took out this thing, it was not mysterious enough, and it was true, so he stretched it out first, until the generals couldn't help it, he couldn't do it if he didn't call the emperor, and then let a person who basically didn't fit the line offer a proverb, increase the mystery of the destiny of heaven, and use this mystery to increase the legitimacy of being the emperor, don't underestimate it, in the process of conquering the world later, this legitimacy plays a huge role. For example, the Northwest warlord Dou Rong mentioned above, he thought that Liu Xiu was the true son of heaven, and even though he was thousands of miles away, he would submit to Liu Xiu, and helped Liu Xiu extinguish the powerful Kui Huan. Therefore, this play must be fully performed and played in place.
Therefore, I guess, Deng Yuxi's expedition to Guanzhong,An important task is to find the right person to bring back this proverbThis is a miracle piece.
There are at least two kinds of rankings of the 28 generals of Yuntai, but no matter which one they are, Deng Yu ranks first. Interested readers can take a look at the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty", and you will definitely find that there are at least two or three of them who have the credit, even if they are not as big as Deng Yu, they are by no means smaller than him, such as Wu Han, Kou Xun, Feng Yi and others, why is Deng Yu ranked first? And as soon as Liu Xiu became emperor, he immediately named Deng Yu as the Great Situ, even though he was only twenty-five years old. Why? That's because of this!
After another word, Liu Xiu said to Feng Yi that he dreamed of riding a red dragon Yunyun, and there was a sentence in the proverb "Fire is the main thing on the occasion of the fourth and seventh days", saying that it is according to the five elements, the Eastern Han Dynasty is "fire virtue", advocating red, you see, and "fire is the main" and "red dragon" again. You say it's destiny, and I don't have a problem; You say it's carefully arranged, and I don't object to it; You say that this is a matter of destiny and careful arrangement, and I agree.
Because of this reason, many people say that Liu Xiu is particularly superstitious and believes in proverbs, which is definitely a misreading.