In 24 AD, in May, Liu Xiu conquered Handan, the capital of Lang Han, and beheaded Wang Lang, the emperor of Lang Han, and shocked the world. In this way, there is only one emperor left in the world - Liu Xuan, the emperor of the Xuanhan Dynasty, and Liu Xiu is the great Sima of the Xuanhan Dynasty. Liu Xuan suddenly found that the situation was not good, this big Sima Liu Xiu couldn't hold it back! So, a messenger was sent and three orders were announced:
First, Liu Xiu was named King Xiao (the capital of Xiao County, Xiao County, Anhui Province);
second, to order the demobilization of all troops north of the Yellow River;
Third, Liu Xiu and all the ** who have made meritorious contributions all returned to Chang'an.
At the same time, in order to disintegrate Liu Xiu's power, a group of local officials were sent directly north to take up their posts, Ren Miao was the pastor of Youzhou (northern Hebei Province and Liaoning Province), Wei Shun was the Taishou of Shanggu (Huailai County, Hebei Province), and Cai was the Taishou of Yuyang (Miyun County, Beijing).
Liu Xiu was silent, but his brothers blew up. Liu Xiu lived in the palace of the late King Zhao in Handan, and one day, he was taking a lunch break in Wenming Palace. The partial general Geng Yi (read as an eye) broke straight in, came to Liu Xiu's bed, and said, Boss, there are too many casualties among our officers and soldiers, and I want to go back to Shanggu to replenish the soldiers (Geng Yi's father is Shanggu Taishou Geng).
Liu Xiu said that Wang Lang has been destroyed, and the north of the Yellow River is basically stable, so what are you recruiting troops for?
Geng Yi said, boss, although Wang Lang is finished, the competition for the world has just begun. Now, the imperial court has ordered us to disband our troops, which makes it clear that we will be given military power, and we must not obey it. There are dozens of thieves such as Tongma (southeastern Hebei Province) and Chimei (northern Hebei Province and western Shandong Province), each of which has hundreds of thousands of people, or even more than a million, Liu Xuan can't cope with it at all, and it will soon be defeated.
Liu Xiu sat up from the bed and said, "Boy, when you say such things, you are forcing me to kill you!"
Geng Yi said, boss, you are like father and son to me, so I dare to say heart-wrenching words.
Liu Xiu said, I'm joking with you, you continue.
Geng Yi said that the people of the world were all suffering from Wang Mang's pit, and when they heard that the Han soldiers were rising, they were all happy, just like escaping from the tiger's mouth and returning to the arms of their mothers. However, now that Liu Xuan is the emperor, his generals are dominating each east of Kunshan Mountain, and the imperial relatives of Chang'an are doing mischief, burning, killing and looting, and the people are in dire straits, but they begin to miss Wang Mang's goods. Therefore, Liu Xuan's defeat was sooner or later. Now, Boss, your exploits and fame are spread all over the country, let's fight against rebellion with the army of justice, and a single proclamation can stabilize the world. State power, you should obtain it yourself, don't let people who are not surnamed Liu take possession of it!
Liu Xiu was moved, so he made a report to Xuanhan**, saying, Your Majesty, Hebei has not been completely pacified, and I have to continue to beg for thieves, so I won't go back to Chang'an for the time being.
At that time, there were more than a dozen influential mutinous groups in various places, including Tongma, Gaohu, Chonglian, Youlai, Qingli, Wuxiao, and Huosuo, with millions of people, looting and plundering everywhere.
Liu Xiu planned to first clear out the Minmutini group and consolidate the territory he had gained, so in the name of Liu Xuan, the emperor of the Xuanhan Dynasty, he appointed Wu Han and Geng Yi as generals, and requisitioned the cavalry assault troops (turquoise cavalry, strong combat effectiveness) of the ten counties under Youzhou. The ten counties are: Zhuo County [Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province], Guangyang County [Yanguo, Beijing City], Bohai County [Southeast Cangzhou City, Hebei Province], Shanggu County [Huailai County, Hebei Province], Yuyang County [Miyun County, Beijing City], Liaoxi County [Yixian West, Liaoning Province], Youbeiping County [Fengrun County, Hebei Province], Lidong County [Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province], Xuansu County [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province], Lelang County [Pyongyang City, North Korea]). Youzhou Mu Miaozeng, who had just taken office, found that Liu Xiu did not listen to the greetings of ***, so he secretly instructed all counties not to accept Liu Xiu's recruitment.
Wu Han deserves to be the first fierce general of Guangwu].
Miao Zeng is probably still proud of his little actions, and Liu Xiu is too lazy to play with him. Liu Xiu sent Wu Han and Geng Yi to Youzhou Prefecture**, Yuyang, and Shanggu. Wu Han only brought about 20 cavalry to Wuzhong County (Jixian County, Tianjin), where Youzhou ** is located. Wu Han was the envoy of King Xiao of Xuanhan and Liu Xiu, and Miao Zeng naturally had to be perfunctory, so he took people out of the city to greet him. But not only did we not think of it, but Miao Zeng himself couldn't think of it, as soon as the two sides met, they didn't say a word, Wu Han raised his knife and fell, and Miao Zeng died. Geng Yi concocted it in the same way, went north to Yuyang and Shanggu, and chopped two county guards Cai Chong and Wei Shun with two knives.
As a result, the counties were shocked, and they were all served, Liu Xiu could give whatever he wanted, don't you want to ride suddenly? To give!
Shanggu and Yuyang already have Taishou, Geng Guo and Peng Pet, but Youzhou is dead, and a new one has to be sent. So, in the name of Liu Xuan, Liu Xiu appointed Zhu Fu, a native of Peijun (Huaibei City, Anhui Province), as a general, and a pastor of Youzhou, and moved the state to Jixian (Beijing).
In the autumn, Liu Xiu attacked the Bronze Horse Army, the Copper Horse ran out of food, broke through at night, Liu Xiu followed to Guantao (Guantao County, Hebei Province), launched a fierce attack, the Bronze Horse was defeated and surrendered. Liu Xiu was being surrendered, and the Gaohu and Chonglian Bianmin groups came from the east, joined up with the remnants of the Tongma army that had not yet surrendered, and marched north. Liu Xiu continued the pursuit, launching another attack at Puyang (west of Mancheng County, Hebei Province), where the Bianmin group was defeated again and surrendered again. Liu Xiu made all the leaders of the people group as liehous.
In February, 800 people surrendered and accepted it; Hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people surrendered, but it was not so easy to collect. How? Both sides are scared! Liu Xiu's subordinates were afraid that the mutant group would make a false surrender and might rebel again at any time; The Bianmin group is also worried that the Liu Xiu group will doubt their sincerity, and even if they surrender, they may be killed (don't you see Bai Qikeng's Zhao army of 400,000 and Xiang Yukeng's Qin army of 200,000?). ）。Both sides are very apprehensive and suspicious of each other, like an ammunition depot, on the verge of exploding. Liu Xiu knew that if this matter was handled well, his strength would increase greatly; If you don't handle it well, a big disaster will happen. Therefore, he ordered the generals to return to the camp and organize the troops, while Liu Xiu himself followed lightly and went deep into the camp of the generals. When the generals saw this, they all said, King Xiao has put his heart into us, how can we not serve him? Everyone was convinced.
In this way, Liu Xiu's army reached hundreds of thousands in one fell swoop.
Liu Xiu led the army south, and broke the Qingcalf and other mutinous groups in the shooting dog (northwest of Wuzhi County, Henan Province), and led his hands to attack Hanoi (Wuzhi County, Henan Province), and Hanoi Taishou Han Xin surrendered.
Previously, Xuan Han Shangshu Ling (Secretary General of the Palace) Xie Gong and Liu Xiu had eliminated Wang Lang together (see the humble article "Liu Xiu: Deleting a Batch of Posts to Earn People's Hearts; Transfer a post to borrow a knife for revenge"), but the two had many disputes, and the two troops, although they were both in Handan, were stationed separately. Xie bowed rigorously and diligently, Liu Xiufeng said,Xie Shangshu is the real official! Xie bowed and gradually relaxed his guard against Liu Xiu. Xie Gong's wife is a character, and she warned Xie Gong that you have a grudge against Liu Xiu and are incompatible, but you believe his lies and be careful of his ways. But Xie Gong didn't take it to heart. Later, Xie Gong led his troops back to Ye County (the location of Wei County**, southwest of Ye Town, Linzhang County, Hebei Province). When Liu Xiunan attacked the Qingcalf Changing People Group, he bowed to Xie and said, I will chase the thief soldiers and shoot the dogs, and the You Lai thieves stationed in Shanyang (Changyi Town, northwest of Jinxiang County, Shandong Province) will definitely be frightened away, and with the power of Xie Shangshu, it will be easy to defeat You Lai.
Xie bowed and said, Okay.
Liu Xiu broke the green calf, and the Youlai Bianmin Group really rushed to Longxi Mountain (north of Linxian County, Henan Province), and Xie bowed and left the general Liu Qing and Wei County Taishou Chen Kang to garrison Ye County, and personally led the army to intercept Youlai. Unexpectedly, You Lai fought to the death, and he was unstoppable, and he was defeated and bowed, killing thousands of people. Xie Gong suffered defeat here, Liu Xiu was not idle at all over there, and while Xie Gong was not in Ye County, he secretly sent the general Wu Han and the assassin general Cen Peng to attack Ye County. Wu Han first sent a debater to find Chen Kang, the Taishou of Wei County, and said:
I have heard that the wise do not get in danger in order to get lucky, the wise people can take advantage of the crisis to make meritorious deeds, and the foolish people are in danger and do not know it until they perish. And there are signs of danger coming. Now the capital is in turmoil, and the place is in chaos, you know this; King Xiao (Liu Xiu) was strong and strong, scholars and doctors were vying to be attached, and Hebei was all pacified by him, as you see; Thank you for your back to King Xiao inside, and lose the hearts of the people outside, which is also what you know. Now you are guarding the lonely city, waiting for the disaster of destruction, what loyalty, what solar terms, have nothing to do with you, I advise you, it is better to open the door to meet King Xiao, turn misfortune into blessing, avoid the defeat of foolishness, and reap the merit of wisdom, what do you think?
As soon as the debater finished speaking, Chen Kang immediately organized manpower, and gave an order, putting the general Liu Qing and Xie Gong's wife and dolls into prison, opening the city gate to welcome Wu Han and others. Xie Gong ** knew that there was a change in Ye County, and he was beaten by You Lai and his nose was swollen, so he led the lightly armed cavalry back and entered the city, Wu Han gave an order, Xie Gong was beheaded, and all the troops surrendered.