Emperor Guangwu A campaign that changed the course of history

This passage of "Reading the Minutes of History and Public Opinion" tells about an important campaign of Emperor Guangwu.

Emperor Guangwu raised troops from Chungling, and after a series of battles, gradually eliminated Wang Mang's army.

Under his leadership, his army captured several cities and defeated the enemy army on the Xingyang River.

In 25 A.D., Liu Xiu ascended the throne as emperor in Gushancheng (Baixiang County, Xingtai City, Hebei Province) and changed the Yuan Dynasty to build martial arts.

Shizu is a difficult brigade, the second cut off, Shi Luo: Guangwu started at the beginning of the Lingling, slightly Huyang, pulled out the thorn Yang, repeatedly broke the reckless soldiers, and entered the siege of Wan. The generals of Huixin City and Pinglin were promoted to the emperor, and Guangwu and the generals went down to Kunyang, Dingling, and Yunzhucheng. When Wang Mang sent troops, sent Wang Yi and Wang Xun to Luoyang, out of Yingchuan, surrounded Kunyang, and broke through Guangwu on Xingshui, so the Quartet responded. When Wancheng also went down, it began to enter the capital, and the generals were sent to attack Luoyang and Wuguan, and the three auxiliaries were shaken. Wuguan fell, so it fell, Chang'an next to the city of Haohao, the head of the army, into Chang'an reckless.

At that time, the generals of Xinshi, Pinglin and other places were elected as emperors, and Emperor Guangwu and other generals led the army to capture Kunyang, Dingling, Yun and other cities.

Wang Mang sent troops on a large scale, sent Wang Yi, Wang Xun and others to Luoyang, sent troops to Yingchuan, besieged Kunyang, and Emperor Guangwu defeated the enemy army on the Xingyang water, so the Quartet responded.

At that time, Wancheng was also captured, and the first emperor entered the capital Wancheng, and sent generals from all walks of life to attack Luoyang and Wuguan, and the Sanfu region was shaken.

Wuguan surrendered, everywhere was destroyed, and the powerful landlords near Chang'an raised troops one after another, entered Chang'an and killed Wang Mang.

Luoyang also pulled, but also the beginning of the northern Duluo, and sent the light of the martial arts to the great Sima Shi, holding the festival in Hebei, the town of Weizhou County, to the joy of the people. Will Wang Lang into Handan, Hebei big disturbance, Guangwu from Lu Nu north to thistle, Ji also raised troops to respond to Wang Lang. Guangwu is south to Xindu, because of Xindu and Herong soldiers, recruit far and near, attack Wang Lang, Pingzhi. At the beginning of the change, the western capital of Chang'an, political affairs were disordered, between the river and the economy, thieves were rampant, and they were plundered. It was also the beginning of the edict to strike the army. Guangwu from Geng Yi's plan, not to levy, but to send troops to attack the copper horse thieves, the first to break the surrender, south of Hanoi, Hanoi to surrender.

At this time, Wang Lang entered Handan, Hebei was in turmoil, and Emperor Guangwu attacked Jixian from Lunu to the north, and Jixian County also raised troops to respond to Wang Lang. Emperor Guangwu then galloped south to Xindu, and with the help of the forces of Xindu and Herong, he recruited soldiers from near and far, attacked Wang Lang, and pacified him.

At this time, Emperor Gengshi had already established the capital in Chang'an, and the political affairs were chaotic, and thieves between the Yellow River and Jishui swarmed and looted everywhere.

Emperor Gengshi issued an edict to Emperor Guangwu to stop his actions and go to Chang'an.

Emperor Guangwu followed Geng Yi's advice and did not go to be recruited, but sent troops to attack Tongma and other thieves again, gradually defeated and surrendered them, and went south to conquer Hanoi, and Hanoi surrendered.

Shi Chimei from Yingchuan to the west, into Chang'an, Guangwu general Beiyan, Zhao. Du Chimei will break Chang'an, and want to take advantage of the provocation and Guanzhong, so he ordered Deng Yuxi to enter the pass, and ordered Kou to guard Hanoi, so that the soldiers can accumulate millet and be the root of Hebei. Sui then and the beginning of the Zhu Kun and others held in Luoyang. Even Yan and Zhao Xiding are located in Yenan. Deng Yu also slightly settled on the east of the river, crossing the river from Fenyin to the west. Wu Han and other generals besieged Luoyang, and under Luoyang, they decided to pay the capital. At that time, the red eyebrows had entered Chang'an, and they were defeated, Deng Yu was afraid of the strength of the red eyebrows, and led the army north to Luyi, and the three counties of Shangjun, Beidi, and Anding. For a long time, Chang'an was broken, and the red eyebrows turned to plunder Anding, Beidi, and Shanglong, and were defeated by the hustle and bustle, and re-entered Chang'an, plundering to the east.

Expecting that Chimei would definitely break through Chang'an and want to take the opportunity to seize the Guanzhong region, Emperor Guangwu ordered Deng Yu to enter the pass westward, and ordered Kou Sui to garrison Hanoi, so that Kou Sui could accumulate troops and food as the foundation of Hebei.

Kou Sui then confronted Zhu Kun, a general of the First Emperor, and others in Luoyang.

Soon the land of Yan and Zhao was all pacified, and Emperor Guangwu ascended the throne in the south of Yecheng.

Deng Yu also roughly pacified the east of the river and marched west from the Fenyin River. Wu Han and other generals jointly besieged Luoyang, and after Luoyang surrendered, they built their capital in Luoyang.

At this time, the Red Mei Army had entered Chang'an, and the first regime was defeated, Deng Yu was afraid of the strength of the Red Mei Army, so he led the army north to Luyi to conquer the three counties of Shangjun, Beidi and Anding.

After a period of time, Chang'an became more and more dilapidated, and the Red Mei army turned to plunder Anding, Beidi, and Shanglong, but was defeated by Kui Huan, and returned to Chang'an, and marched east after plundering.

In the last years of the new dynasty, the country was in turmoil, and bandits sprung up in various places. In the third year of the emperor (22 years), Liu Xiu and his brother Liu Xiu raised troops in Wan (now Nanyang City, Henan Province).

In the Battle of Kunyang, Liu Xiu defeated Wang Mang's army with a small victory.

The rebel army dared to fight hard, its morale was high, and it was also good at taking advantage of the weakness of the new recklessness to attack the heart and attack the military at the same time, destroying the new army's will to fight, and accumulating small victories into big victories. And they were able to grasp the fighter plane, choose the headquarters of the new army as the primary target of the attack, and smash it in one fell swoop, so that the enemy army fell into a leaderless situation, and it was difficult to escape the fate of defeat in the end.

List of high-quality authors Liu Xiu gathered and annihilated a large number of troops that Wang Mang relied on to maintain his rule, and created favorable conditions for the rebel army to march victoriously into Luoyang and Chang'an, and finally overthrow Xin Mang's rule. This battle is also one of the famous examples of winning more with less in Chinese history, which determined the fate of the two armies of the New Han Dynasty and the national fortunes of the future Central Plains Dynasty for hundreds of years.

In 25 A.D., Liu Xiu ascended the throne and became the emperor in the ancient city of Yancheng (now Baixiang County, Xingtai City, Hebei Province), changed the Yuan Dynasty to Jianwu, and the country name was "Han", known as the Eastern Han Dynasty in history.

Liu Xiu's series of decisions, such as choosing a place to start the army, deciding on the city to attack, and dealing with the enemy army, all had a significant impact on the outcome of the war. Therefore, the decisions of leaders have an important impact on the course of history, both good and bad.

Liu Xiuneng swept away the enemy in the vast area of Jizhou and Youzhou on the north bank of the Yellow River, stabilized the hearts of the people, and finally proclaimed himself emperor in Juancheng, also relying on the strength of hundreds of thousands of peasant armies dominated by Tongma. Therefore, the people of Guanzhong privately called Liu Xiu "Bronze Horse Emperor".

But he is better known for it."Children of the PlaneZhuge Liang commented on him: "Guangwu God is scheming, born in the heart of heaven, so there is nothing he thinks, and there is no other way out of the six wonders, so he conspires to agree and become the king's business." ”