As the most powerful dynasty in Chinese history, the Han Dynasty has a 400-year-old state. Speaking of the strength of the Han Dynasty, we have to mention Emperor Wu of Han, the most effective emperor of the Han Dynasty, he led the Han Dynasty to defeat the enemy that once weighed on the head of the Han Dynasty- the Xiongnu. We all know that Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty defeated the Xiongnu by relying on the strength of the Han Dynasty and the strength of the Wei Zifu family. The Wei Zifu family produced a pair of Great Hans, Wei Qing and Huo Qi, and defeated the Xiongnu. If the Wei family is the first general of the Western Han Dynasty, then who is the first general of the Eastern Han Dynasty? In fact, the first general of the Eastern Han Dynasty is the Geng family, although they are not famous for Wei Qing and Huo Fu, they are the mainstay of the Eastern Han Dynasty!
The Geng family as early as the last year of the new dynasty, the Chimei army and the Green Forest Army rebelled, and the first emperor helped the Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu, when Liu Xiu had just arrived in Hebei, the situation in Hebei at that time was chaotic, and there were three kings of Hebei dominating, at this time Liu Xiu's subordinate Geng Yi, suggested that Liu Xiu first take the two counties of Yuyang and Shanggu to take a foothold in Youzhou, and then conquer the land of Hebei one by one, and the Taishou of Shanggu at that time was Geng Yi's father Geng, and it can be said that Liu Xiu's foothold in the world was provided by the Geng family! Then Geng Yi was named the Jianwei General Pingding Hebei, Qilu, and Longyou, pacified sixty-four counties, and captured more than 300 cities, ranking fourth among the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai!
Not only Geng Yi, but also Geng Yi's younger brother Geng Guang and five others were all meritorious ministers of the Great Han, and the six brothers were all famous in history. Geng Yi's son Geng Zhong later inherited the title and served as a knight at the top of the Tianshan Mountains to attack the Xiongnu. The Geng clan was actually considered a rich family in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and two people in the family were ranked as great generals of the three dukes, nine people had served as generals, thirteen people ranked in the position of nine secretaries, three people who made horses, nineteen people who were named marquises, served as lieutenants of the Qiang Guards, Assassins, and Taishou, and there were hundreds of people who were more than two thousand stones. Since Geng Yi, geng has been a general for three generations, and he has made great achievements, such as Geng Bing, who went on an expedition to the western region to pacify the Cheshi state, who was the son of Geng Yi's younger brother Geng Guo, and later the most magnificent "thirteen generals returned to Yumen" in the Han Dynasty was Geng Yi's nephew who guarded Lecheng for hundreds of days. However, it is said that the Geng family is worthy of being the "first general gate" of the Eastern Han Dynasty, guarding the border pass and resisting the Xiongnu, all without the help of the Geng family.
Judging from the above analysis, the Geng family is the well-deserved first general of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and it is the mainstay of the Eastern Han Dynasty to resist the Xiongnu and defend the Western Regions! What do you think?