After much deliberation, Liu Xiu finally came up with a brilliant plan. He immediately wrote back to Feng Yi: "Li Yi is scheming, unpredictable, and more cautious. Hold your positions and do not act rashly. This letter resulted in Li Yi's life.
After the Battle of Kunyang, Liu Xiu continued to attack the city, and at this time a bad news came: his brother Liu Xuan was killed by the first emperor Liu Xuan, and Li Yi was one of the participants.
At this time, Liu Xiu's strength was weak, and he could only bury his grief deep in his heart. In order to dispel the suspicion of emperor Gengshi, he hurried back to Wancheng to apologize to Emperor Gengshi, and said that his brother had committed a crime and that he also had mistakes. Not only did he not serve his brother's funeral, but he also did not have private contact with his brother's subordinates, "eating and smiling as usual."
Liu Xiu's operation actually made Emperor Gengshi feel a little too careless, and Emperor Gengshi executed Liu Ji because he did not obey the emperor's authority, his arrogance was too great, and there was no major mistake. When Emperor Shi saw that Liu Xiu was so humble, he made Liu Xiu the Great General of the Broken Guard and the Marquis of Wuxin.
After being enthroned, Liu Xiu married the goddess Yin Lihua, and also fulfilled his dream for many years and lived a low-key life.
However, Liu Xiu knew in his heart that enduring humiliation and bearing heavy burdens was not a long-term solution, and if he had been doing things under emperor Gengshi, he might have followed in his brother's footsteps. So Liu Xiu was ready to find an opportunity to set up his own portal and get rid of Liu Xuan's control.
Feng Yi gave Liu Xiu an idea, befriending Zuo Cheng Xiang Cao Jing and his son Shang Shu Cao Xue, and under the mediation of Cao's father and son, Emperor Shi sent Liu Xiu to recruit Hebei.
For Liu Xiu, the trip to Hebei was simply "breaking the jade cage flying phoenix, opening the golden lock and walking the dragon". However, Emperor Gengshi only gave Liu Xiu a stick, the knotted staff, and did not have a single soldier.
Liu Xiu's Hebei Ben'er, the equipment all rely on explosions, and the soldiers and horses all rely on sending. Hebei Haojie has defected to kunyang hero Liu Xiu, bringing his own soldiers and horses and grain and grass, as well as the beautiful guo shengtong, and the protagonist's aura shines in all directions. Brushing a ben, Liu Xiu harvested a million with armor, split the land for thousands of miles, and also had the capital to compete for the world.
After breaking with Liu Xuan, Liu Xiu led his troops to March to Chang'an. Luoyang was the military stronghold leading to Chang'an, and Liu Xuan sent Li Yi to Zhenshou to block the westward advance of Liu Xiu's army.
Feng Yi wrote a letter of persuasion to Li Yi, and after Li Yi read the letter, his heart was extremely conflicted. Li Yi had already realized that Liu Xuan could not become a big deal, and had long intended to break away, but he had participated in the killing of Liu Xiu's eldest brother, so he did not dare to easily submit to Liu Xiu, fearing that Liu Xiu would not be able to tolerate him.
Therefore, Li Yi wrote back to Feng Yi, saying: "Today, you and I are guarding important military positions, and our position is very important. If you and I can be of the same heart, what concerns will I have? Please convey my meaning to King Xiao (i.e. Liu Xiu), who I am willing to do my best for him. ”
After Feng Yi saw this euphemistic letter, he quickly understood that Li Yi was implying to himself, allowing himself to guarantee the safety of his life and the high-ranking official Houlu after his submission.
Feng Yi was meticulous and did not report directly to Liu Xiu. While writing back to Li Yi to express encouragement and comfort, he also sent troops to attack the counties around Luoyang to see if Li Yi sent troops to the rescue to test whether he really had sincerity. And Li Yi really kept his promise and did not fight With Feng Yi.
After some temptation, Feng Yi saw that Li Yi was indeed consistent in his words and deeds, so he reported the incident to Liu Xiu and handed over Li Yi's letter, persuading Liu Xiu to accept Li Yi's submission regardless of his previous suspicions.
Liu Xiu and Li Yi befriended relatively early, and they started the army together. Liu Ji and Liu Xiu's brothers, because their strength was too small, they united with the Green Forest Army, and at that time, the Green Forest Army was very powerful, and Li Yi abandoned the friendship of joining the army together and began to desperately curry favor with Zhu Kun and other generals of the Green Forest Army.
Even if he does not care about the revenge of killing his brother, Liu Xiu believes that Li Yi is a capricious person, today he can betray Liu Xuan to rely on himself, tomorrow he can also betray himself and submit to others, this kind of person is always a time bomb.
However, if you turn him away now and fight with him, you will also lose a lot of money yourself, and it will be very unfavorable to the development of the war situation.
After much deliberation, Liu Xiu finally came up with a clever plan to kill people with a knife. In his reply to Feng Yi, he avoided talking about whether to accept Li Yi's submission, but reminded Feng Yi: "Li Yi is a man of many tricks and a deep and unpredictable mind, which is difficult for ordinary people to understand. Everyone still held their positions to prevent Li Yi from playing tricks. ”
Then, Liu Xiu deliberately leaked the news that Li Yi planned to surrender, and sent people to secretly spread it, and everyone talked about it.
In this way, a hundred passes were passed on, and soon, this news reached the ears of the Grand Sima Zhu Tuan, who found that Li Yi had two hearts and sent someone to assassinate Li Yi.
As a result, the Luoyang garrison was leaderless, the army was scattered, many people turned to Liu Xiu, and the situation was reversed.
Liu Xiu made some operations and killed Li Yi by the hand of the enemy, not only avenging his brother, but also avoiding the bad reputation of killing the general.
When Liu Xiu did this, did he have a little more thoughts of revenge, or did he trust Li Yi a little more?
