Confucian General's ZTE (9)
Main author: Zhu Hui
In the last years of Xinmang, there was another saying, that is, prophecy, that is, "The Liu family is revived, and the Li family is supplemented." ”
Just eight words, very straightforward, but also very simple, although it is an ancient text, but there is no need to explain at all. It first appears in the history books in the spring of the second year of the new dynasty Dihuang (21 AD), when a scholar of Weiwei, Wang Cheng, and Li Yan of Wei Cheng (Wei Commandery Taishouzhi) said that Han belongs to fire virtue, and the surname Li is fire in the five elements, which should help the Liu family to revive the Han court. The two then conspired to compile a book of more than 100,000 words, in this reactionary manual, it was clearly shown that in the fourth year (23 years) of the emperor, the Liu clan would send troops from Jingchu to take revenge and restore the ancestral inheritance, in addition, the book also clearly gave a timetable for the revival of the Liu clan, for example, he predicted that the leader of Chimei, Fan Chong, would establish the Liu clan and "not be pardoned, and wanted to move Qin and Luoyang", and even the fate of the main ministers of the new dynasty and the date of birth and death were predicted one by one. Of course, as soon as the book was written, the incident happened, and both were killed by Wang Mang.
However, the wildfire burned endlessly, and the spring breeze blew again, and with the blessing of this saying, another family surnamed Li began to move. This family is naturally the Nanyang Haojie Li Tong family.
Li Tong, character dimension, from Wancheng, Nanyang. The Li family has been a giant businessman in Nanyang, and his family is very wealthy. Li Tong's father, Li Shou, was nine feet tall (about two meters and seven meters today), with a very different appearance, a strict and resolute person, even at home he was as meticulous as the official government. In his early years, he studied Confucianism and the art of astrology under the master of Confucianism, and later served as Wang Mang's grandfather (Note 1). Therefore, under the influence of Li Shou, Li Tong was also proficient in Confucianism and sophistication, had excellent learning, but his career was not smooth, and he only served as some county officials and other small officials. However, the appearance of this rumor eventually completely subverted the fate of the Li family.
It turned out that Li Shou, as a disciple of the national teacher Liu Xin, naturally had access to the secrets of the imperial court, and once the father and son chatted, he roughly told Li Tong about Li Yan's reactionary manual. But he didn't expect that the speaker had no intention of listening to the heart, Li Tong originally had great ambitions, and he was even more convinced when he heard his father's words, so he resolutely resigned and went home, looking for Jing Chu Liu Clan who could assist, waiting for fate to come.
This wait until the third year of Dihuang, the green forest soldiers, Nanyang commotion, Li Tong can no longer sit still, he remembered the proverb of the family Li Yan, the proverb clearly says that next year there will be a revival of the Liu family from the Jingchu area, and the Li family can be supplemented, then we must not hurry. It just so happened that his cousin Li Yi (Yiyinyin) was also a very restless person, so he said to Li Tong: "Today the four sides are disrupted, the new room is dead, and the Handang is more prosperous." Nanyang Sect Room, Du Liu Shu Liu Xiu and Liu Xiu two brothers love and tolerate the public, can make great things with each other. Li Tong had been waiting for his brother's words for a long time, and when he heard this, he naturally hit it off, and laughed loudly: "Zhengwu Yiye." ”
It was so coincidental that Liu Xiu happened to be selling grain in Wancheng at that time, and when Li Tong heard about it, he asked Li Yi to invite Liu Xiu to come to Fuzhong to discuss important matters.
However, as soon as Liu Xiu heard Li Yi's visit, his heart sank, and he immediately came to the door and closed it, avoiding it.
Liu Xiu is a gentle and friendly person, why is he so rude this time? It turned out that the Liu family and the Li family had a grudge, and Li Tong had a half-brother named Shen Tuchen (Note 2), a famous divine doctor in Nanyang, and once Liu Shu's friend fell ill, so he sent someone to ask Shen Tuchen to see him, but he did not expect that Shen Tuchen had a large frame, corrupted medical ethics, and burst his temper Liu Wei so he staged a medical trouble on the spot, and killed Shen Tuchen after losing his hand.
Killing people to pay off debts and paying money, Liu Xiu's brother killed people's younger brothers, and now people are looking for them, not seeking revenge, what else can they do? So of course Liu Xiu doesn't see it, only fools see it, this is people's territory, and they don't even know how to die when they don't notice, so it's better to quickly pack up their baggage and prepare to run.
But Li Yi came with a heavy responsibility, how could he give up easily? As a result, he blocked the door all day and night, so waiting to see, unheard of, Liu Xiu had no choice, so he had to reluctantly meet him. Li Yi said clearly what he meant, and said that Shen Tuchen's matter was all his fault, I and other Li clan people did not blame Brother Ling, and time has passed, it is not enough to think, today there is really something important to discuss, sincerely have no other intention, Uncle Wen (Liu Xiuzi) went to know.
Liu Xiu thought to himself, Liu Li's two families have been feuding for many years, there must always be a problem, the so-called wronged family should not be solved, today is Longtan Tiger's Den, I will also break in! What's more, everyone is a fellow countryman, and if you look down and don't see you looking up, you can't hide from each other forever in this life.
So Liu Xiu agreed, but just in case, he hid a short knife in his sleeve, and when the time came, if something really happened, he fought with them.
However, after Liu Xiu came to Li's mansion, he did not see Li Tong, it was said that he was ill, and he was received by Li Tong's brother Li Wei and younger brothers Li Pet and Li Song. When Li Song and others saw Liu Xiu, they were very happy, and when they opened their mouths, they said that the world is disturbing hunger, Xiajiang is prosperous, and Wang Mang is defeated and died not long ago, I might as well wait...
Liu Xiu originally thought that if the Li family invited him not to seek revenge, it was to seek reconciliation, but he didn't expect it to be such a big thing, and he couldn't help but be secretly frightened, and he felt that the Li family was rich, so why did he abandon his family and property and do such a risky thing, so he didn't dare to agree for a while. Li Tong listened anxiously in the inner room, so he no longer got sick, and sent someone to urgently summon Liu Xiu into the interior to discuss matters. Liu Xiu smiled in her heart when she heard this: This is right, your leading eldest brother should have come forward a long time ago.
Li Tong saw Liu Xiu come in, although he was still half lying on the bed, but as soon as he approached, he came to a warm handshake. Liu Xiu was caught off guard, and the short knife in his sleeve was caught squarely, and he couldn't help but be embarrassed. Li Tong smiled and asked: "Uncle Wen went to the meeting alone, Yi He Wuye!" ”
Liu Xiu's face turned red, and he also smiled: "This cang's pawn is just in case, Brother Li doesn't have to mind." However, Brother Wuguan Li's face is rosy, and his hands are very strong, what a disease this is! The two of them laughed heartily, and the mustard was gone.
At this time, Li Tong brought out that proverb and encouragement, and on behalf of the Li family, he was willing to hold the army and help the Liu family achieve great deeds! Liu Xiu suddenly realized, but he still had one last concern in his heart, this concern is Li Tong's father Li Shou, you must know that Li Shou is an official in Chang'an at this time, and has always been valued by Wang Mang, Li Tong actually rebelled at this moment, it is unreasonable, and he put his father in a desperate situation, which is really unfilial! Then he asked, "What is the Dangru Zonghing Master?" ”
Li Tong knew that Liu Xiu must have this question, and immediately replied: "I already have my own degree." "It turns out that he has arranged for his nephew Li Ji to go to Chang'an to pick up Li Shou, so there is no need to worry about this.
Liu Xiu thought deeply for a long time, and saw that Li Tong acted meticulously and did not seem to be rash, so he dispelled all his concerns, officially represented the Liu family and formed an alliance with the Li family, and agreed on the entire uprising plan in detail.
The time of the uprising was set on the day when the soldiers from all over Nanyang gathered in Wancheng to try (Note 3) on the occasion of the autumn and agricultural leisure in October of that year (the third year of Dihuang). On this day, Zhen Fu, the former captain of the team (renamed Nanyang Taishouzhi), and Liang Qiuci, a subordinate (that is, the renamed of the commander of the county), will all attend the military parade in person, and the Li clan can take the opportunity to kidnap the two and seize the autumn tax and arsenal, because they can easily sit in Wancheng by ordering the public. The plan was decided, the two sides acted separately, and Li Tong went to contact Nanyang Junshi Zhang Shun and others to respond; Liu Xiu secretly purchased crossbow weapons in Wancheng with the help of selling grain. Liu Xiu is a careful person, he not only purchased weapons, but also military uniforms and flags, which are completely in accordance with the style of the old Han. When everything was ready, Liu Xiu took Li Yi, the representative of the Li family, to sneak back to the tomb and inform his eldest brother Liu Shu to raise troops accordingly.
From Wancheng to Gongling, the air distance was nearly three hundred miles, Liu Xiu, Li Yi and dozens of guests, and a large number of weapons and armor, in order to avoid the investigation of the government, they could only go out day and night, taking the mountain path, so that when they arrived at Gongling, I was afraid that the yellow cauliflower would be cold. Therefore, Liu Xiu discussed with Li Yi and sent a guest to Gongling on a fast horse to inform Liu Wei of the details. When Liu Shu heard the letter, he was overjoyed, and immediately summoned his dead party Haojie and discussed with him: "Wang Mang is tyrannical, and the people are falling apart. Today, drought and drought for many years, military revolutions and revolutions are rising, this is the time of the death of heaven, the restoration of the cause of the ancestors, and the autumn of all generations! ”
Liu Wei discussed the rebellion with everyone, it was not a day or two, now the boss finally spoke, everyone responded in a coaxing response, a sense of pride, straight to the sky, it was agreed that the day of the trial to raise troops at the same time, everyone went back to the place to gather the younger brother without mentioning it.
However, the plan could not catch up with the change, and everyone was ambitious and wanted to do a big job, but something happened on the Wancheng side. It turned out that Li Tong met someone who was not Shu, and his internal Ying Zhang Shun actually defected and reported the Li family's conspiracy to Nanyang Taishou Zhenfu. At this time, Li Tong was miserable, and the family was arrested by the government, only he and his brother Li Song ran fast and were able to escape on horseback.
Shortly after the Wancheng incident, Li Shou's family was killed in Chang'an. At the same time, Li Tong's wife, brother, sect and other 64 people in Wancheng were also pulled up to the mouth of the vegetable market and beheaded on the street, and then their bodies were burned and abandoned in the market, and the smell of scorching smell fluttered for ten miles.
Li Tong, Li Yi, and Li Song are undoubtedly Liu Xiu's "revolutionary" enlighteners, and the Li brothers fired the first shot of Nanyang Haojie's revival of the Han Dynasty, and paid great sacrifices for the revolution, they are undoubtedly all heroes of the overthrow of Wang Mang, and the Nanyang Haojie led by them later became the heavy ministers and generals of Liu Xuan's first regime, Li Tong was worshipped as a general, named the king of Xiping, and later married Liu Xiu's sister Liu Boji, and this in-law relationship protected Liu Xiu's thoughtfulness, so that Liu Xiu survived the fierce political struggle in the first regime, Li Tong thus became the founding hero of the Eastern Han Dynasty; It's a pity that Li Yi and Li Song later stood on the wrong team, followed the first emperor Liu Xuan to the black, and finally ended up in a ruined end, which shows that revolution requires courage and even more luck.
However, after the call stopped, Liu Wei looked around and found that there was only a group of guests surrounded by dead parties, and most of the children of the Liu family had run away.
Liu Wei was shocked and angry, and he shouted loudly: "Come back, come back!" Wang Mang cruelly harmed the people, usurped my rivers and mountains, destroyed my sect temple, and committed a great crime, and this country hates the family, and Ru and others do not report it? ”
But the disciples were still running, and as they ran, they turned around and shouted: "Bo Sheng (Liu Qizi) kill me!" Bo Sheng kill me! "Rebellion is a major sin to destroy the Nine Races, Li Tong's family has been roasted, we don't want to be pulled into the fire by you anymore, everyone better run for their lives."
Liu Shu straightforwardly gave birth to one Buddha and two Buddhas ascended to heaven: Give you merit and wealth, you don't want it yet. What a group of unseen cowards!
Just when this person is flustered, and the big thing is about to fail. At the beginning of November, Liu Xiu and they finally returned from Wancheng, and everyone clearly saw that Liu Xiu, an honest farmer who had always been gentle, was actually dressed in the Han Dynasty military attaché's martial crown (Han Dynasty Shangchi), murderously escorting a car full of "arms" back arrogantly. That feeling, like Zhou Yunfa walking into the casino at the last moment in the movie, with background music and slow motion, good wind, good martial arts, good coquettishness, so shiny...
The disciples of Gongling couldn't help but be shocked, and they all said: "I think that Du Bosheng is like this, and so is Zhong Jinhou." "I thought that only Liu Shu, the trouble-causing spirit, wanted to rebel, but I didn't expect that Liu Xiu's thick-eyed man also turned into a Super Saiyan man and rebelled, and it seems that he should really rebel." So they rallied closely around the Liu brothers and competed to rebel. Liu Xiu busily said that we are not rebelling, we are rectifying chaos, Wang Mang and he are rebelling, and this Jiangshan should have been our Liu family. When everyone heard this, their arrogance became even higher, and everyone shouted: Wang Mang bastard, hurry up, Liu family, Liu family to do it!
In this world, it is not the bold who have the most appeal, sometimes honest people can give people the greatest sense of security. So when Liu Bang rebelled, the people of Peixian were still watching, and when Xiao He rebelled, the entire county rebelled!
In the end, the Liu brothers, like Xiang Yu Jiangdong who rebelled in that year, also gathered a total of more than 8,000 disciples in Gongling and nearby villages, and these Gongling disciples were the initial team and core force of the Great Han Zhongxing, also known as the Gongling Army. On the other side, Liu Xiu's brother-in-law Deng Chen received the news and also led hundreds of clans and guests to rise up in Xinye, a force that was also a loyal supporter of the Liu brothers. Everyone then joined hands and headed towards Wancheng, the capital of Nanyang County, with high will.
Wancheng, adjacent to Jianghuai in the east, Wuguan in the west, Jingxiang in the south, and Luoru in the north, has been an important place for soldiers since ancient times. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Chu dominated the Central Plains, using this as a base, and during the Warring States period, Wancheng entered Qin, and Chu Sui did not recover. It has developed rapidly since the Qin and Han dynasties, and at that time it was already a metropolis of industry and commerce, an important transportation and economic town in the north and south. It is a pity that Li's previous campaign failed, not only failed to capture Wancheng, but also made the Nanyang government take precautions in advance, and the revolutionary situation took a sharp turn, and now Nanyang Haojie is alone, Liu Wei decided to use the Green Forest Displaced People's Armed Forces to unite with them and form an anti-reckless united front.
This is an excellent strategy. It is much more convenient to use ready-made peasant rebel armies than to organize rebel armies. In fact, in the past, the local noble families who stood on the side of the power system were not good at organizing peasant forces to rebel; Therefore, Liu Xiu, who knew how to use the peasant army (green forest, copper horse) the most, became the final victor. And Liu Yong, Wang Lang, Zhang Bu and other local tycoons never paid attention to this, and the final outcome was failure.
Of course, the Hao family dances with the displaced people, this is a dangerous strategic move that requires super high political wisdom, a poorly controlled fire may break out or split, and in the end, whether the east wind overwhelms the west wind, or the west wind overwhelms the east wind, then it can only be done according to each other's ability.
Therefore, Liu Jia sent Liu Jia of the sect to bring a whole cartload of gold, silver, money, grain and crossbow oxen wine to Suixian, and made good alliances with Wang Feng, Chen Mu, the leaders of the Green Forest Army, and others, and agreed to join forces to advance westward and capture Wancheng, and then used this as a foundation to sweep the world, destroy Xinmang, and revive Liu Han.
The leaders of the Green Forest Army hardly consulted, and quickly agreed to Liu Shu's proposal. The so-called enemy of the enemy is a friend, in order to overthrow Wang Mang, the enemy of the people, the Liu family contributed money and grain, and the green forest contributed people, isn't this very fair? Everyone used to gather in the mountains and forests to rebel against the government, originally there was only the low-level demand of mixed food, but now with the Liu family, it not only protects the belly and pockets of the brothers, solves the problem of shortage of food and military spending, but also justifies itself from now on, with the lofty political goal of reviving the Han family, why not do it?
So, in a warm atmosphere, the two sides hit it off and formed a warm alliance. Since then, this homeless army, which had been plundering for their lives, had a higher pursuit of life, shouting Xinghan slogans in unison, and joined forces with the Gongling army to capture a place called Changju (Ju, Juye, smaller than Xiangyuju) west of Gongling. After the victory of the armies, Liu Wei renamed his Zhuling army Zhutiandubu, which means to command the various departments and become the pillar of Optimus.
Although Changju is only a small village, it is a relatively important military stronghold, and it is personally commanded by the captain of Shinno Prefecture. According to the "Records of the Eastern View of Han", Liu Xiu's achievements in this battle were to ride an ox into battle, sword to behead the lieutenant of Xinye County, and seize his horse and ride it.
Everyone is not mistaken, the original mount of Liu Xiu, a famous general of the Ming Dynasty, was actually a cow, which was really unarranged, and it really showed the true colors of Tian Shewen. As for how the bull rode to fight, I have not seen it, I don't know what a spectacle, and it is not recorded in detail in the history books. I think this is probably not Liu Xiu is learning Taishang Laojun or Huang Feihu to be cool, but the lack of military resources in the early days of the uprising, the most precious war horse is naturally an extremely scarce thing, it is estimated that there are only a few in total, and the weapons in everyone's hands are probably mostly hoes, shovels, rolling pins and the like, Liu Xiu can have a ploughing bull to ride, which is already very good. It was not until the coalition forces took important military strongholds that everyone's weapons and equipment improved slightly.
Interestingly, in the wild history commentary, the mount that Liu Xiu helplessly chose was interpreted as a one-horned red bull given by immortals, the so-called "two hundred Yan Liu from now on, the red bull straight to the five clouds" also. It's so exciting.
Another point worth noting is that just this month, a meteor crossed the sky over Luoyang and flew towards Nanyang. The "Continuation of the Hejaz" says that this is "there will be great chaos in the land of Chu, and the capital of light and martial arts will be Luoyang, and the land will be the place of Zhou, and the new image of defilement will be removed." ”
Next, the Han army advanced westward, as the administrative division escalated step by step, preparing to attack Tangzi Township (present-day Taiping Township, Tangzi Mountain, Zaoyang City, Hubei Province), which was where the Mang army stored its heavy weight, and it was undoubtedly a correct choice to replenish supplies here. This time, Liu Xiu thought of a clever trick again, and sent Liu Zhi of the sect to pretend to be an official of Jiangxia County, luring the commander of the Mang army in Tangzi Township, Huyang County, out of the camp, ambushing and killing him, and the Mang army was leaderless, so he collapsed without a fight. The Han army then entered Tutangzi Township and seized a large amount of military assets and property.
Winning a battle and robbing good things naturally requires points. However, there was a problem when it was divided, it turned out that the Liu clan took half, and the good men of the green forest thought that this was unfair, it should be divided according to the head, and there were more people in the green forest!
Besides, the children of the Liu family are all rich, and the good men in the green forest are all poor, and now everyone is trading in partnership, and each rich person has more shares, is there any heavenly reason!
The more the good men in the green forest think about it, the more angry they are, and when they get on fire, they want to come to a nest anyway, anyway, robbing who is not robbing, it's a big deal to scatter the gang and turn their faces, fight you to death and me to live!
Liu Xiu saw that this was not good, and he began to engage in infighting at the beginning of the revolution, and how to fight this battle in the future, so he quickly intervened to mediate, persuading the children of the clan to put the overall situation first, give up their immediate interests, hand over all the spoils, and give all the spoils to the good men of the green forest. When the good men saw Liu Xiu so acquainted, they couldn't help but rejoice infinitely, smiling one after another, all of them were uncles and good friends.
Wen is weak and afraid of things, and his face is amiable, this is Liu Xiu's impression in the eyes of the good man in the green forest. Assuming that Liu Xiu did not have a strong brother Liu Shu, but was just an ordinary Liu family's disciple, the unlucky character they chose later might be Liu Xiu instead of Liu Xuan.
We now know that Liu Xiu's is not timid and fearful, but a high degree of political wisdom - with a little money, he successfully defused a mutiny and consolidated the unity within the Han army. So Liu Xiu told everyone: Our Liu family's reckless goal is to restore the country, not to get rich; To sacrifice small profits to make big things! Why are you in a hurry to pay dividends when you just start a business? A little interest first close to the employees, the company can develop and grow, figure this out, maintain this, the revolution can achieve the final victory.
In any case, the Han army had made up their minds and continued to advance westward, intending to capture the military town of Xianyang County (present-day Nanyang, Henan).
Thornyang, the ancient country of Xie, is located in the Yang of Thorny Water, named after it. This county is the southeast gateway of Wancheng, and its geographical location is extremely important, and the magistrate of Thornyang, Cen Peng (character Junran), is the best of the twenty-eight generals of the founding state of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the wild history commentary says that he holds a three-pointed two-edged knife, and is good at darts, known as a three-handed general, has the courage of ten thousand people, or Wang Mang's handpicked Wu Zhuangyuan (this is nonsense). Seeing this, everyone must have thought that there would be a wonderful battle between heavenly thunder and earth fire, but he didn't expect Cen Peng to disappoint the audience, he saw that the Han army was strong and the soldiers were unguarded, so the good man did not suffer the immediate loss, and fled the city with his wife and children. In this way, Liu Wei had no effort to get the first county town after the incident.
The Han army has the base of Thornyang, and the next battle can come slowly, after all, Wancheng is a large city in the Central Plains second only to Luoyang, and the defenders have as many as 50,000 or 60,000 people, which is a big bone that is hard and scary. So take your time, take your time, you can't gnaw hard bones in a hurry.
But during the temporary rest of the Han army, the Liu Shu brothers encountered several major events one after another, some good, some bad, and some sad, in short, since embarking on this arduous road to restore the country, their lives will never be peaceful again, and those warm and idyllic times are gone.
The good thing was that his brother-in-law Deng Chen, his friend Yin Zhi (Yin Lihua's brother), and the Li Tong and Li Song brothers of Nanyang each led their own clansmen, children, and guests to Xingyang to make peace with the Han army, greatly strengthening the power of the Liu brothers. The good men of the green forest look at it in their eyes, anxious in their hearts, damn Liu Shu has another bunch of pennies over there, our shares are getting less and less, what to do?
The bad thing was that Liu Xiu and Liu Xiu's widowed mother Fan Xian in Huyang's grandfather's house suddenly died of illness, because Liu had become an "anti-thief", her mother's family did not dare to give her a funeral, and Liu Xiu did not have time to rush to the funeral, because they wanted to send Wang Mang's funeral, and in the end, only the clan member Fan Jugong kindly collected it and buried it hastily outside the city (Note 4).
The Liu brothers and sisters were overwhelmed. Fan Xian was young and widowed, and she worked hard to raise a group of children, but she was also dignified and submissive, abided by the way of women, and respected the clan. Now because of Liu's army, there is no one to bury when he dies, and there is not even a decent grave, which can make Liu Xiu embarrassed? Han ruled the country with filial piety, and Confucianism based on filial piety, which is not a trivial matter, but a huge sacrifice.
Alas, everything in this world comes at a price, and the bigger the thing, the greater the cost; So if you want a wonderful life, you must give up part of your life. In fact, heroes are far less free than mortals, they can't laugh purely, they can't cry completely, no way, this is the path they have chosen, but they know where to go, they don't know the way back, it is impossible to look back when they start, even if this road is full of blood and tears, kneeling, lying on the stomach, crawling, as long as there is still a breath, you have to finish it.
As a result, the huge contrast between Lian Zhanjie's encouragement and the grief of losing a loved one, intertwined and rushed to the Liu brothers, dizzy their minds, blurred their judgments, and finally made a big mistake.
This big mistake was that after the Han army rested, they actually let the Liu clan family accompany them and attacked Wancheng to the north together, without leaving them in the base area of Jieyang. The reason for this, not recorded in the history books, the author speculates that there may be two reasons for this, one is probably that successive victories have made them underestimate the enemy, and they have not considered the unfavorable situation of the battle at all, although these families cannot fight, but it is not bad to be a cheering family and friend group; The second is probably that the death of the Fan family makes them no longer bear to be separated from their relatives for a moment, for fear of a goodbye, that is, never to see, so simply come to the whole family to go to the battlefield, to live together, to die together!
Liu's rash decision was in Nanyang Taishou Zhenfu's arms.
The Han army finally returned to Zhen Fu, this person came from the largest bureaucratic family of the new dynasty, the Zhongshan Wuji Zhen family, and Zhen Feng, Zhen Handan, Zhen Xun and other three people each served as high-ranking officials of the new dynasty, known as the four Zhen of the new dynasty, loyal to Wang Mang, he began to transfer troops and generals as early as the Green Forest Army poured into Nanyang, hoarded grain and grass, recruited talents, and recruited soldiers, and by this time, his men had 100,000 elite soldiers. However, Zhen Fu, who has strong capital, has been sitting in Nanyang, not moving, obviously having a comprehensive plan in his heart, and if the Han army does not come, it will definitely feel better.
More importantly, there was a famous general in Zhenfu's army who would shine in the future: Cen Peng, who fled from Thornyang.
It turned out that because Cen Peng was not good at defending the land, Zhen Fu took his family members as hostages and threatened him to atone for his sins.
At this time, Cen Peng was anxious, and quickly racked his brains to Zhen Fu to make a ruthless move, that is, the main force of the Mang army was ambushed in the gate of Wancheng and the water and land transportation hub "Xiaochang'an Ju" (Note 5), and then lured the enemy deep and wrapped all these "anti-thieves" in dumplings!
Sure enough, a few days later, the dumplings came, men, women and children, everything, rich in meat filling, delicious and juicy, and in the early morning, foggy, it was a beautiful scenery, breakfast was rich, and I was sorry for my mouth if I didn't eat it.
Zhen Fu smiled, ordered, and moved his mouth!
Before the words fell, the Mang army ambushed in all directions, and suddenly merged with the fog, submerging the Han army.
The Han army was naturally defeated. How can this battle be fought, unguarded, unfamiliar terrain, outnumbered enemies, and foggy sky, obscuring the line of sight?
Liu Wei has his own plan.
The trick is to escape! What else can you do except escape, how much you escape!
But it is not easy to escape, the generals are easy to handle, they have horses; The soldiers are also okay, they have knives. But the family members are all old and weak women and children, they can only rely on two delicate and soft thighs to run blindly in the fog, once they hit the butcher knives of the officers and soldiers, they die; Once you lose your way, you can't run, wait for death. In the entire small Chang'an, a shout of killing cry, bitter blood, dyed red and white mist, soaked in conscription clothes, this is Asura hell.
In the midst of this chaos, Liu Xiu was also running, he was single and galloping in the fog. His subordinates and relatives had already scattered, and he was at a loss and full of sadness.
If time can be turned back, Liu Xiu will never take his relatives out to fight again, he would rather live and leave than die!
Just regretting it, Liu Xiu suddenly saw a familiar shadow, it was her sister Liu Boji crying on the side of the road. Liu Xiu quickly flew down to help his sister on horseback, the two rode wildly together, behind a white flower, is an avalanche-like chaser, the chasing soldier's shout is obviously a human voice, but at this time it sounds like a ghost crying wolf howl, the sound is soul-catching.
The two ran not far and met their second sister Liu Yuan, who was dragging her and Deng Chen's three daughters, stumbling for their lives all the way. Liu Xiu hurriedly caught up, flew off the horse, and asked the second sister and them to get on the horse quickly. Liu Yuan looked back at her three crying young daughters, looked at her two embarrassed younger siblings, and the poor horse who was panting heavily, waved his hand and smiled bitterly: "Okay, you can't save each other, you can't do both!" ”
Liu Xiu was anxious and sad, sweating profusely, tears like rain, the whole body was like a wash, unable to move, thinking that this was life and death! God, why are you doing this to me!
Seeing that Liu Xiu refused to leave, Liu Yuan said angrily: "In the battle of Pengcheng back then, my Emperor Gao fought unfavorably, drove at a gallop, chased after him, and Emperor Gao wanted to abandon it for my Han inheritance!" Uncle Jinwen is also a person who does great things, why is he so indecisive! ”
Liu Xiu had no choice, so he had to get on the horse and continue to run wildly with his sister, and soon he heard the screams of his sister and nieces, and he couldn't help but feel painful, but he had no way at all, the only thing he could do was to speed up and relax, and shouted to Liu Boji, who was trembling: "Sister, hold me tight, don't look back!" ”
Soon, the Han army would flee back to Xingyang one after another, counting the men and horses, and suffered heavy losses, especially the Liu clan, and almost all the family members were killed.
Liu Xiu's second brother, Liu Zhong, was killed in battle. The second sister Liu Yuan and her third daughter died tragically. The wife and second son of his adoptive father Liu Liang were killed. The wife and children of his brother Liu Jia also died. Liu Zhiben, the concubine of the former Marquis of Lingling, was in the middle hall of the battle of Xiaochang'an, and immediately retreated and defended Xingyang after being ambushed. Mang officers and soldiers chased after him and told Liu Zhi that his mother, wife, and children had been arrested, and asked Liu Zhi to open the door and surrender. Under such threats, Liu Zhi still insisted on holding Thornyang, keeping the only base for the large army. As a result, more than a dozen members of his family were killed by the Mang army. There is also Liu Xiu's second brother-in-law, Deng Chen, not only lost his wife and daughter, but also Xinye County Zai gouged and burned all their family's ancestral home and ancestral grave in Xinye.
In this battle, Liu's dependents were buried in the wilderness and there were nearly 100 people who could not collect the corpses, and the family was broken and killed, and it was extremely miserable, and the entire thorny yang, full of mourning, was plain.
This is probably fate, these dead royal relatives and state relatives, if they are not dead, until the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty, they must be princes and generals, princesses and wives, but now, they return to dust and soil, and can only obtain glory in underground and sect temples.
The sky of the thorny sun is bloody; There was a cloud in it, also bloody.
This is the lesson of blood. This lesson tells the Liu brothers that war is not a child's play, let alone a dinner invitation, and if one is not careful, it is a quick revenge, blood flows like a river, and the use of troops is not careful, the use of troops is not careful, and the use of troops is not careful!
Some famous generals, such as Xiang Yu Hanxin, are gifted wizards, and they do not need to be sharpened, and they are enough to be proud of the past and the present. Some famous generals, such as Liu Xiu and Cao Cao, must be stained with blood and tears, engraved in their hearts, digging into their hearts, and going through hardships before they can become beautiful jade.
Knowing the cruelty of war, and being able to persevere in a brutal war, without flinching, it is obvious that a famous general like Liu Xiu Cao Cao is more resilient, more durable, and more likely to have the last laugh than a famous general like Xiang Yu Hanxin.
Note 1: Men who reached the age of twenty-three among the commoners of the Han Dynasty were to serve in the county for one year, serving as material officers, knights, and building ship sergeants, and receiving various military training according to local conditions, which was an assessment and test of their combat ability. The Han system is held every year in August or September to test the martial arts, presided over by the county guard, and the commanders and commanders, chiefs, and lieutenants of each county also participate. "Han Guanyi" said: "At the end of the year, when the county is examined, talk about the martial arts, because of the school hunting, simplify its material strength." ”
Note 2: Shen Tu is a compound surname, not Shen. In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Wen had a prime minister named Shentujia, and there were also famous people such as Shentujian, Shentugang, and Shentusheng at the intersection of the two Han Dynasties.
Note 3: According to Li Xian's note: "In the fifth year of Emperor Ping, Wang Mang was regent, and the county state appointed the grandmaster as the main sect room, and the gate honored it, so it was known as the sect secretary master." "That is, the official in charge of the clan office.
Note 4: In fact, the Fan family was very rich in the local area, and history records that it "was able to govern the fields and colonize to 300 hectares." Guangqi Lushe, high-rise pavilions, Bobei infusion, bamboo and wood into forests, six livestock grazing, fish and pear fruits, sandalwood mulberry hemp, closed doors, crossbow equipment, capital to millions. (See "Water Classic Notes Bishui" quoted in Sima Biao's "Book of Continuing Han") However, throughout the late Mang uprising, the Fan clan only built Wubao in order to protect themselves, and did not give Liu Xiu much support. Fortunately, Emperor Guangwu was kind, and later gave honor and wealth to the Fan family, and there were five marquis of the Fan family. In the 28th year of Jianwu (52), Emperor Guangwu gave his cousin Fan Qi and seven cousins another 50 million money.
Note 5: Wadian Town, Wancheng District, Nanyang City, Henan Province, is located in the middle of Nanyang City and Xinye County, 30 kilometers apart, relying on the Bai River in the west, with convenient transportation, developed shipping, prosperous commerce and prosperous population, so it is known as "Little Chang'an".