Deng Yu, the brightest star of Liu Xiu Group.
At the age of 22, Liu Xiu's chief think tank put forward the strategy of "basing himself on Hebei and dominating the world";
23 years old, commander-in-chief of the Western Expeditionary Army, fully responsible for the pacification of Guanzhong;
24 years old, Xiang Xiang (Great Situ), Marquis of Wanhu.
Liu Xiu personally called: You are my Zhang Liang (with the Conspiracy Mó Curtain, decisive victory for a thousand miles)!
Such an age, such an achievement, up and down five thousand years, how many?
However, after two months of being a minister, Deng Yu fell into the pit and never turned over in his life.
When he was appointed chancellor, Deng Yu was on the road to the west.
This western expedition implemented Liu Xiu's strategy of driving away tigers and swallowing wolves, that is, to drive the first bandit Chimei Army into Guanzhong and Liu Xuan to fight with Liu Xuan, and to retake Chang'an at the lowest cost (see "Liu Xiu: How to Correctly Understand My Important Speech").
At that time, the Chimei army had occupied Chang'an, and the initial regime was destroyed. The Red Brow Army, which would only burn and loot, would cause infuriation in the middle of the pass.
At the same time, Deng Yu's army had followed him all the way and had captured Guanzhong Ya County (present-day Baishui County, Weinan, Shaanxi).
Compared with the Great Demon Red Brow Army, Deng Yu was simply a savior: every time he occupied a place, he immediately carried out post-war reconstruction: equipped with officials, pacified the people, and restored people's livelihood.
Therefore, the people of Guanzhong helped the old and the young, and they came to vote one after another, and in just a few months, there were as many as a million people (thousands of people descended on a day, and millions of people).
The revolutionary situation was very good, and the whole army was full of pride.
Comrades have asked for battle: attack Chang'an, and then make new achievements (all the generals haojie have advised Yu to attack Chang'an)!
Deng Yu: No!
His reasons were:
Although our side has a large number of people, its combat effectiveness is not strong and its supplies are insufficient;
Although the Chimei army was small in number, it had strong combat effectiveness, and had just occupied Chang'an, with high morale and sufficient supplies;
The Chimei Army is a ragtag crowd, only burning and looting, absolutely unable to stay in Chang'an, staying for a long time;
Therefore, he vigorously defied the opinions of the people, did not fight Chang'an, but marched into northern Shaanxi, rested the troops, replenished supplies, and sat and watched the changes (I also suspended the army in the northern province, and fed the soldiers, in order to see its enemies, nai Ke Tuye).
Here's the problem: Liu Xiu's order was to pacify Guanzhong, but Deng Yu marched into northern Shaanxi.
More importantly, Deng Yu's independent decision-making, Liu Xiu did not agree.
Liu Xiu severely criticized him and repeatedly urged him to attack Chang'an as soon as possible.
Deng Yu ignored him and continued to work in northern Shaanxi (Yu Yu insisted on not attacking the counties).
That's broken.
First, blatant opposition to the leadership is politically incorrect.
Chang'an was very important to Liu Xiu. With Chang'an, Liu Xiu was the righteous successor of Liu Bang and more politically appealing.
Moreover, after the demise of the regime, the domestic situation deteriorated again. Officials and powerful officials in various places declared independence or proclaimed emperors one after another, including Liu Yang, the True King of Liu Xiu's clique, and Yuyang Taishou Pengpet.
At this crucial and sensitive moment, Deng Yu, as the first heavy minister of Liu Xiu's clique, actually deviated from the central authorities, and did not align with the central authorities in ideological and political actions, and his influence was very bad!
Second, engaging in a big way of talking and being arbitrary and overbearing is not conducive to unity.
Even if you "will be outside and the king's life will not be affected", are comrades willing to go to the black with you and take the risk of resisting the will?
Even if you "do not count your own gains and losses, temporary success or failure", you cannot sacrifice the progress of your comrades!
The conquest of Chang'an is a great achievement. Many comrades can't figure it out: You are at the national level and ten thousand households anyway, but we still want to make a contribution quickly and make progress as soon as possible.
At this moment, an accident occurred, which directly worsened the situation.
Two of Deng Yu's generals, Feng Yan (yīn) and Zong Xin (宗歆) of the Zhenshou base camp, were infighting. As a result, Feng Huan killed Zong Xin, and then led his troops to attack Deng Yu without stopping.
The backyard was on fire, and the nature was bad and the consequences were serious, which suddenly disrupted Deng Yu's rhythm.
While returning to the division to suppress the rebellion, he reported the matter to Liu Xiu on the other.
Unexpectedly, Liu Xiu intervened:
Zong Guang, the director of the General Office of the Great Interior (Shangshu), rushed to Guanzhong and summoned Feng Yan.
This was the first time that Liu Xiu had directly intervened in the affairs of the Western Expedition.
After Zong Guang arrived in Guanzhong, he not only successfully handled the Feng Yan incident, but also a large number of former high-ranking officials of the new regime also surrendered to him.
This incident led to one consequence: Deng Yu's authority began to weaken.
Because, everyone thinks: Liu Xiu began to distrust you.
Deng Yu's authority is directly linked to Liu Xiu's trust, because Deng Yu:
too young (24 years);
Shallow seniority (not an old man in Liu Xiu's Nanyang period);
Rise too fast (only 1.5 years on the job);
Proud and conceited (after graduating from college, he repeatedly refused to become an official because he did not look up to the regime).
More importantly, he has a label: Liu Xiu's hometown, classmate, and friend.
Deng Yu was a new savage in Nanyang, who studied with Liu Xiu in Chang'an and had a very strong relationship.
His age, identity, and resume can easily be considered to be based on relationships.
Now, his relationship with Liu Xiu has gone wrong, and others have naturally begun to question and distrust him.
Ignorant of the height of the sky and thick, blatantly resisting the will;
Do not think about subordinates, delay in playing Chang'an;
Improper employment of personnel, resulting in the Feng Yan incident.
Let you do it, something went wrong, it fell out of favor.
Fortunately, at this time, the Chimei army ate all the grain stored in Chang'an, abandoned the city to the west, and killed all the way to Gansu.
Deng Yu quickly occupied Chang'an.
However, before Deng Yu could clean up the mess, the situation in Guanzhong deteriorated further:
The Chimei Army, who had been beaten by Wang Kui (wěi) of Gansu, had returned.
To make matters worse, Yan Cen, the fierce general of Liu Jia of Hanzhong, rebelled, and was beaten by Liu Jia to the point of blue nose and swollen face, and also ran to Guanzhong.
A three-way scuffle begins.
Deng Yu was defeated repeatedly. Because:
The troops are not enough to eat and have no combat effectiveness;
His subordinates lost trust in him and had no cohesion;
The local government and powerful people in Guanzhong lost trust in him and no longer supported him.
(After Deng Yu rebelled against Feng, his prestige was slightly weakened, he lacked food, the number of battles was unfavorable, and his followers became increasingly scattered.) ）
Deng Yu was forced to abandon Chang'an and flee to Yunyang (present-day Chunhua County, Xianyang, Shaanxi).
The worst thing happened: Deng Yu began to lose control.
When did Deng Yu, who was young and promising, proud and arrogant, and smooth sailing, suffer such a big loss and lose such a big person?
He was stressed, his emotions began to be grumpy, and his work began to fail.
For example, because Liu Xiu was doing his work, Liu Jia, the king of Hanzhong, led an army to surrender (Liu Jia was Liu Xiu's brother, his parents died when he was young, and he was raised by Liu Xiu's father, so Liu Jia and Liu Xiu were like brothers).
Liu Jia's joining is definitely the most timely and powerful support for Deng Yu, who is in a passive position.
However, at the surrender ceremony, because of Liu Jia's arrogant attitude towards Li Bao, Deng Yu was furious and killed Li Bao on the spot. This led directly to the rebellion of Li Bao's younger brother, who led an army to attack Deng Yu and beheaded one of Deng Yu's generals: Geng Yu (耿䜣( xīn).
Guanzhong had completely become Deng Yu's nightmare.
At the critical moment, Liu Xiu struck: substitution.
Liu Xiu ordered: Deng Yu returned to Beijing to report for duty, and Feng Yi took over as commander-in-chief of the Western Expeditionary Army.
When announcing the appointment, Liu Xiu specifically pointed out that one of the biggest advantages of Comrade Feng Yi is that he can unite comrades and lead a good team (able to be a royal official).
Deng Yu left Guanzhong super depressed, but his nightmare was not over.
Along with him on the road, there were more than 200,000 Red Brow troops.
Because the Chimei Army had completely cleaned up guanzhong, it could not stay and was ready to return to its hometown in Shandong.
Liu Xiu knew Deng Yu very well, and specifically told him that the Chimei Army had become a desperate poor Kou, you don't have to worry, let alone fight with them, there is me. I waited at HanguGuan to clean up the house.
(Be careful not to fight with the poor!) Red eyebrows have no valleys, and they come to the east. I wait for hunger, I wait for my work, I do not worry about it. There is no way to re-enter the army! ）
Deng Yu was not convinced, and could not stand this nest of anger.
Therefore, on the way back to the east, Deng Yu repeatedly violated orders and forcibly fought with the Chimei army.
Repeated defeats.
(Deng Yu was ashamed of his inability to accept the appointment, and the number of hungry pawns was red-browed, and he was unfavorable.) ）
Finally, in Henan (湖县, in present-day Lingbao City, Sanmenxia), Deng Yu and Feng Yi's armies converged.
Deng Yu was not yet satisfied, and asked Feng Yi to attack the Chimei Army with him.
Feng Yi disagreed, believing that it should be fought steadily and steadily, mainly by recruiting and surrendering.
Deng Yu did not listen, and once again went to war with the Chimei Army, and was defeated.
Feng Yi was helpless and hastily led the army to rescue, and was defeated.
As a result, Deng Yu's troops were almost completely destroyed, and Deng Yu led more than 20 remnants of his troops to flee back to Luoyang.
The proud and paranoid Deng Yu was completely defeated.
What's even more remarkable is that after returning to Luoyang, without waiting for Liu Xiu to be held accountable, Deng Yu directly resigned: I don't want to do it, marquis I don't want it (Shangda Situ, Marquis Yinshou of Liang).
Liu Xiu: Don't be the prime minister, but the resignation is not approved, and the treatment cannot be changed.
Then, Deng Yu was made a right general (similar to the minister of defense, mainly responsible for overall planning, generally not directly involved in the war).
From then on, until Liu Xiu unified the world, in the past 10 years, Deng Yu had hardly ever directly led soldiers to participate in the war, and his main job was to do high ginseng.
The Battle of Guanzhong became a regret in Deng Yu's life.
Of course, young people are not afraid of failure, not to mention, he is indeed very good.
He is still the first hero of the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the head of the Twenty-Eight Generals of Yuntai.
His family became the first magnate in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and has produced 29 marquises and two dukes, 13 state-level cadres, 84 ministerial-level cadres, and countless cadres at or above the department level.
His granddaughter Deng Sui, the famous Empress Deng in history, ran the imperial government for 16 years.
And all this is related to Deng Yu's fiasco in Guanzhong this time.
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