Liu Xiu achieved a great deed as an emperor, and the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai were ranked in terms of merit and deeds, and the first one was Deng Yu, the Marquis of Gaomi; people in later generations compared Deng Yu to Xiao He and Zhang Liang, the famous minister of Liu Bang of Han Gaozu, Fang Xuanling, one of The wise men of Li Shimin of Tang Taizong, and praised Deng Yu for his elegance and glory of the country, and had the wonder of decisive victory; let's take a look at Deng Yu's deeds.
Deng Yu stick figure
I. Introduction to Deng Yu's History:
Deng Yu was born in 2 AD and died in 58 AD, belonging to the dog; the character Zhonghua, Nanyang Xinyeren. Thirteen-year-old Deng Yu happened to get acquainted with Liu Xiu, who was studying in Chang'an, and the difference between the two was 8 years; this acquaintance, Deng Yu saw at a glance that Liu Xiu was definitely not a thing in the pool, and Deng Yu, who loved Liu Xiu, had been closely tied to Liu Xiu's life since then, and the two complemented each other to achieve a great cause in life.
Stills of teenager Deng Yu
2. Talents cherish each other and follow each other;
Liu Xiu and his eldest brother Liu Xiu held high the banner of righteousness and prepared to restore the Great Han Dynasty as Liu Clan's relatives, but their status at that time was not prominent, and the team they pulled up was not huge, so they could only become a small branch of the Green Forest Army of the cooperative rebel army. In order to increase its momentum and strength against Wang Mang's new dynasty, the Green Forest Army established Liu Xiu's brother Liu Xuan as the first emperor; this made Liu Xiu's brother Liu Xiu's brothers extremely dissatisfied, but there were many powerful people in the family, and they could only endure. The two brothers made many military achievements in battle, and also had a certain position of power in the More First Emperor Dynasty, but Liu Xuan and the Green Forest Army were quite jealous of the Liu Xiu brothers, whose reputation was gradually rising, and their ability and influence made them afraid to replace them, plus Liu Xuan did not take Liu Xuan in his eyes by virtue of his battle achievements, Liu Xuan was an incompetent person, but he was not soft on those who threatened his position, and killed Liu Xuan at the instigation of others. Liu Xiu saw that the situation was not good, and even his own small life was held in the palm of people's hands, and he could only bow his head and admit his mistake and seek perfection, fortunately, Liu Xiu was usually low-key, and he was cautious, Liu Xuan and others temporarily let Liu Xiu go in order to stabilize the unity of the rebel army's internal military heart. Liu Xiu also took advantage of the deprivation of military power to marry Yin Lihua, a woman he admired in his heart, and looked like a drunken and gentle countryman.
Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua became pro stills
Liu Xuan and his gang did not intend to let Liu Xiu go easily, at that time, after the destruction of Wang Mang's new dynasty, the world was in chaos for power and power, and large and small rebel forces were all over the place, Liu Xuan and others designed to let Liu Xiu go to Hebei alone to recruit people and horses for him. And Liu Xiu also thought that this was a good opportunity to get out of the dangerous situation, Liu Xuan and others did not agree with each other, on the one hand, they wanted to completely expel Liu Xiu from the military leadership circle and let him go alone to the chaotic areas to recruit people and horses, that is a matter of nine deaths, he could recruit back to strengthen his own strength, and it was just right to remove Liu Xuan's heart disease by recruiting people to be killed outside; on the other hand, people thought that Liu Xiu was too capable, letting him go to Hebei was like letting the tiger return to the mountains, Liu Xiu knew his inside story, and it was a trick to borrow people's words to finally do his deeds, Liu Xiu went to Hebei alone with a spell in his hand, In the eyes of most people, Liu Xiu lost the opportunity to rise in development within the rebel army.
Liu Xiu went alone to Hebei stills
However, Deng Yu did not look at it this way, Deng Yu was only 21 years old at the time, and the first emperor Liu Xuan and others also recognized Deng Yu's talent and enfeoffed him as an official; but Deng Yu threw away the letter of appointment and rode alone to chase Liu Xiu, and after catching up with Liu Xiu, he had a deep discussion with Liu Xiu, expressing his opinions and loyalty, which coincided with Liu Xiu's intentions. He believed that at that time, the world was in chaos, and the crowd was everywhere, and only Liu Xiu could really achieve great things, and he set a word for Liu Xiu's future development plan: "For the sake of today's plan, it is better to extend the heroes of the four directions, we must please the people's hearts, establish the great cause of The Ancestors, and save the lives of the people." It is enough to pacify the world with the virtue of justice. Deng Yu's analysis of the general trend of the world at that time, the strategy to achieve great things, the recognition of Liu Xiu's ability, for the 21-year-old young man, the wisdom and strategic vision is indeed good.
Deng Yu followed Liu Xiu to Hebei to break into the world
Third, there are gains and losses on the battlefield:
Liu Xiu was very happy to receive Deng Yu's strong loyalty and help, and immediately made Deng Yu a general. At that time, Deng Yu set a general plan for Liu Xiu's development, and he also set an example in doing things according to this general plan; at the same time, recruiting and discovering talents for Liu Xiu was also a unique vision, Liu Xiu was very recognized by Deng Yu's vision of people, and the talents recommended by Deng Yu could be matched in their positions; Deng Yu made many military achievements for Liu Xiu to pacify Hebei and fight against the Tongma rebel army; Liu Xiu broke away from the original regime after unifying Hebei, and later took a million to the throne in Hebei to establish himself as king, and Deng Yu became one of Liu Xiu's important advisers and one of the main united generals.
Deng Yu stills for Liu Xiu to pacify Hebei as an independent general
In 24 AD, the fastest-growing Chimei Army and the Green Forest Army became rivals, and Liu Xiu estimated that Chang'an would be destroyed by Chimei in the future, and wanted to take the opportunity to take Guanzhong. Liu Xiu knew that Deng Yu was deeply generous, worshiped Deng Yu as a former general, performed the king's affairs, led 20,000 elite troops to go with him, and ordered him to choose people below the line of mate to go with him, Deng Yu took Han Xin as the military division, Li Wen, Li Chun, and Cheng Wei as the sacrificial wine, Feng Yu as the general of the ji crossbow, Fan Chong as the general of the Xiao Cavalry, Zong Xin as the general of the Che Rider, Deng Xun as the general of Jianwei, Geng Xin as the general of chimei, and Zuo Yu as the general of the military division, and led the troops to the west.
Deng Yu was ordered to lead an army into kansai stills
In 25 AD, Deng Yu won many victories in the battle for territory with the forces of the Green Forest Army, and dinghedong and Pingding Shanxi eliminated many of the effective forces of the green forest army; and the most powerful Chimei army also marched all the way to the capital of the new regime, Chang'an; Liu Xiu gave Deng Yu not only operational orders, but also had the responsibility of educating the people under the attack; and said to him: "If the people are not close and lack the teaching of the five permanents, you, as a situ, should carry out the indoctrination of the five permanents, and the indoctrination of the five permanent lies in generosity." While sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, Deng Yu waited for the opportunity to act; while occupying some territory, while consolidating the hearts and minds of those who had recovered the territory, Deng Yu was only 24 years old at the time. The army led by Deng Yu was strictly disciplined and did not commit any crimes against the people he went, and Deng Yu personally got off the bus every time he went, greeting the local people, young and old, and for a while Deng Yu's name shook Guanxi; Liu Xiu was very happy and wrote several letters praising him.
Deng Yu led the battle drawings
The powerful Chimei army defeated the Green Forest Army and captured the opposing capital Chang'an; Deng Yu, who was watching from the sidelines, did not take the advice of the generals to rush into Guanzhong, believing that the Chimei army was in full swing and should avoid its sharp edge, so Deng Yu led his army only to sweep through some of the outer fortress cities occupied by the other side, and was not eager to seek to fight with the main force of the other side. When Liu Xiu saw that Deng Yu had not entered the army for a long time, he issued an edict urging, but Deng Yu still insisted on his own opinion and avoided seeking to fight against the main force of the Chimei Army. At this time, two of Deng Yu's generals, Feng Yu and Zong Xin, were vying for power, and Feng Yu killed Zong Xin and thus counterattacked Deng Yu. In the face of this situation, Deng Yu asked Liu Xiu, who analyzed it correctly and sent people to assist, and finally calmed down the civil unrest; but the successive incidents caused by this incident damaged Deng Yu's prestige, and Deng Yu felt guilty in his heart, wanted to make meritorious contributions, and followed the Chimei army into Chang'an.
Battle map of Deng Yu's army
The large number of Chimei troops failed to hunt for grain and returned to Chang'an; there was a direct confrontation with Deng Yu's troops, deng Yu was unfavorable to the battle, and gaoling was defeated; due to years of famine and family disasters, grain was extremely scarce in all the departments at that time, deng Yu was ashamed of his defeat, did not listen to Liu Xiu's words, and drove the tired and hungry troops to fight, often in an unfavorable situation. After making meritorious contributions, he did not listen to the advice of another general, Feng Yi, to avoid the Chimei army, Deng Yu's subordinates led Deng Hui's troops to fight with the Chimei army for a whole day, and after the middle plan was besieged, Deng Yu and Feng Yi rushed to lead the army to rescue each other; Deng Yu led the army to fight against Chimei but was defeated, killing and wounding more than 3,000 people, and only took 24 horses to flee back to Yiyang. Feng Yi was also defeated, abandoned his warhorse and fled on foot, retreating to Huihui (回阪阪), fortifying himself; Deng Yu lost the battle and blamed him on the Great Situ, Marquis Yinshou of Liang.
Portrait of Deng Yu
Fourth, the wind governance of the door:
Liu Xiu had great trust in Deng Yu, and after the defeated Deng Yu resigned, he was soon made a right general by Liu Xiubai; in 28 AD, Deng Yu again led an army with the Fuhan general Deng Ye, and the auxiliary Han general Yu Kuang defeated Yan Cen at Deng, Deng Yu pursued him to Wudang, and then broke his army, Yan Cen fled to Hanzhong, and all of them surrendered. In 37 AD, the world was pacified, Liu Xiujia was made a meritorious warrior, and Deng Yu was made the Marquis of Gaomi, Gaomi, Chang'an, Yi'an, and Chunyu In the four counties; the Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu, because of Deng Yu's high merits, also made his brother Deng Kuan the Marquis of Ming; later, the title of general was revoked, and he was honored to see the emperor according to the special advance; Deng Yu was very trusted by Liu Xiu's grace.
Deng Yu was given a stick figure portrait of a canonized official
Deng Yu was civilized, loyal and simple in his behavior, and very filial in his service to his mother. The world has been pacified, Deng Yu has made outstanding achievements, his status and power have been very low-key, and he often wants to alienate himself from fame and power. He had thirteen children, and Deng Yu let them each master a skill; they could become models for future generations by rectifying family rules and raising their children; all use was taken from the fiefdom to pay taxes, and did not cultivate private property and did not seek personal interests; so Liu Xiu respected him even more. In 56 AD, Deng Yu again took over the post of Situ. He toured Shandong with Emperor Liu Xiu and went to Mount Tai to build an altar to worship the heavens. After the Hanming Emperor Liu Zhuang ascended the throne, because Deng Yu was the founder of the former emperor, he worshipped as a taifu, and when he saw him, he stood in the east and respected him as a guest, and even saw the favor; when he was old, he was sick, and Liu Zhuang came to greet him several times. In 58 AD, Deng Yu died.
Summary: At the age of 13, Deng Yu immediately identified Liu Xiu as a figure who had achieved great things, and when Liu Xiu's power fell, he followed Liu Xiu alone at a young age, analyzing the general situation of the world, setting goals for Liu Xiu, recruiting talents to recommend talents, galloping to Hebei to attack the city and plundering land, and bending down to win the hearts and minds of the people; very young Deng Yu was alone in fighting for Liu Xiu's regime and making countless meritorious achievements in pacifying the four sides. Although there are mistakes and defeats in combat, how many people in the long chaotic war can guarantee the victory of all battles? Moreover, he can have the courage to take responsibility afterwards, and when he becomes famous, he is indifferent to fame and fortune, rectifies the family style, and has no arrogance and extravagance, and his character is also valuable, and his talent is also greatly respected. Liu Xiu commented on him: "Deeply adhere to loyalty and filial piety, conspire with the emperor, and win a decisive victory." ...... Cutting off the army and pacifying Shanxi is particularly effective." Among the twenty-eight heroes of Yuntai that the Han Ming Emperor Liu Zhuang made to his father Liu Xiu, Deng Yu sat firmly in the first place. Do you think Deng Yu is a brilliant young military man? Welcome to leave a message to communicate. (Picture from the network, thanks for borrowing)
Statue of Deng Yu
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Reference books; Book of the Later Han Dynasty.