In the last years of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang usurped the throne and established a new dynasty, after Wang Mang ascended the throne as emperor, he carried out a series of reforms, but these reforms not only did not have an effect, but made the people of the world more difficult, the people had no way to live and could only rise up and rebel, and among the rebel armies there was an armed force called the Han Army, which was led by the later Han Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu and his brother Liu Bosheng
At first, Wang Mang did not pay much attention to this rebel army, until this team broke through all the way, killing Zhen Fu and Liang Qiuci, entering the siege of Wancheng, and neutralizing the emperor in the army, Wang Mang realized the seriousness of the problem. So Wang Mang summoned the elite troops of the whole country, known as millions, a vast expedition, not only soldiers in the team, but also a very peculiar point is that there are wild beasts, and the Later Han Book calls this expedition a grand march from Qin and Han
At that time, Liu Bosheng, the brother of Emperor Liu Xiu of HanGuangwu, was attacking Wancheng, the main force was in Wancheng, Liu Xiu's Kunyang army was weak, less than ten thousand people, when he heard that Wang Mang's million army was coming, the generals in the city all advocated fleeing, at this time Liu Xiu said that he could not escape, now the number was not much, and once the escapees were even more scattered, but everyone did not listen to him, they all thought that they could not hold on, they all wanted to escape, but the action was not fast, and soon the large army sent by Wang Mang surrounded Kunyang City and could not escape At this time, everyone thought of Liu Xiu again, hoping that Liu Xiu would come out to find a way, Liu Xiu said to everyone to go out to move the rescue troops, so Liu Xiu took 13 horses to break through and went out to move the rescue troops
Here Wang Mang's Great Situ Wang Xun and Grand Sikong Wang Yi have already surrounded Kunyang City with a solid foundation, the commander of the city, Wang Feng and others, originally wanted to escape, but the action was not so fast, there was no time to escape, seeing that now besieged by the army, at first it was still based on the city to resist, and then it was really not possible, we begged to surrender, we did not fight, we surrendered, but strange things happened, it is reasonable to say that the other side did not resist, they all took the initiative to surrender, it should always be a good thing, not only the soldiers did not attack the city without bloodshed, It was also possible to go to Wancheng early to suppress the main force of the Han army and relieve the siege of Wancheng, but Wang Yi, as the commander- of the city, categorically refused Wang Feng's surrender, why? According to Wang Yi's words, "Now there will be millions of people, and when they encounter a city, they cannot go down, what is evil?"
Now we have so many troops, encounter a small Kunyang but can not attack it down, how can this be, in case the emperor blames down what to do, my obedience, Wang Yi refused Wang Feng's surrender for this strange reason, ordered the army to continue to fight, do not allow the other side to surrender, this Kunyang defenders look, good guys, I surrender will not let me surrender, anyway, it is all dead, it must be desperate to defend the city, in case liu Xiu moved to save the troops may still have a glimmer of life, so fight bravely, Wang Yi's million-strong army could not take this small Kunyang City.
At this time, Liu Xiu also successfully moved the rescue troops, attacked inside and outside, and actually defeated Wang Yi's army, Wang Yi himself fled the battlefield with the defeated soldiers, this is really not to die, the original good situation, so absurd to bury.