In the last years of the Western Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and the conquests of the people were miserable for many years, and Among the many warlords, Liu Xiu finally stood out and became the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, because Liu Xiu declared himself to revive the Han Dynasty and conquer the Northern War in the south, so people called him "Guangwu Emperor". But then again, the reason why Liu Xiu was able to establish the Eastern Han Dynasty was of course inseparable from the help of his generals, and Feng Yi was one of them.
In the last year of Wang Mang's reign, Feng Yi served as the commander of Yingchuan Commandery ( 颍川郡掾). In the third year of emperor di, Liu Xiu joined his brother Liu Yan in the army. At that time, Feng Yi was ordered to supervise the five counties and jointly resisted the Han army with Miao Meng, the governor of his father's city. In the first year of the first year, Liu Xuan established the first regime, and Liu Xiu was ordered to lead an army from Nanyang to capture Yingchuan, but attacked his father's city but failed to conquer it, so he sent troops to The Township of Jianche.
Just when Feng Yi went out to inspect the county and was captured by the Han army, while his cousin Feng Xiao and Lü Yan, a native of the same county, were in Liu Xiu's army at the time, they jointly defended Feng Yi, and Liu Xiu immediately summoned him. Feng Yi said, "Now my old mother is in the city. If you can release me and return to the city, I will be willing to repay your kindness by offering the five cities under my supervision. Liu Xiu praised him, and after Feng Yi returned to his father's city, he persuaded Miao Meng to join Liu Xiu, and Miao Meng agreed. Later, Liu Xiu was sent to Hebei by Emperor Gengshi, and Feng Yi accompanied Liu Xiu to defeat the puppet regime Wang Lang, defeat the Tieshi peasant army, and pacify Hebei. Feng Yiyingong was given the title of Marquis of Ying.
The history books record that at that time, many of Liu Xiu's generals often gathered together in their free time during the battle, and they discussed their merits in front of Liu Xiu, and whenever this happened, the modest Feng Yi would always hide under the tree alone, close his eyes and recuperate, and never discuss these things with other generals. After Liu Xiu saw that Feng Yi was so humble, he also had more respect for him, and Feng Yi also got the reputation of "General of the Big Tree".
In the second year of Jianwu, Feng Yi was given the title of Marquis of Yangxia. At this time, the Chimei army occupied Guanzhong was full of famine, yan cen who had previously occupied Hanzhong sent troops to invade Chang'an, and the local counties and counties were strong landlords who supported themselves, at this time, the Chimei army was difficult to feed, and many soldiers had the idea of returning to the east.
Liu Xiu's general Deng Yu was fruitless due to his long-term attack on Guanzhong, so Liu Xiu asked Feng Yidai Deng Yu to lead troops into Guanguan and let him preside over the military in the Guanlong area, Liu Xiu personally sent Feng Yi to Henan, gave him a seven-foot sword, and warned him: "Now to fight a war, it is not necessary to seize the land and slaughter the city, the purpose is to stabilize the people." The generals are not bad at fighting, but they like to plunder. Qing qing was originally a reader, and hoped that you could cultivate yourself and not let the local people continue to suffer. ”
Feng Yi was ordered to travel westward, spreading his prestige along the way, and countless people came to surrender. With Feng Yi's command, soon the Guanzhong region was completely pacified, and after obtaining the Guanzhong region, Feng Yi's reputation was greatly shocked. But as the saying goes, the general's high merit will shock the lord, And Feng Yili has such a great merit, of course, some people will be jealous of him and slander him in front of Liu Xiu, and even some people say that after Feng Yi occupied Guanzhong, his prestige was great, and the people called him "King of Guanzhong".
But fortunately, Liu Xiu was generous in heart and was even more convinced of Feng Yi's personality, and he immediately handed him over to Feng Yi to see after seeing these slanderous recitals, and Feng Yi was sincerely afraid and overwhelmed after seeing them. Liu Xiu told him to let him go to war with confidence, and said that he would definitely trust him and support him, and it was precisely because of the harmony between the two monarchs and subjects that Feng Yi could relax when he was fighting outside, so he could often win battles.
Ten years after Jianwu, Feng Yi and the generals attacked the falling gate, and before the fallen gate could be captured, Feng Yi fell ill and died in the army. Liu Xiu was very sad after learning about it, and specially posthumously gave him the title of Marquis of Jiehou. And because Feng Yi made outstanding contributions to the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he was eventually selected into the Twenty-Eight Generals of Yuntai and became a generation of famous generals.