Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 213

Two years later

Jianwu five years
After defeating Wang Lang, Liu Xiu, who occupied Jizhou, first surrendered Youzhou, then entered Guanzhong with lightning speed, wiped out the Red Eyebrow Army, and then returned to sweep many peasant uprising troops in Hebei, such as the Bronze Horse Army, all surrendered to Liu Xiu .

Luoyang (Luoyang)
After Liu Xiu established his capital, he believed that his regime was Huo De, and Luoyang's three points of water conflicted with his regime's Huo De, so he changed Luoyang's name to Luoyang.

The reason why the capital is not fixed in Chang'an is because the Guanzhong area has been destroyed by Wang Mang, the Green Forest Army, the Red Eyebrow Army, and many bandits in turn. , which greatly increased the strength of the three forces of Liangzhou Dou Rong, Longxi Kuixiao, and Yizhou Gongsunshu.

The degree of dilapidation in Guanzhong is shocking. Even the graves of Han Gaodi Liu Bang and Empress Lu were dug by the Red Eyebrow Army.

The tombs of other emperors of the Han Dynasty were also dug up by bandits.

Fortunately, the mausoleum of Liu Heng, Emperor Xiaowen of the Han Dynasty, was protected by a powerful manor because it was adjacent to a powerful manor, which allowed the tomb of Emperor Wen to be preserved.

As for the tombs of ordinary princes, princesses, and clan members of the Han family, countless people were dug up, and even the corpses of Han princesses who had been buried not long ago were dug up and defiled.

"There is no one out of ten people in Guanzhong, and only Luoyang, the capital, can be safe for the world." This is what Liu Xiu said when he made Luoyang his capital.

After more than six years of fighting, Liu Xiu has now occupied the entire Jizhou, almost the entire Youzhou (the four major families in Liaodong are still autonomous and have not surrendered to Liu Xiu), the entire Sili, and three of the thirteen states in the world.

Shuofang was incorporated into Bingzhou during Wang Mang's period, so the fourteen prefectures became thirteen prefectures.

Today, Liu Xiu convened a group of civil and military ministers to discuss the next development direction.

Whether to recuperate or continue to expand.

What to do next if you want to recuperate.

If you want to continue to expand, in which direction should you expand.

To the north of Liu Xiu's forces is the rebellious Wuhuan, to the west is Lu Fang of Bingzhou, Kaixiao of Longxi, Dou Rong of Liangzhou, to the southwest is Gongsun Shu of Yizhou, and to the south is Deng Feng who has just rebelled in Nanyang. To the southeast are Liu Yong and Dong Xian, and to the east is Zhangbu, Qingzhou.

"Yizhou is rich and rich. Taking Yizhou can support countless people. Take Yizhou first."

"Longxi Liangzhou is the place to raise horses, so we should seize the land of Longliang first."

"Lu Fang colluded with the Xiongnu and repeatedly harassed the rear of our big man. We should destroy Lu Fang first to solve our worries."

"Deng Feng dares to rebel against the Han, he should be the first to destroy Deng Feng."

"Zhang Bu, Dong Xian, and Liu Yong formed an alliance. They openly refused to recognize the orthodoxy of our Han Dynasty court. They were arrogant and wanted to destroy Zhang and Liu Dong first."

Everyone insisted on their own opinions and said everything.

Most of Liu Xiu's generals are the children of powerful men, and most of them are strong men from Hebei Province, with a few strong men from Nanyang.

Because Hebei Haoqiang is very powerful in the court, Liu Xiu canonized Guo Shengtong as queen in order to appease Hebei Haoqiang and let them support him in fighting for hegemony.

Seeing that Guo Shengtong was canonized as queen, the Hebei tycoons also felt at ease. They felt that their interests should be guaranteed, so they supported Liu Xiu even more.

In the troubled times of Xinmang, the tyrants took the opportunity to speed up the annexation of land and plunder the wealth of the people, but the world was in chaos, and from time to time peasant rebels attacked the Haoqiang manor to divide the fields, so they urgently needed a military strongman to build a military system that could shelter them and help them They suppress the mud-legged regime, and this regime must protect the interests they seized during the troubled times, and cannot do anything to suppress the powerful like Emperor Wu.

Liu Xiu is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate in their opinion.

Liu Xiu is a person who can fight, listen to advice, and knows how to cooperate with powerful people. He is a very suitable candidate to help powerful people establish a new regime.

The tyrants paid Liu Xiu to recruit soldiers and horses, and sent the family children they trained to Liu Xiu as generals to fight for Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu and the Hebei tycoons are still in a mutual cooperative relationship at present.

The Hebei tyrants provided Liu Xiu with the talents and materials needed for the war, and Liu Xiu provided the Hebei tyrants with a shelter that could shelter them from the wind and rain and prevent them from being divided by local tyrants.

A group of powerful children and generals express their opinions.

The powerful generals whose manor is close to the north think that Bingzhou should be attacked first, and the powerful generals who are close to the south of the manor think that the Central Plains should be attacked first.

They were all worried that their families would be invaded by hostile forces around them, so they hoped that Emperor Liu Xiu would wipe out the threats near their families first.

Looking at the generals who were arguing endlessly, Liu Xiu was not unhappy at all, on the contrary, she was happy in her heart.

Although he cooperates with the Hebei tyrants, it is just cooperation, not a puppet of the Hebei tyrants.

After defeating Wang Lang, his relationship with the tyrants is that of a major shareholder and a group of small shareholders, not that of a worker and a shareholder.

If the tyrants work together, Liu Xiu will have trouble sleeping and eating.

Now seeing the generals sent by the tyrants arguing with each other, Liu Xiu secretly rejoiced, and then said: "Bingliang is a barren land, and it will take a lot of effort to go on an expedition. Deng Feng, then sent his troops eastward to wipe out the alliance of Zhang, Liu and Dong."

"As for Longxi Kaixiao and Liangzhou Dou Rong in the west, they have surrendered to Liu Xuan before, and presumably they have no ambition to conquer the world, so as long as we show goodwill to them and win them over, the land of Longliang will be safe for the time being. "

Liu Xiu's analysis was very reasonable, and all the generals agreed with it, and the few generals who disagreed could only agree.

Deng Feng was originally from Nanyang, and he was still a fellow villager with Liu Xiu. He followed Liu Xiu in the South and North Wars, but Liu Xiu's Han army had poor military discipline.

When Liu Xiu's army took over Nanyang County, they burned, killed and looted in Nanyang, and robbed the local people and powerful people in Nanyang.

Deng Feng's hometown happened to be burned, killed and looted by the army of the big Han. Deng Feng was furious and raised his troops to rebel against the Han.

In the end, the Luoyang court formulated a grand strategy to appease Longliang, guard against Wuhuan in Bingzhou, attack Nanyang Dengfeng, and then send troops eastward to destroy the anti-Han alliance established by Zhang Liudong.

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Namyang County

Fuyang County

"The Han army killed my father and fellow villagers. I, Deng Feng, am not a selfless person, but I also want to seek justice for my fellow villagers!"

Deng Feng was originally Liu Xiu's general, but now he is united with the people and powerful men of Nanyang to fight against the brutal Han.

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Longxi
"The Luoyang court promised that as long as we surrender to the great man, the great man will rule the world in the future, and we will all be heroes for the founding of the country, and everyone can be prosperous and rich!"

Kai Xiao, the prefect of Longxi County, said this to his cronies.

"It is not yet known who owns the world. It is better to pretend to submit to Liu Xiu, and then sit back and watch the changes. If Liu Xiu can really rule the world, we will help him one last time and wipe out the remaining forces, so that we can become a slave. If Liu Xiu is defeated and he can no longer dominate the world, we will rebel immediately and help the forces that can rule the world to eliminate Liu Xiu, so that we can also be a dragon!"

Kai Xiao's counselor said so.

Kai Xiao thought for a moment, then stroked his beard and smiled, "What you said is very true."

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Liangzhou
"Liu Xiu was able to break 42 with [-] at the beginning, and now he has the support of the most powerful Hebei tyrants, so he will be able to unify the world. We must fully support the Luoyang court without hesitation. The imperial court is like a fish in water."

Dou Rong believed very much that Liu Xiu would be able to unify the world, so he wanted to help Liu Xiu.

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Yizhou
Shu County

Chengdu County

"Hmph! Does Liu Xiu really think that the world belongs to him?"

"I want to unite with Zhang Bu and others to destroy Liu Xiu together!"

Gongsun Shu, who had long proclaimed himself emperor in Chengdu, believed that it was impossible for the world to be unified again, and he also disliked people like Liu Xiu who wanted to rule the world.

He believes that the world will definitely return to the Warring States Period, and each force occupies a piece of land to establish a country.

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Qingzhou
Qi State
Linzi
"Liu Xiu's main force went south to attack Deng Feng in Nanyang, why not take the opportunity to attack Luoyang?" Military advisor Wang Bian asked beside him.

With the expansion of Liu Xiu's power, the surrounding forces formed alliances one after another because of Liu Xiu's excessive expansion, and jointly opposed Liu Xiu, forming a "Liu Xiu encirclement network".

Liang Guo Liu Yong, who claimed to be the orthodox Han Dynasty, was the core of this encirclement network, and Zhang Bu, who appointed himself Qingzhou Mu, was the most powerful in this encirclement network, because Zhang Bu relied on human trafficking and owned a lot of armor.

Faced with this situation, out of economic interests, the four major families in Liaodong still joined the [Anti-Liu Xiu Alliance]

Wuhuan and Zhang Bu of the Anti-Liu Xiu Alliance are both Liaodong's trading partners. If Liaodong joins Liu Xiu's camp, it may affect its own trade interests.

At the same time, Zhang Bu hired Liaodong County soldiers to fight for himself with [-] million yuan per year. Some of the money was paid in five baht, and some were paid in population. A large number of scholars, craftsmen, and doctors were taken away.

Wang Bian, Zhang Yuliang, Li Chengyou, and Lu Yiran also brought Liaodong soldiers to Qingzhou as Zhang Bu's mercenaries and military advisors.

"Luoyang is the capital of Liu Xiu, and there must be heavy defenses. They will attack for thousands of miles, and they may be ambushed." Qingzhou Mu Zhangbu is relatively stable, and dare not make a surprise attack on the enemy's base camp from a long distance without knowing the information. This military adventure.

(End of this chapter)