The great man will live forever

Chapter 224 The Bad News Comes

The spark of the uprising had been ignited. However, the appearance of one person almost extinguished all the passionate flames. This person was Liu Xiu's uncle Liu Liang.

When Liu Xiu was nine years old, his father died and he was fostered in the home of his uncle Liu Liang. Liu Liang treated him as his own child and had a deep love for him.

As the saying goes: "If you are born but not raised, you will be punished by cutting off your fingers; if you are born and raised, you will be punished by having your head cut off; if you are born and raised before you are born, you will never be able to return it in a hundred lifetimes."

It can be said that Liu Liang was very kind to Liu Xiu and played a father-like role.

What's more important is that Liu Liang once served as the county magistrate. Now he is 47 years old and the elder of the clan in the entire Chongling area. Every word he says carries weight that cannot be ignored.

When he heard that Liu Xiu was going to rebel, he was very angry and confused. If you rebel, you will be beheaded. Isn't it better to farm the land well?Uncle can't support you anymore?
He said to Liu Xiu: "You and Bo Sheng have different ambitions. If your family wants to be in danger, you will rebel and conspire like this."His tone was full of confusion and disappointment.

The general meaning is, Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu, you and your eldest brother Liu Yan have different ambitions. Liu Yan just messes around all day. I can't stop him, but you are an honest and responsible person, why are you doing this? How can you two brothers be highly unified on one thing?This is going to push our family members to death...

However, no matter what he said, it was useless. Liu Xiu and his eldest brother Liu Yan were determined, so Liu Liang used a very cheating method. He had no choice but to cheat and run in front of everyone. He gestured with his hands and shouted, "If you want to rebel, I will sue the officials."

This time, both Liu Xiu and Liu Yan were frightened. They knew that Liu Liang was not really going to sue the officials, but just to scare them, but the others didn't know.

Many of the members of the Liu family's clan are afraid to revolt. Now if the elders of the family say this, how can that be done?

If one thing is not done well, the uprising will fail.

Seeing everyone's panic, Liu Xiu could only think of a way quickly. He had an idea, Uncle Liu Liang, didn't you give me such a rogue move? I will also give you a rogue move.

"Third sister, second brother, Xu'er, uncle probably hasn't had a good rest. Send him to rest quickly."

He directly pushed Liu Liang into the room, then controlled him and prevented him from coming out. For future generations, it would be equivalent to blocking his IP and preventing him from speaking.

"Third sister, take good care of your uncle, and so will your second brother. Bring him all the good food and drinks, but don't let him leave the house."

Liu Xiu has two brothers, two sisters, and one sister. The eldest brother is Liu Yan, the second brother is Liu Zhong, the eldest sister is Liu Huang, the second sister is Liu Yuan, and the third sister is Liu Boji. They are all born to Fan Xiandu and Liu Xiu's father. The relationship is very good.

Now, the second sister is married to Deng Chen, and the eldest sister is taking care of his mother at home. His mother is now in her 50s and almost 60 years old and is seriously ill.

After Liu Xiu's father died, their family became orphans and widowed, and their life was in trouble.As the eldest among the girls, the eldest sister Liu Huang not only helps her mother with housework, but also takes care of her younger siblings.

Later, their uncle Liu Liang took them in. Liu Liang was appointed as the magistrate of Xiao County during the reign of Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty. During his uncle's tenure, Liu Huang also had to help his aunt Zhou with some housework.

But the uncle's family suddenly had so many people, and life gradually became difficult.

Soon, the brothers and sisters returned to Baishui Village in Wannan with their mother. There were houses and land belonging to the Liu family, as well as a small number of slaves.The family makes a living by farming on the banks of the Baihe River, and their life is pretty good.

Today, the eldest sister is taking care of her mother Fan Xiandu in Baishui Village.

This eldest sister is actually quite good. As the eldest sister, she helps her mother work in the fields when she is farming. When she returns home, she helps her mother with housework and takes care of her younger brothers and sisters. If there is something delicious, her younger brother and younger sister will eat it first. If there is something nice to wear, leave it to her younger brother and younger sister. I have given a lot to the family by wearing them for my younger brothers and sisters, but I have treated myself poorly.

Coupled with the war at the end of the new dynasty, she couldn't even get her own marriage as she wished, and she didn't marry her husband until she passed the most beautiful age of marriage.But not long after she married her husband, her husband died.

From then on, Liu Huang became a widow. Now she is almost 40 years old, has no children, and is a widow...

Liu Xiu asked his third sister Liu Boji and second brother Liu Zhong to be optimistic about his uncle Liu Liang. These two people were about the same age as Liu Xiu and they listened to him very much.

"Don't worry, third brother, my second brother and I will take good care of my uncle." Liu Boji patted her big chest and assured him.

Now she is 25 years old, three years younger than Liu Xiu. She is as beautiful as a flower, youthful and beautiful, and has a shrewd and transparent personality.

Later, Liu Xiu, his eldest brother Liu Yan, and Chung Ling continued to discuss the time, place, and method of the uprising, as well as subsequent plans.

About a day later, he came to the room where Liu Liang was locked up and said, "Third sister, why is there no movement from uncle inside?"

He saw that his uncle Liu Liang was not noisy or making trouble. Liu Xiu thought to himself, don't let anything happen to the old man again. In a fit of anger, if anything happens, then his uncle has the kindness to raise him. How can this be done?

"My uncle was probably eating, so I brought him some wine and meat."

"I'll go in and have a look."

Liu Xiu opened the door and went in to take a look. Sure enough, Liu Liang was not going crazy in that room, but was drinking wine from a large bowl and eating meat.

Here, Liu Liang saw Liu Xiu coming in, dropped the meat in his hand, and without wiping his mouth, he shouted: "I want to report to the official, let me out quickly."

Liu Xiu was a little speechless. Didn't you have a delicious meal just now? Are you going to report to the official position now?

"Third sister, bring some more wine and meat to uncle, it will be delicious."

"Okay." The third sister's laughter came from outside the house.

Liu Xiu walked out, and the two looked at each other and smiled. Their uncle was a bit of an old rogue, but it was a pity that he met Liu Xiu.

It was not until four or five days later that the entire clan's troops were assembled and were about to set off. At this time, Liu Xiucai released Liu Liang, and the relationship between the uncle and nephew could not be strained.

Liu Xiu said to Liu Liang in a joking tone: "Uncle, don't you want to sue the official? When are you going to sue? You see, we are all ready. How about going with you?"
At this time, Liu Liang saw that the work was done, and thousands of people had gathered. He had no choice but to pat his belly and sighed: "Oh, I'm just scaring you. Why do you think you are doing this?" ?And they made me drink so much wine and eat so much meat. After eating for several days, I became fat..."

When he said this, several people laughed.

In November of the third year of the Emperor of the New Dynasty (AD 22), Liu Yan and Liu Xiu summoned 11 descendants and guests to raise the banner of rebellion in Chongling. column.

Their slogan is: "Wang Mang is tyrannical, and the people are falling apart. There has been drought for many years, and wars and revolutions have begun. This is also the time when the heavens are destroyed, and the great ancestor's legacy is restored, which will determine the autumn of all generations."

At the same time, Liu Xiu's second sister Deng Chen also came to seek refuge with his troops.

At this point, Liu Yan and Liu Xiu's uprising seems to be slowly on the right track, but after all, they started from scratch, and the conditions are still very difficult. Many strategic materials are still relatively lacking, such as weapons, armor, war horses, etc.

As a general at that time, Liu Xiudu could only ride an ox to the battlefield. Oxen are slow and have bad tempers. If they are slightly frightened on the battlefield, they will lose their temper and lose their temper. Most people will not ride such things on the battlefield. , Liu Xiu really couldn’t find the horse.

And they are different from the uprising of the peasant army. The peasant army uprising is to survive, but they uprising is to restore the Han family.Therefore, most of the people who rebelled were members of the same ethnic group, with families including the elderly, wives, and children. This made them very cohesive, but at the same time they had a shortcoming, that is, women, children, and the elderly were all present. People must be deployed to protect them. If they don't do it right, they will suffer heavy casualties...

After Liu Yan and Liu Xiu rebelled in Nanyang, the military situation they faced was very severe.Because at this time, although the Green Forest army and civilians had grown stronger, and the Xinshi soldiers and Pinglin soldiers had developed to Nanyang, most of Nanyang County was still in the hands of the official army of the New Dynasty.

The forces of Xinshi and Pinglin only operate on the southern edge of Nanyang. Liu Yan and Liu Xiu both know very well that if they act carelessly, they are in danger of being wiped out. It is obviously not possible to develop alone by relying on their own team. We must join the Green Forest Army and follow the path of common development to have our own future.

After Liu Yan and Liu Xiu discussed it, they sent Liu Jia, his clan brother who had accompanied him in the uprising, to Xinshi and Pinglin to contact the army.

Liu Jia, also known as Xiaosun, was two years older than Liu Xiu. His father was Liu Xian, the younger brother of Liu Chang, the Marquis of Chongling.When he was very young, his father Liu Xian passed away. It was Liu Xiu's father Liu Qin who adopted him as his own son.

In his early years, Liu Jia was kind-hearted and kind, and he was as close as brothers to Liu Yan and Liu Xiu.

Liu Jia went to the Xinshi and Pinglin armies, contacted their leaders Wang Feng, Chen Mu and others, and expressed his desire to unite against the enemy.

Coincidentally, at this time, the two green forest armies of Xinshi and Pinglin are eager to develop northward in order to open up a new situation in Nanyang. Naturally, they wholeheartedly welcome the cooperation of the Liu clan, which is quite influential in the Nanyang area. After all, the Liu clan is considered the local leader of Nanyang. .

Of course, another reason is that the peasant uprisings have no long-term development perspective and no business concept. They just want to simply and crudely use war to support war.

They attacked Nanyang because Nanyang was rich and they could eat and drink enough if they conquered it. If they went to other places, there would be no benefit and they would have to decide whether they could survive or not.

As soon as the two parties discussed it, they hit it off immediately. They immediately joined forces and began a joint combat operation against Wang Mang's army.

They allied forces attacked Changju and fought against the official army. The rebel forces marched west together, captured Tangzi Township, and killed the Huyang captain. Then the whole army fought hard and marched north to capture Jiyang.

For a time, it was simply gods killing gods and Buddhas killing Buddhas. The situation looked great. Even Liu Xiu's equipment had been upgraded. He no longer rode bulls but replaced them with horses.

Subsequently, the three parties had in-depth discussions on issues such as reviving the Han Dynasty and fighting against Wang Mang, and fully exchanged opinions. They set their sights on Wancheng, a large city in Nanyang, and prepared to do something big.

Wancheng during the Han Dynasty was located in Wancheng District, Nanyang City, Henan Province today, on the north bank of Baihe River (called Jishui in ancient times).It is roughly located to the south of Luoyang. It was one of the metropolises at that time, with a large population and a prosperous economy. It was also the political renaissance of Nanyang County.

When the Western Han Dynasty arrived in the New Dynasty, Nanyang was under the control of Jingzhou, with jurisdiction over 36 counties. It was one of the largest armies at that time, with a population of more than 100 million, and the peak number was more than 200 million. It may be due to natural and man-made disasters in the late Western Han Dynasty, and the wars, the population dropped sharply. .

This Nanyang County is amazing. It was the capital of Yu at first. After Yu successfully controlled the floods, he first established his capital in Dengzhou (Denglin) in Nanyang.

During the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, there were numerous vassal states in Nanyang, such as Xie State, Shen State, Lu State, E State, and Zhen State.

During the Zhou Dynasty, Nanyang was the gateway for the imperial court to control the Jingchu barbarians in the south.During the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Chu conquered the State of Shen and established Wanyi, and Nanyang was subsequently occupied by the State of Chu. It became the frontline for the State of Chu to compete with the princes for hegemony and to conquer the Central Plains. It also became an important iron smelting center in the country.

After Qin general Bai Qi attacked Chu and occupied Wan, the Qin State established Nanyang County (today's Nanyang, Henan, north of the Han River in Xiangyang, Hubei) in the 35th year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin (272 BC).

In 221 BC, the Qin Dynasty unified China, and Nanyang County was still one of the 36 counties in the world.The area of ​​Nanyang County at that time, in addition to the current Nanyang City area, also included parts of Lushan, Yexian, Wuyang, Wugang, Songxian, Lushi, and Luanchuan in Henan Province, Zaoyang City, Xiangzhou District, and Fancheng in Hubei Province District, Laohekou City and Suizhou area.

This place is the most important strategic location in the southern part of the Central Plains. It connects Wuguan and Guanzhong to the west, all parts of the Central Plains to the north, Jingxiang to the south, and Huaihai to the east. At that time, the Qin State attacked and destroyed Chu, and then swept Shandong. One of the most important forward positions of the Six Nations.

Moreover, there are many celebrities here, including the Five Sages of Nanyang: Zhang Zhongjing, the medical sage, Zhuge Liang, the wise sage, Zhang Heng, the science sage, Fan Li, the business sage, and Jiang Ziya, the seeking sage.

In later generations, Zhuge Liang said in his "Shi Shi Biao": "I am a commoner, working hard in Nanyang, trying to survive in troubled times, and not seeking to learn and reach the princes."

Other examples include: Qin Prime Minister Baili Xi, Shen Bo, Han Emperor Liu Xiu, Zhang Shizhi, Huang Zhong, Wenpin, Wei Yan, Han Yu, Dong Zuobin, Fan Zhongyan, Feng Youlan, Peng Xuefeng and other typical representatives of historical celebrities.

If they can capture the entire Nanyang, the Liu Xiu brothers will have a chance to dominate.

After defeating Jiyang, brothers Liu Yan and Liu Xiu somewhat underestimated the enemy. After all, it was their first time to command a battle and they had little combat experience. As a result, they were stuck cutting vegetables all the way without any difficulties, which made them feel more or less inflated. The North Korean army is nothing more than that.

They were so dazzled by the successive victories that they thought it would be effortless to capture Wancheng behind them.So Liu Yan and Liu Xiu braved the heavy fog and marched towards Nanyang.

Soldiers need to be quick, but at this time, a piece of unfortunate news came.

"My mother died of illness."

Liu Xiu held the bamboo slips, and he fell into a trance for a moment, and tears flowed out unconsciously.

Parents still have a place to come in life, and parents have only a way back in life.He thought of the food his mother cooked and the clothes his mother mended...

Thinking of everything that happened in the past, sadness comes from it and cannot be cut off.

"Pa-ta, pa-ta!" Tears fell on the bamboo slips in his hands, and he found his eldest brother.

"Brother, I want to go back to attend the funeral for my mother. Even my eldest sister was called over by my mother. Now there is no one around my mother."

Liu Xiu followed her eldest brother Liu Yan and launched the Chongling Uprising. In order to prevent her family from being persecuted by the government, all Liu family members joined the army at that time. Even her eldest sister Liu Huang, who was taking care of her, was called over. Fan Xian was fostered because of health problems. The natal family is served by a clansman named Fan Jugong.

Now that Fan Xian has died of illness, and all the Liu family brothers and sisters are in the military, no one has died for Fan Xian, which is so sad.

"Don't I feel grieved when my mother dies? My heart is like a knife. Third brother, please don't act on your impulse. We are an uprising. We are carrying the lives of the whole family and the lives of thousands of brothers. If one of us fails, we will be killed. The clan was destroyed.

Now is the time to attack Wancheng. The soldiers need to be very quick. Otherwise, if the two old guys Zhen Fu and Zhengliang Qiuci from the front team are prepared, it will be difficult to defeat Wancheng..."

The eldest brother Liu Yan grabbed him and patted his heart. He was also sad and tearful. After telling him, Liu Xiu also knew that it was a critical moment and could only bear the pain and not go to the funeral for his mother.

But Liu Xiu knew that there would be more sorrow waiting for him next, and only by getting through it would he transform into a dragon one day.

A cruel and realistic fact is that many truly capable people are mostly forced to come out. If a person has not experienced the darkest moment, endless despair, and despair, it will be difficult to achieve great success in the end. of.

We don’t need to praise suffering, but we must praise everyone who has been reborn from suffering. Perhaps this is the duality and contradiction of things. It’s like testing the defense of one thing and having to attack it with another thing. It is, otherwise, difficult to prove.

But most people will only be knocked down by suffering and despair!
Liu Xiu, who seemed so perfect and was jokingly called the Son of the Plane in later generations, had to go through the tempering of blood and fire, and endured many unimaginable sorrows.

This is probably just fate!

　"Book of the Later Han Dynasty: The Fourth Biography of the Four Kings and Three Marquises of the Clan": "In the early days, Lord Nanton married Fan Zhong's daughter from the same county, named Xiandu. Jing Yan gave birth to three sons and three daughters: the eldest son was Bo Sheng, the second was Zhong, and the second was Guangwu; the eldest daughter was Huang, the second was Yuan, and the second was Boji. The emperor's concubine died of illness when he first started the army, and his descendant Fan Jugong restrained himself."

　　
　
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