The great man will live forever

Chapter 249 Red Eyebrow Surrenders
Deng Feng's rebellion was beyond everyone's expectations. The situation in Wu and Han forced him to lead his army to retreat south. The right general Wan Xiu also died of illness in the army, leaving only Yanghua general Jiantan alone trapped in Wancheng.

Deng Feng once again attacked from all sides, defeated other units of the Han army one after another, and quickly attacked most areas of Nanyang County.

Not only that, he also united with the surrounding remnant forces such as Yancen's Hanzhong Uprising Army, Dong Xin's Nanyang Uprising Army, the remnants of the Gengshi regime, and the remnants of Qin Feng's troops, communicated with each other, and formed an alliance.

Originally, if he had just fought against Wu Han alone, it would have been reasonable. In anger, he avenged his elders in his hometown. It was reasonable and reasonable. The generals of the Nanyang faction asked for help. Let's sit down and talk. How many big ones did Liu Xiu fight? Board, punish them all, maybe the matter will be over.

But he united with bandits and other rebels, which Liu Xiu couldn't tolerate.

Deng Feng raised his troops out of righteous indignation. Although he taught Wu Han a lesson for plundering, it also plunged Nanyang County, which had just been pacified, into war again, and made the situation out of control.

His behavior of linking up with other forces to form alliances, whether it was out of disappointment with Liu Xiu or his own selfish intention of separatism and self-reliance, caused him to fall into a bottomless abyss.

"Deng Feng rebelled?" Liu Xiu was very surprised when he got the news.

"Yes, Wu Han sent troops to plunder, and Deng Feng was so angry..."

After hearing the report from his men, Liu Xiu covered his head. He regretted sending Wu Han.

"It's all my fault. I shouldn't have asked Wu Han to go."

Wang Ba quickly said, "Your Majesty, the matter has come to an end, you must try to appease Nanyang."

Liu Xiu spoke quickly, with a very urgent tone, "Go to Jia Fu and tell him to mobilize troops nearby. We must solve the Nanyang rebellion as soon as possible. We must avoid using gentle methods rather than force."

"promise!"

Liu Xiu even summoned his brother-in-law Deng Chen to meet him overnight. Deng Feng was his nephew.

As soon as he came in, Deng Chen knelt down and said, "Your Majesty!"

"Brother-in-law, what are you doing? Come on, get up quickly, get up quickly." Liu Xiu quickly stepped forward to help him up.

"Deng Feng is my nephew!"

"I know, I know, it's all my fault." Liu Xiu didn't call himself me anymore. The relationship between him and Deng Chen was quite good. Since his second sister died, his eldest brother and second brother also died. After that, this was probably the person he was closest to except his younger sister and an older sister.

"Deng Feng must be just excited."

Deng Chen sighed and said, "I'm afraid he will be stubborn and hard to turn back!"

"Brother-in-law, don't worry, things shouldn't be out of control yet."

Deng Chen knew his nephew's temper, so he could only sigh and continue, "I hope, I hope."

In Luoyang, in the North Palace of the Imperial Palace and Yong'an Palace, Guo Shengtong sat aside, and on her left sat his younger brother Guo Kuang.

After Liu Xiu became emperor, Guo Kuang successively served as Huangmen Shilang and Chengmen Xiaowei.As Guo Shengtong became queen, he was granted the title of Marquis of Mianman County.

On her right is his mother Guo Zhu, Guo Yang's real name is Yang Wan.

At this time, Guo Shengtong was holding the about three-year-old prince Liu Qiang, or should I say Liu Han, in his arms.

At this time, they were all very happy. The three of them learned the news of Deng Feng's rebellion, which was a huge blow to the Nanyang faction.

"Deng and Yin's family are related by marriage and have close contact with each other. Now there is something exciting to watch."

Guo Kuang smiled and said, "I heard that His Majesty is very angry. This time it will probably be difficult to deal with it."

"He has to clean up the trouble he created. This person was nice to the two of them, but turned around and gave him a slap in the face.

At this time, he should know that our Guo family is the best support. Kuang'er, after His Majesty returns to Beijing, you can find a way to ask the ministers to complain for Wu Han, and at the same time, report to the Yin family..."

Good guy, Liu Han was speechless in Guo Shengtong's arms. Neither his uncle nor his grandmother were vegetarians, and neither was his mother.

Before his father, Liu Xiu, had completely conquered the country, they were busy fighting among themselves.

Yes, this internal fighting is probably a tradition. As long as the external environment is slightly better and the danger does not seem so great, they will start fighting. They will only stop fighting when they are desperate and have to stick together.

He complained in his heart, "If someone comes to Luoyang, you won't be able to keep your position. You are really short-sighted if you are still fighting here.

I'm afraid that the later generations of Nanming will all learn from you. The Qing Dynasty's army pressed on the border, and their own people beat pig brains out.

And the same goes for my cheap dad, who will do the same thing today and do the same thing tomorrow. No wonder it took more than ten years to bring peace to the world. "

Liu Han is complaining, but he admires his cheap father Liu Xiu's level in politics and military affairs. Anyway, he may not be better than Liu Xiu. He is just standing on the shoulders of giants. , understand the historical process, and only then make comments.

It's just that it can't be compared with engaging in politics, and it's not necessarily a war. He is still confident about this, after all, he has been following Huo Qubing for so long.

"It seems that I have to grow up quickly. It's best to help Liu Xiu bring peace to the world and get some military glory, otherwise this prince will be deposed like history!"

Liu Han thought about it and stretched out his chubby little hand, waving his claws and shouting: "Hungry, grandma."

Guo Shengtong smiled and pinched his little face, "Qiang'er is hungry, wet nurse, wet nurse!"

"Qiang'er is so cute, please give me a hug from grandma!" Master Guo said, getting up and hugging him.

"Qiang'er was smarter than you were when you were young. He was taller and bigger. When you were three years old, you were probably only half of his size. These eyes and nose are so handsome. It's just that you are still drinking milk at the age of three..."

"Then it's broken?" Guo Shengtong said.

Liu Han was speechless, what kind of grandma are you, don't you want to drink milk?The higher the nutritional value, the faster it will grow. Otherwise, why would it grow so big?
"It's not enough to drink milk all the time. Stop it!"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" Liu Han had no choice but to resort to the child's trick of crying. He just kept crying anyway.

The final result was that the milk was not weaned, but he had to eat some rice, porridge, and meat to match it. Anyway, he had to drink milk regularly every day. He swore that it was just because it tasted good and nutritious, not because of the wet nurse...

In November of the second year of Jianwu (AD 26), in order to quell Deng Feng's rebellion in Nanyang.

Liu Xiu then sent General Cen Peng, the general who conquered the south, to lead eight generals including Zhu You, Jia Fu, Geng Yan, Hanzhong General Wang Chang, Wuwei General Guo Shou, Yueqi General Liu Hong, and partial generals Liu Jia and Geng Zhi to attack Deng. Feng, Dong Xin, Xu Han.

After Cen Peng entered Nanyang County, he first defeated Xingju in Fuyang County and forced Xu Han to land. Then he sent his troops south, marched troops to block the countryside, and went to besiege Dong Xin.

Deng Feng heard the report and personally led more than [-] people to come to the rescue. The two sides fought fiercely at the gate of Duxiang City.The subordinates of Deng Feng and Dong Xin were all elite soldiers from Nanyang County, and they were extremely brave.

In particular, Deng Feng's subordinates were all soldiers who had experienced hundreds of battles on the battlefield and were unstoppable.In this battle, the Han army was defeated and Zhu You, the general of Jianyi, was captured.Because Zhu You, Deng Feng and his uncle Deng Chen had known each other in their early years, Deng Feng did not harm Zhu You, but instead treated him like a distinguished guest.

After this disastrous defeat, the vigor of the Han army was greatly dampened.

From then on, Cen Peng and Deng Feng launched an arduous tug-of-war in Nanyang County, with each winning and losing, and the fierce battle lasted for seven months...

Good guy, so many people, many of whom were later Yuntai 28 generals, came together to beat Deng Feng, but he beat the shit out of him.

It has to be said that in terms of military ability and force value, Deng Feng can definitely be regarded as Liu Xiu's number one general.

But Liu Xiu didn't reuse him, and instead made him his enemy. It was really a huge loss.

Of course, there is no good news at all.

On the western front, Feng Yi gathered his scattered subordinates, strengthened the walls and cleared the country, waiting to fight again.

Soon, Feng Yijun and Chimei fought again in Guidi (southwest of today's Mianchi). Both sides came out in large numbers, and they were densely packed with troops. The battle continued until the sun was almost setting.

Prior to this, Feng Yi selected strong men in advance to dress up as the Red Eyebrow Army and lie down on both sides of the road. Seeing that both sides were weak, Feng Yi let the ambush troops fight out. The Red Eyebrow Army was shocked and collapsed, and his own people came alive to kill him. ?
They were defeated, and more than [-] people were forced to land by Feng Yi.

The Battle of Guodi caused the Red Eyebrow Army to suffer another heavy blow. In addition, they had exhausted their food and grass, so they had no choice but to turn to the southeast again, trying to replenish their food, grass, men and horses and get out of the predicament.

As early as before the Battle of Guodi, Liu Xiu had already foreseen that there was a severe famine in Guanzhong, people were eating each other, and Wei Xiao's heavy troops were deployed in the west. He expected that Red Eyebrow would move east or south, so he sent out the traitorous general Hou Jin. While they were stationed in Xin'an (today's east of Mianchi), Jianwei General Geng Yan was stationed in Yiyang (today's west of Yiyang), blocking Chimei's return eastward or southbound route in both directions.

Soon, Liu Xiu learned that Feng Yi had defeated Chimei in Guidi, and that the main force of the Chimei army, more than [-] strong, was heading south to Yiyang. Liu Xiunai personally led the army to the Yiyang front line to join Geng Yan and others to jointly block Chimei's southward march.

Liu Xiu personally led the Sixth Army and deployed the army on the front line of Yiyang. Grand Sima Wu Han's elite troops were at the front, the Chinese army was behind, and the valiant cavalry and armored warriors were arranged on the left and right sides.

The soldiers of the Red Eyebrow Army were exhausted, coupled with the lack of food and grass, their morale was low to the extreme. After the defeat at Guandi, they turned south from Guanzhong to Yiyang, and met Liu Xiu's heavy troops head-on. The Red Eyebrow Army was short of soldiers and food. There is no way to fight anymore, and with Feng Yi's army behind them, it is impossible to return to Guanzhong.

The hungry, cold, and exhausted Red Eyebrow Army was desperate.So he sent Liu Gong to see Liu Xiu and ask for surrender. Liu Gong said to Liu Xiu: "Liu Penzi led millions of troops to surrender to your majesty. How will your majesty treat us?"

Liu Xiu replied: "I will spare your life."

The next day, Liu Penzi and officials below Prime Minister Xu Xuan surrendered to Liu Xiu's military camp with their chests and backs uncovered, and they presented the jade seals and ribbons inherited from the Western Han Dynasty. The Jianshi regime was destroyed.

At this time, there were still more than 10 people in the Red Eyebrow Army, and their armor and equipment were piled in the west of Yiyang City, as high as the mountains.Liu Xiu ordered the Yiyang County magistrate to provide them with food.

After eating and drinking, they gathered them together again on the third day, lined up on the bank of Luoshui River, let their leaders watch, and said to Fan Chong and others: "Do you regret surrendering? Let you go back to the military camp and command your troops." Army, come to a showdown with me, I don’t want to force you to surrender.”

Xu Xuan and others were not stupid either. Liu Xiu was probably joking. He was afraid of killing them if he regretted it, so he kowtowed to Liu Xiu and said, "If you can surrender, it will be like escaping from the tiger's mouth and falling into the arms of your mother. I will be really happy. How can there be any resentment?"

Liu Xiu was not without pleasure, but also looked at Xu Xuan with contempt and said: "You are the sharpest among dull knives, and the most capable among mediocre people."

Liu Xiu arranged for Fan Chong and other Red Eyebrow Army generals and their wives to live in Luoyang and gave them fields and houses.

At this point, the Red Eyebrow Army, which had been in Shandong for more than ten years since Xinmang Tianfeng's fifth year, was strangled in a pool of blood by Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu unified the Central Plains and had no major enemies.

Of course, not long after, Liu Xiu charged Fan Chong with treason and killed him in order to end things once and for all.

It is also possible that Fan Chong and the leader of the Red Eyebrow Army Pang An and others rebelled again, but failed and were killed by Liu Xiu.

As for whether it is true or not, it is a matter of benevolence and wisdom.

Liu Xiu took pity on the experiences of Emperor Jianshi Liu Penzi, so he became a Langguan in the palace of his uncle, King Zhao Liu Liang. The so-called Langguan was a minor official who managed carriages, horses, portals and served as bodyguards. It was not without the meaning of surveillance.

It is worth mentioning that Liu Penzi's elder brother Liu Gong was indeed loyal. When Chi Mei wanted to kill Liu Xuan, he tried hard to persuade him, but he persuaded him. Unfortunately, Xie Lu still killed Liu Xuan later. Liu Gong cried loudly and collected his body for him.

After surrendering to Liu Xiu, he assassinated Xie Lu to avenge Liu Xuan and imprisoned himself afterwards. Liu Xiu was grateful for his loyalty and pardoned his crime.

In the big tent, Feng Yi looked at Liu Xiu and said, "Shandong Chimei has also surrendered, which can be said to have stopped the decline, but Nanyang..."

Before he finished speaking, Liu Xiu said: "I have made up my mind to conquer Nanyang myself, but I will leave the matters here to you."

"When will your Majesty set off?"

"As soon as possible, as soon as possible. I originally thought things would not turn out like this."

Feng Yi said unhurriedly: "The day before yesterday, there was a military report that the danger in Wancheng has been resolved. Deng Feng led the army to retreat to Juiyang. He was also struggling in his heart. After your Majesty arrives, you can station in Wancheng first. And then try to appease them.”

Liu Xiu closed his eyes and sighed: "Actually, the last thing I want to go to is Wancheng. Sometimes I don't even want to go back to Nanyang. Wancheng is the place where my eldest brother was killed. When I heard the news, I was in my father's city, and I was still with him. Gongsun and you were together, and we rushed back at night, and in the end we only saw the body of my eldest brother.

I feel this time is too similar to that time. This time I am facing Deng Feng, but I have to face it. I wanted to reuse him later, when he comes back from Nanyang, but I didn't expect this result. …”

Feng Yi also said, "Deng Feng actually didn't mean to be contrary. He just has a somewhat impulsive and straightforward personality."

Liu Xiu said helplessly: "How much I hope to keep him, but there are many things that I cannot decide. After sitting in this position, many things often cannot be controlled by myself. If he dies, I will be ashamed of my brother-in-law, and he was still here at the beginning." Nanyang protects Lihua. In order to follow me, the Deng family even dug up their ancestral graves, but..."

Since ancient times, people have been helpless, even emperors.

On the wall of Tuoyang City, it was obvious that they already knew the news that Liu Xiu was going to conquer the army himself. Deng Feng's soldiers were a little panicked. Liu Xiu was the emperor and had fought in the Kunyang War. He was a living legend. Fortunately, Deng Feng Feng was comforted in time.

Zhu You looked at him and said, "Your Majesty is about to conquer the country in person. Make your own decision whether to fight or surrender."

Deng Feng shook his head helplessly, "I don't know either. I followed him through life and death outside Kunyang City. He used soldiers like a god. He was actually the strongest among us. Now if I want to meet him, I probably won't." It will end well."

"You're right, you can't pass His Majesty's test."

"Yes, I can't beat him, and I don't want to fight him. It's Wu Han I want to destroy, not him."

"Then surrender now. Don't delay it any longer. As long as you surrender, Deng Chen, I, others, and even Yin Guiren will find ways to protect you."

"Humph!" Deng Feng said. He was very smart. He smiled and said, "Wu Han and the generals in Hebei will not let me go."

"But even if you persist like this, what's the point? I'm afraid it's far from what you originally thought. Besides, if you take a step back, what will happen even if you defeat His Majesty? Even if you don't Think about yourself, but also think about the people in the city, and think about the Deng family."

"I will find a way to evacuate from Tuoyang. No matter what, this road has reached here and we can only continue walking."

Deng Feng looked at the sky. If he walked down a certain road, he would never be able to come back.

(End of this chapter)