Cen Peng said: "Your Majesty has always been known for his integrity and benevolence, but now General Zhu thinks that your Majesty is deceiving you. What is this but judging a gentleman's heart with a villain's heart?"
Zhu Kun blushed and did not speak immediately. Liu Xiu was indeed famous for keeping his word, but people always change. In order to win Luoyang, who can guarantee that Liu Xiu did not send Cen Peng to deceive him?
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Cen Peng said loudly: "General Zhu, now that Luoyang has been trapped for two months, how much food and grass can be left in the city?"
Zhu Tuna subconsciously said: "Luoyang has enough food and grass..."
Cen Peng said: "Even if Luoyang has enough food and grass, if it is trapped for a year and a half, can Luoyang still hold on?"
Zhu Tuna stopped talking again. In fact, the current food and grass reserves in Luoyang are no longer enough for one month. In order to save money, the soldiers have changed their meals from three meals a day to two meals a day. Even so, the food and grass consumption is still very fast.
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He was silent for a long time and then said quietly: "If I surrender, how will Liu Xiu treat me?"
Cen Peng said: "Become a marquis and a general!"
Zhu Kun was shocked. It was already incredible that Liu Xiu didn't kill him. How could he still make him a marquis and worship him as a general? Zhu Kun stared at Cen Peng outside the city and asked: "Cen Peng,
How do you make me believe your words?"
Cen Peng asked: "What should I do to win General Zhu's trust?"
Zhu Kun looked to his left and right, and a close adviser came forward and whispered: "Why doesn't Grand Sima let Cen Peng enter the city to speak?" Seeing Zhu Kun frowning, the adviser continued: "If Cen Peng
If there is no evil in his heart, he will definitely dare to enter the city and have a detailed talk with the Grand Sima. On the contrary, if Cen Peng does not dare to enter the city, it must mean that he has something evil in his heart. This time he came to recruit the Grand Sima to surrender. This is a conspiracy between him and Liu Xiu!"
After listening to the counselor's words, Zhu Tuna couldn't help but nod his head, knowing that the counselor's words were reasonable. He turned to the generals on the left and right and said: "Lower the suspension bridge!"
Following Zhu Jun's order, the suspension bridge of Luoyang City Gate was slowly lowered creaking, and then, another large basket came down from the top of the city.
Before Cen Peng outside the city could figure out what Zhu Kun wanted to do, Zhu Kun said loudly in the city gate tower: "General Cen, one of you and I are inside the city and the other is outside the city. It's very inconvenient to talk. It's not as good as Cen Peng."
How about the general come into the city and talk to me in detail?"
After he finished speaking, he took some time to relax and looked at Cen Peng outside the city with a half-smile, as if to say, if you have the guts, come into the city and talk to me.
Cen Peng was stunned for a moment and immediately understood what Zhu Tuna meant. He was testing himself to see if he was cheating.
At this time, Cen Peng was faced with a dilemma. If he did not dare to enter the city, it would mean that he felt guilty and it would be difficult to continue recruiting Zhu Kun. If he entered the city, his life would be completely in Zhu Kun's hands.
Inside.
In just a moment, all kinds of possibilities and consequences went through Cen Peng's mind like lightning. In reality, Cen Peng was just stunned for a moment, and then without saying a word, he got off his horse, drew his sword, and
He slapped the horse's butt hard, causing the horse to feel the pain and run back to the Han army's main line. Cen Peng sheathed his sword, walked across the suspension bridge, came to the bottom of the city wall, and stepped into the bamboo basket with his legs.
Inside, he raised his head and said to Zhu Tuna above: "General Zhu, brothers, please help me up!"
This series of actions by Cen Peng shocked everyone on the city wall. Even the counselor who made the plan widened his eyes in disbelief. He did not expect that Cen Peng would dare to enter the city alone.
Even if he has no evil intentions in his heart, isn't he afraid that Liu Xiu will be chopped down by his own side after he enters the city if he refuses to surrender? How can this man be so courageous?!
Zhu Tuna was also quite shocked. He said to his subordinates: "Pull General Cen up, slower and more steady!"
The soldiers on the top of the city pulled the rope and pulled Cen Peng, who was sitting in the bamboo basket, up to the top of the city little by little. The moment Cen Peng came up, he heard a crash around him. Countless soldiers were either holding spears in their hands or holding spears in their hands.
With both hands holding the crossbow, each of them felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
Cen Peng smiled indifferently and reached back to take off the sword from his ribs. At this moment, Zhu Kun walked out from the city gate tower and shouted to the soldiers around him: "Don't be rude! Everyone, stand down!"
The soldiers surrounding Cen Peng retreated one after another, but their faces were still wary and hostile. Cen Peng handed the sword forward and said with a smile: "General Zhu!"
Zhu Tun looked at the sword handed over by Cen Peng, hesitated for a moment, waved his hand and said, "No need."
Cen Peng did not show any pretense. Seeing Zhu Kun indicating that he did not need to hand over his sword, he hung the sword back on his waist. Then he bowed deeply to Zhu Kun and said, "Peng has met General Zhu!"
Zhu Tun said with a cold face: "I am still the chief minister of the imperial court!"
Although Cen Peng was alone in Luoyang City, surrounded by enemy soldiers and generals, there was no trace of fear on Cen Peng's face, and he said with neither humility nor arrogance: "The only court that Peng recognizes is the orthodox Han Dynasty court!"
The implication is that Liu Xuan's Gengshi court is no longer an orthodox Han Dynasty court in Cen Peng's eyes. In other words, from the moment Chang'an fell, the Gengshi court has been destroyed.
Zhu Kun stared coldly at Cen Peng, who looked at him with a smile on his face without fear. After an unknown amount of time, Zhu Kun's sharp eyes softened, and his gloomy expression also tended to soften.
He waved his hand to Cen Peng and said, "Let's go into the city to talk!" As he walked down the steps, he asked, "General Cen, Liu Xiu... will your Majesty really accept my surrender?"
Cen Peng's face straightened and he said: "Your Majesty personally promised it, and it is absolutely not false."
Zhu Tun said softly and said no more.
Cen Peng rushed back his horse and entered Luoyang City. Wu Han and others who were watching behind were stunned and frightened.
Is it possible that Cen Peng is crazy? He dared to run into Luoyang City alone. Even if he had ten or a hundred heads, it would not be enough for others to chop him off!
Wu Han and others watched helplessly as Cen Peng was pulled to the top of the city in a big bamboo basket, and then disappeared. Zhu, Yao Qi and others stepped forward one after another and asked eagerly: "Da Sima, what should we do now?
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"This..." Wu Han hesitated for a moment and said: "General Cen is not an impulsive person. Since he dares to enter Luoyang alone, it means that he is absolutely sure that Zhu Tuna and others will not harm him!"
Everyone looked at each other, they were worried about Cen Peng's safety, but now that Cen Peng had entered the city, they had no other choice outside the city.
Zhu Tuna was really unwilling to surrender to Liu Xiu. First, he had killed Liu Xiu's eldest brother before surrendering, and he didn't think Liu Xiu would treat him well.
Secondly, Zhu Kun had always looked down upon Liu Xiu, and had a sense of psychological superiority. Now that he was asked to surrender to Liu Xiu, whom he had despised before, he would not be able to overcome the hurdle in his heart.
But now it is a fact that Luoyang is trapped, and it is also a fact that the city will soon face the dilemma of running out of food. The situation is precarious, and there seems to be no other choice except surrender.
Zhu Tuna still sends some messages to Liu Xuancun, hoping that Liu Xuan can make a comeback, gather troops and horses, and counterattack Chang'an.
You must know that Jingzhou is still under our control. As long as the counties in Jingzhou are willing to provide money and personnel, it will not be a problem to form an army of hundreds of thousands. It is not impossible to counterattack Chang'an and defeat Chimei.
Due to this mentality, Zhu Kun neither killed Cen Peng nor surrendered to him when he entered the city alone, but kept holding him back.
In this way, four days passed in a row. On this day, Zhu Tuna suddenly received news from Chang'an that Liu Xuan surrendered to the Red Eyebrow Army.
This news was undoubtedly explosive when it reached Luoyang City. The more than 200,000 soldiers in the city were all shocked by the news.
The emperor surrendered to the Red Eyebrow Army? Even the emperor surrendered and the court ceased to exist, so who are you still fighting for now?
Liu Xuan's surrender was really forced. Although Jingzhou was controlled by the Gengshi court, the governors of each county had already been in charge of their own affairs. Seeing the fall of Chang'an and Liu Xuan being trapped in Gaoling, no one was willing to send troops to rescue him.
Yan Ben, the captain of Fufeng, personally led his troops to besiege the post station where Liu Xuan was staying, and neither killed him nor let him go.
Later, the Red Eyebrow Army sent Xie Lu to send a letter to Liu Xuan. The content of the letter bluntly told Liu Xuan that if you surrender now, we can accept the surrender and make you the king of Changsha. You only have two days to think about it.
After ten or twenty days, our army will no longer accept your surrender.
After reading this letter, Liu Xuan did not think about it for twenty days, and immediately decided to surrender to the Red Eyebrow Army. Liu Xuan followed Xie Lu back to Chang'an. At Changle Palace in Chang'an, Liu Xuan saw the man who was lifted up by the Red Eyebrow Army.
Emperor Liu Penzi.
Liu Xuan bowed his head to Liu Penzi and presented his emperor's seal and ribbon to Liu Penzi. At this point, the Gengshi court that overthrew the Xinmang court completed its short life and came to an end.
In the first month of AD 23, the Chung Ling Army joined forces with the Green Forest Army to defeat Zhen Fu, the prefect of Nanyang, and Liang Qiuci, the commander-in-chief. On the shore of the river, Liu Xuan ascended the throne.
Just over two years later, in October 25 AD, Liu Xuan surrendered to the Red Eyebrow Army, and the Gengshi Emperor only became emperor for just over two years.
In the history of Qing Dynasty, Liu Xuan did not leave any good reputation. The most recorded thing about him is that he was obsessed with the harem and had fun with women all day long.
After Liu Xuan presented his seal and ribbon, the Red Eyebrow Army present broke their promise and wanted to kill him on the spot. Liu Pan, who was sitting on the throne, was a complete puppet, trembling with fear and not even daring to say a word.
Xie Lu, who was still responsible for recruiting Liu Xuan to surrender, argued hard and fought to the death to save Liu Xuan.
After Liu Xuan surrendered, the Red Eyebrow Army gradually revealed its true nature in Chang'an. They raped, killed, looted, and committed all kinds of evil. In Chang'an, Fengyi on the left, Fufeng on the right, and the three assistants all suffered greatly.
At this time, the people in the Sanfu area began to miss Liu Xuan and the reign of the Gengshi court.
Although the Gengshi court is not as good as the Xinmang court, the people of Sanfu can at least survive. As long as they don't provoke the powerful, they can still survive. But now, in Chang'an, which is ruled by Chimei, the people of Sanfu really can't survive.
Went down.
They are simply a swarm of locusts, robbing everything they see, including food, money, and women. They even dig up graveyards to plunder the burial objects in the graveyards.
It was during this period that a major event occurred that shocked Chinese history. The Red Eyebrow Army dug up Liu Bang's tomb and not only stole the property in the tomb, but also committed heinous acts of treason.
It is said that when the Red Eyebrow Army entered the cemetery, Empress Lu, who was buried with Liu Bang, and even the concubines in the harem were still alive. The Red Eyebrow Army had evil intentions and raped the corpses of Empress Lu and the concubines in the harem. (In "Book of the Later Han", etc.
It is clearly recorded in the literature.) wavv
The third assistant of the capital fell into the hands of such a group of perverts who were worse than pigs and dogs. It would be damned if the people could live a good life. Compared with the two evils, people certainly miss the Gengshi court, which did less evil.
Later, why did Liu Xiu make Luoyang the capital instead of Chang'an? It was because the third assistant had been tortured to such a state that the capital area, the most prosperous area in China at that time, had become a ghost town. Liu Xiu had no choice but to
The capital may be Luoyang.
The people of Sanfu missed Liu Xuan, which made Liu Xuan feel that he had done a good job as emperor, but he never expected that this would become his hypnotic charm.
Zhang, who surrendered to the Red Eyebrow Army along with Wang Kuang, secretly told Xie Lu that all the people in the three auxiliaries supported Liu Xuan and that Liu Xuan might be restored to power at any time by relying on popular support.
Xie Lu was horrified when he heard about Zhang's secret protection. Xie Lu, who had tried to protect Liu Xuan in the past, sent his own soldiers to secretly execute Liu Xuan to avoid future troubles.
At this point, Liu Xuan has completely finished his life. Liu Xuan's life is actually quite sad. At the beginning, he was not willing to be the emperor. It was the people of the Green Forest Army who forcibly supported him and pushed him to the throne.
throne.
When Liu Xuan began to care about his throne, he suddenly discovered that he had no relatives. On the clan side, everyone looked to Liu Ma as their leader, while on the other hand, the Green Forest Army regarded him as a puppet, and no one cared about him as the emperor.
In order to consolidate his throne, he killed Liu. As a result, he established Liu Xiu as a powerful enemy, but he himself was still a puppet in the hands of the Green Forest Army.
