Liu Xiu looked around the generals and felt panicked in his heart. They were all a group of people who had hit the south wall and refused to look back. They insisted on running all the way to the dark side, but they were all loyal and courageous and had strong bones.
The stern man Liu Xiu no longer ordered everyone to leave Wancheng with him. He said: "Since all the generals are unwilling to leave, then I will stay with you!"
The expressions of Jiantan and others suddenly changed, and they said urgently: "Your Majesty cannot stay in Wancheng!"
Liu Xiu almost became angry and asked: "Why can't I stay in Wancheng?"
"Wancheng is in danger..."
"You also know that Wancheng is in danger! Since you are not afraid of life and death, why should I be afraid?!"
"His Majesty……"
"No need to say any more! I will stay in Wancheng with you and fight to the death with the thieves!" Liu Xiu said with a firm tone that could not be rejected.
All the generals looked at each other and lowered their heads.
They can stay in Wancheng, and even if they die in battle, they will be sacrificing their lives for the country, and they will die a worthy and spectacular death. But the country can live without them, and it must not live without the emperor. The emperor must never stay in such a dangerous place as Wancheng.
People looked at Jiantan one after another, hoping that he could persuade His Majesty to leave Wancheng and return to Luoyang. Jiantan frowned and could not think of a suitable word for a moment.
Wu Han led the main force of the Han army to evacuate Nanyang. A small group of Han troops led by Liu Xiu remained in Wancheng and did not evacuate.
The current situation is that Nanyang has been basically controlled by Deng and Feng's forces, but Wancheng, the county seat of Nanyang County, is occupied by the Han army.
It can be foreseen that without Wu Han as a powerful enemy, Deng Feng will inevitably turn his attention to Wancheng, and Wancheng will inevitably become the new focus of the Battle of Nanyang.
While Liu Xiu was in Wancheng, shocking news came from the Western Front battlefield. The Red Eyebrow Army took the initiative to withdraw from Chang'an and march to the northwest.
However, before the Red Eyebrow Army evacuated Chang'an, they did not do anything good. They looted Chang'an and even spared the tombs of previous emperors.
The Red Eyebrow Army dug up the tombs of the emperors of the Western Han Dynasty and snatched away all the burial objects inside. They also humiliated the corpses and raped Lu Fei, who was buried with Liu Bang, and the concubines in the harem.
When the news reached Wancheng, Liu Xiu learned that he was furious. The actions of the Red Eyebrow Army had reached the point where humans and gods were outraged.
Of course, Liu Xiu and Lu Pheasant have no blood relationship. Liu Xiu is after Emperor Jing, and Emperor Jing is after Emperor Wen. Emperor Wen is the fourth son of Liu Bang, and his biological mother is Bo Ji.
Among Liu Bang's concubines, Bo Ji was not favored. Emperor Wen Liu Heng was named the acting queen and went to live in his own fief. After Liu Bang's death, Lu Fei became powerful and caused great harm to the concubines in the harem. Bo Ji was smart.
The woman took the initiative to leave the palace and go to the Dai Wang fiefdom to live with her son. Because Bo Ji left early, she was not harmed by Lu Pheasant. Later, the Lu family rebellion was put down, Liu Heng became the emperor, and Bo Ji
Then he followed his son back to Chang'an Palace.
Therefore, the Red Eyebrow Army's insult to Lu Pheasant's body had nothing to do with Liu Xiu. At most, it was a slap in Liu Xiu's face. But when the Red Eyebrow Army dug up Liu Bang's tomb, it actually abandoned the ancestral graves of Liu Xiu's family.
How can you not be angry?
The Red Eyebrow Army ran away after robbing the tomb. Deng Yu, who had high hopes for Liu Xiu, led his Han army into Chang'an to appease the Third Assistant after the Red Eyebrow Army took the initiative to flee Chang'an.
Deng Yu's army captured Chang'an without losing a single soldier, without using a single sword or spear. They just marched all the way to Chang'an, then directly entered the city and took over Chang'an.
What the Red Eyebrow Army left to the Han Army was a devastated Chang'an. All the people who could escape had already fled. Those who remained in Chang'an were either old, weak, sick, disabled, unable to walk far, or too poor.
Hey, the kind of person who has to starve to death on the way to escape famine.
The buildings in the city were also severely damaged, and places like the royal palace were almost reduced to ruins.
After Deng Yu led his army into Chang'an, he appeased the people while organizing manpower to repair damaged buildings and the tombs of the previous emperors of the Han Dynasty.
The Red Eyebrow Army fled all the way to the northwest. The northwest of Chang'an was Xiliang, which was the base of Xiliang General Wei Xiao.
Wei Xiao had already surrendered to Liu Xiu. Hearing that the Red Eyebrow Army was coming to Xiliang, Kai Xiao was not polite to the Red Eyebrow Army. He sent his general Yang Guang with 100,000 elite troops to set up defenses in Jingyang to resist the Red Eyebrow Army.
The eyebrow army's westward advance.
Xiliang is the base camp of Wei Xiao, and it is also the lifeblood of Wei Xiao. If anyone dares to touch Xiliang, it is no different from taking the life of Wei Xiao. Now hundreds of thousands of red eyebrow troops are marching towards Xiliang. What do they want to do?
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From a public point of view, Wei Xiao has taken refuge with Liu Xiu and is Liu Xiu's minister. He should cooperate with the Han army and attack the Red Eyebrow Army. But from a private point of view, the Red Eyebrow Army has made it clear that it intends to occupy the Magpie Nest and occupy it.
Xiliang.
Whether public or private, Wei Xiao had every reason to attack the Red Eyebrow Army.
Yang Guang commanded the Xiliang Army and deployed defenses in Jingyang. When the Red Eyebrow Army marched between Jingyang and Wushi City, the Xiliang Army headed by Yang Guang launched a fierce attack on the Red Eyebrow Army.
At that time, Youzhou Tuqi was famous all over the world, and the one who was as famous as Youzhou Tuqi was the famous Xiliang Iron Cavalry.
The fighting power of the Xiliang army is by no means in vain. When the big men of Xiliang go to the battlefield, they will really risk their lives with you. Although the red-browed soldiers are numerous and powerful, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, they are hungry and have traveled long distances.
Coming, I am tired up and down.
On the other hand, the Xiliang Army has a small number of troops, only 100,000, but they are strong soldiers and horses, waiting for work. The Xiliang Army and the Red Eyebrow Army started a decisive battle between Jingyang and Wushi. In this battle, the Xiliang Army commanded by Yang Guang
The army defeated the Red Eyebrow Army.
The Red Eyebrow Army, which marched all the way to the northwest, retreated hastily and was defeated by Wushi and returned to the Chang'an area.
At this time, Chang'an had been captured by Deng Yu's army. During this period, Deng Yu led his soldiers to worship at the Gaozu Temple, accepted the eleven emperors and sent envoys to Luoyang.
The so-called god master refers to the spiritual tablet, the wooden tablet used to worship ancestors.
The eleven emperors and gods, including Gaozu, Emperor Hui, Emperor Wen, Emperor Jing, and Emperor Wu, were sent to Luoyang. This was not a trivial matter at that time and required Liu Xiu, the emperor, to welcome him personally.
After learning about this, Liu Xiu finally could no longer stay in Wancheng and could only return to Luoyang as soon as possible.
After hearing the news, Jiantan and the other generals all breathed a sigh of relief, sighing in their hearts that the emperor was finally leaving, and their hearts were finally about to let go.
Liu Xiu paced back and forth in his room with the letter from Luoyang. The letter was written by Taichang Pitong, and the content was not much. It only stated that Deng Yu sent an envoy to return the Eleven Emperor God Lord, and that His Majesty must reply immediately.
Beijing, I respectfully welcome the late Emperor and Lord.
Yin Lihua, Xu Xiling, and Hua Feiyan came to Liu Xiu's room together. Seeing Liu Xiu wandering around with a letter, Yin Lihua asked: "Your Majesty, I heard that Da Situ invited the Eleven Emperor God Lord from Chang'an to Luoyang
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Liu Xiu nodded, handed the letter to Yin Lihua, and said, "Lihua, take a look!"
Yin Lihua took the letter, read it roughly, and then handed it to Xu Xiling and Hua Feiyan. She walked up to Liu Xiu and asked: "Please return to the late Emperor and God Lord, it is no small matter, but if your Majesty returns to Luoyang, Wancheng
what to do?"
Now Liu Xiu is also worried about this matter. After he left, only Jiantan, Ren Guan and others were left. Can they defend Wancheng when surrounded by enemies?
Liu Xiu didn't care whether Wancheng was lost or not. He never took the gains and losses of a city or place too seriously. What he really cared about was the safety of Jiantan, Ren Guan and others.
If the city is gone, you can fight back later, but if the people are gone, you really can never come back.
Since Liu Xiu became emperor, his generals have been killed in battle and died of illness one after another. Liu Xiu really didn't want to see anyone have accidents again.
However, to honor the late emperor and the Lord, he, the emperor, really needed to come forward in person. Now Liu Xiu was in a dilemma.
Hua Feiyan said: "Even if His Majesty stays in Wancheng, it will not change the situation in Wancheng."
Of course, Liu Xiu also understood this. He alone could not play a big role in a battle involving thousands of troops.
He said quietly: "At least if I stay here, the soldiers will not lose their fighting spirit when facing powerful enemies."
This can be regarded as Liu Xiu's most important role in Wancheng. Hua Feiyan was silent for a moment and said meaningfully: "Your Majesty, the clan affairs, the relationship between orthodoxy, is more important."
The Divine Lord of the Eleventh Emperor is in Luoyang, so Luoyang is the legitimate capital of the country, and Liu Xiucai is the legitimate Emperor. The Divine Lord of the Eleventh Emperor was invited to Luoyang from Chang'an. If the Emperor does not come forward for such a big matter, he will definitely be criticized and cannot be dealt with.
Good Liu Xiu will be scolded as a person who forgets his ancestors.
After some repeated thinking, Liu Xiu nodded slowly. Things have priorities. The matter of welcoming the late emperor and the Lord must indeed take far priority over the war in Wancheng. Liu Xiu looked at Yin Lihua, then at Xu Xiling and Hua Feiyan.
, said: "We will set off back to Luoyang in the near future!"
When he decided to stay in Wancheng, he proposed to Yin Lihua and Xu Xiling that they should be sent back to Luoyang, but neither of them agreed. They only said that they would stay wherever he was.
Liu Xiu was deeply moved by the fact that Yin Lihua and Xu Xiling were not afraid of life and death and were willing to stay with him in Wancheng. Now, he no longer had to persuade them to leave, because even he himself had to return to Luoyang.
Before leaving, Liu Xiu summoned Jiantan and watched the generals. He repeatedly told them not to defend Wancheng and fight if they could. If they could not fight, they could immediately withdraw their troops, either return to Luoyang, or go to Yingchuan to join the Wu and Han army.
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Jiantan, Ren Guan, and the generals all agreed, but in fact, none of them planned to leave Wancheng. They had already made up their minds to inherit Wan Xiu's legacy. When the city is alive, people will be there, and when the city dies, people will die.
Liu Xiu, Yin Lihua, Xu Xiling, Hua Feiyan and others left Wancheng and returned to Luoyang. They were accompanied by Ding Xun, Cai Lin, Cui Yong and Ji Yuanxiang.
When they came to Nanyang, they originally planned to seek refuge with Deng Feng. By chance, they met Liu Xiu and helped Liu Xiu rescue Yin Lihua and Xu Xiling from Deng Zhongjun's camp.
Back in Wancheng, they naturally learned Liu Xiu's true identity, which shocked the four of them. They never imagined that Jin Wen, who dared to go deep into the enemy camp to rescue people, was actually the Emperor of Luoyang.
Liu Xiu.
The four of them made a plan and decided not to go to Deng Feng, but to Liu Xiu.
Liu Xiu also happily accepted the defection of the four of them, and arranged for Ding Xun, Cai Lin, and Cui Yong to serve in the Yulin Army, and arranged for Ji Yuanxiang to be a female official in the palace.
To make a long story short, Liu Xiu returned to Luoyang, and not long after, the envoy sent by Deng Yu also arrived in Luoyang, bringing with him the Eleventh Emperor God Lord.
The Lord of God was invited from Chang'an to Luoyang, which was a major event that shocked the world at the time. That morning, Liu Xiu, dressed in formal attire, went out of the city to greet him.
He wears a crown on his head, a crown suit, a red belt around his waist, and leather saddles on his feet.
Beside him were the Queen Guo Shengtong, the noble Yin Lihua, and the beauty Xu Xiling. Behind him were the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, and behind them were the Yulin Guards and the soldiers of the Forbidden Army.
