Liu Xiu pulled the Red Eyebrow Army to the edge of Luoshui and transported all the weapons surrendered by the Red Eyebrow Army, giving them a chance to make a new choice.
If the Red Eyebrow Army is not convinced, they can take up weapons now and fight their own side again. The two armies will fight to the death on the edge of Luoshui River.
Liu Xiu's approach was not only to defeat his opponent physically, but also to completely destroy him psychologically.
As the saying goes, killing is the lowest priority and killing one's heart is the highest priority. Liu Xiu's move not only showed the powerful combat power of the Han army, but also showed his unparalleled self-confidence.
After hearing his words, Fan Chong, Xie Lu, Feng An and others all lowered their heads, sweating like rain. They picked up their weapons again and fought against the Han army. They were undoubtedly seeking death. Taotao behind them
Luoshui will definitely be their burial place.
Xu Xuan suddenly knelt down on his knees, kowtowed forward, put his forehead on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, you will destroy me! Your Majesty is the destined emperor. Anyone who is an enemy of Your Majesty is tantamount to self-destruction. I, I and others, surrender."
Your Majesty, this is truly destiny, how can I dare to disobey it?"
Fan Chong and others also knelt down one after another, kowtowed forward, and said urgently: "Your Majesty is the destined emperor, I dare not disobey!"
Liu Xiu slowly scanned the crowd and said: "I have given you the opportunity, and it is now in front of you. If you don't fight for it, it will be very difficult to find such an opportunity in the future!"
Fan Chong and others said in unison: "I don't dare!"
Liu Xiu was silent for a while, then slowly nodded and said, "Get up!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Fan Chong and others stood up tremblingly with pale faces.
Liu Xiu's eyes fell on Xu Xuan, he smiled leisurely and said: "Xu Xuan, you are not bad, you are a capable person among this group of mediocre people!"
In Liu Xiu's eyes, the generals of the Red Eyebrow Army were all mediocre people. Among the local rebel armies, the Red Eyebrow Army was the strongest and had the widest sphere of influence.
Even if Wang Mang dies and Liu Xuan takes his place, the Red Eyebrow Army will still be stronger than the Gengshi court.
It is obviously the most promising and most capable force to conquer the world, but now it has ended up like this. What are the leaders of the Red Eyebrow Army if they are not a group of mediocre people?
Among the big guys, Xu Xuan is considered a relatively talented one among the leaders of the Red Eyebrow Army. At least he knows the current affairs and can clearly distinguish the situation and the interests.
Liu Xiu's words seemed to be praising Xu Xuan, but in fact they were scolding all the officers and soldiers of the Red Eyebrow Army, including Xu Xuan.
The battle that decided the fate of the Red Eyebrow Army was the Battle of Guodi, and the last battle fought by the Red Eyebrow Army was the Battle of Yiyang.
At the end of the Battle of Yiyang, all the Red Eyebrow Army surrendered, and the history of the Red Eyebrow Army ended.
Red Eyebrows in the North and Green Forest in the South, these two large-scale rebel armies swept across the Central Plains with great vigor. Wherever they passed, the reckless armies scurried away, frightened by the news.
After Chimei and Lulin worked together to destroy the Xinmang court, the Lulin army quickly seized the fruits of victory under the banner of the Han Dynasty, elected Liu Xuan as emperor, took over Chang'an, and officially replaced the Xinmang court.
They were both rebels and had the same meritorious deeds in annihilating Mang, but the fruits of victory fell into the hands of the Green Forest Army family. The Red Eyebrow Army got nothing. Liu Xuan only granted Fan Chong a symbolic title, and Xu Xuan and others gained the title in name only.
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This caused the Red Eyebrow Army to be greatly dissatisfied, and Red Eyebrow and Green Forest broke up. Red Eyebrow elected Liu Penzi as emperor and established the Jianshi Court to compete with the Gengshi Court.
The Green Forest Army who took control of Chang'an did not want to make progress and quickly became corrupted. Their regime was overthrown by the powerful Red Eyebrow Army in a very short period of time.
But after the Red Eyebrow Army took control of Chang'an, it was better for Green Forest to reform the imperial court. They moved the bandit style of the rebel army to the Sanfu area, burning, killing, looting, and committing all kinds of evil. The people of Sanfu suffered greatly.
Whether it is Green Forest or Red Eyebrow, they all regard themselves as the rulers of a country in their bones.
After taking power, they only wanted to enrich their own pockets. This world was brought down by me, so of course I want to live a life like a master. They are short-sighted, have no ambition, and have no long-term vision or the will to govern the country.
At the same time, Liu Xiu suddenly emerged in Hebei and quickly controlled Hebei, Hanoi, Henan, Hedong, and the country's major grain-producing areas. Liu Xiu occupied half of the country, which laid a solid foundation for Liu Xiu's power.
In sharp contrast to Lu Lin and Red Eyebrow, Liu Xiu loved the people, was considerate of their sentiments, implemented benevolent policies, reduced taxes, and rested.
The north, which was originally the hardest hit area by the national uprising armies, under Liu Xiu's governance, various rebel armies were put down one after another, people's lives gradually stabilized, and all industries were revitalized. The north has shown a trend of prosperity.
Although he was born as a farmer, Liu Xiu was able to unite all strata of society, not only to get the gentry and big landowners to support him, but also to get the ordinary people at the bottom to support him. This was Liu Xiu's ability.
After surrendering to the Red Eyebrow Army, Liu Xiu arranged Liu Penzi to his uncle Liu Liang's Prince Zhao Palace, where he served as a doctor. In modern terms, a doctor is a senior clerk.
Later, Liu Penzi suffered from eye disease and became blind, so he could not serve as an official in the palace. Liu Xiu granted Xingyang to Liu Penzi. From then on, Liu Penzi lived on the food town of Xingyang until his death.
Liu Penzi had a very hard life in the first half of his life. Before he was fifteen years old, he was a cowherd boy. From fifteen to seventeen years old, he was the puppet emperor in the hands of the Red Eyebrow Army. It is estimated that in more than two years,
It was also the darkest period of his life.
After surrendering to Liu Xiu, Liu Penzi's life finally settled down. He first worked as a doctor for Liu Liang, and later became blind, but he still had food and clothing in Xingyang to live in. He lived a prosperous life and lived a wealthy life.
Qingfu.
As for the leaders of the Red Eyebrow Army, including Fan Chong, Xu Xuan, Xie Lu, Feng An, and Yang Yin, Liu Xiu kept his promise when he said he would not kill them. Liu Xiu built a room for each of them in Luoyang.
The house gave them a home, and then each of them was given two hundred acres of fertile land near Luoyang, so that they had a source of livelihood. Even if they did not farm the land themselves, they rented out the two hundred acres of fertile land and relied on it every year.
You can live a good life by living on rent.
It seems that the leaders of the Red Eyebrow Army received such a good fate, but compared with the Bronze Horse Army, who were also rebels and later surrendered to Liu Xiu, their treatment was far worse.
After the Bronze Horse Army led by Dongshan Huangtu surrendered to Liu Xiu, they were not only favored by Liu Xiu, but were also granted the title of marquis.
Are the abilities of the leaders of the Bronze Horse Army such as Dongshan Huangtu really better than those of the leaders of the Red Eyebrow Army such as Fan Chong?
No! As the saying goes, this moment and that moment.
When Liu Xiugang conquered the Bronze Horse Army, it was a critical period for him to lay the foundation in Hebei. He was in urgent need of manpower. The surrender of the Bronze Horse Army solved Liu Xiu's big problem and gave Liu Xiu a qualitative leap in strength.
When the Red Eyebrow Army surrendered to Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu's foundation was already solid enough, and the Han army's troops and horses were strong enough. The surrender of the Red Eyebrow Army could no longer provide any substantial help to Liu Xiu's forces.
Somewhat eye-catching.
This is the reason why the Red Eyebrow Army and the Bronze Horse Army were treated very differently after they surrendered to Liu Xiu.
If the leaders of the Red Eyebrow Army could keep their peace, they might be able to die like Liu Penzi, but they just have an element of restlessness, which is a story later.
So far, in Chinese history, the mighty Red Eyebrow Uprising ended in failure. This year was the third year of Jianwu, the twenty-seventh year of AD, March of Spring.
After Liu Xiu surrendered the Red Eyebrow Army in Yiyang, he did not return to the court with any troops. Liu Xiu changed his direction and sent his troops south to attack Nanyang.
Nanyang is Liu Xiu's hometown and the hometown of the emperor. How could it be occupied by the rebels? Wu Han and Cen Peng were unsuccessful in fighting in Nanyang one after another. This time, Liu Xiu wanted to conquer Nanyang himself.
The Han army under Liu Xiu's command numbered 100,000, the Han army under Feng Yi's command numbered 80,000, the Han army under Deng Yu and Geng Yan's command numbered 50,000, and the three Han armies joined together, totaling more than 200,000.
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It can be seen that Liu Xiu's personal expedition to Nanyang this time was ruthless, and he wanted to defeat the rebel forces headed by Deng Feng in one go.
When he learned that Liu Xiu was personally marching towards Nanyang with more than 200,000 troops under his command, Deng Fengru faced a formidable enemy. Even though he had defeated Wu Han and Cen Peng, both battles were not based on his true strength.
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Wu Han was defeated because Wu Han aroused public anger in Nanyang, and Cen Peng was defeated because of Zhu You's mistakes. Now Liu Xiu personally commanded the army, and the attack was fierce. Deng Fengneng had a premonition that the next battle would be very difficult.
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Deng Feng personally commanded an army of 100,000 people and went to Duxiang to join Dong Xin's troops in Duxiang. In addition, the Hanzhong Army headed by Yancen also came to Duxiang. The three groups of troops formed a force of 150,000 to 60,000 people.
The allied forces were commanded by Deng Feng.
As for Qin Feng, after being defeated by Wu Han, he was so frightened that Qin Feng ran back to his hometown in Nanjun and never dared to send troops to Nanyang again.
Here in Duxiang, those who wanted to fight Liu Xiu to the death were the three armies of Deng Feng, Yancen, and Dong Xin.
As the Han army led by Liu Xiu entered Nanyang, Cen Peng's troops immediately moved closer to Liu Xiu's army, and the two Han armies merged again.
After the arrival of Cen Peng and his troops, Liu Xiu's troops numbered as many as 300,000, twice as many as the coalition forces of Deng and Feng.
With an army of more than 300,000, and commanded by Liu Xiu himself, neither Yancen nor Dong Xin had much confidence in this battle.
At Deng Fengjun's camp, Yancen and Dong Xin came to the Chinese army tent together.
After seeing Deng Feng, the two looked at each other worriedly. Dong Xin said: "General Deng and Liu Xiu are leading their troops. They are coming fiercely. They have many soldiers and generals. In this battle, there is a huge disparity in strength between the enemy and us. In my opinion, it is not as good as
Avoid its sharp edges first!"
Deng Feng looked at Dong Xin, then at Yancen, shook his head slowly, and said: "Our army has no way to avoid this battle and can only fight to the death! If we choose to avoid the battle, the entire army will lose all fighting spirit."
, Next, we have to avoid again and again, there will no longer be a place for our army to gain a foothold in Nanyang!"
Yancen frowned and said, "General Deng must be worrying too much! The people of Nanyang are all on the side of our army! Only by temporarily avoiding the edge, our army will have room to deal with powerful enemies."
Deng Feng smiled bitterly, shook his head repeatedly, and said: "You all underestimate Liu Xiu! If Liu Xiu doesn't come to Nanyang, our army is indeed what the people want, but if Liu Xiu comes to Nanyang, will the people of Nanyang continue to support our army?"
That’s all.”
In Deng Feng's view, Liu Xiu was too good at being a good person and winning over people's hearts. Moreover, the people of Nanyang hated Wu Han, but no one had ever said anything bad about Liu Xiu. Now that Liu Xiu has arrived in Nanyang in person, will the people of Nanyang be afraid of it?
Deng Feng really had no confidence in respecting Liu Xiu.
