Compared with the successive good news from the back court, the news from the south is unpleasant. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It is said that in November of the second year of Jianwu (26 AD), Cen Peng, the general of Zhengnan, led Zhu You, Jia Fu, Geng Yi, Wang Chang, Guo Shou, Liu Hong, Liu Jia and Liu Zhi and other eight generals to attack Deng Feng, Dong Xin and Xu Han.

After Cen Peng entered the territory of Nanyang County, he first broke through Xingju and forced down Xu Han, and then waved his army south, marched into the township to block the township, and went to besiege Dong Xin.

When Deng Feng heard the report, he personally led more than 10,000 people to help, and the two sides fought fiercely under the blockade of the countryside.

Deng Feng and Dong Xin's subordinates are all elite soldiers of Nanyang County, and they are extremely brave, especially Deng Feng's subordinates, who are all soldiers in a hundred battles on the battlefield and are unstoppable. In this battle, the Han army was defeated and Zhu You was captured. However, because Zhu You and Deng Feng and his uncle knew each other in their early years, Deng Feng did not hurt Zhu You, but treated him like a guest.

After this fiasco, the spirit of the Han army was greatly bruised. From then on, Cen Peng and Deng Feng launched a hard tug-of-war in Nanyang County, winning and losing each other, and the fierce battle lasted for several months. During this period, Zhu You persuaded Deng Feng to surrender, but Deng Feng's position was always firm, and he prevaricated that the matter could only be reversed now. Zhu You persuaded him for the last time, and when he saw that Deng Feng's rhetoric was still the same, he asked Deng Feng if he really couldn't surrender or didn't want to surrender, Deng Feng didn't answer this, but Zhu You already knew the answer. Since then, there has been no persuasion.

Liu Xiu never thought that Deng Feng would be so capable, but for a while, but there was no backup to follow. In March of the third year of Jianwu (27 AD), after eliminating the Red Mei Army on the Western Front, Liu Xiu finally led the main Han army south to conquer Deng Feng. Before leaving, Liu Xiu asked Yin Lihua: "If the general is defeated this time, what do you want me to do with him?" ”

Yin Lihua listened to it at the time, looked at Liu Xiu incredulously and replied: "This is a matter for the imperial court, Uncle Wen decides on his own, what does he have to do with his concubine?" ”

Liu Xiu said: "It really doesn't matter? I've heard that you are confidants to each other, and if he is killed by me, don't you feel anything? ”

Although Yin Lihua was surprised that Liu Xiu knew about her and Deng Feng's past, she didn't have time to think deeply, because Liu Xiu was waiting for him to answer, so she replied cautiously at the moment: "The concubine and the general were just talking speculatively in the past. Although the concubine is grateful for his kindness in the past, but the concubine and Uncle Wen are one, he has turned his back on you, and he has also turned his back on me. Uncle Wen wants to put the world first, and there is no need to worry about concubines. ”

I don't know if Yin Lihua's words pleased Liu Xiu, or her decisions and performances that pleased Liu Xiu, I saw Liu Xiu smile.

Liu Xiuyu drove the expedition in person, and the morale of the Han army was greatly boosted. Deng Feng was quickly defeated and fled from Blocked Township to Shuyang, and Dong Xin surrendered. Soon after, Deng Feng was defeated again and retreated to Xiaochang'anju. Liu Xiuzi led the generals to chase closely.

In April, Deng Feng knew that the situation was irretrievable and finally decided to surrender. So, he invited Zhu You, then took off his shirt, and escorted him to Liu Xiu's camp with Zhu You shirtless to plead guilty.

Liu Xiu waved away everyone, ignoring the advice of the generals, leaving Deng Feng alone.

Although Deng Feng knelt on the ground, waiting for the guilt to be in his body, he did not have the slightest panic in his eyes, and he did not see him begging for mercy, but took the lead in asking Liu Xiu: "Your Majesty, isn't you afraid that the criminal minister will be bad for you?" After all, the sinners rebelled and surrendered. ”

Liu Xiu told Deng Feng: "To deal with you, I am enough alone." Besides, although you are burdened by me, I still believe in you, and since you have come to surrender, you have no second thoughts. ”

Liu Xiu's words made Deng Feng bow his head in shame, in his opinion, Liu Xiu is a wise man, he should not rebel, but there are some things he has done and he has not regretted it, but what he regrets is his business. He kowtowed to Liu Xiu sincerely and happily and said, "The sinner deserves death." ”

Liu Xiu looked at Deng Feng, who was prostrating to the ground, and said, "I retreated left and right, not to listen to your guilt. I want to know, you pulled the flag and rebelled only because of the corruption of military discipline, your ancestral rites were destroyed, and the villagers were plundered? ”

Deng Feng replied truthfully: "No, this is one of them, and the other is that I ask for forgiveness for the fact that the guilty minister can't tell him." Regardless of whether Your Majesty believes it or not, the criminal minister did not think of betraying His Majesty at the beginning, the ancestral hall was destroyed, and the villagers suffered, although the criminal minister was furious, but he did not rebel, but only killed a few soldiers who were committing violent plundering on the spot in a moment of indignation, and then gathered the villagers to drive the remaining soldiers out of Xinye. Unexpectedly, the soldiers who were expelled by the criminal ministers slandered the criminal ministers and imposed the crime of rebellion on the criminal ministers, and the criminal ministers were speechless and were not believed by the soldiers. and all the soldiers gathered to come, and the guilty ministers had to rebel. After that, if you don't surrender, it is the selfishness of the guilty minister, and the minister is ashamed of Your Majesty. ”

Liu Xiu didn't care about the ins and outs of what Deng Feng said, he always cared about only one thing, he asked Deng Feng: "The second is a Yin noble." ”

Deng Feng was stunned when he heard this, he knew that Liu Xiu could say it, that is, he knew something, so he was so sure. At this point, he no longer hid it, but he wanted to die clearly, so he asked, "Your Majesty, where did you start with this?" ”

Liu Xiu saw that Deng Feng did not deny it, so he told it frankly. "The people who escorted the Yin nobles back to Xinye for refuge in the past were not all loyal to the brothers of the Yin nobles."

Deng Feng listened to it, and he also understood, since it was all said, he was not afraid to say it all. He said to Liu Xiu: "Your Majesty may not know that when I was a child, my mother wanted to betrothed to a noble person for the guilty minister, but because both parents had this intention, but because the criminal minister resolutely disagreed at that time, she gave up. At that time, the criminal minister and the Yin nobleman were only nodding friends, thinking that the Yin nobleman was only beautiful, but he had no talent, and he was favored by the house, which was not what the criminal minister wanted. What the sinner wants is a good wife who can share his interests and run a good family. It is said that this is the original intention of the Yin nobles, and the sinners think that the yin nobles are too arrogant, which is not what the sinners like. However, when they got along, they knew that the criminal minister was very wrong, and the yin nobleman was clearly the wife of the criminal minister, but it was a pity that it was too late to regret it. The sinner knows that the yin nobles are not allowed to think about it, but he can't help himself. Don't hide it from Your Majesty, this time he was forced to rebel, and the criminal minister once thought that if it was done, he might be able to do what he wanted. Now that the guilty minister thinks about it, he can't help but feel ridiculous. Yin nobles are only worthy of His Majesty. This was Deng Feng's heart, although he didn't want to admit it.

In Liu Xiu's opinion, Deng Feng is a good general and virtuous, and he is so open-minded, and he is also the nephew of his second brother-in-law Deng Chen, and he has the credit of protecting Yin Lihua's family, and this rebellion is not his original intention, thinking about it this way, Liu Xiu can't help but forgive Deng Feng, as for his covetousness of Yin Lihua, Liu Xiu doesn't care too much, after all, my fair lady is a good gentleman.

Deng Feng didn't know what Liu Xiu was thinking at this time, he knew that he could not escape death, and he also knew that Liu Xiu was a Ming gentleman, so he had nothing to ask for, but he recommended his friend Zhao Xi to Liu Xiu, and presented the letter that Zhao Xi wrote to him when he rebelled.

Liu Xiu read it, and the letter was full of words of reproach from Zhao Xi to dissuade Deng Feng from rebelling, and there was also an analysis of the current situation. In Liu Xiu's view, he is a loyal and righteous talent.

In the end, Liu Xiu still did not save Deng Feng's life, because Cen Peng and Geng Yi advised: "Deng Feng rebelled, so that the Han army fought abroad for more than a year, resulting in heavy losses for the Han army. In addition, Deng Feng wounded Jia Fu and captured Zhu You alive, which damaged the prestige of the Han army. His Majesty personally came to fight, but he did not surrender immediately, until he was no longer able to fight. If he is not killed, he will not be able to preach his determination to punish the rebellion. Liu Xiu thought deeply about this, and he really should use this to warn other people who were about to move, so Liu Xiu ordered Deng Feng to be killed, but then reused Zhao Xi and made him a generation of famous ministers.

Deng Fengbing was defeated and died, but he achieved his old friend's ideal of governing the country and securing the country, which can be regarded as a good deed.

Liu Xiu returned to the imperial capital triumphantly, and when he saw Yin Lihua, he knew that he was lovesick. This time, he didn't mention Deng Feng to Yin Lihua, he felt that the deceased was gone, and the past was not worth mentioning. It's just that although Yin Lihua is now in the harem, he is the only one who can see it and can get close, but as long as he thinks of Yin Lihua and doesn't know how many people are still thinking about it, he will inevitably feel a little uncomfortable. In this way, he was more enthusiastic about Yin Lihua than ever before at night.