All right! If the talk collapses, let's continue to fight! Liu Xiu once again launched a fierce attack on Handan City, fighting for more than 20 consecutive days. Pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info On May 1, Handan City finally couldn't stand it, Wang Lang's young master Li Li took the initiative to open the city, and Handan fell. Wang Lang and Liu Lin escaped at night, and Liu Xiu sent Wang Ba, Zang Gong, Fu Jun and others to chase after them. In the end, Wang Lang was killed by Wang Ba, and Liu Lin did not know where to go.

Liu Xiu entered Handan City again. At this moment, the return of the king is like a dream. At this time, someone took Liu Xiu to check Wang Lang's office. On Wang Lang's desk, Liu Xiu discovered a shocking secret: Wang Lang still had many official documents, many of which were written by Liu Xiu's generals to Wang Lang, all of which were sincere to Wang Lang, and some even insulted Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu asked someone to carry out all these official documents, and then called a meeting of all the generals. The generals looked at the official documents all over the ground and immediately understood. Liu Xiu looked at the generals silently, and the generals also looked at Liu Xiu silently. Dead silence...

Finally, Liu Xiu slowly spoke: "I believe that many of you here are uneasy. Now please allow me to burn these official documents with a fire, so that you can all feel at ease" Sure enough, Liu Xiu burned all the letters corresponding to Wang Lang on the spot!

After the burning, Liu Xiu began to distribute the officials in Handan City, and everyone said that they were willing to follow the "Big Tree General" Feng Yi.

The protector Zhu Hu ("Book of the Later Han" avoided the Han Emperor Liu Hu's name and changed his name to Zhu You) came to see Liu Xiu, "more political turmoil, and the public has the appearance of the sun." This is the destiny of heaven, why not stand on your own" Liu Xiu didn't wait for Zhu Hu to finish speaking, and then smiled and said, "Quickly call the assassin general to worship and arrest Zhu Hujun" Zhu Hu didn't dare to reply.

After sending Zhu Hu away, Liu Xiu sent people to Chang'an to report the situation in Hebei. Soon, Liu Xuan's edict arrived: Liu Xiu was named King Xiao. and ordered all troops north of the Yellow River to be demobilized. ordered Liu Xiu and all the meritorious generals to return to Chang'an. Miao Zeng was appointed as the pastor of Youzhou, and Peng Chong and Geng Jing were also replaced. Wei Shun was appointed as the Taishou of Shanggu and Cai Chong was appointed as the Taishou of Yuyang.

In the final analysis, Liu Xiu is just a pawn of Liu Xuan. On the chessboard in the north, Liu Xiu won Wang Lang, which also announced that his use value could come to an end and be shelved. Therefore, if Liu Xiuzhen listens to Liu Xuan's edict and returns to Chang'an, it must be more than lucky!

But Liu Xiu was not in a hurry to return to Chang'an, but lived in the palace of the former Zhao King in Handan City. Here, he is as free as the wind, and he cherishes this short beautiful day.

One day, Liu Xiu was taking a lunch break in Wenming Palace, and Geng Yi suddenly broke in. finally said that my father would send troops to take Handan; After the success, Dad's Shanggu County Taishou was removed by Liu Xuan. If Liu Xiu guessed correctly, Geng Yi came to pour the pile of bitter water in his stomach today.

Geng Yi said to Liu Xiu, "I want to talk to you alone," and Liu Xiu split his left and right. Geng Yi officially said, "Our officers and soldiers have died too much, please allow me to go back to Shanggu County to replenish the soldiers and horses."

Liu Xiu smiled slightly, "Wang Lang has been destroyed, Hebei has been decided, you go back to replenish the troops at this time, what do you want to do?"

Geng Yi said, "Wang Lang is dead, but the chaos has just begun!" As far as the world can see, there are dozens of rebel groups that are fighting for turf and fighting to the death. Every rebel group has hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people. At this time, Liu Xuan let us all be demobilized, and we must not listen" Liu Xiu was like deaf in both ears, just squinting his eyes and listening, Geng Yi continued, "I believe: Liu Xuan's strength alone is not enough to resist these rebel groups. It won't be long before he's going to collapse."

At this time, Liu Xiu suddenly opened his eyes, jumped out of bed, pointed at Geng Yi and shouted, "What are you talking about?" Believe it or not, I asked someone to pull you out and behead you" Geng Yi said very calmly, "The king treats me like a father and son, so I dare to say what is in my heart"

Liu Xiu stared at Geng Yi for a long time, and suddenly smiled, "I'll scare you." You can go on" So, Geng Yi continued to analyze Liu Xiu, "Because Wang Mang's new policy is unreasonable, the people miss the Han Dynasty." Hearing the uprising of the Han soldiers, he was overjoyed, such as going to the tiger's mouth to return to his mother. But now that Liu Xuan has ascended the throne, the generals have ordered Shandong, and the nobles and relatives have been in the capital, and the people's lives are not as good as in the new dynasty, and the people's hearts are thinking about Wang Mang. How can you be undefeated? At this time, it is also a great opportunity for you to let go of your hands and feet and make contributions. Convince people with virtue and righteousness, and the world can be passed on. If you miss this great opportunity, sooner or later the world will fall into the hands of someone with a foreign surname."

After hearing these words, Liu Xiu's heart seemed to be like a frenzy, and he couldn't calm down for a long time. At this time, Choshi added a fire to the side, and also said something about Liu Xiu's self-reliance.

Finally made up your mind! Liu Xiu reported to Liu Xuanda: The north of the Yellow River has not been completely pacified, and I cannot go back yet. At the same time, the army cannot be demobilized ... Liu Xiu and Liu Xuan, the brothers of the same great-grandfather, finally officially parted ways at this moment!

Liu Xiu did not impulsively declare self-reliance immediately, but continued to lurk like a dragon. He knew that the heavens still owed him a chance. As soon as the opportunity comes, he will immediately soar into the sky! When you come out to mix, courage is important, and your brain is even more important. Obviously, Liu Xiu's brain is enough. If he wanted to gain a firm foothold, he had to carve out his own territory, the so-called revolutionary base areas. And the vast northern land is the best base for him to spread his wings!

Liu Xiu carefully observed the general trend of the world: Gongsun Shu was the king in Bashu; Liangzhou is a turf of hustle and bustle; Li Xian established himself as the king of Huainan; Qin Feng raised troops in Liqiu, Nanjun, captured more than ten counties such as Jiyu and Yicheng, and proclaimed himself the king of Chuli; Although Yancen surrendered to Liu Jia, he still firmly occupied Hanzhong County; Tian Rong occupies Yiling County, Nanjun, and calls himself the general of sweeping the floor; Liu Yong, the king of Liang, took Suiyang of Liang as his capital, and Zhou Jian and others as his generals, captured a total of 28 cities in Jiyin, Shanyang, Pei, Chu, Huaiyang, and Runan, and sent the leaders of Xifang County of Fengshanyang County to be the general of the rampant army, Dong Xian of Donghai County to be the general of the Yihan Dynasty, and Zhang Bu of Langxi County to be the general of the Auxiliary Han Dynasty, and united with these people to firmly occupy the east; There are also the two major rebel armies represented by Liu Xuan, Green Forest, and Red Eyebrow, represented by Fan Chong.

In addition to these forces of separatism, the situation in Hebei, where Liu Xiu is located, is actually not optimistic. As Geng Yi said, after Wang Lang's death, the chaos in the north did not stop, but just began! After Wang Lang, Tongma, Datong, Gaohu, Chonglian, Tieshi, Dagun, Youlai, Shangjiang, Qingli, Wuxiao, Wuman, Wulou, Fuping, and Suo... So many rebel groups. These groups are large and small, and the number of people adds up to millions!

These millions of chaotic people are like locusts pressing down on the earth, densely packed, and everywhere they go will be robbing, raping and killing, it is simply chaotic! Liu Xiu believes that the top priority is to sweep away these chaotic people and re-stabilize the land north of the Yellow River!

But before the mopping operation can be carried out, three people must be dealt with. This is the Youzhou Mu Miao Zeng appointed by Liu Xuan, the Taishou Wei Shun of Shanggu County, and the Taishou Cai Chong of Yuyang County. Obviously, they are the killers sent by Liu Xuan to strangle Liu Xiu. So when Liu Xiu recruited troops from them to sweep away the chaotic people, they didn't pay attention. These three people ignored it, and other counties were naturally watching...

Liu Xiu called two people in front of him: Geng Yi and Wu Han. Named the two generals. Then tell Wu Han "You go to deal with Youzhou Mu" and then said to Geng Yi, "Shanggu County was originally your father's, now you go and snatch it back, and by the way, take Yuyang County back" and said to the two, "After getting these three people, in my name, levy elite cavalry soldiers from all 10 counties in Youzhou" Wu Han set off with only twenty horsemen, and beheaded Miao Zeng who went out of the city to greet him in Wuzhong County, Beiping County, Youbeiping County; Then, Geng Yi also beheaded Wei Shun and Cai Chong in Shanggu County. The whole territory of Youzhou is shaken! The elite cavalry recruited exceptionally well. Liu Xiu ordered Zhu Fu to be the general and Youzhou pastor, and to take Jicheng as the governing place.

Now, you can finally send troops with confidence! The number of rebel groups in the north is too many to count on the palms of two hands. In this string of names, the first thing Liu Xiu had to solve was the Bronze Horse Rebellion Group in Julu County.

In the autumn, Liu Xiu led his troops from Handan to Qingyang County, Qinghe County, and joined Wu Han's southward cavalry.

The Bronze Horse Soldiers intend to strike first and take the initiative to challenge. Liu Xiu ordered the armies to stand out. At the same time, a partial division was sent to cut off the grain route of the bronze horse soldiers. The bronze horse soldiers couldn't fight, they couldn't get food, and the army's heart was shaken. barely supported for several days, and late one night, the camp was withdrawn, and Liu Xiu ordered to chase after him. In the end, they caught up with them in Guantao County, Wei County, and after a great defeat by the bronze horse soldiers, they surrendered to Liu Xiu one after another.

But when Liu Xiu was about to hold a surrender ceremony, he found that another rebel came from the southeast to join the remnants of the Tongma and continue to make trouble. These are the two rebel groups of Gaohu and Chonglian. Liu Xiu sent troops to chase and kill, all the way to Puyang Mountain in Zhongshan Kingdom. The opponent was chased and had no way to escape, so he could only surrender to Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu accepted the three major rebel groups and made their leaders liehous. Counting the number of people, it was found that there were hundreds of thousands of troops! How to place them? This became a big problem. At that time, the history books recorded that "the generals failed to believe in the thief, and those who surrendered were not at ease"

Liu Xiu ordered the soldiers to return to their respective camps, and Liu Xiu himself rode lightly to patrol the battalions, making a gesture of trusting the soldiers and not afraid of assassination. Only then did the soldiers collectively obey, "King Xiao put his heart in his heart, we should die for him", and then Liu Xiucai assigned the soldiers to the generals' accounts. After this battle, Liu Xiu also got the nickname of "Bronze Horse Emperor".

Then, Liu Xiu got information: Red Mei Beishuai and Qingli, Shangjiang, Datong, Tieshi, Wuman and other rebel groups, a total of more than 100,000 people were shooting dogs in Hanoi County at this time. He immediately led his troops to attack and won another great victory. And take the victory to cross the Qinshui in the south, and the soldiers are under the county of Zhihuai County, Hanoi County. Hanoi Taishou Han Xin Kaesong surrendered.

Xie Gong, who was sent by Liu Xuan to help Liu Xiu destroy Wang Lang, now leads tens of thousands of troops and is stationed in Yecheng, the county of Wei County. After killing Wang Lang at the beginning, the contradiction between the two quickly broke out. In Handan City, the two are separated from each other. Xie Gong even often had the intention of attacking and killing Liu Xiu, but he was afraid of the strength of his troops and did not dare to make a move. Liu Xiu often bowed with praise and bowing. The appearance of the two is inseparable, and Xie Gong's wife has already seen it clearly, "Jun and Liu Gongsu are incompatible, and believe in their false talk, and they will eventually be restrained" This time Liu Xiu went south to attack Qingcalf, and invited Xie Gong to send troops to Longxi Mountain to eliminate another rebel group called You Lai.

Xie Gong gladly accepted, leaving Liu Qing and Chen Kang to guard Ye and go west in person. In the battle with You Laibing at the Longxi Mountain on the border of Hanoi County and Shangdang County, he did not expect to suffer a big defeat. While Xie Bow was leading the troops, Liu Xiu had already sent Wu Han and Cen Peng to attack Yecheng with light cavalry. Xie Bow didn't know it and fled back to Yecheng, but he didn't expect that Wu and Cen had already laid an ambush, and Xie Bow died in such a daze. Liu Qing was also killed, and Chen Kang surrendered.

In the autumn, Liu Xuan sent Li Bao and Zhang Zhong to lead more than 10,000 troops to attack Shu Han. As a result, in Mianzhu County, Guanghan County, he was defeated by Gongsun Shu's younger brother Gongsun Hui. Gongsun Shu established himself as the king of Shu and took Chengdu as the capital.

In winter, Liu Xuan sent Liu Sa and Chen Zun to envoy the Xiongnu to re-grant the Hudu and the corpse of the Dao Gao Ruo Yu to make a seal ribbon made of the old system of the Western Han Dynasty, and sent the Xiongnu relatives, nobles, and servants who came to Chang'an with the clouds and as husband and wife in the Wang Mang era. Hudu and the corpse Dao Gao Ruo Yu saw the decline of the Han dynasty and the revival of the Xiongnu, so he said, "The Xiongnu and the Han were brothers. Later, due to the division of the Xiongnu, Hu Han evil single to protect the Han Dynasty, only to declare himself a vassal to Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty. But now the Han is also in turmoil, and Wang Mang's defeat is really because my Huns sent troops to contain him. If you have succeeded in recovering the Han Dynasty with my strength, you should also pay tribute to me."

In fact, riotous groups like Tongma are not terrible. These are made up of hungry people who can't survive and come out collectively to grab food. They have a team, but they don't have a strict organization, and they don't have a lofty ideal of fighting for the world. Therefore, it is not terrible to have a large number of people, but what is terrible is to have an organization and ideals. And among these chaotic groups, the most organized and ideal group is undoubtedly the Red Eyebrow Army! This is what worries Liu Xiu the most.

However, Liu Xiu immediately found out that the Red Eyebrow Army didn't pay attention to him at all, but went straight to one person collectively. It's no secret that the person the Red Eyebrow Army is going to fight is none other than Liu Xuan, who is high up in Chang'an City... The reason why the Red Eyebrow Army wanted to attack Liu Xuan was not only because Liu Xuan was too fat, but also because he wanted to tell Liu Xuan with his strength: There is no eternal strong man in the world, and there is no eternal weakling. What you were reluctant to give me, I will not only take it back today, but also take away the pot that belongs to you!

The important information that Red Meixi went to attack Chang'an almost made Liu Xiu jump with joy. What he needs most now is time. At the critical moment, the Red Eyebrow Army shifted its target to attack Chang'an, but it gave him enough time in the north to strengthen his strength. What a godsend!