In October 29 A.D., autumn was crisp.

When Liu Xiu came to Linzi with a large army, the battle had already ended for a few days.

Liu Xiu was very happy, personally worked the army, and the generals of the conference.

(A few days later, the car drove to Linzi to the self-labor army, the meeting of the ministers.) ）

Liu Xiu was very satisfied with the performance of his beloved disciple Geng Yi and wanted to praise him publicly. At the same time, he felt that since he had been personally recruited, he should implement "front-line work."

Law", that is, in addition to formulating principles and plans in the work, it is also necessary to ensure the effective implementation of the program; In addition to moving your mouth, you have to use your hands when necessary.

Liu Xiu said at the conference:

"At that time, Han Xin broke through the history and created the foundation of the Han Dynasty. Today, General Geng made a blessing and achieved a miraculous feat. Both of these places are in the western part of the Qi Kingdom, General

It's as much credit as Han Shin! However, Han Xin fought the troops that had surrendered, and the general defeated the strong divisions that came to attack, which was much more difficult. ”

Here, Liu Xiu compared Geng Yi with Han Xin, one of the three masters of the early Han Dynasty, and said that Geng Yi's work was more difficult, and his praise and appreciation for Geng Yi were overflowing.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Xiu shouted to Zhang Bu. He felt that Lao Zhang was at the end of his rope at present, and there were not many options in his hand: either accept the alliance and surrender quickly

； Either resist to the end, or die.

He said: "Back then, Tian Heng used an oil pot to cook and kill the envoy of Han Gaozu Li Shiqi, and later when Tian Heng surrendered, Gaozu ordered the guard Li Shang (郦食其

Brother) must not be enmity with him. Not long ago, Zhang Bu also killed my messenger Fu Long, and if he came to surrender, I would also ask for the Great Situ Fu Zhan (Fu Long's father)

Donate past suspicions and release past grievances. It's all similar. ”

Liu Xiu was very happy, and he was also on the rise, very emotional, and changed the topic to Geng Yi and said: "Back then, the general was in Nanyang and proposed the Northern Expedition and the Eastern Expedition

I thought it would not be easy to achieve the grand plan, but now I have implemented them one by one, and it is really possible where there is a will! ”

The famous idiom we know today, "Where there is a will, there is a way", comes from here, from Liu Xiu's admiration for Geng Yi.

At the same time, it should also be noted that to this day, Liu Xiu's Northern Expedition to annihilate the rebellion has also been victorious, and there are many magnificent wonderful stories

Affair. It's just that we're too busy at the moment, so we'll talk about it in detail later.

As soon as Liu Xiu's conference ended, Geng Yi led the army to continue to pursue the remnants of Zhang Bu.

Liu Xiu issued a shout to Zhang Bu to surrender, which was actually equivalent to leaving a step for Lao Zhang.

However, Lao Zhang was really scared by Geng Yi: the bloody battle between the two armies has reached this point, and it is still reassuring to what extent the alliance can be united!

Let's run two more steps.

So, Lao Zhang ran to Pingshou (now Weifangnan, Shandong).

Liu Xiu ordered Geng Yi to continue the pursuit.

Although Liu Xiu publicly shouted at the conference, saying that if Zhang Bu returned to Shun, he would give up his previous suspicions, but who would think that Liu Xiu really wanted to build a step and let Lao Zhang Shu

Come down comfortably, that's wrong.

If this is the case, then Liu Xiu's tears when Fu Long was killed are purely fooling.

Liu Xiu cried emotionally at that time, and he really didn't fool Fu Long's father Fu Zhan, but now, he wants to fool Lao Zhang.

On the basis of the full performance of his apprentice Geng Yi, he wanted to play a move by the way and kill some people.

When Zhang Bu fled to Pingshou, Su Mao led tens of thousands of people to rescue him.

(Step back to protect Pingshou, Su Mao will save more than 10,000 people.) ）

However, saying that Su Mao came to "rescue" Lao Zhang in distress is really a promotion of his Lao Su.

Lao Su was born in the first dynasty of the general of the trouble, and after the beginning of the change, he surrendered to Liu Xiu, because of the conflict with Gai Yan, he surrendered again, and Liu Yong surrendered again

Dong Xian, a few months ago, Lao Dong Zaichang was defeated by Liu Xiu's personal command of the army, and he had no choice but to defect to Zhang Bu.

Therefore, Lao Su, as a famous traitor and a person who Liu Xiu must destroy, "defected" to Zhang Bu in a panic after repeated anti-water and no satisfactory development.

Right now, when it came to Pingshou, Su Mao pretended to have a very iron relationship, and said to Zhang Bu with concern:

"Like the elite soldiers of Nanyang led by Deng Feng, and the brave and warlike generals like Yan Cen, Geng Yi can defeat them, why do you have to take the initiative to attack, the king

What about him? Why can't you wait a little longer if you have called me? ”

Zhang Bu didn't have the spirit of an emperor in the first place, but now he was asked by Su Mao, and he was really embarrassed, and said:

"I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, I have nothing to say."

(Negative, unspeakable.) ）

Yes, in this era of heroism, defeat is unspeakably brave, and so is the defeated "prince". What else can you say if you are flattened?!

Lao Zhang's past arrogance is completely gone.

Knowing that Zhang Bu and Su Mao had met, Liu Xiu was not worried.

He knew that these were two dog meat friends, and he could completely sow discord from them.

He sent for two of them:

"Whoever of you brothers can kill each other first and surrender, I will make him a liege."

(The emperor sent an envoy to take steps and Mao, and those who could behead each other were named princes.) ）

Su Mao's mood was complicated.

He thought to himself that since he came out to mix, he became a general at the beginning of the change, but then it has not been smooth, although he has rebelled many times, he has not received much

The big advantage is that the position always stays at the level of a general. Now, Liu Xiu has set the price of the liehou, who can not be tempted?

However, Liu Xiu is scheming, will he forgive himself?!

Zhang Bu was not as complicated as Lao Su thought.

He thought that he and Liu Xiu had no grievances in their previous lives and no enmity in this life, but everyone had recently had differences of opinion on the issue of who would be the first brother, since they were fighting with him

But submit to him.

If you want to be obedient, you have to hurry up, because Su Mao is better at countering water than himself, and if he takes the lead, he will be finished.

So, Lao Zhang cut off Lao Su's head at a very fast speed, and sent someone to Geng Yi to ask for surrender.

(The step is cut down, so that the envoy will be the first to surrender.) ）

In order to express that his surrender was indeed from the heart, Lao Zhang was extremely solemn: he came to Geng Yi's barracks gate to deliver his surrender shirtless and with an axe on his back

Drop the book.

(It is a meat with an axe at the military gate.) ）

Everyone may know that in ancient times, whoever wanted to express his repentance was almost the same as pleading bare-chested. If anyone is shirtless and carrying a thorn on his back, it's done

The scriptures express great sincerity, for example, the story of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru.

However, Lao Zhang felt that he had admired Liu Xiu so much, and the sincerity of surrender was incomparable, so he came with the base of a guillotine on his back.

The axe was the base of the guillotine, which was popular at the time as a torture tool.

Geng Yi accepted Zhang Bu's surrender, but he didn't dare to deal with it without permission, so he sent him to Liu Xiu in Xixian County in a stagecoach.

Liu Xiuguo did not break his word, pardoned Lao Zhang, and named him the Marquis of Anqiu.

(Feng Bu is Anqiu Hou.) ）

At the same time, Liu Xiu also arranged for Zhang Bu's wife and children to also live in Luoyang.

Zhang Bu's three younger brothers were originally following their elder brother and were on the run, and when they saw their brother like this, they immediately ran to the prison of the government where they were located and begged for themselves

Punish.

Liu Xiu saw that his brother was like this, and he issued an edict to give pardon.

(The three brothers are in prison where they are located, and they are all pardoned.) ）

Wang Hong, who was flickering in front of Zhang Bu, saw this momentum and felt that he couldn't make any big moves on his own, so he simply came to Xi County and surrendered

Liu Xiu.

In Pingshou, the aftermath work has to be done by Geng Yi.

It's simple for him.

Geng Yi led his troops to control Pingshou, and found that Lao Zhang's subordinates still had a lot of people, and the dragons were leaderless.

It's easy to do.

Geng Yi asked people to erect the flags of 12 counties including Linzi, Taishan, Gaomi, and Langya, and issued an announcement, requiring that the subordinates of the original Zhang Bu must follow their own nationality

Gather near the banner of your own county, or you will not be spared!

Zhang Bu's subordinates rushed to gather according to Geng Yi's request.

Geng Yi counted and found that there were more than 100,000 soldiers and more than 7,000 vehicles.

So, Geng Yi gave all the military baggage to these old Zhang's soldiers, dismissed them all, and let them all go back to their hometown to farm.

(The twelve counties of the tree were marching together, and the infantry was ordered to be under the banner of the county people, with more than 100,000 people and more than 7,000 baggage, all of which were dismissed and returned to the township.) ）

Next, Geng Yi marched into Chengyang (in present-day Shandong) by the way, surrendered the peasant rebels such as the Five Colonels and local armed forces, and completely leveled the land.

Of course, Liu Xiu was very happy, and ordered Geng Yi's class to return to the dynasty and appoint Chen Jun as the Langya Taishou.

Since we have said this, we might as well explain Zhang Bu's final situation clearly.

Lao Zhang lives in Luoyang with his family, and at first glance he looks like a liege, but in fact it is similar to being under house arrest, and his mood is quite depressed.

Although he was made a marquis, he must be different from Liu Xiu's apprentices and fans who were also made marquis, and he didn't have any actual power

I am embarrassed to mention that I once made myself king.

You might as well put yourself in his shoes and think about it, a master who once established himself as a king and was invincible, was beaten by Liu Xiu and had a blue nose and swollen face, and betrayed his buddies

(Su Mao) saved his life and sought peace. Now there is nothing to do in the capital, and when you look up and see that there are still strangers around, you may want to go out of the city for a walk

Hit the report.

Depressed!

We say that he Lao Zhang always can't find his place and can't find his own feelings, and there is a reason. Actually, he should have understood that he would do it himself

At this point, just survive well.

However, Lao Zhang is Lao Zhang, and he lives impatiently.

In the past few years when he was a prince in Luoyang, it was the time when Liu Xiu went around to conquer, pacify the world, and expand the territory, and it was also Liu Xiuwen's military attack and envoys

people are convinced.

However, he was not convinced.

I don't know if Lao Zhang misses the time when he was king, or envies Liu Xiu's imperial life, he wants to make a comeback.

Of course, it is good to have dreams, but when a person is always desperate to do things that he cannot do, dreams will become delusions, and tragedies will occur.

One day in the summer of 32 AD, Lao Zhang saw an opportunity to quietly escape from Luoyang with his wife and children, ran to Linhuai, and met his younger brothers Zhang Hong and Zhang Lan, thinking

Start anew and develop again.

Somehow, Lao Zhang's other younger brother, Zhang Shou, did not attend the party.

Brother Zhang's family plotted for a long time, and came up with a very bad note: gather the old department, enter the East China Sea by boat, first take his hometown Langya and other places, and then expand the results.

The reason why this idea is very bad is because: when it is not in order, it is more or less to find someone to fight when you are a mess and others are in the ascendancy

point does not know lifting; Second, it is not to occupy the land, a good man is ambitious in all directions, and he does not necessarily have to be in his hometown if he wants to be developed, besides, there is a fierce man like Chen Jun in Langya, an ordinary person

It is very difficult to do anything, and besides, it would be good to be able to deal with the wind and waves by taking a boat into the sea according to the existing conditions; The third is that it does not gather people, and Liu Xiu is level

At the same time, it was quickly arranged for talents like Chen Jun to govern the place, and the original local military and political cadres were submissive, and the common people began to live and work in peace and contentment, even the robbers

The wind escapes, you Lao Zhang wants to turn the tables, why?

Although the idea was very bad, Zhang Bu still did it.

This is very simple, Liu Xiu's Langya Taishou and the fierce Chen Jun immediately led their troops to pursue, and soon caught up, beheading Lao Zhang, his family, and his entourage on the spot.

In this way, Liu Xiu rode the Eastern Crusade and successfully won the victory in the battle against Liu Yong, Dong Xian, and Zhang Bu, and eliminated Pang Meng, Su Mao and other rebels by the way

will, put down some other well-known local armies.

There was a period when the East was peaceful and there was no war on the Eastern Front.

In this way, when Liu Xiu was at the beginning of the dynasty, he had a lot of peace of mind when he was doing other things; In other words, Liu Xiu doesn't have to worry about the emperor's hometown, so he can

I've done a lot of things.