One is Liu Yong.

Although Liu Yong himself hung up, his subordinates Su Mao, Zhou Jian, and Jiaoqiang supported his son as king, and at the same time contacted other powerful people to fight against Liu Xiu.

The other is Dong Xian and Pang Meng.

Dong Xian is an acquaintance, and not long ago he was named the king of Haixi by Liu Yong.

He is a native of the East China Sea, born in the early years of the Red Eyebrow, and later developed independently, with tens of thousands of soldiers in his hometown, and became independent. After Liu Yong was proclaimed emperor, he was named the Wing Han University

Checkmate. After Liu Yong was destroyed, he became the number one target for Liu Xiu's expedition to solve.

Pang Meng may not be familiar to everyone, and he is also a guy that Liu Xiu swore to destroy, so we will introduce him later.

The other is the ambitious Zhang Bu, who was named the king of Qi by Liu Yong.

It should be said that none of these three local military blocs are Liu Xiu's opponents. The problem is that they work closely together, support each other, and occupy each other

The imperial hometown formed a huge threat to Liu Xiu's nascent empire.

Over there, Su Mao and Zhou Jian had just established Liu Wei as the king of Liang, and Zhang Bu further planned to establish Liu Wei as the emperor.

Of course, Zhang Bu didn't really want to restore the Han family.

As a super fan of Wang Mang, he has always wanted to realize Wang Mang's dream: to engage in a conspiracy, kill the common people, and destroy a group of dissidents

and try to get the world in your hands.

His plan was also ambitious: to raise the banner of "restoring the Han family", to make Liu Wei the emperor, to be the nominal first brother, and to proclaim himself the "Duke of Dinghan".

He believed in force, and felt that if he took advantage of the chaos of the world and sent troops to control a city and Liu Xuan, he would announce the carefully prepared plan and then divide it

Baiguan, the matter is done.

At this moment, Wang Hong persuaded him:

"The reason why King Liang (referring to Liu Yong) is supported by all parts of Shandong is precisely because he himself supports this dynasty (the beginning), and now, you support the son of King Liang

The son is the emperor, which will make the common people scratch their heads. Besides, most of the people here in Shandong are very cunning, so you should think about this issue carefully. ”

When Zhang Bu heard it, he felt that it made sense.

Yes, the world is so chaotic, the winner is king!

Yes, in order to be a brother, you have to go around in such a big circle, so it's better to do it yourself!

Yes, the world is so chaotic that everyone wants to take the opportunity to stand up and fool around.

For example, Pang Meng, whom we just named.

Lao Pang was a native of Shanyang (now northwest of Jinxiang, Shandong). In the last years of Wang Mang, when there was an incident in the green forest and red eyebrows, he was unwilling to be lonely and joined the army

Wang Chang, the leader of the Jiang soldiers, was mixed up.

Under the support of Wang Chang, he gradually became a small leader, with a few soldiers under him.

That is to say, when the children of Chungling unite with the Green Forest Army, he should follow Wang Chang and get closer to Brother Liu Xiu.

However, this guy is full of imperial ambitions and is unwilling to live under others.

He looked at the situation and felt that the Liu Xiu brothers were being excluded, so he saw that the wind made the rudder, took refuge in the beginning, and sought a position as the pastor of Jizhou.

At that time, in the Genshi Dynasty, defecting to Liu Xuan was to defect to Wang Kuang, Zhang Wei, and Li Yi, which was very fashionable and very open.

In fact, Liu Xuan was patronizing and had no time to lead him, he actually belonged to Shang Shuling Xie Bow.

In Hebei, Liu Xiu set a trap and killed Xie Gong, and all the men and horses under Lao Xie surrendered to Liu Xiu, and Pang Meng surrendered to Liu Xiu at this time.

At this time, Pang Meng has already tasted the sweetness of refuge and apostasy. He felt that it was not the time for him to stand up and toss publicly, in front of Liu Xiu

Behave well.

He behaved humbly and gentlely everywhere, which was obviously different from those martial artists who were born in a reckless manner.

Liu Xiu looked away for a while, and felt that this cadre could be used.

In fact, this is a rare time for Liu Xiu to look at people.

After Liu Xiu ascended the throne, he appointed Pang Meng as the deputy director of the emperor's office (Shizhong).

This position is extremely important in Liu Xiu's eyes, and everyone will gradually find out that he always selects these three types of people to do this job:

One is his own close relatives, such as his wife and brother Yin Xing; the second is a loyal fan who has followed him since he was down, has gone through hardships and has been unswerving, such as Fu Jun; The third is in

Halfway through, but I absolutely trust the civil and military talents, such as Ma Wu.

Ma Wu, everyone is no stranger, he was also Xie Gong's subordinate in his early years, and Pang Meng was a colleague, and later followed Liu Xiu all his life, ranking among the 28 generals of Yuntai, the founding father of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Ma and Pang Ge'er were submissive to Liu Xiu at the same time when Liu Xiu bowed, and Liu Xiu placed the same expectations on the two brothers.

After promoting Pang Meng to work beside him, Liu Xiu's liking and trust in him increased day by day.

On several occasions, Liu Xiu praised him in public: "The one who can entrust the young master and assist the Sheji is still Pang Meng!" ”

(The emperor often said: "The one who can drag six feet of loneliness and send a hundred miles of life, Pang Meng is also.") ”）

Don't be scared, everyone.

Let's imagine that when the emperor praised a man for his ability to govern the country with humanity and martial arts, and to entrust his wife, children and family business to him, the emperor was right

What a trust, what a grace an individual should be!

Let's take a look again, throughout the ages, heroes and heroes at all levels and all kinds have said this to their best buddies like this, and there are not a few of them, and most of them

The emperor has never said such a thing to his most trusted henchmen!

Liu Xiu likes and trusts Pang Meng so much.

Soon, Liu Xiu crowned Pang Meng as General Pingdi.

However, not long after, Lao Pang smacked at Liu Xiu's face.

In the spring of 26 AD, when Liu Xiu sent the Huya general Gai Yan to take command of the Eastern Expedition, there were complicated personnel entanglements and political considerations between the monarch and the minister.

It should be said that Liu Xiu's employment was not very successful at the beginning this time, and Lao Gai did not show the strength to be a handsome talent.

For example, as we mentioned earlier, it was during the march that General Su Mao rebelled and surrendered to Liu Yong because of disagreements.

At about the same time, Pang Meng also openly rebelled and attacked Lao Gai.

Pang Meng's rebellion is different from Su Mao in many ways.

One is that the reasons are different.

Lao Su turned against the water because he disagreed with Gai Yan, while Pang Meng's scheming was much more complicated.

Originally, Pang Meng thought that he was one of the best celebrities in front of Liu Xiu, and it would be very convenient to get promoted and make a fortune, engage in conspiracy, or play any small moves in the future.

But this time, Liu Xiu didn't know what to think about, so he only sent the document (the edict to crusade against Liu Yong, Dong Xian and others) to Gai Yan, but did not give him Pang Meng.

This was also normal, and the leader arranged for Lao Gai to be in charge, and of course gave the documents to Lao Gai.

And Pang Meng started from the dual identity of a celebrity and conspirator in front of Liu Xiu, and did not find his position, not only dissatisfied with Liu Xiu, but also thought that he was willing

It must have been Lao Gai who slandered himself in front of Liu Xiu.

Pang Meng thinks that this time he is going on a business trip, and the time has come to counter the water!

(Meng thought that he was arrogating himself, doubting himself, and rebelling.) ）

Second, the process is different.

Lao Su was embarrassed to act directly against his leader Gai Yan, first arrested the local cadres who returned to Liu Xiu and beat them up, and then surrendered to Liu Yong.

He first killed Pan Chu, the Taishou of Huaiyang, and plundered several county seats, before returning to Liu Yong.

Pang Meng has been planning for a long time and has accumulated steadily. He not only led the army to directly attack Lao Gai, but also did not let go of the local cadres who returned to Liu Xiu.

In March 29 AD, Pang Meng turned his face and took the initiative to lead the army to attack Lao Gai.

Lao Gai was caught off guard and quickly defeated. Pang Meng didn't give up, shot very hard, and beat Lao Gai.

This made Lao Gai very embarrassed, and he fled in a hurry.

Pang Meng attacked urgently, and Lao Gai's escape movements were deformed.

Lao Gai led his army to the north and crossed Surabaya. He fled in a hurry, smashing the boat and destroying the bridge while fleeing, lest Pang Meng catch up, and finally saved his life.

(Postponed, crossed to the north of Surabaya, broke the boat, and damaged Jinliang, only to be spared.) ）

You can fully imagine what kind of scene and what kind of mood it should be for a person or a team to run away like this! Especially, this one

The leader of the team was still chased by his own subordinates.

Pang Meng turned around and beat Peng Cheng.

In order to express his determination and attitude against the water, he wanted to kill Sun Meng, the Taishou of Chu County.

At this time, a miserable and magnificent situation appeared.

One of the cadres of Chu County's organs was named Liu Ping, who felt that it was unreasonable to let the leader die innocently, so he wanted to desperately save the leader.

In the midst of knives, guns and sticks, as soon as he saw that Sun Taishou was about to be beheaded, Liu Ping hurriedly pounced on Taishou, crying loudly and shouting at the same time

If someone has to die, I am willing to die for the leader!

He desperately used his body to protect Sun Taishou, and was stabbed 7 times by Pang Meng's soldiers, but he still did not flinch.

Generally speaking, it is easy to flatter in front of the leader, such a situation can be seen anytime and anywhere, and at a critical time, he promises his life and sacrifices his life to the leader

To die is absolutely beyond human power.

It's a touching situation!

Pang Meng was also moved.

He and Sun Taishou are actually innocent, and to kill him was originally to demonstrate to Liu Xiu, since there is more than one way to demonstrate, let's change it.

He ordered Sun Meng and Liu Ping to be spared.

(Liu Ping, the county official, was too guarded, crying and asking for death, and his body was wounded by seven wounds; Pang Meng gave it up. ）

Immediately, Lao Pang and Dong Xian united and proclaimed themselves the "King of Dongping", north of Taoxiang (now southeast of Jining, Shandong).

Third, the results are different.

Lao Su defected to Liu Yong and became a senior cadre of Liu Yong.

Pang Meng wants to be the king himself, and he clearly wants to compete for the position of the first brother.

After listening to the report, Liu Xiu was furious!

Check it out.

Among the separatist forces on the side of the emperor, some of them were originally the Liu family clan with great appeal, and some were the Liu family masters who showed their clan lineage and responded to every call

Sons, some are powerful factions who are staring at the position of a brother and are ready to move, and some are rebel generals who spat at themselves, turned around and ran to the side to open the formation to face off,

If you don't clean up anymore, you won't be able to do it at all!

These nails must be removed as soon as possible!