Let's talk about the Red Eyebrow Army first.

When Wang Mang was dead and the capital of Luoyang was established, the Red Eyebrow Army sincerely wanted to return to the beginning.

The First Dynasty was in the limelight, and the brothers Liu Xuan and Liu Xiu led the army to be invincible; It has the most vivid banner and has always played the signboard of "reviving the Han family"; It looks

Liu Xuan, who is the most orthodox and ostensibly the leader, is an authentic former Han Liu clan.

At that time, the common people generally believed that Gengshi had an orthodox status, and so did the red-eyed soldiers.

Therefore, when the first messenger sent a messenger to ask for submission, Fan Chong was happy and took more than 20 buddies to Luoyang happily.

Fan Chong and the others are not very demanding, everyone is a cropper, and they came out to break through when they couldn't survive. Although we also carried our heads when we beat Wang Mang

fate, but the brother admits that you are the eldest brother at the beginning.

Brother Shishi, in the future, if you eat meat, let's drink soup.!

However, instead of being able to unite the Red Eyebrows and work happily together, the short-sighted and incompetent core of the Primers has pushed them against each other

so that this friendly army of peasant uprisings, which could have been easily and happily transformed into their own strength, quickly became their own sworn enemies and gravediggers.

We have also briefly talked about these things earlier.

At this time, the Red Eyebrow Army had nearly a million people, and its combat effectiveness was very strong, and it had only won battles for a long time, but had not defeated battles.

Fan Chong, with more than 20 buddies, returned to his military camp in Yingchuan from Luoyang in discouragement.

They were very annoyed, and they were determined to set up their own banners and fight against the Genshi Dynasty to the end, digging a pit and burying the Genshi!

Before talking about Liu Xiu, another gravedigger of the First Dynasty, let's talk about some of the coordinated actions.

On the issue of digging a pit and burying a new one, Liu Xiudong thought earlier, but started late.

There are complicated reasons for this, we will explain it very clearly in the future, and at present, I can only say that Liu Xiu is running away from Hebei by Wang Lang.

These guys who did the same actions when they were digging a pit in the red eyebrows to bury the beginning of the change all wanted to replace the first emperor and be the first brother themselves.

The Wang Lang, who claimed to be the illegitimate son of Emperor Cheng of the Western Han Dynasty in December last year and the emperor in Handan, Hebei Province, is one, and we will also take him with Liu Xiu later

He said that he is currently entangled with Liu Xiu in Hebei.

Kui Huan, the word Ji Meng, Tianshui Chengji (now Qin'an, Gansu) people.

As a teenager, he liked to study the Confucian classics, worked in the local yamen, and was very capable and had a good reputation (known as a virtuous name).

It is precisely because of his prominence that Kui Huan was recruited by Wang Mang's national teacher Liu Xin to work beside him.

(Wang Mang's national teacher Liu Xin was arrogant.) ）

The person Liu Xin has a crush on should not be an ordinary person. But Liu Xin died in a vicious court fight, and Kui Huan had no choice but to return to his hometown.

Last year (23 AD), when Liu Xuan was put on the throne and the first dynasty was established, Kui Huan's uncle Kui Cui and brother Kui Yi conspired with others, thinking

Raised troops to rebel and respond to Liu Xuan's Han army.

Kui Huan disagreed, believing that the uprising was too risky and that fighting a war was a very dangerous thing, so he tried his best to dissuade his uncle and brother.

Kui Cui and Kui Yi didn't listen and resolutely wanted to do this vote.

They quickly gathered thousands of men and horses, captured Pingxiang (present-day Tongwei, Gansu), and killed Wang Mang's Zhenrong County (present-day Tianshui, Gansu, to Pingxiang).

For the rule) Taishou (Wang Mang called Da Yin) Li Yu.

The first battle was won, Kui Cui and Kui Yi thought that there was an incident, and they should recommend a person who could afford and let go as the leader

Guang, who also worked in the central organs, is the best candidate.

So, everyone unanimously elected Kui Huan.

Kui Huan excused himself, then came out to pick his head, calling himself "General", Kui Cui is the White Tiger General, and Kui Yi is the Zuo General.

Kui Huan thinks that if you don't dare, you can do it if you want to do it.

He first sent people from Pingling (now northwest of Xianyang, Shaanxi) to invite Fang Wang to serve as a military advisor, and established a sacrificial temple of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, in the eastern suburbs of Pingxiang, and swore an oath to kill animals

, sacrificing to Gaozu of the Han Dynasty and the emperors of the Western Han Dynasty, and issuing proclamations to all counties and counties, announcing the crusade against Wang Mang and the revival

Han Chamber.

Kui Huan shot quickly and ruthlessly, and led the crowd to quickly capture Longxi (now Lintao, Gansu), Wudu (now Chengxian, Gansu), and Jincheng (now Lanzhou, Gansu).

), Wuwei (now Minqin, Gansu), Zhangye (northwest of Zhangye, Gansu), Jiuquan (now Jiuquan, Gansu), Dunhuang (now Dunhuang, Gansu) and so on

The power of the county also expanded rapidly.

After the first dynasty moved its capital to Chang'an, Liu Xuan recruited a few grandfathers of the Kui family.

Kui Huan planned to lead the crowd to defect to the beginning, but was resolutely opposed and stopped by the military advisor Fang Wang.

This Fang Wang is good at observing celestial phenomena and is very strategic. Otherwise, Kui Huan would not have hired him as a military advisor.

Fang Junshi has always been not optimistic about Liu Xuan and the first dynasty, believing that it is not Liu Han orthodoxy.

He persuaded Kui Huan that it was only a matter of time before he would be defeated, and now he went to Chang'an, and the future was uncertain.

However, Kui Huan couldn't listen to this opinion, and insisted on going to Chang'an, where he would be able to pay homage to the marquis and glorify his ancestors.

Fang Wang had no choice but to leave a letter of resignation and say goodbye.

When the Kui family arrived in Chang'an, just like Fan Chong, the boss of the Red Eyebrow Army, he didn't get what he wanted:

Kui Huan was appointed as the right general, and Kui Cui and Kui Yi were still the names they originally called themselves.

(When he arrived in Chang'an, he thought that he was the right general, and Cui and Yi were all old names.) ）

In other words, the treatment received by the grandfathers of the Kui family cannot be compared with Fan Chong and others: neither became a king nor a marquis.

Kui Cui, Kui Yiye, and Fan Chong have similar thoughts: everyone comes out to do it with flags and heads, you start eating meat, and I drink soup

Isn't it possible? Why do this to me?

So, the father and son conspired, planning to rebel and return to their hometown.

Who knows, Kui Huan was afraid of harming himself, so in order to protect himself, he reported his uncle and brother to Gengshi.

The First Dynasty immediately killed Kui Cui and Kui Yi, and at the same time, in recognition of Kui Huan's loyalty, appointed him as the Imperial Historian.

Speaking of which, you may have a general understanding of Kui Huan: both civil and military are good, very pursuing, and scheming.

Originally, he was exposed and shocked, but he relied on betraying his family to get an official and a half-position here, and he was very depressed, and he felt like he was in his heart

It can well be imagined.

Therefore, when the beginning soon entered the late stage, Kui Huan planned to make a move against this dynasty!

When someone came to dig a grave for the change, Kui Huan did not hesitate to cooperate.

By the way, his military advisor Fang Wang always insisted that Liu Xuan and the Genshi Dynasty were not Liu Han orthodoxy.

After resigning, Fang Wang has been working in his own way for the revival of the Han family.

Fang Wang believes that Liu Ying, the son of the last emperor of the Western Han Dynasty who was deposed by Wang Mang as the Duke of Anding, should inherit Emperor Ping as the orthodoxy of the Han family.

Soon after, Fang Wang and his friend Gong Lin kidnapped Liu Ying and ran to Linjing (present-day Yuannan, Zhenyuannan, Gansu).

They gathered thousands of people and declared Liu Ying as the emperor of the Han Dynasty, Fang Wang as the prime minister, and Gong Lin as the great Sima.

However, although Lao Fang saw the problem accurately and had a strategy, he did not find an important thing: the army.

The so-called troubled times are basically unreasonable, and they basically speak with their fists.

Whoever fights with Takefu, even more so.

Sure enough, Gengshi quickly sent Li Song and Su Mao to lead troops to fight and killed all three of them.

Seeing that the Genshi Dynasty had entered the late stage so quickly, another person who was making a cooperating move and hoping that it would enter the ground as soon as possible was named Gongsun Shu.

Gongsun Shu, whose name is Ziyang, is a native of Fufeng Maoling (now northeast of Xingping, Shaanxi). He and his father, Gongsun Ren, were local cadres in the Western Han Dynasty in their early years.

Gongsun Shu became the magistrate of Qingshui County in Tianshui County at a young age.

He was very capable, and he was exceptionally reused by Tianshui Taishou, and he was in charge of the other 5 counties in the name of the county magistrate.

As the county magistrate, he manages 6 counties, which shows that Tianshui Taishou is very exceptional and very important to him.

He was diligent in political affairs and fair in his work. Under his administration, social order was stable, and the common people lived and worked in peace and contentment, which was praised by local cadres and the masses.

In other words, in the last years of the Western Han Dynasty, the county magistrate of Gongsun, as a young outstanding cadre, was a rising political star.

When Wang Mang was in power, he also learned about the situation of Gongsun Shu, and promoted and appointed him as the Taishou of Shu County (now Qionglai, Sichuan).

He entered the ranks of middle-level cadres and was known for his outstanding talents.

When Liu Xuan was proclaimed emperor and the first dynasty opened, heroes from all over the country raised troops one after another, some supported the revival of the Han dynasty and responded to the change, and some cut the ground and sat down

Big, there are other ideas, and there is a chaotic situation everywhere of "fighting for power and profit, you sing and I will appear".

Gongsun Shu's ambitions soon swelled.

He summoned the heroes of Shuzhong, recruited elite soldiers and strong generals, and decided to make some moves in this troubled world.

He believes that when the world is chaotic, as long as you are bold, anyone has a chance.

Because he was a man of culture, born in a family of cadres, and was a cadre himself, Gongsun Shu intended to distinguish himself from the practices of ordinary peasant rebels, and to adopt a comprehensive text

and martial arts to realize their dreams in life.

Wen's well, under the banner of reviving the Han family, he first flickered from his side, that is, Shuzhong.

He arranged for a new face, posing as an envoy of the Genshi Dynasty, to announce the decision on personnel appointments and issue a seal letter appointing Gongsun Shu as the general of the Auxiliary Han Dynasty

, Shu County Taishou and Yizhou Pastor.

This is a rare case in the history of our country in which a high-ranking cadre was faked.

Next, he led the crowd to attack the city and march towards Chengdu, and the army grew rapidly.

The first dynasty was very annoyed and jealous of Gongsun Shu pretending to be a cadre in Shu and supporting the army, and sent Li Bao, the marquis of Zhugong, and Zhang Zhong, the assassin of Yizhou

led an army of 10,000 people to Shu to encircle and suppress.

Gongsun Shu had already prepared and sent his younger brother Gongsun Hui to set up troops in Mianzhu (now Mianzhu, Sichuan) to block the attack, and defeated the first army.

The battle of Mianzhu made Gongsun Shu's reputation shocked!

Since the winter of 22 A.D., the brothers Liu Xuan and Liu Xiu promoted the great alliance between the children of Chungling and the three divisions of the Green Forest Army, especially after the opening of the Genshi Dynasty

Under the command of the brothers Zhu and Liu Xiu, this team has basically never lost a battle.

After the victory in Kunyang, Wang Mang's main army was destroyed, and the coalition army marched to various places to fight, just like tourism.

However, before and after the first dynasty moved its capital to Chang'an, I don't know whether it was affected by the "effect of bad money driving out good money", or senior military and political cadres and even the entire dynasty entered

In the late period, the combat effectiveness of this team declined rapidly. They bully the common people and local cadres, and even engage in infighting, dealing with the areas that support the army and respect themselves

Fang Haoqiang and the peasants were armed, and they were defeated one after another.

Seeing that Gengshi had gone downhill so quickly and had not been beaten so quickly, Gongsun Shu immediately announced that he would establish himself as the king of Shu and set up his capital in Chengdu.

At this time, when he saw the virtue of the first dynasty, and Gongsun Shu was so violent, literati and warriors from all over the world rushed to Chengdu to attach themselves to him.

Some ethnic minorities in the southwest region also congratulated Gongsun Shu one after another.

However, Gongsun Shu was not satisfied.

He had a bigger dream in his heart:

Ascend to the throne of God and dominate the world!

He wanted to strike while the iron was hot, take advantage of his current popularity, seize the time to make all preparations, and do two things well: destroy the beginning and declare himself emperor.

It must be done, but which of these two things comes first, he still has to see the development of the situation.

So, while he was busy with the work in his hands, he stared at Chang'an's movements with wide eyes.

Therefore, no matter who wanted to dig a pit and bury the change, he immediately actively cooperated.

Another person who wanted the Genshi Dynasty to perish as soon as possible was the Liu clan, named Liu Yong.

Liu Yong was a native of Suiyang, Liang County (now Shangqiunan, Henan), the ninth grandson of Emperor Wen of the Western Han Dynasty and the eighth grandson of Liu Wu, the king of Liang Xiao.

Liu Wu, the king of Liangxiao, and his brother Emperor Jing were both born to the Empress Dowager Dou, and almost got the throne in their hands in the palace struggle, and his ancestral feudal kingdom was passed on

Liu Yong's father, Liu Li, is there.

During the former Han Dynasty Emperor Ping, Liu Li was killed by the suspicious Wang Mang because he had a close relationship with Emperor Ping's grandmother Jiawei.

When Liu Xuan was proclaimed emperor and the first dynasty opened, Liu Yong hurried to Luoyang to worship.

Liu Xuan was very happy and named him the king of Liang, and the capital of the country was Suiyang.

However, Liu Yong was very ambitious and was never satisfied with being the king and marquis. Not long after, due to well-known reasons, Liu Yong saw the rapid entry of the First Dynasty

In the late stage, he decided to go it alone.

Liu Yong took the feudal country as his base, announced the self-reliance of the army, and appointed his younger brother Liu Fang as the general of the auxiliary state and Liu Shaogong as the imperial historian.

He issued proclamations to various places and recruited heroes and heroes from all over the world.

Because he has the bloodline of Liu Hanyan, he is very appealing and has received a wide response.

Liu Xuan can't help him up so much, and the First Dynasty is really disappointing, it's him!

Liu Yong sent troops to attack the city in all directions, and was invincible, and soon took dozens of cities.

At this time, Jiaoqiang revolted in Xifang (now Shanxian County, Shandong), Dong Xian revolted in Donghai (now Jiangsu), and Zhang Bu revolted in Langxi (now Linyi, Shandong).

North) uprising, they all gained a foothold on the ground.

Liu Yong sent envoys and appointed them as generals.

He joined forces with these men to control and dominate the East.

(Joined forces with the Communist Party, and then exclusively based on the East.) ）

His goal is clear: to be a brother himself.

Of course, when the Red Eyebrow Army was digging the tomb for the First Dynasty, it was not only the above people who cheered, coaxed, and did cooperation on the side

There are many people who support themselves in the army.

In this way, the first dynasty quickly entered its own late political period marked by the relocation of the capital to Chang'an.

With the full support of "good money" such as Liu Xuan and Liu Xiu and the people all over the country, it overthrew Wang Mang's regime, and because of a batch of "bad money".

It has lost people's hearts and made the world more chaotic.

Now, a situation with the Red Mei Army and Liu Xiu as the main gravediggers, and many people cooperating with the desire to push the Gengshi Dynasty into the grave at any time has begun

formed.