49. A mess
When this person was thinking about the Han and the world was in chaos, Liu Xuan and Liu Xiu brothers were busy with work: leading the coalition army to tightly surround Wancheng and attack with all their might.
At this time, the coalition army was already more or less like an army: successive victories and high morale; The team has grown unprecedentedly, and the children of Chung Ling have grown to one or two
10,000 people, 20,000 or 30,000 officers and soldiers who surrendered, plus the three divisions of the original Green Forest Army, there were about 100,000 people; There is already a very prestigious leader, Liu Xuan, who is outstanding
His political strategy and military prowess not only won the attention of the public, but also made it difficult for Wang Mang to sleep and eat.
At present, Liu Xuan led the army to set up a large camp outside Wancheng, and took out the strength that he was determined to win, divided his troops into a formation, and surrounded Wancheng like an iron bucket.
In this chaotic situation, in addition to this coalition army, there are many various and diverse teams fighting and killing.
These teams have different origins, compositions, and goals, but they have the following common characteristics:
First, the spearhead is aimed at Wang Mang, with the goal of eliminating the new Mang regime.
After all, the most fashionable and appealing job in these years is to beat Wang Mang, and the situation has developed to the point where you don't care about anyone, as long as you talk about Bian Wang Mang,
Immediately crowds followed.
The second is to don't care who raises troops, once the number of people is enough, immediately call the king and divide the territory.
Wang Mang's drama is only left to see how he died, and it is difficult to say who will dominate the world next.
Why can't I be this first brother?
Anyway, don't care who can get it, I will first claim that the king is divided, so I will take the initiative and seize the opportunity, and I can further have the opportunity to grab the position of the first brother.
Taking a step back or taking sides of the side, or using it for bargaining, is also a bit of capital.
The third is that everyone wants to be related to the Liu family, saying that they are the descendants of the Liu clan of the former Han Dynasty.
Because people are very strong-minded, saying that they are relatives of the Liu family, it is like saying that they are going to fight Wang Mang, and many people will follow immediately, Rong
It is easy to take the initiative and win people's hearts.
In this way, as long as I introduce 10 or so groups that have supported the army and have greater strength in recent years, everyone will definitely be dizzy and understand this mess
What has it been?
Only from the 17th A.D. Green Forest Army to last year (22 A.D.), there are a few shops:
Gongsun Shu called himself "Emperor Cheng" and seized present-day Sichuan Province;
Kui Huan called himself the "Great General of Xizhou" and seized the southeast of present-day Gansu;
Lu Fang proclaimed himself the "King of Xiping" and seized the northeast of Gansu and Inner Mongolia;
Dou Rong called himself the "Great General of Hexi" and seized the western part of present-day Gansu;
Liu Yong called himself "Emperor Liang" and seized the border area of present-day Jiangsu, Shandong, and Henan provinces;
Wang Lang proclaimed himself the "Emperor of the Han Dynasty" and seized the southwestern part of present-day Hebei;
The Red Mei Army led by Fan Chong attacked the official army in present-day Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi, and Shanxi, bent on attacking Chang'an and killing Wang Mang;
Li Xian called himself "Emperor Huainan" and seized the area of present-day Jiangsu and Anhui;
Dong Xian called himself "the king of Haixi, and divided the southeast of present-day Shandong;
Zhang Bu called himself the "King of Qi" and seized Shandong;
Peng Pet called himself "King Yan" and seized the northeast of Hebei;
Qin Feng called himself the "King of Chuli" and seized central Hubei;
In the area of present-day Hebei, there are many peasant rebel armies such as Tongma, Youlai, and Qingli, numbering millions of people, fighting for their own battles, attacking cities and villages everywhere
and see who destroys whom.
Regarding these people who are tired of thinking about Han and want to be related to the Liu clan, it is not a matter of one or two days.
As early as November 10 A.D., not long after Wang Mang became emperor, there was an incident in the capital Chang'an where he pretended to be the son of Emperor Cheng of the Western Han Dynasty and defrauded senior officers.
According to Sun Jian, the general of the founding of the People's Republic of China at the time, reported to Wang Mang:
One day, Sun Jian was walking on the street when a man stopped in front of his car and said that his name was Liu Ziyu, who was originally the son of Emperor Cheng and the singer. Now the king
Recklessly, the Liu family is about to be revived, please send troops to attack the palace!
It's worth it!
Sun Jianli immediately arrested this man, investigated carefully, and found that he was bluffing, and it turned out that he was from Chang'an named Wu Zhong.
(Accept the man, that is, Chang'an's surname Wu Zizhong.) )
Wang Mang did not hesitate to kill Wu Zhong.
Therefore, we say that due to Wang Mang's strong advocacy and personal practice, the vast majority of cheating, abduction, stealing, and stealing are very popular.
The kind of tricks you see today can almost all be found from Wang Mang.
Someone did this openly on the street, which shows that the anti-reckless sentiment was already very high at that time.
It can be said that since Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, those who opposed him played the banner of the Liu clan, or they were really members of the Liu family, such as Liu Xuan and Liu Xiu
Brothers; Either assist and support the Liu family, such as Li Tong and Deng Chen.
And there are many people who are a little different, either pretending to be Liu, such as Wu Zhong, and there will be more funny ones in the future; Or simply change the surname to Liu, such as Lu
Fang, when he raised troops in Anding (now Zhenyuan County, Gansu), lied that he was originally the great-grandson of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and changed his name to Liu Wenbo, and later he really ate in the northwest because of this
got open and was proclaimed as a general and the king of Xiping, but in the end he was beaten down by Liu Xiu and died of illness.
Since this topic is too long and there are too many things happening, we will stop for the time being, because the coalition forces of Liu Xuan and Liu Xiu are rewriting history, and we should be
It's time to check it out.