Let's look at Liu Yong in the east.

In November 25 A.D., the second month after Liu Xiu moved to Luoyang, Liu Yong proclaimed himself emperor in Suiyang, Liang County (now Shangqiu, Henan).

This is a great threat to Liu Xiu. Because Liu Yong is the 9th grandson of Emperor Wen of the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Heng's royal blood is purer than Liu Xiu.

Regarding Liu Yong, he is actually a familiar face, we talked about him earlier.

He inherited the title and feud from generation to generation from the 8th ancestor Liang Xiao King of the Western Han Dynasty, his father Liu Li was killed by Wang Mang, and he himself was continued to be sealed by Liu Xuan, the first emperor

for the king of Liang.

Liu Yong is very ambitious, and he has long had the ambition of an emperor.

In the second year of his defection, that is, in 24 A.D., he saw that the cadres of the Gengshi Dynasty were corrupt and politically chaotic, so he took the opportunity to divide his own feudal state and raise troops to stand on his own.

On the one hand, he issued proclamations everywhere to publicize his ideas, and on the other hand, he recruited troops, gathered powerful people, and went out to conquer cities and territories to expand his own power

Range.

At that time, he was too busy to take care of him, and Liu Xiu was busy developing in Hebei, and he couldn't care about him or have the ability to think about him.

Taking advantage of the chaos in the world, Liu Yong quickly took control of most of today's Shandong, Anhui, and Jiangsu, as well as parts of Hebei, and became the owner of land and population

The largest separatist force.

In the second month of Liu Xiu's proclamation of the emperor's capital, Liu Yong simply announced that he would be the emperor.

He obviously made it clear that he was working against Liu Xiu and, of course, other people competing for the position of the first brother.

There is no owner in the world, and whoever grabs the position of the first brother is his.

I am the authentic Liu Han clan, and the real first brother is me!

Now, Liu Xiu believes that Liu Yong not only occupies a large territory, which directly threatens the safety of Luoyang, but more importantly, the bloodline and body of his Liu Han clan

is more authentic than himself, and it is too lethal to his own politics.

If you talk about seniority, Liu Yong is still Liu Xiu's nephew.

However, in the face of brutal and fierce political rivalries and military attacks, these are meaningless.

Liu Yong must be eliminated!

However, Liu Xiu's lineup to crusade against Liu Yong was shabby, compared with Liu Yong's aggressiveness, and even compared with Liu Xiu's own people

It's a little bit hard to handle.

In March 26 AD, Liu Xiu arranged for the Huya general Gai Yan to go on this trip.

In fact, Lao Gai is also a fierce man, and he is still an acquaintance of ours, and he has appeared to meet with us.

It was still two years ago (March 24 AD), Lao Gai, as the protector of Yuyang County, led the army with Wu Han and Wang Liang to Guang'a to defect to Liu Xiu.

He was tall and brave, and was worshiped by Liu Xiu as a partial general, and made a lot of efforts in Liu Xiu's work to conquer Hebei. Soon after Liu Xiu became emperor, he took office

Appointed him as the Great General of Huya.

We said that Liu Xiu's lineup for this expedition was shabby, and there was no disrespect for Lao Gai at all.

Lao Gai is also a general, but in troubled times, there are too many capable people, especially around Liu Xiu, there are too many unworldly heroes who have gathered through the world and latitude, Lao Gai's

The performance is not very eye-catching.

In other words, although Lao Gai is very brave, he is still ordinary among the capable people in troubled times.

Fighting Liu Yong is so important, Liu Xiu actually arranged for an ordinary general like Lao Gai!

Not only that, but the assistants that Liu Xiu arranged for Lao Gai were also insufficient and more than successful.

This assistant is named Su Mao.

Su Mao is a native of Chen Liu, who turned out to be a troubled general of the first emperor Liu Xuan, and once assisted Zhu Kun to guard Luoyang. When Zhu Kun surrendered to Liu Xiu, he also returned

Shun Liu Xiu.

However, Su Mao thought that he had not been taken seriously by Liu Xiu's side, and he was very unhappy.

In this way, the level of the combination of Gai and Su cannot be complimented, and to create a miracle, the only way to do so is to rely on Lao Gai's super level of performance.

We can't speculate today about Liu Xiu's intentions in this arrangement, and the only reasonable explanation is that Liu Xiu's dynasty had just opened, and his men were very busy.

Lao Gai marched, and the start was smooth,

If it was said that under Liu Xiu's nose, Su Mao didn't dare to come nonsense, but when he was away on a business trip, he was very open.

He was very dissatisfied with Liu Xiu's lack of attention to him, and he was also very unconvinced by Lao Gai.

In any case, it is very dangerous for a general who is very unhappy, very dissatisfied, and very unconvinced to lead his troops on a business trip.

Soon after leaving Luoyang, Su Mao began to have trouble with Lao Gai from time to time, intentionally or unintentionally.

Lao Gai is a typical military general, and he may not be very good at ideological and political work, and it is difficult for the two to unify their opinions.

Let's do it!

The advanced form of politicians and generals is of course rebellion.

After making some awkward trouble, Su Mao didn't do anything. He rolled up his sleeves, pulled out a detachment of men, and killed Pan Chu, the Huaiyang Taishou appointed by Liu Xiu

, soon grabbed the territory of several counties, occupied Guangle (now north of Yucheng, Henan) as a base, and sent an envoy to Liu Yong to express his submission.

(The army was incompetent, Mao Sui rebelled, killed Huaiyang Taishou, plundered several counties, and submitted to Yu Yong according to Guangle.) ）

Su Mao's rebellion was also very lethal to Liu Xiu.

This is not because he swept away thousands of soldiers, mainly because of the political effect, Su Mao publicly showed with practical actions: Liu Yong is the authentic Liu Han lineage

The clan, even Liu Xiu's generals defected to him.

What's even worse is that in the hegemony of Liu Xiu and Liu Yong, the two Liu Han clans, Su Mao's rebellion is very eye-catching, and it tells Liu Xiu's opponents

, Liu Yong is the real master; At the same time, it told Liu Xiu's supporters that it was uncertain who would be in the world in the end!

Liu Xiu's nest fire can be imagined, but he has to arrange several ways to counter the rebellion at the same time, and some of them need to go on business trips himself, so he really can't spare his hands to fiddle with this side.

Liu Yong was overjoyed, warmly received Su Mao's envoy, and immediately appointed Su Mao as the Great Sima and named the King of Huaiyang.

(Yong Yimao is the great Sima and the king of Huaiyang.) ）

Fortunately, Gaiyan was able to hold his breath very well.

He thought that he was responsible for Su Mao's rebellion, so he was determined to live up to Liu Xiu's trust, and no matter what, he had to settle the matter and complete the task!

As a typical military general, Lao Gai believes that he still has to rely on his fists to speak at critical times.

Due to Su Mao's rebellion, Lao Gai can only fight alone at present.

However, in the face of the very severe political and military situation, Lao Gai played at a super level and refreshed his image as a fierce man.

First of all, he resisted the difficulties brought about by Su Mao's rebellion, and forcibly pushed forward the military operation in accordance with the established strategy and tactics.

He waved his army to capture Xiangyi (present-day Sui County, Henan), then captured Maxiang (northeast of present-day Dangshan, Anhui), and then besieged Suiyang, Liu Yong's stronghold.

Lao Gai's movements were very fast and fierce, and it didn't take much effort to level Liu Yong's strongholds. It can be seen that Liu Xiu used him as a tiger

General Tooth, too, for a reason.

However, the attack on Suiyang did not go well. Liu Yong stuck here.

Lao Gai personally led the army to attack the city, attacking in turns, fiddling for several months, but there was no progress.

God rewards hard work, and God is willing to help Lao Gai. It's wheat harvest season.

As a professional soldier, Lao Gai is of course very aware of the importance of food.

As soon as the wheat was ripe in the fields, Lao Gai ordered the soldiers to harvest and clean it quickly.

(Harvest all the wild wheat.) ）

Liu Yong, you wait to look good, I can't beat you and starve you!

It has been several months since the start of the war, and the savings in Suiyang City are not sufficient, and Liu Yong plans to supplement it with wheat in the afternoon season.

Now it's okay, without provisions, the troops can't survive just drinking cold water and the northwest wind, let alone fighting.

Seeing that he was about to be unable to open the pot, Liu Yong and his men panicked.

While harvesting wheat, Lao Gai ordered the soldiers: Don't relax for a moment in the siege!

Being beaten and starving at the same time is a headache for any army.

The heat and the opportunity have finally come together.

In August 26 AD, one night, Lao Gai commanded his soldiers to climb the ladder into the city and start hand-to-hand combat against Liu Yong's defenders.

(The night ladder enters its city.) ）

It turns out that Liu Yong is not an imperial talent. When he saw that the city had been breached, he was very frightened and hurriedly fled through the east gate.

Gaiyan was willing to let go, and immediately chased after him, fighting while fighting.

Lao Gai was brave, and his soldiers also shot very hard, slashing Liu Yong's subordinates, and killing the opponent's corpses all over the field.

(Terrified, he led his troops out of the east gate, extended the pursuit, and broke it.) ）

Liu Yong was extremely embarrassed, and immediately further proved that he was still a bear bag.

He panicked, abandoned his army, and fled for his life to Yucheng (northeast of present-day Shangqiu, Henan) with only his family and a few dozen followers.

At this time, he still had illusions that he had announced that he would become a brother, hoping that someone would come to his rescue.

However, the people of Yucheng had a high ideological consciousness, not only did not accept him, but cut off his mother, wife and children.

Liu Yong hid quickly, picked up a life in a panic, and led a few to follow to Qiaoyi (now Bozhou, Anhui).

At this point, Lao Gai also went crazy, not only had a super level of performance, but also had a very wonderful performance.

Due to the deep depth of the lone army, Lao Gai did not immediately surround Qianyi.

He adopted a new tactic, which is now called a "surgical" style of play:

Solve the surroundings first.

Earlier, he dared to encircle Suiyang because Suiyang was slightly closer to Luoyang, roughly in the middle and junction of Liu Yong and Liu Xiu's respective spheres of influence.

When the fight started, Liu Yong's cadres stationed in other places easily did not dare to come to the rescue.

And Qianyi is in the southeast of Suiyang, and has entered the hinterland of Liu Yong's forces a little.

If you still besiege Qianyi immediately like Suiyang, it is difficult to guarantee that other places will not rush to the rescue. Attacking from all sides or being attacked on the back of the enemy is a taboo for soldiers.

Therefore, Lao Gai arranged forces to keep an eye on Qiaoyi, and personally led the main force to do "surgery".

He first attacked Xuecheng (in present-day southern Tengxian County, Shandong), took it in one fell swoop, and cut down Liu Yong's Lu County Taishou Liangqiushou.

Obviously, Lao Gai's movements were too violent, and behind him was the famous Liu Xiu, and some of Liu Yong's city guards were looking down.

These cities were: Pengcheng (present-day Xuzhou, Jiangsu), Fuyang (present-day Suixibei, Anhui), Zhuqiu (present-day Dangshanxi, Anhui), and Xiaocheng (present-day Xiaoxian, Anhui).

Northwest).

I don't know if it was because he didn't plan to surrender in the first place, or if the surrender was slow, Peijun Taishou Chen Xiu had a negative attitude, and Lao Gai quickly broke the city and immediately cut it down.

Speaking of which, there is a situation to draw attention to.

Please open the map, of course, it would be better to have a detailed map of the political region of the Han Dynasty. But if you don't have it, or you don't want to play the map, it's okay, listen

I'll just tell you about it.

Lao Gai set out from Luoyang and came all the way from the west to the east. At present, Liu Yong's place of refuge is in the east of Luoyang.

Let's look at the places I just mentioned.

Xue Cheng, where Lao Gai punched hard, was in the northeast of Qianyi, while Pengcheng, Fuyang, Zhuqiu, Xiaocheng and other places that were looking at the wind were in the northeast of Qiaoyi

Between Yi and Xuecheng.

In other words, Lao Gai is a typical "surgical" style of play for Qiaoyi, from far to near, and first solve the periphery.

At this time, Liu Yong and his subordinates couldn't stand it anymore.

If the tree falls, there will be nowhere to go.

Everyone thinks that if Liu Yong falls, his glory and wealth will be gone; Besides, Lao Gai cleaned up Liu Yong, and even while cleaning up Liu Yong, he was sure

Attack yourself.

The famous rebel general Su Mao gathered Liu Yong's two generals, Jiaoyi and Zhou Jian, and led more than 30,000 soldiers to Qiaoyi in an attempt to rescue Liu Yong.

Liu Yong saw the opportunity and also rushed out of the city.

Lao Gai was in good condition, and opened the scene in Peixi (present-day Suixidong, Anhui) and engaged in a fierce battle with the enemy.

Soon, Lao Gai's side had the upper hand.

On his side, he fought a succession and his morale was booming, while Liu Yong's side was in chaos.

There is no suspense in the ending. After an hour, Liu Yong was defeated. Most of the soldiers under him were killed if they were slow, and they were stealing with lively eyelids

They ran away, and many of them were drowned when they jumped into the river in a hurry.

(The eternal army is in chaos, and most of the drowning people have escaped.) ）

Seeing that the situation was not good, the famous rebel general Su Mao hurriedly left Liu Yong and fled back to Guangle's lair.

Jiao Yi and Zhou Jian were loyal and protected Liu Yong to Huling (now southeast of Yutai, Shandong).

After this complete victory, Lao Gai basically pacified Pei (Zhixiang County, now Huaibeixi, Anhui), Chu (Zhipengcheng), and Linhuai (Zhixu County, now Jiangsu).

Sihongnan) and other counties.

In order to cooperate with Lao Gai's military operations, Liu Xiu's political strategy also kept up in time.

He appointed Taizhong Doctor Fu Long to send envoys to Qingzhou and Xuzhou to surrender the counties that were originally under the control of Liu Yong, and the local cadres were taken by Liu Xiu

The fists of the name and Lao Gai looked at the wind and asked to surrender.

This area is the hometown of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Western Han Dynasty, or the "imperial township", which has a special significance in the realistic struggle for world domination.

Therefore, in order to please Liu Xiu, Lao Gai arranged to strengthen the construction of the sacrifice system of Gaozu in the Western Han Dynasty:

The temple was rebuilt, the rules and regulations for the sacrifice were formulated, and a special management and sacrifice team was also established.

(Build the temple of Gaozu, place the husband, Zhu Zai, and the musician.) ）

Lao Gai may think that the battle against Liu Yong has achieved a decisive victory, and he should let the emperor (Liu Xiu) see that he has come to fight for one

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