This time, if it is also a failure, then the failure styles of Deng and Feng are completely different:

Deng Yu was a defeat and miserable; And Feng Yi turned defeat into victory, which is very poignant.

We say that Feng Yi, as Liu Xiu's descendant disciple, has the deepest understanding of Liu Xiu's true taste of doing things, and his wisdom, strategy and operational ability are Liu Xiu's others

is unattainable for disciples and fans.

This time, he sacrificed his principles to cater to Deng Yu, which was really a last resort.

We also have reason to believe that in this battle, which he knew he would lose, he actually kept a hand.

Feng Yi is not only both civil and military, but also likes to use his brain very much, and can often do unexpected things.

His own defeat against Red Eyebrows this time, we would rather call it a retreat.

When retreating, Feng Yi secretly deployed some reliable and warlike soldiers to dress up, change into red-eyed clothes, and dye their eyebrows red

Blend in with the Red Eyebrows, some lurking on both sides of the road nearby.

After running back to the camp, he immediately strengthened the fortifications, quickly gathered the garrison and the scattered troops, and counted tens of thousands more.

In the chaos of the world, after a fiasco, so many soldiers can be gathered, which fully demonstrates Feng Yi's appeal and cohesion.

(Restore the wall, collect its scattered soldiers, and recruit tens of thousands of people to protect the camps.) ）

Of course, at this time, Deng Yu had already run to Yiyang.

Without the blind command of the leader, Feng Yi can go into battle lightly. As long as he can let go of his hands and feet, he is still sure that he will take down the red eyebrows.

Well, tomorrow showdown!

Feng Yi and Chimei agreed on a date to fight again.

(Meet the thief.) ）

Actually, Feng Yi was fooling his eyebrows.

Because Red Eyebrows can completely knock down Feng Yi and Deng Yu in one go, Feng Yi and Red Eyebrows' "appointment battle" is entirely because he wants to take a breath.

I don't know if Red Mei is hungry, tired, or has a brain in water, they agree to "make an appointment to fight" with Feng Yi.

Everything is going according to Feng Yi's plan.

Early the next morning, Red Mei dispatched tens of thousands of people to attack Feng Yi's vanguard, and Feng Yi only sent a small number of men and horses to rescue him.

Seeing this, Red Eyebrows thought that Feng Yi was really the defeated general of his subordinates, and that was the only way to do it, so he set out to smash Feng Yi with a chaotic fist.

Seeing that the time came, Feng Yi of course could no longer show weakness, and immediately dispatched a large army to meet the enemy head-on and start a fierce battle.

(When the thief saw that the situation was weak, he learned that the people were attacking, and the difference was a big battle.) ）

At this time, the red eyebrows were still fierce, and Feng Yi commanded the soldiers who had already rested, completely turning the war into art.

The two sides fought fiercely for most of the day, and at noon, the red eyebrows couldn't hold on, and they were gradually defeated, wanting to run.

How could Feng Yi let go!

He's managed to buy himself more than half a day's breather, and he's managed to drag his opponent down and strench, and now it's time for a combination!

When he saw that the fire was coming, he immediately ordered the soldiers lurking nearby to do it.

These soldiers dressed in Qiao makeup were already warlike, but now they were waiting for work, and they couldn't hold it anymore, so they quickly rushed out one by one and slashed their red eyebrows.

The exhausted red eyebrows were caught off guard, and they couldn't distinguish between friend and foe, so they immediately fell apart and fled in all directions.

That's what you want!

Feng Yi ordered an all-out pursuit, chased to Kundi (northwest of present-day Luoning County, Henan), broke the red eyebrows, and surrendered more than 80,000 of his soldiers and their families.

The remaining more than 100,000 people in Chimei hurriedly fled eastward, trying to find a surrender that was not as powerful as Feng Yi.

(The pursuit, the big break at the bottom of the city, down to 80,000 men and women.) There are still more than 100,000 people left, and they go east to Yiyang. ）

When Feng Yi's good news came, Liu Xiu was very happy, and immediately issued a decree of condolence, saying:

"Pacify the red eyebrows, the soldiers did work hard, although at the beginning of the wings were frustrated in Huixihan, but in the end they were able to spread their wings and fly high in the pond, so to speak

It is what was lost in the east in the morning, and was picked up in the west in the evening. The court intends to reward you for your meritorious deeds. ”

(The red eyebrows are broken, the scholars work hard, although they return to the river with their wings at the beginning, they can finally fight their wings in the pond, which can be described as the lost east corner, and the mulberry elm is harvested.) Fang discusses the merit and rewards in order to answer the great honor. ）

In this letter of commendation, Liu Xiu's love for Feng Yi, a beloved disciple, is overflowing, and the history books specifically record that he awarded it this time in recognition of Feng Yi

The decree was stamped with a jade seal (seal book lao yi).

In fact, the official documents issued by the emperor are all to be stamped, which is just emphasized here.

By the way, Liu Xiu's letter of praise also left us an idiom: "If you lose the east, you will receive the mulberry elm." ”

Feng Yi defeated the main force of the Red Eyebrows, and in the vicinity of Chang'an, to the west and south, there were still many places to divide the armed forces.

He did not revel in the victory in front of him, but soon joined his comrades again, packed his bags, and plunged into a new battle.

In the future, we will make time to continue to focus on Feng Yi.

Besides, Liu Xiu has also been very busy since he ascended the throne, while dispatching troops to conquer various places, while consolidating power with both civil and military forces, and from time to time he will personally recruit a hand

, and also took the time to give birth to several sons, and set up the queen.

There are also a lot of thrilling stories in between, and we will be rolling them out to you soon.

Now, almost at the same time as Feng Yi's victory, Liu Xiu personally led a heavy army to Yiyang.

Previously, he had already laid a net against the red eyebrows, and now it was time to end.

At this time, the Red Eyebrow Army fought and plundered for a long time, and did not take a serious rest; They were exhausted by the lack of provisions, the long journeys, and the exhaustion; They

Just after being beaten by Feng Yi, not only did his combat effectiveness drop greatly, but his morale also fell to the extreme; In addition, the weather is cold and freezing, and some local armed forces continue to take advantage of the fire

They were exhausted, frightened, and embarrassed.

They want to run, but they can't; I wanted to surrender to Feng Yi, but I was afraid of being beaten again.

Therefore, in the midst of hunger and cold, and the loss of soldiers, they almost fought and retreated, and then fled to Yiyang.

Suddenly encountered Liu Xiu's mighty army, the red eyebrows were terrified and at a loss.

(Red eyebrows suddenly met the army, shocked and didn't know what to do.) ）

In addition to begging Liu Xiu, Red Mei has no choice.

After so many years of marching and fighting, burning, killing and looting outside, Red Mei gradually understood:

Surrender, in fact, is also a technical job, in addition to kneeling and begging for mercy, there are many other complicated things in it.

I want to send a person with a bit of culture to contact Liu Xiu.

Because the red eyebrows have not known to pay attention to knowledge and talents for a long time, they only know fists and sticks, not only lack the humanistic atmosphere and technical content of what they do, but also the team

It's hard to find even a quiet person.

Then there is only Liu Gong!

Liu Gong is the eldest brother of Emperor Penzi, he reads a lot, he has a lot of ideas in his stomach, and he is a member of the Liu family, so it is most suitable to send him to contact Liu Xiu.

Although this guy talks and does things and is always annoying, it's not time to care about this.

As the saying goes, "a weak country has no diplomacy" and "a defeated general cannot be brave", all of which mean that it takes strength to fight others. And now the red eyebrows, already

The fish on Liu Xiu's board, as for how to cut it, it all depends on Liu Xiu's meaning.

Liu Gong bowed to Liu Xiu, his heart was empty, and he asked Liu Xiu in a begging tone:

"Basin led a million troops to surrender, what does Your Majesty plan to do with him?"

Liu Xiu replied:

"Don't you die!"

(Wait for you not to die!) ）

At this point, Liu Gong still wanted to fool that the so-called "million army" was nothing more than 100,000 exhausted remnants of the defeated generals. Of course, Liu Xiu is not

It can be easily fooled!

After receiving the promise that Liu Xiu could live, Chimei immediately prepared for all the work of surrendering.

Two days later, Fan Chong led the "emperor" Liu Penzi, the "prime minister" Xu Xuan and more than 30 high-ranking cadres with red eyebrows to surrender.

It's awkward, no, it's funny.

Fan Chong's position in Chimei is the imperial historian, and at first glance he is the official of the imperial court, but in fact he is the leader of the emperor Liu Penzi. Because he is old and strong

, is the actual first brother of the red eyebrows.

Xu Xuan was originally a jailer in a certain county, but because he knew the Book of Changes, he was arranged to be the prime minister. The people in the red eyebrow team who can do rough work are caught, like

It's hard to find someone like him who can read and hyphenate.

As for the basin, he is the emperor who touches the lots, but he only wants to lead the cow, and he doesn't want to lead others at all, and he is not even interested in who will lead himself.

In short, the top level of the red eyebrows is nothing more than a rabble with no program, no rules, and no quality. Such a group of cadres ended up shirtless

It is inevitable that the son will be flattened.

In January 27 AD, on the banks of the Luoshui River, Yiyang, the cold wind was biting. Fan Chong, Liu Penzi and other high-ranking cadres with red eyebrows visited Liu Xiu and begged to surrender.

In order to show the sincerity of surrender, everyone was shirtless (flesh surrendered). Obviously, it was so cold that it took a lot of sincerity just to undress.

At the same time, they also brought Liu Xiu the gifts they had robbed: the heirloom jade seal, the seven-foot sword of the first emperor Liu Xuan, and a piece of jade.

The jade seal of the country is a token of the emperor, or the physical evidence of the emperor's identity.

At this time, Fan Chong and others did show their sincerity and determination to surrender and claim their vassals, because the jade seal of the country is a must-grab for those who want to be a brother.

Of course, it's long gone, and to talk about it today is to say a work of art.

The texture of this artwork is Lantian jade, the earliest owner is Qin Shi Huang Yingzheng, and the seal text is "Ordered by the sky, both longevity and eternal prosperity", from Li Si's hand

Pen.

Ying Zheng created this work of art not for appreciation, but as a token of his initiation of the position of emperor and grabbing it, and at the same time, he wanted himself

The descendants of the future generations will inherit this token and this position.

It's a pity that his descendants are not optimistic about this token and this position.

In October 206 BC, Ying Zheng's grandson Ziying surrendered and presented this token to Liu Bang.

Liu Bang founded the Western Han Dynasty, and while passing on the position of the first brother to his descendants, he also inherited this token.

At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang usurped the throne, and when all the work was ready, he didn't dare to declare that he was the first brother when he didn't get this jade seal.

At that time, the jade seal was in the hands of his aunt, the Empress Dowager Wang Zhengjun. Wang Zhengjun is very loyal to Liu Hanpo's family, and has always kept this thing like a baby.

Wang Mang coaxed and threatened, and Wang Zhengjun had to hand over this thing to him.

Wang Mang is finished, and this thing was obtained by Liu Xuan, the first emperor.

And so on, Red Mei snatched this thing from Liu Xuan again.

Now, Red Mei dedicates this treasure to Liu Xiu, and everything is in plain sight.

When accepting the surrender of Chimei, Liu Xiu was condescending and attached equal importance to grace and authority, fully showing the gentlemanly demeanor of the lord of the troubled world.

In the west of Yiyang City, more than 100,000 Red Mei soldiers came to surrender, consciously surrendered their armor and weapons, and piled up almost as far as Bear's Ears Mountain (now Luoning, Henan

South) so high.

(Jibing is in the west of Yiyang, and it is in line with Bears Ears Mountain.) ）

Everyone was indeed subdued, scared to death, desperate, and starved.

Surrender, we really want to surrender!

Hungry, we're really hungry!

We want to surrender, we want to eat!

Seeing this situation, Liu Xiu was moved by compassion and ordered the county to prepare food immediately.

It's been a long time since I've eaten enough! The red-eyed soldiers have been hungry for a long time, and they have long wanted to have a full meal.

It's still fragrant!

Everyone didn't care about their demeanor, gobbled up, no, like a whirlwind, they swept away everything they ate and drank.

Of course, people never know what "demeanor" is.

Liu Xiu then arranged for everyone to rest.

Since you have surrendered sincerely, eat and rest first, and talk about it tomorrow if you have something to say.

Early the next morning, Liu Xiu displayed soldiers and horses on the edge of Luoshui and arranged for red-eyed soldiers to line up to visit.

(Ming Dan, Da Chen's soldiers and horses are in Luoshui, so that the basin monarchs and ministers will watch it.) ）

He's asking the surrenderers to review the troops, no, he's showing the might of the army to the surrenderers! He must convince Red Eyebrow to lose.

Facing his old opponent, Liu Xiu proudly asked Liu Penzi loudly:

"Do you know you should be guilty of capital crimes?"

Liu Penzi has never been a person who can support the scene and speak hard words, and now he has no temper.

He replied with sincere fear: "I really deserve to die, and I hope that the emperor will have mercy on me and forgive me." ”

Liu Xiu laughed and said, "You kid is smart and cunning, and our surname Liu is not stupid." ”

(Er Da Huang, there is no one in the clan.) ）

After fooling the basin, Liu Xiu said to Fan Chong and the others:

"Do you regret surrendering? If you regret it, I can let you go back to the camp and let you regroup and decide again, and I will not force you to obey. ”

(No regrets?) I now sent Qing to return to the camp to restrain the troops, beat the drums to attack each other, decide the victory or defeat, and do not want to be subdued. ）

Convincing? If you are not convinced, I can let you go back and start all over again, the winner is king!

Fan Chong was stunned and speechless.

Fan Chong and the others were rough people, and they were okay with their hands and feet, but they couldn't respond to Liu Xiu's words with such connotations.

At the critical time, Xu Xuan had something in his stomach, he hurriedly lay down and kowtowed, and replied:

"When a few of our leaders left the East Capital Gate of Chang'an, they discussed and prepared to return to the emperor. However, other ordinary people can only enjoy the happiness of success,

It's hard to conspire with innovative plans, so we don't tell more people about our plans. Now, we have returned to the emperor as we wish, just like getting out of the tiger's mouth

returned to the arms of my mother, and everyone was overjoyed from the heart, where is there any disobedience and regret. ”

Lao Xu's words were obviously flattering to Liu Xiu.

Not long ago, Red Mei also ran rampant across the battlefield, robbing the people, defeating Deng Yu, and even almost killing Feng Yi.

However, when Lao Xu says this now, Liu Xiu still sounds more comfortable. No matter what Lao Xu and the other red-eyed high-ranking cadres think in their hearts, they can say this now

In other words, it seems that he was defeated.

That's what Liu Xiu wants.

He said meaningfully to Lao Xu: "You can be regarded as a fast knife among blunt knives and a capable person among mediocre people." ”

Looking at the group of bare-eyed high-ranking cadres, former strong enemies, and current courtiers prostrate at his feet, Liu Xiu admonished again in the tone of a victor:

"You were originally a great rebel, and you should be severely punished for killing the old and the weak wherever you go, humiliating the community, and destroying the villages. However, you also have 3 of them

The place is remarkable, one is to conquer the city and go all over the world, without changing the original wife; the second is to support the monarch to use the Liu clan; The third is that others are strong

When the situation is urgent, the thieves often kill their own leaders and surrender, and think that they are a great merit, but you can give me a living leader, this

These are your 3 points of recognition. Therefore, I have opened the net to you on three sides, and I am benevolent to the outside of the law. In the future, you have to change your mind, be a new person, and share too

Flat. ”

When the red-eyed high-ranking cadres heard this, they kowtowed again and again to thank them, and the other generals of the red-eyed generals all knelt down one after another, shouting "Long live".

Liu Xiu's words first reprimanded the red eyebrows for their unreasonableness, and then affirmed their merits, which somewhat smacked of dialectics.

Of course, this is actually the reaction of Liu Xiujun's thoughts in the world, and it also reveals a certain feeling in his heart.

Next, Liu Xiu matched his words and deeds, and made proper arrangements for these red-eyed high-ranking cadres: let them each live in Luoyang with their wives and children, and each family gave them

1 residential building and 2 hectares of fertile land.

(He ordered each and his wife to live in Luoyang, and gave the house a district and two fields.) ）

Under the constant war and famine, Liu Xiu treats the loser so kindly, we can only say that he is at least a gentleman.

The noisy army of red eyebrows has been completely taken down by Liu Xiu so far.

We may not have much time to mention red eyebrows in the future, so we might as well explain the fate of several of their core characters by the way.

About half a year later, in the summer, Fan Chong and Xiao An wanted to rebel, but the matter was revealed and they were cut down.

(In the summer, Fan Chong and Xiao An rebelled and were sentenced to death.) ）

Speaking of which, we might as well speculate that if Fan and Xiao really want to rebel, it can only show that they really have no self-knowledge and have hundreds of thousands in their hands

The army is not Liu Xiu's opponent, but they have become other people's prisoners but have to make such a big move, they either have water in their brains or have taken the wrong medicine.

Engaging in actions in Liu Xiu's capital, and making small moves in an environment where Liu Xiu's ministers are like clouds and Confucian generals are like forests, in just half a year, they just think

It's too late to prepare.

If they still want to fight Liu Xiu at this level, then no one can help them.

However, if Fan and Xiao did not rebel, but were beheaded for the crime of rebellion, the matter would be complicated.

Things are complicated, but the reason is simple: they can't live long.

Due to the age, we may never know the truth of the facts, but it is certain that Liu Xiu still wants them to die in the end, but

The methods and methods are a little more exquisite, not to "cut them off with their heads", but to "kill them gently".

Xu Xuan is very knowledgeable and honest, Liu Xiu didn't touch him.

When Yang Yin was in Chang'an, he treated Liu Xiu's uncle Liu Liang very well and kindly, and Liu Xiu was more satisfied, so he gave him the title of Marquis of Guannei and became Chi

Among the eyebrows, he is the most glamorous in Liu Xiu's place.

Yang and Xu later returned to their hometown and died a good death.

At the same time, I want to add that after Liu Liang had no choice but to follow his nephews to raise troops, he went to Chang'an and was made a "third elder of the country" by Liu Xuan, the first emperor

's position, very face-saving, and has no real power.

But after Liu Xiu broke up with Liu Xuan, he lived like a year in Chang'an, always worried about being killed. In those days, he was old and frail, and lonely, and he was afraid all day long

Fear.

But Liu Xuan and the others did not kill him, except that everyone was relatives, and because they felt that Liu Liang was old and useless, and there was nothing good about killing him except to provoke Liu Xiu

Place.

As a result, they always treated Liu Liang very favorably.

It was at this time that Yang Yin surrendered with Fan Chong and other high-ranking cadres, and was not assigned any important positions, but he did a lot of things to take care of Liu Liang

Child.

Liu Penzi's elder brother Liu Gong is a bit knowledgeable and shrewd, and he was named Shihou after Fan Chong's surrender, so he has a certain affection for Liu Xuan

。 He is also very adventurous and speculative, but because he has fewer appearances, everyone may not be impressed with him.

Now, he saw that the general trend of red eyebrows was gone, and in order to avenge Liu Xuan, he found an opportunity to kill Xie Lu, and then surrendered.

Because it was a family clan, and the deceased was a red-eyebrow general, Liu Xiu pardoned Liu Gong.

For Liu Penzi himself, Liu Xiu has done his best to be benevolent.

In addition to rewarding the pot with a lot of property, Liu Xiu also arranged for him to be the Langzhong of Liu Liang, the king of Zhao, and was responsible for managing the internal affairs of the king of Zhao.

Later, when Penzi lost his sight, Liu Xiu gave him the official land of Xingyang (now Henan), which served as a commercial area and could live in peace with taxes alone.

A cowherd baby, in such a confusing and bloody political strangulation, he should feel quite good that he can end up with such an ending.

In this way, the red eyebrows are the same as the beginning, and the curtain is dumb.