At this time, the battle situation is still showing a three-legged trend:

Although the defeat of the First Dynasty was decided, its old troops still controlled many places around Chang'an, and there were still hundreds of thousands of troops in their hands; Red eyebrows occupy the long

Ann, although military discipline is lax, whoever wants to eat it must carefully choose the place where it is under the mouth; Deng Yu managed the army well, and the morale of his subordinates was high, but after all, he was alone.

It must be noted that in this battle situation, two of the three forces are regardless of routines, that is, the Red Eyebrows and the remnants of the Beginning.

In other words, if Deng Yu wants to succeed, he needs superb political wisdom: first, he must use the army lively, and second, he must win the hearts of the people.

Because, the most brutal war is fought with wisdom and people's hearts.

Deng Yu's march was not fast.

He set out from Fenyin in July 25 AD, and a few months later, in September of that year, before he reached the outside of Chang'an, Chang'an had already changed hands.

In Yadi (now Baishuibei, Shaanxi), Deng Yu was blocked by 100,000 people led by the Zhonglang general and Zuofu Duwei Gong. But the other party is vulnerable,

Deng Yu took down the enemy easily.

And almost at the same time, the Red Eyebrow army took advantage of the situation to attack Chang'an.

The complexity of history and the subtlety of the current situation lie in the fact that it often has no fixed script for its plays, and it often comes up with a bit of an unexpected story from time to time

Plot.

Liu Xiu sent Deng Yu westward, mainly to see jokes, and to reap the benefits of the fishermen when the two sides were defeated. And Deng Yu's action is too big, in

Objectively, it helped the red eyebrows.

At the beginning, too many troops were used to prevent Deng Yu, and they couldn't withstand the punches and kicks of the red eyebrows.

At this time, Red Mei controlled Chang'an and the surrounding area.

The most pitiful thing is that the people in Chang'an and the surrounding areas, after experiencing Wang Mang's tyranny and unreasonableness, they had to endure the scourge of the captivity of the red eyebrows, and it was difficult to get out of the dire situation for a long time.

Deng Yu won Liu Xiu's true biography, that is, to govern the army and govern the government first to be a gentleman and treat people sincerely.

He took advantage of the power of successive battles and victories, did not relax the management of his subordinates at all, strictly disciplined the army, cherished the people wherever the army went, and did not commit any crimes in autumn.

The local people are accustomed to suffering, and when they see Deng Yu's army, they are like seeing relatives, and they have helped the old and the young to come to welcome, and many people strongly want it

Thousands of people come to join the army every day.

Soon, Deng Yu's troops grew and became known as the "army of millions".

And Deng Yu himself also behaved like a gentleman, no matter where he went, he stopped and stopped his horse, greeting the people and comforting them.

Men, women and children gathered in front of his car and next to his horse, and everyone pulled their daily routines, talked about their livelihoods, and imagined the future. There is no one among the people who does not support Deng Yu.

Deng Yu became the savior of the people and shocked Kansai.

Liu Xiu was very satisfied with Deng Yu's performance, and sent him several documents to reward and encourage him.

The Book of the Later Han Dynasty, which has been passed down to the world for faithfully recording historical facts, describes this picture with emotion:

"Wen Yu took advantage of the victory and the division was disciplined, all looking at the wind and carrying each other to meet the army, and the number of those who surrendered was thousands, and the number was millions. Yu stopped stopping at the festival to work

Coming, the father and the old are childish, with white hair and white hair, full of cars, all of them are not happy, so the name is shocking Kansai. Dijiazhi, a number of books praise. ”

Speaking of which, I can't help but feel emotional!

Our people are so simple and respectable, they just need to have food to eat and not be angry.

And to put it more simply, as long as there are no corrupt officials, ruffians and bullies bullying to bully, they can even figure out their own way when it comes to eating.

It's so simple to be an official in China, as long as you have a gentleman's heart and humanistic care in your chest, you can do some good things, and if you can't do it, you can do it

It's cool on the side, just don't mess around.

However, it is a pity that the two roles of the government and the people, which could have been very simple, and the relationship between the two, which could have been simple, are often messed up

It's complicated and confusing.

Deng Yu has a deep understanding of this and has done a good job.

Liu Xiu has a deeper understanding of this and will do better.

At present, Deng Yu's prestige is in full swing, and his generals and heroes in Guanzhong have persuaded him to attack Chang'an immediately.

However, Deng Yu had other considerations and disagreed.

He explained the reasons and said:

"You can't hit Chang'an right away. Although we have a large army, there are few people who can really fight, and there is no food and grass to rely on in the front, and there is no rear area

Supplies that can be transferred. Moreover, the red eyebrows have just entered Chang'an, and their morale is strong and their wealth is sufficient. However, they are a rabble of thieves after all

There is no long-term plan, although there is enough food and grass, and there are many accidents, can they hold on for a long time? Now Shangjun (southeast of present-day Yulin, Gansu),

The three counties of Beidi (northwest of present-day Qingyang, Gansu) and Anding (present-day Pingliang, Gansu) are vast and sparsely populated, rich in grain and grain, and have many livestock

Horses, using the food there to recuperate the soldiers, recuperate, can always find an opportunity to take advantage of the red eyebrows. ”

We cannot say that Deng Yu's proposition is unreasonable.

However, because what happened next is very important, it not only affects the current situation and the course of history, but also involves the evaluation of many people, at that time and in the past

There has also been a lot of controversy in history, and we need to be careful.

To put it bluntly, on the question of whether Deng Yu's army should take advantage of the victory to attack Chang'an immediately, or recuperate and wait for the opportunity to fight again, there are two distinct opinions.

One thinks that you should find a place to rest, avoid the sharp energy of the red eyebrows and take a break, and look at the loopholes of the red eyebrows before fighting.

There are very few people who hold this opinion, but there is Deng Yu himself.

The other is to take Chang'an in one go.

Almost all of Deng Yu's subordinates and local supporters think so, and more importantly, Liu Xiu also holds this opinion.

Deng Yu insisted on his own opinion and led his army north to Luyi (now northeast of Luyi, Shaanxi).

Everywhere Deng Yu went, he broke through the camps of the Red Mei soldiers, and the relevant counties opened their doors and returned to obedience.

(Yu arrived, broke the red eyebrows, don't break the camps and forts, and the counties were all opened.) ）

Even Xihe Taishou Zongyu couldn't hold it anymore, and sent his son to surrender with the surrender formalities.

Deng Yu was very happy and proud, and sent someone to send Young Master Zong to the capital Luoyang (send Jingshi) to report to the imperial court.

He did this, of course, to show that he was disciplined and respected the court, and at the same time, he was somewhat showing off: The emperor values me, and I don't eat it

Dry rice!

This was Deng Yu's peak.

Deng Yu was full of ambition, he thought that he would first attack the periphery of Chang'an, recover the counties around Chang'an, expand the results of the war, and then take Chang'an when the time was ripe

There is suspense.

As I said just now, according to common sense, Deng Yu's ideas and practices cannot be said to be unreasonable.

However, because the red eyebrows have never played cards according to the convention, or the red eyebrows have never known what the routine is, the development of things soon made Deng Yu unable to do so

Grasp.

Liu Xiu was in Luoyang and had a good understanding of the situation in Chang'an.

Seeing that Deng Yu failed to implement his strategic intentions, he did not fight Chang'an for a long time, but went north with his troops, he was quite dissatisfied.

The level is undecided, Xiao Deng, you are still grinding!

Liu Xiu issued a special edict to Xiao Deng, instructing the military aircraft:

"As the Great Situ, you should be like Tang Yao who saved Li Min, and those outlaw thieves are simply the tyrannical Xia Wei. Now the common people of Chang'an

In the midst of dire straits, I can't stay in fear all day long, and I have nothing to rely on. You must seize the time, launch an attack quickly, recover Xijing as soon as possible, and calm the people. ”

Liu Xiu's edict not only expressed his dissatisfaction with Xiao Deng's delay in attacking Chang'an, urging him to take immediate action, but also explained that Liu Xiu himself was fighting against Chang'an

The bureau is also anxious.

However, Xiao Deng still insisted on his opinion, not only did not do what Liu Xiu asked, but continued to divide his troops to attack Shangjun (present-day Shanxi and Shaanxi).

along the junction of the Yellow River), and even moved its headquarters to Dayao (present-day Ningxian County, Gansu) to the west of Chang'an.

I'm sorry, as to why Deng Yu was stubborn, and why Liu Xiu didn't strictly pursue him, we didn't get involved, and we didn't have it

off information.

Anyway, looking at this posture, Xiao Deng had no intention of attacking Chang'an immediately.

If history freezes at this, Xiao Deng and Liu Xiu's response to the situation in Chang'an may be benevolent and wise. Anyway, the goal of taking Chang'an is the same, just move

The style is different, Liu Xiu is a little faster, and Xiao Deng is a little slower.

However, if we take a step further and look at what happened next on Liu Xiu's side and Chimei's side, we will understand more things.

Let's talk about the red eyebrows first, they have long been restless in Chang'an City!