But it was said that Liu Xuan ordered Liu Xiu to go to Luoyang to repair the palace, and when Liu Xiu passed by his father's city, Feng Yi, the general of his father's city, came out to greet Liu Xiu and offered him beef and wine. Feng Yi is a native of his father's city, and he was originally a general of the New Dynasty and the magistrate of Yingchuan County. He likes to read books in his daily life, and has studied both "Zuo Chuan" and "The Art of War". When he was in charge of the five counties of Yingchuan County, because his father city did not have many soldiers and horses, he personally went to the neighboring counties to recruit troops. Unexpectedly, Liu Xiu attacked Yingchuan at that time, and Feng Yi was caught by the Han soldiers on the way. Liu Xiu asked him where he came from, and he said it bluntly without concealment. Liu Xiu liked his sincere attitude and decency, so he persuaded him to surrender. Feng Yi said: "I still have an old mother in my father's city. If the general can let me go back and let my mother and son see each other again, I will be grateful to the general when I die. When Liu Xiu heard it, it turned out to be a filial son. He said quite boldly: "Then you can go back." But you don't need to die, you can provide for your mother well, and surrender or not. Feng Yi was very grateful, and he said, "I am willing to offer five county towns to repay the general." ”

Feng Yi returned to his father's city and said to the county magistrate Miao Meng: "Most of the new generals are arrogant and greedy for money, and only General Liu does not loot anywhere." Listen to his words and watch his actions, he is not an ordinary person. Let's go and join him. Miao Meng agreed. They led the five county towns to surrender to Liu Xiu. After Feng Yi joined Liu Xiu, he helped him wholeheartedly. Liu Xiu thought that he was a filial son, with good character and strong ability, and regarded him as a confidant, so he would take him to Luoyang with him. Feng Yi recommended three or four very capable people to Liu Xiu, among them was a strong man like a tiger, full of energy, taller than others, and his face was terrifying, but he had a good heart and eyes, and his words counted. He is a good friend of Feng Yi, named Choshi. Liu Xiu happily took them all to Luoyang.

Liu Xiu arrived in Luoyang, placed his subordinates, moved his composition, and engaged in the inspector, and held the old chapter. He is still like in Wancheng, he is very energetic in doing things, and he talks and laughs every day. But at night, he likes to be quiet, to be alone in a room, and not to let anyone else in. Only Feng Yi was an exception, and once Feng Yi saw Liu Xiu's pillow wet with a large patch. He bitterly told Liu Xiu not to be too sad. Liu Xiu smiled bitterly and waved his hand and said, "I have nothing to be sad about, don't talk nonsense!" ”

When the palace was completed, Liu Xiu reported to Liu Xuan, and Liu Xuan chose to leave. At that time, the three auxiliary officials all greeted Liu Xuan, and when they saw that the generals under his command were wearing crowns and clothes like women, they couldn't help but snicker.

Liu Xuan was both in Luoyang, and sent an envoy to surrender his red eyebrows. Fan Chong heard about the revival of the Han Dynasty, but he also had the heart to return to the Han Dynasty, so he left the troops in Qing and Xu, and more than 20 people from his subordinates went to Luoyang. Liu Xuan was also named a liehou, and was not given to the country. Fan Chong saw that Liu Xuan did not have much prestige, and he was disappointed, and he was not allowed to divide the estate, so it was even more difficult to get his wish, so he mixed up for a decade or two, and ran away and returned to the old camp.

But it is said that there is a student named Deng Yu, the word Zhonghua, Nanyang New Savage. Born in 2 AD. This year, Wang Mang has not yet taken the throne, and he is humbly and tirelessly leading the people of the whole country to fight the disaster. Those discerning ministers sniffed the smell and began to sing praises to the king and the great sage.

After Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, in order to gain the support of more scholars, he expanded the scale of Taixue, the highest institution of learning. Tens of thousands of scholars came to Chang'an Taixue for further study, which further raised the influence of Taixue in the Daxin Empire.

Thanks to his wealthy family conditions, Deng Yu received a good education from an early age and was able to recite poems at the age of thirteen. After growing up a little, Deng Yu entered Taixue again. During his time in Taixue, Deng Yu's biggest gain was to meet Liu Xiu, a classmate.

Liu Xiu is the ninth grandson of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, from Liu Fa, the son of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, Liu Fa, who was born unexpectedly by Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty when he got drunk and went to the wrong bed, so he is not popular. However, there are still quite a lot of his descendants, and by Liu Xiu's stubble, they have already spread all over Nanyang. Liu Xiu's father died early, and he could only rely on his uncle to live, which was not easy to say.

Liu Xiu also learned a little bit during his Taixue period, due to his poor family background, he spent more time doing small business work-study and study, and had no time to delve into knowledge, just occasionally read the book of Wei Wei, and responded to the story, anyway, there are tens of thousands of students, who can take care of him?

However, Deng Yu did not underestimate this classmate who looked like Tian Shelang because he was from the Nanyang Wang family. From the conversation, Deng Yu felt that Liu Xiu's extraordinary voice hidden behind his simple appearance, and foresaw that Liu Xiu would not be a thing in the pool in the future. Of course, Deng Yu and Liu Xiu still have an indescribable in-law relationship, it turns out that Liu Xiu's second sister Liu Huang married Deng Yu's brother Deng Chen.

After that, Liu Xiu and Deng Yu left Taixue and ran towards their own destiny. Liu Xiu was first busy with scientific farming, and later busy riding bulls to rebel; Deng Yu was busy studying the world. In these troubled days of the world, the two don't seem to have crossed paths much. When Liu Xiu moved the world with a great victory in Kunyang, which was favored by God, Deng Yu was unknown. However, many members of the Deng family were involved in the Green Forest Army, and Deng Yu received Offe from the First Emperor many times

, ask him to take up an important position, and it will be like "Zhonghua is not as good as the common people".

Deng Yu was not moved by this, because he was not optimistic about the grass platform team of the first regime, which was weak and strong, and he could not erase the shadow of Liu Sange in his heart. He firmly believes that Liu Xiu, who "looks like he is warm, and his words are also powerful", is his true destiny.

When the capital was moved to Luoyang, Deng Yu was afraid that Liu Xiu would also kill him like his brother Liu Yan, so he went to Luoyang to find him. But when he arrived in Luoyang, he learned that Liu Xiu had left. It turned out that Emperor Gengshi sent him to perform the duties of the Great Sima, and took the Fu Jie with a small number of soldiers and horses to Hebei to pacify the county.

Deng Yu caught up along the road. He heard all the way that Liu Xiu was not here to fight, but to appease the common people. Everywhere he went, he always inspected officials, promoted wisely, and dealt with corruption. He repealed the harsh edicts, restored the official name of the Han dynasty, and pardoned the prisoners so that they could return to farming. The officials and the common people were very happy, and rushed to comfort him with beef and wine, but Liu Xiu refused, and his soldiers did not accept it. Deng Yu was very happy to hear it, he heard that which city Liu Xiu went to, he chased it to which city; But when he arrived in that city, Liu Xiu went over again. People are riding horses, but Deng Yu only relies on two legs. Later, he chased forward with a crutch and chased Liu Xiu until Yecheng.

At that time, Hebei was not the most chaotic, only more chaotic, and the righteous army was as numerous as a cow's hair, which was in stark contrast to Liu Xiu, the great Sima of the light pole. In the face of the grim situation, Liu Xiu was worried.

At this moment, a Confucian scholar standing on a cane, ragged, thin, dusty but full of eagerness appeared in front of Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu wiped his eyes that were red and swollen due to insomnia for days, and then found that the person in front of him turned out to be Deng Zhonghua, an old classmate who was handsome and well-dressed. Liu Xiu was shocked and asked, "Why did Zhonghua come here?" Deng Yu replied: "I came to find Ming Gong!" Liu Xiu said with a smile: "Could it be that Zhonghua knows that I have the right to be appointed and dismissed cheaply, and came from afar to seek an official?" Deng Yu said with a smile: "No, if Yu wants to be an official, he only needs to worship before the change, why work so hard?" Liu Xiu continued to ask: "In that case, what are you looking for me to do?" Deng Yu solemnly bowed again: "I hope that Ming Gongwei will add the four seas, Yu will have the power of size, and he will be famous in the bamboo silk ear in the future!" Liu Xiu was shocked when he heard this, and his worries dissipated instantly for several days, and he didn't feel that he was deeply courteous and laughed heartily: "Show Zhonghua, the world is not enough!" ”

After that, Liu Xiu and Deng Yu held closed-door talks to discuss the world's plans in detail. Deng Yujin said: "Yu traveled all over the world, although the first emperor of Guanzhong was the capital, but he was unable to pacify Shandong, plus the red eyebrows, green calves, copper horses and other chaotic armies, Chang'an is also surrounded by bandits. The first emperor has no way, and there is no long-term consideration of peace and prosperity to help the people, and he is busy fighting for power and wealth on weekdays, and there is no sign of Zhongxing, and sooner or later he will be defeated. Ming Gong is the Han family, martial arts added to the four seas, if you can recruit heroes, conform to the will of the people, will be able to sweep away the rebellion to save the people, rebuild the great cause of Gaozu! "A seat in the middle of the seat, Liu Xiu was swept away, his inner ambition burned like a flame, and the plane of heaven who was a strong enemy under Kunyang City finally returned as a king.

The next day, Liu Xiu instructed his subordinates to call Deng Yu General Deng. He also told him to live in a room with him, and to discuss with him if he had any problems. Feng Yi also saw the thoughts of the two of them, and he said to Liu Xiu: "It's not a day since people think about Han. Now the soldiers of the beginning are robbing and tyrannical everywhere, and the common people are completely disappointed in them. The general should hurry to the counties to deal with grievances and preach kindness. As soon as Liu Xiu heard this, he took his subordinates to Handan.

Liu Xiu arrived in Handan, and Liu Lin, a disciple of the clan, came to see him. He offered advice to Liu Xiu and said: "Red Mei is in the east of the river, as long as the embankment is dug and the water is poured into the east of the river, even if there are one million people in Red Mei, they will be drowned." Liu Xiu thought to himself that such a lack of virtue came out of nowhere, how could he seize the world with this method, so he ignored him. He simply sent Feng Yi and Choshi to neighboring counties to inspect officials, release wronged prisoners, and appease the helpless elderly. A few days later, Liu Xiu took Deng Yu, Feng Yi, and Cho Qi to Zhending, and Liu Lin rolled his eyes in anger. The more he thought about it, the more awkward it became, so he went to calculate a hexagram.

The fortune teller was called Wang Lang, and as soon as he saw Liu Lin pouting, he knew that he had something on his mind, and Liu Lin said that he wanted to be a soldier. Wang Lang said, "Really? Then I have an idea. A few days ago, there was a man in Chang'an who claimed to be Liu Ziyu, the son of Emperor Cheng, and Wang Mang said that he was impostor and killed him. You might as well say that you are the real Liu Ziyu, and you can call on the world. Liu Lin said: "Since it's an impostor, isn't it the same if you pretend to be yourself?" You do Liu Ziyu, and I will help you ascend the throne. Wang Lang jumped up happily and said, "Okay! Let's say in the head: share the blessings and share the misfortunes. Wang Lang then claimed to be Liu Ziyu, the son of Emperor Cheng, and went to contact Li Yu and Zhang Shen, the wealthy men of Zhao, and asked them to use their family assets to recruit strong men.

Everyone thought that Wang Lang was really the incognito prince of the king, and within a few days, thousands of people were gathered. Wang Lang, with the support of Liu Lin and others, played the banner of Liu Ziyu, a descendant of Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty, and called Emperor Handan. Wang Lang worshiped Liu Lin as the prime minister, Li Yu as the great Sima, and Zhang Shen as the general, and then issued a wanted warrant and offered rewards for the arrest of Liu Xiu in various parts of Hebei. For a time, the land of Yanzhao changed color and the grass and trees were sad, and Liu Xiu's great cause was facing an unprecedented crisis.

Liu Xiu and Deng Yu knew that their strength was not enough, and they couldn't fight Wang Lang to the death. The road back to the south was cut off again, and they went further north to Jizhou, and Wang Lang's notice also arrived. He went out to arrest Liu Xiu with a reward of 100,000 households, and Liu Xiu was cornered, so he planned to take a detour and flee back to the south. At this time, a newcomer, Geng Yi, said: "Wang Lang's soldiers and horses are coming from the south, let's go over there, isn't it just right to send them to the door." Yuyang Taishou Peng Pet is a native of Wancheng, Nanyang, and Shanggu Taishou Geng is his father. There were more than 10,000 cavalry in these two places, and they were all skilled archers. If you contact them, you won't be afraid of Handan. ”

However, it was said that there was a Liu Jie in Jizhou, who coveted the reward of 100,000 households and raised troops to respond to Wang Lang. All of a sudden, there were rumors in the city, all of which said that Wang Lang's army had arrived. Liu Xiu and the others were too few in number, so they had to flee in a hurry. The soldiers were reluctant to go north, so they went out of the south gate and prepared to run towards Raoyang. Liu Xiu inspected the people who followed him, but he was only short of that young man, Geng Yi, and he didn't know where he went. Everyone was anxious for him, but they couldn't wait for him, so they had to leave by themselves.

Liu Xiu heard that Xindu was too shou and refused to surrender to Wang Lang. So they braved the wind and snow and walked towards Sindu. The north wind blew their faces and hands with blood, and their feet were numb, and their toes seemed to be gone. When it was a difficult time, Wang Lang's soldiers and horses caught up. The crowd panicked and hurried to the Hutuo River, but there were no boats. Everyone panicked. Liu Xiu sent his general Wang Ba to take a look. Wang Ba galloped to the riverside, but saw the murmuring water, the cold wind hunting, and there was no boat in the east, west, north and south. If Wang Ba wants to die or live, he must cross it, so it is better to tell a lie and ask everyone to come to the river to make a plan. So he also said to Liu Xiu: "The river ice is just crossing quickly," and everyone was overjoyed when they heard the words and left. It is also strange to say that the ice is hard to wade in the face of the river, and the ice is dissolved when the river is immediately crossed to the other side. Wang Ba was secretly surprised, and he didn't have time to explain it for a while. When he arrived at Nangong, a gust of wind blew on his head, and the rain dripped with the wind, which made the public's clothes damp and cold. When they saw a vacant house by the wayside, they went in and took refuge. Deng Yu was busy lighting the fire, and Feng Yi was looking for something to eat. After a while, Liu Xiu dried everyone's clothes, and Feng Yi cooked some wheat rice. After a while, the wind and rain stopped, and the group hurriedly left. They walked more than 100 miles like refugees before they came to Sindu. At this time, the counties north of Zhao and west of Liaodong all responded to Wang Lang, and only Xindu was too shou Ren Guang and Cheng Taishou Pi Tong refused to surrender. They were very happy to hear that Liu Xiu had arrived, but Liu Xiu was too busy to take care of himself, how could he help them?

At this time, Pi Tong spoke, and he said: "Although Wang Lang, the fortune teller, although powerful, is a rabble. As long as Da Sima (Liu Xiu) ascends to the top and calls for the soldiers and horses of Xindu and Hecheng counties, he will definitely be able to defeat Wang Lang. If you don't work so hard, not only will all the Hebei area be cut off to Wang Lang, but I'm afraid that the people here won't want to leave your parents and wives to send you back. As soon as Liu Xiu heard this, he decided to stay and called on the neighboring counties to resist Wang Lang.