Volume 2 The Pride of the Green Forest Chapter 21 Wang Mang usurped the Han Green Forest

At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, the royal Liu family was weak, and the government was controlled by the Queen Mother Wang Zhengjun, who had a nephew named Wang Mang.

Wang Mang learned unparalleled since he was a child, and later served as the great Sima of the Han Dynasty, Taifu and other positions, during which he wantonly collected people's hearts and was called the reincarnation of a saint by the world.

Unexpectedly, Wang Mang, who leaned towards the government and the opposition, could not suppress his ambitions, and he finally replaced the Han family and established a new dynasty.

After Wang Mang became the emperor, he tried to achieve his concept of governing the country and securing the world through the Zhou ritual system of the retro Western Zhou Dynasty, so he began to implement new policies in imitation of the system of the Zhou Dynasty, including the "Wang Tian System", "New Currency System", "Nationalization of Resources", etc., known as "Wang Mang's reform" in history.

However, due to the fact that these policies only seek to be retro in name, many of them are contrary to the actual situation, and the means and methods are not good when they are implemented, after being fiercely opposed, Wang Mang has forced them through strict punishment and strict laws, so that countless princes, ministers, and even civilians have been punished for serious crimes for violating the law, and social turmoil and resentment among the subjects.

One year, a great drought and locust plague occurred in the south one after another, causing famine and starvation, and people flocked to the swamps in droves, digging water chestnuts to satisfy their hunger, and robbing each other.

Xinshi people Wang Kuang and Wang Feng commented on the dispute for them, and gradually established their prestige, and were elected as "Qu Shuai" by the hungry people, and after having hundreds of people, the team continued to grow and develop, and in a few months it grew to seven or eight thousand people, and they were all hidden in the green forest mountains in the early days, and were called the Green Forest Army.

At that time, the two brothers Liu Yan and Liu Xiu, who were in Nanyang County, saw that Wang Mang had no way and the Green Forest Army was gaining momentum, so they also mobilized seven or eight thousand people to raise troops in Chungling Township, Nanyang County.

They joined forces with the Green Forest Army, and their momentum continued to grow, and the prestige of Liu Yan and Liu Xiu also grew......

The ranks of the Green Forest Army gradually grew, and later Liu Yan and Liu Xiu's brother Liu Xuan supported the emperor, and the beginning of the Jianyuan Dynasty, this Liu Xuan was the first emperor.

After the first emperor Liu Xuan ascended the throne, he worshiped Wang Kuang and Wang Feng as the princes, named Liu Yan as the great Situ, and Liu Xiu as the general of Taichang, and the power of the Green Forest Army was at its peak for a while......

On this day, on a stretch of official road, all the way to the north, the leader of a general, about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, with a beautiful face and two eyes, although it seems to be weak, but it makes people feel not angry and arrogant.

It was almost noon, and the general asked, "Where are we now?"

Someone next to him had already replied: "Report to the general, we will soon arrive at Yangguan City, Yingchuan County." ”

The general said, "Okay, let's go to the woods in front, eat some food, rest, and then move forward!"

The subordinates made a promise, and ordered everyone to rest in the woods in front of them, and then set off in the afternoon!

So when they arrived at the woods, their subordinates took off their armor and put down their baggage, because after a long journey for half a day, everyone ate dry food, and they all leaned on the trunk of the tree to squint and rest.

After about half an hour's effort, suddenly everyone heard the noisy sound of horses' hooves from the north, and a sentry hurriedly came to report: "General, it's not good, there is a large group of men and horses coming towards us in front!"

The general was already asleep, and when he heard the news, his eyes immediately opened: "It's good to come, we have been fighting with the enemy army in Yuncheng and Dingling since we came all the way, and we haven't encountered any obstacles, so we will fight with them here today!"

The general continued: "Everyone listen to my orders, all men are on alert, we all go to the hillside in front, condescendingly, and kill him!"

When all the soldiers heard this, they were all in high spirits: "Get the order!"

Therefore, all the soldiers did as ordered, and everything was deployed as soon as possible.

After a while, I saw a team of people in front of me, and they were already rushing over.

The general saw from afar, that there were three or five hundred people in that group, led by a long-haired general, and there were two young generals next to him to escort them.

The general said aloud, "Who is coming?"

The young general next to the general of the other party replied loudly: "I went to the Great Situ Wang Xun today to know that you Liu Xiu came here to die, and I specially led me to wait to get your head!"

Yes, this team of people here is the soldiers of Liu Xiu, the general of the Green Forest Army.

The general with a handsome face is none other than Liu Xiu, a native of Nanyang!

Liu Xiu could understand from the top of the mountain, it turned out that Da Situ Wang Xun was originally stationed in Yingchuan County, and now he clearly wanted to take advantage of Liu Xiu's march to come over and be caught off guard.

Liu Xiu said loudly: "My Green Forest Army has always been not afraid of life and death, just to crusade against Wang Mang's rebels, you can come, we just won a lot of your military horses in Yuncheng and Dingling, and now we meet on a narrow road, let us fight here!"

The soldiers under Liu Xiu also shouted together, and suddenly the sound was shocking!

So, without further ado, Wang Xun waved his big hand, and the sergeant behind him rushed towards the green forest army on the hillside like a tide.

Ancient and modern battlefields, mostly tragic, the battle between the two sides, with the courage and fighting spirit of the soldiers, now, the two sides of the bloody and strong men and horses fight, is the flesh and blood flying, Liu Xiu's department relied on the terrain, threw down countless boulders, first smashed Wang Xun's men and horses a lot of heads to break the blood, not long after, has Wang Xun's men and horses scattered in all directions. At this time, Liu Xiu shouted loudly: "Soldiers, rush down together, kill them without leaving a piece of armor ......"

I saw that the general Liu Xiu, who took the lead, with green armor and red robes, rushed down from top to bottom on the hillside, very mighty, and his subordinate soldiers were also united in hatred of the enemy, heroic and extraordinary, surging down like a tide.

Wang Xun's men and horses first scattered countless boulders, and then when they couldn't hold together, they saw the green forest soldiers all over the mountains, and they lost their general morale when they landed, and when Liu Xiu's sergeants came to meet them, they couldn't withstand several fights and were defeated one after another.

Liu Xiu led the soldiers to chase and fight, and saw that Wang Xun's army was about to be defeated......

At this moment, suddenly the roar of a group of wild beasts seemed to be heard in the col, and it was getting closer and closer......

Liu Xiu's heart tightened, not good, this is Wang Xun's backhand, he hurriedly shouted: "The situation is not good, everyone retreat to the top of the hill first!"

The Wang Xun over there smiled sinisterly, and said to his subordinates: "Haha, our big guy is here!!"

Looking at the north side of the road now, the whole ground seems to be shaking, and a huge humanoid silhouette slowly appears!

Liu Xiu saw from a distance that the huge thing slowly became clear, it was actually a huge human shape, the shape was nearly three meters high, the waist circumference was more than ten girths, the body was like a huge stone, full of horizontal muscles, one arm was as thick as a tree trunk, and the legs seemed to be as thick as a pillar.

This seems to be a person, but this body is clearly a monster!

Wang Xun laughed: "Liu Xiu Xiao'er, let our giant and his friends greet you today!"

Liu Xiu raised his eyes and looked again, and behind the giant boss, there were thirty or forty fierce beasts following, including tigers, leopards, rhinoceros, and elephants, each of which was vicious and abnormal, with bright eyes and a roar that shook the sky, as if it was about to swallow everyone present......