Chapter 75 Chapter 73 Goodbye Green Forest

"This situation is really nerve-wracking..." Fan Chong cried bitterly. The number of the Red Eyebrow Army has swelled to 300,000. Before that, the organization was very simple, and there were only three classes in the army: "three elders", "engagers", and "soldiers".As for the rules, there is only one: - The murderer shall be punished with death.Those who injure others shall be punished in the same manner according to the extent of the injury. Since the commander-in-chief Fan Chong himself is illiterate, this group usually does not use any documents.

But after becoming a 300,000 large group, it can no longer operate in the way it used to be.Fan Chong then used 10,000 people as a battalion, organized 30 battalions, and made Xu Xuan, Feng An, Xie Lu and others as senior staff, and asked them to be in charge of battalion discipline.These people who are euphemistically called intellectuals are actually only slightly literate.Among them, Xu Xuanlue has the knowledge of Yi Xue, and people like him are already the most advanced intellectuals. Although the Red Eyebrow Army began to use documents later, they still couldn't get rid of the color of rioting peasants.

In contrast, the rebel army of the Green Forest Faction, which disintegrated due to the epidemic, was less violent and had a more conservative atmosphere because of the participation of local wealthy families. ——Wang Mang's regime has come to an end.He will step down soon. The nobles who were quietly watching the situation in the central government began to have such a view.They really want to overthrow Wang Mang and establish a new regime to establish a new order, but they have no force. --right!Cooperating with the ready-made Rebel Legion is a shortcut! They're starting to notice the rebels.Compared with organizing a rebel army, it is much more convenient to use a ready-made rebel army.The local wealthy families who used to stand on the side of the power system are not good at organizing rebels.However, they are very good at shouting slogans.

——Down with the usurper Wang Mang!Revive the Han royal family! Soon, such slogans came out of the Green Forest Army. Because the idealist Wang Mang adopted heavy tax measures, the tax items became more and more numerous, so people lived a life of misery. They were thinking about the old days. When they heard the slogan of Xinghan at this time, of course they immediately expressed their approval. The rebel army, who were destroying everywhere in order to grab food and food, suddenly changed their posture and shouted the slogan of Xinghan in unison.The biggest difficulty for the rapidly expanding rebel army is the shortage of food and military expenses.The local wealthy families gave them assistance on this point, and because of this, there was a tendency of doves occupying magpies' nests.

Since the revival of the Han royal family is the slogan, it is necessary to find a royal family and use it as the emperor.There are so many royal families in the Han royal family that lasted for more than two hundred years.The Qing Dynasty lasted for more than 260 years. It is said that by the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were more than 20,000 "clans" who were blood related to the royal family.In the red eyebrow army, there are more than 70 people who are related to the royal family.Similarly, there are quite a few in the Green Forest Army. Many people joined the rebel army with their own ghosts.If you want to support someone as emperor, it is ideal to use someone who lacks autonomy.In other words, this person can only be a puppet.

They then promoted Liu Xuan, who was known as General Gengshi in the Pinglin Army of the Green Forest Department, as the emperor. This is Emperor Gengshi.He used Luoyang as his base. Wang Mang on the other side is in Chang'an, and he is also the emperor.It's just that the fate of Emperor Chang'an has come to an end - this is something anyone can tell. ——Everyone work together to defeat Wang Mang! Emperor Gengshi of Luoyang appealed to the world in this way. ——If you don’t invest quickly, you will not occupy a good position! As a result, countless people from all over the country rushed to join the rebel army.

——I will negotiate with them.I have so many subordinates, they must promise me many positions. Fan Chongsui, the commander-in-chief of the Red Eyebrow Army, came to Luoyang nonchalantly.He is a man with an army of 300,000, and the leaders on Emperor Gengshi's side are of course eager to get this army.But what they are worried about is that after renting out the wing room, even the main room will be occupied.The wealthy family around Emperor Gengshi was the one who occupied the main house of the Green Forest Army.Therefore, they first put Fan Chong under house arrest. "Damn it! How dare you do this to me!"

Fan Chong stomped his feet angrily. Fortunately, Emperor Gengshi's camp was busy preparing to attack Chang'an, and Fan Chong took the opportunity to escape. "Damn it! What kind of emperor is that! There are many emperors like Gengshi Emperor Liu Xuan in our red-browed army! Good! Let me set up a real emperor for you to see!" Fan Chong regretted that he had ever wanted to seek refuge with Emperor Gengshi, so he decided to rely on himself. There are more than 70 royal families in his camp, among which the three sons of Yi Shihou are the closest to the royal family.Which of the three should be the emperor?Anyway, it's a puppet, and it doesn't matter who it is, but things have to be settled.

"Okay, let's draw lots to decide!" It's a child's play to decide such a thing by lottery, but this is the style of the Red Eyebrow Army, right? As a result of the lottery, it was decided that the last brother Liu Penzi would be the emperor.The two older brothers were educated to some extent, but he, the last son, was already in decline when he was a little sensible, so he had no education at all.His job in the Red Eyebrow Army was to shepherd sheep, and he worked with the flock all day long. Not only was he unkempt, but he was also dressed in rags. When they saw that he had drawn the emperor's lottery, everyone immediately knelt down on the spot.Seeing this, Liu Penzi cried out in fright: "I don't want it!"

But no matter how much you cry, you still have to be the emperor.After freshening up, he was forced to put on a yellow robe. The leaders of the Red Eyebrow Army, such as Fan Chong and Xu Xuan, now have the consciousness of "taking over the world".So they marched westward. The Red Eyebrow Army is a peasant army.When they arrived in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, the leaders realized that if they stayed there, many people might leave the team.Those who joined the Red Eyebrow Army because they had no food were originally farmers, and farmers are not easy to get rid of their sense of belonging to the land. They just want to go back to their hometown.But from the standpoint of the leader of the Red Eyebrow Army who is eager to win the world, the strength of the troops at this time is very important, and there must be no less soldiers.In order to prevent people from leaving the team, the best way is to continue to move westward quickly, so that they are far away, so that they have no choice but to go back to their hometown.

In addition, in order to tie their hearts, it is necessary to publicize the benefits of this western expedition. ——When you arrive in Chang'an, you can have as much gold, silver and treasure as you want! Fan Chong comforted the soldiers with these words. In fact, Chang'an already had the Green Forest Army of Emperor Gengshi, and overthrew Wang Mang's regime. There must be a description of Wang Mang's demise here.Wang Mang, who was attacked by the Gengshi Emperor's army, can be said to be his own fault. When the rebel army was rising and the world was in turmoil, Wang Mang was doing a whimsical thing-openly recruiting queens from the world.He was widowed the year before last, and according to himself, the public recruitment of queens was a system of the Holy Zhou Dynasty. As a result, the daughter of a man named Shi Chen was elected queen. Wang Mang, 68, dyed his hair black and held a candle ceremony. Just as the imperial court had three princes, nine ministers, twenty-seven officials, and eighty-one officials under the emperor, Wang Mang also placed three wives, nine concubines, twenty-seven wives, and eighty-one royal wives in the harem.This is all based on the weekly system. And the world situation is like a candle in the wind. The army of Emperor Gengshi, who had already ascended the throne, was preparing to attack Chang'an from the east and south. Wang Mang sent millions of troops to attack.The so-called millions of troops are actually only about 400,000.Da Sikong Wang Yi and Situ Wangxun jointly commanded this group of troops. When they heard the news of the massive attack by the government forces, the generals of the Gengshi Army were inevitably shaken. Liu Xiu, who served as a partial general under Emperor Gengshi, was also a member of the royal family, and joined the Green Forest Rebel Army with his elder brother Liu Yan.Both brothers were men with great leadership skills, but they were disadvantaged because of it.Because they belonged to the royal family, they naturally also became candidates for the emperor. As a result, Liu Xuan was supported as Emperor Gengshi. Liu Xuan is not a man of talent, the reason why he was chosen as emperor is to be easy to manipulate.Not so with Liu Yan.Although his younger brother Liu Xiu is too cautious, he is also a very good person.It is no easy task to manipulate the brothers.This is the reason why the generals respect them at a distance. After receiving the news that the government army was about to attack, Liu Xiu entered Kunyang City.His troops were less than 10,000, while the government troops besieging the city numbered hundreds of thousands. Liu Xiu led the thirteen cavalry and slipped out quietly through the south gate.His purpose in doing so was to recruit soldiers outside the city to rescue the besieged Kunyang City. Liu Xiu, whose style name is Uncle Wen, is the ninth generation descendant of Gaozu Liu Bang, the descendant of Emperor Jing's son Changsha King Liu Fa.His father Liu Qin died when he was nine years old.Although there are many royal families like this, in terms of blood, he is closer to orthodox than Gengshi Emperor Liu Xuan. He was twenty-eight years old when he raised his army.He was a man of extreme caution, and because of his personality he was often mistaken for a coward. ——A prudent person like Liu Xiu resolutely raises his troops, which shows that Wang Mang has no hope. It is said that when they heard the news of his raising troops, people rushed to tell each other and joined his camp one after another. Liu Xiu, who slipped out of Kunyang City, recruited soldiers in nearby cities. ——Carefully arrived home. This is everyone's criticism of Liu Xiu.In fact, his essence is not like this.He is a person who dares to put all his eggs in one basket when he makes up his mind.Since there were no such opportunities in the past, people do not know this. He then took advantage of people's criticism of him in turn. When he led more than a thousand troops to attack the enemy's line first, the enemy's thinking was—— The timid Liu Xiu personally led the troops to attack, which shows that he is absolutely sure.It seems that there must be another ambush for this army with only a thousand soldiers? As a result, the enemy was overwhelmed by his aura before the contact war broke out. On the other hand, the thoughts of the members of the other camps of the own army are—— General Liu, who has always been cautious and cautious in everything he does, now stands in front of the commando formation in person.He must have a plan for reinforcements or ambush, so that he is so sure of victory! Encouraged by the soldiers, they scrambled towards the enemy. Under such circumstances, the enemy army was even more worried about ambushes or reinforcements, but they lost their fighting spirit before fighting and retreated hastily. Liu Xiu then used only two or three thousand troops to disrupt the government forces surrounding Kunyang City, and finally fought a decisive battle on the west bank of the city. At this time, the leaders of the besieging government forces had a conflict of opinion, so the 100,000 troops became vulnerable. ——It is best to ignore such small towns and attack the neighboring Wancheng as the best policy.Once Wancheng is captured, Kunyang City will naturally surrender. When the staff officer named Yan You made such a claim, Wang Yi objected—— Millions of troops failed to capture such a small city as Kunyang, can this still be demonstrated in the world!Kunyang should be slaughtered first, and then move on. At this time, Yan You quoted "Sun Tzu's Art of War" and made the following remarks—— Sun Tzu said: "Surrounding teachers must be lacking." We had better adopt this method. "The encirclement must be lacking" is the principle of war that must leave a way out for the enemy during the encirclement war.Knowing that the four sides are completely surrounded, the enemy will fight desperately, which will cause heavy losses to one's side.Leaving a way for the enemy to escape, the opponent will only focus on fleeing and cannot concentrate on fighting, which will be beneficial to oneself. ——The enemy soldiers who escaped from Kunyang will definitely flee into Wancheng.And the morale of an army that accommodates the remnants and defeated soldiers will inevitably be low.This is quite beneficial for us to attack Wancheng, so it is appropriate to leave a way for the enemy to survive. Based on this, Yan You repeatedly argued, but Wang Yi remained unmoved. The disagreement between the leaders will of course affect the generals under his command, so the whole army lacks consistency. Wang Yi and Wang Xun deliberately let their direct subordinates do meritorious service, and they were quite indifferent to collateral troops. When Liu Xiu entered the river's bank to challenge, Wang Yi and Wang Xun only led more than 10,000 troops directly under them, and strictly prohibited other troops from intervening. Under the inconceivable strength, Liu Xiujun exerted super strength.Although the number was only three thousand, they defeated Wang Yi and Wang Xun's troops. The nearly 100,000 Wang Mang army deployed near Kunyang City, because they were ordered not to intervene, they stood by and watched.They were usually discriminated against, and they even took pleasure in seeing Wang Yi and Wang Xun's troops defeated. Seeing the appearance of Wang Yi's army fighting hard, the guarding sergeant suddenly became elated.So they opened the city gate and went out to attack. Wang Yi's and Wang Xun's direct troops fought against Liu Xiu's army, and their defeat was already evident, while the rest of the army showed no intention of fighting at all—the city defenders rushed out at this time, and it can be said that it was the right time. God is also on the side of the rebel army at this time.Because at this moment there was a sudden thunderstorm and a strong wind.Such a change of nature gives the dominant person several times more strength, and makes the disadvantaged person even more frustrated. After Wang Mang's army was defeated, they scattered in all directions.According to legend, tens of thousands of them fell into the river and drowned. This battle can be said to have decided the fate of Wang Mang. Wang Yi fled to Luoyang.At this time, Luoyang was still in Wang Mang's hands.In order to defend Luoyang, Wang Mang sent Taishi Wang Kuang to lead his army out of the city to fight, and Emperor Gengshi attacked him with Wang Kuang, the "Shanggong of Dingguo" with the same name and surname. Fan Chong arrived in Luoyang after the fall of Luoyang.