Chapter 14 2. Sweeping the North

To come out to hang out, you must not only have brains, but also ambition.After Geng Yan spoke to Liu Xiujin, he decided from the bottom of his heart that he would make this vast northern land a good base for spreading his wings to the sky. But the situation in the north is not optimistic.As Geng Yan said, after Wang Lang's death, the chaos in the north did not cease, but just began.After Wang Lang, several rebel groups emerged overnight.These groups, big and small, can't be counted with two palms. The total number of people is several million. These millions of disorderly people are like locusts pressing down on the earth, densely packed, wherever they go, they will surely rob, rape and kill, it is simply chaotic.Therefore, Liu Xiu believes that the most urgent task is not to proclaim the king and emperor, but to wipe out the disorderly people.

Before carrying out the mopping up operation, three people must be resolved.These three people are the prefects of Youzhou, the prefect of Shanggu County and the prefect of Yuyang County appointed by Liu Xuan.Obviously, they are the killers sent by Liu Xuan to restrain Liu Xiu.Because of this, when Liu Xiu recruited them to sweep up the rioters, they ignored them.They ignored it, and other counties and counties were also watching, and their work was quite passive. Liu Xiu called two people in front of him, one was Geng Yan and the other was Wu Han. Wu Han, whose name is Ziyan, is from Nanyang Wan, a poor man.Although Wu Han is poor, he is kind and doesn't talk much. He is a typical person who just does things but doesn't talk.

Although he is poor, he has a lot of ambition. Wu Han went to work in the government department very early, and became the pavilion chief first.At the end of Wang Mang's period, he fled to Yuyang County because his guests were implicated in breaking the law. He made friends with local heroes and got along well.Soon, he was discovered by Bole and recommended to Peng Chong, the prefect of Yuyang County, to become the county magistrate. Like Geng Yan, Wu Han is also one of Liu Xiu's fans.Before, even though he had never met Liu Xiu, he had admired his name for a long time, and his heart had gone with it.At that time, when Wang Lang was chasing and killing Liu Xiu, Wu Han took the initiative to persuade Peng Chong, the prefect of Yuyang County, to send troops to attack Wang Lang.Heaven fulfilled people's wishes, and after the two armies joined forces, Wu Han became a general under Liu Xiu.

When the two arrived, Liu Xiu told Wu Han that you should deal with Youzhou State Mu; then he said to Geng Yan, Shanggu County originally belonged to your father, now you go and take it back, and take Yuyang County back by the way . Wu Han set off with only twenty riders.Not long after, Wu Han sent word back that the governor of Youzhou had been arrested and beheaded on the spot; then Geng Yan also sent word back that the prefects of Yuyang County and Shanggu County were both beheaded.Better news is yet to come.After Liu Xiu killed three people, the leaders of all counties and counties were shocked.Then, letters flew in one after another, saying that they were willing to listen to Xiao Wang's orders.

As I said earlier, the number of rebel groups in the north can't be counted on two palms.The names must be listed, at least a long list, such as Bronze Horse, Gaohu, Zhonglian, Daqiang, Youlai and other groups.Among this string of names, the first thing Liu Xiu had to deal with was the Bronze Horse Rebellion Group. The old lair of the Bronze Horse Rebellion was in Shan County (now east of Xinji City, Hebei Province).Liu Xiu led his troops from Handan, and after arriving in Qingyang (now Qinghe County, Hebei Province), they stagnated.He is not for anything else, but waiting for someone.This person is the aforementioned Wu Han.

Liu Xiu needed a cavalry unit very much, and he had already entrusted this glorious task to the honest and kind Wu Han.One of the reasons why he sent Wu Han to take Youzhou Shepherd was to ask him to recruit local cavalry to go south to Qingyang to join him. Liu Xiu had no time to wait.Soon, Wu Han led his army to arrive, and the mopping up operation began. When Liu Xiu and Wu Han joined forces, the bronze horse soldiers began clamoring for a challenge.However, Liu Xiu camped out, let them shout outside the camp every day, but did not fight.No one understood what tricks Liu Xiu was playing.

After a month, everyone understood. It turned out that Liu Xiu secretly sent troops to cut off the food supply of the bronze horse soldiers.The Bronze Horse Rebellion Group had run out of food, and the morale of the army began to shake.At this time, someone noticed that Liu Xiu had moved. Liu Xiu decided to attack the enemy at night.Fighting depends on strength. The Bronze Horse Rebels and a group of hungry people couldn't stand Liu Xiu's attack and surrendered immediately. However, when Liu Xiu was preparing to hold the surrender ceremony, he found that there were rioters going north to make trouble.These two groups of rebels are Gaohu and Chongbian Rebels.Liu Xiu sent troops to chase and kill him, and chased him to Puyang Mountain (now west of Mancheng County, Hebei Province). After a little horse riding and attacking, all the people raised their hands and surrendered.

Liu Xiu took over the three major rebel groups, installed leaders and counted the number of people. There are hundreds of thousands of troops in total.In fact, rioting groups like Bronze Horse and Gaohu are not terrible.These are all made up of groups of hungry people who can't survive and come out collectively to grab food.They have a team, but they don't have a strict organization, let alone a lofty ideal of fighting for the world. Therefore, it is not scary to have too many people. What is scary is that with organization, there are ideals.Among these chaotic groups, the most organized and ideal group is the lingering Red Eyebrow Group.This was what worried Liu Xiu the most.

However, Liu Xiu immediately discovered that the Red Eyebrow Group ignored him at all, but went straight to one person as a group.It's no secret that the person the Red Eyebrow Group is going to fight is Liu Xuan who is high above Chang'an City. The important information that Chimei attacked Chang'an almost made Liu Xiu jump for joy.Time, what he needs most is time.Now, Chimei transferred his troops to Chang'an, so that he in the north would have enough time to grow his strength. What a godsend. Including Liu Xiu, among all the rebel groups in the world, the oldest and most desperate is none other than the Red Eyebrow Group.Over the years, although the Red Eyebrow Group has experienced setbacks, hunting, and starvation, they have never given up their dream of rebellion.

They rebelled at first, perhaps in order to have a bite to eat and survive.However, after years of war, they concluded that if they want to eat well, wear well, marry a wife, live in a good house, and ride a good horse, they must be self-reliant and work hard.Waiting, relying, and taking are behaviors that will never be fruitful. The main leader of Chimei is named Fan Chong.The reason why he led the army to attack Liu Xuan was not only that Liu Xuan was too fat, but also that there was a feud between the two of them. The situation is like this, at the beginning, after Liu Xuan became the emperor, he sent people to buy Chimei.At that time, Fan Chong, the leader of Chimei, believed that Wang Mang made the poor unable to live, and the poor beat him.Now that Liu Xuan, the representative of the poor, has become the boss of the rebel company, it is better to let him also take a stake in the broken company of Han Dynasty to make it bigger and stronger.

But what I didn't expect was that Liu Xuan didn't pay much attention to Fan Chong at all, and he didn't get any high-ranking officials, let alone any shares.Ever since, Fan Chong led his brothers to escape and returned to his own company to rebel. This time, Chimei led the army to the west to tell Liu Xuan with his strength that there is no eternal strong or eternal weak in the world.What you were reluctant to give to me, today I not only want to return my share, but also take yours with me. The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole follows behind.Fan Chong didn't know that when he was marching westward in an arrogant manner, Liu Xiu, a big squirrel, was watching his every move. Liu Xiu believed that Chimei's expedition to the west would definitely swallow Liu Xuan.Therefore, when Chimei attacked Chang'an City, he had to rush forward to grab a piece of fat.The fatty meat he likes is Hanzhong.He had already thought about it, and the task of attacking Hanzhong was given to Deng Yu. Therefore, Liu Xiu worshiped Deng Yu as a former general, led 20,000 elite soldiers, and prepared to go west to Hangu Pass to wait for the opportunity. Then, Liu Xiu turned his head to Luoyang.In addition to Chang'an, Liu Xuan also laid a net in Luoyang City.There are 300,000 garrisons alone, and its generals are mainly Li Yi and Zhu Tuan. As mentioned earlier, these two men were the killers who murdered Liu. Liu Xiu summoned Deng Yu and asked, "Hanoi County has a dangerous terrain and rich resources. I am going to send a general here to take care of it. Who do you think is suitable?" Deng Yu said: "If you want to govern the country and control the people, you must have Kou Xun. Kou Xun has both civil and military skills, and no one is more suitable than him." Liu Xiu nodded.He summoned Kou Xun and worshiped him as the prefect of Hanoi County, and he was a general in the military. Liu Xiuyu said to Kou Xun earnestly: "In the past, Han Gaozu handed over Guanzhong to Xiao He; now, I hand over Hanoi County to you. There are two tasks: to do Xiao He's affairs, to ensure the logistics supply of the troops, and to keep the supply of food and soldiers. It is the first; blocking the enemy crossing the river and preventing them from crossing the Yellow River north is the second." After sending Kou Xun away, Liu Xiu summoned Feng Yi again and said, "I call you General Mengjin, who will command the troops of Hanoi County in Wei County and deploy defenses along the north bank of the Yellow River. I asked you to do all this to keep an eye on Luoyang." After speaking, Liu Xiu sent Deng Yu, Kou Xun, and Feng Yi off on their way respectively.He continued to stay, and his task was to continue to sweep up the chaos in the north. Liu Xiu continued to advance northward, and the next thing he wanted to wipe out were Youlai, Daqiang and other rebel groups.He started his attack from Yuanshi (now Yuanshi County, Hebei Province), chased the rebels all the way to Beiping (now Mancheng County, Hebei Province), and then chased them to the north bank of Xushui River, and killed the rebels until the whole city screamed and screamed. No, call my mother not to come. Liu Xiu was very proud, and continued to sweep in depth.However, he never thought that he drove the rebels crazy, and the rebels came from nowhere to counterattack collectively and defeated Liu Xiu. It was too late for Liu Xiu to withdraw, so she just ran away.The rebels have gone crazy, chasing and killing Liu Xiu as if they were chasing pigs in New Year's Eve.As we all know, Liu Xiu's escape technique is top-notch.But this time, he couldn't run away, and was forced up a cliff. Liu Xiu was really in a hurry. He recalled the scene when he was hunted down by Wang Langbing.When he looked around in a daze and didn't know where he was going, it was an old man in white clothes on the side of the road who pointed him out, and he entered Xindu City to find his comrades.Now, on the cliff, how much he longed for a master to come suddenly, the white shadow flickered, picked him up, and floated down the cliff. At this time, the pursuers were getting closer and closer.The sky does not help itself, only depends on oneself.Ever since, Liu Xiu closed her eyes and jumped off the cliff. To be precise, this is not a cliff, but a high bank, and people can still jump if they are pushed.As soon as Liu Xiu jumped off, a brave soldier ran towards him on horseback, jumped off his mount, and helped Liu Xiu get on the horse.Liu Xiu patted the soldier on the shoulder, not knowing what to say. After the rebels defeated Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu's troops also fled all the way. When they ran into Fanyang City (now Dingxing County, Hebei Province), they couldn't help but stop to catch their breath.At this time, they suddenly discovered that their leader Liu Xiu had disappeared. No one knows whether Liu Xiu is dead or alive.As a result, the army was panicked, and pessimism filled the air like a thick fog. Just when the dragons had no leader, Wu Han came out to speak.He shouted to the soldiers: "Everyone, don't panic. Even if King Xiao is gone, Brother Xiao's son is still in Nanyang, and he will be our supreme leader at that time." Wu Han wanted to use words to bluff people, but it was useless at all.Everyone is like a flock of sheep being chased by wolves, still in a kind of inexplicable fear.However, when they were living like a year, Liu Xiu fled back. At that time, after Liu Xiu jumped on the horse, the rebels chased after him.In an emergency, after Geng Yan made a decision, he fired a large number of arrows to drive back the rebels, and finally escaped without any danger.However, Liu Xiu, who returned in embarrassment, discovered that the Youlai Rebellion Group did not take advantage of the victory to chase after it, but retreated desperately overnight. Seeing this, he immediately turned from worry to joy, and smiled triumphantly. It turned out that the soldiers were chasing him anxiously, but in fact they were terribly afraid of Liu Xiu.Since he dare not chase, then I will continue to chase.Liu Xiu reorganized the army and led the army to chase and kill the rebels again.Seeing that Liu Xiu was chasing him again, the rebel soldiers ran while fighting, and ran into Yuyang County in one breath. At this time, someone told Liu Xiu, let's stop fighting, the rebels are almost finished. When Liu Xiu heard this, she was puzzled.Looking back, it turned out that the person who spoke was Chen Jun, the strong crossbow general. Chen Jun, courtesy name Zizhao, was born in Xi'e, Nanyang.He told Liu Xiu like this: I found out that You Lai and other rebel groups did not bring food when they fought.Wherever they go, they grab it.Now, they should have almost grabbed the things in Yuyang County. If they can't grab anything, they must go out of the city and continue running.If we want to destroy them, we don't need to chase them at all. We just need to send an army to bypass them and run to the front to inform the counties and counties to strengthen the wall and clear the country.At that time, they will not be able to grab food, run away, let alone fight. They have only one result, and that is the collapse of the ego. High.Liu Xiu was so happy that his brows were about to jump up. He asked Chen Jun to lead the army to run ahead of the rebels, and ordered the counties and counties to stand firm and not to fight. Sure enough, the rebels ran out of the city after eating all the food in Yuyang County. Every time they ran, the people had already closed the city, and they couldn't go into the city to grab things.So they had to run forward again, but luckily, no city welcomed them. The rebels couldn't hold on anymore, and the more they fled, the fewer people there were.The ending is just as A Jun said, You Lai and other rebellion groups have almost collapsed.