Just like the passage in the time-travel novel, when the protagonist endures the humiliation and burden and just wants to live an ordinary life, the villain always comes to make trouble and has to destroy the protagonist's king. The domineering spirit cannot be aroused. As the protagonist among protagonists, Liu Xiu is no exception. Just when he was living a happy life, the Xinye police found him through the identity verification system and the migrant registration system, and arrested him for not having a temporary residence permit and sent him to jail for several days. Of course, the Liu family had status after all. Liu Xiu himself was also a Taipei student and had classmates, relatives and friends all over the country, so he was released from prison not long after. We don’t know whether Liu Xiu felt that he had lost face in front of the goddess, or that he had lost his soap in prison. In short, after being released from prison, Liu Xiu was no longer the kind and law-abiding young man he used to be. Instead, he was successfully transformed by the prison melting pot. Desperado.
This is such a shame and humiliation, I can’t bear it! Whoever does not rebel is a grandson! "I have been thinking about it for a long time, and the change of heaven has come true, so I am selling crossbows." After Liu Xiu was released from prison, he and his eldest brother Liu Yan gathered their subordinates to rebel!
In that era, it was important to have brothers go into battle, and the eldest brother Liu Yan had made friends with many heroes over the years, and was definitely a more domineering figure. Therefore, the army was led by Liu Yan, and the Liu family of Nanyang Relatives, friends and city heroes joined in. There weren't many people there, and since they were all relatives, there were people of all ages and families. The equipment was also very poor. Apart from some necessary weapons, he didn't even have horses. Liu Xiu often gave away the horses he grabbed to others, so for a long time, his mounts were all cows...
The most difficult period was at the beginning of the formation of the army. Li Tong and his son, who had planned the army together, leaked the secret and were killed. Just when people were panicking, Liu Xiu deliberately wore a suit of armor and walked on the street. After everyone saw it, they all commented, "Even an honest man like Liu Xiu is ready, but we are still afraid of a bird." So people's hearts became stable. Brother Liu Xiu also took the lead in every battle, charging at the front, so the army became stronger and stronger. It was a time when the world was in chaos and heroes from all over the country revolted one after another. In order to protect themselves more effectively and expand their momentum, brothers Liu Yan and Liu Xiu led their troops to join the Green Forest Army (the largest rebel force at the time), and soon became one of the important forces in the Green Forest Army.
As the Green Forest Army conquered the north and south and became stronger and stronger, the senior officials of the Green Forest Army decided to elect a Han clan clan member to be the emperor so that they could fight Wang Mang in the name of righteousness. Many people are optimistic about Liu Yan, thinking that he has a good reputation, loyalty and can be a good leader. But more people were afraid that Liu Yan would be unable to control him after he became emperor, so they supported Liu Xuan, a man with a weak and easy-to-control personality, to the throne, who was known as the Gengshi Emperor in history.
When Liu Yan, Liu Xiu and other Nanyang disciples heard this result, they were very unhappy. However, the other party was much more powerful in the Green Forest Alliance and everyone had the same goal, so I had to admit it. In order to balance the situation, Emperor Gengshi appointed Liu Yan as Da Situ, which can be regarded as a small sweet date. The restoration of the Han Dynasty shocked Wang Mang greatly, so Wang Mang gathered more than 400,000 elite soldiers, known to the outside world as one million, to prepare to completely wipe out this dangerous new regime.
Millions of royal troops came, frightening the Green Forest Army. How can a group of disorganized peasants be armed with much different equipment, even greater differences in numbers, and almost no supplies? How can they fight the regular army? So at that moment, some senior officials suggested that everyone should just disperse and go back to their respective homes to find their respective mothers. Maybe Master Wang won’t be able to find us after we break it down into pieces, right?
There is a large army outside and there are teammates inside who are like pigs. What should I do? At this moment, Liu Xiu thought of Marshal Yang Wen-li, of Taizu on the Long March, and of the thousands of protagonists who turned defeat into victory.
It seemed as if there was a voice urging in his ear: "Stand up, this is the stage of destiny, you will surely make your wishes come true!"
So, the little general Liu Xiu stood bravely out. He first persuaded the 8,000 Kunyang garrison to stick to the isolated city and wait for reinforcements. Then he personally led 13 people to go out of the city to mobilize reinforcements when the enemy besieged the city. He finally summoned more than 10,000 reinforcements. But after all, the ratio of troops is 400,000 to 20,000. What should we do?
Don’t worry, classmate Liu Xiu, the Plane Management Bureau has unanimously decided after discussion at the meeting that it is time to trick you...
It is recorded in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty @光武本记, just when hundreds of thousands of troops were complacent and ready to besiege the city for reinforcements, "meteors fell into the camp at night, and clouds were like broken mountains during the day. They fell when the camp was in place, and scattered less than the ground level. The officials and soldiers were tired of lying down." First, he used the meteorite summoning technique, and during the day, he saw what seemed like a huge mushroom cloud pressing down from the sky. The morale of Wang Mang's army suddenly bottomed out. At this time, Liu Xiu led the reinforcements to attack and "ran with great force and beheaded dozens of people." Such bravery shocked the friends! Everyone said, "General Liu has always been timid when he saw small enemies, but now he is brave when he sees big enemies. It's strange. Before he comes back, please help General!" I remember that General Liu is usually very timid, but today he is so fierce! What medicine did you take! Everyone, follow up and risk your life with the general!
Under such an unbelievable performance, an army of only ten thousand people took the initiative to attack the camp of hundreds of thousands of people, and actually won consecutive battles and killed thousands of people. Liu Xiu made another effort and led three thousand death squads to launch an assault on the Chinese army through the water. At this time, there was a strong wind and rain, and the tree trunks and roof tiles were blown away. Liu Xiu led the army and drove straight in, killing the enemy's deputy general Wang Xun on the spot. Wang Mang's army was completely defeated, and tens of thousands of people jumped into the river and drowned in panic.
After the Battle of Kunyang, the military foundation of Wang Mang's new dynasty was completely destroyed, and Liu Xiu, the partial general, became famous all over the world. The little brother who used to hide behind his eldest brother Liu Yan suddenly became a rising star. Three months later, the Green Forest Army invaded Chang'an, and Wang Mang died in the rebellion. (One more thing, after Wang Mang's death, his tongue was cut out by the mob, and his head was kept as a trophy by the later royal family. It was destroyed in a fire more than 200 years later. Among all the emperors in China, only Wang Mang suffered such a strange treatment. The reason for this is unknown...)
Just as Liu Xiu was taking advantage of the power of victory and continued to attack the city, a piece of bad news came: his eldest brother Liu Yan was killed by Emperor Gengshi.
This ending is actually inevitable. Liu Yan himself was the kind of hero who showed his sharpness and was supported by others. He was also the leader of the Nanyang faction and a member of the Han Dynasty. In theory, he was more suitable to sit on the throne than Emperor Gengshi. Moreover, after Liu Xiu's victory in Kunyang, the Nanyang faction will become fully fledged and will be difficult to check and balance. For his own crown and head, Emperor Gengshi killed Liu Yan first on the pretext that one of Liu Yan's subordinates intended to rebel.
At this time, Liu Xiu was in a dilemma. Should we simply raise an army and rebel with Emperor Gengshi, or should we survive in danger? Liu Xiu chose the latter. He immediately put down his military power on the front line and returned alone to apologize to Emperor Gengshi in person. He showed his low-key and humble nature for many years. Apart from apologizing, he stayed behind closed doors and did not come into contact with anyone else. He did not even mention the record of the Kunyang War. When Emperor Gengshi saw Liu Xiu being so low-key, he couldn't help but feel very ashamed - the Liu brothers had already made great contributions, and now they killed their eldest brother on an unfounded charge. Is it really necessary to eradicate the problem and kill Liu Xiu together? In fact, the senior officials of the old Green Forest Army recommended that he be killed cleanly. However, due to the face of Emperor Gengshi and the influence of God, Liu Xiu not only escaped the disaster of death, but was also named Marquis of Wu Xin for his merits. From another cruel perspective, Liu Yan's murder eliminated the two biggest obstacles for Liu Xiu to reach the peak of power: family ties and righteousness. If Liu Yan had not died, Liu Xiu would not have surpassed his eldest brother and proclaimed himself emperor. At best, he would have been a general and prince. If Emperor Gengshi did not make a righteous mistake, overthrowing Emperor Gengshi would be unjust and unjust, and he would inevitably be called a traitor. Now, everything is ready, and young Liu Xiu will step onto a stage called Tianxia, ??which is bigger than Kunyang.
Although there were ups and downs in life, Liu Xiu still got the most precious treasure in his life - he finally married Yin Lihua. At this time, Liu Xiu was 28 years old and Yin Lihua was 19 years old. A pair of young people in troubled times get their wish and grow old together.