When Liu Xiuyi heard that his younger brother was killed, he knew that his strength was no match for Xiandi, and immediately rushed to Wancheng (now Nanyang City, Henan Province) to apologize to Xiandi. Someone asked him about the battle of Kunyang, but he didn't take credit for it, saying it was all the soldiers. He dare not give it to his brother Dai Xiao. He ate and drank as usual, talking and laughing, and showed no sadness at all.
Emperor make a new start thought that Liu Xiu didn't remember his hostility, but he felt a little guilty. He worshipped as a general who broke Lu, but he dared not reuse it after all. Later, Chang 'an fell and Wang Mang was killed. When Chiang Kai-shek arrived in Luoyang, he gave Liu Xiu a small number of soldiers and horses and asked him to go to Hebei to recruit counties in Hebei.
At this time, powerful families all over the country had weapons, some called themselves generals, some called themselves kings, and some called themselves emperors, each according to his own side. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Liu Xiu to Hebei, which just gave Liu Xiu an opportunity to expand his influence. He abolished some harsh laws and decrees in the period of Wang Mang, released some prisoners, wiped out some separatist forces and suppressed peasant insurgents from all walks of life in Hebei. Almost the whole of Hebei was occupied by Liu Xiu.
In 25 AD, the party thought the time was ripe and proclaimed themselves emperor in Iraq (now Baixiang County, Hebei Province). This is Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty.
The founder first established Luoyang as the capital and then moved to Chang 'an. When he arrived in Chang 'an, he thought his country had settled down and began to corrupt. He abused his official title, ignored political affairs, drank and had fun in the palace all day, and indulged his soldiers in robbery. It turns out that some outlaw hero generals are very dissatisfied with him.
Fan Chong, the leader of the Red Eyebrow Army, saw that the first emperor was dying, so he led 200,000 people to attack Chang 'an. Kai sai-jo sent troops to resist and suffered several failures in succession, so that he didn't know what to do. A general in the Greenwood Army advised Emperor Geng Xu to leave Chang 'an, but he was suspected by Emperor Geng Xu and was killed. There are also some uprising generals who defected to the Red Eyebrow Army. During the chaos of the First Emperor, the Red Eyebrow Army successfully entered Hangu Pass.
The Red Eyebrow Army decided to recreate the emperor, but they couldn't get rid of the influence of the orthodox ideas of the old nobles in the Han Dynasty. They decided to find Liu as the emperor. At that time, there were more than 70 * * * surnames of Liu in the Red Eyebrow Army, including a cowherd named Liu Penzi, who was 15 years old, and was said to be the closest to the royal lineage of the Western Han Dynasty, and made Liu Penzi emperor.
The Red Eyebrow Army marched straight into Chang 'an, and Xiandi fled outside the city. Fan Chong sent messengers to order the new emperor to surrender within 20 days. At first, the emperor had no choice but to surrender Chi Mei by decree.
The Red Eyebrow Army stormed into Chang 'an. However, rations for hundreds of thousands of soldiers are difficult. Rich businessmen and landlords took the opportunity to hoard food, and people starved to death every day in Chang 'an. In this way, the chaos in Chang' an can't be cleaned up.
Fan Chong left Chang 'an with his army and went into exile in the west. But food in other places is just as difficult; When I arrived in Tianshui (county name, now Gansu), I was stopped by the landlord there. Fan Chong had to come to the East with his army again.
Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty occupied Luoyang when the Red Eyebrow Army entered Chang 'an. As soon as they heard that the Red Eyebrow Army was going eastward, they led two hundred thousand troops to ambush there in two ways.
Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty sent general Feng Yi to Huayin to lead the Red Eyebrow soldiers eastward. Feng Yi lured a red eyebrow army to surround him at the foot of the mountain. He accepted the challenge and agreed on the time and place for the decisive battle with the Red Eyebrow Army. Honest Fan Chong didn't know the enemy's plan and sent more than 10,000 Red Eyebrow troops to attack. Feng Yixian sent several soldiers to resist the enemy. When the Red Eyebrow Army saw Han Serenade, the whole army attacked. I didn't expect an ambush from Feng Yi. He is dressed exactly like the Red Eyebrow Army. The two sides scuffled and couldn't tell who was the Red Eyebrow Army and who was the Han Army.
When the Red Eyebrow Army was in a dilemma, Han soldiers dressed as Red Eyebrow Army shouted "Surrender!" "surrender!" At the sight of so many people shouting surrender, the soldiers of the Red Eyebrow Army lost their minds. When the morale of the army was in chaos, the red eyebrow army handed over its weapons.
In October 65438+27 AD, Fan Chong arrived in Yiyang (now Yiyang County, Henan Province) with the remaining Red Eyebrow Army. Feng Yi quickly sent someone to report to Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty. Emperor Guangwu of Han personally led two pre-arranged troops to intercept and besiege the Red Eyebrow Army. At this point, Fan Chong had to send someone to make peace with Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty.
Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty took Liu Pengzi and them back to Luoyang, gave them fields and houses, and let them stay in Luoyang. But within a few months, he was accused of treason and killed Fan Chong.