In the battle of Kunyang, Qinglin rushed the enemy with red eyebrows.

At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, political corruption, economic depression and people's livelihood were difficult. Wang Mang, a consort, took advantage of this situation, played politics, seized power and established a new dynasty. However, after Wang Mang came to power, the practice of "revisiting old dreams and reforming the system" not only failed to improve the situation, but led to the intensification of class contradictions. When the people couldn't stand it, they rose up and rebelled against Xin Mang's rule by force. An uprising swept across the Yellow River and Jianghan area, and the Xin Mang Dynasty was in a state of rebellion and alienation. Among the many peasant uprising troops at that time, Qinglin and Chimei were the most powerful. They constantly attacked the forces of the new Mang militarily and gradually advanced to the areas ruled by the Mang people. Unwilling to quit the historical stage, the Xin Mang Dynasty tried its best to fight to the death, and the peasant uprising entered the final offensive stage. The battle of Kunyang is the product of this historical background. At the beginning of the fourth year of Xin Mang, the various parts of the chivalrous man marched eastward by the headstrong main force. The Central Plains was empty, so he sent his troops north and wiped out Zhen Fu, Wang Mang's Jingzhou soldiers and Liang Qiu's army in Xishui. Later, Yan You and Chen Mao's army were defeated in Gan Yang, and their strength rapidly developed to several hundred thousand people. Under the situation of victory, the peasant army began to sprout the demand of establishing political power, so in February, it elected Liu Xuan, a descendant of the Han Dynasty, as emperor, and resumed the Han system with the theme of "starting a new stove". The establishment of the regime of starting a new stove marked a new stage of peasant uprising, and Wang Mang became increasingly passive politically and militarily. After establishing political power in another way, the main force besieged the strategic location of Wancheng, moved northward and moved into Meng Chuan. In order to prevent follwed troops from going south and ensure the main force to take action, the new regime began to send Wang Feng, Wang Chang and others to command some troops. Taking advantage of the enemy Yan You and Chen Maojun's detention in Yingchuan County, they quickly captured Kunyang, Dingling and Jiaoxian, and besieged Wancheng with their main forces. This created favorable conditions for attacking Luoyang, joining forces with the Red Eyebrow Army, entering Chang 'an through Wuguan, and destroying Wang Mang's regime. Wang Mang's regime was very uneasy about the strategic direction of the peasant uprising army in the restart, and hastily changed its military deployment, shifting its main force from dealing with the Red Eyebrow Army to dealing with the restart army. In March, Wang Mang sent Wang and Stuart Wang Xun to Luoyang, recruited 420,000 elite soldiers from various counties, and set up a new army, claiming to be a million-strong army, in an attempt to fight a decisive battle with the peasant army with superior forces and win it in one fell swoop to protect Wancheng, Jingzhou, Chang 'an and Luoyang. In May, Wang Yi and Wang Xun led the troops out of Luoyang in the west and arrived in Yingchuan in the south, where they met with Yan _,. The Xuanhan government army formed by the mutineers found that the new government army was huge and panicked, and they retreated one after another, and finally retreated into Kunyang. At that time, there were only 89,000 insurgents sticking to Kunyang, and Liu Xiu, the Guangwu Emperor who was then a general of Taichang, commanded the operation. I'm afraid the general will catch them. I'm pale and worried that my wife and children will stay in the army. Everyone thinks it's better to go back to each city and spread the target. Liu Xiu strongly objected, saying, "We have few troops and little food, but the enemy is very strong. The only way is to fight together, and there is still the possibility of success. Once scattered, it is difficult to preserve. Now, we have no reinforcements. Once Kunyang is abandoned, our army will be wiped out in one day. I don't think we can be honest with each other, and we will never die. Qi Xin will work together to build a reputation. Instead, I only think about my wife and children and covet what little property I have.

Liu Xiu ordered Wang Feng, Wang Chang and Fazheng to stay in Kunyang. Liu Xiu went out of the city from the south gate overnight with Wuwei General Li Yi and others 13 to recruit mutineers scattered in other counties. At this point, the new government of Wang Yi, more than 100,000 strike troops entered the suppression headquarters and arrived at the gates of Kunyang. Liu Xiu and others can hardly leave the city. Wang Yi and Wang Xun ordered the siege of Kunyang. Yan especially suggested to Commander-in-Chief Wang Yi: "Kunyang City is an unimportant stronghold. Although the city is small and the walls are strong, it is not easy to succeed in one fell swoop. Now, the protagonist of the rebel group is far away in Wanxian County. If our army goes straight to the base, they will surely collapse. When Wanxian is solved, Kunyang will naturally be settled. " Wang Yi said, "Once upon a time, I was surrounded by Zhai Yi, but I couldn't take the leader alive. I was criticized a lot. Now with a million troops, I can't capture the first city occupied by traitors, and I'm afraid I can't show our strength. I want to break Kunyang and slaughter the city first. Then, stepping on the blood to advance to Wanxian, the front team sings and the back team jumps, isn't it more comfortable? " As a result, Kunyang was besieged, with dozens of positions and hundreds of battalions. Drums and horns can be heard dozens of miles away. Some troops dug tunnels, others crashed into the city, and arrows rained down. Yang Shoujun struggled to resist and carried water with the back door panel. Wang Feng, the commander of the garrison, could not support it and demanded surrender. Wang Yi, commander-in-chief of the new government forces, flatly refused to leave a gap for the defenders to escape, bringing terror to their base areas in Wanxian. "This time, Wang Yi won't listen to anything. Cen Peng, acting county magistrate of Xinjiang County, told Yan, vice captain of the former team, to stick to Wanxian County together. After months of siege by Xuanhan government departments, the city ran out of food and the people were hungry, killing each other and devouring each other. Unable to resist, they gave up the city and surrendered. Liu Xuan entered Wanxian as a temporary capital. The generals wanted to kill Cen Peng and avenge the disaster caused by his persistence. Liu Xuan said: "Cen Peng is a senior official of the county government. It is his duty to guard the city wall. When we start a great cause, we should respect and praise the righteous, but it is better to kill him than to let him be an official. " Liu Xuan immediately named Cen Peng Danggui Dehou. After Liu Xiu rushed out of Kunyang, he rushed to Jiaoxian and Dingling to recruit mutineers who might be recruited. Some generals covet the wealth they have seized and intend to leave some soldiers to guard them. Liu Xiu warned: "If we defeat the enemy in this attack, there will be 10,000 times more gold and silver treasures waiting for us, and we can build a great cause. If you fail, you will lose your mind. What property are you talking about? " So they all went into battle. /kloc-On June 6th, 2000, Liu Xiu marched with various mutineers. Liu Xiu personally led more than 65,438+0,000 infantry. As a striker, he set up a position four or five miles away from Wang Yi Tuan. Wang Yi and Wang Xun sent thousands of people to meet them. Liu Xiu killed dozens of people, but the new army was defeated. The generals of the Han Dynasty said excitedly, "Liu Xiu has always been timid. He was scared when he saw several enemies. However, it is strange that he is so brave in the face of an enemy today! But as a striker, we should help him. " Liu Xiu pushed forward again, while Wang Yi and Wang Xun Corps retreated slightly. In the Han dynasty, various armies seized the opportunity to attack and killed hundreds of people, even more than one T.

Wang Yi and Wang Xun didn't take this small army seriously and personally led the elite of more than 10,000 people to patrol in front of the army; All battalions were ordered not to be sent or sent to meet the Xuanhan Army alone. Unexpectedly, once contacted, I couldn't stop, so I retreated a little. Battalions didn't get orders and didn't dare to reinforce. So, at this moment, the position of the new army wavered and fell into chaos. The armies of the Han Dynasty stormed before the battle began, killing Wang Xun. When Yang Shoujun saw the situation reversed, he immediately opened the city and attacked from front to back. The voice was so sad that it shocked the world. The new government forces lost their minds, collapsed in an uproar and ran for their lives everywhere. They can no longer form a team, trample on each other and die as they are killed. Hundreds of miles away, there are bodies everywhere. At this moment, the weather suddenly changed dramatically, a huge thunder sounded, the wind blew hard, the tiles were lifted off the ground, the sky seemed to crack, and it rained cats and dogs. A rising tide lifts all boats, butch and leopard are shivering in wooden cages. More than10,000 soldiers drowned and the river was blocked by the new government. Wang Yi and Yan You will ride a corpse, cross the water and flee north. The trench and grain were all captured by Xuanhan Army, and the quantity could not be counted. The Xuanhan government tried its best to deliver the goods, but it couldn't be delivered in a few months. In the end, it had to be reduced to ashes. The soldiers of the new government crackdown group fled back to the county where they came from and could no longer assemble. Wang Yi fled back to Luoyang alone with thousands of pro-troops brought from the capital Chang 'an. Guanzhong was trembling, and heroes from all over the country rose up in response to the call of the Xuanhan government, killing the full-time governor and county magistrate appointed by the new government, calling themselves "generals" and waiting for further instructions with the titles issued by the Xuanhan government. In a month or so, almost the whole world got rid of the control of the new government. The Battle of Kunyang is a strategic decisive battle to overthrow Wang Mang's regime by the Greenwood Uprising, and it is also a typical war case in the history of China. In this decisive battle, the peasant uprising army led by Liu Xiu and others, with fearless and brave spirit and flexible tactics, wiped out the main force of Wang Mang's army in one fell swoop and sounded the death knell for the complete demise of the Xin Mang Dynasty. It has certain progressive significance in history.