Ren Guang
Ren Guang
Ren Guang (?)? He was born in Wancheng, Nanyang. One of the 28 generals in Yuntai. After Liu Yan conquered Wancheng, he surrendered to the Han Army and then took part in the battle of Kunyang. In the first year of the reform, he was appointed the prefect of Xindu county. After Wang Lang set up his troops, he took the city to meet Liu Xiu, which gave Liu Xiu a base for counterattack. After Liu Xiu called himself Emperor, he was granted the title of Marquis of a Ling. In the winter of 29 A.D. (the fifth year of Jianwu), he died of illness.
Life of the characters
Join the Han Army
Ren Guang was born in Wan County of Nanyang County. When he was young, he was loved by the people in the countryside because of his loyalty. As an adult, Ren Guang successively served as a local official, county official and so on. In the last years of Wang Mang, the world was in chaos, and the green forest army and the red eyebrow army revolted one after another. Liu Yan, Liu Xiu and other Han clan also took part in the struggle against Wang Mang. In 23 A.D. (the first year of reform), Liu Yan led his troops to besiege Wancheng. In May, general Cen Pengxian surrendered. After the city broke, the Han Army entered the city. When a Han soldier saw Ren GuangGuan's clothes, he was ready to kill him and take his clothes. For fear of soiling his clothes, he forced Ren Guangxian to take them off. Just at this time, Liu Yan's subordinate, guangluxun Liu Ci, passed by. Liu CI saw that Ren Guang was an elder and came forward to save him. After that, Ren Guang led his companions to follow Liu Ci and was appointed as an ji'e. later, Liu Xuan was recommended by Liu Ci and became a partial general by Ren Guang. Later, due to the crisis of Kunyang, Liu Ci's troops were transferred to the north to reinforce Liu Xiu. Ren Guang had the opportunity to take part in the Kunyang war against Wangxun and Wangyi.
Welcome the host in a lonely city
After Liu Xuan arrived in Luoyang, he appointed Ren Guang as the prefect of Xindu county. in AD 23 (the first year of reform), Liu Xuan sent Liu Xiuxing to cross the Yellow River and comfort the counties of Hebei Province. Soon after Liu Xiu arrived in Hebei, Wang Lang became emperor in Handan, and the counties in Hebei responded. Liu Xiu was forced to flee south. Under the situation that most of the counties in Hebei had surrendered to Wang Lang, Ren Guang was still loyal to Liu Xiu. Ren Guang called his captains Li Zhong, Xin duling Wan Xiu, Gongcao Ruan Kuang, and Wuguan Guotang to negotiate an alliance, and they would stick to it and die, waiting for Liu Xiu to return from the south. When the government of Fuliu county took Wang Lang's address to Ren Guang's house to persuade him to surrender, Ren Guang tied up the government and decapitated him in the downtown market, so as to declare it to the people. In order to guard against Wang Lang's attack, Ren Guang also sent 4000 elite troops to strengthen the defense of Xindu city. In the spring of 24 A.D. (the second year of the reform), Liu Xiu and his party came back from Ji. They were in a mess and didn't know where to go for a while. at the fork in the road to the west of Xiabo City, an old man in white came. He stood by the side of the road and said, "ladies and gentlemen! Work hard! Xindu county is still loyal to Han! Governor Ren Guang and others are still guarding the city for Chang'an court! You can walk 80 miles southward from here to Xindu! " When Liu Xiu heard that Xindu County refused Wang Lang for the Han Dynasty, he brought people to Xindu county. Ren Guang, Li Zhong, Wan Xiu and others were alone in the city, for fear that the enemy might not be able to protect the city when they attacked. When they heard that Liu Xiu had arrived, they were overjoyed and immediately opened the gate of the city. Ren Guang, Li Zhong, and WAN Xiu LED officials and subordinates to welcome them. Officials and the people all shout long live.
Call for troops
After settling down in the cottage, Liu Xiu immediately discussed with Ren Guang about his future plans. He said to Ren Guang, "Bo Qing, we are very weak now. I want to join you in the army of chengtouzilu and lizidou (both of them are leaders of vagrant thieves). What do you think?" Ren Guang said, "we must not do this." Liu Xiu said, "but you don't have many soldiers. What should you do? "Ren Guang said:" for the moment, we can recruit soldiers who run for their lives and go out to attack the surrounding counties that do not obey us. We can first issue a proclamation to all localities, telling them that if anyone dares not to open the door and surrender, once the city is broken, soldiers are allowed to rob money at will. Many people are greedy for property. In this way, it will be much easier to recruit soldiers! " According to the Han system, the "soldiers running for life" were some talented officials and knights recommended by the imperial court in the peaceful and prosperous times. Most of them were brave warriors who were good at fighting. What they ate was the national salary. Once the country is in great trouble or in an emergency, call these people together to serve the country. At that time, it was called "running for life". Therefore, it is called "running soldiers" to gather these "running men" to form an army. After listening, Liu Xiu agrees with Ren Guang's suggestion. After making the plan, Liu Xiu announced the new personnel appointment: Ren Guang as the left general and Wu Chenghou as the Marquis; PI Tong as the rear general and Xindu Duwei, Li Zhong as the right general, Xindu order Wan Xiu as the partial general and all three as liehou. Liu Xiuling led the troops out of the city to recruit "running soldiers". In order to stabilize the rear, Liu Xiu appointed Zongguang, a Nanyang native, as the prefect of Xindu and left Xindu. When the deployment was completed, Ren Guang immediately issued an address to the outside world. The article said: "the great Sima Liugong personally led the million troops of the city leaders Zilu and lizidou to come from the east to fight against all kinds of anti thieves!" Ren Guang was in a hurry. Although he did not dare to let Liu Xiu enter the tiger's den, he also borrowed the name of city leader Zilu, lizidou and other heady robbers to frighten all sides.
Smart city
Ren Guang then sent his horse to gallop into the world of Julu. Julu officials and the public received the proclamation and told each other. After discussing with Ren Guang, Liu Xiu came up with a clever plan. In the evening, they led the army into Tangyang county. The soldiers were ordered to light torches to light the vegetation in the field. In order to let people see the fire from a distance, they also ordered soldiers to burn tall trees. Suddenly, the smoke billowed and the fire burst into the sky. It was like a huge branch of wax reflecting the red world, and the flames were shining in the lake. Tangyang county officials in the city, see the northeast direction of the fire, I do not know what happened. Rumors abound inside and outside the city: "this must be the army of Zilu and lizidou at the head of the city! Open the city and surrender The officials, soldiers and people who were guarding the city were scared out of their wits and worried that the jade and stone would burn after the city was broken. Under the great panic, they fled out of the city one after another and voluntarily surrendered to Liu Xiu. After that, Liu Xiu, Ren Guang and others continued to go north, summoned the surrounding counties and counties to continue to recruit soldiers, called on all regions to join the army against Wang Lang, and sent troops to attack the city.
Bingkui Xindu
Just when Liu Xiu, Ren Guang, Li Zhong, PI Tong and others led the army all the way to Handan, Wang Lang sent another general to lead the army to attack Xindu, copying the back road of the Han army. They hijacked Zong Guang and Li Zhong, PI Tong's family members, and ordered their relatives to surrender Li Zhong and PI Tong. In order to appease the army, Liu Xiu decided to send Ren Guang to rescue Xindu. However, Ren Guang's soldiers either fled or surrendered to Wang Lang on the road, and Ren Guang fled back to the Han Army camp alone. When Liu Xuan, the emperor of reform, sent his generals to conquer Xindu, the families of Li Zhong and PI Tong were saved. After the Han army conquered Handan, Liu Xiu sent Ren Guang back to Xindu County, where he was still the prefect. in the spring of 26 A.D. (the second year of Jianwu), after Liu Xiu became emperor, he was granted the second time a meritorious official, and he was even granted the title of Marquis of a Ling, with 10000 households of food. in 29 A.D. (the fifth year of Jianwu), he was called to the capital and was invited by the imperial court. He died in the winter of.
Historical evaluation
"After the Han Dynasty" praise said: Ren, Pizhi several, Yancheng JieFei. Wei Tuo's return to the brigade, two guards, Yan Yi. In Zaolin Zazu: "Ren Guang's wings are peaceful, and his reputation as a forerunner and a pawn strengthens the Great Britain of the world."
Posterity status
During the reign of emperor Yongping of the Han and Ming Dynasties, Emperor Ming recalled that he had been a great hero of the Eastern Han Dynasty with his father. He ordered 28 portraits of great heroes to be painted on Yuntai in the south palace of Luoyang, and Ren Guang ranked 24th.
Family descendant
After Ren Guang's death, his son was appointed kaixijue. In the fourth year of Yongyuan, he was appointed kaihong and his son was appointed tunxijue. The emperor recalled Ren Kai, and promoted Ren Tun to be a captain of the infantry school. Ren Tun was a soldier, and his son Ren Sheng was a xijue. Ren Shengzu, his son Ren shixijue, was transferred to BEIXIANG marquis.
Historical records
There are biographies of Houhanshu and dongguanhanji. There are records in Taiping Huanyu Ji, Zizhi Tongjian and houhan Ji.
Tomb site
Li Daoyuan of the Northern Wei dynasty recorded in shuijingzhu: "there are tombs like Ren Guang in Sanli, west of the city of Le'an." Qi Cheng, written by Yu Qin in Yuan Dynasty, records that Ren Guangzhong is located in the west of Le'an city the general annals of Jifu, written by Li Wei in Qing Dynasty, records that "Ren Guang's tomb is in Renqiu county".
Artistic image
Literary image
Among the popular novels such as the popular romance of the twelve emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the romance of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the folk arts such as storytelling and Pinghua, Ren Guang, whose character is Puzhao, is Liu tuzhang among the twenty-eight stars. With a pair of shuttle chopping maces, he rode down Huang puma with extraordinary bravery. When Liu Xiu was in danger in Wancheng, Ren Guang alone protected Liu Xiu and killed him out of the city. Since Liu Xiu started his army in Baishui village, Ren Guang began to follow Liu Xiu.
Film and television image
Wang Han plays Ren Guang in the Chinese mainland TV series "the song of beautiful rivers and mountains".
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Ren Guang
