Deng Yu

Deng Yu

Deng Yu (2-58 years), the word Zhonghua, Nanyang Xinye (now Xinye County, Henan Province) people. He was the first of the 28 generals in Yuntai.

When Deng Yu was young, he traveled to Chang'an and made friends with Liu Xiu. After Xinmang's defeat, he took refuge with Liu Xiu. Based in Hebei, he won the hearts of the people and was ready to forge ahead in the world, which won him great trust. He led the army to suppress the Tongma uprising army, and defeated Wang Kuang and Chengdan. He supported Liu Xiu as emperor, worshipped the great situ and granted him marquis. After crossing the river and entering Guanzhong, Chimei was defeated repeatedly, which led to the destruction of the whole army and the return to Yiyang.

During the reign of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, he became a Taifu. In the first year of Yongping (58), Deng Yu died of illness at the age of 57. His posthumous title was yuan.

Life of the characters

Early experience

When Deng Yu was 13 years old, he could recite poems and study in Chang'an (today's Xi'an). At that time, Liu Xiu also traveled to the capital. Although Deng Yu was young, when he met Liu Xiu, he knew that he was not an ordinary person, so he had intimate contact with him. Years later, go home. When the Han Dynasty soldiers came to the throne, the great men recommended Deng Yu, but Deng Yu refused to follow him. Later, it was said that Liu Xiu settled in Hebei, and Deng Yu drove his horse north across the Yellow River and chased Liu Xiu to Ye County. Liu Xiu saw that Deng Yu was very fond of him and said to him, "I have the privilege of being an official. Do you want to be an official when you come from afar?" Deng Yu said, "I don't want to be an official." Liu Xiu said: "even so, what do you want to do?" Deng Yu said: "I hope Ming Gong's prestige will be added to the whole world, and I will be able to contribute to Ming Gong's success and fame in the annals of history." Liu Xiu laughs. Deng Yu said: "although the capital of the reformer emperor was set in Guanxi, there was no stability in Shandong. The red eyebrows and the green calves were often in tens of thousands. In the Sanfu area, they often gathered together to borrow their names. The reform did not defeat them, and they did not listen to the command and verdict. The generals were mediocre. They wanted to get rich and use their power. Sooner or later, they just wanted to be happy. They were not loyal, wise and farsighted. They really wanted to respect the Lord and pacify the people. The situation is clear. Although the Duke of the Ming Dynasty made great contributions to assist the royal family, I'm afraid it would not be a great cause. For the sake of today's plan, it is better to recruit heroes from all over the world, make sure to please the people, establish the great cause of emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty, and save the lives of the people. The virtue and talent of Minggong are enough to be pacified. " Liu Xiu was very happy, so people around him called Deng Yu general Deng. Let him stay in the account and agree on the strategic plan together. When Wang Lang started to fight, Liu Xiu sent Deng Yu to send "fast troops" from Jixian county to Xindu County, and got several thousand people to lead him. Then he went to attack Layang County, followed Liu Xiu to guang'a, where Guangwu lived on the city tower. He opened the map and instructed Deng Yu to say, "there are so many counties in the world. Now there is only one. You used to say that my virtue is enough to pacify the world, Why? " Deng Yu said: "there is chaos in the sea. People miss Mingjun just like a baby yearns for a loving mother. In ancient times, it was not the size of the land but the thickness of virtue that made great achievements in the world. " Liu Xiu was very happy. At that time, he appointed generals and paid more visits to Deng Yu. All the talents recommended by Deng Yu were able to match their abilities and positions. Liu Xiu believed that Deng Yu knew people. He was sent to lead another cavalry to attack the bronze horse with Gaiyan in Qingyang. Gai Yan and others arrived first, but the war was not good. They returned to Baocheng and were trapped by the copper horse army. Deng Yu went to fight against the thieves, defeated the copper horse army and captured their general alive. From Liu Xiu's pursuit of the bronze horse army to Puyang, they won successive battles, and beizhou was generally calm.

Lead troops to the West

In 24 A.D. (the second year of the reform), Qingzhou soldiers entered Hanguguan in the West. Liu Xuan appointed Kuang, the king of Shanggong, Chengdan, the king of Xiangyi, Liu Jun, the general of resisting Wei, and other generals to take charge of Hedong and Hongnong respectively and refused them. There are many red browed soldiers, but Wang Kuang and others can't be. Liu Xiu estimates that Chang'an will be broken by Chimei in the future and wants to seize Guanzhong. Liu Xiuzhi said that Deng Yu was deep and magnanimous. He worshipped him as a former general. He led 20000 elite soldiers to go with him, and ordered him to choose the people who were below the partial benefit. Deng Yu took Han Xin as his military adviser, Li Wen, Li Chun and Cheng Wu as his sacrificial wine, Feng min as his Jilu general, fan Chong as his cavalry general, Zong Xin as his cavalry general, Deng Xun as his Jianwei general, Geng Xin as his red eyebrow general, and Zuo Yu as his military adviser general, Lead the troops to the West. In the first month of 25 A.D. (the first year of Jianwu), Deng Yu led his troops to cross the Taihang Mountains, go out of Jiguan and forge ahead in Hedong (southern Shanxi Province). After ten days of fighting, he defeated the garrison and captured a large amount of military supplies. Then he led the army to encircle Anyi (now northwest of Xiaxian County, Shanxi Province), but failed to capture it for several months. The reformed general fan Shen led tens of thousands of people to Dayang to attack Deng Yu. Deng Yu sent all the generals to fight in jienan to defeat the enemy and kill fan Shen. So Wang Kuang, Cheng Dan, Liu Jun and others joined forces to attack Deng Yu. In the first war, Deng Yu lost and fan Chong died. When the two sides stopped fighting after dark, Han Xin, the military adviser, and the generals, seeing that their momentum had been weakened, advocated to retreat by night, but Deng Yu did not follow. He thought that although Wang Kuang had a large army, it was not strong. The next day, Wang Kuang used the opportunity to stop the attack to reorganize the team and adjust the deployment. In the early morning of the third day, Wang Kuang sent out his army to attack Deng Yu. Deng Yu ordered the army not to act rashly, to be ready and to hold on. When Wang Kuang Jun arrived in front of the camp, he suddenly beat the drum, and the whole division rushed to defeat Wang Kuang Jun. Wang Kuang Jun and others abandoned the army and fled. Deng Yu led a light horse to chase him. He captured Liu Jun, Yang Bao, the governor of Hedong, and Mi Qiang, the governor of Chijie Zhonglang. He killed Liu Jun and killed him. He got five hundred seals and five hundred weapons. In the same month, Liu Xiu became emperor in Fuyi (today's north of Baixiang County, Hebei Province), and sent envoys to worship Deng Yu as the great situ. He also said: "Deng Yu, the former general of the imperial edict, is deeply loyal and filial. He plans strategies with me and wins thousands of miles away. Confucius said, "since I had Yan Hui, my disciples have become more and more intimate." He made great contributions to the destruction of the army and the pacification of Shanxi. If the common people are not close to each other and lack the guidance of the Wuchang, you, as a situ, should implement the Wuchang's education to the common people. The Wuchang's education lies in generosity. Today, I'm sending the commander of Fengche to give you the seal of the ribbon, and I'll be granted the title of marquis Zhu, who will eat ten thousand households in the city. " Deng Yu was only 24 years old. Deng Yu led his victorious army to cross the river in fenyin (now Baoding, Shanxi Province) and enter Xiayang (now Southeast of Hancheng, Shaanxi Province). The reformer Zhonglang took Zuo Fu Duwei Gongcheng with his troops, and together with Zuo Feng Yibing refused Deng Yu to go to Ya county. Deng Yu defeated him again, and the red eyebrow army entered Chang'an. At this time, the army of Sanfu was defeated one after another, and the red eyebrow army plundered the place where they passed, and the people didn't know where to go. It's said that Deng Yu always conquered by himself and his troops were well disciplined. So they all welcomed Deng Yu's army with the help of the old and the young. The number of days he followed was thousands, and the people were known as millions. Every time Deng Yu went there, he often stopped to live in the festival and said hello. His father was childish and his hair was white. He was crowded under his car and was grateful for the joy. So Deng Yu was famous in Guanxi. Liu Xiu was very happy and wrote to praise him several times.

pay attention to the interests of the whole

All members of Deng Yu's Department urged him to enter the pass and attack Chang'an directly. However, Deng Yu took a serious attitude and did not want to advance quickly, so he said to the generals: "otherwise, although there are many people in our department, there are few who can fight. There is no savings to rely on in the front and no money to transfer in the back. The red eyebrow army has just captured Chang'an. It is rich and its morale is unstoppable. However, the thieves live in groups and have no plans to spend the whole day. Although there are many fortunes, how can they stick to them? The three counties of Shangjun, Beidi and anding are vast and sparsely populated, with plenty of grain and livestock. For the time being, we have to reorganize the northern route of the army and feed the soldiers, so as to observe the weakness of the red eyebrow army, and then we can try to attack them! " So they led the army to the north of Fuyi county. Wherever Deng Yu went, he broke through the red eyebrow army and sent all the soldiers to the army. Xihe Prince Zongyu sent his son to surrender to the local documents by Deng Yuxiao. Deng Yu sent him to the capital of the country. Liu Xiu, because Guanzhong was undecided, and Deng Yu did not enter the army for a long time, issued an imperial edict to urge Deng Yu to enter Chang'an. The imperial edict said, "to pacify Xijing, situ is Yao; to kill a thief is Jie. The officials and the people of Chang'an were in a state of panic. We should seize the opportunity to enter and pacify Xijing so as to maintain the hearts of the people. " Deng Yu still insisted on the former intention, sent troops to capture the counties of Shangjun (now Southeast of Yulin, Shaanxi), and left generals Feng min and Zongxin to guard Gouyi. Since then, the main force of the unification has been to stabilize the North (now Qingyang, Gansu and Wuzhong, Ningxia). But Feng min and Zongxin fought for power and attacked each other, so Feng min killed Zongxin and attacked Deng Yu. Deng Yu sent an emissary to ask Ji Yu Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu asked the emissary who Feng min's best friend was. The emissary said it was Huang Fang. Liu Xiu guessed that Feng min and Huang Fang could not make peace for a long time, and told Deng Yu, "the person who arrested Feng min must be Huang Fang." So he sent Shangshu Zongguang to surrender Huang Fang with a talisman. A month later, Huang Fang caught Feng. He led his troops to blame. Wang Kuang and Hu Yin all surrendered to Zongguang and returned to the East with Zongguang. When they arrived in Anyi, Wang Kuang and others wanted to run away, but Zongguang killed them all. Feng min went to Luoyang, pardoned but not killed. In the spring of 26 A.D. (the second year of Jianwu), Liu Xiu sent an emissary to change Deng Yu to the Marquis of Liang, who lived in four counties. At this time, the red eyebrow army went west to Fufeng, and Deng Yucai went south to Chang'an, where he stationed in Kunming pool and feasted soldiers with wine and food. He led the generals to bathe, change clothes, fast, choose auspicious days, exercise etiquette and sacrifice to Gaozu temple. He received the God of the eleven emperors and sent envoys to Luoyang to inspect the garden and mausoleum, and specially arranged officials and soldiers to worship and guard the mausoleum. Deng Yu led his troops to fight with Yan Cen in Lantian, and then ate Yunyang. Liu Jia, king of Hanzhong, surrendered to Deng Yu. Liu Jiaxiang and Li Bao were arrogant and insolent, and Deng Yu killed him. Li Bao's younger brother collected Li Bao's troops to attack Deng Yu and kill general Geng Xin. Since Feng min's rebellion, Deng Yu's prestige has been damaged. At this time, the red eyebrow army returned to Chang'an again. Deng Yu fought against it and was defeated. When he arrived at Gaoling, the soldiers were hungry and ate jujube vegetables. Liu Xiu then asked Deng Yu to come back, and the edict said, "if red eyebrow is short of food, he will naturally come to the East. I just need to break the staff to whip him, and then I can defeat him. Not all

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