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In the fifth year of Yuanshi, the peasant uprising led by the Green Forest and Red Eyebrows broke out and quickly established a regime. A large number of wealthy landlords also defected to Wang Mang.

In the first year of Gengshi, the anti-Mang armed forces jointly supported Liu Xuan, a member of the royal family, as emperor, and named him Gengshi.

"At that time, the war was mainly concentrated in Nanyang and the adjacent Yingchuan. Feng Yi was ordered to supervise the five counties and the Fucheng County Magistrate Miao Meng to defend the city against the rebels."

"At first, Liu Xiu led his troops to attack Fucheng, but failed to win."

"Feng Yi went to inspect other subordinate counties and was captured by Liu Xiu's men."

"Feng Yi expressed his willingness to follow Liu Xiu and promised that he would persuade Miao Meng to follow him and also offer the five cities under his protection."

"But there was one condition. Because his mother was still in the city, he asked Liu Xiu to let him go back to the city first."

"After returning to Fucheng, Feng Yi persuaded Miao Meng to join Liu Xiu."

"Immediately afterwards, Liu Xiu's brother Liu Yan was killed, and Liu Xiu was extremely sad."

"He rushed from his station in Fucheng to Wancheng to apologize to Liu Xuan. After returning to Wancheng, Liu Xiu did not dare to mourn for Liu Yan."

"Liu Xiu's behavior made Liu Xuan feel guilty, and he gradually eased his guard against Liu Xiu."

"Soon after, Liu Xuan appointed Liu Xiu as the General of Breaking the Enemy Army and conferred him the title of Marquis of Wuxin."

"Afterwards, Liu Xiu married Yin Lihua, the daughter of a wealthy family in Xinye, Nanyang."

"Feng Yi was defending Fucheng at this time and refused to surrender to Liu Xuan."

"In the first year of the reign of Emperor Gengshi, Wang Mang's regime was officially overthrown, and Emperor Gengshi Liu Xuan urgently needed a confidant who could recover the Hebei region."

"Liu Ci, the Grand Tutor of the Liu clan of Nanyang County, recommended Liu Xiu, who was under house arrest, to Liu Xuan."

"When Liu Xuan sent Liu Xiu to manage Hebei, he was blocked by his subordinates."

"When Feng Yi heard about this, he asked Liu Xiu to befriend Cao Xu, the son of the left prime minister Cao Jing. When Liu Xuan sent Liu Xiu to Hebei again, Cao Xu asked Cao Jing to help him a lot."

"Feng Yi was therefore appreciated by Liu Xiu. Later, when Liu Xiu was promoted to the position of Sili Xiaowei and passed through Fucheng."

"Feng Yi opened the city to welcome him and offered him wine and meat, and was promoted by Liu Xiu to be the chief clerk."

"Feng Yi also recommended fellow townsmen such as Yao Qi, Shu Shou, Duan Jian, and Zuo Long. Liu Xiu appointed them as officials and sent them to Hebei with him."

"After arriving in Hebei, Feng Yi discovered that Liu Xuan's generals were unreasonable and the people were suffering."

"He immediately reported the matter to Liu Xiu. After the report, Feng Yi did not rush to offer suggestions. Instead, he first told Liu Xiu about the chaos of Xia Jie and Shang Zhou, and praised the merits of Shang Tang and Zhou Wu."

"Then Feng Yi began to suggest that Liu Xiu use the current platform to do good things for the people and win their hearts."

“Officials and subordinates should be dispatched to various regions as soon as possible to review unjust, false and wrongly convicted cases.”

"He also extended favors extensively in order to develop his own power, and Liu Xiu adopted his suggestion."

"After arriving in Handan, Liu Xiu sent Feng Yi to travel in a post carriage to comfort the counties under his jurisdiction, examine the crimes of prisoners, and inquire about widows and widowers. Those who surrendered themselves could be pardoned."

"Feng Yi secretly wrote down all the officials who had disloyalty towards Liu Xiu and compiled them into a list and sent it to Liu Xiu. This list was very helpful when Liu Xiu's foundation was not stable."

"In the second year of Gengshi, Wang Lang started an uprising in Handan and, with the support of powerful men in Hebei, he fought against the Han regime."

"At that time, Liu Xiu, an envoy sent by the Han army to Hebei, was assassinated by Wang Lang's men."

"Liu Xiu did not sit still and wait for death. He led his troops south from Jicheng."

"It was already late at night when we arrived at Wulu Pavilion under the jurisdiction of Raoyang. The weather was very cold and everyone was hungry and tired. Feng Yi hurriedly cooked bean porridge for them."

"The next day, Liu Xiu praised Feng Yi in front of all the generals and said that after drinking Feng Yi's bean porridge last night, his hunger and cold disappeared."

"When they arrived at Nangong County, they encountered heavy rain again. Liu Xiu led his followers to take shelter in an empty house on the side of the road. Feng Yi personally cooked wheat rice for them to fill their stomachs."

"After arriving in Xindu, Liu Xiu appointed Feng Yi as a lieutenant general to recruit troops in Hejian."

Li Shimin: After conquering Handan, Liu Xiu appointed Feng Yi as Yinghou and then adjusted the deployment of generals.

They assigned their own officers, and the soldiers were all willing to follow Feng Yi, so Liu Xiu looked at him with even more respect.

As soon as Liu Xiu pacified Hebei, Liu Xuan became suspicious and began to be wary of Liu Xiu.

He sent Wuyin King Li Yi, Linqiu King Tian Li, Grand Marshal Zhu Yu, White Tiger Duke Chen Qiao and others to lead an army of 300,000 to garrison Luoyang.

In order to boost morale, Liu Xiu personally led a large army to wipe out the peasant army. At the same time, he appointed Kou Xun as the prefect of Henei and Feng Yi as the general of Mengjin, commanding the garrisons in Henei and Weijun counties to fight against Zhu Yu and others.

After several fights, Feng Yi noticed the discord between Zhu Yu and Li Yi.

He wrote a letter to Li Yi, reminding Li Yi of the current situation and that Liu Xuan's regime was in danger.

As Liu Xiu's power was growing, Feng Yi mentioned the deep friendship between Li Yi, Liu Yan and Liu Xiu, who had once joined forces to start an uprising.

Li Yi understood what Feng Yi meant, so Li Yi wrote back to Feng Yi, expressing his willingness to restore his old friendship with Liu Xiu.

After learning of this situation, Liu Xiu ordered Feng Yi to strengthen his contact with Li Yi and observe the changes in the relationship between the two parties.

After Li Yi and Feng Yi reached a consensus, he no longer engaged in a head-on confrontation with Feng Yi.

Seeing that the time had come, Feng Yi attacked Tianjing Pass in the north and captured two cities in Shangdang County.

Afterwards, he went south and captured thirteen counties east of Chenggao in Henan Province, successfully suppressing the separatist forces of the local tyrants, and more than 100,000 people surrendered.

When Wu Bo learned about it, he led his troops to attack those who surrendered. When Feng Yi learned the news, he immediately led his troops across the Yellow River to rescue them.

A fierce battle broke out between the two armies in Shixiang, and Feng Yi defeated Wu Bo.

He wanted to ask Li Yi for help, but Li Yi closed the city gate.

Later, in order to further intensify the conflict between Li Yi and Zhu Yu, Liu Xiu deliberately leaked the fact that Li Yi had communicated with Feng Yi. Zhu Yu learned about this and sent people to assassinate Li Yi.

At the same time, Zhu Yu sent Su Mao to attack Wen County, while he personally led his troops to attack Pingyin, northwest of Luoyang, in an attempt to contain Feng Yi.

Feng Yi joined forces with Kou Xun and successfully defeated Su Mao's army.

Feng Yi's troops then crossed the Yellow River and attacked Zhu Yu.

Zhu Yu was defeated and fled back to Luoyang to seek temporary refuge.

Feng Yi led his troops in pursuit, and although he failed to capture Zhu Yu, he still ordered his men to circle Luoyang City before leaving.

At this time, Liu Xiu had reached an important point in becoming emperor. His generals urged him to do so many times, but Liu Xiu remained hesitant.

At the critical moment, Liu Xiu summoned Feng Yi back to his post for discussion. Feng Yi persuaded Liu Xiu to become emperor, and Liu Xiu then began to prepare for his ascension to the throne.

In June of the first year of Jianwu, Liu Xiu proclaimed himself emperor at Qianqiu Pavilion in Zhaocheng and restored the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty, which is known in history as the Eastern Han Dynasty.

In the second year of Jianwu, although Liu Xiu had proclaimed himself emperor, the world was not at peace.

At that time, hundreds of thousands of Red Eyebrow troops were rampant in the Sanfu area, and the local aristocratic families also had their own troops, so Grand Tutor Deng Yu was unable to quell the rebellion.

Liu Xiu then sent Feng Yi to fight against the rebellion, and appointed him as Marquis of Yangxia, allowing him to lead troops into the pass and take charge of the military affairs in Guanlong.

Liu Xiu personally sent Feng Yi to Henan and gave him a sword, and told Feng Yi that the Sanfu area was deeply tormented by the Wang Mang and Gengshi regimes.

Then they suffered the tyranny of the Red Eyebrows and Yan Cen's troops, and the common people were devastated, with no one to rely on or confide in.

This conquest does not necessarily require occupying land and killing people. The key is to appease the people and not bring suffering to the people in the counties.

Feng Yi kept this in mind, and he used both kindness and force all the way westward, and soon won the support of the people. "After the Red Eyebrows returned from Chang'an, they fought with Feng Yi in Huayin for more than 60 days, and finally Feng Yi successfully recruited more than 5,000 people."

"In the spring of the third year of Jianwu, Feng Yi was appointed General of the Western Expedition and fought against the Red Eyebrow Army."

"At this time, Grand Tutor Deng Yu and General of Chariots and Cavalry Deng Hong led their troops back east to Huayin. Together with Feng Yi, they attacked the Red Eyebrow Army."

"Deng Hong led his troops to attack the Red Eyebrow Army, but was defeated by them. Feng Yi and Deng Yu led their troops to rescue them."

"When the Red Eyebrows retreated, Feng Yi advised Deng Yu to withdraw his troops, but Deng Yu was greedy for merit and pursued them."

"Unexpectedly, they were counterattacked by the Red Eyebrow Army and suffered a disastrous defeat. The soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and Deng Yu fled to Yiyang."

"Feng Yi and several of his men abandoned their horses and walked back to Xiban on foot."

"Feng Yi gathered the defeated soldiers and tens of thousands of armed forces from nearby landlords, and reorganized the army to resume the battle."

"He first hid his elite troops on the roadside, then had his men change into Red Eyebrow Army uniforms, pretending to be Red Eyebrow Army soldiers, and waited for an opportunity."

"When the Red Eyebrow Army relaxed their vigilance, Feng Yi gave the order and all the ambush troops were deployed."

"The Red Eyebrows were panicked and suffered a disastrous defeat at Xiaodi. More than 100,000 Red Eyebrows fled eastward to Yiyang and surrendered to Liu Xiu."

"After Liu Xiu learned about it, he gave Feng Yi a letter praising him and sent him to pacify Guanzhong."

"The most powerful person in Guanzhong was the self-proclaimed King of Wu'an Yancen. When Feng Yi led his troops to Shanglinyuan, Yancen joined forces with Zhang Han, Ren Liang and others to attack Feng Yi in order to open up a road to the east."

"The two sides fought a fierce battle, and Yan Cen was defeated miserably. The local forces that had previously been attached to him all turned to Feng Yi."

"Yan Cen had no place to stand, so he sent troops to attack Xi County. Feng Yi sent General Deng Ye, who restored the Han Dynasty, and General Yu Kuang, who assisted the Han Dynasty, to attack."

"Yan Cen was defeated and his general Su Chen surrendered with more than 8,000 men. Yan Cen was doomed and he fled through Wuguan and retreated to Nanyang County."

"Nanyang is currently experiencing famine due to food shortages caused by years of war, and the people are extremely hungry."

"There was even cannibalism. The beans were more valuable than gold. Roads were cut off and transportation was difficult. The army could only rely on the fruits for food."

"After Liu Xiu learned of this, he appointed Zhao Kuang of Nanyang as You Fufeng, and asked him to lead his army to aid Feng Yi and send him food and fodder."

"After Feng Yi's army had enough food, he began to kill those heroes who did not obey his orders, and rewarded those who surrendered and made contributions."

"Feng Yi sent all the generals to the capital to let the troops return to their original duties."

"Feng Yi's prestige in the Guanzhong region grew higher and higher. Lü Yu, Zhang Han, and Jiang Zhen sent envoys to surrender to Shu, and the rest were all pacified by Feng Yi."

"In the fourth year of Jianwu, Gongsun Shu sent General Cheng Yan to accompany Lü Yu to garrison Chencang."

"Feng Yi and Zhao Kuang led their troops to meet the enemy, and Cheng Yan was defeated and retreated to Hanchuan."

"Afterwards, Feng Yi defeated Cheng Yan again in Jigu and pursued him to Chencang."

"On his way back, he attacked Lu Yu again. Many guards surrendered as a result."

"After that, Shu sent generals to attack many times, but they were all defeated by Feng Yi."

"He also communicated with the people and expressed their grievances. In just three years, many Shanglin people came to him."

"During the years that he followed Liu Xiu, Feng Yi had hardly ever lost a battle."

"Leading troops outside for a long time inevitably arouses suspicion. Someone wrote a letter to impeach Feng Yi, saying that he was arbitrary and dictatorial in Guanzhong, and the people called him the King of Chengyang."

"When Liu Xiu received the memorial, he immediately sent someone to deliver it to Feng Yi. Feng Yi was terrified after reading it and immediately wrote a letter to apologize."

"Then Liu Xiu replied to Feng Yi with an imperial edict, which said, 'General, you have made great contributions to the country. Although we are nominally monarch and subject, we are as close as father and son.'"

Li Longji: In the spring of the sixth year of Jianwu, Feng Yi returned to the capital to meet the emperor. Liu Xiu rewarded Feng Yi with treasures, clothes, money and silk and held a banquet. During the banquet, the emperor and his ministers had a very pleasant conversation.

Liu Xiu mentioned that when he was in the most difficult time, Feng Yi gave him bean porridge at Wulu Pavilion and wheat rice from Hutuo River. He always remembered it and wanted to repay Feng Yi.

After hearing this, Feng Yi knelt down to apologize to Liu Xiu and said that he heard that the reason why Qi State became strong was because Guan Zhong had told Duke Huan of Qi about this, and he hoped that Duke Huan of Qi would not forget the incident of shooting the hook.

Guan Zhong would not forget the incident of the prison cart, and now Feng Yi hoped that Liu Xiu would remember the disaster in Hebei.

After several banquets and introductions, the two men discussed the campaign against Gongsun Shu and stayed for several days.

Finally, Liu Xiu ordered Feng Yi's wife and son to return to the west with him.

In the summer of the sixth year of Jianwu, because the generals sent by Liu Xiu were defeated by Wei Xiang in Longyou, Liu Xiu ordered Feng Yi to march to Longyi.

At this time, Wei Xiang sent his generals Wang Yuan and Xing Xun to lead more than 20,000 people to Xia Long to capture Langyi.

At this time, Feng Yi was still on the road. He immediately gathered his troops and prepared to attack Langyi first.

However, other generals believed that they should find a favorable terrain to station troops and then think about how to deal with the battle situation.

Feng Yi felt that Wei Xiang sent patrols with troops to the city just for some trivial benefits.

As long as Longyi is occupied, the three auxiliary areas will be shaken.

As the art of war says, the attacker is insufficient, but the defender is more than enough.

If we occupy the city first, we can wait for the enemy to tire themselves out.

Feng Yi secretly entered the city, closed the city gates, and rushed to Langyi. He took advantage of the enemy's surprise and suddenly attacked, killing the patrolling army by surprise.

After Ji Zun defeated Wang Yuan, northern tyrants such as Geng Ding defected and surrendered.

Feng Yi had no choice but to write a letter to explain the situation, but he was hesitant to boast about his achievements.

Liu Xiu was worried about this. He hoped that the generals would understand that the enemy army led the people down to Long, and the three prefectures were terrified.

Longyi was in imminent danger, and all the camps in the north remained on hold, waiting to see how the situation would develop.

Now that the partial city has been preserved and the enemy has suffered a defeat, Geng Ding and others have remembered the loyalty between the ruler and his subjects.

Feng Yi's achievements in conquering the west were as high as mountains and as deep as the sea, but he thought he was not proud of them.

This is no different from Meng Zhifan who covered the rear and resisted the Qi army without claiming any credit for his contribution. Now he ordered the Taizhong doctor to provide medicine and coffins for the injured soldiers, and Feng Yi also personally visited the families of the wounded.

Liu Xiu was satisfied with Feng Yi's loyalty and humility, so he appointed Feng Yi to march into Yiqu County and concurrently serve as the governor of Beidi.

The Qingshan Hu led 10,000 people to surrender to Feng Yi, who then successfully defeated Jia Lan, a general under Lu Fang, and the Xiongnu's King Ruju.

Afterwards, Shangjun and Anding also surrendered one after another, so Feng Yi also served as the prefect of Anding.

In the ninth year of Jianwu, after Ji Zun died, Liu Xiu asked Feng Yi to replace the General Zhenglu and lead Ji Zun's troops.

After Wei Xiang died, his subordinates Wang Yuan, Zhou Zong and others established Wei Xiang's son Wei Chun as the king and occupied Ji County.

Gongsun Shu sent Zhao Kuang and others to rescue, and Liu Xiu appointed Feng Yi as the prefect of Tianshui.

Feng Yi waited nearly a year before attacking Zhao Kuang and killing them.

When attacking Ji County, Feng Yi insisted on holding his ground, and the troops led the way and eventually captured the city.

In the tenth year of Jianwu, Feng Yi and other generals attacked Luomen, but before they could capture it, he died of illness in the army.

After hearing the news, Liu Xiu bestowed on him the posthumous title of Marquis Jie. (End of this chapter)