Control your ancestors and create an immortal family starting from the Eastern Han Dynasty

Chapter 5 Unifying Hebei, Liu Xiu Becomes Emperor
"Hahaha!"

"I knew Zhan Hong would definitely help me!"

Inside Handan City, Liu Xiu was talking to his generals about the friendship between him and Gu Xiao.

Liu Xiu now has a large number of talented people under his command.

Not only are there some of the Twenty-Eight Generals of Yuntai, but there are also some capable people from Hebei.

Such as Ren Guang, Pi Tong and others.

Fortunately, it was the start-up period, if it were any other time.

If a commoner like Gu Xiao wants to directly participate in the core position of a regime, he will definitely be targeted.

But it’s different in today’s entrepreneurial era.

After all, there is still unrest in various parts of the world, and Liu Xiu still needs to conquer the world.

After hearing Liu Xiu talk about Gu Xiao's abilities, and Feng Yi telling about his experience of being captured alive by Gu Xiao in Fucheng, this group of people quickly accepted Gu Xiao.

The entire celebration banquet was filled with joy.

Hearing Liu Xiu's words, Gu Yi immediately smiled, and quickly controlled Gu Xiao to respond: "I have long known that the general is definitely not an ordinary person."

"When we parted at Father City, I waited here for the general to arrive."

"Later, I learned that the general had come to Hebei."

"I wanted to go and pay my respects, but unfortunately Liu Lin is rebellious. I have no choice but to wait for an opportunity and cooperate with the general to capture this traitor Liu Lin in one fell swoop!"

Gu Xiao is a pure warrior.

Gu Yi can be completely assured when it comes to fighting, but when it comes to socializing, he is much worse, so Gu Yi must intervene.

"Yeah!"

"Zhan Hong is indeed unparalleled in wisdom and courage!"

Liu Xiu was overjoyed, and everyone present burst into laughter.

Gu Yi watched Gu Xiao drinking with the people present. After three rounds of drinks, Gu Yi spoke again: "General!"

"I told you that at the beginning."

"I will follow you, not the Xuanhan court."

"Now that the general has stabilized Hebei, the brothers under his command are all willing to fight to the death for him."

"Liu Xuan is just a puppet, yet he dares to usurp the throne and claim to be emperor."

"I implore you, General, for the sake of the Han Dynasty, to comply with the wishes of the people and ascend to the throne of Emperor!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere of the entire drinking party changed instantly.

Everyone was shocked.

I never expected that Gu Xiao would be the first to say such words.

After a brief moment of surprise, these people reacted instantly, stood up one by one and saluted Liu Xiu!

No one didn't want Liu Xiu to become emperor.

Whether it is the aristocratic families in Hebei who support Liu Xiu or the generals who follow him.

For them, they could gain huge benefits if Liu Xiu became emperor!
These are all the achievements of Conglong!

"We implore you, General, for the sake of the Han Dynasty, to comply with the wishes of the people and ascend the throne to become Emperor!"

These people were obviously like Gu Yi, deliberately not mentioning Liu Xiu's official position in Xuanhan.

Hearing this, Liu Xiu instantly became serious.

He first looked at Gu Xiao, then looked at everyone present. He was silent for a long time, and finally shook his head.

"The world is in turmoil right now. How could I overstep my bounds at this moment?"

"You guys don't need to mention it anymore."

His attitude was very firm. He didn't give anyone present a chance to continue speaking. He raised his glass and said, "Come on, everyone, drink!"

Gu Yi was not at all surprised by Liu Xiu's answer.

Liu Xiu has only just taken over Hebei.

It is still far from the power he had when he became emperor as recorded in history.

This is what makes people like Liu Xiu extraordinary.

Everyone understood that he would definitely part ways with the Xuanhan regime and that he would definitely become emperor.

But when his foundation was not stable, Liu Xiu was able to completely control all the emotions in his heart. This ability is very rare.

Gu Yi was not in a hurry either.

He took the initiative to bring up this matter to make Liu Xiu understand.

Gu Xiao is on his side, it was like this before and it is still like this now!

Of course, although Liu Xiu did not agree to everyone's advice, he still rewarded his subordinates based on their achievements this time!

And Gu Xiao was naturally among them.

He successfully advanced from a commoner to become a general of conquest!
Although the reward was not huge because Liu Xiu had not yet become emperor, it undoubtedly made the atmosphere on the scene more lively.

Everyone started drinking again and couldn't help but talk about the current situation of Xuanhan.

Everyone can be sure.

Now that Liu Xiu's power is growing, the Xuanhan court will definitely find ways to target Liu Xiu again!

Sure enough, it was not unexpected.

Just half a month later.

People from the Xuanhan court rushed to Hebei and brought Liu Xuan's order to Liu Xiu.

It was decided to appoint Liu Xiu as King of Xiao, ordering him to hand over all his troops and return to Chang'an immediately to receive his reward.

Liu Xiu naturally would not obey such an edict.

However, he did not follow his subordinates' wishes and execute the visitor directly, but simply blocked the matter on the grounds that Hebei was not stable.

He still needs time to prepare!
But everyone also understood that the day when Liu Xiu would openly break with the entire Xuanhan government was not far away.

In this regard, the Xuanhan government also seemed to be concerned about Liu Xiu's prestige.

He just made Xie Gong, who had some conflicts with Liu Xiu, the governor of Youzhou and in charge of the Youzhou troops.

He wanted to use this to monitor Liu Xiu. If Liu Xiu dared to act rashly, he would give him a fatal blow from behind.

But on the surface, the two sides still maintain a superficially harmonious situation.

Liu Xiu often sent people to comfort the soldiers under Xie Gong's command.

Let them lower their guard.

At the same time, he secretly prepared all his strength, ready to deal a fatal blow to Xie Gong at any time.

It has to be said that Liu Xiu's judgment of the overall situation is indeed far superior to that of ordinary people.

Didn't have to wait long.

This opportunity has come!
"Zi Zhang, the Qing Calf army is powerful. I have decided to lead the troops personally in this battle."

"I hope you will cooperate."

In Handan City, looking at the extremely unruly Xie Gong in front of him, Liu Xiu's face did not show any anger, but instead looked somewhat humble.

"The might of the Grand Marshal will surely defeat the enemy!"

Xie Gong frowned and asked, "I wonder how the Grand Marshal wants the governor to cooperate?"

"You Laijun!"

Liu Xiu's expression remained unchanged as he spoke immediately, "If I can defeat the bandits, You Lai's troops in Shanyang will surely be afraid of being surrounded by our army and flee in panic."

"Please ask Zi Zhang to lead his army to attack these fleeing soldiers."

"With your powerful force, you can attack these fleeing soldiers and make them surrender."

"In this way, Hebei can be stabilized!"

Liu Xiu's expression was extremely serious.

Hearing this, Xie Gong immediately became serious and began to carefully analyze everything Liu Xiu said.

If this is really the case, Hebei can be completely pacified.

Then Liu Xiu would have no reason not to return to the court.

If he leaves, won't the entire Hebei area be under his control?

Thinking of this, Xie Gong's eyes suddenly lit up and a smile appeared on his face: "Okay!"

"Don't worry, Da Sima!"

"I will definitely cooperate with the Grand Marshal to defeat the bandits!"

After saying that, Xie Gong stood up and left.

Liu Xiu once again summoned all the generals.

In fact, Liu Xiu’s strength is now much stronger than in the original history.

After all, with the unexpected presence of Gu Xiao, there was not much damage when attacking the entire Zhao Han force.

And because of Gu Xiao's direct beheading, all the original Zhao Han troops now belong to Liu Xiu.

It can be said that Liu Xiu now has the ability to work alone. The reason why he maintains the current situation is that he takes into account that Hebei is not completely stable and there is still the thorn of Xie Gong!

At this time, Liu Xiu's command ability was fully demonstrated.

Although compared to his current state, the Green Calf Army's strength is much weaker.

But he did not take anything lightly and arranged everything very clearly.

Only after everything was arranged and everyone left did Liu Xiu turn his attention to Gu Xiao.

"Zhan Hong, I have an important task for you!"

Liu Xiu looked at Gu Xiao very seriously and said, "With your ability, you should be the best at this."

Gu Yi instantly understood what Liu Xiu was going to do.

That is Yecheng.

Are you asking me to behead someone again?
Gu Yi felt helpless, but he still controlled Gu Xiao and said, "Please give your orders, my lord!"

"Capture Yecheng!"

Liu Xiu stared at Gu Xiao and said, "Xie Gong is extremely greedy for merit. He will definitely follow my instructions and personally lead the troops."

"I want you to wait until he moves!"

"Take over the entire Yecheng immediately."

"As long as Yecheng is determined, we can accomplish our great goal!"

When facing Gu Xiao, Liu Xiu was obviously much more direct.

He did not hide the coldness in his eyes at all, as if a sharp sword was finally about to reveal its edge.

"promise!"

Gu Xiao didn't say anything nonsense. He just bowed to Liu Xiu, took the military token handed over by Liu Xiu, and walked out directly!

The land of Hebei was boiling in an instant!
Liu Xiu personally led the army to attack the Qingniu army in Shequanju and other places head-on.

And everything happened just as Liu Xiu expected.

When he used all his strength, the generals of the peasant army like the Green Calf Army were far inferior to him.

There is no way to stop Liu Xiu's progress!
The Youlai army entrenched in the Shanyang area was instantly shocked and collapsed after hearing this.

Xie, who had already made all preparations, personally led the army to pursue and kill them, leaving Chen Kang to guard Yecheng!

——The time has come!
Yecheng.

As an important place in Hebei, the defense of Yecheng is far stronger than that of Shecheng in the past.

But this time.

Gu Yi didn't even think of attacking by force.

Everything Liu Xiu did during this period was not in vain.

His popularity among the people of Hebei Province and his status in the hearts of the soldiers under Xie Gong's command are far higher than in history.

In the original history.

The people of Yecheng were persuaded to surrender, let alone now.

Gu Yi simply led a large army to station in front of Yecheng, demonstrating his military power while sending people to Yecheng to persuade them to surrender.

Chen Kang in the city didn't hesitate at all.

He immediately tied up Xie Gong's wife and brought her out, then opened the city to surrender.

Just as historical records show, Xie Gong was defeated by You Lai's army, fled back to Yecheng, and was killed by Chen Kang!

Things went much more smoothly than expected in history.

But if you think about it carefully, this is actually inevitable.

After all, Liu Xiu's current strength far exceeds the original historical records.

After noticing this difference, Gu Yi immediately realized that this might be the best opportunity!

Gu Yi didn't waste any words.

He immediately controlled Gu Xiao to go and see Liu Xiu.

"The world has been in turmoil for a long time, and the people are tired of war!"

"Right now, the people of Hebei are exhausted and the fighting continues."

"If you can take advantage of this opportunity and demonstrate your strength, the other parties may surrender."

Gu Yi doesn't need to say much.

With Liu Xiu's ability, he could definitely understand this.

In the original history, Liu Xiu won one victory after another, eliminating the opposition forces while accepting the surrender of peasant armies from all sides.

In a short period of time, Liu Xiu's power developed rapidly.

And then unified the whole world.

Liu Xiu in history could do it, let alone the strengthened Liu Xiu today!
Sure enough, Liu Xiu immediately understood Gu Yi's meaning.

In this war against the Qingniu Army, he showed great determination!

If you don’t surrender, you will die!

Those who surrender will not only receive the same treatment, but their lives will also be safe!

Under this absolute deterrent, the Qingdu Army was defeated and most of the generals surrendered to Liu Xiu!

At the same time, Liu Xiu sent letters to the leaders of the peasant uprising army, such as Tongma, Gaohu, and Chonglian, urging them to surrender.

Liu Xiu's military strength now is far beyond their reach.

But it is obviously not that easy to get them to give up their power.

Liu Xiu didn't say anything and the army set out.

Defeated Gaohu and reunited the allied forces in Puyang.

The first battle shocked Hebei.

The rebel forces of Tongma, Gaohu, Chonglian and others came to surrender one after another, and the soldiers of Youlai Army tied up their leaders and surrendered to Liu Xiu.

The relatively weaker rebel forces such as Dazhu, Tiejin, and Daqiang;

I no longer have the thought of resisting!
They all surrendered to Liu Xiu!

The area of Hebei was quickly pacified.

Liu Xiu's development speed shocked the world.

The Gengshi regime, which originally had the potential to unify the world, was greatly affected.

The world is on the verge of unrest again.

The Chimei Army, which had been cooperating with the Gengshi regime, rebelled again.

Fan Chong, leader of the Red Eyebrow Army, supported Liu Penzi as emperor in Huayin and changed the era name to Jianshi.

——Sichuan;
Gongsun Shu proclaimed himself emperor, named his country Dacheng, and the reign title Longxing.

——Linjing City;

Fang Wang supported Ruzi Ying as emperor.

Faced with such a situation in the world, Liu Xiu also faced his biggest choice.

Hao City.

Liu Xiu then sent out the people who came to persuade him to ascend the throne again.

He also kept Deng Yu, Feng Yi, Gu Xiao and other generals with whom he had become increasingly close during this period.

"My fellow ministers urged me to ascend the throne and become emperor."

"But the world is still unsettled. Isn't it a bit too frivolous to declare yourself emperor at this time?"

Facing these close ministers, Liu Xiu expressed his concerns very directly.

"My lord, please don't have such thoughts!"

The generals and soldiers spoke up immediately, and Gu Yi also controlled Gu Xiao to stand up directly: "My lord, now all the capable people in the world are declaring themselves emperors."

"If the Lord does not proclaim himself emperor."

"What should the world's talents do?"

"Looking at the world today, who is more qualified to be emperor than you, my lord?"

As Gu Yi spoke, these generals also echoed him, each one more excited than the other.

Hearing this, Liu Xiu's expression became serious.

He immediately understood the meaning of this.

And I finally made a decision in my heart.

--June;
Liu Xiu proclaimed himself emperor in the city of Hao, changed the era name to Jianwu, and kept the country's name as Han.
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