At this time, Liu Xiu also learned from the prisoners of the Tang He battle that his fiancée was no longer in Wancheng and had been sent to Chang'an as spoils, and his life and death were uncertain.

Liu Xiu was worried, but he could not help. Although they won a great victory, it was too early to make progress in Chang'an. Not to mention anything else, Wancheng was like a huge rock, blocking it in front of him.

In January of the fourth year of Dihuang, the winter snow outside Wancheng had not yet been completely melted. Han soldiers and green forests were built all over the fields. Liu Xiu was standing on the mail tower, watching the situation in the city. But seeing the proper defense and clear order, the green forest, which was not good at siege, could not find the loopholes, and he couldn't help but miss someone.

"If Zhen Fu Da Yin was still there, how could this city be so strong and difficult to get down?"

The battle of Tanghe was able to win. Zhen Fu, who burned the floating bridge and played a battle of backwater, was the first to win. Even Liu Bosheng, who was the first to lead the team to rush to the camp, really hoped that there were more people on the opposite side like Zhen Fu, not Yan You, Cen Peng, who could fight again, and was foolishly loyal to the hard-core. These two worked together to make the siege of Green Forest and Han soldiers on Wancheng lasted for half a month, but they were unable to succeed.

But except for Wancheng, more than 20 counties in the front team had surrendered or subsided. The capture was mainly due to the Green Forest Army, but its military discipline was indulged, and the heroes and the people in various places were quite dissatisfied. The surrender was mainly due to his brother Liu Bosheng. As long as he shouted and showed up, many heroes and scholars voluntarily opened the city.

In addition to responding to the intruders from all over the country, the anti-new coalition forces of the front team have doubled and can be called "a large army of 100,000", but it only lasted for a few days. As soon as the spring plow arrived, the number of people suddenly decreased by half.

Although the siege of cities and territories was smooth, it also brought a problem. The various people were in a mess, they were not subordinate to each other, and lacked unified command. Even within the Green Forest, there were many factions and different military orders, which were prone to disputes and internal strife.

"Yi Yun, it is not auspicious to see a group of dragons without a head."

Liu Xiu felt it was time for the Han soldiers, powerful people, and all forces in the Green Forest to publicly recommend a leader to come out and take the lead.

The Green Forest Generals have already agreed with the prophecy and divination of the "Han family should be revived". They cannot take the lead, so they naturally have to choose from the Liu family of this county. As for the candidate, of course, it is his eldest brother Liu Bosheng!

"Maybe he was called the Duke when Emperor Gaozu first started; or he was called the King of Chen Sheng." This was Liu Xiu's suggestion, and he believed that he could not be anxious to become emperor.

But the two of them decided to make up the matter. The Green Forest Zhuqushuai had to nod. The seven or eight thousand people who raised an army in Caiyang followed the two brothers to raise an army in Caiyang. After experiencing the great defeat of Xiao Chang'an, the two relatives suffered heavy losses. The in-laws, Deng, Lai, and Fan were also affected, and the family was emptied. The Li family in Wancheng, who was in charge, was killed completely, leaving only Li Tong and Li Yi, the two brothers escaped.

In the battle of Tanghe, although Liu Bosheng was brave enough, he was mainly attacked by Green Forest. The local snake could no longer suppress the strong dragon, not to mention the bull dragon with three heads, including Xinshi, Pinglin and Xiajiang.

Regarding this matter, Liu Xiu had already hinted that Wang Chang and Ma Wu, the two Lulin Qushuai, who had a good impression of their brothers, should be able to deal with the Xinshi and the two armies of the Yangtze River. As for Pinglin, Liu Bosheng didn't care much, thinking that his power was small and his soldiers were only tens of thousands, so how could he be?

Today, Liu Xiu's patrol was over, but someone was sent to inform the two brothers: "Lvlin Zhuqus, invite Bo Sheng and Uncle Wen to go to the Jingshui Camp for a while!"

Liu Xiu felt something was wrong and urged Liu Bosheng: "Brother, this matter is important. It would be better to invite them to come to our camp to discuss."

"It's so rude, let's go there for now." Liu Bosheng did not have any sense of crisis. His bravery and good fighting were fully demonstrated in the Battle of Tanghe and the subsequent attacks of various counties. Most of the counties in the front team were persuaded to surrender. Since these dragon leaders were to follow the expectations of the people, they wanted their surname Liu, who else could they give him?

The two rode to the Green Forest Camp on the banks of the Qingshui River. This was a manor contributed by the Li family in Wancheng for the Green Forest Qushang to live. When they entered the hall, they saw Wang Feng and Ma Wu from Xinshi soldiers; Wang Kuang, Wang Chang, Zhu Yu, Zhang Ju from the Yangtze Forest, Liao Zhan and Chen Mu from the Pinglin Soldiers were all there.

Both sides have always met each other, but because Liu Bosheng is strict and is very dissatisfied with the military discipline of several of them, there have been many conflicts in the past half month. Although there are conflicts on weekdays, they are willing to be smiling people now.

Liu Xiu looked at Wang Chang and the two generals Ma and Wu, but they shook their heads secretly at him, making Liu Xiu's heart skip a beat, feeling that today's things are going to be ruined.

Sure enough, after drinking and greetings between the two sides, Wang Feng, the commander of the Green Forest, signaled Chen Mu, the leader of the Pingling Army, to talk about the major events to be discussed today.

Chen Mu smiled and said, "There are more than 100,000 counties in Jingzhou who have launched an army to fight against the Rumor, but there are many soldiers and no unity. If you want to follow the wishes of the people, you will establish the Liu family to follow the expectations of others and invite the lords of Chongling to discuss together."

Liu Bosheng raised his head, Chongling Liu, wouldn't that be...

"Therefore, we are determined to support an elder as emperor, that is... Liu Shenggong!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Bosheng and his brothers were shocked. A middle-aged man with a long beard and a gentle face, even more ordinary than Liu Xiu, was pushed out by the Green Lin Zhushu, and smiled at the two of them awkwardly.

That's right, it's me!

...

There were two unexpected things for today’s banquet.

One is that the Green Forest Zhuru actually passed the Duke and the King, and wanted to directly support one person as the emperor!

Secondly, they did not choose Liu Bosheng, whom everyone expected, but found Liu Xuan, who was also a member of the Chongling clan!

The leader of the Pinglin Army was a powerful man in Sui County. He had some cultures. He talked freely: "I asked about the Chongling genealogy. The great-grandfather of the Shenggong was the Chongling Marquis, and he was closest to the Chongling main system."

What is this reason? If you want to talk about seniority, just go directly to find the descendants of Chongling Hou to become emperors?

As smart as Liu Xiu, his shock lasted for a short time and he quickly figured out the reason.

"Bosheng has a high prestige and has a follower. Green forest is afraid that he will become the leader and my family's strength will recover faster. In a few months, they may be directly annexed."

"In addition, Bo Sheng is strict and military discipline is good. He is quite dissatisfied with the slaughter of officials in the green forest. He has had conflicts. He is afraid that if Bo Sheng becomes the leader, he will retaliate against them."

Liu Xuan, who has a soft and cowardly personality, has become the best choice.

Liu Xuan is indeed the earliest person in the Chongling Group to join the Green Forest and has a very good relationship with Zhuqushang.

Liu Xuan's mediocre talent makes it easier for him to be controlled and mastered, and he can also suppress his brothers in turn.

The Green Forest Army does not need a horse emperor, it only needs a puppet emperor who obeys the rules!

This was the Green Forest Army who decided on the first step and summoned the two to inform them, and the good intention was to create a fait accompli. Liu Xiu cursed in his heart, not knowing whether to praise them for being smart or stupid.

Facing Liu Xuan, who had no fame or contribution from beginning to end, Liu Bosheng naturally did not want to condescend to his subordinates. He was furious. Just as he was about to slap the table, Liu Xiu, who was sitting next to him, was touching his feet.

Liu Bosheng looked at his younger brother, and Liu Xiu shook his head slightly at him. Green forest had everything ready. If he turned against each other directly at this time, he might not be able to get it.

Even if he had to object, it was hard to directly say that this person was not worthy of being the emperor. Liu Bosheng remembered the reason why Liu Xiu explained to him earlier that he "responsible to be emperor". At this moment, he bowed to everyone and blurted out.

"The generals of the Green Forest want to respect the Liu family in Chongling as the emperor, and they really love our family very much! However, today's anti-Ruby is not the Green Forest family. The Red Eyebrows rose from Qing and Xu, raging Yanzhou, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers, destroying the new army and shaking the world."

"If Red Eyebrows also had the heart to restore the Han Dynasty and establish the royal family of the Liu family as emperor, then the two emperors in the north and south will be united together, and I am afraid that Wang Mang will not be destroyed, and the royal family will attack each other. This will make the world suspicious and not a good strategy to destroy the new family."

"What's more, Wancheng is only more than a thousand miles away from Chang'an and hastily proclaimed emperor. Wang Mang will inevitably send large troops to attack, which is definitely not a good strategy."

"In the past, the Gao Emperor was not appointed as the emperor in Dingtao until the Battle of Gaixia, and before that, they were all called King of Han."

"I agree to respect my brother, the Lord, as the Lord, but it is better to be the king for the time being. The king's title is enough to order the generals. After conquering Wancheng, entering the pass to destroy Mang, conquering Chimei, and then becoming emperor, it is not too late."

This is Liu Xiu's original words, which are reasonable and well-founded. At this moment, it is quite convincing when Liu Bosheng said it in a thick voice.

The Green Forest is a three-headed dragon, and it is not consistent in everything. Today, Wang Chang, Ma and Wu, who were forced to agree with others, immediately agreed with Liu Bosheng's words.

Seeing that the situation was about to turn over, Zhu Yu, the commander of Qu in the Yangtze River, suddenly stood up, drew out his sword, and said with a blade: "I suspect that something is ineffective, today's proposal is not allowed to be two!"

The Green Forest Qu generals who supported this proposal drew their swords and put them together: "As long as this is said, no matter who he has a red eyebrows, we will only respect the Lord as the emperor. We will make a decision today!"

Even if one person and one vote, it will win completely. It seems that things are hard to reverse.

They stared at everyone present with vicious eyes: "Whoever supports and whoever opposes, let's make it clear in person!"

Seeing that Liu Bosheng was even more angry, his face was blushed, Liu Xiu suddenly stood up from behind the desk, stopped his brother's hand to draw the sword, and smiled on his face: "Everyone! Both of my brothers have no doubts about this matter. My brother, the Lord of the Clan, is an elder of the clan. He is highly respected and should be the emperor and revive the Han family!"

...

Liu Yan was so angry that he returned to the camp that he asked his confidants to prepare the troops.

"Select all the soldiers. Since the Green Forest is not kind, don't blame me for being unrighteous. Isn't it just that I want to be more sharp than who is the sword? Who has Liu Bosheng been afraid of?"

Liu Xiu quickly knelt down on the ground: "The generals of the Green Forest want to use their selfishness to harm justice, but brothers, we should put the overall situation first!"

"If the fire breaks and fights by yourself, don't mention the great cause of restoring the Han Dynasty. I'm afraid that before the new army arrives, we will kill each other."

"Yan You in Wancheng is afraid that he will laugh and his illness will disappear, and Wang Mang, who is in the capital, will be overjoyed. This is the pain of his relatives, and the enemy will be happy!"

"Then let it go?" Liu Bosheng was still unwilling to accept this, and exposed his chest and asked his younger brother to see the arrow wounds on his body: "I have been planning this for ten years. In Cai Yang's first righteous army, I charged forward in every battle, and was injured several times. I personally persuaded several counties to surrender. Among the people of Chongling, Bosheng dared to be second, and no one could be the first."

"It's because Liu Xuan has not done anything and has not even arrived in the battlefield, but has become the emperor. Don't say that I am not convinced, and no one can convince Nanyang heroes!"

This is a humiliation to him, not to mention that after Liu Xuan became emperor today, they still bowed to him. It was simply a humiliation and humiliation. How can a real man tolerate it?

Liu Xiu hugged his brother's legs and urged him: "Let me analyze the current situation for my brother."

Xiu'er is like this. She doesn't talk much on weekdays, but at the critical moment, her mind is extremely clear: "At the end of Qin, Emperor Gao first entered the pass to destroy Qin and was the king of Qin; however, Xiang Yu broke his promise, presided over the division of feudals, and granted Guanzhong privately to surrendered generals. Nowadays, the generals of the Green Forest are like Xiang Ji, and Liu Shenggong established Shenggong, just like the Xiang family established Xiong Xin as the Emperor of Yi, named Restoration Han, which was actually for personal gain. Liu Shenggong was just a tool used by those who gave orders and checked and balanced their brothers with Nanyang Haoyou."

"Emperor Gao's enemy was never Emperor Yi, but Xiang Ji. But even Xiang Yu had the cooperation of relatives as brothers before entering the pass. It was not until the cause of destroying Qin that it gradually broke up."

"The elder brother should now follow the example of Emperor Gaozu, the dragon and snake hibernation, so as to survive. It is better to agree with this matter for the time being. He respects the Lord on the surface, but in fact he will continue to win the hearts of the scholars, marry and make good marriages with the families of Nanyang, conquer Wancheng, strengthen the army, and make it an important matter to enter the pass as soon as possible to destroy the Mang."

"When we enter Chang'an, kill Wang Mang's head, and let the great man betray the old capital, who is the first hero of destroying Mang? Is it still unclear to the world? At that time, the Green Forest would inevitably be arrogant, and it would inevitably be like Xiang Ji murdering the Emperor of Yi, which would be unfavorable to the Holy Lord..."

Liu Xiu has already spoken very explicitly. Let’s learn from our ancestors, and bear it first and then turn against each other in the future. He looked up at his brother.

"God-Emperor Gao's life is a commoner, carrying a three-foot sword, and won the world for eight years. How could he rely on the emperor's title?"

"But on the other hand, it was because Emperor Gaozu wiped out the world and saved the people that he became the emperor whom everyone hoped for!"

"I hope my brother will take the road to restoring the Han Dynasty!"

...

Although Green Forest was done neatly, it was a group of bandits after all and did not study etiquette enough. Even with the assistance of local scholars from Nanyang, Liu Xuan's ceremony of succession to the throne seemed hasty.

It was the first day of the second month. The location was chosen in the sandbank above the water. The platform was a rammed earth-grass platform. It first sacrificed the heaven and earth, and then sacrificed the Emperor Gaozu, and then stormed the drums and flags, and the flags were all red. At least it looked like a Han.

Liu Xuan was wearing a hurry-made emperor crown garment and was pushed to the stage by the coaches of Green Forest.

He is mediocre and cowardly. Although he has practiced it many times, he came to the stage today and looked at the tens of thousands of people around him, but he was still quite nervous. He was ashamed and sweating for a while. He raised his hand and could not speak. He could not hold up a word for me all night, which made the heroes of Nanyang nearby laugh: "It's too far worse than Liu Bosheng, so I'm afraid of a 'silence emperor'."

Until the lower head, the Green Lin Zhushuai helped Liu Xuan smooth the scene and shouted: "The Emperor is very good!"

Then everyone also applauded, skipping many links hastily, quickly forward to the amnesty and change the era.

The year name was "Gengshi", not to pay tribute to General Lian Dan, the anti-new hero, who was the hero of Gengshi. But because this was originally a popular word that he liked to mention when he was in the late Han Dynasty.

People in the world believe in the Confucian theory of the Three Constitutions. The sun is poorer than the next, the moon is poorer than the past, the star returns to the sky, the number is about to end, and the year is about to begin.

The same age as the dynasty is finally over, and when a world is approaching its end, there will naturally be new changes, which is to transform the world into a new world!

So Liu Xuan became "Emperor Gengshi".

Liu Bosheng looked at this scene from afar, and his contempt was still there, but after being persuaded by Liu Xiu once, he saw it away.

My younger brother is right. Being affected by the country is called the ruler of the country, and being treated with the country is forbidden, and being the king of the world!

The emperor Liu Xuan was wearing the clothes, but does he have the power and fortune of the emperor? Wait and see!
To be continued...