On the first day of February, he was made the son of heaven, named Bo as Da Situ, and Guangwu as General Taichang.
In March, Guangwu and others will attack Kunyang, Dingling and Zan, and all of them will be captured. There are many cattle and horses, and hundreds of thousands of them are transported to the troops at the gate of Wancheng. Wang Mang learned that Zhen Fu and Liang Qiu were killed, and the Emperor Gaozu had been established. He was so scared that he sent Wang Xun, Stuart the Great, and Wang Yi, the general, to lead a million-strong army, including 420,000 armored soldiers.
In May, he arrived in Yingchuan and joined forces with Yan You and Chen Mao. At first, Guangwu complained to Yanyou about the rent owed by the tenants of Fuling Hou. Yanyou was surprised to see Guangwu's strange appearance.
At this time, the people who surrendered to Yanyou in the city said that Guangwu didn't want property, but only retired and planned. Yan You smiled and said, "Is that the man with a beautiful man? How could he do such a thing! " At the beginning, Wang Mang recruited hundreds of people who could understand the art of war from 63 families as military attaché s. Select and train the guards, recruit warriors, and carry banners for thousands of miles. At that time, there was a giant named Big Mac, who was ten feet tall and had a thick waist and was appointed as a junior officer in a military base. The right to drive away animals, tigers, leopards and rhinos to help soldiers. The grand occasion of starting a career has never been seen since the Qin and Han Dynasties. Emperor Guangwu unified thousands of soldiers and stopped Wang Mang's army at Yangguan. People see Wang Xun, Wang Yi army strong, turned around and fled back to Kunyang. They are all scared, worried about their wives and children, and want to disperse and return to their respective cities. Guangwu proposed: "Now that we have fewer troops and less food and grass, and the foreign army is strong, we can resist together, and our achievements may be established;" If it is scattered, it cannot be preserved. Moreover, Nanyang city has not been captured, and the army there can't help us. Once Kunyang is breached, all our departments will be wiped out in one day. Now we don't work hard together to achieve fame, but we want to keep our wives, children and property? " The generals said angrily, "Why did General Liu say such a thing!" Guangwu smiled and stood up. At this time, I just watched the enemy cavalry come back, saying that a large number of enemies would arrive in the north of the city, and the cavalry would line up for hundreds of miles with no end in sight. The generals quickly discussed and said, "It is better to ask General Liu for advice. "Guangwu also plans success or failure strategies for everyone. The generals were sad and embarrassed and said, "Let's do it! "At this time, there are only 89,000 people in the city. Guangwu was called King Wang and General Tingwei Wang Chang to guard the city, and with thirteen people, such as General Zong Yi of title of generals in ancient times and General Li Yi of Five Powers, rode out of the city at night and organized troops outside the city.
At this time, nearly 100,000 troops of follwed had arrived at the gate, and Guangwu could hardly leave the city. When we arrived in Dingshan and Dingling, all the troops in the barracks were out, and the generals had to divide their forces and stay behind. Guangwu said, "If we defeat the enemy today, it will be 10,000 times more precious and can achieve great things. If we are defeated by the enemy, we will lose our head. How can we have property? " Everyone listened to Guangwu's advice. Yan You advised the king, saying, "Kunyang City is small and strong, and now Liu Xuan claims to be the emperor in Wancheng. If we send an army to attack quickly, they will certainly run away; "When Wancheng was defeated, Kunyang naturally surrendered." The king said, "In the past, I besieged Zhai Yi in the name of General Huya, but I was blamed for not taking him alive.
Now a million-strong army can't take it down when it meets the city. How can it be justified? "So Kunyang dozens of heavy all around, camped for hundreds, set up a cloud car, more than ten feet high, overlooking the city, colorful flags everywhere, the dust all over the sky, the sound of golden drums for hundreds of miles. Some troops dug tunnels, and some troops attacked the city with wooden strollers. Bows and arrows were thrown wildly, and arrows rained down, so the people in the city had to draw water from the back door. Wang Feng and others asked for surrender, but they didn't get permission. Wang Yi thought he had succeeded in an instant, and he was in a leisurely mood. Meteors fall into the barracks at night, and there are clouds during the day. When the camp falls, it falls like a mountain collapse. It didn't disperse until less than a foot from the ground, and the officers and men fell to the ground.
On the first day of June, Guangwu led an army to war, led more than a thousand cavalry and infantry, and set up an array four or five miles ahead of Wang Mang's army. Wang Xun and Wang Yi also sent thousands of people to fight. Guangwu rushed to kill the enemy and beheaded dozens of people. All the subordinates said happily, "General Liu has seen a small enemy timid in his life. Now it is strange to see a big enemy brave and go to the front again." We should help General Liu! "Light weapons rushed at the enemy, Wang Yi and Wang Xun retreated, and all the troops advanced and cut the enemy by hundreds. I won again and again, so I moved on. At this point, Bosheng had conquered Wancheng for three days, but Guangwu didn't know it. He sent someone to pretend to be an envoy to send troops at the gate of Wancheng, and reported to the city with a book, saying that "reinforcements had arrived at the gate of Wancheng", only to lose the letter for a pretence. Wang Xun and Wang Yi won the trust, but they were unhappy. The general succeeded several times, and he became more courageous, and he regarded one as a hundred. Guangwu and the death squads, with 3000 men, rushed to the enemy's backbone from the west of the city. Wang Xun and Wang Yi were in a state of confusion, and the high-altitude martial arts destroyed the enemy's position and killed Wang Xun. Kunyang City also beat drums and shouted to kill, and the sound of internal and external attack was loud, and the mang army was defeated. The fleeing soldiers trampled on each other, and the casualties were distributed within hundreds of miles. The sky happened to thunder and lightning, and there was a strong wind, and all the tiles on the roof were blown away It was raining cats and dogs, and the Mianchuan River surged, making the tigers and leopards tremble with fear. Soldiers rushed to cross the river and tens of thousands of people drowned. The river stopped flowing. Wang Yi, Yan You and Qingqi fled with the corpse crossing the river. They used up all their equipment, chariots, armor and treasures, and they couldn't transport them for months. The rest had to be transported by themselves.