Deng Zhong had actually thought a lot these days, carefully reviewing Emperor Jianshi's words and deeds, and formed some views himself.

He told Deng Feng: "Brother, in fact, the Cattle Herding Emperor does not have so many rules. I heard some rumors in Luoyang that he is a bit like Emperor Gaozu. Although he is not averse to Confucian scholars, he does not like red tape. Except for formal occasions, he does not care much about etiquette in private. I heard that the ministers in the court have also given him advice on this matter."

Deng Feng curled his lips and said, "He is a man who is a cattle-herding man and may not even recognize many words. What kind of etiquette can he understand? A rough and unethical person actually wants to set rules for me!"

"Brother, the rules mentioned by the Cattle Herding Emperor, what should we obey the emperor and abide by the national laws... If we really worship him as the main one, it will be..." Deng Zhong looked at Deng Feng's face and whispered: "It's a matter of course, right?"

Deng Feng snorted coldly, "Ji Zhen, have you been fed with a ecstasy soup in Luoyang? You have been talking for the cattle-herding boy!"

Deng Zhong hurriedly said, "Brother, no matter how you decide, I will be in the same way as you. But I think that compared to the Bronze Horse Emperor, the Cattle Herding Emperor should have a better appetite for us."

Of course Deng Feng knew that if he wanted to recognize Liu Yu as the chief, he would obey the emperor and abide by the national laws. Needless to say, that was all right. But Liu Yu took this requirement that he didn't need to make any comments. What does this mean?

This shows that Liu Yu can't trust him!

Liu Yu was skeptical of Deng Feng's true intention to surrender, worried that he would become a hidden danger in the future. He wanted to ask Deng Feng for a promise and a promise of loyalty to the death.

It’s not enough to have a marriage certificate, we have to swear to the moon.

The reason for this idea is that Deng Feng once rebelled against Liu Xiu. In other words, this rebellion will become a stain on Deng Feng's lifelong life. No matter which camp he wants to join, the other party must consider: Will this kid stab me in the future?

The most terrible thing is that when Liu Yu forced him, Deng Feng suddenly realized that he seemed to be really not prepared to completely obey others' orders.

Deng Feng was too proud. He had no such thing as a master in his mind. He felt that only he was worthy of dominating his own destiny.

Although he had joined Liu Xiu's camp, he had no sense of participation in the Handan court, like a bystander. The affairs of the court had nothing to do with him. Later, he simply didn't bother with him. He just took a leave and returned to his hometown in Nanyang.

There is no sense of participation, naturally there is no sense of belonging. When he rebelled, he had no psychological pressure. If he hit you, he would beat you. What would happen? If you have the ability, you should come to beat me? Liu Xiu indeed sent Cen Peng to beat me, but the result was: I can't move.

He now also wanted to be as tough as Liu Yu and retort: ​​"I can't give you the vow you want. I just want to give you a face and call you boss. Then we will not violate the rivers. You are your emperor in Luoyang, and I am my local emperor in Nanyang. If you really don't want to, then come and fight me!"

Deng Feng just thought about it, but in fact he was: he couldn't get hard anymore, and Liu Yu was really calm.

Deng Feng is a person with a higher attitude than his top, but this does not mean that he is arrogant or overestimating himself. On the contrary, with his outstanding military talents, he can accurately judge the gap in strength between the two sides and find a way to break through when the weak fights with a strong opponent.

However, after learning about Jian Shihan's military strength through Deng Zhong's mouth, Deng Feng was silent.

He locked himself in the house, neither came out to do things nor met anyone, and even asked someone to send him to eat. After two days of boredom, Deng Feng came out of the house with a haggard face.

When he came out to see Deng Zhong, his first sentence was: "Heavy cavalry is not to be afraid of, stirrups are the most powerful weapon."

Deng Zhong said: "How do you say this?"

"Although heavy cavalry is invincible, it is too limited to use. It must be a plain, both sides face the front and have to be protected by the rear wing. The armor is so heavy, and it must be transported by vehicles. When it arrives on the battlefield, it is necessary to wear armor. Before the heavy cavalry is put on armor, other troops need to withstand the enemy's attack. If one cannot withstand, the heavy cavalry can't get on the formation. If I use troops, I will not give the heavy cavalry a chance to charge. If it is really impossible to avoid it, just set up more obstacles to block its progress and make the heavy cavalry unable to rush up. If the horse cannot run, the heavy cavalry will stand there, which is useless!"

Deng Feng deduced in the room for two days and felt that heavy cavalry was nothing special. If he met on the battlefield, he would not have fallen into being crushed by him. But if he encountered it as unexpectedly as Liu Xiu, there would be no way.

"It would be strange if you didn't scare to death when you encountered this kind of iron monster formation. No wonder Liu Xiu suffered such a crushing defeat." Deng Feng felt a little happy when he thought of the scene where Liu Xiu was being tortured by heavy cavalry.

Regarding stirrups, Deng Feng can only say that this is a genius invention. It can be foreseen that stirrups will permanently change the way of cavalry combat. Whoever takes the lead on this road will have the advantage.

The Jianshi Emperor Liu Yu was undoubtedly the forefront of the times. He was far ahead of all aspects by designing stirrups, making stirrups, placing stirrups among cavalry, and training new cavalry tactics. Even if Liu Xiu started to develop stirrups from now on, it would be difficult for him to catch up and would be suppressed by Chang'an for a considerable period of time.

From sitting on horses to fighting on horses, the power of cavalry has increased twice as much. No matter how strong the elite soldiers in Nanyang are, they are mainly infantry. They have natural disadvantages in the face of cavalry. They are still reluctant to deal with the Youzhou thunder cavalry without stirrups, and their disadvantages in dealing with the Yulin cavalry are even more prominent.

What's more, Nanyang has now been surrounded by Jianshihan on three sides and has lost the geographical advantage of being in danger. No matter how unwilling Deng Feng was, he could not seek death.

He summoned the generals to discuss their future belongings.

Although Deng Feng was under his command, his composition was relatively complicated. His Deng family's troops were only a small part, and most of the rest were private armed forces of the wealthy clan, and some refugee armed forces. It was equivalent to everyone's gathering elements. Although Deng Feng was the chief officer, the other generals also had the right to speak.

He cannot do such a big deal, but he must seek the opinions of all generals.

Dong Xin, the representative of the second largest force in the army, took the lead and said: "We are no longer in line with Liu Xiu. If we can compete with Liu Xiu today, only Emperor Jianshi. Apart from him, who else can we vote for?"

Dong Xin is a powerful man in blocking Yang. When Liu Xiu captured Nanyang, he did not balance the interests of all parties. Dong Xin felt that he was treated poorly and rose up in anger. He was originally alone and could not resist Cen Peng's attack. Thanks to Deng Feng coming to rescue him, he defeated Cen Peng. So the two sides joined forces, headed by Deng Feng.

As soon as he made his statement, the rest of the people joined in. The situation was very clear. There were only two major forces today. If they didn’t want to work alone, they could only invest in Emperor Jianshi. To the south, Qin Feng, King Li of Chu, occupied most of the Nanjun, and had 100,000 troops. Can this kind of thing be compared with Liu Yu? It would be better to work alone if we invest in him!

Nanyang is Liu Xiu's imperial hometown, but Liu Xiu really has no foundation in Nanyang. The power of their Liu brothers was basically eliminated when Liu Yan was killed. The rest of the Liu family chose Liu Xuan, the Gengshi Emperor, and it was not related to Liu Xiu's business.

Liu Xiu's foundation for achieving the imperial career was not in Nanyang, but in Hebei. Without the heroes of Hebei to support him, Liu Xiu would not be able to do even if he had great skills.

Therefore, it is natural that Liu Xiu's heart is biased towards Hebei people. The Nanyang Haoqiang was already a little indignant, but the one who came to Nanyang to suppress the rebellion was Wu Han from the Hebei faction. This candidate has a big problem, and Liu Xiu made a mistake in making a decision.

Wu Han could not make it in Nanyang, but he went to Hebei to make a fortune. Now he has returned home in glory and has vented all the anger he had suffered in Nanyang. From the powerful to the people in Nanyang, all of Nanyang have been in trouble, so he had to gather under Deng Feng's command and raise an army to fight.

Speaking of which, Nanyang is really a bad place for Wu Han. He couldn't make it anymore. Last time, he took the initiative to go out to the north to make a living. This time he walked even worse, and was beaten out by Deng Feng after him.

After Wu Han made such a fuss, the people of Nanyang completely left Liu Xiu. Even if the next group of Nanyang generals led by Cen Peng came, the people of Nanyang would still fight, completely blocking the way back to build Wuhan.

The generals in Nanyang voted and agreed to submit to the founding Han court. Deng Feng said: "I follow the crowd." He left the last fig leaf for himself: it was not that Deng Feng insisted on joining, but that everyone's intentions were difficult to disobey.

Deng Feng and Dong Xin went to Luoyang in person to pay homage to Emperor Jianshi. Liu Yu was very happy, treated him warmly and gave him high courtesy, so that Deng Feng's original awkwardness could be relieved.

What made him even more happy was that the emperor appointed the two of them as marquis without hesitation.

Back then, he worked diligently to protect Liu Xiu's family in troubled times, and then took half of Nanyang County and his men to Hebei for a thousand miles. Liu Xiu didn't say anything to a marquis. But when he arrived in Luoyang, Liu Yu was not vague at all, so he opened his mouth and was named a marquis.

The national soldiers treat me and the national soldiers repay me.

Deng Feng stood at the head of Luoyang City, pointed at Luoshui and swore: I wish to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor and never let him down.

Originally, there were small forces in Nanyang watching. When they saw that Deng Fengdu was convinced, they turned to Qiu Zhi, Xia Yang and others. Not long after, the entire county of Nanyang was brought under the rule of Jianshihan.

The emperor appointed Deng Feng as the general and ordered him to lead the elite troops in Nanyang to fight the east. Deng Zhong was also appointed as the captain, and assigned three thousand cavalry to him, so that he could follow his brother.

Deng Feng was very happy that the emperor not only did not seize his military power, but instead added troops to him. Three thousand iron cavalry was a big deal and could play a big role in the battlefield. It seems that Liu Yu is really broad-minded and has no doubts about using people.

As for attacking Wu Han from the east, is there any need to mobilize? That is the defeated general under their elite soldiers in Nanyang. Now with such a strong support, they have to fight to the death.

The news that Deng Feng surrendered to Liu Yu reached Handan, and Liu Xiu was very annoyed. Since the defeat in Luoyang, everything has gone wrong.

First, Tiankuang of Hedong rushed out of the Taihang Mountains, and three generals from Luoyang rushed across the Yellow River. They fought in his richest Hanoi County, which made the entire county ruin.

Then Yingchuan fell, and the nearby Runan, Chenliu, Henan and other places were in a hurry.

Now Nanyang has completely turned to Liu Yu. Deng Feng, a powerful general who can stand his ten generals, joins the hostile camp, which will surely make Liu Yu feel like a tiger.

Liu Xiu felt that he had been completely suppressed by Liu Yu, and now he could only try his best to shrink his defense. If there was a generation difference between the enemy in equipment and it was very dangerous to attack.

Liu Xiu has ordered the development of high saddles and stirrups as soon as possible according to Jian Shihan's cavalry equipment, first create standard samples, and then concentrate all efforts on manufacturing across the country to upgrade the cavalry equipment as soon as possible.

There are iron mountains near Handan and many railways in Youzhou and Jizhou. There is no problem with resources. The problem is that you must be as soon as possible. Otherwise, before you can change your equipment, Liu Yu will hit the doorstep.

Liu Xiu thought of another thing that made him feel very uneasy.

When Peng Chong rebelled, he connected with Geng Kuang, the prefect of Shanggu, several times. Geng Kuang killed his envoy several times, and firmly drew a clear line with him. In Liu Xiu's opinion, Geng Kuang was very sensible.

When Geng Yan was expeditioning Peng Chong in the north, Geng Kuang sent another son, Geng Guo, to Handan very sensible, to replace Geng Yan as a hostage. However, during the Luoyang War, Geng Guo was captured and now he is in Luoyang.

According to Liu Xiu's thoughts, Geng Kuang was the local emperor in Shanggu, and Geng Yan led heavy troops in Dai County. There was no one from the Geng family in Handan. Should Geng Kuang send another son to be a hostage?

However, Geng Kuang suddenly became ignorant this time and did not express it for a long time. The matter of sending hostages was a hidden rule that everyone abides by but does not say, and Liu Xiu was not very good at asking for it.

If Luoyang had suffered a great defeat, Liu Xiu would not have cared so much about such things. After all, he was at the peak of his life and was full of confidence. Jianwuhan was also full of confidence in him, thinking that he should be able to defeat Liu Yu. He felt that although Liu Yu was very strong and had to work hard to deal with, Liu Xiu could deal with it after all.

But now it’s different. In the Battle of Luoyang, the wind direction of the whole world suddenly changed. Liu Xiu lost unexpectedly, and the establishment of the Wuhan regime was unstable!

The most important thing when the foreign war failed was to turn around and stabilize the internal situation. It was impossible to ensure that any forces began to move in secret, preparing to take advantage of the situation and stabbed him behind Liu Xiu.

When he was strong, the whole country was a solid piece, and when he showed signs of failure, the whole country might be a solid piece.

Now Shanggu County has become a knot that Liu Xiu can't untie.

Shanggu and Yuyang counties were Liu Xiu's biggest capital for starting their business. At that time, the two counties launched a cavalry south to support Liu Xiu, helped him defeat Wang Lang, and helped him sweep the Hebei migrant army to stabilize Jizhou.

Without the support of these two counties, Liu Xiu might not have been able to succeed.

Liu Xiu reciprocates his favor and was named Geng Kuang, the boss of the two counties, and Peng Chong was the marquis. At that time, his own title was just a marquis!

He really dares to seal it.

There is no way, I have nothing to do, and I have to rely on others for everything, and I can only throw this official position out at will.

Liu Xiu's world was not invested by any soldier. He took all his troops. The local tyrants were really invested. For example, Liu Yang, the King of Zhending, had a large army of 100,000, Peng Chong and Geng Kuang.

This situation caused Liu Xiu to be inconsistent, and the powerful can praise him, and of course he could limit him. He did not take care of which side, which would immediately cause dissatisfaction with the other party, which is why there were so many internal rebellions.

King Liu Yang of Zhending did not receive any compensation for profit. Peng Chong felt that he should be crowned as king, and both of them rebelled. After all, it was because Liu Xiu was not strong and those big-tied bosses felt that the emperor owed them what he wanted.

Now that these two big shots have been destroyed, only the prefect of Shanggu Geng Kuang Shuo has the only one left. He is a cat in Shanggu County, even a local emperor, and Liu Xiu dared not provoke him easily.
Chapter completed!