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"However, after the decline of the Western Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu repeatedly invaded the border. Until the establishment of the Eastern Han Dynasty, no troops were sent to attack the Xiongnu. At this time, natural disasters occurred to the Xiongnu, which was a God-given opportunity."

"At that time, the ministers of the DPRK and China wrote letters one after another requesting to send troops to attack the Xiongnu, and they also united with the neighboring Wuhuan and other ethnic minority governments to completely eliminate the Xiongnu!"

"But at this time Liu Xiu hesitated and finally refused the request to send troops to attack the Xiongnu. This also left the impression of Liu Xiu's weakness on future generations."

"Although he did not send troops due to many reasons, this is indeed a good opportunity to attack the Xiongnu. Liu Xiu giving up is indeed a stain."

Yin Lihua: Although your Majesty is a farmer, he is quite talented in military affairs. How can you describe him as weak? You must know that during the Battle of Kunyang, many soldiers fled, but only Your Majesty dared to move forward bravely, and defeated the many with less, and gave him great achievements. Wang Mang's heavy blow sounded the death knell for the demise of Wang Mang's regime!

Your Majesty's decision not to send troops to the Huns was definitely not because of cowardice or weakness, but because he had traveled thousands of miles to the battlefield. The infantry of the Eastern Han Dynasty was hostile to the cavalry of the Huns and did not have much advantage!This should not be regarded as a stain.

Yue Fei: I can only say that although Emperor Guangwu's choice was conservative, it was indeed a stable choice. Everyone knows that the Xiongnu were a nation on horseback and were good at cavalry combat. This happened to be Emperor Guangwu's weakness, because Liu Xiu's soldiers The main force is infantry. On the vast grasslands, the advantage of infantry is not obvious.

Even when Emperor Guangwu's son Liu Zhuang later sent troops to attack the Huns, he only had to carefully select a group of seedlings from the infantry for training and form a cavalry team to defeat the Huns. He did not fight unprepared battles. The way to govern an army!
Zhu Yuanzhang: I still remember what Emperor Guangwu said to the generals at that time.

"A virtuous king enjoys others with what he enjoys; an unvirtuous king enjoys himself with what he enjoys. Those who enjoy others enjoy themselves for a long time, but those who enjoy themselves will soon die. Those who neglect the near and seek the far will work in vain."

From these words, we can actually see that Emperor Guangwu was not warlike, and only wanted mutual benefit between the two sides and the people to have enough food and clothing.

Wei Qing: So, this Emperor Guangwu was not weak, but his philosophy of governing the country was different.

Moreover, a wise king is judged by whether the people are stable and prosperous, not by how far he can expand his territory or how many wars he fights. You must know that the success of a general with ten thousand bones is not something worth showing off!
"Liu Xiu is very simple and kind. He came up from the bottom. He knows that the people do not want war. Moreover, Liu Xiu himself has been fighting for more than ten years, and he has begun to get tired of war and long for peace and stability."

"Moreover, Liu Xiu respects Confucianism and wants to be a virtuous king. He does not want to waste money and people, raise troops and mobilize people, and he does not want to take advantage of others' danger."

Liu Xiu: In the early days of the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when Cen Peng was attacking Weihuo, I wrote to Cen Peng: "If the two cities are defeated, we can send our troops south to attack the Shu captives. People are suffering and are not satisfied. Now that Long is at peace, we can hope again." Shu. Every time you send out troops, your head must be white."

When I was approaching fifty years old, I realized that "it is not easy to win the world, and it is especially difficult to govern the world." I no longer wanted to devote the rest of my life to military warfare. Perhaps you can tell that I am tired of fighting.

Although there was a plague in the Huns at that time, the Huns were good at using mobile cavalry to fight, and this was precisely the weakness of the army. Although everyone said that I was weak and did not dare to send troops when God gave me the opportunity, I could not gamble with the lives of my soldiers.

"I finally know why everyone says you are not only the most capable emperor in history, but also an almost perfect emperor."

"The decision you made was not conservative but wise. Maybe giving up the Western Region is a wise choice."

"Because betting on a victorious battlefield is not as good as stably consolidating the country. As long as the Huns cannot be destroyed, there is really no need to gamble on this battle." "Everyone knows that Emperor Guangwu is not weak in martial arts."

"The Battle of Kunyang is one of the famous examples in history of defeating more with less. It determined the fate of the armies of the New and Han Dynasties and the fate of the Central Plains Dynasty for hundreds of years. It was a strategic decisive battle with far-reaching influence in history. .”

"In the Battle of Kunyang, Liu Xiu, a partial general, became famous all over the world. The Battle of Kunyang was not only the key battle for Liu Xiu to defeat Wang Mang, but also laid the foundation for Liu Xiu to conquer the world in the future."

"In the process of Liu Xiuxiong's dominance of the world, those who were defeated by Liu Xiu included: the rebel forces Green Forest Army, Bronze Horse Army, Red Eyebrow Army, You Lai Army, etc., the emperors Wang Mang, Wang Lang, Gongsun Shu, and the separatist forces Wei Xiao, Liu Yong, Zhang Bu, etc."

"With his unique personality charm, he gathered extraordinary talents such as the "Yuntai 28 Generals" represented by Deng Yu, Wu Han, and Feng Yi, and together they conquered the country."

"What's rare is that they have always been loyal to Liu Xiu, even when Liu Xiu was in decline, and Liu Xiu also maintained a sincere friendship with them, never thinking that the bird is gone and the bow is hidden."

"He turned many former enemies into his own, attracting them to come to join him. This is an even rarer thing. His martial arts are not bad. He really has no choice but to abandon the Western Region."

"In 200 BC, Liu Bang personally led a large army to conquer the Xiongnu, but was surrounded by 30 Xiongnu cavalry."

"He bribed Maodun Shanyu's wife Yan with a heavy sum of money and was trapped for seven days and nights before he was able to escape. After that, Liu Bang had no choice but to adopt a marriage policy to ease the relationship between the two parties."

"Also during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Wei Qing won seven out of seven battles, Huo Qubing sealed the wolf as a coward, and beat the Huns to the ground. But more than 100 years later, the Huns are still roaming outside the Great Wall. What can be done about it?"

"In the heyday, it was sometimes impossible to defeat the Huns, and during the Guangwu period, it was even more difficult. Emperor Guangwu may have learned the lessons of the previous dynasty!"

Qin Shihuang: Miss Zhang spoke very thoroughly, and Emperor Guangwu also expressed his own thoughts in a vague way, which was that Liu Xiu felt that his generals might not be able to completely eliminate the Xiongnu.

Zhao Kuangyin: This is the real idea and indeed a wise move. In the early days of the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Lu Fang, a powerful hero, was always active on the northern border.

This Lu Fang often invaded the border with the support of the Huns. Among the 28 generals of Yuntai, Wu Han, Du Mao, Wang Ba, and Ma Wu fought with Lu Fang and the Huns' reinforcements dozens of times, but they lost more than they won. Even though he was young, Lu Fang was never eliminated.

They couldn't even defeat Lu Fang's army, let alone destroy the Huns' cavalry.

Dugu Jialuo: We women should also admit that Emperor Guangwu was emperor for 33 years and made the people under his rule live a good life. Even in his later years, he was still sober and successful.

Putting Guo Shengtong aside, he and Yin Lihua were in love and always happy. Their child was the second emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Han Ming, and he was also a good emperor. It was indeed perfect.