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Deng Yu was a general and Official.
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Book of Later Han, Chapter 43Volume 38: Biographies of Zhang, Fa, Teng, Feng, Du, Yang · 7 passages
及大司徒鄧禹西征，定河東，宗詣禹自歸。
When Grand Minister of Education Deng Yu marched west and secured Hedong, Zong presented himself to Yu and placed himself under his command.
禹聞宗素多權謀，乃表為偏將軍。
Yu knew Zong for his resourcefulness and recommended him for the rank of lieutenant general.
禹軍到栒邑，赤眉大眾且至，禹以栒邑不足守，欲引師進就堅城，而眾人多畏賊追，憚為後拒。
When Yu's forces reached Xunyi and the main Red Eyebrow army closed in, Yu judged the town indefensible and wanted to withdraw to stronger walls, yet most of his men dreaded being caught from behind by the enemy and nobody wanted the rear-guard post.
禹乃書諸將名於竹簡，署其前後，亂著笥中，令各探之。
Yu wrote each general's name on a bamboo slip, labeled front and back, jumbled them in a box, and had the officers draw lots.
禹歎息謂曰：「將軍有親弱在營，奈何不顧？」
Yu sighed and said, "You have vulnerable family in the camp—how can you ignore them?"
禹到前縣，議曰：「以張將軍之眾，當百萬之師，猶以小雪投沸湯，雖欲戮力，其埶不全也。」
Yu reached the next county and told his staff, "Pitting Zhang's detachment against a horde in the millions is like tossing a flake of snow into a cauldron—however hard they fight, they cannot survive it."
及鄧禹徵還，光武以宗為京輔都尉，將突騎與征西大將軍馮異共擊關中諸營保，破之，遷河南都尉。
After Deng Yu was withdrawn, Emperor Guangwu named Zong commandant of the capital districts; with Feng Yi, the western expedition commander, he rode against the fortified camps of Guanzhong, broke them, and was promoted to commandant of Henan.