Chapter 1050 Wang Mang VS Su Lie
Chapter 1048: Wang Mang VS Su Lie
Wang Mang''s recent days have been quite difficult, and he even regrets traveling through time again.
Under Liu Bowen''s calculations, the Qin army did not go to war directly with the princes of Bingnan, but pointed the finger at the Liang army in Yewang City, which also made Wang Mang and the princes of Bingnan breathe a sigh of relief, but what happened later exceeded Wang Mang''s expectations.
Wang Mang also knew that his alliance was not solid. After all, no one knew the internal trauma better than him, but he did not expect that the alliance would be so fragile.
The Qin army had not yet fought, but just sent an envoy. With a few words, it led to all the contradictions within the alliance, and even made the alliance fall apart.
Are you all pigs? Isn’t anyone able to see such an obvious plan of disagreement?
It would be fine if the Qin army''s methods of divisiveness were extremely clever, but the key point was that the Qin army''s divisiveness was not very clever, and the lobbying rhetoric was extremely naive, nothing more than "My lord is the leader of the alliance," "I am willing to jointly govern Sizhou with the princes of the south," and so on.
But even such a childish lie, some princes are still willing to believe it.
Where is your brain?
Where is the IQ?
Wang Mang was also afraid that Qin Hao would use the plan of disagreement, so he had already given a vaccination in advance. He and the four princes of Bingnan repeatedly told him not to believe any of the words of the Qin army envoys, and to remember one thing:
The four counties in Bingnan were sandwiched between the Qin and Jin armies. The Qin army could only border Bingzhou by occupying Sizhou and Bingnan, so there was no room for ease between the princes and the Qin army in Bingnan...
Wang Mang said this more than once, but when the princes of the Bingnan were fooled by others, they all took it as if they were indifferent.
What else can Wang Mang say about this?
MDZZ, FUCK!
Wang Mang was speechless to these pig teammates, but after all, he took the initiative to find him, so even though he knew that these mud could not help him, he could only continue to force him down with tears in his eyes.
Alas, I feel so tired!
Wang Mang knew that the princes of Bingnan were not brainless, but Qin Hao''s record was too terrifying. They all had no confidence in themselves, so they believed Qin Hao''s promises as comforted.
Wang Mang must establish confidence for his allies, otherwise the coalition forces will be disbanded before the war begins. The best way to establish confidence is naturally to win the battle.
The Qin army had only 50,000 troops on the northern front, while the Southern Alliance Army had a total of 150,000 troops, and its strength was three times that of the Qin army. So why should we wait for the Qin army to take the initiative to attack?
Previously, Wang Mang wanted to wait for the Qin army to take the initiative to attack, and then rely on his superior forces to defend the city to consume the Qin army''s agility and strength.
But the Qin army placed the weak combat power of the Southern Alliance and refused to fight, but instead tried to chew the Liang army, which was obviously harder to chew. This also made Wang Mang''s many plots useless. He could only guard the city gates, recruit and train the army, and improve the comprehensive quality of the army as much as possible.
Now the princes of the Southern Union have completed the expansion of their troops, including 110,000 to the Southern Union, plus 40,000 mercenaries, a total of 150,000 troops.
All the supply of 40,000 mercenaries was naturally brought to the southern princes, and this was also a considerable expense.
If the princes of the South had pinched their noses and accepted it during the war, but if they didn''t fight, they would have raised an army of 40,000 in vain, which would be a bit unacceptable.
Therefore, whether it is to establish confidence for the princes in the south or to allow these 40,000 mercenaries to pay the best value for money, Wang Mang must take the initiative to attack the Qin army.
Wang Mang spent a lot of effort to convince the shaken princes to support him in sending troops again, but before sending troops, he found that there was not enough food and grass. The foundation of the four counties in Bingnan is too thin, so it is natural to be short of food. It is strange that it is not short of food.
The consumption of food and grass in wartime is not the same as that in peacetime, but the food and grass that supported the 150,000 troops to fight, and the princes of the south really couldn''t get it even if they were sold out.
In desperation, Wang Mang had to borrow food everywhere, but now the only princes who can lend food to Wang Mang are Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng from Jizhou.
Wang Mang had never felt so frustrated in his two lives. He angrily said everything he shouldn''t say, and then borrowed 50,000 stones of food and grass from Chen Zhang, but this was still a drop in the bucket for the 150,000 army.
Under the urgency, Wang Mang could only learn from Zhang Jiao and Dong Zhuo and relied on massacres to raise food and grass, but his methods were much more wise and did not attract any infamy for himself.
Wang Mang relied on a self-written and directed drama to nearly half of the aristocratic families in Bingnan and Sizhou, and then confiscated their families and destroyed their clan under the name of their cheap brother Wang Shichong. No matter how strange the aristocratic families are, they can''t blame Wang Mang for being blamed.
I have to say that the aristocratic families in this era are really unlucky. When Zhang Jiao lacks things, he will destroy the aristocratic families. Xiang Yu will destroy the aristocratic families, Dong Zhuo will also destroy the aristocratic families, and Qin Hao and Wang Mang are also using different ways to destroy the aristocratic families.
In short, no matter what you lack, as long as you destroy the aristocratic families, you will have them all.
In this way, Wang Mang finally got more than a month of military rations by borrowing and searching the aristocratic family, and the frugality was barely enough to support the cost of two months.
As for what two months later?
Wang Mang estimated that the plan to rescue Li Shimin would definitely be over in two months. If it is done, you can borrow it from the Liang army. If it is not done... it can only be left to fate.
After Wang Mang gathered the food, he immediately launched an offensive against the Qin army, but he had to consider the opponent''s choice.
The Qin army''s 50,000 troops on the northern line, Su Dingfang led 30,000 to defend Henoi, and Xue Rengui led 20,000 to defend Hedong.
Wang Mang was naturally well-known for these two famous Tang Dynasty generals, especially Xue Rengui, who was both in power and martial arts, who was one of his favorite generals.
Although Su Dingfang is also an extremely awesome general, Wang Mang believes that Xue Rengui is more powerful, and he is not sure to deal with an opponent like Xue Rengui, so he naturally left it to Chen Qingzhi to deal with it.
Wang Mang''s attack on Qin this time was a huge exodus, mobilizing a total of 130,000 troops, leaving only 20,000 troops to guard Henoi and Hedong.
Wang Mang personally led a 90,000 army to attack Henoi, and ordered Chen Qingzhi to lead 40,000 troops to block Xue Rengui in Hedong, and then wiped out Su Dingfang and concentrated his efforts to deal with Xue Rengui.
Wang Mang knew that Xue Rengui was extremely powerful, but Chen Qingzhi did not have many powerful generals, so he sent Ju Wuba to Chen Qingzhi to ensure that everything was foolproof.
The 90,000 army on his side faced against 30,000. Wang Mang felt that there was no reason to lose, but when the war started, Wang Mang was stunned by Su Dingfang. He still overestimated his command ability.
(This chapter ends)