Chapter 1050: Wang Mang VS Su Lie
Chapter 1050 Wang Mang VS Su Lie
Chapter 1048: Wang Mang VS Su Lie
Wang Mang's life has been quite difficult recently, and he even regretted traveling through time again.
Under Liu Bowen's calculation, the Qin army did not directly start a war with the Bingnan princes, but pointed the finger at the Liang army in Yewang City. This also made Wang Mang and the Bingnan princes breathe a sigh of relief, but what happened next was a little strange. It exceeded Wang Mang's expectations.
Wang Mang also knew that the alliance he formed was not strong. After all, no one knew the internal problems better than him, but he did not expect that the alliance would be so fragile.
The Qin army hadn't even attacked yet. They just sent an envoy. In just a few words, they brought out all the conflicts within the alliance, and even caused the alliance to fall apart.
Are you all pigs? Couldn't anyone see such an obvious alienation plan?
It would be fine if the Qin Army's alienation tactics were extremely clever, but the key point is that the Qin Army's alienation tactics were not very clever, and their lobbying rhetoric was also extremely childish. It was nothing more than, 'My lord is the leader of the alliance and will never attack his allies.' Willing to jointly govern Sizhou with the princes in the south' and so on.
But even for such a childish lie, some princes are still willing to believe it.
What about the brain?
What about IQ?
Wang Mang was also afraid that Qin Hao would use estrangement tactics, so he took precautions in advance. He and the four princes in the south gave many warnings not to believe anything the Qin envoy said, and they must remember one thing:
The four counties of Bingnan are sandwiched between the Qin and Jin armies. The Qin army can only border Bingzhou by occupying Sizhou and Bingnan. Therefore, there is no room for relaxation between the princes of Bingnan and the Qin army...
Wang Mang said this truth more than once, but all the princes in the south turned a deaf ear after being fooled by his two words.
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 them, so even though he knew that these bunch of scum couldn't help them up at all, he could only continue to help them 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 terrible, and they had little confidence in themselves, so they comforted themselves by believing in Qin Hao's promise.
Wang Mang must build confidence in his allies, otherwise the coalition forces may be disbanded before the war begins. Naturally, the best way to build confidence is to win the war.
The Qin Army's northern front only has a total of 50,000 troops, while the Southern Allied Forces have a total of 150,000 troops, three times the strength of the Qin Army, so why do they have to 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 use his superior troops to defend the city to consume the Qin army's vigor and strength.
However, the Qin army left the weak Bingnan Allied Forces alone and went to attack the Liang Army, which was obviously more difficult to attack. This also made many of Wang Mang's calculations useless. He could only guard the city gate and recruit and train the army. , to improve the overall quality of the army as much as possible.
Now the Bingnan princes have completed their army expansion, with 110,000 Bingnan coalition troops, plus 40,000 mercenaries, for a total of 150,000 troops.
All the supplies for the 40,000 mercenaries will naturally come from the southern princes, and this is also a large expense.
If we join the southern princes during the war, we will hold our noses and admit it, but if there is no war, it will be a bit hard to accept that we will have an army of 40,000 in vain.
Therefore, whether it is to build confidence in the southern princes or to make the 40,000 mercenaries worth their while, Wang Mang must take the initiative to attack the Qin army.
Wang Mang spent a lot of effort to convince the wavered 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 Bingnan counties is too weak. It is natural for them to be short of food. It would be strange not to be short of food.
The consumption of food and grass during wartime is not the same as in peacetime, and the food and grass to support the 150,000-strong army on the expedition could not be obtained even by the southern princes.
With no choice but to go around to borrow grain, Wang Mang could only borrow grain from the princes of Jizhou, Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng.
Wang Mang had never been so aggrieved in his life. He said everything that should be said and what should not be said. Then he borrowed 50,000 stones of food and grass from Chen Zhang, but this was still not enough for an army of 150,000. It's a drop in the bucket.
With no choice but to do so, Wang Mang could only learn from Zhang Jiao and Dong Zhuo and rely on massacring aristocratic families to raise food and grass, but his method was much more clever and did not bring him any infamy.
Wang Mang relied on a big drama he wrote and directed to accuse nearly half of the aristocratic families in Bingnan and Sizhou of being connected to the Qin Dynasty, and then used the name of his cheap brother Wang Shichong to confiscate and exterminate their families. It is no wonder that such aristocratic families are so strange. On Wang Mang's head.
I have to say that the aristocratic families in this era are really unlucky. Zhang Jiao will destroy the aristocratic family whenever he needs something, Xiang Yu will destroy the aristocratic family, Dong Zhuo will also destroy the aristocratic family, and Qin Hao and Wang Mang will also use different methods to destroy the aristocratic family.
In short, no matter what you lack, as long as you destroy the family, you will have it all.
In this way, Wang Mang finally collected more than a month's worth of military rations by borrowing and raiding aristocratic families. Even if he was frugal, he could barely sustain himself for two months.
As for two months from now?
Wang Mang estimated that the plan to rescue Li Shimin would definitely be over in two months. If it succeeds, he can borrow it from the Liang Army. If it doesn't... he can only leave it to fate.
After Wang Mang collected the fodder, he immediately launched an offensive against the Qin army, but he had to carefully consider the choice of his opponent.
Of the 50,000 Qin army on the northern front, Su Dingfang led 30,000 to guard Hanoi, and Xue Rengui led 20,000 to guard Hedong.
Wang Mang was naturally very fond of these two famous generals of the Tang Dynasty, especially Xue Rengui, who had both military and military skills. That was one of his favorite generals.
Although Su Dingfang is also an extremely powerful general, Wang Mang believes that Xue Rengui is more powerful. He is not sure about dealing with an opponent like Xue Rengui, so he naturally leaves it to Chen Qingzhi to deal with him.
Wang Mang's attack on Qin was an all-out effort, using a total of 130,000 troops, leaving only 20,000 troops to guard Hanoi and Hedong.
Wang Mang personally led an army of 90,000 to attack Hanoi, and ordered Chen Qingzhi to lead an army of 40,000 to stop Xue Rengui in Hedong. After wiping out Su Dingfang, he concentrated his efforts on Xue Rengui.
Wang Mang knew that Xue Rengui was extremely powerful, but Chen Qingzhi didn't have many strong generals under his command, so he sent Ju Guuba to Chen Qingzhi to ensure nothing went wrong.
With an army of 90,000 on his side facing off against 30,000, Wang Mang felt there was no reason to lose. However, when the battle began, Wang Mang was stunned by Su Dingfang. He still overestimated his commanding ability.
(End of this chapter)