Chapter 1562: Assassinate Wang Mang
Chapter 1562 Assassination of Wang Mang
Chapter 1560: Assassination of Wang Mang
Chao Gai didn't think of weapons at first. After all, Liangshan's foundation was not strong. Liangshan was also injured by weapons. However, the Hongmen Banquet he arranged was discovered by Wu Yong, so he had no choice but to forcefully raise troops to launch a coup.
At Wu Yong's reminder, Song Jiang was already on guard against Chao Gai, and recruited all his confidants in advance, and quickly recalled his brother Song Yu, Lu Junyi and other leaders to return to suppress Chao Gai's rebellion.
Song Yu also couldn't understand Song Jiang's breaking of the alliance, but after all, Song Jiang was his only living brother. Song Qing and other brothers had all died in the war, so it was naturally impossible for him to see Song Jiang's head missing.
Song Yu immediately prepared to lead the army back to suppress the rebellion, and nearly half of the other leaders also returned to help Song Jiang. However, nearly half of the leaders chose to wait and see, neither helping Song Jiang nor Chao Gai, including Lu Junyi.
Lu Junyi did not agree with Song Jiang's decision, but he had been brothers with Song Jiang for many years, and his temperament was also a bit indecisive, so he was not able to completely break up like Chao Gai, so he chose to wait and see.
Song Jiang has been in charge of the Liangshan Army for many years, and his prestige is naturally not comparable to that of Chao Gai. Chao Gai suddenly launched a coup, which really caught Song Jiang off guard. However, with the return of the four leaders Song Yu, Dong Ping, Hu Yanzhuo, and Lu Zhishen, the momentum of the rebellion Gradually being suppressed, the situation became increasingly unfavorable to Chao Gai.
Chao Gai saw that the matter was exposed, but was not willing to let it go, so he sent Yan Qing to lobby Lu Junyi. He knew that Lu Junyi also supported recruiting An, so he wanted to get Lu Junyi's support to defeat Song Jiang.
At the critical moment of the internal fighting in Liangshan, Lu Junyi's indecisiveness broke out again. Even with Yan Qing pleading on his side, Lu Junyi was still hesitant and missed the perfect opportunity to send troops.
After Lu Junyi made his decision, the coup initiated by Chao Gai had been suppressed by all the leaders.
During this coup, Liangshan suffered more than 5,000 casualties, and Hun Jianglong Li Jun, who supported Chao Gai, was also killed on the spot.
Chao Gai was wounded by an arrow from Hu Yanzhuo, but escaped under the protection of Shi Jin. He led the remaining 5,000 troops to Beihai and took refuge with Li Jing, the prefect of Beihai.
After learning about this, Lu Junyi also regretted his mistake, but it was of no use and could only continue to stay under Song Jiang's staff.
Liangshan’s total military strength was only 40,000, but after such a turmoil, a quarter of the troops were directly reduced, and the total strength dropped to 30,000. It can be said that their vitality was severely damaged.
Qingzhou, Qi State
After Wang Mang left Liangshan, he came to Qi without stopping, preparing to lobby Zhu Tianpeng to join the Anti-Qin Alliance.
Huang Chao was forced to surrender to the Han Dynasty. Although claiming to be king without permission was tantamount to treason, it had not yet changed its flag. Therefore, Qi was still a nominal tributary of the Han Dynasty, so it could naturally join the newly established new dynasty.
However, Zhu Tianpeng was not as easy to fool as Song Jiang. Even though Wang Mang tried his best to persuade him, Wang Mang realized that it was impossible to persuade Zhu Tianpeng without using a big move, so he stayed in Qi and waited for the opportunity.
When the news of the civil strife and split in Liangshan came, there was no surprised expression on Wang Mang's face. He had long guessed that Song Jiang's rebellion would cause an unrest in Liangshan.
It was Song Jiang's decision to accept the recruitment, and everyone up and down Liangshan thought so. But now he suddenly turned against him and slapped himself in the face. It is natural that some people would object.
Wang Mang had long guessed that there would be internal strife in Liangshan, but he did not warn Song Jiang in advance. Instead, he used Liangshan as a bait to lure the Qin army in Beihai to dispatch, and Qi would not watch Liangshan fall.
Liangshan in Wang Mang's plan is actually not important. After all, Liangshan only has a total of 40,000 troops, and its overall combat power is generally not high. Even if it joins the Anti-Qin Alliance, its role is destined to be limited.
So, the real purpose of Digsheng's trip south was not only to lobby Song Jiang, but also to lure Zhu Tianpeng of Qi State into the water.
Wang Mang wanted to use Liangshan as a bait to provoke a war between the two countries. Once Zhu Tianpeng and Li Jing started a war, they would have no choice but to join the anti-Qin side to fight against the Qin army. Wang Mang grabbed the tiger skin of the anti-Qin alliance and used his own power to control the Qingzhou princes, but he still underestimated Li Jing's caution.
When he learned that the Qin army did not take the opportunity to send troops, Wang Mang's face was full of shock and surprise. This was obviously different from what he expected. Li Jing took the initiative to let go of such a good opportunity, and at the same time, Wang Mang's follow-up plans were blocked. out of shell.
Wang Mang's main purpose of going south this time was to lure Zhu Tianpeng into the water. However, if Zhu Tianpeng's Qi State did not join the game and only attracted Song Jiang, who was already seriously injured, this would not be much help to the overall situation.
“It’s getting tricky. It seems we have to find other ways. We need to hurry up.” Wang Mang thought to himself.
As the leader of the anti-Qin alliance and the first contributor to the establishment of the new imperial court, Wang Mang had to rush back before Liu Che proclaimed himself emperor, otherwise his busy back and forth would be in vain making wedding clothes for others.
Although Wang Mang is not sure about convincing Zhu Tianpeng now, he will try again no matter what.
“Ju Wu Ba, let’s go to Prince Qi’s Mansion.”
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Under the protection of Ju Wuba, Wang Mang went to Prince Qi's Mansion again, but unexpectedly he was assassinated on the way.
“The traitor shall die.”
Assassinations are a normal thing for Wang Mang, but the lineup of the assassin group this time is unprecedented. Not only are there half-step masters at the grand master level, but there are even grand masters.
“Hey, Qin Hao can’t tolerate me anymore?” Wang Mang said with a bitter smile, even the Grand Master was sent here, and he vowed not to give up until he was killed.
This assassination was arranged by Zhang Liang. Zhang Liang couldn't stand Wang Mang's various actions in Qingzhou, so he sent an assassin to assassinate him.
This time Zhang Liang sent the grand master Dongfang Shuo, the half-step grand master Qin Yijue, and Chang'e secretly provided information. Logically speaking, it was absolutely impossible to fail, but in the end it was because of the patrolling Xia Luqi, Wang Yanzhang and others. The 'just' arrived and failed.
Although Wang Yanzhang sealed the city gate in time, he still failed to capture Dongfang Shuo and Qin Yijue. However, Heibingtai also lost three super-class assassins.
“Mr. Wang Mang, I’ve frightened you.”
Zhu Tianpeng said with a somewhat bad expression. He did not expect that the assassins of the Qin army would be so rampant that they dared to assassinate Wang Mang, the envoy of the Three Kingdoms, on the street in the capital of Qi. It was like slapping him in the face.
"The public security in Qi is really good. Qin's spies can come and leave whenever they want. Wang is really experienced."
Wang Mang praised and sarcastically spoke, and then said: "King Qi, I pretended to enter the Qi State this time, so no one should know about it, but the assassins of the Qin State knew my whereabouts very well, and they He set up an assassination on the street. Don’t you think it’s strange, Your Highness, Prince Qi?”
The second update is here. This chapter makes up for yesterday’s guarantee. The monthly pass has exceeded 100 again. The monthly pass and update owed have accumulated to two chapters. Currently, there are still two chapters of monthly pass and update owed.
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