Chapter 1014: The Forgotten Person (page 1/1)
Chapter 1014: The Forgotten Person
Wang Mang couldn't help but feel a little complicated when he thought that despite the thirty-six princes joining forces to attack him and still being unable to do anything, Demon King Dong died so silently.
In Wang Mang's imagination, Dong Zhuo was a very lustful fat man weighing more than 200 pounds. After coming to this glorious era, Wang Mang discovered that the Dong Zhuo in his memory was not only not fat, but also an extremely brave and strong man, and even had super first-class physical fitness. The strength of a military commander.
Dong Zhuo's rise was not smooth sailing. He defeated countless opponents before unifying Kansai. Even heroes like Li Yuan and Yang Jian did not dare to have the slightest dissent under him.
Even Qin Hao, who has been cheating, did not dare to contend with Dong Zhuo in his heyday alone. This shows that Dong Zhuo is the most outstanding hero of this era.
However, the description of such an awesome figure in all history books was extremely low. This made Wang Mang understand that history books can only be used as a reference and cannot be fully trusted.
“Although the Yongzhou pastor is Li Yuan, Yang Jian has already seized the opportunity, and Li Yuan may not be able to compete with Yang Jian.
No matter who wins in the end, it seems that the civil strife in the Liang Army cannot be avoided, and the Liang Army will definitely be seriously injured afterwards, and I am afraid they will not have the energy to contain Qin Hao..."
Thinking of this, Wang Mang couldn't help but secretly thought that something was wrong. Even if he kept the captured territory in his plan, the war between him and Qin Hao would still be protracted, and it would be impossible to decide the winner within a year or two.
After the expansion of the Bingnan princes' coalition forces, they will reach 150,000 troops. However, it is impossible to support such a large army just by relying on the four counties of Bingnan and the newly captured Hedong and Hanoi.
Although Qin Hao disclosed high-yielding varieties, grain and grass were a problem faced by all the princes before they were fully promoted.
Therefore, Wang Mang must get the support of the Liang army and other princes in order to have the capital to continue the stalemate with Qin Hao.
In addition, if there is no Liang Army to restrain them, Qin Hao can use all his strength to deal with the Southern Alliance Army, and it will be difficult to stop it with this makeshift army.
"No, I can't let Liang Jun's vitality be severely damaged, otherwise my chances of winning against the Qin Army going all out will be very low..."
Thinking of this, Wang Mang couldn't help but feel anxious. As an outsider, there was no way he could interfere in Liang Jun's internal affairs, but if he remained indifferent, he would only be dead.
"Try to remember, there must be something missing, there must be other ways... By the way, Li Shimin."
Wang Mang racked his brains and meditated for most of the night, and finally thought of a character that everyone had forgotten, and that was Li Shimin.
Li Shimin was Dong Zhuo's son-in-law and Dong Zhuo's long-decided successor. Li Shimin disappeared after the Battle of Luoyang, and he still doesn't know whether he is alive or dead.
"If Li Shimin could return to Guanzhong in time, the internal fighting among the Liang army would probably end..."
Different from the uncertainty of the outside world, Wang Mang believed that Li Shimin was definitely not dead. As far as he knew, Li Shimin and Qin Hao were both enemies and friends. Even if they died, it was impossible that their bodies would not be found.
Therefore, Wang Mang dared to conclude that Li Shimin was definitely not dead, but was accidentally captured alive after the fall of Luoyang, and then imprisoned somewhere in Luoyang by Qin Hao.
As for why Qin Hao didn't kill Li Shimin, Wang Mang believed that it must be because Li Shimin still had value for Qin Hao.
"As long as we can successfully rescue Li Shimin from Qin Hao, we will definitely get Li Shimin's gratitude, and it will be a matter of course for us to unite with Liangdi to fight against Qin Hao."
Thinking of this, Wang Mang's brows relaxed slightly, but then a big question appeared in front of him. Where was Li Shimin imprisoned by Qin Hao?
Wang Mang believed that no one knew the time-travelers better than himself, and he put himself in Qin Hao's perspective, repeatedly deduced forward and backward, and discovered that there were several places in Luoyang that were most likely the places where Li Shimin was imprisoned. But he didn't have much certainty and could only try his luck.
"Even if Li Shimin is really imprisoned there, it is impossible for me to break through the many blockades and successfully rescue Li Shimin with just the power in my hands."
Wang Mang's eyes were full of helplessness. The power in his hand was still too weak, but he then said to himself: "It seems it's time to contact Baijia. I didn't expect this day to come so quickly."
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Although the allied forces of the Kwantung princes were disbanded due to the Feng Wang policy, and all the princes returned to their respective families, it did not mean that they would not pay attention to the war in Sizhou.
The princes originally thought that Qin Hao's occupation of Sizhou was basically a certainty, but as Dong Zhuo personally led the army eastward out of Hangu, the entire Sizhou was once again shrouded in fog.
Dong Zhuo's display of such a large array was obviously a sign of bad intentions, and Qin Hao's attitude was that he would not give up until he took Sizhou. All the princes also thought that Qin Hao and Dong Zhuo would definitely fight.
Afterwards, Director Qin held a meeting in Mianchi, and Dong Zhuo was captured alive by Jia Fu. What was even more surprising was that Qin Hao actually let Dong Zhuo back.
And everything that happened in Sizhou after that was so exciting, and developed in a direction that all the princes could not understand. It was like you sang and we came on stage.
I thought that after Dong Zhuo was betrayed, he would definitely go to war with Qin Hao in anger, but the Liang army inexplicably withdrew from Sizhou, and before leaving, they opened the checkpoint to attract the princes from the south.
The four major princes of Bingnan sent troops south to seize territory, which made Sizhou once again shrouded in the clouds of war. Falling into a chaotic and extremely tense situation.
The princes who were paying attention to the situation in Sizhou thought that Qin Hao, who was used to being domineering, would directly go to war with the coalition forces of the southern princes.
But I didn't expect that although there was friction between the two sides, they were extremely restrained. Both sides had a tacit agreement to grab their own territory, and they still haven't completely seen through.
There are four counties in Sizhou, namely Henan Yin 21 counties, Hedong 19 counties, Hanoi 18 counties, and Hongnong 9 counties.
The land of 21 counties in Henan Province, including Luoyang, had been completely occupied by Qin Hao before.
In this operation to seize territory, the Qin army occupied 5 counties in Hedong, including the governorship of Anyi, 4 counties including Chaoge in Hanoi, and 3 counties including Mianchi in Hongnong. The land of three counties.
The Qin army seized 12 counties from three counties, and if 21 counties in Yin, Henan are included, there are currently 33 counties in total, accounting for nearly half of Sizhou.
As for the coalition of princes in the south commanded by Wang Mang, they divided up 14 counties including Jiangyi and Linfen in Hedong, and 13 counties including Huai County in Hanoi, for a total of 27 counties.
Since the entire coalition was formed by Wang Mang, Wang Shichong's Shangdang army must account for the majority. Although the other three princes in the south were dissatisfied with this, there was nothing they could do.
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