Chapter 1197: The end of the road
"According to His Majesty's decree, the traitor Wang Shichong will be killed."
After saying this, Long Qie pointed his long sword directly at the Changzi City with the city gate wide open, and shouted: "Attack with the whole army."
"kill……"
A young general in silver armor took the lead and entered the city gate first, followed closely by the Ming army.
Wang Shichong's death caused the morale of the Shangdang army to plummet, and there was no strong resistance at all. In addition, there were only a few thousand defenders in Changzi City, which allowed the Ming army to completely capture Changzi City within a few hours.
"Reporting to General Long Qie, our army easily occupied the Changzi City. The grain depots and equipment warehouses in the city are all well preserved. We killed 500 enemies, captured 3,000 prisoners, and suffered less than 100 casualties."
"good."
Long Qie couldn't help but look happy, and then he said in a deep voice: "Where is Long Yang?"
"The end will be here."
The silver-armored young man who had just entered the city for the first time stepped forward. It was Long Qie's younger brother Long Yang, and he actually had a face that was 90% similar to Yuwen Tuo and Li Xiaoyao.
"You are now ordered to lead an army of 20,000 people to attack Huguan. You must capture Huguan within ten days."
"No." Long Yang responded with his fists clasped.
Looking at his younger brother's leaving figure, Long Qie couldn't help but think of his childhood, when his parents were still alive and his younger brothers and sisters were still young.
Long Qie's family has four brothers and sisters, two sons and two daughters, the eldest brother Long Qie, the second brother Long Yang, the third sister Long Kui, and the youngest sister Long Yue (little Long Nu).
Although Long Qie's family is not rich, it is happy and happy, but God has not blessed his little family.
Bandits attacked Long Qie's village, and Long Qie escaped by hiding in a closet with his younger siblings. He watched his parents being hacked to death by the bandits, but he did not dare to make any sound.
After that, Long Qie, like Bai Qi, wandered around the world with his young brothers and sisters, living a precarious life until he joined the Taiping Sect and found a place to settle down.
After Long Qie joined the Taiping Religion, he, along with other children of the same age, were taught martial arts by the Taiping Religion.
Long Qie's martial arts talent was extremely high, and he quickly stood out among many competitors. After repeated training, he finally occupied a high position in the Taiping Sect, and was finally taught by the great sage Zhang Jiao personally.
At that time, Zhang Jiao had already stopped accepting apprentices, so although Long Qie and Zhang Jiao were masters and apprentices, they were not masters and apprentices.
Although Zhang Jiao taught Long Qie his skills, he did not allow Long Qie to pass them on to anyone else. In desperation, Long Qie could only send his two younger brothers and sisters to become disciples, and his younger sister was sent to the Ancient Tomb Sect. She was called Little Dragon Girl by master Lin Chaoying.
Years passed by, and the younger brothers and sisters also grew up. Long Yang and Long Kui, who had returned from the stage, joined the Ming Dynasty. Long Yang became Long Qie's lieutenant, and Nightshade became the female official around Emperor Ming.
What Ling Longqie never expected was that his younger sister, Xiao Longnv, would turn to Qin Hao and even do something as dangerous as assassinating Wang Mang for Qin Hao.
To be honest, Long Qie actually hated Qin Hao very much in his heart. If it weren't for Qin Hao, the Yellow Turbans would have taken over the world long ago, and his best friend Xiang Yu also died under Qin Hao's sword.
The assassination of Wang Mang made Xiao Longnu famous all over the world, and Long Qie also learned about Xiao Longnu's movements. When he learned that when Qin Hao returned to Luoyang, the woman beside him was actually his sister, Long Qie had more than just Five Flavors Magazine in his heart.
It was difficult for Long Qie to accept the fact that his sister might have become Qin Hao's woman. He thought that his inexperienced sister had been deceived by Qin Hao, but things had already happened and he had no choice but to regret it.
Long Qie didn't know whether Qin Hao knew that Xiao Longnu was his sister, but he knew that Qin Hao would definitely be able to find out if he wanted to. However, he had not received any contact from Qin Hao so far, which proved that Qin Hao did not Long Qie was secretly relieved that he would not use his sister to sway him.
Emperor Ming ordered Long Qie to kill Wang Shichong, occupy Shangdang, and seize Huguan. He was actually quite reluctant, because Long Qie knew that dealing with Wang Shichong at this time was indirectly helping Qin Hao.
Long Qie didn't know what Emperor Ming, who had always been wise and wise, thought about issuing such an order. But now that the order had been given, he had to obey the order even if he didn't understand it. Maybe there was a deeper meaning in it.
After taking Changzi City, Long Jun not only sent Long Yang to lead 20,000 troops to attack Huguan, but he also led troops to attack other cities in Shangdang.
Ten days later, Long Yang successfully occupied Huguan, and Long Qie quickly captured the five cities of Xu'an, Gaodu, Yang'a, Ha'an, and Lu. Seven of the thirteen counties in Shangdang were completely captured by the Ming army.
Wang Mang, who was setting up a defense line on the front line at this time, was shocked and stunned when he learned that Long Jie not only attacked Shangdang, but also killed Wang Shichong.
Wang Mang really couldn't figure out what was going on in Emperor Ming's mind. It was clear that Qin Hao was the greatest threat now, and the two of them were weak and should join forces to keep themselves warm in order to survive, but Emperor Ming chose to stab him in the back at this time. , this is not something that a far-sighted time traveler can do.
Wang Mang never expected that before the Qin army could attack, the allies he found would take the lead in rebelling against the revolution, and this would undoubtedly be a fatal blow to the Southern Allied Forces.
Wang Mang focused on resisting the Qin army on the frontal battlefield, and did not expect that Shangdang in the rear would fall. Wang Mang stored nearly 80% of the grain and grass he seized from Sizhou in Shangdang.
Now that the Ming army has attacked and occupied most of Shangdang, including the eldest son, it means that the Union Army has lost 80% of its food and grass before the war begins. How will the next battle be fought?
What's even more fatal is that the Qin army is about to attack, and the Ming army is causing trouble in the rear. The Southern Allied Army is being attacked from two sides, and it is obviously at the end of its rope.
Wang Mang did not dare to make the news public, because once it was made public, the consequences would be disastrous, but it was impossible to keep it secret forever, so he concealed it from the lower-level soldiers and made it public to the high-level generals and princes.
After it was made public, Wang Mang was naturally reprimanded by all the princes. After all, he had vowed that the Ming Army would definitely help them fight against the Qin Army. As a result, the Ming Army not only betrayed the alliance but also stabbed you in the back.
After Wang Mang tried his best to appease all the princes, he quickly made a response.
"The reason why Emperor Ming betrayed the alliance is that Qin Hao promised her greater benefits. However, no matter why the Ming army rebelled, our army must recapture Shangdang, otherwise this battle will not be fought at all."
Wang Mang's eyes fell on Chen Qingzhi, and he said in a deep voice: "I now order Chen Qingzhi to be the chief general, and Guo Tai to be the deputy general. He will lead 40,000 troops back to support the Shangdang. The eldest son and Huguan must be recaptured. If they cannot be recaptured... Just hold on to the city and never let Long Qie attack the rear of our army."
