Chapter 1028: Cooperation between Qin and Ming
After hearing the news that Long Qie had withdrawn from Shangdang, Bai Qi couldn't help but frowned, and then fell into deep thought.
Long Qie didn't have many troops, only 50,000, but they were more difficult to deal with than Wang Mang's 150,000 coalition troops.
Wang Mang's 150,000-strong Southern Alliance Army was pieced together from here and there. In terms of cohesion and combat power, it was far inferior to the 50,000-strong Ming Army.
In Bai Qi's view, if Long Qie's 50,000 Ming army and 150,000 coalition troops were drawn out for a head-on decisive battle, Bai Qi believed that the Ming army's chance of winning was more than 60%, because the overall quality of the soldiers on both sides was not the same at all. grade.
Today, there are only a few armies with higher quality than the Ming Army, such as the Qin Army. After several military expansions, the overall quality of the Qin Army has also declined a lot. If it does not rely on equipment advantages, it will It may not be the opponent of the Ming army.
Therefore, although Long Qie only had 50,000 troops, he could use them as 100,000 if used properly. In addition, Shangdang's terrain was dangerous and difficult to defend and difficult to attack. The Ming army had no intention of spitting out the good things they had swallowed. reason.
Bai Qi really couldn't figure out why Long Qi withdrew. In the end, it could only be attributed to the reason that the Qin army was powerful and the Ming army was afraid of war.
"correct."
Bai Qi suddenly heard an extremely important thing. Wang Mang had hoarded a large amount of supplies in Shangdang. With so many things, Long Qie would definitely not be able to move them away with his small number of troops, so he quickly asked: "What should Long Qie do with Shangdang?" The stored supplies? Won’t they all be burned?”
If it were Bai Qi, since he couldn't take it away, it would definitely not be cheap for the enemy if he burned it. Comparing his feelings with his own, Bai Qi believed that Long Qie would definitely do the same thing.
"It must have been burned. God damn Long Qie, what a waste of natural resources." Bai Qi said sadly.
Such a huge batch of grain and grass could survive for millions of people if used properly. If it were burned like this, even Bai Qi would feel it was a pity.
"Long Qie did not burn this batch of food and grass. He only took away what he could. Most of it was given to our army intact."
"What, no fever?"
Bai Qi's eyes widened. He even thought he heard wrongly. After asking again, he found out that Long Qie really didn't burn food.
"The Ming army general gave Shangdang to our army, and even left food and grass? This is too weird."
Bai Qi really couldn't understand. Long Qie was also a famous general. How could he do such a thing to benefit the enemy? Isn't he afraid that Emperor Ming will kill him for capitalizing on the enemy when he returns?
Or does Long Qie want to surrender to the Qin army, so he is not ready to go back at all? But Long Jun clearly had no intention of surrendering to Qin!
Bai Qi thought about it carefully and found that the Ming army not only did not hinder the Qin army this time, but also helped the Qin army a lot. If the Ming army had not caused trouble behind the coalition forces, the Qin army would never have been able to unify and merge with the south like this. .
After coming to this conclusion, Bai Qi became even more confused. What was the purpose of this operation by the Ming army? Is it just to kill Wang Shichong and clean up the family?
Not to mention that Bai Qi didn't understand, even Long Qie himself couldn't figure out what kind of trouble his wise and mighty Majesty was going to make this time!
It was Emperor Ming's order that Long Qie would withdraw from Shangdang. Emperor Ming was also concerned about Long Qie's feelings, so he wrote a thousand-word letter to Long Qie to explain his intention to do so.
Emperor Ming mentioned in his letter that there are now hundreds of thousands of foreign cholera in Hetao, and once the Qin and Jin armies are defeated, it will be a disaster for the entire China.
Therefore, no matter for the sake of righteousness or trivial matters, there must be no conflict with the Qin army at this time. Long Qie
Even in order for the Qin army to have no worries and go north to deal with Yuan and Meng with peace of mind, the newly occupied Shangdang County was also given to the Qin army, and the captured grain and grass were regarded as military rations to aid Qin and Jin in their fight against Yuan and Meng.
At the end of the letter, Emperor Ming proposed that Long Qie personally command the cavalry and join forces with the Qin army to deal with Yuan Meng.
It has to be said that from the perspective of national justice, Emperor Ming would rather harm the interests of Ming Dynasty than make Long Qie give up joining the party. This fact made Long Qie admire him from the bottom of his heart.
His Majesty's consciousness suddenly became so high, which made Long Qie feel ashamed. At this critical moment of foreign invasion, Long Qie did not want to hold back the Qin army, so he decided to follow the order and withdraw from Bingzhou.
Emperor Ming's order was to deliver the entire Shangdang to the Qin army, but Long Qie had another idea. He gave up most of the Shangdang, but did not give up Huguan alone.
In Long Qie's view, the Qin army and the Ming army are rivals after all. Even if they can temporarily cooperate for the sake of national justice, there will still be a battle after repelling Yuan Meng. As long as Huguan is in hand, the Qin army can at least be blocked. Died in Bingzhou.
"Immediately send someone to rule Bai Qi, and tell him that I will discuss with him in front of Huguan, and the two armies will join forces to fight against the aliens." Long Qie ordered.
When Bai Qi and the generals of the Qin army learned that Long Qiexiao was going to send cavalry to Hetao to help the Qin army fight against Yuanmeng, all the generals were stunned, and Xue Rengui looked like he had seen a ghost.
Xue Rengui and Long Qie are old rivals. When the Battle of Han River broke out in Qin Xiang, Xue Rengui led a partial army to harass the Yellow Turban Army's food route, while Xiang Yu sent Long Qie to encircle and suppress Xue Rengui. At that time, the two fought no less than ten times. , there are winners and losers between the two sides.
Based on Xue Rengui's understanding of Long Qie, he did not think that Long Qie had this kind of consciousness, so he subconsciously thought that Long Qie was really cheating, and tried his best to prevent Bai Qi from going to Huguan in person.
Xue Rengui's words also made Bai Qi hesitate, but after thinking again and again, he decided to meet Long Qie. By then, he would know whether he was deceiving or sincere.
Five days later, Bai Qi came to Huguan with hundreds of Qingqi, but Long Qie came to see Bai Qi alone in order to show his sincerity.
Bai Qi felt Long Qie's sincerity, so he also prepared to meet Long Qie alone, but was strongly opposed by Xue Rengui.
"Captain, Long Qie's strength is not inferior to that of the general. It is too dangerous for you to go there alone. You should let the general protect you."
Bai Qi really couldn't control Xue Rengui, and saw that all the generals were trying to persuade him, so he had no choice but to ask Xue Rengui to accompany him.
Xue Rengui was nervous all the way, fearing that Long Qie would suddenly rise up. Seeing that Long Qie only brought a sword, Xue Rengui gradually let down his guard and took the initiative to apologize to Long Qie.
"General Long, it is Xue who uses the heart of a villain to judge the heart of a gentleman."
Xue Rengui bowed and bowed. Long Qie raised his hand to support him and said calmly: "It's okay. It's understandable to be cautious."
Bai Qi asked straight to the point: "General Long is really willing to send troops to help our army fight against Yuan Meng?"
"Not this general, but my Majesty."
Bai Qi and Xue Rengui were extremely surprised when they heard this. Everyone in the world said that women have long hair, short knowledge and small minds, but the broad-mindedness of this empress made men like them ashamed.
