Although Wang Mang also has the ability to command an army of 100,000, he believes that he is no match for Bai Qi and Xue Rengui, but he does not have such a top commander under his command.
In order to improve the chances of winning this battle, Wang Mang really had no choice but to borrow someone to command the army, and set his sights on Chen Qingzhi, who was under Chen Youliang's command, and Chen Qingzhi was the best candidate Wang Mang could borrow.
In fact, Wang Mang's choice for the general was not Chen Qingzhi at first, but Han Xin, the son of Han Fu, the shepherd of Jizhou.
Han Fu in the original history was not Yuan Shao's opponent at all. Even if he had Jizhou, he had no choice but to surrender. But after having Han Xin as his son, Han Fu not only retained his territory, but also won many battles with Yuan Shao. This
This made Wang Mang have to doubt Han Xin's true identity.
Wang Mang suspected that this Han Xin from Jizhou was actually Han Xin, the ‘Soldier Immortal’, one of the Three Great Masters of the Early Han Dynasty. After checking the information about this Han Xin, Wang Mang no longer had any doubts. With such an amazing record, who else could it be but Han Xin?
According to the intelligence collected by Wang Mang, although Han Xin's performance was not as good as that of Bai Qi, he was still an extremely dazzling presence in the Han military circles.
The original Xianbei Shanyu Helian died in an ambush by Han Xin, which almost caused 400,000 Xianbei cavalry to go south.
Afterwards, Xianbei fell into internal strife and was eventually annexed by Yuanmeng and Manchu Qing. In other words, Han Xin also indirectly helped Yuanmeng and Manchu Qing.
As for Han Xin's other achievements, there are quite a few in the intelligence, but they are not big battles. However, without exception, Han Xin will win every battle, and he has never been defeated so far.
Fighting a hundred battles is definitely not an easy task. Currently, Qin Hao, Bai Qi and Li Shimin have achieved it, and Li Shimin's undefeated record was ended by Qin Hao.
Like Qin Hao and Bai Qi, Han Xinneng has never lost a single battle. This is an extremely rare thing in itself, and it is enough to prove his ability to command troops.
Wang Mang originally wanted to ask Han Xin to be his commander. After all, Qin Hao had someone under his command who was suspected of being Bai Qi. Faced with Bai Qi, one of the best commanders in history, Wang Mang believed that only the military immortal Han Xin could compete with him.
Wang Mang's idea was indeed beautiful, but what he didn't expect was that no matter how much it cost, Han Fu was unwilling to send troops and directly ignored Wang Shichong's request for help.
Yuan Shao was watching from the side, and he might invade Jizhou at any time. Jizhou was divided into two factions over whether to fight or surrender, so the only person Han Fu could trust at this time was Han Xin. How could he send Han Xin out at this time?
Han Fu's rejection made Wang Mang angry and helpless. In the end, he had no choice but to choose Chen Qingzhi as his commander-in-chief.
Famous masters and generals should not keep themselves in prison, and thousands of troops should avoid white robes.
Although Chen Qingzhi's record is not like that of Bai Qi and Han Xin, who never failed to win or lose, it is unprecedented in China's five thousand years of history.
Perhaps there is some exaggeration in this, but Wang Mang believes that flaws cannot cover up the merits, and that flaws cannot erase Chen Qingzhi's contribution.
Of course Wang Mang was sorry that he couldn't invite Han Xin, but Chen Qingzhi's presence was enough. After all, what he wanted was not to defeat Qin Hao immediately, but to seize enough territory and try his best to hold on to the fruits of victory.
Moreover, Chen Qingzhi is also the best candidate that Wang Mang can borrow currently within Wang Mang's ability. Apart from him, Wang Mang has no one available.
Thinking of this, Wang Mang became even more envious and jealous of Qin Hao. Qin Hao had a lot of famous generals and marshals, and he didn't worry about talents at all. It was not like he had to borrow someone to command him when he fought a battle. It was simply
It is the shame of going through this, and it makes the listener cry when it smells sad.
"All this will pass. Sooner or later, Qin Hao will have what he has, and I will have it, and now is the most difficult period. As long as we can get through it smoothly, the road ahead will be smooth."
Wang Mang comforted himself like this in his heart, and only in this way could he convince himself to continue gritting his teeth and holding on to the end.
Wang Mang knew that even if Yuan Meng restrained the Jin army, even if he attracted mercenaries from the Chen and Zhang families, and even if Chen Qingzhi was the commander, it would still not be easy to seize food from Qin Hao. After all, there was an insurmountable gap between the armies of both sides.
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Qin Hao has a total of 130,000 troops in Sizhou, and the Qin army is the highest-quality army in the world. No matter whether it is equipped or trained, it is far from comparable to the motley army that Wang Mang improvised.
Wang Mang did not have enough time to train his army, and since he was destined to be inferior to his opponent in terms of quality, Wang Mang could only find a way out in terms of quantity. He had to rely on quantity to completely crush Qin Hao.
In addition to expanding the army, Wang Mang also needs more troops, but Jizhou can no longer borrow troops and horses, and a war is about to break out in Yanzhou, so it is obviously impossible to participate...
At this time, Wang Mang suddenly realized that in order to deal with Qin Hao this time, he had mobilized all the power he could mobilize, and now he looked around and found that there was nowhere to draw on.
"No, there is still somewhere we can borrow strength."
Wang Mang stared at the map, and after a long time, his eyes flashed, and he sneered: "Bai Bo, maybe these two bandits from Black Mountain can be used to advantage."
The Black Mountain Bandit in Wang Mang's words refers to Can Ming, who escaped into Taihang, and still carries the banner of the Ming Dynasty to this day, but the outside world just calls him the "Black Mountain Bandit".
Although the Baibo Thieves are the remnants of the Yellow Turbans, they are not the same concept as Can Ming.
The Baibo thieves were led by Guo Tai and Yang Feng, and Guo Tai was not only the Yellow Turban Qushuai, but also one of Zhang Jiao's direct disciples.
Before the complete failure of the Yellow Turbans, Guo Tai followed Zhang Bao, that is, Zhang Sanfeng, to fight in Jizhou. After Huangfu Song defeated Zhang Bao, Guo Tai led some of the remaining troops to retreat to Hedong, and then fled to the Baibo Valley between Xihe and Hedong. Therefore,
Known as the "White Wave Thief".
Guo Tai, who turned into a rogue, continued to attack the noble families and gather the refugees. Under his careful development, the White Wave Yellow Turbans reached the level of 100,000 people, and could even dispatch an army of 20,000 at most. Their strength was not inferior to that of the princes in the south.
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After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Sheng also ordered to recall Mrs. Guo, and Mrs. Guo agreed at that time.
But as Fang La exposed the identity of Zhang Sheng's woman, Mrs. Guo could not accept a woman becoming the Ming Emperor no matter what, and this also caused the Baibo Thief and the Ming Dynasty to completely part ways.
Wang Mang wanted to lure Baibo and Heishan as foreign aid, and all he could offer was food, grass and land, but these were things the Baibo thieves could not refuse.
Finally, under Wang Mang's personal persuasion, Baibo leader Guo Tai agreed to his request to send troops and personally led 20,000 troops to help in the battle.
After taking care of Mrs. Guo, Wang Mang once again set his sights on the Black Mountain bandit. As for the legendary empress in the Taihang Mountains, Wang Mang seriously suspected that she was also a time traveler.