Under Su Dingfang's arrangement, Chaoge City's current defense strength is not much different, if not an iron wall.
With the army assembled by Wang Mang, it was impossible to forcefully attack Chaoge. Even if Chaoge was finally defeated, the price would be unbearable for Wang Mang.
Therefore, the best way for Wang Mang at present is to lure out the defenders in the city.
However, the troops in Chaoge City are well-prepared, and the defense equipment is also extremely sufficient. Su Lie has made it clear that he is determined to defend, and it is obviously impossible to leave the city easily.
If Fang Xuanling was not in the city, Wang Mang would still be sure to use a trick to lure Su Lie out. However, with Su Lie assisted by the wise man Fang Xuanling, even if Wang Mang was full of clever tricks, he was not sure he could deceive Fang Xuanling.
Wang Mang thought hard and only came up with a bad idea, a helpless conspiracy, which was to send women's clothes to humiliate Su Lie, so as to force Su Lie to go out of the city to fight.
Wang Mang humiliated Su Lie by dressing up as a woman and forced him to fight. This move is quite spicy.
In this era, it is undoubtedly a shame and humiliation to say that a man is inferior to a woman, and no general can remain indifferent.
After all, if you don't go to war even if you do this, you will definitely be ridiculed by the people in the world, which is something that no general can bear.
In original history, Zhuge Liang did this, but it was a pity that he used the wrong target.
Sima Yi was not a pure general. He was born as a politician and joined the army halfway. He did not have much military honor in his heart. He could give up everything for victory, let alone military honor.
But Su Lie is different from Sima Yi. Su Lie is the purest soldier. In his heart, the glory of a soldier is higher than others.
It was precisely because Wang Mang knew this that he deliberately sent women's clothes to force Su Lie to fight. The effect was really not good, and all the generals of the Qin army, including Su Lie, were completely angered.
"Wang Mang is a thief and bullies others too much."
The young and energetic Luo Cheng was even more furious and was about to go forward to kill the envoy, but was stopped by Zhao Yun.
"Brother Luo Xian, calm down. The two armies are fighting. Don't kill the envoy."
"Brother Zilong, let me go. If you don't kill this thief, it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart..."
"enough."
After Su Dingfang shouted violently, Luo Cheng also calmed down instantly, but under Su Dingfang's cold gaze, Luo Cheng could only retreat with an aggrieved face.
Su Dingfang stood up and walked slowly towards the envoy. Every step was as heavy as a mountain, but the envoy was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground and shivered under his murderous aura.
Su Dingfang didn't even read the letter, but picked up the letter and read it again himself. Although his appearance was still as calm as water, the protruding veins on his forehead showed how angry he was inside.
Although Su Dingfang was angry in his heart, he did not vent his anger on a small messenger, because not only was it meaningless, but it was equivalent to telling Wang Mang that I was angered by you.
Su Dingfang picked up the women's clothing from the wooden box, looked through it, and said coldly to the envoy: "Go back and tell Wang Mang that I have accepted his letter of war."
"roll."
A loud shout resounded throughout the hall, and the envoy was so frightened that he ran out crawling and rolling.
Some generals of the Qin army who were carried away by anger were overjoyed to see Su Lie agreeing to fight. Luo Cheng even stepped forward and asked: "General, how do you think this battle should be fought?"
Fang Xuanling stood up at this moment and said in a deep voice: "General, you can't go to war. Wang Mang did it on purpose."
Seeing that Fang Xuanling actually sang the opposite tune at this time, some generals immediately glared at him, but Fang Xuanling did not care at all and continued: "If Wang Mang just angers you, general, and once he goes out of the city to fight with him, he will be hit."
It’s his plan, so we absolutely can’t go into battle.”
"Of course I know this, but even so, I still choose to go out of the city to fight."
At this time, Su Dingfang's eyes not only showed no anger at all, but a glint of light flashed in his eyes. He looked at the clothes in his hands and sneered: "I was going to let Wang Mang know what it means to play with fire and burn yourself."
Seeing this, Fang Xuanling couldn't help but frown. After thinking for a while, he seemed to have guessed something. He looked at Su Dingfang with a shocked expression, while Su Dingfang smiled meaningfully, but did not mean to explain anything.
"Zilong, go and select five thousand elite cavalry and five thousand soldiers. Tomorrow the Japanese general will personally lead the army out of the city to fight Wang Mang."
"promise."
"Ding Yanping, after I leave, the defense of Chaoge City will be left to you. If there is any mistake, please come and see me."
"General, don't worry, Chaoge is here, and so will the general."
Su Dingfang nodded, then looked at the generals and said in a deep voice: "Tomorrow's battle, except for General Ding Yanping, who is responsible for defending the city, all the other generals will be dispatched."
"promise."
On the other side, when Wang Mang learned that Su Lie had indeed accepted the challenge, he was overjoyed and immediately ordered Chen Ba to select the elite to fight.
Of course, Wang Mang would not honestly fight Su Dingfang according to the agreed number of troops. After all, the overall quality of the soldiers on both sides was very different, and it was impossible to win with the same number.
The next day, at noon, west of Chaoge City, thirty miles away.
Wang Mang led his generals early, and there were 50,000 elite troops waiting here. Among them, 20,000 troops were placed in front to fight, and 30,000 troops were hidden in the mountains behind.
"General, the Qin army is coming."
Chen Ba first reminded Wang Mang, and Wang Mang immediately became energetic, but when he looked towards the front of the Qin army, his expression suddenly changed, and then he showed an expression as if he had seen a ghost.
All the coalition generals also looked shocked, because the Qin army's most advanced general, Su Lie, was actually wearing a pink dress outside his armor, which was a genuine women's dress sent by Wang Mang.
Wang Mang thought of Su Lie going into battle in anger, but he didn't expect that Su Lie would dare to wear women's clothing to fight. He couldn't help but secretly thought: This Su Lie is simply a werewolf!
What is a werewolf? It is something better than a ruthless person, and Su Lie is undoubtedly this kind of person.
Although Wang Mang sent women's clothing to humiliate and tear him apart, he didn't actually let Su Lie put it on. However, Su Lie took the initiative to put it on when he went into battle.
It is a great shame and humiliation for the army for a general to wear women's clothing in battle, but this humiliation can also boost morale.
When the coalition soldiers saw that the enemy general was actually wearing women's clothing to fight, they burst into laughter after a brief discussion, and this laughter was like a needle that stabbed into the hearts of all the Qin soldiers.
Humiliation, anger, violence...all kinds of negative emotions filled the entire Qin army in an instant.
Seeing that the Qin army on the opposite side was calm and suppressed, like a volcano about to erupt, Wang Mang couldn't help but swallowed subconsciously, and then smiled bitterly and said to himself: "This is a big deal."