After hearing the news that Long Qie had withdrawn from Shangdang, Bai Qi couldn't help but frowned, and then fell into deep thought.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 what they had swallowed.
reason.
Bai Qi really couldn't figure out why Long Qi withdrew. In the end, he could only attribute it 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 will 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, 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 heartbrokenly.
Such a huge batch of grain and grass can save lives if used properly. From the perspective of national justice, Emperor Ming would rather harm the interests of Ming Dynasty than let Long Qie give up joining the party. This fact also made Long Qie heartbroken.
Li admires it.
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.
The order issued by Emperor Ming 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 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 Hu Pass, 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 Qin Xiang broke out in the Battle of the Han River, Xue Rengui led a partial army to harass the Yellow Turban Army's food routes, while Xiang Yu sent Long Qie to encircle and suppress Xue Rengui. At that time, the two fought against each other no less than ten times.
, there is a winner and loser 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 prepared to go to see 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.