Wang Mang did not expect that in just one or two months, the six princes' forces would be completely wiped out, and they would merge with the South Fourth Route and the Jizhou two. This world is really getting more and more dangerous.
The Chen and Zhang families in Jizhou had a good relationship with Wang Mang, but when the two families were destroyed, Wang Mang not only did not feel sad at all, but was actually a little happy, because only after Chen Youliang died could he hope to conquer Chen Qingzhi and Chen Baxian.
However, Wang Mang is now alone, so it is naturally impossible for him to conquer Chen Qingzhi and Chen Ba. He still needs to improve and demonstrate his abilities in order to convince Chen Qingzhi and Chen Ba.
"Damn Xiao Yan, my lord treated him well, but he betrayed my lord. I, Chen Ba, will not give up until I kill this man to pay homage to my lord."
Chen Baxian cursed angrily, and although Chen Qingzhi's was not as furious as him, he still had anger on his face.
Seeing this, Wang Mang stepped forward and said in a deep voice, "Brothers, revenge is not urgent, we have to take it slowly."
Chen Baxian and Chen Qingzhi looked at each other, and Chen Qingzhi asked, "Sir, do you have a plan to help me kill that thief Xiao Yan?"
Wang Mang nodded lightly and said unhurriedly, "Xiao Yan has taken refuge with Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao cannot be bypassed to kill Xiao Yan, and to deal with Yuan Shao, you must have a large army.
Although the Chen and Zhang families have been completely destroyed, there are still many stragglers who were dispersed in this battle and have not yet been wiped out.
First of all, we must gather these forces together, otherwise they will be wiped out by the three families sooner or later."
[Ding dong, Wang Mang’s skill ‘Skilled Tongue’ is activated...]
Chen Qingzhi's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this, and he said happily, "Yes, the Qinghe Army and the Changshan Army have a combined total of more than 100,000 troops. Even if the Yuan, Han, and Zhang families divided up all the territory, they would not be able to wipe out all their troops in a short time.
These stragglers are our greatest helpers."
Wang Mang nodded with a smile and said, "The second thing is to find a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack as soon as possible as a temporary base. Only in this way can we avoid the encirclement and suppression of Yuan Han and Zhang Sanjia.
The last thing is to wait for the opportunity. Now that Jizhou is divided into three parts, although the three families of Yuan, Han and Zhang are in conflict with each other, a war will inevitably break out sooner or later. By then, we will be able to have both sides, so we may not have no chance of revenge."
After Chen Qingzhi and Chen Baxian looked at each other, Chen Baxian said, "Qingzhi and I are considered high-level officials in the Qinghe Army. It is up to the two of us to win over the stragglers who have been scattered in the Qinghe Army."
Wang Mang nodded and said, "Then let me and Ju Wuba win over the stragglers of the Changshan Army."
In this way, Wang Mang's and Chen Qing's troops divided into two groups and recruited the stragglers from the Qinghe Army and Changshan Army respectively.
Chen Qingzhi and Chen Baxian relied on their status as Chen Youliang's clan brothers, and all the people they recruited expressed their submission.
Wang Mang relied on his eloquence and pulling Zhang Shicheng's tiger skin to lure all the stragglers of the Changshan Army to his command.
In just half a month, Wang Mang gathered together more than 30 remnants of the Chen and Zhang families scattered in Jizhou, with nearly 5,000 troops.
Five thousand troops is no longer a small number. After Yuan Shao learned that there was such a remnant army in his territory, he naturally wanted to annex them all. However, before he had time to send troops to encircle and suppress them, Wang Mang had already escaped with this army.
Taihang Mountains.
The Taihang Mountains, which stretch for thousands of miles, could hide millions of people from the Ming Dynasty. It was by taking advantage of the Taihang Mountains that the Ming Dynasty persisted until now despite the encirclement and suppression of the Han Dynasty.
Wang Mang's thousands of troops hid in Taihang, but they couldn't even stir up any waves. Yuan Shao couldn't even figure out their location, and he couldn't start a crusade even if he wanted to.
After Wang Mang and others hid in Taihang, from time to time they would go down the mountain to rob aristocratic families and passing caravans under the banner of the Ming Dynasty, and they could barely get by.
At the same time, the Ming and Korean armies, which were facing each other, tacitly chose to withdraw and cease the war.
The military strength of the Han and Ming armies is not much different, but the only famous general named in the Han army is Zhang He, while there are a large group of Ming armies, and the generals of both sides are not at the same level.
Therefore, even though Han Xin's commanding ability was unparalleled in the world, Emperor Ming, with the help of a large group of fierce generals and Zhang Liang, was able to compete with Han Xin on a equal footing.
After several battles with the Ming Dynasty, Han Xin once again realized the power of the Ming Dynasty, especially Zhang Liang, whose deep thoughts and vicious tactics were difficult for even him to see through.
In the summary of this battle, Zhang Liang specially set up a series of tricks for Han Xin. If it were not for the warning from military adviser Jushou, Han Xin almost fell into the trick.
Han Xinzhong also understood that as long as Zhang Liang was around, even if the fight continued, there would be no winner and Yuan Shao would be advantaged, so he sent envoys privately and agreed to retreat together.
Shortly after the two sides withdrew their troops, the Ming Dynasty sent an envoy again, expressing his intention to join forces with the Korean army to fight against Yuan Shao.
"Military advisor, do you think it's reliable to join forces with the Ming Dynasty to fight against Yuan Shao?"
Han Xin frowned and asked. After all, the Ming Dynasty had just framed Wang Shichong not long ago. Han Xin could not believe such an ally.
Jushou gently stroked his penis and said with a faint smile, "Of course it is reliable. Now that Yuan Shao is so powerful, Han Ming alone is no match for him. Only by joining forces can we resist Yuan Shao."
"But the Ming army has a history of breach of contract after all."
"Although the Ming army violated their covenant with Wang Shichong, you must know that Wang Shichong was a Yellow Turban traitor. The Ming army and the Qin army joined forces to fight against Yuan Meng. Didn't they soon cooperate happily?"
Jushou smiled and continued, "I know the concerns in the young master's heart, but the situation in Jizhou is completely different from that in Bingnan. Our army does not need the Ming army to directly send troops to assist us, so as long as we are careful, the Ming army has no plot to plot against us."
Chance."
Han Xin couldn't help but nodded upon hearing this, and then asked, "But it won't sound good if word spreads about such a rebellious cooperation as Ming Dynasty."
"Hahaha……"
Jushou couldn't help but laugh and said, "Young Master, this is the age of princes. As long as the interests of both parties are consistent, what's the point of cooperating with rebels?
Now that the imperial court is in Luoyang, hasn't Qin Hao united with the Ming army to fight against Yuanmeng?
Even Qin Hao doesn't care about this, so why should you, young master?"
Han Xin couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he heard this, and he smiled and said, "The words of the military counselor are what made Xin suddenly enlightened. Military counselor, you are right. As long as the interests are consistent in the age of princes, what's the point of cooperating with the rebels?"
Soon after, the armies of Han and Ming formally ceased fighting and retreated one after another. Although the two armies did not sign any written covenant, they tacitly agreed to increase the garrison at the junction of Yuan Shao's territory, as if two weak forces united to fight against one strong force.
posture.
After Yuan Shao learned about it at this time, he was angry and secretly said that it was a pity. He had indeed cut off Huang Que's plan to stay behind, but it was a pity that the two families did not come to terms with each other, and his plan failed.