In fact, Qin Hao also knew that the current situation Beihai was facing was not as bad as he thought.
Although Ran Min fell in this battle, and even the Huben camp was wiped out, the biggest crisis Li Jing faced was resolved before Ran Min died.
What was the biggest crisis Li Jing faced? It was simply the fear of being entangled by Zhou Yafu's cavalry, and eventually being overtaken by Wang Mang's army, so that he would not be able to return to Beihai.
But as Ran Min killed Gongsun Shu before he died, Li Jing's crisis had actually been resolved.
Ran Min's battle against the four war gods alone was actually much more complicated than it seemed. Although his final blow could only kill one person, neither Gongsun Shu nor Ju Wuba could stop him.
After a short weighing of the pros and cons, Ran Min chose Gongsun Shu instead of the stronger Ju Wuba, simply because Gongsun Shu was a prince, while Ju Wuba was just a general.
It's better to die with a prince than with a general, right?
With this idea in mind, Ran Min chose to die together with Gongsun Shu, but what happened afterwards was beyond his expectation.
Although Ran Min died in the end, the death of Gongsun Shu caused great trouble to Wang Mang's army.
Among the 80,000 Northern Han coalition troops, 30,000 were Gongsun Shu's subordinates. They were unwilling to go thousands of miles to fight in Qingzhou. Not only did they not get half a cent of benefit, but now even their leader Gongsun Shu was killed in the battle.
Witnessing Gongsun Shu's death in battle made the remaining Liaodong cavalry explode, making it impossible for Zhou Yafu to block the news.
When the Liao army on Wang Mang's side received the news, the situation became even more out of control.
Without Gongsun Shu, Wang Mang lost control of the Liao army. Now that the Liao army was about to riot, the Northern Han coalition had to use all its forces to suppress it, thus missing the best opportunity to pursue Li Jing's army.
"Damn Ran Min, even if I die, you won't let me live in peace." Wang Mang clenched his fists and cursed angrily.
The Liao army's riot came and went quickly. Only a few hundred people were killed, and the riot was completely suppressed. Not only did it not cause much damage to the coalition forces, but it also strengthened Wang Mang's strength.
Although Wang Mang had nearly 30,000 more elite men under his command, he was not happy because the great opportunity to annihilate Li Jing was missed in vain.
In addition, although Wang Mang had recruited Gongsun Shu's 30,000-strong army, there were still such hidden dangers, which made Shajuan Lian and other generals fearful.
In short, the United Army is no longer as united as before, which is definitely the worst news for him.
The biggest headache for Wang Mang was Gongsun Shu's death in battle. Without Gongsun Shu as the person in charge, the Liao Kingdom would probably not listen to Wang Mang in everything. This meant that Wang Mang indirectly lost his biggest trump card.
"no solution anymore."
A hint of helplessness flashed in Wang Mang's eyes, and he sighed and ordered: "Send an order to Chen Baxian, asking him to forcibly integrate the military power of the Liao Kingdom and take over all the territory of the Liao Kingdom. Anyone who disobeys will be killed without mercy."
Originally, cooperating with Gongsun Shu and quietly digging into the corners of the Liao Kingdom was the best way for Wang Mang to grow. However, with the death of Gongsun Shu, the tool man, the cooperation with the Liao Kingdom could never return to its past.
This forced Wang Mang to kill the goose to retrieve the eggs.
Wang Mang knew without thinking that doing this would definitely arouse a lot of opposition, but he couldn't care less about it now. The person who died was not his person anyway, so he could make as much profit as possible.
What Wang Mang didn't know was that his order actually inspired Chen Baxian's ambition.
After Gongsun Shu rebelled, Wang Mang left Chen Ba to assist Gongsun Shu, firstly to check and balance Gongsun Shu, and secondly to control part of the power of the Liao Kingdom.
At that time, Gongsun Shu was indeed inseparable from Chen Baxian. Without Wang Mang's power, or the power of the Northern Han Dynasty, he would not be able to control the country at all, so he took the initiative to give some of his power to Chen Baxian.
This also resulted in that after both Wang Mang and Gongsun Shu left the Liao Kingdom, Chen Baxian became the most powerful person in the Liao Kingdom.
Power will definitely corrode a person's heart.
Chen Ba first responded to the call of the Liao Kingdom, but Wang Mang, as the lord, was fighting on the front line, and Wang Mang obviously could not give him more rights. This also made Mr. Chen Ba have a different idea, and he vaguely had the idea of going alone.
After receiving Wang Mang's order, Chen Baxian not only did not follow the order, but instead took the initiative to inform the Liao ministers of the plan and chose to cooperate with Gongsun Shu's subordinates.
Gao Qiu, Cai Jing and other Liao ministers were filled with indignation when they saw that Wang Mang looked so ugly. After some discussion, they decided to recommend Chen Baxian to fight against Wang Mang.
In this way, Chen Baxian, who had been hiding under Wang Mang, took the opportunity to kick Wang Mang away, got ahead of Wang Mang, and became a prince in one fell swoop.
When Wang Mang learned about it, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood. He naturally knew that Chen Baxian was ambitious, but he always felt that he could suppress it. If he paid more attention, Chen Baxian would definitely have no chance of rebellion.
Wang Mang had no choice but to keep Chen Baxian in the Liao Kingdom. After all, his men were short of talents. No one except Chen Baxian could take on this important task. However, he did not expect that as soon as he left, Chen Baxian would stand on his own feet.
After suffering such a big loss, Wang Mang could not remain indifferent. He was about to impose sanctions on him, but he didn't expect that Chen Baxian would move faster and directly eliminate all the secrets he left behind. Then he even took the initiative to ask Liu.
Xie proclaimed himself a minister and was officially canonized as King Chen by Liu Che.
Liu Che's canonization edict has been issued, and Chen Baxian has become a powerful person. Under this general trend of unanimously resisting the Qin Dynasty, Wang Mang certainly cannot continue to attack Chen Baxian.
"Okay Liu Che, very good, very good..."
At this point, how could Wang Mang not know that Liu Che was deliberately suppressing him.
Obviously, Wang Mang's annexation of Gongsun Shu's men had aroused Liu Che's extreme dissatisfaction.
Wang Mang had just been stabbed in the back by Chen Baxian, and then faced Liu Che's suppression, but he couldn't resist, and he felt extremely aggrieved.
However, Wang Mang was worthy of being a hero of his generation. He still suppressed the anger and grievance in his heart and wrote a letter in his own hand to congratulate Chen Baxian on becoming king and wanted to get back together with Chen Baxian.
Although Wang Mang wanted to tear Chen Baxian into pieces, he had to pretend to be generous. After all, Chen Qingzhi was still under his command.
Chen Qingzhi is different from Chen Baxian. Although Chen Baxian betrayed him, it does not mean that Chen Qingzhi will also betray him.
Therefore, if Wang Mang does not handle the matter of Chen Baxian's independence well, he will easily break away from Chen Qingzhi. If Chen Qingzhi leaves, most of the power he has managed to maintain will collapse.