Seeing that Zhang Liang did not start a fight, Ye Qingmei was relieved, and then asked: "Commander, you really scared me to death just now. You know that Wang Mang wants to kill you, why do you dare to go to see him alone?"
Zhang Liang showed the arrow in his left hand and said expressionlessly: "How can Wang Mang let down his guard otherwise?"
Ye Qingmei suddenly realized that it turned out that the military advisor wanted to get rid of Wang Mang just now, but Wang Mang was too cautious and did not take action.
Zhang Liang covered his sleeve arrows again and said: "Wang Mang is suspicious by nature. If I meet him without a guard, he will definitely have his own thoughts and even throw a rat weapon, but he will not dare to fight against me."
Ye Qingmei nodded. Zhang Liang was not wrong about this. She had met Wang Mang twice, and her impression of Wang Mang was only two words: cautious and suspicious.
At this time, Lu Bu walked out of the cabin and said with a look of reluctance: "Commander, are you going to let them go like this?"
Zhang Liang glanced at Lu Bu and said, "It's not that we let them go, but Wang Mang let us go.
Wang Mang is a ruthless person. In order to save Huo Guang and others, he even recognized Huo Guang as his adoptive father in public. This shows that he will never give up on Huo Guang and others.
If our army continues to embarrass it, once a war breaks out, can we win with these five warships? In the end, we will suffer the loss, and we may even force Wang Mang to the Manchu camp, and then the maritime transportation line will be in danger
Already."
Zhang Liang considers issues from a very comprehensive perspective.
Now that the Qin army and the Manchu Qing have gone to war, and Wang Mang and the Manchu Qing are also in a hostile relationship, stimulating Wang Mang too much at this time will only force Wang Mang into the Manchu camp and join forces with the Manchu to fight against the Qin army.
The Qin army had just wiped out the Northern Han Dynasty and had gained an absolute advantage in Youzhou. The correct approach at this time was to concentrate on dealing with the Manchus first, rather than making enemies everywhere to increase their enemies.
After Zhang Liang's explanation, Lu Bu and others finally understood that forcing Wang Mang into the Manchu camp for the sake of Huo Guang and the other six men obviously did more harm than good to the Qin army.
"But Huo Guang and the other six are all outstanding people. If they were subdued by Wang Mang, wouldn't they be in endless trouble?" Huo Qubing asked.
A flash of light flashed in Zhang Liang's eyes, and he sneered: "No, Huo Guang and others are more beneficial to our army if they are under Wang Mang's command."
"What do you mean?" Huo Qubing asked confused.
"Wang Mang has always wanted to unify the three Koreas, but his background is too shallow and his men lack talents. Even if our army provides him with support ordnance, it is still difficult to achieve this.
Even if Wang Mang did it, with a broken Sanhan, he might not be able to stop the Manchu offensive, but with the help of Huo Guang and others, it might not be possible.
With the help of Huo Guang and Xue Gang, Wang Mang will definitely speed up the pace of conquering the three Koreas, while the Manchu Qing Dynasty will never let any force expand at the back door of its own home. The contradiction between the two sides is irreconcilable.
No matter how good Wang Mang's eloquence is, there will still be a battle with the Manchus. Only when all the forces in the Northeast continue to fight, our army will be more stable in Youzhou." Zhang Liang said unhurriedly.
Lu Bu, Ye Qingmei and others all looked surprised. Generally speaking, they just hoped that Wang Mang, the dragon crossing the river, would completely disrupt the situation in the Northeast.
Even if the Qin army can defeat the Manchu Qing in this battle, it is impossible to eradicate the Manchu Qing. After all, it is too difficult to destroy the country. At least before unification, the Qin army will not consider launching a war to destroy the country.
The strategic goal of the Qin army was to unify the country internally before conquering the outside world. However, during the journey of internal unification, the Manchu Qing Dynasty would definitely send troops to intervene to prevent the re-emergence of a unified dynasty in the Central Plains.
In order to prevent the Qing Dynasty from having any remaining strength, they sent troops to interfere with the Qin Army's cause of unification when the Qin Army was conquering the Central Plains. In addition to defeating the Qing Dynasty and weakening its military strength, the Qin Army also needed to muddy the stagnant waters of the Northeast.
The Manchu Qing Dynasty was unable to interfere with the unification of the Central Plains, and Wang Mang was the chosen troublemaker.
As for why you chose Wang Mang? The main reason is that he is very talented as a troublemaker.
Wang Mang fully exploited this trait to the extreme in Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Qingzhou. In addition, he had the idea of unifying the three Koreas, so he was inherently on the opposite side of the Manchus and was the best tool man.
Candidate.
Compared with the Qin army's strategy in the northeast, Huo Guang and the other six men were naturally not worth mentioning.
However, Wang Mang, a tool man, was too restless. Relying on his status as a tool man, he dared to send the navy into the Youji Sea to rescue people. This made Zhang Liang murderous.
Zhang Liang originally planned to kill Wang Mang first and then show off. After killing Wang Mang, he proposed to Qin Hao to support others instead, but he didn't want Wang Mang to be too vigilant. Zhang Liang couldn't find a chance to make a move, so he could only retreat and let Wang Mang continue.
Be this tool person.
"But military advisor, Wang Mang is not an easy person to control. If he continues to grow stronger, sooner or later he will suffer backlash." Ye Qingmei reminded him.
"My wife's words have reminded me that I really cannot continue like this."
A hint of coldness flashed in Zhang Liang's eyes and he said: "Liang will send a message to my lord Fei Ge to immediately cut off the military purchase with Wang Mang and let him understand the price of grabbing food from the tiger's mouth."
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Wang Mang, who was behind Huo Guang and others, did not dare to use Tianjin Port to return to Sanhan, so he ordered the fleet to move to the open sea and return to the southern part of Sanhan from the outer sea where the wind and waves were greater.
On the way, I suddenly received a message.
"Lord, something bad has happened. The last batch of military equipment purchased by the army was detained by the Qin army in the Bohai Sea before going to sea. Not only did our people take it away, but they also refused to refund the money."
"What?"
Wang Mang was startled at first, then smiled bitterly and said: "Zhang Liang's revenge came so quickly. How much equipment did we lose?"
"Equipment for about 10,000 troops."
After hearing this number, Wang Mang couldn't help but feel a little heartbroken. After all, 10,000 pieces of equipment meant to him an army of 10,000 men.
An army of ten thousand was nothing to Qin Hao, but it was a valuable force to Wang Mang.
"Father, in order to save you this time, Mang not only offended the Qin army, but also lost the equipment of 10,000 troops. You must abide by the agreement and double the compensation for the children."
When he heard that Wang Mang still called him foster father, Huo Guang quickly waved his hands and said, "Sir, please don't call me that. It's just a temporary measure, and Huo Guang can't bear it.
As for the promise you made to your Excellency, please rest assured that I will fully assist you until the three Koreas are unified."
After Wang Mang heard this, he hummed in his heart: "They are already under my control. It's not up to you to decide whether to leave."
When Huo Guang and others were in desperate situation, Liu Ling said that there was a way to contact Wang Mang and recruited the only carrier pigeon that could contact her husband. At this time, Huo Guang and others realized that the connection between Liu Ling and Wang Mang had never been broken.
It's one thing to be able to contact Wang Mang, but it's another thing to want Wang Mang to rescue them.
In order to impress Wang Mang, Huo Guang wrote his name and address on the flying pigeon letter and made a promise that as long as Wang Mang could save them from leaving, they would help Wang Mang unify the three Koreas.
Huo Guang actually didn't have much hope, but he didn't expect that Wang Mang not only came, but also dragged Qi into the water with him.