Huo Guang, Xue Gang and others were not even afraid of death, so naturally they would not abandon the Han Dynasty and join Wang Mang. It was only in order to escape from the Qin army that they had to temporarily commit themselves to Wang Mang's command.
Wang Mang naturally knew what Huo Guang and others were thinking, but he didn't care. After all, how could he spit out the fat that reached his mouth?
After Wang Mang's power initially got on the right track, it could be said that he was lacking everything, but the most lacking thing was talent.
Wang Mang seemed to be living well in the Three Koreas, but his life was actually not easy. Chenhan, Mahan, and Baekje had formed an alliance, advancing and retreating together, and formed a three-nation coalition to attack in three directions.
Chen Qingzhi really has no opponent in the three Koreas, but his ability to command troops is strong, but he can only block the enemy forces of one country. Who can stop the armies of the other two countries?
Even if Wang Mang personally leads the army to fight on one side, there is still another group that is in a situation where there is no general to send, and he has searched the entire army and cannot find a general who can lead the army.
It is precisely because of this that Wang Mang risked a war with the Qin army and traveled thousands of miles to rescue Huo Guang and others.
Doesn't Wang Mang know the risks of rescuing Huo Guang and others? Of course he knows, but he also knows what the joining of Huo Guang, Xue Gang and others means to a weak force like his.
Only with the assistance of these people can his power grow stronger in a short period of time, can he repel the invasion of the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces, and can he have the opportunity to complete the She Tun Xiang unification of the three Koreas.
Therefore, from the beginning, Wang Mang never thought of letting Huo Guang and others leave.
If Wang Mang wants to rescue Huo Guang and others, he only needs to show a tough attitude. It is impossible for Zhang Liang to really go to war with him, but he shamelessly accepts Huo Guang as his adoptive father and Xue Gang as his adopted brother.
It's just to build relationships so that we can retain these people.
Of course, Wang Mang also knew that it was impossible to retain these loyal ministers based on this alone, but he still had a set of combinations, such as marrying Huo Guang's daughter Huo Shuixian who was studying abroad, and marrying his adopted daughter to Xue Kui and Xue Gang
Marriage etc.
Huo Guang left thinking about helping Wang Mang unify the three Koreas, but he didn't know that Wang Mang had already prepared a series of set meals for them.
From the moment I stepped onto Wang Mang's boat, it was not that easy to think about it.
At the same time, inside Yanjing City.
Liu Bingji, who was obviously from the Liu clan but became a commoner, was practicing well when he sneezed inexplicably.
"Ah, cut."
Liu Bing had rubbed his nose and said to himself: "It's strange, how can a good person sneeze? Someone must be scolding me, forget it, think of something happy.
The city of Yanjing has been unsealed. In order to prevent being liquidated by the Qin army, it is best to leave as soon as possible, but the world is so big, where can I, Liu Bing, go?"
After thinking for a while, Liu Bing already remembered someone.
"By the way, you can go hide in Wulongyuan, where is the Buddhist Pure Land, and Miss Huo Shuixian is also there."
When he thought of Huo Shuixian, Liu Bing couldn't stay any longer. He threw down his sword, took some dry food and some broken silver, and prepared to leave Yanjing City.
But after arriving at the city gate, Liu Bing found out that he could go out, but the interrogation was still very strict, and there was a risk of exposing his identity, so he had to go back and wait for the limelight to pass. What Liu Bing didn't know was that this time
Hesitation became the biggest doubt in his life, ruining his final fate with Huo Shuixian. When they met again, his former lover had become someone else's wife.
His eyes returned to Zhang Liang.
Zhang Liang advised Qin Hao, and after seizing the equipment traded to Wang Mang, he returned to Yanjing City with Generals Xue Huolu, Wei Zifu, mother and son.
It would be impossible for the three generals not to go back while they are still in Yanjing.
In addition, there are some trivial matters in Yanjing that require Zhang Liang to take charge of.
When Zhang Liang returned to Yanjing, Bai Qi had also arrived.
After Bai Qi accepted Wei Qing's surrender, he left 10,000 troops to guard Zhuoxian and 10,000 surrendered troops, and headed for Yanjing with an army of 30,000.
After Bai Qi's army arrived, the Qin army's strength in Yanjing reached an astonishing 130,000. Of course, this army would soon go north to fight against the Qing Dynasty.
After some discussions, Bai Qi decided to let Su Dingfang, Xue Rengui, Huo Qubing, Lu Bu, Sun Lingming and other generals lead an army of 120,000 to the north to fight against the Qing Dynasty, while he himself led an army of 10,000 to sit in Yanjing to prevent puppets from various parts of Youzhou.
The remaining forces of the Han Dynasty rebelled.
Although the Northern Han Dynasty had been destroyed and Liu Che committed suicide, his influence was still there, and there were still a lot of people who loved Liu Che.
Before the people's hearts completely surrendered, even if the Qin army had occupied the entire Northern Han Dynasty, they still could not be careless in the slightest.
In order to prevent the remnants of the Northern Han Dynasty from surrendering and rebelling in the rear when the Qin army on the front line was fighting against the Manchu Qing Dynasty with all its strength, it was necessary to leave enough troops to guard various places.
As the 120,000 Qin troops from Yanjing rushed to the front line and merged with the 140,000 troops from Youbeiping, the distribution of Qin troops in Youzhou changed drastically again, with nearly 260,000 troops concentrated in Youbeiping County.
Of course, Guangyang Zhuojun and other five counties also left sufficient troops. The specific distribution of troops is as follows:
Guangyang, the defenders are 10,000, and the troops are surrendering 10,000.
Daijun had 10,000 defenders and 27,000 prisoners.
Going up the valley, there were five thousand defenders and six thousand prisoners.
Zhuojun had 10,000 defenders, 10,000 surrender troops, and 30,000 prisoners.
In Yuyang, the garrison was 7,000, the surrender force was 4,000, and the prisoners were 10,000.
Bai Qi did not go to the front line to join the war, but stayed in Yanjing, commanding 42,000 troops and 30,000 Northern Han surrender troops, responsible for guarding and stabilizing various parts of Youzhou.
In addition, there are 83,000 prisoners of war scattered in various counties and counties, ready to be reorganized into an army at any time.
In other words, if the situation on the front line is unfavorable, the Qin army can still dispatch 155,000 troops to support the front line and fight against the Manchus.
The Qing Dynasty's troops in Youzhou, even including the surrender of Chen Guo, only had a total of 320,000 troops.
The Qin army deployed 260,000 troops on the front line alone, and there were 155,000 troops in the rear for reinforcements.
From this it can be seen that in this battle between Qin and Qing, the Qin army already had an advantage in terms of national strength alone.
If the Manchu and Qing Dynasties wanted to reverse the situation, they could only increase their troops. However, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties still had to guard against Yuanmeng, Goguryeo, Chenhan, Mahan and other forces, so the number of troops they could mobilize was obviously not much.
At this time, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was in a dilemma.
"Military advisor, the matter of integrating the surrender of the puppet Han troops must be left to the surrender of the puppet Han generals."
Bai Qi looked at Zhang Liang and asked, "I wonder if the military advisor has a suitable candidate."
"Wei Qing, the former puppet Han general, is the best choice." Zhang Liang replied.
"The governor naturally knows that Wei Qing is the best candidate to integrate and surrender the troops, but Wei Qing would rather die than surrender." Bai Qi said with a slight headache.
"Please rest assured, Commander-in-Chief, the first thing Liang did when he returned to Yanjing after recovering Wei Zifu and his son was to lobby Wei Qing, and he has been persuaded to surrender to our army."