Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2930 Qin Zheng vs Wang Mang (Part )

Chapter 2930 Qin Zheng vs Wang Mang (Part )

After listening to Ren Hongchang's story, Zhang Liang fell into deep thought. He actually didn't want to get involved in the affairs of the Yin-Yang School, because among the hundreds of schools of thought, he had the biggest disagreement with the Yin-Yang School.

There are three brothers in the Zhang family. The eldest, Zhang Jiao, comes from the Yin-Yang School, the second, Zhang Sanfeng, comes from Taoism, and the third, Zhang Liang, comes from Confucianism. The three brothers each belong to one of the Hundred Schools of Thought, and their composition is extremely complicated.

The reason why Zhang Liang had a problem with the Yin-Yang School was naturally because of his elder brother Zhang Jue.

The eldest brother Zhang Jue was obviously a disciple of Yin Yang School. Although it was his own will that he finally started the rebellion, Zhang Liang would never believe that Yin Yang School had no guiding role at all.

After the Yin-Yang School led their eldest brother onto the road of rebellion against the Han Dynasty, they just sat back and watched their eldest brother charge forward, attracting the hatred of the Han court, while they themselves sat back and did not provide any further help, and watched the uprising fail.

That’s right, the Yellow Turban Rebellion was essentially a major uprising started by the Yin-Yang School. Its leader Zhang Jue was also a disciple of the Yin-Yang School. Later, many people from the Hundred Schools of Thought also responded, but only the Yin-Yang School never gave Zhang Jue any help. This is the biggest reason why Zhang Liang had a problem with the Yin-Yang School.

Of course, Zhang Liang's idea was biased. There were still people in the Yin-Yang School who helped Zhang Jue, such as Zhang Jue's master Nanhua and Fuxi. It's just that their assistance was not obvious and did not play much of a role. Compared with the huge size of the Yin-Yang School, this little help was no different from no help.

It is also because of this that Zhang Liang has a lot of opinions about the Yin-Yang School. In his eyes, the Yin-Yang School is a restless cancer. If the Yin-Yang School is not now basically controlled by the pro-Qin faction and can basically be regarded as a subordinate department of the Qin Dynasty, he will definitely advise Ying Hao to destroy the Yin-Yang School first among the Hundred Schools of Thought.

Zhang Liang neither liked the Yin-Yang School nor wanted to get involved in their affairs, but now that Ren Hongchang had personally asked him for advice, he couldn't hide even if he wanted to, so he could only say helplessly, "Your Majesty, I believe that Abe no Haruaki will not rebel, so he is the best person to send back to Yingzhou to take charge of the situation."

Seeing Zhang Liang's expression, Ren Hongchang felt that he was being perfunctory, but he did not get angry. Instead, he asked, "Why is Third Uncle so sure? After all, Kamo Tadayuki is Abe Haruaki's master, and Abe Haruaki is a man who values ​​friendship and loyalty."

"It is because Abe Haruaki values ​​friendship and loyalty that he will not rebel. Your Majesty may not know that Abe Haruaki's master is not only Kamo Tadayuki, but also Kamo Yasunori, the son of Kamo Tadayuki. However, the Kamo family headed by Kamo Yasunori did not participate in this rebellion. The real rebels were only Kamo Tadayuki and a small number of Kamo children."

Hearing Zhang Liang's words, Ren Hongchang suddenly came to his senses and sneered, "These big families are really cunning. They can't put all their eggs in one basket."

Zhang Liang was startled when he heard this, and then he said: "That can't be said. Under the infiltration of my Great Qin, many big families in Yingzhou have deeply tied their interests with my Great Qin. Once my Great Qin's rule in Yingzhou is overthrown, they will be the most affected. This is also the main reason why the big families such as Uesugi, Oda, and Hojo did not rebel.

Perhaps a few people from these big families will participate in the rebellion, but they cannot represent the will of the entire family. The Kamo family will not rebel against Qin because of Kamo Tadayuki, and the Abe family is serving Qin, so how could Abe Haruaki rebel? "

Seeing that Ren Hongchang was still hesitant, Zhang Liang said, "Your Majesty, please rest assured. Abe Haruaki is different from Himiko. He is a truly smart man who knows what the general trend is. He has already rebelled once. Even if he rebels again, it will be after the fall of our Great Qin. There is no possibility of him rebelling before that."

After hearing what Zhang Liang said, Ren Hongchang was completely relieved, but he still did not let Zhang Liang leave. Instead, he asked him to accompany him to meet Abe Haruaki.

Just as Zhang Liang said, Abe Haruaki himself had no idea of ​​betrayal. He was also a truly smart man and knew the purpose of Ren Hongchang summoning him. After all, apart from Himiko, he was the only one who could return to Yingzhou to take charge of the situation.

To be honest, Abe no Haruaki was unwilling to go back for three reasons:

First, for Qingming, there is no benefit in going back. Not only will he offend people, but he will also become enemies with his former relatives and friends, including his former teacher Kamo Tadayuki. If he stays in Daqin, he naturally won't have to worry about these things.

Second, Abe Haruaki was afraid that he would not be able to solve the problem if he went back, after all, his old enemy, Ashiya Doman, was also in the anti-Qin camp.

Abe Haruaki knew Ashiya Doman too well, and he knew that the other party must have broken through to the grandmaster level. After he burned his internal energy, he switched to practicing Yin-Yang school's martial arts. Although his strength recovered quickly, he had not yet recovered to the grandmaster level after all.

Abe Haruaki was not afraid of losing, but he was afraid that if he could not deal with Ashiya Doman, it would ruin the affairs of Qin, thus affecting his own family and the relationship between Qin and Japan.

As for the third point, he didn't want these trivial matters to affect his precious study time.

After Abe Haruaki surrendered, he was not only treated with top priority in Daqin, but was also treated as a core disciple in the Yin-Yang family.

The Yin-Yang School did not treat Abe Qinming as an outsider. Not only did they not hide their knowledge from him, but they also opened up all their valuable knowledge to him.

Most of Qingming's previous confusions about Yin-Yang magic were answered by the Yin-Yang school, and this feeling of sudden enlightenment made him addicted. At the same time, he was also very grateful to Fuxi, the leader who sincerely accepted him.

In Daqin, in the Yin-Yang School, Abe Haruaki had status and position, and he was learning and improving every day. But if he went back, he would have to deal with all kinds of troubles, even the killing of masters and apprentices. No one would want to go back if it were him.

Therefore, after hearing Hong Chang's words, Abe Haruaki directly refused on the grounds that his strength had not yet recovered, but his reaction had already been predicted by Zhang Liang.

After Ren Hongchang thought of what Zhang Liang had just said, he said with an unquestionable smile: "I will send two great masters to accompany you, Mr. Qingming, back to Yingzhou."

Ren Hongchang certainly knew that Abe Haruaki, who had not yet fully recovered, was most likely no match for Ashiya Doman, but she used Abe Haruaki just like Ying Hao used Zhang Baiqi and Zhang Niujiao, not because of their abilities, but because she valued their status and influence in Shintoism.

But even so, Abe Haruaki didn't want to go back, so he refused again on the grounds of lack of ability, but before he could finish his words, he was speechless by Zhang Liang. "Don't you want to work for my Great Qin?" Zhang Liang smiled faintly.

With just this one sentence, Abe Haruaki's escape route was blocked. He could only smile bitterly and compromise: "Haruaki obeys your order."

Ren Hongchang looked at Zhang Liang in surprise, but he also knew that he couldn't push Qingming too hard, so he smiled and comforted him, "Mr. Qingming can take the initiative to share the country's worries. I am very pleased. I will report the truth to His Majesty and reward you handsomely."

"Thank you, Madam."

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Yingzhou, Kitakyushu, Kumamoto Castle.

After Wang Mang occupied northern Kyushu, he did not set up the government seat in Iwaya Castle in the north. Instead, he used Kumamoto Castle in the central part as his base camp, which also showed that his ambition would not stop in northern Kyushu.

In fact, with the help of the Otomo, Aso, Sagara, Akizuki and other families, Wang Mang easily occupied the entire northern part of Kyushu without losing much manpower. After occupying the Kanmon Strait, he also opened up contact with the western part of Honshu.

From then on, Wang Mang's army could enter the western territory at any time through the Kanmon Strait, and the armies of Wei, Song, Ming, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and others in the western country could also enter northern Kyushu at any time.

At least on the surface, Wang Mang's army was already in an invincible position, and there was no need to fight to the death with the Nanjiuzhou Qin Auxiliary Army, which had no power to fight back but continued to fight desperately.

But the fact is that after Wang Mang occupied northern Kyushu, the first thing he did was to block the Kanmon Strait, prohibiting the three western kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming, as well as Toyotomi Hideyoshi's army from entering Kyushu.

  What does this mean?

This shows that although Wang Mang, Wei, Song, Ming and Toyotomi Hideyoshi were allies on the surface, they actually had their own ulterior motives.

Wang Mang wanted to monopolize the state, or rather, he and the major families in Kyushu who had surrendered to him wanted to fight alone in northern Kyushu, or even the entire Kyushu, so he blocked the Kanmon Strait to prevent the major forces in the state from seizing the fruits of victory.

It has to be said that Wang Mang's backstabbing really made the Wei, Song and Wu kingdoms very angry.

After all, they also made great efforts to help Wang Mang occupy Northern Kyushu so smoothly, and he also had his own interests in Kyushu. But now Wang Mang has turned his back on them, which is obviously a betrayal to them.

Logically speaking, with Wang Mang's vision, he should not seek such a small profit, but he would also be coerced by his subordinates.

  The local families who surrendered to Wang Mang all opposed the forces of Wei, Song and Wu to enter Kyushu again. After all, these three kingdoms were so brutal that they did not regard them as human beings at all. After they had driven them away with great difficulty, how could they let them come back?

The major families in Jiuzhou could accept the Qin Dynasty and Wang Mang, but they could not accept the notices from the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Wu.

Wang Mang also intended to open up a new territory of his own outside the peninsula. Moreover, he had already accepted the loyalty of the Jiuzhou family, so he naturally had to protect their reasons. In addition, he knew that the three kingdoms could not do without him, so he dared to be so fearless.

Of course, Wang Mang did something unkind after all, so he did not dare to be too tough when facing the Three Kingdoms. He always emphasized that he also had his own difficulties, and that the Qin Dynasty was the real enemy, and we could not have internal strife and let the Qin Dynasty take advantage of it.

Under Wang Mang's method of diverting contradictions, the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Wu no longer cared too much. After all, there was no point in caring now. If they could not defeat the Qin Dynasty, it would be meaningless even if they could regain the interests of the Nine Provinces.

After Wang Mang pacified the three kingdoms, he began to concentrate on conquering the southern nine provinces. Coincidentally, Qin Zheng had also landed with reinforcements at this time, and his goal of besieging Wei to save Zhao had been achieved.

At first, Wang Mang did not take Qin Zheng seriously. He thought that although his abilities were not bad, he was able to become a king mainly because of his blood relationship. How could he be his opponent?

But what Wang Mang did not expect was that when Qin Zhengcai arrived in Southern Kyushu, he not only saw through the inside story of the rebellion of the great clans, but also stopped Wang Jian's counterattack plan.

Wang Mang's greatest advantage was that the enemy was in the open while we were in the dark. He was planning to take advantage of the information gap, and after taking over the Southern Nine Provinces, he would unite forces from all sides and catch Wang Jian off guard. However, the prerequisite was that Wang Jian had to take the initiative to attack.

But now Wang Jian not only did not take the initiative to attack, but he also hid in the city, determined to defend it. Who can chew such a hard bone?

Just when Wang Mang was having a headache about the Qin army's vigilance against him, the 7,000 vanguard troops he sent out, led by Yeon Gaesomun, were ambushed by Qin Zheng on their way to attack Ingil City. Not only were more than half of the army killed or wounded, but even Yeon Gaesomun was injured.

You should know that Yeon Gaesomun was the second most powerful general under Wang Mang, second only to Xue Kui, and was known as the most powerful general in the Three Han Kingdoms.

Xue Kui did not participate in this expedition because he was guarding Seoul. Yeon Gaesomun was the most powerful general under Wang Mang. As a result, before he even met Qin Zheng, not only did more than half of his army suffer casualties, but he himself was also injured.

The problem was that according to Wang Mang's understanding, Qin Zheng did not have any strong generals under his command, but he easily defeated Yeon Gaesomun, his closest subordinate. This forced Wang Mang to increase his attention to Qin Zheng.

(End of this chapter)