Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2934 Qin Zheng: It’s Too Hard for Me

  Chapter 2930 Qin Zheng: It’s Too Hard for Me

Following Wang Mang's order, all his generals rushed to Kumamoto Castle. Among the Han generals alone were: Wu Yong, Xu Meizu, Zhu Wu, Qian Zhao, Xu Miao, Tian Shou, Ju Lin, Tian Bu, Gongsun Mei, Zhang Mei, etc.

Among them: Wu Yong, Zhu Wu and Xu Meizu were all military advisors to Wang Mang;

Zhu Wu originally did not want to surrender to Wang Mang, but was tricked by Wu Yong and had to work for Wang Mang.

Ju Lin (the Giant Spirit God) was implanted as Jumbo's younger brother. Although his martial arts skills are not as good as his brother's, he is not inferior in strength. He is the pinnacle general of Basic Martial Arts 104 and the most likely person to become the third god of war of Wang Mang's army.

Tian Bu (King of Da Qi), Gongsun Mei (King of Pingyang), and Zhang Mei (Fire Spirit Officer) were all fierce generals in the late Western Han Dynasty and early Eastern Han Dynasty. They ranked eighth, tenth, and twelfth respectively. All three were high-level generals with a basic martial arts level of 103.

As for the two great commanders under Wang Mang, Chen Qingzhi and Xue Gang, Prime Minister Huo Guang, and the top general Xue Kui, they were not brought with them on this expedition against the Japanese. One reason was that their contributions had been great enough, and the other was that they needed to guard against the Qing and Jin countries.

In addition to the Han system, the Korean and Japanese systems are also full of talents;

  In addition to the second most powerful general Yeon Gaesomun, the Joseon faction also included: Heukchi Sangji, Eulji Mundeok, Yang Manchun, Kang Gamchan, Kang Yishik, Kang Minchan, Cho Won-ik, Kim Jong-hyun, and other generals;

Among them, Heichi Changzhi was a famous general during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang. After the fall of Baekje, he surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and then fought against Tubo and defeated the Turks. As a foreigner, he was awarded the title of Duke of Yan, which shows his remarkable achievements.

Eulji Mundeok, also known as Yuji Mundeok, was a famous general of Goguryeo, famous for his great victory at the Battle of Sashui and defeating the Sui army.

Yang Wanchun, the lord of Anshi City in Goguryeo in "Popular Romance of the Tang Dynasty", is a well-known national hero on the Korean Peninsula and is used to name a Korean destroyer.

  In addition to Shibata Katsuie, who was both civil and military, the Japanese side also included Takenaka Shigeharu, Kashin Koji, Momochi Sandayu, Daisuke Tamenobu, Naito Masatoyo, Shimizu Muneharu, Shinna Tadashi, Mogami Yoshimitsu, Oniwa Tsunamoto and many other famous generals of the Japanese Warring States Period.

Among them, Shibata Katsuie, Takenaka Shigeharu, and Waka Shinkoshi were not yet Wang Mang's military advisors, but they were also his counselors.

Compared with the Han and Korean factions, the quality of talent in the Japanese faction is much worse. There is only one person, Shibata Katsuie, whose attributes exceed 100, but their number is the largest.

As for the ethnic minority faction, although it includes all ethnic minorities except the Han, Korean, and Japanese, it is the largest among the four major factions, so I will not elaborate on it.

In addition to these generals, the middle-aged man holding a sword and guarding Wang Mang is Master Yijian, Fu Cailin, one of the three great martial arts masters in "The Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty".

Fu Cailin is a junior grandmaster and also the warrior with the highest level of cultivation among the Three Han. In order to subdue this grandmaster, Wang Mang spent a lot of effort.

Wang Mang first hid his true identity and became Fu Cailin's apprentice, learning his unique swordplay. Later, he took advantage of the opportunity to marry Fu Cailin's three apprentices: Fu Jun'er, Fu Junyu and Fu Junqiang.

But even so, Fu Cailin was unwilling to submit to Wang Mang, which forced Wang Mang to use himself as bait and dispatch an army of 10,000 to set up a dragnet. In the end, Fu Cailin was exhausted and captured by Xue Kui.

After the fall of Goguryeo, Fu Cailin chose to surrender after being persuaded by his three beloved disciples.

Before, Wang Mang had always attacked Ying Hao for being lustful, but after he conquered the Three Han States, for the sake of political marriage, he married many beauties including Huo Guang's daughter Huo Shuixian, the princess of the fallen Three Han State Gang, the noblewoman of a powerful family, Fu Cailin's apprentice, and a Japanese woman.

Wang Mang now has even more women in his harem than Ying Hao, and all of them are stunningly beautiful. His luck with women is probably second only to Ying Hao. After fully understanding Ying Hao's helplessness, he naturally feels embarrassed to say that Ying Hao is lustful.

"My lord, everyone is here."

Wu Yong stepped forward to offer his opinion, but Wang Mang glanced at the area below him and said, "No, we are still short of two people."

Wu Yong immediately understood. He knew who Wang Mang was talking about, so he said no more and just retreated.

But after waiting for a whole stick of incense, Wang Mang became a little impatient, but the person still didn't show up, so he simply started a meeting to discuss how to deal with Qin Zheng.

The generals obviously could not understand how much Wang Mang valued the Qin government, and they even summoned back all the generals who were away to hold a special meeting to discuss the matter. After all, Wang Mang's army now had a greater advantage in Kyushu.

In this regard, Wang Mang's explanation was just to be cautious and not make any mistakes. At the same time, he announced Qin Zheng's experience and the news that Yeon Gaesomun had been defeated by Qin Zheng twice in a row.

Originally, all the generals were curious about how Yeon Gaesomun got injured. After all, it was generally recognized that Yeon Gaesomun's strength was second only to Xue Kui. But after learning that it was Qin Zheng who did it, and seeing Qin Zheng's exaggerated resume, naturally, they no longer dared to underestimate him.

In the plan to march south that Wang Mang had previously designated, it was obvious that he was not prepared to lead the army himself, but instead to have three generals, Yeon Gaesomun, Kurochika Tsuneyuki and Shibata Katsuie, each leading a large army, and advancing in three separate routes, east, west and center, in order to occupy southern Kyushu as quickly as possible.

But with the arrival of Qin Zheng, he himself became the biggest variable, and dividing the troops was tantamount to giving him the opportunity to defeat him one by one. Wang Mang naturally did not dare to do so again, so he decided to concentrate his forces to attack all the way and lead the army personally.

After the meeting on the march ended, Wang Mang asked all the generals to leave, but left behind only six counselors: Wu Yong, Zhu Wu, Xu Meizu, Takenaka Shigeharu, Shibata Katsuie, and Goshin Koji.

It was very strange that among the six counselors there was not a single person from the Three Han states. Instead, half of them were people from Yingzhou who had just defected.

The quality of Wang Mang's advisers was also uneven. Among them, Wu Yong had the highest intelligence with 95 (+2) points, while Zhu Wu's intelligence attribute had not even broken 90, which was not as good as the monarch Wang Mang who had an intelligence of 99.

Wang Mang appointed these people whose strategies were not as good as his as counselors just to let them find out the shortcomings and remind himself at the critical moment. After all, three cobblers can be better than one Zhuge Liang.

"Then I will lead the team personally according to the plan..."

Before Wang Mang finished speaking, he saw two people dressed in Onmyoji costumes, one was an old man and the other was a middle-aged man, slowly walked into the hall. They were Abe Haruaki's master Kamo Tadayuki and his old enemy Ashiya Doman.

The rebellions of so many small and medium-sized families in Kyushu and Shikoku, as well as the large-scale defection of Shinto believers, were all planned by these two people behind the scenes. Even Wang Mang's expedition to Japan was fanned by these two people. It was obvious that they wanted to thoroughly muddy the waters in Yingzhou to make it easier for Toyotomi Hideyoshi to take advantage of the situation.

Although Wang Mang had exchanged letters with the two men, this was the first time they met. If the two sides were not still allies and Fu Cailin was not protecting them, he would not dare to meet the two men.

"Mr. Kamo and Mr. Ashiya, I have heard a lot about you." Wang Mang smiled and bowed to the two men. He actually wanted to subdue these two men. After all, they and Toyotomi Hideyoshi were only in a cooperative relationship and did not recognize him as their master. But he also knew that the possibility of success was very small unless he could defeat the Qin army and completely occupy Yingzhou.

Although Kamo Tadayuki and Ashiya Michiman were Japanese, they could both understand Chinese. Especially Kamo Tadayuki, he spoke very standard Chinese with almost no accent, which may be related to the fact that he had traveled to China when he was young.

Kamo Tadayuki didn't waste any words and went straight to the point, telling Wang Mang that his plan to further incite Shintoism had failed. The Yagyu, Abe and other families were unwilling to stand on their side and even wanted to inform the Qin army to arrest them.

"Knew it……"

Wang Mang was not surprised at all, because since Qin Zheng entered the Nine Provinces, variables have appeared one after another. It is obvious that Qin Zheng not only saw through his intentions, but also took countermeasures, which made the situation of the Han Dynasty difficult.

What was Wang Mang's greatest advantage? It was not that his army and generals were stronger than the Qin army, but that the Qin army did not understand his strengths and weaknesses, which gave him a lot of room for maneuver.

But Qin Zheng was obviously not a man who played by the rules. He tore off his disguise at the very beginning, forcing him to be completely exposed to the sun.

After listening to Wang Mang's evaluation of Qin Zheng, Ashiya Doman immediately frowned and said in broken Chinese: "Is this Qin Zheng really as powerful as you say?"

"It may be even more powerful than what I said, otherwise why would Ying Hao put him in the place with the most problems." Wang Mang said seriously. Regardless of Qin Shihuang's identity, the fact that Qin Zheng could serve as the governor of Jing, Yong and Ying states was already quite remarkable.

"If that's the case, why not assassinate Qin Zheng and put an end to it once and for all."

Ashiya Dao said with a murderous look on his face. After all, Qin Fang does not have a grandmaster in Yingzhou now. With his grandmaster's cultivation, as long as he can find an opportunity, the possibility of killing Qin Zheng is still very high.

But as soon as these words came out, Wang Mang and He Mao Zhongxing said in unison: "Absolutely not."

"Why?" Ashiya Doman asked puzzledly.

"The Great Qin Gao is now concentrating his energy on the Central Plains and has no time to take care of Yingzhou, which is why we were able to succeed. But if we carry out an assassination, the nature of the situation will change. Then Ying Hao will definitely retaliate."

What Wang Mang meant was that Qin Zheng might not be able to escape the assassination by you, Ashiya Doman, but he, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and even you, Ashiya Doman, would also not be able to escape the assassination by the Qin Dynasty. If they really assassinated Qin Zheng without following the rules, they would be the ones who would suffer in the end.

Ashiya Doman naturally understood the meaning of Wang Mang's words. After all, he just had a low political IQ, which did not mean that he was brainless. So many grand masters of Shintoism could not handle it, let alone him, a junior grand master.

However, Ashiya Doman was not without a backup plan. In addition to his own strength, another reason why he dared to rebel against Qin was that the ancestor of Onmyoji, Yi Xiaojiao, stood behind him.

  If we talk about who is the real number one Onmyoji in Japanese history, it should be Yakuko.

The full name of Ekikokaku is Kamo Ekikun Kokaku. He is the ancestor of Kamo Tadayuki. He is also a descendant of the Japanese royal family, a descendant of Emperor Kaika's prince Hikozumi, and the founder of the Onmyoji lineage.

Ashiya Doman was able to break through to the Grandmaster level because of Yi Xiaojiao's guidance, which also made him feel that even if the anti-Qin campaign failed, with Yi Xiaojiao's strength, he could still save himself and flee to the ends of the earth.

"I understand. I won't do anything to Qin Zheng." Ashiya Doman promised.

After hearing this, Wang Mang and Kamo Tadayuki were relieved. Wang Mang said, "With the wisdom of Qin Zheng, he will definitely use Shintoism as a breakthrough next, and your old rival Abe Haruaki will most likely be sent back to stabilize people's hearts, so Mr. Ashiya, you must be prepared."

"Qingming?"

Ashiya Doman revealed a cold smile and said calmly: "It's good that he came back. I'm just afraid that he won't dare to come back and face me."

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In Southern Kyushu, inside the Qin Army camp, Qin Zheng was staring at the map with a serious face.

Although the Qin army had defeated Wang Mang's army twice in a row, the Qin government did not dare to relax at all, because the Qin army was still at a disadvantage both in terms of manpower and lineup of generals.

The reason why the previous plan was successful was largely because Wang Mang was not there. But now Wang Mang has stopped the division of troops and gathered the troops together, leading them personally to attack. It is obviously not so easy to use tricks again.

At the same time, Qin Zheng also received internal intelligence about Wang Mang’s army transmitted back from Heibingtai.

Although Ying Hao did not stop Wang Mang from unifying the Three Han, it did not mean that he did not value Wang Mang. As early as the beginning of Wang Mang's business, he sent a number of spies under his command. Although most of them were discovered and dealt with by Wang Mang, a small number of them remained lurking and were able to pass back this valuable information.

After seeing the information sent back by the spies, Qin Zheng was completely stunned. He could not believe that Wang Mang, who only controlled the Three Han countries, had so many capable ministers and brave generals under his command. Among them, there were two gods of war, and the number of divine generals was more than even. It was too outrageous.

Fortunately, the two previous battles severely damaged Yeon Gaesomun, the strongest general among Yingzhou, making him unable to participate in the war in the short term, otherwise Qin Zhengzhen would not have the confidence to continue fighting.

  When he was the governor of Jingzhou, he encountered an invasion by Liu Xiu and Liu Ji.

When he was the governor of Yongzhou, he had to face Li Shimin, a pervert who had no weaknesses.

Now that he had come to Yingzhou, he had thought that they were all uncivilized foreigners and that they would not be able to become powerful enemies. However, he had not expected that such a talented person as Wang Mang would emerge.

In this regard, Qin Zheng only wanted to say: "It's too difficult for me."