Three Kingdoms: Peak Summons

Chapter 1185 Playing with fire and burning yourself

Chapter 1183: Playing with fire and burning yourself

Shangdang, inside the camp of the Southern Allied Army.

Wang Shichong, Zhang Yang, Zhang Chao, Wang Kuang and the four southern princes gathered in one room again.

The Southern Allied Forces marched south to Sizhou this time. Although they were eventually driven back by the Qin army, they did not suffer any losses. Instead, they made a lot of money.

The military strength of the four major princes has been improved to a certain extent, and a considerable amount of grain and grass has been snatched from the two counties of Hedong and Hanoi, which is enough to support the consumption of an army of more than 100,000 people.

 So in general, Wang Mang was able to face the Qin army to this extent, and his general did a fairly good job.

But now, except for Wang Shichong, the other three people are attacking Wang Mang together. The white wave yellow scarf thief Guo Tai is looking at Pan with a cold look, obviously also looking dissatisfied with Wang Mang, and the mercenary commanders of the Chen and Zhang families are also looking at Pan. It's like it's none of your business.

The thing is, although Wang Mang led his entire army to retreat safely to Bingnan and snatched back a large amount of food and grass, he lost the buffer land of the two counties in Hedong and Hanoi. It was only a matter of time before Qin Hao invaded Bingnan. .

Wang Mang has not fulfilled any of the promises he made when forming the coalition. They are still facing the same situation in circles. How can the Bingnan princes accept this?

If this was the case, they would not attack Wang Mang. After all, Wang Mang had already tried his best. The princes of the south also understood that what is planned depends on people and what is done depends on heaven.

But Wang Mang had an army of hundreds of thousands, but Huo Bing, who came alone, took away five or six hundred ferries. The Qin army had enough ferries and could kill them at any time. This made the princes in the south dissatisfied with Wang Mang. Accumulated to the extreme.

The more fearful the Bingnan princes were towards Qin Hao, the greater their dissatisfaction with Wang Mang, so they naturally reprimanded Wang Mang more harshly.

"Wang Mang, General Chen Qingzhi told you to burn the ferry as soon as you cross the Yellow River. Why didn't you burn it? It's okay now. The boat was captured by Qin Hao. The Qin army can cross the Yellow River at any time. Let's work together. It’s over…”

Wang Kuang angrily pointed at Wang Mang’s nose and cursed. After Wang Kuang finished scolding, Zhang Yang and Zhang Chao continued to lecture.

Wang Mang was naturally extremely dissatisfied with the duties and reprimands of the Bingnan princes, but in order to ensure the stability of the alliance, he could only suppress the anger in his heart and endure it silently.

“You scumbags, if I hadn’t been fighting on the front line, you wouldn’t even know how you died.”

In fact, Wang Mang's current prestige is already higher than that of the four major princes. After all, he controlled the two expansions of the coalition forces, and all the materials obtained are in his hands. If he is willing, he can completely ignore the four of them. Go it alone.

Wang Mang originally planned to seize Sizhou, seize the military power of the four major princes in one fell swoop, and start by annexing Nanhe Sizhou, but the final plan did not succeed.

As long as there is a huge threat like Qin Hao in front of him, Wang Mang must not expose his ambitions, because if he falls out with the four princes, it will only benefit Qin Hao in the end, so he can only entrust the four princes with the virtual snake.

 “If I had known this would happen, I should have burned the ships.”

When he thought that after seizing the ships, the Qin army might cross the Yellow River at any time, Wang Mang felt a little regret.

The reason why he didn't burn the ships was actually because he wanted to rely on these ships to transport grain from Jizhou and Guanzhong. After all, the land route was not as fast as the water route, but he didn't expect the Qin army to come so fast. No, it was Huo Bing who was so powerful.

This is already the second time that Wang Mang has fallen into the hands of Huo Bing. He arranged the camp on the north bank of the Yellow River very strictly, but he didn't want to fall into Huo Bing's easy hands.

"This guy's sneak attacks are too powerful. Even if you are prepared, you may not be able to defend against him. You must be very alert from now on."

Wang Mang secretly thought that although Huo Bing's fear had risen to the same level as Xue Rengui.

 Zhang Chao was training, and when he saw that Wang Mang was distracted, he couldn't help but feel angrier, and his words became even more unpleasant, and even implicated the Wang family. Now Wang Shichong couldn't sit still.

"Enough, the big mistake has been made, what's the use of hindsight now." After hearing Wang Shichong's words, Zhang Yang and other princes couldn't help but fell silent, while Mrs. Guo on the side looked disdainful. He had always been extremely towards the princes of the Han Dynasty. Disgusted, if it weren't for self-protection, I wouldn't have helped Wang Mang.

 “Then what should we do now?” Zhang Yang said in a deep voice.

"The soldiers will come to block the water and cover it with earth. Anyway, there is no room for anything between us and Qin Hao." Wang Shichong said calmly.

Wang Mang saw that everyone was extremely pessimistic and seemed to have no confidence in the next battle. He knew that this would not work and he had to give them some hope.

“You don’t have to be so pessimistic, we haven’t reached the end of our rope yet…”

 【Ding dong, Wang Mang's skill 'Skilled Tongue' is activated...】

“Although we are not completely exhausted, we are not far off either.”

Zhang Yang sighed lightly, his ambitions were not big, he just wanted to save his own one-third of an acre, but in troubled times, such an idea was still a luxury.

 “This is wrong.”

Wang Mang's eyes were full of confidence, and he said unhurriedly: "We still have reinforcements. As long as she sends troops, she may not lose to Qin Hao."

Wang Mang's confidence infected everyone, and Wang Kuang asked in surprise: "At this time, who else is willing to send troops to help?"

 “Taihang, Emperor Ming.”

As soon as Wang Mang said this, everyone frowned.

There is no doubt about the strength of the Ming army. The fierce generals include Long Qie, Dian Wei, Yue Xi, Li Jin and others, and the advisers include Zhang Liang and Jia Guo. The Han army also relied on the power of many princes to drive away the Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop. Entered Sanshan.

Now if the Ming army agrees to send troops to help, the letter to the Southern Allied Forces will be a timely help, but the key is, is it possible that the Ming army will send troops?

After hearing Wang Mang's words, Guo Tailu couldn't help but sneer and said sarcastically: "You expect that woman to help? Stop dreaming, even if she agrees, she will come to kill Wang Shichong."

Wang Shichong and Guo Tai have different personalities. Guo Tai does not agree with women as emperors, so she does not want to return to the Ming Dynasty. However, Wang Shichong first rebelled against the Han and surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, and then surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and returned to the Han Dynasty. Therefore, for the Ming Dynasty, Wang Shichong was Traitors who must be purged.

After hearing Mrs. Guo’s words, Wang Shichong clenched his fists subconsciously. Apparently he agreed with Mrs. Guo’s words in his heart. Although the Yellow Turbans were very tolerant at the time, Ming Dynasty would never tolerate traitors.

 “This time and that time.”

Wang Mang waved his hands indifferently and said in a deep voice: "If our army loses to the Qin army, Qin Hao will definitely unite the two states, and how can he allow others to snore next to the couch?

With Qin Hao's strong and domineering personality, he will never tolerate the existence of the Ming army, so Emperor Ming helps us to help Ming Dynasty. If our two families work together, we will both benefit and suffer separately. "

Mrs. Guo couldn’t help but be speechless after hearing this. She was silent for a long time and then said in a solemn voice: “You are playing with fire and burning yourself.”

Today’s second update, and the third update will be in the 12th post. Thank you again to the leader Bai Xiaosheng for the reward.

 (End of this chapter)