Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1203 Decisive Battle in Changping

Chapter 1201: The Battle of Changping

[Ding dong, effect 3 of Su Lie's skill 'Brave' is activated.

Bravery Effect 3 Destroy a country: When the main general destroys a country, all attributes will be permanently +1, and this effect can be activated up to 4 times.

Su Lie captured Wang Kuang and killed Zhang Chao alive, and destroyed two vassal states in succession. All attributes are permanently +2, and the current five dimensions are: Commander 100, Force 100, Intelligence 87, Politics 70, Charm 91. 】

Wang Shichong and Zhang Chao fell successively, Zhang Yang surrendered, and Wang Kuang surrendered after being captured.

So far, the four major princes who formed the Southern Alliance Army have now been completely wiped out, and there is only one Wang Mang who is still struggling to support.

After Wang Kuang and Zhang Yang surrendered, Shuofang and Shangjun naturally belonged to Qin Hao together.

After the death of Wang Shichong and Zhang Chao, Xihe and Shangdang belonged to Wang Mang, and the four major vassal states had disappeared. Two of them perished because of Su Lie.

But the most strange thing is that Wang Mang is only Wang Shichong's younger brother, neither a prince nor a title, but unknowingly, he replaced the four princes who merged with the South, and became the timing controller of the Union Army .

After the entire army of the four major princes was annihilated, Wang Mang took over the military power justifiably, but the situation facing the coalition forces was even more dangerous.

After Zhang Yang's surrender, another [-] troops were sent away, and after Wang Kuang's surrender, another [-] old troops were persuaded to surrender. In addition, Su Dingfang destroyed five large villages in a row, and Wang Renze's entire army was annihilated...

All in all, Wang Mang lost nearly 11 troops, and the [-] troops on the front line dropped to [-].

In addition, the tiger wolf Qin army was pressing forward step by step, and then the leopard Ming army was aggressive. At this time, the coalition forces were obviously in a desperate situation.

Correspondingly, the strength of the Qin army did not decline after the war. On the contrary, because of the surrender of Zhang Yang and Wang Kuang, the strength of the Qin army rose from 13 to 16.

The strength of the Qin army did not decrease but increased, which also greatly increased the morale of the army. Taking advantage of the high morale, the general took advantage of the superior force and the general situation to launch a fierce attack, and the result was naturally overwhelming.

In order to resist the Qin army, Wang Mang built three lines of defense in the south.

Wang Mang's first line of defense was to place 300 strong camps, large and small, at the mountain line of defense stretching over 24 miles on the north bank of the Yellow River in Bingnan.

These large villages were built relying on favorable locations. Wang Mang had personally observed each location, and had been checked by Chen Qingzhi. Their defensive strength was comparable even if it was not as good as Xiongguan.

Wang Mang originally wanted to use these twenty camps to hold on for half a year, but he didn't want that within ten days after the start of the war, nearly half of the camps would be captured by the Qin army in one fell swoop.

Wang Mang originally thought that by relying on these strongholds, at least [-] to [-] troops of the Qin army could be consumed. As a result, the surrender of Zhang Yang and Wang Kuang caused the strength of the Qin army to increase instead of falling, and instead formed an overwhelming force advantage over the coalition forces.

Now that the Qin army has become invincible, and the left and right wings of the coalition army have been broken through, even if they continue to stick to the remaining camps, it is meaningless.

After weighing the pros and cons, Wang Mang decided to abandon the first line of defense and retreat to the second line of defense with the remaining [-] troops.

Wang Mang's second line of defense was to rely on the cities in the south, central and east, and defend against the steep terrain of the mountains.

Under the combination of the city and the terrain, the toughness displayed is also extremely strong. As long as there is sufficient food, grass and troops, Wang Mang is confident that he can stick to it for a year.

As for the third line of defense, it was Huguan, which was also Wang Mang's last retreat.

If you can't defend the first and second ways, you will lose the battle with Qin Hao, and Wang Mang will lead the remnant army back to Jizhou through Huguan.

Wang Mang was well aware of the gap in strength between him and Qin Hao, so he reserved a way out early, but no one could make up for it. Daming's betrayal leader Wang Mang was unexpected, and Long Qi even raided and captured most of Shangdang and Huguan.

The fall of Shangdang and Huguan not only caused Wang Mang to lose most of his food, grass and equipment, but even the road to retreat into Jizhou was completely blocked.

Originally, Wang Mang was still thinking that it doesn't matter who gave Qin Hao this time, as long as he has the military power in his hands, he can't go anywhere in the world, and he will naturally make a comeback after leaving Bingzhou.

But once Huguan is lost, even if Wang Mang can escape from Bingzhou, it is impossible to take away the army under his command, and if he really escapes alone, then he will have to start a new business from scratch.

It's not that Wang Mang has never built a family from scratch. He is well aware of the difficulty and hardship of starting from scratch. Now that all parts of the world have been divided up, and none of the princes in various places is simple, it is almost impossible to start from scratch.

Wang Mang also knew that under the pincer attack of the Qin and Ming armies, retreating to the second largest card was just drinking poison to quench thirst, and it would not last long.

That's right, since Daming's betrayal and stabbing the knife in the back, Wang Mang has given up any hope for this battle, but in order not to wander the world alone, even if the chance is slim, Wang Mang has to fight desperately.

Only by keeping the army under his command with all his strength, can Wang Mang have a chance to make a comeback, so he chooses to continue to grit his teeth and carry on.

Facing the 17 troops of the Qin Army, even if Wang Mang wanted to fight to the death, he obviously couldn't do it with the [-] troops in his hands.

Wang Mang wanted to defend to the death and at the same time provoke the Qin army and the Ming army to fight. After all, according to this trend, the two families will definitely meet, and he can survive both ways, so he ordered Chen Qingzhi and Mrs. Guo to be recalled.

In the process of Chen Qingzhi's attack on Shangdang, although he captured several cities, he did not capture the eldest son of the government, nor Huguan, so it was not much help to the overall battle situation.

After receiving Wang Mang's edict, neither Chen Qingzhi nor Mrs. Guo hesitated, and decisively decided to return to aid Wang Mang.

They and Wang Mang are already grasshoppers on the same rope. Once Wang Mang is defeated, they will not be able to survive alone, so they can only help Wang Mang.

On the way to attack Shangdang, Chen Qingzhi lost thousands of troops. After several days of rapid march, the two armies joined forces, and the strength of the coalition army also recovered to [-].

After the two armies joined forces, the Southern Allied Army continued to march. Their goal was the junction of Shangdang and Xihe, the dozens of forbidding cities that were still under control. Now they could only rely on these cities to support them.

During the march, Chen Qingzhi carefully observed the surrounding terrain, and his brows became tighter as he went north.

I saw the topography of this place, a basin is sandwiched between two mountains, and the mountains are undulating and winding, which is an excellent place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

"General Wang, the terrain here is so steep, where is it?" Chen Qingzhi asked with a frown.

Wang Mang was not familiar with the terrain of Bingnan, so of course he didn't know the name of the place, so he recruited spies and asked, "What's the name of this place?"

"General Qi, this is the boundary of Changping."

Does this place name sound so familiar?

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