Rebirth of the best emperor

Chapter 301
Wang Jian made a long speech, and he spoke clearly and logically. He almost explained all the strengths and weaknesses of the Guo army, and made the ministers present clearly understand what kind of enemy they were about to face.

After Wang Jian finished speaking, Wang Yongji added: "My lord just now basically explained the situation of Guo State, and I will add one more point here. In history, our army and Guo army formally fought against each other. Note that what I said here is formal." Fighting refers to the fact that the two armies send troops of more than 21 people to fight, and there have been [-] such fights in history."

"How about the outcome?" Li Hong said.

"In the 21 fights, our army won seven times, and the Guo army won fourteen times." Wang Yongji said solemnly.

"That's okay. This place is far away from the center of the imperial court, but very close to Guo State. It doesn't matter if you win less or lose more." Li Hongchang breathed a sigh of relief.

"Master Li, our army won seven battles because our army dispatched far more troops than the Guo army. The closest time, our army was twice as many as the Guo army." Wang Yongji said with a serious face: "In history In the face-to-face battle between our army and the Guo army, our army has never defeated the Guo army with similar numbers, which shows how powerful the Guo army is."

Ah!
After Wang Yongji finished speaking, all the ministers present finally understood that they may have attached importance to the Guo army before, but in fact they still underestimated the Guo army.

"How can a mere Guo State have such a powerful army?" Li Hong asked.

Wang Yongji said: "This is determined by the geographical conditions of the mountains and rivers of the Guo State. There are many mountains and forests in the Guo State. , and Guo State has been ambitious for many years and has been harsh to the people, but it is much more tolerant to the army. It can be said that Guo State gave all the good things it could have to the army, which further stimulated the morale of the Guo army. The bravery of the Guo army is famous all over the world!"

Wang Mang waved his hand to tell Li Hong not to ask, but said: "At present, the Guo army has assembled 20 horses, and our army currently has 60 horses. From the perspective of numbers, our army far exceeds the Guo army. Don't worry, everyone. Our military strength far exceeds that of the Guo army."

After Wang Mang finished speaking, the faces of the ministers in the yamen were slightly relaxed, and Li Lan said at this time: "Your Majesty, just received a report from the spies that the rebel Wang Xi has gathered 5 remnants of soldiers and has already joined the Guo army. Looking at it, Wang Xi and the Guo army seemed a little unhappy. Wang Xi's remnants were all thrown to the rear by the Guo army. Even Wang Xi, the general of the Guo army, and others failed to meet. It is said that the Guo army publicly humiliated Wang Xi and others is a bereaved dog!"

Lost dog?

The ministers in the yamen were stunned, and Wang Jitang was even more expressionless. He fully expected that if he hadn't surrendered decisively to the court, he might not be as good as Wang Xi now.

Wang Mang nodded, indicating that he understood, and said, "Everyone, why did the Guo army dare to humiliate the traitor Wang Xi like this? That's because Wang Xi had no backer. He originally had hundreds of thousands of troops as a backer, but when I came, Wang Xi The backing of the hundreds of thousands of troops is gone. Wang Xi, who has no backing, thinks that he can make his allies respect him by signing some treaties that humiliate the country? It is a dream. In this world, only people with equal status can sit The qualification to eat at a dinner table, and there is no doubt that Wang Xi, he has been eliminated, and you should take it as a warning."

"Your Majesty's instruction must be remembered!" Wang Jitang was the first to kowtow to Wang Mang to express his surrender. He knew that among the people present, most of what Wang Mang said was for him to hear.

The others also kowtowed. They could see Wang Xi's end clearly. The more they saw clearly, the more shuddering they felt. A Great Qin prince with a population of one million and an army of hundreds of thousands, within a few days, had already died. Being reduced to this point, it really makes people have to think deeply.

After thinking deeply, Wang Jian said: "Your Majesty, this may not be an opportunity for us. The rebel Wang Xi's troops were insulted by the Guo army. I am afraid that many people will feel resentful. In this way, as long as our army sends people to contact them, Thinking about it, they are very willing to take advantage of the momentum from the enemy's back at a critical moment and set their backyard on fire, so that our army can calm down the Guo army without any effort."

"What Ai Qing said makes sense, you can handle this matter." Wang Mang nodded, not paying attention, he had more than one strategy, and if it really succeeded, it would also save his subordinates a few casualties.

Wang Yongji said: "Your Majesty, the Guo army intends to set up camp on the front line. It seems that they are no longer planning to continue marching towards Shenshui County. So, what should our army do? Should we take advantage of the victory in calming Shenshui and pursue the victory, or wait for the victory?" After the army is rested, will we have a decisive battle?"

"What do you think should be done?" Wang Mang was a layman in the military, and felt that he should listen to the opinions of experts.

"Your Majesty thinks it's time to take advantage of the victory and pursue it." Wang Yongji said, "Your Majesty knows that the Guo army is now entering the country with 20 troops, and another 20 Guo troops have assembled in the Guo State and are marching towards the Guo army. At that time, the Guo army had 40 people, and its combat power was quite extraordinary, so our army should take advantage of the victory to pursue and destroy part of the existing Guo army first, so as to reduce the pressure on our army and the Guo army in future battles."

"What do you think?" Wang Mang looked at the others.

Everyone said: "I think what Wang Shangshu said is very reasonable."

Seeing that everyone did not object, Wang Mang looked around at the ministers in the yamen, and finally his eyes fell on Wang Jian and said: "Ai Qing, I'm sorry for you to make a trip."

"I obey the order." Wang Jian was taken aback for a moment, then nodded.

Although Wang Mang didn't know much about military affairs, he also knew that this kind of time was not the time for military training, and he needed to shoot a veteran to hold the line. Looking at the whole army, only Wang Jian and Wang Yongji could take up this position. Wang Yongji himself had other uses, so he Can only let Wang Jian go.

Wang Jian himself understood, so he said: "I will bring 20 people here, together with General Wang Jitang's 15 vanguard army, a total of 35 people will go to chase down the remnant of the rebel Wang Xi. If the Guo army surrenders the remnant of Wang Xi, I will set up camp and so on." Let's meet up with His Majesty, if the Guo army doesn't surrender Wang Xi, then I will fight with the Guo army and try to wipe out the Guo army's vital strength."

As expected of a veteran general who has fought wars for many years, Wang Jian is indeed scheming and scheming. He said everything on the point. Since Wang Mang had no disagreement, he ordered to allocate 20 people to Wang Jian, plus 15 people from Wang Jitang's subordinates. , A total of 35 troops marched towards the Guo army stationed.

When Wang Jian left with the army, Wang Mang thought about it, and although he didn't think there was anything wrong, he still said, "Go and call Zhang Han over."

Zhang Han had already resigned from the Nanyang Commander and entered the Household Department. This time, Wang Mang drove himself to conquest. Because Zhang Han had served as the Nanyang Commander for many years, he appointed Zhang Han as the north-south transshipment envoy, responsible for the transfer of grain and grass for the army. At this moment, Zhang Han just escorted a The batch of grain and grass arrived.

Hearing Wang Mang's summoning, Zhang Han quickly put down his work, trotted to Wang Mang's side, kowtowed and said, "Minister Zhang Han sees you!"

(End of this chapter)