Chapter 1201: Decisive Battle of Changping (I)

[Ding Dong, Su Lie's skill 'Brave' effect 3 is activated.]

Heroic Effect 3: When you are the main general to destroy a country, all attributes will be permanently +1, and this effect can be activated up to 4 times.

Su Liesheng captured Wang Kuang, killed Zhang Chao, and destroyed two vassal states in a row, with all attributes permanently +2, and the current five dimensions: commander 100, force 100, intelligence 89, politics 74, charisma 92. 】

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

At this point, the four princes who formed the Southern Alliance Army have now been completely wiped out, and only one Wang Mang is still struggling to support.

After Wang Kuang and Zhang Yang surrendered, Shuo Fang and Shangjun naturally returned 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 immediately disappeared, two of which died because of Su Lie, so there is nothing wrong with saying that Su Lie destroyed the two countries.

However, the most bizarre 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 of the southern alliance and became the timing controller of the southern alliance.

After the annihilation of the entire army of the four princes, Wang Mang also took over the military power in name only, but the form faced by the coalition army was even more precipitous.

Zhang Yang surrendered and took another 20,000 troops, and after Wang Kuang's surrender, he persuaded 10,000 old troops to surrender, plus the loss of five Dazhai broken by Su Dingfang in a row, and the annihilation of Wang Renze's entire army......

In general, Wang Mang lost nearly 40,000 troops, and the 110,000 army on the front line was reduced to 70,000.

In addition, there was a tiger and wolf Qin army in front of him pressing step by step, and then the leopard Ming army was aggressive, and at this time the coalition army was obviously in a desperate situation.

The corresponding Qin army, not only did not decline after the war, but because of the surrender of Zhang Yang and Wang Kuang, the strength of the army increased from 130,000 to 160,000.

The strength of the Qin army did not decrease but increased, which also made the morale of the army soar, and the main general took advantage of the strong morale to launch a fierce attack with superior forces and the general trend, and the result was naturally overwhelming.

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

Wang Mang's first line of defense was to set up 24 strong camps of various sizes at the mountainous defense line on the north bank of the Yellow River in the south of the river, which stretched over 300 miles in the mountains.

These Dazhai are built by relying on geographical advantages, and Wang Mang has personally observed each location, and after Chen Qingzhi's check, its defense power is almost the same even if it is not as good as Xiongguan.

Wang Mang originally wanted to use these 20 camps to hold on for half a year, but he didn't want to start the war in less than ten days, and nearly half of the fortified villages were captured by the Qin army in one fell swoop.

Wang Mang originally thought that relying on these Dazhai could at least consume 50,000 or 60,000 troops of the Qin army, but as a result, the surrender of Zhang Yang and Wang Kuang made the Qin army's strength increase instead of decreasing, but formed an overwhelming force advantage over the coalition army.

Now that the Qin army is invincible, and the left and right flanks of the coalition army have been broken through, even if they continue to hold on to the remaining camps, it no longer makes much sense.

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 70,000 troops.

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

Under the combination of the city and the terrain, the resilience shown is also extremely strong, as long as the food, grass and troops are sufficient, Wang Mang is confident that he can hold on for a year.

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

If the first and second lanes can't be held, the battle with Qin Hao will be lost, and then Wang Mang will lead the remnants of the army to retreat into Jizhou.

Wang Mang knew the difference in strength between him and Qin Hao, so he reserved a back road early, but it was not as good as the sky to make up for it, and Wang Mang, the betrayal leader of the Ming Dynasty, was unexpected, and Long He raided and captured most of the Shangdang and Huguan.

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

Originally, Wang Mang was still thinking, even if who gave Qin Hao rice this time, it didn't matter, as long as he had military power in his hands, he couldn't go anywhere in the world, and he would naturally make a comeback after leaving the state.

But as soon as Huguan was lost, even if Wang Mang could escape from the state, it would be impossible to take the army under his command away, and if he really escaped alone, he would have to start from scratch in a new business.

Wang Mang is not without starting from scratch, he knows the difficulty and hardship of starting from scratch, and if all the places have been divided up today, none of the princes in the world is simple, and it is almost impossible to start from scratch.

Wang Mang also knew that under the attack of the two armies of Qin and Ming, retreating to the second biggest card was just drinking to quench his thirst, and he would definitely not last long.

That's right, since the betrayal of Daming and the knife in the back, Wang Mang has no hope for this battle, but in order not to wander the world alone, even if the opportunity is slim, Wang Mang has to fight to the death.

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

In the face of the 170,000 army of the Qin army, even if Wang Mang wanted to die, he obviously couldn't do it with the 70,000 troops in his hands.

Wang Mang wanted to defend to the death and provoke the Qin army and the Ming army to fight at the same time, after all, according to this trend, the two families would definitely face each other, and he could survive left and right, so he ordered Chen Qingzhi and Guo Tai to be recalled.

In the process of Chen Qingzhi's attack on the party, although he captured several cities, he did not capture the city of the elder son, nor did he capture Huguan, so for the overall battle situation, it could not help much.

After receiving Wang Mang's edict, Chen Qingzhi and Guo Tai did not hesitate and decisively decided to return to Wang Mang's aid.

They and Wang Mang are already grasshoppers on the same rope, once Wang Mang is defeated, they can't be alone, so they can only help Wang Mang.

On the way to attack Shangdang, Chen Qingzhi lost thousands of troops, and after several days of rapid marching, the two armies met, and the strength of the coalition army also recovered to 105,000, relying on the mountain city and the geographical advantage can still hold on.

After the two armies met, the Southern Coalition continued to march, and their goal was the junction of Shangdang and the West River, the more than a dozen precipitous cities under their control, and now they had to rely on these cities to support themselves.

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

I saw the topography of this place, with a basin sandwiched between the two mountain ranges, and the mountains were undulating and winding, which was an excellent place to defend and difficult to attack.

"General Wang, where is the terrain here so steep?" Chen Qingzhi frowned and asked.

Wang Mang was not familiar with the terrain of Bingnan, and of course he didn't know the name of the place, so he summoned a spy and asked, "What is the name of this place?" ”

"General Qiyu, this is the Changping Realm."