Day and night, regardless of the passage of time!

However, after Wang Mang and others encountered a little friction with a group of Huns in Hengshan City, he did not delve into this matter further, as if he had never encountered it, and only hurried away.

In this way, another three or five days passed, and he was getting closer and closer to his destination, Yinchuan County.

The words are divided into two ends, but they say that they are in Xiguan!

Since Wang Xianzhi handed over the military power and marshal seal to Liu Zhi, the leader of the Zhuzhou coalition army, Liu Zhi has done his best, strictly abided by Wang Xianzhi's instructions, and insisted on holding the pass, ignoring the call of the Xiongnu army and refusing to fight.

The Xiongnu alone was hindered by the dangerous barrier of Dingxi Pass, and he could not completely break through it for a while, so he had to send troops to attack the pass day and night, block the passage, wear down the strength of the Han army, and hit the morale of the Han army.

His siege and siege plan is like boiling a frog in warm water, and it does have some effect.

The ordinary soldiers of the Han army saw that the commander of their side did not lead the troops out of the customs to fight, and at first they thought that the commander was arranging a plan and dispatching troops, and it would not be long before they could kill and fight to the death with the Huns.

But as time went on, when they saw that the commander was still just sticking to the pass, he was only a turtle with a shrunken head. In this regard, they felt a little uncomfortable, their morale was low, and they all felt that they would lose this battle.

The leading generals of the major families knew the situation, but they did not dare to explain to the soldiers, and they did not dare to tell the soldiers that Wang Mang was not in the army.

On the one hand, they had to deal with the siege of the Xiongnu army, and on the other hand, they had to suppress the restlessness of the soldiers and appease the morale of the army. Therefore, for so many days, they have felt hardships and shame, and they have become two people at different ends, and they have some fire in their hearts.

As for the lieutenant generals under their command, many of them were plotted against by the Huns, constantly probing about military affairs, inducing their own generals to fight, and secretly sending people to spread rumors, hyping up the remarks that the battle would be defeated, and undermining the morale of the army.

Although Liu Zhi is talented, he is one of the reincarnations of the twenty-eight stars in the sky. However, there were also masters on the side of the Huns. The nine sons of the dragon are all good at fighting, wise and brave. Therefore, in the face of such a form, he is also powerless, and it is difficult to hold on, let alone go out of the city to meet the enemy?

And Wang Mang is the real supreme commander of the three armies, without his orders, no one dares to send troops to meet the enemy without authorization.

Of course, although Liu Zhi was a little anxious in his heart, he needed to maintain his majesty as a temporary commander and not show it, so as not to make the leaders of the major families uneasy.

Those leading generals of the major families couldn't take the initiative to contact Wang Mang, and they didn't know where Wang Mang was. Therefore, they could only go to the place where the Liaoning Coalition Army was stationed every day, discuss with Xiang Fei, the commander of the Liaoning Coalition Army, and ask him to contact Wang Mang.

However, the commanders of the Liaoning coalition army did not know where Wang Mang was, so they naturally couldn't contact Wang Mang.

In this way, after more than a month, the major generals could not resist anymore and issued a secret post to convene a summit summit to discuss major military affairs.

In the evening of this day, the commanders of the major coalition forces in Kyushu gathered in the camp of the commanders of the Liaoning army.

As soon as everyone sat down, the general of the Wei family, who represented Yizhou (Shanxi), was impatient and took the lead in speaking: "Generals, Wang Mang has not heard from him for more than a month, and the same is true for General Wang Xianzhi. At present, the Huns army is aggressive, which has greatly demoralized our army. ”

As soon as his words landed, Huo Changhai, the head of the Huo family in Jingzhou (Hubei), answered: "General Wei asked well, and I also want to know how we should deal with it now." ”

After these two people opened their mouths, Zhao Gang, the chief general of the Yangzhou (Jiangsu) coalition army, Chen Gong, the chief general of the Yongzhou (Shaanxi) coalition army, Zhuge Ming, the chief general of the Liangzhou (Sichuan) coalition army, and Wang Xian'an, the representative of the Wang family in Xuzhou (Anhui), also opened their mouths one after another, questioning Xiang Fei, the chief general of the Liaoning army, and Liu Zhi, the chief general of the Zhuzhou (Henan) coalition army.

The remaining Qingzhou (Hebei) and Yuzhou (Shandong) did not have a commander. Because Hebei originally belonged to the imperial family, but the imperial family declined, Qingzhou was also entrenched and carved up by the major family forces. As for Yuzhou, this place has also been divided into three parts, and it is under the jurisdiction of the Huo family, the Wei family, and the Wang family.

Xiang Fei and Liu Zhi, the commanders of the Liaoning army, knew that everyone would have this question, but the two of them couldn't answer, and they didn't know what to do.

After the crowd had asked, the crowd fell silent.

After a long time, Liu Zhi said: "Generals, the current morale of the army is unstable, rumors are spreading, and many soldiers are rumoring that Wang Mang is not in the army. You have worked hard to suppress and calm this matter, and you have suffered a lot of grievances, where can I not know? However, there is no trace of Wang Mang, and none of us can contact him, so what can I do? ”

"Having said that, you are the temporary supreme commander of the three armies appointed by Wang Mang entrusted by Wang Xianzhi, and you need to take responsibility for this matter, give us a good word, and let us do it." Yongzhou general Chen Gong shouted.

"This...."Liu Zhi frowned, not easy to reply.

He didn't speak, and everyone was not embarrassed, but set their eyes on Xiang Fei, the commander of the Liaoning army, "General Xiang, you can't contact Wang Mang, this is reasonable." But those Liaoning generals who left the imperial capital with Wang Mang should have someone who can contact Wang Mang, right? Especially those masters of the Murong family. Right now, these people are all in your barracks, and I haven't seen them yet. Why don't you let them try to contact Wang Mang? ”

"I asked them, but they just wouldn't say." Xiang Fei smiled bitterly: "At the beginning, Lord Wang had spoken to them, and it was strictly forbidden for them to take the initiative to contact them. Therefore, the current situation is that only Lord Wang can take the initiative to contact us, not us to contact him. ”

"Ridiculous..."Wei Xianming said angrily: "How can there be such a person who commands the army? I think Wang Mang is just messing around. General Xiang, if we can't contact Wang Mang after today, then I have to tell my master the truth about the situation here, and ask my master to decide. When the time comes, I can't decide what my master will do. ”

Xiang Fei smiled bitterly: "General Wei, even if you really do this, I can't help it." At present, those who can contact Lord Wang are only those masters of the Murong family who perform their unique stunts to fly pigeons and pass on the book. However, these masters don't listen to me, what can I do about it?

Of course, we can put this matter aside for a moment. As for the change in the morale of the military, we have to focus on discussion. This time, I don't know where the rumors came from, but they said that Lord Wang was not in the army, so it was useless to suppress them. Lord Wang's prestige is very high, and if we can't suppress this matter, then it's really over. ”

"Do you need to ask?" Huo Changhai said coldly: "Wang Mang has always paid attention to suppressing people with the general trend, but now we are only blindly defending, and we are shrinking turtles, which seriously deviates from Wang Mang's style of acting." If they don't suspect this, then it's not normal. Therefore, in my opinion, it is better for us to go out and fight with the Huns. ”

(End of chapter)