In Weiwuguan, Gansu, Wang Mang sat here to coordinate everything, analyzed the information sent from all over Kyushu one by one, and then made corresponding arrangements for these intelligence.

He knows the situation of the two brothers Liu Xiu in Zhuzhou very well, and he is also confident about Yin Lihua's affairs, and the Jingzhou and Yizhou battles are also under his control. Even Liu Xuan's matter did not escape his eyes.

Based on what he knows about the historical situation, he has a deep grasp and understanding of those who have left a famous name in history.

The appearance of Liu Xuan made him more able to see the future more clearly, and the Ji family's gradual increase in military investment made him more and more aware that the historical process was developing in the direction of the general trend.

The Yizhou Wei family did not have an invulnerable armor to protect itself, which led to the rout and defeat of the Ji family, and the Huo family in Jingzhou was also difficult to block the offensive of the Lord of the Nine Swords, and was gradually forced into a dead corner with almost no way out, Wang Mang saw this situation, and his heart became more and more excited.

Now that the end was getting closer and closer, he felt that the day of his liberation was not far off, and the end was about to be reached.

Time passed slowly, Wang Mang was secretly controlling everything, paying attention to all historical celebrities, assisting them in their success, and adding their heritage and wings.

In a flash, another six or seven months passed. From the time he ordered the unification of Gansu to the present, another year has passed.

In such a long time, all his previous arrangements were completely completed, and all the personnel were ready to go, just waiting for him to order the whole army to rush out of Gansu and sweep the world.

Almost all of his subordinates believed that the reason why Wang Mang did not move for a long time and did not send troops to attack states other than Gansu was all waiting for the opportunity.

All the generals felt that this time was coming, and they would soon be able to leave Gansu to fight the world. Even foreign countries have this feeling, such as the Dawan Kingdom, the Yueshi Kingdom, the Xiongnu Kingdom, and so on. They all think that the reason why Wang Mang did not move was not because he did not have the ambition to unify the world, but because he felt that the time had not yet come.

Wang Mang didn't pay attention to these speculations from the outside world, because the results of these people's speculations can be said to be both right and wrong, and the reason why he really didn't move was only known to a few people such as Wang Jingyan and Shangguan Ningxuan.

When it came to the beginning of summer in the second year, Wang Mang held a meeting as usual and convened the major prefects, generals and strategists to discuss things, just like a court meeting.

After everyone reported their respective situations, Zhang Gongqiong couldn't bear the loneliness and took the lead in asking: "Lord Wang, now the Huo family, the Wei family, the Ji family and other families have all fallen into the flames of war, and each has its own damage, but we are the only ones who will not move. My subordinates feel that it is the most appropriate time for us to send troops to sweep the world, and dare to ask my lordship, when will we send troops?

In addition, due to the great turmoil caused by the princes' struggle for hegemony in the world, the people of Li suffered a lot, and these people all complained, complaining that we did not make efforts to rescue them, and that we were hypocritical. The subordinates felt that if we didn't send troops to rescue them, we might have something wrong.

Even the Na Ji family gave us orders in the name of the Son of Heaven, asking us to honor His Majesty's will and assist them in exterminating the princes. Many people do not know the sinister intentions of the Ji family, and they all think that it is a great mistake for us to disrespect His Majesty's will. In the eyes of those people, we have the ability to exterminate the rebellious princes in their eyes, to suppress the Quartet, and to pacify the world.

According to the speculation of their subordinates, the Ji family has lost most of their strength in the past two years of war, and the other major families have also lost more than seventy percent of their strength. If we were to attack them now, we would be able to destroy them all.

My subordinates are willing to make a military order, as long as the adults allocate 200,000 horses to me, I will definitely be able to take the remaining territory of the Wei family, and even defeat the soldiers and horses arranged by the Ji family in Yizhou. ”

As soon as Zhang Gongqiong raised this matter, many other generals showed a look of concern. They are all very belligerent in their hearts, and they all think the same as Zhang Gongqiong, thinking that now is the best time to send troops, and they can completely defeat the Ji family.

Wang Mang was silent and ignored these things.

Chen Chong thought for a while, frowned and said, "General Zhang Gongqiong, we are sending troops now, and we do have a great chance to completely defeat the Ji family." But what about after defeating? How do we arrange this? Is it to disarm and return to the field or to completely overthrow the dynasty?

If you are disarmed and returned to the field, will Your Majesty be able to govern the world in the current mess of the imperial dynasty? If the dynasty is overthrown, what will the people say about us? I think they will say that we are rebellious thieves who are plotting to usurp the throne.

Also, we can compete with Ji Jiaming's strength on the surface, but who knows if they still have hidden strength? If so, how many? If we rush to send troops without understanding these issues, we will certainly suffer a great loss. ”

"And what do you say now?" Zhang Gongqiong asked rhetorically: "We don't send troops, we don't send troops, is it possible that we still want to die here?" Besides, even if the Ji family still has hidden backgrounds, I don't think there should be much, right? If there were many, wouldn't they increase their efforts to attack the Huo family and the Wei family?

These two great families are now concentrating all their forces to defend several important states and counties, and if the Ji family increases their efforts to attack again, they will definitely not be able to stop them and will be completely wiped out. I don't think the Ji family will be indifferent to such a good opportunity, right?

Since the Ji family is not increasing the investment of troops now, but is fighting a time-consuming war, trying to slowly trap these two families, it is enough to show that the Ji family no longer has much of a base of troops to mobilize. We have 5,780,000 troops on our side, and the Wang family has also taken refuge in 20,000 or 30,000, so our total strength has reached 600,000. There is a force, why are we afraid of the Ji family? ”

Chen Chong was speechless, and he didn't know how to refute it.

Wang Mang watched the generals below talk and quarrel non-stop, and he couldn't stay silent anymore.

He turned to Zhang Gongqiong and asked, "General Zhang, two and a half years ago, I gave you an order, saying that I wanted you to raise two million deniers of grain within two years. And then, a year ago, you did it in just a year and a half. I ask you, how much food have you raised so far? ”

Zhang Gongqiong replied: "A year ago, we had a total of 8 million deniers of grain, and these 8 million deniers included 2 million deniers stored by me, 4 million deniers compensated by Dawan Kingdom, 1 million deniers transported from Liaoning, and 1 million deniers exchanged with the Xiongnu.

Later, when Lord Huo Rongsheng led the troops to unify the entire territory of Gansu, I counted the grain in the granaries of those states and counties, totaling one million deniers. And then after a year's fundraising, I also stored about 1.5 million deniers. So we have a total of about 11.5 million deniers of grain.

Now, according to your orders, I have stored all this grain in Tianshui County, Pingliang County and other front passes in Gansu. The 100,000 troops you have allocated to me are guarded day and night. ”

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