When Wang Mang defeated Li Zhong and left Yingchuan that day, he guessed that Li Zhong might invite helpers to intercept him halfway.

However, when things really happened, especially the person who was invited, he was still a genius on a par with Li Zhong, which made him extremely anxious.

The reason why he was able to defeat Li Zhong's army with a weak victory last time was purely due to Li Zhong's carelessness and ignorance of the details.

Wang Mang expected that if he rearranged his troops to fight with Li Zhong now, he would definitely not be able to defeat Li Zhong, because the soldiers and horses under Li Zhong's command were too strong.

The 28 generals of Yuntai recorded in the history books are all rumored to be the reincarnations of the 28 stars in the sky. Wang Mang knew this very well and once admired it very much.

Now that such a powerful man is leading the army to kill, he asks himself if there is no good plan to defeat the other party.

Breaking through ten thousand laws with one force, absolute strength, can suppress all conspiracies and tricks.

Knowing oneself and knowing the other, the other party has done it, the time, place, and people, and the other party has almost accounted for it.

Pi Tong, the prefect of Shangqiu County, has an absolute advantage, and Wang Mang knows it very well in his heart.

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In the tent of the temporary barracks, many generals gathered together to discuss how to withdraw their troops.

Wang Mang sat down on the top general's seat, his brows furrowed slightly, thinking about how to lead everyone to escape from the ascension and break through the trap.

"Everyone, who is that Pi Tong, does anyone know about him?" Chen Chong wondered.

Pi Tong is the prefect of Shangqiu County, and Chen Chong is a native of Yingchuan City, Yuzhou, and the two places are separated by thousands of miles. Therefore, Chen Chongzi didn't know how powerful Pi Tong was, and he had never heard of this person.

Now he heard the military report, saying that Pi Tong led the troops to kill, so he asked about this person.

When he asked what he said, basically few people knew about Pi Tong.

Everyone was silent for a moment, and Dong Wu, the commander of the thousand households who had defected from the Tiger Prison Pass before, said in a tone of uncertainty: "Lord Chen, although Pi Tong is the prefect of Shangqiu County, the last general has never heard of him having any special outstanding abilities, and his reputation is not obvious. As things stand, this person should not be afraid. The last general will lead a thousand troops first, and go to find out what is true and false about him. ”

"The last general is willing to go!" Yan Yang, the archer, got up and said, "The last general is willing to go with General Dong Wu, wait for the opportunity to stand aside, and then shoot him with arrows." ”

He Jin, the military advisor, asked the sentry, "What is the terrain of Tianlong Mountain?" ”

The sentry replied: "Although Tianlong Mountain has a mountain name, it is actually only a few small slopes, almost plain. ”

"Plains?"

He Jin frowned, "This terrain is not suitable for us to arrange troops. Even if Pi Tong doesn't have much ability, he has a lot of soldiers. If we fight him in the plains, it will not please us, and it will be difficult for us to stop him from charging and killing him. ”

"What if you lure them in?" Wang Xun said: "The terrain here is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and it is very good to ambush soldiers. If you can lure them here, and then ambush them, you will be successful. ”

"You can't do that."

Yuan Qing opened his mouth and said: "I have already detected the other party's movements, and the other party is blocking the road as a village. made it clear that he didn't want us to go through. It's impossible to lure them out now.

Thinking about it, even if that Pi Tong has no strategy, as long as he stops there, we will have nothing to do, and we will not be able to pass through at all. And I don't think he's stupid enough to be seduced by us, right?. ”

"This...."

The crowd was speechless and could not speak.

They knew in their hearts that as long as Pi Tong's army had been stopped in Tianlong Mountain, they would not let themselves and others pass. After a long time, even if Pi Tong doesn't take the initiative to kill, then he has to find a way to kill the past and rush out of the way, otherwise there is only a dead end.

"Lord Wang, what do you think should be done with this matter?" Chen Chong asked.

Wang Mang frowned and said, "You don't know about Pi Tong's situation, but I know some. This person's talent is not below Li Zhong, and he is even slightly better than Li Zhong by three points.

Now, don't say that their army is stuck in the middle of the road, even if they are lured by us, it will be difficult for us to kill them with ambushes. Chen Chong, you can pass the order to go down and let the people slowly retreat towards the Tiger Prison Pass first, so as to ensure stability. ”

"What? He actually has the ability to match Li Zhong? Chen Chong was shocked.

Li Zhong's talent, Chen Chong knows very well. Even in the depths of his heart, there was still a trace of fear, he was not willing to confront Li Zhong head-on, for fear of being tricked by the other party.

Now a Pi Tong suddenly appeared, and Wang Mang actually said that this person could slightly beat Li Zhong by three points, which immediately made him a little panicked.

"Lord Wang, since Pi Tong has such erudition and knowledge, why didn't he directly lead the troops to kill him, but instead stopped him in the middle of the road?"

"Maybe he wants to catch the rats and slowly grind us to death, so let's take the initiative to fight them."

Wang Mang said in a deep voice: "As long as this person has been in the middle of the army, we can't advance or retreat." It is equivalent to having no door to heaven and no way to go to the ground, and being in a dilemma. After a long time, maybe Li Zhong will personally lead the army to come to us for revenge. In this way, even if we retreat to the Tiger Prison, it will still be of little use.

Even, this Pi Tong may still expect us to retreat to the Tiger Prison Pass, and then he can lead a large army to besiege the city without food and force us to fight him in a decisive battle. If we stick to the tiger prison and don't get out, then the people will be robbed. When the time comes, if we don't do it himself, those people will definitely resent us and kill us.

He is a conspiracy, we retreat to the tiger prison, although we can block it for a while, but it can't last long. We even want to lose all the people's hearts we have accumulated. If we don't return, when we run out of food and grass, we will only be dead. Pi Tong will be able to take us all without losing a single soldier.

Now I have asked you to send an order to the people to return to the Tiger Prison first, in order to protect the hearts of the people. It is equivalent to telling the people that we are free to charge ahead. If something doesn't work out, it can only be regarded as God not helping me, not that I can't do my best to protect them. ”

"Is there nothing else to do?" Chen Chong was unwilling.

Wang Mang shook his head and sighed: "There may be other solutions, but none of them have the power to turn things around." Only that kind of immortal genius can be expected to help us break through the barrier and break through. ”

Wang Jingyan frowned and said, "Xianggong, according to what you say, everything we have been trying to do for months will be in vain?" ”

"It can't be said that it was all in vain, at least our reputation of benevolence and righteousness has been transmitted to the entire prefecture, and even many people in the other eight states have heard of it.

If we don't lead these people to their destination, the effect of this reputation will be greatly diminished, and the people will think that we have empty desires but little power. If we can arrive with the people smoothly, it will be a complete thing. ”

"Isn't this the same? Even worse than nothing. Wang Jingyan said angrily: "If the people think that we just have empty ideals and no ability, then how many people are willing to take refuge in the future?" How many more heroes would like to believe? When the time comes, let alone development, it will be good not to be destroyed by others. ”

"This is Pi Tong's plan to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle." Wang Mang said helplessly: "Pi Tong penetrated the overall situation and grasped our biggest weakness at a glance. And we can still not use our swords, forcing all our plans to lose their effectiveness, which will lead to the collapse of the people's will.

If I had a strong army, he would not dare to act like this, and he would have devised all kinds of schemes to ambush us. Now that we only have three or four thousand soldiers and horses in our hands, he naturally chose this strategy that is most beneficial to him. ”

Hiss....

When the generals heard Wang Mang's analysis, they all gasped.

They didn't expect that Pi Tong would simply be in charge of the village and block the army, and there would be so many layers of meaning in it.

At this moment, they finally learned Pi Tong's outstanding talent and the farsightedness and power of using soldiers like a god.

Just as everyone was thinking, a horse scout soldier pulled a long tail and shouted: "Report...."

(End of chapter)