In the late autumn of the fourth year of the emperor's reign, the left, middle and right gates of the Yumen Pass, which symbolized the western gate of the new dynasty, were suddenly opened, and an army completely different from this era marched into the Han realm like a long dragon with neat and loud steps. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The people of the Han army at the head of the city, on both sides of the city gate and in the Guannei looked at this army in amazement.

Their faces, their flags, and their language are all familiar Han Chinese, Chinese, and Chinese (of course, there are also many Hu faces). However, their uniforms, their weapons, and their equipment are unprecedented.

"The army from the West Pole, why does it look so similar to us?"

"I heard that their country is also called 'Han', and the big flag is embroidered with gold and is a 'Han' character."

"This kind of burning stick-like thing can also be used as a weapon?"

"You haven't seen this, my uncle used to be Hu Shang's guide, and I have seen Hu Shang's guards equipped with this kind of weapon, called muskets, which is at stake."

In the midst of the disturbances, the four middle-aged generals riding the Shenjun Dawan horse at the front of the team were particularly eye-catching.

The first person at the front, with a face like a crown of jade, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, a mustache, a cold gaze, and elegance in majesty. He wears a steel helmet and a crisp trench coat-style military uniform with a crimson collar and a gold star at the collar. He carries a saber on his left side on his waist, wears a short gun on his right, has shiny riding boots, and holds a long whip in his hand, which is majestic. The recognition flag behind him has a big "Zhang" character written on it.

The three generals behind him, except for the black of the big commander and the silver of the stars, the outfits are generally the same. Behind him, the flags are "Gan", "Chen", and "Gongsun".

Looking at the majestic pass behind him, under the banner of "Gongsun", the resolute-looking and tall general sighed: "I really didn't expect that the monarch of the new dynasty would actually agree to us entering the customs." ”

Under the banner of the word "Chen", the middle-aged man with an elegant face and a Confucian general looked like a Confucian general sincerely admired: "Your Majesty is calculating, and has always ordered us to stand still, not to storm the Jade Gate, only to wait for the opportunity, there will be changes." Sure enough, in just a few months, the whole army entered the customs without a single shot or bullet. ”

Under the banner of "Gan", the bearded general snorted and said proudly: "Even if it is a strong attack, the broken city wall built of earth can withstand my cannons?" ”

General Gongsun smiled: "I know that you are a powerful artillery general." However, your guns are not busy with the new army, but at the first army. His Majesty has stressed many times that this order cannot be messed up. ”

General Gan looked at the wolf and stared at the new army with shabby clothes on the side of the road: "Whether it is the first army or the new army, sooner or later we have to clean up the ......."

Zhang Shuai, who was at the forefront, turned his head and said coldly: "Zida, help Xin to quell the rebellion, this is a strategy set by His Majesty, and it must not be forgotten." ”

General Gan nodded hurriedly: "I can save ...... of this"

Zhang Shuai raised his eyes and looked into the distance, the majestic pass was like iron, the mountains were like lead, the snow peaks were smoking, the torrent was surging, and he exhaled a breath of white air vigorously: "Is this the land of the Central Plains that my father will never forget and dream of?" Good! I'm coming, and I'm not going to go again! ”

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"Your Majesty, it's easy to please God, but it's hard to send God...... This Han country, after all, there is a 'Han' character! "When the New Han Army entered the customs, thousands of miles away from the front hall of the back cabinet of Chang'an Weiyang Palace, the Zhongchang Servant Wang Shen did not worry about talking. Wang Shen is a minister, although he is close to the Son of Heaven, but his rank is slightly lower, above the court, there is no room for him to put his beak in military affairs, so he can only speak in private.

Wang Mang was wearing a thick coat, standing on the platform of the palace, leaning on the railing with his hands, and muttering slightly: "If there is still something to do, why should I open the door and steal?" ”

Wang Shen was dumbfounded: "Your Majesty also knows that it is a thief who opened the door?" So why ......"

Wang Mang raised his eyebrows and said with a light smile: "Since you know that you open the door and thieves, don't you know the principle of 'snipe and clam fight, and fishermen profit'?" ”

Wang Shen lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head and said: "I'm afraid that the Han State will be difficult to control - this is the subjugation of the Western Regions, and even the Huns will give up my Daxin and submit to the existence of their country." ”

Wang Mang's smile was still faint: "Therefore, I only allow the Han army to enter the pass with 20,000 horses, even if there is an extra camel, I will be expelled from the pass." 20,000 people, no more, no less, can not only resist the thief army, but also be suppressed by my 100,000 army, and it will not be able to turn against the sky. ”

Wang Shen thought about it, it is true, no matter how good the 20,000 Han army is, it will be a guest army after all, and when the time comes, a few more flattery, more rewards, and lead them to the front line. Then he sighed: "It's a pity that the land of the Western Regions ......"

Wang Mang's face was expressionless: "Guanzhong Foundation, follow him outside the Guan." ”

The price of the new dynasty's alliance with the Han state was the recognition of the Han state's rule over the Western Regions. In other words, as soon as you get out of Yumen Pass, it is the territory of the Han Kingdom. Although the boss of the new dynasty was unhappy, in the face of the fait accompli, he could only pinch his nose and admit it, and give the other party a legal certificate. There is no way, at this time, the new dynasty is already in danger, where can it take care of the land thousands of miles away? Let's go with the flow.

I have to say that Wang Mang's abacus is in an uproar, but it is a pity that this public power is first-rate, political second-rate, and military third-rate, and he does not know it (the morale of the 100,000 people of the new army is low, and the combat strength is worrying), nor does he know the other. He didn't know what a terrible army he had put into the 20,000 horses.

Wang Mang was bent on using the last 100,000 troops to contain the Han allied forces, but sadly, someone was doing something again.

Deng Ye and Yu Kuang, who were from Shixi County (now Xixia County, Henan), raised troops in Nanxiang to persuade the county order of Xixian County, and obtained their soldiers, which greatly boosted their momentum. Deng Ye called himself the left general of the auxiliary Han, and Yu Kuang called himself the right general of the auxiliary Han. The two of them are out of the way. First attacked Xixian and Danshui, as a base, and then attacked Zhu Meng, the commander of Wuguan, Zhu Meng was defeated and surrendered to Deng Ye. Deng Ye took advantage of the victory to advance to Sanfu, fought fiercely with the doctor Song Gang, won three battles and three victories, killed Song Gang, and captured Huxian near the capital Chang'an, and Chang'an was shaken.

Wang Mang was shocked, and hurriedly appointed nine generals to crusade, all with the name of "Tiger", called "Nine Tigers", and led 50,000 elite soldiers of the Northern Army to march eastward to defeat Deng Ye and Yu Kuang.

Because of the experience of Yan You and Chen Mao, the main generals of the Battle of Kunyang, who escaped from rebellion and self-reliance after the defeat, Wang Mang left the wives and children of Jiuhu in the palace as hostages. At this time, more than 600,000 catties of gold were stored in the palace, and although there were many coins, silks, jewels and other property, Wang Mang took out a reward of only 4,000 yuan per pawn. The soldiers were resentful and worried about their will to fight.

The Nine Tigers General went down to Huayin Huixi, held the dangerous points, from the south bank of the Yellow River in the north to the Kunshan Mountain in the south. Deng Ye ordered Yu Kuang to lead thousands of archers to feign a head-on challenge, and he personally led more than 20,000 people from Ruxiang County to the south to Zaojie, defeated one of them, and then went north to the back of the Nine Tigers to raid, and the Six Tiger generals were defeated and fled. Two of the tiger generals, Shi Xiong and Wang Guo, returned to the imperial court to receive the death penalty, while the other four tiger generals fled and disappeared (it seems that the hostage trick did not work when their lives were at stake). There are also three tiger generals Guo Qin, Chen Hui, and Cheng Zhong to collect stragglers to defend Weikou Jingshicang.

Deng Ye's army won a great victory, and then opened Wuguan to welcome the first army, and Li Song, the prime minister of the first army, led more than 3,000 people to Huxian County, and Deng Ye and Yu Kuang attacked the Beijing division warehouse, but did not go down. Li Song and Deng Ye thought that the small warehouse of the Beijing division was not yet available, let alone Chang'an City? When the first emperor's soldiers arrived. So he led the army to Huayin, treated the siege equipment, and waited for the opportunity.

Deng Ye, who is quite tactically minded, knows the reason of harassing the enemy and exhausting the enemy and attacking the enemy with ease. At present, with Hongnong Peng Wang Xian as the captain, hundreds of people crossed the Weishui River to the north, entered the Zuo Feng Yi boundary, and descended to the city. Li Song sent the general Han Chen and others west to Xinfeng, and fought with Dou Rong, the general of Boshui in the new dynasty, and Dou Rong's army was defeated.

Han Chen and the others chased the defeated and fleeing enemy soldiers until they reached the Nagato Palace. Wang Xian's troops reached Pinyang County in the north, and the direction was Mimi. Shen Dang of Liyang County and Wang Dadu of Xiatai County led their subordinates to follow Wang Xian. Yan Chun of Sanfu County, Dong Xi of Maoling County, Wang Meng of Lantian County, Ru Chen of Huaili County, Wang Fu of Xucuo County, Yan Ben of Yangling County, Tumen Shao of Duling County, etc., supported their own troops and established themselves as generals.

If you open the map, you can clearly see that except for a fortified city in Chang'an and the surrounding tombs, almost all the territory of the new dynasty on the periphery has changed color.

The rebellion and the separation of relatives and embattled are not so much.

The sun sets in Chang'an, and the remnant sun is like blood.

The wind is getting more and more urgent, Wang Mang's white hair is like silver on the platform of the gods of Jianzhang Palace, his gray eyebrows are gradually snowing, holding the jade cong spirit wall, and sincerely praying for the sky.

There was the sound of hurried footsteps behind him, and Wang Mang looked back and glared angrily to see who dared to disturb him while praying for heaven. When he saw the person who came, he couldn't get angry, and the person who came was his second son, the crown prince Wang Lin.

"Father, great joy!" Wang Lin's lips trembled with excitement.

"Where does the joy come from?" Wang Mang's heart said that it was not a god's obvious spirit, and it seemed that he was sincerely moved to heaven.

"The Western Pole Han Army, here!"

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(PS: The idiom of opening the door and stealing has not yet appeared at this time, and the official does not have to be too serious.) ）