Hangu Pass.

Wang Jian took the remnants of the army from Hanjiang City back to Hangu Pass, and Wang Yi, who had already prepared, welcomed Wang Jian back to the military tent, took off his armor for Wang Jian, and called a military doctor to treat him on the spot.

Wang Jian waved his hand and said, "Don't bring the military doctor for the time being, this little injury is nothing, let the military doctor mainly treat the injured soldiers, let me ask you, how are the preparations in the city?"

"The 200,000 elite soldiers have arrived at the head of Hangu Pass, waiting for the enemy, ready to meet the enemy at any time. Wang Yi said: "The outer city has also prepared 200,000 elite soldiers to replace it at any time, and there are 400,000 elite soldiers piled up in the entire city wall, even if the enemy army is attacked by a million people, it can be defended." ”

"Can it only block one million people?" Wang Jian frowned and said: "The enemy army that attacked Hanjiang City before and after this time has reached 1.3 million, and there will definitely be a large number of enemy troops in the future. ”

"Why should the old general worry, with me, the defense of Hangu Pass can be increased by another 50 percent. Cheng Buzhi stepped into the room.

Wang Jian looked at Wang Yi for a moment, Wang Yi hurriedly said: "This is Lord Cheng who was sent by His Majesty to assist in the defense of Hangu Pass, Lord Cheng is good at defensive operations, it is said that in the battle of Cloud City, Lord Cheng only took a few days to strengthen the city defense of Cloud City doubled, and through this item, he can be a million troops." ”

"Praise it. Cheng Buzhi smiled: "I just have some experience in city defense." ”

As a general of the Qin State and a family of generals, Wang Jian had already obtained a lot of detailed information about the battle of Yunzhongcheng, and when he learned that Cheng Buzhi was the general who was very good at defending the city next to Wang Mang, Wang Jian was immediately in awe and said: " I think what Wang Yi said is a bit low, there is no shortage of generals who can fight in my Great Qin, what is lacking is a general who can defend the city like a general, the general can double the city defense of Yunzhong City, and it is no problem to reinforce the city defense of my Hangu Pass for five layers, I believe that the general can do this, the general can save countless casualties in my Great Qin elite with just one move, and he is really a world-famous general. ”

The sedan chair carries people, Cheng Buzhi is also an interesting person, and hurriedly said: "The general is the real famous general in the world, he can attack and defend, unlike me who can only defend the city, compared with the general, I am far behind." ”

Wang Jian was very satisfied with Cheng Buzhi's attitude, not arrogant, not humble or arrogant, the key is still very sensible, and immediately said: "Wang Yi, General Cheng was ordered by His Majesty to come to Hanguguan to assist in defending the city, and then the city defense of Hanguguan will be handed over to General Cheng to be responsible, and you should be fully cooperated." ”

"No. Wang Yi nodded hurriedly, no need for Wang Jian to say that he would do the same, the last time he fell into a treacherous trick and almost died of poison and missed a major event in the court, although the court did not investigate this matter afterwards, but after all, it was a very bad influence on Wang Yi, if you want to recover the impact of this matter, you must firmly grasp the thigh of the Son of Heaven, and Cheng Buzhi is the confidant of the Son of Heaven, that is, it must be cooperated with no matter what, now with Wang Jian's endorsement, Wang Yi does not say that some materials are withdrawn, that is, Cheng Buzhi now wants him to hand over the command of the army, Wang Yi will do it.

Wang Jian looked at Wang Yi's appearance and couldn't help sighing, his own son He knew that Wang Yi was still very talented, but since the last setback, it has changed a little, fortunately, Wang Yi has a good son, and he actually got along with the Son of Heaven early, otherwise his Wang family may not be rich for three generations.

Cheng Buzhi and Wang Jian chatted a few more words, and then took a token from Wang Jian and went straight to inspect the city defense, and when Cheng Buzhi left, Wang Yi was a little puzzled and said: "Father, Cheng Buzhi doesn't seem to say anything about blowing up Hanjiang City, didn't His Majesty explain this matter to him?"

"Your Majesty, do you think he will not confess?" Wang Jian shook his head and said: "This Cheng Buzhi is a great wisdom, he knows what to ask and what not to ask, he knows the affairs of Hanjiang City but ignores it, in fact, it is very simple, but you haven't figured it out." ”

"Please also ask my father to teach me. Wang Yi hurriedly said.

"The matter of blowing up Hanjiang City is a matter that His Majesty handed over to you and my father and son, and now this matter has been carried out halfway, if Cheng Buzhi intervenes in this matter, then with his identity as a confidant of the Son of Heaven, he will inevitably share half of the credit from you and me, in this way, you and I must be uncomfortable in our hearts, Cheng Buzhi knows this very well, so he doesn't ask, he knows that if he asks, can you and I still give him credit?" Wang Jian shook his head and said: " In addition, it is risky to blow up the city of the Han River, the risk is not whether it can be blown up, but how many civilians will die, when I take people to evacuate, there are still some civilians left in the city of the Han River, once the city of the Han River is blown up, most of these people will not survive, no matter what time in history to kill civilians for what reason is not good after all, this Cheng Buzhi must have seen this, cherished the feathers, so he did not want to get involved. ”

Wang Yi suddenly realized that he was also a smart person, otherwise it would be impossible to say that Wang Jian's merits pushed him to his current position, but Wang Yi's brain is more used on the battlefield, and he has never known much about these twists and turns in the court.

"Father, when should you blow up Hanjiang City?" Wang Yi said: "According to the investigation of the spies, after your withdrawal from Hanjiang City, father, about 500,000 Han and Zhao troops have already entered Hanjiang City, and if you detonate Hanjiang City now, a few 400,000 enemy troops in the city will be killed." ”

"400,000 is too little. Wang Jian said coldly: "The first wave of Han and Zhao's armies alone reached 1.3 million people, and there will be at least one million people coming over in the future, and 400,000 people are only a fraction of the number compared to more than 2 million people, which is far from enough, and it is better to find a way to bring more people into the city." ”

"I'm afraid it's not easy. Wang Yi shook his head and said: "The spies at the front report that nearly 700,000 people are already killing in the direction of Hangu Pass, and they must soon be killed under the city of Hangu Pass, and they are going to break our Hangu Pass in one battle." ”

"Arrogance!" Wang Jian sneered and said: "Last time, they were lucky enough to have the opportunity to attack Hangu Pass, this time I Hangu Pass is well prepared, but seven or eight hundred thousand people want to hit us by surprise, it's really wishful thinking." ”

Wish for the moon?

Shi Dangdang looked at the Hangu Pass that was getting closer and closer in front of him, countless anger in his heart burned wildly, his hatred for Daqin was endless, he should have broken through Hangu Pass last time and became a famous super general in the world, who expected that after the Emperor Wang Mang of Daqin drove the Hangu Pass in person, he was defeated in the Hangu Pass, and even finally put himself into the prison and was almost exterminated.

"Come on, go and shoot this letter into Hangu Pass, and tell Hangu Pass that General Ben is here again, and this time he is coming, and General Ben is not ready to leave. ”

Shi Dangdang waved his hand, wrote a letter out of thin air, and then threw it into the hands of a young general, gave an order, and then shouted violently at the army behind him: "The warriors of the land of Han Zhao, set foot on the Qin State, capture the Qin Emperor alive, and leave a name in history. ”

"Roar!" Shi Dangdang behind him, the 700,000 Han and Zhao coalition troops roared and tsunami at the same time, their faces were excited, and they suddenly accelerated and began to run under the leadership of the leading soldiers, they cheered and jumped, and the bearers rolled towards Hangu Pass with endless killing intent.

Shout!

An arrow with Shi Kangdang's letter fell on Wang Jian, who rushed to the city after getting the news, Wang Jian took out the letter, glanced at it, sneered, and shouted to the messenger team under the city: "Go back and tell Shi Kangdang that after this battle, he will indeed stay in Hangu Pass forever, but he will sleep in Hangu Pass forever!"

The Han army scout team that summoned the news made Wang Jian's roar almost fall off his horse, and the swaying appearance made the Qin soldiers who saw this scene laugh out loud, and the Han army team really had no face to continue to stay under Hangu Pass, and slapped their horses away.

Wang Jian's words quickly reached Shi Kangdang's ears, and Shi Dangdang said angrily: "Wang Jian's old horseman, do you think that this time your Qin State still has a chance? ”

Howling a few times, Wang Jian waved his hand to signal the army to continue to rush towards Hangu Pass, he knew very well the difficulty of Hangu Pass, the last time he was defeated in the lack of preparation, if he had 500,000 troops at that time, he would have already attacked Hangu Pass, this time he came with 700,000 troops, and he prepared a full ten pieces of Zhushen crossbows, this time he would not give Qin any chance to turn over.

Shangyuan Palace.

Shangguan Wan'er said with a displeased face: "Your Majesty, you should know that at that time, I handed over the government to you under the pretext of never asking about the affairs of the government again, and even this harem was temporarily taken care of by me because His Majesty had no queen for the time being, and now His Majesty suddenly handed over the government affairs after His Majesty went to Hanguguan to me without my consent, isn't Your Majesty afraid that I will not agree?"

"I know that the Queen Mother will not care. Wang Mang smiled and said: "I also know that the Queen Mother is very embarrassed, but after I leave, I don't feel at ease with anyone in this court." ”

"Don't you still have a clone? Shangguan Wan'er said.

"He's gone. Wang Mang said.

"Gone, can the clone go?" Shangguan Wan'er had a stupid expression.

Wang Mang was also very helpless, where did he understand why Wang Laoshi's doppelganger suddenly had some consciousness of his own and then left the palace to find his own way, Wang Mang didn't figure out what his way was now, how did a doppelganger suddenly realize the Tao.

Looking at Wang Mang's expression, Shangguan Wan'er understood that Wang Mang had not lied to him, frowned slightly, and said: "Your Majesty, all the doppelganger techniques come from the Dao Ancestor's Three Flowers Gathering Five Qi Chaoyuan One Qi Transformation Three Qing Technique, I don't know what is going on with Your Majesty's doppelganger technique, but Your Majesty must remember that sometimes the relationship between the main and auxiliary is not so clear." ”

Dao Zu, three flowers, five gases, one gas, three Qings, unclear between the main and auxiliary?

Wang Mang didn't understand why Shangguan Wan'er suddenly said these words, but he knew that Shangguan Wan'er had always harmed him, and since there must be a reason for this reminder, but now he is too shallow to know what Shangguan Wan'er's words mean.

Shangguan Wan'er knew that Wang Mang didn't understand, and she didn't force Wang Mang to understand, but said: "Your Majesty still has to find a proper person to be responsible for the government affairs after Your Majesty leaves, after all, I am not often in the palace." ”

"Huh?" Wang Mang was stunned, although he had suspected that Shangguan Wan'er often left the palace, but this was the first time that Shangguan Wan'er had made it clear from Shangguan Wan'er that Shangguan Wan'er did leave the palace often.

"What's so surprising about this, didn't Your Majesty have already guessed?" Shangguan Wan'er said.

"It's one thing to guess, it's another thing to be sure. Wang Mang said: "But if the Queen Mother is not there, can the Queen Mother be selected to be in charge of the government?"

"Nope. Shangguan Wan'er said directly: "Although I have presided over the government for some years, but for me, the government has never been my interest, Shangyuan Palace is responsible for the four of them in many cases, not to mention that Li Yueru has been arrested by His Majesty, but the remaining three are not suitable to continue to preside over on my behalf, so I don't have a suitable candidate in my hands now." ”

"What should I do?" Wang Mang said.

"I've already thought of a way for Your Majesty before, but Your Majesty himself doesn't seem to be very happy. Shangguan Wan'er said.

"Draft girl?" Wang Mang immediately thought of when Shangguan Wan'er entrusted Wang Xiu to help him select a draft girl, the matter ended after Wang Xiu was beaten by Wang Mang and Wang Xiu hid at home and closed the door, but he didn't expect Shangguan Wan'er to suddenly bring it up at this time, Wang Mang frowned and said: "Queen Mother, I always think that free love is better than blind marriage and dumb marriage." ”

"Free love?" Shangguan Wan'er was stunned for a moment, shook her head and said: "Your Majesty, if others say this, the Mourning family may encourage it, but Your Majesty says such a thing, the Mourning family wants to solemnly tell Your Majesty that Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven of Great Qin, and your marriage and your life do not belong to you personally, but to the entire Great Qin." ”

Wang Mang raised his eyebrows and said, "What does the Queen Mother mean? Is she going to force me to marry a wife?"

"Your Majesty thinks too much, and Your Majesty is unwilling to do without compulsion. Shangguan Wan'er said: "The mourning family just wants to tell Your Majesty that from a political point of view, although marriage may not be reliable, marriage is the best way to bring the two forces closer, although the current Qin family is not weak in hidden strength, but since ancient times, I have never heard of anyone who thinks they have many allies, and pushes out those who should be allies to be enemies." ”

"The Queen Mother said this, which means that the Queen Mother has prepared the queen for me here?" Wang Mang raised his eyebrows and said coldly: "I don't know which girl it is, so favored by the Queen Mother?"

Wang Mang's eyes looked at Shangguan Wan'er so coldly, Shangguan Wan'er looked at Wang Mang without fear, and said, "Your Majesty really wants to know?"

"Yes. Wang Mang said, "I really want to know who can become my queen?"

"Queen, there are no candidates yet, but there are already a few concubines. Shangguan Wan'er said with a pale face: "The mourning family is still investigating, and the other party is also observing, if Your Majesty wins the battle of Hangu Pass, this matter will be put on the agenda, does Your Majesty still have any questions?"

"Is the Queen Mother bent on marrying me as the master?" Wang Mang looked at Shangguan Wan'er coldly, and the atmosphere in the entire room suddenly froze in an instant.