Chapter 646 Wang Mang's Origin
The battle of Kunyang made Liu Xiu famous, and the defeat of the imperial army in Kunyang also exhausted the last strength of the new dynasty.
According to the historical trend, three months after the Battle of Kunyang, the Green Forest Army invaded Chang'an, killed Wang Mang in the melee, and the new dynasty fell.
Jiang Hao didn't hesitate anymore, and immediately summoned the generals to issue a military order. The army will be assembled for two days, and the troops will be dispatched to Longxi. He wants to take Chang'an before the Green Forest Army attacks Chang'an.
More than 40,000 cavalry marched towards Longxi, and galloped past. At this time, it has entered May, the season when the grass grows and the warblers fly.
Kaixiao, who occupied Longxi, had already felt the pressure from Jiang Hao's army. Before that, he had thought about taking down Zhangye Jiuquan and other counties, but before he could do anything, an army from the Western Regions suddenly came out.
After inquiring clearly, the leader was Jiang Hao, who was just a military officer in the Western Regions Protectorate before. After inquiring carefully, he found out that Jiang Hao organized the Hanyang Army to wipe out the Xiongnu Youxian King in one fell swoop.
Now that Jiang Hao is on the west side of Chen Binglong, Kai Xiao naturally has trouble sleeping and eating.
"Report to the general, and the spies from the front are here to report. The Hanyang army has made a big move, marching towards Longxi City, and has now surrounded Dingxi City." A subordinate reported.
Kai Xiao was startled, the one who should come still will come, frowned and looked at the map, and after a while he said: "Order Zhang Ye, the defender of Longxi, to defend the city and fight to the death, and those who dare to abandon the city and run away will destroy their entire clan."
"promise!"
Dingxi City had high walls and thick walls, so he thought it would be able to withstand the enemy's army, but Kai Xiao was wrong, Jiang Hao had no intention of taking the city at all, so he walked around Dingxi City and immediately rushed towards Tianshui with all his strength.
The siege battle was very fierce, and sometimes it would take months or even years to fight for a big city. The famous battle of Xiangyang in the Song and Yuan Dynasties lasted for six years.
Of course, there is nothing about Guo Jing and Huang Rong's family.
In general wars, it is the strategy of soldiers to fight at every step, but Jiang Hao is leading cavalry. The biggest advantage of cavalry is that they are fast and can move freely and horizontally. Now that they have entered the hinterland of the Central Plains, without the Great Wall blocking them, Jiang Hao can run openly.
If it was a war between the two countries, playing like this would probably be divided and swallowed by the Han Dynasty, but now is the era of separatist regimes, and no one cares about others, so Jiang Hao has no problem at all.
Kai Xiao never expected that Jiang Hao's army would suddenly appear in front of his city. It was a miscellaneous army and was not well prepared. Jiang Hao ordered to attack the city. Entering Tianshui City, Kai Xiao gave up resistance.
So far, Kai Xiao, who claims to have an army of 100,000, was defeated by Jiang Hao. After Jiang Hao counted, he found that Kai Xiao actually only had more than 30,000 soldiers and horses.
Just like when Wang Mang attacked Kunyang, he claimed to have a million troops, but in fact there were only 420,000. For example, Cao Cao claimed to have an army of 800,000, but in fact Cao Cao's total number of troops was only more than 300,000.
In the prefect's mansion, Jiang Hao saw Kai Xiao, who was about forty years old, with a long beard and a pair of red phoenix eyes. He was wearing a gray robe at the moment, standing in front of Jiang Hao, looking at Jiang Hao neither humble nor overbearing.
This Kai Xiao is also a talent, and his tens of thousands of subordinates also trust him. Jiang Hao intends to accept him, so that it will be easier to subdue his men.
"You are willing to surrender me." Jiang Hao said.
Kaixiao took a deep look at Jiang Hao, and said, "Jiang Hao, you are also Han, but you have attracted Hu people to the Central Plains. If you become emperor, the world will be in chaos, and my Han family will not be safe."
Hearing this, Jiang Hao frowned deeply. In fact, this was the biggest reason why he had been reluctant to participate in the Central Plains War.
"Now the Central Plains is full of flames of war, why not?" Jiang Hao asked.
"In this world, I believe it is still the Liu family. Liu Xuan, the Genshi Emperor of Luoyang, is a descendant of Gaozu. Now that things have happened, Wang Mang and Kunyang have been defeated. I think the Genshi Emperor can rule the world." Kui clamored.
Jiang Hao knew that Liu Xiu was the one who succeeded in the end, but it was not easy for Kai Xiao to have such insight.
"Let me ask you one more question, are you willing to surrender to me." Jiang Hao asked.
Kai Xiao shook his head resolutely, "I'm from the Han family, and I absolutely don't want to see the Hu people succeed in the Central Plains."
Jiang Hao waved his hand, "Take it down and imprison it, by the way, don't neglect."
The arrogance of the Han people in this era is deep in their bones. Although Jiang Hao has gained a reputation in the Western Regions, in the eyes of the Han people, bringing people from the Western Regions to attack the Han Dynasty is a matter of disrespect.
The name of the regent of the Western Regions allowed him to rise quickly and control a large army of his own, but if he wanted to win the world and win the hearts of the Han people, it would be extremely difficult.
This is also Jiang Hao's biggest disadvantage.
The people's heart is a real thing, what the people want is what wins, if you don't get the people's hearts, no matter how strong your martial arts is, it will be useless.
But why is Liu Xiu so popular among the people? It's because he is a descendant of the Liu family, but there are many descendants of the Liu family, and they can still be found by tens of thousands, but why is it him?
"Sometimes, fate is really a very magical thing!"
Jiang Hao muttered to himself.
To rectify the military affairs, some of the soldiers before Kai Xiao stayed to form the infantry, about 20,000 people, and the remaining 10,000 were dismissed and sent back to their hometowns.
Half a month later, Jiang Hao's army set off again, this time directly pressing on the city of Chang'an. When he learned that Jiang Hao's 60,000 troops had invaded, the court was shaken, and the battle of Kunyang, Wang Mang almost took out all his wealth, but Encountered a series of critical attacks by the great magician, the main force was completely lost.
Standing in the hall, Wang Mang scanned the past, and finally fixed his eyes on Jiuhu.
The so-called Nine Tigers are the nine fierce generals under Wang Mang's account.
"Shi Xiong, Wang Kuang, Guo Qin, Chen Hui, Cheng Zhong." Nine names were called out in a row, and the nine people came out immediately after they were called.
"I order you to wait until the army is assembled and all go to fight the invading enemy." Wang Mang ordered.
"promise."
The emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, even if the 400,000 troops were lost, he still had the imperial guards in his hands, which was the last force in Wang Mang's hands, and the number was around 25,000.
The marching speed of both sides was very fast, and the two armies finally met at Chencang and opened up in the field.
Jiang Hao is the least afraid of field battles.
The two armies fought against each other for three or two days, and made several tentative attacks. Wang Mang's army lost more than it won, and this shows the gap between the two sides.
"attack!"
After several trials, Jiang Hao knew the opponent's strength and launched a decisive battle. Tens of thousands of troops stood together, and the scene was spectacular and tragic.
Looking at the battlefield of fighting in the distance, Jiang Hao said in his heart that he has twice as many troops as the opponent, and in the end he can only fight his strength. If Liu Xiu comes, I don't know what to do, should he cast a forbidden spell?
In a great battle, the imperial army was defeated, only a few thousand soldiers and horses were left to flee in all directions, Jiang Hao did not pursue, gathered the soldiers and continued to run towards Chang'an.
When Jiang Hao's army arrived at the city of Chang'an, the people in the city were in panic.
Jiang Hao didn't give Wang Mang too much time, and started the siege battle as soon as he arrived at the city of Chang'an. Seeing those soldiers from the Western Regions shot to death by arrows, crushed to death by rolling stones, falling into the moat and drowning, Jiang Hao didn't have any mood swings.
After experiencing too many major events, I found that the new masters of the superiors will practice rock-solid, and will not be timid and nervous because of some small things.
This may be the biggest test for the human heart.
"Boom!"
The city of Chang'an was finally breached. For three whole days, the rammed earth pad road rushed over the city, and finally broke through the thousand-year-old capital. Jiang Hao is determined not to beat him down.
The cavalry from the Western Regions rushed into Chang'an City quickly, and Pang Xiong led a team straight to the palace. There was another chaos in the city. It was not until the afternoon that the entire Chang'an City returned to calm.
Jiang Hao's army is very strict, especially for these soldiers from the Western Regions. As long as there are those who violate the military order, no matter who they are, they will not tolerate them. Those who dare to rob or annihilate them will be beheaded directly to show the public. Therefore, although the Western Regions army entered the city, there was no chaos in the city. , the common people were not harassed too much.
It was already night when Jiang Hao entered the city. There was no warm welcome. All the houses were closed. The convoy passed through the long stone streets and arrived at the Han Palace. Jiang Hao’s soldiers stood all around, each with their waists up. upright.
Looking at this majestic and majestic palace of the Han Dynasty, this is the Weiyang Palace. How many stories of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty happened here. Jiang Hao felt that he was lucky to be able to see this scene in his life. You must know that when Wang Mang perished, those green forest troops attacked Entering Chang'an, directly set fire to Weiyang Palace, and burned the palace to the ground.
What a waste of money.
You know, there are records in later generations that Weiyang Palace is one of the largest architectural complexes in ancient China with pavilions, terraces and pavilions, and mountains and rivers. Perhaps someone has been to the Forbidden City and can feel the hugeness of the Forbidden City. Weiyang Palace is even bigger. The total area is more than six times that of the Forbidden City.
Now that Chang'an is in Jiang Hao's hands, he will never allow such a thing to happen.
Pang Xiong came to Jiang Hao and whispered excitedly: "My lord, we found the vault, and there are piles of gold and silver in it. I don't know the exact amount, but it is definitely much more gold than the vaults in Shache and Kucha. "
He knew that his lord liked gold very much.
"My lord, when we were arresting Wang Mang, we found a treasure from him." He said and took out a big guy wrapped in yellow silk from his bosom.
No wonder the guy's belly was bulging before.
When Jiang Hao saw this shape, his heart skipped a beat. Could it be that treasure?
When he opened the yellow silk package and revealed the contents inside, his breath became a little short of breath. It really was it, Chuan Guo Yuxi.
The Chuanguo Yuxi is carved with Heshibi, which is the certificate of the orthodox emperors of all dynasties in China. It is four inches in size, with five dragons carved on it, and eight seal characters written by Li Si on the front: , as a token of "imperial power granted by heaven, orthodoxy and legality".
Winning it symbolizes that one is "destined by heaven", and losing it means that one is "exhausted". Those who ascend to great positions without this seal will be ridiculed as "white emperors". , so all those who wanted to seek the throne of the emperor in the past dynasties fought for each other.
Jiang Hao was afraid that it was a fake, so he opened his eyes to look at Chuanguo's jade seal, and saw a thick layer of golden light condensed on the jade seal, bright but not shining.
This is definitely the real Chuan Guo Yuxi.
Baby, big baby!
Jiang Hao immediately put him in his arms, and put him into the space immediately.
"Where's Wang Mang?" Jiang Hao asked.
"My personal guards personally guard and imprison me in a side hall of the palace." Pang Xiong said.
Jiang Hao looked at the main hall of Weiyang Palace, and said, "Light up a candle in the main hall, bring Wang Mang to meet me in the main hall."
Stepping into the main hall of Weiyang Palace, even if Jiang Hao was prepared, he was infected by this broad and heavy feeling. This is the architectural style of the Han Dynasty, which is bold but elegant.
Looking at the main work in the middle, Jiang Hao didn't sit on it to try the feeling, but stood aside, looking at a huge map of mountains, rivers and land.
"Wow."
There was a sound of armor behind him, and Jiang Hao turned to look, only to see Pang Xiong coming in with a few personal guards, pressing an old man in a black robe.
The old man was dressed in black, with a hairpin tied on his head, a few strands of gray hair fell loosely, and the robe on his body was covered with dust. He looked a bit embarrassed, but he was full of momentum. Although he was a prisoner, his head was slightly raised.
This is Wang Mang,
Seeing historical figures, Jiang Hao felt slightly excited.
According to some historical records, Wang Mang's eyes were like a tiger's kiss, and his voice was like a jackal. He was not a good person at first sight, but when Jiang Hao saw Wang Mang, he found that he was just an ordinary person, and he even had a bit of elegance. He didn't look like a jackal at all. .
Out of curiosity, Jiang Hao opened his sky eyes to look at Wang Mang, and found that Wang Mang had a layer of white light on his body, indicating that his fate was very precious.
Jiang Hao said to Pang Xiong: "You let people prepare the food and wine, and I want to entertain the new emperor."
Wang Mang looked at Jiang Hao, and said lightly: "Banquet for Gu, hehe, has the Regent already regarded himself as the master?"
"More than ten years ago, the new emperor abolished the little emperor, didn't he also regard himself as the master and occupy the great Han country?" Jiang Hao said.
Winner and loser, Wang Mang could not refute.