"In terms of military tactics, the master should not be angry and provoke troops, and the general should not be angry and cause war. It should move with profit, and it should not be successful and stop with profit."

"I have done a little bit in Chang'an this time."

Whenever he had a meeting, he liked to let the generals and ministers who had made mistakes criticize themselves. Everyone was most afraid of this, but he would reflect on it occasionally.

It was the end of August that we rushed back to Liyang at night. For the previous order, we asked the army to evacuate Chang'an and open the palaces to the people and let them carry them. After thinking about the fifth relationship, it was indeed a bit harmful to others and not beneficial to oneself.

After reflecting on himself, the Fifth Reunion believed that when he learned that the person who entered the pass was Liu Bosheng, he unknowingly put Yan You dead in Wancheng and had no chance to save him into his emotions, and he disgusted Liu Yan to the greatest extent and did not consider the other party's ability to bear it.

After doing everything, of course, now you have to bear the consequences. After this, in Liu Bosheng's eyes, he, the "King of Wei", may become the biggest enemy.

They had to prepare for a big battle in Guanzhong. As early as after the attack on Hedong, the fifth reunion asked Wan Xiu, and Geng Yan and the two generals immediately withdrew their main force, used the Wei River ships to transport them, and deployed defenses in Weibei. After the autumn harvest, they mobilized the people of their hometowns and pulled up a militia with a population of up to 30,000 outside the 20,000 main combat troops to train.

The King of Wei actually criticized himself and should not let his anger affect his judgment. Wan Xiu and others looked at each other. The court officer Peng Chong said, "This plan of the king is enough to make Liu Bosheng's orders in Weinan fail. It is a clever plan. What's more, even if this is not the case, Gengshi named Liu Bosheng the King of Fengyi, which is obviously intended to make him and the king fight each other and lose each other."

"I'm afraid it's not just Gengshi who hopes to see me fighting with Liu Bosheng."

Wu Lun looked at the west and smiled, "There is also the Wei clan of the Western Han Dynasty."

In the past month, the fifth reun captured the two counties of Hedong and Xihe, and the Wei family was not idle either. The manifesto of the "Western Han Dynasty" has spread throughout Yongliang, Wudu, Jincheng, Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan and Dunhuang with Yima. These six counties are located in the west, either the Wei family is far away or the Lu Fang is to accept Lu Fang. Is it necessary to choose? So they have all been "decided by the proclamation". The major magistrates of the new dynasty happily accepted Liu Ying as the emperor, and the territory of the Western Han Dynasty expanded rapidly on the map - but the population combined is not as good as half of the counties in the hands of the fifth reun.

In the east, in addition to the counties under the jurisdiction of the Fifth Reun, Yuanshe and Fuwei of the Northland all accepted official positions and seals from the Western Han Dynasty. However, these two also secretly sent people to communicate with the Fifth Reun, indicating that they were both ministers of the Western Han Dynasty and friends of the Fifth Reun. After the Green Han entered the pass, the two of them would start dancing on three eggs.

The fifth reunion is most worried about, that the Wei family is huddled west of Longshan, happy to be a dog guarding the house, and watch him fight with Liu Bosheng. Fortunately, after two months of proclamation, Wei family tasted the benefit of holding the emperor. He really took it as orthodox. He actually sent thousands of troops across Longban and settled in Chencang. He probably knew the principle that guarding Long must be abide by Yong.

This has led to the more complicated situation at the moment. The fifth reunion concluded: "Now Guanzhong is a three-legged tripod!"

What the fifth reunion needs most now is not to conquer cities and territory, but precious development time. As long as he is given a year and a half, his soldiers are fully trained and the government of officials is on track, wealthy counties such as Weibei, Hedong, Henei, and Wei will have amazing potential for war!

So he wished the situation was stalemate. The triangle had stability, but what if one of the corners was a reckless husband?

The most worried thing about the fifth reunion was that Liu Bosheng saw that Chang'an was empty. In anger, he insisted on crossing the river to fight him to death, regardless of his teacher's and veterans' fatigue. This is also the reason why the fifth reunion "regret" was too extreme in Chang'an.

Therefore, the fifth reunion is quite concerned about Weinan information and asks it three times a day.

The latest news, with the smoke pillars that can be seen in Weibei, let Di Wulun learn what Liu Bo did after he went to Gao Temple and failed to enter the palace.

"Liu Bosheng sent someone to burn the Nine Temples of Wangmang in the south of the city!"

"What?"

The fifth reunion was stunned at first, and then burst into laughter.

"Okay, it's burned well!"

It seems that some people are more annoyed and angry than him!

Wu Lun immediately ordered the spread of rumors: "It is said that Liu Bosheng is following Xiang Yu to destroy Xianyang, and plundering half of Chang'an is burned!"

...

With the smoke pillar rising high, Wang Mang Nine Temples were surrounded by flames, and the heat waves churned in the south of the city, illuminating half of the night sky, making people in Chang'an frightened. Those who had believed in the "Three Constitutions" and were ready to go out, frowned and quietly retreated.

"I don't know where the south of the city was burned?"

"It's not Shang Guanli!"

"Maybe it's a palace."

The fifth reunion went to the city to put out the fire, and Liu Bosheng went to the city to set fire. Judging from this situation, I might as well wait a little longer.

In the south of the city, enjoying the houses stole from Ganquan and other palaces turned into coke, Liu Bo's anger that was unsatisfactory everywhere after he entered Chang'an was slightly relieved.

"The so-called beams, pillars, bricks and tiles of the nine temples were all stolen from the Han Palace. They were dirty things, and it was not a pity to destroy them!"

Nine temples were also moved away by Chang'an people. They were just empty-handed, but they were still quite annoying. Since Wang Mang dared to defile Gao Temple, Liu Bosheng burned the last remains of the Xin Dynasty, which could be regarded as making up for his regret of not being able to kill the old thief himself.

His brother-in-law Deng Chen was worried behind him. Among the two brothers, although Liu Bosheng became famous early and fought bravely, Deng Chen always favored Liu Xiu. Because Uncle Wen thought twice about everything, the battle in Kunyang seemed to be both wise and brave. Bosheng often only relied on his passion for doing things. This time he had to burn Wangmang Nine Temples. Deng Chen realized that it was too late to stop it.

"Bosheng often regards himself as Emperor Gao. I think he is more like the King of Chu. However, our forces are not even as good as Emperor Gao when he first entered the pass..." Deng Chen shook his head and drove away this ominous idea. After Liu Bosheng calmed down, he reported to him the most headache-inducing problem of the army.

"From yesterday to now, hundreds of people have violated military discipline and violated the people."

Liu Bosheng led the soldiers who advanced westward this time, a total of 30,000 soldiers. Of which 6,000 were his old subordinates in Nanyang, who participated in many battles and were the most elite. The remaining 20,000 were either the new soldiers surrendered from Wancheng, or the bandits gathered along the way, with very poor military discipline. Liu Bosheng's arrogant "Three Chapters of Laws" except for the good discipline in the headquarters, he ignored the rest and robbed them as soon as he should.

There is no way to avoid robbing. Since the soldiers entered Wuguan, they have been hungry. The supplies were unsustainable. The dry food was exhausted. They could only force the surviving Shangxian County to replenish the grain in Shangluo and Lantian. The food was in decline along the way and they could not collect much. Now they have already finished eating.

I thought I could have a good meal when I entered Chang'an, but the treasury was empty, and they were stunned.

"I heard that the fifth reunion distributed all the food to the people of Chang'an, and they had food!"

Due to Liu Bosheng's "Three Laws" in the city, they plundered in the name of searching for grain in Guowailu. Deng Chen could not completely stop it... No, it was completely unable to stop it!

Deng Chen then was worried: "Bosheng, if the military rations are not solved, tens of thousands of people will be hungry, and they will probably cause greater unrest, and it will be even more unimaginable after the beginning of winter!"

Deng Chen also took care of the grain at home. He knew that the land in Weinan would probably not be able to support the hundreds of thousands of people in Chang'an. If the disaster was in chaos today, the grain transportation was cut off, and the army was eating horses and chewing it, the food would probably be gone after winter.

"No wonder the fifth republic abandoned Chang'an." Deng Chen reacted a little. This was a huge trap, but his side jumped in directly.

If they were Red Eyebrows, they would kill the powerful and eat the big families when they were not as good as food. However, as a special army in the green forest, the Chongling soldiers were not as ugly as others. They mostly united all parties along the way, and they used the same trick of dealing with Nanyang Haoyou.

Liu Bosheng said: "Weiqing, quickly summon the Han surname in Weinan to surrender to the city, meet at the Prime Minister's Mansion, and ask them to donate a batch of grain. The autumn harvest has just passed, and each family should have surplus grain."

Deng Chen knew the temperament of these people: "Those who surrender quickly, and they will definitely refuse when they say they want to pay the food."

The old and young men always love the great man, but they love the food in their own warehouses even more!

Liu Bosheng's tone became stronger: "If you use good words to persuade him, you will use swords and force him to take the proton!"

Deng Chen Yingnuo and sighed again: "But this is not long. Even if you force each family to donate tens of thousands of stones of grain, it will be a drop in the bucket and it will not last for ten months."

"It's enough to last for half a month."

Liu Bosheng expressed his plan: "As long as I send troops to conquer Weibei, whether it is food or winter, I will have no worries!"

Deng Chen was shocked: "Bosheng! Don't fight again because of anger!"

"I am not angry, nor is it because the Fifth Reun intentionally instigated Chang'an people to plunder the palace and wanted to take revenge." Liu Bosheng seemed to be awakened by the fire of the Nine Temples: "A man is innocent and has a treasure, and the Fifth Reun occupies Weibei and has food. Even if he does not empty Chang'an, he has only two choices for me."

"Or, bow your head and surrender and offer food."

"Otherwise, it's the enemy!"

In Deng Chen's eyes, Liu Bosheng may not be a good seedling for being a true emperor, but when it comes to war, Liu Bosheng is famous for his determination! Who did Liu Xiu learn from the courage of Kunyang?

Deng Chen was still quite hesitant: "But our army was tired at the beginning, and the foothold was not stable, and only six or seven thousand could fight tough battles. The fifth reunion had tens of thousands of troops, and he was waiting for work in Weibei. How could he fight?"

In Deng Chen's opinion, what they should do most is to make a move in Weinan, join King Chang of Hongnong in the east, and Liu Jia from Hanzhong in the south, to see if they could transport grain in the two places for the winter, and then slowly plan for it.

"Otherwise, one drum will make one drum worse, two drums will become weak, and three drums will be exhausted."

Liu Bosheng had his thoughts: "The Fifth Relationship deliberately emptied Weinan to make it difficult for us to last for a long time. If I occupy Chang'an, I will have to carry the mouths of hundreds of thousands of people. If the army wants to maintain it, it will also have to plunder the people, rich families will search for food, and arouse public anger. It will be a loss of power and few supporters. After the winter begins, the morale will be exhausted. The Fifth Relationship can easily drive us out."

He was able to enter Guanzhong this time because he wanted to restore the story of Emperor Gao. He did not intend to withdraw again when he came. Liu Xuan's edict was useless!

Although they were asked to attack the "Western Han Dynasty", Longyou was far away, and the army advanced westward without food and grass, which would completely expose their backs to the fifth reunion. Liu Bosheng would not do such a stupid thing.

"Our only choice is to attack the Wei soldiers first and then attack Longyou."

Liu Bosheng waved his hand: "It would be better to take advantage of the strong morale of the three armies and fight through Weibei in one battle, and then you can use war to support the war from now on."

This huge Chang'an is like a quagmire, and the eyes of people's difficult-to-distinguish between us made Liu Bosheng feel uncomfortable. This was something he had never experienced in his career in just a few years. At that time, he only had to think about how to overthrow Wang Mang, but he didn't have to worry about how to rule the capital.

It’s better to make things simpler. Nothing cannot be solved by a victory. If so, then win twice in a row! This is Liu Bosheng’s rough way of dealing with it.

But this is gambling, Deng Chen was still uneasy: "However, the Wei River is lined up, and our army has no boats..."

"How can the river in the north be compared with our south?"

Liu Bosheng looked down upon it: "A mere Wei River, soldiers can cut off their blades when they throw themselves into the Wei River!"

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ps: I'm back, Chapter 2 is at 23:00.
Chapter completed!