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.

If we follow the historical trend, three months after the Battle of Kunyang, the Green Forest Army invaded Chang'an and killed Wang Mang in the melee, and the Xin Dynasty was destroyed.

Jiang Hao no longer hesitated and immediately summoned the generals to issue military orders. After two days of reorganization, the troops were sent to Longxi. He wanted to seize Chang'an before the Green Forest Army attacked Chang'an.

More than 40,000 cavalry marched towards Longxi and rushed over with rumbling past. It was already May, and the season of grass growing and birds flying.

Wei Xiang, who occupied Longxi, had actually felt the pressure from Jiang Hao's army. He had thought about taking down prefectures and counties such as Zhangye and Jiuquan, but before he could take action, a large army in 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. After careful investigation, he learned that Jiang Hao had actually organized the Hanyang army to destroy the right wise king of the Xiongnu in one fell swoop.

Now that Jiang Hao is on the west side of Longxi, Wei Xiang is naturally unable to sleep or eat.

"Report to the general, spies from the front came to report, and the Hanyang army launched a large-scale move towards Longxi City, and now it has surrounded Dingxi City." A subordinate reported.

Wei Xiang was shocked and said, "What should come is coming, frowning and looking at the map, and after a while, he said, "Order Zhang Ye, the general of Longxi, to defend the city and fight to the death. Those who dare to abandon the city and escape to destroy their entire clan."

"promise!"

Dingxi City had high walls and thick walls. He felt that he could definitely resist the enemy army, but Wei Xiang was wrong. Jiang Hao had no intention of seizing the city. He walked down Dingxi City and immediately rushed towards Tianshui with all his strength.

The siege was very fierce. Sometimes, because of the battle for a big city, it would attack for several months or even years. The famous battle of Xiangyang in the Song and Yuan dynasties took six years.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with Guo Jing and Huang Rong's family.

In general, in wars, it is the responsibility of the military to be a soldier step by step, but Jiang Hao led cavalry. The biggest advantage of cavalry is that they are fast and can go straight and crisscross. Now that they have entered the heartland of the Central Plains, there is no barrier between the Great Wall, Jiang Hao can run openly.

If it was a war between the two countries, it would be possible that they would be divided and swallowed up by the Han Dynasty. But now it is an era of heroic rule, and no one can care about each other, so there is no problem with Jiang Hao going all the way.

Wei Xiang never expected that Jiang Hao's army would suddenly appear under his city. It was originally a miscellaneous army, and there was no preparation. Jiang Hao ordered the attack on the city. After a fight, the top of the city was taken away. Hanyang's army rushed into Tianshui City, and Wei Xiang gave up resistance.

At this point, Wei Xiang, who claimed to have an army of 100,000, was defeated by Jiang Hao. After Jiang Hao counted it, he found that Wei Xiang actually only had more than 30,000 troops.

Just like when Wang Mang attacked Kunyang, he claimed to be one million, but in fact he only had 420,000. For example, Cao Cao claimed to be an army of 800,000, but in fact, Cao Cao had only more than 300,000 troops.

In the prefect's mansion, Jiang Hao met Wei Xiang. Wei Xiang was about forty years old, with three strokes of long beards and a pair of phoenix eyes that were very charming. He was wearing a gray robe and stood in front of Jiang Hao, looking at Jiang Hao with neither humility nor arrogant eyes.

Wei Xiang is also a talented person, and his tens of thousands of subordinates are also convinced by him. Jiang Hao is willing to accept him, so it is easier to conquer his troops.

"You are willing to surrender to me." Jiang Hao said.

Wei Xiang looked at Jiang Hao deeply and said, "Jiang Hao, you are originally a Han Chinese, but you are leading the Hu people to the Central Plains. If you are asked to be the emperor, wouldn't the world be in chaos? My Han family's country will not be protected."

After hearing this, Jiang Hao frowned deeply. In fact, this is the biggest reason why he has always been unwilling to participate in the Battle of Central Plains.

"Now the Central Plains is full of smoke, how can we solve it?" Jiang Hao asked.

"I believe that this world is still the Liu family. Emperor Gengshi of Luoyang, Liu Xuan, is a descendant of Emperor Gaozu. Now he has accomplished his career. Wang Mang and Kunyang are defeated. I think Emperor Gengshi can unify the world." Wei Xiang said.

Jiang Hao knew that Liu Xiu was the one who succeeded in the end, but it was not easy for Wei Xiang to have such insights.

"I'll ask you one more thing, I'm willing to surrender to me." Jiang Hao asked.

Wei Xiang shook his head firmly, "I am a Han family and I will never watch the Hu people succeed in the Central Plains."

Jiang Hao waved his hand, "Take it down and be imprisoned, by the way, don't neglect it."

The arrogance of the Han people in this era is deeply rooted in their bones. Although Jiang Hao has made fame in the Western Regions, in the eyes of the Han people, it is a disrespectful act of bringing the Western Regions to attack the Han Dynasty.

The title of the Regent of the Western Regions allowed him to rise rapidly and control his own army, but if he wanted to compete for the world and win over the hearts of the Han people, it would be very difficult.

This is also Jiang Hao’s biggest disadvantage.

The people's hearts are real. The people's hearts will and win. If you don't win the people's hearts, no matter how strong your martial arts are, it will be useless.

But why is that guy Liu Xiu so popular? It’s because he is a descendant of the Liu family. But with many descendants of the Liu family, you can find it thousands or tens of thousands, but why is it him?

"Sometimes, fate is really a magical thing!"

Jiang Hao murmured to himself.

To rectify military affairs, some of Wei Xiang's previous soldiers were left to form infantry, with about 20,000 people, and all the remaining ten thousand were dismissed to let them return to their hometown.

Half a month passed in a flash, Jiang Hao's army set out again, this time he was directly under Chang'an City. When he learned that Jiang Hao's 60,000 troops were invading, the court was shocked, and in the battle of Kunyang, Wang Mang almost brought out all his assets, but encountered a series of critical strikes from the great magician, and his main force was completely destroyed.

Wang Mang stood in the court and glanced over, and finally his eyes fixed on Jiuhu.

The so-called Nine Tigers are the nine powerful generals under Wang Mang's tent.

"Shi Xiong, Wang Kuang, Guo Qin, Chen Hui, Cheng Chong..." After reading nine names in a row, nine people were named and immediately left the list.

"I ordered you to wait for the army to fight against the invading enemy." Wang Mang ordered.

"promise."

The lean camel is bigger than a horse. Even if the 400,000 troops are all destroyed, he still has the imperial guards in his hands, which is the last force in Wang Mang's hands, with a population of about 25,000.

Both sides marched very fast, and the two armies finally met in Chen Cang and set off in the field.

Jiang Hao is the least afraid of fighting in a field battle.

The two armies fought for three or two days and attacked several times. Wang Mang's army suffered more than defeat and won less. This shows the gap between the two sides.

"attack!"

After a few tests, 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 fighting in the distance, Jiang Haoxin said that he had twice as many troops as the opponent, and in the end he could only fight for strength. If Liu Xiu came, he didn't know what to do. Do you have to put a forbidden spell?

In a great battle, the imperial army was defeated, leaving only a few thousand soldiers and horses to flee in all directions. Jiang Hao did not pursue him. He gathered his 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 once he arrived at Chang'an, he launched a siege. Seeing the Western Region soldiers being shot to death by arrows, being smashed to death by rolling stones, falling into the moat and drowned, Jiang Hao didn't have any emotional fluctuations.

After experiencing too many big things, I find that the new things of the superiors will be as solid as a rock and will not be timid and nervous because of some small things.

This may be the greatest tempering of people's hearts.

"Boom!"

The Chang'an City were finally captured. Three days after rammed earth rammed the road and rushed over the city carts, which finally broke the thousand-year-old capital. This was the case when Chang'an had no soldiers. If there were tens of thousands of defenders in the city, Jiang Hao would definitely not be able to defeat it.

The Western Region cavalry rushed into Chang'an City quickly, and Pang Xiong led a team to the palace. There was another chaos in the city. It was not until afternoon that the entire Chang'an City returned to peace.

Jiang Hao was very strict in his army, especially for these Western Regions soldiers. As long as there were any violations of military orders, no matter who they were, they would never tolerate, dare to rob, or force the annihilation, and beheaded directly. Therefore, although the Western Regions army entered the city, there was no chaos in the city and the people were not harassed too much.

It was already evening when Jiang Hao entered the city, and there was no warm welcome. Everyone closed their doors and doors. The convoy passed through the long stone street and came to the Han Palace. All of them stood around Jiang Hao's soldiers, each with their waists straight.

Looking at this magnificent Han Dynasty palace, this is the Weiyang Palace. How many stories did Emperor Wu of Han happen here? Jiang Hao felt that he was lucky to see this scene in his life. You must know that when Wang Mang was destroyed, the Green Forest Army attacked Chang'an and directly burned the Weiyang Palace and burned the palace.

It's a waste of resources.

You should know that later generations have recorded that Weiyang Palace pavilions, towers, mountains, rivers, and pools are arranged among them. It is one of the largest building complexes in ancient China. Perhaps someone has been to the Forbidden City and can feel the size of the Forbidden City. Weiyang Palace is larger, and its 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 in a low voice: "Lord, we found the vault, which is piled up in gold and silver. I don't know how much, but it is definitely much more gold than the treasury of Sha Car and Kucha."

He knew that his lord liked gold very much.

"Lord, when he was catching Wang Mang, he found a treasure from him." As he said that, he took out a big guy wrapped in yellow silk from his arms.

No wonder this guy had a bulging belly before.

When Jiang Hao saw this look, his heart moved. Could it be that treasure?

When he opened the yellow silk package and exposed the things inside, his breathing became a little rapid. It was really it, the imperial seal.

The imperial seal was engraved with Heshi Bi. It is a certificate of the orthodox emperors of all dynasties in China. It is four inches in size and is carved on it. The front is engraved with the eight seal characters written by Li Si, "According to the Heaven, and Longevity" as a token of "Imperial Power, God-given, Orthodox and Legality".

If you get it, it symbolizes that you "receive the order from heaven", and if you lose it, it shows that your "energy has been exhausted". Anyone who ascends to the throne without this seal will be ridiculed as a "white emperor", which seems to be lacking in confidence and is contemptuous by the world. Therefore, those who want to seek the position of emperor in all dynasties will fight for you and me.

Jiang Hao was afraid that there was a falsehood, so he opened his eyes to look at the imperial seal. He saw a thick layer of golden light condensed on the seal, which was bright but not emitted.

This is definitely the true imperial seal.

Baby, big baby!

Jiang Hao immediately put himself in his arms and put him in the space as soon as possible.

"Where is Wang Mang?" Jiang Hao asked.

"My personal guards are guarding me and are detained in a side palace in the palace." Pang Xiong said.

Jiang Hao looked at the main hall of Weiyang Palace and said, "The fire candles rose from the main hall and brought Wang Mang to the main hall to see me."

When he entered the main hall of Weiyang Palace, Jiang Hao was mentally prepared, he was infected by this broad and heavy feeling. This was the architectural style of the Han Dynasty, which was rough and generous but elegant.

After looking at the main work in the middle, Jiang Hao did not sit up and try it out, but stood aside and looked at a huge map of mountains and rivers.

"Crash."

A sound of armor sounded behind him. Jiang Hao turned around to see that Pang Xiong came in with a few personal guards and an old man in a mysterious robe.

The old man was dressed in black and tied his head with a hairpin. A few strands of gray hair fell down. The robe on his body also occupied dust. He looked a little embarrassed, but his aura was full. Although he was a prisoner, his head was slightly raised.

This is Wang Mang,

When Jiang Hao saw the historical figures, he felt a little excited.

According to some historical books, Wang Mang's eyes kissed a tiger like a jackal and a wolf, and he was not a good person at first glance, but when Jiang Hao saw Wang Mang, he found that he was just an ordinary person, and even had a bit of a gentleman and had no appearance of a jackal.

Curiously, Jiang Hao opened his eyes and looked at Wang Mang and found that there was a layer of bright white light on Wang Mang, which showed that his fate was very expensive.

Jiang Hao said to Pang Xiong: "You have someone prepare wine and food, and I want to invite the new emperor to the banquet."

Wang Mang looked at Jiang Hao and said lightly: "Haha, has the Regent regarded himself as the master?"

"After more than ten years ago, the new emperor abolished the little emperor, and regarded himself as his master and occupied the Han dynasty." Jiang Hao said.

Wang Mang cannot refute the success of the king and the defeat of the enemy.
Chapter completed!