Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 222

Chapter 221: The Wu State Falling into Madness

In the 16th year of Qianyuan, on June 1th, Zhou Kai led an army of 5000 to retreat to Yi County, and then sent Lu Feng to lead 1 people to garrison Lingyang, Wen Leng to lead [-] people to garrison the county, and with Huan Heng as the main general, led the [-] people went to garrison Niuzhu to block the Jiangbei Deng army.

On June 16, the 25th year of Qianyuan, Yue Fei led 3 soldiers and horses to Yi County, and confronted Zhou Kai's [-] troops.

In Wucheng, in the palace of the King of Wu, Zhou Kai sent several memorials, asking the King of Wu to send troops to support him. However, with the defeat of the two counties in Huainan, the military strength of the State of Wu has been dwarfed by comparison. There are only 5 people left on the front line. Now that Deng Jun has invaded the Jiangdong mainland of Wu State, Wu State, which is short of major generals, is almost unable to survive.

For this reason, the King of Wu summoned the important officials in the court to discuss, hoping to gather some troops to support the front line. However, in the past few years, 20 elites of the Wu Kingdom have been annihilated by the Deng Army. The elites accumulated by the state of Wu for many years were completely lost. Even a capable person like Zhang Chao had nothing to do. King Wu had no choice but to ask everyone to go back and think of a way.

Just after Zhang Chao and other important officials left, Huang Er and Lin Yuan came to King Wu's imperial study together.

"You two gentlemen, what's the matter?" King Wu frowned and asked Huang Er and Lin Yuan. Now King Wu didn't have any thoughts.

"Your Majesty, the two of us have an idea about the increase in troops." Huang Er said to King Wu with a smile.

Hearing that he had an idea, the King of Wu suddenly regained his energy, and quickly asked: "I don't know what the two Qing family's ideas are? Tell me quickly."

Lin Yuan said: "Going back to your Majesty, there are no soldiers and horses in Great Wu now. If you draw them from all over the country, you will not be able to get them no matter what, but Danyang and Wu Commanderies still have a lot of strong men. As long as your Majesty sends these people Collected, there are at least 30 to [-] people."

"You mean to recruit elites into the army again?" King Wu said, this is not a trivial matter. Now Wu has lost the three counties of Jiujiang, Lujiang, and Yuzhang, and the domestic population has dropped by two-thirds. The current population of Danyang and Wujun counties is about 80 to 100 million. There are about 40 males. Excluding the old and young, there are also 10,000+. Yes, King Wu couldn't make up his mind for a while.

Huang Er and Lin Yuan nodded, and Huang Er said: "Your Majesty, I also know that this is fishing out of the river, which will have a great impact on Great Wu, but if you don't do this, Great Wu may really perish. If it doesn’t exist, how can General Mao be attached? If Wu is gone, these people will become slaves to the country, and the fate will not be much better. Therefore, keeping Wu is the most important thing. The rest will wait for Deng Jun to retreat. , Your Majesty will just compensate the people.”

Huang'er's words moved King Wu's heart. Now that the state of Wu is at a critical moment, how can he control so much in order to keep the country, so King Wu nodded, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I will make an order now." Recruit strong and strong troops to support the front line."

"Your Majesty is wise!" Huang Er and Lin Yuan said with a smile.

Soon, a decree of conscription came from the Palace of Wu. The King of Wu had an order. In order to replenish troops and horses to support the front line and resist Deng Jun, men from the two counties of Danyang and Wujun were recruited to join the army. All of a sudden, the government from all over the country went to the villages one after another to forcefully conscript the young and strong into the army.

Zhang Chao, the prime minister of Wu, was shocked when he heard the news, so he hurried into the palace to see the king of Wu, knelt down in front of the king, and persuaded him earnestly, "Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible. Because of the frequent wars, a large number of strong men were mobilized to enrich the army, which resulted in the insufficient strength of the people in the country, and now the king wants to continue recruiting strong men into the army, which is to push Great Wu into the abyss."

Zhang Chao informed King Wu of the current situation in Wu State in detail, hoping that King Wu would take pity on the people of Wu State and withdraw this decree.

But now King Wu has been fooled by Huang Er and Lin Yuan, and he is only thinking about recruiting soldiers and horses to support the front line, so as to keep his throne and country, so how can he control so much.

The king of Wu impatiently said to Zhang Chao: "Master Zhang, everyone knows what you said, but if you don't do this, where will the widow find soldiers to support the front line and repel the Deng army? Now, there is nothing like the great Wu. more important."

"But Your Majesty, if you do this, I'm afraid it will arouse the anger of the people. At that time, the people will be in turmoil, and Wu will really be over. I hope you will think twice!" Zhang Chao is also very clear about the current situation of Wu, but no matter how difficult it is It is impossible to recruit all the strong men from all over the country into the army. If the people's anger is aroused and the people rise up, I am afraid that Deng Jun will not need to fight over, and the state of Wu will collapse by itself.

"Hmph, Prime Minister Zhang doesn't need to say much, I've made up my mind. Besides, when I repel Deng Jun, I will naturally compensate the common people. They are all the people of Great Wu. Now that Great Wu has reached the critical point of life and death, they I have to die for Great Wu, and I am exhausted, so come and send Prime Minister Zhang away." King Wu no longer wanted to hear what Zhang Chao had to say, so he asked someone to take Zhang Chao out.

Several servants directly picked up Zhang Chao and dragged him out, but Zhang Chao yelled for King Wu to take back his order while walking.

Zhang Chao's golden and jade words did not make King Wu turn back, and the local government has already carried out King Wu's will in place.

On the first day of July in the 16th year of Qianyuan, the State of Wu recruited Danyang County and Wu County to enlist in the army. A total of 20 troops were obtained. It is a farmer who has just left the field and has no combat effectiveness.

Yue Fei also learned of everything that happened in the country of Wu through the spies of the Mirror, and Yue Fei was still a little worried about it. Although these 20 people were just farmers who had just washed their feet and went to the fields, there were so many people, and they were so powerful. , even if Deng Jun can win, then this loss is not something Yue Fei can bear. After all, Deng Jun’s loss is already very large, so Yue Fei ordered all the ministries to stop, and then sent the situation of Wu Guo to Wancheng , ask Deng Sheng to decide.

On July 16th, the [-]th year of Qianyuan, Deng Sheng had learned everything that had happened in Wu, so he summoned Su Hong, Cui Hao, and Jiang Wan into the palace for discussion.

In Qianyang Palace, Deng Sheng read Yue Fei's memorial to the three of them, and then Deng Sheng said: "Zhuqing, what do you know?"

"Your Majesty, the frontline troops suffered heavy losses, and the Wu State suddenly recruited strong men, and their strength could not be tested at any time, but this number already has an advantage, so I suggest increasing troops!" Su Hong thought for a while.

However, this method was strongly opposed by Jiang Wan. Jiang Wan came out and said: "Your Majesty, I oppose the increase of troops. Now half of my Deng's elite are in Jiangdong, and the rest of the soldiers and horses must guard the place and guard against Han. Wei, it is really difficult to draw out troops, what's more, if you continue to increase troops, it will be difficult to supply money and food for a while, and if you are not careful, there will be great chaos in the country."

When receiving Yue Fei's report, Deng Sheng immediately thought of increasing troops, but Jiang Wan's words once again reminded Deng Sheng that although the current state of Deng is already strong and strong, it has no choice but to fight against the Han state to the west. There is also a deep hatred with the state of Wei in the north. Now that the state of Wei has swallowed the counties of Chen and Pei, its strength has greatly increased. If the state of Deng goes all out, it is difficult to guarantee that the state of Wei will not take advantage of the vacancy, so it is difficult to draw out troops. , unless, like King Wu, he conscripts strong men into the army, but Deng Sheng is not a fool, how could he do such a thing, so now Deng Sheng is also very distressed.

And to be honest, the newly added 20 soldiers and horses in Wu State are all the strong men in Danyang and Wu Jun. When Deng Jun destroys Wu State in the future, these people will be the source of soldiers and labor force for Deng State. There is no one left. Now Deng Sheng can already say that he regards the country of Wu as something in his pocket, so how can he be willing to let these 20 strong men die on the battlefield like this.

At this time, Cui Hao, Deng Sheng's number one think tank, stepped forward and gave Deng Sheng a blow.

Cui Hao said: "Your Majesty, I think that we don't need to increase our troops, and we don't even need to continue to attack!"

(End of this chapter)