Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 452 Jinyang seeks Chu
Chapter 451: Jinyang seeks Chu
In the 23rd year of Qianyuan, in May, Deng Guo held the first imperial examination, and selected [-] Jinshi to enrich the officials at all levels in the eight counties of Xinde, and set the top three, the number one scholar Cheng Xu , No. [-] Cui Wen, and Tanhua Wang Tong, these three people will directly serve as prefects of any county, but which county they will go to has yet to be arranged.

When Deng Guo was vigorously conducting the imperial examinations, there was a fierce debate in the Chengqian Palace in Jinyang City, the capital of Zhao Guo, thousands of miles away.

The cause of the matter is as follows. In recent years, Zhao Guo has repeatedly lost battles and lost cities and lands. Both the morale of the army and the strong beliefs in the hearts of the people have fallen to the bottom. , So he offered to King Zhao Zhang that he would go south to attack Chu.

Li Rubing's proposal exploded in the entire court of Zhao Guo. The generals supported Li Rubing's decision, but the civil officials strongly opposed it. Neilian was hit hard, and there was a period of internal chaos. Countless good officials were killed, making the strength of Zhao State weak to the bottom in the past 20 years.

And there is a more important problem, Chu State is the younger brother of Deng Guo. If Zhao Guo goes to fight Chu State and the younger brother is bullied, the eldest brother will jump out and fight Deng Guo again. There is no confidence at all, so all the civil servants are strongly opposed to attacking Chu.

In the side hall of Chengqian Hall, King Zhao Zhangxian came here just after the turbulent court meeting, and Prime Minister Zhuang Ping came with him, Zhang Xian said to Zhuang Ping: "Zhuang Xiang, you didn't say a word at the court meeting just now, I don't know you How do you view the attack on Chu State?"

Zhuang Ping said: "Going back to the king, at the court meeting, it can be said that they insisted on their own opinions on the matter of attacking Chu State, and they all said very reasonable things, but what I want to say is that today's Great Zhao is no longer the former Great Zhao, and the Central Plains was defeated. The prestige of my great Zhao has been greatly reduced. Not only Qin Zhao has occupied a large area of ​​my great Zhao, but even the small state of Chu dares to take over my great Zhao counties. The most important thing is to restore prestige, especially since there has been a lot of discussion about the king's enthronement inside and outside the court, the king should establish his own prestige!"

There have always been different opinions on the matter of Zhang Xian replacing Zhang Lin on the throne in the court of Zhao Guo. Jiangshan, Zhao Guo established the country with martial arts, and the famous kings in history are all of great military exploits. For example, King Zhao Wei, although the defeat of the Central Plains has affected the reputation of King Zhao Wei, but during the reign of King Zhao Wei, Successively destroying Zhongshan, Yan, Qi, and Wei, making Zhao Guoxiong dominate the northern borders and becoming the most powerful country in the world, is enough to make King Zhao Wei's name go down in history. If Zhang Xian wants to secure the throne as quickly as possible, The most direct way is to fight a big victory, and today there are only four kingdoms of Deng, Zhao, Qin, and Chu. Deng and Qin are powerful, and they are the sufferers of Zhao Guo in the Central Plains battle. Although Zhang Xian really wants to defeat Deng Qin, his strength does not allow it , In contrast, it seems easier to attack Chu.

"However, the relationship between Deng and Chu is very close. If Deng sends troops to rescue Chu, or Qin takes advantage of our attack on Chu, what should we do?" Zhang said. Although Xian has already been moved, he is still afraid of Deng Guo. Since the restoration of Chu State, Deng State has always been the protectorate of Chu State. Half of the territory, Deng Guo's support behind it is of great help, so Zhang Xian is afraid that he will attack the Chu Congress and draw Deng Guo out. Although Deng and Zhao are now equally powerful, it really makes Zhang Xian Xian and Deng Guo were tough, Zhang Xian really didn't have the guts, after all, the lesson of the defeat in the Central Plains was too painful, not to mention that there was a powerful Qin State watching covetously.

Zhuang Ping replied: "Your Majesty, don't worry. Although I, Zhao, lost the battle of the Central Plains, it was not easy for the Qin State. The Central Plains War almost consumed the money and food accumulated in the Qin State. Although Henan and Hanoi counties were captured, But these losses cannot be recovered overnight, so I concluded that Qin State will not send troops, nor does it have the strength to send troops!" In the Central Plains War, Qin State lost tens of thousands of elites and a large amount of money and food. It was difficult to slow down for a while. Although the two rich places of Henan County and Hanoi County were taken down, it was not possible to provide help to Qin State overnight, so at this time Qin State was unable to send troops at all.

"As for the country of Deng!" After talking about the country of Qin, Zhuang Ping talked about the country of Deng again, and said: "Although the country of Deng is powerful, it is not endless. It attacked the southern country at the end of last year and the beginning of this year. The southern country is barren. All that Deng Guo can gain is only war damage, and he won a large area of ​​land at once, and Deng Guo needs time to digest it, not to mention that I heard that Deng Guo is holding some imperial examinations, and the noble families in the country are all talking about it. One after another, domestic conflicts are sharp, even if we can send troops to rescue Chu, I'm afraid it's just a sideways approach, nothing to worry about!"

Zhang Xian nodded after hearing this. Zhuang Ping had made it very clear that now is the best time for Zhao Guo to attack Chu. It was Deng Qin who attacked Zhao, so the opportunity was fleeting, and Zhang Xian didn't want to miss it.

With a decision in his heart, Zhang Xian immediately asked people to invite General Li Rubing. Originally, Li Rubing was still sullen about the affairs in the court. When he heard Zhang Xian's call and Zhuang Ping was there, Li Rubing couldn't help but He was happy for a while, because he had successfully persuaded Zhang Xian until Zhuang Ping, and the matter of sending troops to attack Chu State might have been decided.

Thinking of this, Li Rubing came to the side hall of Chengqian Hall non-stop. As soon as he entered the side hall, Li Rubing saw the serious Zhang Xian and the expressionless Zhuang Ping. Li Rubing first gave Zhuang Ping a look. Seeing Li Rubing nodded, Li Rubing knew that the matter of attacking the state of Chu was over, so he came to Zhang Xian and saluted, "My subject, Li Rubing, pays homage to the king!"

"General, you don't need to be too polite!" Zhang Xian nodded, motioned Li Rubing to stand up, and then said: "As for the general's proposal to attack Chu at the court meeting, after discussing with Prime Minister Zhuang, I agreed that it was the right time. What does the general think the odds are for attacking Chu?"

After Li Rubing heard this, he was overjoyed and said: "My lord, in the state of Chu, the only person who can be regarded by the ministers is Zhang Di. The rest are nothing to worry about, and Zhang Di is old and can't be used much." , I have [-]% confidence in attacking Chu State!"

[-]% sure, that is [-]% certainty, Zhang Xian also breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Li Rubing: "Very good, since the general has confidence, then I will take the general as the main general and lead the army to attack Chu. I haven't heard the sound of victory for a long time, I hope the general can bring back a victory for Zhao and the widow this time!"

Li Rubing nodded solemnly, and said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will do my best to defeat Chu State, regain the lost land for my Great Zhao, and make my Great Zhao famous!"

Zhang Xian nodded, and then said: "Of course I am relieved of the general. I don't know how many soldiers and horses the general will need to attack Chu this time? The general needs to know that such an opportunity is only once. Once missed, there will be no more Now, what the widow needs is that the general has absolute certainty!"

Li Rubing thought for a while and said, "Back to your Majesty, according to what I know about the state of Chu, there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the state of Chu, all of whom are elites trained by Zhang Di for many years. In the state of Chu, I need 30 soldiers and horses, at least not less than 25 soldiers and horses!"

After hearing the soldiers Li Rubing needed, Zhang Xian was silent. After the defeat of Zhao Guo in the Central Plains, there were still about 80 soldiers and horses left, of which 30 were permanently stationed in the northern border to guard against the barbarians in the northern border. Both the border and the border of Deng and Zhao are heavily stationed, and the number of soldiers that can be mobilized is about 30 to 35. The number mentioned by Li Rubing can be said to be all the soldiers and horses in Zhao State except those guarding places. Once defeated, the entire country of Zhao will be in crisis.

(End of this chapter)