Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 612
Chapter 613: Deng Han blocks Zhao Jun
In the fourth year of Tiantong, on the third day of May, Henan County, Xingyang City, Deng Han climbed to the top of the city, looking at the Zhao army camp stretching for several miles outside the city. In the middle of March in the fourth year of Tiantong, Xue Rengui ordered Zhang Liao and Murong Chui to lead Ling Snake Guards and Shenwu Guards attacked Xingyang City, which lasted more than ten days and lost more than [-] soldiers. They finally broke through Xingyang City, beheaded nearly [-] Zhao soldiers, captured more than [-] people, and captured and killed Zhao Jun's leader Wang Feng, as well as Zhao Jun. Several generals took down this important town in the Central Plains in one fell swoop.

After taking down the city, Zhang Liao and Murong Chui, according to Xue Rengui's wishes, summoned General Deng Han of Qianniuwei to lead his troops north to guard Xingyang City.

At the beginning of April in the fourth year of Tiantong, Deng Han led his troops to Xingyang City, took over the city, and began to deploy defenses. After Zhang Liao and Murong Chui handed over the city to Qianniuwei for guarding, they led their troops to Hulao Pass. The main force converges.

Originally, according to Deng Jun's calculations, the Zhao army in the north would go south in a big way at the end of March at the earliest, but I don't know why it was delayed. It didn't arrive in Xingyang City until mid-April. When Zhao Jun came to Xingyang City, Xingyang The city has been occupied by Deng Jun, and the two sides have faced each other for nearly half a month. Zhao Jun launched several offensives in succession, but still could not shake Xingyang City, so he had to set up camp outside the city to find another opportunity.

"Your Highness, Zhao Jun hasn't launched any offensive for several days. I don't know what he intends to do?" Wang Sheng, the military commander of Qianniuwei, frowned and said. Wang Sheng is the son of Wang Meng, Minister of the Ministry of War. When Qianniuwei was newly built, Deng Han personally persuaded him to be a military adviser.

Deng Han thought for a while, and said: "I don't know too much, but we still need to be careful. The general of the Zhao army outside the city is Li Rubing, the general of Zhao Guo. He is very capable, even Wu Guogong is very fond of him Highly respected, saying that it was the biggest obstacle for my Great Deng to enter Hebei. Although this king has been in the army for many years, he is just a baby bird in front of such famous generals. In order not to affect the overall situation of Qin Qin, it is important to defend Xingyang The most important thing is not to be reckless."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, this subordinate knows how to do it. Your Highness, Li Rubing is a famous general in the world, second only to Wu Guogong and Bai Qi, Lord Wu'an of Qin State. If His Highness can keep Li Rubing out this time and guard Xingyang City, he will definitely be famous. Move the world, Jieshi, among the famous generals in the world, there must be a place for His Highness." Wang Sheng complimented, although Li Rubing was repeatedly defeated by Yue Fei and Bai Qi, but no one could deny that in today's world, except for Yue Fei and Bai Qi Besides, Li Rubing was the only one, and now Deng Han was facing him, not to mention being able to defeat Li Rubing, as long as he could block Li Rubing and defend Xingyang City, it would be enough to make Deng Han famous all over the world.

"Hehe, it's still too early to say these things. Li Rubing should not be underestimated. Moreover, Zhao Jun is stronger than our army. It is not so easy to defend Xingyang City." Deng Han smiled and said, although he said Be careful, but Deng Han still enjoys Wang Sheng's compliments very much. After all, not everyone is capable of confronting a famous general like Li Rubing. affim.

In the camp of the Zhao army, in the tent of the Chinese army, Li Rubing stared at the map with a sad face, and said: "I thought that this general would conquer the north and the south, and fight across the world. Except for a few people such as Yue Fei and Bai Qi, he had no opponents, but now he is defeated. It's really ironic that a boy in his early twenties stands in Xingyang City."

This time Li Rubing led a hundred thousand elite soldiers to the south, and his generals Le Ting, Zheng Xuan, Wei Liang, and Tang Hong went south with great ambitions, intending to advance to Xingyang City. Having already occupied the city, Li Rubing originally thought that Xue Rengui could still trust him. The person guarding Xingyang, an important town in the Central Plains, must be a well-known general in Deng's army. Unexpectedly, he was a young man in his early twenties. They are just recruits who have only been formed for a few years.

This made Li Rubing feel insulted. He thought that if he was a dignified general of the Zhao State, someone who could be his opponent, even if it wasn't Yue Fei and Bai Qi, at least it would have to be Xue Rengui, Li Siye, Murong Ke, who are famous all over the world. Deng Jun actually sent a young man, what a big deal, especially when Li Rubing learned that the young man in his early twenties in the city was the second son of Deng Sheng, the king of Jin of the Deng Kingdom, Li Rubing's mind changed, to be honest , a young man in his early twenties, Li Rubing didn't pay much attention to him, moreover, this person was still Deng Sheng's prince, if he could break through Xingyang City and capture Deng Han alive, he would surely make Deng Jun's weapon of choice, which would be very beneficial to the advancement of the war .

With this level of thought, Li Rubing ordered the army to attack the city, but who would have launched several strong attacks one after another, but still could not advance an inch, instead losing troops and defeating generals, which made Li Rubing very depressed. At this moment, Li Rubing realized that the Prince Deng Guo is not simple.

"General, this Deng Han, the last general also met in Peijun. At the time when the last general planned to lead the Peijun army westward to Chenliu and assist the general in defeating Yue Fei, it was this man who met with another Deng Han. The prince Deng Yu led the partial division to the north, forcing the last general to lead the army south, although the final general had never fought against him, but he had the courage to lead the partial division north to lure the enemy, his courage is really extraordinary, and his ability should also be good." Le Le on the side Ting said that during the Great War in the Central Plains four years ago, Le Ting had met Deng Han and Deng Yu brothers, but they had not formally fought against each other.

"Alas! There are so many famous generals in the Deng Kingdom, even the younger generation can stand on their own. It is not easy to win. On the other hand, in my Great Zhao, countless veterans have passed away in recent years. Whether there are young people with outstanding abilities, it is difficult to accept them. Longer, if things go on like this, how will my Great Zhao compete with Deng Guo?" Li Rubing said with a sigh.

Li Rubing was not too worried about whether Xingyang City could be breached, but what worried him was the future of Zhao State. Once upon a time, Zhao State had countless elite soldiers and powerful generals, and it was so majestic. But since Zhao Xin died, Zhao Guo’s prestige is gone. Most of the generals who followed Zhao Xin in the South and North Wars are no longer there. And the generals of the same era as Li Rubing also died in the Central Plains War four years ago. As a result, Zhao Guo can now There are very few good generals, and the most terrible thing is that among the younger generation, there are not too outstanding talents, which makes Li Rubing can't help but worry about the future of Zhao Guo.

The most golden generation of the Zhao Kingdom is the era of Xin Zhao. The title of the most powerful country in the world was also won by this group of people. However, since the death of Zhao Xin, the Zhao Kingdom has undergone several major purges. The veterans of the Xin Zhao era are already There is not much left, and the generation headed by Li Rubing took over the power. Although this generation is not as good as that of Zhao Xin's era, it can still stabilize the situation in Zhao State in general, but the current generation headed by Li Rubing He is almost half a hundred years old, how many more years can he play?Facing the talented Deng Guo, how could Li Rubing not be worried?

"You don't need to worry, my great Zhao. There are countless young talents in my great Zhao. Although I am still immature in decisive battles, in time, I will definitely be able to support my great Zhao. In terms of capable people, my great Zhao will never lose to Deng Guo." Ting reassured.

"I hope so!" Li Rubing sighed, and said: "But now Xingyang City is as solid as gold, although the strength of Deng's army is not as good as ours, but Xingyang City is an important town in the Central Plains. In terms of strength, it is not weaker than Jinyang and Chang'an. It is not easy to break through the giant cities of Wancheng and Wancheng. Now the situation in Qin State is not optimistic. I have heard that Deng Jun has broken through the Qinchuan defense line of the Qin Army, and hundreds of thousands of elites have entered Guanzhong. We have been delayed in Xingyang City for too long, I am afraid Deng Jun will attack Chang'an City."

"Don't worry, General. According to the news from Jinyang, the imperial court has ordered General Zhao Kuo to lead [-] elites to go south, and they will reach Chang'an in a few days. It is not a problem to defend Chang'an City." Le Ting said.

"Well, it's easy to say, let's not talk about whether the people of Qin State will really trust my people from Great Zhao. After all, Chang'an is the capital of Qin State. How can the people of Qin State be completely controlled by my soldiers and horses from Great Zhao? Besides, Zhao Kuo At this time, the general is not very relieved. Although Zhao Kuo is the son of General Zhao Xin, most of his ability to occupy a place in the army is due to the shadow of his father. Yes, he has a strong personality and mediocre ability, which is why the general manager has been unwilling to reuse him." Li Rubing said.

"Zhao Kuo is not young anymore. Thinking about it, he has changed a lot. Since the court believes in him, it means they have confidence in him. Why should the general be so arbitrary?" Le Ting said, now in the entire Zhao army, he is the only one who dares to fight Li Rubing like this. spoke.

"It's not young anymore, but as the saying goes, three years old is eighty years old, and personality can change as soon as it is said, not to mention Zhao Kuo, since everything is a foregone conclusion, then we can only choose to trust him , I just hope that the general is really mistaken." Li Rubing said, the matter has come to this point, everything is a foregone conclusion, even if Li Rubing is not optimistic about Zhao Kuo, he can only choose to believe him at this time.

"General, since we can't break through from Xingyang City, why don't we bypass Xingyang City? Going to Hulao Pass is not just the way to Xingyang City." At this time, Wei Liang, who had been standing aside for a long time, finally had a chance to speak. He is just a new general promoted by Li Rubing in recent years. He is not qualified to comment on Zhao Kuo, so he can only pretend to be dumb. Now he finally has a chance to intervene.

Li Rubing glanced at Wei Liang and said, "General Wei, do you know why this general must pass through Xingyang City?"

Wei Liang shook his head and said, "The end general will not know."

Li Rubing said: "Xingyang City is an important town in the Central Plains. As long as you hold Xingyang City tightly in your hands, Deng Jun will not dare to attack Hulao Pass unscrupulously. More importantly, the north of Xingyang is the land of our Great Zhao. Although the country has mobilized hundreds of thousands of elite troops to attack Qin, but Deng has millions of soldiers. Even under such circumstances, it is not impossible to gather hundreds of thousands of troops to attack our great Zhao. If we bypass Going to Hulao Pass from Xingyang City will undoubtedly expose the rear of our army to Deng Jun. If Deng Jun is blocked from attacking Qin and turns his head to attack my Zhao, it will be too late to regret, so I will repeat it again and again. Insist on taking Xingyang City first."

"But General, although Hulao Pass is the most powerful pass in the world, Deng's army is ten times stronger than Qin's army. Under fierce attack, Hulao Pass will not be able to last too long. If our army stays in Xingyang City for too long If Hulao Pass is breached by Deng Jun, then even if our army goes to Guanzhong, it will not be able to save Qin." General Zheng Xuan said that although Li Rubing's considerations are very thorough, the question is whether Qin Jun can last until they take it. Going down to Xingyang City, if Hulao Pass is breached by Deng Jun before our own side takes Xingyang City, then everything will be useless.

"You still don't understand!" Li Rubing shook his head and said, "Xingyang City is very important to my Great Zhao, and it is also very important to Deng Guo. If Xingyang City falls into the hands of our army, our army can go south to the Central Plains at any time. , attacking Chenliu and other places, how could Deng turn a blind eye to it? After the introduction, the pressure on Qin will be greatly reduced. Although it cannot directly solve the crisis of Qin, it can also let Qin breathe. As long as Qin Guo slows down, with Bai Qi's ability, it is not impossible to turn defeat into victory."

Everyone nodded in agreement. To be honest, although they didn't have much confidence in Qin, they were very optimistic about Bai Qi. After all, Bai Qi was also the most famous general in the world. After Yue Fei retired, Bai Qi had already He is the No. 1 general in the world, and Qin's strength is not bad. With Bai Qi's ability, it is very possible to turn defeat into victory.

(End of this chapter)