Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 662
Chapter 663: Deng Guo's Marching Plan
In the ninth year of Tiantong, on June [-]th, at the Yuyang County Government Office of Zhao State, Yuyang City, and in the General’s Mansion, Li Rubing was bored drinking wine in the yard. In the past few years, the political situation of Zhao State has changed too much. A few days ago, the sudden death of Prime Minister Zhuang Ping caused Li Rubing to lose one of his most important allies in the court. The Veteran Faction headed by Lin Qingfeng and Zuo Sheng began to suppress Li Rubing. The balance of the political situation and the proper maintenance of Li Rubing by the Song family made Li Rubing not alone and helpless in the court.

However, less than a year after Zhuang Ping's death, Zuo Sheng and Lin Qingfeng, the leaders of the veteran faction, also passed away one after another, causing the power in the court to become unbalanced instantly. Sheng is one faction, and the power of Zhao State is basically in the hands of these two factions. As for the clan representative Zhang Ying, his ability and strength are very limited, so the influence on the court situation is not great, but also because of this, Zhang Ying It was reused by the Song family to balance the mediator between the two factions, so that the situation in the court would not be out of balance.

After Zhuang Ping's death, the Veteran faction overwhelmed Li Rubing's faction, so under Song's acquiescence and instigation, Zhang Ying gradually stood together with Li Rubing to contend with the Veteran faction and maintain the balance of the court. Now the Veteran The pillars of the faction, Zuo Sheng and Lin Qingfeng, are gone. In order not to let the Li Rubing family dominate, the Song family began to vigorously support the clan headed by Zhang Ying, and the court also formed a foreign minister headed by Li Rubing and a family headed by Zhang Ying. balance among clans.

But this kind of balance was only maintained for less than a year. A year ago, Song, the real ruler of Zhao State, passed away. Zhao Guo was regented by the empress dowagers of the two palaces, and the five assistant ministers assisted the government until the little emperor reached his full age and took charge of the government.

The empress dowagers of the two palaces refer to the Song family, the aunt of Emperor Wen Zhang Xian, and the Meng family, the empress of the main palace. For a few years, the power of the Zhao Kingdom has always been in the hands of the Song family. Although it is the regent of the two palaces, the Queen Mother Meng is just a decoration.

But now the situation has changed drastically. The Song family passed away a year ago. At that time, the little emperor Zhang Yuan was only 12 years old, far from the age of taking office. The Meng family became the most logical person in power in the Zhao country, so the Meng family took over the power left by the Song family, formally regent, and took charge of the Zhao country.

However, the Meng family has lived in the harem for many years, and they don't know anything about the government. Moreover, there is basically no influence of the Meng family in the court. As a result, although the Meng family has the name of regent, it is difficult to exercise the power in their hands. At this time, Zhang Ying, the representative of the clan, took the initiative Being close to the Meng family, with the support of the clan, the Meng family has a certain right to speak in the court.

After slowly taking over the situation in the court, the Meng family turned their attention to the military. To be precise, it was the clan's attention to the military.

Since the change of Langmeng that year, the military power of Zhao State has been controlled by General Li Rubing, and as the main supporter of Zhang Xian, Li Rubing has also received great support and power, which also caused the clan's dissatisfaction, but Because of the trust of Emperor Wen Zhang Xian and Empress Dowager Song in Li Rubing, the clan has never been able to get involved in military power, but after the Meng family took power, the chance for the clan to get involved in military power finally came.

Since the clan is the biggest support of the Meng family, the Meng family is very supportive of the clan's decision to divide Li Rubing's military power. Although the Meng family does not understand government and military politics, they also know the way of balance. It is beneficial to the Meng family's control over Zhao Guo, so under Zhang Ying's suggestion, the Meng family vigorously promoted the clan generals, but the strength of the clan generals was not enough to compete with Li Rubing, so under Zhang Ying's suggestion, the Zhao Guojun god was appointed. Zhao Kuo, the son of Zhao Xin, was a Taiwei, and he used the influence left by Zhao Xin to divide Li Rubing's military power.

Facts have proved that this decision made Meng and Zhang Ying's plan a great success. Due to Song's death, Li Rubing lost the support of the court, and Zhao Kuo's identity also won a large number of former Zhao Xin's old followers. With the support of Li Rubing, Zhao Kuo gradually gained the strength to compete with Li Rubing, especially as a captain, Zhao Kuo had the right to open the government, and he also recruited a large number of young generals to formally divide Li Rubing's military power.

Isolation and helplessness in the court, the military Zhao Kuo pressed on, making Li Rubing difficult in Jinyang. In desperation, Li Rubing had to leave the political whirlpool of Jinyang and go to the northern border to control the 15 elites in the northern border of Zhao State. In his hands, he has the strength to protect himself. Relatively speaking, since Li Rubing went north to Yuyang, the Meng family handed over the military power of Jinyang and Hebei to Zhao Kuo. So far, Zhao Guo's military power has officially been divided into two.

Zhao Guo currently employs more than 40 soldiers, while Li Rubing controls the most elite 15 northern army, and the remaining 20 or nearly 30 troops are controlled by Zhao Kuo.

Since coming to Yuyang, Li Rubing has found that his influence on Jinyang is getting smaller and smaller. After Li Rubing left, Zhao Kuo suppressed Li Rubing's old troops vigorously. At the same time, a large number of clan generals entered the army to weaken Li Rubing's influence as much as possible. force.

Thinking of this, Li Rubing was filled with grief and indignation, picked up the wine glass in his hand, drank one cup after another, thinking of him, Li Rubing, since he was in the army, he has made countless contributions to Zhao Guoli, Zhang Xian and his son were able to rise to the top, Li Rubing is also the one who contributed the most, Without Li Rubing's support, how could it be possible to win the throne with Zhuang Ping, a civil servant, and Zhang Xian, a powerless prince?But now, Li Rubing has become an existence that the people in power in Jinyang are desperately suppressing.

Just when Li Rubing was lamenting, Le Ting, the general who followed Li Rubing to the north, hurried in and said: "General, half a month ago, Emperor Deng announced the world in Luoyang. The Deng army is scheduled to go north to attack us in March next year." Big Zhao!"

"How many troops did Deng Guo mobilize?" Li Rubing asked.

Le Ting shook his head and said: "I don't know, until now, Deng Guodu has not shown any signs of mobilizing troops."

Hearing this, Li Rubing stopped what he was doing, then sighed, put down the wine glass in his hand, and said: "In the past, when Deng Guo mobilized troops, he first mobilized his troops and made full preparations before announcing them to the world. This time, Deng Guo actually threatened to go north without any preparations. This is my big Zhao, but it is normal. With Deng Guo's current strength, even if he told us, let us be prepared. Deng Guo also has a great chance of winning, does the imperial court have any countermeasures?"

Le Ting said: "Since Emperor Deng declared the world, the court has become tense. Zhao Kuo personally went to Yecheng to supervise the army. At the same time, he gathered all the soldiers and horses of Hebei armies to Wei County. The estimated force is around 15. , The imperial court also ordered the old general Chen Ping to be the main general and Zheng Xuan to be the deputy general to lead an army of [-] troops to Gaodu City to deter Deng Guoxin's new capital Luoyang."

"Heh, Deng Guodu didn't make any moves yet. He just yelled empty words, and the court mobilized an army of 10,000+. It's really a bird of surprise." Li Rubing shook his head and sighed.

Now Deng Guo just said that he will go north next year, and he hasn't even started to mobilize a single soldier. It is not clear where the main attack direction is. Zhao Guo has mobilized a full 10,000+ army to the border, which makes Li Rubing a little emotional.

"General, if Deng Jun really goes north in a big way next year, what should we do?" Le Ting asked. Since the fall of Qin, everyone in the Zhao country knew that it was only a matter of time before Deng Jun went north, so how should we deal with Deng Jun? Zhao Guo had done countless rehearsals for the army's massive attack, and the leader of the rehearsals was the General Zhao Guo in front of him, so Le Ting knew that Li Rubing must have a solution.

Li Rubing said: "If you want to block Deng Jun, you mainly look at the defenses of the three points of Shangdang County, Wei County, and Hanoi County. In general, there are two lines of defense. Shangdang County is one, Wei County and Hanoi County. The county is one place. As long as these three points are guarded, Deng Jun will not be able to threaten the hinterland of my Great Zhao, and we will have more room for maneuver. Zhao Kuo is also a man who knows soldiers, so he went to Yecheng to supervise the army. At the same time, sending troops to Shangdang County is just seeing and doing it are two different things, and we have to fight to know the specific outcome.”

After finishing speaking, Li Rubing stood up slowly, looked at the cloudless sky, and murmured: "The mountains and rains are about to come. The ability of Da Zhao to continue depends on this battle."

In the ninth year of Tiantong, on June [-]th, in the official office of the Luoyang General Dudufu, a group of famous generals from the Deng Kingdom gathered here, and Deng Sheng also brought Deng Hao here. So many people gathered here to make a decision to attack Zhao. battle plan.

"Your Majesty, according to the news sent back by Ming Jing in Zhao State, the total army strength of Zhao State is now around 43 to 45, of which 15 elite guard Jinyang City all the year round, [-] soldiers and horses guard the northern border, and are in the four counties of Liaodong all the year round. There are also [-] elites, and the remaining soldiers and horses are basically in Hebei. Now, the soldiers and horses of Zhao State are divided into two. The descendants of the famous general Gongsun Yu, since Zhao Guoping pacified Liaodong, the Gongsun family has been in charge of guarding Liaodong, and the rest of the soldiers and horses are basically in the hands of Zhao Kuo, the new captain of Zhao Guo.” Xue Rengui gave the basic situation of Zhao Guo’s army to Deng Sheng gave an introduction.

However, Deng Sheng had already known about these situations through Mingjing, so he showed no expression. In order to balance the power of the military, Zhao Guo’s royal family vigorously supported Zhao Kuo and suppressed Li Rubing. If it was in a peaceful age, this approach was necessary, but now Zhao Guo is under such great pressure that it urgently needs a commander who can coordinate all parties in charge of the army. However, Zhao Guo has two military powers at this critical juncture. This undoubtedly gave Deng Guo a chance to defeat them one by one.

"Half a month ago, His Majesty, in front of all civil and military officials, decided to go northward in March next year. This news was also known to Zhao Guo. Therefore, in the past half month, Zhao Guo has mobilized troops on a large scale, and Zhao Kuo also I personally went to Wei County to sit in the town, and at the same time, Chen Ping, a veteran of Zhao State, led an army of [-] troops to garrison Shangdang County. This was to prevent our army from attacking Shangdang County, and secondly, I hoped to threaten my safety in Luoyang and let our army use it as a weapon against rats. " Xue Rengui continued.

"I have considered this point long before I moved the capital, but I can't miss the good opportunity to move the capital because of worrying about it. However, I believe that my soldiers of Dadeng will never put the capital in any danger. Xue Qing, you Keep talking." Deng Sheng said with a smile.

"Here!" Xue Rengui responded, then walked to the map and said: "Although Zhao Guo still has more than 40 soldiers and horses, due to the fact that the military power is divided, the first thing we have to face is to sit in the township." Zhao Kuo of Weijun, and I believe that as long as Zhao Kuo is undefeated, Li Rubing's northern army will not go south easily, and Zhao Kuo will not give them a chance to go south, so this time the direction of our army is Weijun , and during this period of time, Zhao Kuo also assembled a main force of 10,000+ in Wei County.”

"Your Majesty, after many days of consultations, the General Dudufu decided to mobilize a total of 30 troops from Jinwu Guard, Shenxing Guard, Longxiang Guard, Spirit Snake Guard, Tiger Wing Guard, and Ying Yang Guard to attack Wei County. The main force of the Zhao army, the chariot general Murong Ke led the Shence Guard and the Shenwu Guard to attack Hanoi County and responded to the Wei County battlefield. Wei Bei went to the Yellow River to ensure the supply of supplies for the Zhao army." Xue Rengui said.

Deng Sheng nodded again and again. According to Xue Rengui's plan, Deng Guo mobilized a total of 55 troops, which was less than the attack on Qin State. Moreover, the Habayashi Guard and Tianwu Guard were stationed in Luoyang. If there were no special circumstances, the two The guards and horses will basically not move, and the Nu Jiaowei is an amphibious guard. The reason for mobilizing the Nu Jiaowei to the north is to ensure the supply of materials for the Deng Army during the flood season of the Yellow River, so they will basically not be put into the battlefield. Therefore, Deng Guo There are only 40 troops from the eight guards that really go north, but this is only the early stage. If the battle becomes anxious, Deng Guo can continue to increase troops.

And Xue Rengui obviously considered this issue, so he said: "In addition, the Yongning Guard, Yongping Guard, Tianning Guard, and Anguo Guard will also gather in the Central Plains. Once the battle becomes anxious, these soldiers and horses will reinforce the battlefield at any time. As for everyone else The soldiers and horses will not move for now."

Deng Sheng glanced at the map and was very satisfied with the plan of the general's capital governor's mansion. At this time, Xue Rengui said: "Your Majesty and others have also arranged for Wudangwei to go to Hedong County, but this way of troops can only be done when our army has established It can only be activated after the battle in Hebei."

"Oh? What's the purpose of this?" Deng Sheng asked.

Xue Rengui replied: "This time our army goes north, we need to defeat Zhao Kuo's main force first, and then deal with the northern army led by Li Rubing who is going south. Lin Wei and Tianwu Wei are advancing towards Shangdang County and pinning down the Zhao army in Shangdang County. At this moment, the Wudang Guards can move out and send troops from Hedong County to Jinyang, the capital of Zhao State!"

Hearing this, Deng Sheng nodded in satisfaction. This is a stroke of genius. Once Zhao Kuo and Li Rubing are defeated in succession, Zhao Guochaotang will be panicked. After the main force of Zhao Kuo and Li Rubing, Zhao Guo's demise is already a certainty. The action of the guardless seems to be the icing on the cake, but this move will undoubtedly greatly shorten the combat time. After all, the centipede is dead but not stiff. Even if the main force of the Zhao army can be defeated, it is not so easy to reach the city of Jinyang. Therefore, if Jinyang can be forced to surrender, it will be very beneficial to quickly pacify Hebei and reduce battle losses.

"Wu Dangwei only has 5 people, and as far as I know, Zhao Guo has 3 troops stationed in Jinyang all the year round. Even if the Hebei War starts, Zhao Guo needs to mobilize some soldiers and horses, but there will never be fewer troops in Jinyang With more than [-] people, it may not be so easy to force Zhao Guojun and ministers to surrender." Deng Sheng turned his head and thought for a while, then said.

As the capital of Zhao State, Jinyang City is the strongest city in the entire Zhao State. Even if there are only [-] defenders, it cannot be shaken by [-] unarmed guards. Zhao Guojun and ministers, I am afraid it will not be so easy.

Xue Rengui smiled and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, even if Wudangwei cannot force Zhao's monarch and ministers to surrender, but Wudangwei is approaching the city, in order to keep Jinyang City, Zhao Guo will definitely call all kinds of troops back to help, because our army If you can send Wudangwei directly to Jinyang City, then you can continue to send troops there, so Zhao Guojun and his ministers will never dare to gamble. In this way, Zhao Guojun and his ministers will first open the city and surrender, and second, call the soldiers from Hebei and Shangdang counties. Ma Hui aids Jinyang, so this will definitely disrupt the layout of the Zhao army, and our army can easily take the land of Hebei."

When Deng Sheng heard this, he suddenly realized that this was a conspiracy. No matter what Zhao Guo did, he would not be able to escape the end of perishment. If he refused to surrender, it would not be so simple to call all the troops back to help. Even if Zhao Jun wanted to withdraw, Deng Jun would not let Zhao Jun run away so easily. It is still unknown how many troops Zhao Jun can return to Jinyang under the pursuit from behind.

If Zhao Guo does not surrender, does not call for reinforcements, and intends to stick to Jinyang with [-] troops, it is true that it is almost impossible to take Jinyang City with the strength of no guards, but Deng Guo can continue to increase troops. Longwuwei, Taishanwei, and Feipengwei are still ready to go. Deng Guo can send them to Jinyang City at any time. If they don't surrender, then I will fight them directly.

"Okay, very good!" Deng Sheng nodded with a smile, and said, "In this case, let's proceed according to the plan of the General's Dudu's Mansion. Does the Grand General's Dudu's Mansion have any ideas about the specific time for dispatching troops?"

Although it has been decided to send troops in March next year, it still needs a specific time, because this time the attack on Zhao is the last battle of Deng's unification of the world, hundreds of thousands of troops will go out, and a lot of preparations are needed, so There must be an exact time.

Xue Rengui thought for a while and said, "Returning to Your Majesty, it is now June, and the ministers plan to assemble the guards and horses before the winter. In addition, the court needs to prepare the required food and supplies. Official departure."

Deng Sheng thought for a while, and there was still plenty of time, so he said: "Okay, then it will be in the middle of March next year. At the specific time, I will order the Ministry of Rites to choose a good and auspicious day. After offering sacrifices to the Taimiao, the army will officially move out! "

"Here!" Everyone responded.

(End of this chapter)