Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 666
Chapter 667: Yue Fei Comes Out of the Mountain
In the tenth year of Tiantong, on the fourth day of April, Deng Jun broke through 15 Zhao troops at Liyang Ferry, and wiped out and captured nearly 8 Zhao troops. General Qin Lie led his troops to pursue Huang Ze but failed, so he led his troops back to Liyang.

The battle report of Liyang's great victory was also sent back to Luoyang immediately. When Deng Sheng received the victory report, he laughed. He thought that Zhao Kuo was the son of Zhao Xin and the Taiwei of Zhao Guo. He should have some skills, but he didn't expect Zhao Kuo to be so unbearable. He was defeated by Xue Rengui in the first battle, and even Deng Jun won without even using half of his troops.

If you don't die, you won't die. Facing the main force of the 30 Deng army, Zhao Kuo dared to take the initiative to attack when his own troops were at an absolute disadvantage. It is indeed courageous, but his behavior is not advisable.

In the Zichen Palace, the monarchs and ministers were in a very happy mood. Zhongshu Ling Fan Zhongyan laughed and said: "Zhao Kuo wanted to imitate the old things of King Wu of Qi, and attacked him halfway through, but he didn't expect King Wu of Qi to learn. Instead, he became the second Zhao Kuo. Really! Irony!"

When Deng Sheng heard the words, he also quite recognized that Zhao Kuo wanted to learn from Han Xin, but how many people in China have been able to stand shoulder to shoulder with Han Xin for thousands of years?As for Zhao Kuo, Zhao Guo of the pre-Qin Dynasty, although the talk about soldiers on paper made posterity scoff, but he was able to be entrusted with important tasks by the then king of Zhao, and was recognized by the civil and military courts of Zhao Guo, how could he be incompetent?It's a pity that what he met was Bai Qi, a peerless commander who is rare in a century, and it is not easy to have the courage to confront Bai Qi.

Zhao Kuo is obviously a sad person. When the top commanders in history made their debut, most of them started from small battles. Even Han Xin fought Zhang Han, Sima Xin and others at the beginning. At most, it was a senior match. Where? As awesome as Zhao Kuo, his first appearance was to play the top game.

To be honest, Deng Sheng felt that putting Zhao Kuo and Zhao Kuo from the pre-Qin period together was flattering him. Zhao Kuo from the pre-Qin period dared to fight Bai Qi, at least he had the capital to do so, but what about Zhao Kuo?No matter from which point of view, he did not have an advantage against Xue Rengui, and chose to take the initiative to attack, like attacking him halfway through. Deng Sheng felt very stupid. Even if he won, it would at most improve morale. This loss It was irrelevant to Deng Jun, but if he lost, he became a laughing stock.

"Let's not talk about Zhao Kuo, I have something I want to discuss with you." After picking up this topic, Deng Sheng said to everyone.

"I don't know what troubles your Majesty?" Kou Zhun, the order of the door, asked.

Deng Sheng said: "This time Zhao Guo abandoned Li Rubing and chose Zhao Kuo to fight against our army, all because of the power struggle of Zhao Guo, but now that Zhao Kuo was defeated and retreated to Yecheng, Zhao Guoren also saw Zhao Kuo clearly. Ability is not Xue Qing's opponent, so I thought that Zhao Guo would definitely use Li Rubing again, once Li Rubing leads the elite from the northern border to go south, I am afraid that Hebei will become a confrontation again."

Everyone nodded when they heard the words. Li Rubing was the biggest trouble for Deng Guo to destroy Zhao. Don't look at Li Rubing, who has been fighting with Deng Jun for so many years and has been defeated repeatedly. But everyone has to admit that Li Rubing is indeed a rare famous general. After Bai Qi's death, Li Rubing was also the only one who had the ability to prevent Deng Jun from dominating the world.

So once Li Rubing goes south, it may really have an impact on the situation in Hebei. Although Deng Guo has defeated Li Rubing many times, the coach is Yue Fei, but now Yue Fei is old, and the main general will be replaced by Xue Rengui. Xue Rengui will be Li Rubing opponent?

But everyone is not worried that Xue Rengui will lose. After all, Xue Rengui's ability is still very strong, and Deng Jun is far stronger than Zhao Jun. Even if Xue Rengui can't win, he can't lose, but in this way, Hebei will form a confrontation .

"Your Majesty, can you send a message to General Xue to take Yecheng quickly? As long as Yecheng is taken, the overall situation in Hebei will be settled. Even if Li Rubing leads the army to the south, it will be difficult to reverse the situation." Minister Hu Weiyong asked cautiously.

Yecheng is an important town in Hebei. Since Zhao State took Yecheng, it has always regarded Yecheng as the defense foundation for Zhao State to conquer the world. Yecheng's status in Zhao State is second only to the capital Jinyang. Yecheng, there is no city in the whole of Hebei that can stop Deng Jun's soldiers.

But Deng Sheng shook his head and said: "No need, since I have given Xue Qing the right to make decisions on the fly, then the affairs of Hebei will be left to Xue Qing's hands. If I interfere too much, it will be easy to make mistakes. I think It’s about Chen Ping who is entrenched in Shangdang County, he and his [-] troops are like a sharp sword hanging over my head, making me feel like I’m sitting on pins and needles, making it hard to sleep or eat.”

Before the war, Zhao Guo sent a veteran Chen Ping to lead an army of [-] to go south to Shangdang County, stationed in Gaodu City, and stared at Luoyang. Anyone with a discerning eye knew that this was Zhao Guo's deterrent to Deng Guo. The pressure made the Deng army in Hebei push forward with restraints, but Deng Guo was not helpless. Habayashi Guard and Tianwu Guard were stationed in Henan Mansion, and Li Siye, the Hussar General Li Siye of the General Governor's Mansion, was in Luoyang City to guard against Chen Ping. However, Chen Ping was still in Shangdang County for a day, and he was always a threat to Luoyang, so Deng Sheng had an idea and hoped to solve it.

And once Chen Ping's troops in Shangdang County can be defeated, no matter what happens in Hebei, Deng Jun can still go straight to Jinyang City.

"Your Majesty, Chen Ping is certainly hateful, but with Luoyang's current strength, it is very difficult to defeat Chen Ping. Unless the Yongning Guard, Yongping Guard, Tianning Guard, and An Guowei of the Central Plains are recruited, or Habayashi Guard and Tianwuwei, I'm afraid it will be difficult to do it." Kou Zhun said with a frown.

Deng Sheng nodded and said: "I also know that I have already discussed this matter with Li Qing, and Li Qing also gave me an idea, and now our army's pacification of Hanoi County is a certainty. As long as Hanoi County is in hand, our army can directly attack Huguan. Li Qing's idea is that he first lead the army north to confront Chen Ping, and then we will send troops to attack Huguan and force Chen Ping to divide his troops. Once Chen Ping divides his troops, then we will The army's opportunity has come."

"But Your Majesty, Huguan Pass is steep. As long as Zhao Jun sticks to the pass, even if we send [-] troops, it will be difficult to take it. Chen Ping may not choose to divide his troops." Fan Zhongyan said.

"If he refuses to divide the troops, we will force him to divide the troops." Deng Sheng said with a smile on his face.

"Forcing Chen Ping to divide his troops? Your Majesty, how should we force him?" Everyone asked in puzzlement.

Deng Sheng said with a smile: "If ordinary people lead troops to attack Huguan, Chen Ping may not necessarily divide his troops, but what if Yue Fei is the one who leads troops to attack Huguan?"

"Wonderful!" Everyone suddenly realized when they heard the words, and said: "Wu Guogong is famous and invincible. Even Li Rubing has been defeated by Wu Guogong time and time again. Chen Ping would never dare to be careless about the number of soldiers and horses, but Your Majesty, Duke Wu is over seventy years old and has retired for many years, can he still withstand the hardships of the army?"

Letting Yue Fei lead the army is really a good idea, but here comes another question. After all, Yue Fei is an old man in his 70s. He is already very old in this era. At this age, there are not many people. Is Yue Fei's body still suitable for rate? Soldiers are still one thing.

Deng Sheng waved his hand and said: "It's okay, these years, Yue Qing has been the focus of the imperial hospital. I have already asked the imperial doctor. Although Yue Qing's body is old, she is still very healthy. Letting Yue Qing go to Huguan does not mean that he is going to attack the city, as long as he stays under the city of Huguan, I will personally go to Wu Guogong's mansion to invite Yue Qing to come out of the mountain."

"If Wu Guogong leads the army, the chances of success will be greatly increased." Everyone nodded and said.

After finishing the discussions in the Zichen Palace, he took the prince Deng Hao and the grandson Deng Huan to the Duke Wu's mansion in person. Hearing Deng Sheng's arrival, Yue Fei personally led the men, women and children in the family to greet him outside the door.

"Veteran Yue Fei kowtows to His Majesty! I have seen Your Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the Grandson." With the support of his grandson, Yue Fei bowed to salute Deng Sheng.

"Kowtow to Your Majesty! I have seen His Highness the Crown Prince and the Grandson!" With Yue Fei taking the lead, everyone in the Yue family bowed and saluted.

Deng Sheng hurriedly walked up to Yue Fei, helped him up, and said: "Yue Qing is my famous general who has made great contributions to Deng Deng, so there is no need to be polite!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Yue Fei responded.

After Yue Fei got up, Deng Sheng took a closer look at Yue Fei, and found that Yue Fei was really old, with silver hair all over his head, all of which were telling the sorrow of the hero's twilight. Seeing such an old Yue Fei, Deng Sheng's heart was shaken. Deng Guo's famous generals are like clouds, and it is not necessary to let Yue Fei, a veteran, take the lead.

When Deng Sheng moved the capital, he had thought about letting Yue Fei stay in Wancheng. Firstly, he considered that Yue Fei was already over 70 years old and could not stand the ups and downs. The clan of Wancheng, but Yue Fei insisted on taking the Yue family to move the capital with the imperial court, Deng Sheng couldn't beat Yue Fei, so he had to let him go.

Afterwards, Deng Sheng looked at Yue Chang, the eldest son of Yue Fei who was standing aside. Yue Chang was the son of Yue Yun, the eldest son of Yue Fei, and Sun Yan, the lord of Xiling. He was one year older than Deng Huan, the grandson of the emperor. He had already been trained in the army, but Deng Sheng considered Yue Fei's age, so he asked Yue Chang to take up a post in the General's Governor's Mansion and stay at home to take care of Yue Fei.

When they came to the main hall of Duke Wu's mansion, Deng Sheng sat on the main seat and asked Yue Fei, "Yue Qing, how is your health recently?"

Yue Fei smiled resonantly, and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the old minister is in good health. Even if the old minister is allowed to go into battle again, it will be fine. If I don't see my Great Deng rule the world for a day, the old minister will not die." .”

"Stop talking nonsense, Yue Qing said that he is not going to die. To tell the truth, I came here this time to ask Yue Qing's opinion on something." Deng Sheng said.

"I don't know what's going on? Please tell your Majesty clearly." Yue Fei asked.

Deng Sheng said: "Yue Qing knows that Chen Ping, a veteran of the Zhao Kingdom, led an army of [-] troops to garrison Gaodu City, staring at Luoyang like a tiger, making me feel like I'm sitting on pins and needles."

Yue Fei nodded and said: "The old minister knows about this. Speaking of Chen Ping, the first time the old minister met him was when he went to Peicheng to participate in the Central Plains War with His Majesty. It has been 30 years in the blink of an eye. , He can still lead an army of [-], I really don’t know whether to say that he is old and strong or Zhao Guo has no one.”

Chen Ping was a general under Zhao Xin's command back then. In terms of age, he was even older than Yue Fei. He was almost [-], and he still had to lead the army. In Deng Guo, people of Chen Ping's age had already spent their days at home. The existence of Chen Ping also confirms the fact that Zhao Guo has no successors.

"A few days ago, Li Siye proposed a plan to me, saying that he would send troops to attack Huguan, force Chen Ping to divide his troops in Gaodu, and then gather the troops in Luoyang to defeat them. Firstly, the threat of Luoyang can be relieved, and secondly, it can Taking this opportunity, the army is approaching Jinyang." Deng Sheng said.

"Huguan is steep and the city is solid. Even if an army of [-] is attacking the city, the Zhao army only needs [-] to [-] troops. It is not a problem to hold on for a year or two. If you want to use this to force Chen Ping to divide his troops at Huguan, I am afraid it will not be so easy. " Yue Fei frowned and said.

"This is natural, so if Chen Ping wants to divide his troops, then the person who leads the troops to Huguan must be someone Chen Ping fears." Deng Sheng looked at Yue Fei and said.

"Your Majesty wants veterans to lead the army?" It's all said and done. If Yue Fei still doesn't understand, he will have lived for decades in vain.

Deng Sheng nodded, and said: "That's right, Yue Qing is a famous general in our dynasty, with a great reputation and invincibility. If Yue Qing appears in Huguan, no matter how confident Chen Ping is in Huguan, he will never dare to be careless. , so it is imperative to divide the troops at Huguan, but I don't know if Yue Fei is still willing to serve the court?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, although I am old, I can still serve the court. If Your Majesty asks me to lead the troops to Huguan, I will definitely win this grand pass for Your Majesty!" Yue Fei stood up and said, cupping his hands.

Yue Fei was not reconciled to stepping back from the position of the General of the Governor's Mansion. It was not that Yue Fei was greedy for power and position, but he was not reconciled to resigning from his old age and returning to his hometown. As a soldier, the shroud of horse leather is the greatest honor. It is the biggest irony for a general, but he has no choice but to retire after sixty years of age. This is the unspoken rule of Deng Guo's officialdom. Even a meritorious veteran like Yue Fei is no exception. Yue Fei is already a few years late. You can't always occupy the position and stay there, so how will the new generation of Deng Guo grow up?For the future of Deng Guo, Yue Fei still retreated.

"Okay! Yue Qing is great!" Originally, Deng Sheng still had doubts about whether Yue Fei could still go into battle, but seeing Yue Fei's current situation, Deng Sheng decided to let Yue Fei lead the troops to Huguan. With such a deterrent force, the only person who made Chen Ping divide his troops at Huguan without hesitation was Yue Fei.

"I will let the king of Wei take his An Guowei to serve under Yue Qing's command. It is God's will to go to Huguan and win this grand pass. I don't care. I only have one request, that is, let Chen Ping divide his troops, and at the same time Huguan None of the soldiers and horses in Guan can leave Huguan," said Deng Sheng.

"Here!" Yue Fei responded.

In the tenth year of Tiantong, on the sixth day of April, Deng Sheng took Wu Guogong Yue Fei as his general, Wei Wang Deng Yu as his deputy, and led [-] An Guowei northward to Hanoi County to attack Huguan. Yue Fei's eldest son Yuechang also went out with the army.

At the same time, the news of Li Yang's defeat also spread to Jinyang, and the government and the public were shocked. Zhao Guo had high hopes for Zhao Kuo. , Zhao Kuo was defeated so simply, and also lost nearly [-] soldiers and horses. Today's Zhao State is no longer the most powerful country in the world with millions of soldiers in the past. The battle loss of [-] soldiers and horses, although It's not enough to shake the foundation, but it's enough to hurt the bones.

The most terrible thing is that after Zhao Kuo's defeat, the situation in Hebei was instantly out of balance. Zhao Kuo retreated to defend Yecheng and faced hundreds of thousands of Deng troops. Who knows whether Zhao Kuo can hold Yecheng?Once there is a loss in Yecheng, the whole of Hebei will directly face the front of Deng Jun's soldiers. If you are not careful, you will lose everything.

At this critical juncture, the voice of using Li Rubing is getting louder and louder.

"Empress Dowager, Zhao Kuo's defeat of Li Yang means that the situation in Hebei has deteriorated. Now Deng Jun has besieged Yecheng. Once Yecheng is lost, Hebei may no longer be owned by my great Zhao. I strongly advocate the mobilization of General Li Rubing to lead the army to the south. Resist Deng's army and stabilize the situation in Hebei!" Zhao Guocheng Prime Minister Zhong Xing said righteously in Chengqian Palace in Jinyang City.

Zhong Xing was not optimistic about Zhao Kuo at all, but it was because the Queen Mother Meng and Zhang Ying were worried that Li Rubing would regain control of the military if he went south, and Zhao Kuo said conclusively that he could stop Deng Jun, so that the Queen Mother Meng and Zhang Ying blindly chose to believe Zhao Kuo and even Li Yang were defeated. Now Zhao Kuo is trapped in Yecheng, and the situation in Hebei is corrupt. In order to restore the decline, Zhong Xing once again urged Li Rubing to lead his army south.

"This..." Empress Dowager Meng looked at Zhang Ying in a panic. She did not expect that Zhao Kuo, whom she had placed high hopes on, would lose, and the defeat was so simple and tragic. The 15 army lost more than half. As a result, the whole situation in Hebei has been corrupted, and now the Empress Dowager Meng has no idea, so she can only turn her attention to Zhang Ying.

Zhang Ying was struggling in his heart. He really didn't want Li Rubing to go south, but now Zhao Kuo, this trash, lost nearly [-] soldiers and horses in the first battle, which made Zhang Ying suddenly fall into a passive position. After the battle between heaven and man, Zhang Ying sighed. He said with a sigh: "Queen Mother, for the current plan, we can only mobilize the general Li Rubing to lead the army from the north to go south. Only Li Rubing can stabilize the situation in Hebei."

The Empress Dowager Meng heard the words and said: "Okay, immediately send someone to Li Rubing to pass the decree, ordering him to lead an army of 15 troops from the north to go south quickly. In addition, send someone to pass the order to Zhao Kuo, telling him that the reinforcements from the court will arrive soon." , let him stick to it, if Yecheng is lost, then he doesn't have to come back!"

At this time, the Empress Dowager Meng was also very dissatisfied with Zhao Kuo. Before the war, she uttered nonsense, but who would have expected it to be so unbearable. In just one battle, more than half of Zhao Guo's Hebei elite was lost, and the Empress Dowager Meng lost any confidence in him. Now, Empress Dowager Meng only hopes that Zhao Kuo can hold Yecheng until Li Rubing leads the army south, otherwise, Zhao Kuo will die in Yecheng.

"The empress dowager is wise!" the ministers praised!
(End of this chapter)