Chapter 194: Xue Rengui is in charge

Since everything was discussed, Ma Rong sent someone to pass the news back to Puyang immediately, and he stayed in Wancheng. He was actually worried that Deng State would do one thing, and to go back on his word at a critical moment and put Wei State on the side. Although this possibility is not great, Ma Rong could not help but worry based on the deep blood hatred between the two countries alone.

Deng Sheng and Cui Hao and others knew this little thought about Ma Rong, but it was also beneficial for Ma Rong to stay in Wancheng. After all, not only Wei State could not trust Deng, but Deng State also could not trust Wei State. Who knew whether Wei State would join forces with Qi State to join Deng State after destroying Chen State? Now that Ma Rong is in his hands, Deng Sheng's heart is calm.

Although he decided to send troops, there was no conclusion on who would lead the troops and how many troops he sent, so Deng Sheng brought Su Hong and Yue Fei.

In Ganyang Palace, Deng Sheng looked at Su Hong and Yue Fei and said, "Su Qing, Yue Qing, who do you think can be the chief general and lead the troops to attack Chen?"

On this issue, Su Hong was not good at expressing his opinion. After all, he was prone to offend people, so he glanced at Yue Fei.

When Yue Fei saw Su Hong looking at him, he felt bitter. Su Hong didn't want to offend others, so why did Yue Fei want to offend others? But who made him the general of the General's General's Office? He must express his opinion on these matters.

So Yue Fei bowed and said, "When King, this time the conquest of Chen State, the main force of Chen State will be dealt with by Wei State, so our army does not need to send too many troops, just one guard and horse. I think General Xue Rengui's Yingyang Guard can take on the heavy responsibility."

Deng Sheng agreed with Yue Fei's words. Chen was beaten by Wei a few years ago and lost tens of thousands of troops. Until now, he has not recovered. The soldiers and horses that can be used are probably only about 100,000. When Ma Rong said that Wei could take out at least 150,000 troops to join the battle of Chen, Deng Sheng was also shocked at first. If he had known about the Battle of Changshe, Deng defeated nearly 100,000 elite troops in Wei in the battle, which made Wei a long time ago. Now, except for guarding all directions, Wei could only take up more than 150,000 troops, which means that Wei was really selling his hands this time.

With the 150,000 army of Wei, the main force of Chen State would be unable to move. With the 50,000 troops and horses of Yingyang Guard, it would be more than enough to win a Runan County.

Deng Sheng nodded and said, "Okay, as Yue Qing said, I ordered Xue Rengui to lead Yingyangwei to the expedition to Runan, Su Qing, the Ministry of War and Mingjing to cooperate with each other."

"Here!" Su Hong replied.

Next, Deng Sheng called Xue Rengui again. Because of the World Martial Arts Competition, the Eight Guards Generals were all in Wancheng and had not left yet, so Deng Sheng directly summoned Xue Rengui.

When Xue Rengui learned that he was leading his troops to fight Runan, he was very excited. The battle in Yanling was so cowardly. Xue Rengui wanted to prove his ability again at all times. This time it was an excellent opportunity. And according to Deng Sheng's intention, he might even fight with Qi when he went to Runan this time, which made Xue Rengui even more excited. Qi is a great country in the world, and the commander of the Qi army Han Qing is the second most famous general in the world. If he can gain an advantage in his hands, he will be really famous all over the world.

Soon, Xue Rengui brought Yingyang Guard's men back to Yingchuan. When Xue Rengui returned to Yingchuan Yingyang Guard's garrison, Wei had already sent troops south.

On March 10, the 15th year of Qianyuan, Pang Kuo, the Grand Sima of Wei, led 150,000 Wei troops to capture Zhe County, Wuping and Ku County in one fell swoop, and the troops were invincible.

Chen quickly assembled 100,000 troops and, under the command of General Xie Xun, Chen State, he blocked the Wei army outside Xinping, Ningping and Yangxia.

The Wei army could not capture it for a long time, so they had to send people to Yingchuan and urge Xue Rengui to send troops as soon as possible.

However, Xue Rengui was not in a hurry at all, because Deng Sheng had already said that there was no need to rush to send troops. Watch first. When the Wei army completely entangled the main force of Chen's army before sending troops. Now, although the 100,000 main force of Chen State has already deployed defenses in the north, he is still at ease in the attack of the Wei army. If he sent troops at this time, the Chen army might be able to really draw troops south. It is not that the Deng army is afraid of the Chen army and cannot defeat the Chen army. Instead, if he fights with the main force of Chen army, the losses will be relatively large and it will be cheaper to the Wei army. It is better to wait first. It is not too late to send troops when the Wei army and Chen army are red and they are eyebrowed.

However, Xue Rengui could afford to wait, but Pang Kuo could not afford to wait. News came from the Chu State that the Western Chu General Longchuan was defeated by the Qi State General Han Qing and directly lost Donghai County. He was about to attack Pengcheng. If the Qi army captured Pengcheng and destroyed Western Chu, it would attack Dong Chu next, so there was not much time left for Pang Kuo, but now Xue Rengui did not send troops. Pang Kuo was really angry and helpless.

After struggling for several days, Pang Kuo decided to take a desperate bet and find a breakthrough point in Xinping, Yangxia and Ningping first.

On March 20, in the fifteenth year of Qianyuan, Pang Kuo secretly sent Wei Bu to lead a team of troops to contact Chenliu's garrison, attacked Yangxia, fought hard for ten days, and finally paid a heavy price to break Yangxia.

As soon as Yang Xia fell, Xie Xun's painstakingly managed defense line was instantly defeated. Xie Xun had no choice but to send all his troops to the field and rebuild the defense line.

After the Wei army captured Yangxia, Xue Rengui, who was in Yingchuan, also gathered his generals as soon as he received the news and prepared to send troops.

In the central army tent, Xue Rengui sat there, below were military advisor Xun You, four generals Wang Yanzhang, Li Cunxiao, Gao Siji, Wu Yunzhao, and eight generals. In terms of lineup, among the eight guards of Deng Kingdom, they were not the first and second.

"General, I don't know when will I be able to send troops? Brothers can no longer hold it in." Wang Yanzhang asked anxiously. Since he received the order to go to Runan, Wang Yanzhang has been waiting for the order to send troops. However, after waiting for so long, Xue Rengui has been holding his troops still, just asking everyone to step up their training and prepare.

Xue Rengui also knew that the soldiers in the army had been holding on for a long time, so he smiled and said, "I just got the news. Pang Gu made a desperate move and mobilized the troops stationed in Chenliu to break through Yangxia City in one fell swoop. In order to stop the Wei army's attack, Chen State General Xie Xun has sent all the troops on the field. Our time is here."

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When everyone heard this, they were overjoyed. After waiting for so long, they finally could send troops.

Wang Yanzhang said excitedly: "General, please give me the order. The last general is willing to be the pioneer!"

Wang Yanzhang was the first to come out to compete for the position of vanguard, but others had no objection. Li Cunxiao was already the most powerful general in Deng State and was not very interested in this position. Gao Siji was always fighting or scrambling. Although he was determined to compete, he gave up due to his relationship with Wang Yanzhang. Wu Yunzhao had just joined Yingyangwei and had insufficient prestige and was not happy with veterans like Wang Yanzhang.

Xue Rengui nodded and said, "Okay, Wang Yanzhang obeys the order!"

"The last one is here!" Wang Yanzhang responded excitedly.

"I general ordered you to be the vanguard and lead your troops to attack Dingying City and open the way for the army!" Xue Rengui said.

"The last general shall receive the order, the general shall rest assured. The last general shall conquer Dingying City as fast as possible!" Wang Yanzhang responded.

On March 25, the 15th year of Qianyuan, Xue Rengui vowed to Yingchuan, using Wang Yanzhang as the pioneer general, and led 10,000 troops to attack Dingying City.

On the first day of April of the 15th year of Qianyuan, Wang Yanzhang defeated the unprepared Dingying City in one fell swoop.

Deng's army raided Runan and caught Chen off guard. At this time, the main force of Chen was entangled by the Wei army and could not be mobilized for a while. When King Chen heard the news, he spat out a mouthful of old blood and scolded Deng for being treasonous.
Chapter completed!