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On June 20, Zhou Kai led a 50,000 army to retreat to Yi County, and then sent Lu Feng to lead 10,000 people to Lingyang, Wenling led 5,000 people to garrison the county, and Huan Heng was the main general, leading 10,000 people to garrison Niuzhu to block Deng's army in Jiangbei.

On June 25, 16th year of Qianyuan, Yue Fei led 70,000 troops to Yi County and confronted Zhou Kai's troops.

In Wucheng and the Palace of King Wu, Zhou Kai made several memorials, asking the King of Wu to send troops to support him. However, with the defeat of the two counties in Huainan, the troops of Wu were already dwarfed. Now, except for the 20,000 elite troops stationed in Wucheng, the entire Wu Kingdom only had 50,000 people on the front line. Now the Deng army has attacked the land of Jiangdong of Wu, and the Wu Kingdom, which is short of soldiers and major generals, is almost unable to hold on.

To this end, the King of Wu summoned important officials in the court to discuss, hoping to gather some troops to support the front line. However, in recent years, the elite troops of Wu were wiped out by the Deng army. In addition, the elite troops accumulated by Wu for many years were completely lost in the war to expel the Vietnamese army. Even a capable man like Zhang Chao had no choice but to let everyone go back and think of a solution.

Just after Zhang Chao and other important officials left, Huang Er and Lin Yuan came to the imperial study room of the King of Wu.

"What are you doing with the two families?" The King of Wu frowned and said to Huang Er and Lin Yuan. The King of Wu no longer has any intentions.

"King, we have an idea about the increase of troops." Huang Er said to King Wu with a smile.

When he heard that he had an idea, the King of Wu suddenly became energetic and asked quickly: "I wonder what the two Qing families have? Come on."

Lin Yuan said: "By the king, there are no soldiers in the country now. If you draw from various places, you will not be able to draw troops from anyway. However, there are still many strong people in Danyang and Wujun. As long as the king collects these people, there will be at least 200,000 to 300,000 people."

"Are you talking about recruiting elite troops to join the army again?" The King of Wu said, this is not a trivial matter. Now that the Wu Kingdom has lost the three counties of Jiujiang, Lujiang and Yuzhang, the domestic population has dropped by two-thirds. Danyang and Wu County have a population of about 800,000 to 1 million, and there are about 400,000 males. Excluding the young and old, there are more than 100,000. But if you really do this, even if you win, the Wu Kingdom will be abolished. The King of Wu will be unable to make up for a moment.

Huang Er and Lin Yuan nodded, and Huang Er said, "My king, I also know that this is a fishing place to fish in the lake, which has a great impact on Da Wu. However, if you don't do this, Da Wu will really die. As the saying goes, "Where will the hair be attached? If Da Wu is gone, these people will become slaves of the country and will not have much better ending. Therefore, the most important thing is to protect Da Wu. If Deng's army retreats, the king will compensate the people."

Huang Er's words moved the King of Wu. Now the Wu Kingdom has reached a critical moment of life and death. In order to protect the country, there is no way to take care of so many things. So the King of Wu nodded and gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I will now issue an order to recruit the elite and form a large army to support the front line."

"The king is wise!" Huang Er and Lin Yuan said with a smile.

Soon, a decree for recruitment came from the Palace of the Wu King. The King of Wu had an order. In order to supplement the troops and support the front line and resist the Deng army, he now recruited two counties, Danyang and Wu County. Male men over fourteen and under forty years old were recruited into the army. After ordering, government officials from all over the country went to various villages to recruit strong troops.

After hearing the news, Zhang Chao, the Prime Minister of Wu, was shocked, so he hurriedly entered the palace to see the King of Wu, knelt in front of the King of Wu, and persuaded with great thoughts: "King, this matter is absolutely not feasible. My Da Wu has already drawn a large number of strong and strong troops due to frequent wars, which has led to insufficient domestic civilian power. Now the Da Wang still wants to recruit strong and strong troops to join the army. This is to push Da Wu into the abyss."

Zhang Chao informed the King of Wu in a simplified manner about the current situation in Wu, hoping that the King of Wu would be able to pity the people of Wu and withdraw this order.

However, the King of Wu has been fooled by Huang Er and Lin Yuan, and he is thinking about recruiting troops to support the front line so as to protect his throne and country. How can he still care about so many places?

The King of Wu said to Zhang Chao impatiently: "Zhang Xiang, I know what you said, but if I don't do this, where will I find troops to support the front line and repel Deng's army? Now, nothing is more important than the country of Dawu."

"But, if you do this, it will probably arouse public anger. At that time, the people's turmoil will be over. I hope the king will think twice!" Zhang Chao was also very clear about what the situation of Wu is now, but no matter how difficult it is, he cannot bring all the strong men across the country into the army. If the people are aroused and the people rise up, the Deng army will probably not need to fight him, and Wu will collapse.

"Hmph, Zhang Xiang doesn't need to say much. I have decided. Besides, when I repel Deng's army, I will naturally compensate the people. They are all the people of Da Wu. Now that Da Wu has reached a critical moment of life and death, they have to die for Da Wu. I am tired. Come and send Zhang Xiang away." The King of Wu no longer wants to hear what Zhang Chao said, so he directly asked someone to take Zhang Chao out.

Several eunuchs directly raised Zhang Chao and dragged him out, but Zhang Chao was still shouting to ask the King of Wu to take back his life.

Zhang Chao's golden and jade words did not make the King of Wu turn back, and the officials in various places had already implemented the King of Wu's decree.

On the first day of July of the 16th year of Qianyuan, the State of Wu recruited Danyang County. Wu County was strong and joined the army, and received a total of 200,000 troops. The King of Wu also opened a large account and distributed all the armor and weapons he had accumulated over the years. However, these 200,000 people were farmers who had just left the field and had no combat power.

Yue Fei also learned about everything that happened in the Wu Kingdom through Mingjing's spies. Yue Fei was still a little worried about it. Although these 200,000 people were just farmers who had just washed their feet and went to the fields, they were crowded and powerful. Even if the Deng army could win, the loss was not something Yue Fei could bear. After all, the Deng army's losses are already huge now, so Yue Fei ordered all troops to stop and then sent the situation of Wu Kingdom to Wancheng quickly and asked Deng Sheng to decide.

On July 15, 16th year of Qianyuan, Deng Sheng had already learned about what happened in the Wu Kingdom, so he summoned Su Hong, Cui Hao and Jiang Wan into the palace to discuss.

In Qianyang Palace, Deng Sheng read Yue Fei's report to the three of them, and then Deng Sheng said, "You guys, don't you know what you know?"

"King, the front-line army suffered heavy losses, and the Wu Kingdom suddenly recruited strong strength and its strength was untestable at any time, but this number of people already has an advantage, so I suggest increasing troops!" Su Hong thought for a while.

However, this method was strongly opposed by Jiang Wan. Jiang Wan took the lead and said: "King, I am against the increase of troops. Now half of my elite troops are in Jiangdong. The rest of the troops must guard the local area and guard against the Han and Wei. It is really difficult to withdraw troops. Moreover, if you continue to increase troops, money and food will be difficult to supply for a while. If you are not careful, there will be a big chaos in the country."

When receiving Yue Fei's report, Deng Sheng immediately thought about increasing his troops. However, Jiang Wan's words once again reminded Deng Sheng that although Deng's current state is already strong and powerful, he has no choice but to have deep hatred with the Han State in the west and the Wei State in the north. Now Wei has swallowed Chen County and Pei County, and its strength has increased greatly. If Deng's elite troops are all out, it is difficult to guarantee that Wei will not take advantage of the situation, so it is difficult to draw out troops again, unless he recruits elite troops like the King of Wu, but Deng Sheng is not a fool, so how could he do such a thing? So Deng Sheng is also very distressed now.

And to be honest, the 200,000 new troops added by the Wu State are all the strong men in Danyang and Wu County. When the Deng army destroys the Wu State in the future, these people will be the source of soldiers and labor force of the Deng State. On the battlefield, no one will die. Now Deng Sheng can be said to have regarded the Wu State as a treasure, so how can he bear to let these 200,000 strong men die on the battlefield?

At this time, Cui Hao, who was Deng Sheng's number one think tank, stood up and gave Deng Sheng a blow.
Chapter completed!