Chapter 235: Zhao Qi and Wei start a war

After Wang Meng's guidance, Wang Dao and Wang Anshi were undoubtedly convinced that they would serve as prefect. With the prefects in various places and the prefects were in place, the army of the Eastern Expedition officially returned to the court.

On the tenth day of the 17th year of Qianyuan, Yue Fei led 110,000 Deng troops back to the court. Although Deng State won a great victory in this battle, the losses were also quite heavy. The Tiger Wing Guard and Lingser Guard were all lost more than 60%. If they wanted to complete the organization, it would be a lot of burden for Deng State. Fortunately, Deng State also had hundreds of thousands of county soldiers and township soldiers, so they could quickly replenish their troops.

On February 20, five miles outside Wancheng, Deng Sheng's king's carriage was located here. Deng Sheng sat on the king's carriage, behind him were officials of all sizes and people in Wancheng and the people of the city. They all came to welcome Yue Fei to return to the court.

Such a specification has not appeared in Deng State for many years. I remember the last time it appeared in the first year of Qianyuan. At that time, Yue Fei led the Deng army to destroy the first great enemy. It has been seventeen years since then. I saw Deng Sheng personally welcome the triumphant army. The last destruction of Jing State was a milestone for Deng State, symbolizing that Deng State officially joined the ranks of striving for the world. This time, the destruction of the country was also a milestone for Deng State, symbolizing that Deng State moved from a hegemon of various countries to the road to unification of the world. After the destruction of Wu State, Deng State no longer wanted to compete for the world, but to unify the world.

"My dear Yue Fei led all the soldiers of the Eastern Expedition Army to pay homage to the king, I, Wang Wannian!" Yue Fei rode his horse to the king's chariot, turned over and dismounted, and knelt on one knee and said.

"Greetings to the king! I, Wang Wannian!" As soon as Yue Fei finished speaking, 110,000 people behind him shouted in unison, his voice shaking the sky and the earth.

Deng Sheng, who was in the king's carriage, slowly lifted the curtain, walked down Wang's car with a majestic look on his face, came to Yue Fei, helped Yue Fei up and said, "Yue Qing, don't be too polite, please get up quickly, all the soldiers will get up too."

"Thank you, King!"

Yue Fei stood up and bowed, "Report to the king, Yue Fei, my minister, has fulfilled his mission and returned to destroy Wu. In this battle, he has captured 78 cities in the five counties of Wu. Today he will be victorious and return to the court. I hope the king will give me a message!"

Deng Sheng nodded with a smile and said, "Thank you for your hard work, thank you for your hard work, Yue Qing, do you still remember this place?"

Yue Fei nodded and said, "Of course I remember that seventeen years ago, when I returned from Jingdi, the king personally led all civil and military officials to welcome me here."

"Yes!" Deng Sheng sighed: "Seventeen years have passed in a flash, and everything that happened back then seems to be vivid in my mind. However, Yue Qing is old and I am no longer young anymore. Okay, tonight, I will hold a banquet in Jingtai Hall to welcome the generals."

"Thank you, King!"

That night, the king and his ministers were drunk together, and the whole Wancheng seemed to be intoxicated by the Chinese New Year.

The next day, Deng Sheng was awarded Yue Fei as Duke of Shouchun County in front of all the civil and military officials of the court. This was the first duke since Deng Sheng established the duke. It was of great value. What can be imagined? If Yue Fei made another contribution to destroying the country in the future, the duke of the county and duke of the country were just around the corner, and other generals also received rewards. Yang Yanzhao and Chang Yuchun were awarded the title of Marquis, Murong Ke, Li Siye, Qin Lie, Deng Qiang, and Zhou Yu were all given the title of General Ping and were given the title of Earl. The other generals were all promoted to one level and given the title of first-class title.

After the reward, Deng Sheng re-arranged the configuration and garrison issues of each army. Because he captured the land of Wu, Deng was already occupied by the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, the middle and lower reaches and the lower reaches. The role of the navy was actually not very big. Therefore, Deng Sheng expanded the Angry Guard to 50,000 people, and later stationed in Jiangdong and Huainan. The newly emerged 30,000 people were selected from the surrendered troops of Wu.

After the Eastern Expedition, the number of surrendered troops of the Wu Kingdom was as many as 60,000, and they were also organized into the various guards in turn. Wang Zhongsi and Lu Feng entered the Noble Jiao Guard as generals. Ling Rong, Wenling, Mali, Huan Heng and other surrendered generals of the Wu Kingdom entered the Noble Jiao Guard as the Generals of the Generals, Lingshe Guard, Huyi Guard, Jinwu Guard, and Longxiang Guard to supplement the organization and return to their original garrison. In this way, the elite troops available to Deng Kingdom reached 320,000. If the newly obtained places of Runan, Jiujiang, Lujiang, Danyang, Wujun and Yuzhang counties were completely digested, Deng Kingdom could still form two new guards.

After the destruction of Wu, the Deng Kingdom occupied the land of fifteen counties, with more than 1.8 million households and more than 7 million people. However, due to years of war and many strong and strong lands in Jiangdong and Huainan, the land of Jiangdong and Huainan cannot bring much support to Deng Kingdom for the time being.

After all arrangements, Deng Sheng met with a group of heads of Jiangdong family. This time, Yue Fei returned to the court. The heads of Jiangdong family who had participated in the red-coated Wucheng also came to Wancheng with Yue Fei. To be honest, this time, he was able to enter Wucheng without bloodshed, which reduced a lot of casualties. The Jiangdong family made great efforts. Although Deng Sheng was disgusted with the Jiangdong family's rebellion against Wu, they had done a lot of efforts to Deng State after all, and Deng Sheng could not destroy the bridges across the river.

When Yue Fei led the Eastern Expedition army back to the court, the war between Hebei and the Central Plains that had been brewing for a long time finally began, and the largest war since the Chu-Han struggle finally began.

On February 2, the 17th year of Qianyuan, King Zhao sent several messengers to the Bohai, Qinghe, Shangdang and other places in Jinyang, and issued orders to advance. After receiving the order, all the troops and horses began to make final preparations.

On the first day of March of the 17th year of Qianyuan, Zhang Chuan's troops stationed in Shangdang took the lead in raising troops south, crossing the Taihang Mountains, and attacking Kuicheng in Hanoi County, Wei State. Wei Bu's troops raised troops to fight. The two sides fought one after another, and each other won and lost.

On the fifth day of the third month of the 17th year of Qianyuan, Li Rubing's troops stationed in Qinghe also swore to the south in Ganling City, the capital of Qinghe County, to defeat the cities north of the Yellow River in Boping, Liaocheng, Leping, Fagan and other eastern counties, and the troops were approaching Yangping City, the garrison of the Wei State's Grand Sima Panggu's army.

On the tenth day of the 17th year of Qianyuan, Zhao Xin, the general of Zhao State, also vowed to the south of Picheng, Bohai, and led 400,000 Zhao troops to march southward to confront the general of Qi State and Han Qing, the second general of the world, in Leling City, Pingyuan County.

As the three troops of Zhao State advanced southward, the war between Zhao State VS Qi and Wei State officially began, and the Qin and Han Dynasties also turned their attention to both sides of the Yellow River.

"Zhao Qi and Wei finally started the war!" Outside the Ganyang Palace in Wancheng, Deng Sheng is now outside the Ganyang Palace gate, looking north, following Su Hong, the Minister of War in charge of the mirror. In order to rush to fight Zhao Qi and Wei, Deng Sheng chose to destroy Wu first, in order to recover his vitality as soon as possible, and then take advantage of the chaos in this battle. In fact, when attacking Wu, Deng Sheng was also worried that Qi and Wei would come out to make a fuss. However, it was because Qi and Wei were fully prepared for the war or did not dare to offend Deng again at this critical moment. In the end, Deng successfully destroyed Wu and seized Jiangdong and Huainan. After receiving the news that Zhao Qi and Wei started the war, Deng Sheng asked the Lingser Guard, Tiger Wing Guard, and Angry Jiao Guard to return to the base at the fastest speed, ready to deal with emergencies at any time.

"Su Qing, I wonder what happened between the Qin and Han dynasties?" Deng Sheng asked Su Hong. Zhao Qi and Wei started fighting. So what about the Qin and Han dynasties, which had already been fighting fiercely?

Su Hong bowed and replied: "Return to the king, after the beginning of spring, Qin State gathered a large army again, and this time there was no interference from the Qiang people. Except for some of the troops left behind to garrison Guzang, Qin State sent all to Guanzhong. It seems that this time it planned to destroy the Han State in one go."

Last year, under the command of Bai Qi, the Qin army defeated the Han army in a row and captured Hanzhong, northern land, Anding, Youfufeng, Wudu, and Hanyang counties. The Han State lost 60% of its land, leaving only Jingzhao, Zuofeng, Hongnong and Hedong counties. Now the Han State is in a time when the new king succeeds to the throne and the turmoil of the court is turbulent. Yes, King Liu Xie of Han still failed to survive the winter of the 16th year of Qianyuan. He died at the end of the year, and the Crown Prince Liu Zhen succeeded to the throne.

"Why don't Su Qing thinks how much the victory or defeat between the Qin and Han dynasties?" Deng Sheng asked.

Su Hong smiled and said, "Qin will win, and the fall of Han is just a matter of time. Last year, the Han Dynasty lost too many elite soldiers and generals. It is difficult for Cao Tian to turn the tide alone. Moreover, Cao Tian is over 60 years old, and I don't know when he will die. Once Cao Tian dies, the end of the Han Dynasty will be."

After hearing Su Hong say that Qin was defeated and defeated by Han, Deng Sheng couldn't help but sigh, thinking that when he had just ascended the throne, the Han Kingdom was like a mountain pressing on Deng Kingdom. The three generals of the Han Kingdom and many powerful generals were all the troubles of Deng Kingdom. In just over ten years, among the three generals, Fan Yi died under Wuguan, and Zhou Shen died in Wuyue Mountain. In the huge Han Kingdom, there was only one Cao Tian left.
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