Chapter 379: Pre-war Conference

On the seventh day of the April 19th year of Qianyuan, the Deng and Zhao army decided three battles outside Jiyang City, namely fighting soldiers, fighting generals, fighting formations, and two victories in three games. The loser retreated 30 miles. In the end, the Deng army relied on the power of the general and won the two games of fighting soldiers and fighting generals, successfully winning the battle. Zhang Chuan led his troops back 30 miles.

More importantly, in this battle, in addition to losing, the Zhao army had to retreat 30 miles away, the generals Le Yun, Zheng Tuo and Chen Kai were severely injured by the generals of Deng's army and were seriously injured. Even if they barely participated in the next battle, their strength would probably be much worse than before.

Now everything is under control, and the general of Deng army, Yue Fei, naturally, would not miss such an excellent opportunity. So he took the power of great victory and struck while the iron was hot and sent a letter of war to Zhang. It was agreed that three days later, that is, on the 10th of April of the Qianyuan year, a decisive battle will be decided by one battle!

Zhang Chuan refused the decisive battle. Not to mention that he had just injured several generals, even if Le Yun and others were still intact, with the current strength of the Zhao army, it would be difficult to fight against the Deng army, but Zhang Chuan had to choose to fight, because Zhao State could no longer hold on at this time. It was not that the Zhao army lost so badly, but that Zhao State was enemies on all sides, and the enemy's strength was not weak. If you were not careful, you would lose all the game. Moreover, it was not difficult to deal with both the Qin army and the Chu army. The real highlight was still on the Deng army. As long as you could defeat the Deng army, the Qin army and the Chu army would naturally retreat.

As for Chenliu County, Chen County, Liang County, and Guangling County, which were occupied by the Deng army, Zhang Chuan has no intention of taking back at all. Even if he defeated Deng army, Zhao State itself is still a lot of trouble now, and it is not enough to concentrate its strength at all. It would be great to be able to defend the situation. As for the loss of land, let's talk about it later.

So now the decisive battle with the Deng army is the best choice. Of course, Zhang Chuan can also choose to retreat to the city and defend it, and to waste it with the Deng army, but can Zhao State afford it? Whether it is Zhang Chuan or Jinyang City, everyone in the Zhao State's court knows that fighting with Deng State is a chronic suicide. Although Zhao State now occupies the entire Central Plains, Zhao State's real money and grain base is still in Hebei. The war in the Central Plains was too fierce and directly destroyed all the century-long accumulation of Qi and Wei countries. Therefore, although Zhao State obtained the land of Qi and Wei, it did not have the accumulation of Qi and Wei. Even after several years of operation, Zhao State's Central Plains could only be self-sufficient and could not provide any help to Zhao State.

In fact, with the potential of the Central Plains, it should have been restored long ago, but because of the frequent rebellion of the remnants of Qi and Wei, the restoration of the Central Plains was delayed. When Zhao finally wiped out the remnants of Qi and Wei in the Central Plains and planned to manage the Central Plains well, Deng, Qin and Chu fought. Therefore, the money and food required by the Zhao army this time were all accumulated in Hebei over the years. As for the previous accumulation, it had been completely destroyed by Zhao Xin in the Central Plains. Therefore, Zhao's capture of the Central Plains seemed much stronger, but they only had face and no inner thoughts. If it weren't for the existence of Zhao Xin and the millions of Zhao troops, Deng and Qin would have torn Zhao.

It was only when Zhang Chuan knew this that he agreed to fight the Deng army when his strength was at a disadvantage, because now the decisive battle was still a glimmer of hope. If he fought with the Deng army to death, the Deng army would not need to kill him, and the Zhao army would probably collapse first.

Yue Fei also knew this truth, but Yue Fei gave up such a way to win, and chose to fight directly. Among the three major forces of Zhao State attacking this time, Qin State was a disruptor, while Chu State was a bargain. If they wanted them to accompany Deng State and Zhao State to fight for consumption, there was no need to think about it. Even as long as the Deng and Zhao State were stalemate in the Central Plains, Qin, I'm afraid Qin and Chu will retreat directly, especially Chu State. They have already obtained Guangling County and do not need to fight with Zhao State at all, but Qin State can't afford it. In terms of money and grain reserves, he is not as good as Zhao State. How can he fight?

After Qin and Chu withdrew their troops, Zhao's millions of troops would go south in an instant. At that time, the attack and defense between Deng and Zhao would change their masters. At that time, even if they could defend the results of the three counties, Deng would not be able to complete the ultimate task of reversing Zhao. Therefore, Yue Fei took the initiative to choose a decisive battle like this. No matter how many people died, it would be worth it, because Zhao's army would die much more than Deng's.

In this regard, Yue Fei was also very confident. He was just dead. What are you afraid of? Deng’s country, there were not many other countries, but there were a lot of money, grain, and people. Although Deng’s country had only 600,000 troops across the country, in fact, as long as Deng Sheng wanted, Deng could raise a million troops like Zhao’s country at any time. However, for the healthy development of the country and the fear of Zhao who had Zhao Xin, Deng had always suppressed himself, because once Deng showed his strength to run side by side with Zhao, Zhao would definitely go south. At that time, Deng was not ready to fight with Zhao, so he kept suppressing him. Now that Zhao Xin is dead, Deng has also gone north. As long as he defeated Zhao in this battle, Deng can develop himself unscrupulously. It is still worth dying. As long as he can win, everything is worth it.

And more importantly, Yue Fei firmly believed that as long as he defeated Zhang Chuan this time, Zhao State would have been in turmoil for a while in the future. When Zhao State came out, Deng State would have long become the existence that Zhao State looked up to.

In the Deng army's central tent, Yue Fei was discussing the decisive battle with a group of generals three days later. This time it was a major turning point for Deng State, just like the battle with Wei State under Changshe City. And this time it was different from Changshe. The Changshe War was more like a passive decisive battle in Deng State, but this time it was Deng State's proactive challenge, which was of great significance. Although the generals of Deng Army led by Yue Fei were very confident in him, they had to be cautious.

"In fact, the most difficult thing in this decisive battle is the cavalry of Zhao!" said Kuai Li, a military advisor of Longwu Guard. His words were also agreed by everyone present, including Yue Fei, because from the battle of war, all the generals of the Deng army clearly saw the gap between their own cavalry and their Zhao cavalry. If it weren't for the general's strength, the Deng army would have been defeated, so how to restrain the Zhao cavalry became the top priority for Deng army.

"Actually, my Modao Army can deal with the cavalry of Zhao, but the Modao Army is only 20,000, while the Zhao cavalry is more than 100,000, which are all powerful troops across the desert. Even if the Dragon Horse Guard and Shenxing Guard are added, it will be very difficult to fully restrain it!" Li Siye, the general of the Tiger Wing Guard, sighed and said. From the day his Modao Army was formed, Deng Sheng had existed to deal with the cavalry, but the training cost of the Modao Army was too high. Even if Li Siye became the general of the Tiger Wing Guard and used his authority, he would only expand the number of the Modao Army to 20,000. Whether it is the Dragon Horse Guard or the Shenxing Guard, there is no chance of winning against the Zhao cavalry.

Cavalry has always been the weakness of southern countries. Even the cavalry of this era is still a very primitive existence, but this is not something that infantry can deal with. Modao Army is an exception and can defeat cavalry with infantry.

"It would be great if we had the Qin star-destroying crossbow in our hands. Although it could not destroy the Zhao cavalry, they could not dare to move at will!" Speaking of dealing with cavalry, the Qin star-destroying crossbow was also a big killing weapon, but unfortunately, Deng did not.

"Since the star-destroying crossbow can limit the cavalry to a certain extent, then our divine arm bow can also do it!" When everyone was helpless against the cavalry of Zhao State, the Lingser Guard, Yao Guangxiao, suddenly spoke.

As soon as Yao Guangxiao said this, everyone's eyes lit up. The military advisor of the Tiger Wing Guard Pang Tong said excitedly: "Yes, our army's divine arm bow is not inferior to the Qin star-destroying crossbow. As long as the divine arm bow and the Mo Dao Army cooperate, plus the Dragon Xiang Guard and the Shenxing Guard, it is not difficult to limit the cavalry of Zhao State. However, the divine arm bow is in the hands of the general Zhang Liao of the Shence Guard. The Shence Guard is not here. It is completely impossible to send the divine arm bow within three days!

"At this point, Pang Tong's expression became a little depressed. Yes, the divine arm bow can indeed restrain the cavalry to a certain extent, but the problem is that they do not have the divine arm bow now. In the entire Deng Kingdom, only the divine arm camp in Zhang Liao's hand is available. Zhang Liao is still in Yingchuan. It is simply a delusion to send the divine arm bow to Jiyang City before the decisive battle. Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. They had some hope just now, but they didn't expect it to be shattered so quickly.
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