Chapter 405: Deng Sheng’s Persistence

In order to configure the new four guards, Deng Sheng started a crazy summon. This time the number of people summoned was the largest in history. The twelve generals and four military advisors, a total of sixteen, made Deng's lineup reach the peak of history once again.

After the summoning, Deng Sheng summoned General Cheng Yu, General of the Military Affairs Office, General Yue Fei, General of the General of the General of the General, Chang Yuchun, General of the Cavalry, Yang Yanzhao, General of the Cavalry, and General of the Cavalry, Han Qing, to Ganyang Palace to make final preparations for the establishment of the new four guards.

"I am here to pay homage to the king, I am a king for thousands of years!" Everyone looked at Deng Sheng on the throne and bowed.

Deng Sheng nodded, waved his hand, indicating that everyone should not be polite. After everyone got up, Deng Sheng said with a smile: "You are the great victory in the Northern Expedition has enabled me to surpass Zhao and officially become the world's most powerful country. It is really gratifying. I have been thinking that since my Great Deng has replaced Zhao and become the world's most powerful country. Since it is the world's most powerful country, I should have the strength of the world's most powerful country. However, although the Northern Expedition has achieved great success, my Great Deng's own strength has also been greatly weakened. Although our army has restored the organization of each guard after the war, the total strength is still around 600,000. This little force is far from enough to support our Great Deng to capture the world. Therefore, I decided to add four guards to expand the guards to the sixteen guards, and the total strength reaches 800,000."

Everyone present was not surprised by Deng Sheng's idea, because now that it can support Deng's country to continue to maintain its advantage over Qin and Zhao, the only way is to expand the army, and the addition of four guards and 200,000 troops is a burden for Deng's current country, but it is also within a controllable range. In the hearts of everyone, as the new overlord of the world, it is not an exaggeration to reach one million troops. 800,000 is not much, which is worse than the peak Zhao country.

What everyone is most concerned about is the staffing configuration of the new four guards. There are four generals and sixteen generals in the new four guards. And according to the tradition of Deng State, the general of the guard must have been selected among the generals among the guards. That is to say, after the establishment of the new four guards, in addition to the sixteen people required for the four guards, each guard will also have four positions free of charge. As the saying goes, one carrot and one pit, especially at this time, the systems of all aspects of the Deng State have been basically improved. It can no longer be like when Deng Sheng ascended the throne or when the guard system was first established. Just by ability, what we value more is qualifications and credit. Of course, ability is also a very important factor, but it is not the only one.

"I have already had an idea for the candidates for the new four guards. The new four guards are Tianning Guard, Tianwu Guard, Yongning Guard, and Yongping Guard. The general of Tianning Guard is Zhang Fei, the general of Tianwu Guard is Li Jing, the general of Shence Guard is Li Feng, the general of Yongning Guard is Lu Feng, and the general of Yongping Guard is Guan Yu, the general of Shence Guard is Guan Yu, the general of Shence Guard is Guan Yu, the general of Deng Sheng said lightly, announcing the people in his heart about the new four guards.

After hearing this, everyone frowned. Among the four, Zhang Fei was one of the oldest veterans in the army. It was natural to be the general of Tianning Guard. Although Li Jing was not qualified, he had outstanding abilities. Both Yue Fei and Chang Yuchun praised him and believed that his soldiers, Deng Guo, would be one of the most outstanding commanders in the next twenty years. Not to mention Lu Feng, although he was just a surrendered general, in the battle of Chaisang Valley, he almost took Yang Yanzhao's life, and he had outstanding abilities. Moreover, since joining the Nu Jiao Guard, he has performed very well. He has no problem as the general of the First Guard.

Only Guan Yu and Guan Yu have not had many dazzling achievements since their birth. Although everyone knows that Guan Yu has outstanding military power and has his own unique insights on marching and fighting, this alone is not enough, because there are many people in the Deng army with the same level as Guan Yu, and there are many people with stronger abilities than Guan Yu. If you rely solely on your ability, Guan Yu might be able to take office, but Guan Yu is far from meeting the requirements in terms of qualifications. Not to mention anything else, Wang Yanzhang, Li Cunxiao, and Gao Siji are much older than Guan Yuyu. They are almost the same period as Yue Fei, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao and others, second only to Chang Yuchun and Yang Yanzhao in the army. In terms of qualifications, let alone Guan Yu, even Guan Sheng is still not qualified.

"The three generals, Zhang Fei, Li Jing and Lu Feng, either have a strong qualification or outstanding ability. There is no problem with being the general of the First Guard. However, General Guan Yu is not belittled General Guan Yu. It is really difficult to convince the public. I hope the king will think twice!" Chang Yuchun said, saying that he was short of Guan Yu.

Deng Sheng looked at Chang Yuchun and looked at the others. Although they didn't say anything, Deng Sheng also knew that their minds were the same. In fact, Deng Sheng also knew that it was difficult to convince the entire army with Guan Yu's ability. Even Deng Sheng decided to let Guan Yu take office only based on his preference in his previous life. Although Guan Yu had won the record of flooding the Seven Armies in history and shaking the Central Plains, it was still not enough to see in front of historical masters such as Yue Fei, Li Jing, and Xue Rengui.

Although he thought so in his heart, Deng Sheng still hoped that Guan Yu could become the general of Yongping Guard. Although Guan Yu's ability is not the best among Deng's army, it is still very good. If Guan Yu's ability is really not good, even if Deng Sheng prefers him, he will not take risks with tens of thousands of elite soldiers in a guard. So Deng Sheng is now thinking about how to convince a group of ministers.

After a long time, Deng Sheng said, "I know Guan Yu's situation, but I believe that with Guan Yu's ability, there is no problem in taking charge of Yongping Guard. And don't forget that General Guan Sheng died in the battle for the sake of Deng, so it is appropriate to be grateful to the Guan family!"

When everyone heard this, they were speechless. Deng Sheng was making a point of reasoning. It was not wrong for Guan Sheng to die for Deng. But did Deng’s preferential treatment for the Guan family? Guan Sheng’s son Guan Ling was already a general of the guard, Guan Yu was also a general, and even Guan Yu’s son Guan Ping was a general. Such gifts were enough. There was no need to bet on the guard. However, from Deng Sheng’s words just now, they still heard that Deng Sheng was determined to let Guan Yu be the general of Yongping Guard. Since that was the case, they couldn’t continue to oppose it. After all, although Deng Sheng no longer wanted to take on military and political affairs as the same as before, Deng Sheng was the one who was in charge of the military and political affairs, in Deng State, Deng Sheng was the one who was in charge of the family. As long as Deng Sheng was determined to do, no one dared to say no.

However, it is still necessary to remind Deng Sheng about what happens when promoting Guan Yu. So Yang Yanzhao stepped out and said, "King, if General Guan Yu is really allowed to serve as General Yongping Guard, I am afraid that the army will not be convinced, and there may even be trouble." Guan Yu lacks qualifications and his ability cannot fully convince the public, so some troubles may occur in the future.

However, Deng Sheng said indifferently, "What's the matter? If anyone doesn't agree, then you can challenge Guan Yu. If Guan Yu is really so unbearable, then you will naturally have to give up your position. To put it bluntly, I just gave Guan Yu a chance. As for whether Guan Yu can grasp it, it depends on him!"

Now, everyone had nothing to say. Deng Sheng said that he was just giving Guan Yu a chance, not to support Guan Yu to the end. If anyone could defeat Guan Yu, Guan Yu would naturally give up the position of General Yongping Guard. In this way, everyone had to choose to obey.

Seeing that he finally convinced everyone, Deng Sheng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Since the generals of the new four guards have been decided, they are the generals of each guard. After Zhang Fei, Li Jing, Lu Feng and Guan Yu became the generals of the new four guards, their original position as generals was vacant. Someone must be replaced. In addition, the sixteen generals of the new four guards, so there are as many as twenty generals that need to be promoted this time, which is a big number!"

Yes, twenty people, this is the largest promotion of generals in the army after the establishment of the guard system. However, many people in the Deng army have made enough military achievements, but due to the limited positions of each guard, they cannot be promoted. However, despite this, some generals with great contributions have very high military ranks, and the lowest one is a miscellaneous number. Now that they have a position, they naturally have to promote a group of people, which is understandable.
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