Chapter 452: Li Rubing's troops

Li Rubing needed 250,000 to 300,000 troops to attack Chu. If he agreed, Zhao would need to draw out most of the troops guarding the surrounding borders. In this way, Zhao would become very empty, which made Zhang Xian hesitate. Especially now that his throne is not too stable, if the country is empty, if something happens, Zhang Xian might be pulled down. However, the prospects drawn by Li Rubing and Zhuang Ping for Zhang Xian were too beautiful. As long as he could successfully capture Chu and recover the lost territory, he would also take down Pengcheng County, Xia Pi County, and Guangling County, three areas that Zhao had never touched before, greatly making up for the losses of Chenliu County, Chen County, Liang County, Henan County, and Henei County. In this way, Zhang Xian's position would be stable.

There is an opportunity when there is danger. The greater the risk, the greater the reward. With Li Rubing leading his troops to fight against the old Zhang Di, Zhang Xian was not worried. As long as Deng State does not intervene, Zhao's annexation of Chu State is a foregone conclusion. Taking Chu State and holding the throne is a good thing. Such benefits are enough to make Zhang Xian take a risk. So Zhang Xian gritted his teeth, nodded, and said, "Okay, I will give you 300,000 troops, and the generals in the court will be selected by the general. As long as the general likes, they can be taken to the Central Plains!"

Li Rubing was overjoyed when he heard this. The army of 300,000 was in hand. It was no problem to swallow the Chu State. So he bowed and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely live up to the king's expectations. In this battle, I will take down Chu State and promote the prestige of our Great Zhao State!"

After saying goodbye to King Zhao Zhang Xian, Li Rubing came to the camp outside the city without stopping for a moment, summoned a group of confidant generals to discuss the issue of sending troops.

Outside Jinyang City, the Zhao army camp and the central tent, all famous generals of the Zhao army gathered together, but most of them were young and strong sects. After the Lang Meng Incident, Zhao State cleaned up a large number of old ministers in both the military and the court. Most of the supporters of Mifang, the military Sima Chong and Zhang Chuan were killed, and those who were dismissed were dismissed. The remaining ones were not just fence-bearing, except for Zhuang Ping's supporters and Li Rubing's young and strong sects.

The four generals under Li Rubing were listed. In addition to some young and strong sects, there were also a group of veteran generals such as Le Yun, Tu Gao, Chen Ping, and some up-and-coming celebrities such as Zhuang Ao.

"Everyone, just now, the king has approved the general's plan to attack Chu, and this time there are 300,000 troops going to fight with me!" After everyone gathered, Li Rubing couldn't wait to announce the good news to everyone.

Kou Fei, Dong Zhong and others were naturally very happy to hear this, but the veterans led by Le Yun were not very happy. Since Zhang Xian ascended the throne, they vigorously promoted young generals in the army. These former King Wei of Zhao and the veterans of the Zhao Xin era have become increasingly marginalized. If the famous generals had not withered after the Lang Meng Incident of Zhao State, and those of them still had a deep prestige in the army, they would have been eliminated long ago. How could they have today? If Li Rubing defeated Chu State and returned to the court with victory, would they still have the place to stand?

Li Rubing obviously noticed the strangeness on the faces of the veterans. Since becoming the general of Zhao, Li Rubing's thoughts have become more delicate. Li Rubing has always respected veterans like Le Yun. After all, without them, there would be no Zhao State today. Even the dead Zhang Chuan and Sima Chong, although they were once mortal enemies, Li Rubing admired Zhang Chuan and Sima Chong, who had made great military achievements in the hegemony of Zhao State.

Li Rubing said to Le Yun: "General Le, the generals of Chu are gathered. You are the most powerful general of my Great Zhao. This time, we will inevitably need General Le to provide our efforts. All the generals are famous generals of my Great Zhao. Whether our Great Zhao can successfully capture Chu this time depends on you!"

Not only did he say to Le Yun alone, Li Rubing's words also meant to everyone here. After Zhao Xin's death, the Zhao State, which had undergone many changes, had already withered talents. Although Li Rubing's team was mainly young and strong, he had to rely on these veterans.

"Please rest assured, the generals and the last generals should do their best to win the State of Chu for our Great Zhao and promote the prestige of our Great Zhao!" Everyone here, both young and old generals, said in unison, especially the veterans, although they were very dissatisfied with Li Rubing's means of helping Zhang Xian seize the throne and the military's purge afterwards, they were not vague at all of this major event related to the future of Zhao.

Seeing that everyone expressed their full support for him, Li Rubing's heart was also settled. Zhao State is not afraid of the strength of its opponents, but what he fears is that the internal people are uneven, which leads to the passing of fighter jets. This is not what Li Rubing wants to see.

Li Rubing nodded with satisfaction, then brought everyone to the map, pointing to the area at the border between Zhao and Chu, and said, "When Zhang Chuan took the King of Chu to flee from Linzi to Pengcheng, there was only one county in Pengcheng. Later, while our Great Zhao went south, with the support of Deng, he took the opportunity to occupy Xiapi County and Guangling County. At that time, our Great Zhao fought hard in the Central Plains, and he suffered a lot of hardship to destroy Qi and Wei. His own strength was very depleted, and he was afraid of Deng in the south, so he let Chu go, so that he followed Deng Qin's footsteps and took away Pei County in the Great Zhao after the Central Plains War, so he had the momentum of today."

Speaking of the various things between Zhao and Chu, the Zhao generals present were also very indignant. On the surface, Deng Qin had the greatest harm to Zhao, but the one who got the most benefit from Zhao was Chu. Taking advantage of the battles in several places, he changed from a county to a four county today, and basically restored half of the country during the prosperous Chu period, and all of this originally belonged to Zhao.

When the generals of Zhao State were very angry when they thought of this, they said to Li Rubing in unison: "In this attack on Chu State, the last generals obeyed the general's military orders. What should they do specifically? Please give the general a warning!"
Chapter completed!