Chapter 461: Zhao Army Gos South

On July 20, in the 23rd year of Qianyuan, in Lu County, Fan County, Li Rubing took a piece of information from Chu. The information stated that at the end of June, Yu Zilong launched a mutiny in Pengcheng and ambushed the Prime Minister of Chu Chen Ding, but he was defeated by Chen Feng and Jiang Zi. With the joint efforts of Chen Feng and Jiang Zi, he was forced to withdraw from Pengcheng and flee to Xia Pi in the east.

On July 15, Chen Feng and Jiang Zi led an army of 50,000 to besiege Xia Pi. Yu Zilong and he fought several battles outside Xia Pi City, but they were all defeated and were forced to trap Xia Pi. Chen Feng and Jiang Zi were not strong enough to besiege the city, so they had to station troops outside Xia Pi City.

It has been almost ten days since Li Rubing came to Fan County and has been paying close attention to the movements of Chu. What happened to Chu today is actually a little while ago when Zhang Di was terminally ill, Li Rubing could guess something. He thought it would be a riot, but he did not expect that the Chu State would eventually fall into a civil war again. But it doesn't matter. No matter what the direction of the Chu Civil War, the only one who will benefit from it will be Zhao State.

Li Rubing led a 100,000 army to garrison here. In addition, Leyun garrisoned 100,000 troops in Changyi, Shanyang County, and Dong Zhong garrisoned 100,000 troops in Tan County, Donghai County. He originally planned to launch an attack on Chu State in June, but he was moved by the chaos in Chu State, so Li Rubing insisted on not sending troops. Now everything is as Li Rubing expected. A civil war broke out in Chu State. The Chu State had 100,000 elite troops, 20,000 in Pei County, and more than 70,000 people were in Xia Pi. Now, there are only 10,000 people in Pengcheng County. Li Rubing knew that the time had come.

In Fan County, Zhao army camp, and in the central army tent, Li Rubing summoned all the generals and said to everyone: "Pengcheng mutiny, the civil war between Chu broke out. Now the two sides have fought in Xia Pi. There are only 10,000 people in Pengcheng County. The time for our army is here!"

When everyone in the tent heard this, they were excited and had been talking about the word "sending troops" for several months, but Li Rubing kept suppressing them, which made the generals of the Zhao army very depressed and were powerless. Now it was finally time to send troops.

"Please give me the order!" Everyone bowed in unison.

Seeing the generals' fighting look, Li Rubing nodded with satisfaction and said, "Reorganize the troops, horses, food and grass. Two days later, go south to Xue County and enter Pengcheng County. In addition, send a quick horse to command General Le Yun to lead his troops to go south to Pei County. It is good if he can completely wipe out the Chu army in Pei County. If it doesn't work, he will hold the Chu army in Pei County tightly. He will never let him rescue Pengcheng. In addition, general Dong Zhong ordered him to go south to Xia Pi to find an opportunity to annihilate the Chu army under Chen Feng and Jiang Zi!"

Although there are only 10,000 troops in Pengcheng County, both Xia Pi and Pei County are not very far from Pengcheng. If the attack on Pengcheng is blocked, the Chu army's reinforcements will soon rescue Pengcheng. It is impossible for Jieshi to fight and decide quickly. And once the time delays for a long time, the Deng army may go north, so Li Rubing did not hesitate and directly ordered the three routes to march at the same time.

On July 24, in the 23rd year of Qianyuan, Li Rubing led an army of 100,000 to Xue County. Without any stop, he directly entered Pengcheng and defeated Qi County and Guangqi City. The news reached Pengcheng, and the Chu court shook!

Pengcheng and the King of Kings Palace, after learning that the Zhao army was heading south and that the two important towns in the northern part of Pengcheng, Qi County and Guangqi, had been lost, King Xiang Kuang of Chu was immediately panicked and quickly summoned the ministers to discuss matters.

"Your Highness, the Zhao army marched south in a large scale, defeating Qi County and Guangqi City, with its troops approaching Pengcheng. Now there are only 10,000 soldiers and horses in Pengcheng. Facing the Zhao army's 100,000 tigers and wolves, I wonder what countermeasures you will have?" Xiang Kuang sat on the throne, desperately suppressing the panic in his heart, and asked the ministers for countermeasures.

But what can the ministers of Chu do about this? The Zhao army is dominant and in the world. In addition to the Qin army, Deng army can compete with Zhao army, other countries that once wanted to compete with Zhao for a day fell under the butcher knife of the Zhao army. Although Chu also gained a lot of benefits from Zhao, Chu is self-aware. It is just that Deng Qin is in front of him that Chu has the opportunity to take advantage of the chaos. If the Chu army directly faces the Zhao army, it will probably be defeated soon. What's more, the Zhao army now has 100,000 people, and the Chu army has only 100,000 people in Pengcheng. One to ten, the gap is too big. Even if the Chu army is strong, it cannot be able to take one to ten, so for a while, the Overlord Hall was silent.

"Everyone talks, aren't you very good at speaking on weekdays? Why are you all mute now?" Xiang Kuang was so angry when he saw the silent ministers.

Seeing this, Fan Ting, the new Prime Minister of Chu, sighed and bowed out and said, "Reporting to the king, now there are many enemies and we are few, it is unwise to fight head-on with the Zhao army. I think that all the troops in Pengcheng County should be gathered in Pengcheng and use the benefits of Pengcheng City to resist the Zhao army. However, it is impossible for Pengcheng County to block the 100,000 Zhao army alone. Therefore, I ask the king to quickly recall the army of Pei County and Xia Pi, and send an envoy to Wancheng to ask Deng to send troops to help. As long as Pengcheng can survive the arrival of reinforcements, there will be no worries!"

After hearing this, Xiang Kuang nodded with satisfaction. As long as he could stand up until the troops from Pei County and Xia Pi came back, Pengcheng could be defended. When Deng's army headed north, the Zhao army was not worth worrying. After all, the strength between Deng's army had been well proved during the Battle of Central Plains. The Zhao army was not a match for Deng's army at present, so as long as Deng's army arrived, even if Li Rubing had 10,000 courage, he would not dare to confront Deng's army.

"Okay, Fan Qing is worthy of being the descendant of Prime Minister Fan (Fan Shen), and will remain calm in the face of danger. Then, as Fan Qing said, I immediately issued an edict to recall the troops from Pei County and Xia Pi to Pengcheng to serve the king. As for Yu Zilong, let him live a few more days. After I retreated from the Zhao army, I will settle the score with him. In addition, the matter of going on a mission to Wancheng is of great importance and concerning the life and death of our Great Chu. So I want to ask Fan Qing to go in person to show my sincerity!" Xiang Kuang, who was confused in his mind, chose to follow the rules and adopted Fan Ting's words, and in order to show his sincerity and respect for Deng State, he directly asked Fan Ting, the prime minister of the country, to go to Wancheng as an envoy to ask Deng State for help.

"It is right for me to go to Wancheng. After all, Deng State is no longer the same as before. Now it is my Great Chu who asks others for help, so we naturally have to be solemn. Only when I go in person can I express the sincerity of the King and Great Chu. However, I think that now is not the time to compete with Yu Zilong. Now that the Zhao army is coming in full force, even if Deng State sends troops to rescue Da Chu, I don't know when it will come. Therefore, we should concentrate all our strength at the moment, including Yu Zilong. With the help of Yu Zilong, blocking the Zhao army will add some points. Therefore, I ask the King to pardon Yu Zilong and the Zhang brothers. At least, we must stabilize Yu Zilong and never let him turn to the Zhao army!" Fan Ting said.

Fan Ting, the prime minister of his country, did not think anything was wrong with his mission to Wancheng. After all, whether Chu could overcome this difficulty depends on whether Deng's country would be willing to send troops. Besides, Deng's country is no longer the small country that relied on the protection of Chu to survive twenty years ago. Now Deng has become the world's largest country, and even if he fights with Zhao, he will have the upper hand. If at this time, Chu still holds the pride of a great power in the past, he can only accept the destruction of the country and the family.

However, after being assigned to the mission to Wancheng, Fan Ting focused on asking Xiang Kuang to pardon Yu Zilong and the Zhang brothers. Fan Ting knew very well that with the strength of Chu, he could only defend the city and support him before the Deng army arrived. If Yu Zilong could help him, it would undoubtedly add some confidence to defend Pengcheng. Moreover, if Chu had always regarded Yu Zilong as a rebellious person, Yu Zilong would probably turn directly to the Zhao army. In this way, it would be a bolt from the blue for Chu.
Chapter completed!