Chapter 475: The king and minister discuss Zhao army

The Zhao army finally retreated. In October of the 23rd year of Qianyuan, before the arrival of winter, Li Rubing led the main force of the Zhao army to evacuate the Central Plains and return to Hebei, leaving only some elite troops to defend against the Central Plains. The clouds shrouded in a great battle instantly dissipated. Yue Fei was very happy to learn about all this. After all, although he was not afraid of Li Rubing, it was not the time for war to start. It would be better not to fight.

In October of the 23rd year of Qianyuan, after Yue Fei left Yongping Guard to guard Guangling County, he led his personal guards all the way south and returned to Wancheng. He needed to apologize for Deng Sheng. This time, he accepted the Chu royal family at a cheap price, which violated the way of the ruler and the subject. Although Yue Fei also knew that perhaps Deng Sheng did not care about this, he still had the attitude he should have.

"My decree Yue Fei asked the king to sue him!" In Ganyang Palace, Yue Fei knelt on His Highness and bowed his head to apologize to Deng Sheng, "I have not received the king's edict and accepted the Chu royal family without authorization. This is a great disrespect. I also ask the king to sue him!"

Seeing this, Deng Sheng was quite helpless and smiled bitterly: "Why should Yue Qing do this? Didn't I say that? Yue Qing did a good job in this matter. Adhering to the Chu royal family will be of great help to our great Deng Guangling County. And we will be outside and will not accept military orders. Yue Qing not only has no mistakes but also has made contributions."

But Yue Fei didn't think so. Yue Fei shook his head and said, "King, this is a bad word. Although what my ministers do is beneficial to Da Deng, I have accepted the royal family of other kings without the permission of the king. This is a great disrespectful crime. If the king takes into account the merits of the past and refuses to sue me, what will happen if others do the same in the future? King, the court has the laws of the court, and the national laws are not merciless. I would like to ask the king to sue me!"

Seeing that Yue Fei was determined to take some blame, Deng Sheng knew Yue Fei's thoughts, so he thought about it and said in embarrassment: "Since that's the case, then follow Yue Qing's request. This time, Yue Qing won the merits of Guangling County, so he did not give any rewards. It was a compensation of merits and demerits. He was fined another three months to serve as a warning. I wonder what Yue Qing thought?"

"King, this..." Yue Fei looked at Deng Sheng incredibly. This punishment was too light? Yue Fei didn't take the credit for Guangling County at all. He said, "Everyone, any merits that Yue Fei made in recent years were completely defeated by Guangling County. Besides, Yue Fei was already a marquis and an extremely powerful minister. Although there was a duke above the marquis, no one of the dead officials in Deng State had ever obtained the posthumous title. Even Deng Sheng's sons were just marquises. Yue Fei had some speculation in his mind that Deng Sheng was preparing to unify the world in the future, so as not to be rewarded. In other words, before Deng State unified the world, Yue Fei was already the marquis, and many of the credits were just rewards for some wealth, which did not have much impact on Yue Fei.

As for the three-month salary fine, it is even more trivial. Yue Fei has received countless rewards over the years. Not to mention the three-month salary fine, even three years will have no impact on the Yue family. Therefore, Yue Fei felt that Deng Sheng’s punishment was too light. It was no longer as simple as taking it lightly. It was simply a matter of just taking it over and could not even raise a wave. So Yue Fei asked to continue to apologize, but was quickly interrupted by Deng Sheng.

"No need to say too much Yue Qing. I have decided. Can I still not know who Yue Qing is?" Seeing Yue Fei's appearance, Deng Sheng didn't know what Yue Fei wanted to do, so he spoke directly and interrupted his words.

"Here! Thank you for your kindness!" Seeing this, Yue Fei knew very well that Deng Sheng trusted and favored him. After all, if he used his approach, he would be demoted at the least, and would be sent to prison at the worst. He would thank Deng Sheng at the moment.

Deng Sheng nodded with satisfaction, and then asked Yue Fei: "Yue Qing, although he did not fight with Zhao army this time to take Guangling County, I believe that Yue Qing's understanding of Zhao army is more thorough. I might as well tell me, how powerful is the Zhao army without Zhao Xin now?"

Yue Fei thought for a while and said, "Go back to the king, the current Zhao army is not as arrogant as the Zhao Xin period and invincible as the Zhao Xin period, but it is much stronger than the Zhang Chuan period. At least it is more united internally. This time, Li Rubing was able to make a group of veterans in the Zhao army with a rising star, which shows that Li Rubing is a very powerful person. You must know that these people are all arrogant soldiers and generals left by Zhao Xin. Even Zhang Chuan, a veteran who has followed Zhao Xin for decades, failed to convince them. However, Li Rubing did it, but it is still a little immature now. In time, Li Rubing must be the enemy of my great Deng!"

"It's okay, I'm just Li Rubing. I don't take it seriously yet. What I value most is how powerful the Zhao army is? After twists and turns, the Zhao army is still in turmoil. Although Li Rubing has been integrated, I believe that the Zhao army's strength will definitely be affected." Deng Sheng said, Deng Sheng knew how strong Li Rubing was. At the beginning, there was only a commander of 97, but it seemed to have risen to 98 recently. But it doesn't matter. As long as it is not a terrifying existence of 100 like Zhao Xin, Deng Sheng is not afraid. After all, Deng Guo now has many famous generals above 97. When fighting, Li Rubing cannot take any advantage, but the combat power of the Zhao army is a trouble.

How powerful was the Zhao army under Zhao Xin's command back then? It had almost no defeat. The 300,000 Hu army slaughtered half of them at once. Deng Sheng asked himself that he could not do this. Although Deng Zhao is equal in terms of military strength, Deng Sheng is very self-aware. At least 200,000 new recruits in Deng State have never been on the battlefield. If he really fights, he will probably suffer a loss. Even if he can win in the end, he will probably win miserably.

"There are some influences!" Yue Fei nodded and said, "This can be seen from the Zhao army's destruction of Chu this time. Although it took less than three months for the Zhao army to destroy Chu this time, and it seemed that the speed of advance was very fast, the Chu State was already in division at that time, with the elite troops scattered all over the place, and Pengcheng was isolated and helpless. However, under this situation, Li Rubing took three months with the 300,000 army, which was very inappropriate. I think that if Zhao Xin led the troops this time, it would be difficult for Chu State to hold on in a month."

This is what Deng Sheng wanted to hear. Now the general trend of the world has gradually become clear. The three countries of Deng, Zhao and Qin, as the only three remaining countries after the heroes' battle for hegemony, will be determined from the Three Kingdoms in the future. Among the Three Kingdoms, Deng has the greatest advantage, but it is not obvious. Zhao Ming's strength is comparable to Deng's flag. Qin has the dangers of mountains and rivers, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is not easy to break the many barriers in Guanzhong, so the decline in Zhao's strength made Deng Sheng feel a little happy.

"By the way, have you ever seen Su Qing after Yue Qing came back?" After talking about the situation of Zhao Jun, Deng Sheng turned the topic to another major event in Wancheng recently, that is, Su Hong, the Minister of War, one of the four giants of the Deng court, was seriously ill.

Yue Fei shook his head and said, "I am back in a hurry. Before I could do it, the king, I wonder what the imperial physician said about Su Shangshu's condition? I remember that when I went to war, Su Shangshu was still fine, why did he suddenly get seriously ill?" Yue Fei left in the end of July. At that time, Su Hong was still fine and in good health. Now it's only two months, why can't he get sick?

"Oh..." Deng Sheng sighed and said, "A few days ago, Su Qing was unfortunately caught in the water when he went out for a trip and was infected with wind and cold. It was just a small matter, but Su Qing was over 60 years old and was not as good as before. He had not cured his illness for a long time. It has been delayed until now. The imperial physician said that Su Qing might not be able to survive this winter. This is also a big deal. Su Qing had long wanted to retire and return home. It was me who kept trying to keep him, so today!"

Speaking of this, Deng Sheng's eyes showed a hint of sadness. Su Hong was the first non-system figure to follow Deng Sheng, and he has been working diligently for many years. Su Hong can be said to have made great contributions to Deng's success. Now that Deng's country is about to embark on the road of unifying the world, Su Hong can't wait.

Deng Sheng was very grateful to Su Hong. When Deng State was in a turmoil, a talent like Su Hong resolutely chose to join Deng State and had planned to destroy Jing State since then, which made Deng State take the first step of strength. More than 20 years have passed, and the past is like smoke.
Chapter completed!