Chapter 555: Zhao Army withdrew from sour dates

On February 17, in the 28th year of Qianyuan, on February 17, in front of the central tent of the Zhao army camp, the bodies of the three Le family father and son were quietly placed there. All the generals of the Zhao army bowed their heads and said nothing. The chief general Li Rubing looked at the three corpses in front of him in disbelief. The dignified God of War of the Zhao Kingdom fell like this. Le Yun made his debut for decades. Except for losing to Li Cunxiao once in Jiyang City, he almost won every battle. He was one of the sources of confidence in the Zhao army. Now he is dead, and the morale attack on the Zhao army can be imagined.

"General, the clay pot is bound to be broken on the well, and the general is bound to be killed on the battlefield. General Le sacrificed his life for the country and died a good death!" veteran Chen Ping said to Li Rubing. Chen Ping was also very sad for Le Yun's death. You must know that in the Zhao Xin era, he was the only veterans left, Le Yun and Tu Gao, and now another one has left.

"General, Li Cunxiao killed my general and captured my city. This hatred is irreconcilable. I also ask the general to send troops to avenge General Le and his son!" The young general Le Song knelt down on the ground and said to Li Rubing.

Le Song is Le Yun's nephew and the younger brother of Zhao's general Le Ting. Le Yun has always been his idol. Now he dies tragically at the hands of Li Cunxiao. He wants to avenge Le Yun in terms of emotion and reason.

"Please send troops to avenge General Le and his son!" With Le Song taking the lead, a group of Zhao army generals knelt down on the ground, asking Li Rubing to send troops, and for his father Chen Ping and Tu Gao were still standing there.

It’s not Chen Ping, Tu Gao and the others didn’t want to avenge Le Yun, but they knew very well that even Le Yun was no match for Li Cunxiao. They were just going up and died. If they wanted to avenge, they could not be blind.

Li Rubing trembled, sighed, and said, "I will talk about revenge later. The most important thing now is to bury General Le and his son. General Chen Ping, this matter will be left to you. As for sending troops, let us make plans after the funeral of General Le and his son!"

"Here!" Chen Ping replied.

Then Li Rubing said to the generals kneeling on the ground: "I know that you are very sad because of the deaths of General Le and his three sons, and they also want to avenge them. However, the matter of sending troops is very important and not impulsive. What you need to do now is to make all preparations and wait for the orders of this general!"

"Here!" All the generals knew that it was unrealistic to ask Li Rubing to send troops now. All they wanted was Li Rubing's attitude. Now that Li Rubing had expressed his opinion, all they could do was wait.

After asking the generals to retreat, Li Rubing, the two veteran generals, invited Chen Ping and Tu Gao, to the Central Army tent.

"Two generals, I wonder what you think about sending troops?" Li Rubing said to the two.

Chen Ping and Tu Gao looked at each other, and finally Chen Ping said, "General, General Le Yun's death is grief, but the Lord should not be angry and provoke a military force. Now General Le is dead at the hands of Li Cunxiao, and Deng's morale is greatly boosted. Now he rashly sends troops to fight Deng's army, which may be inappropriate."

Li Rubing nodded with satisfaction. He was very satisfied with the attitudes of Chen Ping and Tu Gao. He also knew that now was not a good time to fight. Besides, Deng's army was full of powerful generals. Now the Zhao State can fight the most dead in the hands of Li Cunxiao. Although there are many generals in his hands, there are only a handful of them who can fight against Deng's generals. If they fight with Deng's army now, the chances of victory are not great.

"I have the same idea as the two generals, but now because of the deaths of General Le and his three sons, the feelings in the army are surging. If I suppress them, I may be shaken. Therefore, I hope that the two generals can persuade the generals to put the overall situation first and let them put the grief in their hearts for the time being. Only the two generals can do this."

It is impossible to send troops, but these words cannot be said by Li Rubing, otherwise it will make the people in the army feel disappointed. However, it would be different for Chen Ping and Tu Gao to say them. They are the only remaining veterans of Zhao Guoshuoguo. Their prestige is no lower than that of him, the general. Moreover, the relationship between them and Le Yun is deep, and if they say them, it will be easier to accept.

Chen Ping and Tu Gao knew what Li Rubing meant as soon as they heard it. They also knew very well that no one could do this except them.

At this time, Chen Ping said to Li Rubing: "General, the other generals are not very worried, but General Leting from Pei County may not listen to us. You must know that General Leyun is General Leting's uncle. Leting lost his father in his early years and led him to him by General Leyun. Now General Leyun and his son died at the hands of Li Rubing. General Leting will be afraid that General Leting will take the 100,000 troops of Pei County to fight a decisive battle with Deng's army."

Chen Ping's worries are not unreasonable. Le Ting has an army of 100,000 and is far away in Pei County. If he chooses not to listen to Li Rubing's orders, he will be able to take the army in his hands to fight against Deng Jun. If that is true, the situation will be over.

Li Rubing said with a frown: "General Le Ting will personally write a book. General Le Ting has always been very clear about the righteousness and I believe he will understand it."

At this time, the general Zheng Xuan of the army rushed in and said to Li Rubing: "General, the big thing is wrong. Le Song suddenly left the camp with his personal soldiers and disappeared!"

"What!" Li Rubing and the other two were shocked when they heard this. Why was Le Song suddenly leaving the camp at this critical moment?

Li Rubing thought for a while and said to Chen Ping: "General Chen, Lesong must have gone to Pei County to find Le Ting. If Le Ting is convinced by Le Song, then the big thing will be over. You immediately bring your general's handwritten letter to Pei County to meet Le Ting and stabilize him. As for the funeral of General Le Yun and his son, he will hand it over to General Tu Gao."

"Here!" Chen Ping also knew the seriousness of the matter and quickly responded.

Just as Li Rubing was writing a letter, another Zhao army general Liang Fu broke in and said, "General, the spy rewarded him. Yue Fei personally led tens of thousands of troops to Fengqiu and came to the sour jujube. Xie Xun of Pingqiu, Ren Ping, and Li Cunxiao led the army to Dongjun!"

It was really raining all night, and the boat was late and the wind was on the head. Before the Zhao army's own destruction was resolved, Deng army came.

Li Rubing thought for a while and said, "I ordered all spies to grasp the movements of Deng's army, report to us at any time, and at the same time ordered all armies to reorganize and prepare for war!"

"Here!" Liang Fu responded and left.

"General, what should we do now?" Chen asked anxiously. Now because of the death of Le Yun, the God of War in Zhao, the people in the Zhao army were panicked and their morale was low. But at this time, Deng's army came, and it was even more deadly. Li Cunxiao and others who had captured Pingqiu and killed Le Yun also led their troops north to Dongjun. Xie Xun, Ren Ping, and Li Cunxiao and the other two had not many soldiers in their hands, but Li Cunxiao was too fierce. Such a powerful general could not be regarded as common sense. Even if they could not defeat Dongjun, they could still turn the Zhao army's rear.

Li Rubing said: "General Chen, this is my handwritten letter. You should rush to Pei County immediately and you must stabilize Leting. As for Deng Jun, I will have my own way!"

"Here!" Chen Ping replied, then took Li Rubing's handwritten letter and left.

After Chen Ping left, Li Rubing said to Tu Gao: "General Tu, Deng's army is coming in a fierce manner. In the current state of our army, we should not fight with Deng's army. We planned to evacuate the sour jujube and retreat to Dongjun to stabilize the rear. However, we were afraid that the soldiers in the army would not understand, so we asked General Tu to go and persuade them one by one."

"Don't worry, General. I promise to convince you that you will convince all the generals one by one, and no one will cause trouble for the army at this time." Tu Gao responded quickly.

Soon, the generals of the Zhao army came to the central army tent. Looking at the expressions of everyone, Li Rubing knew that Tu Gao had convinced them, which made Li Rubing feel relieved.

Li Rubing said to everyone: "Everyone, Yue Fei personally led tens of thousands of troops to approach the Sour Zao. Although with the strength of our army, he was not afraid of Yue Fei, Xie Xun, Ren Ping, Li Cunxiao and the other two have led tens of thousands of elite troops to invade Dongjun. The safety of Dongjun is related to the success or failure of our army. We must be rescued. In order to stabilize the rear, we decided to lead the army north to Dongjun, drive Deng's army out of Dongjun, and then go south again!"

After Tu Gao's persuasion, everyone felt a little unhappy, but they also understood that the overall situation was the most important and had no objection.

Seeing this, Li Rubing felt relieved and said to Tu Gao: "General Tu, the retreat of the army is not something that can be done overnight, but we cannot indulge the partial army of Deng's army to rage in Dongjun. We have to trouble General Tu to lead 30,000 elite troops to Dongjun to resist Deng's army. I do not expect you to repel Deng's army. You only need to block Deng's army and prevent them from invading Puyang City. I will let Zheng Xuan and Zhang Lan assist General Tu!"

After Leyun's death, Tu Gao was the most capable general in the Zhao army. Although there was still a big gap between Li Cunxiao, Li Rubing could only send Tu Gao to the point. At least with Tu Gao's strength, he would not be defeated in an instant when facing Li Cunxiao.

"Here! Please rest assured, General. Although the last general dare not speak lightly, it is still possible to block him. The last general will definitely hold on until the general returns to help and protect Puyang City!" Tu Gao replied.

"With General Tu's attack, I will feel relieved. The other generals will rectify their troops. Within three days, our army must evacuate the sour jujube. If it is late, it will change!" Li Rubing nodded and said, "Three days, this is the deadline for everyone. Fengqiu is not too far from sour jujube. Even if Deng's army marchs slowly, it will be able to arrive in three days, so there is not much time left for the Zhao army.

At the same time, Yue Fei personally led the army to leave Fengqiu, but the marching speed was not fast, because Yue Fei knew very well that the purpose of this trip was to drive the Zhao army out of Dongjun, not to fight the Zhao army, so there was no need to be too rush. In fact, even if Yue Fei was asked to fight the Zhao army to fight the Zhao army now, Yue Fei did not have much chance of winning. Although the morale of the Zhao army fell sharply due to Le Yun's death, as the saying goes, the soldiers will win. Who knows whether the Zhao army will arouse courage because of Le Yun's death.

"General, at the speed of our army, we can reach Suzao within five days at the latest. But now Li Rubing must have received the news that our army is heading north. What if Li Rubing refuses to retreat and fights our army with Suzao, what should we do if he is forced to fight Suzao with our army?" Li Xiucheng said to Yue Fei.

Yue Fei smiled and said, "General Li doesn't have to worry. Li Rubing is also a famous general in the world. He cannot understand the current situation. Our army has no chance of winning, and Zhao's army still has no chance of winning. If Li Rubing refuses to retreat and stays in the sour jujube, wouldn't the general be afraid of him? Moreover, General Xie Xun and others have already entered Dongjun. If Li Rubing refuses to retreat, with the strength of General Xie Xun and others, it is enough to take Puyang City. When Puyang City is just around the corner, you will have to be defeated. So Li Rubing will definitely retreat."
Chapter completed!