Chapter 565: Yue Fei decides to enter Guangling east

On March 25, in the 28th year of Qianyuan, in Chenliu County, Xuanzao City, and Deng Jun camp, Yue Fei had just led the generals to inspect the daily training of the soldiers, and then ordered the generals to lead the soldiers to train, and walked alone towards the central army tent. This is what Yue Fei had to do every day. Although as the commander of the first army, the inspection of the soldiers training did not require Yue Fei to do it personally, but Yue Fei has always been rigorous in the military and loves soldiers as much as his son. Therefore, since he started the army, he has been personally catching training matters. Later, after becoming the general of the dynasty, although he no longer led the soldiers to train himself, he insisted on daily inspections.

As soon as Yue Fei returned to the central army tent, a soldier came in to report and said, "Report to the General, good news came from Pei County!"

When Yue Fei heard this, he was excited and was overjoyed. Although the war started, although the Deng army occasionally won, it did not take a big advantage. The biggest victory was Changhuan's battle, killing Le Yun and his son, but it was only annihilated 10,000 Zhao troops. This loss was nothing to the Zhao army, so Yue Fei attached great importance to the battle of Pei County, and also hoped that the battle of Pei County would have an exciting result.

"Travel!" Yue Fei said.

Soon, a messenger came in, knelt down in front of Yue Fei on one knee, took out the good news in his arms, held it up with both hands, and said to Yue Fei: "The villain is greeting the general. The villain is here to report the good news. The good news is here, please check it out!"

Yue Fei's personal guard commander took the news and handed it to Yue Fei. Yue Fei took the news and opened it and saw that it was a great victory. He wiped out more than 80,000 Zhao troops in one battle. Leting led the remaining troops to retreat to Zhuyi. Although the losses were not small, in the face of such a big victory, this loss was still acceptable. After all, the Zhao army was not a vegetarian, and in terms of strength, it was not as easy as the Deng army. It was not easy to achieve such a great victory with this loss.

However, after seeing the good news, Murong Ke, Zhang Liao and Li Siye jointly wrote a letter hoping to march into Guangling, Yue Fei was silent. According to Yue Fei's plan, he was to defeat the Zhao army in Pei County first, and then wait for an opportunity to seize the entire Pei County. He tore a hole from the Zhao army's defense line, so he had more room to mobilize troops and generals. However, Murong Ke and the other three suggested that they march into Guangling and join forces with Jinwu Guards and Yongping Guards to attack Kou Fei and Zhang Jie, which seemed to be very feasible, so Yue Fei was silent.

"You go down and rest first. After I discuss with you, I will have an order to bring you back." Yue Fei said to the messenger.

"Here!" The messenger replied. Although he didn't know what was going on, it was not something that he, a small messenger, could ask about, was not something that he had a small messenger, so he took the order.

After the messenger left, Yue Fei said to the commander of the personal guard: "Go and invite all the generals and military advisors to the central army tent. We will discuss important matters with them."

"Here!"

Soon, the Yingyang Guard, Shenwu Guard, Longxiang Guard, and Shenxing Guard who were stationed in Soyzao had already arrived at the central army's tent. Before launching the battle of Pei County, Yue Fei transferred Li Xiucheng's Longwu Guard to Liang County to garrison. After the Longwu Guard left, Yue Fei's troops and horses were greatly reduced. In addition, the Zhao army had completely withdrawn from Chenliu County, so Yue Fei transferred the two elite cavalry of Longxiang Guard and Shenxing Guard to garrison, ready to counterattack at any time.

"The last general is to pay homage to the general!" Everyone saluted Yue Fei.

Here are General Xue Rengui, General Gao Siji, Wang Yanzhang, Wu Yunzhao, and Military Advisor Xun You; General Murong Chui, General Ling Rong, Ma Li, and Military Advisor Lu Meng; General Qin Lie, General Luo Cheng, Zhang Hao, Jia Biao, and Gao Qing (son of Gao Shun); General Ma Chao, General Shenxing Advisor Ma Dai, Zhang He, Wu Lie, and Yue Lei (second son of Yue Fei). If this lineup is placed in Zhao or Qin, it is enough to dominate the military of a country, but in Deng, it is only one-quarter of its strength.

"General, I wonder if there is anything important to summon us to come?" Xue Rengui asked Yue Fei.

Yue Fei smiled and said, "Just just now, I received a good news from General Murong Ke of Lingser Guard and General Zhang Liao of Shence Guard, saying that his two guards had defeated Leting in Gucheng and annihilated more than 80,000 Zhao troops. After this battle, all the elite troops of the Zhao army in Pei County were destroyed and could no longer pose a threat to our army."

"Really! That's great. I didn't expect General Murong and General Zhang to be so powerful. They defeated the Zhao army in one battle, and they really exaggerated our army's power!" Everyone said happily when they heard this.

"General, General Murong Ke and General Zhang Liao made such great contributions and rewards as good students. In addition, the soldiers of Lingser Guard and Shence Guard also need to be rewarded well." Xue Rengui said, Yue Fei is already nearly 60 years old and will not stay in the position of General Governor's Office for too long. Maybe he will have to retreat after this battle. After all, many talents in Deng State emerged, and it is not suitable for Yue Fei to continue to control this position. It is basically confirmed that it is Xue Rengui's office for Xue Rengui, so Yue Fei also began to deliberately let Xue Rengui participate in some decisions of General Governor's Office, so Xue Rengui made a statement at this time.

"Yeah!" Yue Fei nodded, and then said, "The reward is certain. I will also personally write to Your Majesty for the Spirit Snake Guard. All the generals of Shence Guard request rewards. However, we will discuss these matters later. Now there is one thing I hope you can give some advice."

"I don't know what? Please tell me clearly!" Xun You said.

Yue Fei said: "According to our original plan, once the Lingshe Guard and Shence Guard defeated the troops of Peijun Leting, they waited for an opportunity to seize the entire county of Peijun and tear the defense line of Zhao's army for our army. However, Murong Ke, Zhang Liao and Li Siye jointly wrote a letter to this general, hoping to leave a group of troops to station in Peijun, and the rest did not go east to Guangling, and joined forces with Jinwu Guard and Yongping Guard to seek an opportunity to defeat Zhang Jie and Kou Fei's troops."

"General, General Li Siye's Tiger Wing Guard is in Liang County, how could he write a letter together with General Murong Ke and General Zhang Liao?" Qin Lie asked in confusion. Logically, Li Siye was staying on the border between Liang County and Pei County and did not contact Lingshe Guard and Shence Guard. How could he write a letter together? It's really puzzling.

Yue Fei explained: "This is the thing. Kou Fei and Zhang Jie have tens of thousands of Zhao troops. Even if they join forces with Jinwu Guards and Yongping Guards, it will be difficult to defeat the enemy. So they plan to pull the Tiger Wing Guards up and advance east together. I wonder what you think about this matter?"

After hearing this, everyone bowed their heads and pondered. After a long time, Murong Chui stepped out and said, "General, the last general thinks that the overall situation of Pei County has been decided. Unless the Zhao army continues to increase troops on a large scale, they will not be able to reverse the situation of Pei County. Therefore, whether to seize the entire Pei County is of great significance to our army. On the contrary, if Kou Fei and Zhang Jie can defeat Kou Fei, the entire Eastern Front will fall into the hands of our army. Once the battle begins, our army can enter the hinterland of the Central Plains and threaten the rear of the Zhao army."

"Oh? In this way, General Murong agreed to this plan?" Yue Fei said.

Murong nodded, and then Xue Rengui also came out and said, "General, the last general agrees with General Murong's statement. Compared to siege cities and territories, it is most important to eliminate the Zhao army's vitality as much as possible. After all, as long as the main force of the Zhao army has always been there, the war will not end. As long as we can defeat all the Zhao army in the Central Plains, the entire Central Plains will be the thing in my Da Deng's pocket. Why should we stick to a mere Pei County?"

Yue Fei nodded. After Murong Chui and Xue Rengui's analysis, Yue Fei was already more inclined to plan to advance eastward, but Yue Fei was still unsure of whether to send more tiger wing guards to advance eastward. After all, a war could break out here at any time. If the troops were insufficient, the tiger wing guards still needed to be transferred back. If necessary, the Longwu Guard stationed in Liang County would also be back.

Yue Fei said the doubts in his heart to everyone, and Xun You went out and said, "General, it is not impossible to let the Tiger Wing Guard advance eastward. After all, Kou Fei and Zhang Jie also have a lot of troops. As for Chenliu, our army gathered elite troops of the four guards. Even if we cannot defeat the Zhao army, we should be invincible, so we don't need to worry too much. Besides, Your Majesty has gathered 200,000 young and strong men in Wancheng, and can reinforce at any time. There is no need to worry about the troops."

"Okay!" Yue Fei thought about it over and over again and said, "Since that's the case, then the general will issue an order to advance east to Murong Ke, Zhang Liao, and Li Siye, and order Guan Yu, Deng Qiang to cooperate with each other. At the same time, the general will also write to His Majesty to draw the Nu Jiaowei stationed on the Yangtze River to the north at any time. Although the Nu Jiaowei is a navy, there are 30,000 elite infantrymen who can be used."

"The general, the three generals jointly mentioned that a group of troops needed to be left to guard Pei County. I wonder who was left to guard? In addition, the elite guards gathered in Guangling, who was the main general?" At this time, Lu Meng raised a question, which guards were left to guard Pei County, and who would be the main general?

The twenty guards of Deng State have the same status. If they were asked to elect the main generals themselves, there might be problems, so they could only be assigned by Deng Sheng or the General's General's Office. However, this problem also made Yue Fei very embarrassed. This time, unlike the coordinated battle between the Lingser Guard and the Shence Guard, Zhang Liao came from the Lingser Guard, so he would not have any objection to Qujue Murong Ke. However, the Jinwu Guard and Yongping Guard are all in their own line. And if the Nujiao Guard, Li Siye, Deng Qiang, Murong Ke and Zhou Yu were all the earliest generals of Deng State. They have similar qualifications and are not suitable for appointing one.

Yue Fei thought for a while, and then said, "Let's do this, I will write to Your Majesty and ask Your Majesty to send General Chang Yuchun or General Yang Yanzhao to the governor of Guangling to serve as the chief general. I wonder what you think?"

When everyone heard this, they thought that this was the best choice at present. It was not very suitable to choose a chief general from several guards, no matter who was asked to be the one. If Chang Yuchun or Yang Yanzhao were allowed to take office, there would be no problem. After all, Chang Yuchun and Yang Yanzhao were both of the same experienced as Yue Fei, and in terms of qualifications, they were even older than Yue Fei. After all, they were Deng Sheng's ministers, but because of their abilities and military merits, they would be inferior to Yue Fei, so it would be most appropriate to let one of them go to Guangling to serve as the chief general.

Seeing that everyone had no objection, Yue Fei said again: "As for the troops left behind in Pei County, we will hand them over to Shencewei. In the battle of Gucheng, Shencewei suffered a lot of losses and is not suitable for participating in the war again. Then let Shencewei stay in Pei County and Lu Meng Military Advisor. Please go to Pei County in person and communicate with Zhang Liao with the intention of our generals. Don't let Zhang Liao and the generals of Shencewei feel dissatisfied."
Chapter completed!