Chapter 69: Deng Ai enters Chen

In August of the seventh year of Qianyuan, the troops of Zhou Shen of the Western Army were at the foot of Feng County and Yue Fei of the Eastern Army. In order to break the deadlock, the commander of the Western Army, Zhao Xin, divided his troops to Gongqiu, Xiayi, Nanpingyang, Liangjun and other places, intending to attack more points. In order to deal with the subsequent full-scale war, Han Qing, the commander of the Eastern Army, also began to divide his troops to garrison.

In September of the first year of Qianyuan, Li Tianhu, the general of the cavalry of Deng State, led 30,000 troops to Yangdi, Yingchuan, and joined Deng Ai, the chief general of the Deng army in Yingchuan.

In the Yangdi Deng Army camp, Deng Aizheng and Li Tianhu handed over.

"Li Piqi, in June of the first year of Qianyuan, was ordered to garrison Yingchuan. He brought 10,000 troops from Wancheng, integrated 10,000 Korean troops and surrendered, and then recruited 20,000 troops from Yingchuan. Today, Yingchuan has a total of 40,000 troops and 10,000 troops stationed in Yangdi; Xu County, Lun Family, Yanling, Changshe, Xu County, and Yangcheng each had 5,000 troops to guard Yangdi, guarding Yangdi." Deng Ai was explaining the situation to Li Tianhu, who came to take over Yingchuan's defense.

Li Tianhu nodded repeatedly and said, "Okay, General Deng is worthy of being the one the king values. He has managed Yingchuan's military affairs in an orderly manner in just a few months."

"Li Piqiuqi has praised it. The last general is trusted by the king and will do his best." Deng Aiqiu said in a humble manner: "This time, the king ordered the last general to lead troops into Chen. Considering the limited combat power of Yingchuan's troops, the last general intends to lead the 30,000 troops brought by Li Cheqi from Wancheng to Chen State. I wonder what Li Piqiuqi thinks?"

Yingchuan was pacified in June of the seventh year of Qianyuan. In addition to 10,000 veterans of Deng and 10,000 Korean surrenders, Yingchuan's troops were all recruited for less than three months, and they could not form combat effectiveness at all. If they were brought to Chen State, it would be fine if they didn't fight. Once they really fought, it would be like letting them die.

Li Tianhu was also very aware of the status of the soldiers and horses in Yingchuan and was accurate in all the requirements of Deng Ai.

After handing over with Li Tianhu, Deng Ai led 30,000 troops from Wancheng to the north, passed Xinji, and entered Chen County. After half a month of march, he finally arrived at Chencheng, the capital of Chen State.

Chencheng's current commander is Chen Li, the general of the Chen royal family. After learning that Deng Ai has arrived, he personally welcomed Deng Ai outside the city.

After a greeting with Chen Li, Deng Ai asked Chen Li about the situation in Zhe County and Wuping.

Chen Li said: "Since I received the handwritten letter from my king, our country has gathered 40,000 troops and horses that can be used to go to the northern line. Thirty thousand of them are stationed in Zhe County under the command of our General Chen Wei, and the remaining 10,000 troops are stationed in Wuping. After your army arrives, they will go to Zhe County, and Wuping will be handed over to your army to garrison."

Deng Ai nodded. Chen Jun was quite kind and did not let himself stand on the frontline Zhe County.

"I wonder what is going on in Liang County now?" Deng Ai asked. After understanding the situation of Chen's army, the Western Army in Liang County was the top priority.

Chen Li said: "In the Liang County area, we are mainly facing the 30,000 Wei army commanded by Shang Luo, the general of the Wei army. Currently, he is stationed in Yan County and is eyeing Zhe County. Pang Gu, who is known as the number one general of the Wei State, is in Juyang. There are as many as 100,000 troops coming to Liang County this time. I am afraid Pang Gu wants to make some big noise."

Deng Ai thought for a while and said, "Since that's the case, it's not appropriate to stay in Chencheng for a long time. We will rest for one night tonight. The Japanese general will lead his troops to Wuping." The situation is so serious that Deng Ai also wants to arrive in Wuping early and arrange defenses. It will soon be winter. If we cannot complete some of the important fortifications in the middle of winter, it will be too late next spring.

On the second day, Deng Ai led 30,000 troops to leave Chencheng and headed for Wuping. After arriving in Wuping, Deng Ai learned from Chen Jun and officially took over Wuping's defense, and then stepped up the reinforcement of the city wall and construction of fortifications.

In October of the seventh year of Qianyuan, all the troops from both sides had arrived at the designated location and were waiting for the attack to begin the spring next year.

As the middle of winter came, Zhou Shen and Zhao Xin, two troops outside retreated to Hulu one after another, and Han Qing also led his troops back to Peicheng.

In Fengxian and Deng’s army camp, the middle of October was coming, and it was already snowing heavily inside and outside Fengxian. Yue Fei and a group of generals were cooking wine and drinking together.

"Uh!" Yue Fei burped after drinking a glass of wine, sighed, "Oh, since we left Wancheng in April of the seventh year of Qianyuan, we have not sat together and drank like this for a long time. It's really like a different life."

"Haha, General Yue, after the war, we will return to Wancheng and have some drinks." Chang Yuchun said with a smile.

"I hope so, I just don't know if we have the intention to drink at that time." Yue Fei said, with a hint of worry on his face.

The sharp-eyed Pang Tong suddenly noticed Yue Fei's changes and said, "Are General Yue worried about the battle next year?"

Yue Fei looked at Pang Tong and nodded and said, "Yes, from the beginning of this battle, I was at a disadvantage. First, the enemy alliance has more troops than our alliance, and second, the enemy commander Zhao Xin's reputation was a little shocked in the hearts of our soldiers. The tactics of defending and waiting for attack by Marshal Han cannot be said to be wrong, but it made our army passive and led by Zhao Xin everywhere. Third, the situation of Chu State. Today, Chu State is enemies on all sides. Lu County, Taishan County, there are remnants of Lu State in rebellion, and Jiujiang has a large army to siege Shouchun. The Chu State's army has been exhausted. The biggest hidden danger of our alliance is Chu State and Chu State's third-line battlefield. As long as there is one place to lose, it will directly lead to the defeat of our alliance. Han Qing is too conservative. I have to admit that he is indeed the best in today's world, but he is far inferior to Zhao Xin when it comes to attacking cities and camps."

Speaking of this, Yue Fei stood up, walked to the map, and said, "Look, now all battlefields are within the sphere of influence of our alliance. You can defend it, but if you can't find a way to defeat the enemy head-on, when can you defend it?"

"What do General Yue thinks to make our alliance win?" everyone asked.

Yue Fei shook his head helplessly and said, "Zhao Xinming is famous all over the world. It's not easy to defeat him. You can only take one step at a time. Come on, let's drink." After that, Yue Fei picked up the wine pot and filled it with his glass and continued to drink.

Yue Fei's worries were also the worries of Han Qing, who was in Peicheng. Zhao Xin stood in front of the map, carefully analyzing the defense lines and frowned constantly. He also knew that the reason why he would lose after a long period of time was lost, but when facing Zhao Xin, he really had no confidence. In the battle that year, although everyone said that he had tied with Zhao Xin, he knew that he actually lost. All the defense lines he arranged were shaky under Zhao Xin's attack. If it were not for Chu's mixed, his defeat would be a matter of meal. It was not that he didn't want to fight with Zhao Xin in a vigorous battle, but the Eastern Army did not have the advantage on the front battlefield, and the second was that he, Zhao Xin, did not dare.

But he could not tell his subordinates casually these things like Yue Fei, because he was the commander of the three armies, if he had no confidence, the soldiers would not dare to fight, and it would be even less likely that he would have the hope of victory, so he could only hold on and wait for the opportunity.

"Marson, you are welcome!" At this time, an eunuch from the other palace of the King of Chu came and said.

After hearing the eunuch's voice, Zhao Xin came back to his senses and said, "I understand, please go back and report to all the kings, and he said Han Qing will arrive soon."
Chapter completed!