Chapter 614: As solid as the city of Xingyang

In May of the fourth year of Tiantong, Deng Han led 50,000 Niu Guards to block the 100,000 elite troops led by General Li Rubing of Zhao State outside Xingyang City. The two sides launched several fierce battles within half a month, but the Zhao army was still unable to shake Xingyang City.

Xingyang City, General's Mansion, this is the General's Mansion temporarily opened by the Deng army to command the army to fight. Deng Han led the four generals under his command and the military advisor Wang Sheng.

As a newly established guard, Qianniu Guards, the general, general, military advisor and other senior officials are young people. The four generals are Wu Deng, the son of Wu Yunzhao, Gao Siji's youngest son Gao Xing'an, Ma Chao's son Ma Qiu, and Zhang Fei's son Zhang Bao. Among them, Ma Qiu and Zhang Bao both participated in the selection of Wudangwei generals many years ago, but they failed to take the lead. Therefore, they have always served as the General of the Central Army in Wudangwei. When Deng Han formed the Qianniu Guard, he found them. Although they were only in the year, they were considered veterans in the army.

"Your Highness, do you think Li Rubing has no way to take Xingyang City. Will he bypass Xingyang City and go directly to Hulao Pass? After all, there is not only Xingyang to go from Hebei to Hulao Pass." Ma Qiu looked at the map and said to Deng Han.

There are many roads from Hebei to Hulao Pass, among which Xingyang is one, but the most convenient one is not Xingyang, but it crosses the Yellow River from Wen County, Henei County and directly reaches the rear of Hulao Pass. If Li Rubing had no hope of taking Xingyang City, it would be ruled out that he would lead his army westward to Henei County and head from Wen County south. If this is true, then it would be meaningless for Qianniuwei to continue to stay in Xingyang City.

But after hearing this, Deng Han smiled and shook his head, saying, "If it were normal, Li Rubing might have chosen to do this. And doing this is indeed more cost-effective than attacking Xingyang City, but now Li Rubing will not do this."

"Why is this?" Zhang Bao asked in confusion. Since the road in Xingyang is blocked, why did Li Rubing still choose to go to Hulao Pass from other places.

"Because we are in Xingyang City!" Deng Han did not speak, but Wang Sheng, who was a military advisor, said: "Xingyang City is an important town in the Central Plains. Only a hundred miles north of Xingyang City means the Yellow River. After crossing the Yellow River to the north, it will be Huai County, the capital of Henei County. Zhao State is entrenched in Hebei and faces our Da Deng. The biggest advantage is the natural danger of the Yellow River. If Li Rubing abandons Xingyang City and chooses another road to Hulao Pass, wouldn't he be afraid that our army will directly cross the Yellow River to attack Huai County?"

"But we don't have this strength now. Even if we cross the Yellow River north, it is impossible to attack Huai County." Wu Deng said.

"We don't have this strength, but Li Rubing doesn't know. He dares not bet. He cannot ignore the safety of Zhao's rear in order to save Qin. Therefore, as long as we are still in Xingyang one day, Li Rubing will not be able to give up Xingyang. Even if he knows that he can't take Xingyang City, he will not dare to move casually." Deng Han said with a smile on his face.

"That's right!" Wang Sheng continued: "Especially, the Zhao woman is in charge now, and there are many conflicts in the court. The orphans and widows in Zhao's state are the most afraid of ministers like Li Rubing who hold heavy troops. Not to mention that Li Rubing is not clear about the specific strength of our army. Even if Li Rubing knows that we do not have the strength to cross the Yellow River north and attack Hanoi County, Li Rubing will not give up Xingyang City easily, because once we really go north, even if we do not cause substantial losses to Zhao, Li Rubing will be impeached by political enemies in the court. If you are not careful, his position as a general may not be guaranteed. How can Li Rubing take risks under this situation?"

"So that's it!" Gao Xing'an nodded and said with some gloating pleasure: "Then Li Rubing is really sad. He helped the child ascend the throne through hardships, but in the end he was suspicious. I really don't know if Li Rubing regrets it."

They have also heard of the dispute over the throne of Zhao State. Although they did not fight openly, the various intrigues and secret struggles were not vague at all.

"It's not just because of selfish thoughts!" Wang Sheng said: "In order to continue to monopolize the power, Li Rubing and Zhuang Ping forced the five-year-old child to the throne. However, he is smart and the rest of the Zhao State are not stupid. Can you not know what their minds are? After all the mechanisms are done, they will end up in a dilemma."

"We don't need to worry about the destructive things in the Zhao court. The current situation is that as long as we are still in Xingyang City one day, Li Rubing must spend time with us here. Therefore, we don't need to be anxious, we just need to guard the city carefully. If we pass the orders, no one can leave the city without my king's orders. Those who violate the orders will be killed without mercy!" Deng Han immediately stopped this topic.

There are many destructions in the Zhao State court, and there are also many destructions in the Deng State, especially the prince in charge of the army, which has caused discussions inside and outside the court. Some say that Deng Sheng was dissatisfied with the crown prince Deng Hao and wanted to support Deng Han and Deng Yu to compete with him. Some say that Deng Sheng was dissatisfied with the generals who held military power and wanted to strengthen the strength of the royal family and support the generals of the royal family to disperse military power. In short, they all had their own opinions, which made people worried. Deng Han stopped them from continuing to discuss matters within Zhao, but did not want people to think of Deng State affairs, so as not to cause trouble.

Gu Yi

"Here!" everyone responded. Although the Zhao army's strength is twice that of Deng's army, with the support of Xingyang City, the important central city of the Central Plains, the Deng army is enough to make up for the gap in military strength with the Zhao army. As long as the Deng army does not take the initiative to go out of the city to fight with the Zhao army, the Zhao army will not be able to attack the city. Even if all the 100,000 troops outside the city are trapped in, it will be impossible. Unless Li Rubing continues to mobilize troops from Zhao State to move south, this is impossible. Li Rubing cannot take out all his strength for a Qin State. Even if Li Rubing is willing, Zhao State will not be willing. Therefore, as long as Deng's army does not come out, Xingyang City will be as solid as a god.

On the other hand, Xue Rengui led an army of more than 300,000 to attack Hulao Pass for two months, and suffered tens of thousands of soldiers and generals. He still could not shake Hulao Pass and was depressed.

"I'm going, why didn't I know that Ying Huai was so capable, and that he actually guarded Hulao Pass so impregnable. I fought several times and was driven down by him." Outside Hulao Pass, Wang Yanzhang, the general of the Lingser Guard, who was more irritable in the central army's tent, scolded angrily. For two months, Deng's army suffered tens of thousands of soldiers, but there was no way to deal with Hulao Pass. After many years, Wang Yanzhang had never fought such a depressed battle.

Although Ying Huai is a general of the Qin royal family, he is not ranked high in the Qin military. Although Deng's army has fought with the Qin army many times in recent years, Ying Huai has always been following Bai Qi. Not to mention Bai Qi, his status in the army is even higher than Wang Feng, Geng Yue, and even Ma Sheng, who died in Qunin City, are higher than him. Wang Yanzhang really didn't expect that it was such a person who was not very good at rank among the Qin army, who blocked their 300,000 troops in Hulao Pass for two months.

"Haha, why should General Wang be angry? The reason why Ying Huai was able to defend Hulao Pass is not how strong he was, but that Hulao Pass is indeed easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is normal for a natural dangerous place to be unable to be defeated in two months. Let's relax. No matter how strong Hulao Pass is, it will not be able to defend sooner or later under the continuous attacks of our army." On the other side, the general of Shenwu Guard Murong Chui comforted Wang Yanzhang and said that in Murong Chui's view, the reason why Deng's army was unable to break Hulao Pass was not because Ying Huai's ability was too strong, but because Hulao Pass was too difficult to fight.

"Okay, General Wang doesn't have to be angry. General Murong is right. No matter how strong Hulao Pass is, it is just a checkpoint. There is no unbreakable city in the world. It's just a matter of time." Zhang Liao said: "What I worry most now is Xingyang. Li Rubing personally led 100,000 elite Zhao troops to attack Xingyang City. I am really worried about His Highness King Jin. After all, they are just a group of young people. If they accidentally touch Li Rubing's words, what should we do?"

As soon as Zhang Liao said this, everyone here was worried about it. Although Li Rubing was repeatedly defeated by Yue Fei and Bai Qi, he was also the top famous general in the world. Even Xue Rengui, the general of Deng State, dared not say that he would win against Li Rubing, let alone Deng Han and other young people.

Although everyone was worried about the situation in Xingyang City, Xue Rengui did not think so. Instead, he was very confident. He said, "Don't worry, Your Highness King Jin has sent someone to send a battle report. The Zhao army has been sieging the city for several days, but it still cannot shake the defense of Xingyang City. Now it can only garrison outside the city. Your Highness King Jin reminds us that as long as he and Qianniu Guard are there, the Zhao army will not be able to cross Xingyang City and go west to Hulao Pass."

"General, even though he said that, Li Rubing has experienced a long battle formation and is experienced. Although His Highness King of Jin has been in the army for many years, his experience on the battlefield is far inferior to Li Rubing. Moreover, His Highness King of Jin and the generals of Qianniu Guard are both young and energetic young people. If the generals are not worried about anything else, they are worried that they can't help but do irrational things. In a fit of anger, they will be bad if they are hit by Li Rubing's aggression. The general of Longxiang Guard is not worried about whether Xingyang City will be lost. After all, even if they cannot defend Xingyang City, it will be difficult for the Zhao army to pose a threat to our army. The general of Xingyang City is worried that if Xingyang City cannot be defended, it will be a big blow to these young people." Qin Lie, the general of Longxiang Guard, said.

Young people are very good, but most young people have a common problem, that is, they are young and energetic. Sometimes they can't control the anger in their hearts and can easily get hit by the enemy's aggressive generals. If the Zhao army attacks Xingyang City, it will be a big blow to the young people.

Xue Rengui nodded and said, "General Qin is right, but I am very confident about His Highness King Jin. Although His Highness King Jin is still very young, when it comes to calmness, many veterans in the army who have been in the army for many years are not as good as him. With him, Xingyang City will not be a problem."

"Yes, Your Highness King Jin is indeed a military genius. Not only him, but Your Highness King Wei and Your Highness King Qi are also very good at military attainments. Your Highness King Chu is slightly inferior, but Your Highness King Chu is very skilled in martial arts. It is not to be hiding. When he was in Wancheng, Your Highness King Chu once asked me about martial arts. I fought with him and it took him more than a hundred rounds to win. I am ashamed!" Gao Siji, the general of the Tiger Wing Guard, sighed.

"Oh? Lao Gao, there is another thing, why have you never mentioned it to me?" Wang Yanzhang asked with great interest when he heard this. He and Gao Siji participated in the battle in Xixian that year, and their friendship was very deep.

"How can I have the nerve to mention such a shameful thing?" Gao Siji said embarrassedly. He was a long-time player on the battlefield and had to beat a teenage boy in more than a hundred rounds. It was too embarrassing to say it.

"Haha! I didn't expect that you, Gao Siji, would be so embarrassing. But to be honest, those sons of Your Majesty are all among the people, which really makes Lao Wang very envious!" Wang Yanzhang sighed.

"Okay, Your Majesty is the true dragon emperor, and the son he gave birth to is naturally a man. Okay, we can't discuss the royal affairs, so let's talk about how to get the Hulao Pass!" Xue Rengui saw that the few people were getting further and further, so he quickly stopped them. After all, as ministers, it was really inappropriate for them to discuss the royal affairs.

Xue Rengui glanced at the map and said, "Now the General of the Cavalry has led his army to attack Guanzhong, and he can march into Chang'an soon, but it is difficult for the Western Army to capture Chang'an City alone. In addition, I received a secret report that Jinyang, Zhao State, was deploying troops and generals, planned to go south to rescue Guanzhong. According to our estimates, the purpose of the Zhao army must be Chang'an. Although the General of the Cavalry has a total of 100,000 troops, it is difficult to get all kinds of supplies and can be maintained for a long time. The Southern Army of the General of the Cavalry Murong Ke was blocked by Bai Qi. With Bai Qi's ability, it is probably difficult for the Southern Army to break through the Qin army's defense line, so we must break through Hulao Pass as soon as possible and march into Guanzhong, otherwise the Western Army of the General of the Cavalry would be in trouble."
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