Chapter 636: Deng Han takes charge of the coach

On the first day of the first lunar month of the fifth year of Tiantong, Deng Sheng personally presided over the first New Year's ceremony in the Jingyang Hall of Wancheng. However, such a ceremony is usually a trick of ministers congratulating the emperor on New Year's Day. If it were not for particularly urgent government affairs, they would not have been discussed at the New Year's Day ceremony.

Deng's New Year's Eve lasts for ten days, which is from New Year's Eve to the ninth day of the first lunar month. However, because the war in Guanzhong is still continuing, Deng Sheng ordered that the rest of the year be reduced to five days, that is, each department will resume office on the fifth day of the first lunar month.

After the New Year, the war in Guanzhong began to rekindle again, and this time it was an excellent opportunity for Deng State to decide the outcome in one fell swoop, because there was a snow disaster in the northern border.

Wancheng, Ganyang Palace, Mingjing Mingshou Yao Guangxiao is reporting information to Deng Sheng.

"Your Majesty, according to the news from Mingjing, Hebei, from the end of last year to the beginning of this year, a large-scale snow disaster occurred in northern Xinjiang, with countless casualties. The Xianbei, Wuhuan and Xiongnu tribes were in short supply. Therefore, Mingjing thought that after the beginning of spring, the Hu people outside the Great Wall would probably go south again, and the scale of going south this time may not be small." Yao Guangxiao said.

The Hu people in the northern border have always been a major concern for Zhao. More than ten years ago, the Hu people outside the border took advantage of the Qin-Zhao war and took the opportunity to move south in large numbers. In order to resist the Hu people outside the border, Zhao State was forced to give up the war in Qin and also gave up the land of the Southern Shangdang. Zhao Xin, the god of the Zhao State, led a large army to fight against the Hu army. In the battle of Macheng, Zhao Xin defeated the 300,000 Hu army and annihilated more than 100,000 enemies. The Hu people were in a panic to fight back to the grassland. He had not taken half a step south for more than ten years. It was precisely because of this battle that changed the situation on the entire grassland.

Before the Battle of Macheng, the strongest strength on the grassland and dominated the Wuhuan people. In the Battle of Macheng, the Wuhuan people suffered the greatest losses, so they were unable to suppress the tribes such as the Xiongnu, Xianbei, and Xianbei, and the Wuhuans were in a slump. In addition to the Xiongnu and Xianbei, a tribe named Sushen was also rising rapidly in the north of the western Liaoxi of Zhao State.

"Yao Qing, do you think if the Hu people in the northern border really go south this time, how many people will be there?" Deng Sheng asked.

Yao Guangxiao thought for a while and replied: "Go back to Your Majesty, this time the snow disaster covers the entire grassland, whether it is the Xianbei, the Xiongnu, the Wuhuan, and even the Sushen in the east, they are affected. Therefore, I think that if the Hu people really go south this time, they should follow the example of the various ethnic groups joining south together, and the number of people should be no less than the Battle of Macheng that year!"

"If this is true, then Li Rubing should go back!" Deng Sheng smiled and said that in the Battle of Macheng, the 300,000 Hu army went south, which directly led to Zhao's forced to abandon the Southern Shangdang, gathering 400,000 troops, and defeating half of the old friends in one battle, in exchange for more than ten years of peace in the northern border. If the scale of the Hu people's southward journey was not lower than that of the Battle of Macheng, then Zhao would really have to fight to the death.

After all, the Zhao State is far inferior to the Zhao State during the Battle of Macheng. At that time, the Zhao State was still the most powerful country in the world. It has famous generals such as Zhao Xin, Zhang Chuan, Sima Chong, Li Rubing, Gongsun Yu, and countless elite soldiers and generals under its command. However, in the Zhao State today, there is only one Li Rubing left.

At this time, Li Rubing was still in Hanoi County and restrained Xue Rengui from Luoyang. If the Hu people really went south in large numbers, Li Rubing, as the general of Zhao State, must have gone to the northern border to take charge, so without the pressure from the Zhao army, Deng State could continue to mobilize troops from the Central Plains to strengthen the offensive against Guanzhong.

"Your Majesty said very much. As the pillar of Zhao, Li Rubing faced hundreds of thousands of Hu army. Looking at the Zhao State, only Li Rubing could suppress the scene." Yao Guangxiao said.

"Yao Qing, Mingjing should pay close attention to the situation in the northern border. If the Hu people show signs of going south, they will report it to me quickly and there must be no mistakes!" Deng Sheng said.

"Here!" Yao Guangxiao responded.

After Yao Guangxiao left, Deng Sheng brought all the chief officials of the three provinces and six ministries and informed everyone of the Hu army that was about to go south.

"Your Majesty, this is a good opportunity for God. The Hu army is heading south in large numbers. In order to resist, Zhao will definitely reduce its aid to Qin. Not to mention anything else, at least Li Rubing, who is in Hanoi County, will leave. Maybe the 30,000 troops stationed in Chang'an City will be recalled. As the saying goes, the opportunity must not be missed, and no more will be lost. I suggest that if the Zhao army fought with the Hu people in the northern border, our army should quickly transfer the original elite troops to attack Hangu Pass, and strive to break Hangu Pass before the northern border results are out. Once the Hangu Pass is broken, the Qin State will be in a state of failure!" Cui Hao said excitedly.

Cui Hao's suggestion was supported by many people, and even Deng Sheng agreed very much. Just as he was about to agree, the new Secretary of the Shangshu Ling Hu Weiyong stood up inappropriately and said, "Your Majesty, I think this matter should be discussed for a long time and should not be too hasty!"

"Oh? I wonder what Hu Qing has to say?" Deng Sheng asked, and Cui Hao and others stared at Hu Weiyong to see what he could say.

"Your Majesty, our dynasty dispatched an army of 600,000 to attack Guanzhong, and we have already drained all the grain and supplies of several grain-storage areas in the country. If we increase our troops, where will we get the money and food? And spring is about to begin, and spring plowing is about to be around. There are a lot of places that need to spend money, and I really don't have the energy to continue to increase our troops in Guanzhong!" Hu Weiyong said.

When Deng Sheng heard that he had no money, he quickly looked at Zhuge Liang, the new Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and asked: "Is the situation in Zhuge Qing's family true?"

Zhuge Liang nodded and said, "Your Majesty, what Hu Xiang said is very much. Now the money and grain of Wancheng, Wuxian, Shouchun and Yangdi are all supplying the battle of Guanzhong. If there is no increase in troops, the money and grain of these places will be enough to supply the army for two years. However, if the increase in troops is to be increased, it will be a little insufficient. However, if the increase in troops can be controlled below 100,000, it will be barely enough."

Zhuge Liang was originally in charge of the overall situation in Hanzhong County, but later Deng Sheng transferred him back to the central government.

"One hundred thousand is not enough!" Deng Sheng shook his head and said, "If you are fighting in the hinterland of Guanzhong, you don't need to increase your troops. The troops on the front line alone are enough. However, Hangu Pass has not yet broken the natural danger. Bai Qi's troops stationed in Lantiangu. If you want to break through, a hundred thousand troops will definitely not be enough."

"Your Majesty!" At this time, Zhuge Liang said: "Our dynasty still has a large amount of grain reserves in Chengdu and the Nanzheng area. The money was originally used to supply the western army of General Li Siye, the general of the cavalry. However, with the grain reserves from the two places, the western army is more than enough, and there should be still remaining, so some can be drawn, but it is best not to increase the troops by more than 150,000!"

"What do you think?" Deng Sheng thought for a while and asked everyone.

"Your Majesty, I think it's feasible!" The door ordered Zhang Bin to come out and said.

Zhang Bin took the lead, and everyone agreed. Although Hu Weiyong was a little unhappy, he also understood that he could not inflict public anger at this time, so he agreed.

"Okay, since that's the case, then let's discuss where to increase troops, come and take the map!" Deng Sheng said.

Soon, someone sent the map. Deng Sheng ordered people to open it and said, "Look, let's see, now that I am the third road of Deng to siege Guanzhong, where is the better place to increase 150,000 troops this time?"

"Your Majesty, I think we can increase our troops in Luoyang General Xue Rengui to help General Xue break through Hangu Pass as soon as possible. As long as Hangu Pass is broken, Qin will be weak in turning the world." said Chen Qun, Minister of Rites.

"Your Majesty, I think it's inappropriate!" Hu Weiyong retorted: "Hangu Pass is a powerful pass in the world, easy to defend and difficult to attack. In such a place, the advantage of military strength is not easy to exert, so the difference between more than 150,000 and less than 150,000 is not big. Therefore, I suggest that the general of the South Road chariot and cavalry, Murong Ke, Bai Qi is the first general of Qin. As long as he defeats him, the people of Qin will be frightened."

Everyone argued, but Cui Hao, Zhang Bin, Wang Meng, and Zhuge Liang did not participate. Cui Hao and Zhang Bin did not participate. Deng Sheng can understand that Deng Sheng has been like this since these two guys got old. However, Wang Meng and Zhuge Liang did not participate, which made Deng Sheng a little puzzled. Could it be that the suggestions of Chen Qun and Hu Weiyong were not what they thought?

So Deng Sheng asked, "Wang Qing, Zhuge Qing's family, I wonder what suggestions do you two have?"

Zhuge Liang stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, I think that our three-way army in Deng has gradually stabilized the situation. Even if we increase our troops, it will be difficult to open up the situation in a short period of time. Why not take a different approach and start another front?"

"Detect another front? How to start?" Cui Hao asked.

Zhuge Liang walked to the map, pointed at Hanzhong County, and said, "Look, General Li Siye has turned to Xiliang. If he attacked Guanzhong again in the future, he would definitely choose to enter the pass from Longguan."

When everyone heard this, they nodded repeatedly. This is normal. You can enter Guanzhong by passing through Longguan from Xiliang. Li Siye had no reason to go back and enter Guanzhong in Hanzhong.

"Since General Li Siye will not return to Hanzhong, then our army will have no troops in the Qinchuan area. Our army finally broke through the Baoxie Road and wiped out all the Qin troops in the western part of Guanzhong. It would be a pity to give up the Baoxie Road like this. Therefore, I think the new troops can form a large army, pass the Baoxie Road from Hanzhong and then enter Guanzhong!" Zhuge Liang continued.

"That's true!" Before Deng Sheng could speak, Wang Meng, who was standing aside, agreed first: "Your Majesty, it is reported that the Zhao army who went to reinforce Chang'an had already arrived at Longguan to garrison. The newly added 150,000 troops can be re-entered from Baoxi Road to Guanzhong, and attack Longguan with General Li Siye of Xiliang. As long as the Qin army in Longguan is annihilated, our army can support Chang'an!"

"It's amazing!" Everyone praised him when they heard this. This method is really good.

Deng Sheng thought for a while, and then said, "Okay, since that's the case, the newly added troops will form an army. From Hanzhong County, pass the Baoxi Road, and then enter Guanzhong. I will pass on my order to order Qianniu Guards, Feipeng Guards, and Taishan Guards to gather in Wancheng. King Jin is the main general, Yang Zongbao, the Feipeng Guards, and Xue Dingshan, the Taishan Guards, as the deputy general, and will go to Hanzhong County on the day to lead Anguo Guards to replace Xingyang's defense!"

"Here!" everyone responded.

On the 18th day of the first lunar month in the fifth year of Tiantong, Deng Yu led the Anguowei here in Xingyang City and was ordered to replace the defense of Qianniuwei who was about to go to Hanzhong County.

As soon as he saw Deng Han, Deng Yu complained: "Second brother, my father is really right. Why did you let you go to Hanzhong and not let me go? I just asked me to come to Xingyang, and there was no war here at all!"

Deng Yu was even more unhappy when he learned that his second brother general led the Qianniu Guard, Feipeng Guard, and Taishan Guard as the head general, and he was even more unhappy when he entered Guanzhong. Why did the second brother go to Guanzhong and stay in Xingyang? A few days ago, Li Rubing had already returned to Jinyang City, which means that there would be no big battle in Xingyang City. However, due to Deng Sheng's imperial edict, Deng Yu did not dare to disobey, so he could only come to Xingyang reluctantly.

"Third brother, my father must have his deep meaning when doing this!" Seeing Deng Yu's expression like a resentful woman, Deng Han smiled and comforted: "And don't think it's so easy to defend Xingyang City. Although Li Rubing left, the 100,000 elite Zhao troops are still in Henoi County. The pressure on Xingyang City is still quite large. How difficult the Zhao army is, I have a deep understanding of my brother's fight in the past year. If you are a little careless, I may regret it!"

"Don't worry, second brother, I'm not a person who doesn't know the general, I'm just unwilling to accept it. Since my father asked me to guard Xingyang, then the Zhao army would not have any soldiers crossing Xingyang!" Deng Yu nodded and said.

He was just a little complaint, not dissatisfied with Deng Sheng asking him to defend Xingyang. After all, Deng Yu was very clear about the importance of Xingyang. It can be said that the survival of Xingyang City is related to the success or failure of the entire Central Plains war. Being able to defend Xingyang is trust in him.

"Just think it through, then the second brother will be relieved. Since you are here, I won't stay in Xingyang for more time. Feipengwei and Taishanwei have already arrived in Wancheng. Now it's just that Wei and Qianniuwei are close to Wei. The war in Guanzhong is about to rekindle, and Wei still needs to return to Wancheng as soon as possible." Deng Han said.

"The second brother is leaving so soon. I plan to get together, you and my brothers together. We haven't talked together for a long time!" Deng Yu was reluctant to leave Deng Han. He and Deng Han were about the same age and grew up together, and had a deep relationship. After the battle in Guanzhong started, their brothers each had their own tasks. Deng Hao, as the prince, had to sit in Wancheng and could not leave easily. He and Deng Han were stationed on their own, and there was no emergency, nor could they leave easily. It seems that they had not got together for a long time.

"What are you anxious about? The future is long, as princes, you and I will naturally have to be the one who is in front of Deng. When Qin and Zhao are pacified, the world is stable, and the sea is peaceful and the rivers are clear, you and my brothers have time, so why should we hurry for a while?" Deng Han said.

Deng Yu smiled and said, "Yes, there is time in the future, so I won't stop my second brother. Here, I wish my second brother a victory and invincible!"

"Don't worry, third brother, when you and my brother meet again, it will be the day of Guanzhong's great dedication, and I will leave for you!" After that, Deng Han left.

In the fifth year of Tiantong, on the 28th day of the first lunar month, Deng Han returned to Wancheng and immediately entered the palace to meet Deng Sheng.

"My son pays homage to my father, wishing him to live forever and his country will be forever!" In Ganyang Palace, Deng Han saluted Deng Sheng.

Deng Sheng looked at the son in front of him, nodded, and said, "Get up, there is no outsider here, there is no need to be polite!"

"Thank you, Father!" Deng Han said thankfully.

"I believe you also know what I want to do to let you come back. According to the rewards of Mingjing Spy, the Hu people in the northern border have already set a date for going south. They will move south in March. The day when the Hu people go south is when the war in Guanzhong reignites. Your mission is to bring your troops into Guanzhong. Do you have confidence?" Deng Sheng asked.

"Don't worry, my father, I will definitely live up to my father's high expectations. Please wait for my son's good news!" Deng Han nodded heavily and said.

"It's good to have confidence. You don't come back many times. Go and meet your mother first. She misses you very much!" Deng Sheng said.

"Here!" Deng Han responded and left Ganyang Palace.

As soon as he went out, Deng Han met Deng Hao in front of him. Deng Han quickly saluted and said, "I have seen Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

Deng Han smiled and helped Deng Han up and said, "Second brother, don't have to be too polite!"

"Thank you Your Highness!" Deng Han said thankfully.

Deng Hao said, "Second brother, this time Wei is handed over to you Feipengwei and Taishanwei. You can't let Brother Wei down!"

Although Feipeng Guard and Taishan Guard are not considered Deng Hao's personal soldiers, except Deng Sheng, only Deng Hao can mobilize them. Even if they are in the General Governor's Office, they cannot use Feipeng Guard and Taishan Guard unless necessary.

"Don't worry, your highness, I will definitely live up to the high expectations of my father and your highness!" Deng Han said.

"Then Brother Wei is in Wancheng, waiting for the second brother's good news. By the way, my second brother is going to see Aunt Mi. I won't keep you for more brother Wei, go now!" Deng Hao said.

"Thank you, my brother, I will take my leave first!" After that, Deng Han turned around and left.
Chapter completed!