Chapter 667: Yue Fei comes out of the mountain

In the tenth year of Tiantong, on the fourth day of the April 10,000, the Deng army broke through 150,000 Zhao troops at the Liyang Ferry Crossing, and wiped out nearly 80,000 Zhao troops. Zhao Kuo, the chief general of the Zhao army, led the remaining troops to break through the encirclement and fled towards Yecheng. Qin Lie, the general of Longxiang Guard, led his troops to pursue Huangze but failed, so he led his troops back to Liyang.

The battle report of the Liyang victory was also immediately sent back to Luoyang. Deng Sheng laughed when he received the news. He thought that Zhao Kuo, as the son of Zhao Xin and the Grand Marshal of Zhao, should have some skills, but he did not expect that Zhao Kuo was so unbearable that he was defeated by me, Xue Rengui, in the battle. Even Deng's army won without even half of his troops.

If you don’t commit suicide, you won’t die. Facing the main force of the 300,000 Deng army, Zhao Kuo dared to take the initiative when his troops were at an absolute disadvantage. It was really courageous, but his behavior was undesirable.

In the Zichen Hall, the monarch and ministers were very happy. The Secretariat ordered Fan Zhongyan to laugh and said, "Zhao Kuo wanted to imitate the old story of King Wu of Qi and attacked him halfway, but he didn't expect that King Wu of Qi could not learn it, but instead became the second Zhao Kuo. It's really ironic!"

Deng Sheng also recognized it very much. Zhao Kuo wanted to learn from Han Xin, but how many people could compete with Han Xin for thousands of years in China? As for Zhao Kuo, the pre-Qin Zhao State, although the talk on paper made future generations sneer, he was entrusted by the King of Zhao at that time and was recognized by the civil and military officials of the Zhao State. Unfortunately, he met Bai Qi, a peerless commander who was rare in a century, and it was not easy to have the courage to fight Bai Qi.

Zhao Kuo is obviously a tragic person. When he debuted, he mostly started with small battles. Han Xin, who started with Zhang Han, Sima Xin and others. At most, it was a senior match. He was not as awesome as Zhao Kuo. His first appearance was to play in the peak match.

To be honest, Deng Sheng felt that putting Zhao Kuo with Zhao Kuo from the pre-Qin period was considered a compliment. Zhao Kuo from the pre-Qin period dared to fight Bai Qi at least had the capital to fight. What about Zhao Kuo? No matter from that aspect, he did not have the advantage against Xue Rengui, and he chose to take the initiative to attack, like a half-cross attack. Deng Sheng felt very stupid. Even if he won, he would at most increase his morale. This loss was irrelevant to Deng Jun, and if he lost, he would become a laughing stock.

"I won't talk about Zhao Kuo anymore. I have something I want to discuss without you." After picking this topic, Deng Sheng said to everyone.

"I wonder what your Majesty is troubled?" the door ordered Kou Zhun to ask.

Deng Sheng said: "This time Zhao abandoned Li Rubing and chose Zhao Kuo to fight our army. All of them were due to the power struggle between Zhao State. However, now Zhao Kuo was defeated and retreated to Yecheng, which also allowed the people of Zhao State to see Zhao Kuo's ability. He was not Xue Qing's opponent. Therefore, I thought Zhao State would use Li Rubing again. Once Li Rubing led the elite troops in the northern border south, Hebei would probably be in a confrontation again."

When everyone heard this, they nodded repeatedly. Li Rubing was the biggest trouble for Deng's country to destroy Zhao. Although Li Rubing had been fighting with Deng's army for so many years, they had to admit that Li Rubing was indeed a rare famous general. After Bai Qi's death, Li Rubing was also the only person who had the ability to obstruct Deng's army from unifying the world.

So once Li Rubing goes south, it may really have an impact on the situation in Hebei. Although Deng Guo defeated Li Rubing many times, the coach was Yue Fei. But now Yue Fei is old, and the main general is replaced by Xue Rengui. Will Xue Rengui be Li Rubing's opponent?

However, everyone was not worried that Xue Rengui would lose. After all, Xue Rengui was still very capable, and Deng's army was far superior to Zhao's army. Even if Xue Rengui couldn't win, he would not lose. However, in this way, Hebei would form a confrontation.

"Well, can you send General Xue to quickly capture Yecheng? As long as you take Yecheng, the overall situation in Hebei can be determined. Even if Li Rubing leads his army south, it will be difficult to turn the tables." Shangshu Ling Hu Weiyong asked carefully.

Yecheng is an important city in Hebei. Since Zhao took Yecheng, it has always regarded Yecheng as the foundation for Zhao's defense to conquer the world. Yecheng's status in Zhao is second only to the capital Jinyang. Once Yecheng is taken, there will be no city in Hebei that can stop Deng's army's troops.

But Deng Sheng shook his head and said, "No need. Since I promised Xue Qing's right to make decisions at the moment, the matter in Hebei will be entrusted to Xue Qing. If my excessive interference is easy to mislead things. What I want to say is Chen Ping, who is entrenched in Shangdang County, and he and his 100,000 troops are a sharp sword hanging over my head, making me feel uncomfortable and unable to sleep or eat."

Before the war, Zhao State sent a veteran Chen Ping to lead an army of 100,000 to Shangdang County and stationed in Gaodu City, staring at Luoyang. Anyone with a discerning eye knew that this was Zhao's deterrence to Deng State, hoping to put pressure on Luoyang to make the Deng army in Hebei restricted the advancement. However, Deng State was not without a solution. Yulin Guard and Tianwu Guard were stationed in Henan Prefecture, and the General General of the General General Li Siye was in Luoyang City to guard against Chen Ping, but Chen Ping was still in Shangdang County for one day, which was always a threat to Luoyang, so Deng Sheng had the idea to hope to solve it.

Once Chen Ping's troops in Shangdang County can be defeated, no matter what Hebei is like, Deng's army can still reach Jinyang City.

"Your Majesty, Chen Ping is certainly hateful, but with Luoyang's current strength, it is very difficult to defeat Chen Ping. Unless the Yongning Guard, Yongping Guard, Tianning Guard, and An Guo Guard in the Central Plains, it would be difficult to achieve it by relying solely on the Yulin Guard and Tianwu Guard." Kou Zhun said with a frown.

Deng Sheng nodded and said, "I also know that I have discussed this matter with Li Qing. Li Qing also gave me an idea. Now that our army has pacified Hanoi County, it is a foregone conclusion that our army can attack Huguan directly as long as Hanoi County is in hand. Li Qing's idea is that he will lead the army north to fight against Chen Ping first, and then we will send troops to attack Huguan and force Chen Ping to divide the troops. Once Chen Ping divides the troops, our army's chance will come."

"But Your Majesty, Huguan is steep. As long as the Zhao army guards the Guancheng to the death, it will be difficult to capture even if we send a hundred thousand troops. Chen Ping may not choose to divide the troops." Fan Zhongyan said.

"He refuses to divide the troops, so we will force him to divide the troops." Deng Sheng said with a smile on his face.

"Forcing Chen Ping to divide his troops? Your Majesty, how should you force him?" Everyone asked in confusion.

Deng Sheng smiled and said, "If ordinary people lead troops to attack Huguan, Chen Ping may not necessarily divide his troops, but what if the person who leads troops to attack Huguan is Yue Fei?"

"It's amazing!" When everyone heard this, they suddenly realized and said, "Duke Wu is famous and invincible. Even Li Rubing will be defeated repeatedly by Duke Wu. If Duke Wu suddenly leads his troops to appear in Huguan, Chen Ping will never dare to be careless no matter how many troops there are under Duke Wu. But Your Majesty, Duke Wu is over 70 years old and has retired for many years. Can he still withstand the hardships of military service?"

It was really a good idea to let Yue Fei lead his troops, but the problem arises again. After all, Yue Fei is an old man in his seventies. He is already very old in this era. At this age, there are not many people. Whether Yue Fei's body is still suitable to lead troops to fight is still the same.

Deng Sheng waved his hand and said, "It's okay. Yue Qing has been the focus of the Imperial Hospital over the years. I have asked the imperial doctor. Although Yue Qing's health is old, he is still very healthy. Besides, this time I asked Yue Qing to go to Huguan, but it was not to let him attack the city and pull the village. As long as he stayed under Huguan City, I will go to the Duke of Wu's mansion to invite Yue Qing out of the mountain later."

"If the Duke of Wu led his troops, the chances of success would be greatly increased." Everyone nodded and said.

After finishing the discussion in Zichen Palace, he brought the Crown Prince Deng Hao and the Grandson Deng Huan to the Duke of Wu's Mansion in person. Upon hearing Deng Sheng's arrival, Yue Fei personally led the men, women, young and old in the family to greet him outside the door.

"Old minister Yue Fei bowed to Your Majesty! I have seen His Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the Crown Prince." Yue Fei bowed and bowed to Deng Sheng with the help of his grandson.

"Keep to Your Majesty! I have seen His Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the Crown Prince!" With Yue Fei taking the lead, the people from the Yue family bowed and bowed.

Deng Sheng hurriedly walked up to Yue Fei, helped Yue Fei up, and said, "Yue Qing is my great Deng hero, so there is no need to be polite!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Yue Fei replied.

After Yue Fei got up, Deng Sheng looked at Yue Fei carefully and found that Yue Fei was really much older, with silver hair all telling the sadness of the hero's twilight years. Seeing Yue Fei so old, Deng Sheng was shaken in his heart. Deng Guo was famous generals, and it was not necessary to let Yue Fei, a veteran.

When Deng was promoted to the capital, he thought about letting Yue Fei stay in Wancheng. First, he considered that Yue Fei was over 70 years old and could not withstand the bumps. Second, he hoped that Yue Fei could take over Wancheng for himself and shock the royal family who stayed in Wancheng. However, Yue Fei insisted on taking the Yue family with the court to move the capital. Deng Sheng could not resist Yue Fei, so he had to let it go.

Then, Deng Sheng looked at Yue Chang, the eldest grandson of Yue Fei, who was standing beside him. Yue Chang was the son of Yue Yun, the eldest son of Yue Fei and the prince of Xiling, Sun Yan, who was one year older than the crown prince Deng Huan and twenty years old this year. In fact, he had already entered the army for a long time. However, considering Yue Fei's age, Deng Sheng asked Yue Chang to serve in the General Governor's Office and stayed at home to take care of Yue Fei.

When he arrived at the main hall of Duke Wu's Mansion, Deng Sheng sat in the main seat and asked Yue Fei: "Yue Qing, I wonder how good he is in the near future?"

Yue Fei smiled loudly and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the old minister is in good health. Even if you let the old minister wear a battle again, it will be fine. If you don't see me, Da Deng, unify the world for a day, you will not die."

"Yue Qing should not be nonsense. I will not hide it from you. I am here this time because I want to ask Yue Qing about his opinion." Deng Sheng said.

"I don't know what's wrong? Please tell me clearly." Yue Fei asked.

Deng Sheng said: "Yue Qing knows that Chen Ping, a veteran general of Zhao, led a 100,000 army to station in Gaodu City, and stared at me in Luoyang, making me feel uncomfortable."

Yue Fei nodded and said, "The old minister knows this. Speaking of which, Chen Ping, the first time he met him was when he followed His Majesty to Peicheng to participate in the Central Plains War. It took thirty years in the blink of an eye. I didn't expect that to this day, he could still lead a hundred thousand troops to fight. I really don't know if he is old and stronger or the country of Zhao is no longer the same."

Chen Ping was a general under Zhao Xin back then. In terms of age, he was even older than Yue Fei. He was almost eighty years old and had to lead troops to fight. In Deng State, people of his age like Chen Ping had long been at home to enjoy their grandchildren. Chen Ping's existence also confirmed that there was no successor to Zhao State.

"A few days ago, Li Siye offered me a plan, saying that he would send troops to attack Huguan, force Chen Ping to divide his troops in Gaodu, and then concentrate Luoyang's troops and defeat him. On the one hand, he could relieve the threat from Luoyang, and on the other hand, he could take this opportunity to reach Jinyang." Deng Sheng said.

"Huguan is steep and the city is solid. Even if a hundred thousand troops attack the city, the Zhao army only needs 20,000 to 30,000 troops. It is not a problem to hold on for one or two years. It is probably not easy to force Chen Ping to divide the troops into Huguan." Yue Fei frowned and said.

"This is natural, so if you want Chen Ping to divide his troops, then the person who leads his troops to Huguan must be someone who Chen Ping is afraid of." Deng Sheng looked at Yue Fei and said.

"Your Majesty wants the old minister to lead the troops?" All the words were said. If Yue Fei still didn't understand, he would have been wasting his decades of living.

Deng Sheng nodded and said, "That's right, Yue Qing is a famous general in our dynasty, and is invincible. If Yue Qing appears in Huguan, even if Chen Ping has confidence in Huguan, he will never dare to be careless. Therefore, it is imperative to divide the troops into Huguan. But I don't know if Yue Fei is still willing to serve the court?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, although I am old, I can still serve the court. If Your Majesty asks me to lead my troops to Huguan, I will take this majestic pass for Your Majesty!" Yue Fei stood up and bowed and said.

Yue Fei was unwilling to retreat from the position of the general of the General's General's Office. It was not that Yue Fei was greedy for power, but that he was unwilling to retire and return home like this. As a soldier, corpse-wound is the greatest honor. Death in his old age at home is the greatest irony of a general. But he had no choice but to retreat if he was over 60 years old. This is the unspoken rule of the officialdom of Deng State. Even a meritorious old minister like Yue Fei is no exception. Yue Fei was already a few years late and could not always occupy a position. How can the new generation of Deng State grow? For the future of Deng State, Yue Fei retreated.

"Okay! Yue Qing is so magnificent!" Deng Sheng was originally confused about whether Yue Fei could still go into battle, but seeing Yue Fei's current situation, Deng Sheng decided to let Yue Fei lead his troops to Huguan. Looking at the entire Deng Kingdom, the only one who could have such a deterrent force that Chen Yin could divide the troops into Huguan without hesitation was Yue Fei.

"I will ask the King of Wei to take his Anguowei to Yue Qing's command to obey the order. This time, he can take down this majestic pass by God's will. I don't care. I have only one requirement, which is to let Chen Ping divide his troops. At the same time, no soldiers and soldiers in Huguan can leave Huguan." Deng Sheng said.

"Here!" Yue Fei replied.

On the sixth day of the fourth month of the Tiantong year, Deng Sheng, with Duke of Wu Yue Fei as the main general and King Deng Yu of Wei as the deputy general, led 50,000 Anguo Guards to the north to attack Henei County and attacked Huguan. Yue Fei's eldest grandson Yue Chang also went to war with the army.

At the same time, the news of Li Yang's defeat also reached Jinyang, and the government and the country were shocked. Zhao State had high hopes for Zhao Kuo. In order to allow Zhao Kuo to continue to lead the troops, he even abandoned the general Li Rubing. But who would have thought that Zhao Kuo was defeated so simply and lost nearly 80,000 soldiers. Today, Zhao State is no longer the world's largest country with a million soldiers in the past. Although the damage to the 80,000 soldiers and horses will not shake the foundation, it is enough to hurt the bones.

The worst thing is that after Zhao Kuo's defeat, the situation in Hebei was instantly unbalanced. Zhao Kuo retreated to Yecheng and faced hundreds of thousands of Deng's troops. Who knows whether Zhao Kuo could defend Yecheng? Once Yecheng is lost, the entire Hebei will face the Deng's army's troops directly. If you are not careful, you will lose all the battle.

At this critical moment, the voice of Li Rubing is getting louder and louder.

"Empress Dowager, Zhao Kuo defeated Li Yang, the situation in Hebei is corrupt. Now that the Deng army has besieged Yecheng, if Yecheng is lost, Hebei may no longer have anything to our great Zhao. I strongly advocate mobilizing General Li Rubing to lead his army south to resist Deng's army and stabilize the situation in Hebei!" In the Chengqian Hall, Prime Minister of Zhao, Zhong Xing, said righteously.

Zhong Xing was not optimistic about Zhao Kuo, but it was because Empress Dowager Meng and Zhang Ying were worried that Li Rubing would regain military power when he went south. In addition, Zhao Kuo's conviction said that it could block Deng's army, which made Empress Dowager Meng and Zhang Ying blindly choose to believe Zhao Kuo, so Li Yang was defeated. Now Zhao Kuo is trapped in Yecheng and the situation in Hebei is corrupt. In order to restore the decline, Zhong Xing once again insisted that Li Rubing leads his army to the south.

"This..." Empress Dowager Meng looked at Zhang Ying in a panic. She didn't expect that Zhao Kuo, who had high hopes, was defeated, and it was defeated so simply and so tragic. The 150,000 army was lost more than half, and the situation in Hebei was corrupt. Now Empress Dowager Meng had no idea and could only turn her attention to Zhang Ying.

Zhang Ying was struggling very much. He really didn't want Li Rubing to go south, but now Zhao Kuo, a waste, lost nearly 80,000 troops in one battle, causing Zhang Ying to fall into a passive state. After the battle between heaven and man, Zhang Ying sighed and said, "Empress Dowager, for the sake of the present, he can only mobilize the general Li Rubing to lead the army in the northern border south. Only Li Rubing can stabilize the situation in Hebei."

Upon hearing this, Empress Dowager Meng said, "Okay, I'll send someone to pass the order to Li Rubing, and order him to lead 150,000 northern troops to go south quickly. In addition, send someone to pass on the mission to Zhao Kuo and tell him that the reinforcements from the court will arrive soon and let him hold on. If there is any loss in Yecheng, he won't have to come back!"

At this time, Empress Dowager Meng was very dissatisfied with Zhao Kuo. She made a fuss before the war, but who expected that it would be so unbearable. Just a battle would cost more than half of the elite troops in the Hebei of Zhao, leaving Empress Dowager Meng without any confidence in him. Now Empress Dowager Meng only hopes that Zhao Kuo can defend Yecheng and hold on until Li Rubing leads his army south, otherwise Zhao Kuo will die in Yecheng.
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