Chapter 671: Palm the inner yellow

In the tenth year of Tiantong, on the tenth day of June, in Fanyang City, Li Rubing and Leting stood on the top of the city and looked into the direction of Neihuang. As early as more than ten days ago, Li Rubing received a letter of help from Zhao Kuo, but Li Rubing had never been able to get rid of Murong Ke's entanglement, so he still stayed in Fanyang.

Li Rubing said to Le Ting on the side: "Le Ting, send orders to integrate the troops and horses. Tonight we will evacuate Fanyang and head north to Wei County."

"General, why is this?" Le Ting was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and asked in confusion. Fanyang City is now solid. Although Murong Ke led a large army to be stationed thirty miles outside the city, he has not dared to approach Fanyang City for many days. Why should he retreat?

Li Rubing said: "Neihuang is probably lost. We will continue to stay in Fanyang and will probably be surrounded by Deng's army."

"Neihuang has lost?" Le Ting was a little surprised and said, "General, it's not right. Although the troops in Zhao Kuo's hands are not the opponent of Deng's army in the wild, if Zhao Kuo defends the city to the death, even if Deng's army attacks fiercely, he can still defend for three or five months."

Li Rubing sighed and said, "Oh, it's normal, but have you ever thought that Zhao Kuo is so arrogant that he suddenly asks for help from me? There is only one answer, that is, Neihuang lacks food, and it won't last long. Otherwise, with Zhao Kuo's personality, he wouldn't ask for help from me."

When Le Ting heard this, he suddenly realized, "Isn't it? Zhao Kuo has always wanted to prove that he is stronger than Li Rubing for so many years. Now Zhao Kuo and Li Rubing each have a command of an army, stationed in Fanyang and Neihuang. Once Zhao Kuo sends people to ask for help from Li Rubing, it means that he bows his head to Li Rubing. Therefore, Zhao Kuo will not ask for help easily unless he has no choice. Now Zhao Kuo's letter of help has been sent more than ten days ago, which means that Zhao Kuo can't hold on anymore.

"General, what would Zhao Kuo do if he really couldn't hold on?" Le Ting asked.

Li Rubing thought for a while and said, "Either defend Neihuang and fight the Deng army to the end. If you want to fight to the death, you will lead your army to break through and retreat to Yecheng. However, with my general's understanding of Zhao Kuo, he will never be the kind of person who sits and waits for death, so Zhao Kuo will definitely choose to break through. However, Xue Rengui's army surrounded Neihuang, how could Zhao Kuo leave just by saying that he could leave? Even if Zhao Kuo can break out as he wished, his 70,000 troops would probably be left. Therefore, this general will let you integrate your troops and evacuate from Fanyang, because we are the last hope of Zhao Kuo in Hebei."

"General, the last general understands, let's make arrangements!" After that, Le Ting hurriedly went to rectify the troops.

After Le Ting left, Li Rubing looked towards Wei County and murmured: "I hope it's still time!"

At the same time, outside the Neihuang City, there was already a sea of ​​blood. Last night, Zhao Kuo led a large army to break through, and the Deng army surrounded the Zhao army layer by layer. After a night of bloody battle, the Zhao army still failed to break through the Deng army's blockade. Several times when the Zhao army defeated the Deng army almost collapsed, the Deng army's reinforcements quickly came up. Every time when the Zhao army saw hope, they were disappointed again, but now they were desperate.

After a night of bloody battle at all costs, the losses of both sides were huge. The 70,000 Zhao army was only less than 30,000. The Deng army was not easy. The Spirit Snake Guard lost more than half, and the Longxiang Guard also lost one-fifth of its strength. In addition to the losses of other guards, the Deng army lost at least 70,000 people this night, which was similar to the casualties of the Zhao army. However, the Deng army had more than 200,000 troops, and even if these 40,000 people were lost, there were still 200,000.

The sky gradually turned white, and more and more Deng's troops came to encircle. Zhao Kuo knew very well that he had no hope of breaking through, but now Neihuang City has been occupied by Deng's army. Zhao Kuo had no choice but to lead his troops to retreat to the edge of Huangze and make his final struggle.

"Tian Zhen, how many soldiers do we have?" Zhao Kuo asked Tian Zhen. Not long after Zhao Kuo led his army to retreat to Huangze, the Deng army soon came up again. The Zhao army had no time to set up camp and could only form an army.

Tian Zhen wiped the blood from his face and said, "Taiwei, I just took a brief count. We still have less than 30,000 troops."

"Not less than 30,000!" Zhao Kuo said sadly: "I remember how energetic I was when I led a 150,000 army out of Jinyang. I didn't expect that in less than 30,000 elite troops in less than a year, there were only less than 30,000 elite troops left? Could it be that this 150,000 is really not the general?"

Seeing that Zhao Kuo had lost confidence, Tian Zhen knew that Zhao Kuo was the chief general of the army. If Zhao Kuo had lost confidence, then they would have no hope. So he quickly comforted him: "Don't be discouraged, we still have 30,000 troops, and we may not be able to break through. As long as we return to Yecheng, we can make a comeback!"

"Come on a comeback?" Zhao Kuo heard this, mocked and pointed at the soldiers behind him, saying, "Tian Zhen, look at how many people are left? No 70,000 people can break through the siege of Deng's army. Can you still expect this tired army of less than 30,000? Take a step back and say, even if we can break through the siege, how many people can we still have left? After returning to Daoye City, what will we make a comeback? There is no hope."

"Taiwei!" Tian Zhen looked at Zhao Kuo with tears in his eyes when he heard this. He knew that what Zhao Kuo said was the facts. When the breakout was just a self-deception, Tian Zhen had no hope. As for the war to fight, Zhao army had no hope.

Zhao Kuo took a deep breath and said, "Tian Zhen, now our army has reached the end of the country. This Taiwei will not surrender. This Taiwei is the Taiwei of the Great Zhao Dynasty and the son of Zhao Xin, the god of the Great Zhao army. This Taiwei has his own pride. This defeat has already insulted the reputation of his father. If this Taiwei does not even have the courage to fight to the end, then this Taiwei will not be worthy of being Zhao Xin's son. But Tian Zhen, you are different from the soldiers. You all have parents, wives and children. This Taiwei will not ask, and I dare not ask that you can accompany this Taiwei to die. If possible, you will surrender."

"Taiwei!" Tian Zhen knelt down with tears in his eyes and said, "The general was deeply grateful to the Grand Zhao and the Grand Marshal. He would never be a person who was afraid of death. If the Grand Marshal decided to fight to the end, the general would not live in vain and would be with the Grand Marshal!"

"I wish to be with the Grand Marshal!" Tian Zhen said, and the generals and schoolmen behind him knelt down and said.

"Okay!" Seeing this, Zhao Kuo helped Tian Zhen up and said to everyone: "You are all good men of my big Zhao. It's my incompetent Zhao Kuo. It's my incompetent Zhao Kuo. It's my honor to have you all accompany me on the road to the underworld!"

Zhao Kuo took a step forward, looked at the Deng army formation not far away, and said, "Today, this Taiwei and you will fight the Deng army to the death. Only then will the man be ambitious. Tian Zhen, send an order to rest for an hour. If there are anyone who doesn't want to die during this period, let them leave. After an hour, we will launch an attack on the Deng army. Even if we die, we cannot make Deng army feel better!"

At this time, Zhao Kuo was covered in blood and his armor was already in pieces. Zhao Kuo looked at Xue Rengui sitting on the horse and said, "Thank you for your love. However, I, Zhao Kuo, have been deeply favored by Emperor Zhao. My father created the glory of the Great Zhao. Although I, Zhao Kuo, have no talent of my father, nor the reputation of my father, I am not a greedy person who is afraid of death. Today I was defeated by General Xue. Zhao Kuo has no other requests, only for death. I hope General Xue will be successful. Don't waste your words and jokes! "

Xue Rengui sighed, without saying a word, just waved his hand gently, and then countless Deng troops rushed towards the Zhao army. After a quarter of an hour, everything calmed down. Zhao Kuo, Tian Zhen and other generals of the Zhao army died in a fierce battle, and none of the 20,000 Zhao army soldiers survived.

Deng Qiang walked to Xue Rengui and said, "General, there are still thousands of Zhao troops there, all of whom have put down their weapons. The last general asked General Wang Yanzhang to lead the Lingser Guard to take care of him."

Xue Rengui nodded and said, "Let Wang Yanzhang take these surrendered Zhao soldiers back to Neihuang, take good care of them, Qin Lie obeys the order!"

"The last one is here!" Qin Lie took a step forward and responded.

"Now that Neihuang has gone down, Zhao Kuo is dead, Li Rubing from Fanyang will definitely not sit still and wait for death. I will order you to lead Longxiang Guard to rush to Wei County to support General Luo Cheng. At all costs, stop Li Rubing and must not let him return to Yecheng and wait for the main army of our generals to reinforce!" Xue Rengui said.

Now Neihuang City has been captured, Zhao Kuo and his 70,000 troops were wiped out, and only one Li Rubing was left. As long as Li Rubing was defeated, no one in Hebei could stop Deng's army, so Xue Rengui would never let Li Rubing return to Yecheng alive.

"Here!" Qin Lie responded and led Longxiang Guard to set off.

After Qin Lie left, Xue Rengui said to Deng Qiang again: "Li Rubing had Murong Cheqi and Luo Cheng entangled, and he would not be able to get rid of it for a while. Qin Lie's Longxiang Guard could reach Wei County within one day. Our army had been fighting hard for a long time, and the soldiers were very tired, so he would rest in Neihuang for a night and move troops tomorrow."

"Here!" Deng Qiang responded.

At the same time, Li Rubing, who withdrew from Fanyang, was fighting with Murong Ke's army. Murong Ke knew that it would be difficult to defeat Li Rubing's army with his own troops, so he simply did not confront Li Rubing head-on, but kept harassing and delaying Li Rubing's marching speed. Moreover, Murong Ke also believed that Xue Rengui must have sent people to Wei County, so Murong Ke was not in a hurry at all.

"General, Murong Ke is really too cunning. He doesn't fight with our army and keeps harassing our army, which greatly delays our army's speed. At this speed, within two or three days, we will definitely not be able to reach Wei County." Le Ting said to Li Rubing.

Li Rubing smiled bitterly and said, "Murong Ke must know that with his strength, it is difficult to defeat our army, so he used harassment strategies to delay our army's speed, but we can't do anything about him, unless we ignore Murong Ke and march with all our strength. But in this way, Murong Ke will definitely pursue him from behind. In the end, even if we can return to Yecheng, how many of our 120,000 troops will be left? These troops are the last hope of Da Zhao in Hebei, and we must not lose it."

Li Rubing knew very well that the most important thing now is to protect the troops in his hands, otherwise even if he returned to Yecheng without troops, he would be dead.

"Have the scouts sent to Wei County not returned yet?" Li Rubing asked. When he left Fanyang, Li Rubing asked Leting to send a large number of scouts to Wei County to investigate the situation in Wei County. Li Rubing did not believe it, and Xue Rengui would turn a blind eye to Wei County.

Le Ting said: "It should be almost back."

As soon as he spoke, a quick horse came to Li Rubing. The scout turned over and got off the horse and said, "Report to General, Deng's army has already been stationed in Wei County!"

"What? Wei County was occupied by Deng's army!" Le Ting was shocked when he heard this. Although Wei County was not the only way back to Yecheng, Murong Ke was constantly harassing the Zhao army. Moreover, judging from Murong Ke's posture, he wanted to drive the Zhao army towards Wei County. In other words, if the Zhao army wanted to return to Yecheng, Wei County had become the only way. Now that Wei County was occupied by Deng's army, wouldn't the Zhao army have no way to go?

When Li Rubing heard this, his face was very gloomy and said to the scout: "You go to Wei County again immediately. Be sure to find out how many soldiers Deng Jun has in Wei County."

"Here!" The scout responded, then got on his horse and headed towards Wei County again.

After the scout left, Li Rubing said to Le Ting: "Le Ting, send the order, the whole army will speed up and head towards Wei County!"

"General, Wei County has been occupied by Deng's army now, so why are we still going to Wei County?" Le Ting asked in confusion. Now Wei County is occupied by Deng's army and the road ahead has been cut off. Why is Li Rubing still going to Wei County?

Li Rubing said: "After we left Fanyang, Deng's army had already entered Fanyang. Our retreat was gone. There was no other choice but to go to Black. Now Xue Rengui's main force is fighting fiercely with Zhao Kuo in Neihuang. Even if we send troops to Wei County, there will be no more. After we arrive at Wei County, we can send troops to block Murong Ke while attacking Wei County. As long as Xue Rengui defeats Zhao Kuo and reinforces Wei County, our army can return to Yecheng."

"Here!" Le Ting replied.

After walking for another day, Zhao's army reached less than a hundred miles from Wei County and finally saw hope. At this time, the scout who went to Wei County to investigate finally returned.

"Report to the General, half a day ago, tens of thousands of Deng's cavalry entered Wei County!" said the scout.

Upon hearing this, Li Rubing's face suddenly turned ashamed, while Le Ting on the side was panicked, because there was really no hope now. Tens of thousands of people guarded Wei County. Even if Murong Ke did not harass him, it would not be so easy for the Zhao army to take over Wei County.

Li Rubing sighed and said, "I am defeated and everything is over. Le Ting, I will send an order to the whole army camp on the spot. I am here, waiting for Xue Rengui to arrive."
Chapter completed!