Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 667

Chapter 668: Li Rubing goes south

"The Empress Dowager Yizhi, Li Yang was defeated, and the situation in Hebei has deteriorated. General Li Rubing led an army of 15 troops from the northern border to rush south to reinforce Yecheng. There must be no mistake!" Tiantong ten years, April 15th, Yuyang City, Li Rubing received Yizhi from Jinyang asked him to command an army of [-] to go south to reinforce Yecheng.

"Minister Li Rubing takes the decree!" Li Rubing took Yi's decree, then frowned and asked the angel who came to announce the decree: "Before you came, did the Empress Dowager say that when I arrived in Yecheng, who would be the master with Zhao Kuo? "

The angel shook his head and said: "The queen mother's intentions are all in the Yizhi. As for who is the master between the general and the captain after the general arrives in Yecheng, the queen mother did not explain. The general and the queen mother are still waiting for the official in Jinyang. Go back and return to your orders, it is inconvenient for me to stay for a long time, so I will leave first!"

After the angel left, Li Rubing sighed, and said to Le Ting beside him, "The queen mother and Zhang Ying are still guarding against this general!"

"What does the general say?" Le Ting asked in confusion.

Li Rubing said: "The empress dowager's order for this general is to let this general lead his army south to break the siege of Yecheng, but after this general arrives in Yecheng, how should he deal with the relationship with Zhao Kuo? Zhao Kuo is a captain. He will be the general, so who will listen to whom?"

When Le Ting heard it, he suddenly realized, isn't it? The Taiwei and the General are both No. 1 in the military in name. If the military power is all in the hands of one person, it will be easy to handle, but the problem now is that Li Rubing has 15 in his hands. In the army, Zhao Kuo also has more than 7 soldiers and horses. Although Li Rubing has more soldiers and horses than Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kuo has the support of Jinyang. Compared with the two, the strength of the two is almost the same.

"What does Queen Mother mean?" Le Ting asked.

"The Empress Dowager and Zhang Ying are afraid that the general will regain control of the military, so they don't mention this matter, so that the general and Zhao Kuo can check and balance each other, but they never thought that the army has two generals at the same time. If they cannot be unified, how can they be the opponent of hundreds of thousands of Deng Jun?" Li Rubing said helplessly.

"Then general, shall we still go to Yecheng?" Le Ting asked.

"Of course I'm going, let's not say that the queen mother is the emperor, I will be a minister, if I will not go to Yecheng, Zhao Kuo will definitely not be Xue Rengui's opponent, once Yecheng is lost, the land of Hebei will no longer be My Dazhao is all, without Hebei, how long can Dazhao last? Leting, you go to the army immediately, and go south to Yecheng with this general." Li Rubing said.

"Here!" Le Ting replied.

Soon, under Li Rubing's military order, an army of 10,000+ was assembled, but these 15 troops were Zhao's main force in the northern border. Once these 15 people left Yuyang, the entire northern border would be destroyed. There are only 2 troops left in the four counties of Liaodong. It is impossible to defend the northern border with these soldiers and horses alone. The Hu people outside the Great Wall are not vegetarians. Thousands of people stayed in Yuyang, while he led an army of 3 to go south.

After leaving Yuyang, Li Rubing hurriedly marched all the way. It took less than half a month to arrive at Handan City, the governor of Zhao County, and then entered the territory of Wei County. He could arrive in the next day, and was about to face hundreds of thousands of Deng Jun. Li Rubing didn't dare to advance rashly, so he stayed in Handan and waited to find out the situation of Deng Jun before marching.

However, General Le Ting does not think so. Le Ting believes that Deng Jun is strong and strong, and Zhao Jun is not as good as Deng Jun. If you want to break the siege of Yecheng, you have to be surprised. Troops will be sent to stop it.

But Li Rubing did not follow Le Ting's suggestion, but insisted on staying in Handan. After being with Li Rubing for so long, Le Ting knew that Li Rubing must have his own ideas in doing this, so he asked Li Rubing in private.

Facing Le Ting's doubts, Li Rubing patiently explained: "With 12 troops, we were able to attack the city of Yecheng by surprise. The general really has the confidence to open a gap, but what should we do next? Deng Jun has nearly 40 troops. Dajun, even if we can temporarily repel Deng's army, Deng's army will soon be able to re-enter Yecheng, and what about us? Although our army's strength has greatly increased after joining forces with Zhao Kuo, we will fight against Zhao Kuo. If you don't belong, who should you listen to? Defending Yecheng together with Li Rubing will easily cause internal strife in our army. In this case, it is better to let Zhao Kuo defend Yecheng, and our army will contain Deng's army on the periphery. , Deng Jun will not be able to attack Yecheng with all his strength, which is the best for Yecheng."

Hearing this, Le Ting understood instantly. Indeed, after the two armies joined together, the Zhao army's strength would be close to 20. If all the soldiers and horses obeyed Li Rubing's military order, there would be 20 troops in hand, plus Yecheng There is plenty of money and food, not to mention sticking to Yecheng, even going out of the city to confront Deng Jun is not a problem, but the problem is that without an explicit order from the court, it is impossible for Zhao Kuo to listen to Li Rubing, and entering Yecheng is not a problem. good thing.

"Then we will stay in Handan all the time?" Le Ting asked again, since we are not going to Yecheng, will we stay in Handan all the time?

Li Rubing shook his head and said, "Handan is located in the north of Yecheng. Although there is some pressure on Deng Jun, it can't contain the strength of Deng Jun very well."

"Where does the general think we should go?" Le Ting asked, since we can't go to Yecheng, we can't help but stay in Handan, so where should we go?

Li Rubing walked up to the map and said: "After Deng Jun defeated Zhao Kuo in Liyang, he went all the way north to besiege Ye City. It was true that Zhao Kuo had no time to react, but at the same time, Deng Jun also exposed a weakness. Just wait and see."

Li Rubing pointed to the location from Liyang to Yecheng on the map, and said: "In order to take Yecheng as soon as possible, Deng Jun only captured Neihuang after taking Liyang, but he didn't capture Fanyang, Yecheng as soon as possible. Yin'an, Wei County and other places were also taken, which gave our army a chance, it is impossible to directly encircle Yecheng, for the current plan, the only way to save is to attack the enemy."

"The general means that we are going to attack Liyang and force Xue Rengui to return to the army?" Le Ting's eyes lit up when he heard the words. The main force of Deng's army went northward to Yecheng. Cut off Deng Jun's food road, of course, Deng Jun lost the Liyang grain road, and can still transport grain and grass from Hanoi County. After all, Hanoi County has now been taken by Deng Jun, but the food road is not the most important thing, the most important thing is , once Zhao Jun regains Liyang, he can directly threaten the hinterland of the Central Plains. At that time, Deng Jun will have no choice but to retreat.

"That's right!" Li Rubing nodded, and said, "Liyang has now become Deng Jun's defense. Once our army threatens Li Yang, Xue Rengui will definitely divide his troops to rescue Li Yang. If our army goes south, if we can take Liyang is certainly good, but if we can’t take it down, then we will move our troops to Fanyang and spy on Liyang, Neihuang and other places. If Xue Rengui wants to ensure the safety of the rear defense, he must deploy at least 15 to [-] troops back to the defense. In this way, the pressure on Yecheng will be greatly reduced."

"The general is wise!" Le Ting had no choice but to convince Li Rubing. Now that the Deng army is besieging Yecheng, the entire Zhao Kingdom is focusing on Yecheng, thinking how to repel hundreds of thousands of Deng's troops and relieve the siege of Yecheng. However, only Li Rubing thought of attacking Deng Jun's rear defense directly, so as to relieve the pressure on Yecheng and disperse Deng Jun's forces.

"According to my estimate, by this time tomorrow, Xue Rengui will know that the general's army has arrived in Handan. After that, Xue Rengui will definitely send a large number of spies to watch over this general, so we will rest in Handan for the whole night, and tomorrow we will rush to the rebuke. Qiu, and then went to Wei County, and could not stay in any place for too long, we just want Xue Rengui to not be able to figure out our movements, and according to the wisdom of Deng Jun's generals, he will quickly detect us through our army's marching route The intention of the army, so our army has to rush from Handan to Fanyang within seven days, as long as we get to Fanyang, Xue Rengui can't help it." Li Rubing said.

Le Ting quickly understood what Li Rubing meant, that was to make a time difference. When Xue Rengui knew that Li Rubing had arrived in Handan, Li Rubing was already on his way to denounce Qiu, and when Xue Rengui knew that Li Rubing had gone to denounce Qiu, Li Rubing was already on his way to Wei County again, and at this time, Xue Rengui must have sensed Li Rubing's intentions, but when Xue Rengui was about to dispatch troops to intercept Li Rubing, Li Rubing might already be on his way to Fanyang.

After one night, Li Rubing led an army of 12 to leave Handan and marched in the direction of Buqiu. At the same time, Xue Rengui also got the news that Li Rubing led the army to the south and had arrived in Handan.

Xue Rengui called everyone to discuss immediately, and said: "Everyone, the spies have come to report that Li Rubing has led the army to Handan, and the movement is unknown."

"General, how many soldiers did Li Rubing bring here?" asked Zhang Liao, General of Shence Guard.

"According to the spies, Li Rubing brought about [-] to [-] troops this time," Xue Rengui said.

When everyone heard the words, they all lowered their heads and thought, Li Rubing had 15 troops in the northern border, but this time he only brought [-] to [-] troops, so where did the remaining [-] to [-] troops go?Did they stay in the north, or did they hide somewhere else?

"It doesn't matter how many soldiers Li Rubing brought. The most he can survive is only 15 people. What puzzles me the most is why Li Rubing stopped stationing troops in Handan. If Li Rubing wants to break the siege of Yecheng, he should take advantage of our army's return." I don't know that when he had already gone south, he caught him by surprise and killed him directly under Yecheng, and once our army knew of his arrival, we would definitely send troops to intercept him, so it would not be so easy for Li Rubing to come to Yecheng." Murong Ke frowned and said.

"This is also where I have my doubts." Xue Rengui said: "But no matter what Li Rubing's intentions are in stationing in Handan, we can't just sit idly by. We will stop Li Rubing and never allow him to get close to Yecheng."

Although he couldn't figure out what Li Rubing was thinking, Xue Rengui still chose to take the initiative and let Murong Ke lead Shen Cewei and Shenwuwei northward to Liangqi. Shencewei and Shenwuwei had a combined army of nearly [-] troops, although they were slightly different from Li Rubing's troops. However, Murong Ke's main task is not to fight Li Rubing desperately, but to intercept Li Rubing. As long as Liang Qi is guarded, Li Rubing can't go south to Yecheng.

"Here!" Murong Ke understands that this is the best choice at the moment. Although he doesn't know what Li Rubing's purpose is, he must not let Li Rubing come to Yecheng, otherwise it will definitely have a great impact on the battle situation in Yecheng.

The next day, Murong Ke led Shen Ce Wei and Shen Wu Wei northward to Liang Qi, but only half a day after Murong Ke left, spies came to report that Li Rubing led the army to leave Handan and head towards Chi Qiu.

Li Rubing's actions made Xue Rengui puzzled, but Xue Rengui did not call Murong Ke back, but sent someone to inform Murong Ke of Li Rubing's transfer of troops to reprimand Qiu, so that he could take precautions.

In the tenth year of Tiantong, on April 28th, another spy came to report that Li Rubing's army left Buqiu, went all the way south, and went straight to Wei County. In this way, Li Rubing's army was getting closer and closer to Yecheng. At this time, Xue Rengui realized that Li Rubing's target was not Yecheng, but Liyang, Deng Jun's rear defense. Suddenly, Xue Rengui broke out in a cold sweat and was anxious to discuss matters with the generals.

"Everyone, spies have come to report that Li Rubing's army has left Buqiu City and is heading south to Wei County. I can be sure that Li Rubing's move must be heading for Liyang." Xue Rengui said with a gloomy face. Li Rubing made a gesture.

"So that's how it is!" Jinwuwei General Deng Qiang said: "No wonder Li Rubing suddenly left Handan and turned to denounce Qiu. It turned out that he was going to our army's defense. In fact, we should have thought about it a long time ago. With Li Rubing's strength, even if he came It may not be possible to lift the siege of Yecheng even if they conquered Yecheng, so Li Rubing found another way and went to attack Liyang, this is what must be saved when attacking the enemy, Li Rubing is worthy of being a famous general in the world."

"General, Li Yang has only [-] defenders, so he definitely won't be Li Rubing's opponent. Please send reinforcements back to defend Li Yang immediately." Jinwu Guard Commander Ling Jingjin said.

Hearing this, Xue Rengui shook his head and said: "It is inevitable to send reinforcements, but we should withdraw the siege of Yecheng at this time, and return the whole army to defend Liyang."

"What!" Everyone was surprised when they heard the words, General Wang Yanzhang of the Spirit Snake Guard asked in puzzlement: "General, Li Rubing only has a force of over [-], we only need to send two guards back to defend, why bother?" What about removing the encirclement?"

Xue Rengui said: "It is certainly possible to do this, but the two guards can only block Li Rubing, but they cannot relieve Li Rubing's threat to Li Yang, and Li Rubing is in the rear of our army. It is also difficult to make achievements in the city. In this case, it is better to return to Liyang and release Zhao Kuo. Zhao Kuo is the Taiwei of Zhao Guo, and Li Rubing is the General of Zhao Guo. Both of them are No. 1 in the military in name. Who will obey, as long as there is internal strife in the Zhao army, then our army can defeat them one by one."

Everyone nodded when they heard the words. Indeed, after Li Rubing came, it was not meaningful for Deng Jun to continue to besiege Yecheng, and Li Rubing went to the rear of Deng Jun. In this case, it would be better for the whole army to return to Liyang.

"That's it, send someone to send a message to Murong Cheqi, let him lead the army back, Ma Chao obeys the order!" Xue Rengui said.

"The end is here!" Ma Chao said.

"The general ordered you to lead the Shenxingwei to go south to Liyang at high speed, marching all the way, and must arrive in Liyang before Li Rubing." One step is slow, one step is slow, now if you want to arrive in Liyang before Li Rubing, you can only send cavalry guards Now, with fifty thousand gods and guards, it will not be so easy for Li Rubing to take down Li Yang, at least he can last until his own army returns to help.

"Here!" Ma Chao responded.

In the tenth year of Tiantong, on the first day of May, Li Rubing was leading the way to Fanyang, which was only half a day away.

At this time, a scout horse galloped up to Li Rubing and said, "General, there are tens of thousands of Deng Jun cavalry approaching Neihuang, and they are marching very fast."

Hearing this, Li Rubing sighed, and said: "Xue Rengui saw it, and sent reinforcements at the first time, and they were cavalry. It seems that it is impossible for our army to arrive in Liyang before Deng Jun, but with With tens of thousands of troops returning to the defense, it is impossible for our army to capture Li Yang."

"Then General, what should we do now? Should we continue going south?" asked Le Ting at the side.

Li Rubing nodded, and said: "Continue to go south, stock up troops in Fanyang first, so that Li Yang's troops dare not make any changes, and in addition, pass on the general's military order to gather all the troops from nearby counties to Fanyang, Increase our strength."

Although the elites of Zhao State and Hebei Province are all in the hands of Zhao Kuo, there are still some defenders in each county and county. Li Rubing's strength is indeed very limited, but there is no way to do it now. Li Rubing can't get the military power from Zhao Kuo, so he can only increase his bargaining chips in this way.

"Here!" Le Ting replied.

In the tenth year of Tiantong, on the third day of May, Xue Rengui withdrew from the siege of Yecheng, and the whole army went south to defend Liyang.

In the tenth year of Tiantong, on the fifth day of May, outside Huguan, Yue Fei and Deng Yu led [-] An Guowei to appear here.

Yue Fei looked at Huguan in front of him, and said: "This Huguan is indeed a great pass in the world. Such a pass is no less dangerous than Hulao Pass and Hangu Pass. It is really not easy to take it down."

Deng Yu on the side smiled and said: "Mr. Wu doesn't need to do this. Our mission is to stock up on Huguan and force Chen Ping to divide his troops. It's not to win Huguan. It doesn't matter how steep Huguan is."

Hearing this, Yue Fei shook his head and said, "His Royal Highness Wei Wang, are you really willing to do this?"

"What does Duke Wu mean?" Deng Yu asked.

Yue Fei looked at Huguan and said: "Huguan is the only way for Hanoi County to enter Shangdang County, and after Huguan is the eldest son city of Shangdang County. As long as our army can take Huguan, we can If we attack Zhao Jun with Li Siye, once we defeat Chen Ping's [-] troops, we will be able to march straight into Jinyang City."

"But Wu Guogong, the emperor's order is for us to pretend to attack Huguan. Besides, with our strength, it may be very difficult to win Huguan." Deng Yu said hesitantly.

Yue Fei smiled and said: "Your Highness, don't worry, Your Majesty will never interfere with the army's operations. Besides, Your Majesty also said that whether we can win the Huguan depends entirely on God's will. That is to say, if we have the opportunity, we can completely take the As for the lack of troops, this is not a big problem, although Huguan cannot be taken by force, but there must be internal support for our army in Huguan."

"Wu Guogong said it is a bright mirror?" Deng Yu's eyes suddenly lit up.

Yue Fei nodded and said: "Of course, Ming Jing has great powers. There is no shortage of Ming Jing people in this Huguan. The reason why the old minister lingered in Huai County for so long before dispatching troops is to give Ming Jing time to make arrangements."

On the sixth day of April, Yue Fei led the army to leave Luoyang, but stayed in Huai County, and did not send troops until a month later, in order to allow Ming Jing enough time to deploy Huguan.

"Wu Guogong is far-sighted, and this king admires it!" Hearing this, Deng Yu couldn't help but write a word of admiration to Yue Fei. He is worthy of being the No. 1 general of Deng Guo. It takes a long time to learn.

"Your Highness is absurd!" Yue Fei waved his hand and said, "It takes three days for Huguan to go to Gaodu City by horse, but it will take seven days at the earliest for Chen Ping to dispatch troops to Huguan. , It will take ten days to go back and forth, that is to say, there are only ten days left for us, if we can't take Huguan within ten days, then everything the old minister planned will be in vain. "

The guard of Huguan was also shocked when he saw Deng Jun appear, and quickly sent someone to Gaodu to ask Chen Ping for help.

(End of this chapter)