Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 671 Encircling Li Rubing

Chapter 672: Encircling Li Rubing

In the tenth year of Tiantong, on the [-]th day of June, Xue Rengui led the main force to defeat Zhao Kuo's troops with Neihuang. The [-] main forces of the Zhao army were either killed or captured. Everyone died in battle. After the Neihuang Zhao army was wiped out, Xue Rengui sent Longxiangwei General Qin Lie to lead tens of thousands of Longxiangwei cavalry to help Wei County.

In the tenth year of Tiantong, on June [-]th, Qin Lie entered Wei County. Half a day later, Zhao Jun Li Rubing's troops, who were retreating to Wei County's defense line, got the news that there was no way to advance Wei County, and there was no hope of retreating. Next, Li Rubing resolutely chose to camp on the spot as a plan for the future.

At the same time, [-] miles away from the army led by Li Rubing, the [-] Deng army led by Murong Ke was staying here. The task of Murong Ke's army was to entangle Li Rubing's troops. Set up camp, and at the same time sent a large number of scouts to investigate Zhao Jun's movements.

In Deng Jun's camp and the Chinese Army's big tent, General Zhang Liao of Shence Guard is reporting the situation of Zhao Jun to Murong Ke.

"General, after Li Rubing's army built the camp, they just continued to reinforce the camp, as if they wanted to stand firm," Zhang Liao said.

Murong Ke frowned immediately when he heard the words, and said: "General Xue is now attacking Neihuang fiercely, and Neihuang's fall will only happen overnight. At this time, Li Rubing did not seize the time to retreat to Wei County, but stayed here and stood firm. What do you want to do? General Zhang, do you know the current situation in Wei County?"

Zhang Liao said: "Back to General, the scouts who just went to Wei County reported that General Long Xiangwei Qin Lie led tens of thousands of cavalry to Wei County and joined General Luo Cheng's troops."

"Oh? Has Qin Lie arrived in Wei County?" Hearing this, Murong Ke's frown instantly eased, and he said with a smile, "That's right, I finally understand why Li Rubing stayed here and never left. It was Qin Lie who arrived in Wei County. The Longxiang Guard under Qin Lie was the main cavalry guard under General Xue. Since the Longxiang Guard had already arrived in Wei County, it meant that General Xue had defeated Zhao Kuo's army and won Inner Yellow City."

"The last general thinks so too!" Zhang Liao nodded, and said, "It must be that Li Rubing thought that there was no way to go to Wei County, and Fanyang was occupied by our army, so he couldn't go south, and our army was by his side, so he simply set up camp on the spot. , It’s a plan, but the general thinks that Li Rubing will never sit still and wait for death, and he will definitely find a way to return to Yecheng.”

"That's natural!" Murong Ke nodded and said, "Since Li Rubing took charge of Zhao's military power, he has fought with our army for many years. Although he has been defeated repeatedly, he will never give up lightly. This person's resilience is stronger than his ability. He is better, and he will not accept his fate until the last moment, but now there is no way to go north, south, or west, leaving Li Rubing only to go east to Pingyuan County, go east to Pingyuan County, and then go north to Bohai County , and return to Yecheng westward, but in this way, Li Rubing will spend more time. Now that Zhao Kuo has been defeated and Yecheng is empty, our army can take Yecheng at any time. Once Yecheng is captured by our army If it is won, even if Li Rubing goes to Bohai Sea, he will be alone all the way, and our army can completely deal with him after taking Jinyang."

"However, the general, from the humble opinion of the general, defeating Li Rubing is more important than taking Jinyang City. After Zhao Kuo's defeat, the military power of Zhao State was in the hands of Li Rubing and Chen Ping respectively. Now Wu Guogong and Li Hussars are surrounding the eldest son city. It is impossible for Chen Ping to be their opponent. The only one who can pose a threat to our army is Li Rubing. As long as Li Rubing is defeated, the overall situation in Hebei will be certain. Li Rubing was the first to be leveled in the city, and Zhang Liao was more inclined to the latter.

Although Jinyang City is the capital city of Zhao State, taking Jinyang City does not mean that Zhao State can be completely destroyed. Although it is a certain fact that Deng Jun has taken Yecheng now, Li Rubing is still there. , and the counties in the northern border, these places are still under the control of Zhao Jun. If Deng Jun takes all the main force to attack Jinyang, Li Rubing will definitely flee back to the northern border. With Li Rubing's prestige in the northern border, Zhao Guo The tens of thousands of elites in the northern border will be controlled by Li Rubing in an instant. Even if Jinyang is captured, Li Rubing will not be captured without a fight. The battle in the northern border is another fierce battle.

On the contrary, now Li Rubing has been blocked by Deng Jun from going north, going south, and going west. Li Rubing's defeat, whether it is Jinyang or the northern counties, can be calmed down very smoothly.

Murong Ke heard the words, thought carefully for a long time, and said: "You are right, Li Rubing is more important than Jinyang City. If this is the case, then the general cannot let Li Rubing go to Pingyuan smoothly, and the order will be sent to the general. Li Rubing, as soon as we find out that there is any change in the Zhao army, our army will attack immediately. Li Rubing must not be allowed to leave Wei County so easily. In addition, in the name of this general, he will speak to General Xue and mobilize the Yongning and Yongping guards in the Central Plains. , Tianningwei went north to the plains, blocked Li Rubing's last road, and completely besieged Li Rubing in Wei County!"

"Here!" Zhang Liao responded.

Deng Guo has millions of soldiers, and this time he sent troops to attack Zhao Guo, but only used less than 60 horses. In the Central Plains alone, Deng Guo left 15 troops for emergencies. Can be transferred at any time.

In the next few days, both Li Rubing and Murong Ke stood still and waited and watched.

And after Li Rubing set up camp, Li Rubing was full of worries. As a confidant for many years, Le Ting saw Li Rubing's strange appearance at a glance, so he asked: "The general frowned, but what is on your mind?"

Li Rubing nodded and said: "In this world, you are probably the only one who can understand this general so well. Yes, this general is indeed hesitant about something. I don't know what to do?"

"I don't know what's going on? If the general trusts the young general, he can say so, and see if the late general can clear up the general's confusion." Le Ting said.

Li Rubing walked to Yutu and said: "Now that Wei County is occupied by Deng Jun, we can no longer go back to Yecheng. Now there are actually two ways for our army to go. One is to stick to this place and fight the final decisive battle with Deng Jun. , The second is to go east to the plains, then go north to the Bohai Sea, return all the way to the north, integrate the northern army, and then fight Deng's army."

After a pause, Li Rubing continued: "If you choose to stick to this place, then as long as our army is in Weijun for one day, Deng Jun will not be able to march to Jinyang with all his strength, but in this case, our army can only be trapped here and wait for death." Yes, but if we choose to go north to the northern border, it means that we have given up Hebei, even Jinyang, and the His Majesty, Empress Dowager, and ministers of the Manchu Dynasty in Jinyang City, and we will not be able to decide."

Hearing this, Le Ting also understood Li Rubing's difficulties, because no matter what choice he made, it would be very difficult. Holding on to this place can certainly relieve Jinyang's pressure, but what awaits him and others is the siege of Deng Jun's troops from all walks of life until the whole world The army was wiped out, and in the end, Zhao Guo still could not escape the end of destruction.

When returning to the northern border, Li Rubing can completely integrate the army in the northern border. By then, Li Rubing will have 10,000+ soldiers and horses in his hands. The emperor, queen mother, and ministers left them to Deng Jun. If Li Rubing can defeat Deng Jun in the northern border and turn the tide, then Li Rubing will be the hero of Zhao State. Although Jinyang City will inevitably fall, the clan of Zhao State But not only in Jinyang City, there are also some scattered clans in other places, but the blood is relatively distant, but they are also descendants of the Zhang family. After the situation in the northern border is stabilized, Li Rubing can support the clan to inherit the Datong and establish the Zhao Kingdom .

But if Li Rubing loses, then Li Rubing will become Zhao Guo's eternal sinner, so Li Rubing has a difficult choice in his heart, and Le Ting understands it very well, after all, he would be hesitant if he were himself.

Le Ting thought for a while, and said: "General, this matter is of great importance, and the last general dare not speak falsely, but Le Ting swears to follow the general, no matter what the general chooses, the last general will follow to the end."

Li Rubing smiled when he heard this, and said: "Le Ting, I know your character, and I have enough trust in you, but this matter is very important, I still need to think about it, you go down first, Supervise the reinforcement of the camp, don't wait for the general to make a decision, this camp will be broken by Deng Jun."

"Here!" Le Ting replied.

At the same time, Xue Rengui from Neihuang was also summoned by Murong Ke. There was also a heated debate in Xue Rengui's army about whether to attack Jinyang City first or to pacify Li Rubing first. In the end, Xue Rengui decided to follow Murong Ke's suggestion and first Ping Li Rubing, and then go to attack Jinyang City. After all, Li Rubing is more difficult to deal with than Jinyang City. Now that Li Rubing is trapped in Wei County with great difficulty, he must be wiped out anyway, otherwise once Li Rubing escapes Back to the northern border, there will be side issues again, and the battle for unification will be turbulent again.

Xue Rengui ordered Wu Yunzhao to lead the Yingyang Guard to Wei County, Gao Siji led the Tiger Wing Guard to enter Fanyang City, and at the same time, ordered the Central Plains Yongping Guard General Guan Yu and Tianning Guard General Zhang Fei to lead their troops across the Yellow River and go north to Pingyuan County , blocking Li Rubing's last evacuation route, but it will take some time for Yongpingwei and Tianningwei to go north, so Xue Rengui ordered Murongke to lead the army at all costs, and he must entangle Li Rubing's army and never let him go. It fled to Pingyuan County.

In the tenth year of Tiantong, on June [-]th, after receiving Xue Rengui's military order, Murong Ke took the initiative to attack Zhao Jun's camp, but Murong Ke did not try his best to attack. After all, Li Rubing had more soldiers and horses than him. There is another camp standing firm, and Murong Ke is not so hard-headed that he thinks that he can break through Zhao Jun's camp under such circumstances.

Murong Ke's actions made Li Rubing very confused. With Murong Ke's intelligence, it is impossible not to know that with his current strength, it is impossible to conquer his own camp, but why did Murong Ke still choose to do this?Li Rubing was puzzled, but it was Murong Ke's move that made Li Rubing dare not act rashly.

In the tenth year of Tiantong, on June 23, with the news that Wu Yunzhao was stationed in Wei County and Gao Siji was stationed in Fanyang, Li Rubing finally realized why he was attacking his camp. Deng Jun This is to destroy himself first, and then attack Jinyang City.

"I didn't expect Xue Rengui to be so courageous. He resisted the temptation to take Jinyang City lightly, and instead wiped out the general's army first. Tens of thousands of Deng's troops were stationed in Wei County and Fanyang, and there was Murong Ke's army in the west. The three directions, north and south, were all blocked by Deng Jun, and I was still hesitating about what to do, but I didn't expect him to take the lead, it's really slow, slow!" Li Rubing sighed.

"General, the last general thinks that it is better for us to go east to the plains, go north to the Bohai Sea, and return to the north. We still have tens of thousands of elites in the north. In addition, the 12 troops here are integrated together. World War I." Up to now, Le Ting also thinks that it is better to go back to the northern border, after all, there is still a glimmer of hope in returning to the northern border, and staying here is a dead end.

But Li Rubing shook his head and said: "It's too late, since Xue Rengui has decided to deal with this general first, he will not let this general leave Wei County easily. Murong Ke outside the camp is just to entangle this general. And this general believes that Xue Rengui must have also mobilized the troops guarding the Central Plains to go north to the plains to block the last retreat of this general. He wants to surround this general to death in Wei County, and it is all his fault. If it is not for this general's hesitation If you don’t make a decision, you won’t fall into such a predicament.”

"General, you don't need to blame yourself!" Le Ting hurriedly comforted Li Rubing, then, with a sigh of relief, he gritted his teeth and said, "General, since we can't leave, then we simply won't leave. We are right here with Deng Jun. A fight to the death, at most, 18 years later, he will be a good man again, even if he dies, he will have to bite off a piece of flesh from Deng Jun's body."

Li Rubing looked up at Le Ting, made up his mind, and said: "Okay, if that's the case, then we will fight to the death with Deng Jun here, pass the order, the whole army is ready for war, this general will be here, waiting for Xue Rengui's arrival !"

"Here!" Le Ting replied.

In the tenth year of Tiantong, on June 28, Guan Yu led [-] Yongping Guards to enter Yin'an City, Pingyuan County.

In the tenth year of Tiantong, on the first day of July, Zhang Fei led [-] Tianning Guards to station in Dongwuyang. So far, Deng Jun completed the encirclement of Li Rubing's army in four directions from southeast to northwest, and completely trapped Li Rubing's troops in Fanyang. Go to Wei County area, waiting for the final decisive battle.

In the tenth year of Tiantong, on the sixth day of July, Xue Rengui led the main force to Wei County. On the same day, Xue Rengui ordered all the troops to advance to Li Rubing's troops.

In the tenth year of Tiantong, on the eighth day of the seventh month, Xue Rengui's main force arrived ten miles north of Zhao Jun's camp.

In the tenth year of Tiantong, on the ninth day of the seventh month, Gao Siji and Guan Yu led their troops to the south of Zhao Jun's camp fifteen miles away.

In the tenth year of Tiantong, on July [-]th, Zhang Fei led his army to [-] miles east of Zhao Jun's camp, and the war was about to break out.

At the same time, the troops of Yue Fei and Li Siye outside the eldest son city also stepped up their offensive against the eldest son city, but things backfired. Although Chen Ping was not as capable as Yue Fei and Li Siye, he had been in the army for many years and was experienced in defending the eldest son city, making it difficult for Deng Jun to make contributions .

Outside the eldest son city, in the camp of the Deng army, the generals of the Deng army were very depressed. The eldest son city was as solid as a rock. Whether Deng Jun had the advantage in military strength, he could not completely suppress the Zhao army, causing the two sides to fight around the eldest son city.

"Wu Guogong, now General Xue is gathering troops from all walks of life to besiege Li Rubing in Wei County. Without Li Rubing's army, the only thing we have to face is Chen Ping in the eldest son city. As long as we can defeat Chen Ping's army, we can go straight in. , went straight to Jinyang City, but Chen Ping, an old man, couldn't hold on to it, and wanted to take the eldest son city, it was difficult!" Li Siye said to Yue Fei.

Yue Fei heard the words, thoughtfully, and said: "Siye, if I remember correctly, before the war, you put Wudanwei in Hedong County?"

"That's right!" Li Siye nodded and said, "Before the battle, our plan was to have Wudangwei go to Hedong County to stand by. Once the battle was in full swing and the situation could not be opened, we would order Wudangwei General Deng Zhong to lead the army." Go straight to Jinyang City, intending to break the situation."

"Siye, without Xue Rengui's military order, would you be able to mobilize Wudangwei?" Yue Fei asked.

"Wu Guogong, are you saying that we want to mobilize the No Guards?" Li Siye asked.

Yue Fei nodded and said: "That's right, now is the right time. With our strength, Chen will be able to defend the eldest son city. Even if we die in this eldest son city for a year and a half, it may be difficult to attack, but if Wudangwei can come to Jinyang City, maybe it can break the situation, so you tell the old man, without Xue Rengui's military order, can you mobilize Wudangwei?"

Li Siye said: "It's not a big problem. Duke Wu also knows that, as the general of the general and governor's mansion, although I don't have the power to directly control the guards, I can still mobilize troops and horses when necessary. If Wu Guogong feels that it is necessary to mobilize Wudangwei to break the situation, I will immediately send someone to Hedong County to pass the order."

Yue Fei nodded and said: "Okay, then, we will suspend the attack on the eldest son city. As long as no guards come to Jinyang city, the queen mother of Zhao Guo will definitely call Chen Ping to rescue. As long as Chen Ping walks out of the eldest son city, That would be his end."

"Okay, Duke Wu, I'll send someone to send the order to Hedong County immediately!" Li Siye said.

Li Siye quickly asked people to go to Hedong County with his own military order, but at the same time he sent someone to Xue Rengui in Wei County to inform Deng Sheng.

In the tenth year of Tiantong, on July [-], Li Siye's envoy came to Yong'an City in Hedong County.

"The order of the General Hussars of the General Dudu Mansion ordered Deng Zhong, the general of Wudangwei, to lead the Wudangwei to the north at high speed, and to advance to Jinyang City. There must be no mistakes!" After seeing Deng Zhong, the envoy read out immediately Obtained Li Siye's military order.

"Is this the military order of Li Hussar or General Xue?" Deng Zhong asked. Although his mission in Yong'an was to go straight to Jinyang City when necessary, why did Li Siye give the order?
Although Li Siye also had the power to mobilize Wudangwei, but in this war, Xue Rengui was the commander in charge of all the armies.

The envoy didn't dare to hide anything, and said: "Going back to General Deng, it's the military order of General Hushi, but this is Wu Guogong's idea!"

"Okay, you go down first!" Deng Zhong waved his hand when he heard the words, and told the envoy to go down.

"Here!" After the envoy left, Deng Zhong asked the military adviser Su Yun: "Military adviser, you said this military order, should the general accept it or not?"

Although Li Siye has the power to mobilize the guards, he does not have the power to directly control the guards. Therefore, Deng Zhong will not listen to Li Siye's military order, and this time the coach is Xue Rengui. Is it really appropriate to send troops?

Su Yun also saw Deng Zhong's confusion, so he said: "General, this subordinate thinks that this military order should be followed, let alone Li Hussar, as the general of the general's governor's mansion, Li Hussar has the ability to mobilize troops and horses." Power, and this time it was Wu Guogong's idea. With Wu Guogong's endorsement, even General Xue would not be able to say anything in the future. Besides, Li Huanqi and Wu Guogong, if there is no real opportunity, they will never easily mobilize troops. .”

Although what Su Yun said was reasonable, Deng Zhong still had a hard time making a choice.

At this time, an imperial decree came from Luoyang, and Deng Sheng ordered Deng Zhong to obey Li Siye's military order and send troops to Jinyang City.

It turned out that after Li Siye sent someone to inform Deng Sheng, and after discussing with the officials, Deng Sheng felt that Deng Zhong might be confused by Li Siye's military order, so he specially issued an imperial edict to make Deng Zhong obey Li Siye's military order.

With Deng Sheng's imperial decree, Deng Zhong finally had no worries, and directly assembled troops, left Yong'an, and headed north to Taiyuan County!

(End of this chapter)