Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 669 Zhao Kuo Breaks Out
Chapter 6 Seventy: Zhao Kuo Breaks Out

"Report to the general, good news came from Huguan, Wu Guogong and His Royal Highness King Wei led the army to capture Huguan, and approached the eldest son city of Shangdang County!" In Liyang City, Xue Rengui summoned all the generals to discuss how to deal with the Zhao army. At the same time, the chief secretary of the army came in and said, clasping his hands.

When everyone heard this, they were stunned for a moment, and then they were all ecstatic, General Long Xiangwei Qin Lie laughed and said: "The old Duke's sword is not old, and he broke the Huguan in the first battle, which greatly boosted the prestige of our army. "

"That's right!" Deng Qiang, the general of the Jinwu Guard on the side, also laughed and said, "Wu Guogong is worthy of being the No. Showing the demeanor of a famous general, he is really a role model for my generation!"

Xue Rengui received the victory report from the master book, looked at it carefully, and showed a long-lost smile on his face, and said: "The city of Huguan has been broken, and the eldest son is being pushed in. The old Duke really gave me a big surprise. I don't believe it, Li Rubing and Zhao Kuo, the eldest son of the old country's soldiers, can still sit still after hearing the news? Although veteran Chen Ping has nearly [-] troops in hand, he may not be able to stop the old country's soldiers Wei."

"What the general said is very true. Once the old Duke wins the eldest son, he can go straight to Taiyuan County. That is where Jinyang, the capital of Zhao State, is located. The main force of Zhao State is concentrated in Shangdang County and Wei County. There are only [-] to [-] troops in Taiyuan County, as long as we can defeat Li Rubing and Zhao Kuo in Wei County, the overall situation will be settled!" Murong Ke said.

Xue Rengui nodded, and said: "Murong Cheqi is right. Now that the old Duke has made great achievements, we, as the main general of this battle, must not fall behind. Pass down the order to rectify the troops and horses, and go with this general." Attack Neihuang, Murong Cheqi, and you lead the two elite guards, Shencewei and Shenxingwei, to form a stronghold outside Fanyang City, and before the general captures Neihuang, Li Rubing must not be allowed to leave Fanyang!"

Murong Ke nodded and said with a smile: "General, don't worry, with the last general around, Li Rubing can only stay obediently in Fanyang, and doesn't want to go anywhere. After all, Li Rubing's name has been heard for many years. I haven't fought against him before, this time I should have a good fight with him, and weigh the skills of the No.1 General of Zhao Kingdom."

In the tenth year of Tiantong, on the eighth day of May, Yue Fei and Deng Yu led [-] An Guowei to capture Huguan and advance to Zicheng, the eldest son of Shangdang County. General Zheng Xuan of Zhao State, who went to Huguan for reinforcements, failed to rescue Huguan, so he led his troops to retreat. At the same time, the eldest son city summoned Gao Dude to Chen Ping, asking him to return the eldest son.

In the tenth year of Tiantong, on May [-]th, Xue Rengui sent Murong Ke to lead Shencewei and Shenxingwei north to Fanyang, while Qi himself led the main force to Neihuang.

In the tenth year of Tiantong, on May [-]th, Murong Ke led Shencewei and Shenxingwei to build a village [-] miles west of Fanyang, cutting off the route for Li Rubing in Fanyang to reinforce Neihuang.

In the tenth year of Tiantong, on May [-]th, Gaodu Chen Ping led an army of [-] to return to the Changzi City. After taking a rest, he went north to the eldest son to join Yue Fei and Deng Yu's army.

In the tenth year of Tiantong, on May [-]th, Yue Fei and Deng Yu led the army to build a village ten miles east of the eldest son. On the same day, Xue Rengui led the main force to encircle Neihuang.

In Fanyang City, Li Rubing and a group of generals pointed around the map.

Li Rubing said: "Murong Ke led the army to form a camp thirty miles west of Fanyang City, and the strength of the troops was about 10. I believe that Murong Ke came to Fanyang to contain the general, and the main force of Deng's army must be They have already attacked Neihuang under the leadership of Xue Rengui."

"General, the Deng army has more than 10 troops, while Murong Ke, who is 10,000 miles away, only brought 7 horses. That is to say, the Deng army led by Xue Rengui to attack Neihuang has [-]+, Neihuang There are only [-] horses, can you hold it?" General Le Ting asked worriedly.

Li Rubing said: "If you can't hold on, it's not a problem to hold Neihuang with an army of [-]. But what I'm worried about is that most of the money and food supply for Zhao Kuo's army comes from Yecheng. How much food did Zhao Kuo bring from Yecheng? Nei Huang, do you have enough food and grass? In addition, I was also worried that Zhao Kuo would be able to hold his breath."

When Zhao Kuo was guarding Wei County, the supply of grain and grass in the whole of Hebei was provided by Yecheng, and Neihuang, which was not an important place to store grain, was captured by Deng Jun not long ago, so there would not be much grain and grass at all. If Kuo Cong didn't bring much food and grass from Yecheng, it would be over. On the contrary, Li Rubing didn't have to worry about this. Li Rubing went south all the way, first using the food and grass he brought from the north. Although it wasn't much, it could still support Some days later, after arriving in Fanyang, Li Rubing gathered all the grain from nearby counties to Fanyang. Now the grain in Fanyang is enough to feed Li Rubing's army for half a year, and there will be no food shortage crisis for the time being.

"Then General, what should we do now?" Le Ting asked.

Li Rubing thought for a while, and said: "With Murong Ke's army at your side, it's very difficult for our army to support Nei Huang, but you can't sit still. You should immediately send a fast horse to Nei Huang to check out Nei Huang's current situation and report the truth. General Yu, in addition, sent a message to Yecheng, ordering Yecheng to stay behind in civil and military affairs, and prepare a corresponding amount of money and food to supply Neihuang and Fanyang at any time."

"Here!" Le Ting replied.

"You go down first, Le Ting stays behind!" Li Rubing said.

After everyone left, only Li Rubing and Le Ting were left. In the Central Plains War, too many generals of the Zhao Kingdom died in the Central Plains. Now, apart from Li Rubing, the commander-in-chief of the Zhao Kingdom, the only remaining generals in the Zhao Kingdom are Le Ting, Zheng Xuan, Chen Ping and others are few.

"General, what orders does the remaining general have?" Le Ting asked.

Li Rubing said: "Le Ting, you are the person I trust the most. There are some things that I can't tell you so as not to affect the morale of the army, but I think it is necessary to tell you." A battle report was handed to Le Ting.

Le Ting took it over with doubts, opened it, and was shocked immediately, saying: "What? Yue Fei went out of the mountain, led the army to break through Huguan, and forced the eldest son? General, when did you receive this battle report?"

Li Rubing said: "Two days ago, Jinyang sent someone to send it. Besides this general, I believe Zhao Kuo also received it, but this general kept it a secret in order not to affect the morale of the army."

"General, the situation in Shangdang County is not optimistic. Although Old General Chen Ping has nearly [-] troops in his hands, what he has to face is Yue Fei and Li Siye. These two are famous generals in Deng Guo. Especially It's Yue Fei, once Shangdang County is lost, Jinyang will be in danger." Le Ting frowned and said.

Li Rubing nodded and said, "It's natural, but what I'm most worried about is not Shangdang County, but Jinyang."

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

Li Rubing said: "Since the imperial court has sent people to inform the general and Zhao Kuo of the situation in Shangdang County, it is hoped that we can return to Jinyang at the right time, but the situation in Wei County is uncertain now. Once we evacuate, the whole of Hebei will be destroyed." I will no longer belong to my great Zhao. In the court hall, the queen mother and Zhang Ying are people who don't know anything about military affairs. I was worried that they would be frightened by Yue Fei and Li Siye, so I forced me and Zhao Kuo to come back to help. It's okay, but I'm worried that Zhao Kuo will suddenly withdraw his troops without the general's knowledge, and in this way, we will be alone and helpless."

"General, what should we do at this time?" Le Ting asked.

Li Rubing said: "We must leave a way out. Once Zhao Kuo has a strange phenomenon of withdrawing our troops, we must immediately withdraw to Yecheng at all costs, otherwise we will only be trapped to death in Fanyang by Deng Jun."

Le Ting nodded and said: "General, I understand, I will send all the scouts to Neihuang. As long as Zhao Kuo shows signs of withdrawing troops, I will report back to the General as soon as possible."

"That's good. I will rest assured when you do things." Li Rubing nodded and said.

In the tenth year of Tiantong, on May 10,000th, outside Neihuang City, [-]+ Deng troops lined up outside the city, besieging the city on all sides. Although the strength of the generals surrounding Neihuang was somewhat dwarfed, Xue Rengui had already made up his mind. Zhao Kuo must not be allowed to leave Neihuang alive. Once Zhao Kuo leads the remnant soldiers back to Yecheng, the situation in Hebei will change drastically.

At the head of Neihuang City, Zhao Kuo looked at Deng Jun outside the city, and his confidant general Tian Zhen stood aside. Zhao Kuo said to Tian Zhen: "Tian Zhen, it seems that Deng Jun will start attacking the city today, and the food and grass in the city are still there. How long can it last?"

Tian Zhen said with a bitter face: "Back to Taiwei, before Deng Jun besieged the city, our army transported a batch of grain and grass into the city, but it could only last for a month. The training originally planned to divide the hoarded grain and grass in Yecheng in these few days. It was shipped in batches, but I didn't expect Deng Jun to move so fast."

"One month?" Zhao Kuo shook his head helplessly when he heard the words, and said, "It's too little. It seems that we can only hope that Li Rubing can lead an army to help, but since Xue Rengui dared to directly surround Neihuang, he must have sent troops to fan Yang, I just don’t know if Li Rubing can defeat Fanyang’s Deng Jun, it’s really ironic, the general has always wanted to beat Li Rubing, but in the end he pinned his hopes on Li Rubing.”

"Taiwei, don't think so much, now that Deng's army is about to attack the city, we still have to think about how to meet the enemy!" Tian Zhen said.

Zhao Kuo nodded, and said, "Tian Zhen, we can't put all our hopes on Li Rubing. You secretly order to sort out the food and grass for ten days. If Li Rubing hasn't arrived after twenty days, we must lead the army." Break through, or you will really die in Neihuang."

Although the food and grass in the city can last for a month, Zhao Kuo will not really hold it for a month, and then break out after the food and grass are exhausted. Prepare food and grass for ten days in advance, which will be used on the way back to Yecheng.

"Don't worry, Taiwei, I will know how to do it in the end." Tian Zhen nodded and said.

"Kill!" Deng Jun attacked the city, but on the first day of attacking the city, Deng Jun's offensive was not too sharp. After all, Zhao Jun's strength is still unclear, and there are still necessary temptations.

In the tenth year of Tiantong, on the sixth day of June, Deng Jun had besieged Neihuang for 6 days, but after losing [-] or [-] horses, he still failed to shake Neihuang City.

At the same time, Zhao Kuo insisted on guarding Neihuang City for [-] days, but Li Rubing still hadn't arrived. Zhao Kuo had given up hope for this, and now Zhao Kuo had to consider breaking out.

At night, Zhao Kuo summoned Tian Zhen, his confidant general, and asked, "Tian Zhen, how many soldiers and horses are there in the city now? How long can the food and grass last?"

Tian Zhen said: "Back to the Taiwei, there are still 5 horses in the city, and the food and grass can last for more than ten days. Why, the Taiwei plans to break out?"

Zhao Kuo nodded and said, "That's right. It's been almost a month since Deng Jun besieged the city. Li Rubing hasn't appeared yet. I think he won't be able to come. We still have enough troops to break through the encirclement. Let's leave the inner city first." Let's talk about Huang."

"Then when will the Taiwei plan to break through?" Tian Zhen asked.

Zhao Kuo thought for a while and said: "Two days later, we broke through at night. In these two days, you ordered people to make grain and grass into dry food. In addition, if Deng's army attacked the city in these two days, if there is no danger of breaking the city, it is impossible. Send troops to support the city, preserve our strength as much as possible, and prepare for the breakout."

"Here!" Tian Zhen replied.

In the next two days, Deng Jun still carried out a strong attack on Neihuang. Although Zhao Jun was still struggling to resist, the resistance was significantly weakened compared to the previous half month.

Seeing this, Xue Rengui realized that Zhao Kuo might be about to break out.

Thinking of this, Xue Rengui hastily summoned the generals.

"Everyone, I'm afraid Zhao Kuo will break through in two days." Xue Rengui said.

Everyone heard the words and did not raise any objections. After all, Zhao Jun's every move in the past two days was really abnormal, and it was reasonable to break through.

"General, please order!"

Xue Rengui said: "Starting tonight, the whole army will focus on the North Gate of Neihuang, and leave 2 troops in each of the other gates to monitor Zhao Jun's movements. Luo Cheng obeys orders!"

"The end is here!" Luo Cheng stepped forward and responded.

"As soon as Zhao Kuo breaks through, Li Rubing in Fanyang will not sit still. I'm afraid it will be difficult for Murong Cheqi to stop Li Rubing. I will order you to lead our troops to seize Wei County as quickly as possible."

"Here!" Luo Cheng replied.

"The rest of the ministries, when Zhao Kuo breaks through the siege, do their best to block it. If Zhao Kuo breaks through our encirclement, the whole army will pursue it. If they encounter Li Rubing's army on the way, they will give up chasing Zhao Kuo and encircle Li Rubing's army with all their strength. Zhao Kuo, at least one person cannot return to Yecheng." Xue Rengui said.

Xue Rengui first sent Luo Cheng to occupy Wei County, the purpose of which was to cut off Li Rubing's route to the north. If Li Rubing wanted to return to Yecheng, he could only march northwest when Wei County was occupied by Deng's army. Kuo spit out the siege, and when Deng Jun pursues all the way, it is very likely that he will encounter Li Rubing's army on the way. If this is the case, he will use all his strength to encircle and suppress Li Rubing, because in Xue Rengui's view, Deng Jun's biggest threat is Li Rubing. After defeating Li Rubing, Xue Rengui didn't pay much attention to Zhao Kuo.

"Here!"

"Send someone to summon Murong Cheqi and order him to restrain Li Rubing with all his strength. If Li Rubing leads his army to retreat from Fanyang, order him to entangle him at all costs." Xue Rengui said again.

In the tenth year of Tiantong, on the night of the ninth day of June, Xue Rengui stayed up all night. In the big tent of the Chinese army, the lights were brightly lit, and all the generals gathered here.

At this time, Neihuangcheng finally made a move. The spies hurried into the tent of the Chinese army and said, "General, the Zhao army is breaking through at the north gate. General Li Dingguo of the Spirit Snake Guard is trying his best to block it. Please, General!" support!"

Hearing this, Xue Rengui's eyes lit up, and he said, "It's finally here! Qin Lie and Wang Yanzhang listen to the order!"

"The last general is here!" Qin Lie and Wang Yanzhang responded.

"The two of you rushed to the north gate to support Li Dingguo and stop Zhao Jun with all your strength!" Xue Rengui said.

"Here!" After receiving the order, Qin Lie and Wang Yanzhang left the tent of the Chinese army and went to gather troops.

After Qin Lie and Wang Yanzhang left, Xue Rengui said again, "Murongchui and Wu Yunzhao listen to the order!"

"The last general is here!" Murong Chui and Wu Yunzhao came out to respond.

"I ordered you two to lead troops into Neihuang, then go straight to the north gate, and attack Zhao Jun from behind!"

"Here!" After Murong Chui and Wu Yunzhao took the order, they left the tent of the Chinese army.

"Deng Qiang obeys orders!"

"The last general is here!" Deng Qiang replied.

"This general ordered you to organize the remaining soldiers and horses, wait for my general's order, and be ready to attack at any time!"

"Here!"

At this time, outside the north gate of Neihuang, [-] Zhao troops broke through with all their strength. Li Dingguo led the army to block the attack, but Zhao Jun had the superiority in strength.

"General, brothers can't stand it anymore, Zhao Jun is too fierce, and our army has suffered too many casualties!" During the fierce battle, Li Dingguo's Zhonglang General Ren Zhong said to Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo was also under a lot of pressure at the moment. In order to block Zhao Jun, he also went to fight in person and was injured in many places, but he still gritted his teeth and said: "Let the brothers hold on, the general must have got the news Yes, the reinforcements will be here soon, let the brothers hold on!"

"Here!"

"Kill it! Give it to Taiwei!" On the other side, Zhao Kuo saw that Deng Jun was getting less and less in front of him, so he knew that Deng Jun had reached the end of his force, and he could rush out as long as he worked harder, so he forced the army to go. Forward.

Seeing that Zhao Jun was about to break through, Deng Jun's reinforcements finally arrived.

"Don't panic in Dingguo, Qin Lie is here!" Qin Lie led the Longxiang Guard to kill them. The Longxiang Guard was cavalry, faster than the Spirit Snake Guard, so they rushed to the north gate first.

Qin Lie directly led his army to attack the Zhao army's formation. The Zhao army was caught off guard and was quickly dispersed by Long Xiangwei.

Seeing this, Tian Zhen hurriedly walked to Zhao Kuo's side and asked, "Taiwei, Deng Jun's reinforcements have arrived, what should we do?"

Zhao Kuo gritted his teeth and said: "There are only two choices now, either retreat into the city, or charge forward at all costs, retreating into the city can only wait for death, there is still a chance of survival in the charge forward, put up the banner of the general, Pass on the order, the whole army will break through with all its strength, and anyone who retreats will be killed on the spot!"

"Here!" Tian Zhen replied!
As soon as Zhao Kuo's general flag appeared, he gathered countless soldiers of the Zhao army, and rushed forward without hesitation, fighting with Deng Jun. On the other hand, on Deng Jun's side, Long Xiangwei was cavalry and was not good at close combat, while Li Dingguo's There are not many soldiers and horses left, and Zhao Jun faintly shows signs of breaking through.

At this time, Wang Yanzhang led the Spirit Snake Guards and finally arrived. With the support of the Spirit Snake Guards, Deng Jun finally stabilized the situation and started a fierce fight with Zhao Jun!

(End of this chapter)