Chapter 2570 Li Dingguo replaced Le Jin, and Chang''e captured Zhu Tianpeng alive
Chapter 2567: Li Dingguo replaced Le Jin, and Chang''e captured Zhu Tianpeng alive
In July of the second year of Shenwu, the Battle of the Japanese Expedition officially ended, and the Eastern Palace Empress Ren Hongchang was also discovered to be pregnant.
After conquering the Japanese, the Qin Dynasty experienced the Second Guanzhong War, the Liangzhou War, the Hanzhong War, the Jingbei War, and many other local battles.
In April of the third year of Shenwu, due to the civil war between the Yuan and Qing dynasties, a war broke out.
Look, the national policy of the Qin Dynasty was to rest for three years, but it was only the second year, and it was from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.
Of course, although the war in the second year of Shenwu in the Qin Dynasty never stopped, it was just a local war and did not affect the national policy of rest and recuperation. Overall, it was still in a state of rest and recuperation.
The Qin army entered the grassland, and has been fighting for nearly a month since April of the third year of Shenwu.
Yue Fei''s troops won a big victory, Zhang Liao''s troops won a small victory, while Huo Bing took a detour due to heavy rain, but only saved Maodun in time and had not achieved obvious results.
From July of the second year of Shenwu to May of the third year of Shenwu, Ren Hongchang was also pregnant for ten months, but the child in his belly showed no sign of birth, which made the Supreme Emperor Ying Wen very anxious.
Ren Hongchang was pregnant one month earlier than Liu Mu. According to time calculations, Ren Hongchang must have given birth to his eldest son first.
But according to what Sun Simiao said, if the grandmaster''s pregnancy period is longer than that of ordinary pregnant women, if Liu Mu gave birth to a son first than Ren Hongchang, wouldn''t the title of the eldest son be returned to the West Palace?
Ying Wen naturally couldn''t accept this, but after thinking about it again, Liu Mu was also a great master. Ren Hongchang''s pregnancy period was long, and her pregnancy period would not be interrupted. In fact, Ren Hongchang was faster, so he let go of his worries.
Empress Dowager Jia Yu grabbed Ren Hongchang''s hand and told her to take care of her baby and not to make trouble anymore.
Ren Hongchang promised that he would not.
Since Ren Hongchang''s belly became bigger, the Supreme Emperor and the Queen Mother have taken too much care for her, and they are not allowed to do this or that. After all, she is also a great master, making her like a baby.
Of course, there are not only Ren Hongchang who is pregnant in the harem. Liu Mu is also pregnant, but only Ren Hongchang has such treatment.
Seeing that Ren Hongchang was fine, Ying Wen left, while Jia Yu went to visit Liu Mu. Her father-in-law was partial. As a mother-in-law, she always had to give her a bowl of water.
Ying Hao did not meet Ying Wen. He was afraid that he would quarrel again after seeing him, so he came in to check Ren Hongchang''s situation after his parents left.
"Attend Your Majesty."
Except for the pregnant Ren Hongchang, everyone in the East Palace saluted Ying Hao one after another.
Ying Hao ignored it and walked straight towards Ren Hongchang, while Ren Hongchang seemed to have guessed it long ago.
In fact, she had long discovered that Ying Hao was outside. As a grandmaster, her five senses had been strengthened and could sense that Ying Hao was hiding outside. She also knew why Ying Hao was hiding from her parents, so Qin Wen and Jia Yu did not point it out when they were there.
Ying Hao held Ren Hongchang''s hand and joked: "A great master can also slip, and it makes people laugh when he says it."
Ren Hongchang said angrily: "It''s not your baby, and I don''t know how to feel sorry for my mother."
Note that Ren Hongchang’s words are: this pair;
After reaching the level of a master, you can see inward and observe the internal organs and meridians in the body through your mind and eyes, so as to practice more carefully.
Ren Hongchang, who is a master, can naturally look inward, and then he knows in advance that he is pregnant with twins. However, looking inward cannot replace his eyes after all, and he can only see a blur, so he does not know the gender of the child.
After knowing that Ren Hongchang was pregnant with twins, Ying Hao was also extremely surprised. After all, the probability of the Grandmaster getting pregnant is low, not to mention that Ren Hongchang was pregnant this time, and this fetus was simply a god-given son.
Ying Hao had a strong premonition that the "Holy Son" born by Ren Hongchang''s "Holy Mother" must be in this baby.
Ying Hao left after dinner at Ren Hongchang. Ren Hongchang, who was pregnant for ten months, was full of maternal brilliance. He was quite attractive to Ying Hao. He could see but not touch him. Staying behind would only torture himself.
After leaving Ren Hongchang, Ying Hao went to Xiaolongnu''s bedroom, but learned that Li Mochou had committed suicide.
"The senior sister is already in a state of nowhere. Living is a torment for her."
Xiaolongnu said indifferently, but Ying Hao saw the sadness in her eyes. After all, she was a senior sister who grew up with her since childhood. She was a kind-hearted person and could not remain calm.
"Li Mochou can''t stop anyone from wanting to die."
Ying Hao held Xiaolongnu and comforted him, and then the clothes on both of them became less and less.
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The next day, news came from the front line.
Due to Liu Jin''s rebellion, even if Zhang Liao and Huhanye joined forces, the gap between the troops and Kublai Khan was still very different. Therefore, I hope the court will send 10,000 reinforcements to help the war.
After receiving Zhang Liao''s letter of help, Ying Hao immediately summoned his ministers to discuss whether to send another 10,000 reinforcements to help the war.
To be honest, among the three armies that went out of the frontier, Zhang Liao had the most difficult ones.
Not only has Zhang Liao lost the city, he also has to face Kublai Khan directly, and the reinforcements are more than twice their strength.
If Kublai Khan was determined not to fight and defended Chifeng to the death, even if he had increased his troops, Zhang Liao might not be able to win.
But after some discussion, the Qin court unanimously decided to increase troops to Zhang Liao. After all, the purpose of going out to the fortress was not to conquer the city, but to balance the gap between Kublai Khan and Maodun.
If you don’t get Kublai Khan into crippling him or afraid of being beaten, Kublai Khan will still send troops next time. Will the Qin Dynasty also send troops to rescue Maodun next time?
Daqin is not Maodun''s nanny, so it is impossible to support Maodun without any loss, so we must weaken Kublai Khan as much as possible this time.
"There are still ten thousand cavalry in Jinyang, so I will send these ten thousand cavalry to support Zhang Liao. As for this leading general..."
After thinking for a while, Ying Hao said, "Let the prefect of Taiyuan Li Dingguo as the leader."
Prime Minister Wang Meng immediately stood up and said, "Your Majesty is wise. General Li Dingguo has been guarding Yanmen Pass for many years and has rich combat experience in Yuan and Meng. He is the best candidate for the leadership." Jia Xu, Han Fei, Liu Bowen and other civil officials also supported Li Dingguo to lead the army.
Naturally no one objected to the military general. After all, Li Dingguo is Li Cunxiao''s brother, and he has to look at Buddha''s face if he doesn''t look at monks.
"System, I appointed Li Dingguo to replace Le Jin, cooperate with Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Zhang He and Yu Jin to launch the combined skills ''Five Sons to Be the One Heart''." Ying Hao ordered the system in his heart.
[Dingdong, Ying Hao skill "Kaitian" effect 3 words are used to activate it as soon as possible. Li Dingguo and Le Jin both practice internal energy of fire attributes, and the difference in martial arts value is 4 points, which is not too big. Therefore, Li Dingguo can replace Le Jin and cooperate with the other four sons to activate the combination skill "Five sons to heart". 】
Seeing this, Ying Hao felt relieved.
With the effect of the five sons being in one heart, Zhang Liao will be stronger. Even if his troops are at a disadvantage, he should not lose to Kublai Khan.
After receiving the order from the court, Li Dingguo immediately led 10,000 Bingzhou Iron Cavalry to set out from Jinyang, but was not prepared to enter the grassland from Yanmen Pass, but went out from Wuyuan County.
Yuan Meng didn''t know that the Qin Dynasty had sent reinforcements, so Li Dingguo intended to conceal his traces. He wanted to use these ten thousand iron cavalry as a surprise soldier to appear at the most critical moment and play the greatest role.
After Li Dingguo''s 10,000 cavalry set off, the total number of cavalry used by the Qin Dynasty this time to go out of the frontier reached a total of 70,000 troops.
You should know that the Qin Dynasty only had 170,000 cavalry in total, but nearly 50,000 of them had not yet been on the battlefield.
In other words, Daqin sent more than half of the cavalry with rich combat experience this time. If something goes wrong, it will be a huge blow to Daqin.
The three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming all envied the Qin Dynasty for organizing 70,000 cavalry out of the frontier, but they all knew that if Yuan Meng was beaten down again this time, the Qin Dynasty would really not have much worries in the future when it went south to the Central Plains.
Therefore, the Three Kingdoms hope that these 70,000 cavalry will not be returned, and even if they can come back, it will be a loss.
Of course, this situation almost does not exist.
Although Yuan and Meng had more troops than Daqin, there were gaps in equipment, training and command.
Kublai Khan had 70,000 to 80,000 Qin, and was blocked by Zhang Liao and 30,000 in the city. He did not dare to fight, let alone the other two routes.
Zhang Liao learned that the court sent 10,000 reinforcements, and he also put down the big stone in his heart.
Zhang Liao had a plan. Chifeng City not only had residents in the city, but also many people who rely on the city to survive outside the city. Therefore, Zhang Liao planned to divide a 10,000 army and divide his troops into two groups to capture the residents near Chifeng City.
If Kublai Khan goes to war, it will be exactly what Zhang Liao means.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t go out to fight with mortals. Zhang Liao has a population of more than 100,000, and even if he returns in vain, he will not be considered a loss.
Yuan Meng''s population is not large, and he loses more than 100,000 people at one time. Even Kublai Khan will feel very heartbroken.
Zhang Liao wanted to use the population to force Kublai Khan to fight, but once this plan was implemented, it would definitely divide his troops.
If Kublai Khan had acted in all his might, Zhang Liao would not have the confidence to win, but with 10,000 reinforcements from Li Dingguo, Zhang Liao would have much more confidence to win.
Zhang Liao did it as soon as possible. He sent Yang Yanding and Shi Long to lead 5,000 cavalry to capture the Yuanmeng people around Chifeng City, but this move was also opposed by Huhanye.
Among Zhang Liao''s 30,000 were Huhanye''s Maodun Army. The Qin army captured the people around Chifeng City, and they were all ruled by them before.
Zhang Liao captured all these people regardless of the consequences. Even if he could defeat Kublai Khan, the local people''s sentiments of the Maodun army might fall to the bottom.
Zhang Liao could only argue with Huhanye''s opposition. After all, if he lost or did not win this battle, Chifeng City would be Kublai Khan within a radius of thousands of miles, and Maodun''s army would also lose everything.
Between just losing the hearts of the people or losing both people and land, as long as you are a normal person, you will definitely choose the former.
Huhanye was helpless. No matter how unwilling he was, he could only listen to Zhang Liao, and this was the only choice.
Just as Zhang Liao planned to force Kublai Khan to fight, Huo Qubing not only lifted the siege of the city and saved Maodun''s life, but also joined forces with Maodun to defeat Boyan.
Huo Qubing defeated Boyan''s 60,000 troops, killed 30,000 troops, and lost 6,000 troops (including 3,000 troops).
Boyan led the remnants of the army to retreat to the north of Mo, one to avoid the war, and the other to rest.
After Huo Qubing defeated Boyan, he rested for three days and led his army to enter the north of Mo, preparing to completely eliminate Boyan''s army.
As for Yue Fei, there is also good news. After the first victory, it is basically very connected.
But Murong Ke is not an ordinary commander, and it is not easy for Yue Fei to completely defeat Murong Ke.
Ying Hao, who is far away in Luoyang, is not only waiting for the battle report to go out of the frontier every day, but also waiting for the child in Ren Hongchang''s belly to be born, and his life is very leisurely.
On that day, Ying Hao had just finished reading the battle report of his departure from the frontier and received the news of his return of Tianzi No. 1.
Chang''e, the Tianyi secret spy who had been lurking beside King Zhu Tianpeng of Qi and had been around for six or seven years, has finally completed the mission and returned, and has captured King Zhu Tianpeng of Qi alive.
Chang''e sneaked into Qi State to provoke Zhu Wen''s rebellion, but unexpectedly, Huang Chao intended to force Zhu Wen to rebel, and passed the throne to Zhu Wen''s younger brother Zhu Tianpeng, who was Zhu Tianpeng''s sister, so she lurked to Zhu Tianpeng and stayed until now.
The reason why Chang''e returned at this time was not because she could not lurk, but because Zhu Tianpeng''s value was getting lower and lower.
Zhu Tianpeng did not have much ambitions. As the lord of a country, he was willing to surrender to others and took the initiative to give power to Zhu Di, and promoted the merger of the Ming and Qi countries.
The national policies of the Ming and Qi countries were different, and there were many internal contradictions. It was not that easy to combine them into one.
But no matter how difficult it is, after so many years of integration by many wise men such as Zhu Di, Fan Zeng, Li Yan, Li Guo, etc., internal conflicts have been resolved.
Now that the merger between the Ming and Qi countries is imperative, Zhu Tianpeng''s role has been greatly reduced. It is useless for Chang''e to continue lurking. It is better to take advantage of Zhu Tianpeng''s lack of defense against Chang''e and completely drain his usefulness.
(This chapter ends)