Chapter 664: Can't Give Zhao Kuo a Chance to Increase His Troops
Handan, Zhao State Palace City.
The Grand Sima Wu Dingjun Le walked towards the hall step by step, and recalled the emergency letters sent from Yan last night in his mind.
Why was it a letter sent from Yan State?
Of course, this is because there is a Le family in Zhao State, and there is a Le family in Yan State! As he thought about it, a smile appeared on the corner of Le Cheng's mouth.
"My good nephew is in the fun. This time, your and my interests are completely consistent."
Le Cheng actually didn't care about Donghu County. Anyway, Le Yu had been removed from his post and had been sent to the frontier a few days ago to build the Great Wall.
What Le Cheng really cares about is Zhao Kuo's failure! As long as Zhao Kuo loses, even if he loses Donghu County or even the entire Mobei grassland that Zhao Kuo has just conquered, it seems that it is no big deal in Le Cheng's opinion.
Isn’t it just a bad place occupied by a group of horse-riding barbarians, and they can’t plant the land. What’s the use of it?
With such thoughts, Lecheng walked into the hall.
Today is another day for court discussion. The Empress Dowager sat on the head and asked calmly: "How is the battle situation on Wu Xinjun?"
Le Cheng stood up and said, "Returning to the Empress Dowager, Wu Xinjun has recovered nearly half of the land in Donghu County and is now confronting the coalition forces formed by the elders of the Donghu and the Yan army."
Le Cheng deliberately did not say the number of enemy troops confronting Zhao Kuo, and Pang Yan immediately noticed this.
Pang Qian asked, "I wonder how many enemies are fighting with Wu Xinjun now?"
Le Cheng looked at Pang Yan with some dissatisfaction and said, "It should be like a little over 60,000."
Le Cheng still gave the real number a discount.
"Sixty thousand?"
After hearing this number, the Empress Dowager's face changed slightly and she said, "I didn't expect that the Yan army would be so determined to oppose Da Zhao this time."
Pang Xian also immediately spoke: "Empress Dowager, Wu Xinjun has only 25,000 troops in his hands. The old minister feels that it is probably insufficient to fight against so many enemy troops.
I also asked the Empress Dowager to immediately order more reinforcements to Wu Xinjun to avoid affecting the chances of Da Zhao's victory in this war."
Le Cheng looked at Pang Yan and felt even more unhappy.
Why do you have to let Zhao Kuo win?
Le Cheng coughed and said coldly: "The fastest speed of dispatching troops from Handan to Donghu County is one month.
When the troops arrived in Donghu County, the battle had already been completed. What's the use?
Twenty-five thousand soldiers were Wu Xinjun’s own choice. Since he thought he could win with so many soldiers, he would just let him fight.”
Pang Xian said angrily: "Wu Xinjun does indeed win more with less, but if Wu Xinjun is asked to fight more with less, will the people in the world feel that our Da Zhao can't even take out this little force and look down on our Da Zhao?"
After Pang Yan finished speaking, everyone present changed a little.
On the surface, this sentence is about Zhao Kuo's military strength issue, but there is a hidden meaning in it.
As the world's most powerful country, why does Zhao Kuo always let Zhao Kuo fight with less and more?
If other princes get into this situation, will they use this to do anything in the future?
Le Cheng was the first to react and directly retorted: "It's simply outrageous! If Wu Xinjun felt that the number of troops was too small, he could continue to apply for more troops from the Empress Dowager. Would the Empress Dowager not give him any more troops?
Now that the decisive battle is about to begin, what's the point of arguing about these things at this time?
It's too late!"
Pang Nuan smiled and stared at Le Cheng and said, "Some people ignore national interests in order to engage in political struggles, which is ridiculous!"
Le Cheng felt a little fainted, but his face still had an expression of not wanting to be outdone, and he retorted: "Some people know to accuse others of every day, like mad dogs, either bite this or that, which is ridiculous!"
There was constant dispute between the two sides and a deadlock was reached for a moment.
The Queen Mother was also quite helpless, rubbed her temples and said, "The other ministers should also express their opinions."
The so-called "other ministers" are actually the two giants Pingyuan Jun and Lin Xiangru.
Lin Xiangru was a little hesitant.
From a rational point of view, Lin Xiangru was actually very supportive of increasing troops to Zhao Kuo immediately, because this was the most powerful way to ensure victory.
But now Le Cheng, who is clearly opposed to the increase in troops, is Lin Xiangru's ally, which makes Lin Xiangru's position embarrassing.
After a while, Lin Xiangru sighed and said, "When I go back to the Queen Mother, the old minister thinks that the Grand Sima is right.
If Donghu County really had the need to increase its troops, Wu Xinjun would have submitted a memorial to Handan long ago.
Since Wu Xinjun did not submit a memorial, it proves that the war in the entire Donghu County is still under Wu Xinjun's control.
Wu Xinjun is the world's number one general, so we should still believe Wu Xinjun's judgment."
Lin Xiangru finally chose to stand on Le Cheng's side. After all, Le Cheng's power in the army is no longer small, second only to Zhao Kuo's existence.
The current situation is no longer that Le Cheng needs Lin Xiangru, but that Lin Xiangru needs Le Cheng's support.
Otherwise, if he had a falling out with Le Cheng, Le Cheng would be able to work with Pingyuan Jun and Pingyang Jun in minutes, and Lin Xiangru would have suffered a great loss.
Pingyuan Jun looked at Lin Xiangru and thoughtful.
As an old opponent who has been competing in Zhao's political arena for many years, Pingyuan Jun can more or less understand Lin Xiangru's thoughts.
Pingyuan Jun smiled slightly and immediately had a certain plan in his heart.
Since you, Lin Xiangru, want to follow Lecheng, why can't you follow Lecheng?
Maybe one day Le Cheng will really come to this marquis.
With this kind of expectation of poaching, Ping Yuanjun smiled and said, "Pang Qing's concerns are indeed understandable.
But in my opinion, Wu Xinjun’s judgment is the real key.
Since Wu Xinjun did not feel that there was any need to increase troops, why should Handan increase the burden on the army and the people for nothing?
Of course, we don’t know if we will receive a request from Wu Xinjun to increase his troops tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, so the empress dowager can first order all departments to make plans and preparations.
In this case, if you really want to send troops, you can send troops as quickly as possible. I wonder what the Queen Mother thinks?"
After the words of Pingyuan Jun finished, Pang Nuan was speechless.
Seeing this, the empress dowager made a decision: "Okay, then let's settle it.
Don’t increase your troops for the time being, everything will be subject to Wu Xinjun’s memorial.”
At this moment, Pang Nuan was really helpless.
Wu Xinjun, why do you feel that the entire Da Zhao people are targeting you?
How did you climb to your current position step by step back then?
If it weren't for this, I guess you wouldn't have such a bold idea... When Pang Nuan thought of this, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth and stopped talking.
Chapter completed!