Chapter 1229: The Hidden Yue Fei (I)

Yue Fei's offensive against Nanjun this time was very fierce, and the Jingzhou army had not had time to arrange the defense, so that the Qin army broke four cities in five days.

If this trend continues, in a few days, Yue Fei will be able to fight under Jiangling City again, and Liu Xiu must arrive in Jiangling before Yue Fei, otherwise it will not be easy to enter the city.

Under Liu Xiu's overnight swift horse, he finally returned to Jiangling City before Yue Fei besieged the city, and the next day Yue Fei's army surrounded Jiangling again.

"Cen Peng, have all the defenders of the cities been recruited back to Jiangling?" Liu Xiu asked.

"Lord Qiqi, after getting the news of Yue Fei's attack again, except for the cities on the front line that can block Yue Fei's advance, the defenders of the rest of the cities were recalled by the last general as soon as possible." Cen Peng said in a deep voice.

"Then how many defenders are there in Gangneung City now?"

"In addition to the fact that the army that resisted the Qin army on the front line did not come back, plus the return of the current city there will be 20,000 defenders."

Liu Xiu's face sank when he heard this, and he said in shorthand: "In this way, in just a few days, our army has lost another 5,000 troops. ”

Cen Peng opened his mouth but was speechless, and finally turned into a helpless sigh.

Since Liu Xiu led an army of 10,000 to Jingnan, the army has been fighting more and more, and the highest number of casualties has not reached 3,000.

But when facing Yue Fei, the army left behind was first reduced by two-thirds, and now it was annihilated by 5,000 troops in a few days.

Rao is Liu Xiu is open-minded, but he still feels distressed in the face of such a loss, but at this point, he is distressed and it is useless.

"Gangneung is a big city, the city is high and the walls are thick, and the grain, grass and materials in the city are extremely sufficient, as long as our army does not take the initiative to go out of the city to fight, it will not be a problem to hold on for a year."

Speaking of this, Liu Xiu added: "Benhou has requisitioned another 10,000 troops from Jingnan to return, and there will be 30,000 defenders in Jiangling by then, plus the soldiers of the family to help defend the city, and Yue Fei's siege force is only 50,000, so Jiangling is absolutely unbreakable." ”

Under Yue Fei's attack, the Jingzhou army can be said to have suffered heavy casualties, and now Jingzhou, whether it is a civil minister or a military general, can't help but change color when it comes to Yue Fei, and feels awe of Yue Fei from the bottom of his heart.

And Liu Xiu's words, but all the ministers were relieved, although the fear in their hearts still existed, but it was not to the point of talking about Yue's color.

"Next, our army only needs to defend Jiangling, and if it is dragged until the Qin army runs out of food, Yue Fei will only retreat." Liu Xiu said calmly.

At this moment, the spy suddenly came to report: "Lord Qi, the Qin army will come to challenge." ”

Liu Xiu didn't think about it, and said directly: "Order all the armies, don't pay attention to it, don't go to war, our army just needs to guard Jiangling." ”

"But the people who came to challenge were ......."

I saw that the spy looked like he was in a hurry. Liu Xiu couldn't help frowning and asked, "Who is it?" ”

"It's Yue Fei."

"What?"

As soon as the spy said this, all the civil and military forces of the Jingzhou army were shocked, and Liu Xiu's eyes widened and said, "You said that the Qin general who came to challenge was Yue Fei?" Yue Fei personally came to fight the generals? How is this possible. ”

Hearing that Yue Fei personally stood up to challenge, Liu Xiu's first reaction was not to believe it, and it was not Liu Xiu who thought so, Jingzhou's civil and military forces basically held this view.

Who is Yue Fei? He is the Xiangyang Taishou of the Qin army, although he is not yet the governor of Jingbei University, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the governor of Jingbei of the Qin army is none other than Yue Fei.

Could such a commander-in-chief, who commands tens of thousands of troops, leave the army aside, and go to fight the generals himself?

Anyone will feel that it is impossible, because for the main general, it is enough to command the army, and to personally participate in the fight is to sacrifice the basics, so the first reaction of Liu Xiu and others is not to believe it.

"The subordinates don't dare to lie about the military situation, if the lord doesn't believe it, he can go to the city tower to have a look."

Hearing this, Liu Xiu immediately took the ministers to the city tower to take a look, but found that the challenger under the city was indeed Yue Fei.

"Lord, Yue Fei really came to challenge in person, Ning said that there would be fraud in this?" Cen Peng frowned.

"Yes, yes......" the generals replied.

This scene is too weird, and it is too different from Yue Fei's usual style, and it also makes the Jingzhou generals have to think about it.

Liu Xiu's brows couldn't help frowning even tighter when he saw this, but Yue Fei under the city shouted at this time: "Liu Xiu, I heard that your martial arts are good, I don't know if you dare to compete with me twice?" ”

"Yue Fei, if you don't want to use this to trap our army into battle, I won't be fooled by you." Liu Xiu shouted with a cold face.

Yue Fei laughed when he heard this, pointed the spear in his hand at the army behind him, and shouted, "Are you afraid that my challenge is fake, and the capture of the city is real?" That's it, you keep your eyes open. ”

Speaking of this, Yue Fei turned around and shouted, "The whole army retreats five hundred meters. ”

As soon as Yue Fei's military order came out, tens of thousands of Qin troops retreated, leaving Yue Fei alone in front of the city, shouting: "Do you dare to fight now?" ”

Liu Xiu couldn't help but open his mouth when he saw this, he was really afraid that Yue Fei would take advantage of this to seize the city, but Yue Fei took the initiative to order the army to retreat, and it was obviously impossible to capture the city at this distance.

"Could it be that Yue Fei really just came to challenge?" Liu Xiu said secretly in his heart.

"Lord, the last general will ask for battle and go to behead Yue Fei." Wei Wentong hugged his fists.

"This ......"

Liu Xiu was a little hesitant, he always felt that Yue Fei had bad intentions, but as the main general, he came to challenge in person, which was too unreasonable.

Seeing that Liu Xiu didn't react for a long time, Yue Fei took the initiative to scold.

"Liu Xiu, now I, Yue Pengju, come to challenge as the main general, if no one in your Jingzhou army dares to fight, then you might as well lead the army and go back to Jingnan directly, the land of Jingbei can't accommodate your group of waste......

As soon as these words came out, the Jingzhou army was excited, and even Wei Yan stood up to ask for battle.

Wei Yan was originally a general under Han Xuan, but his brother Wei Wentong was under Liu Xiu, and Liu Xiu won many battles in Jingnan, so Wei Yan was also feared by Han Xuan.

Liu Xiu had long coveted Wei Yan, and after learning that Han Xuan was jealous of Wei Yan, he not only obtained Wei Yan's allegiance through discord, but also broke the alliance of the Jingnan princes, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Liu Xiusi didn't think that Yue Fei could capture the city by fighting generals, and seeing that the generals Qin was very eager to fight, he immediately nodded and said, "In this case, Wei Yan, it is up to you to fight Yue Fei." ”

"Thank you for the trust of the lord, Wei Yanding beheaded Yue Fei and dedicated it to the lord."

Liu Xiu shook his head when he heard this, and said: "Yue Fei's intention to challenge this time is treacherous, so you must also remember that when you go out of the city this time, you don't want to be meritorious, but you want to have no fault." ”

"This ...... Promise. ”