Chapter 867: Defeat is not allowed to win
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Outside the city of Mizhou in the east, the trees are withering, the roots of the old trees are full of dead leaves, the dead grass on both sides of the road is full of ground, and the autumn wind blows, and it is desolate for a while.
After a while, an orderly cavalry marched out of the city in the autumn wind, led by Yue Fei and Niu Gao, but Cai You, who was the commander, was not among them, which made people have to feel surprised.
Yue Fei raised his eyes to look at the falling leaves and sighed, "Bu Shuai is really like a god!" If the Xuanfu envoy really arrived in Mizhou, he stagnated. ”
Niu Gao grinned and said: "This person is a mouse, how dare he go into battle to kill the enemy." ”
Yue Fei said: "But as a commander, you should lead by example and do it for the ground, it will hurt morale, and we will lose for a while." ”
Niu Gao said: "I don't think so, if it weren't for Xuanfu to make him delicate by nature, stop and go, we would have arrived in Laizhou at this time, maybe we would have done it with the enemy, now we don't have to worry so much, we can finally march at full speed." ”
Yue Fei nodded and said, "What you said also makes sense. After that, he sighed again and said: "Originally, I planned to take a shortcut without much fanfare, march day and night, directly attack the enemy's nest, and catch the enemy by surprise, but the Xuanfu envoy did not listen to me, entered the city when he encountered it, and swaggered through the city, and dragged on for so long. Alas! This battle has not yet been fought, and we have lost two battles in a row. ”
Niu Gao also shook his head and sighed, and said, "It would be nice if he was changed to a commander of the infantry troops." ”
Yue Fei suddenly smiled and said confidently: "But these are not worth mentioning, after all, the other party is not Jin soldiers or Liao soldiers, but a group of grass bandits, if even they can't win, then we really don't deserve to wear this military uniform." ”
Niu Gao said: "That's the same, but let's not forget jì, there are still two tails behind us." ”
Cai You is as timid as a mouse, so naturally he will not go to the front line. So when he arrived in Mizhou, he found all kinds of reasons not to go to the front, but he would not be stupid enough to let Li Qi's people have full power, so he sent two prison guards and Yue Fei and Niu Gao to exercise power on his behalf.
Yue Fei glanced back, feeling helpless in his heart, and said, "Let them go." Now it can't be delayed any longer. As he spoke, he said to the adjutant beside him, "Command the soldiers, march at full speed." ”
"Yes."
After leaving Michigan. Yue Fei didn't want to be like Cai You, disturbing the people endlessly, and picked a shortcut to the road, and within a few days, he reached Laizhou.
"Two generals, it's really hard."
Zhao Mingcheng, who is looking forward to it day and night. Today, I finally looked forward to the reinforcements, and together with Li Qingzhao, I personally went out of the city to greet him, you must know that he is a civil servant, and he is a famous family, and he went out to greet the general, which can be seen. How anxious he was.
Yue Fei and Niu Gao hurriedly dismounted. Yue Fei hugged his fists and said: "Governor Zhao's words are serious, this is a matter within my share." ”
Zhao Mingcheng nodded and smiled, his eyes searched the crowd, and said, "Huh? Why didn't the envoy go with you? ”
"This."
Yue Fei and Niu Gao looked at each other, not knowing how to respond.
One of the overseers who was personally appointed by Cai You stood up and said, "My lord, he controls the overall situation in Mizhou and dispatches the army. ”
When Li Qingzhao heard this, he immediately understood. A look of disdain flashed in his eyes, and he snorted lightly.
Zhao Mingcheng glanced at his wife helplessly, and only said: "I see, there is a Xuanfu envoy sitting in Mizhou, and my Laizhou is not in danger." ”
At this point, it can be regarded as giving Cai You enough face, and Zhao Mingcheng will not say more. Invite Yue Fei's army into the city and set up a banquet to entertain him. Yue Fei didn't like this, but with his current status, he could only be respectful and obedient. At the banquet, Yue Fei learned some information about those traitors from Zhao Mingcheng.
It turned out that the leader of the traitor was named Tao Ding, and the second leader was his brother, Tao Fei, who was originally the commander and head of one of the forbidden military camps in the Huangxian area under the rule of Dengzhou, but because the prefect of Dengzhou fell in love with Tao Ding's wife, he wanted to design to harm Tao Ding, who knew that Tao Ding first received the rumors, and the county governor of Dengzhou often oppressed them, and in a fit of anger, he called on the headquarters of 500 people to use up all their family wealth to revolt, and that night they took down the head of the county order of Huang County, and distributed the money embezzled by the county order of Huang County to the people on weekdays. Therefore, won the hearts of the people, the uprising team immediately grew, and then, he led the troops to attack Dengzhou, within a few days to capture Dengzhou, and wanted to go west along the road, take the opportunity to capture Laizhou, but he went to the junction of Laizhou and Dengzhou, just encountered the rescue from Laizhou, after the first battle, although Tao Ding won a complete victory, but he also knew that Laizhou had already prepared, want to capture, I am afraid it is not easy, plus his men and horses have captured several county towns in a row, people are sleepy and lack of horses, so he led the troops to retreat to the east, and retreated to Kunyu Mountain, see that the terrain of this mountain is dangerous, It was easy to defend and difficult to attack, so he set up camp on the mountain and became the king of the mountain.
This Kunyu Mountain has been known as the fairy mountain since ancient times, throughout the ages, several emperors have come here to seek the way of immortality, and after a few decades, it will become the birthplace of the Quanzhen Religion, of course, the premise is that Wang Chongyang has never seen the legend of the Condor Heroes, otherwise, the history of the Quanzhen Religion will change.
After the Tao brothers occupied Kunyu Mountain, they first learned from Song Jiang and others, saying what to do for the heavens and recruit heroes, and later they learned the history of this mountain, so they used the glorious history of Kunyu Mountain to start taking the cult route, and the founding of the church was called Kunyu Sect, Tao Ding called himself the leader of Kunyu Sect, and ordered people to spread rumors everywhere and recruit people, it is said that the response is not bad now, and even pirates have gone to take refuge in them.
After hearing this, Yue Fei and Niu Gao did not reply immediately, but just nodded and groaned.
However, Zhao Mingcheng repeatedly knocked on the side, wondering when they would lead the troops to quell the rebellion, and there was a hint of urging in his voice, and later, he even moved out of Li Qilai.
However, Yue Fei and Niu Gaowu pretended to be confused, and blocked Zhao Mingcheng's words back with wine. Zhao Mingcheng is so troubled, the original imperial decree has arrived, ordering him to go to Beijing to take up his post, but there is such a thing, he can only postpone his return to Beijing, he is very anxious, since Tao Ding started the army, he really doesn't want to stay here for a moment, it's too dangerous, or the capital is safe.
After the banquet, Zhao Mingcheng originally wanted to invite Yue Fei and Niu Gao to live in the wing, but they were politely rejected by Yue Fei and Niu Gao, and they still hoped to return to the barracks and live with the soldiers.
Back to the barracks.
Niu Gao asked Yue Fei, "Brother Yue, what do you think?" ”
Although Niu Gao is the right vanguard and has the same status as Yue Fei, since the battle of Lanzhou, he is convinced by Yue Fei. From the very beginning, he regarded Yue Fei as his boss, this may be fate! Even if there is no Li Qi, he will still be Yue Fei's subordinate in the future.
Yue Fei pondered for a moment and said, "Master often says that only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one win a hundred battles. If we only need to retreat from the enemy, we can defend the city or go to Dengzhou to wait for the enemy to come, but now we want to destroy the enemy, then, we must know something about the Kunyu Mountain, otherwise. He attacks rashly, and I am afraid that the chances of victory are not great. ”
Niu Gao nodded and said, "That's okay, I'll immediately order someone to find out the information." ”
He was an impatient, so he immediately called someone and ordered the task to continue. Immediately, he said to Yue Fei again: "However, Brother Yue, the food we brought is limited. We have to do it quickly. ”
Yue Fei nodded and said, "I know this, but I'm thinking about why the other party chose Kunyu Mountain as a camp. ”
Niu Gao said: "Didn't Governor Zhao say that the terrain of Kunyu Mountain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack." ”
Yue Fei shook his head and said: "This is definitely not the case, Kunyu Mountain has reached the easternmost point, if you want to talk about defense, it is indeed the best position, because he is adjacent to the sea to the east." Just defend one side. ”
Speaking of this, he frowned and said, "Wait a minute, Linhai?" Hey, I understand, that Tao Ding chose this Kunyu Mountain because he saw the adjacent sea. ”
Niu Gao was slightly stunned. Said: "What do you mean, he chose Kunyu Mountain, just because he could attack Deng and Laizhou, and he could flee overseas." ”
Yue Fei nodded and said, "It must be like this." At the beginning, Fang La rebelled, and the soldiers and horses reached hundreds of thousands, but in the end they were defeated by Tong Taiwei and the whole army was wiped out, presumably this also reminded them that now their strength is not comparable to Fang La, and this Jingdong region is not Jiangnan, if you want to grow, it is not easy to talk about it, so he has already thought about the back road. ”
Niu Gao said: "This is troublesome, we must have a battle to wipe out his entire army, and capture the Tao brothers, otherwise, they will see that the war situation is unfavorable, they will definitely flee overseas, and then if they want to catch him, I am afraid it will be difficult to catch him." ”
Yue Fei said: "And there are many overseas islands, after we withdraw from the army, he can come back, so we must never let them escape." ”
Niu Gao listened to this, and his face was full of sorrow, which greatly increased the difficulty of this counterinsurgency.
From this incident, it is not difficult to see that Tao Ding is a cautious person, and he must be more cautious than him when dealing with such a person. So, for several days, Yue Fei didn't move and closed the door.
On this day, a sentry suddenly came to report, "General Qiyu, the night before yesterday, Tao Fang led the rebels to suddenly attack Qixia County at night, and they had already broken through Qixia County that night. ”
Yue Fei Huo Ran got up and said, "How many people are there on the other side?" ”
"About 10,000 horses."
Niu Gao frowned and said: "Qixia County is located in the middle of Kunyu Mountain and Laizhou, it is a strategic place, after the rebels occupy this county, they can attack Dengzhou again, and they can capture Laizhou if they advance, which is unguardable, but it can't be lost!" ”
A deputy general on the side said: "The last general is willing to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to recapture Qixia." ”
Yue Fei didn't rush to give an order, he groaned for a while, and asked, "What is the movement of the enemy army now?" ”
The sentinel said: "After the enemy captured Qixia County, he did not march again. ”
Yue Fei smiled calmly and said: "Our army has only arrived in Laizhou for less than a few days, and it is convenient to send troops to capture Qixia County, it is obvious that they want to give us a dismount, and they came so suddenly, they must also be in a hurry, since it is a rapid march, if they want to attack Laizhou, they should march immediately, and they will never stay in Qixia County for a long time, so it can be seen that they actually do not plan to stay for a long time, but just want to test us, even if we do not send troops, within a few days, the enemy will definitely retreat." ”
Niu Gao nodded slightly and said, "Then what do you mean, let's not go to battle?" ”
Yue Fei shook his head and said: "Come and don't be rude, the enemy actually has the intention to test us, how can we refuse to leave the guests outside, so let's do it, General Niu, you immediately lead three thousand men and horses to save Qixia County, but you are not allowed to win." (To be continued)